Hello,
I just HTCdev unlocked and rooted my phone AGAIN because the first time i tried to flash a ROM (CM 10 Nightly) I bricked my phone. First i re-locked, Ran the RUU, and unrooted completely to stock. Now I Re-unlocked, Re-rooted, I'm S-ON, and I Put TWRP and SuperSU on as well as Flash Image GUI and GooManager. Now I really want to get MeanRom on my phone but the two methods i've tried had no success.
1st attempt:
I put the MeanRomv65 zip on my phone from my macbook, I factory reset, wiped cache, wiped dalvic cache, and then went to install. Found the zip file and swipe to flash.. everything seems fine until i get an error and fail message at the end. It also says there is no MD5 file when i do this.
2nd attempt:
I restored my phone to my backup. I already had the MeanRomv65 zip on my phone from my previous attempt to flash it. So then i go into flash image GUI and go through finding the zip and everything. Then i get an error right above the Flash Image button saying "zip file must contain only one of the following: recovery.img, zimage, or a type of boot.img!" So I go on my computer, unzip the file and looked inside and all I see the boot.img and some folders but no recover or zimage so i dont know what it is talking about.
I then tried to download the older MeanRomv34 zip to see if maybe I had to have the older version on first but I got the same error.
I really dont want to go through the processes of unrooting and relocking my phone again so i want to do this right. Any help from here would be greatly appreciated! (and i do not have a windows 7 32bit computer, only a mac and a Windows 7 64bit so i don't believe that going S-off is an option for me without going out and buying a new computer)
I dont know how much of this matters but here is some info on my phone:
HTC EVO 4G LTE on hBoot 1.19 Software v. 2.13.651.1 71ORD HTCdev unlocked, Rooted, and I have TWRP and SuperSU
Kernel Version:
3.0.8-01680-gb6402b4
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT
Other info:
Baseband v: 1.12.11.0809
Android Version: 4.04
HTC Sense: 4.1
HTC SDK API level: 4.24
I know this post is really long and I probably put waaayyy more information then I actually needed to but I just want to be safe. It seems like everything I try for putting any Roms on my phone goes wrong with an error or failed message and I really want to do this right now.
jklatt747 said:
Hello,
I just HTCdev unlocked and rooted my phone AGAIN because the first time i tried to flash a ROM (CM 10 Nightly) I bricked my phone. First i re-locked, Ran the RUU, and unrooted completely to stock. Now I Re-unlocked, Re-rooted, I'm S-ON, and I Put TWRP and SuperSU on as well as Flash Image GUI and GooManager. Now I really want to get the newest version of MeanRom on my phone but the two methods i've tried had no success.
1st attempt:
I put the MeanRomv65 zip on my phone from my macbook, I factory reset, wiped cache, wiped dalvic cache, and then went to install. Found the zip file and swipe to flash.. everything seems fine until i get an error and fail message at the end. It also says there is no MD5 file when i do this.
2nd attempt:
I restored my phone to my backup. I already had the MeanRomv65 zip on my phone from my previous attempt to flash it. So then i go into flash image GUI and go through finding the zip and everything. Then i get an error right above the Flash Image button saying "zip file must contain only one of the following: recovery.img, zimage, or a type of boot.img!" So I go on my computer, unzip the file and looked inside and all I see the boot.img and some folders but no recover or zimage so i dont know what it is talking about.
I then tried to download the older MeanRomv34 zip to see if maybe I had to have the older version on first but I got the same error.
I really dont want to go through the processes of unrooting and relocking my phone again so i want to do this right. Any help from here on out would be greatly appreciated! (and i do not have a windows 7 32bit computer, only a mac and a Windows 7 64bit so i don't believe that going S-off is an option for me without going out and buying a new computer)
I dont know how much of this matters but here is some info on my phone:
HTC EVO 4G LTE on hBoot 1.19 Software v. 2.13.651.1 71ORD HTCdev unlocked, Rooted, and I have TWRP and SuperSU
Kernel Version:
3.0.8-01680-gb6402b4
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT
Other info:
Baseband v: 1.12.11.0809
Android Version: 4.04
HTC Sense: 4.1
HTC SDK API level: 4.24
I know this post is really long and I probably put waaayyy more information then I actually needed to but I just want to be safe. It seems like everything I try for putting any Roms on my phone goes wrong with an error or failed message and I really want to do this right now.
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You've got to make sure TWRP is updated, you can do that with goo manager. There were lots of users that had an issue flashing Mean because they're TWRP was outdated. 2.3.0.1 should be the latest
Fyi and future use, download the rom directly to ur phone. I own a mac book and when I transfer files from it to my LTE I get double files, one of which is the the actual file and the other is some sort of no media file (4.00k in size). Good luck
banccalif said:
You've got to make sure TWRP is updated, you can do that with goo manager. There were lots of users that had an issue flashing Mean because they're TWRP was outdated. 2.3.0.1 should be the latest
Fyi and future use, download the rom directly to ur phone. I own a mac book and when I transfer files from it to my LTE I get double files, one of which is the the actual file and the other is some sort of no media file (4.00k in size). Good luck
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I have 2.3.1.0 TWRP and okay i'll do that. You just download it like you would on a computer? Also I still need to know.. New version of MeanRom first, or go straight for new version?
