Related
Preamble
This is the S-OFF upgrade from GingerBread to HoneyComb
Do not perform this procedure if you have the official HTC hboot, it will not work. You must have a revolutionary hboot (see prerequisites).
***If you performed this procedure with previously and have hboot version 6.14.5555 please update to the new hboot, 6.14.5555 is no longer supported***
Upgrade instructions at the bottom of the procedures.
Prerequisites
You must have performed Revolutionary S-OFF
If running on windows you will need these fastboot drivers
If running the procedure on Linux or MacOS you must have fastboot working.
There are no other software prerequisites for this procedure, it does not matter what ROM/Kernel or recovery you are using.
Don't bother asking for help if you try to do this on a virtual machine, you won't get any.
Run on a real machine.
Windows Instructions
Download this file MD5=c62cc1d0453799a7277abfea444d20e4
Download the superuser zip file MD5=69f81ca292f14f71b081bb45a556a3e3
Copy the superuser zip file to the root of your SDCARD
Extract the large zip file downloaded in step 1
Navigate to the RUU_Express_B02 directory
Double-click ARUWizard.exe and proceed like any other RUU, ticking the boxes and pressing next the screen as required.
Postinstall
Reboot to recovery
Flash the SU zip file copyed in instruction 3
Linux/MacOS Instructions (Also works on windows, use if ARUWizard.exe crashes for you)
Download this file MD5=5ef525038a3b8b0af2f214098fd80252
Download the superuser zip file MD5=69f81ca292f14f71b081bb45a556a3e3
Copy the superuser zip file to the root of your SDCARD
Boot your view to fastboot mode.
Run the following commands:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip RUU_Express_B02_RAW.zip
[COLOR="Red"][I]***This will fail first time with error 90, repeat the command[/I][/COLOR]
fastboot flash zip RUU_Express_B02_RAW.zip
[COLOR="Red"][I]***Ignore the on-screen progress bar, the flash is complete when fastboot completes[/I][/COLOR]
fastboot reboot
Postinstall
Reboot to recovery
Flash the SU zip file copyed in instruction 3
Alternative Installation Instruction (Any OS)
Download this file MD5=5ef525038a3b8b0af2f214098fd80252
Download the superuser zip file MD5=69f81ca292f14f71b081bb45a556a3e3
Rename the RUU_Express_B02_RAW.zip file PG41IMG.zip and place on the root of your (external) sdcard
Copy the superuser zip file to the root of your SDCARD
Boot your view bootloader, it will detect the PG41IMG.zip file and ask you to confirm update, confirm the update
***This will fail after completing part of the update, don't worry it's expected***
Boot your view bootloader a second time, it will detect the PG41IMG.zip file and ask you to confirm update, confirm the update again.
Postinstall
Reboot to recovery
Flash the SU zip file copyed in instruction 3
Do not mirror files from this post.
No discussion of Honeycomb content or changes or the relative merits of Gingerbread and Honeycomb. This thread is for the procedure and support thereof only! Also please don't quote the first post because your post becomes an automatic TLDR.
Update Instructions
Use these instructions if you currently have hboot 6.14.5555 - Your data should be preserved but take a backup first just in case.
Method 1
Download this file MD5=20fd6e7546ac2fc422c5a9a5b366f77c
Copy the file to the root of your external SDCARD
Boot your view bootloader, it will detect the PG41IMG.zip file and ask you to confirm update, confirm the update
Method 2
Download this file MD5=20fd6e7546ac2fc422c5a9a5b366f77c
Boot your view to fastboot mode.
Run the following commands:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip PG41IMG.zip
[I][COLOR="Red"]***Ignore the on-screen progress bar, the flash is complete when fastboot completes[/COLOR][/I]
fastboot reboot
[Revision History]
B02 - updated full version: hboot 6.14.5556
New bootloader to patch bugs with fastboot flashing
- Fastboot flashing splash1 fixed
- Fastboot flashing hboot fixed
Patch for upgrading from a previous version added.
B01 - Initial full version: hboot 6.14.5555
BETA- Developer preview
Special thanks: contradude for the early and riskiest testing, and Maine_Coon for all the ongoing testing
Downgrade to Gingerbread
Preamble
This is the S-OFF downgrade from HoneyComb to S-OFF GingerBread if you are not S-OFF and have a HTC (not revolutionary) hboot then do not do this it will not work.
The full versions of these files will give you a fully functional Gingerbread installation with S-OFF, CWM recovery and boot image with the secure flag turned off.
Windows Instructions
Download this file MD5=f5afc4b457a17f88cc611b40e6c7cdc8
Download the superuser zip file MD5=69f81ca292f14f71b081bb45a556a3e3
Copy the superuser zip file to the root of your SDCARD
Extract the large zip file downloaded in step 1
Navigate to the Express_Downgrade directory
Double-click ARUWizard.exe and proceed like any other RUU, ticking the boxes and pressing next the screen as required.
Postinstall
Reboot to recovery
Flash the SU zip file copied in instruction 3 if using the full version.
Linux/MacOS Instructions (Also works on windows, use if ARUWizard.exe crashes for you)
Download this file MD5=7cfbaf099d80d899b13848a3ed3fd66a
Download the superuser zip file MD5=69f81ca292f14f71b081bb45a556a3e3
Copy the superuser zip file to the root of your SDCARD
Boot your view to fastboot mode.
Run the following commands:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip Express_dg.zip [colour=blue](or Express_dg_lite.zip as appropriate)[/blue]
[COLOR="Red"][I]***This will fail first time with error 90, repeat the command[/I][/COLOR]
fastboot flash zip Express_dg.zip [colour=blue](or Express_dg_lite.zip as appropriate)[/blue]
[COLOR="Red"][I]***Ignore the on-screen progress bar, the flash is complete when fastboot completes[/I][/COLOR]
fastboot reboot
Postinstall
Reboot to recovery
Flash the SU zip file copied in instruction 3 if using the full version.
Alternative Installation Instruction (Any OS)
Download this file MD5=7cfbaf099d80d899b13848a3ed3fd66a
Download the superuser zip file MD5=69f81ca292f14f71b081bb45a556a3e3
Rename the file downloaded in step1 to PG41IMG.zip and place on the root of your (external) sdcard
Copy the superuser zip file to the root of your SDCARD
Boot your view bootloader, it will detect the PG41IMG.zip file and ask you to confirm update, confirm the update
***This will fail after completing part of the update, don't worry it's expected***
Boot your view bootloader a second time, it will detect the PG41IMG.zip file and ask you to confirm update, confirm the update again.
Postinstall
Reboot to recovery
Flash the SU zip file copied in instruction 3 if using the full version.
Do not mirror files from this post.
wow you are really fast, excellent men.
One for me please
reserved 2
Great response time!
For us newbs, I'd like to clarify... This isn't an alternative HoneyComb, yet. Just an attempt to make the OTA honeycomb "unlockable", right?
vancraft said:
Great response time!
For us newbs, I'd like to clarify... This isn't an alternative HoneyComb, yet. Just an attempt to make the OTA honeycomb "unlockable", right?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is an attempt to make downgrading easier for us.
spartan1987 said:
This is an attempt to make downgrading easier for us.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Right. That's the "recovery" part.
But its also described as "root, and all". I'm wondering if this allows the installer to root the OTA Honeycomb? Or will more work be required before the install can be further changed (i.e. s-off, eventually upgraded to ICS, etc.)?
It works
I can confirm this works with root flashed and all. I now have a rooted HC. tyvm globatron
risb577 said:
I can confirm this works with root flashed and all. I now have a rooted HC. tyvm globatron
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
so, does that mean you could, in theory, flash a custom HC rom once we get one?
