This OTA broke wifi.
I am unlocked, was rooted, but no longer.
all stock.
and now there is an "error" under the wifi toggle. it can't be turned on.
Anyone seen this?
If wifi was really broke from this update I'm sure there would be a real s$&tstorm brewing all over the intertubes. I would try the update again if you wanna stay stock otherwise try reroot and custom rom to see if wifi is back. Personally I only ran the updated version long enough to get the radio and quickly get back to ics..
You need to flash the kernel modules for the kernel you are using
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Hey! I have that too... gonna try reflashing the kernel. Was on dsb before update but thought I'd stay stock to check battery life with it. Didn't reflash after restoring my nand.
EDIT: Reflashed stock kernel, wifi error. Flashed dsb, error on flashing the update, "mainver is older" which is exactly what I didn't want to have happen with the OTA.
trickster: When you say modules what do you mean?
feralicious said:
Hey! I have that too... gonna try reflashing the kernel. Was on dsb before update but thought I'd stay stock to check battery life with it. Didn't reflash after restoring my nand.
EDIT: Reflashed stock kernel, wifi error. Flashed dsb, error on flashing the update, "mainver is older" which is exactly what I didn't want to have happen with the OTA.
trickster: When you say modules what do you mean?
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Hey feralicious , how are you trying to flash the kernel ? It's my understanding if you flash in fastboot the mainver of the kernel shouldn't matter. It only has issues if you try to PH98img.zip flash it that the android.text.file needs to be changed in the zip to successfully flash.
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Hey feralicious , how are you trying to flash the kernel ? It's my understanding if you flash in fastboot the mainver of the kernel shouldn't matter. It only has issues if you try to PH98img.zip flash it that the android.text.file needs to be changed in the zip to successfully flash.
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The dsb is flashed in recovery, then goes to hboot to flash the update which is a PH98img.zip file.
I found where scrosler posted a kernel to flash that is for the OTA version and flashed that and I see that my kernel info changed a bit but still get an error for wifi.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21907238&postcount=18
So now I just tried 3 times to restore the nand I made immediately after I downloaded the OTA and I don't know what is going on but it says restored and then when I reboot it's not that stock version, it's already back to Ineffabilis. I realize all things point to operator error but I've been making nands all along and have gone back to them with no problem and this doesn't make any sense! Ugh. All this rooting stuff was going so smoothly until now. I made that specifically so I could go back to stock + OTA that I had on my phone.
I don't know if I can start all over now since I'm already updated with the mainver. Guess I can try to use con247's ROM + OTA but there are no instructions for that.
I guess I need to go to sleep. Maybe do a factory reset tomorrow and try starting from scratch.
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The dsb is flashed in recovery, then goes to hboot to flash the update which is a PH98img.zip file.
I found where scrosler posted a kernel to flash that is for the OTA version and flashed that and I see that my kernel info changed a bit but still get an error for wifi.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21907238&postcount=18
So now I just tried 3 times to restore the nand I made immediately after I downloaded the OTA and I don't know what is going on but it says restored and then when I reboot it's not that stock version, it's already back to Ineffabilis. I realize all things point to operator error but I've been making nands all along and have gone back to them with no problem and this doesn't make any sense! Ugh. All this rooting stuff was going so smoothly until now. I made that specifically so I could go back to stock + OTA that I had on my phone.
I don't know if I can start all over now since I'm already updated with the mainver. Guess I can try to use con247's ROM + OTA but there are no instructions for that.
I guess I need to go to sleep. Maybe do a factory reset tomorrow and try starting from scratch.
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Take the boot.img out of the Ph98 file and flash it manually in fastboot .
wipe data/factory in recovery then in amon ra go to developer menu boot to bootloader.. take the boot.img you removed and either place it in the same folder as fastboot or if you have set the path for adb so you can run it from anywhere . Open up a CMD , change directory to the folder with fastboot and type fastboot flash boot boot.img
This will flash the wifi module for you without encountering the mainver issue.
Well it seems that flashing scrosler's newer mainver boot.img should have fixed it. Right now I'm restoring a nand. I made them correctly but wasn't thinking straight about what they were, so I think I was restoring the last Ineffabilis from before grabbing the OTA. I'm now restoring the last one I made that should be stock OTA. Then I'll check wifi on that.
Was going to edit out the whole part about my nands from my previous post since I realized I wasn't remembering correctly but now you've gone and quoted it and spoiled my plan. Aha! I see the HTC boot animations so now I've got it back to stock OTA. Drum roll...
and wifi is working!
So the wifi error has to do with restoring a nand of the custom ROM. Tomorrow I'll try flashing the ROM fresh instead and see if wifi remains, unless someone knows that this will not make a difference.
Thanks.
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Hey! I have that too... gonna try reflashing the kernel. Was on dsb before update but thought I'd stay stock to check battery life with it. Didn't reflash after restoring my nand.
EDIT: Reflashed stock kernel, wifi error. Flashed dsb, error on flashing the update, "mainver is older" which is exactly what I didn't want to have happen with the OTA.
trickster: When you say modules what do you mean?
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I had this issue and it's from restoring a nand of a stock updated rom after I was in a mainver loop. What I did was go back to a stock gb nand I made and wifi was fine. I took the OTA again and rerooted. I'm good now. Do you have a stock gb nand handy??
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I had this issue and it's from restoring a nand of a stock updated rom after I was in a mainver loop. What I did was go back to a stock gb nand I made and wifi was fine. I took the OTA again and rerooted. I'm good now. Do you have a stock gb nand handy??
