dual booting - a how to - Droid Incredible Themes and Apps

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​
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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.

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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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MaXimum SENSEaY-TION SIMPLIFi ROOT, ICS, UNLOCK, ROM, 1.5GHz, Beats NOOBPROOF 10min

NEW YEARS UPDATE: CdTDroiD has put out SENSEaY XE40/3.0!!! I will update this tonight once I get it working on my phone . You can also use Android Revolution HD and InsertCoin ICS ROMs as they are pretty stable
NEW YEARS UPDATE 2: Found 1.5GHz Kernel for ICS. Posted below.
NOTE: I AM NOT TAKING CREDIT OR DONATIONS FOR ANY OF THE ROMS, KERNELS, MODS, OR ANY OTHER BIT OF THE GREAT PRO BONO WORK DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS BY XDA DEVS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS POST. PROPS TO THE XDA DEVS WHO’S WORK THIS IS. DONATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE APPROPRIATE DEVS. THIS IS JUST A “REMIX” OF (IMHO) THE BEST WORK OUT THERE. ALSO THANKS TO HTC FOR THEIR WORK ON SENSE, THE GREAT HARDWARE THEY PRODUCE, AND THE RUU FILES THEY PROVIDE FREE OF CHARGE TO DEVS. NO INSULT IS INTENDED TO ANY DEVS OF ROMS NOT IN THIS REMIX. YOU ALL DO GREAT WORK, AND THIS IS JUST PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
Look! Transparent taskbar, transparent dock, transparent calendar widget, and ICS-like theme throughout. Newest version google Apps, Sense 3.5 (PICS BELOW FOR Android 2.3.5. PICS FOR ICS COMING SOON, ONCE BETTER BUILDS ARE OUT)
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Android 2.3.5 Current <Will Update to ICS when stable build is posted on XDA by a dev, complete with props>
HTC Sense 3.5
1.5-1.7GHz Dual Core w. HTC Kernel, 1.2GHz with SENSEaY kernel
768MB RAM (562MB addressable with HTC Kernel, 613MB with stock SENSEaY kernel)
Greetings from the great white north! As much as I’d like to think of myself as technically inclined, I’m a relative greenhorn (compared to devs and other hardcore XDAers). I’m a big fan of the work of devs on XDA. I’ve used Android since the G1, and have dabbled in unlocking, rooting, custom ROMs, etc. but have had a bit of a hard time sifting through all of the ROMs, Kernels, mods, etc on XDA. That’s why I decided to bring together a mix of the best options and features out there into a simple step-by-step instructional post.
Why root and unlock? You can use your phone on any carrier (as long as the radio is supported), unlock its hardware potential (including overclock), better battery life with custom Kernel, and NO MORE ADS with adfree.
Vol. 1: HTC Sensation (4G/XE, T-Mobile US, Bell Canada)
If you’re one of the proud owners of this phone GOOD FOR YOU! You’ve made a good choice on good quality hardware – that was the first step. Step 2 is making the phone work for you. We’ll go through rooting to give you control, free-unlocking to break the chains, custom ROMs that maximize your hardware, custom kernels to tune the ROMs, and custom Mods to make it really pop.
By the end of these 10 minutes you’ll have an HTC Sensation XE with Beats audio running at 1.5GHz (the design clock of the Sensation CPU, Overclockable to 1.9GHz) a swiping keyboard, and a really slick FAST interface
1. Rooting permanently (S-OFF, Recovery, Root, etc.) [props to xl VipeR lx ]
a. a) Remove your battery and write down your phone’s serial number. You’ll need it for c)
b. Put the battery back in your phone and press the “Volume down” and “Power” buttons at the same time. This will bring you to a white screen. This is called “boot to bootloader”. Look for “HBOOT” and write down the number (ex. 1.18.0000). You’ll need this for c).
c. Go to http://revolutionary.io/ - click “Download for Windows” if you have Windows installed on your PC. It will ask you for the Serial number, device, and HBOOT version you got in step a) and b). It will give you a beta key – write this down, because you’ll need it for e). Unzip “revolutionary-0.4pre4” and note the location (for f))
d. Download HTC Sync (we’ll use this for device drivers, not the tool itself) and install.
e. Reboot your phone and start it up as normal. Once it’s all up, plug it into your PC by USB, and select “HTC Sync” when prompted to do so. Enable USB Debugging (Settings>Applications>Development>USB Debugging). Uninstall HTC Sync after your PC finds your phone and installs the right drivers for it.
