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Especially for people who rooted their phones recently using X-Factor root exploit
"If you have the newer HBOOT 1.14 (you probably do if coming from stock 2.20), boot.img's will have to be flashed separately via fastboot. Extract the boot.img from you ROM zip of choice and put it in the same directory as fastboot. Reboot your device into boot loader and run "'fastboot flash boot boot.img' (no quotes)
You can then flash the ROM" - thanks to
Guylncognito721
How to flash Custom Recovery and ROM after 2.20 root - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33179690
More information
"if you are flashing similar ROMs ( having same kernel ).. there is no need to flash boot.img separately. But say if you wanna switch from sense to aosp you must do that as they have different kernels.
Again if you are just upgrading from older version to newer version of same ROM and if there are no kernel changes no need to flash it" (thanks kancherlapraneeth)
I have seen so many topics in Q&A thread regarding this issue, thought this would help ppl
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Sorry bro.. Corrected it
If you have flashed viperROM from stock 2.20 do you still have 1.14 boot? Do I still have to flash boot separate?
And would it be worth it to just ruu to 1.85
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Kole_Ackerson said:
If you have flashed viperROM from stock 2.20 do you still have 1.14 boot? Do I still have to flash boot separate?
And would it be worth it to just ruu to 1.85
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Yes.
Yes.
You can't ruu to 1.85 as downgrading hboot is not possible.
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Yes.
Yes.
You can't ruu to 1.85 as downgrading hboot is not possible.
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Oh wait, s-off is needed to downgrade isn't it.. haha blonde moment
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Bumping this.
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So what happens if you don't? I did the exploit and then installed Calkulin's ROM and it seems to be going fine without flashing the boot.img. Maybe this is why another ROM I tried didn't work (got stuck on the Paranoid Android screen).
ChummyDays said:
Because it stays on the stock kernel. Paranoidandroid got stuck because it probably can't run on the stock kernel... calkulin's ROM is somewhat close to the stock ROM (4.0.4 and sense)
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Aha, good to know. Thanks!
Ok I am getting "sending 'boot' (6156 KB)... FAILED (status read failed (Too many links)) any help?
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Ok I am getting "sending 'boot' (6156 KB)... FAILED (status read failed (Too many links)) any help?
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did you type
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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did you type
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Yes I am in the correct directory and have my boot.img there I am typing fastboot flash boot boot.img I even tried fastboot erase cache but I am still getting the too many links error.
Going to try rebooting the computer and phone to see what happens I will report back if it fixes it.
Ok a reboot of the phone and comp was no help.
" OK I fixed it. All I did was change usb ports on my computer and it went straight through. " Hope this helps someone else later on.
need help
Can i please get some need some help
I'm currently on paranoid android 2.51 jb ROM. I did the root exploit since I was stuck on 2.20
And before I flashed paranoid android I made a twrp backup of stock sense.
Ok this is what I need help on because I was on 2.20 I had to flash the boot.img along with the custom ROM to get it working, now what I need to know is if I restore my twrp backup do I need to flash the boot.img so I can go back to stock? If so how can I get the boot.img from my backup that I made? I copied backup to my computer to look for the boot.img but there's nothing there
I wanted to post here before I make a new thread
TWRP restore does not boot
I used TWRP 2.3.1 to back up the rooted stock rom on my AT&T One X firmware 2.20. I then proceeded to flash Viper X 2.6.0 but the phone was stuck in boot loop even after I flashed the boot.img in the Viper zip file. I was able to get back into TWRP and run the restore. However, the phone continues to be in a boot loop even after the restore.
Did I miss any steps in the restore process for TWRP?
ViperX isn't for you phone. Your lucky you can get back into twrp. You need to flash your boot.img backup in fastboot.
For people trying to flash the style backup and can't find the boot.img you should be able to fastboot boot.emmc.win just as a normal boot.img.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33743517
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Boot.img and now no image display
hello friends, was trying to root the One X att and for several times but reading the roms were not entered into the system, just by downloading the boot.img boot.img_1.88.707.2 and sent only the boot.img via fastboot, now put the original system goes, but not no picture on display, I can hear the sound of the system by opening and receiving emails but no picture. please help me because I do not know what else to do.
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hello friends, was trying to root the One X att and for several times but reading the roms were not entered into the system, just by downloading the boot.img boot.img_1.88.707.2 and sent only the boot.img via fastboot, now put the original system goes, but not no picture on display, I can hear the sound of the system by opening and receiving emails but no picture. please help me because I do not know what else to do.
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Can you give more details on what version are you on (2.20?)and are you able to boot??