Question: If i go with the process below to get MeanRom on my phone, do i need to go with the old version (MeanRomv34) or the new one (MeanRomv65).
"Use root explorer and extract meanrom move the boot.IMG to an easy location, browse to that location and try flashing thru flash image GUI."
also since I did the HTCdev unlock and TWRP on followed by rooting with SuperSU. Do i need to get rid of the SuperSU root first or something before trying to flash MeanRom? Or does that not matter? If i do need to get rid of it.. How?
jklatt747 said:
Question: If i go with the process below to get MeanRom on my phone, do i need to go with the old version (MeanRomv34) or the new one (MeanRomv65).
"Use root explorer and extract meanrom move the boot.IMG to an easy location, browse to that location and try flashing thru flash image GUI."
also since I did the HTCdev unlock and TWRP on followed by rooting with SuperSU. Do i need to get rid of the SuperSU root first or something before trying to flash MeanRom? Or does that not matter? If i do need to get rid of it.. How?
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Just flash the latest version of MeanROM just like any other rom boot to recovery wipe cache/del cache/factory reset/system then find the MR file and flash away
I would recommend getting s-off. It makes things sooooo much easier
I used dirty racun on my windows 7 ultimate 64 bit system and it worked flawlessly.
Sent from my EVO using xda app-developers app
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Does anyone have a working version of the stock CDMA kernel ver.1.13.651.7?
I downloaded the one listed on this link, but after flashing it using TWRP recovery, and deleting the caches, the system rebooted in the same version I previously had.
After trying this twice, I can only assume that either the flash didn't work at all, or that the version is not actually 1.13.651.7, rather it's 1.11.651.3.
Any ideas?
Dudemeister said:
Does anyone have a working version of the stock CDMA kernel ver.1.13.651.7?
I downloaded the one listed on this link, but after flashing it using TWRP recovery, and deleting the caches, the system rebooted in the same version I previously had.
After trying this twice, I can only assume that either the flash didn't work at all, or that the version is not actually 1.13.651.7, rather it's 1.11.651.3.
Any ideas?
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all the stock files are kept at http://goo-inside.me/shooter/ruu .
if you need an individual kernel, extract from the PG86IMG.zip file. either create your own .zip (replace files in an existing one) to flash from recovery, or flash just the kernel boot.img via fastboot and manually load the modules after booting.
not sure why you're going down to a previous version, but the steps above should get you on the right track.
good luck!
I'm not trying to go back. I have a rooted 3D EVO with ver. 1.11.651.3. I would like to upgrade the kernel to version 1.13.651.7.
Also when I said I was looking for the "Stock" kernel, I meant the basic kernel, not a modded one. However I do want one that will not wipe out my root.
Forgive my ignorance, but does using the official Sprint kernel also result in a loss of root ? Or is that only if I do the OTA upgrade process ?
In the RUU folder you linked, there are 2 versions of each file. The RUU signed version and the plain one. The unsigned ones are about 25MB smaller. What is the difference between them?
Last but not least, can I do a kernel only update, or do I have to get the complete ROM ( so the kernel and ROM match).
Dudemeister said:
I'm not trying to go back. I have a rooted 3D EVO with ver. 1.11.651.3. I would like to upgrade the kernel to version 1.13.651.7.
Also when I said I was looking for the "Stock" kernel, I meant the basic kernel, not a modded one. However I do want one that will not wipe out my root.
Forgive my ignorance, but does using the official Sprint kernel also result in a loss of root ? Or is that only if I do the OTA upgrade process ?
In the RUU folder you linked, there are 2 versions of each file. The RUU signed version and the plain one. The unsigned ones are about 25MB smaller. What is the difference between them?
Last but not least, can I do a kernel only update, or do I have to get the complete ROM ( so the kernel and ROM match).
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1) In the link I provided, there is not a "signed" and plain version. The RUU is a .exe ran from a Windows based computer while the PG86IMG.zip file (also signed) can be flashed directly from the bootloader.
2) Using an official kernel will not result in a loss of root as root *should* be stored in the /system partition not in the kernel. If you're unsure how your device is rooted, feel free to use my Root Checker application and post your advanced Root Check results here.
3) You will lose root if you directly flash a full RUU or if you use any of the official OTA files. If you flash the latest hboot version 1.5, you will more than likely be forced to use the HTC unlock method to gain permanent root access. The HTC unlock method is not as thorough as the revolutionary method.
4) You can do a kernel only update. The modules stored in /system/lib/modules must match the kernel being loaded. There are some posts which have the stock kernel bundled into a .zip file. As long as these .zip files contain both the kernel boot.img and the kernel's modules, they can be loaded and should function well.
There will be two ways to load these kernels, assuming you've already rooted by running Revolutionary. 1) My app, Flash Image GUI. 2) Custom Recovery - Clockworkmod or TWRP.
Hope that helps!
Okay, I'm pretty sure that the guys at the other forum site gave up on me. Starting to think that I'm stuck with a paperweight that illuminates a white HTC Screen. I've searched every forum and have had no luck, but here goes:
- I'm on day four of intense troubleshooting. Apparently I'm the only person to ever root a HTC Rezound and then flash a new rom using Rom Manager (first mistake).
