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[Q] Zip files and sd card

Hi, How do I run the zip *file-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed* but without clockworkmod recovery? Can i use some other program?
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shrike011 said:
Hi, How do I run the zip *file-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed* but without clockworkmod recovery? Can i use some other program?
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You can extract the recovery.img file from the zip and use the Android Flasher app. This will only work if you have S-OFF or an unlocked HBOOT.

tpbklake said:
You can extract the recovery.img file from the zip and use the Android Flasher app. This will only work if you have S-OFF or an unlocked HBOOT.
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Yes, my Desire S is S-OFF and Unlocked thru htcdev, do you have a DL link for flasher?
Thank you for your prompt response

shrike011 said:
Yes, my Desire S is S-OFF and Unlocked thru htcdev, do you have a DL link for flasher?
Thank you for your prompt response
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Found!
What to select in flasher options? Recovery? To be more specific, i want to root my phone, can you tell me step by step pls?

I've probably misunderstood this but if you're looking to root then why not just use gingerbreak?
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dan-fish said:
I've probably misunderstood this but if you're looking to root then why not just use gingerbreak?
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It wont work on my phone (2.3.5), i tried everything, zergrush, super oneclick, gingerbreak, infinite loop and nothing, so, i think the only option for me is to root with zip file, but i dont want to install clockwork mod recovery, and my question is how to instal zip from my sd card with some other tool?

Can i flash this from Android Flasher and how?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130004

shrike011 said:
Can i flash this from Android Flasher and how?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130004
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That is just an alternative to ClockworkMod recovery. Also I misunderstood your original question about the su-3.0 zip file.
You need to flash that type of zip file using a custom recovery such as CWM or EXT4. The Android Flasher is for flashing image files to a device, not zip files.

As said above, you need s off or unlocked hboot (via htcdev) to flash the recovery.img (out of clockwork mod or 4ext zip file) using android flasher.
Then boot into recovery and install zip from sd card and select the SU zip file, once installed you have superuser and are rooted

[Q] Need help. Wiped OS with no backup

Hello, I was trying to flash slim bean to my phone, and when trying to wipe Davik, I wiped the os for the system without a backup. I can now only get to the htc quietly brilliant page. Please help me.

U should be able to boot from what I know.. from the powered off screen... Go to bootloader if. U can
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He won't boot if he wiped the OS.
Just go into recovery, mount usb storage, copy a ROM from pc, flash it.
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timmaaa said:
He won't boot if he wiped the OS.
Just go into recovery, mount usb storage, copy a ROM from pc, flash it.
Sent from my Evita
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Okay, so if I re-lock the bootloader, will I be able to go back to a stock rom, if I use an RUU for my phone? Or should I leave it unlocked and try to flash. S is on by the way.

Thenerdy0ne said:
Okay, so if I re-lock the bootloader, will I be able to go back to a stock rom, if I use an RUU for my phone? Or should I leave it unlocked and try to flash. S is on by the way.
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I'd leave it unlocked. Boot into recovery, use adb push to copy a rom and flash away.

I'd leave it unlocked. You don't need to use adb push. Just mount usb in recovery and copy ROM across. Then flash the ROM.
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fleabeard said:
I'd leave it unlocked. Boot into recovery, use adb push to copy a rom and flash away.
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Ok, so do you know the script to push from adb? and what dp you think would be the best rom to flash in this case for ease.

Thenerdy0ne said:
Ok, so do you know the script to push from adb? and what dp you think would be the best rom to flash in this case for ease.
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If you're already S-OFF, easiest would be to RUU and never root your phone again.

exad said:
If you're already S-OFF, easiest would be to RUU and never root your phone again.
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The thing is I have S-on currently.

Thenerdy0ne said:
The thing is I have S-on currently.
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What Hboot version?
It should say in bootloader.

exad said:
What Hboot version?
It should say in bootloader.
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It's 2.14

Maybe you should just relock the bootloader and run the RUU.
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timmaaa said:
Maybe you should just relock the bootloader and run the RUU.
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That might brick him.
Best to just flash CleanRom or stock.

