Confused about flashing rooms and boot.img - AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL

Whats this problem with the boot.img?
So to flash a rom, I need to flash the boot.img using the boot installer tool, then I put the rom on my SD card and flash it?
Do I also have to flash the boot.img to restore my phone from a previous recovery? I heard this somewhere and was a bit confused,

Just download a ROM from the phone itself. Use flash image GUI. Using flashgui app, Navigate to ROM you downloaded, click. It'll automatically flash kernel. Immediately after boot into recovery, flash entire ROM, then flash gapps if necessary... Profit
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CollegeProfesor said:
Whats this problem with the boot.img?
So to flash a rom, I need to flash the boot.img using the boot installer tool, then I put the rom on my SD card and flash it?
Do I also have to flash the boot.img to restore my phone from a previous recovery? I heard this somewhere and was a bit confused,
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There are a couple of roms that are hboot 1.14 friendly right? Doesn't viper have the ability to flash the kernel upon install?
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I'm not really into sense ROMs, but I know viperxl and cleanrom 5.1 you can flash ROM in recovery.. they're definitely good to have on your SD card as a safety net in case something goes crazy and there's no way to fast boot...
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leedroid

can someone please make a video or a very clear post how to download leedroid v6.4 on htc one s because this is the 2nd time i tried it and messed it up where i have to run ruu to go back to factory settings
dude its easy, The instructions are on the thread
1, Unlock Bootloader
2, Flash CWM recovery
3, Flash Boot.img
4, Flash ROM
5, Flash boot.img again (optional)
Done !
It doesnt get any easier than that ^^^
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Still doesn't work I go into a bootloop
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Is there a way to download leedroid tweaks on its own ?
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Leedroid has v6.4 on the one S? or the one X?
V2.1 for the One S
Are there any direct links for the one s latest version only tweaks
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I dont think the tweaks will work on a stock ROM, They require the modded framework.
;( leedroid always messes up when I try download it to my phone
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I am stuck in a boot loop too. Driving me nuts I have been using custom roms for ever.
Btw other custom roms work without issue on my one s except leedroid.
balto said:
I am stuck in a boot loop too. Driving me nuts I have been using custom roms for ever.
Btw other custom roms work without issue on my one s except leedroid.
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Yeah same that's why I'm asking people for help to do it like on a video are u still in bootloop? I was in bootloop before
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Both of you just post on how you flash the rom. There has to be something easy that is overlooked. Cause i have flashed the rom 4 times with no problems
snwman said:
Both of you just post on how you flash the rom. There has to be something easy that is overlooked. Cause i have flashed the rom 4 times with no problems
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I put the Rom zip and md5 Rom thing in sd card too I think go into bootloader run that windows.bat thing flash boot.IMG flash Rom run boot.IMG again
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How do you do it? sorry for bad English tired
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k1llacanon said:
I put the Rom zip and md5 Rom thing in sd card too I think go into bootloader run that windows.bat thing flash boot.IMG flash Rom run boot.IMG again
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Did you flash the rom in cwm after the first time you flashed the boot.img? If not then that is probably your issue.
For me I flashed boot flash rom in cwm and for good measure flashed the boot again.
I am going to try a new download of the rom I think that could be my issue.
Right ill basically start from as if i was to flash the rom from if i has a stock phone
1.Make sure phone is rooted and unlocked by Htc dev
2.Have a custom recovery flashed
3.Download the v2.0 and v2.1 of the rom and also the boot.img
4.Place v2.0 and v2.1 files into a folder on your sd card.
5.Now make a nandroid backup of your current rom you are using before you flash LeeDroids rom
6.Extract the boot.img so that you can run the command to flash the .img to your phone
7.Boot phone into bootloader then fastboot, connect phone to pc and it should say fastboot usb.
8.Run the boot.img file to which ever OS you are using (meaning windows, mac etc.)
9.Get back into the bootloader screen and get into recovery.
10. Format system, data and cache also wipe dalvik cache as well. It should be wiped by formatting system and data but only takes 2seconds to do it anyway. You will find it under advanced menu(In Clockworkmod)
11. Find the .zip of leedroids v2.0 and flash it
12.Reboot phone and finish the setup menu and just let the phone settle for a minute or two after you finished it
13. Boot phone into bootloader and then fastboot. Run the boot.img again just to be sure.
14.Boot into recovery and flash v2.1 and then reboot and enjoy.
Now set phone up the way you want
This is the method i have used seems long but only takes 10minutes once you have all the files. I have done this 4 times using this method
I will try this method later so what's the v6.4?
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k1llacanon said:
I will try this method later so what's the v6.4?
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None for htc one s maybe for the one x which lee is also developing for
Oooh I've been trying v6 so only v2 will work for one s? And is it just as good?
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Revert to stock atnt 2.20 after installing cm10

