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[Q] Unable to OTA Update

Hello!
I have recieved the Android 4.0.4 OTA update but am unable to install it. I had unlocked my bootloader but havent installed any ROM, and tried to do the OTA update, the phone shut down and booted up to the fastboot menu.. i relocked my phone and tried again, same result.. I called HTC and they had no idea, they got me to turn off the fast boot in the power settings, but that didnt work!
What do I need to do to get the OTA update to work?

Based on your avatar, you are in Australia? Not sure what the firmware changes are for your region. But in the US, the latest 4.0.4 firmware also changes hboot, and plugs the holes by which kernels and radios can be flashed from recovery. In other words, not being able to install the OTA may be a good thing. It might be better to install one of the rooted stock ROMs in the Development forum.
Can't say for certain, since my US carrier (AT&T) does things so much differently than anyone else. So hopefully some folks in your region can chime in.

redpoint73 said:
Based on your avatar, you are in Australia? Not sure what the firmware changes are for your region. But in the US, the latest 4.0.4 firmware also changes hboot, and plugs the holes by which kernels and radios can be flashed from recovery. In other words, not being able to install the OTA may be a good thing. It might be better to install one of the rooted stock ROMs in the Development forum.
Can't say for certain, since my US carrier (AT&T) does things so much differently than anyone else. So hopefully some folks in your region can chime in.
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Hey thanks for the response.
Yeah I am in Australia, but I would like to get OTA Updates until Im comfortable with properly putting new ROMs onto my phone..
My service provider (Optus) took it's sweet time to release this update and their only solution is to take it into their shop to get it repaired/looked at..

If you are rooted, you may need to unroot.
You may also want to try finding the OTA file on the SD card and deleting it, and trying to download it again.
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redpoint73 said:
If you are rooted, you may need to unroot.
You may also want to try finding the OTA file on the SD card and deleting it, and trying to download it again.
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Yeah, Ive unrooted it.. I relocked the phone and ran the stock RUU for it.. but after a day I haven't received the OTA notification.. so I might have to wait a while for that to come back I guess..

[Q] can i get JB firmware with this CID ?

hi , sorry for the noob question but i was wondering if with this cid was possible to get JB firmware
im from mexico and my hboot is 1.14 my htc one x (evita) cingular_us is unlocked and rooted
im on cleanrom 5.0 final
sense 4.1
android ver . 4.0.4
based on 2.20.502.7 CL79936 release keys
radio 0.19as.32.09.11_2_10.105.32.25L

alex2693836 said:
hi , sorry for the noob question but i was wondering if with this cid was possible to get JB firmware
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Now, someone feel free to correct me. I do believe to get the JB OTA update, you'll have to RUU back to stock when you know the update has been pushed out. You're CID shouldn't matter in getting updates.

Myrder said:
Now, someone feel free to correct me. I do believe to get the JB OTA update, you'll have to RUU back to stock when you know the update has been pushed out. You're CID shouldn't matter in getting updates.
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and if i flash the firmware of the maximus rom , can i flash it ?
and i have TWRP 2.3.1.0 recovery this works too , right?

Myrder said:
Now, someone feel free to correct me. I do believe to get the JB OTA update, you'll have to RUU back to stock when you know the update has been pushed out. You're CID shouldn't matter in getting updates.
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Probably correct. Root will either prevent you from getting the OTA notification altogether, or make the install fail (possibly even putting you into a bootloop, or stuck on the bootscreen). Likewise, unlocked bootloader will prevent the OTA from installing.
Moreover, I don't think the OP will get the OTA, since the phone is the US version, and not in the US. Probably need to download the RUU to get it at all.
And also, I would advise not installing any new OTA or RUU until folks on here have sorted out what it means to hboot, root, etc. They have plugged the root exploits for every firmware version to date, so I don't expect JB to be any different. Plus, I'll bet the JB firmware will be posted here on Development, in a safe, recovery-flashable, pre-rooted form. And probably soon after the OTA starts to hit. Maybe even before the OTA, if it gets leaked.

redpoint73 said:
Probably correct. Root will either prevent you from getting the OTA notification altogether, or make the install fail (possibly even putting you into a bootloop, or stuck on the bootscreen). Likewise, unlocked bootloader will prevent the OTA from installing.
Moreover, I don't think the OP will get the OTA, since the phone is the US version, and not in the US. Probably need to download the RUU to get it at all.
And also, I would advise not installing any OTA or RUU until folks on here have sorted out what it means to hboot, root, etc. They have plugged the root exploits for every firmware version to date, so I don't expect JB to be any different. Plus, I'll bet the JB firmware will be posted here on Development, in a safe, recovery-flashable, pre-rooted form. And probably soon after the OTA starts to hit. Maybe even before the OTA, if it gets leaked.
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so that means i cant flash it ? or the phonw will not suport the firmware , sorry for my english :$$

alex2693836 said:
and if i flash the firmware of the maximus rom , can i flash it ?
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That is definitely not ok. Maximus is for the international One X (Tegra3 version). Completely different hardware. ROM won't work, and you might brick your phone.
Stay in the One X/XL forums that say "AT&T".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
Also, just so you kow, JB has not started going out for our version of the One X. Only for the international version.

