Ok guys...here it goes.
I've had a long night of feeling like the biggest idiot to walk the Android planet. I just bought this phone off someone, and have done rooting/custom ROM installing before. But I messed up, and now I feel like I'm an idiot & screwed because I'm just so lost now. I love learning, but I feel like I'm in such a hole. Here's what happened:
I used "All In One Kit" to install "TWRP 2.6.0.0", and like anybody, I wanted to install a custom ROM after getting all the rooting done. So I went searching for CW10.1, and tried to install it. Kept getting "Failed" every time I tried to install CW10.1 with "TWRP", so I started googling why. Well, it said I had to install the boot.img with the whole "fastboot" process where I use the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img". So I did that...and man was that a mistake.
My phone after, would just stay stuck at the boot screen. So I didn't panic, and I went into "TWRP" and tried to restore from the backup I did, before I started trying to install a custom ROM...but the same thing happened. Fast forward 2 hours and now I feel like I've screwed myself. I thought "TWRP" backed everything up, but for all I know, my moronic self might have unchecked "Boot". So I believe I need to "fastboot" the correct/original boot.img, so the phone will boot normally, but I have no idea where to find it. I've tried looking, but I'm more finding the issue is solved by using RUU. Which I REALLY don't mind doing at all, but I'm scared now since there are so many different ones, and I can't figure out which one is the right one to use. My night has taken such a crappy turn, I'm afraid if I RUU once wrong, I will be in an even bigger mess, than trying to reach out to you guys first. It's crazy how comfortable I was doing all this, and now I feel like I shouldn't have ever tried.
Here is the phone info I can provide that is hopefully helpful:
The phone is an HTC One X+ AT&T USA
EVITARE_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT: 1.40.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-SSD: 2.14.55.01
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW Secure boot: enabled
MODEM TYPE: MDM9215M
Dec 28 2012, 22:18:14
And I believe it was at 4.2.1 software...but I'm not 100% on that and don't know how to make sure.
Please guys, if anybody can help, I need it. I appreciate your time in reading this, even if you cannot help. I believe I either just need a stock boot.img for my phone, or linked the correct RUU (assuming I'm right in that will fix it and revert me back to having a phone again). Any questions feel free to ask me. I'm going to try to sleep now.
krayzed896 said:
Ok guys...here it goes.
I've had a long night of feeling like the biggest idiot to walk the Android planet. I just bought this phone off someone, and have done rooting/custom ROM installing before. But I messed up, and now I feel like I'm an idiot & screwed because I'm just so lost now. I love learning, but I feel like I'm in such a hole. Here's what happened:
I used "All In One Kit" to install "TWRP 2.6.0.0", and like anybody, I wanted to install a custom ROM after getting all the rooting done. So I went searching for CW10.1, and tried to install it. Kept getting "Failed" every time I tried to install CW10.1 with "TWRP", so I started googling why. Well, it said I had to install the boot.img with the whole "fastboot" process where I use the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img". So I did that...and man was that a mistake.
My phone after, would just stay stuck at the boot screen. So I didn't panic, and I went into "TWRP" and tried to restore from the backup I did, before I started trying to install a custom ROM...but the same thing happened. Fast forward 2 hours and now I feel like I've screwed myself. I thought "TWRP" backed everything up, but for all I know, my moronic self might have unchecked "Boot". So I believe I need to "fastboot" the correct/original boot.img, so the phone will boot normally, but I have no idea where to find it. I've tried looking, but I'm more finding the issue is solved by using RUU. Which I REALLY don't mind doing at all, but I'm scared now since there are so many different ones, and I can't figure out which one is the right one to use. My night has taken such a crappy turn, I'm afraid if I RUU once wrong, I will be in an even bigger mess, than trying to reach out to you guys first. It's crazy how comfortable I was doing all this, and now I feel like I shouldn't have ever tried.