Hi guys,
So I unlocked my boot loader and using twrp installed cm10. To boot it I had to flash boot.IMG from the zip file and everything works fine
Now I wanna revert to the stock ROM. I made a backup of it using twrp. So when I wipe off the cm10 rom using twrp n restore my stock backed up ROM, my phone doesn't boot. Just a blank screen.
Anything I need to do different?
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kjotwani said:
Hi guys,
So I unlocked my boot loader and using twrp installed cm10. To boot it I had to flash boot.IMG from the zip file and everything works fine
Now I wanna revert to the stock ROM. I made a backup of it using twrp. So when I wipe off the cm10 rom using twrp n restore my stock backed up ROM, my phone doesn't boot. Just a blank screen.
Anything I need to do different?
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You have to flash the boot.img from the sence rom
Thanks a lot for ur help. I don't know where to get the boot.IMG of the sense ROM. Any directions as to where can I find it?
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Extract it from the nandroid backup
These r the files in the twrp folder for my Stock ROM. Can't see a boot.IMG
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sorry maybe twrp doesn't backup boot.img
You can download a 2.20 ruu and try an extract boot.img from there.
boot.emmc.win is the boot.img, not sure how TWRP handles backing up of boot when on the higher hboot though.
kjotwani said:
These r the files in the twrp folder for my Stock ROM. Can't see a boot.IMG
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The very 1st file "boot.emmc.win" that's the boot.img
So just flash that through fastboot and it should work
You can change the name of the file to boot.img if you want
And if we want to revert to an RUU, we just lock the bootloader and run the exe
Or do we need to flash the stock recovery first?
Cheers
Yes, lock bootloader flash ruu.
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Have tons of questions...

First of all, I heard that Google had an API error in 4.1.2 that causes the mobile data or internet data to consume twice as fast. Which means you use 2x more data compared to normal. Is this true? and has it been fixed in CM10?
Secondly, if I am going to flash a new ROM, do I have to flash the ROM first then flash the boot.img separately? Or just flash everything together in the recovery? When should I flash the boot.img separately? I am kinda new to this new phones I so don't know about much these things.
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You only need to flash boot.img separately if you are on hboot 1.14 or higher. Otherwise, it will just flash in TWRP automatically when you flash the ROM.
Don't know about your other questions.
That's "tons" of questions??? That's just 2!
CalamitySir said:
First of all, I heard that Google had an API error in 4.1.2 that causes the mobile data or internet data to consume twice as fast. Which means you use 2x more data compared to normal. Is this true? and has it been fixed in CM10?
Secondly, if I am going to flash a new ROM, do I have to flash the ROM first then flash the boot.img separately? Or just flash everything together in the recovery? When should I flash the boot.img separately? I am kinda new to this new phones I so don't know about much these things.
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Where did you hear that? Seems like bs because your carrier measures the amount of data on their servers
If you have hboot 1.14 then you have to flash the boot.IMG separately after you flash the ROM
Otherwise you flash everything in recovery all at once
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superchilpil said:
Where did you hear that? Seems like bs because your carrier measures the amount of data on their servers
If you have hboot 1.14 then you have to flash the boot.IMG separately after you flash the ROM
Otherwise you flash everything in recovery all at once
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Then how do I downgrade the hboot?
Another question is that when I tried to flash 4.1.1 ROMs when coming from 4.1.2 Roms, it stuck in the boot logo.
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You'll pretty much have to flash boot.IMG seperate every time... Or it will boot loop.
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InflatedTitan said:
You'll pretty much have to flash boot.IMG seperate every time... Or it will boot loop.
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ok now the question is, do i flash the boot.img first then flash the rom or flsah the rom first then the boot.img??!! The latter method was reccomendded by devs in the HOX section and the former one was used in ours?
I tried ROM then kernel on my cousins phone... Bootlooped.. Started fresh, flashed kernel then ROM and works perfectly every time
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Another question is the ss below, the total amount of data doesn't add up correctly....is this a bug or was it already predetermined like this?
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CalamitySir said:
Then how do I downgrade the hboot?
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Tool here (but requires a Linux machine): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982442
The total amount of data doesn't add up. Is this a bug in CM10?
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I'm still not seeing the "tons" of questions.
iElvis said:
I'm still not seeing the "tons" of questions.
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maybe u cna help me answer the question regarding the data in page one, i have 2 screenshots for that.
Another question is how do i flash the b6 kernel for cm10? flash like normal in twrp or flash the boot.img? i am messed up!
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maybe u cna help me answer the question regarding the data in page one, i have 2 screenshots for that.
Another question is how do i flash the b6 kernel for cm10? flash like normal in twrp or flash the boot.img? i am messed up!
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I have heard only that there may be a bug in CM that makes your data usage appear to be worse. That's all I know.
I have never used CM so I can't help with the kernel. If you're on 1.14 you have to flash it separately in fastboot.
iElvis said:
I have heard only that there may be a bug in CM that makes your data usage appear to be worse. That's all I know.
I have never used CM so I can't help with the kernel. If you're on 1.14 you have to flash it separately in fastboot.
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ok. does fastboot makes me unable to downgrade the android version, i tried to flash 4.1.1 from 4.1.2, i did it separately and it didnt work, stuck at bootloop... any idea?
Well you have to flash the boot.img from the 4.1.1 rom. Maybe try flashing the older gapps http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip I would also wipe cache, dalvik and system. Use flashimagegui for kernel flashing so you dont need to use fastboot and a pc http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963896
Here's what I do and I have flashed every ROM in this section without a single boot loop.
Flash boot IMG in fast boot
Reboot to recovery
Wipe dalvik and cache
Wipe system
Factory reset
Flash rom and gapps or just ROM (sense)
Reboot system
Do I do steps I don't need? Perhaps. But the results are hard to argue
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smolck said:
Here's what I do and I have flashed every ROM in this section without a single boot loop.
Flash boot IMG in fast boot
Reboot to recovery
Wipe dalvik and cache
Wipe system
Factory reset
Flash rom and gapps or just ROM (sense)
Reboot system
Do I do steps I don't need? Perhaps. But the results are hard to argue
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do i have to follow this sequence to wipe everytime?
Usually if its same rom u dont need to factory reset[wipe data] but ive been wiping system alot each time though.