-I flashed a new ICS Rom using Rom Manager. I did do a backup using Rom Manager and wiped all of the caches before doing the flash. There was no problem with the install, but once I rebooted, the HTC Screen was my only accomplishment. In addition to that, the CWM Recovery Tool did NOTHING.
After reading and reading, I finally realized that only idiots like myself would still be using Rom Manager over Aman-Ra. Therefore, I installed Aman-Ra via fastboot and flashed a few other roms trying to get past the HTC screen... All of this was without any success.
I was told in a forum by someone much smarter than myself that "the easiest way back to a working phone would be to simply install a new rom like: [ROM 7/11 CONROMV5][4.0.3OTA Sense3.6+DeSense][DeBloated Root Aroma Tweaks][CDMA/GSM]." I was next told that "Conrom will deposit the PH98IMG.zip file on the sd card." This never happened.
SO, Here's where I'm ending up:
It does not boot me into Fastboot after ROM install. Instead, It gives me a "Next" button at the bottom with a log that states:
--
-Checking Model ID
-Success!
Model ID - HTC Rezound (Vigor)
-Ok to proceed
Welcome to CONROM V4!!
Installing...
Sense Selected
Sense Extracted
Face Unlock REMOVE Selected
Face Unlock NOT Extracted
Beginning Experimental Security Identification
read_file() loading "/tmp/initrd.img" failed: No such file or directory
When I click "Next" I get another screen that says:
"Congratulations... CON ROM 4.0 has been installed successfully. Press Finish, and reboot your phone. If S-ON was detected, please reboot to bootloader to flash the boot image. Thanks.
It then goes into the regular reboot process. I do a battery pull, press power+vol down and go back into HBOOT, it runs through it's IMG Check and there's nothing there. I then created a PH98IMG.zip file from the boot image inside the rom's zipped folder. Tried flashing that, and I'm still looking at the HTC Screen.
I've gotten myself into tight jams before, but been able to figure it out... I'm just at the end of my rope here. Someone with more intelligence than myself please tell me what to do to get past this and I promise to never assume that flashing a rom to a Rezound is as easy as it was with my Thunderbolt.
Thanks to whomever takes pitty on me, in advance. (seriously, Thank you)
Start over with a stock RUU zip, renamed to PH98IMG.ZIP. Put it on the SD Card. let er run?
You say you can get to HBOOT?
the only thing that generally fixes huge problems like these are to run the FULL RUU (AKA pull a complete stock rom and rename it PH98IMG.zip, enter HBOOT and let it run TWICE!!) and let it reinstall EVERYTHING (including the radios and such.) Then go into the stock recovery, do a full restore.
Then unlock your boot loader and install Amon-Ra, root and flash a rom correctly
{Full RUU here http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...id-4-0-build-3-11-605-22-for-the-htc-rezound/
^ I don't think it is the most recent version, but it should do as long as it is GREATER than the leak you are already on}
Don't try this solution until someone else gives a thumbs up... I don't want to be the one who causes more harm to your phone hahahaha
EDIT: Changed it to PH98IMG, my bad! Should have proof read my post one more time.. Thanks Paulhoop for catching that!
Well he was more complete in his intstructions, but we are recommending the same thing.
However, just want to correct the typo above. PH98IMG... Not PH89IMG
Also not sure about the stock recovery, full restore. But I would let the stock RUU setup run once before going to AmonRa
brandononeal00 said:
Okay, I'm pretty sure that the guys at the other forum site gave up on me. Starting to think that I'm stuck with a paperweight that illuminates a white HTC Screen. I've searched every forum and have had no luck, but here goes:
- I'm on day four of intense troubleshooting. Apparently I'm the only person to ever root a HTC Rezound and then flash a new rom using Rom Manager (first mistake).
-I flashed a new ICS Rom using Rom Manager. I did do a backup using Rom Manager and wiped all of the caches before doing the flash. There was no problem with the install, but once I rebooted, the HTC Screen was my only accomplishment. In addition to that, the CWM Recovery Tool did NOTHING.
After reading and reading, I finally realized that only idiots like myself would still be using Rom Manager over Aman-Ra. Therefore, I installed Aman-Ra via fastboot and flashed a few other roms trying to get past the HTC screen... All of this was without any success.
I was told in a forum by someone much smarter than myself that "the easiest way back to a working phone would be to simply install a new rom like: [ROM 7/11 CONROMV5][4.0.3OTA Sense3.6+DeSense][DeBloated Root Aroma Tweaks][CDMA/GSM]." I was next told that "Conrom will deposit the PH98IMG.zip file on the sd card." This never happened.
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Thanks to whomever takes pitty on me, in advance. (seriously, Thank you)
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You have to lock the bootloader first if you want to run the RUU.
First off...you said s-on..
Do you now what firmware you are on? Ginberbread or ICS? If you are on GB you should have installed a SD Card patch as part of your ROM flashing process. If you didn't, that is part of your problem. What happens when you try to flash the boot.img? Do you do it through fastboot? or PH98img file? It sounds like the boot.img is not flashed correctly.
topgun1953 said:
You have to lock the bootloader first if you want to run the RUU.
First off...you said s-on..
