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I've recently purchased a Thunderbolt from eBay (which I know is always a bit sketchy, and that the device is getting a bit older) but so far it's been a relatively good little phone. I'm definitely enjoying the LTE over the 3G my iPhone 4 had before I accidentally murdered it. I have the HTC Dev unlock on this phone, but the stock ICS rom pushed out by Verizon and HTC feels bloated and slow to me, having come from the iPhone 4 running a jailbroken iOS 6.1.2.
Would someone be so kind as to point me towards a fast, stable ICS or Jellybean ROM and instructions on how to install it and a proper recovery on my phone? I'm not all that picky about appearances, and I wouldn't mind running stock Android either if someone can tell me how to get it running on this phone. Currently I'm running all of the latest updates courtesy of the previous owner (I'm up to HBOOT 1.08, ICS 4.0.4, software version 7.02.605.10 710RD).
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
EDIT: After much more tinkering, I have managed to get Clockwork Mod Recovery running on my phone, but I would still very much appreciate if someone had a suggestion for a ROM that runs quickly and efficiently.
Look through the Development forum here and head over to Infected Roms. Lots of answers to your questions in both places. Just takes a little time go through the threads to find what you need.
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Raddatzjos said:
I've recently purchased a Thunderbolt from eBay (which I know is always a bit sketchy, and that the device is getting a bit older) but so far it's been a relatively good little phone. I'm definitely enjoying the LTE over the 3G my iPhone 4 had before I accidentally murdered it. I have the HTC Dev unlock on this phone, but the stock ICS rom pushed out by Verizon and HTC feels bloated and slow to me, having come from the iPhone 4 running a jailbroken iOS 6.1.2.
Would someone be so kind as to point me towards a fast, stable ICS or Jellybean ROM and instructions on how to install it and a proper recovery on my phone? I'm not all that picky about appearances, and I wouldn't mind running stock Android either if someone can tell me how to get it running on this phone. Currently I'm running all of the latest updates courtesy of the previous owner (I'm up to HBOOT 1.08, ICS 4.0.4, software version 7.02.605.10 710RD).
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
EDIT: After much more tinkering, I have managed to get Clockwork Mod Recovery running on my phone, but I would still very much appreciate if someone had a suggestion for a ROM that runs quickly and efficiently.
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I just mashed my Rezound, so I'm back on the TBolt as well and had to go through the same thing. Before I go all out on this, I can tell you that the process to get this done isn't that bad considering I will compile all the instructions here, but you have to flash a patch through HBOOT then relock the phone, take it back to an older ROM, run revolutionary on it for s-off, load radios, then back to ICS lol. If you think it will be worth it to you, let me know an I will post the links. It's just a bunch of back and forth and I took me about a week to find all the pieces.
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Look through the Development forum here and head over to Infected Roms. Lots of answers to your questions in both places. Just takes a little time go through the threads to find what you need.
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Yeah, there's a lot of pages to go through, and apparently I'm not searching for something the right way.
DiaboliqAngel said:
I just mashed my Rezound, so I'm back on the TBolt as well and had to go through the same thing. Before I go all out on this, I can tell you that the process to get this done isn't that bad considering I will compile all the instructions here, but you have to flash a patch through HBOOT then relock the phone, take it back to an older ROM, run revolutionary on it for s-off, load radios, then back to ICS lol. If you think it will be worth it to you, let me know an I will post the links. It's just a bunch of back and forth and I took me about a week to find all the pieces.
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Hey, works for me! I really want to like Android, but Verizon's firmware is so bloated and slow it makes it hard to do. I'm willing to go through the work if it means I can get a phone that runs the way I want.
My cousin keeps telling me I need to run pure Android, and honestly, that's what I'd like to do if at all possible, but any ROM that runs efficiently is good for me.
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Yeah, there's a lot of pages to go through, and apparently I'm not searching for something the right way.
Hey, works for me! I really want to like Android, but Verizon's firmware is so bloated and slow it makes it hard to do. I'm willing to go through the work if it means I can get a phone that runs the way I want.
My cousin keeps telling me I need to run pure Android, and honestly, that's what I'd like to do if at all possible, but any ROM that runs efficiently is good for me.
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Go to this page to start the journey http://www.thunderboltforums.com/forum/htc-thundebolt-hacking-guides/8695-guide-how-gain-root-s-off-after-taking-ics-ota.html and just FYI, I use 4ext recovery now and love it, but you have to be s-off and rooted to get it. use the QR code found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31966447 It will download and app to your SD card (typically) under "Downloads" and you will need a file manager or root explorer to install it, and I had to download "4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.5 RC5" twice before it took.
