Hello Geeks,
I own a HTC M9 from ATT. Succesfully rooted and now I am trying to convert to Developer edition with the guide given here. My question is if I do a S-OFF
Q1. Which edition should I convert to? Developer or WWE
Q2. Will I receive OTA's if I do so? (If so whats steps should be involved?)
Please help me with this quickly so that I can proceed..
yashwanthl92 said:
Hello Geeks,
I own a HTC M9 from ATT. Succesfully rooted and now I am trying to convert to Developer edition with the guide given here. My question is if I do a S-OFF
Q1. Which edition should I convert to? Developer or WWE
Q2. Will I receive OTA's if I do so? (If so whats steps should be involved?)
Please help me with this quickly so that I can proceed..
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I would reccommend dev edition since you are using at&t, since I have seen problems when using wwe firmware on at&t (my own expeirience with my m8) and as long as you stay stock and don't modify anything you can use OTA, or backup system image so you can restore it before doing OTA
ZeRo2o9 said:
I would reccommend dev edition since you are using at&t, since I have seen problems when using wwe firmware on at&t (my own expeirience with my m8) and as long as you stay stock and don't modify anything you can use OTA, or backup system image so you can restore it before doing OTA
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Stock meaning, stock recovery and without modifying system?
yashwanthl92 said:
Stock meaning, stock recovery and without modifying system?
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Yea but if you make a system image backup before you modify the system I believe you can restore it and flash stock recovery to do an ota, you might wanna read the twrp recovery thread it talks about it and more there
ZeRo2o9 said:
Yea but if you make a system image backup before you modify the system I believe you can restore it and flash stock recovery to do an ota, you might wanna read the twrp recovery thread it talks about it and more there
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Actually I have converted into Dev Edition and I received the OTA. I then rooted with TWRP and then put back to stock. My question is If I want to change the system to S-ON, will it be fine? How to proceed further?
also how to make a system back up with either titanium pro or the TWRP...which all should I select.
Can you guide me with it?
yashwanthl92 said:
Actually I have converted into Dev Edition and I received the OTA. I then rooted with TWRP and then put back to stock. My question is If I want to change the system to S-ON, will it be fine? How to proceed further?
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yashwanthl92 said:
also how to make a system back up with either titanium pro or the TWRP...which all should I select.
Can you guide me with it?
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should be fine if you change to s-on you just wont be able to flash any firmware anymore, just leave it s-off till you end up having to send it for repair or something. To make a system backup, kinda new at this too but I kept reading the threads, when you first boot twrp it should tell you if you want to mount system, select no
then do a backup and select system image, not system, and your data partition
The "System" option is the standard tar backup. The "System Image" option is only relevant if your system is unmodified. This allows you to make a fully stock backup that can be restored later to take an OTA.
NOTE: If you are using a FAT32-formatted card, a "System Image" backup will fail, due to the 4GB file limit on that format. For a successful System Image backup, NTFS or exFAT-formatted storage must be used (either SD card or USB-OTG)
Again, before doing anything you should go read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/orig-development/recovery-twrp-touch-recovery-t3066720 so you do everything correctly
but as long as you make a system image backup before ever mounting system in twrp you should be fine, just restore it and flash stock recovery and you should be good to ota
guy you're not enjoying your HTC M9. I have heard about HTC M9. It simply awesome too. How did you like this?
joycerhaslett said:
guy you're not enjoying your HTC M9. I have heard about HTC M9. It simply awesome too. How did you like this?
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I enjoy mine just ended up rooting so I can use adaway I HATE ads and popups when using the browser, since HTC has been adding updates and features I dont have much of a reason to mod anythign anymore, just maybe debloat lol
ah, okey guys. Thank you!
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So I've had my Atrix for a few months now, and it's mostly awesome. I'm coming from having owned an iPhone before, and it's just fantastic. I've stayed away from modding it too much however, since I knew the bootloader was locked and not a lot could really be done. But, according to several posts I see here, the bootloader seems to have been unlocked recently. Yay?
So, I ask that you forgive my ignorance. What does this mean? Does a given ROM need to be modified to work with every model of phone? If so, which ones presently work with the Atrix? Any? (It looks like the unlock was found very recently.) How does that process work exactly? Is there any way to ensure a recovery path if something were to go wrong, so that I don't brick my phone?