Do you now what firmware you are on? Ginberbread or ICS? If you are on GB you should have installed a SD Card patch as part of your ROM flashing process. If you didn't, that is part of your problem. What happens when you try to flash the boot.img? Do you do it through fastboot? or PH98img file? It sounds like the boot.img is not flashed correctly.
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Ok. First off, wow, what an awesome response. I had rooted the phone through fastboot, but was still on the stock GB. I didn't know about the SD Card Patch. When I try to flash the boot.img, I did that by extracting the boot.img from the rom folder, renaming to PH98.img, and running that through the HBOOT Process (I didn't try it with fastboot). The file would update, begin the "parsing' process, and then stop and go back to the basic HBOOT screen. What would be the correct way to flash the boot.img file? What patch should I have installed relating to the SD Card, and is it too late for that?
brandononeal00 said:
Ok. First off, wow, what an awesome response. I had rooted the phone through fastboot, but was still on the stock GB. I didn't know about the SD Card Patch. When I try to flash the boot.img, I did that by extracting the boot.img from the rom folder, renaming to PH98.img, and running that through the HBOOT Process (I didn't try it with fastboot). The file would update, begin the "parsing' process, and then stop and go back to the basic HBOOT screen. What would be the correct way to flash the boot.img file? What patch should I have installed relating to the SD Card, and is it too late for that?
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The boot file should be named ph98img.zip CHECK your named file (PH98.img???), the computer should put the .zip on it. Just be sure its not named ph93img.zip.zip!
The other way, if you're comfy with fastboot commands is to put the boot.img in the same directory as fastboot and type "fastboot boot boot.img" . No its not too late to do the SD Card Patch. You can get it here (among other places), I believe its the 'Old Firmware patch" http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/-Support_Files-/SuperChilPil/ . JUst flash in recovery.
The info for your ROM says that the installer would identify the need for the SD card patch, so maybe it did install it? Won't hurt to do it yourself though. Did you consider a more 'basic' ICS rom, like CLeanRom4.5 or the new rooted 3.14.605.12 one?
I'm on Newt's One xXx, ICS sense 4 rom myself.
My Evo has been completely trashed and I have no clue what to do.
I have hboot 1.19 s-on and I did the HTCdev unlock, and I rooted it and have the latest version TWRP (i think 2.3.something) with SuperSU installed. I tried to flash a ROM that was supposed to be compatible with with I had but i guess not. Everything was going great but I was stuck on the CM boot screen. After about 30 min of it sitting in that screen I figured something was wrong so i reset it and went back into TWRP. Someone told me to download MeanRom and flash that because its kernel and rom would fix everything. Here's where things get weird. I download MeanRom to my computer and mount my phone in TWRP to move the file over to the phone and when i went to factory reset before flashing it it kept saying unable to mount SD card and Internal Storage. I tried to do a restore my phone to an old back up and that wouldnt even work. So I wipe both caches and try to flash MeanRom anyway. i got a failed error and my phone shut off. Now my phone will only go into the Fastboot thing on the white screen and when i try to go into recovery, it just stays on the TWRP loading screen, not even letting me into the recovery program.
Is there anyway to fix this? My best buy insurance has expired because i missed 3 payments since I'm away at school and not working a whole bunch. So my whole smash it to pieces and get a new one solution is no longer an option.
I'm on a mac by the way so is there something I can enter into terminal to fix this? I don't care about losing any files or anything I'll do whatever I have to, to fix this.
Thanks in advance
- Josh
Read om4's guide don't panic...hboot 119 s-on you have to flash kernels separately.
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
I ran into the same problem. Word for word, really. I use a Mac, too. I went through HTCdev unlock, tried to flash a CM10 nightly and ran into a boot loop. No matter what I did, it was stuck. I couldn't restore to a nandroid backup because internal storage wouldn't mount. Couldn't do anything. All I had access to was bootloader and TWRP recovery.
I don't know the specifics of how this fixed it (I'm nothing close to a developer), but this is what I did to get out of it. You will need access to a Windows machine onto which you can download things.
1) If you still have access to fastboot, unroot your phone to stock. Completely stock.
2) Use DirtyRacun S-OFF (you'll need a Windows computer for this). Go through the whole process.
3) Re-root.
Nothing I tried fixed it until I started fresh. I couldn't tell you how it worked, but if you're desperate you really have nothing to lose but a little bit of time by doing the same thing I did.
Hope you get this figured out.
falconoble said:
I ran into the same problem. Word for word, really. I use a Mac, too. I went through HTCdev unlock, tried to flash a CM10 nightly and ran into a boot loop. No matter what I did, it was stuck. I couldn't restore to a nandroid backup because internal storage wouldn't mount. Couldn't do anything. All I had access to was bootloader and TWRP recovery.
I don't know the specifics of how this fixed it (I'm nothing close to a developer), but this is what I did to get out of it. You will need access to a Windows machine onto which you can download things.
1) If you still have access to fastboot, unroot your phone to stock. Completely stock.
2) Use DirtyRacun S-OFF (you'll need a Windows computer for this). Go through the whole process.
3) Re-root.
Nothing I tried fixed it until I started fresh. I couldn't tell you how it worked, but if you're desperate you really have nothing to lose but a little bit of time by doing the same thing I did.
Hope you get this figured out.
