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[Q] Changing the rom?

Hi,
Yesterday, my aunt a HTC One S from T-Mobile. Seems to be a very good phone.
I'm not sure if it was me but both my aunt an I find the interface sort of difficult to use. Is it something to do with because this is a branded phone so the bloatware and menus have changed? This is considering I have Galaxy Nexus and it's pretty clean.
That being said, from reading on the forums a bit, it seems like the Europe one is unbranded and maybe the key in solving this + getting rid of the unwanted apps which were were just literally throwing icons off the screen.
My question is, for changing the roms. What is exactly the steps I need to do? When I tried reading the FAQ for here, it seems more difficult than I thought and a bit confused. Since I did flash my own Galaxy Nexus, reading the FAQ over there was more straight forward (ie. dirver, get factory image, unlock boot loader, fastboot flash...).
Your help is appreciated.

i agree with the OP. we have 3 threads in the Development section to perform the root procedure and further manipulations and they all seem to be all over the place. we need one, up to date guide.

Welcome to the forum--
First off you are in wrong section--need to post in Q&A. A mod will probably move it for you
Start by reading FAQ/Rules etc
Hard to find one and only one guide anywhere. Need to read all you can. I have gone thru some threads 3 times to understand it all
I used the Unlock/Root thread and did all manually, and had to ask one or two questions in the noob thread after I got rooted, but all pretty straight forward if you have rooted before
The 1s is a great phone--enjoy
The basics are unlock with htcdev
flash a custom rom, with with stock one as some you have to flash boot.img separately and is more difficult
flash superuser, you can also get SU from market
The unlock/root thread by torxx is fairly easy
You don't need the interim cwr anymore, get regular one from koush 5.8.3.1 I believe

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions &
Read the Forum Rules Ref Posting
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Moving to Q&A

Or give yourself a week or two with the phone. In the two weeks that I have had my One S, I have disabled apps that I know I will not use, I have personalized it to a point that I find it to be a very productive device.
Of course eventually I will root/unlock, etc. As of now I'm in no hurry.
hTc One S

[Q] Help with installing new ROM, phone stuck on boot loop

I own a HTC Explorer. I rooted it a few months back. This is the tutorial I used (just for your reference) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415223
I have not used the factory reset option yet but somehow, when I restarted my phone today it got stuck in boot loop. Can anyone suggest a good ROM which is the closest to the stock ROM? It should just be closest to the stock ROM as I don't care for any extra feature, just the basic functionality of the phone. Also link me the tutorial that I should refer to when doing this. If it is the same one that I used for rooting, let me know what's different that I must do since I know that some steps will be different cause I'm installing a new ROM and previous tutorial I used was only to root the phone.
Thank you. Ill be getting online back in 8-9 hours so if you need any details regarding the phone I shall be able to do it then.

ThePsych0naut said:
I own a HTC Explorer. I rooted it a few months back. This is the tutorial I used (just for your reference) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415223
I have not used the factory reset option yet but somehow, when I restarted my phone today it got stuck in boot loop. Can anyone suggest a good ROM which is the closest to the stock ROM? It should just be closest to the stock ROM as I don't care for any extra feature, just the basic functionality of the phone. Also link me the tutorial that I should refer to when doing this. If it is the same one that I used for rooting, let me know what's different that I must do since I know that some steps will be different cause I'm installing a new ROM and previous tutorial I used was only to root the phone.
Thank you. Ill be getting online back in 8-9 hours so if you need any details regarding the phone I shall be able to do it then.
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Bump, please help. Ill also search for threads that might have the needed answer.

[Completed] [Q] HTC One m7 - Unrooting issues

Hi everyone!
Terribly sorry this is my first post here and im looking for something, been reading through the site for the past few months but never registered.
I recently bought a HTC One M7, updated to 4.4.2 but rooted so i cannot get OEM updates.
It has ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.4.8 istalled, busybox and SuperSu.
Im trying to unroot it and get it back to factory standard, its not for the warranty that really doesnt matter to me.
I just need some expert guidance if possible and just to be pointed in the right direction would be more then enough as there is so much information to try and retain lol.
I have been browsing through threads but im terrified i end up doing something wrong and bricking my phone.
Im living in Ireland and my phone was supplied by an operator called 'Meteor' so im a bit confused as to what method to take and where to get the exact oem stock software that will enable me to get back and let me update past 4.4.2
If anyone could link me a few threads or help in any way that would point me in the guaranteed right direction would be great, and also any information where i could get the exact file file i need to flash to get it back to stock, i understand the radio etc needs to correspond with my network operator.
Many thanks in advance for this one

Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. I'd suggest you take a look at this thread:
[GUIDE] How to Return to 100% Stock

No response in two days, thread closed.

[Completed] [Q] TWRP Bootloop

Hi XDA. I'm having a really stressful problem right now. Yesterday I rooted my Nexus 6 to Cyanogenmod 12, adding up to installing TWRP. I had fun rooting it all the way and messing around with full control of my device. Until I noticed that, T-Mobile has found out that my Nexus was rooted! As I was having issues with the IMEI of my phone, I couldn't receive and make phone calls. So I went to The Unlockr website and they taught me how to unroot my Nexus 6 and how to flash it back to stock mode. And so I did. I flashed it back to Stock... I thought this was the day the phone would shine bright and reset as stock... But no... TWRP recovery (Teamwin) keeps bootlooping endlessly, leaving me paranoid, into thinking "WTF SHOULD I DO NOW" I want to know what is wrong and what should I do to solve this enormous annoying issue... Please answer back, I'll be in deep trouble if my family knows that my phone is going haywire, and I wouldn't want to spend a lot of money to replace my phone for another one... I need help guys.

Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. I think the best place for your question would be the Nexus 6 help thread here:
Noob Friendly Q and A Help Thread

Thread closed, thanks.

[Completed] [Q] Htc Desire S

Hello my name is frans.
To start off, this is my first post. i have always looked for anwser here and always worked, never had any problems with rooting flashing or anything with phones.
Until now, i got a HTC Desire S (HBOOT- 2.02.002) And i am just about done with it.
I have been searching for about 20+ hours (Very sure i have spend more time on it) finding a ROM of android 4.3+ that works, i have been trying to flash every single rom for the phone and most of them fail or they succeed but then i get stuck on the HTC logo EVERY DAMN TIME.
Only specs i got is that it's on S-ON, the bootloader says *********** Unlocked ************
I have flashed boot.img's after flashing with the recovery.
Wiped dalvik and EVERY SINGLE MAP on the phone.
I have done everything in every gudie of android roms 4.3+ beside getting a downgrade of the HBOOT because when i try it fails every time.
It's like the phone wont even upgrade to 4.3 while there are many roms and devices that do have 4.3+
The reason i need 4.3+? I got an LG smartwatch eb71e It needs android wear for 4.3+, i paid about 80 for it and didnt really overlook specs.
I really want to get it to work.
Also the phone wont boot anymore only into the bootloader and recovery.
If you need any information about it i'd suggest you ask (Preferably how to find that piece of info you need too)
I hope that someone somewhere can help me because i am expecting some very important calls and i cant be reached because i cant get the thing to work. (broke cant afford a new phone)
Sincerely,

Hi there
You'd be best served asking for help from the experts who own your device, here:
[Desire S HELP THREAD] Ask any question (NOOB friendly)
Good luck