Create a separate post in Q&A and many people will respond ,this not appropriate place to ask
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I think I know what my problem was. I flashed the rom first THEN the boot.img. Which caused it to get stuck at the boot animation and I would have to go to the boot loader and flash the boo.img.
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So what happens if you don't? I did the exploit and then installed Calkulin's ROM and it seems to be going fine without flashing the boot.img. Maybe this is why another ROM I tried didn't work (got stuck on the Paranoid Android screen).
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Ya same issue here too. My mistake was i flashed the boot.img after I flashed the rom. So now I'm rooting and flashing again and see if flashing boot.img the first time works.
I feel so stupid now. I kept doing fastboot boot boot.img. Not fastboot flash boot boot.img. No wonder it always stuck in the boot animation screen all the time. So I flash the boot img then i flash the rom from recovery? What do I wipe in TWRP?
so just rooted my HOX last night using the new 2.20 method
finally got the bootloader unlocked and installed twrp
figured out how to use twrp and tried to install paranoid rom...
from what i read on another thread i was to extract the boot.img from the rom zip and flash that boot.img from the pc
then restart in recovery/twrp and install the paranoid rom zip
restarted my phone and got to the loading screen for the paranoid rom but just hags
restarted in recovery/twrp and restored my backup
for some reason the restore didn't work and got the endless boot
went back into twrp and did a factor wipe which i think also removed my backup (which didn't work the 1st time anyways)
so now what lol? help.. basically all i can do now is get into twrp - is there a stock backup file i can use to restore from twrp?
you always need to "fastboot flash boot boot.img" from bootloader anytime you are flashing a new rom or backup you are restoring, but you should already know this if you could read.
also make sure you flash gapps if you are flashing a aosp rom.
also NEVER factory reset in bootloader which will corrupt your sdcard.
what you need to do now is what i said above, then rewipe everything in twrp, mount your sdcard in twrp and copy a rom from your pc to your sdcard, unmount sdcard from pc then unmount from twrp, then you can install rom and gapps if its a aosp rom. if you didnt already "fastboot flash boot boot.img" you can reboot into bootloader and run the command instead of reboot system.
DvineLord said:
you always need to "fastboot flash boot boot.img" from bootloader anytime you are flashing a new rom or backup you are restoring, but you should already know this if you could read.
also make sure you flash gapps if you are flashing a aosp rom.
also NEVER factory reset in bootloader which will corrupt your sdcard.
what you need to do now is what i said above, then rewipe everything in twrp, mount your sdcard in twrp and copy a rom from your pc to your sdcard, unmount sdcard from pc then unmount from twrp, then you can install rom and gapps if its a aosp rom. if you didnt already "fastboot flash boot boot.img" you can reboot into bootloader and run the command instead of reboot system.
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yeah i did the fastboot flash boot boot.img for the paranoid rom - i think my problem was that i left the boot.img in the zip
rezipping now and trying to mount
goot tip on the factor reset from bootloader to bad i already did it lol
i have never modified the actual rom zip before and have never had a problem. it just takes a little longer to install. i am a md5 junkie and never modify offical releases.
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you always need to "fastboot flash boot boot.img" from bootloader anytime you are flashing a new rom or backup you are restoring, but you should already know this if you could read.
also make sure you flash gapps if you are flashing a aosp rom.
also NEVER factory reset in bootloader which will corrupt your sdcard.
what you need to do now is what i said above, then rewipe everything in twrp, mount your sdcard in twrp and copy a rom from your pc to your sdcard, unmount sdcard from pc then unmount from twrp, then you can install rom and gapps if its a aosp rom. if you didnt already "fastboot flash boot boot.img" you can reboot into bootloader and run the command instead of reboot system.
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k think the sdcard is corrupt since i did do the factor reset from bootloader..
getting unable to mount sdcard
failed to do a system wipe because of this as well
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Plug it in to.computer.and enter twrp. When comp recognizes it, it'll ask to format the disk drive (sdcard).. then use instructions above
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InflatedTitan said:
Plug it in to.computer.and enter twrp. When comp recognizes it, it'll ask to format the disk drive (sdcard).. then use instructions above
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worked..
setting up cm10 right now but i dont have a recovery backup to fall back on
how do i go about doing this or should i just make a backup of the cm10 rom in twrp
probably in backup =)
Good job bro. Just *dont* do anymore factory resets in bootloader. Enjoy the Roms. Be careful with cm10 though. I been hearing of a few glitches in it. If anything arises, ask first and don't freak out
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InflatedTitan said:
Good job bro. Just do do anymore facto resets in bootloader. Enjoy the Roms. Be careful with cm10 though. I been hearing of a few glitches in it. If anything arises, ask first and don't freak out
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*don't *factory
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*don't *factory
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Lol, edited
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So far so good with latest cm10 nightly.. Only crashed once when loading camera.