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Mine's all good now as far as WiFi as mentioned above. Just have to find out if I can use Innefabilis with the OTA. Thanks.
I did find out that I was not actually rooted after the OTA as I thought I was so that could be what caused it. Root explorer worked and superuser was in my apps so I assumed... But when I went to use Tibu just now it said I didn't have root, so that could be what went wrong for me. Now that I'm sure of root I'm going to try to restore my Innef. Nand and see if it still breaks WiFi.
Hey OP! Have you got your WiFi working?
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CONFIRMED: Flashing/restoring Ineffabilis breaks wifi.
Wifi is fine with just the OTA but I get the error after restoring a nand with Ineffabilis or flashing it from scratch again.
Did you flash ineff's kernel as well? Everything is workin great here, wifi included.
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Did you flash ineff's kernel as well? Everything is workin great here, wifi included.
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Argh. The one in the first post of the Ineff thread, stock rooted? Yes. Someone posted in the Ineff thread that they have wifi as well.
I have a feeling it's because I didn't lock before updating?... but I read others saying it wasn't necessary. Starting over. Again.
Well I did everything over again using con247's method. This time I locked and unlocked. So now I'm ready to put Ineffabilis back on.
Hag77... did you restore a nand or reflash it from scratch? And was the kernel you flashed the stock rooted one in the first post of that thread? And did you flash before as well as after getting Ineff back or just after? What is the version/date of your kernel now? Thanks.
I have tried twice now to dl the ota ROM, wifi doesnt work on it for me. I looked in the kernel file, then ph98img and tried to extract, said path was not valid.... What should I do?
Thanks
remmy5r said:
I have tried twice now to dl the ota ROM, wifi doesnt work on it for me. I looked in the kernel file, then ph98img and tried to extract, said path was not valid.... What should I do?
Thanks
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Download OTA rom, and remove the ph98file from it. Place the OTA rom file on the root of the SD card with the Ph98img file removed. Now , open the Ph98 file on desktop and just pull out the file boot.img ( looks like a silver disc with a white background) Place that file into your fastboot folder that you used to unlock your device with.
Reboot phone to recovery, wipe data/factory reset. Once wiped, install the OTA rom zip .. after that is done installing, go to the main menu of recovery again and select developer menu. In developer menu choose reboot to bootloader. Once in hboot, plug phone into the computer and select fastboot.
It should say fastbootusb highlighted if properly connected and in fastboot.
P.S. you don't extract it, just drag it out of the ph98 and drop it into your fastboot folder
Now, got to the folder with fastboot and the boot.img image and open up a command prompt ...Make sure the command prompt is showing the folder your in as the path .. then just type fastboot flash boot boot.img.. this will send the boot.img kernel image to your phone.
Once, that is done reboot and you should now have the OTA installed with the proper kernel.
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Hag77... did you restore a nand or reflash it from scratch? And was the kernel you flashed the stock rooted one in the first post of that thread? And did you flash before as well as after getting Ineff back or just after? What is the version/date of your kernel now? Thanks.
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I went straight back to my nand backup of ineff- then flashed kernel with fastboot.. I never ever ever flash kernels w/ ph file- not that it can't be done successfully I've just seen too many people run into problems doing it. Flashing kernels w/ fastboot is the only way I trust and it's supereasy (although requires pc).. So to sum up- my path was
relock- ruu to scott's posted ruu
skip all setup on ruu and go straight to the update
reboot into updated phone once
pull battery- hboot- install amonra
restore nand
flash kernel
success
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Download OTA rom, and remove the ph98file from it. Place the OTA rom file on the root of the SD card with the Ph98img file removed. Now , open the Ph98 file on desktop and just pull out the file boot.img ( looks like a silver disc with a white background) Place that file into your fastboot folder that you used to unlock your device with.
Reboot phone to recovery, wipe data/factory reset. Once wiped, install the OTA rom zip .. after that is done installing, go to the main menu of recovery again and select developer menu. In developer menu choose reboot to bootloader. Once in hboot, plug phone into the computer and select fastboot.
It should say fastbootusb highlighted if properly connected and in fastboot.
P.S. you don't extract it, just drag it out of the ph98 and drop it into your fastboot folder
Now, got to the folder with fastboot and the boot.img image and open up a command prompt ...Make sure the command prompt is showing the folder your in as the path .. then just type fastboot flash boot boot.img.. this will send the boot.img kernel image to your phone.
Once, that is done reboot and you should now have the OTA installed with the proper kernel.
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The ph98img wont let me open it. when I click on it (not to extract) it says its invalid. I redownloaded just the ph98img from the ota rom thread and samething. Will I have to completely re download the ota ROM?
remmy5r said:
The ph98img wont let me open it. when I click on it (not to extract) it says its invalid. I redownloaded just the ph98img from the ota rom thread and samething. Will I have to completely re download the ota ROM?
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Are you double clicking on it. Might have to download a program called 7zip. It is a free program that will let you unzip folders. I double click on the folder and I am able to open it up, but I do have 7zip installed so maybe thats why.
The thing is that I am pure stock, just rooted. I went to recovery and recovered to my original and only back up, everything works now, but I am afraid that the update will self push and break it again.
FcoT said:
The thing is that I am pure stock, just rooted. I went to recovery and recovered to my original and only back up, everything works now, but I am afraid that the update will self push and break it again.
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Well easiest way to prevent that would be to flash a custom recovery , then the update will fail. Guess , I didn't realize you could back up with the stock recovery never tried it .
