Hello this will be my first post, although I have been a forum lurker, I have been doing it for awhile. Now my problem is that I want to switch ROM's but i have had problems in the past, I successfully rooted and unlocked the Bootloader with Xfactor exploit. My first time flashing a rom on the hox, I did something wrong and found out that when I did my nandroid backup it failed (Yes I know i'm ashamed I made such a nooby mistake). Luckily I had a friend who knew his way around phones a little better, and flashed it to Nocturnal ROM, It's nice and all but I have had my eyes on Paranoid Android. This time I know for sure I have a nandroid backup and I have a copy on my computer, but I want to make sure there is nothing else wrong if I try. Can I get a line of steps to sort of follow? I did flash ROM's on my HTC Inspire, but it just isn't the same case her obviously. I know you have to seperate the boot.img from the ROM files but that is where my last ROM flash screwed me over.
Try using viperxl Rom , its awesome. If you use twrp there is no need to flash img as twrp does it auto for ya
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
Here is a good link to always keep handy
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DESERT.TECH said:
Try using viperxl Rom , its awesome. If you use twrp there is no need to flash img as twrp does it auto for ya
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
Here is a good link to always keep handy
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Which HBoot are you? If you are on 1.14 you need to flash the boot image either via command prompt of flashgui.
Fastboot is easier in my opinion.. Download PA on your phone.. Plug it in and COPY rom to your computer. Extract rom, drag and drop boot.Img inside your adb/fastboot folder. Enter Fastboot on phone. If on windows 7, right click on adb folder and choose "open command prompt here"
Command is fastboot flash boot boot.Img
Success. In bootloader, choose recovery. Flash entire PA zip, flash gapps.
Profit!
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cpttrippa said:
Which HBoot are you? If you are on 1.14 you need to flash the boot image either via command prompt of flashgui.
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Not with viper. It flashes it for you
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Alright I feel a little more ready to switch, but there is no way this could fail right? Having a backup on my phone and computer? I'm just being over protective haha
Edit: and yes I am above 1.14
InflatedTitan said:
Fastboot is easier in my opinion.. Download PA on your phone.. Plug it in and COPY rom to your computer. Extract rom, drag and drop boot.Img inside your adb/fastboot folder. Enter Fastboot on phone. If on windows 7, right click on adb folder and choose "open command prompt here"
Command is fastboot flash boot boot.Img
Success. In bootloader, choose recovery. Flash entire PA zip, flash gapps.
Profit!
Fast boot is also more reliable. A few times I flashed kernel thru flash GUI and it didn't take. Had to fast boot it.
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area51avenger said:
Not with viper. It flashes it for you
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It's good info.... But he wants to try paranoid android... Not viper
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How does viper get around fastbooting kernel?
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If Viper has made it so you don't have to flash a boot.IMG they have made a pretty big breakthrough and I'm sure that would of been news, just saying. Anyways on topic, is there any other precautions I should take before trying to flash it?
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Alphacall2 said:
If Viper has made it so you don't have to flash a boot.IMG they have made a pretty big breakthrough and I'm sure that would of been news, just saying. Anyways on topic, is there any other precautions I should take before trying to flash it?
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?? It's true, no need to flash boot.img separate with Viper or CleanRom. Just go into twrp, wipe everything and do a factory reset INSIDE twrp and then flash. Follow Aroma Installer and choose your options.
Those are the only "precautions" I'd say. Obviously ensure you have a backup on your phone to go boot from in case there's an issue. That would be the best precaution to take.
ATT HOX Premium App--Stock is fine but modded is Creative
I think you guys are mistaken a little with hboot 1.14 it just doesn't change your kernel when you fkasha new Rom so of course if your going from the non jb viper to clean Rom you won't have a problem since its still a sense kernel but going from aosp to sense is a different story if you were to go from aosp to viper either viper you would have to flash the boot img and same with viper jb to a non jb sense Rom....do you see how that works?it just doesnr change your kernel and if your going to a similar Rom you won't have a problem with it it'll just stay on that kernel since it works with that Rom
Ics version of Viperxl will flash the kernel for you automatically.. 2.4.0
Jellybean version 3.0.0 does NOT flash it for you, it has to be done via fastboot or flashgui app. It is an alpha version, turge will include this is further builds but he's working on ironing out the wrinkles...
