Hey all, have a few questions, I hope you can answer in laymans terms.
First of all, my att htc one 64gb is now unlocked/superuser/twrp recovery/rooted/and s-off.
I'm running the stock software that came with the phone, and to be honest, I've used aosp on my droid incredible, but for now I kind of dig the stock sense feel. So I wanted to flash a upgraded stock sense rom. I saw this one
ROM][9/11/13] AT&T Leaked 3.10.502.2 - Android 4.3 / Sense 5
I read through that thread and learned a lot and also confused the hell out of myself. With my droid incredible, I'd download a new rom to my pc, transfer it from pc to sd card and then reboot to recovery, wipe data/system/cache/dalvik cache/ install rom/ reboot. Done!!
I'm guessing the principle is the same on the htc one, however, this doesn't have an external sd card, so if I transfer the new rom onto sd card, which to me is really internal memory on this phone, then reboot to recovery, wipe, well wouldn't I lose everything on that sd card (internal memory), including my twrp folder which has nandroid backup?
That's my first question.
My second question is that same rom I highlighted above has an rom and ruu download. Now if I have read correctly, the ruu has the rom plus firmware updates, like hboot, radio, etc. You can't flash this via booting into recovery. I believe it said you flash into fastboot, which I'm a little green on exactly that process.
I also see, that if you flash an ruu, you lose root, custom recovery, and pretty much everything except s-off, so I guess you have to redo those things again.
Like everyone else, just don't want to fry the thing, so figured I'd better ask questions first
Just don't wipe the sd card and your backups and stuff won't be touched.
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I am pretty much trying to double check and make sure I have done everything needed before installing a custom ROM. I have a LG P509 from T-Mobile. I rooted my phone and backed everything up on my SD card using Titanium Pro. Then I installed a custom recovery (Thunderbird) following instructions from the forums. From recovery I did a Nand backup. I chose Nand+extra+android_secure. (I am unsure if that was the right option to choose, if not can I just delete the nandroid folder from my SD and repeat the process the right way?). I replaced then lost my original boot animation before backing up, does that really matter? I was reading about a custom ROM and it said something about "requiring AMON_RA recovery". I used thunderg and was wondering the difference, if I should install it and how to do so (if its the same process/where to find the files)? From everything I have done I should be able to recover to pretty much my stock phone, correct? One last question, does installing ROM and/or kernals completely erase, reformat my SD card? I have read up a ton but some things haven't been fully clear to me. I know these questions have probably been answered a million times so I thank you for all the help and insite! If I missed or forgot some things please let me know as well, thanks.
You are ready the method to back up also fine now just download rom u like and flash it.
No installing rom doesn't format ur sdcard. But some rom requires u too partition ur sdcard that's where sdcard gets formatted.
The recoverry u install is old I think u should flash new ones like amonra or cloakwork but be aware that the nandroid backup of different recovery is not compatible with each other.
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rustedashes said:
I am pretty much trying to double check and make sure I have done everything needed before installing a custom ROM. I have a LG P509 from T-Mobile. I rooted my phone and backed everything up on my SD card using Titanium Pro. Then I installed a custom recovery (Thunderbird) following instructions from the forums. From recovery I did a Nand backup. I chose Nand+extra+android_secure. (I am unsure if that was the right option to choose, if not can I just delete the nandroid folder from my SD and repeat the process the right way?). I replaced then lost my original boot animation before backing up, does that really matter? I was reading about a custom ROM and it said something about "requiring AMON_RA recovery". I used thunderg and was wondering the difference, if I should install it and how to do so (if its the same process/where to find the files)? From everything I have done I should be able to recover to pretty much my stock phone, correct? One last question, does installing ROM and/or kernals completely erase, reformat my SD card? I have read up a ton but some things haven't been fully clear to me. I know these questions have probably been answered a million times so I thank you for all the help and insite! If I missed or forgot some things please let me know as well, thanks.
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first if u want amonra orelse clockwork which can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024838 just place the file in ur sd card root and flash from recovery then reboot. DONE! u can find the latest amonra recovery here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065197.
now when u install a new rom and wipe ur sd card then obvious that it wipes ur sd completely as some rom require to create ext partition so keep all your backup safe in pc too.
Boot animation is not an issue at all.
as for the backup nand we normally choose nand+android secure (in case no ext partition) and nand +android secure+ext (in case of ext parttion) i am not sure about the exact lines as different recovery might have differnt option type but moreorless they are same.
note:if u flash any other recovery like amonra or clockwork it is better to create a new backup using the latest recovery
I'm about to flash my first rom too. After reading alot and trying to undestand all those procedure is hard, as english is not my primary language. Recently I have install root and install costum recovery 1.2 from terminal emulator and did some nandroid backups. Also did a stock recovery backup.
My phone is stock and my provider is Telus. Do I have to unlock the phone or anything similar before flashing a new rom?
Not sure if it works on a locked phone, guess it will.
