boot.img - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

can someone send me the boot.img for this phone ?

djkdawg said:
can someone send me the boot.img for this phone ?
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There isn't one yet. This is directly from Koush: "The boot image is not being backed up or restored currently. As far as I can tell, there is no way to flash the boot image, other than through Odin. So without a way for me to flash it, there is no way for me to restore it. So there's no point backing it up, heh."

thanks for the info, thats sucks i wanted to port this lovely phone

djkdawg said:
thanks for the info, thats sucks i wanted to port this lovely phone
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Me too thats why I asked Koush lol

the3dman13 said:
Me too thats why I asked Koush lol
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Samsung setups for Android are quite different from HTC's where you have your boot.img containing the ramdisk and kernel here we have the recovery/kernel in one and a bootloader that no one has been able to access yet. HTC's are much more logical in their setup.

Simple answer is to flash it with odin? until a other way is found?
Sounds simple to me. Ill talk to him.

This was Koush's final response to me regarding this:
"basically you need to build a full kernel and pack an initramfs by using the proprietary binaries that come with the phone. It is possible to reverse engineer and do this. You can port another rom still. You'll just need to work around stuff that you can't do unless you are using a stock boot image."

damn...
10chars.

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[ROM] [Official] Passion_Google_WWE_1.01.1700.1_ERD79_release

Nexus One ROM
Enjoy!
http://rapidshare.com/files/3321487...ogle_WWE_1.01.1700.1_ERD79_release_signed.zip
Just a heads up that this is the same 22607 build posted here.
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Sorry but I didn't check any sites Anyway with this thread more people will see link for rom
Whats different about this over the base ROM that Nexus comes with?
it's the same in fact!
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LOL ahhh so I can flash it just to say I have flashed a ROM? SWEET!
Do ya'll think this could be flash on the HTC HD2? That would be nice.
so this rom is identical to the one preloaded on the Nexus One?
jmannyjr33 said:
Do ya'll think this could be flash on the HTC HD2? That would be nice.
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I highly doubt it would work.
1. Do I flash this via the recovery screen -> flash zip?
2. Will this restore to factory default including un-rooting?
Thank you btw
1. yes
2.no
this cant be flashed using amon recovery .. dont know what recovery your using...
hks18psigst said:
this cant be flashed using amon recovery .. dont know what recovery your using...
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This is not a regular update.zip, this is a NBH/ZIP and should be flashed via hboot.
where's the tutorial for hboot?
tommy96814 said:
where's the tutorial for hboot?
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What hboot tutorial are you looking for?
the one for restore the stock rom that came with the phone.
tommy96814 said:
the one for restore the stock rom that came with the phone.
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Look for the post that says [ROM] Original Shipping.... etc... Good luck. Let me know if you need help.
Anyone have an MD5 checksum for the original image?
I'd rather not blow up my N1 because of a stupid download.
In theory, you can't really blow it up. Worst case, it'll not boot and you should still be able to get back into boot loader, in which case, you can find the right image and reflash.
seraph1024 said:
In theory, you can't really blow it up. Worst case, it'll not boot and you should still be able to get back into boot loader, in which case, you can find the right image and reflash.
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I think he was simply asking...
"if this is not a standard zip file, how do I go about flashing it".
Which could have been answered in a line or two, be it with directions or a link to directions
I am personally unable to get a file downloaded that isn't effed up. I posted in the other thread about it hoping someone would toss the file elsewhere for me to grab seeing as I am getting invalid archive errors from the MU hosted file.