I'm just curious here. Presently, my phone is on the stock firmware without any upgrades at all, and I've simply rooted it and installed the webtop mod so I could play games on my TV. Other than that, it's been lots of Android Market for me. I'd like to branch out, and I don't even know where to begin.
There aren't any custom rom's for this yet, there's work being done, so it's just a matter of time. However, there is a developer build from Asia that can be flashed. There are a few issues with it, so if you are averse to troubleshooting or dealing with issues then just wait a few days.
One of the good things you can do right now though is to Unlock it, and then install the Clockwork Mod recovery port in the developer's section. You can use that to make full system backup that you can flash.
Can I flash the UK Firmware on a unlocked ATT Atrix now?
Pretty sure you can at least fastboot flash the CG from the SBF (need system and boot) not sure about flashing the whole SBF. You can try though.
schlupp88 said:
Can I flash the UK Firmware on a unlocked ATT Atrix now?
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Pretty sure you can at least fastboot flash the CG from the SBF (need system and boot) not sure about flashing the whole SBF. You can try though.
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_Dennis_ is right. You should sbf_flash -x to extract the UK firmware and use fastboot to flash just boot.img (CG56 in Froyo) and system.img (CG57 in Froyo). If you want to flash the radio, use a custom .sbf (for AT&T) with only the radio. We don't yet know whether you can replace your bootloader with a UK bootloader. We still flashed a signed bootloader to our phone. In the worst case, if you flash a UK signed bootloader and your boot ROM is looking to find an AT&T signature in your bootloader: BAD! It is fairly unclear that the unlock ALSO tells boot ROM not to care about signatures, it may very well still care. And the order of RSD: erase,write,verify is a little dangerous...
I as well, don't know much about this... but as far as I know, this will mean that developers will be able to create real operating systems for the phone and not have to wait for att/moto to do that...
in the past it was an OS from att/moto, and all the "roms" in xda were actually the same OS but with some skins and mods added to them...
Yes, if you look at the development forums for just about any other android phone, you will see full customized ROMs that can be installed. That's where we are headed.
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Pretty sure you can at least fastboot flash the CG from the SBF (need system and boot) not sure about flashing the whole SBF. You can try though.
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I did a test with this.
I flashed 1.8.3 SBF over my unlocked bootloader to see if I could use moto-fastboot to flash over a 'stock' bootloader. It works to flash system (since it is still technically unlocked) but fails to flash boot.
So DO NOT TRY TO SBF FLASH A INTERNATIONAL VERSION unless you want to be stuck on the version with no way to get your phone back off.
I also would not flash the boot.img of a international version for the same reason.
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One of the good things you can do right now though is to Unlock it, and then install the Clockwork Mod recovery port in the developer's section. You can use that to make full system backup that you can flash.
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I just finished unlocking and installed the new CWM recovery, just waiting for some roms! About the full system backup with CWM, does is deposit a folder to the SD card I can remove for safe keeping like TIBu? I never used CWM to backup or restore.
climo said:
I just finished unlocking and installed the new CWM recovery, just waiting for some roms! About the full system backup with CWM, does is deposit a folder to the SD card I can remove for safe keeping like TIBu? I never used CWM to backup or restore.
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I think that the backup will be found in a Clockwork folder on your sd card. I also think that when you do the backup you will get to choose the destination. Either sd or external sd.
I haven't used the bl unlock or the new ClockworkMod (Just waiting on a nice rom). But that is how it went for me on the previous CWM that didn't require the unlocked bootloader.
Maybe someone who has this newer stuff can shed a little more light on it.
beatphreek said:
One of the good things you can do right now though is to Unlock it, and then install the Clockwork Mod recovery port in the developer's section. You can use that to make full system backup that you can flash.
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Does this essentially create an image of your device? Or does it just back up the firmware?
When CWM backs up ur files it creates a image file of
Boot.img
Cache.img
Data.img
recovery.img
system.img
so yes it does use a image.
Y'all talking about custom ROM's and such, no one seems to care about overcloking.. no one seems to realize what a beast a 1.4ghz Atrix would be.
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Y'all talking about custom ROM's and such, no one seems to care about overcloking.. no one seems to realize what a beast a 1.4ghz Atrix would be.
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+1.
ROMs will sometimes require you to have the custom kernel associated with them. CM7 for the Captivate comes to mind. With custom kernels, the Captivate was a beast. We had the VooDoo lagfix, which actually made the device usable on bootup. We were able to convert all partitions to ext4, and kind-of make the GPS work.