Now how do i get the default software back on my phone as a backup? Download 2.20 ruu.. Flash.. Then backup in twrp.. Then re flash cm10 from backup?
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So far so good with latest cm10 nightly.. Only crashed once when loading camera.
Now how do i get the default software back on my phone as a backup? Download 2.20 ruu.. Flash.. Then backup in twrp.. Then re flash cm10 from backup?
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Well. That's a HUGE pain, and I'll tell you why
If you wanted a backup of stock, you would have to do this
1. Relock Bootloader
2. Run RUU
3. Unlock Bootloader
4. Flash TWRP
5. Backup your ROM
6. Wipe your System
7. Factory Reset
8. Flash CM10 boot.img
9. Flash CM10
10. Flash Google apps
and after that.. you have a stock backup, and you are back on CM10.. Now what if you wanted to revert to stock? Well... Sigh
1. Wipe System
2. Factory Reset
3. Flash boot.img from your backup
4. Flash your backup
and now you are back to your stock backup..
What's easier though.
1. Download a stock rooted ROM
2. Wipe system
3. Factory Reset
4. Flash the boot.img from stock
5. Flash stock
6. Make a backup
From here you can either keep stock, or go back to CM10. but, if switching between CM10 and your stock backup, you should wipe system and factory reset. you will need to flash the boot.img every time you switch
Stock rooted rom? Isnt that the ruu
Or are you talking about sense roms based off stock.
I basically want to be able to flash back to stock if i ever sell the phone
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silent1643 said:
Stock rooted rom? Isnt that the ruu
Or are you talking about sense roms based off stock.
I basically want to be able to flash back to stock if i ever sell the phone
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A stock rooted rom is.. a stock ROM with root installed.. some of them have removed AT&T apps (what we call bloatware)
You can't get root on a stock ROM unless you unlock your bootloader, flash twrp, then flash su.zip
If you want to sell the phone.. just relock the boot loader and run the RUU
Thanks!
Enlightened... If i may how do i handle nightly builds with cm10?.. The rom itself can check for updates but i also see them posted on the url link.. Whats the best way to keep flashing night lies without setting up my settings each time.. Should also mention already backing apps up with titanium pro with Dropbox
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Thanks!
Enlightened... If i may how do i handle nightly builds with cm10?.. The rom itself can check for updates but i also see them posted on the url link.. Whats the best way to keep flashing night lies without setting up my settings each time.. Should also mention already backing apps up with titanium pro with Dropbox
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You can try an 'upgrade' which means you just flash overtop of your installation. I don't know if this will keep your settings. What it may do is break some stuff, if that's the case, do not report errors unless you have a clean install.
Your best bet is to find your favorite/stable nightly build and stick with it for a while
Good advice will stick with current until something major is updated in cm10..
But essentially i could make a backup of my current cm10 install and try other roms.. Then restore from backup to revert to cm10 with all my settings intact
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silent1643 said:
Good advice will stick with current until something major is updated in cm10..
But essentially i could make a backup of my current cm10 install and try other roms.. Then restore from backup to revert to cm10 with all my settings intact
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Yes. But don't forget to flash the boot.img for your CM10 backup before flashing the backup.
The boot.img that came with the cm10 zip or the boot.img from the twrp cm10 backup
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Hi guys,
So I unlocked my boot loader and using twrp installed cm10. To boot it I had to flash boot.IMG from the zip file and everything works fine
Now I wanna revert to the stock ROM. I made a backup of it using twrp. So when I wipe off the cm10 rom using twrp n restore my stock backed up ROM, my phone doesn't boot. Just a blank screen.
Anything I need to do different?
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Hi guys,
So I unlocked my boot loader and using twrp installed cm10. To boot it I had to flash boot.IMG from the zip file and everything works fine
Now I wanna revert to the stock ROM. I made a backup of it using twrp. So when I wipe off the cm10 rom using twrp n restore my stock backed up ROM, my phone doesn't boot. Just a blank screen.
Anything I need to do different?
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You have to flash the boot.img from the sence rom
Thanks a lot for ur help. I don't know where to get the boot.IMG of the sense ROM. Any directions as to where can I find it?
