Hi there,
just got a One X and wanted to install a custom Rom. Did bootloader unlock and installed TWRP with Toolkit. As I'm on Windows 8 I couldn't do the root part, if I'm not mistaken this is not needed and the custom ROM will be rooted anyway..? So TWRP installed successfully and I cleaned Cache but it doesn't start when i select recovery in HBOOT it stucks at the green HTC logo.. Is there any advice? Thanks in advance..
Edit: also just noticed that you did not root. You really need to do that before trying to install a ROM. I know you unlocked the boot loader but rooting is still needed to access system files. With out that, it is pointless. Find a Linux or windows 7 mention.
Better yet just run a live USB within Linux. That should work. Ooh, I wonder can you boot using your phone since it can be considered a mass storage device....probably not. Sorry off topic.
My guess is that windows 8 probably isn't reading your phone correctly. But you said you unlocked the boot loader. Try to manually install twrp
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TacoLoco said:
Hi there,
just got a One X and wanted to install a custom Rom. Did bootloader unlock and installed TWRP with Toolkit. As I'm on Windows 8 I couldn't do the root part, if I'm not mistaken this is not needed and the custom ROM will be rooted anyway..? So TWRP installed successfully and I cleaned Cache but it doesn't start when i select recovery in HBOOT it stucks at the green HTC logo.. Is there any advice? Thanks in advance..
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Just download the latest HTC sync from HTC website and it Will install drivers you need, you can then leave sync or uninstall it and drivers will remain.
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How are you going to access twrp if you do not have root and super user?
Good luck with that.
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If the bootloader is unlocked, there's no need to root. They are independent of each other.
Check md5 on your recovery file and reflash. Then do fastboot erase cache and try going to recovery.
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I thought unlocking the BL and root was co-dependant. You can root but can't install ROMs until the BL is unlocked. Or you could unlock boot loader but can't touch system files until you gain root access.
Or did I miss understand? Which is why rooting alone nor unlocking the BL alone is not the only step in installing a ROM.
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Herc08 said:
I thought unlocking the BL and root was co-dependant. You can root but can't install ROMs until the BL is unlocked. Or you could unlock boot loader but can't touch system files until you gain root access.
Or did I miss understand? Which is why rooting alone nor unlocking the BL alone is not the only step in installing a ROM.
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I will explain further.
For ATT One XL root was needed prior to unlocking the bootloader to allow you to write to system files(which is no longer possible as of 3.18), and be able to change the CID in order to allow HTCDEV to provide the Unlock_code.bin to unlock your bootloader. This is probably where your confusion stems.
IF, like every other carrier, ATT allowed you to unlock the bootloader, you would not need to have rooted to be able to unlock your bootloader, you could have just unlocked it and then flashed TWRP. At that point you could flash a rooted rom or allow TWRP to root your rom for you. (For some rom versions, I believe anything under 3.18)
Hope this cleared some stuff up for you! :good:
Ah makes perfect since now. Darn AT&T and their lock downs.
So basically Rogers and Telstra can root just by unlocking and that's it. No exploit needed. And of course flashing twrp and a rom
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Herc08 said:
Ah makes perfect since now. Darn AT&T and their lock downs.
So basically Rogers and Telstra can root just by unlocking and that's it. No exploit needed.
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Correct!
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whats the difference between unlocking bootloader and rooting? i just unlocked the bootloader but have not rooted my device will i be able to flash roms on to it or it must be rooted?
Unlocked bootloader will allow you to have custom rooted roms and radio software on your phone. You can also stick with the factory rom if you wish and still root it via superuser.
All unlocking the bootloader does is allow you to have s-off (or, turn off the security write flag). This means you can write to the /system partition using many different methods.
Rooting allows you to use apps that require elevated privileges such as writing to the /system partition.
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so I can just go right ahead and flash a rom then right?
As long as you flashed cwm recovery first. (Something the s-off/rooting guide has in the howto).
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Hey Guys,
My phone is stuck on the HTC logo with the little red message about development blah blah blah........... What do I do????
That depends on what you did or what you were trying to do.
You gotta give us more than that. Are you rooted? Unlocked boot loader? Can you reach recovery (hold down bottom volume rocker and power button)? If so, go to recovery, and use the 1.85 RUU found in the development section. Make sure your phone is in recovery.
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ethomas94 said:
You gotta give us more than that. Are you rooted? Unlocked boot loader? Can you reach recovery (hold down bottom volume rocker and power button)? If so, go to recovery, and use the 1.85 RUU found in the development section. Make sure your phone is in recovery.
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Ok tried running 1.85 RUU while in Recovery (TWRP) still erroring out. I'm unlocked and rooted. Any ideas??????????????
nonono. dont do the ruu when you are in recovery. instead of going to recovery in bootloader, go to fastboot. then on pc fastboot oem lock and run ruu, this will most likely fix your problem. whether or not you're problem can be fixed with an easier solution i do not know.
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nonono. dont do the ruu when you are in recovery. instead of going to recovery in bootloader, go to fastboot. then on pc fastboot oem lock and run ruu, this will most likely fix your problem. whether or not you're problem can be fixed with an easier solution i do not know.