Overclocking is a possibility too. There's so much that is able to be done. It's a bit difficult coming from an iPhone where customization was limited, even with jailbreaking. But you'll soon get the hang of it.
GPS. Nice point too, but Moto itself promisses improvements on the 2.3.4 OTA. This is the most sorely needed fix for me, since my gps SUCKS. It can take anywhere up to 30 minutos to find my locations. Yes, you read that right.
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GPS. Nice point too, but Moto itself promisses improvements on the 2.3.4 OTA. This is the most sorely needed fix for me, since my gps SUCKS. It can take anywhere up to 30 minutos to find my locations. Yes, you read that right.
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Mine works great. You may have a hardware issue?
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JayRolla said:
Mine works great. You may have a hardware issue?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
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It shouldn't take that long to lock on. Mine locks on instantly.
I successfully rooted my phone and installed android revolution hd, which i ditched due to slow startup speed. I don't want to mess with s off and all that. So, after I installed the stock rom from his website, i was surprised to see that I still have an over 2 minute boot time. How can I fix this easily? I'd rather not have to redownload everything for the 4th time today...
My device is S on, unlocked bootloader. I restored the default recovery. Honestly, I'd like to just go back to stock without losing everything. Root would be nice but if it's difficult I'd rather not.
What hboot and what radio baseband? What carrier/region version of the M8?
You can return to stock to accept the OTA, to avoid having to S-off just to update the firmware.
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What hboot and what radio baseband? What carrier/region version of the M8?
You can return to stock to accept the OTA, to avoid having to S-off just to update the firmware.
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I honestly don't know anything except ATT US. I think I may have accidentally restored with the international firmware.
What do you mean accept the OTA? What does that even mean? sorry, I'm really green at this stuff.
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I honestly don't know anything except ATT US. I think I may have accidentally restored with the international firmware.
What do you mean accept the OTA? What does that even mean? sorry, I'm really green at this stuff.
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You're S-on, so if all you did is flash a international ROM or restored a international stock nandroid, its not a big deal. That doesn't touch any of the important stuff like radio baseband (s-off is required to do that) and is easily reversible. But try to keep careful track of any mods you do to the phone moving forward. Its hard to help you, if you don't even remember what you did to the phone.
OTA = official "over the air" updates. OS software updates that come from HTC or your carrier direct to the phone automatically.
Forgot that you posted in the AT&T section (I spend time in both this and the "international" or generic M8 forums, so I just lost track of which one you posted in). Being the AT&T version, returning to stock is very easy. Just relock the bootloader, connect the phone to a PC, and run the RUU executable:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/htc-one-m8-ruu-m8ul-4-4-3-t2860423
This will get you on the latest firmware, and the latest stock ROM, recovery, radio, etc. From there, you can either just leave it be, or unlock the bootloader, install custom recovery and root, if you want to.
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You're S-on, so if all you did is flash a international ROM or restored a international stock nandroid, its not a big deal. That doesn't touch any of the important stuff like radio baseband (s-off is required to do that) and is easily reversible. But try to keep careful track of any mods you do to the phone moving forward. Its hard to help you, if you don't even remember what you did to the phone.
OTA = official "over the air" updates. OS software updates that come from HTC or your carrier direct to the phone automatically.
Forgot that you posted in the AT&T section (I spend time in both this and the "international" or generic M8 forums, so I just lost track of which one you posted in). Being the AT&T version, returning to stock is very easy. Just relock the bootloader, connect the phone to a PC, and run the RUU executable:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/htc-one-m8-ruu-m8ul-4-4-3-t2860423
This will get you on the latest firmware, and the latest stock ROM, recovery, radio, etc. From there, you can either just leave it be, or unlock the bootloader, install custom recovery and root, if you want to.
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Wow! Thanks so much! Do I need to backup everything first? Also, what method of backing up would you suggest?
siren_shadows said:
Do I need to backup everything first? Also, what method of backing up would you suggest?
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Yes, backup all user data. RUU will wipe the phone.
I usually just copy and paste things like photos to my PC, or you can backup to the cloud by Picasa, Dropbox, or other means. Contacts are backed up to GMail by default (unless you changed it).
If you want to backup other things (like app data, SMS) you can checkout Helium. I haven't personally used it, but I've seen it recommended by others. There are other backup options that require root, but it sounds like you are on the fence about root.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup
siren_shadows said:
Wow! Thanks so much!
