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[Q] Installing CM7

Hi all. I have a vanilla HTC Sensation 4G (TMO) and i want to install CM7 and ICS theme. I havent even done s-off yet but i saw the directions on the ARHD DL page. So I am a noob to this though. Any tips/suggestions or things I should know or do before I do this. I dont want to brick my phone but it seems many people have done this so I feel kinda safe. Any input would be great. Thanks!

Sychodrama said:
Hi all. I have a vanilla HTC Sensation 4G (TMO) and i want to install CM7 and ICS theme. I havent even done s-off yet but i saw the directions on the ARHD DL page. So I am a noob to this though. Any tips/suggestions or things I should know or do before I do this. I dont want to brick my phone but it seems many people have done this so I feel kinda safe. Any input would be great. Thanks!
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Follow the steps in: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
It'll give you S-OFF and ClockworkMod (CWM).
You can access CWM by switching off and pulling the battery, then hold volume down and power on.
Then through CWM you the just install the CM7 (or any other ROM) zip file from the SDcard (assuming you've already copied it over).

I have not copied it over but i will do so. Thank you very much. Any other tips would be great but it sounds easy enough.

Sychodrama said:
I have not copied it over but i will do so. Thank you very much. Any other tips would be great but it sounds easy enough.
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pullin the battery isnt necesairy, if you go to menu,energy, and thik off the quik boot. you dont have to pull the battery (the less you open the device the better) just shut down the device, then hold volume down and power on.
install the htc drivers (on the revolution site) before installing, connect your device so it can fully install the drivers for fastboot usb an such.
then begin the install proces.

real187 said:
pullin the battery isnt necesairy, if you go to menu,energy, and thik off the quik boot. you dont have to pull the battery (the less you open the device the better) just shut down the device, then hold volume down and power on.
install the htc drivers (on the revolution site) before installing, connect your device so it can fully install the drivers for fastboot usb an such.
then begin the install proces.
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Cool thanks bro. Im s-off about to install recovery

Well i got to tho point where i installed cm7 from sd card and when it boots i get the blue android guy and the loading circle but then it just turns off. Gonna try some things

make sure you do a data/factory reset on recovery then flash desired rom, for CM specifically you need google apps to flash too
so flash CM7, after its done flash GAPPS
then reboot

I didnt have to flash gapps. But i did another wipe and reinstall and it worked. Seems to be good so far. What does gapps do?

it basically gives you google talk and the android market, but if it already came with that then no need to worry bout it, someone probably included Gapps in the CM7 build

ilostchild said:
it basically gives you google talk and the android market, but if it already came with that then no need to worry bout it, someone probably included Gapps in the CM7 build
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No I dont have gapps
or market but i want it

OK i got it. thank you

So all OK and working fine now ?

gol_n_dal said:
So all OK and working fine now ?
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Yes pretty much but is my 4g working in cm7? i see an H come up is that HSPA+? Im only dl between 2.5 and 3 and i usually get better

yea that is 4G, for some reason that the icon "H" for 4g(hspa+)

A little bit of help please

So I just got my sensation today from a friend.
It used to be rooted, but he said he unrooted it.
I just checked hboot and it says at the top "unlock" and s-off.
But I do not have root privileges .
A little help trying to figure out what's going on please
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So how do u know ur device is not rooted?

If it says s-off, you're pretty much good to go on installing a custom ROM.
Is there a custom recovery installed? That will be the other thing you'd need.
As far as the ROM you're already using, you can install a non rooted ROM on an s-off phone.
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Rooted means the ROM is rooted.
S-Off means the phone itself is 'rooted' (I'm mixing up terminology here to make the explanation simple.)
So you have a phone that you can do anything to. If you install a custom ROM the ROM itself will be rooted, meaning it'll come with Superuser and full root access to the ROM files.
If you have a non rooted ROM on the phone now, you will only be able to flash a new ROM via recovery since you won't be able to run an app like ClockworkMod from the non rooted ROM. But that's no big deal. It just means you'll have to download the ROM you want, copy it to the SD card, and install it via the very easy to use recovery module. And I'd bet heavily that the recovery version on your phone is ClockworkMod and not the stock, so it'll be super easy.
If not, there are still yet other options.

