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Hello friends,
This is my first ever post on xda, I've been rooting and flashing for about 2 years now, and xda has always been spot on when it came to finding solutions, anyhow I have stumbled upon a problem for which I am unable to find a solution for, this message is a distress call, kindly help me out.
I was using a rooted hox+ for a couple of months now with a 4.2 pure rom without any issues, I felt like checking out the cm10.1 by lloir , so I downloaded all the necessary files and stuffed in into my phone. I cleared up my dalvik caches and made a full wipe (factory reset ), then I flashed the rom ( CM10.1 by lloir) and the gapps bundled with it, and then the appropriate kernel (mentioned in the rom thread, I made sure It was the very same ). every thing went on perfect untill i the rom got booted, after which i wasnt able to use any of my gapps nor download anything frm the browser, Now I am aware that this is because of the change from 4.1 to 4.2 where the default folder is changed due to multi user thing. Ive read and searched the threads for any possible solution, I stumbled upon a similar situation by a xda member "member" on the CM10.1 thread, he had the same problem that i was facing which he got through, but he got through it by accident which is why I am unable to track his steps for a solution. Now the situation is such that I have and erased sd card with no data at all, the only thing that is fine is that the ROM and the recovery are in a working condition. Im unable to sideload anyother roms or any of that stuff.
Due to the fact that this is my first post I cant directly post anything on the CM10.1 thread which is why im trying this indirect method, any senior member who can help me out here or any moderator who can get me through to the CM10.1 thread, I would appriciate that a lot. I really need my phone back with working google apps and a proper file structure compatible with 4.2, I was wondering if i could manually create a folder wich may accomplish that but I wouldn't know how to, any light on that would also be of help apart from any other solution.
HOX+ international, CM10.1, (4.2.2) (kernel 3.1.10-blade)
tahasaeed said:
Hello friends,
This is my first ever post on xda, I've been rooting and flashing for about 2 years now, and xda has always been spot on when it came to finding solutions, anyhow I have stumbled upon a problem for which I am unable to find a solution for, this message is a distress call, kindly help me out.
I was using a rooted hox+ for a couple of months now with a 4.2 pure rom without any issues, I felt like checking out the cm10.1 by lloir , so I downloaded all the necessary files and stuffed in into my phone. I cleared up my dalvik caches and made a full wipe (factory reset ), then I flashed the rom ( CM10.1 by lloir) and the gapps bundled with it, and then the appropriate kernel (mentioned in the rom thread, I made sure It was the very same ). every thing went on perfect untill i the rom got booted, after which i wasnt able to use any of my gapps nor download anything frm the browser, Now I am aware that this is because of the change from 4.1 to 4.2 where the default folder is changed due to multi user thing. Ive read and searched the threads for any possible solution, I stumbled upon a similar situation by a xda member "member" on the CM10.1 thread, he had the same problem that i was facing which he got through, but he got through it by accident which is why I am unable to track his steps for a solution. Now the situation is such that I have and erased sd card with no data at all, the only thing that is fine is that the ROM and the recovery are in a working condition. Im unable to sideload anyother roms or any of that stuff.
Due to the fact that this is my first post I cant directly post anything on the CM10.1 thread which is why im trying this indirect method, any senior member who can help me out here or any moderator who can get me through to the CM10.1 thread, I would appriciate that a lot. I really need my phone back with working google apps and a proper file structure compatible with 4.2, I was wondering if i could manually create a folder wich may accomplish that but I wouldn't know how to, any light on that would also be of help apart from any other solution.
HOX+ international, CM10.1, (4.2.2) (kernel 3.1.10-blade)
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First did you try clearing Cache and Data for GAPPS in setings>apps?
Do you have CWM or TWRP installed? Have you tried sideloading another Rom through recovery?
Well, your sdcard is wiped so i take it all your important files were backed up. Easiest solution would be re-lock the bootloader and use the RUU for your device. Then unlock bootloader and re-root. Not optimal i know, but it will work.
TheJokah said:
First did you try clearing Cache and Data for GAPPS in setings>apps?
Do you have CWM or TWRP installed? Have you tried sideloading another Rom through recovery?