Unless your saying you don't want to Unlock at all, then I am not sure because the update will get pushed to a stock rom with stock recovery. Don't think there is anything you can do except alter some files I suppose , but just as easy to accept the update
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I am using ziggys kernel and seem to be experiencing battery drain, Ive been using for 3 days. Can someone explain how to restore to stock kernel. I have searched through forum, sorry if this is already posted. I have the stock boot.img, can I rename this to PH98IMG and then but the .img file on the root of sd card and boot into fastboot? Thanks in Advance
Flash PH in bootloader, flash the other one in recovery. it will still say ziggy's kernel while installing, but it is actually reverting it. I was too lazy to change the text.
Thanks! Im trying it now.
Edit: It worked Perfectly! Thanks again.
Just to be clear on this one, you should flash the lib file first THEN reboot and hboot the PH file correct? I tried the reverse and it locks up if I just update the PH since you can't go into recovery afterwards because it keeps finding the PH file.
But if I do the reverse seems to work solid.
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done flash PH in bootloader, flash the other one in recovery. it will still say ziggy's kernel while isntalling, but it isn't.
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Thanks much. Finally I am able to sleep at night without worrying about my phone bootlooping and not waking me up at 7:00AM.
So I've done this before but it was long ago. I don't remember having to deal with having the PH98IMG.zip. I know there are tons of threads on here but I just kind of need a straightforward answer to the questions. I like to install my roms from the sd card. Where does the PH98IMG.zip need to reside? And do those need need to be changed per the rom? Is this actually the kernel? And so do I have to have my rom on a particular spot on my sd card? I've used CMod recovery LOTS, but that didn't work so well, so I put Amon's on, and it's working. But every time I have tried to install a ROM like I used to with my Inc, I end up stuck at the HTC screen.
Someone whos got some time to just answer these questions, I would greatly appreciate it.
Yes, the ph98 file is the kernel. Most roms include it in the Rom now and use Cons auto installer, but if not yes the file needs to be on the external sd card. Just remember to delete it after you boot up or else you wont be able to reboot to recovery.
So basically have Rom and ph98 on external sd, reboot recovery wipe and install Rom. Then boot to bootloader and it will automatically detect the file and ask you if you want to update. Select yes, then reboot. Once booted up remove ph98 file from sd card.
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Also, if you are getting stuck on the white HTC screen most likely you need to flash the kernel for that ROM. If you are on a GB ROM you need a GB kernel, ICS needs ICS kernel. So if you switch from one to the other without flashing the kernel you will get that issue.
The kernels are usually the PHzip files. They can also be flashed in fastboot by pulling the boot.img out and using the following command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
mjh68 said:
Yes, the ph98 file is the kernel. Most roms include it in the Rom now and use Cons auto installer, but if not yes the file needs to be on the external sd card. Just remember to delete it after you boot up or else you wont be able to reboot to recovery.
So basically have Rom and ph98 on external sd, reboot recovery wipe and install Rom. Then boot to bootloader and it will automatically detect the file and ask you if you want to update. Select yes, then reboot. Once booted up remove ph98 file from sd card.
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I have tried both Ineffabilis and BAMF, which I thought they both had the kernel in them. But I still got stuck at the HTC screen. I'm trying to figure out what I am missing. I know how to install thru the manager. I tried it from both the ext storage and then the internal storage. Wiped cache and all that jazz.
I shouldn't have to remove the rom from the card to reboot should I? I never did before. I just checked and yeah they both have the kernel.
I'm perplexed.
Thanks for answering tho. This is buggin the crap out of me.
You know I have had troubles getting my computer to show my ext card...I wonder if that has something to do with it?
I don't have to mount anything in the Amon's recovery do I?
feralicious said:
Also, if you are getting stuck on the white HTC screen most likely you need to flash the kernel for that ROM. If you are on a GB ROM you need a GB kernel, ICS needs ICS kernel. So if you switch from one to the other without flashing the kernel you will get that issue.
The kernels are usually the PHzip files. They can also be flashed in fastboot by pulling the boot.img out and using the following command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Sorry I didn't see your response, It must have been in between my edits. Thanks for the response too
These two roms tho, they have kernels in them, according to the write-up on them.
I did previously flash a kernel. It would have been a GB one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1456080
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519052
So I should be able to just flash those and it should reboot as normal right?
*edit* I just re-read your post and I wanted to make sure I understood..maybe this is what I need to understand. SO if I am on a GB rom, do I need to flash the ICS kernel ONLY before I put on a ICS rom? We didn't have to do that before either with Honeycmb/GB, at least I don't remember....I think I'm gettin too old for this stuff. lol
willowave said:
Sorry I didn't see your response, It must have been in between my edits. Thanks for the response too
These two roms tho, they have kernels in them, according to the write-up on them.
I did previously flash a kernel. It would have been a GB one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1456080
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519052
So I should be able to just flash those and it should reboot as normal right?
*edit* I just re-read your post and I wanted to make sure I understood..maybe this is what I need to understand. SO if I am on a GB rom, do I need to flash the ICS kernel ONLY before I put on a ICS rom? We didn't have to do that before either with Honeycmb/GB, at least I don't remember....I think I'm gettin too old for this stuff. lol
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Yes, you only need to flash a ICS kernel when flashing an ICS rom. I think I read that the kernel autoinstaller isn't working properly on ieffibilis. I know I had trouble and had to manually flash the stock OTA kernel to get it booting . I then installed incredikernel beta 6 afterwards.
