Hey guys.
Yesterday I ran into a problem when I tried to flash RezRom ICS v1.0 over my current ROM (DSB's Bamf Cubed 1.0.2). ROM flashed fine...but the Kernel would give me an error
"Main Version is Older!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot"
I have learned this is an issue with the Kernel DSB made being based off of a more recent base than the one in the ICS ROMs.
It was suggested I just manipulate the mainver # in the text file with the Kernel...but I am so glad I did not. Two problems for me
1. I don't want to lose the ability to RUU (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454255 see text in red)
2. I have not desire to edit this file from now one when I must update the kernel.
So whatoptions do I have to downgrade my kernel? Can I HBoot this RUU http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338916? and then just us the root method again? Then flash RR ICS v1.0?
Thanks in advance
I think you have to use it now. Until a new ruu comes out I don't think you'll be able to use one
sent from my newly unlocked Rezound
I need some help here also. everything I have tried to do will not work. I have tried reflashing kernels, recoveries, countless numbers of PH98IMG files. I have tried cut and pasting the text.info INTO THE PMG98IMG and nothing works. the ONLY way I can boot my phone is to flash the Clean ICS ROM, let it fail the fastboot, delete the PMG98IMG file from the SDCard and then flash the ICS Kernel from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454255 The phone will now boot up and I can get data and all but I can receive or make a phone call.. If I try to make a phone call as soon as I touch the key pad the phone locks up adn then reboots. I can do everything else including downloading apps I just can't make or receive phone calls.
HELP PLEASE
If you're having this problem reflash the kernel in fastboot. It works every time. Yes you need a PC, but it works. fastboot flash boot boot.img.
MrSmith317 said:
If you're having this problem reflash the kernel in fastboot. It works every time. Yes you need a PC, but it works. fastboot flash boot boot.img.
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and when at a computer you can edit the android-info.txt so the flashable PB98IMG.zip will work for later use to switch back and forth from ICS to GB without a comp.
MrSmith317 said:
If you're having this problem reflash the kernel in fastboot. It works every time. Yes you need a PC, but it works. fastboot flash boot boot.img.
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I just want to make sure I understand before I do this.
So you are saying that if I save a copy of the boot.img from the ICS rom I want to flash in the folder with the fastboot.exe file.
I can boot into the bootloader first -> go to fastboot -> flash the boot image via the command above
Then boot to recovery and flash the ROM
Then...I should be good?
jbg25 said:
I just want to make sure I understand before I do this.
So you are saying that if I save a copy of the boot.img from the ICS rom I want to flash in the folder with the fastboot.exe file.
I can boot into the bootloader first -> go to fastboot -> flash the boot image via the command above
Then boot to recovery and flash the ROM
Then...I should be good?
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Yeah. I always flash the kernel after the ROM but I think it doesn't matter. Just my way of being sure that the kernel I want is loaded. And I never get the mainver error.
Awesome...will try that now
Thanks
kernel before rom, rom then kernel, doesn't make a diff.
kernel must be flashed before rom will boot though.
For ROMs that have kernels in them, that after installing bring you to bootloader to install PB98IMG.zip, you can edit the said PB98IMG.zip in the ROM prior to installing so you can flash the kernel and not get the main ver. sig error.
it sucks, but it will be fixed come the next OTA update.
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If you want to be 100% sure not to get the mainver problem, flash kernel using ADB fastboot.
PAID!!!
Thanks again.
Only reason I flashed kernel first was because with the mainver error...fastboot was not available. every-time bootloader started up...would read the PH98IMG and error with no option but to reboot. Which would have meant I would have had to pull the sdcard and remove that file before I could flash the kernel.
This way I just boot to bootloader...flash kernel...then from bootloader boot to recovery...flash room which will go back to bootloader and fail...but this time on reboot the kernel was already there.
Hi,
Let me start off by saying that I have viewed other threads but have not been able to find one that has this same exact problem. Can someone please help?
I have an HTC Evo 3D unlocked with the HTC method, S-On.
I put a new rom on my SD card, I was using InfectedRom but it had some issues. I loaded into bootloader and used revolutionary to flash the rom. I didn't do a wipe or anything else, thinking that it would just flash the rom and I would be good to go.
The phone gets stuck on the HTC splash screen when I go to boot it. I have tried everything from restoring from a back up, to wiping the phone to wiping the cache and am at a loss.
Can someone please offer me some advice? I really need to get this phone back up and running.
Thanks in advance.
Did you flash the boot.img for the ROM?
How can I do that?
Jep4444 said:
Did you flash the boot.img for the ROM?