Yeah I guess there have been a couple cases.
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exad said:
That might brick him.
Best to just flash CleanRom or stock.
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Ok, so I should flash clean rom. Any recommended way to do that? go through Adb? And how would I push the boot img with ADB

Thenerdy0ne said:
Ok, so I should flash clean rom. Any recommended way to do that? go through Adb? And how would I push the boot img with ADB
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What is with you and ADB? With no OS, you can't use ADB.
Extract the boot.img from the rom zip file and put it in your fastboot folder
Mount USB through recovery, copy the rom zip file to your SDcard
wipe cache, dalvik, system
flash rom
reboot to your bootloader/fastboot
plug in your phone
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
Should boot and work fine.

exad said:
What is with you and ADB? With no OS, you can't use ADB.
Extract the boot.img from the rom zip file and put it in your fastboot folder
Mount USB through recovery, copy the rom zip file to your SDcard
wipe cache, dalvik, system
flash rom
reboot to your bootloader/fastboot
plug in your phone
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
Should boot and work fine.
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Ok, I flashed the rom, and now I can't touch the screen and have it respond. It's strange because the touch screen will work in Recovery.

Which ROM did you end up flashing?
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timmaaa said:
Which ROM did you end up flashing?
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I flashed cyanogenmod 10.1
Is it common to have the touch screen problems after flashing it?

Which version of cm10.1? The other builds aren't compatible with the latest touchscreen firmware. You can either downgrade your ts firmware, or flash the latest cm build.
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You probably should have stuck to Cleanrom. All of this stuff is super basic and you're still managing to get it wrong.
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ViperS 5.0 Bootloop fix please!

hey guys, so I flashed the viperS sense 5.0 Rom using 4ext flash with smart flash enabled. I even flashed the kernel separately and when that didnt work i even used the venom kernel flasher. p.s,when i tried to push kernel modules in the kernel flasher, it gave me an error and it didnt work. My device is on S-ON.
whenever i boot the device, it goes into bootloop.
Help please!

Aniruddh97 said:
hey guys, so I flashed the viperS sense 5.0 Rom using 4ext flash with smart flash enabled. I even flashed the kernel separately and when that didnt work i even used the venom kernel flasher. p.s,when i tried to push kernel modules in the kernel flasher, it gave me an error and it didnt work. My device is on S-ON.
whenever i boot the device, it goes into bootloop.
Help please!
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Post your bootloader details..

Mile_zdr said:
Post your bootloader details..
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Hboot 1.29
Guess thats the only thing i can say.
also its on S-ON

Aniruddh97 said:
Hboot 1.29
Guess thats the only thing i can say.
also its on S-ON
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Did you try to flash another Rom just to see does it boot up?

Mile_zdr said:
Did you try to flash another Rom just to see does it boot up?
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Currently using Cyanogenmod 10.2
so yeah, other roms work.

Aniruddh97 said:
Currently using Cyanogenmod 10.2
so yeah, other roms work.
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i don't know what to say mate , try redownload vipers5 and check the md5sum and try with flashing boot.img from pc..

Mile_zdr said:
i don't know what to say mate , try redownload vipers5 and check the md5sum and try with flashing boot.img from pc..
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tried that too :/ didnt work

Aniruddh97 said:
tried that too :/ didnt work
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do you have an old version of 4ext recovery?
if yes update to the latest one

rzr86 said:
do you have an old version of 4ext recovery?
if yes update to the latest one
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did that too, didnt work yet :/

Aniruddh97 said:
did that too, didnt work yet :/
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Did you formatted everything except sd card ?
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Mile_zdr said:
Did you formatted everything except sd card ?
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Yeah man

Aniruddh97 said:
Yeah man
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ok then
flash again vipers 5 rom
don't forget to enable smartflash before flashing the rom
if it fails again
then flash the boot.img via fastboot command

rzr86 said:
ok then
flash again vipers 5 rom
don't forget to enable smartflash before flashing the rom
if it fails again
then flash the boot.img via fastboot command
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did that too man, still didnt work. just goes into the vipers animation screen and just loops.

Aniruddh97 said:
did that too man, still didnt work. just goes into the vipers animation screen and just loops.
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post the output of this command
fastboot getvar all
note: remove your imei and serial number
also did you try to format your sdcard or even to flash the rom with a different one?