f. Open the “revolutionary.exe” tool from the “revolutionary-0.4pre4”. Enter the beta key from c). It may take a few attempts. Once it does work let the tool do its job. It will ask you at some point if you want to flash a custom recovery (Clockworkmod). SAY YES.
g. Rooting time. Download su-2.3.6.3-ef-signed.zip and copy it to your phone’s microSD card. Boot into bootloader. Select “Recovery” (henceforth, boot into recovery), which will take you to a black screen with blue text. Once there, make a “nandroid” backup (“backup and restore”) of your phone in case you decide to revert eventually or you worry about losing data. After, select “install zip from SD card”, “choose zip from SD card”, then “su-2.3.6.3-ef-signed.zip” and flash it. This may take 3 attempts until it gives you a “success” message. YOU’RE ROOTED!
2. 10-second Unlock [props to xl VipeR lx ] - Now that you’re rooted you can do a very simple free permanent unlock
a. Download PG58DIAG.nbh and copy it to your SD card.
b. Boot into recovery. It will bring you to that (now familiar) white screen, and automatically go through some fancy steps.
c. Do these steps quickly: press “Vol down” to enter DIAG, rotate the phone so it’s horizontal, press “Power” to select “Clean S58 data” and “Power” again to execute. YOU’RE UNLOCKED! You can install any SIM card and the phone will recognize all networks as long as that network has the same radio frequency.
Pre-3. Decide on ICS ROM (my current favorites: InsertCoin and Android Revolution HD), but if you do you can't do any tweaks or overclock past 1.5GHz in step 5!
3. Flashing a great ROM [props to CdTDroiD ]
a. Download this recommended ROM: SENSEaY XE35 v2.1.0 and copy the .zip file to your microSD card. Download the “super wipe” erasing tool: Android_Revolution_HD_Super_Wipe_Sensation.zip and copy the .zip file to your microSD card.
b. Boot into recovery. Flash the super wipe file, then flash the SENSEaY file. YOU NOW HAVE AN AWESOME CUSTOM ROM
4. Enhancements
a. Download a custom kernel
FOR ANDROID ICS 4.0.x click HERE or HERE (if first link not working)
FOR ANDROID Gingerbread 2.3.x (recommended: Bricked v1.4 w camfix. Copy this to your microSD card. Note, this will decrease memory showing from 613MB to 562MB.
b. Download CdTdroid tweak (NOT IN ICS YET) CdTDroiD_Tweaks_Patch_1.8.x_v2.zip [props to CdTDroiD ]. Copy this to your microSD card.
c. Download Transparent Taskbar (NOT IN ICS YET)JeffTrabar.zip. Copy this to your microSD card.
d. Boot into recovery. Install zip from SD card, and install in the order above. Reboot. YOU NOW HAVE A SLICKER ROM
5. Final steps and Overclock:
a. Settings>CdTDroiD Tweaks>Battery Options – unselect “show battery icon”, and select “battery text style>Regular%”.
b. Download “Antutu” CPU Master from the market. When prompted, allow “SuperUser permissions”. Now you can OVERCLOCK your CPU. Make sure select “Set on boot” or it will reset to the stock 1.5GHz on boot.
c. Menu>Personalize>Display tab>Lock screen style>weather
d. Menu>Personalize>Display tab>Lock screen shortcuts – set whatever your favorite shortcuts are. Mine are phone, GMail, camera, and SMS messages.
Congratulations, you made it this far! Now go out and enjoy the hell out of your phone.
Credits:
XDA Web team
Devs
If I’m leaving anyone out PM ME and I will add to this list. No disrespect intended, of course.
Sweet. So this is basically a re written/re worded version of the sticky guide on how to get s off and root ? After reading through it, it seems very similiar, but a little easier to follow....? I'm guessing following your guide when I get to the Rom/kernel part, I can flash any other too?
Has anyone w a tmo sensation 4g followed this exactly step by step and was completely successful without any problems?
Thanks for taking the time to write this
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@kboater
Yep, it's basically just a simplified, faster guide that I put together myself based on a LOT of other guides, walkthroughs, and OP Dev posts. You can use any other ROM of your choosing, but I've only tested the tweaks and kernels with SENSEaY. I tried Android Revolution HD, InsertCoin, and a few others and found that SENSEaY fit best for my requirements.
TESTED AND WORKING ON T-Mobile Sensation, Bell Sensation
4 SENSATIONS DONE SO FAR
Edit: added more ROMs and Kernels
Hi, thank you for this great time spending to put all info in one place. I tried and I like it. Everything is smooth. However, I have one bug. I am not aible to use camera anymore. Then I push camera app, screen becomes black and is showing litle camera shaped logo in the middle. After this phone just goes into home menu. Any suggests why this is happening and how I can fix it?
