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Recovery after firmware upgrade?

okay my friend told me that i need to install a custom recovery after i flash a new firmware. but everything i am reading about 3.32 says that i only need to flash new firmware. delete the img file off root and flash new rom. Is the custom recovery already unlocked? am i going to need to use ADB to install the new rom or 4ext? thanks for your feed back
I am S off
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I have super CID
and i am currently on 3.24 firmware

MacTheRipperr said:
okay my friend told me that i need to install a custom recovery after i flash a new firmware. but everything i am reading about 3.32 says that i only need to flash new firmware. delete the img file off root and flash new rom. Is the custom recovery already unlocked? am i going to need to use ADB to install the new rom or 4ext? thanks for your feed back
I am S off
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I have super CID
and i am currently on 3.24 firmware
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Do you have 4ext recovery already installed ???

yeah i already have 4 ext installed right now. but i don't know if i am going to have to reinstall it after i flash 3.32 am i going to have to use ADB? or am i good just flashing firmware and then flashing rom like regular?

MacTheRipperr said:
yeah i already have 4 ext installed right now. but i don't know if i am going to have to reinstall it after i flash 3.32 am i going to have to use ADB? or am i good just flashing firmware and then flashing rom like regular?
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You will not have to flash a new recovery after flashing the new firmware Mac... but I do think that when you go the flash a new custom rom from here I would wipe the phone (ie) super wipe or use the builtin one in 4ext under (wipe and format) use wipe everything but SDcard.....

Thank you for the help and patience. Much abliged.

MacTheRipperr said:
Thank you for the help and patience. Much abliged.
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no problem, just one thing, if you have super wipe only use it with sense roms not AOSP roms, and if you are using any of the new sense 4 roms like OrDroid or Insertcoin that is builtin the rom when you install too, just read everything very carefully because of the installer (ie) Aroma installler.....

[S4] Flashing from CM10 to TrickDroid 7.1 does not work

Hey Guys,
yesterday I wanted to revert my ROM from CM10 to TrickDroid 7.1. In TWRP 2.2.1 I wiped caches and did a factory reset and then flashed TD 7.1 following torxx's instructions (wipe, install ROM, flash boot.img with his boot flash script, let the ROM boot). After the reboot the phone hang. The startup sound came through but then no further action for about 7 Minutes.
Was that too little time waiting? Or is there any other issue interfering the boot process after reverting from Android 4.1.1 to 4.0.4 Sense?
If anyone can help is much appreciated. Even if I look stupid afterwords
Burkhard

herzbert said:
Hey Guys,
yesterday I wanted to revert my ROM from CM10 to TrickDroid 7.1. In TWRP 2.2.1 I wiped caches and did a factory reset and then flashed TD 7.1 following torxx's instructions (wipe, install ROM, flash boot.img with his boot flash script, let the ROM boot). After the reboot the phone hang. The startup sound came through but then no further action for about 7 Minutes.
Was that too little time waiting? Or is there any other issue interfering the boot process after reverting from Android 4.1.1 to 4.0.4 Sense?
If anyone can help is much appreciated. Even if I look stupid afterwords
Burkhard
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Perhaps your hboot does not allow flashing or boot.img? Have you tried the fastboot method of flashing boot.img? How about reverting to a nandroid of a sense based ROM, then flashing TD?

el_smurfo said:
Perhaps your hboot does not allow flashing or boot.img? Have you tried the fastboot method of flashing boot.img? How about reverting to a nandroid of a sense based ROM, then flashing TD?
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Prior to CM10 I was on latest stock ROM. Before that I had custom ROMs. HBoot on my phone after the OTA update is 1.14. Flashing the boot image of CM10 was no problem.
In order to use the phone I reinstalled CM10 and it works.
The boot images were flashed within fastboot. I do not know any other way to flash a boot image.
I dont have a nandroid backup.

Checked MD5?

torxx said:
Checked MD5?
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They correspond.
If nothing else helps I will try to install the latest RUU and then flash a ROM. But I wanna circumvent the relock and unlock procedure.
Btw: Did anybody notice that the unlock code changes after an update of HBoot? Nobody mentioned that when the new base was released.