Ok that makes sense.
I just double checked and I'm currently not rooted.
I booted into recovery and I'm current using
4ext 1.0.0.3 beta 7
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Help Me Please.
Hi new to this site so bear with me please, My brother has given me his Htc Sensation which was rooted but he unrooted the device (Not sure why)??? It now wont boot into anything at all, The boot screen says:
UNLOCKED
pyramid pvt ship s-on rl
hboot- 1.23.0000
radio- 11.19.3504.29-2
openADSP-v01.6.0.2226.00.1227
eMMC-boot
Dec 26 2011,12:14:25
All i know he had upgraded the RUU to latest 4.0.3 ics which he says he downloaded from a link from this site. Any advice ideas would really be helpful please.
Thanks

So what do you guys think?
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andyshep1974 said:
Hi new to this site so bear with me please, My brother has given me his Htc Sensation which was rooted but he unrooted the device (Not sure why)??? It now wont boot into anything at all, The boot screen says:
UNLOCKED
pyramid pvt ship s-on rl
hboot- 1.23.0000
radio- 11.19.3504.29-2
openADSP-v01.6.0.2226.00.1227
eMMC-boot
Dec 26 2011,12:14:25
All i know he had upgraded the RUU to latest 4.0.3 ics which he says he downloaded from a link from this site. Any advice ideas would really be helpful please.
Thanks
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you cant get into recovery?
Sent from my Revolver Powered Asus Transformer

Thanks for the reply, No when i reboot into recovery i get the htc logo then blankscreen then turns off and repeats nothing happens I've gotta feeling its bricked or something.

mftek said:
Ok that makes sense.
I just double checked and I'm currently not rooted.
I booted into recovery and I'm current using
4ext 1.0.0.3 beta 7
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You are golden.
4ext is a recovery that will let you flash ROMs. With S=Off you can flash most anything you like. If you want to flash an ICS ROM you'll have to upgrade the firmware first (unless it's already been done.)
There are easy to follow guides in the forum on how to do that. Pay attention to the parts about being SuperCID first (It's easy. Just pay attention to it)
For a regular Gingerbread ROM just download the one you want, put it on the SD Card, enter 4ext recovery and flash it. Should take about 2 minutes to set up and about 10 minutes to install the customer ROM after you start the recovery process (10 minutes of the ROM loading. Not 10 minutes of you doing anything. You can go eat a sandwich while the recovery installs the ROM)
If you need any assistance with using 4ext ask for it. (I've never used it so I can't talk you through it. I've only used clockwork) There are plenty of people here who know exactly what the step by step action is to make sure you get it right.
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andyshep1974 said:
Thanks for the reply, No when i reboot into recovery i get the htc logo then blankscreen then turns off and repeats nothing happens I've gotta feeling its bricked or something.
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It sounds like you don't have a ROM loaded. The same thing happened to me after I upgraded the firmware. (Which has been done to your phone based on the info you provided) The firmware worked, but it had no ROM to boot into.
A quick re flashing of the ROM through the recovery and everything was back to normal.
With S-On though, I'm not sure you can flash a ROM. can't hurt to try it though. You're not going to make your problem worse.

I'm pretty sure I've already tried that, but I'll have a go again. Thanks for the help.
This was the ruu he used
RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.1_Radio_10.42.9007.00P_10.11.9007.15_M_release_192608_signed.exe
But that doesnt match the info on the phone pretty strange but I'll have a go and let you know.

Skipjacks said:
You are golden.
4ext is a recovery that will let you flash ROMs. With S=Off you can flash most anything you like. If you want to flash an ICS ROM you'll have to upgrade the firmware first (unless it's already been done.)
There are easy to follow guides in the forum on how to do that. Pay attention to the parts about being SuperCID first (It's easy. Just pay attention to it)
For a regular Gingerbread ROM just download the one you want, put it on the SD Card, enter 4ext recovery and flash it. Should take about 2 minutes to set up and about 10 minutes to install the customer ROM after you start the recovery process (10 minutes of the ROM loading. Not 10 minutes of you doing anything. You can go eat a sandwich while the recovery installs the ROM)
If you need any assistance with using 4ext ask for it. (I've never used it so I can't talk you through it. I've only used clockwork) There are plenty of people here who know exactly what the step by step action is to make sure you get it right.
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It sounds like you don't have a ROM loaded. The same thing happened to me after I upgraded the firmware. (Which has been done to your phone based on the info you provided) The firmware worked, but it had no ROM to boot into.
A quick re flashing of the ROM through the recovery and everything was back to normal.
With S-On though, I'm not sure you can flash a ROM. can't hurt to try it though. You're not going to make your problem worse.
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Thank you very much.
How do I use clockwork instead??
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mftek said:
Thank you very much.
How do I use clockwork instead??
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You need to flash the Clockwork recovery. You can do that by creating a PM58IMG.ZIP file with the clockwork recovery image and putting it on the root of your SD Card and running it as an update.
Or the much simpler way (Meaning fewer extra steps) is to use 4ext this one time to install a custom ROM, boot up into you rnow working phone and download ClockworkMod from the market and let ClockworkMod flash itself as the new recovery.
You might have to install Google Apps separately to get access to the market. That's dependent on the ROM. Some have it prepackaged. Some don't.
You won't have to go back and reinstall the ROM or anything after flashing the new recovery through the ClockworkMod app. Everything will work fine even though you installed it using 4ext.

