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ROM - Inspired DHD AFR - now with improved audio

Borrowed from our friends in Europe, Americanized, with the Inspire Kernel (enabling sound) and install scripts swiped from Modaco, this is based on the latest Euro RUU, with no additions except busybox. Superuser market updates were clobbering things up, so install that from market and you should be good to go.
AFR003 is a clean, unbranded, deodexed ROM for the HTC Inspire (American DHD). It has the built in USB and WIFI tethering (no fee) capabilities, it's rooted with busybox. AFR003 includes an audio improvement hack engineered by Jasonyump.
md5: 249083ce88b626c362ec0682617127df inspired-dhd-afr003-signed.zip (2/20)
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Here is a rooted rom based on the stocker. Sideload toggle enabled, massive locale list and root/busybox installed. Stock Audio.
md5: 8ffb190d16b1cccbb1be61ee075f1e16 att-inspire-rooted-signed.zip (root fixed 2/20)
Changelog:
afr001 - initial version
afr002 - updated to latest WWE (telus) firmware, with US locale default, retained EU locales and added English & French Canadian locations.
afr003 - scrapped Telus base (branded rom), deodexed and added Jasonyump audio update.
Hint: to start clockwork recovery and flash roms/add ons on the HTC Inspire/DHD:
place the zipfile to be flashed on the sdcard. Do NOT unzip it.
menu > settings > applications > uncheck fast boot
turn phone off, no usb connected
hold down vol-down button, then press power to start - keep holding the vol-down button until Hboot menu shows up
use the vol - down button to scroll down to recovery after sdfilechecks are done (they will fash by quickly)
press power to start recovery
use vol down button to navigate, power button to select
OPTIONAL: If recommended by rom author or if flashing over another rom type, wipe data/factory reset
install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sdcard > select zipfile > Yes - (name of zipfile)
repeat choose zip from sdcard for any add ons (gapps, themes, kernels, etc)
press back button when flashing is complete until reboot system now is at the top of the screen.
press power to reboot the system.
If desired, return the fast boot setting to on in settings. (See above)
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Thanks, this is perfect

And this includes Sense 2.0 with access to their web site features? If so, awesome!!

So we should be able to just swap the kernel in any dhd rom with an inspire one and be good?
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So, use instructions from other thread then flash with this rom?
This has hsupa enabled?
One last question, how can you go back to stock in case of return or exchange?
Thanks a bunch.

Sorry for the ultra cautious noob question. Can someone confirm the first "ROM Flashing" subheading contains the correct instructions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Flashing_Guide_-_Android
If so, would it be appropriate and or helpful to include these in the original post?

aimfire72 said:
And this includes Sense 2.0 with access to their web site features? If so, awesome!!
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Also wondering this.

Yes, it's the lastest in unbranded roms, with Sense 2.0 and Android 2.2.1.

Cool, thanks - how do we flash this? I'm coming from a Samsung and used to using Odin, etc. Do we just rename to "update.zip" and install that way? Thanks.

Does this have apps2SD working?
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Be Gentle..
I'm new to the HTC world but have flashed tons of roms on my Captivate (now retired). How would one flash this, via rom manager?
I take it I have to be rooted first, I'm ok with doing this but can someone point in the direction of how to do so?
Thanks in advance and I'm excited to join the HTC community

aimfire72 said:
Cool, thanks - how do we flash this? I'm coming from a Samsung and used to using Odin, etc. Do we just rename to "update.zip" and install that way? Thanks.
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Sounds like we're in the same boat

See the thread that says "hack kit".

works great.

EDIT: I went outside and my GPS connected, it was just me being paranoid
I am not for sure if it is this ROM, I am paranoid, or there is something wrong with my phone, but I have had my GPS on for the past 30 minutes and it cannot find any sattelites. I am inside a building and I know that could have an affect but I would think after 30 minutes it would find something.