Nvm about comment on ineffibilis, I just clicked your links and both are ICS roms that you tried. I bet for whatever reason the kernel didn't flash properly so you still have the GB kernel so it won't boot. Actually, both your links show that the kernel needs to be downloaded separately hence the separate link for the PH98IMG file. Download that separate kernel for whatever rom you want to flash and start over.
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Yes, you only need to flash a ICS kernel when flashing an ICS rom. I think I read that the kernel autoinstaller isn't working properly on ieffibilis. I know I had trouble and had to manually flash the stock OTA kernel to get it booting . I then installed incredikernel beta 6 afterwards.
Nvm about comment on ineffibilis, I just clicked your links and both are ICS roms that you tried. I bet for whatever reason the kernel didn't flash properly so you still have the GB kernel so it won't boot. Actually, both your links show that the kernel needs to be downloaded separately hence the separate link for the PH98IMG file. Download that separate kernel for whatever rom you want to flash and start over.
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I did have one of the kernels but I didn't do it first. I'll try that and see if I can get something running. Thanks for your help guys. It's kind of starting to come back to me now. lol I never did really mess with using diff kernels much, just roms. And using Amon is kind of throwing me off.
So flash the kernel. Then the rom. And delete the kernel off the card after installing it. Got any suggestions on a good kernel? Looking for stable.
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I did have one of the kernels but I didn't do it first. I'll try that and see if I can get something running. Thanks for your help guys. It's kind of starting to come back to me now. lol I never did really mess with using diff kernels much, just roms. And using Amon is kind of throwing me off.
So flash the kernel. Then the rom. And delete the kernel off the card after installing it. Got any suggestions on a good kernel? Looking for stable.
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I put both files on external SD, reboot to recovery.. wipe everything , flash rom.. then back out to main menu in recovery and choose developer menu.. then select reboot to bootloader. Once,in bootloader select fastboot.. it will then check the sd and recognize the ph98zip file and ask if you want to update..select yes and it will install the kernel then just select power to reboot and you should now have rom and kernel installed and it will boot fully into rom. Then remember to remove that ph98 file off the SD card.
I usually just stick with stock, but I have had good luck on ICS with the overlocked stock unsecured kernel that is overclocked to 1.7 . GB , I have had really good luck with incredikernel and anthrax, but anthrax is a tad touchy.
Thanks so much for all your help. There is so much to read thru.
Flashing now!!
I dunno what the hell is wrong, but I just can not get this thing workin. I followed your explanation to the T. I'm sitting here with the white screen again. I watched it flash the kernel so I know it found it. I've never had this much trouble flashing/romming.
I'm trying a diff rom now. I don't know what else it could be.
Holy crap. Wtf. Still nothing. Tried both the above roms. with BAMF kernel. White screen every time. Damn.
Have any ideas anyone? lol
willowave said:
Thanks so much for all your help. There is so much to read thru.
Flashing now!!
I dunno what the hell is wrong, but I just can not get this thing workin. I followed your explanation to the T. I'm sitting here with the white screen again. I watched it flash the kernel so I know it found it. I've never had this much trouble flashing/romming.
I'm trying a diff rom now. I don't know what else it could be.
Holy crap. Wtf. Still nothing. Tried both the above roms. with BAMF kernel. White screen every time. Damn.
Have any ideas anyone? lol
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Here try this .. download Nil's newest ICS rom, put at the root of the external SD card, reboot into recovery and wipe data/factory reset, wipe dalvik, then flash rom. His rom will automatically install the kernel and reboot you into fastboot so you can update the kernel.
Nil's rom's are as stable and easy to install so if you have trouble with his something is wrong with your install process .
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Here try this .. download Nil's newest ICS rom, put at the root of the external SD card, reboot into recovery and wipe data/factory reset, wipe dalvik, then flash rom. His rom will automatically install the kernel and reboot you into fastboot so you can update the kernel.
Nil's rom's are as stable and easy to install so if you have trouble with his something is wrong with your install process .
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K, I'll try it right now. I'm gonna throw something if this doesn't work. You said at the root of the sdcard...would that make a diff cuz I put mine in a folder. But not the PMimg file of course.
You know, something else I noticed that you mentioned, it doesn't ask me if I want to install the kernel. It just does it.
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K, I'll try it right now. I'm gonna throw something if this doesn't work. You said at the root of the sdcard...would that make a diff cuz I put mine in a folder. But not the PMimg file of course.
You know, something else I noticed that you mentioned, it doesn't ask me if I want to install the kernel. It just does it.
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Yes, don't put it in a folder. Then , the kernel is not being flashed correctly. It would ask you to update in fastboot and you would have to push volume up to select yes.
1. Download Nil's rom and place at the root of the external SD card.
2. reboot to amon ra recovery
3. Wipe data/factory reset and wipe Dalvik
4. select flash zip menu
5. select the Nil's rom zip and it will ask you to push power to confirm. push power and confirm and the rom should begin installation.
6. Once the rom , is done installing you will be automatically booted into the bootloader then fastboot will be highlighted so push power to confirm. It will then begin scanning your SD card and find the ph98zip file Nil's rom installed.
You should see it parsing.. then it will ask you if you want to update volume up to confirm (yes ) so hit volume up.
It should then show unzipping..installing and done. Only option should show to press power to reboot phone.
7. It will reboot and then should load rom and kernel now correctly.
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Yes, don't put it in a folder. Then , the kernel is not being flashed correctly. It would ask you to update in fastboot and you would have to push volume up to select yes.