Same here... But fine now
herzbert said:
They correspond.
If nothing else helps I will try to install the latest RUU and then flash a ROM. But I wanna circumvent the relock and unlock procedure.
Btw: Did anybody notice that the unlock code changes after an update of HBoot? Nobody mentioned that when the new base was released.
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Hey there,
I was having the same problems as you messioned. I flashed the boot.img through fastboot myself and some how it then worked Did not have an problems with flashing the boot.img before. But maybe its worth a try.

Of course you need to use fastboot!!

Did not try yet to flash the RUU. There was an update of CM10 yesterday. The heavy battery drain is gone with this update and there is no urgent need to go back to TrickDroid right now.

herzbert said:
Prior to CM10 I was on latest stock ROM. Before that I had custom ROMs. HBoot on my phone after the OTA update is 1.14. Flashing the boot image of CM10 was no problem.
In order to use the phone I reinstalled CM10 and it works.
The boot images were flashed within fastboot. I do not know any other way to flash a boot image.
I dont have a nandroid backup.
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HBoot 1.14 is the problem. Anything above 1.09 needs special steps to flash unlike simply flashing with twrp as with 1.09 and below.
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2

LikeaG2root said:
HBoot 1.14 is the problem. Anything above 1.09 needs special steps to flash unlike simply flashing with twrp as with 1.09 and below.
Alright, so, what are these special steps? Can you tell? If its not flashing the within recovery and push the boot.img via fastboot to the phone I would be very interested. My previous HBoot version was 1.13. Flashing ROMs was never a big deal. Also not going to CM9 and back to sense based ROMs.
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I am on hboot 1.14 and it worked via fastboot. Like you mentioned yourself you reinstalled CM10 and it booted, therefore your previous flash of the boot.img didn't work. So just flash the boot.img via bootloader and fastboot and you should be good...

HighRoIIer said:
I am on hboot 1.14 and it worked via fastboot. Like you mentioned yourself you reinstalled CM10 and it booted, therefore your previous flash of the boot.img didn't work. So just flash the boot.img via bootloader and fastboot and you should be good...
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I did also flash the boot.img via fastboot. Why do you say that anyway? Is there another method to flash a boot.img?

you didn't mention wiping System as part of the full wipe--needs done

Partially solved
rugmankc said:
you didn't mention wiping System as part of the full wipe--needs done
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Right, I did not mention it because system is wiped by TWRP during flashing the ROM. So there was no need to wipe it seperately. But maybe my mistake was not to wipe data and the new "asec" folder messed things up.
I'll never know because yesterday I did a complete wipe including the SDCard. Afterwards I was able to install TrickDroid flawlessly.
Thank you all for your efforts.

Viper XL and boot.img

Hey guys I just wanna to check and make sure I'm doing everything right before I flash cause I don't need anymore paperweights
1.I have successfully unlocked my bootloader and installed twrp recovery and rooted.
2. Now I want to back up my entire setup: rom, apps, setting, data, everything so that if I ever want to return to stock then I can. I have booted into twrp and ran backup and selected all options. Is that how you perform a nandroid backup in twrp or is there more to it?
3. I want to install team venom viper xl rom. Do I have to first flash boot.img first or is the kernel the same in stock and viper xl so that isn't necessary? Do I have to do I factory reset first or what?
I'm still new to this stuff so please bear with me. Thank for all your help!!

ImagioX1 said:
Hey guys I just wanna to check and make sure I'm doing everything right before I flash cause I don't need anymore paperweights
1.I have successfully unlocked my bootloader and installed twrp recovery and rooted.
2. Now I want to back up my entire setup: rom, apps, setting, data, everything so that if I ever want to return to stock then I can. I have booted into twrp and ran backup and selected all options. Is that how you perform a nandroid backup in twrp or is there more to it?
3. I want to install team venom viper xl rom. Do I have to first flash boot.img first or is the kernel the same in stock and viper xl so that isn't necessary? Do I have to do I factory reset first or what?
I'm still new to this stuff so please bear with me. Thank for all your help!!
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Wipe flash Rom flash boot IMG sit back enjoy

