I messed up my prime (stuck booting into CWM, could be worse) and I'm in the middle of fixing it, which will end up erasing my whole device, including internal SD. So I'm going to attempt to ADB pull the Nandroids I have on the device before I erase it, but since I cannot use the device, I'm not sure the whole path. Could someone please give me the path from root to the internal SD? Thanks in advance.
Why dont you give this a try....
Hey why dont you try this before you delete EVERYTHING on your Prime?... i discovered how to do it and it looks like it has worked for a few people too... just a thought... Here is how to do it:
"Blob files":
Search for: [ROM][WW][US][9.4.2.21] Primeval: The STOCK stock rom
So here is what worked for me thanks God! lol (Keep in mind that for some reason this process did not work for me on the new "CWM Touch Recovery 5.8.1.8" I actually had to downgrade my CWM to the 5.5.0.4 Version, you can download it from here:
androidroot . mobi / 2012 / 02/22/introducing-cwm-for-asus-transformer-prime/ --> WITH NO SPACE in between!
Here is how to Install the CWM file on your prime:
1. Get fastboot from that website, and extract it.
2. Download the blob file (tfp_CWM5_androidroot.blob), and put it in the same folder as where you extracted fastboot.
3. Power off your prime.
4. Boot with Volume-down pressed. Wait when you see text appearing. The prime will then allow you to start “fastboot” -> USB ICON.
5. Open up a command-line prompt, and navigate to where you extracted fastboot with “cd”.
6. Enter the following commandline to flash recovery: fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery tfp_CWM5_androidroot.blob
7. Reboot
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Anyhow, so after you have that version installed:
1. Download "ROOTED 9.4.2.21 CWM compatible signed US version"
d - h . s t / r 4 4 -> WITH NO SPACE! (This is from the Primeval: The STOCK stock rom) Thread.
2. EXTRACT IT to the same directory where your ADB is! We only need the BLOBFILE from that zip folder!
3. Once you have the files extracted just run the following on your Command line:
adb push blobfile /sdcard/ ---> Its going to look like its not doing
nothing but dont worry its doing it in the background after 401 or some
seconds the command line will returned to you with a message like this:
1275kb, dadadada...
4. VERY IMPORTANT!: enter:
adb shell
dd if=/sdcard/blobfile of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
(Same as the previews step it will take forever but it will work dude!)
5. DONE! at least this is what worked for me man!
Im so happy now my Asus is freaking Brand NEw again! i was JUST about to through this garbage away but im so happy the BLOB concept idea came to mind! heheheh i guess i learned something new now..
Lol I highly appreciate the support, but my prime won't even boot into fastboot. If I hold down the "vol down" and power it come up with the white text, and then just boots into CWM whatever I do, it has to start from CWM..
Finally got the adb pull going (got some time to kill as I yank 20 gigs through a slow usb).
Now, I know there are already multiple threads discussing this problem, though part 1 of "How to Unbrick" hasn't worked for me. But I'm stuck booting into CWM, so if anyone wants to help take a crack at it, I would oh so appreciate it.
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YOU MUST HAVE ADB FOR THE MYTOUCH SLIDE SET UP BEFORE DOING THIS!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT THAT IS DONT DO THIS!!!!! IF YOUR PHONE BRAKES NOT OUR PROBLEMS!!!!!