Just give it a shot, you can restore your nandbackup any time if it fails.
Hi
I would like to install mik's cm7 ROM but there are some things which I did not understand (never installed custom ROMs before, so I'm a noob):
- which recovery should I use? Amonra or Clockwork? (some explanations here contradict others, so it's not clear to me: should I copy in my SD card root both recovery.img and signed_recovery files? Because in the clockworkmod recovery topic I only found the archive containing the recovery.img file, no signed_recovery anywhere. Also in the ROM Manager app there is the option Flash ClockworkMod Recovery - can I flash a custom recovery just by pressing this option?)
- do I need to partition my SD card for this ROM? If it's necessary, how should I do it best? I mean, I was thinking at 32mb cache, 1mb ext2 or 4 and the rest fat32. And what is the real use of this partitioning?
Sorry for asking a lot of silly questions, but there is no real full tutorial for noobs here, and reading all the explanations spread around the forum is kinda confusing.
Thanks in advance
Thanks. I went ahead and flashed to the new recovery, worked perfect, and made new backups. Just waiting to get to a computer to backup to PC.
_Arjen_ said:
Not sure if it works on a locked phone, guess it will.
Just give it a shot, you can restore your nandbackup any time if it fails.
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I'm not going to just give a try as my knowledge about the whole thing about flashing is new to me. I don't want to brick another O1 So many user here and no straight answer, wow!
I just want the right tools to proceed to flash as smooth as it can be.
Again do I have to unlocked the phone or do anything else before flashing a first custom rom? The phone is stock, beside root and custom recovery.
martymart18t said:
I'm not going to just give a try as my knowledge about the whole thing about flashing is new to me. I don't want to brick another O1 So many user here and no straight answer, wow!
I just want the right tools to proceed to flash as smooth as it can be.
Again do I have to unlocked the phone or do anything else before flashing a first custom rom? The phone is stock, beside root and custom recovery
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This thread may give you some insite. I do not know if its what your looking for but might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075525
martymart18t said:
Again do I have to unlocked the phone or do anything else before flashing a first custom rom? The phone is stock, beside root and custom recovery.
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From what I've read here it works only with P509 ROMs; P500 ROMs don't work.
wrong please delete it.
Hi everyone,
Before I ask my question I want to thank everyone for their constant hard work in bringing us roms, kernels, rooting software, and everything else that you guys do. We appreciate all your work.
I recently got an Evo 3D from ebay as a replacement for my Evo 4g. Unfortunately it came with Hboot 1.50. I'm not new to flashing and rooting but there a few things I'm stumped with now that this method is a little more complicated that it was on the 4g.
A few hours ago I unlocked my bootloader using the Htc method, successfully flashed TWRP, made a nandroid, and flashed a nighty of Synergy.
I was glad to hear through this guide <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239821> that there would be no problem flashing roms with different kernels as long as it was through fastboot then recovery.
Now everything would be fine except for the fact that in order to get the most out of these roms you need to partition your sd card. (is that right?)
TWRP doesn't allow you the option to format your sd card, so I am just confused at the steps I need to take.
Do I need to find a .img of Amon Ra 2.3 and push it through adb (like I did the first time with TWRP), format my sd card, and then replace the TWRP? or is there another method I should use?
Every time you use adb to put the phone in recovery to flash roms it needs to load the .img of the recovery. If I rename the Amon Ra and TWRP files can I just use them interchangeably? I can find the flashable zips but not the .img files that I'm going to need.
I just want to be sure before I screw anything up.
Lastly I looked around but am still confused about the best settings and tweaks to use for the sd card partitioning. Seems like there are a ton. I'm just wondering what other people are using and how they like it.
Thanks for any help.
Isn't Amon Ra only for Evo 4G?
Also, I did not know that about the partitions. It could be why I am unsuccessful in flashing any ROM (except synergy, which was the first). I have formated the system/ data/ cache/ and Dalvik cache 3x each, yet every other rom (viper, clean, etc) I try to flash get's stuck at the white screen. Luckily, I made a nandroid backup.
hey i want to go back to the stock rezound rom that came with the phone, where can i find it? i installed Newts rom and its CONSTANtly rebooting, i can maybe get 1 minute on the phone before it does, which means i cant get anyting onto the SD card, and yes iv tried reflashing the rom, twice, is there anyway to trasnfer things to the SD card from Amon Ra recovery? thansk
Which one of Newt's roms did you flash?
Did you do the ICS RUU update or not?
gearlo said:
hey i want to go back to the stock rezound rom that came with the phone, where can i find it? i installed Newts rom and its CONSTANtly rebooting, i can maybe get 1 minute on the phone before it does, which means i cant get anyting onto the SD card, and yes iv tried reflashing the rom, twice, is there anyway to trasnfer things to the SD card from Amon Ra recovery? thansk
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Yes, in the main menu I think like the 3 option. Mount USB or USB mount will allow you to mount the SD card to the computer and you can file transfer.
i flashed this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501512
and whats the ics RUU? sorry my last android was the mytouch 4g which was much easier haha
gearlo said:
i flashed this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501512
and whats the ics RUU? sorry my last android was the mytouch 4g which was much easier haha
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The latest ICS leak has new firmware which changes the SD Card mount points (among other things).