A few tips for 1.14 hboots.........
If you UPGRADE a rom, you usually won't have to flash boot.Img separate as it will most likely use the same kernel as the previous build, but it's always best to ask before flashing just in case they modify the kernel
If you switch from aosp to sense, or vice versa you WILL have to flash it separate. No matter what.
Or you can boot into Linux and downgrade your hboot but that's not for the faint of heart
Personally, I'd flash kernels through fastboot as you can pretty much guarantee it will stick and be good to go
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InflatedTitan said:
Ics version of Viperxl will flash the kernel for you automatically.. 2.4.0
Jellybean version 3.0.0 does NOT flash it for you, it has to be done via fastboot or flashgui app. It is an alpha version, turge will include this is further builds but he's working on ironing out the wrinkles...
A few tips for 1.14 hboots.........
If you UPGRADE a rom, you usually won't have to flash boot.Img separate as it will most likely use the same kernel as the previous build, but it's always best to ask before flashing just in case they modify the kernel
If you switch from aosp to sense, or vice versa you WILL have to flash it separate. No matter what.
Or you can boot into Linux and downgrade your hboot but that's not for the faint of heart
Personally, I'd flash kernels through fastboot as you can pretty much guarantee it will stick and be good to go
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I have a question, so I'm pretty new to android scene with kernals and roms but I have a basic sense on how everything goes now. I tried the new CM10.1 nightly with JB4.2 and it was great but still unstable for a daily driver. I switched to cleanrom and everythings fine so far but I had some problems with my SD becoming unmountable but I ended up just reformatting it which I don't know if it was a smart idea or not. Luckily, nothing bad happened yet and everything seems to be working fine. I have CleanRom 5.1 and Element 3.2, underclocked and undervolted. Realized that I didn't need this much battery so I'm planning on checking out Viper. (13 hrs and I still have 75% haha)
Problem is, since I switched from an aosp back to a sense based rom I want to ensure everythings fine. I want to flash boot since I don't remember doing it once just to make sure viper installs nice and clean. How would I go about doing this? I pretty much know how to flash it in cmd etc, I just need to know where to get the actual boot.img file and which folder should I place it in. Thanks. Better safe than sorry.
As a side note, between switching roms I did a complete wipe. Just didn't flash boot.img. Oh and I have hboot 1.09 and am using TWRP 2.3 Recovery.
thanks again
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I have a question, so I'm pretty new to android scene with kernals and roms but I have a basic sense on how everything goes now. I tried the new CM10.1 nightly with JB4.2 and it was great but still unstable for a daily driver. I switched to cleanrom and everythings fine so far but I had some problems with my SD becoming unmountable but I ended up just reformatting it which I don't know if it was a smart idea or not. Luckily, nothing bad happened yet and everything seems to be working fine. I have CleanRom 5.1 and Element 3.2, underclocked and undervolted. Realized that I didn't need this much battery so I'm planning on checking out Viper. (13 hrs and I still have 75% haha)
Problem is, since I switched from an aosp back to a sense based rom I want to ensure everythings fine. I want to flash boot since I don't remember doing it once just to make sure viper installs nice and clean. How would I go about doing this? I pretty much know how to flash it in cmd etc, I just need to know where to get the actual boot.img file and which folder should I place it in. Thanks. Better safe than sorry.
As a side note, between switching roms I did a complete wipe. Just didn't flash boot.img. Oh and I have hboot 1.09 and am using TWRP 2.3 Recovery.
thanks again
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You good to go bro! Hboot versions 1.09 have no bounds. You can flash roms, kernels, splash screens, radios etc. There is no need for fastboot whatsoever as long as your on 1.09! :thumbup:
Don't worry about formatting your SD.. I do it every Sunday night to keep my phone on a diet LOL.
I always install roms clean, so I wipe everything in twrp and never do a titanium backup or restore to ensure there's no bugs being caused by me.