Thanks a lot bro.
Question.
Can I now, just download clockwork from the market and flash it over the recovery I have now?
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andyshep1974 said:
I'm pretty sure I've already tried that, but I'll have a go again. Thanks for the help.
This was the ruu he used
RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.1_Radio_10.42.9007.00P_10.11.9007.15_M_release_192608_signed.exe
But that doesnt match the info on the phone pretty strange but I'll have a go and let you know.
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Tried, it didn't work i guess this phone is Bricked then.
Oh well, Gutted though.

mftek said:
Thanks a lot bro.
Question.
Can I now, just download clockwork from the market and flash it over the recovery I have now?
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No. Not if the ROM you have installed isn't rooted.
Clockwork needs Superuser access to do anything. So it wouldn't be able to function without root.
There's nothing wrong with 4ext. It'll work just fine to boot up once even if you strongly prefer Clockwork.
(Also....not to be greedy, but I wouldn't complain if you hit the thanks button! )
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andyshep1974 said:
Tried, it didn't work i guess this phone is Bricked then.
Oh well, Gutted though.
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On the plus side it's not worthless. It has value on eBay as a bricked device for parts.
Also, there's a thread around here somewhere called something like "Think you bricked your device? Check here first"
Check in there for other solutions. (That thread might be for the MyTouch 4G. I just switched phones so I've got all my threads between the forums mixed up in my head.)

Skipjacks said:
No. Not if the ROM you have installed isn't rooted.
Clockwork needs Superuser access to do anything. So it wouldn't be able to function without root.
There's nothing wrong with 4ext. It'll work just fine to boot up once even if you strongly prefer Clockwork.
(Also....not to be greedy, but I wouldn't complain if you hit the thanks button! )
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On the plus side it's not worthless. It has value on eBay as a bricked device for parts.
Also, there's a thread around here somewhere called something like "Think you bricked your device? Check here first"
Check in there for other solutions. (That thread might be for the MyTouch 4G. I just switched phones so I've got all my threads between the forums mixed up in my head.)
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And thanks is given lol
Does anyone else notice dust particles under the screen?
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mftek said:
And thanks is given lol
Does anyone else notice dust particles under the screen?
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Yeah that's a thing. Poor build quality at the factory.
From the poll that's up around here somewhere your odds of getting a dusty screen are about 50/50.
You can find that same thread in any forum for any HTC device on XDA. It's poor quality control by HTC.
You can tear the phone apart and wipe it down....but that obviously has a lot of other risks. Unless the dust is so bad it physically blocks the light from the screen from showing through....learn to like it.

Well I did the tear down and hinge fix for the g2.
Can you point me to the direction to what you have said.
Thanks bro
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mftek said:
Well I did the tear down and hinge fix for the g2.
Can you point me to the direction to what you have said.
Thanks bro
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
That'll give you everything you want to know.
Skip the part about obtaining S-Off since you've already go that. Do the rest of the stuff. (Step 2 in that guide is how to get Clockwork recovery the PM58IMG way. It just doesn't call it Clockwork.)
The first thing you need to do though is pick which of the ROMs you want from the 900 threads in the development section.

bricked one x

So earlier i attempted to do the 2.2 root.
i managed to get as far as rooting, installing superuser and CWM
now, the problem is when i went to flash the rom, i tried to run the super wipe, but was getting errors about the sdcard not being able to be mounted. and the wipe was not performed/failed/aborted etc
i tried to run flash the rom still, it loaded, but still gave an error at the end and did not work.
reboot the phone, and i get the HTS quietly brilliant screen with red text that says"this build is for development purposes only...." and from here it does nothing but constantly reboot to this screen.
i am able to get to the bootloader screen, and fastboot works.
ive tried factory resetting the phone, as well as using the CWM recovery. i am unable to do any. as the CWM cannot write to e:\sd card
its not mounted, and i cannot mount it, when i try to reformat the sd card, it says it is unmounted.
mount usb storage was not working either, and said files were missing.
i read on other threads about needing the sd card reformatted, but the one x has an internal card.
please help
i feel like it can be fixed, but im really worried my phone is bricked
eta: i tried to revert to the stock ruu, but i think i should have read it more clearly.
so i guess i flashed the ruu that was NOT 2.2
now my CWM is gone, and i can only get onto the bootloader and fast boot
under fastboot devices my device's serial does show up
ETA: i reflashed with twrp, managed to wipe my sdcard, and am now able to mount.
from here my phone is still not able to boot up.
i can attempt to run the super wipe, but am still getting an error
"E:error in /sdcard"