Throw up some screenshots or a video would you?
edit: oh and test rom manager and titanium backup if you don't mind.
I have a rooted CWM backup of the stock.
Do I need to restore and then unroot before proceeding with HC?
stuck on soft brick..
Hey Guys
how do you do the step 6?
I am in cmd and kept telling me command not recornized or something...
I guess I need to know how to flash that RUU-mini zip...
thanks for all your help...
Maine_Coon said:
I have a rooted CWM backup of the stock.
Do I need to restore and then unroot before proceeding with HC?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, as it says in the OP, You MUST be s-off and THEN run an RUU. Accept all updates to include the HC update and the view will be soft bricked. THEN use fastboot to push the mini ruu.
---------- Post added at 10:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:07 PM ----------
myowin said:
Hey Guys
how do you do the step 6?
I am in cmd and kept telling me command not recornized or something...
I guess I need to know how to flash that RUU-mini zip...
thanks for all your help...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If it says it's an unrecognized command, then either you do not have fastboot installed, or you haven't gone into environment variables (assuming it's a windows box) and added those commands to the path. try that first (google is your friend and you can google in XDA). Good luck.
A quick question here. Once it is the soft brick mode, I hold down power and volume down to get back to fastboot mode. Is this correct? And I know the ruu will wipe my data but nothing here should wipe the internal sd, correct?
thank you so much for quick respond..
I think I found it here how to do that.. (for someone like me... )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
root
Im not sure what this method of rooting will do for us, but I am under the impression that this will help if we need to go back to GB, or flash another custom HC rom when someone else cooks one up. I have not tested downgrading.
I can report that clockwork is installed with the option to flash from zip, mounts, etc just like the old clockwork. And I still have S-OFF. I installed ROM manager, but it gave me the "you don't have clockwork installed" message. I'm not sure if that is normal, because I don't use ROM Manager. Titanium did see root. Check out the screens.
ElAguila said:
A quick question here. Once it is the soft brick mode, I hold down power and volume down to get back to fastboot mode. Is this correct? And I know the ruu will wipe my data but nothing here should wipe the internal sd, correct?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I haven't done this yet, but I'm dling the RUU right now to do it and help people troubleshoot.
To answer your question, if you hold down the power button long enough, the view will power off, then you can hold power + vol down to get back into the bootloader and select fastboot mode, then open cmd, type fastboot devices and check to make sure yours shows up, then proceed with pushing the mini-ruu. If I'm wrong guys, correct me. Hope it works out for you.
ElAguila said:
A quick question here. Once it is the soft brick mode, I hold down power and volume down to get back to fastboot mode. Is this correct? And I know the ruu will wipe my data but nothing here should wipe the internal sd, correct?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Im not sure if this matters, but when I was in soft brick, I rebooted a few times and could not get into the bootloader. It just seemed to ignore the vol down keypress. I then unplugged the usb, powered off from soft brick, and held the vol. down button down even before I hit the power button as I was turning it on. Once I was in bootloader, I just plugged the usb back in.
EDIT: More tips:
1.After I flashed the initial stock ruu, and before I accepted any updates, I turned off fastboot in the power options and enabled usb debugging.
2. I did this from a Windows 7 laptop. When I initially tried to perform the softbrick steps, I got an access denied error message. The files were sent ok, but errored on saving. I closed the command prompt, and re-lauched the command prompt as administrator. The commands sent successfully.
3. Also, once you send the mini ruu over, the Tablet sat in the the oem loader with a 70% full progress bar after I successfully sent the mini ruu. I waited about 10 minutes because I was unsure how to proceed. I finally issued:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Once back into bootloader, I mounted usb storage, copied SU to the card, and flashed from zip
risb577 said:
Im not sure what this method of rooting will do for us, but I am under the impression that this will help if we need to go back to GB, or flash another custom HC rom when someone else cooks one up. I have not tested downgrading.
I can report that clockwork is installed with the option to flash from zip, mounts, etc just like the old clockwork. And I still have S-OFF. I installed ROM manager, but it gave me the "you don't have clockwork installed" message. I'm not sure if that is normal, because I don't use ROM Manager. Titanium did see root. Check out the screens.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, rom manager won't work bc we don't have official support from Koush for CWM recovery so that's no issue, I was just curious is all lol. I'm glad to hear titanium detects root, as that was an issue initially for the view. Try to backup your apps, test radios (3g, 4g, wifi, bluetooth, GPS, ETC), run quadrant. I don't know how familiar you are with honeycomb to test out all of it's functions, but we are going to need a few people to test this out for globatron so he can make fixes and/or adjustments as necessary, which is why he specifically asked for devs and people familiar with troubleshooting to do this first. That's the beauty of open source, we're all guinea pigs.
I forgot to ask this earlier. What does the soft brick state look like? Is it just the white screen the the green HTC on it? I want to make sure I don't power it off while it is still flashing HC.
soft brick screen
ElAguila said:
I forgot to ask this earlier. What does the soft brick state look like? Is it just the white screen the the green HTC on it? I want to make sure I don't power it off while it is still flashing HC.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It looks like this pic. Plus another clue you are soft bricked is it stays here longer than 10 minutes if you care to wait lol
Credits go to @nlooooo for starting this thread!
WARNING
I’m not responsible for bricked devices, all you do is on your own responsibility. Most of the processes I’ll mention will work with some vital parts of your phone, so if you don’t have enough courage or until you don’t understand all the things you should do I recommend not to get involved with this.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok, there's a tool for almost all of that. Tool is updated, but you need to be sure to click the button for the right recovery, explanation below.
1. UNLOCKING OF BOOTLOADER
Everything starts with this. Unlocking of bootloader will allow you to make changes to some critical partitions of your phone (boot, system and recovery) and will allow you to flash custom recovery that can be used for installing of custom roms, mods and all kind of flashable zips. However, it won't s-off your phone, and other critical partitions (bootloader, radio) remain inaccessible.
So, I won't explain how to do that. Why? Because if you successfully unlock bootloader on your phone it means that you received enough knowledge for the rest of the process and you're qualified to go further.
This process will factory reset your phone (erase data partition) so backup your stuff before you proceed.
Ok, now go to htcdev.com, register your account, go to unlock bootloader section, for the device choose 'All other supported models' and follow the instructions carefully everything is explained in details. Pay attention to 'Required resources' on the first page after confirmation - you need Android SDK platform tools Java Runtime Environment and HTC Sync installed and there are all needed links. Files mentioned in step 5 you will find in Android Bundle zip you downloaded in folder adt-bundle-windows-x86_64\sdk\platform tools.
Here are some useful links about Android SDK platform tools, you won’t be needing most of it but it won't be bad to read.
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=ADB
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fastboot
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/fastboot
Remark: once unlocked bootloader can be relocked but can never be locked again. This can be done issuing command from fastboot:
fastboot oem lockThis means that on the top of you bootloader screen you’ll have a sign RELOCKED instead of LOCKED, which is a notice to HTC that you unlocked it once. Plus they have data about all users that requested unlock_code so they can deny your warranty whenever they want.
If you’ve successfully unlocked your phone bootloader we can proceed to the next step.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
2. CUSTOM RECOVERY INSTALLING
- Go to this address:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502327There you can find custom recoveries for DesX. Some of them have a few bugs but they are generally functional. Download one of your choice, rename it to recovery.img and put it on the root of c: drive on your PC. Before downloading, read the thread linked to carefully, as it is important to check your hboot before installing a custom recovery.
Remark: you can use recovery image provided in WindyCityRockr's tool.