Well, your sdcard is wiped so i take it all your important files were backed up. Easiest solution would be re-lock the bootloader and use the RUU for your device. Then unlock bootloader and re-root. Not optimal i know, but it will work.
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Firstly thankyou for a quick response,
Yes, I did clear the cache.
I use CWM recovery, I tried sideloading through it, all the drivers are installed properly, but I'm unsure as to why the sideloading through the One X+ toolkit doesn;t function, anyhow as advised above I shall defenitely try re-locking the bootloader, but as far as the RUU is concerned I wouldn't know which one is for my device, If you could help me locate it and mention a few steps regarding its implemention, I'd be grateful. Im using the international version of the HTC OneX+.
tahasaeed said:
Firstly thankyou for a quick response,
Yes, I did clear the cache.
I use CWM recovery, I tried sideloading through it, all the drivers are installed properly, but I'm unsure as to why the sideloading through the One X+ toolkit doesn;t function, anyhow as advised above I shall defenitely try re-locking the bootloader, but as far as the RUU is concerned I wouldn't know which one is for my device, If you could help me locate it and mention a few steps regarding its implemention, I'd be grateful. Im using the international version of the HTC OneX+.
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use the app available on the playstore or here called CID Getter. Then use the cid to find out which RUU you need and download RUU from here.
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use the app available on the playstore or here called CID Getter. Then use the cid to find out which RUU you need and download RUU from here.
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the playstore ain't functioning bro, I can't access any google apps, and am unable to download anything at all from the browser. I'm really not sure what the callsign of my device is, If you'd rather confirm it for me, I think it is known as the endeavour, if I you can pinpoint the RUU file ... I shall get to implementing it asap bro. And I shall be using hasoon2000 one x+ all in one kit to install the RUU,
please advice.
tahasaeed said:
the playstore ain't functioning bro, I can't access any google apps, and am unable to download anything at all from the browser. I'm really not sure what the callsign of my device is, If you'd rather confirm it for me, I think it is known as the endeavour, if I you can pinpoint the RUU file ... I shall get to implementing it asap bro. And I shall be using hasoon2000 one x+ all in one kit to install the RUU,
please advice.
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Your device is not endeavour, but endeavor C2. it is shown as ENRC2B though
the problem is i can't pinpoint your device. just no way for me to tell which version you need. if you look at this link,you will see that there are many options for international version of HOX+. I have the ATT version.
One of those RUUs is for your device. You might want to take a look and see if something looks like it would work for you.
using ADB to get CID
1. boot into bootloader (volume down + power button) or connect phone to pc via usb, in adb type : adb reboot-bootloader
2. you're now in bootloader
3. type fastboot getvar cid (in windows) or sudo fastboot getvar cid (in ubuntu/debian), you'll see cid:HTC_044 (my case)
Then look here to find out which version
k I got it... its HTC__J15
I've downloaded the firmware.zip but i can't get through to the dropbox link for the RUU variants in the above mentioned thread !!!
Edit : I got through to the RUU variants too, there are about nine of them.crossing out vodafone and o2 im left with 7. RU
edit 2 : okay, 3 RUU's with the numbers x.xx.415.x in the list. can anyone of them be used ?
tahasaeed said:
k I got it... its HTC__J15
I've downloaded the firmware.zip but i can't get through to the dropbox link for the RUU variants in the above mentioned thread !!!
Edit : I got through to the RUU variants too, there are about nine of them.crossing out vodafone and o2 im left with 7. RU
edit 2 : okay, 3 RUU's with the numbers x.xx.415.x in the list. can anyone of them be used ?
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I believe those are Arabic language RUU's. They might work. You are in Dubai correct?
that is coorect, thank you for your help brother...
shall try these and will give you the feedback.
so one last time .. the steps are ...
relock
install RUU
unlock
root !!!
???
tahasaeed said:
that is coorect, thank you for your help brother...
shall try these and will give you the feedback.
so one last time .. the steps are ...
relock
install RUU
unlock
root !!!
???
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yes but you may need to flash back stock recovery before you relock. Not sure if it will just flash recovery over CWM.
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yes but you may need to flash back stock recovery before you relock. Not sure if it will just flash recovery over CWM.