Aniruddh97 said:
Yeah man
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I had also faced the boot loop problem while shifting to Vipers 5 from CM 9. Then I realized I had forgotten to enable smart flash.
Following are the steps
1. enable smart flash
2. Perform full wipe
3. Format everything except sd-card
4. install from sd-card

[Q] htc sensation stuck on splash screen

my girlfriends htc sensation is stuck on splash screen. it was s-off running vipers 5.1.0 with hboot 1.27 . she was trying to take a pik at night when the phone switched off. when she switched it on it was having a bootloop . she tried to go into recovery and somehow mangaed to delete/remove 4ext recovery which was there. so now if try enter recovery it just shows a black screen with a phone with a warning sign. can someone help me with a way forward

i have managed to install clockwork recovery now i need to know how install 4ext so i can flash a rom

v.konvict said:
i have managed to install clockwork recovery now i need to know how install 4ext so i can flash a rom
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put the recovery.img in your adb/fastboot folder
open a cmd window and use the fastboot command to flash it
it will overwrite cwm recovery

rzr86 said:
put the recovery.img in your adb/fastboot folder
open a cmd window and use the fastboot command to flash it
it will overwrite cwm recovery
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the phone is not being read on my computer in adb mode. i also have the same phone and its working fine its not the drivers

i managed to find flashable 4ext on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599816 so now aminstalling rom then update it.
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v.konvict said:
i managed to find flashable 4ext on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599816 so now aminstalling rom then update it.
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how did it go?

Its fine now. I flashed viper s 3.1.4 with the old 4ext and then updated it to the latest one. Then after i now flashed viper s 5.2.0 using the latest 4ext recovery. Thank you very much for your support
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[Q] help i think my htc sensation 4g is bricked

my htc sensation 4g is on 4.0.3 unlucked and rooted with clockwork mod recovery. so i was just trying 2 flash a kitkat roms on my sensation but i coudnt find any so i dicided to flash a boot.img with adb jst for fun and now evry time i turn it on it goes on htc white screen then the screen just turns black, but i think its bricked but i can still enter recovery mode can som1 help plz asap

Post your bootloader details and you have to change your recovery to 4ext latest 1.0.0.6 RC3
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Mile_zdr said:
Post your bootloader details and you have to change your recovery to 4ext latest 1.0.0.6 RC3
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Thnx nvm I flash another boot.IMG and it worked fine but I flashed android revulution Rom but I can't flash any other Rom som says error 0 and da other 1 I flashed got stuck on HTC white screen I think bootloop but I restored my backup but can u tell me how to fix it thnx

KURDKiNG said:
Thnx nvm I flash another boot.IMG and it worked fine but I flashed android revulution Rom but I can't flash any other Rom som says error 0 and da other 1 I flashed got stuck on HTC white screen I think bootloop but I restored my backup but can u tell me how to fix it thnx
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when you flash another rom you have to flash after the boot.img of the specific rom via fastboot command if you are on S-ON
otherwise if your recovery is 4ext enable smartflash from it and then flash the rom

rzr86 said:
when you flash another rom you have to flash after the boot.img of the specific rom via fastboot command if you are on S-ON
otherwise if your recovery is 4ext enable smartflash from it and then flash the rom
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o i c now so we flash the boot.img of the rom we are about to flash via fastboot and then we flash the rom?
btw whats smartflash and how do we enable it because i hav cwm recovery and im on s-on

Almost every rom thread for android kitkat here says in instructions "use latest 4ext recovery". There's a reason for that.
Install latest 4ext recovery and enable smartflash, then you'll be able to install your roms.

KURDKiNG said:
o i c now so we flash the boot.img of the rom we are about to flash via fastboot and then we flash the rom?
btw whats smartflash and how do we enable it because i hav cwm recovery and im on s-on
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or you can do it opposite
flash the rom and then the boot.img
the other way is 4ext recovery

rzr86 said:
or you can do it opposite
flash the rom and then the boot.img
the other way is 4ext recovery
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O so do we need adb or can we do it directly in cwm recovery just curios lol

KURDKiNG said:
O so do we need adb or can we do it directly in cwm recovery just curios lol
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flash the rom through cwm
then boot into bootloader and select fastboot
connect it to the pc
then open a cmd window in your adb/fastboot folder(i assume you have placed the boot.img in that folder)
and type the command fastboot flash boot boot.img

thnx bra and what do you think is the best kitkat rom good for customizing i think carbon 4.4.4 and how do i fix the error 0 when i flash a rom

KURDKiNG said:
thnx bra and what do you think is the best kitkat rom good for customizing i think carbon 4.4.4 and how do i fix the error 0 when i flash a rom
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to fix the error 0 you need to flash lattest 4ext recovery

Mile_zdr said:
to fix the error 0 you need to flash lattest 4ext recovery
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i do it says v 1.0.0.6 rc3 i think but it says error 0 installation aborted maybe the script or somthing luckily i just found a working one, i jst flashed 4.4.2 kitkat rom unoficial but i hate it how my lead only flashes when its off for example when i get a kik messege and its off it flashes but when i turn it on it stops flahing idk y