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Thanks for the quick response. How can I go about doing that?
thealist said:
Thanks for the quick response. How can I go about doing that?
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Considering you're S-ON, how did you install a custom ROM in the first place without doing so?
thealist said:
Thanks for the quick response. How can I go about doing that?
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You can do that by using fastboot to boot your recovery image.
Code:
fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img
Just running your recovery normally won't allow flashing to certain partitions.
From there, you shouldn't have any problems flashing the full image. The second option would be to use 4EXT recovery (There's a CDMA/GSM version, but don't know off the top of my head), or joeykrim's FlashImageGUI to assist in flashing to specific partitions from the phone.
Edit: CDMA and GSM correction.
Jep4444 said:
Considering you're S-ON, how did you install a custom ROM in the first place without doing so?
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thealist took the HTCDev unlock which doesn't give S-OFF, but does allow the user to flash custom ROMs.
~co~
closeone said:
You can do that by using fastboot to boot your recovery image.
Code:
fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img
Just running your recovery normally won't allow flashing to certain partitions.
From there, you shouldn't have any problems flashing the full image. The second option would be to use 4EXT recovery (There's a CDMA/GSM version, but don't know off the top of my head), or joeykrim's FlashImageGUI to assist in flashing to specific partitions from the phone.
Edit: CDMA and GSM correction.
thealist took the HTCDev unlock which doesn't give S-OFF, but does allow the user to flash custom ROMs.
~co~
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Don't S-ON roms still need the boot.img to be flashed to install any ROM?
closeone said:
You can do that by using fastboot to boot your recovery image.
Code:
fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img
Where do I find my recovery image?
Just running your recovery normally won't allow flashing to certain partitions.
From there, you shouldn't have any problems flashing the full image. The second option would be to use 4EXT recovery (There's a CDMA/GSM version, but don't know off the top of my head), or joeykrim's FlashImageGUI to assist in flashing to specific partitions from the phone.
Edit: CDMA and GSM correction.
Thanks. Where would I find this and do I put that into the root sd card portion of my phone and then run through the bootloader? Sorry, I am relatively new to this process. Thanks for your patience.
thealist took the HTCDev unlock which doesn't give S-OFF, but does allow the user to flash custom ROMs.
That's exactly what I did.
~co~
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Thanks for all the help. It's very much appreciated.
closeone said:
You can do that by using fastboot to boot your recovery image.
Code:
fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img
Just running your recovery normally won't allow flashing to certain partitions.
From there, you shouldn't have any problems flashing the full image. The second option would be to use 4EXT recovery (There's a CDMA/GSM version, but don't know off the top of my head), or joeykrim's FlashImageGUI to assist in flashing to specific partitions from the phone.
Edit: CDMA and GSM correction.
thealist took the HTCDev unlock which doesn't give S-OFF, but does allow the user to flash custom ROMs.
~co~
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Sorry, my last post did not quote correctly.
How do I find my recovery image?
Once I get FlashImageGUI, do I put that into the root of my SD card by plugging it into my mac?
Jep4444 said:
Don't S-ON roms still need the boot.img to be flashed to install any ROM?
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Well, all ROMs will need to have a boot.img flashed to boot, but since they are included in the ZIP file containing the ROM, they are normally flashed along with the ROM. If you use FlashImageGUI, you can flash from a boot.img or from a kernel zip file. By running the fastboot boot command, this allows the user to flash to partitions that are locked when booted into recovery from the bootloader.
thealist said:
Sorry, my last post did not quote correctly.
How do I find my recovery image?
Once I get FlashImageGUI, do I put that into the root of my SD card by plugging it into my mac?
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These are two different methods for accomplishing the same task.
Have you loaded a custom recovery (like ClockworkMod Recovery, TWRP, or 4EXT) before? If you've kept the recovery image on your computer, you can just use that one. Instead of flashing it to your recovery partition (fastboot flash recovery [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img), you would boot to it instead (fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img).
If you use want to use FlashImageGUI, you would copy it to your SD card, install it on the phone, and run the app. Make sure that you've got the ROM you want to flash on the SDCard. If I remember correctly, FlashImageGUI will pull the boot.img out of the ZIP and flash it. Then you will have to boot into your custom recovery to flash the rest of the image. Flashing just the boot image will most likely leave you with a phone that won't boot (until you flash the rest of the ROM).
~co~
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Well, all ROMs will need to have a boot.img flashed to boot, but since they are included in the ZIP file containing the ROM, they are normally flashed along with the ROM. If you use FlashImageGUI, you can flash from a boot.img or from a kernel zip file. By running the fastboot boot command, this allows the user to flash to partitions that are locked when booted into recovery from the bootloader.
