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[Q] how to flash - really in trouble

Hi all,
Apology if this questions may already been ask millions of time but I am really stucked at the moment and hoping that someone may guide me to the correct direction.
I have got HTC One X-LTE (Evita)
I managed to get S-OFF and also CID - 111111
It has TWRP 2.6
The last time I got it working was on the STOCK 4.2.2 I downloaded from the XDA - then I got into the issues of rebooting and loosing signal from time to time. so I went into my TWRP backup I had and reflashed it using my old backup made from my TWRP.
the reflashed failed and now I can only boot up to the HTC logo and then black screen.
I can get to the TWRP recovery and I have got fastboot and ADB on my PC.
When I run the fastboot devices command --> it shows device connected BUT when i try ADB command ---> no device is found.
It will be much appreciated if someone can guide me to the right direction as I am really stucked at the moment not sure where to start.
I tried searching in the forum but I don't think I went to the correct area/tutorial.
Please help
Thank you

When you made your twrp backup did you select system,data, and boot? If it's hanging at the HTC screen it seems there is not boot.img installed or one that is incompatible with your backup. Open whatever Rom your backup is made from and copy the boot.img to your fastboot directory. Then reboot the phone into fastboot mode and flash the boot.img using this command.
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then reboot the phone and see what happens
Sent from my HTC One XL using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2

ImagioX1 said:
When you made your twrp backup did you select system,data, and boot? If it's hanging at the HTC screen it seems there is not boot.img installed or one that is incompatible with your backup. Open whatever Rom your backup is made from and copy the boot.img to your fastboot directory. Then reboot the phone into fastboot mode and flash the boot.img using this command.
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then reboot the phone and see what happens
Sent from my HTC One XL using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
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Thanks for the reply.
When looking at the TWRP backup I copied into my PC - does not have the .img - the one I can find is MD5
Can I use the existing ROM I donwload from XDA like : EVITA_UL_JB_50_S_TMO_DE_5.08.111.2_By_Turge.zip
when I extracted EVITA_UL_JB_50_S_TMO_DE_5.08.111.2_By_Turge.zip - I can see the "boot.img" can I use this one?
Thanks

ardabelati said:
Thanks for the reply.
When looking at the TWRP backup I copied into my PC - does not have the .img - the one I can find is MD5
Can I use the existing ROM I donwload from XDA like : EVITA_UL_JB_50_S_TMO_DE_5.08.111.2_By_Turge.zip
when I extracted EVITA_UL_JB_50_S_TMO_DE_5.08.111.2_By_Turge.zip - I can see the "boot.img" can I use this one?
Thanks
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I had a somewhat similar experience with Viper 4.0 ROM - I managed to get Cyanogenmod installed correctly (particularly this one). Take a shot and see if it works - atleast your phone will be up and working.

sandys1 said:
I had a somewhat similar experience with Viper 4.0 ROM - I managed to get Cyanogenmod installed correctly (particularly this one). Take a shot and see if it works - atleast your phone will be up and working.
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Hi Sandy,
I tried the link but I think it is broken link.
Can you please let me know which one is the link .
Cheers

ardabelati said:
Hi Sandy,
I tried the link but I think it is broken link.
Can you please let me know which one is the link .
Cheers
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hmm - Im on ROM dated 09/13, which is not present now. Your best bet would be http://get.cm/get/aOM
Also remember to flash Google Apps (play store, etc.) which is packaged separately here - http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip

ardabelati said:
Hi Sandy,
I tried the link but I think it is broken link.
Can you please let me know which one is the link .
Cheers
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Did it work finally ?

sandys1 said:
Did it work finally ?
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Hi Sandy
Thank you again for your help
I finally got my phone at least booting again.
What i did was I went to the fastboot and then correct to the PC and when it was asking for format the drive, I did format it (fingers crossed) and luckily it let me see the ROm I downloaded from the Stock 4.2.2 Turge version.
Now my problem is that the phone keeps rebooting.
I don;t know how to flash the kernel as suggested on the front page of the thread.
What is the most stable ROM at the moment?
I want to learn how to flash and fix this - I have kept reading post after post but I still can not get myself to where I want it to be which is fixing the reboot issue from the STOCK 4.2.2 Turge version.
I am a real newbie so I am not too familar with some of the fancy terms people use.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks again

ardabelati said:
Hi Sandy
Thank you again for your help
I finally got my phone at least booting again.
What i did was I went to the fastboot and then correct to the PC and when it was asking for format the drive, I did format it (fingers crossed) and luckily it let me see the ROm I downloaded from the Stock 4.2.2 Turge version.
Now my problem is that the phone keeps rebooting.
I don;t know how to flash the kernel as suggested on the front page of the thread.
What is the most stable ROM at the moment?
I want to learn how to flash and fix this - I have kept reading post after post but I still can not get myself to where I want it to be which is fixing the reboot issue from the STOCK 4.2.2 Turge version.
I am a real newbie so I am not too familar with some of the fancy terms people use.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks again
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It sounds like it might be a bad download or something. I noticed u never mentioned wiping the phone before flashing, Are u clean wiping? And also what hboot are you on?
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ardabelati said:
Hi Sandy
Thank you again for your help
I finally got my phone at least booting again.
What i did was I went to the fastboot and then correct to the PC and when it was asking for format the drive, I did format it (fingers crossed) and luckily it let me see the ROm I downloaded from the Stock 4.2.2 Turge version.
Now my problem is that the phone keeps rebooting.
I don;t know how to flash the kernel as suggested on the front page of the thread.
What is the most stable ROM at the moment?
I want to learn how to flash and fix this - I have kept reading post after post but I still can not get myself to where I want it to be which is fixing the reboot issue from the STOCK 4.2.2 Turge version.
I am a real newbie so I am not too familar with some of the fancy terms people use.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks again
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You can either flash the kernel, which can be found in the Android Development section, flashing the kernel is just like flashing a ROM, just install in Beastmode. Or you can upgrade your firmware to 2.15, the instructions are I'm the first post of the ROM thread.
Asking which ROM is best/favorite/most stable is against the rules so we can't answer that question.
When you say the phone keeps rebooting, does it ever make it into the OS or is it boot looping (showing the boot animation then starting over)?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
You can either flash the kernel, which can be found in the Android Development section, flashing the kernel is just like flashing a ROM, just install in Beastmode. Or you can upgrade your firmware to 2.15, the instructions are I'm the first post of the ROM thread.
Asking which ROM is best/favorite/most stable is against the rules so we can't answer that question.
When you say the phone keeps rebooting, does it ever make it into the OS or is it boot looping (showing the boot animation then starting over)?
Sent from my Evita
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Thanks for the reply
When you said that flashing kernel is the same as flashing ROM, I did it By going to TWRP and the press install and locate the zip file. Is this what should be done?
What is beast mode?
Sorry for the basic questions
Thanks