Electrify System Dump 4.5.1A_SUN_USC_16.7

Stock system dump (this is not cwm flashable, this is for devs needing a base rom) all credit goes to drenner99
Deodex'd Version (cwm flashable)
this will allow themeing and your phone should run slightly faster
will someone please tell me what this does?
rj_22 said:
will someone please tell me what this does?
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Nothing as of right now a dev has to cook a ROM using this as a base
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rj_22 said:
will someone please tell me what this does?
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shabbypenguin said:
Stock system dump (this is not cwm flashable, this is for devs needing a base rom) all credit goes to drenner99
deodex version coming up here shortly
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and here i thought i did...
It's just a system dump from the Motorola Electrify. It's more or less the same as our stock system dump.
Well let the rom making begin! I wanna root and flash my phone badly....but I dont wanna do it until there is a way I can go back to stock for warranty purposes.
deodex'd uploaded guys
shabbypenguin said:
deodex'd uploaded guys
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shabbypenguin, the link you posted is password protected - fyi
thanks
shhhh no its not >.>
Thanks for the hard work, guys.
I wish I were able to make roms.
Unfortunately I'm running into an error when attempting to flash via cwm.
Getting status error 0.
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superuser in stock dump?
@shabbypenguin,
I was reading through your AIO root thread and it occurred to me that I had rooted prior to extracting the system dump that is posted in op as "Stock". Therefore, there is a version of superuser present in /app that I assume may not have been there as delivered. Of course, I may be making an incorrect assumption.
Is it appropriate then to call this stock, or is it a given that rooting would have been necessary to perform the dump in the first place?
I also don't know if this would affect your deodexed version?
Just wondering if this fact needs to be mentioned somewhere, unless I just did.
b4ifuru18 said:
Unfortunately I'm running into an error when attempting to flash via cwm.
Getting status error 0.
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It's says in op that you can't flash using cwn
Sent from my MB855 using xda premium
First off, thanks for all your efforts to provide us with this...
Second, root is a requirement for the dump and so even with the Superuser app, what you supplied is most definitely stock.
Unless of course you deleted anything in /system/ prior to the dump...
drenner99 said:
@shabbypenguin,
I was reading through your AIO root thread and it occurred to me that I had rooted prior to extracting the system dump that is posted in op as "Stock". Therefore, there is a version of superuser present in /app that I assume may not have been there as delivered. Of course, I may be making an incorrect assumption.
Is it appropriate then to call this stock, or is it a given that rooting would have been necessary to perform the dump in the first place?
I also don't know if this would affect your deodexed version?
Just wondering if this fact needs to be mentioned somewhere, unless I just did.
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edward.hidalgo said:
It's says in op that you can't flash using cwn
Sent from my MB855 using xda premium
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I'm referring to the stock deodex that is cwm flashable according to shabby.
Beach_Head said:
First off, thanks for all your efforts to provide us with this...
Second, root is a requirement for the dump and so even with the Superuser app, what you supplied is most definitely stock.
Unless of course you deleted anything in /system/ prior to the dump...
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Nothing was deleted
and thank you for your guidance in helping to get this done...
b4ifuru18 said:
I'm referring to the stock deodex that is cwm flashable according to shabby.
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This is simply a stock from from the Photon's "sister," the Electrify. No one has even identified if there are any benefits/improvements hidden inside this ROM, much less how compatible it is with the Photon.
Just because something IS flashable doesn't mean you SHOULD flash it. OP was very clear - this is for devs only, not public consumption. If you don't know enough, then you're better off exercising some patience and waiting for further announcements.
actually im gunna guess that the man has an electrify and my cwm script is busted
I would venture to guess that you guys will have the same issue we do with the photon roms. As other members on my team verified that root, recovery, kernel and unlock work from the photon. The kernel needed wifi fixed which was pretty simple. In which I pm'd shabby about earlier. The roms also work but some things need fixed to get it working.
I don't know all the details besides what weasel told myself. But mms, 3g I believe works but going back to stock it wouldn't, eri says sprint, blur e-mail fc's and activation for sprint kept popping up to where you have to skip it. Weasel has fixed most of the stuff in the homebase port. I believe e-mail still fc's and mms is still broke.
But here is the first deodex rom weasel and myself did if you want to add it to the first post. http://2fastroms.com/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=265
Then here is the kernel shabby did with wifi fixed ready to install. Only rc-1 since wifi was broke in rc-2. If the electrify people want to install it just grab it from shabby's thread. There was reports of 3000's+ in bench's. Not sure of rom it was on but I would venture to guess our stock rom. http://2fastroms.com/viewtopic.php?f=118&t=334
Then here is the port for homebase weasel is playing with http://2fastroms.com/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=268 if you guys wanted to look at it.
i would gather a lot of frameworks issues, as with services.jar would happen between the phones.
edit: you keep saying you fixed wifi. but the only way to fix it, is by rebuilding the modules using my config file.. which only i have...
unless im missing some other way to replace it?