Are there instructions out there on how to install this ROM (which I presume basically debrands it, removing the AT&T preinstalled garbage and enabling tethering/hotspot) on a 100% stock, unrooted Inspire that a complete and total n00b to Android development can follow without bricking his phone? All this is new to me and some instructions for an idiot like myself would be extremely helpful. Thanks.

Look for the kit, it has the instructions, just a word of warning though, it isn't for the faint of heart

borguesian said:
So we should be able to just swap the kernel in any dhd rom with an inspire one and be good?
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Same question here.

lrs421 said:
Sounds like we're in the same boat
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Put it on the card then install using rom manager.

It seems that HSDPA+ has gone.....

What the Deuce; Our cousin can Dual Boot

Well whaddaya know, the HTC Desire has taken on a new amazing feat; it can now dual boot ROMs. While I sit here in jealousy I must ask, how is this possible? I mean is it device specific? I'd love to dual boot on myTouch, I have 3 SD Cards just laying around chilling, and they would be really useful for this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1173309

We're always missing out on some, this is on many htc devices I've noticed, including things like the Cwm4 recovery. I wish I could help get those things on our phones.
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What is dual boot?
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Google: What is dual boot? ANSWER: A dual boot system is a computer system in which two operating systems are installed on the same hard drive, allowing either operating system to be loaded and given control. When you turn the computer on, a boot manager program displays a menu, allowing you to choose the operating system you wish to use.
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In our case it would be the device your using is partitioned for two seperate areas in which two independent Roms are installed, when you first power on the device you get a boot manager that gives you a choice to boot into one or the other.
The issue with doing this with a phone is the two Roms you choose would have to be able to run on the same Kernel. So if your running a Sense Rom and you decided to install an AOSP requiring a different kernel on the other partition you would run into some real issues.
This is completely doable on our device, the question is how important is it for anyone to have and would you mind giving up battery time for the feature, YES this will cause you to drink up some power which is something most Devs work hard on to keep consumption down.
EDIT: You can follow the same instructions here but there maybe a few things you need to do in C for this to work properly I didn't look to far into it, Also I would upgrade the SD Card as your going to have to have 3 partitions so an 8gb will get real crowded quick if you try to do this. The least I would try this with is a 16gb considering all of the files you may have already on your sd card that apps need for cache, pics, storage, ect.
I'll see what I can do with it after I pick up a 32gb sd card but it shouldn't be too hard.

Orical said:
In our case it would be the device your using is partitioned for two seperate areas in which two independent Roms are installed, when you first power on the device you get a boot manager that gives you a choice to boot into one or the other.
The issue with doing this with a phone is the two Roms you choose would have to be able to run on the same Kernel. So if your running a Sense Rom and you decided to install an AOSP requiring a different kernel on the other partition you would run into some real issues.
This is completely doable on our device, the question is how important is it for anyone to have and would you mind giving up battery time for the feature, YES this will cause you to drink up some power which is something most Devs work hard on to keep consumption down.
EDIT: You can follow the same instructions here but there maybe a few things you need to do in C for this to work properly I didn't look to far into it, Also I would upgrade the SD Card as your going to have to have 3 partitions so an 8gb will get real crowded quick if you try to do this. The least I would try this with is a 16gb considering all of the files you may have already on your sd card that apps need for cache, pics, storage, ect.
I'll see what I can do with it after I pick up a 32gb sd card but it shouldn't be too hard.
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That was mentioned in the Desire HD thread. They say if you want to use a Sense and an AOSP ROM, you're going to have to use the Sense kernel and deal with the problems that may occur, like no bluetooth. Additionally, it seems to break Wifi for almost everyone who use it. Nevertheless its freaking awesome, and something I'd love to do.