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There's a button for that.
redpoint73 said:
Yes, backup all user data. RUU will wipe the phone.
I usually just copy and paste things like photos to my PC, or you can backup to the cloud by Picasa, Dropbox, or other means. Contacts are backed up to GMail by default (unless you changed it).
If you want to backup other things (like app data, SMS) you can checkout Helium. I haven't personally used it, but I've seen it recommended by others. There are other backup options that require root, but it sounds like you are on the fence about root.
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awesome. I really appreciate it. Is there a reason the custom roms take so long to boot up? Was I doing something wrong?
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awesome. I really appreciate it. Is there a reason the custom roms take so long to boot up? Was I doing something wrong?
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Any Sense 2.x based ROM combined with outdated 1.x firmware (hboot, radio, etc.) on the phone will result in known issues like long boot times, broken WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.
Updating with the 2.23 RUU, or alternately updating by OTA (more complicated) will update the firmware and resolve this issue.
Hello everyone!
I've been very happy with my rooted M9 for the last few months but now a system update message on my screen and I'm trying to figure out what to do about. I seem to recall when I rooted my phone that there could be complications if I install a system update on a rooted phone (like making a Nandroid Backup) but I'm finding scarce information on the topic. Does anyone here have some advice about this?
Rom...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3083799
Firmware...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3073355
Follow the second link above.
You will need to restore the factory system.img using TWRP (exFAT or NTFS for external USB as file is > 4GB).
This puts the modified system (root) back to stock so the update will run successfully.
Flash the original recovery for you system version too.
Then you can accept the OTA and then root the phone again.
Thanks for the responses! I'm still uncertain about a few things so tell me if I have this right.
First I need to restore the factory image. Is that a guy named OJM is talking about on this thread? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-one-m9/general/rooting-guide-t3073004)
To restore your clean system backup to accept OTAs, you must use fastboot. If you are S-ON, you must be in download mode.
-copy your clean system.emmc.win to your adb/fastboot folder on your pc
-boot into download mode
-use cmd fastboot flash system system.emmc.win
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In that case, what is a system.emmc.win?
Then I flash the original recovery...what are you refering to when you say "original recovery"?
After that my phone should be locked again and I can go to that second link, download the latest firmware and flash it. And then I can unlock and root my phone again.
Edit: So it looks like someone has made a guide on how to get the OTA updates (if you use the right words in your search). It looks no one done anything with it since May so maybe it still works? http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/best-unlocking-bootloader-rooting-guide-t3087354
I would just run the official RUU, it's a one shot process will take care of everything including the radios. Much easier than messing around, just make sure you are S-OFF before you do it. When it's done just flash the latest TWRP and install your rom you will be done.
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I would just run the official RUU, it's a one shot process will take care of everything including the radios. Much easier than messing around, just make sure you are S-OFF before you do it. When it's done just flash the latest TWRP and install your rom you will be done.
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That was what I ended up doing. Had few bumps on the way but I managed to get everything working. Thanks for the help everyone!
RUU
Sim-X said:
I would just run the official RUU, it's a one shot process will take care of everything including the radios. Much easier than messing around, just make sure you are S-OFF before you do it. When it's done just flash the latest TWRP and install your rom you will be done.
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hi sim I have a question the only thing I got to make sure is that the phone is S-OFF and nothing will happen because I read that also the bootlooder had to be lock again so I'm not sure
Hey guys! Unfortunately I bricked my new HTC Desire 626s while fiddling around with xposed for lollipop after successfully rooting the phone and installing cyanogen recovery. I think if I flash the stock rom on the phone through either adb or cyanogen recovery I can unbrick it, but I have been unsuccessful in finding this file on the internet. Would anyone care to give me a link or upload the stock firmware/rom of this phone? It would really help me out, thank you!
You have to make sure the firmware is the same version or newer than the one currently on the phone as well as which carrier or region the phone is from. Without that, can't provide the correct file to download.
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You have to make sure the firmware is the same version or newer than the one currently on the phone as well as which carrier or region the phone is from. Without that, can't provide the correct file to download.
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Umm.. Okay so I guess I'll give you my phone's info? WAIT DOES THIS MEAN YOU CAN PROVIDE A DOWNLOAD!? IM SO EXCITED, UH OK HERE
- HTC Desire 626s
- Metro PCS USA
- Current firmware version : 1.06.1550.7
ANYTHING ELSE?? IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT DOWNLOAD LINK, MY MOM WONT KILL ME:crying::crying::crying: (she's really pissed :laugh Thank you btw!