Yeah that's how you install the kernel. It must be done after you install the ROM. I kinda worded my reply a bit weird, sorry about that. Beastmode is the name of the kernel, you can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2165880
Sent from my Evita

I did try to flash it through recovery but it always failed. Not sure why. I copied the kernel zip file into my phone sd and then I went to recovery and press the install and located the kernel zip file but still failed.
Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk 2

Which recovery version are you using?
Sent from my Evita

Recovery is 2.6.3.
The process failed on not able to fine the MD5 file or something like that. We don't need to extract the Zip file do we?
Cheers

Disable md5 checking in settings. You never need to extract a kernel or ROM zip.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Disable md5 checking in settings. You never need to extract a kernel or ROM zip.
Sent from my Evita
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I have checked the setting in TWRP and nothing is ticked.
When I flash the zip, it is still saying "failed due to md5 does not exists".
I am not sure which should be address first but I now noticed that there is an error : "unable to locate storage device"
also came out.
When I plug my phone to PC I can see the storage but why it is saying "storage device not found" in TWRP?
Thanks

[Q] Kernel and rom problem

Hi there,
Sorry for my bad english. I've looked for a answer but I don't understand all of solution :/
I'm on a mac and I have a Sensation Xe (Europe) S-On.
When I've change MIUI to Cyanogenmod. My mobil phone change the rom and bug with the kernel O_O ?
Now I got the bad Kernel for the room :S and the phone doesn't boot (stop at bootscreen).
I got the same problem if I try to install a new room by the boot loader.
At this time I want to back on the factory room and Kernel for my facility.
But the .exe of RUU doesn't work on mac (of course). And when I try on a windows; I connect the phone to the computer with boot tools but it's not work.
Sorry, I think it's not the first time someone ask this question but too much result to find the good way to do that

Hkyx said:
Hi there,
Sorry for my bad english. I've looked for a answer but I don't understand all of solution :/
I'm on a mac and I have a Sensation Xe (Europe) S-On.
When I've change MIUI to Cyanogenmod. My mobil phone change the rom and bug with the kernel O_O ?
Now I got the bad Kernel for the room :S and the phone doesn't boot (stop at bootscreen).
I got the same problem if I try to install a new room by the boot loader.
At this time I want to back on the factory room and Kernel for my facility.
But the .exe of RUU doesn't work on mac (of course). And when I try on a windows; I connect the phone to the computer with boot tools but it's not work.
Sorry, I think it's not the first time someone ask this question but too much result to find the good way to do that
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You need HTC driver for the phone to work on windows.
Anyway, the problem is that since you're S-On, you need to flash the kernel manually. You place it in the same directory as adb and fastboot (I don't know if you have it on mac, I guess that yes, or else use windows), and when booted to fastboot (on the bootloader), type the following command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Where boot.img is the name of the kernel of the ROM (it's inside the .zip of the ROM).
Alternatively, if you have 4EXT recovery (and if you don't, I suggest you get it), enable smartflash, and then you will be able to flash ROMs regularily.
Good luck.

astar26 said:
You need HTC driver for the phone to work on windows.
Anyway, the problem is that since you're S-On, you need to flash the kernel manually. You place it in the same directory as adb and fastboot (I don't know if you have it on mac, I guess that yes, or else use windows), and when booted to fastboot (on the bootloader), type the following command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Where boot.img is the name of the kernel of the ROM (it's inside the .zip of the ROM).
Alternatively, if you have 4EXT recovery (and if you don't, I suggest you get it), enable smartflash, and then you will be able to flash ROMs regularily.
Good luck.
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Hi,
It's not possible to use 4ext, because the phone doesn't boot. he's stop at the boot loader.
I've try with adb for mac but I think I don't do the good command to flash by adb the kernel

ADB does not work, you have to use fastboot! Just follow the instructions by astar26. Connect your phone to your PC/mac and type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and then "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
Regards
Gesendet von meinem HTC Sensation mit Tapatalk 4

astar26 said:
You need HTC driver for the phone to work on windows.
Anyway, the problem is that since you're S-On, you need to flash the kernel manually. You place it in the same directory as adb and fastboot (I don't know if you have it on mac, I guess that yes, or else use windows), and when booted to fastboot (on the bootloader), type the following command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Where boot.img is the name of the kernel of the ROM (it's inside the .zip of the ROM).
Alternatively, if you have 4EXT recovery (and if you don't, I suggest you get it), enable smartflash, and then you will be able to flash ROMs regularily.
Good luck.
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Hi, I'm trying to flash a Cyanogenmod ROM for a friend on his HTC Sensation Z710e (rooted, bootloader unlocked) - my own phone is an Xperia Ray so I'm not too familiar with the process. Do I need to flash the Kernel before I flash the ROM? What's the best way to do it? If it's a matter of following the process you outlined above then I'm afraid I can't really follow it - I really need an idiot-proof 'how-to' guide I'm afraid, like I said, I'm a total noob when it comes to the HTC Sensation.
Hope you can help.