chinaman_chong said:
So earlier i attempted to do the 2.2 root.
i managed to get as far as rooting, installing superuser and CWM
now, the problem is when i went to flash the rom, i tried to run the super wipe, but was getting errors about the sdcard not being able to be mounted. and the wipe was not performed/failed/aborted etc
i tried to run flash the rom still, it loaded, but still gave an error at the end and did not work.
reboot the phone, and i get the HTS quietly brilliant screen with red text that says"this build is for development purposes only...." and from here it does nothing but constantly reboot to this screen.
i am able to get to the bootloader screen, and fastboot works.
ive tried factory resetting the phone, as well as using the CWM recovery. i am unable to do any. as the CWM cannot write to e:\sd card
its not mounted, and i cannot mount it, when i try to reformat the sd card, it says it is unmounted.
mount usb storage was not working either, and said files were missing.
i read on other threads about needing the sd card reformatted, but the one x has an internal card.
please help
i feel like it can be fixed, but im really worried my phone is bricked
eta: i tried to revert to the stock ruu, but i think i should have read it more clearly.
so i guess i flashed the ruu that was NOT 2.2
now my CWM is gone, and i can only get onto the bootloader and fast boot
under fastboot devices my device's serial does show up
ETA: i reflashed with twrp, managed to wipe my sdcard, and am now able to mount.
from here my phone is still not able to boot up.
i can attempt to run the super wipe, but am still getting an error
"E:error in /sdcard"
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Ruu back to stock 2.20
Edit.
If you can mount then connect to computer and try reinstalling boot image and the rom you were trying to install. Or adb
swagged out rooted jelly bean HOX

tae_254 said:
Ruu back to stock 2.20
Edit.
If you can mount then connect to computer and try reinstalling boot image and the rom you were trying to install. Or adb
swagged out rooted jelly bean HOX
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so from mounting
im trying to install the Android Revolution HD 9.7.2 Ice Cream Sandwich
it allows me to choose settings, and such and start install.
after starting install, it goes through the files and such, but when it gets to /system/lib/ it just closes on itself, and goes back to twrp screen and recovery home. the rom never finishes installing. right now im gonna re-download the rom and see if that works.
if i cannot install the custom rom, how can i go back to stock exactly?
do i need to find the stock ruu?

fixed it.
turns out im stupid and was using a rom not compatible with this phone.
i flashed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907324 so far, and it seems to be working
however, i prefer something closer to stock. can anyone suggest a rom?

hopefully you aren't using cwm anymore and flashed twrp for the evita.

chinaman_chong said:
fixed it.
turns out im stupid and was using a rom not compatible with this phone.
i flashed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907324 so far, and it seems to be working
however, i prefer something closer to stock. can anyone suggest a rom?
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I knew what you did the second I saw the words "Android Revolution", as that ROM does not exist for our phone.
Stick to the ROMs listed in our section of the forum (AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL) in "Android Development" and "Original Android Devepment" here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
Or just use my handy index, which is an organized list of all our ROMs and mods:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
And apparently, you missed these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813839
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944712
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952942

CleanROM on Viper XL
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chinaman_chong said:
however, i prefer something closer to stock. can anyone suggest a rom?
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CleanROM or Viper XL

redpoint73 said:
I knew what you did the second I saw the words "Android Revolution", as that ROM does not exist for our phone.
Stick to the ROMs listed in our section of the forum (AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL) in "Android Development" and "Original Android Devepment" here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
Or just use my handy index, which is an organized list of all our ROMs and mods:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
And apparently, you missed these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813839
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944712
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952942
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OMFG ..how did you get all these results, did you by any chance use that esoteric SEARCH functionality ?
Now all i have to do is read ?? Could you also pre-chew my food please ? :silly:

Crappyvate said:
OMFG ..how did you get all these results, did you by any chance use that esoteric SEARCH functionality ?
Now all i have to do is read ?? Could you also pre-chew my food please ? :silly:
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I didn't even have to use the search function. 2 are near the top of General. The remaining has slipped past the first page, but its still pretty high up there.
People who flash a ROM for the international version are simply neglecting to do any basic reading and learning before flashing things willy-nilly, that's my point.