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Thanks man finally!! Now how would i go about rooting again and flashing a rom since the phone is not rooted and locked again??? Sorry for newb questions iphone user for 6 yrs.... Thanks for all your help!!
do you still have the unlock_code.bin file from when you unlocked it? if not on your computer check your email cuz htc emailed them to you. then boot phone into fastboot and fastboot oem unlock with the unlock code. then look in some of the stickies for how to root 1.85 to get a batch file that flashes cwm for you automatically. once you flash cwm, flash the super user root file to root it. then you're good to go!! however i recommend you immediately install twrp over cwm.
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do you still have the unlock_code.bin file from when you unlocked it? if not on your computer check your email cuz htc emailed them to you. then boot phone into fastboot and fastboot oem unlock with the unlock code. then look in some of the stickies for how to root 1.85 to get a batch file that flashes cwm for you automatically. once you flash cwm, flash the super user root file to root it. then you're good to go!! however i recommend you immediately install twrp over cwm.
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I updated to 4.0.4 is their root for this???
ealvinito said:
I updated to 4.0.4 is their root for this???
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There's not gonna be root for 4.0.4 for a while. But sit tight.
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Unlock the bootloader again install twrp recovery. Then install root. Done.
gunnyman said:
Unlock the bootloader again install twrp recovery. Then install root. Done.
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Done. Unlocked and rooted running illuminati 4.0.4 and loving the smoothness. Thanks for the input.
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gunnyman said:
Unlock the bootloader again install twrp recovery. Then install root. Done.
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Yeah I don't know why in the age of TWRP people still use CWM. Unless your ROM requires it that is. Swiping vs messing around with the volume button, nuff said
Just got my one x from rogers when I turn on show update I did it just wondering I'm completely stock its possible root?
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miguelpaddy said:
Just got my one x from rogers when I turn on show update I did it just wondering I'm completely stock its possible root?
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I haven't seen anything specific to 1.94, but you could always unlock your bootloader through HTCDev and flash a custom recovery with ADB and flash the SU binary. I think you may be out of luck if you want a root option that doesn't involve unlocking the bootloader.
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That's right, there no method to root on 1.94 at this moment. Only way I got my HOX rooted was by unlocking the bootloader using HTCDEV and flashing TWRP recovery and then flashing Cleanrom 4.5 which gave me root access. There might be a few other roms out there that will give you root after you flash them but I've tried a few and Cleanrom 4.5 was the only one that gave me root. It's a great rom so I'm happy with that.
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With custom recovery/unlockedBL you just flash or push root right from recovery.
I am trying to install TWRP recovery on my phone att htc one x in which i unlocked relocked ruued 2 xs. No I have it unlocked but cant get recovery installed help please. I tried command prompt way and hasoons toolkit and flashing.
Could try goomanager from play market, install it then in it, options and select install open recovery script.
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WarRaven said:
Could try goomanager from play market, install it then in it, options and select install open recovery script.
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tried that already doesnt work
So is it locked or unlocked , and do you have root. Sounds like one of those two issues....also what ruu did you use and was it upgrade ruu from prevoius. There is many threads on these issues.
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Apparently I don't have root I need to root it
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Techinstein said:
Apparently I don't have root I need to root it
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You don't need root to install TWRP. For every One X variant except AT&T, the root method is to unlock bootloader, install TWRP, then flash SU or a rooted ROM (and this is also the way to get perm root on 2.20).
Go into bootloader, and verify that it says UNLOCKED.
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Very helpful, thanks for taking time to make these. Just so I'm 100%, the order for a new out of the box phone would be following the instructions in the first video (perm root and cwm) followed by the instructions in the 3rd (S-Off via FireWater)? Thanks again.
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Very helpful, thanks for taking time to make these. Just so I'm 100%, the order for a new out of the box phone would be following the instructions in the first video (perm root and cwm) followed by the instructions in the 3rd (S-Off via FireWater)? Thanks again.
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Actually you would want to Temp Root via WeakSauce, Then S-Off with Firewater, then install recovery and permanent root.
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Thanks for sharing this and keeping it up to date! Everything here worked like a charm in getting me up and running with my M8.
hi I have developer version m8 can I use this to root my phone?
so developer version that mean bootload is unlocked already right?
do I need to s off then root? or just keep s on and root ?
Dev edition you should unlock boot loader via htcdev then flash recovery then flash supersu
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owenbeals said:
Dev edition you should unlock boot loader via htcdev then flash recovery then flash supersu
Actually, with the Dev Ed, the boot loader already is unlocked. So, no need to unlock something that already is unlocked! Lol! Just flash a recovery and then root.
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I didn't realize it was already boot loader unlocked. My dev edition m7 had to be unlocked via htcdev
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So what's the right sequence of steps here. Utimately I am looking to have rooted, unlocked bootloader, and custom recovery. Is it like this?
S-Off
Unlock Bootloader
Root
Custom Recovery
or what's the right order? Thanks in advance!
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So what's the right sequence of steps here. Utimately I am looking to have rooted, unlocked bootloader, and custom recovery. Is it like this?
S-Off
Unlock Bootloader
Root
Custom Recovery
or what's the right order? Thanks in advance!
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Root with weak sauce
S-off with firewater
Flash recovery through fastboot
Nandroid
Flash su zip
Dance
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wtoj34 said:
Root with weak sauce
S-off with firewater
Flash recovery through fastboot
Nandroid
Flash su zip
Dance
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I assume once you root, you can do the flashing with flashify?
Also, anyone know if this all works with the new update that went out?