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Multiple Roms on HTC Sensation - Bootmanager

There is app released called "Bootmanager" - Not compatible with HTC Sensation yet, but when it is will allow you to install multiple roms and switch between them
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Thanks for moving the post

lazystudent said:
There is app released called "Bootmanager" - Not compatible with HTC Sensation yet, but when it is will allow you to install multiple roms and switch between them
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All good an well but i don't see how this is supposed to be related to dev?
Should have been in Themes and Apps so reported.

If we all submit our sensations then they should make it a supported device - http://init2winitapps.com/submit_device.html
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Oh well, for a newbie, those qustions were hard to answer about your phone if compatible . Can i just ask if HTC HD2 works with this app?
oops sorry wrong section,

I just submitted the request for the sensation and they sent me an email that said. "Hi
Thank you for submitting your device on the website we are ready to begin testing on the sensation to add official support for your device please add me on gtalk and we'll get testing my gtalk is [email protected] and I look forward to hearing from you and testing the HTC Sensation.
GFlam "
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xl DIGITAL lx said:
I just submitted the request for the sensation and they sent me an email that said. "Hi
Thank you for submitting your device on the website we are ready to begin testing on the sensation to add official support for your device please add me on gtalk and we'll get testing my gtalk is [email protected] and I look forward to hearing from you and testing the HTC Sensation.
GFlam "
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so what are the values in manual input?

tsuishui said:
so what are the values in manual input?
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Are you testing this now?If not, i can give you the variables,but the new version should detect pyramid.And if you are or have been testing which roms did you manage to get going?

I would love this

darryll4sh0 said:
I would love this
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IMPORTANT:if your custom rom has su v.3,disable log files in settings ,otherwise you'll run into permission problems,su v.2+ fine.Do the same in any rom you might run off sd.
in "what device do you have" put pyramid
"what is your sdcard block" put mmcblk1p1
"what is you system's size in mb" put 787.4
"what is your data size in mb" 1126
"what is your cache's size in mb" 116.2
these are the same for Z710e as well as the 4g
make the boot manager phone backup,it's an update.zip which you can flash from recovery should things go horribly wrong,have a nandroid backup and a copy of your custom rom on your sdcard(just to be absolutely safe) and keep your battery topped up.

There is a BM forum now

This app works fine with sensation. Running three different roms. My suggestion is to install ROM's with EXT2 not EXT4. had problems with EXT4. Nice job!

I have some problem during edit boot.img..at least do..
Can you say what rom works from sd..??
Can you upload the version of BootManager do you use..??

Anyone using this now, think sensation is fully supported now.

I used it while Testing ICS so i could still use wifi calling on GB Rom(Low service at my home), But since its running of a SD Card even tho i got a Class10 always seemed to be laggy and slow. I have not ran it since the new firmware witch has greatly helped my SD card speeds so it may have gotten better. I own the app so i will test it out again and report back. PS i Do remember that when i did use it almost every day(GB 2.3.4) when i installed rom's not everything would install(SU, WIFI Calling, ect) A restore Backup always seemed to work better for me then a Fresh install from a .zip. But i will test again and report back.

This thing works. But plenty of things that could be fixed (and better instructions).
It's my first paid app and I think it's pretty good (when it works...). Have to find which roms work. I think right now, only nandroid backups work.

It worked fine for me with every GB rom I used. I even tried all (first generation) ICS roms. It's been time that I had 3-4 roms installed to choose. No problems.
I think I cannot use ICS as system rom yet. Did they fix it?

Hey
Hey guys, i cant seem to get this boot manager to work on my sensation.
i am trying to install InsertCoin 5.4.0 to Sd
I am on coindroit 1.0.0 on the phone
Anybody ?

hi why the battery stats of cyanogen mod 9 freeze at 66% and not charging work with no led orange ??

waynehax said:
hi why the battery stats of cyanogen mod 9 freeze at 66% and not charging work with no led orange ??
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I've never seen a more out of place post...

Hello everyone, I tried to use the boot manager, but every rom install in the slot does not start, and I am going bootloop the phone, each time forcing me to install the "update.zip" backup to turn on the phone with the rom of nand. I tried following the guide from their website but nothing, what should I do to make this program?

Dual Boot ROMs!

http://lifehacker.com/5826050/how-to-dual-boot-multiple-roms-on-your-android-phone
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager&hl=en
Wow, never knew it was possible! We can actually use more than one ROM at a time! This is faster and better than NANDroid restores! IT makes a copy of the ROM on your SD card, you can have up to 5!
SO you can simply switch back and forth using it as a normal ROM without having to do backups/wipe between switching!
it creates a partition on the SD card for the ROM(s). booting etc, is as simple is normal etc
Our Device is officially supported! Anyone tried it yet?