Here is the phone info I can provide that is hopefully helpful:
The phone is an HTC One X+ AT&T USA
EVITARE_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT: 1.40.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-SSD: 2.14.55.01
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW Secure boot: enabled
MODEM TYPE: MDM9215M
Dec 28 2012, 22:18:14
And I believe it was at 4.2.1 software...but I'm not 100% on that and don't know how to make sure.
Please guys, if anybody can help, I need it. I appreciate your time in reading this, even if you cannot help. I believe I either just need a stock boot.img for my phone, or linked the correct RUU (assuming I'm right in that will fix it and revert me back to having a phone again). Any questions feel free to ask me. I'm going to try to sleep now.
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i think installing an international ROM on an AT&T device was the downfall here
you need to install a ROM here for an example, by following the instructions given:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098218
leefear said:
i think installing an international ROM on an AT&T device was the downfall here
you need to install a ROM here for an example, by following the instructions given:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098218
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No you are completely right. This is where I messed up, and everything went bad. My only problem is I'm not sure how to get the ROM on my device. Every time I try "ADB Sideload", it says it's starting...and then...that's it. I can cancel it, but it never actually goes through with the side load. What should I try to do in this case, so I can get the ROM loaded?
And thank you for your quick response, it's greatly appreciated!
krayzed896 said:
No you are completely right. This is where I messed up, and everything went bad. My only problem is I'm not sure how to get the ROM on my device. Every time I try "ADB Sideload", it says it's starting...and then...that's it. I can cancel it, but it never actually goes through with the side load. What should I try to do in this case, so I can get the ROM loaded?
And thank you for your quick response, it's greatly appreciated!
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assuming you have the htc driver installed for your device, adb commands should work, can you test with adb devices that should list your phone, if not get your htc drivers installed and make sure you have latest adb on your pc
move NAMEOFROM.zip to adb folder and use the sideload option in twrp and sideload rom and should work
and don't forget to flash the boot.img provided
question rolermi
leefear said:
assuming you have the htc driver installed for your device, adb commands should work, can you test with adb devices that should list your phone, if not get your htc drivers installed and make sure you have latest adb on your pc
move NAMEOFROM.zip to adb folder and use the sideload option in twrp and sideload rom and should work
and don't forget to flash the boot.img provided
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I definitely have the drivers installed, mostly because they were required as part of rooting with "All in One" tool. I never installed anything for ADB, I simply assumed it was just used as an option in "TWRP", so I'll go download that. Thank you, and I will update with my results!
Ok, posting an update!
Thank you for your response, as this fixed my problem! I will sum up my problem/fix in this reply, in case anybody is also trying to fix the same problem.
I have at HTC One X+ for AT&T
I was in a boot loop, after I had successfully rooted my phone with TWRP. I used "fastboot" method to change the boot.img, and lost my original in the process. Stuck only being able to boot to the system, or recovery, I needed a way to fix my boot problem. The suggested method worked flawlessy. I downloaded Android SDK, installed Platoform-Tools from the SDK Manager. Opened up ADB in ADT>SDK>Platform-Tools and followed the necessary steps for "pushing a ROM with ADB" I had found. I used the recommend link above for ViperXL+. I was able to push the ROM in, boot into recovery, and finally install a proper ROM. I then did the "fastboot" method to install the ROM ViperXL+'s boot.img (As a side note your .zip might show up as "sideload" and not the ROM title for the .zip I didn't know this, and thought it somehow lied to me is 100% completion, until I tried selecting "sideload" to install, which I didn't believe to have seen before. And sure enough it was the ROM)
Now my phone boots sucessfully, and I have a custom ROM. THANK YOU so much for your help, big kudos to leefear for explaining what I needed to do, and linking me the ROM. I appreciate it so much man!!!
krayzed896 said:
Ok, posting an update!
Thank you for your response, as this fixed my problem! I will sum up my problem/fix in this reply, in case anybody is also trying to fix the same problem.
