Hello,
I just want to say that please don't say "you should have read instructions more carefully...etc" its too late for that. I'm just trying to see if its possible to get my HOX working again so its not a brick. So please, if you can help me, I will gladly donate to you.
I have a HTC ONE XL (AT&T). I saw a thread today on XDA saying 2.2 was able to be rooted, so I decide to root my HOX. It took a lot of courage, but I was able to root it and unlock the bootloader.
Everything was going great, I decided to flash CM10, the newest one: cm-10-20121025-EXPERIMENTAL-evita.zip. along with gapps-jb-20121011-signed.
First mistake: I did not backup
Recovery is TWRP v2.3.1.0
I wiped cache, dalvik cache, and system, then flashed CM10
Then i flashed GAPPS
I thought I had everything in the bag, rebooted it and let it do its thing. People say the first boot took long time (~5 mins) I gave it 10 mins. Nothing, its stuck on the boot loop.
Then I retried this 2 other times, same thing.
I panicked and accidentally hit factory reset, and managed to clear everything, both of the flashable files (CM10 and GAPPS) from my HOX, now all i can do is go into TWRP recovery. If i try to reboot into bootloader system or recovery it says "NO OS installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?"
So please, can anyone help me, this was a very costly mistake, but I'm trying to fix it.
CLIFFS:
-Made mistake of not backing up
-Now only boots to TWRP, no flashable files.
First of all bro, you did everything right in the first place except flash the boot.img seperate using fastboot. That's why you bootlooped bc you had no kernel.
Second, don't worry lol. plug in phone to your computer and enter twrp, choose "mount". Get on your computer and download Rom of choice. Once downloaded, extract Rom and seperate the boot.img. rezip Rom. Transfer Rom onto phone.
fastboot boot.img, then flash the Rom through twrp. Then your golden
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InflatedTitan said:
First of all bro, you did everything right in the first place except flash the boot.img seperate using fastboot. That's why you bootlooped bc you had no kernel.
Second, don't worry lol. plug in phone to your computer and enter twrp, choose "mount". Get on your computer and download Rom of choice. Once downloaded, extract Rom and seperate the boot.img. rezip Rom. Transfer Rom onto phone.
fastboot boot.img, then flash the Rom through twrp. Then your golden
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Hi inflatedtitan,
Thanks for replying, you are a lifesaver, i almost bought another phone... because i thought i was done for.
However, im not sure what you mean exactly as i have not done this flashing before. so i downloaded the rom cm10.
1. so i unizip the rom on my computer
2. copy rom onto phone
3. flash??
thanks please clarify thanks again.
ur a lifesaver.
EDIT: when i hit mount, there are 4 boxes, what do i check (i cant select SD card)? and when i hit mount, it shows up on my computer but asks me to format disk. should i do it?!
As you already factory reseted and lost everything, you should format as the damage is already done lol, it'll get your sdcard back right. But when you extract cm10 on your computer you'll see the boot.img in the folder. Move it to where you have adb and fastboot. THEN rezip Rom and transfer to your phone.
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Do you have fastboot and adb? If so, the boot.img goes here. Fire up command prompt, type this---> fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then proceed to flash the Rom via twrp
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InflatedTitan said:
As you already factory reseted and lost everything, you should format as the damage is already done lol, it'll get your sdcard back right. But when you extract cm10 on your computer you'll see the boot.img in the folder. Move it to where you have adb and fastboot. THEN rezip Rom and transfer to your phone.
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Do you have fastboot and adb? If so, the boot.img goes here. Fire up command prompt, type this---> fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then proceed to flash the Rom via twrp
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I took a screenshot
http://imgur.com/qcClC
so i copy the boot to the folder with adb and fastboot? and copy cm-10-2012... to my HOX (unchanged)?