By the way, I was reading about HTC Amaze camera app for sensation. Is it that much better? Can I ser a compress ratio to standart one?
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@kboater
Yep, it's basically just a simplified, faster guide that I put together myself based on a LOT of other guides, walkthroughs, and OP Dev posts. You can use any other ROM of your choosing, but I've only tested the tweaks and kernels with SENSEaY. I tried Android Revolution HD, InsertCoin, and a few others and found that SENSEaY fit best for my requirements.
TESTED AND WORKING ON T-Mobile Sensation, Bell Sensation
4 SENSATIONS DONE SO FAR
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thanks appreciate it.
2 more questions:
1. from the little reading i have done on roms, it seems like the roms based on sense 3.0 in general tend to be more stable (with better battery life) then the ones based on sense 3.5...? Senseay Xe35 seems be be sense 3.5 right? For this to be the first rom I flash on my tmo sensation 4g, do you suggest I start with the a very stable sense 3.0 Rom?
2. Have you tried to put S-On back on? The guide to putting it back on does not seem like it is quite as noobproof...? If you have tired it, do you recommend it, or do you have your own simplified version of it, like you do for S-off and flashing roms, like this thread?
Thanks, really appreciate it )
@madbeardo
Just updated the guide. Yes the bricked 1.5 kernel and HTC stock kernel both seem to interfere with the camera. I fixed this on my 4 Sensations by flashing bricked 1.4! You can still overclock to 1.9GHz (though I don't recommend over 1.7GHz for stability)
@kboater
Yep sense 3.5. You can flash an older version of SENSEaY or another ROM with sense 3.0 but I've found those to be no more stable than the 3.5 ROMs. As for the battery life, I'm at 35% with "1d 1h 14min 28s on battery" on moderate normal usage (voice calls, downloads, light browsing, some gaming, texting, email, etc.) I'll post battery stats once I get down to 5% or so.
Simplest way to get S-On should be flashing the original RUU for the device using HTC tools. It will also wipe out clockworkmod custom recovery.
I loves this post. It's easier for newbie like me.
Thank you.
Thanks, finally went about unlocking my device using this guide.
Glad to be of help! If you like it, please click "thanks" in the original post.
FYI Updates: Some XDA Devs are making progress on the ICS ROMs. I hope to update this soon to include the ICS option.
Robodan,
Using Sensay and the kernel you suggested (bricked 1.4), things are just a little laggy. for example, when opening weather or many other apps, i get a grey checkered screen for a sec before the app opens.
when opening or scrolling through the app drawer, its kind of laggy also.
any other Roms you suggest trying? any other kernels?
thanks!
This should be stickied.
@kboater
I haven't run into that on any of the 4 Sensations I've done
Could you describe it in more detail? Screenshots? (Power+home buttons)
Also, are you using the Bricked 1.4 I posted in this thread or another? The one I posted has the camfix.
RoboDan918 said:
NOTE: I AM NOT TAKING CREDIT OR DONATIONS FOR ANY OF THE ROMS, KERNELS, MODS, OR ANY OTHER BIT OF THE GREAT PRO BONO WORK DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS BY XDA DEVS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS POST. PROPS TO THE XDA DEVS WHO’S WORK THIS IS. DONATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE APPROPRIATE DEVS. THIS IS JUST A “REMIX” OF (IMHO) THE BEST WORK OUT THERE. ALSO THANKS TO HTC FOR THEIR WORK ON SENSE, THE GREAT HARDWARE THEY PRODUCE, AND THE RUU FILES THEY PROVIDE FREE OF CHARGE TO DEVS. NO INSULT IS INTENDED TO ANY DEVS OF ROMS NOT IN THIS REMIX. YOU ALL DO GREAT WORK, AND THIS IS JUST PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
Look! Transparent taskbar, transparent dock, transparent calendar widget, and ICS-like theme throughout. Newest version google Apps, Sense 3.5
Android 2.3.5 Current <Will Update to ICS when stable build is posted on XDA by a dev, complete with props>
HTC Sense 3.5
1.5-1.7GHz Dual Core w. HTC Kernel, 1.2GHz with SENSEaY kernel
768MB RAM (562MB addressable with HTC Kernel, 613MB with stock SENSEaY kernel)
Greetings from the great white north! As much as I’d like to think of myself as technically inclined, I’m a relative greenhorn (compared to devs and other hardcore XDAers). I’m a big fan of the work of devs on XDA. I’ve used Android since the G1, and have dabbled in unlocking, rooting, custom ROMs, etc. but have had a bit of a hard time sifting through all of the ROMs, Kernels, mods, etc on XDA. That’s why I decided to bring together a mix of the best options and features out there into a simple step-by-step instructional post.