Then once you have gone through those steps (I had TWRP recovery and it worked) you will be on GB. To save some time, go to http://forums.infectedrom.com/ and create an account. I doesn't have to be verified by the admin to download. Once your account is created, go to http://forums.infectedrom.com/showthread.php/1912-ROM-Official-Thunderbolt-ICS-Rooted-Deodexed-Stock?p=67120&viewfull=1#post67120 and download the radio and flash it, then download the ROM of your choice. I used the "DEBLOATED Rom Deodexed version: 7.02.605.10 710RD". It's stock with all of the VZW crap pulled out and deodexed. I'm haveing to revert back to a custom GB ROM because the new ICS kernel doesn't have the built-in support for the 2-way call recording feature, but everything else works like a dream. I agree, that for the TB, staying close to stock on ICS is a good idea since development has dwindling for this device. Cheers and let me know if you need any help with this. just reply here
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Go to this page to start the journey http://www.thunderboltforums.com/forum/htc-thundebolt-hacking-guides/8695-guide-how-gain-root-s-off-after-taking-ics-ota.html and just FYI, I use 4ext recovery now and love it, but you have to be s-off and rooted to get it. use the QR code found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31966447 It will download and app to your SD card (typically) under "Downloads" and you will need a file manager or root explorer to install it, and I had to download "4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.5 RC5" twice before it took.
Then once you have gone through those steps (I had TWRP recovery and it worked) you will be on GB. To save some time, go to http://forums.infectedrom.com/ and create an account. I doesn't have to be verified by the admin to download. Once your account is created, go to http://forums.infectedrom.com/showthread.php/1912-ROM-Official-Thunderbolt-ICS-Rooted-Deodexed-Stock?p=67120&viewfull=1#post67120 and download the radio and flash it, then download the ROM of your choice. I used the "DEBLOATED Rom Deodexed version: 7.02.605.10 710RD". It's stock with all of the VZW crap pulled out and deodexed. I'm haveing to revert back to a custom GB ROM because the new ICS kernel doesn't have the built-in support for the 2-way call recording feature, but everything else works like a dream. I agree, that for the TB, staying close to stock on ICS is a good idea since development has dwindling for this device. Cheers and let me know if you need any help with this. just reply here
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Excellent! Thank you for this. I guess I know what my project is for tonight.
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Excellent! Thank you for this. I guess I know what my project is for tonight.
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No problem, and if you need any help or it's unclear, just let me know. Oh, and if I helped you out, please hit the "Thank" button on that post Cheers
Yeah, I strongly recommend ditching clockwork mod for 4ext.
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Yeah, I strongly recommend ditching clockwork mod for 4ext.
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I've been attempting to do just that, and every time I try to load my recovery, I keep getting ClockworkMod. 4ext fails to install, despite the app saying it was successful.
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I've been attempting to do just that, and every time I try to load my recovery, I keep getting ClockworkMod. 4ext fails to install, despite the app saying it was successful.
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Email the Dev. He's extremely responsive and very helpful.
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I've been attempting to do just that, and every time I try to load my recovery, I keep getting ClockworkMod. 4ext fails to install, despite the app saying it was successful.
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I don't quite remember how I got to the end result of 4ext actually working but I remeber I had to download it twice from the installer app, and told the app to wipe cache + dalvik... but just to make sure, check these steps:
1) make sure you're rooted with s-off and have SU and busy box installed.
2) download the updater app file from the link provided in the QR code (from previous post).
3) make sure "unknown sources" is enabled in settings so you can install the updater app, then find the app in your download folder on your SD card and install it.
4) open the updater app and give it SU permissions, then run the install/update option and select the proper file. This will also be stored on your SD card (in a 4ext folder I think...don't quote me on that though).
after install you should be good, but I believe you can push via ADB as well. Attached is a PDF from the Dev on this as well.
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Sorry, I guess the PDF was too large. just remove the "http://forum.xda-developers.com/" out of the link and replace it with "http://www.". http://forum.xda-developers.com/4ext.net/install.pdf I can't post external links yet.
Now that I am thinking about it. Did you update super user or super su after getting root? The app itself probably needs it and the binary as well. You can update the binary by opening the app. It should prompt you to update it.
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:cyclops:hi guys, first of all thank you because you have saved me many times in the past just by reading through the forums. but this time
nothing seems to help me, i have a htc one m8 from sprint, and i tried to root it and install a custom room. And i did rooted now my device
shows tempered and bootloader is unlocked. I used twrp for the custom recovery later i tried to install android revolution one 4.0
and did not work but not only that i erase the partition of the phone so i soft bricked and my phone end up stuck on the boot loader not even
twrp will work :crying:and i try to repair the partition by using some comands that i found, but my phone was not getting recognized by adb just fastboot.
After a day i try a different custom recovery philz. and that one worked so i was able to enter to recovery, and i don't know why but when im inside the recovery my phone gets recognize by adb. I try to repair the partition, but since i have to grant access on the phone is not able to finish. so i tried to install
different rooms such as viper, badseed and it goes through the set up, but when it finish it just gets stuck on the boot loader again. I been trying
to install the stock room but i haven't been able to find it, i found a link in many different forums but the links are broken i been dealing with this
issue for over 5 days and don't know what to do. i will really apreciate if someone cuold help me please forgive me if you don't understand me but
english is not my native lenguage, so i don't speak it very well. also i'm a noob on rooting so i may not know a lot by the way my phone is s-on. help will be
really appreciate.