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How would i unroot if I cant get into SuperSU since i cant boot up my phone? Do I need to do that first or can i just run the RUU without Going into SuperSU and hitting Unroot?
Also what do I need windows for? Getting S-OFF? Or unrooting?
Also thank you! I really hope this work!
Relock your phone from fastboot then run the RUU. Now you're completely stock.
Sent from my rooted LTEVO running CM10.
Shahal said:
Relock your phone from fastboot then run the RUU. Now you're completely stock.
Sent from my rooted LTEVO running CM10.
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I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. But how do i re-lock it from fastboot?
U have to use the cmd window on your windows computer. I did it with mine before I ran dirty racun. It is a simple command but u have to be in the right directory ind the cmd line. Go through and look at the dirty racun guide and it tells u how to re-lock word for word I believe.
Sent from my EVO using xda app-developers app
Shahal said:
Relock your phone from fastboot then run the RUU. Now you're completely stock.
Sent from my rooted LTEVO running CM10.
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Okay so I found a video on how to re-lock my phone in fastboot but when i type the command "fastboot oem lock"
it just says ' <waiting for device >
any suggestions on what to do? It's been stuck like this for about 5 min now.. in the video it took less than a second.
jklatt747 said:
Okay so I found a video on how to re-lock my phone in fastboot but when i type the command "fastboot oem lock"
it just says ' <waiting for device >
any suggestions on what to do? It's been stuck like this for about 5 min now.. in the video it took less than a second.
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Turn on USB debug in devopleper options
Sent from a lens flare powered EVO LTE
What's funny is that all you had to do with s-on is flash the boot.IMG from the ROM via fastboot, just like the first reply said to.
You're doing more work right now than you needed to.
I realize this is a little late, but if you're still having trouble and you're still s-on, go read om4's guide, or get s-off.
If you want to stick with s-on, you will have to fastboot flash the boot.IMG files from the ROM manually.
jkrlvgn said:
What's funny is that all you had to do with s-on is flash the boot.IMG from the ROM via fastboot, just like the first reply said to.
You're doing more work right now than you needed to.
I realize this is a little late, but if you're still having trouble and you're still s-on, go read om4's guide, or get s-off.
If you want to stick with s-on, you will have to fastboot flash the boot.IMG files from the ROM manually.
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Yeah i couldn't figure out how to do that. I would ask a question on how to do that and i just kept on getting the response of "google it" "look it up on youtube" or look in the forums. and I wasn't ever sure really where to find it because all my searches for it came up useless.
I just did the RUU on my phone and its finally back up and running! What a relief!!!
Now I'm going to try to get DirtyRacun s-off. How do I put a Custom Rom on my phone with S-off?
With s-off you just flash it in twrp..no extra steps
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
jkrlvgn said:
What's funny is that all you had to do with s-on is flash the boot.IMG from the ROM via fastboot, just like the first reply said to.
You're doing more work right now than you needed to.
I realize this is a little late, but if you're still having trouble and you're still s-on, go read om4's guide, or get s-off.
If you want to stick with s-on, you will have to fastboot flash the boot.IMG files from the ROM manually.
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I only have windows 7 64bit. So this means i cannot go the dirtyracun route. Is there any other way to get S-OFF?
if not.. How do i fastboot flash the boot.IMG from the ROM manually?
jkrlvgn said:
What's funny is that all you had to do with s-on is flash the boot.IMG from the ROM via fastboot, just like the first reply said to.
You're doing more work right now than you needed to.
I realize this is a little late, but if you're still having trouble and you're still s-on, go read om4's guide, or get s-off.
If you want to stick with s-on, you will have to fastboot flash the boot.IMG files from the ROM manually.
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I wish I'd ran into you when I had the same problem. I wasn't trying to make things more complicated for him, just telling him that when it happened to me, I went back to stock, went with S-OFF, and everything worked fine. At the very least I figured he probably would have just wanted his phone back.
falconoble said:
I wish I'd ran into you when I had the same problem. I wasn't trying to make things more complicated for him, just telling him that when it happened to me, I went back to stock, went with S-OFF, and everything worked fine. At the very least I figured he probably would have just wanted his phone back.
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No. You helped me soooooo much! I was literally about to sell my phone for parts or something because everything went wrong that could go wrong and on top of that I couldn't find anything at all on how to fix it. I just did what you said and my phone is fixed! I want to go s-off now but dirtyracun doesn't support windows 7 with 64 bit, it only supports windows 7 with 32bit which I don't have access to. So i'm trying to find another way that is reliable to go S-OFF. It seems like S-OFF is the way to go and it makes everything easier.
If I cant find out how to go S-OFF with the windows 7 64 bit computer, then I guess i'll go S-on HTCdev unlock again and hopefully figure out how to manually flash the ROM or whatever it is that you do with S-ON.
jklatt747 said:
No. You helped me soooooo much! I was literally about to sell my phone for parts or something because everything went wrong that could go wrong and on top of that I couldn't find anything at all on how to fix it. I just did what you said and my phone is fixed! I want to go s-off now but dirtyracun doesn't support windows 7 with 64 bit, it only supports windows 7 with 32bit which I don't have access to. So i'm trying to find another way that is reliable to go S-OFF. It seems like S-OFF is the way to go and it makes everything easier.