seamo123 said:
Hi, I'm trying to flash a Cyanogenmod ROM for a friend on his HTC Sensation Z710e (rooted, bootloader unlocked) - my own phone is am Xperia Ray so I'm not too familiar with the process. Do I need to flash the Kernel before I flash the ROM? What's the best way to do it? If it's a matter of following the process you outlined above then I'm afraid I can't really follow it - I really need an idiot-proof 'how-to' guide I'm afraid, like I said, I'm a total noob when it comes to the HTC Sensation.
Hope you can help.
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Usually the ROM is flashed before the kernel, this is what I did

Babyhustle said:
Usually the ROM is flashed before the kernel, this is what I did
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I have no idea how to flash a kernel on the HTC - that's my main problem

seamo123 said:
I have no idea how to flash a kernel on the HTC - that's my main problem
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astar26 explained how it works. If the sensation of your friend has 4ext recovery use smartflash, if twrp use htc dumlock then you don't need to flash the kernel seperately.

Hkyx said:
Hi there,
Sorry for my bad english. I've looked for a answer but I don't understand all of solution :/
I'm on a mac and I have a Sensation Xe (Europe) S-On.
When I've change MIUI to Cyanogenmod. My mobil phone change the rom and bug with the kernel O_O ?
Now I got the bad Kernel for the room :S and the phone doesn't boot (stop at bootscreen).
I got the same problem if I try to install a new room by the boot loader.
At this time I want to back on the factory room and Kernel for my facility.
But the .exe of RUU doesn't work on mac (of course). And when I try on a windows; I connect the phone to the computer with boot tools but it's not work.
Sorry, I think it's not the first time someone ask this question but too much result to find the good way to do that
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To flash a ROM on the Sensation:
Go to recovery
(Wipe. Then) flash the .zip of the ROM
That's it. There is, however, a catch for S-ON devices. HTC hasn't allowed flashing of /boot from recovery. This means that, for S-ON devices, the kernel cannot be flashed.
The best way around this is to use 4ext recovery. It has a option called Smartflash. That will flash your kernel even if you're S-ON.
(Some roms, like ViperS 3.1.x require an additional kernel flasher as SmartFlash doesn't work there).
The other way is to manually flash the boot image (kernel). Go to fastboot USB (this is NOT ADB), and execute:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
The boot.img is your new boot image.

Thanks for the reply!
We've already tried flashing the ROM as normal [using ROM Manager] but it doesn't work.
1. How do I know the device is 'S-on?' or not? Can it be changed? What's 'S-on' anyway?
2. Do you have a link handy for that recovery system you mentioned that allows flashing of kernels?
3. I haven't a clue how to manually flash the boot image - with my Xperia Ray I just use the Sony flash tool and fastboot. Can you give me an idiot's guide to doing this?
Far_SighT said:
To flash a ROM on the Sensation:
Go to recovery
(Wipe. Then) flash the .zip of the ROM
That's it. There is, however, a catch for S-ON devices. HTC hasn't allowed flashing of /boot from recovery. This means that, for S-ON devices, the kernel cannot be flashed.
The best way around this is to use 4ext recovery. It has a option called Smartflash. That will flash your kernel even if you're S-ON.
(Some roms, like ViperS 3.1.x require an additional kernel flasher as SmartFlash doesn't work there).
The other way is to manually flash the boot image (kernel). Go to fastboot USB (this is NOT ADB), and execute:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
The boot.img is your new boot image.
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seamo123 said:
Thanks for the reply!
We've already tried flashing the ROM as normal [using ROM Manager] but it doesn't work.
1. How do I know the device is 'S-on?' or not? Can it be changed? What's 'S-on' anyway?
2. Do you have a link handy for that recovery system you mentioned that allows flashing of kernels?
3. I haven't a clue how to manually flash the boot image - with my Xperia Ray I just use the Sony flash tool and fastboot. Can you give me an idiot's guide to doing this?
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Ah, I see:
Power off and pull out the battery. Press Power + Vol down. Once the bootloader screen comes up it'll either say S-ON or S-OFF.
For flashing ROMs S-ON use this (also includes 4ext recovery). Read about S-ON here.
Just use smartflash (see link in 1). For the special cases I mentioned in previous post (no smartflash), just see the ROM's thread for S-ON flashing.
Note that if you want just want to flash ROMs the above method is good. For S-OFF, either use this, in case you followed above steps, or use this, in case you want to S-OFF first. S-OFF is not needed for flashing ROMs.

htc sensation z710e wifi problem
Hello friends!
Two months I have a problem with my HTC SENSATION! The problem is due to wifi,I read many forums about this problem, I tried many solutions, but without success! I assumed that the problem is due to "wifi country code". I tried this solution "WiFix Manager", but did not help.
I tried this option http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469428,
because my phone is unlocked with HTCdev, back to factory rom 2.3.3 hboot 1.17.11 to be able to achieve S-OFF method revolutionary s-off.
I did everything, but after a while the problem still occurs. The only way to fix it is by re-install the Rom again.Most often breaks when I restart phone while is connected to the wifi network,when my phone starts, this wifi error appears.I can not write scripts or fix them, so I can not do this option: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2368501 . My phone is from England, Orange UK is the operator of which is purchased,I do not know if there is any difference!? And now my phone is rooted, revolutionary s-off, got super CID, 4ext recovery....
What else do I need to have no more this wifi problem?
I'm not very good at Development or haking, so if someone can explain to me what to do to solve my problem, I would appreciate it!
I just want to install "Revelation 1.0.3" and only use it! I am from Bulgaria by the way.