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Hmm.... the stock recovery .. the one placed in the firmware.zip right ?
shall i also flash the stock kernel boot.img from firmware.zip ?
That's how you put a smile on a face. All thanx to u Jokah. Stock stuff up and running, ill be taking a few days to get rooting and flashing again to overcome the folder issue, what's in my is that I shall install the aokp 4.1 and then upgrade to aokp 4.2 which i've read automatically solves the folder issue. Shall put up everything here in case anyone else needs any help.
Once again .. thanx mate.
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda app-developers app
tahasaeed said:
That's how you put a smile on a face. All thanx to u Jokah. Stock stuff up and running, ill be taking a few days to get rooting and flashing again to overcome the folder issue, what's in my is that I shall install the aokp 4.1 and then upgrade to aokp 4.2 which i've read automatically solves the folder issue. Shall put up everything here in case anyone else needs any help.
Once again .. thanx mate.
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda app-developers app
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That is what we(XDA) are here for. Just glad you got it sorted out.
Cheers
Ok guys...here it goes.
I've had a long night of feeling like the biggest idiot to walk the Android planet. I just bought this phone off someone, and have done rooting/custom ROM installing before. But I messed up, and now I feel like I'm an idiot & screwed because I'm just so lost now. I love learning, but I feel like I'm in such a hole. Here's what happened:
I used "All In One Kit" to install "TWRP 2.6.0.0", and like anybody, I wanted to install a custom ROM after getting all the rooting done. So I went searching for CW10.1, and tried to install it. Kept getting "Failed" every time I tried to install CW10.1 with "TWRP", so I started googling why. Well, it said I had to install the boot.img with the whole "fastboot" process where I use the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img". So I did that...and man was that a mistake.
My phone after, would just stay stuck at the boot screen. So I didn't panic, and I went into "TWRP" and tried to restore from the backup I did, before I started trying to install a custom ROM...but the same thing happened. Fast forward 2 hours and now I feel like I've screwed myself. I thought "TWRP" backed everything up, but for all I know, my moronic self might have unchecked "Boot". So I believe I need to "fastboot" the correct/original boot.img, so the phone will boot normally, but I have no idea where to find it. I've tried looking, but I'm more finding the issue is solved by using RUU. Which I REALLY don't mind doing at all, but I'm scared now since there are so many different ones, and I can't figure out which one is the right one to use. My night has taken such a crappy turn, I'm afraid if I RUU once wrong, I will be in an even bigger mess, than trying to reach out to you guys first. It's crazy how comfortable I was doing all this, and now I feel like I shouldn't have ever tried.
Here is the phone info I can provide that is hopefully helpful:
The phone is an HTC One X+ AT&T USA
EVITARE_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT: 1.40.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-SSD: 2.14.55.01
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW Secure boot: enabled
MODEM TYPE: MDM9215M
Dec 28 2012, 22:18:14
And I believe it was at 4.2.1 software...but I'm not 100% on that and don't know how to make sure.
Please guys, if anybody can help, I need it. I appreciate your time in reading this, even if you cannot help. I believe I either just need a stock boot.img for my phone, or linked the correct RUU (assuming I'm right in that will fix it and revert me back to having a phone again). Any questions feel free to ask me. I'm going to try to sleep now.
krayzed896 said:
Ok guys...here it goes.
I've had a long night of feeling like the biggest idiot to walk the Android planet. I just bought this phone off someone, and have done rooting/custom ROM installing before. But I messed up, and now I feel like I'm an idiot & screwed because I'm just so lost now. I love learning, but I feel like I'm in such a hole. Here's what happened:
I used "All In One Kit" to install "TWRP 2.6.0.0", and like anybody, I wanted to install a custom ROM after getting all the rooting done. So I went searching for CW10.1, and tried to install it. Kept getting "Failed" every time I tried to install CW10.1 with "TWRP", so I started googling why. Well, it said I had to install the boot.img with the whole "fastboot" process where I use the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img". So I did that...and man was that a mistake.