Yes exactly, then run fastboot flash boot boot.img
After that is done, open TWRP and run the zip file
Rom will have excluded boot.img . Try it out and see what happens as you recapped. I'm not so sure as your running fastboot through the xfactor program.. but try it out, worst case is you bootloop like last time. If that happens again, you know to download android SDK tools, adb and fastboot and reinstall HTC drivers and start over
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They are many simple tutorials for rooting but do not know why you guys having hard time. Ok here is
1) You got Android SDK from google + Platform-tools + Google USB Driver -
2) Only for windows - Download htc sync ( It will install necessary htc drivers) - Link
3) Just to check if htc drivers installed properly , open "C:\android-sdk\platform-tools" ( Or folder where adb and fastboot exists) then "Press shift + right click and select "Open command window here" ( open command prompt and cd "folder where adb and fastboot exists).
4) In command window type " adb devices" and see output - If you get output then htc drivers installed properly.
You can skip step 3 and step 4 - These steps are only for verification
5) Goto [ROOT] HTC One X AT&T 2.20 Firmware - X-Factor root exploit and follow the instructions there.
6) Once you successfully root your device using above exploit then goto - [How To] Flash Custom recovery and ROMS after 2.20 root complete the steps to flash custom recovery and if you want to flash ROMS
7) To unlock BOOT LOADER use this link - [INDEX] AT&T/ROGERS One X Resources Compilation Roll-Up , follow the instructions under " BOOTLOADER UNLOCK, SUPER CID, AND S-OFF"
You can also goto this link - [ROOT][2.20] One XL Bootloader unlock & Root guide By XsMagical - Very nice tutorial, if you find above links difficult to follow
Note* : During exploit or flashing recovery they talk about using fastboot commands, In order to execute them you need goto C:\android-sdk\platform-tools" ( Or folder where adb and fastboot exists) then "Press shift + right click and select "Open command window here" ( open command prompt and cd "folder where adb and fastboot exists) and then execute the commands ..
Advice - Do not flash any roms apart from xda
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uhh guys so i did the whole fastboot thing, everything looked great. but when i try to go back to recovery, im stuck at the htc quietly brilliant
"this build is for development purpose only
do not distribute..." screen. I cant get back to recovery!?
Sorry for being such a noob, i really appreciate your guyses help.
Try it a couple times, if that doesn't work reflash recovery.
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uhh guys so i did the whole fastboot thing, everything looked great. but when i try to go back to recovery, im stuck at the htc quietly brilliant
"this build is for development purpose only
do not distribute..." screen. I cant get back to recovery!?
Sorry for being such a noob, i really appreciate your guyses help.
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How long did you stay on that screen? Did you see the cyanogenmod boot animation at all?
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Have you tried holding power and volume down? When phone flashes and goes off, release power button and keep holding volume down till you get to hboot. White screen that says fastboot, recovery, facto reset, etc
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Any progress bro?
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you don't delete boot.img from the rom, leave the original zip untouched. just make sure you flash boot.img in fastboot though. whenever i flash something in fastboot i like to run "fastboot erase cache".
NEVER factory reset in bootloader, it will mess up your sdcard.
you should rewipe and reflash everything in twrp. also verify the md5 checksums of cm10 and gapps both the md5 sums are listed at their download locations.
Fixed an gone like a teenager an his car?
WR
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Fixed an gone like a teenager an his car?
WR
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yep that's another thing i've asked all the querying noobs to do, changing the op to [SOLVED] when it is but to no avail :crying:
sry guys it took very long, i followed all your instructions and finally fixed it last night. I went straight to sleep because of work. Thanks again for your help, sorry for late restponse:
my solution: I followed INFLATEDTITAN's instructions. double click the cm10 rom, then take out the boot.img, copy that to where your fastboot files are, SHIFT right click, select CMD (or open cmd and use cd to change directory to folder), then type what he said w/ fastboot, make sure your connected. Then i flashed the cm10 rom, the gapps, reboot, took a couple tries.
Anyways, it works great, so smooth.... on wifi.
I have stragiht talk, and I've been getting really crappy speeds for data, from 5Mbps to 0.16.... down, interestingly, upload has not changed ~1.2 mbps. does anyone have any insight? Why DL is so slow but UL is still the same?