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Extract it from the nandroid backup
These r the files in the twrp folder for my Stock ROM. Can't see a boot.IMG
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sorry maybe twrp doesn't backup boot.img
You can download a 2.20 ruu and try an extract boot.img from there.
boot.emmc.win is the boot.img, not sure how TWRP handles backing up of boot when on the higher hboot though.
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These r the files in the twrp folder for my Stock ROM. Can't see a boot.IMG
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The very 1st file "boot.emmc.win" that's the boot.img
So just flash that through fastboot and it should work
You can change the name of the file to boot.img if you want
And if we want to revert to an RUU, we just lock the bootloader and run the exe
Or do we need to flash the stock recovery first?
Cheers
Yes, lock bootloader flash ruu.
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Hello. I am new to the HTC one x coming previously from an HTC inspire. I am with att. I followed the directions and unlocked the bootloader. I have been reading and noticed S-Off is still being worked on. I'm Confused on what my next step is to load a custom ROM. Sorry I know this has probably been answered but I'm still confused. Can I do the next set of steps without a computer and just do it from my phone? I downloaded an app called recovery manager not sure of that will help me out. Thanks for any help you guys can provide. I'm on 2.20 and 4.0.4 thanks again.
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I think at that time after unlock of the bootloader you will need to install a recovery software the one we use is TWRP i would stick with 2.2.0.0 and install it thought goomanager that is avaliable though the play store.
Instructions : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677447
To use goomanager I need to be rooted though right?I don't think I'm rooted. Farthest I have gotten so far is unlocking the bootloader. And I'm not sure what to do after that. I'm not sure if I can do the rest from my phone (which I hope I can). Thanks ks for your help.
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You'll have you fastboot flash SU.. I don't remember where to get the file or the command.... Sorry
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unlock bootloader, flash twrp in fastboot, then flash file below in twrp
CWM-SuperSU-v0.98.zip
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unlock bootloader, flash twrp in fastboot, then flash file below in twrp
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Do you absolutely have to flash SuperSU to flash ROMs? Can you just go right from TWRP and flash a rooted ROM and be considered as "rooted"?
Thanks
Lunatic00 said:
Do you absolutely have to flash SuperSU to flash ROMs? Can you just go right from TWRP and flash a rooted ROM?
Thanks
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Hmmm I'm pretty sure you can flash a rooted Rom
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Do you absolutely have to flash SuperSU to flash ROMs? Can you just go right from TWRP and flash a rooted ROM and be considered as "rooted"?
Thanks
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You can just flash a custom ROM, which will have SuperSU or SU cooked in. Only need to flash SuperSU if you want to stay on stock ROM and have root.
you made your situation sound different. the steps i take is use my token, flash recovery, then flash a rom or supersu depending if i want a custom rom or keep using stock.
I know you guys hate this, but I need help.
I have an HTC One S, unlocked. I am in Canada, it's unlocked for Mobilicity, but not sure where it came from originally.
How do I know what exact version phone I have, and how do I go about getting a newer android version on it. 4.2.2 or at least 4.2.
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What do you mean with "version"
Look under settings->phone information or sth like that. Latest official version for the one s is android 4.1.1.
If you mean which model, check how your CPU frequency is, 1,7ghz is the C2/S3, 1,5ghz is the C1/S4.
If you want android 4.2.2 flash a custom recovery and follow the instruction for flashing a custom rom (cm10.1), you will find it in the development section
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Ok, so I want to install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051865
Not sure how. I have 1.06 band and 3.08-01575 kernel version.
hboot 1.14....what do I need to do to get this installed. It says something about aroma installer, but have no idea how to use that.
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Aroma installer is a GUI for the installing progress.
Wipe everything twice before flashing the Rom.
Extract the Boot.IMG Form the flash zip.
Flash the Boot.IMG via fastboot ("fastboot flash boot boot.img" there are flashing guides in the forum)
Clear dalvik cache
Flash the rom and everything should work fine
Good luck
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Aroma installer is a GUI for the installing progress.
Wipe everything twice before flashing the Rom.
Extract the Boot.IMG Form the flash zip.
Flash the Boot.IMG via fastboot ("fastboot flash boot boot.img" there are flashing guides in the forum)
Clear dalvik cache
Flash the rom and everything should work fine
Good luck
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I don't see any boot.img inside the zip file?
I am reading all you do is extract the zip, but I don't see the boot.img once that is done? Help please.
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Sry my fault, didnt read the thread carefully, you dont need the boot.img
You cam flash the Rom the usual way
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Sry my fault, didnt read the thread carefully, you dont need the boot.img
You cam flash the Rom the usual way
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So wipe it twice, then install from zip? That's it?
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I think so
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