If you are S-On, when flashing a rom, it will not be able to automatically flash the kernel (boot.img) unless it specifically states in the OP it does by the developers. Most of the time, you'll just need to extract the boot.img and place it in the folder you have fastboot, then when connected in bootloader / fastboot mode run this : fastboot flash boot boot.img
after you flash the rom. Just boot into it right after, flash, and the just type : fastboot reboot
Should be good to go. FYI : adb isn't intended to work in bootloader and fastboot doesn't work in recovery. Nothing wrong there.
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If you are S-On, when flashing a rom, it will not be able to automatically flash the kernel (boot.img) unless it specifically states in the OP it does by the developers. Most of the time, you'll just need to extract the boot.img and place it in the folder you have fastboot, then when connected in bootloader / fastboot mode run this : fastboot flash boot boot.img
after you flash the rom. Just boot into it right after, flash, and the just type : fastboot reboot
Should be good to go. FYI : adb isn't intended to work in bootloader and fastboot doesn't work in recovery. Nothing wrong there.
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thank for the help and i did as you said i install viper it finish a soon as it finished the phone reboot and went to bootloader i extract the boot.img from the zip and put it on the fastboot folder flash it and it said okay then i reboot the device and again just got stock on the bootloader im going to try to install android revolution and do the same thing but i almost sure is going to do the same thing. any other advice that you can provide me i will really appreciate it
and thanks again for the help.
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just and update i did try also with android revolution and still no luck :crying:any help will be really appreciated:cyclops:
Can you post the link to the roms you are trying to load? I'm wondering if you aren't try to flash ones not for the Sprint M8? I don't see the ARHD rom in the forum for your phone...
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Can you post the link to the roms you are trying to load? I'm wondering if you aren't try to flash ones not for the Sprint M8? I don't see the ARHD rom in the forum for your phone...
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thanks for the help first of all i have try this ones
ViperOne_6.0.0
Bad_Boyz_Sprint_ONE_KitKat_v1.2
BadSeed_Sixth_Sense_RLS2.1
Sprint_M8_1.12.651.17_system_dump
SENSE_STOCK_ROOTED_VZW_M8
Android_Revolution_HD-One_M8_4.0_ART
this are the ones, thank for the help again and i soon as we go through this im going to give you a donation for the big help
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thanks for the help first of all i have try this ones
ViperOne_6.0.0
Bad_Boyz_Sprint_ONE_KitKat_v1.2
BadSeed_Sixth_Sense_RLS2.1
Sprint_M8_1.12.651.17_system_dump
SENSE_STOCK_ROOTED_VZW_M8
Android_Revolution_HD-One_M8_4.0_ART
this are the ones, thank for the help again and i soon as we go through this im going to give you a donation for the big help
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Well, I definitely see a couple issues with that list...
The Viper 6.0.0 should be this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334294 Which is for the International M7.
The Bad Boyz rom you posted should be the one from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2635051 - This is for the M7 version.
The BadSeed rom should be the one posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694471 - Also for the M7 (hence the M8 *PORT* in the title thread.
Now, HTC was stupid for giving the new phone the same name, I'll give you that, and XDA doesn't have it set to really filter well between the 2 forums, BUT stuff like the date posted could have been a give-a-way as well. But honest mistakes for sure. So, how to fix from here since your partitions are probably thoroughly hosed...? Hmm. Since I don't think there is an official Sprint RUU, that will be tricky. You will most likely need to get a hold of a very experienced HTC dev like the one's whose roms you were trying to use. The Viper, Bad Boyz, and BadSeed dev teams are all very good at most everything HTC. Another option is the developer : Captain_Throwback. He is very knowledgeable about HTCs from top to bottom and seems to be pretty helpful. Your casual helper will most likely not be able to provide as detailed help as you would need in this situation.
The forums you want to hang out in for your phone are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-one-m8
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Well, I definitely see a couple issues with that list...
The Viper 6.0.0 should be this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334294 Which is for the International M7.
The Bad Boyz rom you posted should be the one from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2635051 - This is for the M7 version.
The BadSeed rom should be the one posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694471 - Also for the M7 (hence the M8 *PORT* in the title thread.
Now, HTC was stupid for giving the new phone the same name, I'll give you that, and XDA doesn't have it set to really filter well between the 2 forums, BUT stuff like the date posted could have been a give-a-way as well. But honest mistakes for sure. So, how to fix from here since your partitions are probably thoroughly hosed...? Hmm. Since I don't think there is an official Sprint RUU, that will be tricky. You will most likely need to get a hold of a very experienced HTC dev like the one's whose roms you were trying to use. The Viper, Bad Boyz, and BadSeed dev teams are all very good at most everything HTC. Another option is the developer : Captain_Throwback. He is very knowledgeable about HTCs from top to bottom and seems to be pretty helpful. Your casual helper will most likely not be able to provide as detailed help as you would need in this situation.