ImagioX1 said:
Hey guys I just wanna to check and make sure I'm doing everything right before I flash cause I don't need anymore paperweights
1.I have successfully unlocked my bootloader and installed twrp recovery and rooted.
2. Now I want to back up my entire setup: rom, apps, setting, data, everything so that if I ever want to return to stock then I can. I have booted into twrp and ran backup and selected all options. Is that how you perform a nandroid backup in twrp or is there more to it?
3. I want to install team venom viper xl rom. Do I have to first flash boot.img first or is the kernel the same in stock and viper xl so that isn't necessary? Do I have to do I factory reset first or what?
I'm still new to this stuff so please bear with me. Thank for all your help!!
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Different kernel. it is using the 2.41 RUU. So go ahead and flash the boot.img
Here's what you should do for any new ROM with a different kernel.
Wipe System
Factory Reset
Flash boot.img
Flash the ROM
flash gapps (if AOSP based)
reboot and have fun
When doing a nandroid backup, it is only necessary to backup
System
Data
Boot

Ok thanks for your response but I'm still a little confused. First did I back up my current rom properly so that I can return to it later on? Secondly does viper and boot img have to be flashed or can they be installed from sdcard via twrp? If they have to be flashed whats the fastboot command.?

ImagioX1 said:
Ok thanks for your response but I'm still a little confused. First did I back up my current rom properly so that I can return to it later on? Secondly does viper and boot img have to be flashed or can they be installed from sdcard via twrp? If they have to be flashed whats the fastboot command.?
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You backed up fine, it just takes up a little more space.
You have to extract the boot.img from the ROM and put it in the same folder as fastboot.exe
open command prompt, and navigate to the folder fasboot.exe is in and do the following command
fasboot flash boot boot.img
If it gets stuck at waiting for device, reboot into your bootloader, boot into fastboot from there. and then try again.

ImagioX1 said:
Ok thanks for your response but I'm still a little confused. First did I back up my current rom properly so that I can return to it later on? Secondly does viper and boot img have to be flashed or can they be installed from sdcard via twrp? If they have to be flashed whats the fastboot command.?
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Viper is the Rom u flash it from twrp it's. azip file that's fkashable so make it easy and flash viper there and than flash the boot IMG from fastboot the command is all over the forums I thinks it fastnoot flash boot.img

don't be confused. read.
you always have to flash boot.img in fastboot "fastboot flash boot boot.img" then flash the zip in twrp make sure to wipe, and don't download international roms. you still have to flash the boot.img from your backed up rom.
like a hundred threads asking the same stuff because no one wants to read

DvineLord said:
don't be confused. read.
you always have to flash boot.img in fastboot "fastboot flash boot boot.img" then flash the zip in twrp make sure to wipe, and don't download international roms. you still have to flash the boot.img from your backed up rom.
like a hundred threads asking the same stuff because no one wants to read
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I'm sorry but I did read. I saw that if you have the same kernel as that of the rom you're flashing you don't have to flash boot.img. So I asked to see if stock and viper have the same kernel. I don't want to flash anything that will brick my phone.
Now one more question if you don't mind answering. I also saw that you can't downgrade RUU. So if viper is based on 2.41 RUU and stock is 2.20 RUU then will I be able to go stock after flashing viper?
I really do appreciate yalls help. i would be where I am if it weren't for you.

ImagioX1 said:
I'm sorry but I did read. I saw that if you have the same kernel as that of the rom you're flashing you don't have to flash boot.img. So I asked to see if stock and viper have the same kernel. I don't want to flash anything that will brick my phone.
Now one more question if you don't mind answering. I also saw that you can't downgrade RUU. So if viper is based on 2.41 RUU and stock is 2.20 RUU then will I be able to go stock after flashing viper?
I really do appreciate yalls help. i would be where I am if it weren't for you.
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Yes. Just wipe you system and do a factory reset , and flash the boot.IMG for 2.20 and then flash the Rom.
If you want true stock 2.20 then you will have to relock your bootloader and then run the 2.20 RUU. You would only want to do this if making a warranty claim or something. If you want stock rooted, then yes, do what I said above
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absolutelygrim said:
Yes. Just wipe you system and do a factory reset , and flash the boot.IMG for 2.20 and then flash the Rom
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Ok got it. I do appreciate your help. Flashing now.

downgrading only refers to the ruu not the zipped roms. so you can't run 1.85 ruu after running 2.20 ruu/ota but you can still flash a rom based on 1.85.
if you are reflashing the same rom you don't have to reflash boot.img but if you are flashing a new rom then you need to flash boot.img. 7-zip will tell you the crc32 of files so you see tell if it's a different checksum.