Dual Boot is just a great app...only ics rom is not currently supported
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Wow! This is awesome! Anyone tried it on our device yet?

MarlX said:
Wow! This is awesome! Anyone tried it on our device yet?
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I saw a YouTube video of it dual booting between CM7 and MIUI. Damn, this is awesome!
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Just wondering though, how will the installed apps works.. will it be installed again (consuming space) to SD/ or Phone?

MarlX said:
Just wondering though, how will the installed apps works.. will it be installed again (consuming space) to SD/ or Phone?
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I assume in the partition where the ROM is on the SD Card
I'm very interested aand curious to buy it!
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Wow was thinking about this, since I am dual booting Windows and Ubuntu on my laptop. But never thought it is implemented for our phones. Thanks for the info!

Have been using it for some time now, works great with CM7 roms, MIUI works good too but never boots back to the main ROM from MIUI, have to always flash the boot image saved by boot manager via recovery to come back. Tried sense roms during the early stages, had problems, but that was version 1, haven't tried sense roms lately.
Have reaper setup on SD, haven't used it though as a daily ROM.
Good way to preview a ROM without actually wiping anything.
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just purchased the app ,will report back on findings,trying the asop ics first

Desire S is an unsupported device

allprint said:
Desire S is an unsupported device
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-.-
Our desire s is fully supported,i have it
Only ics roms doens t work but the dev says me that his team is at work to solve this problem
Anyway it is an old news
See the official forum,there is my post "working and not working roms"
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Hey man, been using this but I got no luck. Boot takes so long that I have to remove battery (I know, I know, it's bad) just to boot back so I can restore my backup. Contacted dev and says that I have to check force large boot. Is that also your case?
harshs23 said:
Have been using it for some time now, works great with CM7 roms, MIUI works good too but never boots back to the main ROM from MIUI, have to always flash the boot image saved by boot manager via recovery to come back. Tried sense roms during the early stages, had problems, but that was version 1, haven't tried sense roms lately.
Have reaper setup on SD, haven't used it though as a daily ROM.
Good way to preview a ROM without actually wiping anything.
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Yes, as of the latter versions, force large boot img has to be ticked, otherwise it gets stuck at HTC logo.
MarlX said:
Hey man, been using this but I got no luck. Boot takes so long that I have to remove battery (I know, I know, it's bad) just to boot back so I can restore my backup. Contacted dev and says that I have to check force large boot. Is that also your case?
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There is now a free version on the market!
Unfortunately it doesn't work for me with Primo... I tried installing CM7 to the SD card, but the ROM doesn't boot... Anyone else?
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http://forum.init2winitapps.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=59
This is a list of working and non-working ROMs on Boot Manager. It get's updated fairly regularly

olyloh6696 said:
http://lifehacker.com/5826050/how-to-dual-boot-multiple-roms-on-your-android-phone
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager&hl=en
Wow, never knew it was possible! We can actually use more than one ROM at a time! This is faster and better than NANDroid restores! IT makes a copy of the ROM on your SD card, you can have up to 5!
SO you can simply switch back and forth using it as a normal ROM without having to do backups/wipe between switching!
it creates a partition on the SD card for the ROM(s). booting etc, is as simple is normal etc
Our Device is officially supported! Anyone tried it yet?
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Encountered it a while back in 2011 when envy became an issue (CWM mods natively multiboot on my wife's SE X8). Too many issues with my favorite ROMs (Virtuous & MIUI) made it a no-go for me. Nice to know there's renewed interest in it. Especially from a champ like you. Does that mean we'll see more ROMs with native support for multiboot (had to mod some ROMs on the X8 to make them work)?

Will try soon
i will try this app as soon as i can Looking forward to it! Now i just have to downgrade HBOOT...

Recommended ROMs

I know there are a few of these threads in other device forums but I am posing this question to G2x owners only. What is the best ROM in your opinion for use on the G2x? I just rooted mine and have ClockworkMod 5.0.2.0 running with ROM Manager in place. Now it is time to play. A little background, I am a Red Hat instructor so any ROMs a linux nerd might find useful that play nice on the G2x hardware would be awesome.

I've used weapon g2x for a while and it was pretty good. Switched to cyanogenmod 7.2 and it's also pretty good. I've heard phoenixblood is also amazing.
I recommend you just jump in and try them.
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Mileage varies with different people so the best way to pick a ROM is to try them yourself. Make sure you use Titanuim Backup to help keep your apps and data through the changes.

cm nightlies is what I use

i like the bionix theme

michael.clarkson78 said:
I know there are a few of these threads in other device forums but I am posing this question to G2x owners only. What is the best ROM in your opinion for use on the G2x? I just rooted mine and have ClockworkMod 5.0.2.0 running with ROM Manager in place. Now it is time to play. A little background, I am a Red Hat instructor so any ROMs a linux nerd might find useful that play nice on the G2x hardware would be awesome.
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I would also suggest not using Rom Manager. It can get you in trouble.