Download this package http://outboundlink.us/anxo/dr_ta_1...www.4shared.com/file/rbKZa2UB/Slide_Root.html
1. Unzip that file to the tools folder in your android sdk
2. In cmd cd into the tools folder of your android sdk
• CD\
• Cd androidsdk\tools
3. Boot into recovery (volume down and power, then select recovery)
4. Get the options on the screen in recovery (volume up and power)
5. run the update.zip it will fail
6. now in cmd type adb reboot recovery (don’t press enter)
7. in the recovery hit reboot system now( once it starts rebooting run that command rapidly untill back into recovery)
8. type adb devices(if it says nothing repeat the steps, if it says offline unplug it and then plug it back in, if it says recovery your fine)
9. once you get it to say your device and recovery do these commands
• adb push ota.zip /sdcard/update.zip (press enter)
• adb push slideroot.zip /sdcard (press enter)
10. type this comandin cmd adb push update.zip /sdcard (don’t press enter)
11. on the recovery menu hit apply update.zip and when you do that wait half a second and hit enter in cmd (if that dosent work try the loop way bye typing loop in to cmd wile booting into recovery and the crtl+c to end it when you see offline)(my way works better and mor of the times)
12. now you should be in the new recovery image if not start over
13. co to the partitions menu and hit mount /system
14. then go back and go to install any zip, chose zip from sdcard, and then select slideroot.zip
15. reboot
Thanks to eugene for the initial how-to
Thanks to chiefzreloaded
Thanks kingofyo1 for helping people with me
For the love of GOD I hope this works... I've been wondering why another way hasn't been found yet... trying this in a few minutes.
Are the files in step 1 the same from the original root thread? Should clarify that so people dont download it twice and confuse themselves. And just to be clear, we only need to push the two zips to the sd card...? F*ck it, gonna try it.
Uh, this method isn't going to work on a stock phone. The signature on the update.zip that contains the clockwork recovery will fail. The only reason choosing the update is working for you(jp) is because you've already flashed to the Engineering ROM.
The whole reason eugene's method works is because the phone reads the correct signature the ota.zip and then we push the update.zip with clockwork recovery RIGHT before it starts the update. Following your guide completely skips that part. So, again, won't work on stock.
Sorry, fermonkey. Hope you can get it.
Couldn't even waste time to try it on a stock phone...
Thanks for all the help and documentation on this guys!!
this doesnt work...
the update.zip fails
I was hoping somebody resigned it
yeah well the instructions if you go by them will overwrite the update.zip anyways. but eitherway itdoesnt work.. maybe more clarification is needed?
bhang said:
i was hoping somebody resigned it
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its not signd wrong its that is has to be pushed through adb
sino8r said:
yeah well the instructions if you go by them will overwrite the update.zip anyways. but eitherway itdoesnt work.. maybe more clarification is needed?
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updated try now
shinkinrui said:
Uh, this method isn't going to work on a stock phone. The signature on the update.zip that contains the clockwork recovery will fail. The only reason choosing the update is working for you(jp) is because you've already flashed to the Engineering ROM.
The whole reason eugene's method works is because the phone reads the correct signature the ota.zip and then we push the update.zip with clockwork recovery RIGHT before it starts the update. Following your guide completely skips that part. So, again, won't work on stock.
Sorry, fermonkey. Hope you can get it.
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ya i got that i updated it with better instructions, and it was because the files needed to be pushed through adb the cant just be put on an sd card and flashed
still says no device found
I tried hit up arrow for repeat quick commands in cmd prompt but still nothing. If this works for someone, this will be way easier to root. it seems the device responses to adb because it will reboot into recovery with a cmd during the reboot but it cant find the device offline.
hmmm...! some progress was made! I got it to say offline but when I replugged it in... it says nothing. what next?
I guess I'll rinse and repeat...
fermunky said:
For the love of GOD I hope this works... I've been wondering why another way hasn't been found yet... trying this in a few minutes.
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any luck with the new method? I got it to say device offline but replugging it produces nothing...
just curious... how do we know this will work? as anyone rooted with this method yet?
First of all, doesn't work on a stock Slide. Second, how is this process any easier? It's almost the same process as the other (working) method except you gave crappier directions.
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So this method still relies on your phone being recognized by adb in recovery, right? If so, then no, I am sure I will have no luck what so ever.
Once froyo comes out, will there ever be another way developed to root, or will it always require adb recognition in recovery? Because I fear I'll never get rooted if thats the case.