There's not much to this and it can be implemented easily. I did it a different way, but the way the guy on that desire HD thread works much more elegant than my way did (although my way allowed for two different kernels).
To understand how this works, you first have to understand the boot process. When you turn on the phone, the bios starts the radio and then the radio starts the SPL which contains the information for partitioning, location of boot on nand, etc.
Unless you interrupt normal spl boot (which would take you to the other two boot options, spl and recovery), the spl looks for the "init" program in the specified boot partition.
This init program can be anything. From a basic linux perspective, it could be a simple script to set-up devices and then just toss user control to a command line (for basic linux usage) or, in Android's case, it runs the init scripts (device.init.rc and init.rc) and has the kernel run the whole Android stack.
What this guy did was make his own init program (I haven't looked at the thing since I'm at work) which, from what I read, is just a small binary, which possibly relies on two different init scripts to boot either from nand (mmcblk0p25) or sdcard (mmcblk1pX [depending on your partitioning]).
The disadvantage to this is that, as he stated, you can only use one kernel, since boot is still starting as normal and the spl is booting to the boot partition which only contains one kernel (you can toss in more, but only one will be started by the spl) and then his init program takes care of the rest of the bring-up.
The way I did it was having two boot images for two different builds, my regular nand rom (which would boot when booting normally) and my SD build (which would boot instead of recovery). All this requires is flashing a boot.img to recovery and then modifying the init.rc to boot from SD (mmcblk1pX) instead of nand. The clear disadvantage, ofcourse, is the loss of recovery, but by using this guy's method, I could have a menu on the SD boot to boot either the SD build or a recovery (means a modified recovery rather than a regular boot.img).
Both options are easily doable on any rooted device. The one thing lacking currently is a recovery that will allow to update.zip install to sdcard (I'd suggest using partitions 4 for system and 5 for data, since 2 and 3 are historically been used for sd-ext and swap).
So you guys can just find a recovery dev, point him to this thread, and show him my post to see if he can make such a recovery (should be easy) and it could become mainstream feature of rooted androids.

Bump. This would be amazing to port over. This would be donation worthy.
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im trying to get madmaxx to compile the mt4g into that amazing 4ext recovery he made. It's like amon_ra recovery but better!
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You can dual boot on the MT4G with Boot Manager,available in the Android Market, though it cost 2.99 but it does allow you to run two separate ROMs.

I got BootManager but i need to set everything manually and i dont know them can someone help me with these?
What is your sdcard block?
What is your system's size in mb?
What is your data's size in mb?
What is your cache's size in mb?
I have MIUI DemonSpeed 1.29 and the 8gb sdcard that comes with the mytouch

harei84 said:
You can dual boot on the MT4G with Boot Manager,available in the Android Market, though it cost 2.99 but it does allow you to run two separate ROMs.
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is it officially supported? I have a fear of it writing to the wrong partition and fμck up the device.

GazaIan said:
is it officially supported? I have a fear of it writing to the wrong partition and fμck up the device.
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its not supported it asks the questions i posted in the first page <

I really know nothing about the app just saw a feature about it on Lifehacker.com

It works on myTouch 4G. It is supported, but support is weird. Im beta testing one that works and for the most part everything works as it should, but the app recognizes the phone on Virtuous Unity and doesn't recognize it in MIUI. I'm triple booted at the moment (I can install 2 more ROMs, but I don't want to) and MIUI is on the SD Card and doesn't recognize my phone.
Bottom line is, it works, try it. It's definitely worth the $2.99.

Doesnt work
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I take that back it does running VI 1.31 double shot and miui
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dual booting - a how to