Why root and unlock? You can use your phone on any carrier (as long as the radio is supported), unlock its hardware potential (including overclock), better battery life with custom Kernel, and NO MORE ADS with adfree.
Vol. 1: HTC Sensation (4G/XE, T-Mobile US, Bell Canada)
If you’re one of the proud owners of this phone GOOD FOR YOU! You’ve made a good choice on good quality hardware – that was the first step. Step 2 is making the phone work for you. We’ll go through rooting to give you control, free-unlocking to break the chains, custom ROMs that maximize your hardware, custom kernels to tune the ROMs, and custom Mods to make it really pop.
By the end of these 10 minutes you’ll have an HTC Sensation XE with Beats audio running at 1.5GHz (the design clock of the Sensation CPU, Overclockable to 1.9GHz) a swiping keyboard, and a really slick FAST interface
1. Rooting permanently (S-OFF, Recovery, Root, etc.) [props to xl VipeR lx ]
a. a) Remove your battery and write down your phone’s serial number. You’ll need it for c)
b. Put the battery back in your phone and press the “Volume down” and “Power” buttons at the same time. This will bring you to a white screen. This is called “boot to bootloader”. Look for “HBOOT” and write down the number (ex. 1.18.0000). You’ll need this for c).
c. Go to http://revolutionary.io/ - click “Download for Windows” if you have Windows installed on your PC. It will ask you for the Serial number, device, and HBOOT version you got in step a) and b). It will give you a beta key – write this down, because you’ll need it for e). Unzip “revolutionary-0.4pre4” and note the location (for f))
d. Download HTC Sync (we’ll use this for device drivers, not the tool itself) and install.
e. Reboot your phone and start it up as normal. Once it’s all up, plug it into your PC by USB, and select “HTC Sync” when prompted to do so. Enable USB Debugging (Settings>Applications>Development>USB Debugging). Uninstall HTC Sync after your PC finds your phone and installs the right drivers for it.
f. Open the “revolutionary.exe” tool from the “revolutionary-0.4pre4”. Enter the beta key from c). It may take a few attempts. Once it does work let the tool do its job. It will ask you at some point if you want to flash a custom recovery (Clockworkmod). SAY YES.
g. Rooting time. Download su-2.3.6.3-ef-signed.zip and copy it to your phone’s microSD card. Boot into bootloader. Select “Recovery” (henceforth, boot into recovery), which will take you to a black screen with blue text. Once there, make a “nandroid” backup (“backup and restore”) of your phone in case you decide to revert eventually or you worry about losing data. After, select “install zip from SD card”, “choose zip from SD card”, then “su-2.3.6.3-ef-signed.zip” and flash it. This may take 3 attempts until it gives you a “success” message. YOU’RE ROOTED!
2. 10-second Unlock [props to xl VipeR lx ] - Now that you’re rooted you can do a very simple free permanent unlock
a. Download PG58DIAG.nbh and copy it to your SD card.
b. Boot into recovery. It will bring you to that (now familiar) white screen, and automatically go through some fancy steps.
c. Do these steps quickly: press “Vol down” to enter DIAG, rotate the phone so it’s horizontal, press “Power” to select “Clean S58 data” and “Power” again to execute. YOU’RE UNLOCKED! You can install any SIM card and the phone will recognize all networks as long as that network has the same radio frequency.
3. Flashing a great ROM [props to CdTDroiD ]
a. Download this recommended ROM: SENSEaY XE35 v2.1.0 and copy the .zip file to your microSD card. Download the “super wipe” erasing tool: Android_Revolution_HD_Super_Wipe_Sensation.zip and copy the .zip file to your microSD card.
b. Boot into recovery. Flash the super wipe file, then flash the SENSEaY file. YOU NOW HAVE AN AWESOME CUSTOM ROM
4. Enhancements
a. Download a custom kernel (recommended: Bricked v1.4 w camfix. Copy this to your microSD card. Note, this will decrease memory showing from 613MB to 562MB.
b. Download CdTdroid tweak CdTDroiD_Tweaks_Patch_1.8.x_v2.zip [props to CdTDroiD ]. Copy this to your microSD card.
c. Download JeffTrabar.zip (transparent taskbar). Copy this to your microSD card.