The forums you want to hang out in for your phone are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-one-m8
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thanks so much for the help im learning a lot like what is a RUU and as you said i try to look for one no luch anyhow i have a doom question how do i get a contact with them how can i get the help from the ones that you mention im sorry but so far i been using xda to read through the forums this is actually my first time posting a problem i will really appreciate the help thank you.
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thanks so much for the help im learning a lot like what is a RUU and as you said i try to look for one no luch anyhow i have a doom question how do i get a contact with them how can i get the help from the ones that you mention im sorry but so far i been using xda to read through the forums this is actually my first time posting a problem i will really appreciate the help thank you.
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1 of 2 ways : post on a thread they have up, or click on their name on the left pane of the forum thread and it should give you options to Private Message the member. Keep in mind, many developers are busy people and some of them just ignore their PMs because they get so many for simple questions. Yours is certainly not gonna be the easiest fix. I would suggest to maybe start here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696652
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1 of 2 ways : post on a thread they have up, or click on their name on the left pane of the forum thread and it should give you options to Private Message the member. Keep in mind, many developers are busy people and some of them just ignore their PMs because they get so many for simple questions. Yours is certainly not gonna be the easiest fix. I would suggest to maybe start here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696652
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thank you so much i'll do that, i really appreciate your help and your time
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thank you so much i'll do that, i really appreciate your help and your time
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No problem! Don't let this scare you away from trying to mod your phone later on. Just use this as a learning experience about the importance of reading. Lots.
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No problem! Don't let this scare you away from trying to mod your phone later on. Just use this as a learning experience about the importance of reading. Lots.
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thank you for everything and i will keep trying also i have another htc one but the first generations i will mod it as well as soon as im done with this one jejeje
and believe me that i been reading for day trying to find a solution to my problem but hopefully soon with some help can be able to do it and if you want i can post and update in here of how finally i was able to fix it... thanks
First off, this should be posted in the Sprint M8 Q&A forum.
Next, I assume you have a stock nandroid, as that's the first thing everyone should do after getting a custom recovery installed on the device. So start by restoring that. If for some reason you don't have that, I believe there's one floating around in the "Stock ROM or any" thread in Sprint M8 General or Q&A.
Once you can boot up the device, you should be good to proceed to S-OFF and flash only ROMs specified for the Sprint M8 variant.
My pleasure. It's how I like to give back to the community. I have a ridiculous amount of experience with everything root, recovery, rom, mods, themes, apps, etc related after modding 100s of phones and tablets, but these type of issues require the next tier of experience when you're getting into semi uncharted territory due to how new the device is and that HTC hasn't released the official update utility for it. But yea, you should post back, just in case another member runs into the same problem and you can help point them in the right direction.
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First off, this should be posted in the Sprint M8 Q&A forum.
Next, I assume you have a stock nandroid, as that's the first thing everyone should do after getting a custom recovery installed on the device. So start by restoring that. If for some reason you don't have that, I believe there's one floating around in the "Stock ROM or any" thread in Sprint M8 General or Q&A.
Once you can boot up the device, you should be good to proceed to S-OFF and flash only ROMs specified for the Sprint M8 variant.
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thanks for the quick help and yes i did create a back up of the phone but when i was trying to install the first custom room Android_Revolution_HD-One_M8_4.0_ART it ask me if i want to delete all data and i said yes. So my partitions of the phone i believe are screw up. I did look for Stock room i found many that were linking to the same file both the oex and deodex links were bronken and i haven't been able to find the one that i need that is kitkat 4.4.2 sprint. and i don't know what's next from were i am now.
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thanks for the quick help and yes i did create a back up of the phone but when i was trying to install the first custom room Android_Revolution_HD-One_M8_4.0_ART it ask me if i want to delete all data and i said yes. So my partitions of the phone i believe are screw up. I did look for Stock room i found many that were linking to the same file both the oex and deodex links were bronken and i haven't been able to find the one that i need that is kitkat 4.4.2 sprint. and i don't know what's next from were i am now.
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I'm not sure I understand. What does deleting all data have to do with your backup? Are you saying your backup got deleted? In that case, do what I said and find the one I referred to and restore that.
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51624633
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I'm not sure I understand. What does deleting all data have to do with your backup? Are you saying your backup got deleted? In that case, do what I said and find the one I referred to and restore that.
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He flashed 3 or 4 different roms that were for the M7 or not for his version of the M8. Pretty sure that the partitions are borked at this stage as properly flashing the correct M8 rom and fastboot flashing the boot.img has not gotten him out of trouble.
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He flashed 3 or 4 different roms that were for the M7 or not for his version of the M8. Pretty sure that the partitions are borked at this stage as properly flashing the correct M8 rom and fastboot flashing the boot.img has not gotten him out of trouble.