If I cant find out how to go S-OFF with the windows 7 64 bit computer, then I guess i'll go S-on HTCdev unlock again and hopefully figure out how to manually flash the ROM or whatever it is that you do with S-ON.
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Most sense roms come with a kernel installer for people that are S-ON and there have been reports of success using Win7 64bit and running DirtyRacun but.... if you run into problems they will not help you
bigdaddy619 said:
Most sense roms come with a kernel installer for people that are S-ON and there have been reports of success using Win7 64bit and running DirtyRacun but.... if you run into problems they will not help you
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okay does anybody know on a mac what would I have to do to flash MeanRom to my phone with S-ON and HTCdev unlock?
I'm not sure how to use the kernel installer you're talking about or where to look for it.
jklatt747 said:
okay does anybody know on a mac what would I have to do to flash MeanRom to my phone with S-ON and HTCdev unlock?
I'm not sure how to use the kernel installer you're talking about or where to look for it.
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It's included in the script just flash it like any other rom it takes a little longer to boot because it's writing the kenel so don't freak out
jklatt747 said:
okay does anybody know on a mac what would I have to do to flash MeanRom to my phone with S-ON and HTCdev unlock?
I'm not sure how to use the kernel installer you're talking about or where to look for it.
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There is an app in the market called Flash Image GUI to use it all you have to do is click on browse in the app search where ever you downloaded your Rom or kernel select it and it will extract and flash the boot.IMG for you. So if you are s on and wanna flash a aosp Rom you can first flash the kernel using the app then it gives you the option to boot directly in to recovery then install as usual wipe system ,data, both caches and flash your Rom that you extracted the kernel from. You can also just flash just a kernel if you want to OC.
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bigdaddy619 said:
It's included in the script just flash it like any other rom it takes a little longer to boot because it's writing the kenel so don't freak out
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There is an app in the market called Flash Image GUI to use it all you have to do is click on browse in the app search where ever you downloaded your Rom or kernel select it and it will extract and flash the boot.IMG for you. So if you are s on and wanna flash a aosp Rom you can first flash the kernel using the app then it gives you the option to boot directly in to recovery then install as usual wipe system ,data, both caches and flash your Rom that you extracted the kernel from. You can also just flash just a kernel if you want to OC.
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Okay so here's whats happens for me.
When i go bigdaddy's way: I put the MeanRom zip on my phone from my computer (MeanRom v64 or what ever the latest one is) I factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvic chache, and then go to install find the app and swipe to flash.. everything seems fine until i get an error and fail. It also says there is no MD5 file when i do this.
When I go dandan's way: I have the MeanRom zip on my phone (i've tried this with v64 *or whatever the latest one is* and v34) then i go into flash image GUI and go through finding it and everything. Then i get an error right above the Flash Image button saying "zip file must contain only one of the following: recovery.img, zimage, or a type of boot.img!" On my computer I unzipped the file and looked inside and all I see the boot.img and some folders but no recover or zimage so i dont know what it is talking about.
I really dont want to go through the processes of unrooting and relocking my phone again so i want to do this right. Any help from here on out would be greatly appreciated!
If someone could give me a step by step to follow or something for putting the Latest version of MeanRom on my phone that would be great!! I think i read somewhere that you have to put on the old version of MeanRom first. If that is so, could you also include how i would go about updating from the old version to the new one?
(If you're going to help me please make sure your method supports the HTC EVO 4G LTE on hBoot 1.19 Software v. 2.13.651.1 71ORD HTCdev Unlocked and Rooted with SuperSU and TWRP. (GooManager, and Flash Image GUI are installed to)
I dont know if this matters but it also says under Kernel Version:
3.0.8-01680-gb6402b4
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT
Other info:
Baseband v: 1.12.11.0809
Android Version: 4.04
HTC Sense: 4.1
HTC SDK API level: 4.24
I know this post is really long and I probably put waaayyy more information then I actually needed to but I just want to be safe. It seems like everything I try for putting any Roms on my phone goes wrong with an error or failed message and I really want to do this.
Please help. I have unlocked this phone through HTC Dev. I have flashed a custom recovery. Somewhere through this process, the original installation of the factory rom from VM was deleted. That doesn't bother me because I was never going back to it anyway, but If I had it right now, I wouldn't be here. I have tried to use the RUU exe in fastboot and the RUU zip in recovery from here. Neither will install, exe throws errors and the zip returns [bad]. I have also tried the [ROM] NegaLite-BluRom-JCFunk | 2.95 | Sprint/VM | Sense/Apex/Nova | 03/25/2014. This eventually installed, but will not boot even with installing boot.img separately. I followed all directions to the best of my ability, but by no means am I saying I did correctly, but I am pretty sure I did. So to recap - I have whats in the title, but no rom whatsoever installed that can be accessed. Any takers?
Some more info please, hboot version? Which recovery. s-on makes things harder.
To flash stock need to be relocked, stock will not flash from recovery.
If you put rom.zip, stock zip, in root of sdcard and rename to PG86IMG.zip. hboot will flash automaticly.
Or if you have a copy of the custom recovery img file on your computer, you can do a fastboot command that will let you boot from it and give it full write access.
fastboot boot recovery.img, then you can retry to flash negalite
img must be in directory you use fastboot in.