1. Download Nil's rom and place at the root of the external SD card.
2. reboot to amon ra recovery
3. Wipe data/factory reset and wipe Dalvik
4. select flash zip menu
5. select the Nil's rom zip and it will ask you to push power to confirm. push power and confirm and the rom should begin installation.
6. Once the rom , is done installing you will be automatically booted into the bootloader then fastboot will be highlighted so push power to confirm. It will then begin scanning your SD card and find the ph98zip file Nil's rom installed.
You should see it parsing.. then it will ask you if you want to update volume up to confirm (yes ) so hit volume up.
It should then show unzipping..installing and done. Only option should show to press power to reboot phone.
7. It will reboot and then should load rom and kernel now correctly.
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Yeah see all the other times I installed the kernel, it never asked me, it just automatically went thru the list searching, and would find it and stop when it found it, and install it. Or maybe it stopped and just skipped it?
Now when I installed this rom, I see that it installed the kernel correctly. And yes this rom is working and installed just fine. two things different. Not putting it into a folder, and the way fastboot behaved with the PMimg file.
So do you have any ideas what would make it do that? The PMimg file? There isn't really anything I've done different. I rename it, and put it in the root of the card.
And now I am assuming I can install a rom over this one without changing the kernel, right?
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Yeah see all the other times I installed the kernel, it never asked me, it just automatically went thru the list searching, and would find it and stop when it found it, and install it. Or maybe it stopped and just skipped it?
Now when I installed this rom, I see that it installed the kernel correctly. And yes this rom is working and installed just fine. two things different. Not putting it into a folder, and the way fastboot behaved with the PMimg file.
So do you have any ideas what would make it do that? The PMimg file? There isn't really anything I've done different. I rename it, and put it in the root of the card.
And now I am assuming I can install a rom over this one without changing the kernel, right?
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Well, technically you would install a different kernel for the particular rom, but since most of the ICS kernels are basically all the same you would probably be ok as long as its another ICS rom.
Definately have to reflash a GB kernel if you go back to a GB rom though. Not sure why the others didn't work as long as you renamed it correctly to PH98IMG.zip it should have worked the same way.
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Well, technically you would install a different kernel for the particular rom, but since most of the ICS kernels are basically all the same you would probably be ok as long as its another ICS rom.
Definately have to reflash a GB kernel if you go back to a GB rom though. Not sure why the others didn't work as long as you renamed it correctly to PH98IMG.zip it should have worked the same way.
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I know, thats kind of what I figured. Now I am going to flash kernels til I get one to work. lol
Well thanks for all the help. I'm going to see if I can get a kernel that works on here.
Thanks again!
If you were putting the ROMs into a folder, it wasn't flashing the ROM. It was however flashing the kernel and that left you on a stock GB ROM with an ICS kernel. That's probably why you were getting the white screen.
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If you were putting the ROMs into a folder, it wasn't flashing the ROM. It was however flashing the kernel and that left you on a stock GB ROM with an ICS kernel. That's probably why you were getting the white screen.
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I think I've done this before and ran into this problem. Not exactly the same thing but where I put them in a folder and it didn't work. I almost need to take notes cuz I go 2 years in between phones. lol
Now I can't get into Amon. Jeez. I'm gettin too old for this stuff.
Nevermind. My fingers are gettin tired from doin this. lol
You'll want to make sure you go into settings, power, and uncheck fastboot. If it's enabled you'll have to pull the battery to use power and volume to boot into recovery. Or you can use an app that will allow you to boot into recovery from the power menu when you long press power. Some ROMs have this built into the power menu. The fastboot setting keeps the device from powering down all the way.
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You'll want to make sure you go into settings, power, and uncheck fastboot. If it's enabled you'll have to pull the battery to use power and volume to boot into recovery. Or you can use an app that will allow you to boot into recovery from the power menu when you long press power. Some ROMs have this built into the power menu. The fastboot setting keeps the device from powering down all the way.
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Yeah, I've always had it built into the power button menu, but especially with the way the Rezounds buttons are I would think they'd make that a priority. Thanks for the tip on the settings. I didn't know you could do that.
No problem! Glad you got it going!
Last night I was able to unlock my bootloader on my rezound. And I installed Amon Ra recovery. I did a nand backup before I made any other choices from there. But I don't know if I was perm rooted. But I installed su and busybox. well I went ahead and installed Rom Manager just to start out with instead of using amon recovery.
Through rom manager I had to flash clockwork mod. did that. so I thought i was ready to go with flashing a ROM. well I downloaded a ROM through my phone. but it wasn't on my sd card. so i pulled the notifications down on my phone and just clicked the downloaded ROM and it said what would you like to do with it? I clicked the rom manager option. cleared dalvik and cache n all. Everything said installed successfully. well it just stayed on the htc screen FOREVER. so i pulled battery and tried to recover my backup. well now that i have clockwork as recovery. my backup isn't on my phone. I can't even use clockwork now. I can't get my phone to boot at all. I don't think my phone is bricked cuz I can get into the bootloader menu. But i can't get my phone to boot back up at all whatsoever
So I was either not rooted like I thought I was or something. I can't even factory reset through bootloader. it just takes me back to clockwork mod and everytime i click an option through cwm it goes blank. every single option. I need my amon recovery back somehow so i can restore my backup....please somebody help me out. I hope its not bricked. Thanks
You need to flash the boot.img from fast boot if you're not s-off
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and how am i able to do so??? I guess I'm still a noob with some things. just need a good step by step way of how lol
Edit: Ok I opened up a command prompt and typed in fastboot boot.img. then a whole bunch of stuff popped up. what do i do from there?