[Q] [NOOB]Need some info on this phone.

Hey guys! I am a kernel+rom developer for Samsung phones but recently I bought this phone from the market. I have never used HTC phones before so need to know few things before I start development on it.
1.Whats the rooting procedure?
2.Any news about JB? I think this device is too perfect for running JB
3.How many developers are already here? I need the approx number
4.Why no cm till now? If I am wrong then tell me.
5.Is the hardware opensourced?
6.Where can I find kernel sources?
7.Whats the procedure for setting up OTA updates?
8.Is this place dead or alive??
9.Can this phone run all the awesome games in market?
10.And any warning you want to give me?
Moderators: I think I posted it in the right section...
hell_lock said:
Hey guys! I am a kernel+rom developer for Samsung phones but recently I bought this phone from the market. I have never used HTC phones before so need to know few things before I start development on it.
1.Whats the rooting procedure?
2.Any news about JB? I think this device is too perfect for running JB
3.How many developers are already here? I need the approx number
4.Why no cm till now? If I am wrong then tell me.
5.Is the hardware opensourced?
6.Where can I find kernel sources?
7.Whats the procedure for setting up OTA updates?
8.Is this place dead or alive??
9.Can this phone run all the awesome games in market?
10.And any warning you want to give me?
Moderators: I think I posted it in the right section...
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1.unlock your bootloader, flash su in recovery...
2. HTC said that phones with 512MB of ram won't get it. That means we'll probably get it...
3. 6-7
4. Ramdisk something...
6. htcdev.com
8. Pretty alive, I'd say...
9. Yup...
10. I didn't answer all of your questions, I answered all I knew...
Sent from my HTC branded muffin...
I know how to fix ramdisks.. well den we will hav cm9 atleast!
Try to PM @ atis112. It looks that he is doing smth with CM mod. Hope you will cooperate
hell_lock said:
I know how to fix ramdisks.. well den we will hav cm9 atleast!
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Welcome bro... So pleased to have another dev. We need CM. Hope you can start working on that.
Sent from my HTC Desire X using xda premium
hell_lock said:
I know how to fix ramdisks.. well den we will hav cm9 atleast!
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That's great! I'm a dev, well, ROM builder myself too, and I know about that stuff. So if you need any help, I'm here
But I thought the CM problems were because of a non-functioning device tree. Lloir has made one, but every ROM compiled from that doesn't boot.
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hell_lock said:
I know how to fix ramdisks.. well den we will hav cm9 atleast!
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I'm already working on cm9, but i'm busy so it will be long time for me. But i will share my sources at next week, so others can help too.
atis112 said:
I'm already working on cm9, but i'm busy so it will be long time for me. But i will share my sources at next week, so others can help too.
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Thanks alot buddy! I will be in my real form from 22nd this month.
What is this bootloader thing? Should I unlock it?
hell_lock said:
What is this bootloader thing? Should I unlock it?
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If you want to root, install a custom rom, custom kernel, custom recovery... yes, you need it unlocked!
It's very simple. Just follow the orders in htcdev.com website and unlock it using nloooo's topic or the "All in one kit".
hell_lock said:
What is this bootloader thing? Should I unlock it?
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Sup you are the second samsung guy i know/saw here.(dont bother about the sig is cause I like my warranty).
now big changes from samsung.
Security:
to install custom roms and/or recovery you need an unlocked bootloader(so nice of them).
to install a custom kernel via the same zip as the rom(like we do in samsung) is not possible as they have a security flag that doesnt allow this(its something called S-ON).
also if your device is locked to a network/region the device cannot flash any other regions rom(a little thing called CID).:good:
the stock rom/maybe any other roms /system partition is not writable(there is a module to break this).:good:
More info :
about CID and S-ON the solutions for them are rightly called SUPERCID and S-OFF.:silly:
supercid change the cid value to some constants list like 1111111 or 222222 or 333333(thus making you truly unlocked and able to flash any regions rom).:victory:
S-OFF switches off the s-on security flag and thus allows for the kernel(boot)(and maybe more) partition to be overwritten(i.e r/w).:victory:
there is a method of S-OFF called facepalm that may/should work for all mordern HTC devices(yes that includes desire x:good but needs to be ported (or someone preferably a developer should offer to be a guinea pig for jcase or beansup like jmztaylor was for htc one vx).
for facepalm to work supercid is needed(how to get it same as above i.e needs to be ported or someone preferably a developer should offer to be a guinea pig for jcase or beansup like jmztaylor was for htc one vx):good:
so you are all caught up with the htc awesome(and some ass) ness let the building begin :highfive:
hi
hell_lock said:
What is this bootloader thing? Should I unlock it?
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yes in HTC u get it like this.
Bootloader ----(always stays there...... very tough to mess it up)
Recovery -----(Has a separate partition on HTC unlike samsung/sony, where it is part of the kernel)
OS -----(System/data/cache etc etc)
Bootloader/Fastboot lets you flash things(images) onto RECOVERY/SYSTEM/BOOT/DATA partitions.
Dont confuse bootloader with boot.img.
Boot.img is the image which gets flashed onto the boot partition. boot.img contains the kernel and ramdisk.
Recovery.img also contains the kernel and its own ramdisk, so in either case, if u cant boot ur rom, u can always boot to recovery.
Thats it.
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yes in HTC u get it like this.
Bootloader ----(always stays there...... very tough to mess it up)
Recovery -----(Has a separate partition on HTC unlike samsung/sony, where it is part of the kernel)
OS -----(System/data/cache etc etc)
Bootloader/Fastboot lets you flash things(images) onto RECOVERY/SYSTEM/BOOT/DATA partitions.
Dont confuse bootloader with boot.img.
Boot.img is the image which gets flashed onto the boot partition. boot.img contains the kernel and ramdisk.
Recovery.img also contains the kernel and its own ramdisk, so in either case, if u cant boot ur rom, u can always boot to recovery.
Thats it.
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actually he is from an older generation of samsung(they have a different recovery partition).
also please review my previous post in this thread and can you see if I made any mistakes or what ?
Dark Passenger said:
actually he is from an older generation of samsung(they have a different recovery partition).
also please review my previous post in this thread and can you see if I made any mistakes or what ?
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your post is correct. But he is interesting in porting cm9/10 and S-ON or S-OFF doesnt matter for that. In either case, there is a way to flash custom rom/kernel etc.... so what we need right now is a device/vendor tree for it.
Regards
Yasir
Wow wow!! HTC is super cautious unlike samsung who let us do anything on phone.
I will study more about all this and get my phone unlocked by some friend.
The only thing that worries me is its dev support. People are dead here.. :silly:
R: [Q] [NOOB]Need some info on this phone.
hell_lock said:
Wow wow!! HTC is super cautious unlike samsung who let us do anything on phone.
I will study more about all this and get my phone unlocked by some friend.
The only thing that worries me is its dev support. People are dead here.. :silly:
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Only some people have HTC Desire X but there are some great people here like ckpv5, MaartenXDA, The Android Manual then nexusPrime and atis112 who made 2 kernels.
xpirt
How many modes are there for this phone? Example my galaxy had a download(odin) mode and a recovery mode..
R: [Q] [NOOB]Need some info on this phone.
hell_lock said:
How many modes are there for this phone? Example my galaxy had a download(odin) mode and a recovery mode..
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Download Mode on Samsung is pretty similar to our bootloader/fastboot because they have similar functions like USB connection to flash recovery or kernels.
xpirt
Nice info. I was looking for this. I red anywhere that after unlocking bootloader and installing fastboot/recovery, user should lock bootloader again. Is this correct? Why it is important?
karmantyu said:
Nice info. I was looking for this. I red anywhere that after unlocking bootloader and installing fastboot/recovery, user should lock bootloader again. Is this correct? Why it is important?
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No. And you don't install fastboot on your phone. It's there already.
Flowed from my HTC branded muffin...