I have at HTC One X+ for AT&T
I was in a boot loop, after I had successfully rooted my phone with TWRP. I used "fastboot" method to change the boot.img, and lost my original in the process. Stuck only being able to boot to the system, or recovery, I needed a way to fix my boot problem. The suggested method worked flawlessy. I downloaded Android SDK, installed Platoform-Tools from the SDK Manager. Opened up ADB in ADT>SDK>Platform-Tools and followed the necessary steps for "pushing a ROM with ADB" I had found. I used the recommend link above for ViperXL+. I was able to push the ROM in, boot into recovery, and finally install a proper ROM. I then did the "fastboot" method to install the ROM ViperXL+'s boot.img (As a side note your .zip might show up as "sideload" and not the ROM title for the .zip I didn't know this, and thought it somehow lied to me is 100% completion, until I tried selecting "sideload" to install, which I didn't believe to have seen before. And sure enough it was the ROM)
Now my phone boots sucessfully, and I have a custom ROM. THANK YOU so much for your help, big kudos to leefear for explaining what I needed to do, and linking me the ROM. I appreciate it so much man!!!
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hey buddy, glad you got it working, nothing worse than a broken phone! glad i could help! now, hit that thanks button!
ooh, my 200th post!
leefear said:
hey buddy, glad you got it working, nothing worse than a broken phone! glad i could help! now, hit that thanks button!
ooh, my 200th post!
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Congrats on the 200th post! Sorry, very new to using the forums. I hit thanks on all your posts in the topic! :good:
Hi,
i have the same problem but it's a non LTE version HOX+ can someone advise on another ROM that will work in the same way?
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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...
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?
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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?
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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.
Just to be clear. Phone boots normally. All functions seem to work. After a minute or two phone locks up, then reboots. If phone is powered down it boots into recovery then locks up/freezes.
Apologize for length of this question but I wanted to be thorough. I have tried several things to resolve this, lots of reading and think I know a lot of things that are not causing the problem.
I installed the Andrenaline ROM, it ran fine for a couple of days then the phone started rebooting over and over again. Note it does not do this in TWRP (shutdown and reboot by itself) nor does it do it inHBoot. Only when I actually try to use the phone or apps after booting up. Initially I did the following all successfully:
I rooted using firewater using this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632385 following the root all was fine and according to plan. No issues.
I then followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498746
Finishing with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-max/development/romsense6-adrenaline-4-4-2verizon-t2842331
Wanting to fix this and learn. I decided to go back to square one and even though TWRP seemed to be working I thought I should start there since I can see that I am rooted and have S off and the phone is unlocked.
That means I booted into the phone. Quickly ran adb and started in doing these steps:
adb devices #to make sure it was there
adb reboot bootloader #as per instructions all went well it booted into fastboot
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-t6vzw.img
# Here seems to be the issue as it just says waiting for device ..... and nada thing happens. So while adb sees the device, runs the reboot of the bootloader it seems to be losing the connection or something at that point.
I am sure I have done something incorrectly. Can anyone lead me in the right direction toward resolving this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If somebody can just give me an idea of where the problem might be I would appreciate that. I thought about trying a different rom but system is so unstable I don't think I could get it loaded.
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I think I was fooled because it ran well for a couple of days before I had issues. After re-reading the OP on the Adrenaline ROM page for about the 100th time I finally noticed ...
IF YOU HAVE ISSUES RUNNING CUSTOM KERNELS ON YOUR HTC ONE MAX, FLASH THIS IMMEDIATELY AFTER FLASHING THE ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devd...ct/dl/?id=7779
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Flashing this from TWRP seems to have solved the issue. Thanks to all who at least read the question my apologies for wasting your time. I really did think I had read and seen everything. Actually read the whole thread and still missed that line in the opening post. Thanks to IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo for being so thorough and Flyhalf205 for having provided this. I can now go back to enjoying this fantastic ROM.