These are two different methods for accomplishing the same task.
Have you loaded a custom recovery (like ClockworkMod Recovery, TWRP, or 4EXT) before? If you've kept the recovery image on your computer, you can just use that one. Instead of flashing it to your recovery partition (fastboot flash recovery [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img), you would boot to it instead (fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img).
If you use want to use FlashImageGUI, you would copy it to your SD card, install it on the phone, and run the app. Make sure that you've got the ROM you want to flash on the SDCard. If I remember correctly, FlashImageGUI will pull the boot.img out of the ZIP and flash it. Then you will have to boot into your custom recovery to flash the rest of the image. Flashing just the boot image will most likely leave you with a phone that won't boot (until you flash the rest of the ROM).
~co~
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I have never loaded ClockworkMod Recovery, TWRP, or 4EXT to my phone. Is that something I can download online and then transfer to my phone using the bootloader? I have Revolutionary which allows me to mount the SD card. Same thing goes for FlasImageGUI. I can't get past the HTC load screen so is that something I can just transfer and use Bootloader with?
thealist said:
I have never loaded ClockworkMod Recovery, TWRP, or 4EXT to my phone. Is that something I can download online and then transfer to my phone using the bootloader? I have Revolutionary which allows me to mount the SD card. Same thing goes for FlasImageGUI. I can't get past the HTC load screen so is that something I can just transfer and use Bootloader with?
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What is this 'Revolutionary' that you're talking about? I realize that multiple pieces of software can be called the same thing though. How did you load on the ROM that you're currently on? Also, before I link you anywhere (because I don't want you loading the wrong recovery on your phone), is your phone on Sprint, or another carrier? You'd use Recovery to load ROMs, back them up, and so on.
What exactly was it that you were trying to do? Or rather, how did the phone get to a state where it's frozen on the HTC logo? Do you have a custom ROM loaded, or the stock ROM?
Sorry for all the questions, and hopefully this response doesn't come off rude (I don't mean it to ). I'm just trying to figure out what's going on before I suggest anything.
If you are on Sprint, you can run this recovery from Fastboot USB mode.
Code:
fastboot boot cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img
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What is this 'Revolutionary' that you're talking about? I realize that multiple pieces of software can be called the same thing though. How did you load on the ROM that you're currently on? Also, before I link you anywhere (because I don't want you loading the wrong recovery on your phone), is your phone on Sprint, or another carrier? You'd use Recovery to load ROMs, back them up, and so on.
What exactly was it that you were trying to do? Or rather, how did the phone get to a state where it's frozen on the HTC logo? Do you have a custom ROM loaded, or the stock ROM?
Sorry for all the questions, and hopefully this response doesn't come off rude (I don't mean it to ). I'm just trying to figure out what's going on before I suggest anything.
If you are on Sprint, you can run this recovery from Fastboot USB mode.
Code:
fastboot boot cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img
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Your questions are really appreciated. Sorry I haven't been more clear.I really appreciate the help as I've gotten myself in trouble here.
I went on htcevohack and found how to flash the synergy infectedrom. The rom has some bugs in it so I downloaded a new rom and placed in the root folder of my SD card. Revolutionary is a program that allows me to wipe data, install from zip card, mount storage so and so forth. I tried to flash the zip from the new rom using this program and this is where I have had the problem. I have the Sprint Evo 3D. I am relatively new to this and just want a stable rom that has wifi tether on it. Thanks again for the help and for the patience.
thealist said:
Your questions are really appreciated. Sorry I haven't been more clear.I really appreciate the help as I've gotten myself in trouble here.
I went on htcevohack and found how to flash the synergy infectedrom. The rom has some bugs in it so I downloaded a new rom and placed in the root folder of my SD card. Revolutionary is a program that allows me to wipe data, install from zip card, mount storage so and so forth. I tried to flash the zip from the new rom using this program and this is where I have had the problem. I have the Sprint Evo 3D. I am relatively new to this and just want a stable rom that has wifi tether on it. Thanks again for the help and for the patience.
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Oh! Now I know what your talking about. Max from HTCEVOHacks put the Revolutionary branded version of ClockworkMod Recovery in that archive. I know that for a fact (I downloaded it). It's actually the same version of ClockworkMod Recovery that I linked you to.