d. Boot into recovery. Install zip from SD card, and install in the order above. Reboot. YOU NOW HAVE A SLICKER ROM
5. Final steps and Overclock:
a. Settings>CdTDroiD Tweaks>Battery Options – unselect “show battery icon”, and select “battery text style>Regular%”.
b. Download “Antutu” CPU Master from the market. When prompted, allow “SuperUser permissions”. Now you can OVERCLOCK your CPU. Make sure select “Set on boot” or it will reset to the stock 1.5GHz on boot.
c. Menu>Personalize>Display tab>Lock screen style>weather
d. Menu>Personalize>Display tab>Lock screen shortcuts – set whatever your favorite shortcuts are. Mine are phone, GMail, camera, and SMS messages.
Congratulations, you made it this far! Now go out and enjoy the hell out of your phone.
Other HTC Sensation ROMs and Kernels:
http://www.theandroidsource.com/sen...cking-etc/824-htc-sensation-roms-kernels.html (they link back to XDA FYI)
also http://www.mediafire.com/?t74kay2965co3
*** Other kernels may interfere with the camera - a known issue
Credits:
XDA Web team
Devs
If I’m leaving anyone out PM ME and I will add to this list. No disrespect intended, of course.
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Thanks alot!!! steps worked perfect!! only issue i had was downloading the "CdTDroiD_Tweaks_Patch_1.8.x_v2.zip" the link for that one doesnt work anymore , it says it was removed...did a search on google. found it here :http://dev-host.org/users/CdTDroiD/296/ADDONS , thanks a billion...loving my sensation XE!
GOD bless U
I just bought my Sensation XE 3 days ago after my long used N73 was stolen. So Android, Custom ROM, Flash everything is completely new to me ! And as a Bangladeshi, English is not even my first language. but when incidentally i stumbled upon this thread, at that very moment i could feel that "yes, i can do this" . The total presentation is excellent and thanx to this thread now my android is flashed with custom ROM on its 3rd day My humble congratulations to the creator I just want 2 add few points where a noob like me can get a little scared on step 1e..it will be helpful to mention that we must uninstall HTC sync first, otherwise the “revolutionary.exe” tool WILL NOT open ( i thought uninstallation wasn't that necessary and tried...the tool was not opening and got scared)
1g..second time when i tried to boot to bootloader..it won't happen got scared again and by searching other resources found out that to do that i have to take the battery out every time or simply TURN OFF the Fast boot option.
After that i flashed with "Revolutionary HD" ROM & Now i am a Poweruser !!!
if u mention those 2 little extra lines as i mentioned..It will be completely IDIOT proof
GOD bless XDA forum/ developers.. I think for only people like u, knowledge and technology has reached this far. Cant imagine what if the rest of the world acted like people in "apple" ( Respect to Mr. Jobs any way)
I was able to unlock and root my HTC sensation perfectly using the above methods. Thanks!
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everytime I enter the beta key from the web site (in case sensitive) it tell me it an invalid key. I have tried about 10 times with no luck.
Any advise???
radind said:
everytime I enter the beta key from the web site (in case sensitive) it tell me it an invalid key. I have tried about 10 times with no luck.
Any advise???
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the key is case sensitive, happened to me too . after 2nd try when it said Ivalid key..i copied it into MSword and changed the fonts.found that i was trying with "i" instead of small "L" . i wish ur case is also simple like mine, best of luck.
yes it was exactly that issue. hard to tell what the letters are sometimes. Have completed the process and all working well.
So I'm curious, why isn't this in the development section with all the other roms? I haven't tried it yet but it looks like a nice version, I'll probably be rooting and romming tonight for the first time

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.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app

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
question regarding the nand for the phone rom: htc evo, smelkis 4.3 recovery, option to nand should include or exclude RECOVERY?
SO which would be better. I'm wondering if I should use CM7 to run as my main rom, than dual boot a JB rom boot manager lite. I still haven't gotten this to work, so which should my main OS be?
xsleazoidx said:
SO which would be better. I'm wondering if I should use CM7 to run as my main rom, than dual boot a JB rom boot manager lite. I still haven't gotten this to work, so which should my main OS be?
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I don't think jelly bean is supported except as a main ROM...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Unofficial Xparent White Tapatalk 2
Nice advertisement.
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2
Boot Manager already has a thread in Themes and Apps,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224998&highlight=boot+manager
because it is an app...
alaman68 said:
Boot Manager already has a thread in Themes and Apps,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224998&highlight=boot+manager
because it is an app...
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+1

[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

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