Dude, seriously, this won't work on stock. There's no clarification needed. Yes, the update.zip is overwritten, but it's overwritten AFTER it reads the signature from the ota.zip. No offense but stop making people waste time on this.
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Oh! It's staying in offline mode with this process... now just gotta unplug/replug to see if I get a recovery status in adb!... god I hope this works.!
How to flash a ROM + Kernel avoiding mainver errors
Detailed Step by step
*uses fastboot*
Hey I'm just writing this in case it helps someone.
I came from a non smartphone and had to figure out how this android thing goes with no experience, others coming from other android phones i guess it works differently for each phone... so yeah on with the how to.
1. Must be HTC Dev unlocked
2. Must be rooted (download Amon ra) go to Developer Menu and install super user
3. Download ROM and the kernel either PH98IMG.zip or its included in your ROM
4. If your kernel is included in your ROM or if it is separate go into the ROM/PH98IMG and navigate to boot.img
5. Copy boot.img to the root of your computer
5 1/2 If your kernel is packaged in the ROM delete it from the ROM zip... the boot.img is all you need.
6. Place ROM on sdcard of phone (sdcard2 or ext-sd)
7. Go to your Recovery then Wipe - factory reset and system
8. In your Recovery - Install zip from sd - go to where you put it and select it and let it do its thing.
9. Once that's done go to developer menu and reboot to bootloader have it reboot then go to fastboot
10. Plug your phone into your computer and on your phone it should say fastboot usb in red
11. on your computer enter cmd in the run box
12. Go to where your fastboot/adb stuff is mine is c:\AndroidRez yours is probably c:\program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
if your know where your fastboot stuff is navigate there and skip this if you dont this will probably work
type
cd\ then hit enter
cd program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools then hit enter
13. Type fastboot flash boot c:\boot.img
14. Wait a second then reboot your phone and your golden
I hope this helps anyone. If this should be somewhere else can a mod move it.
Anything that helps avoid mainver issues is good! Thanks for the write up.
Sent from my Rezound via Tapatalk
Agreed. Thanks for the post.
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I have a transformer prime rooted with cwr v5.8.1.8 and i tried to switch rom from virtuos prime on primalicious . I entered in cwr and deleted all and now i can even boot into my old rom .. i can't use usb mass storage and sd card when I try to boot it gets stuck on boot screen … what can I do now?..
Boot back into CWM and reinstall the ROM.
If that does not work, you will need to do Option 1a in the Recover from a Brick thread.
I can't install the rom again because I deleted everything (my mistake)...
dragos193 said:
I can't install the rom again because I deleted everything (my mistake)...
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You will probably have to use ADB to push the ROM.zip to your internal sdcard from your PC ... then you will be able to reinstall the rom. If you read thru the "Unbrick your Prime" thread, there are tips to getting this done.
I try to use wsg unbricker but I don't know what options to chose to install a fresh stock rom please help..
nobody knows? please help i'm desperate
i still can't open my prime please anyone know what to do ?
This fixed my ASUS tablet! - Blob Files!
Hello there, for the last few nights I was having the same issue as you. I bricked my tablet, fixed it, and then just got stocked on the recovery with no data on my SDCARD. A guy named "dklue" gave me an idea, i googled some more information about something very important that I was missing!: "Blob files".
The "Primalicious_9.4.2.21._Final.zip" file or the "AOKP.zip" file will not work just like that because they are not in the format to be "Pushed" using the push command (At least thats what i kinda realized lol) anyhow, so i went online and searched for a ROM on Blob format and luckily i found the following!:
[ROM][WW][US][9.4.2.21] Primeval: The STOCK stock rom
So here is what worked for me thanks God! lol (Keep in mind that for some reason this process did not work for me on the new "CWM Touch Recovery 5.8.1.8" I actually had to downgrade my CWM to the 5.5.0.4 Version, you can download it from here:
androidroot . mobi / 2012 / 02/22/introducing-cwm-for-asus-transformer-prime/ --> WITH NO SPACE in between!