Dual Booting For Our 3vo​
But also compatible with htc desire, htc desire hd, HTC desire s, HTC supersonic 4g, HTC incredible 1, HTC incredible 2, HTC incredible s, HTC inspire 4g, HTC vision, HTC thunderbolt, HTC sensation, Motorola Droid 1, Motorola droid 2, motorola droid 2 global, Motorola droid x, nexus one, mytouch 4g, Samsung galaxy nexus
If you have a device above and want help please pm the link to your thread
AS MENTIONED ON DRIPPLER​
< < < ROM 1
ROM 2 > > >
​
VIDEO IN POST 2​
First things first
S-off and Root required.
At the moment, Aroma scripted Roms are not yet compatible on slot 2, unless restoring from a Nand backup, which is pre configured
IF YOU WANT FULL DUAL BOOTING ENSURE SECOND ROM IS "GAPPS INSTALLED" AND WITH WORKING INTERNET {DATA/WIFI}
1. ensure your happy with the current state of your main/daily rom
2. NAND - back it up
3. download, install and configure either the free https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager.lite&feature=search_result boot manager lite app
or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager&feature=search_result the pro version
4. NAND - back it up (not necessary, but advised)
5. download your secondary rom zip
6. open your downloaded bootloader app and slide accross to slot 1
7. install your chosen rom (do not wipe anything on first install)
DO NOT BOOT SECONDARY ROM
8. NAND - back it up, again (if your low on sd space, delete your earliest nand, and then next etc etc)
9. open boot manager when booted, and slide to slot 1, and boot rom
10. "Ta da". your now dual booting,
If you find that your phone can't create boot.IMG , navigate to the root of your sd, find the boot.IMG file, delete it, then restart bootmanager , and it should create it without problems
if you ever run into problems, pull the battery, boot to hboot, select recovery, and flash the update.zip inside the phoneRom directory. It writes your backed up boot image. thanks too $MyName for making this common knowledge
PLEASE READ, ALL INFO HERE
http://init2winitapps.com/stories/BMManual.html
IF YOU FIND YOU CANT SWITCH BETWEEN ROMS, ITS BECAUSE YOUR NOT SIGNED INTO GOOGLE , AND OR YOU DONT HAVE A DATA/WIFI CONNECTION,
BUT DONT WORRY, WE MADE BACK UPS, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO YOUR FIRST ROM AGAIN, JUST RESTORE YOUR NAND
Thanks to Pauly_k , for bringing the app to my attention

Sounds awesome. Gonna try that

There's just one big problem, the Desire S has been found to have a very problematic eMMc chip with regards to battery pulling. Kinda scary.
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dual booting - a how to

Dual Booting For Our 3vo​
But also compatible with htc desire, htc desire hd, HTC desire s, HTC supersonic 4g, HTC incredible 1, HTC incredible 2, HTC incredible s, HTC inspire 4g, HTC vision, HTC thunderbolt, HTC sensation, Motorola Droid 1, Motorola droid 2, motorola droid 2 global, Motorola droid x, nexus one, mytouch 4g, Samsung galaxy nexus
If you have a device above and want help please pm the link to your thread
AS MENTIONED ON DRIPPLER​
< < < ROM 1
ROM 2 > > >
​
VIDEO IN POST 2​
First things first
S-off and Root required.
At the moment, Aroma scripted Roms are not yet compatible on slot 2, unless restoring from a Nand backup, which is pre configured
IF YOU WANT FULL DUAL BOOTING ENSURE SECOND ROM IS "GAPPS INSTALLED" AND WITH WORKING INTERNET {DATA/WIFI}
1. ensure your happy with the current state of your main/daily rom
2. NAND - back it up
3. download, install and configure either the free https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager.lite&feature=search_result boot manager lite app
or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager&feature=search_result the pro version
4. NAND - back it up (not necessary, but advised)
5. download your secondary rom zip
6. open your downloaded bootloader app and slide accross to slot 1
7. install your chosen rom (do not wipe anything on first install)
DO NOT BOOT SECONDARY ROM
8. NAND - back it up, again (if your low on sd space, delete your earliest nand, and then next etc etc)
9. open boot manager when booted, and slide to slot 1, and boot rom
10. "Ta da". your now dual booting,
If you find that your phone can't create boot.IMG , navigate to the root of your sd, find the boot.IMG file, delete it, then restart bootmanager , and it should create it without problems
if you ever run into problems, pull the battery, boot to hboot, select recovery, and flash the update.zip inside the phoneRom directory. It writes your backed up boot image. thanks too $MyName for making this common knowledge
PLEASE READ, ALL INFO HERE
http://init2winitapps.com/stories/BMManual.html
IF YOU FIND YOU CANT SWITCH BETWEEN ROMS, ITS BECAUSE YOUR NOT SIGNED INTO GOOGLE , AND OR YOU DONT HAVE A DATA/WIFI CONNECTION,
BUT DONT WORRY, WE MADE BACK UPS, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO YOUR FIRST ROM AGAIN, JUST RESTORE YOUR NAND
Thanks to Pauly_k , for bringing the app to my attention