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and how am i able to do so??? I guess I'm still a noob with some things. just need a good step by step way of how lol
Edit: Ok I opened up a command prompt and typed in fastboot boot.img. then a whole bunch of stuff popped up. what do i do from there?
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extract boot.img from your downloaded ROM. place it in folder on your PC where you have fastboot.
put the phone in fastboot mode and connect to PC , it shows fastboot usb.
issue below in command prompt
fastboot flash boot boot.img
kancherlapraneeth said:
extract boot.img from your downloaded ROM. place it in folder on your PC where you have fastboot.
put the phone in fastboot mode and connect to PC , it shows fastboot usb.
issue below in command prompt
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Ok i did this. and this is what popped up.
c:\Android>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (3950 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.905s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 1.174s]
finished. total time: 2.082s
Now what???
Edit: Nevermind I got it to work now thank you SO MUCH you guys. much appreciated
@@#$$%#$% Freaking hell I am getting so frustrated with my phone!!! I am going through a continuous bootloop. I can't do anything in time on my phone before it bootloops again over and over. I installed one of newts one xxx ROMS and the continuous bootloop will not stop. I tried installing a different RUU and tried flashing using command prompt and nothing happened....I am so frustrated and have been trying to figure out this rooting stuff over 4 days now straight....I could really use some help!!!
npainter7 said:
@@#$$%#$% Freaking hell I am getting so frustrated with my phone!!! I am going through a continuous bootloop. I can't do anything in time on my phone before it bootloops again over and over. I installed one of newts one xxx ROMS and the continuous bootloop will not stop. I tried installing a different RUU and tried flashing using command prompt and nothing happened....I am so frustrated and have been trying to figure out this rooting stuff over 4 days now straight....I could really use some help!!!
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Your firmware is probably still GB, Newt's is for ICS. There is a patch allows you to use his ROM on a GB firmware base. So, over on MikMIk possibly, is this patch you need. Flash it in recovery, just like you would a ROM.
Here found a helpful link, look at PRDOG's post. He rocks... Depending on which release of Newt's ROM you are on, he also has a RLS 3.2.1 which is also a patch. Sorry it is a little confusing. But stick with it. Lots of people to help you. You don't need to flash the 3.2.1 patch, just the GB one.
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?13767-rls-3-2-1/page2
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Your firmware is probably still GB, Newt's is for ICS. There is a patch allows you to use his ROM on a GB firmware base. So, over on MikMIk possibly, is this patch you need. Flash it in recovery, just like you would a ROM.
Here found a helpful link, look at PRDOG's post. He rocks... Depending on which release of Newt's ROM you are on, he also has a RLS 3.2.1 which is also a patch. Sorry it is a little confusing. But stick with it. Lots of people to help you. You don't need to flash the 3.2.1 patch, just the GB one.
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?13767-rls-3-2-1/page2
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Hey thank you so much!! It's nice to have people help out....so when I flash the GB one, I don't have to relock my bootloader do I? I hope not lol
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So in order to flash a PH98IMG.zip what do I have to do? do i have to go into the command prompt and go from there?
I'm a complete noob, and I probably should have done more research before doing this - Sorry for annoying post if this has occurred already, I couldn't find a post with a solution.
What I did:
Installed adb tools, unlocked bootloader, then rooted it. Then I tried installing cm10.1 following this guy's method(I don't have s-off) :
wwjoshdew - How To Install CyanogenMod 10.1 Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean on the HTC Evo 4g LTE (Sorry, since I'm a noob, i can't post external links)
Everything seemed as if it was going according to plan but when I got to lock screen on first boot, I couldn't touch anything on the screen. Only volume control and power buttons on the outside functioned.
Also, I'm on twrp v2.4.1.0 and I flashed the rom using a app called flash gui on the phone. I made a backup as well, but after restore to backup, the phone just keeps restarting incessantly.
Can anyone help me, explaining in depth what I can do? I'm a complete noob, and I'm sorry if this post is annoying! I've seen that noob video.
Flash gui is only for flashing the kernel, the rom still needs to be flashed separately. If you're running the latest firmware update then you can't use roms that require older binaries (basically all aosp). Either wait for the source to drop, flash an updated sense rom, or go to the mean bean thread and look for the instructions for downgrading the touch panel update.
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Flash gui is only for flashing the kernel, the rom still needs to be flashed separately. If you're running the latest firmware update then you can't use roms that require older binaries (basically all aosp). Either wait for the source to drop, flash an updated sense rom, or go to the mean bean thread and look for the instructions for downgrading the touch panel update.
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Do you know how I can just revert back to regular android. I mean I can not do anything except boot into bootloader and recovery, I can't reset or restore. cheers and thanks
No first hand experience and I haven't looked into the issue too much. Better to check the mean bean thread in android development forum
Download and flash a 3.16 based sense rom and you should be fine. I ran into the same problem since i downloaded the lastest twrp. Also don't forget to wipe before installing.
mito8485 said:
Download and flash a 3.16 based sense rom and you should be fine. I ran into the same problem since i downloaded the lastest twrp.
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How do I flash, like through fastboot devices then fastboot flash boot... in cmd on my pc?
Also, how do i know if the rom is 3.16 based?
Cheers and thanks mate.
SvetKrasivaya said:
How do I flash, like through fastboot devices then fastboot flash boot... in cmd on my pc?