- Go here:
http://download.chainfire.eu/370/SuperSUdownload SuperSU, connect your phone to PC and put it somewhere on your phone sd card.
- Do not disconnect your phone from PC, reboot phone to fastboot on one of this ways :
1. choose restart from power menu and when the screen comes off wait for the buttons to turn off and immediately push volume down, the phone will boot to bootloader, then select fastboot from bootloader menu
2. issuing command
adb reboot-bootloaderfrom command prompt that will take you directly to fastboot
- once you’re in fastboot mode open command prompt, lead it to folder where you installed adb and fastboot (remark: unlocking bootloader guide pointed you to make a folder c:\Android for this) and issue commands
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache
The second and third commands are not quite necessary but they don’t harm and leave your phone with no trails of previous recoveries. Now you can disconnect your phone from your PC.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
3. BACKING UP STOCK ROM
Now it is really important to backup your stock ROM. Dependent on your CID and hboot version, you can't use RUU to get back to stock, especially if your phone is branded by your carrier. Also, RUUs are only available for ICS bootloader (hboot 1.24 and lower). For JB there are only nand backups for a few CIDs uploaded by some nice xda members. So if you definitely want to be able to get back to stock any time, you'll have to backup your current configuration first. That's done by:
Reboot your phone to recovery
Backup -> Select all partitions -> Swipe to BackupThat will take some time. After that's finished, you should make a copy of that backup somewhere safe (it's located on the sdcard in folder TWRP, just copy the whole folder somewhere).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
4. ROOTING YOUR PHONE
- From fastboot menu choose bootloader and then recovery to reboot phone to recovery
- If you successfully boot to recovery choose options:
Install zip from sd card
Choose zip from sd cardNavigate to UPDATE-SuperSU-vx.xx.zip you stored on sd card and choose it. Once the installation is finished reboot your phone. Now you should see SuperSU app in app drawer and your phone is rooted.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
5. CUSTOM ROMS INSTALLING
There are already quite a few ROMs available for our device. But watch out... many of them are discontinued, mostly the CM ROMs as well as the ROMs based off CM. Go here for the index:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35735267#post35735267That’s the Index thread I created for all user to track development for our device. There you’ll find roms that can be installed.
I have to emphasize that every chef gives an instruction how to install his rom, so here I’ll just give you the basics for custom rom installing using custom recovery.
- Download the rom of your choice and put it on the sd card of your device
- Unpack boot.img from rom.zip and put it on the root of c: drive on your PC
- Reboot phone to recovery
- Choose option ‘wipe data/factory reset’
- Choose option ‘wipe cache partition’
- Choose option ‘advanced’ and in next menu choose ‘wipe dalvik cache’
- Go back to main menu and choose ‘install zip from sd card’ and then ‘choose zip from sd card’
- Navigate recovery to rom zip you put on sd card and choose it
- Wait until the installation is finished
- Reboot your phone to fastboot and connect it to your PC
- Open command prompt, lead it to folder where you installed adb and fastboot (remark: unlocking bootloader guide pointed you to make a folder c:\Android for this) and issue commands
fastboot flash boot c:\boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache- Reboot your phone
The last few steps are needed since there is no way to s-off our device, so boot.img included in rom.zip has to be flashed separately via fastboot.
Remark: don’t ever forget for the golden rule of flashing ‘Always make a nand backup before you flash something'.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
6. S-OFF
As S-OFF makes your device vibrating 7 tmes on each boot, you should really think about if you need it. If you are not sure about it, then it's not for you. If you still want to do it, go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2630531
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2667156Use the first link to get to the files needed to do your S-OFF. In the second link you'll find the things you can do after the S-OFF procedure including downgrading the hboot in order to install RUUs etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok, I did what I had promised, all suggestions and corrections are more than welcome.
All this came as 2 years experience with HTC phones (had Desire and Incredible S before), unlocking, rooting and taking their guts out .
Sources and links posted:
- HTC Developers site
- WinDroid HTC Desire X Toolkit v2.1 made by WindyCityRockr
- Android Developers site
- Cyanogen Wiki site
- SuperSU made by Chainfire
- Thanks to ckpv5 for nand ICS backup thread
- Thanks to Izzy Stinson for pointing me to things not explained enough
- Sources for recoveries can be found in my recovery thread
- Thanks to GtrCraft for the idea to include the backup of stockrom
- Thanks to nightwalkerkg and the rumrunners team for getting us the S-OFF
- Again thanks to ckpv5 for the S-OFF tutorial
Going back to stock for official update
Now to say more about a reverse part. The point of this is to make your phone available for official updates, and make it possible to do. Thanks to Ranalakshay36 and Bedroom we have information that you can apply OTA without need to relock bootloader on the phone. However, relocking is still mandatory if you want to install a fresh new rom using RUU.
The first important thing for this is: PEOPLE, MAKE A NAND BACKUP OF STOCK ROM BEFORE REMOVING OF ANY APP FROM SYSTEM OR INSTALLING A CUSTOM ROM!!! This will make this process much easier to do.
RECEIVING AND OFFICIAL UPDATES INSTALLING
Part one:
Ok, you just unlocked bootloader and rooted your phone (no custom rom installed), but you received a notification that you have an official update available and you want to install it. No problem at all if you didn't touch the apps on system partition (some of them are necessary for official support), and all you have to do are these 2 things:
1. Reinstall stock recovery - I attached it. Remember the part about custom recovery? The process for this is the same:
- download recovery I attached, rename it to recovery.img and put it on the root of c: drive on your PC
- reboot phone to fastboot
- connect it to a PC
- open command prompt and guide it to the folder where you have adb platform tools installed
- issue commands
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache
Now your phone should be ready to apply official update.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Part two:
1. You installed a custom rom, however you made a nand backup of your intact stock rooted, so all you need is to restore your nand backup and go to "Part one", that will do a thing.
2. You installed a custom rom, however you didn't make a nand backup of your intact stock rooted, or you deleted some important files from system partiton. So, you're almost scre**d. I said almost because you can ask some of your geeky friends to borrow you his nand backup that you can use for restore.
The best option is to revert back to stock using RUU, but that's currently limited only for devices with Europe based firmware. Here is the thread I made where you can find info about 1.18.401.1 RUU and CID compatibility and a way to check CID of your phone to make sure you can use it:
Get CID and RUU 1.18.401.1 Compatibility
RUU Download page
To run RUU you need to relock your bootloader. This is how you can do it:
- reboot phone to fastboot
- connect it to a PC
- open command prompt and guide it to the folder where you have adb platform tools installed
- issue command
fastboot oem lock- the phone should restart automatically and you'll have a sign RELOCKED on the top of bootloader screen.
After you successfully relock bootloader you can run RUU directly from fastboot. With earlier HTC models there was I a way to bypass CID checking and use any RUU to revert back to stock using a GoldCard, but someone told me that it's not possible with Desire X.
Remark: once you relock bootloader it can be unlocked again in the same way you did it for the first time, and, of course, it will factory reset you phone. Also, going in this order is mandatory, cause if you relock bootloader before you flash stock recovery, you won't be able to do that with relocked bootloader
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you can't run a RUU because of incompatible CID, you have to have a nand backup ready for restoring or else to find one in the forums. Here is a thread with different nand backups incompatible from the RUUs:
ICS nandroid backups
Follow the instructions in the above thread to restore your backup.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Credits:
- Cobje - stock recovery img from latest update (1.18.xx)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35031493&postcount=25
- Ranalakshay36 and Bedroom for the intel.
Reserved once more...
Nice on nlo, will hopefully stop alot of the questions
Good job writing this tutorial!