Crappyvate said:
yep that's another thing i've asked all the querying noobs to do, changing the op to [SOLVED] when it is but to no avail :crying:
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Can you tell me how to edit my post? i can only edit the content, not the title.
Also I have a question on radios. From this thread: (click "this")
I have the latest cm10 nightly build, as I said in my previous post, I am on straight talk. While the radio is showing HSPA+, I'm getting edge speeds (0.16mbps) but good upload speed ~1.2mbps.
Can I use the AT&T 2.2 radio from this list? (near the bottom)
Radios for Latest CM10 versions (with radio in /system/etc/firmware)
I just rooted my phone from 2.2, and want to make sure I'm using the right one.
Thanks.
Sorry bro, can't flash radios and RILs being you have the newer hboot
Sounds like you're into aosp roms. But usually the newer sense Roms are just as amazing and usually are updated with the newer radio. However I'm using old hboot, so I can't confirm that if you flash a Rom, the included radio will also automatically flash. Can anyone reading help with the correct answer?
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InflatedTitan said:
Sorry bro, can't flash radios and RILs being you have the newer hboot
Sounds like you're into aosp roms. But usually the newer sense Roms are just as amazing and usually are updated with the newer radio. However I'm using old hboot, so I can't confirm that if you flash a Rom, the included radio will also automatically flash. Can anyone reading help with the correct answer?
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Thanks, so the only thing i can do at this point is to flash a original HTC ICS rom (basically where i started before root)?
Well like I say, I'm not even sure it'll install the new radio lol. So I'd sit tight till someone replies with the correct advice.
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I'm in hpsa and that's about what I get too. I'll get a few tests that'll nail about 6 on download speed, sometimes I can't even get 1 lol. I wouldnt worry too much unless it gets super sluggish when you have full service
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Hi all, I have an s-on unlocked htc sensation. Last night I went to bed and woke up to a phone that was dead (forgot to plug in) so I charged it a little bit and then turned it on..only to find that it just stays at the white HTC screen. I then went into recovery and tried to reinstall a clockwork mod recovery(which has worked plenty of times) but this time it said "the folder does not contain any zip files, so I thought, Oh well time to do a fresh install anyway, so I went into the 4ext recovery/wiped everything, then turned on the smart ext..ran super wipe, then installed the elegancia 4.0 2.7, everything went fine...until it finished, EXT4 recovery then says something like creating backup..blah blah blah..then says backup failedthere was an error processing the command (not the exact terminology)..so then i let it restart and again it is stuck at the white htc screen. I then reboot into recovery again, and it says smart 4ext has been disabled, go to tools etc to re-enable..report your error blah blah blah..I just dont get it, i have done this many times, but I am clueless on why it wont boot..i have the latest files etc too 1.27.00 bootloader as well, I am unable to do anything with adb right now..I am at work, but really need a phone today..can someone help possibly?..Thanks a million....Larry
There are lot of blahs in the post
Anyways coming to your post.. Flash the boot.img of the rom you have flashed from bootloader/fastboot
(extra 1 step in flashing roms with SON guide)
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ganeshp said:
There are lot of blahs in the post
Anyways coming to your post.. Flash the boot.img of the rom you have flashed from bootloader/fastboot
(extra 1 step in flashing roms with SON guide)
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I forgot about having to do it that way since I dont have s-off..I cant get to a computer that has adb right now..is there any way I can do this from the phone?..maybe extract the boot.img from the zip file or something like that?Thanks for your help.
dirtylarry10 said:
I forgot about having to do it that way since I dont have s-off..I cant get to a computer that has adb right now..is there any way I can do this from the phone?..maybe extract the boot.img from the zip file or something like that?Thanks for your help.
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Not possible as you would be using the kernel when you are booting the phone (just like how formatting c drive (where windows is normally installed) is not possible when using windows)
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ganeshp said:
Not possible as you would be using the kernel when you are booting the phone (just like how formatting c drive (where windows is normally installed) is not possible when using windows)
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eah...makes sense...ok cool...thanks for your help..ill get it done this afternoon....