Philz recovery not working well for 3d, I use 4ext or my unofficial twrp.
Before I proceed in explaining anything, please let me Thank You JCFunk for lending me a hand in my endeavors. This is my first crack at a HTC device. So I'm a newb at locks, hboots, and HTC specifics. So, Thank You!
I scanned through a lot of information and I moved to quickly, thinking I would ace this project and not particularly following a guide step by step. I know I should just wire trick this phone. I am wanting to get to hboot 1.40 and use Revolutionary to S-OFF. Once that is achieved load a kitkat rom. This is just a project, not used for daily phone use - no service.
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Some more info please, hboot version? Which recovery. s-on makes things harder.
To flash stock need to be relocked, stock will not flash from recovery.
If you put rom.zip, stock zip, in root of sdcard and rename to PG86IMG.zip. hboot will flash automaticly.
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I tried this step first and it returned:
Main Version is older.
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot.
Would I be correct to say if I flashed the SetMainVersionLOW.zip that this method would likely work?
Also, if I am overcomplicating this(other than wire-trick) and there is an easier method, please advise.
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Before I proceed in explaining anything, please let me Thank You JCFunk for lending me a hand in my endeavors. This is my first crack at a HTC device. So I'm a newb at locks, hboots, and HTC specifics. So, Thank You!
I scanned through a lot of information and I moved to quickly, thinking I would ace this project and not particularly following a guide step by step. I know I should just wire trick this phone. I am wanting to get to hboot 1.40 and use Revolutionary to S-OFF. Once that is achieved load a kitkat rom. This is just a project, not used for daily phone use - no service.
I tried this step first and it returned:
Main Version is older.
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot.
Would I be correct to say if I flashed the SetMainVersionLOW.zip that this method would likely work?
Also, if I am overcomplicating this(other than wire-trick) and there is an easier method, please advise.
D33z
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How good are you with linux, or do just use windows? Never did wire trick myself, I've always done Unknownforce hboot downgrade. Which I can now do in about 15 min.
s-off not required, there's many way to bypass unlocked limitations.
Your main var is to high because htc never released a current ruu, so the ota pushed version higher but no ruu to match.
what can I help you do?
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jcfunk said:
Philz recovery not working well for 3d, I use 4ext or my unofficial twrp.
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Does your unofficial twrp support SELinux? I am assuming it does but just checking. Is it available for download and if so where?
oD33z said:
Does your unofficial twrp support SELinux? I am assuming it does but just checking. Is it available for download and if so where?
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here's the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2831444
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jcfunk said:
How good are you with linux, or do just use windows? Never did wire trick myself, I've always done Unknownforce hboot downgrade. Which I can now do in about 15 min.
s-off not required, there's many way to bypass unlocked limitations.
Your main var is to high because htc never released a current ruu, so the ota pushed version higher but no ruu to match.
what can I help you do?
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I am great with linux, but was under the assumption it needed to be burned to cd and that USB was not an option, please advise if not the case. I have read a ton and I remember reading about Unknownforce, but cant remember if thats the case or not.
Off topic: I learned from you that it has to be locked to go stock, but does it need to be unlocked to flash your rom or locked as well?
Unlocked for custom, locked for stock.
Here is unknownforce ultimate tool,
there was a live cd version made for windows users scared of linux.
I use tiny core linux for this, Ubuntu tries to mount all the partitions and you only have a 5 second window when they are writeable. I have used Ubuntu, at first, but preferred tinycore.
But first you are going to need to get stock.zip to install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1653777
I would do fastboot boot recovery.img
Then install negalite, so atless you can boot the phone
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here is 4ext recovery I would use this one first until you get used to things, best recovery for 3d.
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Is 4ext > TWRP unofficial? I am currently on your unofficial TWRP and installing the latest negalite.
oD33z said:
Is 4ext > TWRP unofficial? I am currently on your unofficial TWRP and installing the latest negalite.
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did you fastboot boot?
There are several custom recoveries out there.
Here is thread for 4ext
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408936
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What I meant was, in your opinion, is the 4ext a better recovery than the unofficial TWRP?
During the install of Negalite at the point of -Setting Up Kernel Over-Clock Settings
under this it reads: assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/newboot.img","boot")
Is this a red flag of something not going right in any way?
After this I click Next>Recovery>Wipe Dalvik>Reboot and it boots into Fastboot. Whats happening at this point?
Since I am basically starting from scratch and the end goal is to have a kitkat rom and possibly S-OFF(if its a must to do so).
What all needs to be done as far as formatting, tweaks, or anything else to achieve the best performance, space, or anything you can think of?
Thats if you dont mind sharing. I appreciate your time and if I can be of service to you in any way, I will.
I am currently on the 4ext recovery with 1GB sd-ext 0 swap and formatted Ext4.
fastboot boot recovery.img
flashrom.zip from recovery
reboot, wipe dalvik, reboot
Negalite.zip installed with no errors whatsoever.
Thank You.
Beautiful smooth running rom btw.
Does all that above sound like I did the right things as for setting up and installing?
4ext is most stable, the unofficial has new features like f2fs and selinux, but 95% stable.
fastboot boot recovery.img is an old work around, also used to flash boot.img with fastboot. That is ok with roms that include a whole boot.img but roms like mine use a dynamic boot.img. Basically the installer makes the boot.img using your choices.