thanks for the help guys. i flashed viper xl yesterday night right after, loving it thus far. i was just so used to the sense keyboard already, and hated the cramped jb keyboard, and this rom has simple little tweaks
i did read, but i guess not thoroughly enough. in hindsight, i wasnt aware that the one x was different than the xl, its fairly easy to miss that the other roms are not compatible with this phone. and is completely different alltogether.
if i had known that, i wouldnt have flashed cwm, and would not have need to post a help thread. all "solutions" i attempted on my own were based off readings of the hox, rather than the evita, once again causing more problems. it was easily enough fixed once i figured that bit of information out.
i am a noob, but this phone is not my first time rooting, so with my prior knowledge i felt i was more than ready to tackle this rom flashing, im sure plenty of others will make the same mistake as i did.
the other phones ive rooted and flashed had their one model of phone only, so all the roms available were compatible.
im just glad my phone is not bricked, and i now have root access

chinaman_chong said:
So earlier i attempted to do the 2.2 root.
i managed to get as far as rooting, installing superuser and CWM
now, the problem is when i went to flash the rom, i tried to run the super wipe, but was getting errors about the sdcard not being able to be mounted. and the wipe was not performed/failed/aborted etc
i tried to run flash the rom still, it loaded, but still gave an error at the end and did not work.
reboot the phone, and i get the HTS quietly brilliant screen with red text that says"this build is for development purposes only...." and from here it does nothing but constantly reboot to this screen.
i am able to get to the bootloader screen, and fastboot works.
ive tried factory resetting the phone, as well as using the CWM recovery. i am unable to do any. as the CWM cannot write to e:\sd card
its not mounted, and i cannot mount it, when i try to reformat the sd card, it says it is unmounted.
mount usb storage was not working either, and said files were missing.
i read on other threads about needing the sd card reformatted, but the one x has an internal card.
please help
i feel like it can be fixed, but im really worried my phone is bricked
eta: i tried to revert to the stock ruu, but i think i should have read it more clearly.
so i guess i flashed the ruu that was NOT 2.2
now my CWM is gone, and i can only get onto the bootloader and fast boot
under fastboot devices my device's serial does show up
ETA: i reflashed with twrp, managed to wipe my sdcard, and am now able to mount.
from here my phone is still not able to boot up.
i can attempt to run the super wipe, but am still getting an error
"E:error in /sdcard"
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Do not use CMW it causes lot of problems(not recommended for our device) . Use TWRP recovery instead
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redpoint73 said:
I knew what you did the second I saw the words "Android Revolution", as that ROM does not exist for our phone.
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That and Superwipe. I remember that zip from other phones I used that rom on.
Sent from my HTC One XL

Dang you guys are slipping through the cracks in the bricks lol, excuse my pun. You are lucky. You're the only person I've seen that has flashed android revolution and not overwrite boot and having a beautiful brick lol.
Subscribe to the OneXL forums and stay here till you recognize your community!
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda app-developers app

can't brick from it after 2.20

DvineLord said:
can't brick from it after 2.20
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Good thing eh
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InflatedTitan said:
Dang you guys are slipping through the cracks in the bricks lol, excuse my pun. You are lucky. You're the only person I've seen that has flashed android revolution and not overwrite boot and having a beautiful brick lol.
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From what others are saying, the newer hboot that came with 2.20 is write protected. Hboot can't be overwritten by flashing a ROM for the international One X. ROM just fails to flash, and you get a recoverable condition like this one, as opposed to hard bricks on the older hboot.

Yea, at least there's one good thing that came with the dreaded update
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How do i ruu back to stock 2.20? I unlocked my device. Tried flashing the boot.img but after I couldnt mount my sdcard to flash the rest of the ROM. I can enter recovery and bootloader though. Really need some help

h1m said:
How do i ruu back to stock 2.20? I unlocked my device. Tried flashing the boot.img but after I couldnt mount my sdcard to flash the rest of the ROM. I can enter recovery and bootloader though. Really need some help
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If you want to ruu grab the ruu file...lock your bootloader from within fastboot and run the ruu

omario8484 said:
If you want to ruu grab the ruu file...lock your bootloader from within fastboot and run the ruu
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Where do i get the ruu file? I can't mount my sdcard