Viper Xl's great. Seems to be slightly slower than stock on some task, but the lack of bloatware, and the extensive customization is worth it. Haven't found any bugs or nothing so far. If anyones familiar with viperxl though what is the last app in the app drawer? Its got a chinese name? When it loads it says Dolby Surround but all the writing is in chinese?

ImagioX1 said:
Viper Xl's great. Seems to be slightly slower than stock on some task, but the lack of bloatware, and the extensive customization is worth it. Haven't found any bugs or nothing so far. If anyones familiar with viperxl though what is the last app in the app drawer? Its got a chinese name? When it loads it says Dolby Surround but all the writing is in chinese?
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That's because you flashed the Voodoo mod, it's apart of the mod, theres a chinese part and a english one called "Dolby Digital" or "Dolby Surround"

When I flash ViperXL 3.1.0 JB do I need to flash a radio too? My phone has hboot 1.4 and software 2.2, so I understand that I cant flash radio with hboot 1.4? Does this mean I need to downgrade my hboot/software version?

CrossFire78 said:
When I flash ViperXL 3.1.0 JB do I need to flash a radio too? My phone has hboot 1.4 and software 2.2, so I understand that I cant flash radio with hboot 1.4? Does this mean I need to downgrade my hboot/software version?
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Most people have good luck w/out flashing another radio.

ronnie498 said:
Most people have good luck w/out flashing another radio.
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Hmm. Might there be a patch I'm missing out on? I just flashed one file -ViperXL 3.1.0 JB - Android File Host (692MB)
edit- Works now after another reinstall installed boot image first this time.

[Q] Cant restore stock ICS TWRP backup from JB

My HOX was running stock rooted ICS and I did a TWRP backup and flashed [ROM ][22 MAR][UrDroid][HTC One X AT&T][Stock][JB][OTA][Odexed] EVITA 3.18.502.6 using the AROMA installer which had a kernel included. Now I am trying to restore the backup, while the process shows as successful, the phone does not pass the HTC screen, it goes black where the AT&T logo is supposed to come in.
I have to reflash the JB rom to get the phone working again. However, this rom is not stable, I keep getting random crashes or reboots, so I wish to revert to stock
Any idea why this is happening and how I can fix it?
Thanks in advance.

rohangiase said:
My HOX was running stock rooted ICS and I did a TWRP backup and flashed [ROM ][22 MAR][UrDroid][HTC One X AT&T][Stock][JB][OTA][Odexed] EVITA 3.18.502.6 using the AROMA installer which had a kernel included. Now I am trying to restore the backup, while the process shows as successful, the phone does not pass the HTC screen, it goes black where the AT&T logo is supposed to come in.
I have to reflash the JB rom to get the phone working again. However, this rom is not stable, I keep getting random crashes or reboots, so I wish to revert to stock
Any idea why this is happening and how I can fix it?
Thanks in advance.
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What hboot do you have? If you have hboot 1.14 or newer and are not s-off, you'll need to pull the kernel from the ICS rom and flash it via fastboot.

Great! I just need to track down the stock ICS kernel because I think my phone came with version 2.20.
Any idea where I can locate it?
Thanks.

rohangiase said:
Great! I just need to track down the stock ICS kernel because I think my phone came with version 2.20.
Any idea where I can locate it?
Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
Custom ROMs -> Stock Rooted (Odexed/De-Odexed)
Grab any of the ICS ones and it should do the trick. If your TWRP backup backed up boot, you should also be able to pull it from the backup (\sdcard\TWRP\backups\etc.), but I've never done this before and don't have a backup handy on my phone, so I wouldn't be able to tell you exactly where you'd need to look to find it. Shouldn't be too complicated though if you poke around?