I like pheonix blood a lot. It seems the most stable and full featured.
also, a linux nerd might like Terminal IDE

GTWalling said:
I would also suggest not using Rom Manager. It can get you in trouble.
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as for rom I'm using cm7 nightlies patiently waiting for cm9 to come out been hearing great things about phoenix blood but I'm 2 lazy to go try it out bcuz I need a full wipe. I just can't be bothered
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362451
I use the kangs that are essentially just non-official nightlies in this thread.

JaiaV said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362451
I use the kangs that are essentially just non-official nightlies in this thread.
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GTWalling said:
I would also suggest not using Rom Manager. It can get you in trouble.
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wait, im confused; why not? i thought everyone had to use rom manager? or can everyone just use clockwork mod instead? why is rom manager so bad?

kayway27 said:
wait, im confused; why not? i thought everyone had to use rom manager? or can everyone just use clockwork mod instead? why is rom manager so bad?
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I thought the same thing. What should you use? This makes me feel like a Newb. But, I'm just curious.
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clockworkmod...

kayway27 said:
wait, im confused; why not? i thought everyone had to use rom manager? or can everyone just use clockwork mod instead? why is rom manager so bad?
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I never knew why people use RM. Just boot into CWM. RM can **** up at times. I've even seen it brick some people's phones. Also, the G2x uses a modded CWM. So using RM wouldn't be a good idea either way.
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I flashed my first ROM with ROM manager, and of course something went wrong, and the G2x wouldn't boot up. At the time, I thought I messed it all up and bricked my phone.
CWM is just a safer option. Even if the flash goes bad, you can still boot into CWM and do a nandroid restore, then it's like nothing happened in the first place. Plus after you've done it once, it's actually a really simple process to do, but now you have an added safety net.

Yupp use cwm much more stable and easier? I used rm and it soft bricked my phone. Managed to fix it tho with nvgflash
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thefulleffect89 said:
I thought the same thing. What should you use? This makes me feel like a Newb. But, I'm just curious.
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The recovery partition on Tegra 2 devices works very differently from the recovery partition on almost all other devices. Rom Manager works around this by simply installing it's own version of CWM on a portion of your system partition (I'm fairly certain that is where it places it, but I could be wrong). The Tegra architecture protects certain partitions from being written to while in anything other than recovery or NVFLASH. This prevents certain blobs from being flashed properly with RM. Also, some options can wipe the partition the RM flashed 'CWM' is on, completely removing your non NVFLASHED recovery. While it is extremely rare that this CWM could do permanent damage to the device, it's just generally safer and more consistent to use the 'real' CWM that you flash to the device with NVFLASH, as it is on the proper partition and separate from any partition that a ROM might attempt to format.

Makes sense. Goodbye Rom Manager. Thanks guys.
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[Q] How can I boot multiple roms?

Hi, I want to know how to boot more than one rom using Boot Manager... i've tried to do it numerous times but each time I just get frozen on my carrier logo on reboot. What partitions do i need setup? I'm a bit of a noob so if it's really complicated can you simplify it. Thanks in advance.

Dude, I made a thread on this - did you need to make another one?
I've had no luck either... Tried it on about 5 different ROMs, but never works! Have you tried formatting your memory card?
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Oh sorry, I hadn't noticed your post :S and no I haven't formatted it so I will do so now. Cheers... kinda.

jaykub said:
Oh sorry, I hadn't noticed your post :S and no I haven't formatted it so I will do so now. Cheers... kinda.
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Do keep up updated!
Did it work?
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olyloh6696 said:
Do keep up updated!
Did it work?
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I will tell you if it works in about two hours.. i've just gotta wait a bit as i'm backing up my almost full 32gb sdcard...

You can't due to RAM and kernel you can't take too much and phone only support one kernel

mOh19973 said:
You can't due to RAM and kernel you can't take too much and phone only support one kernel
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Oh okay. Thanks for a proper answer, but how come people claim to have done it then?

this is somthing ive tried and tried but with no luck really got me angry cus dual booting is so good i want this to be made into a tut and sticky if some1 is willing to help ? thanks in advanced

mOh19973 said:
You can't due to RAM and kernel you can't take too much and phone only support one kernel
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Are you sure?
Boot manager app has given official support for our device. And I have seen proof of it working - on youtube on a Desire S booting CM7 & MIUI.
Also bootmanager cleverly overrights the kernel with the new boot.IMG each time you flash.
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olyloh6696 said:
Are you sure?
Boot manager app has given official support for our device. And I have seen proof of it working - on youtube on a Desire S booting CM7 & MIUI.
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I guess that's the point, miui and cm can use the same kernel.