VS23BG said:
Hello friends!
Two months I have a problem with my HTC SENSATION! The problem is due to wifi,I read many forums about this problem, I tried many solutions, but without success! I assumed that the problem is due to "wifi country code". I tried this solution "WiFix Manager", but did not help.
I tried this option http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469428,
because my phone is unlocked with HTCdev, back to factory rom 2.3.3 hboot 1.17.11 to be able to achieve S-OFF method revolutionary s-off.
I did everything, but after a while the problem still occurs. The only way to fix it is by re-install the Rom again.Most often breaks when I restart phone while is connected to the wifi network,when my phone starts, this wifi error appears.I can not write scripts or fix them, so I can not do this option: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2368501 . My phone is from England, Orange UK is the operator of which is purchased,I do not know if there is any difference!? And now my phone is rooted, revolutionary s-off, got super CID, 4ext recovery....
What else do I need to have no more this wifi problem?
I'm not very good at Development or haking, so if someone can explain to me what to do to solve my problem, I would appreciate it!
I just want to install "Revelation 1.0.3" and only use it! I am from Bulgaria by the way.
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flash the boot.img of your current rom and see if wifi works

rzr86 said:
flash the boot.img of your current rom and see if wifi works
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And I tried, I installed program KGS Utility,did not help! I tried with the "ADB" command to flash the boot.img, just flashed it, but it did not help!
And now, whenever my wifi give me error, I installed a new Rom! So I solved the problem, but this solution is temporary. The problem manifests itself sooner or later. End i chenge Rom again, there is a good side, will test all Roms which is on this site!
Thank you for your attention!

VS23BG said:
And I tried, I installed program KGS Utility,did not help! I tried with the "ADB" command to flash the boot.img, just flashed it, but it did not help!
And now, whenever my wifi give me error, I installed a new Rom! So I solved the problem, but this solution is temporary. The problem manifests itself sooner or later. End i chenge Rom again, there is a good side, will test all Roms which is on this site!
Thank you for your attention!
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May be a firmware problem. Do a Ruu and see what happens.
Happy to help.

Far_SighT said:
May be a firmware problem. Do a Ruu and see what happens.
Happy to help.
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RUU? Recommend me to back factory Rom using Ruu.exe? Already done it! Return factory Rom 2.3.3 HBOOT 1.17.11,to achieve revolutionary s-off. :good:

VS23BG said:
RUU? Recommend me to back factory Rom using Ruu.exe? Already done it! Return factory Rom 2.3.3 HBOOT 1.17.11,to achieve revolutionary s-off. :good:
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lift up gently the antenna which is responsible for wifi in the back cover

I think I finally found the solution to the wifi problem!
The solution is in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23554125&postcount=1804
Now I use Android Revolution HD 7.3,sometimes the problem occurs again, but now I have a solution!
Just repeat the procedure described in the post and wifi working again.
When you delete a file "wpa_supplicant.conf", I have to re-enter all the router's password which I linked, but this is not such a big problem!

[Q] Help with ROM needed (maybe trivial ...)

Oh my ... I have now spent sure 6 or 7 hours trying to figure this out. If anybody could help me, please ?
This is not my first attempt at root, and I have been succesful with my HTC Wildfire S and installed various Custom ROMs on that, all fine.
Now I have a Desire S, that I managed to unlock (UNLOCKED), which is still S-ON, and, from all I can tell, rooted (superuser app does not complain about anything), I had installed 4EXT on the HTC Sense Stock rom that came with the phone, and that installed fine and no complaints.
HBOOT is 2.02.0002, which many people say requires downgrading, but then in other places it is said, this is not strictly necessary.
Now the following:
The ONLY recovery I have been able to install is recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-saga.img (using adb flash recovery ... under ubuntu 12.04).
That seems to go well, and the CM recovery comes up fine and I can do backups and so on. If I try to flash 4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.5_RC5 or RC9 and go into recovery, the phone remains stuck in the white boot screen (Telekom branding, it seems). Oh well ... so no 4EXT and back to CM. No problem, just strange.
Now, with S-ON it SHOULD be possible to install custom ROMs, like flinnycm101_saga_22.zip. so i pushed this onto /sdcard, and also extracted the boot.img from this zip. In recovery I can install the .zip seemingly fine, no errors, and then, since this is S-ON, I
sudo adb flashboot flash boot flinnycm101_saga_22.img
(i renamed it from boot.img to that to keep track, should not be a problem, right?). and that goes over well, too. I do not know how many times I have already erased cache, dalvik, factory, battery. all to no avail. when i reboot the phone remains stuck in the white boot screen. at least i would have expected to get the CM spash screen (like that rotating wheel or something like that), but that may not be a problem.
I have tried a few other roms (devilkin 11.0 and carbon) with this method. same, same ...
I really don't know ... sheesh ... any ideas ? And if it boils down to downgrading: can I do that on ubuntu ? All the guides I have found so far required Windows.
Sorry ... clearly I am not a developer. If somebody could nudge me into the right direction ? I am quite happy to do my homework, but not really sure anymore where else to look. This SHOULD work, from all I found in the internet.
And ... I hope this is not the wrong forum. If so, really sorry ...
1000 thanks
Ingo