Deodexed LGH830 10D

Since I haven't seen any other threads on this topic, I figured I'd go ahead and get the ball rolling for anybody interesting in building a custom ROM. As the title suggests, this is a completely deodexed system image for the latest firmware update we recently received.
Just to clarify, this is a (mostly) stock base, and is intended to serve more as a foundation/starting point for anyone looking to build their own ROM.
I took the liberty to update all applications to their newest/current version and preinstalled busybox, which should save everyone a considerable amount of time and data. I also removed about a dozen or so apps that don't serve any beneficial purpose to the phone, but I will still include them in the download link for anybody that wants them for whatever reason.
You will obviously need to be rooted in order to flash this through recovery, so unfortunately if you are one of the unlucky souls that lost it with the update, you'll have to wait for a custom tot to surface before you can flash this.
I've been running this image for the last couple weeks or so and haven't encountered a single issue, but you should still make a backup of your current setup prior to flashing just to play it safe.
Nothing special needs to be done when flashing it, just the standard factory reset along with SuperSU and you should be good to go. If you have any questions, feel free to ask, and hopefully you like it!
Download Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1zv5TG-Zo2kQlh2ejBDc05hWEU
hope this gets the ball rollin on ROMs. thanks so much! I have been having a few issues w/ the fluence patch..but not that many. but i know a custom made app for our phone would be way better. to get rid of all t-mo bloat.
pychobj2001 said:
hope this gets the ball rollin on ROMs. thanks so much! I have been having a few issues w/ the fluence patch..but not that many. but i know a custom made app for our phone would be way better. to get rid of all t-mo bloat.
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I'm pretty sure it isn't flashable (correct me if I'm wrong) once it is flashable, I'll probably throw something together (TeamSPR ROM)
1619415 said:
I'm pretty sure it isn't flashable (correct me if I'm wrong) once it is flashable, I'll probably throw something together (TeamSPR ROM)
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Just as the OP states, this absolutely can be flashed through recovery.
Kosovo0275 said:
Just as the OP states, this absolutely can be flashed through recovery.
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I guess I'll start working later, lol
If you want send me a PM and we can work on it together
1619415 said:
I'm pretty sure it isn't flashable (correct me if I'm wrong) once it is flashable, I'll probably throw something together (TeamSPR ROM)
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I may be wrong but this one sounds like an image. Am I correct ? There are stock folder based roms available that can be used as a base.
wolfu11 said:
I may be wrong but this one sounds like an image. Am I correct ? There are stock folder based roms available that can be used as a base.
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Where!?!
Does this Rom offers the new radios and other new stuff from 10D and would I be able to revert back to 10a without any issue like on the other methods?
Rick1221 said:
Does this Rom offers the new radios and other new stuff from 10D and would I be able to revert back to 10a without any issue like on the other methods?
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I'm pretty sure as long as you don't install the new bootloader you'll be good
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Where!?!
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Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/development/fluence-hd-rom-t3412535
theres one for the H850 and one for the H830 Click on the download link and you will see it.
wolfu11 said:
I may be wrong but this one sounds like an image. Am I correct ? There are stock folder based roms available that can be used as a base.
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Yes, for simplicitys sake I chose to use an image in the zip instead. Not knowing if anybody would even be interested in this, it seemed like the logical route to take. Though you might have found other ROMS that are directory based for our phone, I doubt you've found another that's already predeodexed for you. Its also extremely simple to extract this image into the filesystem that you're looking for, but not the other way around.
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Yes, for simplicitys sake I chose to use an image in the zip instead. Not knowing if anybody would even be interested in this, it seemed like the logical route to take. Though you might have found other ROMS that are directory based for our phone, I doubt you've found another that's already predeodexed for you. Its also extremely simple to extract this image into the filesystem that you're looking for, but not the other way around.
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If you could make it folder based, I can have a ROM done by like tomorrow, lol
1619415 said:
If you could make it folder based, I can have a ROM done by like tomorrow, lol
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Sure. Ill make it when I get home in like 20 minutes or so.
Kosovo0275 said:
Sure. Ill make it when I get home in like 20 minutes or so.
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Sounds good, if you can send it to me in a PM that way I can make sure it boots and I can start working.
Flashed and verified working. Uploading now.
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Flashed and verified working. Uploading now.
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Sounds good, If you want, we can still work on a ROM (send me a PM)
I'll download the ROM, debloat it, add SuperSU to the meta-inf and stuff then you can do those tweaks you were telling me about.
1619415 said:
Sounds good, If you want, we can still work on a ROM (send me a PM)
I'll download the ROM, debloat it, add SuperSU to the meta-inf and stuff then you can do those tweaks you were telling me about.
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Files are finally up and available to download at the link provided in the OP.
Kosovo0275 said:
Files are finally up and available to download at the link provided in the OP.
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Sounds good, I'll modify and flash in a few and send you what I have that way you can modify it as well.
Flashed this yesterday and have had no issues since. Pretty solid. Thanks!
Got a question. So I'm rooted and on 10a. I can flash this without any problems? Can I use the twrp app or should I boot into recovery? Thanks.