My phone after, would just stay stuck at the boot screen. So I didn't panic, and I went into "TWRP" and tried to restore from the backup I did, before I started trying to install a custom ROM...but the same thing happened. Fast forward 2 hours and now I feel like I've screwed myself. I thought "TWRP" backed everything up, but for all I know, my moronic self might have unchecked "Boot". So I believe I need to "fastboot" the correct/original boot.img, so the phone will boot normally, but I have no idea where to find it. I've tried looking, but I'm more finding the issue is solved by using RUU. Which I REALLY don't mind doing at all, but I'm scared now since there are so many different ones, and I can't figure out which one is the right one to use. My night has taken such a crappy turn, I'm afraid if I RUU once wrong, I will be in an even bigger mess, than trying to reach out to you guys first. It's crazy how comfortable I was doing all this, and now I feel like I shouldn't have ever tried.
Here is the phone info I can provide that is hopefully helpful:
The phone is an HTC One X+ AT&T USA
EVITARE_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT: 1.40.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-SSD: 2.14.55.01
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW Secure boot: enabled
MODEM TYPE: MDM9215M
Dec 28 2012, 22:18:14
And I believe it was at 4.2.1 software...but I'm not 100% on that and don't know how to make sure.
Please guys, if anybody can help, I need it. I appreciate your time in reading this, even if you cannot help. I believe I either just need a stock boot.img for my phone, or linked the correct RUU (assuming I'm right in that will fix it and revert me back to having a phone again). Any questions feel free to ask me. I'm going to try to sleep now.
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i think installing an international ROM on an AT&T device was the downfall here
you need to install a ROM here for an example, by following the instructions given:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098218
leefear said:
i think installing an international ROM on an AT&T device was the downfall here
you need to install a ROM here for an example, by following the instructions given:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098218
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No you are completely right. This is where I messed up, and everything went bad. My only problem is I'm not sure how to get the ROM on my device. Every time I try "ADB Sideload", it says it's starting...and then...that's it. I can cancel it, but it never actually goes through with the side load. What should I try to do in this case, so I can get the ROM loaded?
And thank you for your quick response, it's greatly appreciated!
krayzed896 said:
No you are completely right. This is where I messed up, and everything went bad. My only problem is I'm not sure how to get the ROM on my device. Every time I try "ADB Sideload", it says it's starting...and then...that's it. I can cancel it, but it never actually goes through with the side load. What should I try to do in this case, so I can get the ROM loaded?
And thank you for your quick response, it's greatly appreciated!
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assuming you have the htc driver installed for your device, adb commands should work, can you test with adb devices that should list your phone, if not get your htc drivers installed and make sure you have latest adb on your pc
move NAMEOFROM.zip to adb folder and use the sideload option in twrp and sideload rom and should work
and don't forget to flash the boot.img provided
question rolermi
leefear said:
assuming you have the htc driver installed for your device, adb commands should work, can you test with adb devices that should list your phone, if not get your htc drivers installed and make sure you have latest adb on your pc
move NAMEOFROM.zip to adb folder and use the sideload option in twrp and sideload rom and should work
and don't forget to flash the boot.img provided
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I definitely have the drivers installed, mostly because they were required as part of rooting with "All in One" tool. I never installed anything for ADB, I simply assumed it was just used as an option in "TWRP", so I'll go download that. Thank you, and I will update with my results!
Ok, posting an update!
Thank you for your response, as this fixed my problem! I will sum up my problem/fix in this reply, in case anybody is also trying to fix the same problem.
I have at HTC One X+ for AT&T
I was in a boot loop, after I had successfully rooted my phone with TWRP. I used "fastboot" method to change the boot.img, and lost my original in the process. Stuck only being able to boot to the system, or recovery, I needed a way to fix my boot problem. The suggested method worked flawlessy. I downloaded Android SDK, installed Platoform-Tools from the SDK Manager. Opened up ADB in ADT>SDK>Platform-Tools and followed the necessary steps for "pushing a ROM with ADB" I had found. I used the recommend link above for ViperXL+. I was able to push the ROM in, boot into recovery, and finally install a proper ROM. I then did the "fastboot" method to install the ROM ViperXL+'s boot.img (As a side note your .zip might show up as "sideload" and not the ROM title for the .zip I didn't know this, and thought it somehow lied to me is 100% completion, until I tried selecting "sideload" to install, which I didn't believe to have seen before. And sure enough it was the ROM)
Now my phone boots sucessfully, and I have a custom ROM. THANK YOU so much for your help, big kudos to leefear for explaining what I needed to do, and linking me the ROM. I appreciate it so much man!!!
krayzed896 said:
Ok, posting an update!