Here is how to Install the CWM file on your prime:
1. Get fastboot from that website, and extract it.
2. Download the blob file (tfp_CWM5_androidroot.blob), and put it in the same folder as where you extracted fastboot.
3. Power off your prime.
4. Boot with Volume-down pressed. Wait when you see text appearing. The prime will then allow you to start “fastboot” -> USB ICON.
5. Open up a command-line prompt, and navigate to where you extracted fastboot with “cd”.
6. Enter the following commandline to flash recovery: fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery tfp_CWM5_androidroot.blob
7. Reboot
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Anyhow, so after you have that version installed:
1. Download "ROOTED 9.4.2.21 CWM compatible signed US version"
d - h . s t / r 4 4 -> WITH NO SPACE! (This is from the Primeval: The STOCK stock rom) Thread.
2. EXTRACT IT to the same directory where your ADB is! We only need the BLOBFILE from that zip folder!
3. Once you have the files extracted just run the following on your Command line:
adb push blobfile /sdcard/ ---> Its going to look like its not doing
nothing but dont worry its doing it in the background after 401 or some
seconds the command line will returned to you with a message like this:
1275kb, dadadada...
4. VERY IMPORTANT!: enter:
adb shell
dd if=/sdcard/blobfile of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
(Same as the previews step it will take forever but it will work dude!)
5. DONE! at least this is what worked for me man!
Im so happy now my Asus is freaking Brand NEw again! i was JUST about to through this garbage away but im so happy "dklue" gave me the BLOB concept idea! heheheh i guess i learned something new now..
Guys first off this is not my work and have been digging around for answer. I had recently bricked my TF201 and it was stuck at the Asus logo. I was on JB via OTA and my duma$$ tried loading 3d chainfire to get Dark Knight to work smoothly. I'm sure this will work for soft brick during a failed OTA. Finally found a fix! Now you will lose root with this just FYI.
Got the instruction here on how to restore tf300 back to stock. Please thank Auliyaa for his method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757077
Got the adb and fastboot from here and follow the instruction how to use them.
http://dottech.org/21534/how-to-ins...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/
Luckily JB updater has been updated today on asus website so grab it there. Extract it and get the blob. Copy the blob to wherever you have the fastboot files. In my case I put it under C:\android
http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Eee+Pad+Transformer+Prime+TF201&p=20&s=16
This is the instruction from the first link. Updated a few things on it to reflect the correct links for us. I'm going to post in that thread that this works on the tf201 as well.
Download the stock ROM zip file on Asus website (updated). Be sure to download the firmware matching your SKU.
Unzip the downloaded file, you will get another archive called , unzip this one too
You should end up with several file, with one of them called blob
For the next step, you will need to install the Android SDK to get the fastboot utility from here(updated)
Once you have installed fastboot, boot your tablet into fastboot mode (Plugin your tablet on your computer's USB, Hold down Power+VolDown, dont press VolUp when prompted, select the USB icon and press VolUp)
Open a command line terminal and navigate to the folder containing the blob file.
Then type the following command:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob
Once the transfer is done and you get that sweet "SUCCESS" printed on your screen, just type the following command to reboot your tablet:
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
Thats it! OH man I was bout to pack her up and send to Asus. I love XDA!
I guess it's only working with an unlock device, right?
Ok... This is my 4th android phone.. And I love this phone... And only had it for a week.... and just now got it bricked.... here's what happen... Today I tried to flash a sense 4.1 rom, but im so new at this, and I'm half way done, and I went in a rush because I was nervous, and I accidentally press "install and keep data" and that was my mistake. I factory reset it b4 so I tried to flash it... So I thought it wouldn't be a problem. So I waited till the phone finish flashing. And when I rebooted the phone.... Nothing happened, just stuck on the white screen.... vibrating and etc... And I tried to restore all my data in clockworkmod recovery like I never even tried flashed it.. and it kept saying "won't mount sd card" and I tried to clear my cache/dalvik-cache, and like it still wont fix the issue. I even tried to restore wat I backup b4 I tried to flash it... and It was gone!!! Even my windows 8 laptop won't even detect my resound nor my sd card(unless its on a different android). But How can I fix my Rezound?!? plzzzz How can I fix this soft bricked issue? pllzzzzzzz help!!!