If there isn't a RUU for my phone, will it be possible for me to get the OTA update whenever it comes?
I have a backup of my stock rom, if I flash back to that when it's out will it be possible?

area51avenger said:
If there isn't a RUU for my phone, will it be possible for me to get the OTA update whenever it comes?
I have a backup of my stock rom, if I flash back to that when it's out will it be possible?
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Stock ROM, and unrooted should be OK. But you will need to relock the bootloader too.
But I'd still just wait for the ROM to be posted in Development in a pre-rooted form, and just flash from recovery. Since you are on Telus, you will still be able to unlock the bootloader and root again (after an OTA). But why hassle with all the locking of the bootloader, returning to stock, etc.? JB will probably be posted here before you would get it OTA.
And for those on AT&T, I would definitely advise against accepting any OTA. Too many people rushed willy-nilly to accept the 2.20 OTA, then were on here complaining that they could no longer root (which for us also means no unlocked bootloader and no custom ROMs).

redpoint73 said:
That is definitely not ok. Maximus is for the international One X (Tegra3 version). Completely different hardware. ROM won't work, and you might brick your phone.
Stay in the One X/XL forums that say "AT&T".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
Also, just so you kow, JB has not started going out for our version of the One X. Only for the international version.
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thanks man for real
and other thing , do you know when is the release for the one x at&t ?
n.n

alex2693836 said:
thanks man for real
and other thing , do you know when is the release for the one x at&t ?
n.n
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No problem. Be sure to click the "Thanks" button for any posts you found helpful.
No word yet on JB release date for AT&T. Some folks are speculating November or December. But those are just guesses.

redpoint73 said:
No problem. Be sure to click the "Thanks" button for any posts you found helpful.
No word yet on JB release date for AT&T. Some folks are speculating November or December. But those are just guesses.
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I've been told last week of Nov to the first week of Dec. But then again, its all rumors.
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[Q] Help me please

Ok, so I have a HTC ONE X and i've had it since September and I have never gotten the 4.0.4 update. I contacted my provider (AT&T), they told me that they made the update available over the air. I went to my Settings app and clicked Check for Updates and after about a minute it went back to the same screen. I then contacted HTC Customer Support and the guy told me that they never made it available OTA. I'm confused. Is there something wrong with my phone? Help!?!?!

acord10 said:
Ok, so I have a HTC ONE X and i've had it since September and I have never gotten the 4.0.4 update. I contacted my provider (AT&T), they told me that they made the update available over the air. I went to my Settings app and clicked Check for Updates and after about a minute it went back to the same screen. I then contacted HTC Customer Support and the guy told me that they never made it available OTA. I'm confused. Is there something wrong with my phone? Help!?!?!
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Att sent it ota....though you might be able to do it manually.... Don't talk to HTC employees about software its a random response every tome nothing is consistent....I do recommend rooting it and flashing maybe just a stock rooted Rom if that's what you like

omario8484 said:
Att sent it ota....though you might be able to do it manually.... Don't talk to HTC employees about software its a random response every tome nothing is consistent....I do recommend rooting it and flashing maybe just a stock rooted Rom if that's what you like
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How can I get it to download OTA?

acord10 said:
How can I get it to download OTA?
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huh?

So you are on the 1.85 firmware?
If you have any desire to root, flash custom ROMs, etc., my advice would be to not update, and root the phone now. The 2.20 firmware includes an updated 1.14 hboot which plugs the exploits by which boot.img and radios can be flashed in recovery. This means that flashing ROMs takes extra steps of extracting boot.img from the ROM and flashing it over fastboot. You can't flash radios at all on the new hboot (with the exception of CM10 radios). People are actually downgrading the hboot, so they don't have to deal with these things.
Once rooted and bootloader unlocked, you can just flash any ROM you want, including stock rooted 2.20 or newer versions firmwares.
If you still want to upgrade the official way, and can't get the OTA, you can flash the RUU. It will wipe user data, but IMO this is a better cleaner way to update than OTA, anyway.