[Q] Complete Help

I know you guys hate this, but I need help.
I have an HTC One S, unlocked. I am in Canada, it's unlocked for Mobilicity, but not sure where it came from originally.
How do I know what exact version phone I have, and how do I go about getting a newer android version on it. 4.2.2 or at least 4.2.
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What do you mean with "version"
Look under settings->phone information or sth like that. Latest official version for the one s is android 4.1.1.
If you mean which model, check how your CPU frequency is, 1,7ghz is the C2/S3, 1,5ghz is the C1/S4.
If you want android 4.2.2 flash a custom recovery and follow the instruction for flashing a custom rom (cm10.1), you will find it in the development section
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Ok, so I want to install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051865
Not sure how. I have 1.06 band and 3.08-01575 kernel version.
hboot 1.14....what do I need to do to get this installed. It says something about aroma installer, but have no idea how to use that.
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Aroma installer is a GUI for the installing progress.
Wipe everything twice before flashing the Rom.
Extract the Boot.IMG Form the flash zip.
Flash the Boot.IMG via fastboot ("fastboot flash boot boot.img" there are flashing guides in the forum)
Clear dalvik cache
Flash the rom and everything should work fine
Good luck
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NQNH said:
Aroma installer is a GUI for the installing progress.
Wipe everything twice before flashing the Rom.
Extract the Boot.IMG Form the flash zip.
Flash the Boot.IMG via fastboot ("fastboot flash boot boot.img" there are flashing guides in the forum)
Clear dalvik cache
Flash the rom and everything should work fine
Good luck
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I don't see any boot.img inside the zip file?
I am reading all you do is extract the zip, but I don't see the boot.img once that is done? Help please.
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Sry my fault, didnt read the thread carefully, you dont need the boot.img
You cam flash the Rom the usual way
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NQNH said:
Sry my fault, didnt read the thread carefully, you dont need the boot.img
You cam flash the Rom the usual way
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So wipe it twice, then install from zip? That's it?
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I think so
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Question about Cyanogenmod 11