Im assuming you already have adb installed
Download this file
http://www.mediafire.com/download/oa2sjlvrecx0wdn/recovery-ra-vigor-3.16-gnm.img.zip
Extract the recovery img
Put it in the adb folder
Load into fastboot
Open up the terminal
Put "cd" then hit space
Drag and drop the adb folder into the terminal window then hit enter
Now use this command to flash that recovery "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (without the quotation marks)
Now go into recovery Find "format data system cache ect."
Go to format all to ext3 once that is done hit return
Flash your prefered rom from the flash menu and all that
Once you are done return to the main menu and go to "developer menu"
Then reboot to bootloader
Now go into your rom that you downloaded on your pc and find the rom now open it and get the boot.img
Copy the boot.img file to your adb folder
Open up terminal again and this time use the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" in terminal its going to say sending then writing usually takes a couple of seconds
now just go to the reboot option and your rom should work
Now remember that since you are s on you need to get the boot.img file from EVERY rom you install and flash it thru the terminal in order to get your rom working
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Im assuming you already have adb installed
Download this file
http://www.mediafire.com/download/oa2sjlvrecx0wdn/recovery-ra-vigor-3.16-gnm.img.zip
Extract the recovery img
Put it in the adb folder
Load into fastboot
Open up the terminal
Put "cd" then hit space
Drag and drop the adb folder into the terminal window then hit enter
Now use this command to flash that recovery "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (without the quotation marks)
Now go into recovery Find "format data system cache ect."
Go to format all to ext3 once that is done hit return
Flash your prefered rom from the flash menu and all that
Once you are done return to the main menu and go to "developer menu"
Then reboot to bootloader
Now go into your rom that you downloaded on your pc and find the rom now open it and get the boot.img
Copy the boot.img file to your adb folder
Open up terminal again and this time use the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" in terminal its going to say sending then writing usually takes a couple of seconds
now just go to the reboot option and your rom should work
Now remember that since you are s on you need to get the boot.img file from EVERY rom you install and flash it thru the terminal in order to get your rom working
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If you are S-ON, you are likely not bricked, it's almost impossible to completely brick when you are S-ON.
Why do people keep telling occasional flashers that are S-ON to do this?!?!? It is the hard way, also don't use Amon Ra, is it outdated and known to cause issues with current ROMs, use TWRP or CWM recovery!!! Also, verify your ROM is specifically for the HTC Rezound, check the Developer threads here and make sure it is stable and widely used unless you really know what you are doing.
Although xkjonathanxk is on the right track, he is making more complicated than it needs to be...
- Download the first link in the first post of this thread and place it on the root of your SD card: [Tool] - 3/24 - CleanWIPE 1.0 - Wipe 5 or 10x before ROM install! - 1heffer Edition! (CleanWIPE formats all the necessary partitions for you, and prepares the phone for a new ROM)
- Download TWRP or CWM Rececovery (one of the first two links in post 1) and extract the recovery*.img and place it in the adb folder that contains fastboot.
- Download a tested and verified ROM of choice and place it on the root of your SD card
- Now, reboot into fastboot, remove battery and hold down Power and Vol Dn, once the menu comes up select Fastboot and press power, connect phone to PC
- In ADB enter the command "fastboot devices", if it shows a device continue, if not report back please
- Now enter the command "fastboot boot recovery.img" and TWRP (or CWM) should open on the device in a few seconds (replace recovery.img with whatever the name of the xxxx.img file is from TWRP or CWM archive)
- Install the CleanWIPE zip from above
- Install ROM zip image
- Reboot and enjoy the goodness
Remember to give the ROM some time to settle down on the first boot, and that the first boot can take a long time, like a painfully wrong "WTF did I do to ruin my device!" long time, but give it a solid 10 minutes before doing anything else.