It'll be easier to help if you can provide exact errors you are getting and exactly what you did. Try installing an AOSP ROM and let us know the error you are getting. I've never used smart EXT so maybe let it be disabled and try.
dirtylarry10 said:
I forgot about having to do it that way since I dont have s-off..I cant get to a computer that has adb right now..is there any way I can do this from the phone?..maybe extract the boot.img from the zip file or something like that?Thanks for your help.
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you can't do it through the phone casue to flash the boot.img you need to be in fastboot mode...
I'm new to android and really hope I didn't pooch my phone.
I tried installing Jelly Bean and now can't do much of anything. I can get into bootloader and load up team windows recovery (not sure what to do in there)
When I am in fastboot and try through a command prompt adb devices doesn't list the HTC One X (Rogers, Canada)
I really am not sure what to do. I have downloaded a ton of stuff nothing seems to make a difference (HTC drivers, img and zip files..) I think it boils down to getting some direction on what troubleshooting to do with the exact files I would need to use.
flash a rom in recovery ofcourse.
adb doesnt work in hboot only fastboot. your phone is fine. you need to copy the rom zips to your sdcard. then go to install inside recovery. you can mount your sdcard inside recovery also so you can copy stuff. you should still be able to reboot the system normal and have it boot fine. unlocking and flashing recovery doesnt wipe your phone.
DvineLord said:
flash a rom in recovery ofcourse.
adb doesnt work in hboot only fastboot. your phone is fine. you need to copy the rom zips to your sdcard. then go to install inside recovery. you can mount your sdcard inside recovery also so you can copy stuff. you should still be able to reboot the system normal and have it boot fine. unlocking and flashing recovery doesnt wipe your phone.
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Fair enough I have a couple rom zips I think
PJ83IMG_Evita_UL_Rogers_WWE_1.73.631.1_Radio_0.16a.32.09.06_10.81.32.14L_release_254934_signed.zip
One_X_2.17.401.2_deodexed.zip
ROM-017.zip
cm10_endeavoru-ota-eng.noeri-017.zip
None of these worked.. they all failed.
DvineLord said:
flash a rom in recovery ofcourse.
adb doesnt work in hboot only fastboot. your phone is fine. you need to copy the rom zips to your sdcard. then go to install inside recovery. you can mount your sdcard inside recovery also so you can copy stuff. you should still be able to reboot the system normal and have it boot fine. unlocking and flashing recovery doesnt wipe your phone.
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This^ and next time post in the q&a section
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mblanke said:
Fair enough I have a couple rom zips I think
PJ83IMG_Evita_UL_Rogers_WWE_1.73.631.1_Radio_0.16a.32.09.06_10.81.32.14L_release_254934_signed.zip
One_X_2.17.401.2_deodexed.zip
ROM-017.zip
cm10_endeavoru-ota-eng.noeri-017.zip
None of these worked.. they all failed.
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Those are old(1st one) which you can't flash in recovery anyways since its an RUU or not for your phone(Other 2).
Don't flash the endeavoru zip. You'll have a beautiful paperweight
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InflatedTitan said:
Don't flash the endeavoru zip. You'll have a beautiful paperweight
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What is my alternative?
Also I'm not 100% sure that I haven't already done that. Does that mean its beyond fixing ?
mblanke said:
What is my alternative?
Also I'm not 100% sure that I haven't already done that. Does that mean its beyond fixing ?
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So you flashed a .zip file, not knowing what it would do or what would happen? Nevertheless, a .zip file not for your device?
No, if you can get into fastboot your fine.... I would just download the correct "Evita" ruu, not endeavor. Run it, do some thorough research and try again......... ruus can be found in the compilation roll up stickied thread
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18th.abn said:
No, if you can get into fastboot your fine.... I would just download the correct "Evita" ruu, not endeavor. Run it, do some thorough research and try again......... ruus can be found in the compilation roll up stickied thread
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I have
PJ83IMG_Evita_UL_Rogers_WWE_1.73.631.1_Radio_0.16a .32.09.06_10.81.32.14L_release_254934_signed.zip
Which seems to be the only Rogers RUU however its also the only one i've seen so far that isn't an exe but a zip file.