ipk1 said:
Oh my ... I have now spent sure 6 or 7 hours trying to figure this out. If anybody could help me, please ?
This is not my first attempt at root, and I have been succesful with my HTC Wildfire S and installed various Custom ROMs on that, all fine.
Now I have a Desire S, that I managed to unlock (UNLOCKED), which is still S-ON, and, from all I can tell, rooted (superuser app does not complain about anything), I had installed 4EXT on the HTC Sense Stock rom that came with the phone, and that installed fine and no complaints.
HBOOT is 2.02.0002, which many people say requires downgrading, but then in other places it is said, this is not strictly necessary.
Now the following:
The ONLY recovery I have been able to install is recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-saga.img (using adb flash recovery ... under ubuntu 12.04).
That seems to go well, and the CM recovery comes up fine and I can do backups and so on. If I try to flash 4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.5_RC5 or RC9 and go into recovery, the phone remains stuck in the white boot screen (Telekom branding, it seems). Oh well ... so no 4EXT and back to CM. No problem, just strange.
Now, with S-ON it SHOULD be possible to install custom ROMs, like flinnycm101_saga_22.zip. so i pushed this onto /sdcard, and also extracted the boot.img from this zip. In recovery I can install the .zip seemingly fine, no errors, and then, since this is S-ON, I
sudo adb flashboot flash boot flinnycm101_saga_22.img
(i renamed it from boot.img to that to keep track, should not be a problem, right?). and that goes over well, too. I do not know how many times I have already erased cache, dalvik, factory, battery. all to no avail. when i reboot the phone remains stuck in the white boot screen. at least i would have expected to get the CM spash screen (like that rotating wheel or something like that), but that may not be a problem.
I have tried a few other roms (devilkin 11.0 and carbon) with this method. same, same ...
I really don't know ... sheesh ... any ideas ? And if it boils down to downgrading: can I do that on ubuntu ? All the guides I have found so far required Windows.
Sorry ... clearly I am not a developer. If somebody could nudge me into the right direction ? I am quite happy to do my homework, but not really sure anymore where else to look. This SHOULD work, from all I found in the internet.
And ... I hope this is not the wrong forum. If so, really sorry ...
1000 thanks
Ingo
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From what I see you done it as needed.
First for recovery try find 4ext touch 1.0.0.6 RC1 and try to flash via fastboot ( fastboot flash recovery recovery.img).If you don't get in try TWRP 2.7.0.0 by devil-kin you got it in this forum.
About white screen you should check your display.There's sony and hitachi.If you have sony then you are good and something else is problem but hitachi is problem bc you need MDDI capable kernel or use only CM 7 or older roms.
Read this about that problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943524
GL.

Hello!
I find it strange that you're experiencing so many issues while for everybody else things are just fine. I'm not trying to accuse you of anything, it just makes me think that your problems are likely to be on your end...
You don't need to do anything with your hboot, it's fine
Are you sure that flashing www.4ext.net/ddl/saga/recovery.zip using
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
doesn't work?
sudo adb flashboot flash boot flinnycm101_saga_22.img
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This is wrong - should be:
Code:
flashboot flash boot flinnycm101_saga_22.img
But first try:
Code:
flashboot boot flinnycm101_saga_22.img
That will just boot the image from RAM without flashing it to /boot. I recommend trying this out first with this ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240592 - because that ROM is known good. If that works then we know the procedure you use is OK and you can then try to flash a ROM you actually like.
Note that AOSP roms may be problematic, because they only work with sony panels. We can check whether you have a sony or a hitachi panel once you have a ROM booting properly. (Unless there is a fastboot command that can tell you this that I'm not aware of.)
And ... I hope this is not the wrong forum. If so, really sorry ...
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It is - questions should be posted in the Questions subforum :silly:

SKENER said:
From what I see you done it as needed.
First for recovery try find 4ext touch 1.0.0.6 RC1 and try to flash via fastboot ( fastboot flash recovery recovery.img).If you don't get in try TWRP 2.7.0.0 by devil-kin you got it in this forum.
About white screen you should check your display.There's sony and hitachi.If you have sony then you are good and something else is problem but hitachi is problem bc you need MDDI capable kernel or use only CM 7 or older roms.
Read this about that problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943524
GL.
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all right. thanks. i found that recovery and did
sudo fastboot flash recovery 4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.6_RC1.img
when i go into recovery then, again nothing ... phone is stuck in the white screen. sorry. with white screen i meant the splash screen, which is white on my phone, but has the telecom logo. so i think the screen is allright.
so i pulled the battery and back to cwm (flashed the cms recovery and voila).

Aquous said:
Hello!
I find it strange that you're experiencing so many issues while for everybody else things are just fine. I'm not trying to accuse you of anything, it just makes me think that your problems are likely to be on your end...
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absolutely. that's why i came here. the phone was fine under htc sense, so its not the phone. it got to be me.
Aquous said:
You don't need to do anything with your hboot, it's fine
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Good.
Aquous said:
Are you sure that flashing www.4ext.net/ddl/saga/recovery.zip using
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
doesn't work?
This is wrong - should be:
Code:
flashboot flash boot flinnycm101_saga_22.img
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oh. typo. sorry.
Aquous said:
But first try:
Code:
flashboot boot flinnycm101_saga_22.img
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This boots into recovery. But not exactly. It boots to the white Telekom screen, and then it reboots and goes into recovery. Since I found that strange I extracted the boot image once more from the flinny...zip and tried again. confirmed.
Aquous said:
That will just boot the image from RAM without flashing it to /boot. I recommend trying this out first with this ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240592 - because that ROM is known good. If that works then we know the procedure you use is OK and you can then try to flash a ROM you actually like.
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Downloading. This is "SVHD v2.1.0 by mygamers (MultiDevice)", right ? The thing is huge. That's gonna take a bit and I have to go to work. Get back to you later ...
Aquous said:
Note that AOSP roms may be problematic, because they only work with sony panels. We can check whether you have a sony or a hitachi panel once you have a ROM booting properly. (Unless there is a fastboot command that can tell you this that I'm not aware of.)
It is - questions should be posted in the Questions subforum :silly:
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I extracted the boot.img
Can somebody move this ?