One small remark: unlocking bootloader via htcdev will hard-reset the device so all data on the phone will be lost. Might be useful to mention this so users can back-up as much as possible on an un-rooted device.
nightcrow said:
Good job writing this tutorial!
One small remark: unlocking bootloader via htcdev will hard-reset the device so all data on the phone will be lost. Might be useful to mention this so users can back-up as much as possible on an un-rooted device.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, forgot about that while I was writing all this stuff.
I can imagine it's quite a story
Anyway well done and it will definitely be useful to the ones that are about to dive into the rabbit-hole.
thanks for the tutorial! very easy to understand and very simple. :good::good::good:
thanks for the tutorial! nice Job men.:good:
a very well written master piece tutorial. absolutely easy use of english as well without most technical jargon. keep up the good work.
here after m gonna redirect such noob questions to this page.
ayyu3m said:
a very well written master piece tutorial. absolutely easy use of english as well without most technical jargon. keep up the good work.
here after m gonna redirect such noob questions to this page.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When an English gentleman says that's an easy use of English I somehow get delighted...
Updated, added flashing boot.img via fastboot for custom roms installing.
thx man, its very helpful for noobs like me who cant follow every thread
there is one more thing i need you help to do it .. how to install busybox ?
I tried all the market apps but i keep getting they same problem "failed to install, try other version or different location"
AxR979 said:
thx man, its very helpful for noobs like me who cant follow every thread
there is one more thing i need you help to do it .. how to install busybox ?
I tried all the market apps but i keep getting they same problem "failed to install, try other version or different location"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try here, here you can find it as a flashable zip.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929852
nlooooo said:
Try here, here you can find it as a flashable zip.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929852
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it worked !! thx
any idea how to keep the changed font after restarting ? it appears the system revert any change i do
I have one question, after I done process 1 and 2, can I factory reset again from the settings without losing root and still keep bootloader unlocked?
Sent from my HTC Desire X using xda app-developers app
Izzy Stinson said:
I have one question, after I done process 1 and 2, can I factory reset again from the settings without losing root and still keep bootloader unlocked?
Sent from my HTC Desire X using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Of course you can, factory reset deletes only data partition while all others stay intact, and Superuser app is located on system partition, while bootloader can't be accessed from there, only from fastboot.
nlooooo said:
Of course you can, factory reset deletes only data partition while all others stay intact, and Superuser app is located on system partition, while bootloader can't be accessed from there, only from fastboot.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks. and one last question. you gave 3 links to download for cwm recovery. which of those three are the best cwm for you?
For me the best is 4ext, but it's not released yet for our device.
I would go with Claudyy's version.since it doesn't have a screen shift bug.
nlooooo said:
For me the best is 4ext, but it's not released yet for our device.
I would go with Claudyy's version.since it doesn't have a screen shift bug.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
so i guess im gonna download clauddy cwm then.
so it is CWM-protou.img, i should rename it to recovery.img right?
sorry for asking so many questions, i dont like to make mistakes when doing this kind of things.. :silly:
Hello, I've been trying to install custom rom on my xperia sola but I don't sure how and I don't wanna brick my phone, some people told me to try ROM Manager or X-Parts but in both app's it says that xperia sola is not supported.
Some told me to use flashtool and flash the boot.img but when I downloaded the pure blood rom(that's what I wanna use) there is only META-INF and system folders and no boot.img file, I've searched for some tutorials with good explanations for xperia sola but I haven't found any.
Can someone please give me a good tutorial or explain to me in detail how to install a custom rom? I have rooted and unlocked my bootloader, yet im not quite sure how to enter my recovery....
Thanks for the help!
msacco4 said:
Hello, I've been trying to install custom rom on my xperia sola but I don't sure how and I don't wanna brick my phone, some people told me to try ROM Manager or X-Parts but in both app's it says that xperia sola is not supported.
Some told me to use flashtool and flash the boot.img but when I downloaded the pure blood rom(that's what I wanna use) there is only META-INF and system folders and no boot.img file, I've searched for some tutorials with good explanations for xperia sola but I haven't found any.
Can someone please give me a good tutorial or explain to me in detail how to install a custom rom? I have rooted and unlocked my bootloader, yet im not quite sure how to enter my recovery....
Thanks for the help!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
first you will need to install CWM recovery so that you can flash the custom roms to your device......... once installed you will then have to put the zip file of pure blood rom to your SD card and then install via CWM..........
Links:
CWM
@[email protected] said:
first you will need to install CWM recovery so that you can flash the custom roms to your device......... once installed you will then have to put the zip file of pure blood rom to your SD card and then install via CWM..........
Links:
CWM
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've already installed CWM but how do I reboot into it?
And is there any way to make sure my CWM is installed correctly like root cheker or something?
I didn't saw you added a link to CWM, I'll check it and see if I manage to do it, thanks.
To reboot into CWM, turn off the phone. Then press the power button till phone starts booting > Then keep pressing (repeatedly) the Volume Down button till CWM loads
Min3r said:
To reboot into CWM, turn off the phone. Then press the power button till phone starts booting > Then keep pressing (repeatedly) the Volume Down button till CWM loads
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, can you give me some tips to make sure I won't brick my phone?
msacco4 said:
Thanks, can you give me some tips to make sure I won't brick my phone?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you unlock your bootloader? If your bootloader is locked the only thing is flash only ROM for locked bootloader.
For example - you install munjenis CWM, you download ROM for locked bootloader (no CyanogenMod), place ROM on your phone memory, switch off the phone, switch on the phone, on logo pressing many times vol +, enter CWM and choose Install zip.
Thats it.
mirost1 said:
Did you unlock your bootloader? If your bootloader is locked the only thing is flash only ROM for locked bootloader.
For example - you install munjenis CWM, you download ROM for locked bootloader (no CyanogenMod), place ROM on your phone memory, switch off the phone, switch on the phone, on logo pressing many times vol +, enter CWM and choose Install zip.
Thats it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My bootloader is unlocked but for some reason I can't manage to go into the recovery, I click the volume(tryed up and down) and nothing happens, I even installed the CWM again but still not working..have an idea why?
msacco4 said:
My bootloader is unlocked but for some reason I can't manage to go into the recovery, I click the volume(tryed up and down) and nothing happens, I even installed the CWM again but still not working..have an idea why?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What steps did you actually followed??????????
Please elaborate..........
@[email protected] said:
What steps did you actually followed??????????
Please elaborate..........
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I used this tutorial: I can't post it here because im a new user, I'll send you in private message.
Tell me if you didn't got the message..
msacco4 said:
I used this tutorial: I can't post it here because im a new user, I'll send you in private message.
Tell me if you didn't got the message..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i guess you downloaded the file which you got on the link i gave in the above post???????
download and install flashtool.......
extract the file from the .zip which you got from the download.........
you will get a boot.img file.......then copy this file(boot.img) in the folder in C:\Flashtool\x10flasher_lib (if you installed flashtool in C drive)...........
then open command prompt.......
go to the folder x10flasher_lib......(do the below mentioned steps)
cd/ (enter)
cd Flashtool (enter)
cd x10flasher_lib (enter)
now type(without quotes)
"fastboot flash boot boot.img" and then enter
then connect your fone when it shows waiting for your device by pressing and holding vol up (vol +) button this will go into fastboot mode and install the CWM.........
after this you can refer to my previous post........ PM me if anything you dont get.........
lyspne tourist
@[email protected] said:
i guess you downloaded the file which you got on the link i gave in the above post???????
download and install flashtool.......
extract the file from the .zip which you got from the download.........
you will get a boot.img file.......then copy this file(boot.img) in the folder in C:\Flashtool\x10flasher_lib (if you installed flashtool in C drive)...........
then open command prompt.......
go to the folder x10flasher_lib......(do the below mentioned steps)
cd/ (enter)
cd Flashtool (enter)
cd x10flasher_lib (enter)
now type(without quotes)
"fastboot flash boot boot.img" and then enter
then connect your fone when it shows waiting for your device by pressing and holding vol up (vol +) button this will go into fastboot mode and install the CWM.........
after this you can refer to my previous post........ PM me if anything you dont get.........