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thanks i was looking for the words to explain that my English is really bad i apologize for that.
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thanks i was looking for the words to explain that my English is really bad i apologize for that.
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Did you see my post?
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I'm not sure I understand. What does deleting all data have to do with your backup? Are you saying your backup got deleted? In that case, do what I said and find the one I referred to and restore that.
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51624633
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If restoring the above doesn't work, you can try this:
- Relock bootloader (fastboot oem lock)
- Download signed firmware zip from here. Flash via fastboot (fastboot oem rebootRUU, fastboot flash zip firmware.zip, fastboot reboot-bootloader)
- Unlock bootloader via HTCDev.
- Download TWRP Recovery from here and fastboot flash (fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.2-m8_whl.img)
- Download Stock Rooted ROM from here and flash via TWRP.
Mods delete.
Unfortunately this won't happen. Had alot of trouble compiling the rom and deciding to sell it. Not much going on for my particular model anyway (G530T) and no guarantee the rom would work for other devices anyway.
On to the next one. Sorry guys and good luck
whats the catch? we need one to start custom roms and stuff.. and would it work for an SM-S920l Grand Prime?
I just want a custom recovery for the SM-S920L. I did manage to get adb shell working on the stock recovery but haven't figured out how to get an insecure adb binary to be picked up and used so no root.
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whats the catch? we need one to start custom roms and stuff.. and would it work for an SM-S920l Grand Prime?
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Not sure what you mean by "catch". In theory, the software should be the same for all Galaxy Grand Prime models? This is the only thing I would be modifying. I understand the kernel/baseband is different between devices (whether through reason of network, region or chipset variences) but the base software should be almost exactly the same across devices and therefore no kernels or basebands would be altered. I would obviously need willing participants to test on their personal devices throughout the development process and be able to provide logs and feedback on bug reports, but as this is supposed to only modify the software and applications I can't really forsee many issues.
That being said, I only own the 530T variant of the Grand Prime and cannot guarantee that EVERY model will accept the rom upon initial release. My team and I will valiantly make every effort to support as many Primes as possible so long as appropriate feedback from the community is gathered.
As I mentioned in the OP, I can just as well provide a tutorial of sorts to guide users along the path to modifying their device on their own. If a full blown rom isn't of much interest since all of the modifications can be done at will, we won't bother. We only look to simplify the process and hope to gain a reputation for doing so
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I just want a custom recovery for the SM-S920L. I did manage to get adb shell working on the stock recovery but haven't figured out how to get an insecure adb binary to be picked up and used so no root.
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Unfortunate as flashing a custom rom (be it modified stock or otherwise) would require both root and a custom recovery. One of our members has experience building and porting recoveries, but only to devices they have had on hand
My device is rooted, I'm speaking of getting adb root working on the stock recovery which only supports adb sideload. I did manage to get adb shell working, but like I said, if I try and replace the stock adbd binary with an insecure version, the recovery won't pick it up.
by catch, i mean will it cost us anything to get it? etc. etc. and can i contribute to the developement of my grand prime? of like a stock rom or whatever..?
yes please!!!!
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by catch, i mean will it cost us anything to get it? etc. etc. and can i contribute to the developement of my grand prime? of like a stock rom or whatever..?
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This development is entirely on our own time with our own resources. We will never openly ask for money to make something happen. This is a passion, not a business prospect. We do this because we want to. If you'd like to support to the cause by means of monetary or physical device donations so that we may continue to expand our list of supported devices, we won't say no. It's of your own will to do so
i dont have money to send nor a device to give.. would giving you my kernel help in any way to make a stock rom for SM-S920l? or a stock recovery?
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i dont have money to send nor a device to give.. would giving you my kernel help in any way to make a stock rom for SM-S920l? or a stock recovery?
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It wouldn't hurt. It would also be useful to have something like a TWRP/CWM backup of ONLY the stock system, kernel, data partitions and stock recovery of as many variants as possible so we can ensure support for specific models where needed, provided you have the means to do so (root and custom recovery obviously). This would require a factory reset of your device or an Odin restore. We don't want or need any personal information you have on your phone. It's absolutely imperative that we get a fresh untouched image of the device. Its kind of a backdoor way of getting the information we need pertaining to each device, but obviously it does require some sort of recovery to get even that far. I can attempt to build from my current personal setup and that would allow feedback from others on the stability of flashing and report any and all issues.
Sound complicated? You have no idea lol
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My device is rooted, I'm speaking of getting adb root working on the stock recovery which only supports adb sideload. I did manage to get adb shell working, but like I said, if I try and replace the stock adbd binary with an insecure version, the recovery won't pick it up.