From what I know about Kitty kat I think you need to downgrade hboot or be s-off. Not sure I've stayed on ics for stability because I still use this phone. Also there is a new version of negalite on svn, just takes hours for me to upload a zip version.
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Revision 7
Are you sure this is the latest?
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Revision 7
Are you sure this is the latest?
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Lol, yes since I updated it a few weeks ago
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I should have worded that different really, the revision numbers threw me, I honestly was just making sure I was in the right place. 48mb smaller, anything stripped?
jcfunk said:
Some more info please, hboot version? Which recovery. s-on makes things harder.
To flash stock need to be relocked, stock will not flash from recovery.
If you put rom.zip, stock zip, in root of sdcard and rename to PG86IMG.zip. hboot will flash automaticly.
Or if you have a copy of the custom recovery img file on your computer, you can do a fastboot command that will let you boot from it and give it full write access.
fastboot boot recovery.img, then you can retry to flash negalite
img must be in directory you use fastboot in.
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I tried installing your new negalite the same way as I do the old version and at the end of the install procedure I get an error about set permissions. After that - reboot, wipe dalvik, reboot - it just reboots into recovery. I tried many times with SmartFlash enabled and disabled. I go back and install r121 with no problems.
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I tried installing your new negalite the same way as I do the old version and at the end of the install procedure I get an error about set permissions. After that - reboot, wipe dalvik, reboot - it just reboots into recovery. I tried many times with SmartFlash enabled and disabled. I go back and install r121 with no problems.
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Here. Try this
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567720169
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Hello All,
Here is my situation - hopefully there is someone out there that can give me a little help.
I unlocked the boot loader using HTC method, installed TWRP, and then SuperSU. I did a backup with the TWRP, everything was working ok - except I kept getting an error message about the binaries being out of date on the SuperSu. Every time I tried to update them the the update would fail. So.... I went to the play store and installed an updated SuperSu, still no luck same issue.
About that time in the middle of a reboot - the phone got to the white HTC screen and just froze. Finally held the power button down till it started to reboot - got it into recovery and restored the backup. Same issue - goes to white screen and stops - I have left it for over a half hour -nothing...???
I have tried multiple ways of restoring the backup as far as wiping the cach, ect - still nothing.
Help!
Here is a quick update on this
I can still get into recovery - I can mount the sd card and transfer to it and I can still use ADB. so... I found a stock rom flash that was 3.15.651.6 copied it to the sd card then flashed it. Now the phone continually tries to boot reboot, gets to the white screen before going into fast boot - freezes then reboots itself.
Is it a brick? Any suggestions?
What is your hboot version? Are you s-off? What version of twrp are you on, and more importantly, where did you get the twrp from?
Thanks for responding!
HBOOT - 2.09.0000
S-On
TWRP - 2.4.1.0
Radio 1.13.11.0030
OpenDSP-v31.1.0.45.0015 EMMC-Boot
I got the TWRP from a Windriod setup I had used previously to set up old 4g lte about a year ago.
At this point I would be happy to just put it all back stock and then start over. I have never used a RUU but I have read you can install them from fastboot after running a few commands to make it recognize the phone. Has anyone ever done that?
Also - how would I know I was getting the correct RUU for this phone and where would I get it from?
When you're s-on, you have to flash the kernel separately, via adb fastboot.
I think that's what's keeping your phone from booting. Save a copy of the zip to your pc. Unzip the file, then flash the boot.img to your phone while it's in fastboot.
It should boot just fine now. But for the love of God, get s-off afterwards. You might also want to ruu to the new partition format, but that's a matter of preference.
Well , unfortunately that didn't do it.
I have tried a couple of times and also reloaded the zip and re-flashed. I think the problem is that if you watch TWRP as it is installing the zip - it gets to "installing kernel" and then crashes and reboots. I didn't notice it the first time, I thought it was finishing and rebooting but is actually crashing.
Ideas??
Wonder if I could make my own zip file without the kernel folder and flash that?
Or maybe its time to RUU through flashboot and start over?
MrBillH said:
Wonder if I could make my own zip file without the kernel folder and flash that?
Or maybe its time to RUU through flashboot and start over?
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I would RUU to the most recent Android version and get S-off if I were you.
I have never used the RUU before, I have a couple of questions about it
1) Can you RUU through fastboot
2) How would I know what version to use and where can I get one that I know is good?
MrBillH said:
I have never used the RUU before, I have a couple of questions about it
1) Can you RUU through fastboot
2) How would I know what version to use and where can I get one that I know is good?
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1) Yes you can.
2) Click the top link in my sig. Scroll down to the bottom of the first post and look for the link to the Android 4.3 RUU. For installation instructions refer to the RUU section in the same post.
Perfect! Thank you vey much - phone is up and flying again!
I am now unlocked with twrp 2.4.1.0 and SuperSu 2.16
I also updated the software after the RUU to 3.17.651.9.7 - what method of S-off would you recommend and where can I find it?
Sounds like you used the wrong RUU, but at any rate, so long as your phone is up and running, that's all that matters. Hit the top link in my sig again and find the S-off method that corresponds to your current firmware version (Rumrunner or Firewater should work). Links to both exploits are provided in the thread.