SKENER said:
From what I see you done it as needed.
First for recovery try find 4ext touch 1.0.0.6 RC1 and try to flash via fastboot ( fastboot flash recovery recovery.img).If you don't get in try TWRP 2.7.0.0 by devil-kin you got it in this forum.
GL.
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4ext touch 1.0.0.6 RC1, same problem. stuck at the white telekom screen.
twrp-2.7.0.0-saga-recovery.img, same problem.
but openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-saga.img did work
Ingo

Aquous said:
I recommend trying this out first with this ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240592 - because that ROM is known good.
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tdDDAAA !!!
So I installed the SVHD .zip with TWRP 2.6 (see above) and that did go nowhere yet.
But I then extracted the saga boot image from that zip kernel/saga/boot.img, renamed that to avoid confusions, and then
<code>
fastboot boot "SVHD v2.1.0 by mygamers (saga).img"
</code>
And my Telekom splash screen blinks up, then the HTC sense (quietly brilliant), and some 3 minutes later ... it worked.
Flashing
<code>
fastboot flash boot "SVHD v2.1.0 by mygamers (saga).img"
</code>
MY guess is it was the reformatting to ext4 ... is that something I should have done all along ? Or any other idea ?

Now you have a working phone, you can check which panel type you have, I suspect that has been your problem all along.
Edit: check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943524

teadrinker said:
Now you have a working phone, you can check which panel type you have, I suspect that has been your problem all along.
Edit: check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943524
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Yeah,check panel now.Some phones has that problem.If you have hitachi then I'm sorry.From what I know no1 make MDDI kernel anymore.

teadrinker said:
Now you have a working phone, you can check which panel type you have, I suspect that has been your problem all along.
Edit: check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943524
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Must be, since I tried to install blindnnumbs cm now, and same problem, again ... Good ... so back to SVHD and check that thread. Thanks.
Ingo

One more thing:
On the link you provided the instructions are given as follows, and i am not 100% clear on everything:
1) Wipe all data
2) Flash your custom ROM
3) Get your MDDI compatible kernel and flash it
--> IF (and only IF) you've this error when flashing kernel in recovery: assert failed:write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img","boot"):
--> 3a) extract boot.img from custom rom ZIP and put it in the adb directory on your PC
--> 3b) reboot in fastboot mode
--> 3c) execute from PC: fastboot flash boot.img
--> 3d) reboot in recovery and retry to flash your new kernel
--> 3e) Now, flashing kernel is completed and you can continue to Step 4)
4) Get new boot.img: in recovery, attach USB cable and run from PC terminal --> adb pull /tmp/newboot.img (it will trasfer generated boot.img to your PC) <--
5) On your PC rename newboot.img file to boot.img
6) Reboot in fastboot mode
7) Install new boot.img (from PC terminal execute --> fastboot flash boot.img <--)
So I
- in twrp i installed cm-10.1-20130709-UNOFFICIAL-saga.zip (blindnnumb cm-10.1, penultimate version. the very last version does not unzip, no matter how many times i download it)
- then flashed fastboot flash boot cm-10.1-20130709-UNOFFICIAL-saga.img
- then flashed fastboot flash boot saga_mddi_291212.img (from your link)
- i pulled newboot.img and then flashed newboot.img
and i am stuck again ... but maybe i did not totally understand the instruction from above ? i.e. 2). do i need to install the zip and the img ?
also in line 7) the command seems to be wrong. right ?
ingo

If you already have a boot.img for the mddi kernel, all you have to do is:
1) flash rom zip file in recovery
2) flash mddi kernel zip in recovery
3) flash mddi kernel boot.img in fastboot
The special instructions for s-on are only needed if you have the kernel zip without the boot.img

teadrinker said:
If you already have a boot.img for the mddi kernel, all you have to do is:
1) flash rom zip file in recovery
2) flash mddi kernel zip in recovery
3) flash mddi kernel boot.img in fastboot
The special instructions for s-on are only needed if you have the kernel zip without the boot.img
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Oh my ... that did not go either. Now I flashed
cm-10-20121116-EXPERIMENTAL-saga-NK111.zip
saga_kernel_82n_4.0_4.1.zip (which does not seem to produce a newboot.img, and does not have a boot.img either)
that, at least, brings up the spinning clockworkmod wheel ... but then that's that, too ...
oh well ... i guess SENSE it is gonna be then ...
ingo

Didn't you read the warning at the top of the hitachi panel thread? It said:
WARNING!
ALL THE LATEST 4.1.x AND 4.2.x ROMS DO NOT SUPPORT HITACHI SCREEN PANELS, EVEN AFTER APPLYING THE CORRECT MDDI KERNEL!
THIS APPLIES TO ROMS THAT ARE BASED ON AOSP, AOKP, CyanogenMod, ParanoidAndroid, PAC-Man, etc., AND ROMS THAT ARE BASED ON MIUI
THE LAST CUSTOM ROM THAT DOES SUPPORT MDDI PANELS IS CyanogenMod 10.1 Build 13 by Flinny, SO THE DATE WHEN BUILD 13 WAS RELEASED IS YOUR GUIDE TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT ROM THAT WILL BOOT UP AFTER FLASHING THE MDDI KERNEL
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Aquous said:
Didn't you read the warning at the top of the hitachi panel thread? It said:
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Read it ... and I think I did not understand it right ... I guess I got too tired over it. I thought I had one that should match those criteria. Tomorrow is another day ...
Ingo