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I personally don't have much experience in recovery modifications or obtaining such permissions from them but we do have a team member who may. How far his knowledge extends into the subject is beyond me. I just build the roms and do most of the PR stuff on the forums
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It wouldn't hurt. It would also be useful to have something like a TWRP/CWM backup of ONLY the stock system, kernel, data partitions and stock recovery of as many variants as possible so we can ensure support for specific models where needed, provided you have the means to do so (root and custom recovery obviously). This would require a factory reset of your device or an Odin restore. We don't want or need any personal information you have on your phone. It's absolutely imperative that we get a fresh untouched image of the device. Its kind of a backdoor way of getting the information we need pertaining to each device, but obviously it does require some sort of recovery to get even that far. I can attempt to build from my current personal setup and that would allow feedback from others on the stability of flashing and report any and all issues.
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ok um TWRP doesnt support the grand prime,, only the grand prime VE, which is completely different, and the CWM doesnt support the grand prime at all, either variants. i tried downloading odin.. and it wouldnt work (likeit wouldnt install)
but heres my kernel: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pv96mgsp9uqgo27/kernel-from-24-11-2015-4-18.img?dl=0
and STock recovery..: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hmdgsot6x6aybcl/stock recovery.img?dl=0
and if im wrong about the suppot for this device on either of those, please tell me and show me how to get a custom recovery from them...
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ok um TWRP doesnt support the grand prime,, only the grand prime VE, which is completely different, and the CWM doesnt support the grand prime at all, either variants. i tried downloading odin.. and it wouldnt work (likeit wouldnt install)
but heres my kernel: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pv96mgsp9uqgo27/kernel-from-24-11-2015-4-18.img?dl=0
and STock recovery..: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hmdgsot6x6aybcl/stock recovery.img?dl=0
and if im wrong about the suppot for this device on either of those, please tell me and show me how to get a custom recovery from them...
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Doesn't support the Grand Prime at all? I've flashed both CWM and TWRP with no issues. I have currently TWRP installed on my device (530T) but I'm not entirely sure it will support your device. It's not my development so no guarantees
Here's the thread I used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime/development/custom-recovery-twrp-2-8-7-0for-lollipop-t3190351
It says only for 530H, I know. But have you tried? I used RASHR from the Play Store to get it on mine. RASHR will also allow you to backup your current recovery in case the flash doesn't take. I recommend doing that first
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Doesn't support the Grand Prime at all? I've flashed both CWM and TWRP with no issues. I have currently TWRP installed on my device (530T) but I'm not entirely sure it will support your device. It's not my development so no guarantees
Here's the thread I used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime/development/custom-recovery-twrp-2-8-7-0for-lollipop-t3190351
It says only for 530H, I know. But have you tried? I used RASHR from the Play Store to get it on mine. RASHR will also allow you to backup your current recovery in case the flash doesn't take. I recommend doing that first
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i used rashr to get those two files but i got rom manager by CWM and TWRP manager and both didnt have the normal grand prime in them
xSpartacusx said:
i used rashr to get those two files but i got rom manager by CWM and TWRP manager and both didnt have the normal grand prime in them
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It won't because its not "officially" supported. But neither is my 530T and I got off just fine. Try to flash the file in RASHR from the thread I linked. If it doesn't take, you've got your backup so no harm no foul
ok so i extracted the tar file using 7zip, and moved the img file into my SD card storage. i used flashify and i opened it up and cicked flash and it said successfully flashed.. and i rebooted and the phone works completely fine.. now what?
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wait wait wait no, it doesnt.. i did it again and hitreboot, and it says Custom Binary Blocked by reactivation lock.?
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help?
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ok so i extracted the tar file using 7zip, and moved the img file into my SD card storage. i used flashify and i opened it up and cicked flash and it said successfully flashed.. and i rebooted and the phone works completely fine.. now what?
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Have you booted into the custom recovery or did you simply reboot the phone back to the system? I ask because Flashify also told me it was successful but in reality did nothing. That's why I suggested RASHR. Flashify is hit or miss in my experience
idfk what i did.. i hit chhoose file, selected the img it says successful and i hit the reboot option it gave me, and then that came up... i never rooted a phone before i never de any flashing **** before..
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it says custom binary blocked by reactivation lock with a big yellow triangle on the screen
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ok so i extracted the tar file using 7zip, and moved the img file into my SD card storage. i used flashify and i opened it up and cicked flash and it said successfully flashed.. and i rebooted and the phone works completely fine.. now what?
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wait wait wait no, it doesnt.. i did it again and hitreboot, and it says Custom Binary Blocked by reactivation lock.?
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Try booting into download mode (vol - home and power) then select no (vol -) and should boot you into the OS?
I didn't think this warranted a development thread at this point, Mods may disagree and move it. Since a few people, myself included, need some TouchWiz features and want something closer to a stock rom than Jasmine but debloated, deodexed with the Verizon wifi tether provisioning disabled, I threw this together. I'll try to answer any questions and fix any issues that pop up but I cant make any promises due to work and other projects. If I do move forward with anything I may try to port the stock Verizon Note 4/5, but that's getting ahead of myself.