Is there an RUU application?
mblanke said:
I have
PJ83IMG_Evita_UL_Rogers_WWE_1.73.631.1_Radio_0.16a .32.09.06_10.81.32.14L_release_254934_signed.zip
Which seems to be the only Rogers RUU however its also the only one i've seen so far that isn't an exe but a zip file.
Is there an RUU application?
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Forget ruu. Flash twrp recovery if you haven't already, download viperXL in our dev section, fire up twrp, mount usb, copy viperXL over, unmount usb, install from zip, select viperXL. Zip, follow prompts, reboot, victory.
Oh then hit my thanks button...
Pm me if you need assistance cuz I am just that nice.
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Forget ruu. Flash twrp recovery if you haven't already, download viperXL in our dev section, fire up twrp, mount usb, copy viperXL over, unmount usb, install from zip, select viperXL. Zip, follow prompts, reboot, victory.
Oh then hit my thanks button...
Pm me if you need assistance cuz I am just that nice.
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It worked!!! you are a god!!! you have no idea how stressed I was getting I leave tomorrow for a 3 week trip
I'm glad to see that your issue was resolved. For future reference, all questiin/help related threads belong in the Q&A aection only.
Thank You.
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Finished the exploit: when into recovery and now all it does is come to the white HTC screen,and in red small print it says the following:
this build is for developmental purposes only
do not distribute outside of HTC without HTC's permission.
Failure to comply may lead to legal action.
then the phone shuts off, and 5 mins later comes on again...I can't access bootloader.
What did I do?
Thanks:
Update : got bootloader back but it says TAMPERED and UNLOCKED...it just said unlocked before. All I can access is TWRP; and it isn't recognizing the storage
MattyMo1976 said:
Finished the exploit: when into recovery and now all it does is come to the white HTC screen,and in red small print it says the following:
this build is for developmental purposes only
do not distribute outside of HTC without HTC's permission.
Failure to comply may lead to legal action.
then the phone shuts off, and 5 mins later comes on again...I can't access bootloader.
What did I do?
Thanks:
Update : got bootloader back but it says TAMPERED and UNLOCKED...it just said unlocked before. All I can access is TWRP; and it isn't recognizing the storage
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Everything is normal.. u must of flashed a Rom...if u did u need to flash the boot IMG seperatly
omario8484 said:
Everything is normal.. u must of flashed a Rom...if u did u need to flash the boot IMG seperatly
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I did the boot IMG with fast boot,it was stored where adb and all that other stuff is. Went into bootloader, had the zips on my storage on phone. Went into recovery, did factory reset...and now this where I'm at; it can't access storage; like nothing is there...except twrp.
Plug your phone into your computer anad from twrp select mounts and storage and select mount put your HTC one xl Rom on your phone. Flash your boot IMG and Rom. Someone correct me.if I'm wrong. I have not done this just quoting the 100 other posts.
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Mount phone in twrp, and download a Rom on your computer. Make sure it's for onexl. Extract the Rom, move boot.img to where you have adb and fastboot. Fire up command promt, fastboot flash boot boot.img is the command. Rezip the Rom, transfer to sd card. Flash in twrp.
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InflatedTitan said:
Mount phone in twrp, and download a Rom on your computer. Make sure it's for onexl. Extract the Rom, move boot.img to where you have adb and fastboot. Fire up command promt, fastboot flash boot boot.img is the command. Rezip the Rom, transfer to sd card. Flash in twrp.
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Do you want to put the boot.img back in the folder before rezipping it? I tried with the boot.img in but the ROM gets stuck in it's boot animation so I tried it leaving it out, but then I can't flash the ROM at all.