[Q] Trouble installing most roms

Hi guys. Loving the forums - I've been a watcher for a while, but have only just joined.
I'm having trouble installing most ROMs. They all hang at the opening screen, or continually reboot depending on which one it is. I've tried flashing boot.img with no success. I've had luck with Stuart's ROM, but was really hoping to find a stable ROM with Jelly Bean.
I've read through the noob guides and FAQs, done a heap of searches but can't find the answer, yet I'm sure I'm not the first with this issue. It looks like this guy was having the same problems, but he posted in the wrong area and I can't find a follow up...
I've rooted and unlocked all ok, can access bootloader and TWRP without any issues.
Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong? Or know where this has been answered before? Thanks a mil.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33303798
This is in the q&a stickies. See if this helps.
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itscoby said:
Hi guys. Loving the forums - I've been a watcher for a while, but have only just joined.
I'm having trouble installing most ROMs. They all hang at the opening screen, or continually reboot depending on which one it is. I've tried flashing boot.img with no success. I've had luck with Stuart's ROM, but was really hoping to find a stable ROM with Jelly Bean.
I've read through the noob guides and FAQs, done a heap of searches but can't find the answer, yet I'm sure I'm not the first with this issue. It looks like this guy was having the same problems, but he posted in the wrong area and I can't find a follow up...
I've rooted and unlocked all ok, can access bootloader and TWRP without any issues.
Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong? Or know where this has been answered before? Thanks a mil.
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Give the members here more details. What exactly interests you in JB ROMS? What have you been trying to flash? What are you on right now?
If you wish to have a great Rom with no nonsense I'd suggest to you ViperXL. It's foolproof. I too asked questions after tons of research and tutorials. Asking questions is better than banging your head. And of course stick to this this forum for ROMS and you'll avoid a cool looking paperweight.
Jon
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subarudroid said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33303798
This is in the q&a stickies. See if this helps.
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Thanks! I'd read through this one and had tried flashing the boot.img as it suggests for those experiencing my problem. Unfortunately it made no difference. It's a helpful guide though - unfortunately it came after I'd worked it all out for myself from other forums and posts!
ToxicWaste said:
What exactly interests you in JB ROMS? What have you been trying to flash? What are you on right now?
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Thanks Jon. I'm after Jelly Bean primarily to check out Google Now. I head up digital customer experience for a big Aussie company and am interested to see how it might help our customers (READ: Really I want to know how it can help me!)
I was on a rooted stock Telstra ROM but couldn't get the OTA JB update to work. I tried ViperXL 3.0.0, CyanogenMOD 10 and Tachi91's v2.1 MOD. ViperXL is what I want to run ideally.
Currently on Scott's CleanROM 5.1. I'm running One XL with Firmware 2.20.502.7.

By all means download Viper and flash that bad boy. Firmware 2.20 and Viper are good friends. No need to flash .img separately. While you're at it, check out some kernels in the Venom Hub.
You came to the right place for help though. Never think you can't ask a quesrion hers if you think research hasn't answered it for you.
I've been trying Google Now but it's not doing much for me. Still playing with it.
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ToxicWaste said:
By all means download Viper and flash that bad boy. Firmware 2.20 and Viper are good friends. No need to flash .img separately. While you're at it, check out some kernels in the Venom Hub.
You came to the right place for help though. Never think you can't ask a quesrion hers if you think research hasn't answered it for you.
I've been trying Google Now but it's not doing much for me. Still playing with it.
ATT HOX Premium App--Stock is fine but modded is Creative
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regarding Viper, I just downloaded 2.4.0 and honestly don't know what to do next. Do I just move the file to the phone while it's plugged in? I rooted and unlocked last night, and installed twrp. I didn't want to start a thread about this and am having trouble finding the answer. Any help is a big thanks.

In Flames said:
regarding Viper, I just downloaded 2.4.0 and honestly don't know what to do next. Do I just move the file to the phone while it's plugged in? I rooted and unlocked last night, and installed twrp. I didn't want to start a thread about this and am having trouble finding the answer. Any help is a big thanks.
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First and foremost, go into recovery (twrp) and make a backup. The backup is just that, a backup in case something goes wrong.
Now that you have a backup, plug your phone into you pc (assuming that's what you have) and select your phone to be mounted as storage.
Next, open your file location for your phone.
Next, locate Viper Rom.
Now, copy Viper (just drag and drop) it into your phones sd card.
Ok. Now you should copy your backup you made in twrp previously. Now you have it backed up in two locations.
Let's get started:
Boot into recovery (twrp).
Select Wipe and do the next 4 steps INSIDE twrp!
Now wipe dalvick cache.
Now wipe cache.
Now wipe system.
Now do a factory reset.
Now Select Install in twrp.
Find your Viper folder zip.
Select it.
Swipe to flash!
Follow Aroma Installer options to your liking.
Please be patient as it takes a while. Also, when it first boots it takes a while.
Any more questions, just ask us
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Thanks a lot. Installing now.:good:

In Flames said:
Thanks a lot. Installing now.:good:
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No prob, man. Let us know how it went.
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Install was flawless, only bad thing is I have to work and can't toy with it for 8 more hours Thanks again!