Also, how do i know if the rom is 3.16 based?
Cheers and thanks mate.
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You can download the lastest meanbean v3.06 rom, or any rom that is 3.16 software based. Usually it says it right by the name of the rom on the header. Place the rom zip on your sd card. I usually put all my files in the downloads folder. Then boot into recovery and do a factory reset, then wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and wipe system. Then go to install and flash the meanbean rom you have in your downloads folder. Then reboot. You should be good to go. Since your S-on try staying with roms that contain the s-on installer. Most 3.16 based roms have the S-ON installer but in the event that one does not you will have to flashboot the boot.img of the rom prior to flashing the rom through recovery. Note: You can only run roms that are based on the latest 3.16 software.
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You can download the lastest meanbean v3.06 rom, or any rom that is 3.16 software based. Usually it says it right by the name of the rom on the header. Place the rom zip on your sd card. I usually put all my files in the downloads folder. Then boot into recovery and do a factory reset, then wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and wipe system. Then go to install and flash the meanbean rom you have in your downloads folder. Then reboot. You should be good to go. Since your S-on try staying with roms that contain the s-on installer. Most 3.16 based roms have the S-ON installer but in the event that one does not you will have to flashboot the boot.img of the rom prior to flashing the rom through recovery. Note: You can only run roms that are based on the latest 3.16 software.
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How can I put the rom on the sdcard if I can't excess anything on the phone except for the bootloader...? I can't even access the recovery, because it has become relocked. pretty much all i can access is the bootloader and fastboot, nothing eles, I can't even restore to normal htc sense firmware.
Cheers and thanks
SvetKrasivaya said:
How can I put the rom on the sdcard if I can't excess anything on the phone except for the bootloader...? I can't even access the recovery, because it has become relocked. pretty much all i can access is the bootloader and fastboot, nothing eles, I can't even restore to normal htc sense firmware.
Cheers and thanks
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Take the card out and put it in your computer, dl it to the card and then put back on your phone.
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Take the card out and put it in your computer, dl it to the card and then put back on your phone.
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Thanks mate, I'll give that a try. I didn't think about taking the sd out jaja Do what exactly should i do once i put the rom on the sd?
Check out this thread. I believe you can flash the rom through fastboot. I have not done this though. So proceed with caution. Remember it has to be 3.16 based.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Flashing_Guide_-_Android
ROM Flashing
Obtain a ROM of your choice, and note the location on your computer.
reboot your device into fastboot mode via one of the following options.
adb reboot bootloader (requires USB debugging to be turned on).
power off the device then back on with 'vol up' + power button.
Wipe your device.
fastboot -w
Update your ROM.
fastboot update </path/to/your/RomFile.zip>
Your phone will update and automatically reboot into the new ROM.
SvetKrasivaya said:
Thanks mate, I'll give that a try. I didn't think about taking the sd out jaja Do what exactly should i do once i put the rom on the sd?
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Follow the steps that Milo put above and hopefully it works. Whenever I screwed mine up and wouldn't recover, I would run the 3.15ruu to put it back to stock.. However if you are on 3.16 I don't believe there is an ruu for it yet, I know captain throwback had something in works though, search for him and check his threads as a last ditch effort.. Best of luck.
Mito that is...
tonyevo52 said:
Take the card out and put it in your computer, dl it to the card and then put back on your phone.
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Nevermind, got it all fixed, thanks so mate! You are my hero!:laugh:
SvetKrasivaya said:
Nevermind, got it all fixed, thanks so mate! You are my hero!:laugh:
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Awesome... Now did you get it back to stock or did the cm10.1 work for you finally, curious what you did. Still learning stuff myself.
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Awesome... Now did you get it back to stock or did the cm10.1 work for you finally, curious what you did. Still learning stuff myself.
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I'm actually on meanbean latest version.
I couldn't do anything else except this
What I did:
- Put the micro sd card in pc
- copied meanbean rom to sd
- put sd card back in phone
- put phone into fastboot
-on pc, I extracted the boot.img from meanbean rom and placed it into android-sdk folder,
- simultaneously pressed shift and right clicked in folder to open command prompt
- in command prompt, type fast boot devices
- then fastboot flash boot boot.img
- on phone, put phone into recovery(twrp) then I installed the rom.
then the phone booted as normal. I'm working to see if I can install the cm10.1 on meanbean, I'm gonna test it to see what happens. I hoped I was able to help.
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I'm actually on meanbean latest version.
That's cool, so you flashed the boot.img first after you extracted it and then you went right into Twr precovery and just flashed the rom zip file. And I agree, I don't know if the cm10.1 is for 3.16 or not, and if you flash a kernel and is not right, you're toast, that's why I'm hesitant to flash the cm10.1 zip....
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SvetKrasivaya said:
I'm actually on meanbean latest version.
That's cool, so you flashed the boot.img first after you extracted it and then you went right into Twr precovery and just flashed the rom zip file. And I agree, I don't know if the cm10.1 is for 3.16 or not, and if you flash a kernel and is not right, you're toast, that's why I'm hesitant to flash the cm10.1 zip....
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Yes, thats exactly what I did. Once I flashed the boot.img, I booted into recovery and installed the meanrom.
Yeah I feel you mate. I'm going to give it try again, see what happens and i'll let you know how it goes.
Hey, I tried it, and its still doing the same thing...touch screen is not working.
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CM will not work with the latest touch panel update. See Captain Throwback's thread in Android Development to downgrade your touch panel software to run non-3.16 roms.