OTA but keep Root?

Hey im tryinna OTA update my One S its at Android Version 4.0.4 Sense 4.1 and i have an OTA ive had it for a while now. How could i update it and keep my root? Or if i install a higher version custom rom will it brick my phone?
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Br00talBean said:
Hey im tryinna OTA update my One S its at Android Version 4.0.4 Sense 4.1 and i have an OTA ive had it for a while now. How could i update it and keep my root? Or if i install a higher version custom rom will it brick my phone?
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not sure what you mean with your last sentence... but:
in my case the ota deleted my root. but I also recommend to do a factory reset after updating to 4.1 sense 4+, just to be sure that you have a clean jb rom (do titanium backups of your apps you wanna keep).
but you have to be on stock recovery if you want to apply the ota.
after your update you can root your phone again.
applying the ota wont have any effect on flashing a higher / newer custom rom.
you only have to be unlocked and on custom recovery. but you alawys have to flash the boot.img of the custom rom after flashing the custom rom zip.

NQNH said:
not sure what you mean with your last sentence... but:
in my case the ota deleted my root. but I also recommend to do a factory reset after updating to 4.1 sense 4+, just to be sure that you have a clean jb rom (do titanium backups of your apps you wanna keep).
but you have to be on stock recovery if you want to apply the ota.
after your update you can root your phone again.
applying the ota wont have any effect on flashing a higher / newer custom rom.
you only have to be unlocked and on custom recovery. but you alawys have to flash the boot.img of the custom rom after flashing the custom rom zip.
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My bad i wasnt even payin attention to what i was typing and im still pretty much a noob at Root stuff so please bear with me lmao
Lets say i try to flash a 4.2.2. Rom even though im originally at 4.0.4. Would it brick my phone?
So would stock recovery be the stock rom i still hqve after rooting? I havent applied any custom roms at all since ive rooted
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Br00talBean said:
My bad i wasnt even payin attention to what i was typing and im still pretty much a noob at Root stuff so please bear with me lmao
Lets say i try to flash a 4.2.2. Rom even though im originally at 4.0.4. Would it brick my phone?
So would stock recovery be the stock rom i still hqve after rooting? I havent applied any custom roms at all since ive rooted
Sent from my HTC VLE_U
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the rom you want to flash doesnt care about your previous rom, because you wiped your previous rom.
so it really doesnt matter which rom you have before if you want to flash a new rom.
its like.. you have installed windows xp, then format your hdd and install windows 7, windows 7 doesnt take a --- about the old os
recovery and rom are two different parts.
you can stock recovery and custom rom, you can have custom recovery and custom rom, you can have stock recovery and stock rom.. blaaa

NQNH said:
the rom you want to flash doesnt care about your previous rom, because you wiped your previous rom.
so it really doesnt matter which rom you have before if you want to flash a new rom.
its like.. you have installed windows xp, then format your hdd and install windows 7, windows 7 doesnt take a --- about the old os
recovery and rom are two different parts.
you can stock recovery and custom rom, you can have custom recovery and custom rom, you can have stock recovery and stock rom.. blaaa
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Oooh okay i get what youre saying. Soo recovery and the rom are two different things. I can upgrade to whatever gigher version i want. What about the OTA? If i upgrade to higher version custom rom will the OTA icon go away?
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Br00talBean said:
Oooh okay i get what youre saying. Soo recovery and the rom are two different things. I can upgrade to whatever gigher version i want. What about the OTA? If i upgrade to higher version custom rom will the OTA icon go away?
Sent from my HTC VLE_U
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after u have flashed a custom ROM, you wont get any OTA updates
Well, not from HTC anyways

Seraz007 said:
after u have flashed a custom ROM, you wont get any OTA updates
Well, not from HTC anyways
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Oooooooh okay i get it now wow haha so custom rom updates are the OTA pretty much once its flashed on there?
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Br00talBean said:
Oooooooh okay i get it now wow haha so custom rom updates are the OTA pretty much once its flashed on there?
Sent from my HTC VLE_U
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well no
but u can update and then Root
That way you'll have the OTA radio and hboot and the custom ROM