Thank you for your response, as this fixed my problem! I will sum up my problem/fix in this reply, in case anybody is also trying to fix the same problem.
I have at HTC One X+ for AT&T
I was in a boot loop, after I had successfully rooted my phone with TWRP. I used "fastboot" method to change the boot.img, and lost my original in the process. Stuck only being able to boot to the system, or recovery, I needed a way to fix my boot problem. The suggested method worked flawlessy. I downloaded Android SDK, installed Platoform-Tools from the SDK Manager. Opened up ADB in ADT>SDK>Platform-Tools and followed the necessary steps for "pushing a ROM with ADB" I had found. I used the recommend link above for ViperXL+. I was able to push the ROM in, boot into recovery, and finally install a proper ROM. I then did the "fastboot" method to install the ROM ViperXL+'s boot.img (As a side note your .zip might show up as "sideload" and not the ROM title for the .zip I didn't know this, and thought it somehow lied to me is 100% completion, until I tried selecting "sideload" to install, which I didn't believe to have seen before. And sure enough it was the ROM)
Now my phone boots sucessfully, and I have a custom ROM. THANK YOU so much for your help, big kudos to leefear for explaining what I needed to do, and linking me the ROM. I appreciate it so much man!!!
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hey buddy, glad you got it working, nothing worse than a broken phone! glad i could help! now, hit that thanks button!
ooh, my 200th post!
leefear said:
hey buddy, glad you got it working, nothing worse than a broken phone! glad i could help! now, hit that thanks button!
ooh, my 200th post!
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Congrats on the 200th post! Sorry, very new to using the forums. I hit thanks on all your posts in the topic! :good:
Hi,
i have the same problem but it's a non LTE version HOX+ can someone advise on another ROM that will work in the same way?
: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.
Sent from over there...
es0tericcha0s said:
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.
Sent from over 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.
update
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...
es0tericcha0s said:
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
homar_80 said:
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
es0tericcha0s said:
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.
So guys, I'm new to this and thought I would jump in at the deep end.
I unlocked my HTC One X+ easily and set about rooting.
I've got TWRP installed but it keeps telling me it needs to install superuser before it can root.
I have totally wiped the phone, how come if Im not rooted?
How do I get an OS and indeed the kernel or ROM onto the phone?
Its and International OX+, I've got the right kernel... what do I need to do?
It was locked to O2 if that makes a difference
I followed the instruction in Hasson but then wiped the OS
I know its a simple procedure but can someone walk me through it please
So I've downloaded Kernel 3.1.10-ge7581e4
I have no idea what to do next, come on guys I know its not difficult for you guys.
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So I've downloaded Kernel 3.1.10-ge7581e4
I have no idea what to do next, come on guys I know its not difficult for you guys.
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If you wiped as you said, you need to push with adb a rom of your choice to the internal memory of the phone and then install it within twrp.
Please read instructions 2 or 3 times before attempting anything, seems like you rushed and now you're temporarily without phone till you flash a rom on it again. I doubt any root guide tells you to wipe the phone, your own fault on this.
To sum it up:
Put a rom's zip of your choice in the internal memory with adb push
flash the rom within the twrp recovery (install option)
flash the kernel for the specific rom with fastboot (each rom has a guide and download for it)
You can now search about it more easily, plenty of posts and info about this.
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If you wiped as you said, you need to push with adb a rom of your choice to the internal memory of the phone and then install it within twrp.
Please read instructions 2 or 3 times before attempting anything, seems like you rushed and now you're temporarily without phone till you flash a rom on it again. I doubt any root guide tells you to wipe the phone, your own fault on this.
To sum it up:
Put a rom's zip of your choice in the internal memory with adb push
flash the rom within the twrp recovery (install option)
flash the kernel for the specific rom with fastboot (each rom has a guide and download for it)
You can now search about it more easily, plenty of posts and info about this.
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Thanks, I did indeed rush into it but I have been meaning to do it for a year and just thought go for it, I know its all salvageable..ish!