Just a Fair Warning!
if yu do this u should understand the risks this brings even as small as they may be. im saying cuz I've dual booted nd got the 5 vibs of death i got it fixed nd up again bt scared the life outta me. buyer beware "hope for the best but always expect the worst"

Thanks for the info. I was wondering how this is possible, seeing as how there is very little space left after flashing just one ROM. However, according the website, it installs the ROMs on your sdcard and runs them straight from there. It will be slower than if you run from internal memory, but it's nice that the option is available.

[multi rom booting]6/9 dual boot video added quad boot video coming soon

Dual/multiple Rom Booting For Our 3vo​
But also compatible with htc desire, htc desire hd, HTC desire s, HTC supersonic 4g, HTC incredible 1, HTC incredible 2, HTC incredible s, HTC inspire 4g, HTC vision, HTC thunderbolt, HTC sensation, Motorola Droid 1, Motorola droid 2, motorola droid 2 global, Motorola droid x, nexus one, mytouch 4g, Samsung galaxy nexus
If you have a device above and want help please pm the link to your thread
AS MENTIONED ON DRIPPLER​
<ROM 1
<ROM 2
ROM 3>
Rom 4>
​
For the doubters, haters and non believers a video will be uploaded soon
OP - currently being updated, I am successfully quad booting mwakious 12.3, pa 9-8-2012, aokp jb build 2.1 and stock gb Rom (rooted)
VIDEO IN POST 2​
First things first
S-off and Root required.
At the moment, Aroma scripted Roms are not yet compatible on slot 2, unless restoring from a Nand backup, which is pre configured
IF YOU WANT FULL DUAL BOOTING ENSURE SECOND ROM IS "GAPPS INSTALLED" AND WITH WORKING INTERNET {DATA/WIFI}
1. ensure your happy with the current state of your main/daily rom
2. NAND - back it up
3. download, install and configure either the free https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager.lite&feature=search_result boot manager lite app
or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager&feature=search_result the pro version
4. NAND - back it up (not necessary, but advised)
5. download your secondary rom zip
6. open your downloaded bootloader app and slide accross to slot 1
7. install your chosen rom (do not wipe anything on first install)
DO NOT BOOT SECONDARY ROM
8. NAND - back it up, again (if your low on sd space, delete your earliest nand, and then next etc etc)
9. open boot manager when booted, and slide to slot 1, and boot rom
10. "Ta da". your now dual booting,
If you find that your phone can't create boot.IMG , navigate to the root of your sd, find the boot.IMG file, delete it, then restart bootmanager , and it should create it without problems
if you ever run into problems, pull the battery, boot to hboot, select recovery, and flash the update.zip inside the phoneRom directory. It writes your backed up boot image. thanks too $MyName for making this common knowledge
PLEASE READ, ALL INFO HERE
http://init2winitapps.com/stories/BMManual.html
DO NOT RUN V6 SUPERCHARGER ON ANY ROM OTHER THAN PHONE ROM, YOU WILL GET STUCK IN A BOOT LOOP
IF YOU FIND YOU CANT SWITCH BETWEEN ROMS, ITS BECAUSE YOUR NOT SIGNED INTO GOOGLE , AND OR YOU DONT HAVE A DATA/WIFI CONNECTION,
BUT DONT WORRY, WE MADE BACK UPS, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO YOUR FIRST ROM AGAIN, JUST RESTORE YOUR NAND
Thanks to Pauly_k , for bringing the app to my attention

HERES A VIDEO OF ME DUALBOOTING FROM ICS TO JB AND BACK AGAIN, QUAD BOOTING VIDEO COMING SOON​

Great tool ... Thank you