Hope I helped lol
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You good to go bro! Hboot versions 1.09 have no bounds. You can flash roms, kernels, splash screens, radios etc. There is no need for fastboot whatsoever as long as your on 1.09! :thumbup:
Don't worry about formatting your SD.. I do it every Sunday night to keep my phone on a diet LOL.
I always install roms clean, so I wipe everything in twrp and never do a titanium backup or restore to ensure there's no bugs being caused by me.
Hope I helped lol
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Okay cool, thanks! installing viper right now, any other, roms, kernals etc you want to recommend. Im pretty new and I feel like there's a whole lot to experience!
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Okay cool, thanks! installing viper right now, any other, roms, kernals etc you want to recommend. Im pretty new and I feel like there's a whole lot to experience!
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I'm on Viper 2.4.1 with ElementalX kernel and its awesome, stable and fast. Battery life can be optimized with the built in CPU manager or something like SetCPU. You can get kernel suggestions right inside Venom Hub app on your new Rom.
ATT HOX Premium App--Stock is fine but modded is Creative
Man there's a whooollleee bunch of awesome roms.. just flash one every other day till you find what you like lol.. there's some nice sense roms, but I'm more into aosp roms. They all offer something unique and each dev brings something new to the table
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Hey I thought I would stop by to say that i successfully flashed paranoid android, one problem the keyboard keeps crashing. What are the solutions for this? A simple cache clear just isn't doing it.
Edit: Scratch that alot of things are crashing. help?
Super mega edit: I learned that i had the incorrect gapps downloaded I flashed the correct ones and it is still happening so that is out of the question
Sounds like there could be a few problems so were gonna go with the most popular ones lol..
1. Sounds like you didn't wipe everything in twrp before you flashed. Make your you always wipe cache, dalvick, factory reset, and system. Then flash Rom followed by gapps.. then reboot
2. Have you restored from a titanium backup? If so, make sure next time its ONLY user apps.. if you restore system apps and data, think of your system settings from one Rom clashing with the system files from your new Rom. They won't play nice together. Only backup and restore user apps+data
3. If the above steps were taken correctly, I would delete the Rom.zip from phone. Maybe download using a different browser. Chrome browser is notorious for corrupting roms.. you could have had a bad download
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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!
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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Hi!
I have couple of questions regarding boot.img, kernels and how they relate to ROMs.
1. I believe every ROM comes with a kernel. Am I right?
2. Say I'm running CM10 and decide to flash beastmode bricked kernel and later flash Viper OneS. Do I still have beastmode kernel in Viper or has the kernel now been replaced by Viper's kernel? (Answer to q 1 might also answer this one...)
3. I believe boot.img is where the kernel is in a ROM. Am I correct?
4. What else does boot.img actually contain? The name atleast refers to some stuff needed for booting...
Thans !
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1. Yes, most likely. All ROMs Ive flashed has come with a kernel, either in the rom.zip file or as a separate download.
2. You will have to reflash the kernel if youre on hboot 1.14+ at least. If you are updating a ROM, as in not wiping anything, the kernel does not have to be reflashed.
In some cases you still have to fastboot flash it to get the updated rom to boot though.
3. Yes, Im quite sure it is. That has been the case with the ROMs Ive flashed at least.
4. It contains the ramdisc, which is pretty much everything related to the booting process, some settings and some other modules.
Goatshocker said:
1. Yes, most likely. All ROMs Ive flashed has come with a kernel, either in the rom.zip file or as a separate download.
2. You will have to reflash the kernel if youre on hboot 1.14+ at least. If you are updating a ROM, as in not wiping anything, the kernel does not have to be reflashed.
In some cases you still have to fastboot flash it to get the updated rom to boot though.
3. Yes, Im quite sure it is. That has been the case with the ROMs Ive flashed at least.
4. It contains the ramdisc, which is pretty much everything related to the booting process, some settings and some other modules.
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Thanks for your answer! That cleared alot.
About the question 2... So if I have a kernel other than that which came with the ROM, I just have to fastboot flash boot.img of the ROM to revert back to the ROM's own kernel?
I am on hboot 2.15.
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zaak00 said:
Thanks for your answer! That cleared alot.