So yep, I've got the ROM I want but don't understand the kernel, I see no guide to download it, all I know is I took a note of the Kernel before I wiped my phone and I have managed to find the exact kernel.
The ROM or RUU as it is, is an O2 UK version, I figure it must be the one I want as it was an O2 phone in the UK.
I still don't know what folders to put things in, TWRP can't see a boot.img that I have on the phone when installing, it can only see it through file explorer.
And then, every time I power down the phone TWRP asks to install Superuser, its cant, theres nothing to install it to, so it just keeps asking.
This is all because I hated the Sense 5 update, indeed Im till looking for the Sense 4 ROM fo HOX+
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Thanks, I did indeed rush into it but I have been meaning to do it for a year and just thought go for it, I know its all salvageable..ish!
So yep, I've got the ROM I want but don't understand the kernel, I see no guide to download it, all I know is I took a note of the Kernel before I wiped my phone and I have managed to find the exact kernel.
The ROM or RUU as it is, is an O2 UK version, I figure it must be the one I want as it was an O2 phone in the UK.
I still don't know what folders to put things in, TWRP can't see a boot.img that I have on the phone when installing, it can only see it through file explorer.
And then, every time I power down the phone TWRP asks to install Superuser, its cant, theres nothing to install it to, so it just keeps asking.
This is all because I hated the Sense 5 update, indeed Im till looking for the Sense 4 ROM fo HOX+
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Sigh, if you had read carefully you'd know that boot.img need to be flashed through fastboot and not from recovery. Every rom has this info or a batch file for this.
So what exactly are you trying to do? Root the stock rom that came originally with the phone or installing a custom rom?
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Sigh, if you had read carefully you'd know that boot.img need to be flashed through fastboot and not from recovery. Every rom has this info or a batch file for this.
So what exactly are you trying to do? Root the stock rom that came originally with the phone or installing a custom rom?
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Lols, thanks dan, I hope you don't hate me!
Root the stock ROM
For starters..
The boot.img is the Android Revolution HD
The RUU is O2 UK
I do realise they are two different ways of installing an OS, I would just like one of them to work!
So think install RUU, then kernel
But put them where and how
I bought the Android Hackers book, but theres nothing about HOX+ in it, and seeing as that's the only phone, I've got to practise on I thought I would ask you specifically.
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Lols, thanks dan, I hope you don't hate me!
Root the stock ROM
For starters..
The boot.img is the Android Revolution HD
The RUU is O2 UK
I do realise they are two different ways of installing an OS, I would just like one of them to work!
So think install RUU, then kernel
But put them where and how
I bought the Android Hackers book, but theres nothing about HOX+ in it, and seeing as that's the only phone, I've got to practise on I thought I would ask you specifically.
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I see, the easiest ways would be to use a custom rom now. For example, the one you already got the kernel from(android revolution hd)
To root you dont need to install a kernel... just to flash the supersu zip. Using a custom rom's kernel with stock rom might not be a good idea.
Another simple way would be to restore stock rom back to start and try rooting again, this time reading everything carefully
So the two easiest ways i think:
1) flash a custom rom following the instructions they provide in the initial posts for that rom
2) run the o2 correspondent RUU to restore stock rom (you'd need to relock the bootloader), also reading carefully posts in the forum about restoring to stock
Without getting into too much detail, these are the simplest options.
All the info required to do these are on these forums
Aaarrghhh, its driving me insane as I knew it would, just like XP, Vista Seven and Eight!!!
So Im back to being up all night learning..
Well have installed SDK correctly but device is not seen, no serial, nothing.
I can get it to fastboot though, however I don't know any commands so I cant get it to work
Windows 7 keeps moaning about an mpt file which I downloaded and dont know where to extract it to
All I need to do is copy a few files to the phones sd card and install them right?
Whys that so difficult?
I don't know the difference between a rom an ruu and a boot image, in that I don't know where they should all be placed.
Why cant twrp copy and paste from pc...
So Hassooon works sort of but still none the wiser.
Am following tutorial but fastboot commands are not working
Still cant find right driver.....
So CMD lines not working 100%
So am downloading drivers in sdk manager
And how do I flash the supersu zip?