Leave the zip the way it is. Take boot.img out of it (but dont delete it from the zip)
Flash boot.img, then fire up TWRP and install the zip file.
First boot usually takes 5-10 minutes.
Correct. When you rezip the Rom, EXCLUDE the boot.img
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InflatedTitan said:
Mount phone in twrp, and download a Rom on your computer. Make sure it's for onexl. Extract the Rom, move boot.img to where you have adb and fastboot. Fire up command promt, fastboot flash boot boot.img is the command. Rezip the Rom, transfer to sd card. Flash in twrp.
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Got it now, thanks!
Glad to hear you got it bro. Next time it should be a breeze
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InflatedTitan said:
Glad to hear you got it bro. Next time it should be a breeze
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If you wondering why I'm thanking regular members when it does not apply to me, is because you guys deserve it for all the patience an help you give to the newbs, and they won't be bothered in most threads.
WR
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WarRaven said:
If you wondering why I'm thanking regular members when it does not apply to me, is because you guys deserve it for all the patience an help you give to the newbs, and they won't be bothered in most threads.
WR
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well sir you're a gentleman and you certainly deserve a thank for this, unfortunately I'm already out for the day...LOL
maybe someone else can take care of this for me ?
Could someone point out an up to date guide for flashing CleanRom 5.1? I did review the one link in Android Dev here but I keep seeing the warnings about flashing boot.img.
Just looking for solid step by step instructions. I also have Hasoon2000's toolkit. I successfully rooted but I'd like to ensure flashing the same way without doing something dumb.
Thanks and I apologize if I am coming off as lazy. I've done lots of research but just trying to cover all my bases.
Thanks,
Jon
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1. Download ROM to sdcard.
2. Flash ROM in twrp.
No mater which hboot your on, cleanrom 5.1 and viperxl will flash boot.img for you
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just to be safe and make 100% sure it will boot, do this:
1: extract boot.img from the zip and do fastboot flash boot boot.imgjto your phone
2: put the full zip onto your sd card
3: start up in recovery mode
4: select install, and select the cleanrom5.1.zip. Swipe to flash.
5: when it asks you if you want to install the boot.img, select NO (it says if you're unsure, choose YES. do NOT do this if you wanna be 100% sure itll boot the first go around.)
5a: for me, this is where AROMA usually freezes (happens about every other flash of the rom. no big deal, just hold down the power button till your phone shuts down and restart from step 3
6: choose the rest of your customizations
7: once its done flashing, select finish then Reboot Device from TWRP
hope you get it
Ok so with those particular roms I don't have to necessarily flash boot.img since its automatic? I think that's where my confusion is coming from. So I can't simply load it on my phone, go into recovery and flash CleanRom 5.1? Also, if I need to type that command, I can simply open a cmd window or use Hasoon's tool to open a cmd window?
I appreciate your replies and for not bugging out on me! Trying to learn the right way
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No bro, cleanrom and viper will flash it for you!! No need for other steps!!!
If you try any other ROM, you'll have to use flashgui or use the fastboot steps above.
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InflatedTitan said:
No bro, cleanrom and viper will flash it for you!! No need for other steps!!!
If you try any other ROM, you'll have to use flashgui or use the fastboot steps above.
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So that's it?! Just download go phone and enter recovery, swipe to flash and enjoy?! Glad I asked!!
What about the radio I've read about? Do I need to load that or is it inside the Rom zip? I forgot to mention I'm on 2.20 firmware and rooted of course.
Obviously I know to transfer a backup from my phone to my computer etc.
Thanks for replying so quickly.
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I don't mess with radios... But yea the ROM part just download and flash through twrp.. theres no single place around me where I don't get service, so I leave radios alone.....
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I rooted my htc one xl at&t version using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426
And then i put the cm 10.1 and gapps on it from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064621
and i flashed it and cleared the chah and rebooted it and all it showed was the htc logo.
can someone tell me if i did something wrong and/or how i can fix it?
You'll have to fastboot the boot.img bro. That's why it won't boot
Do you know how? If not ill explain in great detail lol.