Need help in restoring to stock htc one mini

I had a rooted htc one mini then i tried changing the firmware to ViperOne but I forgot to boot the boot.img before installing ViperOne through Clorckworkmod recovery. I continued the install then now im always stuck on the booting screen, I tried restoring my backup in Clockworkmod recovery but it always says "E: can't mount sdcard", it kept on saying "can't mount sdcard" on everything in clockworkmod. I also cant access the internal storage thourgh my pc. I have no idea what to do now, tried fixing with RUU but i cant find the one the matches my phone, please help give me the easiest way cause im still a beginner, i dont mind if its rooted or not when its fixed i just want it to work again
Thank you in advance

radster12795 said:
I had a rooted htc one mini then i tried changing the firmware to ViperOne but I forgot to boot the boot.img before installing ViperOne through Clorckworkmod recovery. I continued the install then now im always stuck on the booting screen, I tried restoring my backup in Clockworkmod recovery but it always says "E: can't mount sdcard", it kept on saying "can't mount sdcard" on everything in clockworkmod. I also cant access the internal storage thourgh my pc. I have no idea what to do now, tried fixing with RUU but i cant find the one the matches my phone, please help give me the easiest way cause im still a beginner, i dont mind if its rooted or not when its fixed i just want it to work again
Thank you in advance
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How did you get Viper for the Mini???
These are likely the instructions for you, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-mini/help/help-installing-stock-rom-htc-one-mini-t2959490

jollywhitefoot said:
How did you get Viper for the Mini???
These are likely the instructions for you, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-mini/help/help-installing-stock-rom-htc-one-mini-t2959490
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tried adb push the zip file but it kept saying adb is out of date, device not found.
UPDATE!
made it work kept loading foe a long time then protocol failure, what does that mean?

radster12795 said:
tried adb push the zip file but it kept saying adb is out of date, device not found.
UPDATE!
made it work kept loading foe a long time then protocol failure, what does that mean?
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I think you have usb issues. You should either try working from a fresh install of Windows or Ubuntu from disc.
Here are instructions for booting to Ubuntu from disc:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55070544&postcount=22

jollywhitefoot said:
I think you have usb issues. You should either try working from a fresh install of Windows or Ubuntu from disc.
Here are instructions for booting to Ubuntu from disc:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55070544&postcount=22
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Finally made it work, went to sdcard installed the zip it said successful then i rebooted it but it is still stuck in the booting screen -_-
and when i opened the bootloading screen it still says no OS
TAMPERED
UNLOCKED
M4_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.21.0000
RADIO-1.27.40e.00.11
OpenDSP-v19.2.0268.0927
OS-
eMMC-boot 1024mb
i think my phone doesnt have the firmware cause it said successful but it also said cant moutn /system at the end, any idea?
Thank you very much btw, for helping me, learned so much stuff
followed the other comments to install the sense6 firmware, my phone needs to be S-OF and superCID, finished superCID but i cant run rumrunner cause my phone dont have OS, is there a way to run rumrunner thourgh fastboot or recovery?

Dude. You have to use files intended for the mini. Install a recovery for the mini from here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m4ul and then flash the Rom again

jollywhitefoot said:
Dude. You have to use files intended for the mini. Install a recovery for the mini from here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m4ul and then flash the Rom again
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oaky, i have installed twrp 2.7.1.1 and now adb pushing the rom and ill try to recovery install the rom again
Finished the zip install
Updating partition details...
E:Unable to mount '/system'
Full SELinux support is present.
Installing 'sdcard/Stock_Sense6M4_Deodexed-Rooted.zip'...
Checking for MD5 file..
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
->Mounting System & Data
->Extracting System
->Extracting Data
->Creating toolbox symlinks
->Creating additional symlinks
->Installing busybox
->Setting permissions
->Extracting kernel
Updating partition detail...
E: Unable to mount '/system'
It said successful but still no OS installed
sorry the problems just keep coming and coming

First, you can try wiping system and data partitions prior to installing (don't wipe sd card), but I think you need to update your firmware to install sense 6 Roms.
To do that you'll need to s-off first. Revone might work for you and rumrunner should work.
Or you can try installing this sense 5.5 rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50715903

jollywhitefoot said:
First, you can try wiping system and data partitions prior to installing (don't wipe sd card), but I think you need to update your firmware to install sense 6 Roms.
To do that you'll need to s-off first. Revone might work for you and rumrunner should work.
Or you can try installing this sense 5.5 rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50715903
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Thank you for the past 2 days of helping, i have finally fixed it :highfive:

radster12795 said:
Thank you for the past 2 days of helping, i have finally fixed it :highfive:
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No problem. Did flashing the ROM in post 8 work?

jollywhitefoot said:
No problem. Did flashing the ROM in post 8 work?
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YES!! it worked perfectly, Thank you very much
thinking about upgrading to sense 6 now

So now what can I upgrade my Stock ROM to?

Hello, I'm a noob at this so please be kind. I followed the below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tra...inners-guide-unlock-custom-rom-tf300-t3061648
I successfully:
Unlocked my TF300T's Bootloader
Installed custom recovery using fastboot
Rooted my tablet
Debloated the Tablet (Titanium Backup)
Backup up my current (OEM) SYSTEM ROM to microSD
So now I'm onto attempting a custom ROM. I'm a bit bored with 4.2.1 and would like to go to the same version of ROM my Note 7 has which is 6.0.1 Marshmallow or even try the new 7.0 Nougat.
I'm a little confused as to what ROM will or will not work. I see a few ROMS worth trying, but there install instructions reference a different Bootloader multiple flashes such as SuperSU or gapps.
Whats the best fool proof method to flash a new ROM with what I have and are there any simple one file ROM/ZIP/ Blob etc.. file that would do what I want?
Thank you.