Glad you resolved it on your own. Good job
However, your issue with fastboot sounds like you don't really have working fastboot. While in fastboot, you do a "fastboot devices" instead of ADB devices. Then for recoveries it's a fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
Also, fastboot commands require a locked or re-locked bootloader to work for flashing things.
Neo
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you are right
Thanks for the heads up. You are correct I have been working around this by using TWRP. I will do some research on how to get a working fastboot tomorrow. I am a linux only person but assume that being on Linux if I can get adb to work fastboot should work right?
Great call that you caught that it's really helpful to have a direction to head in.
IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
Glad you resolved it on your own. Good job
However, your issue with fastboot sounds like you don't really have working fastboot. While in fastboot, you do a "fastboot devices" instead of ADB devices. Then for recoveries it's a fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
Also, fastboot commands require a locked or re-locked bootloader to work for flashing things.
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statmonkey said:
Thanks for the heads up. You are correct I have been working around this by using TWRP. I will do some research on how to get a working fastboot tomorrow. I am a linux only person but assume that being on Linux if I can get adb to work fastboot should work right?
Great call that you caught that it's really helpful to have a direction to head in.
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As a matter of fact, I downloaded the necessary tools for Linux which contain working fastboot and adb (They are not the same thing and two different entities). If I have time tonight I'll zip it up and upload it for you with command line install instructions for your Linux system. If not the it'll be tomorrow.
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IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
As a matter of fact, I downloaded the necessary tools for Linux which contain working fastboot and adb (They are not the same thing and two different entities). If I have time tonight I'll zip it up and upload it for you with command line install instructions for your Linux system. If not the it'll be tomorrow.
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Above and beyond the call sir. That would certainly save me time, effort and confusion. I know just enough to blow a toe or two off. Tomorrow or whenever you have time. Beggars and idiots should not be demanding and feeling like the latter after this fiasco. Really appreciate your help and support.
statmonkey said:
Above and beyond the call sir. That would certainly save me time, effort and confusion. I know just enough to blow a toe or two off. Tomorrow or whenever you have time. Beggars and idiots should not be demanding and feeling like the latter after this fiasco. Really appreciate your help and support.
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Download this file and unzip it: Androidv4.zip
then, navigate to the Android folder within terminal and launch the ADB-Install-Linux.sh:
Code:
. ADB-Install-Linux.sh
It will install adb and fastboot for linux.
It will install adb and fastboot for linux.[/QUOTE]
Again many thanks.
I have some meetings this evening but will install and test in the morning. Sure it will work well.
Last question
IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
Download this file and unzip it:
then, navigate to the Android folder within terminal and launch the ADB-Install-Linux.sh:
Code:
. ADB-Install-Linux.sh
It will install adb and fastboot for linux.
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Fastboot is now working properly. Thank you for your assistance.
No more questions. Worked all the way through the process from start to finish to make sure it was correct. Now 100% confident I have it and that it is correct. Thanks again for all the help.
Hi there and thanks for looking.
I have an HTC one x+ hboot 1.72 O2 Uk O2__001
The bootloader is unlocked via the htcdev site. If I lock the bootloader, I cannot boot the phone at all.
I tried to install android revolution but cannot get it to install.
I did however install the bootloader but I lost wifi and radio when the normal rom booted. Which is 4.2.2
I have tried installing endeavoru recovery and clockwordmod recovery but neither give me an install from sdcard option. (if they have indeed loaded as I am getting no difference in boot menu and nothing happens when I click recovery.
I keep following links to ruu files etc but they seem to be broken links and I really have no idea what to do now. Or which files to use.
So I think the main problem is I have a custom bootloader but stock rom.
Hope you can help.
Thanks
Managed to sort it by following Lloir's post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-x2/help/radio-zip-enrc2bu-please-t2882380
I had been using the wrong clockwordmod so that explains why recovery wouldn't work.
Although I couldn't seem to get the 2014 folder to load across, I did manage to flash the supplied boot.img which turns out was all I needed after all.