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acejavelin said:
If you are S-ON, you are likely not bricked, it's almost impossible to completely brick when you are S-ON.
Why do people keep telling occasional flashers that are S-ON to do this?!?!? It is the hard way, also don't use Amon Ra, is it outdated and known to cause issues with current ROMs, use TWRP or CWM recovery!!! Also, verify your ROM is specifically for the HTC Rezound, check the Developer threads here and make sure it is stable and widely used unless you really know what you are doing.
Although xkjonathanxk is on the right track, he is making more complicated than it needs to be...
- Download the first link in the first post of this thread and place it on the root of your SD card: [Tool] - 3/24 - CleanWIPE 1.0 - Wipe 5 or 10x before ROM install! - 1heffer Edition! (CleanWIPE formats all the necessary partitions for you, and prepares the phone for a new ROM)
- Download TWRP or CWM Rececovery (one of the first two links in post 1) and extract the recovery*.img and place it in the adb folder that contains fastboot.
- Download a tested and verified ROM of choice and place it on the root of your SD card
- Now, reboot into fastboot, remove battery and hold down Power and Vol Dn, once the menu comes up select Fastboot and press power, connect phone to PC
- In ADB enter the command "fastboot devices", if it shows a device continue, if not report back please
- Now enter the command "fastboot boot recovery.img" and TWRP (or CWM) should open on the device in a few seconds (replace recovery.img with whatever the name of the xxxx.img file is from TWRP or CWM archive)
- Install the CleanWIPE zip from above
- Install ROM zip image
- Reboot and enjoy the goodness
Remember to give the ROM some time to settle down on the first boot, and that the first boot can take a long time, like a painfully wrong "WTF did I do to ruin my device!" long time, but give it a solid 10 minutes before doing anything else.
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I really appreciate your help and everything. So i thank you. But Like i said im running windows 8, it wont detect my rezound or my sd card, the only time the pc is able to detect the sd card is when im able to mount my sd card to CWM. But it really wont detect it.... help me again
Multidex24 said:
I really appreciate your help and everything. So i thank you. But Like i said im running windows 8, it wont detect my rezound or my sd card, the only time the pc is able to detect the sd card is when im able to mount my sd card to CWM. But it really wont detect it.... help me again
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Ubuntu Live CD... Windows not required.
Sent from my HTC Aria (Liberty) running CM 7.2 using xda app-developers app
Dont know how to work ubuntu.. help again
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Ubuntu Live CD... Windows not required.
Sent from my HTC Aria (Liberty) running CM 7.2 using xda app-developers app
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lol its the good thing i know how to make a dual os between win8 and ubuntu, but heres another problem, i dont even know how to work ubuntu...
i think my pc can detect the rezound. But idek how to work ubuntu, plzzzz help!!
Multidex24 said:
lol its the good thing i know how to make a dual os between win8 and ubuntu, but heres another problem, i dont even know how to work ubuntu...
i think my pc can detect the rezound. But idek how to work ubuntu, plzzzz help!!
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For the things you need to do, its not much different than Windows. Download and install adb, copy images to same places, and the commands are pretty much the same. If you can dualboot you obviously have some knowledge of such things.
If this is all do difficult, just grab a thumb drive, put mini-adb, recovery.img, and your ROM on it and go to a buddies computer with Win7 for 20 minutes and get it done that way.
I know this seems like a huge, potentially fatal problem, but it is minor...
Another thought I had... Download TWRP, go into CWM recovery and copy the TWRP file and ROM to the sd card, and FLASH TWRP recovery ZIP with CWM recovery, reboot into recovery and you will then be on TWRP and you can use TWRP's HTC Dumlock to flash the ROM and the boot.img without a PC at all... In theory, it should work.
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