broderp said:
Hello, I'm a noob at this so please be kind. I followed the below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tra...inners-guide-unlock-custom-rom-tf300-t3061648
I successfully:
Unlocked my TF300T's Bootloader
Installed custom recovery using fastboot
Rooted my tablet
Debloated the Tablet (Titanium Backup)
Backup up my current (OEM) SYSTEM ROM to microSD
So now I'm onto attempting a custom ROM. I'm a bit bored with 4.2.1 and would like to go to the same version of ROM my Note 7 has which is 6.0.1 Marshmallow or even try the new 7.0 Nougat.
I'm a little confused as to what ROM will or will not work. I see a few ROMS worth trying, but there install instructions reference a different Bootloader multiple flashes such as SuperSU or gapps.
Whats the best fool proof method to flash a new ROM with what I have and are there any simple one file ROM/ZIP/ Blob etc.. file that would do what I want?
Thank you.
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Congratulations! Everything you did looks fine. So you are ready to install a custom rom. I would like to suggest one of the best: http://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf300t/development/rom-t3453702 (You may follow up the tread and report there!)
Please take care very exactly on the installation instruction in post #1 given by Timduru. And don't forget that you need Kang TWRP [email protected] Download here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf300t/development/recovery-twrp-t3046479. That's mandatory!
Good luck!

ebonit said:
Congratulations! Everything you did looks fine. So you are ready to install a custom rom. I would like to suggest one of the best: http://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf300t/development/rom-t3453702 (You may follow up the tread and report there!)
Please take care very exactly on the installation instruction in post #1 given by Timduru. And don't forget that you need Kang TWRP [email protected] Download here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf300t/development/recovery-twrp-t3046479. That's mandatory!
Good luck!
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Thanks. As simple as the process was, as a noob (first time attempting this) I was really concerned about screwing this up and bricking my tablet.
The one you linked to was one of the ones I was considering and hence my question regarding what works with what I have already done. The noob mind (mine anyways) finds a dozen questions at every turn. In this case I would ask the following:
Q-Do I have to use Kang TWRP?
Q-How is it different than the TWRP I used on my Tablet?
Q-Will I need to constantly change TWRP versions depending on what ROM I want to use?
Q-Is there a danger to switching TWRPs?
Q-Doesn't flashing SuperSU after I flash Gapps overright and erase SuperSU or is there some unique way to flash (push?) both at the same time?
Q-Many more I'm sure!
To the noob, almost all the instructions I read appear to be written for someone who as done this many times. The level of detail needed for the novice is just not there or lost between the jargon used, with many steps not fleshed out because the author assumes a certain level of expertise.
I will definitely read these threads as best I can, but in the interim, is there any ROM that are known to be able to be flashed via the TWRP I currently have? The author of the version I used certainly made it seem like it was that simple, load the ROM/ zip file onto the MicroSD card and when in Custom recovery simply use the INSTALL feature to navigate to the file and press a button to flash and ..."BAM!!" you are running a new ROM.

ebonit said:
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Please take care very exactly on the installation instruction in post #1 given by Timduru. And don't forget that you need Kang TWRP [email protected] Download here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf300t/development/recovery-twrp-t3046479. That's mandatory!
Good luck!
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That version of KANG appears to be dead, as the thread has been closed and abondoned by the OP. So no new questions or help there....
Can I install that version over the top of my current version of TWRP the same way I did the first time? (change file to TWRP.blob etc.)

broderp said:
That version of KANG appears to be dead, as the thread has been closed and abondoned by the OP. So no new questions or help there....
Can I install that version over the top of my current version of TWRP the same way I did the first time? (change file to TWRP.blob etc.)
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Please don't brick your tablet. First download Kang TWRP. It isn't dead. Try this https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347781183.

broderp said:
Can I install that version over the top of my current version of TWRP the same way I did the first time? (change file to TWRP.blob etc.)
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Yes you can.
However Kang TWRP is a xxx.img file. You also can use your current TWRP and flash the image file. Attached you will find an image and a zip version.

ebonit said:
Please don't brick your tablet. First download Kang TWRP. It isn't dead. Try this https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347781183.
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Sorry, bad choice of words on my part. By dead I meant that the thread was closed and I'm concerned getting answers would be harder as the OP was no longer actively looking there for questions.
ebonit said:
Yes you can.
However Kang TWRP is a xxx.img file. You also can use your current TWRP and flash the image file. Attached you will find an image and a zip version.
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Ok, so if I read your comment correctly, I can copy the .img file to an SD card, boot into recovery and flash it from there OR I can fire up fastboot and the same steps I originally did to install custom recovery from my PC to accomplish the same thing... either way I should still have custom recovery, but with the KANG version. Right?
THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR RESPONDING TO MY PREVIOUS POST. I appreciate the support.

Oh no....
Well crap. I put the .img file on my SD card and boot the tablet into recovery, I flashed the .img file to the rovery not boot partition. All appeared well....but when I go back to see if I have KANG recovery, it hangs anbd says Booting Failure Unrecoverable bootloader error (0x000000000)
EDIT: After I cleaned my pants, I used abd and fastboot to flash the original Blob file using my PC. This restored the custom recovery. I was freaking out for a few minutes.
I didn't change the file name of the kang .img file. Should I have done something different?
EDIT: Successful recovery to Kang2.8.7.2 !! :good::good: I used adb and my PC to send the .img file (renamed "twrpkang.img" for simplicity) and it worked great. I'm a pro..:silly:

broderp said:
Well crap. I put the .img file on my SD card and boot the tablet into recovery, I flashed the .img file to the rovery not boot partition. All appeared well....but when I go back to see if I have KANG recovery, it hangs anbd says Booting Failure Unrecoverable bootloader error (0x000000000)
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Bad luck! Could you please describe what does it mean? : "I flashed the .img file to the rovery not boot partition."

ebonit said:
Bad luck! Could you please describe what does it mean? : "I flashed the .img file to the rovery not boot partition."
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Not sure what I did wrong. I tried to do it within the old recovery menu and it hosed it. It found the file and mounted it successfully, but it seemed weird to be within the partition I was overwriting and writing to it. Kind of like you cant install windows while your using Windows...
The new version is much smoother.... Thanks, not to learn about this gapps super SU and how to flash all of these and in what order along with the ROM..as well as this wipe vs format thing...so confusing...