TWRP status

Is anyone already working on porting TWRP to our u11 life? If not, I might try building for us all. Let me know so I don't waste my time.
Thanks!
dpryor88 said:
Is anyone already working on porting TWRP to our u11 life? If not, I might try building for us all. Let me know so I don't waste my time.
Thanks!
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Dont think it would be considered wasting your time.
I'm here if you need anything I can offer to assist in this.
twinnfamous said:
Dont think it would be considered wasting your time.
I'm here if you need anything I can offer to assist in this.
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Thanks dude!
I'll start tomorrow maybe after I get off work if I'm not too tired. No promises
I just want this to be like my old m8. An active community though I realize we aren't dealing with a flagship here, I'm still going to try to contribute somehow.
dpryor88 said:
Thanks dude!
I'll start tomorrow maybe after I get off work if I'm not too tired. No promises
I just want this to be like my old m8. An active community though I realize we aren't dealing with a flagship here, I'm still going to try to contribute somehow.
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Nice to see some development interest for this phone!
Maybe it's too early to know but recovery for T Mobile variant will be the same as Android One?
Sent from my Huawei P9 powered by BlueWei [emoji41]
If I had the device I'd take a gander at making a recovery. I'd even make a CWM just for the fun of it if possible. Keep in mind I've never ported a recovery but I don't imagine the process is that difficult.
Marsou77 said:
Nice to see some development interest for this phone!
Maybe it's too early to know but recovery for T Mobile variant will be the same as Android One?
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My guess is that the Android One variant will have A/B partitions for seamless updates, so there's going to be a different recovery and install method. All devices endorsed by Google since the launch of the Pixel use the new partition table and this results in difficulty in 3rd party development. Pixel doesn't have an official LOS ROM yet and just got official Magisk last month. It's going to be a rough start, but the community will grow.
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We are able to unlock the bootloader, Which means we can go Super CID. With Super CID we can flash (in DL mode) a magisk patched boot.img , and achieving root access. So next will be porting a recovery........ Get to work.
cbrown245 said:
We are able to unlock the bootloader, Which means we can go Super CID. With Super CID we can flash (in DL mode) a magisk patched boot.img , and achieving root access. So next will be porting a recovery........ Get to work.
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You don't need SuperCID to flash a boot.img. That's simply incorrect.
Also, there was a link posted in the U11 TWRP thread to a test TWRP build for the U11 Life. Not sure if anyone tried it, but there were also device files uploaded, so it's probably a good place to start.
@sabpprook
Captain_Throwback said:
You don't need SuperCID to flash a boot.img. That's simply incorrect.
Also, there was a link posted in the U11 TWRP thread to a test TWRP build for the U11 Life. Not sure if anyone tried it, but there were also device files uploaded, so it's probably a good place to start.
@sabpprook
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Technically yes and no , there arent any Tmobile boot img's floating around, so it has to be another GSM boot img. To ensure there are no hiccups being SuperCID wouldn't hurt.
cbrown245 said:
Technically yes and no , there arent any Tmobile boot img's floating around, so it has to be another GSM boot img. To ensure there are no hiccups being SuperCID wouldn't hurt.
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I repeat: SuperCID has nothing to do with flashing a boot.img. You can literally flash any boot.img that fits on your device (with a proper header & dtb) if the bootloader is unlocked. CID isn't involved. In fact, SuperCID leads to issues with Carrier customization on newer devices, and RUUs will only flash on devices with the correct CID, not SuperCID. I think that happened around the time of the M9 Marshmallow or Nougat update.