About the question 2... So if I have a kernel other than that which came with the ROM, I just have to fastboot flash boot.img of the ROM to revert back to the ROM's own kernel?
I am on hboot 2.15.
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Yep that right.
So I'm having a problem installing any AOSP ROMS on my one x. I can install any sense 4+ plus ROMS but cyanogenmod, jellybam , etc won't install they just bootloop constantly . I'm on the latest version of viper jellybean . It's a weird case unless i'm missing something which I think. Please help if you can
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marquavious said:
So I'm having a problem installing any AOSP ROMS on my one x. I can install any sense 4+ plus ROMS but cyanogenmod, jellybam , etc won't install they just bootloop constantly . I'm on the latest version of viper jellybean . It's a weird case unless i'm missing something which I think. Please help if you can
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FLASH. THE. BOOT.IMG. USING. FASTBOOT.
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I've done that each time too . I had to , to even get on viper.
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Have you taken the stock JB update?
That upgrades something making non sense roms fail I think.
Not too sure exactly, but have read this somewhere and I'm in same position after taking JB 4.1 OTA before finding xda goodness.
Dacra said:
Have you taken the stock JB update?
That upgrades something making non sense roms fail I think.
Not too sure exactly, but have read this somewhere and I'm in same position after taking JB 4.1 OTA before finding xda goodness.
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Even if you've taken the 4.1 ota it will boot just no working touchscreen. Op is doing something wrong. Verify that you have a onexl and are flashing a ROM for the one xl then make sure to wipe cache, dalvik, system and do a factory reset in twrp. If you wipe system and are flashing a ROM for the wrong phone you will brick so make sure you have the right ROM and phone combo. After flashing the ROM boot to fastboot and fastboot flash your boot.IMG. if you do all that your ROM will boot.
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Wait so you flash a ROM first , then flash the boot.img ?
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Doesnt matter if you flash it before or after ...are you full wiping? Data system caches. .. and you're flashing thorugh Fastboot right Sith Fastboot flash boot boot.img ?
Yes. Well mostly to flash the flash boot img . I was using the flash image gui app , or the flash boot .img batchfile created here on xda. They both have worked in the past .
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Any ideas anyone? I just tried flashing nocturnal and my phone's just sitting at the boot logo. I've flashed the boot.img and yes my phone is a oneXL.
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I've been having a similar problem but maybe even worse. After rooting my phone via onexroot.com tutorial I havent been able to install any custom roms. It says that the MD5 file is not found and "completes" the installation very quickly. I have tried the viper rom but i have tried the CM10 and AOKP JB. I have flashed boot.img via fastboot every time to no avail. Help please.I have ATT One X 2.20 hboot 1.14 twrp 2.4.1.0. Thanks.
alemcc said:
I've been having a similar problem but maybe even worse. After rooting my phone via onexroot.com tutorial I havent been able to install any custom roms. It says that the MD5 file is not found and "completes" the installation very quickly. I have tried the viper rom but i have tried the CM10 and AOKP JB. I have flashed boot.img via fastboot every time to no avail. Help please.I have ATT One X 2.20 hboot 1.14 twrp 2.4.1.0. Thanks.
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I know this may sound silly but are you leaving the boot image in the zip file that you are placing in recovery? Extract the boot image from the zip but leave it in the zip file you are placing in twrp.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL
No silly qurstions at this point
Venomtester said:
I know this may sound silly but are you leaving the boot image in the zip file that you are placing in recovery? Extract the boot image from the zip but leave it in the zip file you are placing in twrp.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL
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Yep, I just extract and copy the boot image over to user/downloads/onexrootattnew folder. Im starting to think that I did something wrong when rootin. I followed a tutorial online step by step and have twrp working and have superuser access. I'm not sure what else I'm doing wrong.
alemcc said:
Yep, I just extract and copy the boot image over to user/downloads/onexrootattnew folder. Im starting to think that I did something wrong when rootin. I followed a tutorial online step by step and have twrp working and have superuser access. I'm not sure what else I'm doing wrong.
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Place boot image on phone but not in any folder so that GUI can see it not in one x root. Place full zip file in downloads folder on phone storage. Use GUI to flash image. After flashing it will go into recovery. Use TWRP to install zip. Make sure you wipe system, cache and davlik cache before installing zip.