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I didn't use it because It says its for build .10 and I'm on .54, it matters? if no I'll try it and see if it works.
Thanks for the replies
msacco4 said:
I didn't use it because It says its for build .10 and I'm on .54, it matters? if no I'll try it and see if it works.
Thanks for the replies
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you are on stock .54 so use this......... the instructions are given in that thread..... you can also follow the steps in my previous post.......
@[email protected] said:
i guess you downloaded the file which you got on the link i gave in the above post???????
download and install flashtool.......
extract the file from the .zip which you got from the download.........
you will get a boot.img file.......then copy this file(boot.img) in the folder in C:\Flashtool\x10flasher_lib (if you installed flashtool in C drive)...........
then open command prompt.......
go to the folder x10flasher_lib......(do the below mentioned steps)
cd/ (enter)
cd Flashtool (enter)
cd x10flasher_lib (enter)
now type(without quotes)
"fastboot flash boot boot.img" and then enter
then connect your fone when it shows waiting for your device by pressing and holding vol up (vol +) button this will go into fastboot mode and install the CWM.........
after this you can refer to my previous post........ PM me if anything you dont get.........
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I installed the recovery, it worked and I installed the ROM, but now my phone is stuck on SONY logo after booting the phone, I wiped out all the data, what to do now?? : \
I can still go to recovery.
msacco4 said:
I installed the recovery, it worked and I installed the ROM, but now my phone is stuck on SONY logo after booting the phone, I wiped out all the data, what to do now?? : \
I can still go to recovery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which ROM you installed?????????
and which CWM??????????
first you have to wide data/factory reset, wipe dalvik, chache...........
the install ROM and then again wipe all these from CWM...........
@[email protected] said:
Which ROM you installed?????????
and which CWM??????????
first you have to wide data/factory reset, wipe dalvik, chache...........
the install ROM and then again wipe all these from CWM...........
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tryed to install both Pure blood and Ultimate sola roms, same problem with both.
I can't post links yet, write in youtube "How to Load a Custom ROM on an Android Device " and go to the third video(for me anyway) by MobileUnlimited, that's what I used, I backed up all the data, wiped out data/factory reset, then install zip from sdcard(which btw goes to my internal storage and not my sdcard), then reboot system now.
And I used the CWM you gave me in post #12.
Thanks.
Edit - well, I didn't notice that, but the CWM you gave me is by "munjeni", and in the pure blood post it says: "2. FLASH CWM V5 for unlocked bootloaders... dont use any other...munjeni's "memory tweak + owerclock 1.15 ghz WILL GIVE BOOTLOOP.. and for locked bootloaders used the CWM is available for locked BL stock rom."
Can you give me another .54 CWM?
msacco4 said:
I tryed to install both Pure blood and Ultimate sola roms, same problem with both.
I can't post links yet, write in youtube "How to Load a Custom ROM on an Android Device " and go to the third video(for me anyway) by MobileUnlimited, that's what I used, I backed up all the data, wiped out data/factory reset, then install zip from sdcard(which btw goes to my internal storage and not my sdcard), then reboot system now.
And I used the CWM you gave me in post #12.
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
wipe all again after installing the zip..............
link to CWM v5.......... link
use fastboot to install this..........
Hope you are running ICS .54 Firmware??????????????
@[email protected] said:
wipe all again after installing the zip..............
link to CWM v5.......... link
use fastboot to install this..........
Hope you are running ICS .54 Firmware??????????????
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
of course i'm using .54 :X
"2. FLASH CWM V5 for unlocked bootloaders... dont use any other...munjeni's "memory tweak + owerclock 1.15 ghz WILL GIVE BOOTLOOP.. and for locked bootloaders used the CWM is available for locked BL stock rom."
so should I use this or not?
I'll try it anyway.
Thanks.
msacco4 said:
of course i'm using .54 :X
"2. FLASH CWM V5 for unlocked bootloaders... dont use any other...munjeni's "memory tweak + owerclock 1.15 ghz WILL GIVE BOOTLOOP.. and for locked bootloaders used the CWM is available for locked BL stock rom."
so should I use this or not?
I'll try it anyway.
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i gave the link in the above post for CWM v5..........
@[email protected] said:
i gave the link in the above post for CWM v5..........
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah, but "Pulak861" said not to use munjei's version.
should I try it anyway?
msacco4 said:
yeah, but "Pulak861" said not to use munjei's version.
should I try it anyway?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
this is the v5 version which you have to use.........
try this one and it will work..........
this one is not overclocked or memory tweaked so this will work..............
T329w is customized version Of Desire X (t329e) which have to SIM card
The rom for Desire X running Perfect on my T329w except there is no Signal...
I think flash back the T329w's stock Kernal and Radio can fix it?
Has anyone can Help me?
Thanks a Lot !
link of Rom for T329w
Version 1
http://pan.baidu.com/s/122oNL
Version 2
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1oVdzO
Hi
You can downlod from here:https://hotfile.com/dl/249367403/0b72cc6/T329W.rar.html
This is decrypt stock rom for T329w without "System.img"
I can't install this,
more details: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483223
BABAK236 said:
Hi
You can downlod from here:https://hotfile.com/dl/249367403/0b72cc6/T329W.rar.html
This is decrypt stock rom for T329w without "System.img"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I need the Stock Recovery for T329w as by mistake flashed Single sim recovery. I am from India and using Stock ROM with JB (version 4.1.1).
Flashing the "recovery_signed.img" inside the folder of this Download would be helpful?
Please reply.
Thanks.
arindam4u said:
I need the Stock Recovery for T329w as by mistake flashed Single sim recovery. I am from India and using Stock ROM with JB (version 4.1.1).
Flashing the "recovery_signed.img" inside the folder of this Download would be helpful?
Please reply.
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think it will
Did the same mistake..
Any help on this front will be useful
yashvchauhan said:
Did the same mistake..
Any help on this front will be useful
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There is a dual sim rom in one of these threads, flash that and after that flash the correct stock recovery.
And next time read carefully because this forum is not for the the Desire X dual sim
GtrCraft said:
There is a dual sim rom in one of these threads, flash that and after that flash the correct stock recovery.
And next time read carefully because this forum is not for the the Desire X dual sim
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Searched, couldn't find any dual sim roms apart from the one in this thread
EDIT - or maybe it's this one? it's compatible with dual sim http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46730392&postcount=30
thanks for your help though..
This is what i plan to do :
Download and flash TWRP for t329w
Transfer http://pan.baidu.com/s/122oNL (version 1) to SD Card and the recovery_signed.img and boot_signed.img to SC Card
Reboot phone to recovery
Choose Wipe then Swipe to Factory Reset
or the best is Select Advance Wipe, tick all except sdcard then swipe to wipe
Select Install and select the version1 rom.zip then swipe to confirm flash
Wait until the installation is finished
Reboot phone to fastboot and connect it to your PC
Open command prompt, lead it to folder where you installed adb and fastboot and issue commands:
fastboot flash recovery C:\recovery_signed.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
fastboot flash boot c:\boot_signed.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
yashvchauhan said:
Searched, couldn't find any dual sim roms apart from the one in this thread
EDIT - or maybe it's this one? it's compatible with dual sim http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46730392&postcount=30
thanks for your help though..