Hello guys,
I've been looking around for CM11 for my HTC One X+.
Now I've found the original CM11 on their website for HOX+, but there is one little question I got about this.
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=enrc2b
That's the link where I've found it by the way.
There is no boot.img download, how safe is it to just install the ROM? In my opinion it isn't.
So let me know what you guys think.
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NiZii. said:
Hello guys,
I've been looking around for CM11 for my HTC One X+.
Now I've found the original CM11 on their website for HOX+, but there is one little question I got about this.
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=enrc2b
That's the link where I've found it by the way.
There is no boot.img download, how safe is it to just install the ROM? In my opinion it isn't.
So let me know what you guys think.
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Its on the official website, and It should work. Make a backup though.
The boot.img download isn't there because the boot.img is probably inside the .zip.
So open the zip and you'll have your boot.img.
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krishneelg3 said:
Its on the official website, and It should work. Make a backup though.
The boot.img download isn't there because the boot.img is probably inside the .zip.
So open the zip and you'll have your boot.img.
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Yeah, already found it.
Thanks though.
One small question, if I'm going to put the .zip file on my SD card I can just leave the boot.img in the .zip right?
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NiZii. said:
Yeah, already found it.
Thanks though.
One small question, if I'm going to put the .zip file on my SD card I can just leave the boot.img in the .zip right?
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Well is your device s-off or s-on?
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krishneelg3 said:
Well is your device s-off or s-on?
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S-On, after hours of searching how to put S-Off I gave that up. Since I can't find it for my HTC One X+.
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NiZii. said:
S-On, after hours of searching how to put S-Off I gave that up. Since I can't find it for my HTC One X+.
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Oh okay, you will need to flash the boot.img alone then as flashing the ROM zip won't just work. So boot into bootloader, and flash the new boot.img you had extracted from the .zip
Once yo uhave flashed the .img boot into recovery mode and perform a gull wipe, including cache. Once done simply flash the zip and reboot.
First reboot takes a bit so be patient. I also recommend you getting a band backup in case.
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krishneelg3 said:
Oh okay, you will need to flash the boot.img alone then as flashing the ROM zip won't just work. So boot into bootloader, and flash the new boot.img you had extracted from the .zip
Once yo uhave flashed the .img boot into recovery mode and perform a gull wipe, including cache. Once done simply flash the zip and reboot.
First reboot takes a bit so be patient. I also recommend you getting a band backup in case.
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Ye I know it takes a lot of time since I've been flashing a ROM once before, but I can just leave the file in the .zip when flashing it in recovery?
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NiZii. said:
Ye I know it takes a lot of time since I've been flashing a ROM once before, but I can just leave the file in the .zip when flashing it in recovery?
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Yeah I suppose you can. Nothing will happen.
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krishneelg3 said:
Yeah I suppose you can. Nothing will happen.
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Okay thanks.
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Okay thanks.
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No worries.
All the best.
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If you're coming from a Sense ROM you can't just flash the zip without flashing the boot.img. It wouldn't even boot. And sometimes it boots but without mobile signal or WiFi signal.
So just place the zip on your sdcard, take the boot.img out of the zip on your computer.. Then boot into bootloader and connect it to the computer using USB then type
"fastboot flash boot boot.img"
Then "fastboot erase cache"
(you must have fastboot installed and configured on your computer)
Then boot into recovery and flash the zip file and gapps. Oh don't forget a wipe is mandatory if you're coming from sense ROM. But if you're coming from an AOSP ROM it's recommended but you can go without wiping. I flashed cyanogen over paranoid android without wiping data and had no issues at all. But I wiped the system partition.
And you cannot S-OFF an HTC One X+.. If it's S-ON then it stays that way. Only a few amount of people have S-OFF on their HOX+.
Oh and I don't think TWRP recovery is compatible with CM11 on HOX+.. So I recommend you flash philz recovery. Flash it by using the fastboot command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
(recovery.img should be replaced with the name of the recovery you downloaded)
It doesn't take a lot of time. I change ROMs almost every week.
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backb0ne5p1d0r said:
If you're coming from a Sense ROM you can't just flash the zip without flashing the boot.img. It wouldn't even boot. And sometimes it boots but without mobile signal or WiFi signal.
So just place the zip on your sdcard, take the boot.img out of the zip on your computer.. Then boot into bootloader and connect it to the computer using USB then type
"fastboot flash boot boot.img"
Then "fastboot erase cache"
(you must have fastboot installed and configured on your computer)
Then boot into recovery and flash the zip file and gapps. Oh don't forget a wipe is mandatory if you're coming from sense ROM. But if you're coming from an AOSP ROM it's recommended but you can go without wiping. I flashed cyanogen over paranoid android without wiping data and had no issues at all. But I wiped the system partition.
And you cannot S-OFF an HTC One X+.. If it's S-ON then it stays that way. Only a few amount of people have S-OFF on their HOX+.
Oh and I don't think TWRP recovery is compatible with CM11 on HOX+.. So I recommend you flash philz recovery. Flash it by using the fastboot command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
(recovery.img should be replaced with the name of the recovery you downloaded)
It doesn't take a lot of time. I change ROMs almost every week.
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Hey i have htc one m7_ul and when ever i tried to flash cyanogenmod i ended up with so error like some binary problem do you know the fix for it???
Aisfkhan said:
Hey i have htc one m7_ul and when ever i tried to flash cyanogenmod i ended up with so error like some binary problem do you know the fix for it???
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Whats the error exactly ? and where did you get the error ?
backb0ne5p1d0r said:
Whats the error exactly ? and where did you get the error ?
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Its in twrp 2.6.3.3 and about some extracting binary failed error but now solved i flashed the boot.img file from cm11.zip file then flashed from philz recovery and everything goes fine

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