here is the ota http://fotadl.htc.com/OTA_EVITA_UL_...2.7-1.85.502.3_R2_releasenin45grzkfswb95v.zip
this method might let you manually update [How-To] Update devices via the OTA .zip

[Q] Stupid upgrading existing root question [ANSWERED]

Hi,
I want to flash an AT&T One X to some of the latest jelly bean ROMs (MIUI in particular). The phone is currently rooted with the old firmware. I've read all the guides and I'm unclear as to how to upgrade the firmware on existing root.
Since its currently rooted, do I just flash one of the new ROMs and I'm updated to new firmware?
Or do I do RUU first to new firmware and re-root? (Do I use the original bin file from first root?) If so, is there a guide for this around?
Thanks for the help

Is your bootloader unlocked, and do you have TWRP installed?
If so, flashing JB is like flashing any other ROM (no need to RUU, and no benefit at all to do so). Just move the ROM to the phone's SD card, then flash from recovery. If on hboot 1.14, you will need to extract boot.img from the ROM zip, and flash with fastboot.
This will likely answer many of your questions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952076
Also, its customary (and useful) to have some information about the question you are asking in your thread title, not just [Q].

Sputnikk23 said:
Hi,
I want to flash an AT&T One X to some of the latest jelly bean ROMs (MIUI in particular). The phone is currently rooted with the old firmware. I've read all the guides and I'm unclear as to how to upgrade the firmware on existing root.
Since its currently rooted, do I just flash one of the new ROMs and I'm updated to new firmware?
Or do I do RUU first to new firmware and re-root? (Do I use the original bin file from first root?) If so, is there a guide for this around?
Thanks for the help
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Just flash the new rom. You wouldn't want to update your firmware because then you would have to flash the boot.img seperately in fastboot, and you would n't be able to flash radios, or boot animations at all. In fact many people have downgraded their firmware to the old version because of these annoyances.

redpoint73 said:
Is your bootloader unlocked, and do you have TWRP installed?
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yes bootloader is unlocked and TWRP installed
If so, just move the ROM to the phone's SD card, then flash from recovery. If on hboot 1.14, you will need to extract boot.img from the ROM zip, and flash with fastboot.
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and that would update the phones firmware to 2.20 but still have hboot 1.14 - which I understand is the preferred version? The RADIO thread says you can't flash radios unless on CM10 with the newer hboot. I'd like to update the phone to the latest and greatest radio too, I'd be safe doing that then?
Also, its customary (and useful) to have some information about the question you are asking in your thread title, not just [Q].
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Total duh moment...
Edit: crap. can't find a way to edit title. sorry. thanks for answering.

Sputnikk23 said:
and that would update the phones firmware to 2.20 but still have hboot 1.14 - which I understand is the preferred version? The RADIO thread says you can't flash radios unless on CM10 with the newer hboot. I'd like to update the phone to the latest and greatest radio too, I'd be safe doing that then?
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Firmware and ROM are the same thing. Once you flash a ROM, it formats the system partition and installs the new ROM/firmware. The old firmware is wiped, and new one installed.
Firmware number reported in Settings is somewhat irrelevant when you flash a custom ROM. It will say whatever the dev makes it say, such as MIUI 2.12 etc. The custom ROM might be based on an official firmware number (such as JB 3.17) but its been modded by the dev, so its not really the same firmware anymore. The ROM thread will tell you what firmware version its based on. If you want JB, its going to be based on fimrware 3.xx.
Installing custom ROMs does not touch hboot. The only way to downgrade hboot is with the JET kit in the Development forum, which requires a Linux computer.

redpoint73 said:
Firmware and ROM are the same thing. Once you flash a ROM, it formats the system partition and installs the new ROM/firmware. Firmware number is irrelevant when you flash a custom ROM. It will say whatever the dev makes it say, such as MIUI 2.12 etc. It might be based on an official firmware number (such as JB 3.17) but its been modded by the dev, so its not really the same firmware.
Installing custom ROMs does not touch hboot. The only way to downgrade hboot is with the JET kit in the Development forum, which requires a Linux computer.
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OK got the first part.
Bootloader says unlocked and hboot 1.09. So I'm good to go download the latest radio I think.
I'm having trouble identifying which latest radio to update to for an AT&T phone in the US.