Was just thinking about this...if you soft bricked after attempting to install Xposed, and nothing else, you should be able to get out of it by flashing the xposed uninstaller zip. If that does not work, stay tuned to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-626/help/htc-desire-626s-root-recovery-t3169169 as there are some others at the end of the thread in a similar predicament. It does not appear that there is an official RUU yet for the Metro version, only the T-Mobile version, and they are not compatible. Just try the uninstaller zip first because that would be the easiest thing to try and should only take a couple of minutes.
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Was just thinking about this...if you soft bricked after attempting to install Xposed, and nothing else, you should be able to get out of it by flashing the xposed uninstaller zip. If that does not work, stay tuned to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-626/help/htc-desire-626s-root-recovery-t3169169 as there are some others at the end of the thread in a similar predicament. It does not appear that there is an official RUU yet for the Metro version, only the T-Mobile version, and they are not compatible. Just try the uninstaller zip first because that would be the easiest thing to try and should only take a couple of minutes.
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I tried this before my phone got ****ed and it worked:good:! If you can help me dude that'd be great. After uninstalling or changing some stuff in priv-app on my HTC Desire 626s, when I rebooted, it would just stay in a boot loop with the optimizing app message. Any ideas?
What did you uninstall? I would ask for those apps in that thread and use a flashable zip and install via TWRP. You might also try clearing caches and/or resetting the phone again. It DOES take a long time to optimize the apps after wiping stuff as well, so sometimes it is a matter of being patient.
This is why I ALWAYS recommend to freeze apps vs uninstalling. Uninstalling them does not get you any usable space back, so there is no benefit, but it can cause issues if you do need the apps, as you can see...
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What did you uninstall? I would ask for those apps in that thread and use a flashable zip and install via TWRP. You might also try clearing caches and/or resetting the phone again. It DOES take a long time to optimize the apps after wiping stuff as well, so sometimes it is a matter of being patient.
This is why I ALWAYS recommend to freeze apps vs uninstalling. Uninstalling them does not get you any usable space back, so there is no benefit, but it can cause issues if you do need the apps, as you can see...
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I believe I uninstalled the dialer and its service in an attempt to replace them with the stock lollipop ones. How do you install TWRP on this phone? My mom has the same phone and its also rooted but hers actually works so I was thinking since TWRP has a nandroid backup setting, I could simply do a nandroid backup on hers and flash it on to mine to see if it will boot up. What do you think? And for the optimizing apps thing, it would finish optimizing, say starting apps, reboot and then optimize again and repeat. Thanks for the help btw, I really hope we can fix this.
You have to unlock the bootloader @ htcdev.com and use fastboot to install TWRP. And yes, that would work, as long as they are on the same software update. Know that when you unlock the bootloader, it will automatically wipe the phone, so make sure she has everything backed up to Google, the PC, etc.
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You have to unlock the bootloader @ htcdev.com and use fastboot to install TWRP. And yes, that would work, as long as they are on the same software update. Know that when you unlock the bootloader, it will automatically wipe the phone, so make sure she has everything backed up to Google, the PC, etc.
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Do you have the TWRP recovery file for me to download?
I'm afraid I'm a bit confused... How did you install Xposed and the Uninstaller without a custom recovery? Upon further searching, there doesn't appear to be a version of TWRP for your phone that I could find. Just figured you already had one. You must be on Kit Kat and not Lollipop?
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I'm afraid I'm a bit confused... How did you install Xposed and the Uninstaller without a custom recovery? Upon further searching, there doesn't appear to be a version of TWRP for your phone that I could find. Just figured you already had one. You must be on Kit Kat and not Lollipop?
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I installed Cyanogen recovery before flashing Xposed and the uninstaller. I thought you had the TWRP recovery img for my phone which is why I asked. I believe some developers are working on a Clockworkmod recovery for this phone which is basically the same thing as TWRP recovery, right? Anyways I guess I just have to wait until that comes out, but I was wondering if anyone who somehow got a hold of the stock rom could upload it for us to use. It would be really helpful
ClockWorkMod is the recovery that Cyanogen uses. That is able to perform nandroid backups as well.