Tectas said:
I guess that's the point, miui and cm can use the same kernel.
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Well the app allows you to change the boot.img before you boot into a different ROM. So it should still work
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Any news on this seems interesting
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It says its incompatible with my device...!!!:crying::crying::crying:

Today I got it to work with Virtuous Infinity + ViperSaga and now using Virtuous + CM10.
I had to S-OFF with ENG HBOOT! Setup 2 Rom's, make a Nandroid and then choose in Boot Manager Install Zip -> Restore Nandroid, not install from Zip.
Works like charm for me. (=

Stuck Inspire 4G Need some info

There are many type of information all over the internet about my situation. But some sound similar or different. I'm not a developer or good at things like this. I've successfully loaded roms into my phones in the past. I tried to load ics which I got from android central. I currently have EXT4. I did not do a backup on my older rom which is HDREVOLUTION. I simply went into boot loader, then recovery. Wipe cache/dalvik, wipe dalvik and wipe data/factory reset. Then I loaded my ics rom from the sd card. Now I am stuck on the HTC Boot screen for more than 10 minutes. All I can really do now is go on bootloadeer and EXT4,but thats about it. I even tried going on download mode which I think doesnt exist within this.
Before all this. I use acehack to root my phone. It already came in with all the necessary tools I need. I did not back up the stock rom. I just loaded the HDRev rom. Ive been waiting for months for a updated ICS rom,but so far camera is still not working properly,but I just wanted to see what it would do to benefit my phone just out of curiosity.
Now I am thinking about going back to flashing the rom update from bootloader using the stock Inpspire 4G rom,but will I able to take out my micro sd card, insert it into my laptop and put in leeroid rom then flash it using EXT4? Or do I have to go back to stock rom w/ root?

download another rom and put it on your sdcard. boot to recovery through bootloader, wipe and flash.

cableguychad said:
download another rom and put it on your sdcard. boot to recovery through bootloader, wipe and flash.
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Would you recommend any good roms for the HTC Inspire 4G that doesn't have a dead download link? Even the stock rom has mostly dead links only 1 is working,but its taking decades to download.

Z33type said:
Would you recommend any good roms for the HTC Inspire 4G that doesn't have a dead download link? Even the stock rom has mostly dead links only 1 is working,but its taking decades to download.
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IceCold over at desireHD is the most solid ICS rom I found so far. Even here on inspire the three most solid so far that I consider are Melchizedek, AOSPX and Redemption. But try a few on for size and give them about a week each to really get the feel of them.
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Before this turns into a best rom thread and gets closed just look at each rom thread under the development section. Majority of the roms on the first two pages in that section here on xda are current and have good links.
Please do not ask for best rom suggestions. Everyone has their favorites. Try a few out and find the one that best fits for you.
Enjoy
"I love my Springfield XD40"

Reinaldo33897 said:
IceCold over at desireHD is the most solid ICS rom I found so far. Even here on inspire the three most solid so far that I consider are Melchizedek, AOSPX and Redemption. But try a few on for size and give them about a week each to really get the feel of them.
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Might be a stupid question but can I use EXT4 to flash the aospX ICS rom?

cwhitney24 said:
Before this turns into a best rom thread and gets closed just look at each rom thread under the development section. Majority of the roms on the first two pages in that section here on xda are current and have good links.
Please do not ask for best rom suggestions. Everyone has their favorites. Try a few out and find the one that best fits for you.
Enjoy
"I love my Springfield XD40"
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Sorry did not mean to do that

Z33type said:
Might be a stupid question but can I use EXT4 to flash the aospX ICS rom?
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You're confusing ext4 file system with 4EXT recovery
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Z33type said:
Might be a stupid question but can I use EXT4 to flash the aospX ICS rom?
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yes you can use 4EXT recovery to flash rom just remember to do a full wipe before flashing.
1. Factory
2. Cache partition
3. advance> dalvik cache
4. go back
5. wipe cache partition (except SD card)
Flash rom and enjoy
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Reinaldo33897 said:
IceCold over at desireHD is the most solid ICS rom I found so far. Even here on inspire the three most solid so far that I consider are Melchizedek, AOSPX and Redemption. But try a few on for size and give them about a week each to really get the feel of them.
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I thought we can only flash roms for our device. I didn't think we can flash desire HD roms also
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raymond4 said:
I thought we can only flash roms for our device. I didn't think we can flash desire HD roms also
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The DesireHD and the Inspire 4G are basically the same phone overall. So we can use its rom on our phone. Tho some custom roms in DesireHD may require flashing InspireMod.05 after install of rom. But I dont bother with the inspiremod cause I have not had any issues with the roms.

The best Rom I have ever used is Virtuous Affinity. Not lagging, very stable, good battery life, sense.
http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/affinity.html
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