Now the usual warning about your warranty being voided (as if any Note 3s are under warranty and you didn't void it rooting/flashing recovery) and me not being responsible for you bricking your device because I was stoned when I packaged this.
Download the rom here.
So far the only changes to the stock OF1 are:
Deodexed
Moderatly debloated
Wifi tether provisioning disabled
Start up sound disabled
Rooted*
Busybox added*
*SuperSu and Busybox packages are installed during rom installation.
A list of debloated files can be found here.
Coming soon
Some files were left because they are too integrated into TouchWiz. I don't want people confused by orphaned menu items or get FCs. Some stuff I left because people I know use them. If you want anything back you'll have to get it yourself for now, sorry. I'm open to suggestions on stuff to keep and stuff to remove, but I'll want a good description of their functions before I remove anything. I'm funny about not deleting stuff I don't know what it does.
For those looking for Xposed, I'm using the latest Snapdragon requestConcurrentGC version from here.
Flashing instructions are pretty simple. Boot to TWRP, make a backup, wipe system/data/dalvik/cache, flash the rom and reboot system.
All thanks go to the Yemen rooters and @beaups and @ryanbg for liberating our devices.
thanks i tried it out and its working great! however one of the apps i like is S-Note and you debloated it :/ along with galaxy store. which i cannot find a download source for either, and its needed to reinstall s-note. anyway its a crucial app for the S-pen launcher and s-pen features.
if you could share the apks or upload a full but deodexed superSu/busybox version of this Rom it'd be a real winner.
also im not sure if its just me but i noticed the task manager is a little strange and is missing the ram clear button. ill take a screen shot and upload later
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if you could share the apks or upload a full but deodexed superSu/busybox version of this Rom it'd be a real winner.
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All of the stock apps are in the system.img files in the Stock Odin tar bundles (available from sammobile.com for instance)
The only trick to getting them out of there is that those (system.img) image files are "sparse" ext4 files. The Android development environment has a tool called "simg2img" which allows you to create an uncompressed image file, which can then be mounted as an ext4 filesytem (loopback mount), and you can browse through there and copy out anything you want.
All of this is more convenient to do in a Linux environment (get yourself VirtualBox and install Ubuntu), but there are workarounds using Windows too, and there are even tutorials here on XDA on how to do this both ways. (Use searches for "sparse image" or "simg2img")
An even easier way is to simply pull them out of TWRP backup files of your rooted-stock ROMs; those "system.ext4.win00x" are just tar files. Heck, you could probably even use 7-zip for that.
You do make backups, right?
Ask your devs to do things that are interesting for the dev and difficult for almost any anybody else to do; not the simple stuff like "go get me some freely available files".
as some people like the stock image, you should do a non-debloated version, like beans did for 4.4.2 NC2/4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787627 Its just a minor thing, and i can add those apps back in.
How would i enable the startup sound that you disabled?
I'm running the deodexed version of NC4 (with an NC2 bootloader) that i linked above, and finally want to upgrade. I'm assuming that safestrap (which is currently installed) isn't compatible, so do have a link for a version of TWRP that is compatible?
also, can i upgrade from NC4 (with an NC2 bootloader) directly? or is there a step in between that i should do first?
Morlok8k said:
as some people like the stock image, you should do a non-debloated version, like beans did for 4.4.2 NC2/4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787627 Its just a minor thing, and i can add those apps back in.
How would i enable the startup sound that you disabled?
I'm running the deodexed version of NC4 (with an NC2 bootloader) that i linked above, and finally want to upgrade. I'm assuming that safestrap (which is currently installed) isn't compatible, so do have a link for a version of TWRP that is compatible?
also, can i upgrade from NC4 (with an NC2 bootloader) directly? or is there a step in between that i should do first?
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i updated to of1 then rooted and bootloader unlocked then used flashify to flash recovery (back up stock recovery if u like) then no more safe strap or worries. but to each their own.
Very cool, thank you!
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njdan30 said:
i updated to of1 then rooted and bootloader unlocked then used flashify to flash recovery (back up stock recovery if u like) then no more safe strap or worries. but to each their own.
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How did you bootloader unlock after rooted? Were you able to install custom recovery? If so, do you mind sharing how you did that as well?
Thank you!!
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Very cool, thank you!
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How did you bootloader unlock after rooted? Were you able to install custom recovery? If so, do you mind sharing how you did that as well?
Thank you!!
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yes you need to root 1st in order to get bootloader unlocked then head to play store for flashify the take the 1st(newest recovery)and thats it.check the yemen root http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...b6-of1-n900v-note-3-verizon-oneclick-t3333569 for of1 use that then the retail to dev unlock and enjoy,for unlock i did the adb method but think theres a 1 click unlock now also http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...l/official-note-3-verizon-bootloader-t3359370
Problems with data
I appreciate all of your hard work. I do have a question though. Every single 5.0 and newer rom I have tried I have problems getting my data to work reliably. I get 4G after reboot but as soon as I send/receive a SMS message it reverts to 3g until the next reboot. This was a clean install and I've also tried reinstalling sim, done factory reset, cleared all data, everything under the sun I can think of. Nobody else seems to have this problem. Any ideas? Other than that this is exactly what I'm looking for.