In fact, you don't even have to flash the boot.img. You can simply fastboot boot it, and you should still be able to achieve root. And then you can back up the stock boot.img so there IS a T-Mobile boot.img "floating around." If someone just downloads one of the RUUs from Easy Firmware, uses the Decrypt Tool to extract it, and then Magisk to patch it, it should be possible to dump all of the stock T-Mobile device partitions.
Haven't seen you around since the Evo LTE. But I may be getting the U11 Life pretty soon, so I should be able to contribute in some way or form to the development of the device.
Anyone try that test TWRP build in the u11 thread yet? I'm thinking about it..
dpryor88 said:
Anyone try that test TWRP build in the u11 thread yet? I'm thinking about it..
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u know the risks I looked through the source it has sd660 not 630. So I'm not sure what would happen but we won't know till someone finds out. Also I'm not sure if all the partition info would be the same.
twinnfamous said:
u know the risks I looked through the source it has sd660 not 630. So I'm not sure what would happen but we won't know till someone finds out. Also I'm not sure if all the partition info would be the same.
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Yeah I'm not gonna chance it haha.
dpryor88 said:
Yeah I'm not gonna chance it haha.
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Let me know how it goes
twinnfamous said:
Let me know how it goes
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No I said I'm not going to haha. I'll wait
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No I said I'm not going to haha. I'll wait
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OK my fault got excited and didn't read it rite
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No I said I'm not going to haha. I'll wait
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I paid the 15 dollars from easy firmware hopefully it's not a scam website and real files. I'm down loading one now. I'll keep you posted
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Yeah I'm not gonna chance it haha.
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You don't even have to flash it. Just fastboot boot it from the bootloader and see if it works. That makes literally zero changes to your device. Nothing to risk at all.
Also, if you're not willing to soft brick your device for the purpose of testing, then there's no way you'll ever have a working TWRP.
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OK my fault got excited and didn't read it rite
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I paid the 15 dollars from easy firmware hopefully it's not a scam website and real files. I'm down loading one now. I'll keep you posted
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It's a real website, and the files are all real. If you grab the combined signed RUU for the 617 region, you should be able to patch the extracted boot.img with Magisk for root.
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You don't even have to flash it. Just fastboot boot it from the bootloader and see if it works. That makes literally zero changes to your device. Nothing to risk at all.
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Good call haha. Not sure what I was thinking. I'll give it a shot tomorrow.
Captain_Throwback said:
You don't even have to flash it. Just fastboot boot it from the bootloader and see if it works. That makes literally zero changes to your device. Nothing to risk at all.
Also, if you're not willing to soft brick your device for the purpose of testing, then there's no way you'll ever have a working TWRP.
It's a real website, and the files are all real. If you grab the combined signed RUU for the 617 region, you should be able to patch the extracted boot.img with Magisk for root.
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Thanks and I'm willing to do anything it takes. I know the brick won't be forever I've been getting HTC since the evo days. I really do appreciate all your help.

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