Hope this helps.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL
Venomtester said:
Place boot image on phone but not in any folder so that GUI can see it not in one x root. Place full zip file in downloads folder on phone storage. Use GUI to flash image. After flashing it will go into recovery. Use TWRP to install zip. Make sure you wipe system, cache and davlik cache before installing zip.
Hope this helps.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL
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Yes it's very annoying and I can't get on any AOSP Roms or anything. I'm on viper 3.2.3 hopefully you can get on a sense based Rom that will work
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marquavious said:
Yes it's very annoying and I can't get on any AOSP Roms or anything. I'm on viper 3.2.3 hopefully you can get on a sense based Rom that will work
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Try watching a few Zedomax or Nocturnal TV Videos on youtube. Get away from onexroot videos if they are not working for you.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL
Sorry I'm still learning: what do u mean by use GUI to flash image. I've been fastbooting it via cmd on windows.
It's an application you can install on your phone that does the flashboot part for you. Search for " fash image gui apk " on here .
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alemcc said:
Sorry I'm still learning: what do u mean by use GUI to flash image. I've been fastbooting it via cmd on windows.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155132
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL
So I downloaded the flash GUI program and followed the steps via the video (thanks for that, very helpful) but after flashing the kernel (boot IMG) and hitting the recovery reboot option it didn't reboot, it didn't do anything. So I did a manual reboot into recovery and installed the zips and rebooted. I got to the Rom initiating page (this one had a unicorn) and it didn't go any further. The only other info I could offer is that I went the lazy way and emailed the boot image to myself on my comp and downloaded to my phone via the email. Not sure if that makes a difference. Any more ideas, I'm gonna try the ice cold jelly Rom and the viper xl later today.
So I just tried the viper 3.2 Rom and although it seemed to get a little further in the process, result is the same: stuck on viper logo. Only ice cold jelly left. When transferring zip files over to phone do o have to mount via twrp or can I just mount as disk drive via stock rom? At this point, unrooting and waiting for att's official JB update may be my only option. Thanks in advance for any help.
Hi all, I just wanted to start by saying that xda is the shizz and has helped me through thick n thin. Anywho, I have a custom Rom and am trying to go to a different Rom. ViperX to be specific. I've tried before, but with little success. Extracted boot.img, fastboot flash boot boot.img in the command, put the Rom on my sd and installed via TWRP. Problem is, is that it never boots, only the HTC boot screen with the red writing. Anyone have any suggestions on what I need to do? I'm still S-on, but from what I understand, that doesn't matter if you fastboot the boot.img via command prompt. I also have Hboot 1.14.
Thanks.
Chuckles850 said:
Hi all, I just wanted to start by saying that xda is the shizz and has helped me through thick n thin. Anywho, I have a custom Rom and am trying to go to a different Rom. ViperX to be specific. I've tried before, but with little success. Extracted boot.img, fastboot flash boot boot.img in the command, put the Rom on my sd and installed via TWRP. Problem is, is that it never boots, only the HTC boot screen with the red writing. Anyone have any suggestions on what I need to do? I'm still S-on, but from what I understand, that doesn't matter if you fastboot the boot.img via command prompt. I also have Hboot 1.14.
Thanks.
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Because you are S-ON with hboot 1.14 you ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS need to fastboot flash boot boot.img from the rom you are flashing.
That being said, Sounds like you are on TWRP 2.4.x please confirm.
If so, fastboot flash twrp 2.3.x.x
then fastboot erase cache
then wipe cache, dalvik, system, factory reset
Install rom and fastboot flash boot boot.img
Keep me posted.
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Because you are S-ON with hboot 1.14 you ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS need to fastboot flash boot boot.img from the rom you are flashing.
That being said, Sounds like you are on TWRP 2.4.x please confirm.
If so, fastboot flash twrp 2.3.x.x
then fastboot erase cache
then wipe cache, dalvik, system, factory reset
Install rom and fastboot flash boot boot.img
Keep me posted.
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Will do thank you
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exad said:
Because you are S-ON with hboot 1.14 you ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS need to fastboot flash boot boot.img from the rom you are flashing.