Okay. Here's my suggestion to start out with. Flash the recovery.img he included (CWM) onto your phone by booting it up into the bootloader, connecting it to your computer making sure that the phone is in FASTBOOT USB mode. Instead of running the command:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
Run the command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
That will put a copy of ClockworkMod Recovery on your phone. It's accessible by selecting Recovery from the HBOOT menu.
Now, because HTC's Unlock method doesn't unlock enough to flash most images to your phone, you'll still have to run the 'fastboot boot recovery.img' command each time you want to flash different image. That's the classic way we have used to get around HTC's restrictions.
From there, you can flash another image. Make sure to wipe data before flashing.
The reason I told you to also flash the recovery image to your phone is because, you can still create NANDroid backups without connecting to a computer. However, to restore those backups, you'll have to 'fastboot boot ...' the recovery image.
Now, his archive is quite dated. I'd personally recommend after you flash a new ROM, that you take a look at the 4EXT recovery thread in the EVO 3D CDMA development forum. It's really very good (I also like TWRP as well).
Now, there probably wasn't a problem with the ROM. I've used it myself, and have found it to be quite stable. If you flash a ROM onto the phone without wiping data first, you'll probably run into problems booting the ROM. If you liked InfectedRom Eternity, you can always try it again.
This is where NANDroid backups are important. If anything gets messed up, you can easily restore from one in your custom recovery (CWM/4EXT/TWRP).
I hope I didn't throw too much out there. Hopefully this gets you off the ground.
~co~
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Oh! Now I know what your talking about. Max from HTCEVOHacks put the Revolutionary branded version of ClockworkMod Recovery in that archive. I know that for a fact (I downloaded it). It's actually the same version of ClockworkMod Recovery that I linked you to.
Okay. Here's my suggestion to start out with. Flash the recovery.img he included (CWM) onto your phone by booting it up into the bootloader, connecting it to your computer making sure that the phone is in FASTBOOT USB mode. Instead of running the command:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
Run the command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
That will put a copy of ClockworkMod Recovery on your phone. It's accessible by selecting Recovery from the HBOOT menu.
Now, because HTC's Unlock method doesn't unlock enough to flash most images to your phone, you'll still have to run the 'fastboot boot recovery.img' command each time you want to flash different image. That's the classic way we have used to get around HTC's restrictions.
From there, you can flash another image. Make sure to wipe data before flashing.
The reason I told you to also flash the recovery image to your phone is because, you can still create NANDroid backups without connecting to a computer. However, to restore those backups, you'll have to 'fastboot boot ...' the recovery image.
Now, his archive is quite dated. I'd personally recommend after you flash a new ROM, that you take a look at the 4EXT recovery thread in the EVO 3D CDMA development forum. It's really very good (I also like TWRP as well).
Now, there probably wasn't a problem with the ROM. I've used it myself, and have found it to be quite stable. If you flash a ROM onto the phone without wiping data first, you'll probably run into problems booting the ROM. If you liked InfectedRom Eternity, you can always try it again.
This is where NANDroid backups are important. If anything gets messed up, you can easily restore from one in your custom recovery (CWM/4EXT/TWRP).
I hope I didn't throw too much out there. Hopefully this gets you off the ground.
~co~
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Thanks a lot! I am going to try this right now. I have a mac so I am assuming that I need to use terminal which is what I originally used. Do you know if the extension you provided were also for a mac?
Hi Everybody,
I unlock the bootloader of my HTC view, I also did install the recovery as
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414137
Then I jumped to install the custom rom (forgot to the S-off first), and I could not! and the existing rom is gone as well.
Now I am restarting into a black screen. I do not have a nandroid backup!
I saw a thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038638
that means I need to install a ruu! but the links are not working, if that is the case, can anybody please provide me with a working link?
Thanks,
I believe you can download a ROM, has to be same android version as the one you were on last, so GB or honeycomb. Copy the boot.IMG from the ROM into the same directory as your fast boot commands
Get into recovery flash ROM
Get into fast boot and
Open cmd on PC
Get to your adb directory
Enter
Fastboot flash boot boot.IMG
Or
Find a ROM that does not have a custom kernel
Or hope someone will upload your ruu
Flyer
If you unlocked your bootloader at htcdev.com you don't need to s-off your device! Just download any custom ROM that meet the requirements of your Flyer, enter into recovery by pressing power and volume down button, wipe everything, copy custom ROM you downloaded into the flashcard and flash it. That's it. Smooth flashing!!!
mcord11758 said:
I believe you can download a ROM, has to be same android version as the one you were on last, so GB or honeycomb. Copy the boot.IMG from the ROM into the same directory as your fast boot commands
Get into recovery flash ROM
Get into fast boot and
Open cmd on PC
Get to your adb directory
Enter
Fastboot flash boot boot.IMG
Or
Find a ROM that does not have a custom kernel
Or hope someone will upload your ruu
Flyer
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Thanks, it was difficult to find a HC rom! apparently everybody is moving to other devices... I am downloading DesensedView
-2.1.zip hope that works. Thanks for the suggestion. I have been busy with this from yesterday and tried almost everything come into my mind. will let you know if that worked.