In Flames said:
Install was flawless, only bad thing is I have to work and can't toy with it for 8 more hours Thanks again!
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That sucks but it will be fun to learn about all the tweaks and such. I would go back to the Venom thread and flash the 2.4.0-->::2.4.1 update. I did the ota reset file too. Same thing you did before by wiping but you don't do or need a factory reset. Just flash those files in twrp. All up to date then.
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ToxicWaste said:
By all means download Viper and flash that bad boy. Firmware 2.20 and Viper are good friends. No need to flash .img separately. While you're at it, check out some kernels in the Venom Hub.
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Hmm. Viper 3.0.0 really did not work and I followed the instructions closely. Perhaps I will try Viper 2.4.0 and then, if successful, look at updating my kernel, and then updating to 3.0.0? Current kernel is 3.0.8-01558-g7f75e5b Could this be causing me problems?

itscoby said:
Hmm. Viper 3.0.0 really did not work and I followed the instructions closely. Perhaps I will try Viper 2.4.0 and then, if successful, look at updating my kernel, and then updating to 3.0.0? Current kernel is 3.0.8-01558-g7f75e5b Could this be causing me problems?
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Before you started to install Viper 3.0.0, what we're you on?
Sure, if let's say you had-Viper 2.4.0 but wishing to go to 3.0.0, THEN you need to flash the boot img separate since its a JB Rom.
The directions I provided are fool proof and the other user had success. So I'm wondering what you started out on before you loaded the Rom.
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Also, Viper and CleanRom are identical in the fact you DON'T need to extract the boot.img from the Rom zip as long as its under 3.0.0 (if flashing Viper). It's basically pointing twrp to the Viper zip and swiping to goodness.
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ToxicWaste said:
Before you started to install Viper 3.0.0, what we're you on?
Sure, if let's say you had-Viper 2.4.0 but wishing to go to 3.0.0, THEN you need to flash the boot img separate since its a JB Rom.
The directions I provided are fool proof and the other user had success. So I'm wondering what you started out on before you loaded the Rom.
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So I've finally had success! Installed both 3.0.0 and 2.4.1 - I realised that I was much better off on 2.4.1 with all the venom tweaks than on 3.0.0 for seemingly not much more OS-wise, especially since I want to bypass my corporate exchange security policy, and Google Now was available as a mod.
Turns out I was trying to install on top of ROMs that wouldn't boot, and when I was trying to install from working ROMs, I wouldn't think to go back in to make sure debugging was on and fast boot was off.
The key things I've learned (which I initially missed in my initial scan of pages and pages of forum posts):
You need to install from a stable ROM that will let you boot into it
...because having a stable ROM will allow you to make sure the fast boot setting in the Power settings is off and USB debugging is on in Developer tools
You may need to flash boot.img if you're running bootloader 1.13 or above - even if the ROM installer instructs you not to
boot.img must be flashed before the installation, not after
They might sound obvious now, but this might hopefully help anyone else in my situation.
Thanks for all your help guys!
PS - LOVING Viper.

itscoby said:
So I've finally had success! Installed both 3.0.0 and 2.4.1 - I realised that I was much better off on 2.4.1 with all the venom tweaks than on 3.0.0 for seemingly not much more OS-wise, especially since I want to bypass my corporate exchange security policy, and Google Now was available as a mod.
Turns out I was trying to install on top of ROMs that wouldn't boot, and when I was trying to install from working ROMs, I wouldn't think to go back in to make sure debugging was on and fast boot was off.
The key things I've learned (which I initially missed in my initial scan of pages and pages of forum posts):
You need to install from a stable ROM that will let you boot into it
...because having a stable ROM will allow you to make sure the fast boot setting in the Power settings is off and USB debugging is on in Developer tools
You may need to flash boot.img if you're running bootloader 1.13 or above - even if the ROM installer instructs you not to
boot.img must be flashed before the installation, not after
They might sound obvious now, but this might hopefully help anyone else in my situation.
Thanks for all your help guys!
PS - LOVING Viper.
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Good to hear you got it up and running. Viper was recommended to me and man once I played with it and tweaked it I'm having a hard time wanting to flash anything else. If I do its going to be 3.0.0. The tweaks and ElementalX kernel are just unreal.
P.S. Hitting the Thanks button is a good way to show your appreciation.
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[Q] stuck on htc logo