This is what i plan to do :
Download and flash TWRP for t329w
Transfer http://pan.baidu.com/s/122oNL (version 1) to SD Card and the recovery_signed.img and boot_signed.img to SC Card
Reboot phone to recovery
Choose Wipe then Swipe to Factory Reset
or the best is Select Advance Wipe, tick all except sdcard then swipe to wipe
Select Install and select the version1 rom.zip then swipe to confirm flash
Wait until the installation is finished
Reboot phone to fastboot and connect it to your PC
Open command prompt, lead it to folder where you installed adb and fastboot and issue commands:
fastboot flash recovery C:\recovery_signed.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
fastboot flash boot c:\boot_signed.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Perfect steps, if those two roms don't work then try this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/others/files/DX/Dual SIM/T329w_2.12.1402.1.zip/download
(That was the one I meant)
GtrCraft said:
Perfect steps, if those two roms don't work then try this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/others/files/DX/Dual SIM/T329w_2.12.1402.1.zip/download
(That was the one I meant)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
One last thing, I forgot to mention I had taken a NAndroid backup before installing the ROM. I restored it and did a full wipe/factory reset, but I think the kernel is the problem (it shows the kernel used by the single sim ROM)
So as of now, I'm just going to flash the boot and recovery, coz boot_signed should change the kernel.
Also, this folder contains other images such as radio, hboot, dzdata etc. what are these for and would they help?
Thanks a lot for your help!!
---------- Post added at 06:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:21 AM ----------
There's a guy on FB who had a similar problem. He said he flashed a "brushed" ROM from a chinese forum (i got the links), well if you translate it means a modified ROM for the dual sim, right? He also said he was missing the RUU. Any help here would be appreciated.. Thanks a lot!
Heres what he said
"i used a brushed rom and installed through twrp recovery bro . check the link i sent u can translate it and find everything . i couldnt find ruu file"
yashvchauhan said:
One last thing, I forgot to mention I had taken a NAndroid backup before installing the ROM. I restored it and did a full wipe/factory reset, but I think the kernel is the problem (it shows the kernel used by the single sim ROM)
So as of now, I'm just going to flash the boot and recovery, coz boot_signed should change the kernel.
Also, this folder contains other images such as radio, hboot, dzdata etc. what are these for and would they help?
Thanks a lot for your help!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
After restoring Nandroid, just fastboot flash the boot_signed.img and reboot and see whether it boot. It should work if the custom recovery is working well for your device. No need to fastboot flash recovery_signed.img first. Just boot and see whether it works. If it works then only you fastboot flash the recovery_signed.img if you want to.
Don't worry about other images as you can't flash those on a S-On device.
ckpv5 said:
After restoring Nandroid, just fastboot flash the boot_signed.img and reboot and see whether it boot. It should work if the custom recovery is working well for your device. No need to fastboot flash recovery_signed.img first. Just boot and see whether it works. If it works then only you fastboot flash the recovery_signed.img if you want to.
Don't worry about other images as you can't flash those on a S-On device.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
HELP!! I flashed the boot.img and now the phone doesn't boot. Shows white screen then blackout.
adb doesn't detect it
help!!
yashvchauhan said:
HELP!! I flashed the boot.img and now the phone doesn't boot. Shows white screen then blackout.
adb doesn't detect it
help!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Inside your nandroid backup there is a file boot.emmc.win, this is your stock boot.img
So fastboot flash this one with command
fastboot flash boot boot.emmc.win
ckpv5 said:
Inside your nandroid backup there is a file boot.emmc.win, this is your stock boot.img
So fastboot flash this one with command
fastboot flash boot boot.emmc.win
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
shows Error : Cannot open boot.emmc.win
Is it because my nandroid is on external sd? I'm using nexus prime as the recovery
yashvchauhan said:
shows Error : Cannot open boot.emmc.win
Is it because my nandroid is on external sd? I'm using nexus prime as the recovery
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What do you mean shows Error : Cannot open boot.emmc.win ? boot.emmc.win is created by a TWRP recovery only. If there is one you don't have to "open" it, just copy it to your fastboot folder
Now you mentioned you use nexus prime as the recovery do you mean you use NexusRecovery ? Can you list here the file names inside the nandroid backup ? I don't think you have boot.emmc.win in NexusRecovery
ckpv5 said:
What do you mean shows Error : Cannot open boot.emmc.win ? boot.emmc.win is created by a TWRP recovery only. If there is one you don't have to "open" it, just copy it to your fastboot folder
Now you mentioned you use nexus prime as the recovery do you mean you use NexusRecovery ? Can you list here the file names inside the nandroid backup ? I don't think you have boot.emmc.win in NexusRecovery
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmm, i went to Nandroid restore > Advanced restore > Restore boot
doesn't boot.
tried restoring the whole backup, doesn't boot.
even a wipe data/factory reset doesn't make it boot!
Will taking it to an HTC centre help? (I'm ready to pay some amt of money.)
Oh no... you don't know what fastboot flash means ? It is not using the recovery to restore boot. You need to copy the boot.img to your PC where you have all your fastboot files in a folder.
Try again this way as I don't have my PC with me. Replying to you with someone else PC.
In my ROM threads, you will see Boot.img_Installer_RCx.x.zip in post #1. Download any of them then do the following
1. Download theBoot.img_Installer_RCx.x.zip and extract it on your PC desktop
2. Reboot your DX to bootloader and connect to your PC (you should see the word "fastboot usb" in red color on the bootloader)
3. Open the Boot.img_Installer_RCx.x folder that you extracted, you should see a batch file Install Boot.img.bat there
4. Replace the boot.img with your boot.img (don't use the one that already in the folder). Try the boot_signed.img that you have, rename it to boot.img
5. Run that Install Boot.img.bat and when it stop just press any key to exit
6. Reboot
And yes, taking it to HTC centre will help but of course you need to pay them
ckpv5 said:
Oh no... you don't know what fastboot flash means ? It is not using the recovery to restore boot. You need to copy the boot.img to your PC where you have all your fastboot files in a folder.
Try again this way as I don't have my PC with me. Replying to you with someone else PC.
In my ROM threads, you will see Boot.img_Installer_RCx.x.zip in post #1. Download any of them then do the following
1. Download theBoot.img_Installer_RCx.x.zip and extract it on your PC desktop
2. Reboot your DX to bootloader and connect to your PC (you should see the word "fastboot usb" in red color on the bootloader)
3. Open the Boot.img_Installer_RCx.x folder that you extracted, you should see a batch file Install Boot.img.bat there
4. Replace the boot.img with your boot.img (don't use the one that already in the folder). Try the boot_signed.img that you have, rename it to boot.img
5. Run that Install Boot.img.bat and when it stop just press any key to exit
6. Reboot
And yes, taking it to HTC centre will help but of course you need to pay them
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmm, I will try that. Guess I will have to take it anyway coz of the SIM card issue.
Thanks a lot man. You've been a great help. Appreciate every bit of it.
yashvchauhan said:
One last thing, I forgot to mention I had taken a NAndroid backup before installing the ROM. I restored it and did a full wipe/factory reset, but I think the kernel is the problem (it shows the kernel used by the single sim ROM)
So as of now, I'm just going to flash the boot and recovery, coz boot_signed should change the kernel.
Also, this folder contains other images such as radio, hboot, dzdata etc. what are these for and would they help?
Thanks a lot for your help!!