May I ask somebody create a .tar version to use with odin.
I has no custom recovery .
Tried peazip software to convert .zip to .tar but odin always hangs when i use file
Long time first boot. thoght i made a brick Thanks mate
Quick question. I have kit Kat 4.4.2 with safe strap on mine. How would I be able to upgrade to this?
nitroevo said:
Quick question. I have kit Kat 4.4.2 with safe strap on mine. How would I be able to upgrade to this?
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I am also looking for advice. My Note 3 is in a similar position with NC2 and Baja ROM in the stock slot of safestrap.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/development/rom-t3576124
All you have to do is flash the pit file from the tmobile variant. Dump it or find it elsewhere Have yet to see if the tmobile version requires the engineering kernel, testing the verizon right now. For anyone wondering why I'm linking this / posting, it's because s7 development is way too fragmented and I wanted at&t users to be included This is a modified, non root rom. Samsung pay and other apps like pokemon go and snapchat are all working! Thanks a lot @jkruse and @CVertigo1
This was all jrkruse. I did literally nothing except changed a couple things to make it boot on the flat S7.
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Have yet to see if the tmobile version requires the engineering kernel, testing the verizon right now.
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You flashed the zip in my thread? You are running on the factory kernel, right?
Verizon worked but after a reboot on the stock kernel, it requires the eng kernel to boot. It turned on once though. The t mobile needed eng kernel outright.
Another user figured out the problem. You need to uncheck inject root in FlashFire before flashing​. I ran into this problem once and forgot to mention it in the OP. Everything should boot normally on Verizon without having to Odin the eng kernel. I'd assume TMobile will also boot normally, but I can't confirm because I don't use TMobile, so I didn't verify it.
I have updated​ the instructions to mention unchecking inject root.
I'd like to add that you are welcome to put my instructions and zip in your OP. That way everything is all in one place without having to change forums.
Any way to gain root on this? Because I ain't gonna install it unless I can keep root
loganbeck14 said:
Any way to gain root on this? Because I ain't gonna install it unless I can keep root
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Yes, you can get root with the engineering kernel. But the whole point of this ROM is to be able to have a debloated &/| playstore rom, while still being able to use things like samsung pay, Pokemon Go, snapchat, etc.
dongdong6968 said:
Yes, you can get root with the engineering kernel. But the whole point of this ROM is to be able to have a debloated &/| playstore rom, while still being able to use things like samsung pay, Pokemon Go, snapchat, etc.
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Honestly I can log in to Snapchat before I root, and I don't play Pokemon go also I just wanted a rom that is at least somewhat compatible with my phone model
followed steps to a t. Using an SM-G930A ATT S7 and on final reboot have the pad lock and then after screen goes black for a few seconds reboots?? what did i do wrong. again i made sure to follow all instructions to a T. had to flash the t-mobile nougat before starting as i received a ext4 error on att rom.
Can anyone help me out?? in order to get my ATT S7 to boot i had to use the Eng. kernel as it wouldn't boot without it. see my previous post
Billy06010 said:
Can anyone help me out?? in order to get my ATT S7 to boot i had to use the Eng. kernel as it wouldn't boot without it. see my previous post
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Did you do this step?
6) Now click flash firmware and chose AP_G930TUVU4BQB1_CL10376601_QB12449107_REV02_user_ low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta.tar.md5 SELECT ALL OF THE PARTIONS!!!
As i Said in my earlier post I followed all steps to a t. Had to use the eng kernal to be able to boot after the last step. Does it have to do with the fact that i started from the t mobile firmware?? Only did that because the ATT firmware gave me an ext4 error during first odin step. someone has to be able to help
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Did you do this step?
6) Now click flash firmware and chose AP_G930TUVU4BQB1_CL10376601_QB12449107_REV02_user_ low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta.tar.md5 SELECT ALL OF THE PARTIONS!!!
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Billy06010 said:
As i Said in my earlier post I followed all steps to a t. Had to use the eng kernal to be able to boot after the last step. Does it have to do with the fact that i started from the t mobile firmware?? Only did that because the ATT firmware gave me an ext4 error during first odin step. someone has to be able to help
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Sorry I couldn't help. I also started with the Tmobile firmware, and chose the Playstore version. I remember it rebooting to recovery one time I did it, but I just rebooted and worked out. Good luck.
Playstore version?? of what?? thanks for trying to help I appreciate it alot
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Sorry I couldn't help. I also started with the Tmobile firmware, and chose the Playstore version. I remember it rebooting to recovery one time I did it, but I just rebooted and worked out. Good luck.
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finally got it working!!! cant seem on either t mobile or verizon version to get wifi calling working any help?? also advanced calling?? Without it im going back to the ATT Firmware