Also..... There was a few problems with cm10.1 having trouble booting up, depending on which batch of phones yours came from. Make sure you download the most recent one, h8 fixed this for the most part
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InflatedTitan said:
You'll have to fastboot the boot.img bro. That's why it won't boot
Do you know how? If not ill explain in great detail lol.
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Please tel me how to do that. and i would be nice for a vido too but what ever you can do will work
Eh I'm at work right now so I can't video, but ill try to be as detailed as possible... Now this is using windows vista/7, hope you have it lol..
1. Download adb/fastboot from the first post in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28340689 now extract it.
2. Download the Rom of choice on either phone or computer. You'll need to copy it so that you have 2 copies, one for phone and one for computer. (This is the least confusing way).
3.download gapps onto your phone.
4. Right click and Extract the Rom.zip file... You'll see some files, the ONLY one you need is "boot.img" take the boot.img, copy it and paste it INSIDE THE ADB/FASTBOOT FOLDER.
5. Now enter recovery on phone. Choose "wipe".. wipe cache, dalvick, factory reset, system.. now go back and choose "install" Flash the Rom.zip followed by gapps.
6. Do not choose reboot! Instead, press back and choose reboot from the MAIN menu. One of the options is reboot to bootloader. Once in bootloader (white screen with skating androids) choose "fastboot"
7. On your computer, RIGHT CLICK your adb/fastboot folder. choose "open command prompt here"
8. Type --> fastboot flash boot boot.img
Success! Reboot phone and enjoy. it May seem like alot but I broke it down in individual steps. Others will argue to fastboot first or last, Ive seen my cousin have trouble doing it first. Now he does it last and its a success every single time. Feel free to ask any questions of you don't understand
9. Delete the extracted Rom contents to clean up and so you don't get confused if you have to do it to a different rom
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Also check out the stickies in general section and develpnent section. Guyincognito and redpoint has written some great tutorials and aquired a lot of resources rolled in to one. It would definatley benefit you to read up on it
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thanks for that information but how to i get the files on my phone bc my phone wont go past the htc logo and i can get it in to recovery mode but every time i try to mout it on the computer it wont open.
Have you done a factory reset from Bootloader recently? Sounds like your SDcard is corrupted.. what does twrp say when you choose mount? Try to mount in twrp, and right click on removable storage on your computer and choose format if you can. Thatll get it back right.
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when ever i go to mount on twrp it gives me 4 boxes that i can check. mount system, mount data, unmount cache, and mount sd card. it wont let me check mount sd card.
when i click on format on the computer it says it will clear everything. is that what i need to do or will that turn my phone in to a flash drive?
Unfortunately yes, you will lose everything.. but you will gain.. a lesson haha.. sorry to poke fun. But yea, reformat it.. it'll take a while, like 15 minutes and you will lose everything.. EVERYTHING on your SDcard. Pics, music, Roms, backups.. just throwing that out there so you don't panic once it happens. Once its complete drag a Rom to the phone, flash Rom, flash gapps, fastboot the boot.img like explained earlier.
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The 50th time you wrote this guide was my favorite titan. This 150th time is a bit stale. Can you freshen it up a bit for the next guy who refuses to search, read, or research on his own that you then patiently spoon feed.
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InflatedTitan said:
Unfortunately yes, you will lose everything.. but you will gain.. a lesson haha.. sorry to poke fun. But yea, reformat it.. it'll take a while, like 15 minutes and you will lose everything.. EVERYTHING on your SDcard. Pics, music, Roms, backups.. just throwing that out there so you don't panic once it happens. Once its complete drag a Rom to the phone, flash Rom, flash gapps, fastboot the boot.img like explained earlier.
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if all i will lose is my pics, music, roms, backups then ill be fine i have all that on my computer i just didnt want it to be completely empty with absolutely nothing on the phone.