Sputnikk23 said:
OK got the first part.
Bootloader says unlocked and hboot 1.09. So I'm good to go download the latest radio I think.
I'm having trouble identifying which latest radio to update to for an AT&T phone in the US.
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Yes, you are good to flash radios with hboot 1.09.
The latest radio from AT&T is the one that was released with firmware 2.20. See the radio thread, if you haven't already: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694012
Keeping in mind the latest radio will not always yield the best results. Radio reception is most often linked to your exact geographic location, and is often a matter of trial and error. But I think many people had some decent battery life improvement with the 2.20 radio. You are also free to try radios 2.29, 2.40 etc. The fact that they were released for other carriers in other countries is irrelevant. They may still yield reception improvements, or not. As mentioned, radio flashing is pretty much trial and error. The latest is not necessarily the greatest.

redpoint73 said:
Yes, you are good to flash radios with hboot 1.09.
The latest radio from AT&T is the one that was released with firmware 2.20. See the radio thread, if you haven't already: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694012
Keeping in mind the latest radio will not always yield the best results. Radio reception is most often linked to your exact geographic location, and is often a matter of trial and error. But I think many people had some decent battery life improvement with the 2.20 radio. You are also free to try radios 2.29, 2.40 etc. The fact that they were released for other carriers in other countries is irrelevant. They may still yield reception improvements, or not. As mentioned, radio flashing is pretty much trial and error. The latest is not necessarily the greatest.
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Cool. THank you. Very helpful. About to flash. TWRP is ver 2.2. Any significant reason to upgrade to 2.3?

Sputnikk23 said:
Cool. THank you. Very helpful. About to flash. TWRP is ver 2.2. Any significant reason to upgrade to 2.3?
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Keeping recovery up-to-date is usually a good idea.
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Ha, love the new thread title!

redpoint73 said:
Keeping recovery up-to-date is usually a good idea.
Please be sure to click the "Thanks" button for posts that helped you.
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Ha, love the new thread title!
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Hmm.. all is well except the phone died while playing with it and now won't charge via a PC USB cable? No charge light at all.

After you flashed a rom or before? If it completely died it'll take 5 or so minutes before the light comes on and able to boot up once its on the charger.
By all means I mean no disrespect and I'm not questioning your intelligence, but make sure your computer is on while you are charging via USB. I forget about that sometimes
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2

Also, use the wall charger, not USB, when something like this happens. The wall charger charges much faster (more amps?) than USB, by far. Leave it on the wall charger for several hours, then see if the charge light comes on, or if you can boot.
This has randomly happened to some people, and leaving the phone on the wall charger for a few hours usually does the trick.

yup it came back after a couple minutes. thanks again.

Telus One X - Unlock/Root/SCID/S-Off if you took JB OTA

If you were a bit silly like me, perhaps you flashed the JB OTA on your Telus HOX before you rooted, unlocked, got SuperCID and S-Off. I didn't have much luck searching the forum for exact steps on how to get that stuff after taking the OTA. All the info is here, but I was confused what applied to my Telus phone and what would work even after the JB OTA. So I figured I'd detail my steps here in case someone else wants a detailed guide. Obviously the credit for everything below goes to the original authors of the techniques. I'm just linking stuff.
Unlock
1.Register at HTCDev and follow the directions to unlock your bootloader. Its pretty straightforward. You don't need to download the whole huge 300+ Android SDK. You can just get the adb-fastboot package from this thread.
Flash Recovery
I flashed TWRP with one-click via this AIO toolkit. There is probably tons of other ways to do it.
Root
Not sure its possible to root the stock JB unless you install a different ROM. So I did a system reset in TWRP and the flashed the Viper XL ROM. Its pre-rooted.
SuperCID
Its quite easy - just follow this guide exactly.
S-Off
Follow this guide and you shouldn't have a problem.
Once you have all that, you can downgrade your touch firmware. The reason to do this is if you want to install AOSP-based ROMs like CyanogenMod or AOKP. I haven't done that yet because I'm pretty happy with ViperXL. If you want to stick with Sense-based ROMs it isn't necessary to downgrade.
As a final note, once you've got ViperXL and S-Off I'd highly recommend trying the ElementalX Kernel.

Root
Not sure its possible to root the stock JB unless you install a different ROM. So I did a system reset in TWRP and the flashed the Viper XL ROM. Its pre-rooted.
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You can. I was able to root my stock JB (had to install SuperSU manually) after installing the custom recovery through fastboot.