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If you unlocked your bootloader at htcdev.com you don't need to s-off your device! Just download any custom ROM that meet the requirements of your Flyer, enter into recovery by pressing power and volume down button, wipe everything, copy custom ROM you downloaded into the flashcard and flash it. That's it. Smooth flashing!!!
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Yes, I unlocked it on htcdev.com, and I have two roms (ICS and GC) but none works, after flashing those in recovery, a black screen comes up right after htc logo and nothing happens! I deleted everything, all the cashes and data and flashed these roms, no good, stuck on the black screen. any suggestions? I am even looking for a way to at least go back to my HC!
Thanks
OK. In this case let's try to revert everything back. Make shure what ROM was installed in your device (GB or HC) 1. go to http://htcruu.com/?dir=Flyer_View. 2. Download proper RUU installer. 3. Make Gold Card (just in case if downloaded wrong region RUU). 4. Boot into bootloader and start flashing downloaded RUU.
I am telling you that you can not flash an ICS or CG's JB rom because the boot.img will not flash through recovery with HTC dev unlock. were you on HC or GB prior
I have an HTC flyer rotted by unlocking the bootloader and it is S-ON. Everyone knows that when your flyer is rooted that way you'll need to flash the kernel manually
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fastboot flash boot boot.img
otherwise the kernel will not be flashed.
So now i have the lledroid HC ROM and I flashed the kernel with clockworkmod. (The kernel can be flash within the recovery) So my question is is the kernel now flashed or do I need to do it manualy.
Link to lee's rom (great work on it BTW) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406851
Don't personally know how LeeDroid handles boot.img. If the thread says that it will flash boot.img for you in recovery with S-On, than you should be good. The worst that will happen if try to boot, is that it will get stuck on the boot splash screen. In which case, just restart into bootloader, and flash the boot.img in fastboot.
On the other hand, flashing it manually (even if it was already flashed automatically) typically will not hurt anything either.
I knew that My question was can you flash flash a kernel using a zip file without commands with S-ON
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I knew that My question was can you flash flash a kernel using a zip file without commands with S-ON
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If its not a feature of the installer for the particular custom ROM, then no.
Hi all! Just done unlocking bootloader, flash Amon Ra recovery and root. Now I want to flash custom rom but i am lost about flashing the boot.img in hboot, i really don't know how to flash it. I am at S-ON.. Any help would be appreciated. Tnx in advace!
you know what I don't know how to do it too. but there are some roms that will do it for you even if you are s-on
There's two possible ways you might have to do it.
1. If the ROM makes a PH98IMG file and puts it on your sd card then it will take you to hboot after it's done flashing and all you have to do is say "yes" to accept the "update". It will flash the kernel and then you can boot up the phone. After it's booted up make sure you delete that PH98IMG file so you can boot up again.
I think that if it's going to do this it will give you the option to select s-off or s-on when flashing the ROM.
2. If it doesn't do the above you will have to pull the kernel from the ROM. Just look in the ROM zip file in explorer on your pc and then copy the boot.img out of it into my fastboot folder. Then I just flash it from there using:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Some ROMs, like EclipticRez, give you the option of a few kernels. You can just pull the one you want and when you flash it change "boot.img" to whatever the name of that kernel is.
feralicious said:
There's two possible ways you might have to do it.
1. If the ROM makes a PH98IMG file and puts it on your sd card then it will take you to hboot after it's done flashing and all you have to do is say "yes" to accept the "update". It will flash the kernel and then you can boot up the phone. After it's booted up make sure you delete that PH98IMG file so you can boot up again.
I think that if it's going to do this it will give you the option to select s-off or s-on when flashing the ROM.
2. If it doesn't do the above you will have to pull the kernel from the ROM. Just look in the ROM zip file in explorer on your pc and then copy the boot.img out of it into my fastboot folder. Then I just flash it from there using:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Some ROMs, like EclipticRez, give you the option of a few kernels. You can just pull the one you want and when you flash it change "boot.img" to whatever the name of that kernel is.
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Thank you so much for your help! I'm now running custom rom. I even flashed to the latest firmware.