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CM will not work with the latest touch panel update. See Captain Throwback's thread in Android Development to downgrade your touch panel software to run non-3.16 roms.
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Thanks for the answer, but where specifically is that thread mate?
Cheers and thanks.:good:
It's in the Android Development section. Here is a link and the title header
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704612
[FIRMWARE][S-OFF] Jewel Firmware Collection - Latest: 3.16.651.3 OTA
Read the first post carefully. You already did all the hard stuff. Just downgrade the touch panel firmware to the previous version.
Hey Everyone! So here's the quick nitty gritty...
Flashed Clean Rom Standard and Left S-On
Worked great for about 8 months
Started crashing like crazy and the only fix was to go back to stock
Went to stock and then unlocked, S is still On
Flashed ClockworkMod 6.0.2.3
Can't get any aftermarket S-On Roms to work
It can never see a PH98IMG.zip file via fastboot/bootloader
So I'm stuck and I don't know what to do
Anyway, that's where I'm at. Right now the phone is working just fine but stock roms suck and it's FULL of bloatware that I can't get rid of. So...any ideas on what I can do? I'd love to use Clean Rom once again but I can't get the PH98 file to flash
More Phone Info...
Ver - 4.0.3
Sense - 3.6
Software - 4.03.605.2 710RD
Kernel - 3.0.16-g480e1b0
Thanks in advance!
AT
AlmostTactful said:
Hey Everyone! So here's the quick nitty gritty...
Flashed Clean Rom Standard and Left S-On
Worked great for about 8 months
Started crashing like crazy and the only fix was to go back to stock
Went to stock and then unlocked, S is still On
Flashed ClockworkMod 6.0.2.3
Can't get any aftermarket S-On Roms to work
It can never see a PH98IMG.zip file via fastboot/bootloader
So I'm stuck and I don't know what to do
Anyway, that's where I'm at. Right now the phone is working just fine but stock roms suck and it's FULL of bloatware that I can't get rid of. So...any ideas on what I can do? I'd love to use Clean Rom once again but I can't get the PH98 file to flash
More Phone Info...
Ver - 4.0.3
Sense - 3.6
Software - 4.03.605.2 710RD
Kernel - 3.0.16-g480e1b0
Thanks in advance!
AT
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The newer roms are mostly made for S-OFF and do not create a ph98img file to flash with the boot.img you have to manually do it.
You should be able to flash by extracting the boot.img from the rom you want to flash, place it in your fast boot folder on your PC,
Open command prompt in that folder, and type fastboot flash boot boot.img
Hope this helps
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Hi Neighbor
kc6wke said:
The newer roms are mostly made for S-OFF and do not create a ph98img file to flash with the boot.img you have to manually do it.
You should be able to flash by extracting the boot.img from the rom you want to flash, place it in your fast boot folder on your PC,
Open command prompt in that folder, and type fastboot flash boot boot.img
Hope this helps
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Hi Neighbor
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Haha Howdy!
Well, so I just tried using Nils ROM and it's supposed to be an all in one installer. I can see the installer saying everything is working but when it goes back to the boot loader screen it still isn't seeing the PH98 file...I'm not super familar with using fast boot on my PC as I'm still using older roms that always worked for me before when it came to flashing doing this method.
Sorry to be a pain in the a lol
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Haha Howdy!
Well, so I just tried using Nils ROM and it's supposed to be an all in one installer. I can see the installer saying everything is working but when it goes back to the boot loader screen it still isn't seeing the PH98 file...I'm not super familar with using fast boot on my PC as I'm still using older roms that always worked for me before when it came to flashing doing this method.
Sorry to be a pain in the a lol
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I'll chime in, but would say that getting acquainted with how ADB works from the PC would be of great help to you. I don't like it either, which is why I s-offed. It does occur to me though that, at the very least, you are rooted, so Titanium Backup will help you freeze and/or uninstall bloat. I just had to RUU because I borked my internal storage and I am running stock, without all of Big Reds crap, and I'm actually enjoying it for a few days...
Good Luck from the mid west!
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Haha Howdy!
Well, so I just tried using Nils ROM and it's supposed to be an all in one installer. I can see the installer saying everything is working but when it goes back to the boot loader screen it still isn't seeing the PH98 file...I'm not super familar with using fast boot on my PC as I'm still using older roms that always worked for me before when it came to flashing doing this method.
Sorry to be a pain in the a lol
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I don't see a way around your problem if you're unwilling to learn how to do things with fastboot or adb or (possibly) both. They're easy to figure out for basic operations, so just do it! (Hey, you're flashing custom ROMs, ya gotta give a little too! )
Good luck,
john
AlmostTactful said:
Haha Howdy!
Well, so I just tried using Nils ROM and it's supposed to be an all in one installer. I can see the installer saying everything is working but when it goes back to the boot loader screen it still isn't seeing the PH98 file...I'm not super familar with using fast boot on my PC as I'm still using older roms that always worked for me before when it came to flashing doing this method.
Sorry to be a pain in the a lol
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There is one way to acquire temp "s-off" meaning you can flash ROMs in recovery and the boot image flash with it. It does do heavy work on your boot partition though. TWRP HTCdumlock there is instructions in flyhalf's TWRP thread to do this method
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Don't use CWM plain and simple. Switch over to TWRP. Only con, rebooting to bootloader manually. Also make sure you do a system/data/cache wipe prior to switching roms.
There is always the all in one tool that you can flash the kernel from but you still need to extract the boot img from the rom