JeremyNSL said:
If you were a bit silly like me, perhaps you flashed the JB OTA on your Telus HOX before you rooted, unlocked, got SuperCID and S-Off. I didn't have much luck searching the forum for exact steps on how to get that stuff after taking the OTA. All the info is here, but I was confused what applied to my Telus phone and what would work even after the JB OTA. So I figured I'd detail my steps here in case someone else wants a detailed guide. Obviously the credit for everything below goes to the original authors of the techniques. I'm just linking stuff.
Unlock
1.Register at HTCDev and follow the directions to unlock your bootloader. Its pretty straightforward. You don't need to download the whole huge 300+ Android SDK. You can just get the adb-fastboot package from this thread.
Flash Recovery
I flashed TWRP with one-click via this AIO toolkit. There is probably tons of other ways to do it.
Root
Not sure its possible to root the stock JB unless you install a different ROM. So I did a system reset in TWRP and the flashed the Viper XL ROM. Its pre-rooted.
SuperCID
Its quite easy - just follow this guide exactly.
S-Off
Follow this guide and you shouldn't have a problem.
Once you have all that, you can downgrade your touch firmware. The reason to do this is if you want to install AOSP-based ROMs like CyanogenMod or AOKP. I haven't done that yet because I'm pretty happy with ViperXL. If you want to stick with Sense-based ROMs it isn't necessary to downgrade.
As a final note, once you've got ViperXL and S-Off I'd highly recommend trying the ElementalX Kernel.
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does this work on ONE XL international version.i have 3.17.708.5 software version on my one xl.

rkoforever90 said:
does this work on ONE XL international version.i have 3.17.708.5 software version on my one xl.
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It should work on any S4 dual-core One XL except on AT&T.

iElvis said:
It should work on any S4 dual-core One XL.
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But not the ATT version because they're locked from HTCdev.

ChronoReverse said:
But not the ATT version because they're locked from HTCdev.
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Whoops--corrected.

if i have the unlock token i can root 3.18 AT T ota?

Yup, if you managed to unlock the bootloader then you're clear to go all the way to s-off (and you should).

I have a htc one S , but this SuperCID doesn't work on my device.
Does it work after the JB OTA with the One X ?
I'm unable to use my Phone without using custom ROMs, 'cause I can't flash any RUU (CID is T-MOB101).
(I had battery problems after JB OTA-Update)

This isn't the One S forum. I'd advise asking in the appropriate forum.

Ok i can bearly find any info i'm sorry if im in the wrong place but the one x plus from [email protected] just got an ota is it still posible to root after this update? I tryed hysoon200's tool kit but the htc dev website claims my unlock key is too short i coppied it perfectly several times infact the last time i almost bricked it the screen was black for a half hour and after 2-5 mins holding the power button it booted back up can someone please point my retarted a$$ to the rite direction?

Hey, the One X+ is a totally different phone so I can' t really say what's the best direction. You are best off posting in the One X+ forum.
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Ok i can bearly find any info i'm sorry if im in the wrong place but the one x plus from [email protected] just got an ota is it still posible to root after this update? I tryed hysoon200's tool kit but the htc dev website claims my unlock key is too short i coppied it perfectly several times infact the last time i almost bricked it the screen was black for a half hour and after 2-5 mins holding the power button it booted back up can someone please point my retarted a$$ to the rite direction?
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Yea I found this one by accident with Google but yes I am looking for a one x forum that's actually active I'm wanting to smash my head in

Have you looked here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1814
gothicasshole said:
Yea I found this one by accident with Google but yes I am looking for a one x forum that's actually active I'm wanting to smash my head in
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yea i'm sorry i got it lol
i wound up following the htc steps and manually made a folder and it gave me the correct token so needless to say it's unlocked flashed the su.zip made a nandroid and now i got full root thanks for your help thoe but now i'm looking at roms i keep hearing viper is the thing to have but i'm impartial to cyanogen so i'm looking for unofficial portss i wish they would crack s-off so i could do a normal flash without the dang adb lol

If I do this, will I lose my SIM unlock? I am using an unlocked Telus One X with Fido. Thanks.

You can s-off. You just need to change yiur cid to 11111111 first. Aosp roms are all in the original android development section of this forum.
I believe carrier unlock is done at the bootloader layer so it should not affect your sim unlock
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I just unlocked the bootloader. Now I want to flash TWRP, but do I need to run the X Factor exploit in the AIO toolkit? Thanks.

Just a quick question, I did all the steps including downgrading the touch firmware (thanks for the help!), but I just have one more question. I was looking at CM 10.1 ROM and it said and update to RUU 3.18 is required. How can I check my RUU? Do I need to update? Thanks for any help.
Just checked my RUU, it's 3.17.

vuga said:
Just a quick question, I did all the steps including downgrading the touch firmware (thanks for the help!), but I just have one more question. I was looking at CM 10.1 ROM and it said and update to RUU 3.18 is required. How can I check my RUU? Do I need to update? Thanks for any help.
Just checked my RUU, it's 3.17.
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3.17 is fine. If that cm10.1 doesn't boot, ruu again, flash recovery, downgrade touchscreen and flash it again.