You have to unlock the bootloader, then if you messed up your stock rom and you've updated it to something newer than what Samsung gives for a stock recoverable rom, you must first use the tmobile vers, let it fail, and then use metropcs vers.
If you messed up recovery or anything it will all go back to stock after flash.
Next just copy superuser zip file to phone, go to download mode and adb flash cyanogen recovery img. Then reboot to recovery, choose to flash update, and find the superuser. zip and flash it, voila.
https://www.mediafire.com/?8o6qtn7hlsec0zj,yqbbzb7divlcvvc
Kitkat, anyone?
Does anybody have a stock KitKat ROM for this device? I'd like to try to bypass the FRP, but am stuck on what must be either a marshmallow or lollipop ROM.
What carrier do you have?
I can send you a backup of the FRP.img for Marshmallow or for lollipop.
You can dd if= flash it to your device and you should be all good.
I am looking for any older roms for these devices too.
Seems like not too many people save the RUU and then HTC only releases the newest.
I got lollipop and marshmallow that's it.
But like i said we can fix the frp partition.
Issue is fixed
BigCountry907 said:
What carrier do you have?
I can send you a backup of the FRP.img for Marshmallow or for lollipop.
You can dd if= flash it to your device and you should be all good.
I am looking for any older roms for these devices too.
Seems like not too many people save the RUU and then HTC only releases the newest.
I got lollipop and marshmallow that's it.
But like i said we can fix the frp partition.
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I ended up fixing it using some ADB commands as noted in the "Well, I may have found..." thread. It'll be nice to have this phone out of my life. The day I had to spend with it was two days too many.
Alright, I've received the email as the title implies but here are the questions I have before I proceed into the whole process
Is there a way to backup the stock image without TWRP? if so how do you get the stock image backed up if it's impossible how to back up the stock bootlover/recovery before installing TWRP if I were to get rid of TWRP one day?
also is it possible to just root the system without flashing anything to avoid data loss? this would be the preferred option actually, thanks! (Using the be2028 t-mobile version, if there's a premade backup that'll be cool too.)
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Alright, I've received the email as the title implies but here are the questions I have before I proceed into the whole process
Is there a way to backup the stock image without TWRP? if so how do you get the stock image backed up if it's impossible how to back up the stock bootlover/recovery before installing TWRP if I were to get rid of TWRP one day?
also is it possible to just root the system without flashing anything to avoid data loss? this would be the preferred option actually, thanks! (Using the be2028 t-mobile version, if there's a premade backup that'll be cool too.)
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I am just getting back to messing around with phones after about 5 years. So many things have changed and I am trying to get answers here as well.
I used TWRP and Magisk to root my phone. Installing TWRP will not wipe your data as it is flashed to a different partition but to install TWRP you have to unlock the bootloader and that will wipe your userdata. And no, I don't believe there is any possibility of rooting without unlocking the bootloader. If you decide you want to go back to stock, there are stock roms available and you can re-lock the bootloader on the N10 so you should be able to set it back to just like it was when you first bought it. I say should because I have never done it, just read that it can be done when I unlocked and flashed mine.
I wish I could be of more help but so many things have changed in the years since I've been away from doing this stuff I feel like a total noob again.
animenote said:
Alright, I've received the email as the title implies but here are the questions I have before I proceed into the whole process
Is there a way to backup the stock image without TWRP? if so how do you get the stock image backed up if it's impossible how to back up the stock bootlover/recovery before installing TWRP if I were to get rid of TWRP one day?
also is it possible to just root the system without flashing anything to avoid data loss? this would be the preferred option actually, thanks! (Using the be2028 t-mobile version, if there's a premade backup that'll be cool too.)
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No I do not believe there's a way to gain root without flashing anything. There's no need to backup anything you can always use the MSM download tool to restore your device. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4204445/ You should be able to find most of the stock imgs on here already if you'd really need to flash back. I'm no expert either, just my experience with this phone in particular has been pretty straightforward. I never backed up anything lol.
Twrp is iffy i made a backup I'll never use, check out the post about flashing international rom to tmo and metro devices, that's my backup. Also you can run 11.0.3/2 firmware and boot 11 gsi's the post about lir rom has the info. Flash the product_gsi.img referenced there, I have never deleted my product partition and I only leave oos ten installed long enough to take ota's. There are more roms in the source forge page referenced with lir rom post. Flash magisk via recovery, either side load or twrp, pay attention that it flashes partition sda14(super image) or wifi breaks.