Haha.. yea next guide ill throw in some suprises.. maybe some memes and rage faces.. you know to make it fresh and more realistic... Maybe ill add times.. like
"Type fastboot command, it'll take 1.89 seconds to complete" or
"When you install Rom, it'll take 38 seconds to finish and gapps will take 14 seconds to finish"
Oh man ima stay out of the Q&A... I just want to help lol and I've never turned on a noob... I know sometimes they panic But jeez.... Ill we ask is to at least skim through existing threads..
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Beanstine32 said:
if all i will lose is my pics, music, roms, backups then ill be fine i have all that on my computer i just didnt want it to be completely empty with absolutely nothing on the phone.
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That's it bro. Let me know if it works.
Flash Rom and gapps
Fastboot boot.img
Profit
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i formate it and it worked. but all that i have on my sd card is TWRP and .android_secure, is that all that is suppose to be on there?
and sorry for being a super nood this is the first time i rooted but at least ill know what to do for the future.
Beanstine32 said:
i formate it and it worked. but all that i have on my sd card is TWRP and .android_secure, is that all that is suppose to be on there?
and sorry for being a super nood this i the first time i rooted but at least ill know what to do for the future.
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Its all good man, we joke but I don't mind helping.. lol I hope you didn't think I was kidding when I said everything will be wiped!! but like you said, now you know.. usually the only time you'll get a corrupt sd is if you factory reset from bootloader. Never do that!
So now just download a Rom from your computer and copy to your phone.. might I suggest downloading cleanrom 5.1? It'll flash the boot.img for you so there's no need to fastboot that Rom. It'll at least give you a working phone.
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InflatedTitan said:
Its all good man, we joke but I don't mind helping.. lol I hope you didn't think I was kidding when I said everything will be wiped!! but like you said, now you know.. usually the only time you'll get a corrupt sd is if you factory reset from bootloader. Never do that!
So now just download a Rom from your computer and copy to your phone.. might I suggest downloading cleanrom 5.1? It'll flash the boot.img for you so there's no need to fastboot that Rom. It'll at least give you a working phone.
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I don't think that one flashes the boot img for you I may be wring but only viper does that 2.4x does that
omario8484 said:
I don't think that one flashes the boot img for you I may be wring but only viper does that 2.4x does that
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Unless Scott changed it the last few days it does. Only cleanrom 5.1 and viper 2.4 will
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InflatedTitan said:
It does. Only cleanrom 5.1 and viper 2.4 will
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Thanks I learn something new everyday
does this tool flash the boot.img?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426
also do i just put everything on the sd card? rom, gapps, and a copy of boot.img
Beanstine32 said:
does this tool flash the boot.img?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426
also do i just put everything on the sd card? rom, gapps, and a copy of boot.img
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What Rom are you trying to flash? And for gapps lets go over gapps.... Android is open source but Google does not want devs putting gapps directly on the rom so you flash it seperatly...that's only for aosp etc roms... These are sense based roms which base from HTCs build which has all the apps no need to flash gapps and no need to have a copy of boot img on your sd if you're using your comp to flash it
omario8484 said:
What Rom are you trying to flash? And for gapps lets go over gapps.... Android is open source but Google does not want devs putting gapps directly on the rom so you flash it seperatly...that's only for aosp etc roms... These are sense based roms which base from HTCs build which has all the apps no need to flash gapps and no need to have a copy of boot img on your sd if you're using your comp to flash it
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i want cm 10.1, so what would i have to do and where would i have to put the rom, gapps, and boot.img?
also for future reference can you flash the boot.img with this tool?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426
Beanstine32 said:
i want cm 10.1, so what would i have to do and where would i have to put the rom, gapps, and boot.img?
also for future reference can you flash the boot.img with this tool?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426
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Although a great root/unlock tool, I wouldnt use it for boot.img. just some friendly advice, since you have the funky hboot, get familiar with fastboot first.. at some point or another it will the the ONLY way to get you out of a bootloop.
There are some tools to ease the flashing of kernels (boot.img's) BUT, you have to have a working OS to use it on.. you can flash and push files to your phone without an operating system using fastboot. In my opinion every android user should become familiar with it
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