When running the latest ICS based roms, you either need to update the firmware or see if the dev offers an SD Card mount patch so the newer version of ICS will work with the older firmware.
I was asking if you installed the RUU because you can't go back to the GB RUU if you did. Since you didn't, mount the card as noted in recovery and use this to go back to a rooted stock rom.
Stock rom - http://www.scottsroms.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=76
Boot Image - http://www.scottsroms.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=77
You'll need to flash the boot image with fastboot like you did your recovery.
And next time, I recommend a nandroid back up before you change roms in case you want to revert back.
So im fairly new to unlocking, flashing, etc. I have a HTC One M8 for AT&T that im trying to unlock to use with different carriers. After reading a bit I realized that I had to unlock my bootloader, root, install s-off before I could achieve my goal. I used htc-one.wonderhowto. com/how-to/unlock-bootloader-root-your-htc-one-m8-0154444 to root and unlock my bootloader. Followed the guide to a T and all was fine. Then I was going for S-Off and here's where I encounters my problems. I used htc-one.wonderhowto. com/how-to/get-s-off-your-htc-one-m8-install-custom-firmware-mods-0154461 guide and this is where I believe I fudged up bad. Step one says to download InsertCoin from insertcoin-roms. org/category/devices/onem8 this link. I downloaded the OTA 4.0.6 to 4.0.7 and saved it onto my phone I think maybe I should of downloaded the link for the full ROM and that's why im having this problem but im not sure. I followed each step with the exception to Step 3 which is also where I fudged up. I didnt back up because I didnt think it was needed since the phone was just wiped clean of everything. At step 5 my life changed forever..lol.. but when I flashed it , it said failure. I tried to follow the steps again but it kept failing to flash. So I went back and tried to re-flash SuperSU which was successful but when I go to reboot it from TWRP it says I have no OS installed and it gets stuck on the HTC boot screen unless I put my phone into fastboot mode. Which says ***unnlocked*** and ***tampered*** at the top and im stuck. Please someone help me and tell me what to do.
I recently deleted my OS by my stupidity. I fixed the issue by side loading a stock Rom via adb/twrp sideload. Saved me. There are tutorials on how to do this. Just Google search. You could also put a stock Rom on an external sd and flash that way. Don't have a link to the stock Rom I used, but it's in the resources thread in general section. Hope this works for ya
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I downloaded the OTA 4.0.6 to 4.0.7 and saved it onto my phone I think maybe I should of downloaded the link for the full ROM
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The file you downloaded is if you were already on InsertCoin 4.0.6, and updating to version 4.0.7, which was not the case for you. You should have downloaded the full ROM, and that is likely why the flash failed.
If you ever have any doubt about what you are flashing, this should be a red flag to STOP and either read and research some more, or come on here and ask.
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I didnt back up because I didnt think it was needed since the phone was just wiped clean of everything.
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That is why you make a TWRP backup before wiping anything.
vansslamcityjam said:
So I went back and tried to re-flash SuperSU which was successful but when I go to reboot it from TWRP it says I have no OS installed and it gets stuck on the HTC boot screen unless I put my phone into fastboot mode. .
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Did you specifically wipe system in TWRP? If so, that is where the OS is stored, so of course wiping it means you have no OS.
I do not advocate wiping system when flashing ROM, especially if you are new to this. Reason being, it already gets wiped when you flash a ROM anyway (so its redundant). Also, if the ROM fails to flash, you will still have a working OS if you did not wipe system manually. As stated on the wipe screen in TWRP, the default wipe (data, cache, and Dalvik) is all that is usually needed. It says this for good reason.
All you need to do is download a ROM to your computer, and either adb push to the phone, sideload flash, or copy it to a removeable MicroSD card using a USB card reader. Then flash in TWRP.
My device is a HTC inspire 4G and I have been having issues with installing a new rom. Here are the multiple steps I have taken and retried over 3 times. 1.) Wiped SD card and made it a goldcard thingie. (not very knowing about how gold cards work) 2.) formatted system, data, cache, and anything else that everybody says needs to be formatted to be able to install a custom rom. I um am a dumbass and decided not to backup anything so I am kinda ****ed on that. I have rooted my phone and unlocked my bootloader. But I didnt get s-off and im not sure if thats whats causing it. Whenever I go to my recovery area it pops up a "clockworkmod" and stuff where I can install and format etc. my custom rom, gapps, and inspiremod. I have rebooted right after installing those and waited for about 20 minutes and it just stays as the "HTC" white logo screen. Any ideas on why its doing this? Do I need s-off? If so is there a way I can take my OTHER HTC inspire 4G and transfer the stock rom and stuff from that one and copy it over to the one I am having issues with.