That being said, Sounds like you are on TWRP 2.4.x please confirm.
If so, fastboot flash twrp 2.3.x.x
then fastboot erase cache
then wipe cache, dalvik, system, factory reset
Install rom and fastboot flash boot boot.img
Keep me posted.
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Apparently there's a TWRP 2.4.4 out, would it hurt me to flash the latest version?
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Yes. It would hurt anyone with a one xl as 2.4 does not wipe our device properly. I tested 2.4.4 myself.
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ok, well I found another problem you might be able to help me with, but I'll shoot it to you anyway. I just found out my phone was originally a One X when I got it from the ATT store. Now apparently after I flashed the Rom I got (odex-JB-Sense4+.zip), It's saying my phone is an XL. Seems to me I have a whole new set of issues. Did I flash the wrong Rom? I though I did enough research to find a compatible Rom. How do I find out for sure what's going on with my phone and how to fix it properly?
Chuckles850 said:
ok, well I found another problem you might be able to help me with, but I'll shoot it to you anyway. I just found out my phone was originally a One X when I got it from the ATT store. Now apparently after I flashed the Rom I got (odex-JB-Sense4+.zip), It's saying my phone is an XL. Seems to me I have a whole new set of issues. Did I flash the wrong Rom? I though I did enough research to find a compatible Rom. How do I find out for sure what's going on with my phone and how to fix it properly?
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No problem you have the correct ROM, if you had flashed wrong one it would have not worked correctly. Depending on the ROM sometimes it will show XL instead of X.
One xl is the proper model name, code named Evita, not to be confused with the real HTC One X international quad core version.
So in other words, nothing is wrong. This is normal. If you flashed the wrong rom you would know as you would now have a paperweight
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ok cool, I was kinda confused there for a sec lol. Ok, now for the TWRP. I'm assuming you were referring to 2.3.0.0? just because there is a 2.3.0.0, 2.3.1.0, 2.3.3.0, and a 2.3.3.1. I just want to make sure I have the correct one for Hboot 1.14
Doesn't matter which one. I use 2.3.3.1 myself.
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You have an xl so be sure to download and flash ViperXL and not ViperX. Luckily Viper does a model check before it installs.
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ok, downloading it now. I'll keep you updated.
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You have an xl so be sure to download and flash ViperXL and not ViperX. Luckily Viper does a model check before it installs.
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Ah I didn't catch that in the first post! Good eye.
bkmo said:
You have an xl so be sure to download and flash ViperXL and not ViperX. Luckily Viper does a model check before it installs.
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ok, I'll keep that in mind. Thank you!!
exad said:
Ah I didn't catch that in the first post! Good eye.
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it's ok bud, just downloaded and installed TWRP 2.3.3.1 successfully, now i'm downloading ViperXL and hope everything comes out ok
exad said:
Because you are S-ON with hboot 1.14 you ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS need to fastboot flash boot boot.img from the rom you are flashing.
That being said, Sounds like you are on TWRP 2.4.x please confirm.
If so, fastboot flash twrp 2.3.x.x
then fastboot erase cache
then wipe cache, dalvik, system, factory reset
Install rom and fastboot flash boot boot.img
Keep me posted.
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Should I need to be thinking about Kernels of any sort?
Chuckles850 said:
Should I need to be thinking about Kernels of any sort?
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Yeah.......give bulletproof 1.1 a shot. Gonna give you better performance and battery, plus a no brainer install and its stable.
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bkmo said:
Yeah.......give bulletproof 1.1 a shot. Gonna give you better performance and battery, plus a no brainer install and its stable.
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Ok cool. Any links?
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It's in Android development page. if not the first page then the second.
exad said:
Because you are S-ON with hboot 1.14 you ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS need to fastboot flash boot boot.img from the rom you are flashing.
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Except for ViperXL (and old builds of CleanROM, which may also happen with future builds if/when scrosler gets AROMA back in there) which is intended to flash the boot.img in AROMA.
Although, it doesn't always work for some folks, so they have had to flash boot.img manually. So yes, if at all in doubt (and you have a boot loop) flash boot.img manually.