I am just posting this in case anyone has the same issue and looks in the wrong places and gets more confused as I did.
So I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to him for posting the files I also needed.
Thank you.
richardaustin said:
Managed to sort it by following Lloir's post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-x2/help/radio-zip-enrc2bu-please-t2882380
I had been using the wrong clockwordmod so that explains why recovery wouldn't work.
Although I couldn't seem to get the 2014 folder to load across, I did manage to flash the supplied boot.img which turns out was all I needed after all.
I am just posting this in case anyone has the same issue and looks in the wrong places and gets more confused as I did.
So I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to him for posting the files I also needed.
Thank you.
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Glad to have helped. I'm assuming it was this post?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55562048&postcount=14
Yes it was that one, followed by your uploads of the files required.
I know there has been many threads giving explicit instructions on how to unlock bootloader, gain s-off, and install TWRP recovery. But I am having problems/questions that no one (at least of what I've read) has encountered. I will try and make this clear for y'all but bear with me. Before I start just let it be known that I DO HAVE my bootloader unlocked. I ended up going to a cell phone repair place and paying a small fee to get my bootloader unlocked.
1. Do I need to gain s-off to be able to root and install TWRP recovery?
I say this because the I have tried the has00n application to unlock bootloader, gain s-off, root, and install TWRP recovery, but I ran into problems with my computer recognizing my device. I had all the necessary files downloaded (at least to my knowledge) but it honestly just wouldn't recognize my device.
2. If I do not need to gain s-off to install TWRP recovery and install a custom ROM (I'm going to be installing Cyanogenmod), how do I go about doing that?
Honestly I'm so fed up with this that I just want to sell this phone and get another one, all I want to do is get Cyanogenmod on this phone but it's so immensely difficult.
Please help me! I have been trying to get this accomplished for so long but I feel like because this phone is older all the info about how to root and gain s-off is outdated.....
All of your help is greatly appreciated!!
You shouldn't need s-off for installing a custom rom. That's for tinkering with model id and scary stuff like that. I'm not sure what that tool is but I only know of one way to get s-off, and that's sunshine s-off.
As for rooting, when you install a custom rom via twrp or cwm, it will typically ask you if you'd like to root your phone AFTER installing the rom, but BEFORE you restart the first time. So the process should be:
Unlock
Install twrp or cwm
Wipe and factory reset
Install rom
Once completed, phone will prompt if you want to restart
Select YES to root on restart
And then wait for the phone to reboot! (it'll take a little while first time)
After the boot, it'll probably ask you to install superSU, which is the root manager app. If it doesn't, find it in the play store and you're set.
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
shoe-jitsu said:
You shouldn't need s-off for installing a custom rom. That's for tinkering with model id and scary stuff like that. I'm not sure what that tool is but I only know of one way to get s-off, and that's sunshine s-off.
As for rooting, when you install a custom rom via twrp or cwm, it will typically ask you if you'd like to root your phone AFTER installing the rom, but BEFORE you restart the first time. So the process should be:
Unlock
Install twrp or cwm
Wipe and factory reset
Install rom
Once completed, phone will prompt if you want to restart
Select YES to root on restart
And then wait for the phone to reboot! (it'll take a little while first time)
After the boot, it'll probably ask you to install superSU, which is the root manager app. If it doesn't, find it in the play store and you're set.
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
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Thank you for your reply. So as of right now I am using the fastboot adb to control my phone from the command prompt on the computer, but there is a problem. When I try and flash the custom recovery (either TWRP or CWM) it says that the files are unrecognizable, so they're pretty much corrupted. I honestly don't know that to do. I know I can achieve root if I just get either one of these recoveries to flash but it seems that all the files for the htc one m8 TWRP and CWM are corrupted. What are you suggestions at this point? The fastboot iadb is working perfect I just need a non-corrupted recovery file and I'm searching around the internet withno luck of finding one. Is there one that you can attest to working? If so that would be amazing. Again, thanks for your help, hopefully we can get this sorted out!