---------- Post added at 06:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:21 AM ----------
There's a guy on FB who had a similar problem. He said he flashed a "brushed" ROM from a chinese forum (i got the links), well if you translate it means a modified ROM for the dual sim, right? He also said he was missing the RUU. Any help here would be appreciated.. Thanks a lot!
Heres what he said
"i used a brushed rom and installed through twrp recovery bro . check the link i sent u can translate it and find everything . i couldnt find ruu file"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
don't flash the radio hboot and other files than boot and recovery
[
yashvchauhan said:
Hmm, I will try that. Guess I will have to take it anyway coz of the SIM card issue.
Thanks a lot man. You've been a great help. Appreciate every bit of it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ohh, I just read it properly. I know what fastboot flash means. Using Android SDK > Platform tools > Shift+rightclick > open as command prompt > fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
I've already done it. This boot_signed.img in this thread seems weird.
After installing the custom ROM, restoring my nandroid backup, my phone was booting, but without the sim being recognized.
So I fastboot flashed the above (second post of this thread) boot_signed.img from c:\
But THAT boot_signed.img led to my phone being stuck in a bootloop > white start screen > turns black > try switching it on again > same thing
Hoped I could restore the nandroid boot using recovery advanced restore, but didn't work.
Will try fastboot flashing the MIUI boot.img (coz that's what was working initially, though without a sim, and the one in this thread's second post doesn't have a source), atleast that should get my phone booting. And will try searching for the boot of my nexus recovery backup, coz that will be the stock boot.img.
My last thing before I go to HTC .
---------- Post added at 03:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:06 PM ----------
GtrCraft said:
don't flash the radio hboot and other files than boot and recovery
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I only flashed boot and recovery, not the others
HI EVERYBODY,
Today i wanna introuduce my first filekit for rooting htc amaze 4g,
It is easy and needs only clicks instead of writing commands and reading different sites and downloading files from different sites it's all in one,
so follow the guide carefully!
<<<<<<I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY KIND OF DAMAGE YOU MAKE OR FOR ANY BRIKED DEVICES!>>>>>>>
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
STEP BY STEP GUIDE!
GUIDE 1:: {unlocking the bootloader!}
This is htc amaze 4g unlocking,flashing recoveries and rooting filekit by playboydroid at xda developers.
first step enable usb debugging in settings>developer options>usb debugging tick it.or if you are at gingerbread so goto applications>devlopment>usb debugging.
STEP 2>> go into my filekit select data folder>install htc drivers.
STEP 3>> connect your pc to phone with usb cable then in data folder slect reboot into bootloader when you get into bootloader so use volume keys to navigate and
power key to select,you should be connected with usb cable between your phone and pc you will see written fastboot usb highlited with red if you cannot see
so select fastboot written in the bootloader menu so when you see fastboot usb in red colour, then select token id windows batch file present in data folder of my
FILEKIT so by selecting token id from pc will help you in getting the token so select the token as follows:
When copying the token, start with this line:
<<<< Identifier Token Start >>>>
And end with this line:
<<<<< Identifier Token End >>>>>
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
after marking the token copy it by right clicking on the command window opened so after right clicking a dailouge box will appear so select edit>mark then select the token written and right click to select the token then visit htcdev.com singup first then select unlock bootloader at the right of the site select your device
htc amaze (t-mobile)or(mobilcity)or other then begin unlocking bootloader skip all steps goto step 10 and deposit your identifier token there and you will recieve
unlock_code bin in your email download it and place it in my toolkit>data folder then run the file unlockbootloader in my toolkit>data so this will ask a question on your phone's screen so select yes if you want to unlock or select no if you don't want to unlock bootloader
Code:
(note that when you select yes your all data would be deleted)
so now you are done unlocking bootloader now you can flash recovery and you can proceed to root.
GUIDE 2 : flashing custom recoveries..
first step>>connect your phone with pc using usb cable.
second step>>use the file reboot into bootloader present in my filekit>data it will take you to bootloader (note;usb debugging should be enabled)
third step>>after getting into bootloader use the file flash cwm5026 recovery so the file will flash recovery in your phone!
fourth step>>select recovery in the bootloader menu while usb disconnected,to see that, is recovery working?
and you are done flashing recovery the second part of rooting.
GUIDE 3 : rooting/installing superuser binary..!!
step 1>> goto my filekit>data folder then select super su folder and send the supersu.zip file to your phone.
step 2>> now select reboot into recovery from my filekit>datafolder it will take you to recovery.
step 3>> select install zip from sd card and find the supersu.zip in your storage then select it and answer it yes and you are done!
step 4>> reboot your system now!
EXTRA GUIDE FOR S-ON USERS;FLASH 4EXT RECOVERY:
I WILL RECOMMEND TO FLASH 4EXT RECOVERY AFTER ROOTING AMAZE 4G WITH CWM RECOVERY BECAUSE IT
IS THE BEST RECOVERY AND WELL FEATURED!
TO FLASH 4EXT RECOVERY GO TO: AND FROM THERE DOWNLOAD 4EXT RECOVERY!
THEN YOU WILL GET 4EXT RECOVERY.ZIP SO SEND IT TO YOUR SD CARD THEN BOOT YOUR PHONE INTO BOOTLOADER USE THE
REBOOT INTO BOOTLOADER FILE FROM MY FILEKIT>DATA AFTER THAT NAVIGATE TO RECOVERY AND SELECT
4EXT RECOVERY.ZIP AFTER IT FLASHES SUCESSFULLY REBOOT YOUR SYSTEM OR REBOOT RECOVERY SO THEN
NEW RECOVERY WILL BE SEEN..
ALL GUIDES AND FILES ARE AVAILABILE IN THE ZIP..
EXCEPT 4EXT!
ALTHOUGH I HAD INCLUDED 4EXT RECOVERY IN THE FOLDER BUT IT IS NOT WORKING!
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE 4EXT RECOVERY UPDATER APP AND YOU CAN FLASH LATEST RECOVERY FROM THAT APP AFTER ROOTING!
4EXT Recovery App
so first download the zip from here
unzip it and use the guides above to proceed! use 7zip or similar
if you got any help from my post so please tap the thanks :good: button so i could post more!
I AM HERE TO HELP IF YOU GET CONFUSED IN UNDERSTANDING MY ENGLISH BECAUSE MY ENGLISH IS NOT WELL!!
SOON I WILL BE POSTING A VIDEO SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND MORE CAREFULLY!
There is another way & it is now the only way by using Ubuntu 12.04 (and newer) 32bit
as you can see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2167596
http://unlimited.io/juopunutbear.htm
Team Unlimited
WE NO LONGER SUPPORT ANY VERSION OF WINDOWS!
thanks
Hi ..!
I like your post ..!
And I had tried this ..!
Very usefull post for unlocking bootloader
phone stuck at HTC logo
hey guys,
great guide, plain and simple
I have gotten to the point of rooting the phone, however when I install roms from sd card and reboot, the phone gets stuck at the htc logo with the white background. Am I missing something...After i install the super su and reboot, can I just install a rom, or do i need to update the kernel or install an update?
thanks in advance
reddo_xda said:
hey guys,
great guide, plain and simple
I have gotten to the point of rooting the phone, however when I install roms from sd card and reboot, the phone gets stuck at the htc logo with the white background. Am I missing something...After i install the super su and reboot, can I just install a rom, or do i need to update the kernel or install an update?
thanks in advance
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes the problem is that you need to flash boot.img from bootloader or for easily flashing roms from recovery ,use 4ext recovery...