Hi guys.
I have a strange problem.
when I'm trying to flash custom ROMS, mostly cyanogen ROMS,
I do a full wipe and try to flash the ROM, it finishes, but when I reboot my phone it gets stuck on the HTC logo until the battery runs out and then I have to return to a different ROM.
I managed to flash cyanogen 7 but then I tried to update to 10 and again it got stuck on the HTC logo and now I cant return to cyanogen 7 even with my nandroid backup.
what can I do to fix this?
I looked all over the forum but I didn't manage to find any post with a fix for my problem
my HBOOT is 6.98.1002 and RADIO 3831.17.00.310
and I'm S-Off using revolution
and I'm currently using fallout 5.0 which lags alot (thats mainly wht I want to try the cyanogen)
any help would be very appreciated.
thanks

o`ebii said:
Hi guys.
I have a strange problem.
when I'm trying to flash custom ROMS, mostly cyanogen ROMS,
I do a full wipe and try to flash the ROM, it finishes, but when I reboot my phone it gets stuck on the HTC logo until the battery runs out and then I have to return to a different ROM.
I managed to flash cyanogen 7 but then I tried to update to 10 and again it got stuck on the HTC logo and now I cant return to cyanogen 7 even with my nandroid backup.
what can I do to fix this?
I looked all over the forum but I didn't manage to find any post with a fix for my problem
my HBOOT is 6.98.1002 and RADIO 3831.17.00.310
and I'm S-Off using revolution
and I'm currently using fallout 5.0 which lags alot (thats mainly wht I want to try the cyanogen)
any help would be very appreciated.
thanks
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Do you try to update recovery?

I didn't but I didn't think it would matter seeing as it finishes the ROM installation but just gets stuck when i reboot.
also I have CWM recovery 5.0.2.0 and I think thats a latest for Desire S

o`ebii said:
I didn't but I didn't think it would matter seeing as it finishes the ROM installation but just gets stuck when i reboot.
also I have CWM recovery 5.0.2.0 and I think thats a latest for Desire S
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u have a hitaci display u only have 2 flash a different kernel man and all be ok
read THIS

o`ebii said:
I didn't but I didn't think it would matter seeing as it finishes the ROM installation but just gets stuck when i reboot.
also I have CWM recovery 5.0.2.0 and I think thats a latest for Desire S
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As a suggestion change cwm for 4ext, there have been issues with cwm not formatting the partitions properly and some issues on flashing files. Also take a look at the none Sony panel users hangout lounge, click the link in my sig and you'll find a link on post 2
“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

ok thanks alot I'll try flashing the new kernel, and also does it matters which HBOOT I have?
should I try to upgrade to 2.x.x? or it doesn't really matters?

o`ebii said:
ok thanks alot I'll try flashing the new kernel, and also does it matters which HBOOT I have?
should I try to upgrade to 2.x.x? or it doesn't really matters?
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only matter if in the rom post there is written
anyway if u want upgrade hboot put the 7.00.1002 search it in the forum (this is an hboot 2.x.x rearranged )

Ok, thanks alot for help

o`ebii said:
Ok, thanks alot for help
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Hboot 7.00.1002

ok I think I might have a big problem now,
I tried doing what's written in this guid http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943524 and it seemed like there was an improvement..
only than I realised it got stuck on the bootanimation this time..
I waited, and I guess the battery was draind or something becuase my phone was shutdown, but now I cant open it or even get into bootloader.
it just vibrated for 7 times in a row and thats it.
I'm not even sure if it's charging when I plug it in
please help..

Have a read of this post, it looks like the same issues you have worth your hboot version http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38466304
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go” - Oscar Wilde

well right now I think the main problem is that I can't open the device, even HBOOT or reccovery. nothing.
I'm not sure if it's even charging.
I don't know how to use adb when the phone is completly closed and the computer doesn't even reconize it.
I really don't know what to do from here...

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please help guys

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please help guys
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In post 2 of the help thread in my sig is a link to how to set up and run adb, sounds like you dont have the drivers installed correctly, what os are you on?
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― Oscar Wilde

did you update to the latest "boot.img"
For example in "[Flinny] Andromadus Test builds - CM10.1[16]" is Kernel version 3.0.66.
I did update the kernel
After that used 4Ext v1.0.0.5 RC8 to format the system and seperate system_lib
Installed Flinny and had no problems.
I am using
HBoot : 7.00.1002
Baseband : 20.48011.30.0822U_3822.10.50.24_M