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[Q] I hope I didn't brick my phone

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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ptesmoke said:
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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"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"
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[Q] Phone keeps rebooting

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 ?

[Q] I've made a huge mistake, is my HOX still salvageable?

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.

donkeybat64 said:
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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WarRaven said:
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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HELP - Deleted Android

Hi everyone! I am the biggest noob on the face of the earth. I was trying to install MIUI on my HTC One X and I think I might have bricked it.
MIUI wasn't loading properly, it was caught in the load screen animation. So I went back into TWRP and I cleared the caches and erased some other stuff. (I can't remember.) Then I went to reinstall and all of my files were gone. Also, it said that my phone didn't have an OS. When I go into mount it as a USB drive, my computer doesn't recognize its drive type and tells me to format it.
Did I just create the most expensive 9GB hard drive or is there still hope?

Restore a.backup holms..
posted from my Motorola startac...
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Wait wait... We did make a backup before attempting to flash didn't we..? Riiight?
posted from my Motorola startac...

Nope... :crying:

Ahahah omg.. amazing..
You made my day sir..
Verstuurd van mijn Xperia S met Tapatalk

Only format data and cache partitions. You shouldn't ever need to format the system, and never format any other partitions.
Try to restore a backup like the previous poster states, if you do not have a backup...
Download a ROM on your computer, mount USB storage, transfer the ROM, unmount storage, flash the ROM.
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I had that same thought, however, my computer wont let me transfer because it doesn't let me recognize the file system. It tells me to format it.
Thank you all for your helpful and speedy replies!

sound/ said:
I had that same thought, however, my computer wont let me transfer because it doesn't let me recognize the file system. It tells me to format it.
Thank you all for your helpful and speedy replies!
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Format it, its corrupted
Something is wrong with twrp because it does this sometimes when you format system
Then transfer over a ROM to flash
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Did you accidentally select factory reset or clear storage while in bootloader? That will corrupt the memory as well.

He factory reseted. Reformat your sdcard. Plug in phone and transfer ROM.
It sounds to me your on new hboot and didn't flash kernel with fast boot. That's why it wouldn't boot so in a panic you factory erased. Correct?
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The easiest way to do this is relock bootloader and run a RUU.

I am ashamed to admit I did this too; however, I was trying to install CM10 and deleted my recovery using flashgui luckily I was able to flash twrp, the boot.img and then load the zip for CM10. I am still looking for a method of getting back to the stock rom, but I feel lucky to have a working phone again.
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Mattix724 said:
Only format data and cache partitions. You shouldn't ever need to format the system, and never format any other partitions.
Try to restore a backup like the previous poster states, if you do not have a backup...
Download a ROM on your computer, mount USB storage, transfer the ROM, unmount storage, flash the ROM.
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formatting other partitions isn't an issue.... at all. and formatting /system is advised for a clean install.
sound/ said:
I had that same thought, however, my computer wont let me transfer because it doesn't let me recognize the file system. It tells me to format it.
Thank you all for your helpful and speedy replies!
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if you can get into Recovery just reflash.
If not RUU to stock.
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sound/ said:
Nope... :crying:
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Dude, I'm a lazy mofo but cmon!
It's already been said but I believe to the a ruu back to stock is the simplest.. good luck.
posted from my Motorola startac...

sinco54 said:
Dude, I'm a lazy mofo but cmon!
It's already been said but I believe to the a ruu back to stock is the simplest.. good luck.
posted from my Motorola startac...
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Why relock and ruu back if he don't have to? He has to format the sdcard regardless... so he should just download viper 2.1.2 and transfer to phone. Flash the entire rom and bam, he's back in business...
2.1.2 version doesn't need fast boot or flash GUI app...
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Why is this here and not in the q & a section
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Cheezy, read the OP... He is a noob, and in panic mode he decided to post in general and not in Q&A. I really can't say much about the noob part because my phone got stuck in a bootloop from trying to flash over Viper 2.6... Thank the lord I didn't turn my phone into and nice paperweight. Now I know better, and have learned quite a bit from people here on XDA.

InflatedTitan said:
Why relock and ruu back if he don't have to? He has to format the sdcard regardless... so he should just download viper 2.1.2 and transfer to phone. Flash the entire rom and bam, he's back in business...
2.1.2 version doesn't need fast boot or flash GUI app...
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What file system do I use to format it? And thank you so much by the way.
Thanks to all of you for your helpful responds. (Sorry for posting in the wrong area.)

InflatedTitan said:
Why relock and ruu back if he don't have to? He has to format the sdcard regardless... so he should just download viper 2.1.2 and transfer to phone. Flash the entire rom and bam, he's back in business...
2.1.2 version doesn't need fast boot or flash GUI app...
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I didn't say he had to, I was simply agreeing with another poster and its the route id prolly take if in his shoes...
Go back to stock and start fresh, if it were me that would be my decision..
posted from my Motorola startac...

sound/ said:
What file system do I use to format it? And thank you so much by the way.
Thanks to all of you for your helpful responds. (Sorry for posting in the wrong area.)
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Well reboot into twrp, and choose mount when plugged in to computer. Go to my computer, and it should prompt you to format. It'll tell you its corrupted. It'll just erase everything and get it to act right. Are you using windows?
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Myrder said:
Cheezy, read the OP... He is a noob, and in panic mode he decided to post in general and not in Q&A. I really can't say much about the noob part because my phone got stuck in a bootloop from trying to flash over Viper 2.6... Thank the lord I didn't turn my phone into and nice paperweight. Now I know better, and have learned quite a bit from people here on XDA.
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[Q] Switching ROM Help

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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---------- Post added at 12:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:50 AM ----------
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.
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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

crisjed said:
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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InflatedTitan said:
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!

crisjed said:
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.
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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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