Just flash this recovery from an app at play store or xda named 4ext recovery control this will work only if phone is booting or if the phone is not booting so search 4ext recovery.img or .zip on xda and flash it in your current recovery and reboot your recovery...you would now be able to get in new recovery now before flashing roms you need to enable 4ext smart flash,which is available inside tools options in 4ext recovery once you had enabled smart flash start flashing roms and they would boot...but NOTE: when ever you are flashing roms always check that is 4ext smart flash enabled or not ,you need to enable it in order to boot new roms and always make an Nandroid backup...
Happy flashing and don't forget to hit thanks
Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app
oschamp said:
Hi ..!
I like your post ..!
And I had tried this ..!
Very usefull post for unlocking bootloader
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks dude...be happy..
Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app
reddo_xda said:
hey guys,
great guide, plain and simple
I have gotten to the point of rooting the phone, however when I install roms from sd card and reboot, the phone gets stuck at the htc logo with the white background. Am I missing something...After i install the super su and reboot, can I just install a rom, or do i need to update the kernel or install an update?
thanks in advance
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
And please tell me that you're currently on CWM recovery or anyother...
Well CWM recovery is included in the package so hoping you're on custom recovery..
The only solution for your problem is that your phone should be ICS 4.0.3 updated and you should have 4ext recovery with smart flash enabled...
Or other solution is perform S-OFF..which is very hard,because of the wire trick!
Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app
help me out little bit confused ....
playboydroid said:
And please tell me that you're currently on CWM recovery or anyother...
Well CWM recovery is included in the package so hoping you're on custom recovery..
The only solution for your problem is that your phone should be ICS 4.0.3 updated and you should have 4ext recovery with smart flash enabled...
Or other solution is perform S-OFF..which is very hard,because of the wire trick!
Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ya the same problem with my htc amaze !
whenever I flashed rom it just stuck at HTC boot logo with white background ...!
but one rom finally works that is viper amaze but in this rom there are some bugs !
for example. Bluetooth is not working, the sound is not working !
These are some bugs which make this rom worst ...
I m soo confused what to do !
And performing s-off is very risky due to wire trick !
Because may be the device get damage ..!
Soo any other help or suggestions ???
oschamp said:
Ya the same problem with my htc amaze !
whenever I flashed rom it just stuck at HTC boot logo with white background ...!
but one rom finally works that is viper amaze but in this rom there are some bugs !
for example. Bluetooth is not working, the sound is not working !
These are some bugs which make this rom worst ...
I m soo confused what to do !
And performing s-off is very risky due to wire trick !
Because may be the device get damage ..!
Soo any other help or suggestions ???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I assume that you are on ginger bread with old bootloader,so try CM7 or older roms that might work on your device,for flashing ICS and JB newer roms you will need to be on latest bootloader which you can get after updating your phone to ICS(official)..
if you are having unbranded HTC Amaze Ruby then you need to S-OFF or if you are having Branded i.e T-Mobile or any other just flash the RUU from boot loader....:victory:
playboydroid said:
And please tell me that you're currently on CWM recovery or anyother...
Well CWM recovery is included in the package so hoping you're on custom recovery..
The only solution for your problem is that your phone should be ICS 4.0.3 updated and you should have 4ext recovery with smart flash enabled...
Or other solution is perform S-OFF..which is very hard,because of the wire trick!
Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok, so im at a lost, i have used 4ext recovery and used a cyanogen mod and still no luck. I followed your instructions but it still sticks at the htc logo. what is this S-off you are talking about and exactly how risky is it?
reddo_xda said:
ok, so im at a lost, i have used 4ext recovery and used a cyanogen mod and still no luck. I followed your instructions but it still sticks at the htc logo. what is this S-off you are talking about and exactly how risky is it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you enabled smart flash inside tools options in 4ext recovery.?
Just Google s-off,you might find details about it.
And another solution is to try hasoons2000 toolkit for htc amaze and learn how to flash boot.img on bootloader..
Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app
reddo_xda said:
ok, so im at a lost, i have used 4ext recovery and used a cyanogen mod and still no luck. I followed your instructions but it still sticks at the htc logo. what is this S-off you are talking about and exactly how risky is it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
did you tried enabling smart flash in recovery?
for s-off visit this.
and for booting a new rom you need to flash boot.img from bootloader.
use this once you enter boot loader and your phone should be connected to pc.see this for more information.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I got through somewhat
playboydroid said:
did you tried enabling smart flash in recovery?
for s-off visit this.
and for booting a new rom you need to flash boot.img from bootloader.
use this once you enter boot loader and your phone should be connected to pc.see this for more information.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok, so i extracted the img file and loaded it using the fastboot command, it booted in to Android OS (cm-10-20131006-NIGHTLY-ruby.zip) but it keeps cutting off, I had installed the same rom previously, When loading the boot.img, do i need to extract all the other contents to a folder so it can pull all the files?
reddo_xda said:
Ok, so i extracted the img file and loaded it using the fastboot command, it booted in to Android OS (cm-10-20131006-NIGHTLY-ruby.zip) but it keeps cutting off, I had installed the same rom previously, When loading the boot.img, do i need to extract all the other contents to a folder so it can pull all the files?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No need to extract all files except boot.img.
Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app
then what...
playboydroid said:
No need to extract all files except boot.img.
Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok, so im just suppose to load the boot.img file and then what, will it boot up just like that or do i need to do something else
how to flash a rom??
reddo_xda said:
ok, so im just suppose to load the boot.img file and then what, will it boot up just like that or do i need to do something else
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1-->Flash rom in recovery with wiping, usually
[wipe data/Factory Reset and Wipe Cache + Dalvik Cache]
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
2-->boot to Bootloader while connected to PC.[note that the fastboot screen would show fastboot USB written In Red,if not so click the Fastboot Button in bootloader by pressing power button..
3-->now extract the Boot.img of your specific Rom
(which you flashed previosly in recovery..)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
4-->use ------>
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
.....
[NOTE: you should open a command propt in the folder where FASTBOOT and BOOT.IMG is present,press SHIFT and then RIGHT CLICK so you would be able to see Open command window here,click it and type the previous command...]
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
5-->you are done flashing,now reboot your device....HAPPY FLASHING.....
thank you so much!!!!!
playboydroid said:
1-->Flash rom in recovery with wiping, usually
2-->boot to Bootloader while connected to PC.[note that the fastboot screen would show fastboot USB written In Red,if not so click the Fastboot Button in bootloader by pressing power button..
3-->now extract the Boot.img of your specific Rom
4-->use ------>
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
.....
5-->you are done flashing,now reboot your device....HAPPY FLASHING.....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok, so I did all the above, I also installed an update:
You MUST flash the ICS firmware update when coming from a GINGERBREAD ROM before flashing Viper Amaze
Place the PH85IMG.zip in the root of your
EXTERNAL SDCARD and boot into bootloader
This will update your radio
to 1.15.550L.08D _30.80.550L. 16D
and HBOOT to 1.93.2222
I did the above, installed the Viper Amaze 1.7.2.3 official, and it worked!!!!
thanks again for your help and patient, thank you
reddo_xda said:
ok, so I did all the above, I also installed an update:
You MUST flash the ICS firmware update when coming from a GINGERBREAD ROM before flashing Viper Amaze
Place the PH85IMG.zip in the root of your
EXTERNAL SDCARD and boot into bootloader
This will update your radio
to 1.15.550L.08D _30.80.550L. 16D
and HBOOT to 1.93.2222
I did the above, installed the Viper Amaze 1.7.2.3 official, and it worked!!!!
thanks again for your help and patient, thank you
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
your welcome....Be happy and play with new roms,but always read the instructions before flashing...:good: