Hi there, just before I start, I want to thank anyone that offers any help what so ever. Thankyou.
Ok, I have a HOX+ and rooted my phone not along ago and I am on not on any custom rom and used cwm not twrp (unfortunatley)
Ok so I got the official update notification from google today,so went to update,as I have made no mods so far the the stock rom, besides gaining root access. straight away it puts me to cwm,where I select to go ahead with the update and flash it. I know I must have made some rooky noobish mistake but have managed to half-brick my phone and cant work out how to get round this,
I can gain hboot usb but my computeris not picking up the phone and the recovery I made isnt in the folder when I try to resore- I get the folder with the date I made it in cwm but there is nothing there, the only rom i can manage to pick up is the google one and that doesnt work,
It was successfully flashing and when done did the reboot and then bam, just stuck on htc logo screen.
Any help again greatly appriciated, as i have been trawling the net and all parts of the forum for the past day and cant get anywhere.
thenewone111 said:
Hi there, just before I start, I want to thank anyone that offers any help what so ever. Thankyou.
Ok, I have a HOX+ and rooted my phone not along ago and I am on not on any custom rom and used cwm not twrp (unfortunatley)
Ok so I got the official update notification from google today,so went to update,as I have made no mods so far the the stock rom, besides gaining root access. straight away it puts me to cwm,where I select to go ahead with the update and flash it. I know I must have made some rooky noobish mistake but have managed to half-brick my phone and cant work out how to get round this,
I can gain hboot usb but my computeris not picking up the phone and the recovery I made isnt in the folder when I try to resore- I get the folder with the date I made it in cwm but there is nothing there, the only rom i can manage to pick up is the google one and that doesnt work,
It was successfully flashing and when done did the reboot and then bam, just stuck on htc logo screen.
Any help again greatly appriciated, as i have been trawling the net and all parts of the forum for the past day and cant get anywhere.
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Relock the bootloader and then unlock it again..
Addicted2xda said:
Relock the bootloader and then unlock it again..
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Can you please tell me how this is possible or point me in the right direction to do this,as i cant seem to get my computer to pick the phone up, it doesnt appear on devices but hboot usb does happen on the phone?
thenewone111 said:
Can you please tell me how this is possible or point me in the right direction to do this,as i cant seem to get my computer to pick the phone up, it doesnt appear on devices but hboot usb does happen on the phone?
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If you are using hasoon's tool kit.
Click on relock bootloader.
Then in hasoon's toolkit select unlock bootloader (make sure you have unlock_code.bin of your device with you...)
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Phone: ATT HTC One X +
Hi everyone,
This problem has been beat to death on this site but it's very hard to follow with other phones and trying to find the files and everything needed to fix it. This is my first time to try and root a phone so I tried to piece it together and screwed it up. Still trying to learn.
So far I successfully unlocked the bootloader through the HTCDEV site so I have SDK with fastboot and adb. I found OneXRoot but it just said "waiting for device". So, I found RootBoot-1.14.206.16-O2, ran it from the file I downloaded it to and not the fastboot/adb location (might have been the problem) and it said "waiting for device" so I unplugged my phone and plugged it back in. It was supposed to restart my phone 3 times and root my phone through magic but instead it restarted once and only goes to HTC white screen.
I've looked all through for a solution and the best thing I've come across was this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30863908 . I was going to try this but I don't know my CID and my phone doesn't boot to figure it out. Am I headed in the right direction?
My goal here was to root the phone to get rid of HTC Sense. I'm thinking I should flash the boot.img or do the kernal thing. Not sure though it's very confusing. Right now I need to get it to boot so I can try the root again (the correct way, whatever that might be). Any help would be very appreciated, my phone is a paper weight right now.
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/131 downloaded the recovery image here and going to try that. It says the batter is too low now so i'm guessing it will work after the battery is recharged. That's direction I am taking atm.
Update: I've finally figured out how to get the TWRP recovery booted. Now working on trying to get my phone to boot up an OS of some sort. Very slowly but surely.
bullmurf said:
Phone: ATT HTC One X +
Hi everyone,
This problem has been beat to death on this site but it's very hard to follow with other phones and trying to find the files and everything needed to fix it. This is my first time to try and root a phone so I tried to piece it together and screwed it up. Still trying to learn.
So far I successfully unlocked the bootloader through the HTCDEV site so I have SDK with fastboot and adb. I found OneXRoot but it just said "waiting for device". So, I found RootBoot-1.14.206.16-O2, ran it from the file I downloaded it to and not the fastboot/adb location (might have been the problem) and it said "waiting for device" so I unplugged my phone and plugged it back in. It was supposed to restart my phone 3 times and root my phone through magic but instead it restarted once and only goes to HTC white screen.
I've looked all through for a solution and the best thing I've come across was this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30863908 . I was going to try this but I don't know my CID and my phone doesn't boot to figure it out. Am I headed in the right direction?
My goal here was to root the phone to get rid of HTC Sense. I'm thinking I should flash the boot.img or do the kernal thing. Not sure though it's very confusing. Right now I need to get it to boot so I can try the root again (the correct way, whatever that might be). Any help would be very appreciated, my phone is a paper weight right now.
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/131 downloaded the recovery image here and going to try that. It says the batter is too low now so i'm guessing it will work after the battery is recharged. That's direction I am taking atm.
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Press the power down button while turning on your device to see if you can get to boot loader - this will give you the basic information about your device.
Use the original RUU from the following post to flash your device in bootloader mode (I think it should work...):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140442
Use this to unlock your bootloader / root your device / blah blah blah. Too many people have succeeded in rooting / unlocking their device through this. So, there is a good chance that you will too...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994961
Addicted2xda said:
Press the power down button while turning on your device to see if you can get to boot loader - this will give you the basic information about your device.
Use the original RUU from the following post to flash your device in bootloader mode (I think it should work...):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140442
Use this to unlock your bootloader / root your device / blah blah blah. Too many people have succeeded in rooting / unlocking their device through this. So, there is a good chance that you will too...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994961
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OK it looks like the OS was wiped before it was backed up with a rom folder to use after rooting. Now I have no OS so I can't get to files to put on a ROM or do much of anything. It's not booting past the HTC screen because there is no OS now ^^. I have no idea what to do about that. Going to try to figure out how to put a new OS on there. Any help would be appreciated.
bullmurf said:
OK it looks like the OS was wiped before it was backed up with a rom folder to use after rooting. Now I have no OS so I can't get to files to put on a ROM or do much of anything. It's not booting past the HTC screen because there is no OS now ^^. I have no idea what to do about that. Going to try to figure out how to put a new OS on there. Any help would be appreciated.
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If your device is locked - you can get the current RUU of your specific device from the post I have mentioned.
BTW what is your hboot version?
If your device is unlocked - install TWRP using hasoon's toolkit and then use sideload to copy / install a custom ROM...
Addicted2xda said:
If your device is locked - you can get the current RUU of your specific device from the post I have mentioned.
BTW what is your hboot version?
If your device is unlocked - install TWRP using hasoon's toolkit and then use sideload to copy / install a custom ROM...
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"use sideload to copy / install a custom ROM..." OK I don't know anything about this but it will point me in the right direction. I have the phone unlocked. The HBOOT version is 1.40.0000. I'll see if I can do what you suggested, thanks.
Update: Atempting an adb sideload using TWRP which seems to be the only option for me.
ADB Sideload
What is ADB sideload?
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ADB sideload is a new feature that was added to AOSP recovery in Jelly Bean. As of version 2.3, TWRP now supports ADB sideload mode. ADB sideload is a different ADB mode that you can use to push and install a zip using one command from your computer. Most likely ADB sideload won't be very useful for your average recovery user, but ADB sideload can be a huge time-saver for a ROM developer.
How do I use ADB sideload?
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1.Have a recovery installed on your device that supports ADB sideload like TWRP 2.3 or higher
2.Have newer ADB binaries installed on your computer. If it's been a while since you installed ADB on your computer, you may need to get the latest ADB binaries in platform-tools from the Android SDK. You will need version 1.0.29 or higher. You can find your current version by typing "adb version" at the command line.
3.Set the device into ADB sideload mode. In TWRP you do this by going to Advanced then ADB Sideload.
4.From the command line, type adb sideload /path/to/rom.zip
The file will be copied to your device to whatever the current storage location is that you have selected in the mount page. It will always be placed in the root of that storage location and named sideload.zip (e.g. /sdcard/sideload.zip) and it will automatically delete / overwrite any existing sideload.zip you may have on your device. As soon as the file is copied to your device, it will automatically be installed. When the install is finished you will be presented with a reboot system button so that you can reboot to test your zip.
Note that sideload mode is a separate ADB mode. While in sideload mode, regular ADB commands will not work. Once the zip has been copied to the device and the install starts (or if you hit the cancel button) regular ADB mode will resume.
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I can't link on this board yet so I quoted the sideloading instructions for a .zip from the TWRP website. I have the latest version of SDK and when I try to sideload it gives me a list of commands in the command prompt. I looked through them and didn't see sideload as a command. What's the easiest way to sideload this zip so I can install it in TWRP to get my phone booted? I know you can do "adb install \path.apk) but I don't have an rom in .apk format, only zip.
bullmurf said:
I can't link on this board yet so I quoted the sideloading instructions for a .zip from the TWRP website. I have the latest version of SDK and when I try to sideload it gives me a list of commands in the command prompt. I looked through them and didn't see sideload as a command. What's the easiest way to sideload this zip so I can install it in TWRP to get my phone booted? I know you can do "adb install \path.apk) but I don't have an rom in .apk format, only zip.
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Update: after trying the same thing 100 times it decided to send "sideload". command line was adb sideload name.zip. Installing Viper ROM for HOX+ atm. I'll see if it fixes all of my problems. Thanks for all of the help to this point. I'll type up a guide of what went wrong with my root and how we managed to get it fixed.
Update: Phone is booting to HTC white screen and then shutting off. Now trying to figure that one one out.
Update" Phone is booting to HTC white screen now and staying there. In TWRP under reboot is says "no os installed, do you still wish to reboot". Still digging in the forums to figure this one out and how to fix it. I installed the Viper ROM fine but when it asked to reboot now it just rebooted to HTC white screen. Missing something here? The phone is S-ON, does that make a difference in using the TWRP?
Is there an RUU exe file I can run from my computer? I relocked the phone but the links you gave me are for installing the ap through google play. Not sure how you do that with a phone that wont boot past htc screen.
Update: I've found an RUU application from these boards that is supposed to work for HOX+ so i'm downloading it. It really is taking forever to find the information I need along the way from this board but it's here....somewhere...I think...Will keep plugging away but feel free to throw me a bone ever once in a while! =)
Update: The version that worked for others isn't the same version I have. Going to dig again for 1.19.502.1 version.
Update: Found the version in the last place I thought it would be...HTC website...Downloading it and just hoping its and application I can run on my computer.
Problem Fixed:
Problem: While trying to root phone I didn't back it up. Unlock was successful but root was not. OS was lost and phone would not boot past HTC white screen.
Solution: Relocked phone using fastboot oem relock. Downloaded manual ROM installation of the same version and intalled it while phone plugged in.
Thanks for the help in pointing me in the right direction. Now to try and root it again to install viper. If it screws up I know how to get back :laugh:
bullmurf said:
Problem Fixed:
Problem: While trying to root phone I didn't back it up. Unlock was successful but root was not. OS was lost and phone would not boot past HTC white screen.
Solution: Relocked phone using fastboot oem relock. Downloaded manual ROM installation of the same version and intalled it while phone plugged in.
Thanks for the help in pointing me in the right direction. Now to try and root it again to install viper. If it screws up I know how to get back :laugh:
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I would suggest you to use hasoon's all in one toolkit
I went with another Rom. Honestly I tried the toolkit and ity worried fine at first but later it wouldn't work for me. After doing this for two straight days I learned to do it the hard way. New Rom is great. trying to explore my new freedoms now. I really want to change my lock screen.
bullmurf said:
I went with another Rom. Honestly I tried the toolkit and ity worried fine at first but later it wouldn't work for me. After doing this for two straight days I learned to do it the hard way. New Rom is great. trying to explore my new freedoms now. I really want to change my lock screen.
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There is a great lockscreen called CLocker
Addicted2xda said:
There is a great lockscreen called CLocker
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looking for it now. Trying to figure out how to replace the ring one from HTC. Is that possible? Probably in the boards somewhere
bullmurf said:
looking for it now. Trying to figure out how to replace the ring one from HTC. Is that possible? Probably in the boards somewhere
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You will find it in the playstore itself
You need to set lockscreen to None
Addicted2xda said:
You will find it in the playstore itself
You need to set lockscreen to None
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Thanks again man. I got it and the ring is gone \0/ Phone looks freakin amazing now with that lock screen and Elegancia rom. Glad you stopped by to help :good: Still learning my way around the forums and my rooted phone. It's great to not be stressed about bricking it ^^
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bullmurf said:
Problem Fixed:
Problem: While trying to root phone I didn't back it up. Unlock was successful but root was not. OS was lost and phone would not boot past HTC white screen.
Solution: Relocked phone using fastboot oem relock. Downloaded manual ROM installation of the same version and intalled it while phone plugged in.
Thanks for the help in pointing me in the right direction. Now to try and root it again to install viper. If it screws up I know how to get back :laugh:
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Hi there, I'm a noob and got the same problem, by mistake I formatted the system folder of my phone, now I'm stuck in the white HTC screen too, could you please post the links for the tools you used to bring the phone back to life? some instructions would be great to, thanks in advance...
mrmagoogt said:
Hi there, I'm a noob and got the same problem, by mistake I formatted the system folder of my phone, now I'm stuck in the white HTC screen too, could you please post the links for the tools you used to bring the phone back to life? some instructions would be great to, thanks in advance...
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If you have installed TWRP - go to hasoon's thread, download the toolkit and use the function adb sideload to copy a rom your choice.
Flash the ROM using TWRP. Flash the kernel from hasoon's toolkit.
Addicted2xda said:
If you have installed TWRP - go to hasoon's thread, download the toolkit and use the function adb sideload to copy a rom your choice.
Flash the ROM using TWRP. Flash the kernel from hasoon's toolkit.
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Thanks, phone is rooted but has CWM v6.0.2.7 installed, however, I can see the "install zip from sideload" option, when I choose this option it says "Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"", I don't know how to do that...
mrmagoogt said:
Thanks, phone is rooted but has CWM v6.0.2.7 installed, however, I can see the "install zip from sideload" option, when I choose this option it says "Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"", I don't know how to do that...
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Flash TWRP man!
If you just browse through the forum - you will see that CWM is discouraged....
Addicted2xda said:
Flash TWRP man!
If you just browse through the forum - you will see that CWM is discouraged....
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Thanks, I used a script to charge my battery, relock bootloader and installed ruu file to get back to stock, rooted again using Hasoon2000's all in one kit...
I need help!!
Trying to flash the stock roms I received from here-->> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2370987
I always get a mismatch error suggesting that the software I'm loading isn't correct. Looking at my phone, the model is a bit different.
It's (L090a) while the models listed are (L100a & L100i).
My phone's recovery has been blocked by my carrier Digicel so I'm unable to enter recovery, let alone do any backups via CWM.
Does anyone have access to this stock rom? or at least the correct preloader will do.
Unlocked bootloader?
d_originaldappa said:
I need help!!
Trying to flash the stock roms I received from here-->> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2370987
I always get a mismatch error suggesting that the software I'm loading isn't correct. Looking at my phone, the model is a bit different.
It's (L090a) while the models listed are (L100a & L100i).
My phone's recovery has been blocked by my carrier Digicel so I'm unable to enter recovery, let alone do any backups via CWM.
Does anyone have access to this stock rom? or at least the correct preloader will do.
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I'm just curious as to whether you found anything to unlock the bootloader on the L090a. Thats the model I have and my bootloader is locked up tighter than an virgin in a convent.
biitci said:
I'm just curious as to whether you found anything to unlock the bootloader on the L090a. Thats the model I have and my bootloader is locked up tighter than an virgin in a convent.
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Well, in short, not yet. But there's hope.
Curently, I have no access to CWM. I was a bit hasty and flashed a ROM for a Blu Life VIEW! My phone couldn't boot, was bricked. I tried flashing the cwm files from lopestorm and I had access to cwm for the first time, but even after flashing the stock L100 files, it couldn't boot. Used a friend's blu life play to extract the stock rom using MTK Droid Tools. Tried hard to revive it.
Currently it's working but back to square one. When I flash a new recovery file (which worked before) the phone doesn't boot and needs to be reflashed and reformatted. Hoping to get some help from a professional. Just have to figure out a way to get the cwm to work.
Realised too that the bootloader being locked isn't a problem once you're using SP Flash Tools.
biitci said:
I'm just curious as to whether you found anything to unlock the bootloader on the L090a. Thats the model I have and my bootloader is locked up tighter than an virgin in a convent.
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After searching for a while, I found a way to get CWM on the device. Let me know if you want to know the method I used.
Experimenting with some custom roms at the moment
d_originaldappa said:
After searching for a while, I found a way to get CWM on the device. Let me know if you want to know the method I used.
Experimenting with some custom roms at the moment
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Yes we are very much interested. Quite a few of us have that same problem and have been looking around but haven't been successful. Please share your method with us.
Thanks we really appreciate it.
kriptkeeper said:
Yes we are very much interested. Quite a few of us have that same problem and have been looking around but haven't been successful. Please share your method with us.
Thanks we really appreciate it.
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Will do. Just give me a couple days to get myself organized.
d_originaldappa said:
Will do. Just give me a couple days to get myself organized.
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:good: We are eagerly awaiting
d_originaldappa said:
After searching for a while, I found a way to get CWM on the device. Let me know if you want to know the method I used.
Experimenting with some custom roms at the moment
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Very very very interested. I don't care what I have to put on this phone to get it away from the clutches of the carrier ... well I do care but then again I don't. Let me know as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your awesomeness :good:
cwm
ok so i got a blu life play also and digicel is also my carrier. i did this to get cwm. i forgot where i got the recovery so i uploaded my
YOUR DEVICE MUST BE ROOTED BEFORE TRYING.
1.download recovery.img https://mega.co.nz/#!Ho4FTLwS!Z-S1VW34cjwf51dfy-Y_jrCFe2Fy7f4Ar4Wucf3ttGM[/url]
2. use moblieuncle tools to flash ( many vids on youtube etc)
3. reboot into recovery by holding lock and volume up key
tell me if u guys get any roms to work. i tried the 4.4.2 kitkat but got stuck at bootscreen luckily i could still enter cwm to restore...
ALSO BEFORE TRYING ANY ROM BACKUP YOUR CURRENT ROM.
ghostslayer96 said:
ok so i got a blu life play also and digicel is also my carrier. i did this to get cwm. i forgot where i got the recovery so i uploaded my
YOUR DEVICE MUST BE ROOTED BEFORE TRYING.
1.download recovery.img https://mega.co.nz/#!Ho4FTLwS!Z-S1VW34cjwf51dfy-Y_jrCFe2Fy7f4Ar4Wucf3ttGM[/url]
2. use moblieuncle tools to flash ( many vids on youtube etc)
3. reboot into recovery by holding lock and volume up key
tell me if u guys get any roms to work. i tried the 4.4.2 kitkat but got stuck at bootscreen luckily i could still enter cwm to restore...
ALSO BEFORE TRYING ANY ROM BACKUP YOUR CURRENT ROM.
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is there a list of roms that actually work with our device
Any news about the ROMs for this device? L090B. I am stuck with 4.2.1, and yes no luck booting other roms.
d_originaldappa said:
Well, in short, not yet. But there's hope.
Curently, I have no access to CWM. I was a bit hasty and flashed a ROM for a Blu Life VIEW! My phone couldn't boot, was bricked. I tried flashing the cwm files from lopestorm and I had access to cwm for the first time, but even after flashing the stock L100 files, it couldn't boot. Used a friend's blu life play to extract the stock rom using MTK Droid Tools. Tried hard to revive it.
Currently it's working but back to square one. When I flash a new recovery file (which worked before) the phone doesn't boot and needs to be reflashed and reformatted. Hoping to get some help from a professional. Just have to figure out a way to get the cwm to work.
Realised too that the bootloader being locked isn't a problem once you're using SP Flash Tools.
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If you still have this file could you upload it. I really need a file to get mine working again. WOuld be very much appreciated.
So guys, I'm new to this and thought I would jump in at the deep end.
I unlocked my HTC One X+ easily and set about rooting.
I've got TWRP installed but it keeps telling me it needs to install superuser before it can root.
I have totally wiped the phone, how come if Im not rooted?
How do I get an OS and indeed the kernel or ROM onto the phone?
Its and International OX+, I've got the right kernel... what do I need to do?
It was locked to O2 if that makes a difference
I followed the instruction in Hasson but then wiped the OS
I know its a simple procedure but can someone walk me through it please
So I've downloaded Kernel 3.1.10-ge7581e4
I have no idea what to do next, come on guys I know its not difficult for you guys.
eskimosound said:
So I've downloaded Kernel 3.1.10-ge7581e4
I have no idea what to do next, come on guys I know its not difficult for you guys.
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If you wiped as you said, you need to push with adb a rom of your choice to the internal memory of the phone and then install it within twrp.
Please read instructions 2 or 3 times before attempting anything, seems like you rushed and now you're temporarily without phone till you flash a rom on it again. I doubt any root guide tells you to wipe the phone, your own fault on this.
To sum it up:
Put a rom's zip of your choice in the internal memory with adb push
flash the rom within the twrp recovery (install option)
flash the kernel for the specific rom with fastboot (each rom has a guide and download for it)
You can now search about it more easily, plenty of posts and info about this.
dan_alexandre said:
If you wiped as you said, you need to push with adb a rom of your choice to the internal memory of the phone and then install it within twrp.
Please read instructions 2 or 3 times before attempting anything, seems like you rushed and now you're temporarily without phone till you flash a rom on it again. I doubt any root guide tells you to wipe the phone, your own fault on this.
To sum it up:
Put a rom's zip of your choice in the internal memory with adb push
flash the rom within the twrp recovery (install option)
flash the kernel for the specific rom with fastboot (each rom has a guide and download for it)
You can now search about it more easily, plenty of posts and info about this.
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Thanks, I did indeed rush into it but I have been meaning to do it for a year and just thought go for it, I know its all salvageable..ish!
So yep, I've got the ROM I want but don't understand the kernel, I see no guide to download it, all I know is I took a note of the Kernel before I wiped my phone and I have managed to find the exact kernel.
The ROM or RUU as it is, is an O2 UK version, I figure it must be the one I want as it was an O2 phone in the UK.
I still don't know what folders to put things in, TWRP can't see a boot.img that I have on the phone when installing, it can only see it through file explorer.
And then, every time I power down the phone TWRP asks to install Superuser, its cant, theres nothing to install it to, so it just keeps asking.
This is all because I hated the Sense 5 update, indeed Im till looking for the Sense 4 ROM fo HOX+
eskimosound said:
Thanks, I did indeed rush into it but I have been meaning to do it for a year and just thought go for it, I know its all salvageable..ish!
So yep, I've got the ROM I want but don't understand the kernel, I see no guide to download it, all I know is I took a note of the Kernel before I wiped my phone and I have managed to find the exact kernel.
The ROM or RUU as it is, is an O2 UK version, I figure it must be the one I want as it was an O2 phone in the UK.
I still don't know what folders to put things in, TWRP can't see a boot.img that I have on the phone when installing, it can only see it through file explorer.
And then, every time I power down the phone TWRP asks to install Superuser, its cant, theres nothing to install it to, so it just keeps asking.
This is all because I hated the Sense 5 update, indeed Im till looking for the Sense 4 ROM fo HOX+
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Sigh, if you had read carefully you'd know that boot.img need to be flashed through fastboot and not from recovery. Every rom has this info or a batch file for this.
So what exactly are you trying to do? Root the stock rom that came originally with the phone or installing a custom rom?
dan_alexandre said:
Sigh, if you had read carefully you'd know that boot.img need to be flashed through fastboot and not from recovery. Every rom has this info or a batch file for this.
So what exactly are you trying to do? Root the stock rom that came originally with the phone or installing a custom rom?
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Lols, thanks dan, I hope you don't hate me!
Root the stock ROM
For starters..
The boot.img is the Android Revolution HD
The RUU is O2 UK
I do realise they are two different ways of installing an OS, I would just like one of them to work!
So think install RUU, then kernel
But put them where and how
I bought the Android Hackers book, but theres nothing about HOX+ in it, and seeing as that's the only phone, I've got to practise on I thought I would ask you specifically.
eskimosound said:
Lols, thanks dan, I hope you don't hate me!
Root the stock ROM
For starters..
The boot.img is the Android Revolution HD
The RUU is O2 UK
I do realise they are two different ways of installing an OS, I would just like one of them to work!
So think install RUU, then kernel
But put them where and how
I bought the Android Hackers book, but theres nothing about HOX+ in it, and seeing as that's the only phone, I've got to practise on I thought I would ask you specifically.
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I see, the easiest ways would be to use a custom rom now. For example, the one you already got the kernel from(android revolution hd)
To root you dont need to install a kernel... just to flash the supersu zip. Using a custom rom's kernel with stock rom might not be a good idea.
Another simple way would be to restore stock rom back to start and try rooting again, this time reading everything carefully
So the two easiest ways i think:
1) flash a custom rom following the instructions they provide in the initial posts for that rom
2) run the o2 correspondent RUU to restore stock rom (you'd need to relock the bootloader), also reading carefully posts in the forum about restoring to stock
Without getting into too much detail, these are the simplest options.
All the info required to do these are on these forums
Aaarrghhh, its driving me insane as I knew it would, just like XP, Vista Seven and Eight!!!
So Im back to being up all night learning..
Well have installed SDK correctly but device is not seen, no serial, nothing.
I can get it to fastboot though, however I don't know any commands so I cant get it to work
Windows 7 keeps moaning about an mpt file which I downloaded and dont know where to extract it to
All I need to do is copy a few files to the phones sd card and install them right?
Whys that so difficult?
I don't know the difference between a rom an ruu and a boot image, in that I don't know where they should all be placed.
Why cant twrp copy and paste from pc...
So Hassooon works sort of but still none the wiser.
Am following tutorial but fastboot commands are not working
Still cant find right driver.....
So CMD lines not working 100%
So am downloading drivers in sdk manager
And how do I flash the supersu zip?
Still no luck with driver, im on windows 7 32bit
OK I cant push using adb it cant find the file or directory,
Hassooon cant detect the phone as cant windroid universal
I dont think the phone is rooted even though i have twrp on it.
Thus can I have wiped the os?
If not can i restore it?
No I didnt make a backup rom..
mmm a zip on the phone doesnt load in bootloader, count that be my os?
Guys, im stranded in the water here...
On boot im getting...
Failed to open usb master mode
[Preload] Failed to open usb master mode
loading PM35IMG.zip image...
Failed to open usb master mode
please plug off usb
Whats PM35IMG.zip?
Is that the OS?
Am I saved?
Is it easy to get that file to unzip and load?
Can anyone help?
So now I need the right RUU.....
2.17.206.3
Is there anyone out there that can help please?
So have managed to install superuser and root my phone, all instructions for doing this were wrong including Hassoon, had to have the phone in System screen to do it, not bootloader or recovery.
Now cant get adb to push file to sdcard...
Man alive, how to make something very easy, sound very difficult.
Would any of you experts care to help?
Just trying to install a ROM.zip to Root and place the boot img in right place.
Well, the instructions are dire but after 10 days of persistance have installed Android Revolution HD 8, finally my phone is up and running better than the bloated os that came with the phone so, you can call this thread resolved.
So I messed up pretty badly. I recently bought an HTC One M8 for the ATT network that was previously rooted. I noticed it was on 4.4.2 and wouldn't upgrade to 5.0 so of course I tried to remove root. I went into TWRP recovery (which I know is why it wouldn't update because I didn't have stock recovery. For the life of my I couldn't get ADB to recognize my device to flash it.) I went over to "wipe" did the advanced wipe and ticked all the available options. Now, upon rebooting I noticed that I deleted the entire OS. After trying and trying I couldn't get it to boot past the HTC screen. Finally I figured out how to flash a rom using the information here "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2736694". After flashing the rom, it was still stuck at the HTC screen when trying to boot. I found some information about extracting the boot.img and flashing it using "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
Now this sort of fixed my problem. After turning the phone on, it stays stuck on the HTC screen until the screen times out. When pressing the power button to wake it up it goes into the setup page and from there to the home screen of the phone. There are apps missing, and no home or return keys on the bottom of the screen. So if I go into settings, I'm stuck there unless I power off the phone, turn it back on, let the screen time out, and wake it up.
Any one have any suggestions? As you could tell I'm not very experienced and would have never bothered with this stuff if the phone weren't already rooted when I bought it. I'd be very happy to buy someone a coffee if they can help me out
nikicollazo said:
So I messed up pretty badly. I recently bought an HTC One M8 for the ATT network that was previously rooted. I noticed it was on 4.4.2 and wouldn't upgrade to 5.0 so of course I tried to remove root. I went into TWRP recovery (which I know is why it wouldn't update because I didn't have stock recovery. For the life of my I couldn't get ADB to recognize my device to flash it.) I went over to "wipe" did the advanced wipe and ticked all the available options. Now, upon rebooting I noticed that I deleted the entire OS. After trying and trying I couldn't get it to boot past the HTC screen. Finally I figured out how to flash a rom using the information here "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2736694". After flashing the rom, it was still stuck at the HTC screen when trying to boot. I found some information about extracting the boot.img and flashing it using "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
Now this sort of fixed my problem. After turning the phone on, it stays stuck on the HTC screen until the screen times out. When pressing the power button to wake it up it goes into the setup page and from there to the home screen of the phone. There are apps missing, and no home or return keys on the bottom of the screen. So if I go into settings, I'm stuck there unless I power off the phone, turn it back on, let the screen time out, and wake it up.
Any one have any suggestions? As you could tell I'm not very experienced and would have never bothered with this stuff if the phone weren't already rooted when I bought it. I'd be very happy to buy someone a coffee if they can help me out
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Best advice would be to just run the AT&T stock RUU. It will return your phone back to 100% stock, from there you can decide if you want to root, use a custom recovery, and install a ROM. But an RUU will be your best bet as its quick, simple, and risk free. You can download the AT&T RUU in the link I posted which will be the latest 5.0.2 Lollipop firmware, its a simple .exe file so all you have to do is connect your phone to your computer and double click the file you downloaded (RUU), it will handle the rest. http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/
Good luck!
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CavyS said:
Best advice would be to just run the AT&T stock RUU. It will return your phone back to 100% stock, from there you can decide if you want to root, use a custom recovery, and install a ROM. But an RUU will be your best bet as its quick, simple, and risk free. You can download the AT&T RUU in the link I posted which will be the latest 5.0.2 Lollipop firmware, its a simple .exe file so all you have to do is connect your phone to your computer and double click the file you downloaded (RUU), it will handle the rest. http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/
Good luck!
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Hi There --- Can someone help me out? I'm trying to find the correct procedure for updating the At&t M8 on lollipop......
I'm not sure if towelroot will temp root on lollipop --- based on what i've read it wont....
Any help is appreciated....i've searched but can't seem to find anything about rooting lolli on the at&t m8....
biswasd said:
Hi There --- Can someone help me out? I'm trying to find the correct procedure for updating the At&t M8 on lollipop......
I'm not sure if towelroot will temp root on lollipop --- based on what i've read it wont....
Any help is appreciated....i've searched but can't seem to find anything about rooting lolli on the at&t m8....
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This isn't really related to the OP, so I'm not sure why you posted it to this thread.
I'm confused by the second sentence in your first line. Are you trying to update or trying to root?
Towelroot won't work if the bootloader is locked, that is the whole point of a locked bootloader.
You need to unlock the bootloader. At that point, you can root by a variety of methods. I think towelroot will work (as long as its intended for Lollipop), but you can also just flash a custom recovery and then flash a current version SuperSU (the most common method).
hi still looking for help with my avoca android tablet. it doesnt boot up into android operating system just stuck on boot screen but can go into recovery mode with things like reboot now, update rkimage and so on.
i have tried to root it with an app called kingo root and says its rooted but i have tried to install a custom rom but nothing happens says aborted. is there anything i can do bare in mind i cannot access the tablet to turn usb debugging on and nothing else. if there is a thread here that will help and get things working again then id be really grateful or if someone can tell me what to do any help will be appreciated.
Well first off root will not allow you to flash a custom rom. You need an unlocked bootloader as well as a custom recovery. Your best bet would be find the stock image and flash that to get it running again and then take a week and do some reading and learn what your doing
I no what I'm doing I just can't find the things I need as the company no longer exist and I've searched hi and lo for a copy of their stock rom but nothing if I had that I no il be ok. But not sure how to unlock bootloader as I've used adb and fastboot but it don't work says waiting for device. Any pointers please
spampocket said:
I no what I'm doing I just can't find the things I need as the company no longer exist and I've searched hi and lo for a copy of their stock rom but nothing if I had that I no il be ok. But not sure how to unlock bootloader as I've used adb and fastboot but it don't work says waiting for device. Any pointers please
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That is one of the biggest issues with cheap devices like this. You will most likely never find drivers or the stock rom for it. The best thing you might be able to pull off is porting a rom from a similar device.
Thanks yeah I think it's my only hope all I got to go by really is that this model of tablet uses jelly bean 4.2 as stock, so may see if can flash a stock rom from googles dev site as they have different model stock rims and just hope that one works. Il try nexus stock one first see if get lucky if not just work done the list. What do you recommend I do first shall I unlock bootloader first even though the command doesn't work in fastboot says device null or waiting when I type fastboot oem unlock. Or am I better starting off with a stock rom using adb? Also what recovery do you recommend I've used twrp and clockwork. Thanks
I'm trying to side load twrp using adb and all I get is opening update package, verifying update package, then installation failed do you no what I'm doing wrong