Hmm, do you have the latest version of twrp? Sometimes older versions don't install, I would try to see what version of twrp htc one m8 users are using, I'm not by my computer right now so I'm not sure. I also know that twrp works better on htc one for some reason, I've never found a version of cwm that works on my htc one. Make sure you are using the proper install command to install it too, I think it's fastboot flash recovery FILENAME.IMG
If all else fails, all I can think of at this point is that you got a bad download or something ?
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shoe-jitsu said:
Hmm, do you have the latest version of twrp? Sometimes older versions don't install, I would try to see what version of twrp htc one m8 users are using, I'm not by my computer right now so I'm not sure. I also know that twrp works better on htc one for some reason, I've never found a version of cwm that works on my htc one. Make sure you are using the proper install command to install it too, I think it's fastboot flash recovery FILENAME.IMG
If all else fails, all I can think of at this point is that you got a bad download or something
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Yeah I've been trying to use the most current version of twrp and it didn't work. I ended up trying past versions and those didn't work either. The fastboot command i am using is the same as the one you stated. There's just a problem with the files. I'm beyond frustrated but really thank you for your help. When you're by your computer can you please send me the twrp version you have, it would be much appreciated.
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Yeah I've been trying to use the most current version of twrp and it didn't work. I ended up trying past versions and those didn't work either. The fastboot command i am using is the same as the one you stated. There's just a problem with the files. I'm beyond frustrated but really thank you for your help. When you're by your computer can you please send me the twrp version you have, it would be much appreciated.
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Can you copy and paste your command window to this thread? It would help to see the exact error outputting. You can highlight and right click to copy anything from command window.
flapjackSam said:
Yeah I've been trying to use the most current version of twrp and it didn't work. I ended up trying past versions and those didn't work either.
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Is the phone currently on Lollipop, or otherwise? You can't know what version TWRP is correct, without this info. Current TWRP (2.8.7.0) won't work if the phone is on older OS version. Vice versa, if the phone is currently on Lollipop, older versions of TWRP (I believe older than 2.8) won't work. You have to flash the specific TWRP version that matches your OS version. Guessing which TWRP version to flash is not the right way to go about this.
Also, you need to tell us the actual TWRP version number you got, and where you downloaded it from. I've seen quite a few instances where folks thought they had the "most recent" version, but in fact they weren't even close. Its always best to be specific as possible, and provide all the details when getting help here.
Additionally, go into Settings (or do getvar all), and tell us the software number. If you got the Stagefright patch, it might be screwing up install of TWRP as well.
flapjackSam said:
The fastboot command i am using is the same as the one you stated. There's just a problem with the files..
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Again, just saying you used the "same" command isn't enough. A single wrong character, wrong file name, wrong path will cause the command to fail. As the previous response requested, please cut/paste, or better yet post a screenshot of your command prompt window, so we can see the exact command syntax, and the specific error message.
I can virtually guarantee that as long as you downloaded the file direct from the TWRP website, and tried downloading (and flashing) it more than once (to eliminate the possibility of corruption during file transfer); that the issue is almost certainly pilot error.
Somehow I'm a little frusrated. I've brought my phone since today. So it is currently on Lollipop. There is no Power in setting to uncheck Fastboot. Is there any way I can root my phone?
MistakenUtopia said:
Somehow I'm a little frusrated. I've brought my phone since today. So it is currently on Lollipop. There is no Power in setting to uncheck Fastboot. Is there any way I can root my phone?
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Press and hold the power button until is hard reboots, then hold vol down as well. You should go to boot loader before the HTC screen pops up.
Back Up!
Just a reminder, after you install TWRP, boot into recovery (TWRP) and create a backup file saved to your SD card first before trying to install a new ROM!
Always can restore if things go wrong or you don't like it.
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