Still no luck with driver, im on windows 7 32bit
OK I cant push using adb it cant find the file or directory,
Hassooon cant detect the phone as cant windroid universal
I dont think the phone is rooted even though i have twrp on it.
Thus can I have wiped the os?
If not can i restore it?
No I didnt make a backup rom..
mmm a zip on the phone doesnt load in bootloader, count that be my os?
Guys, im stranded in the water here...
On boot im getting...
Failed to open usb master mode
[Preload] Failed to open usb master mode
loading PM35IMG.zip image...
Failed to open usb master mode
please plug off usb
Whats PM35IMG.zip?
Is that the OS?
Am I saved?
Is it easy to get that file to unzip and load?
Can anyone help?
So now I need the right RUU.....
2.17.206.3
Is there anyone out there that can help please?
So have managed to install superuser and root my phone, all instructions for doing this were wrong including Hassoon, had to have the phone in System screen to do it, not bootloader or recovery.
Now cant get adb to push file to sdcard...
Man alive, how to make something very easy, sound very difficult.
Would any of you experts care to help?
Just trying to install a ROM.zip to Root and place the boot img in right place.
Well, the instructions are dire but after 10 days of persistance have installed Android Revolution HD 8, finally my phone is up and running better than the bloated os that came with the phone so, you can call this thread resolved.
I know there has been many threads giving explicit instructions on how to unlock bootloader, gain s-off, and install TWRP recovery. But I am having problems/questions that no one (at least of what I've read) has encountered. I will try and make this clear for y'all but bear with me. Before I start just let it be known that I DO HAVE my bootloader unlocked. I ended up going to a cell phone repair place and paying a small fee to get my bootloader unlocked.
1. Do I need to gain s-off to be able to root and install TWRP recovery?
I say this because the I have tried the has00n application to unlock bootloader, gain s-off, root, and install TWRP recovery, but I ran into problems with my computer recognizing my device. I had all the necessary files downloaded (at least to my knowledge) but it honestly just wouldn't recognize my device.
2. If I do not need to gain s-off to install TWRP recovery and install a custom ROM (I'm going to be installing Cyanogenmod), how do I go about doing that?
Honestly I'm so fed up with this that I just want to sell this phone and get another one, all I want to do is get Cyanogenmod on this phone but it's so immensely difficult.
Please help me! I have been trying to get this accomplished for so long but I feel like because this phone is older all the info about how to root and gain s-off is outdated.....
All of your help is greatly appreciated!!
You shouldn't need s-off for installing a custom rom. That's for tinkering with model id and scary stuff like that. I'm not sure what that tool is but I only know of one way to get s-off, and that's sunshine s-off.
As for rooting, when you install a custom rom via twrp or cwm, it will typically ask you if you'd like to root your phone AFTER installing the rom, but BEFORE you restart the first time. So the process should be:
Unlock
Install twrp or cwm
Wipe and factory reset
Install rom
Once completed, phone will prompt if you want to restart
Select YES to root on restart
And then wait for the phone to reboot! (it'll take a little while first time)
After the boot, it'll probably ask you to install superSU, which is the root manager app. If it doesn't, find it in the play store and you're set.
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You shouldn't need s-off for installing a custom rom. That's for tinkering with model id and scary stuff like that. I'm not sure what that tool is but I only know of one way to get s-off, and that's sunshine s-off.
As for rooting, when you install a custom rom via twrp or cwm, it will typically ask you if you'd like to root your phone AFTER installing the rom, but BEFORE you restart the first time. So the process should be:
Unlock
Install twrp or cwm
Wipe and factory reset
Install rom
Once completed, phone will prompt if you want to restart
Select YES to root on restart
And then wait for the phone to reboot! (it'll take a little while first time)
After the boot, it'll probably ask you to install superSU, which is the root manager app. If it doesn't, find it in the play store and you're set.
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Thank you for your reply. So as of right now I am using the fastboot adb to control my phone from the command prompt on the computer, but there is a problem. When I try and flash the custom recovery (either TWRP or CWM) it says that the files are unrecognizable, so they're pretty much corrupted. I honestly don't know that to do. I know I can achieve root if I just get either one of these recoveries to flash but it seems that all the files for the htc one m8 TWRP and CWM are corrupted. What are you suggestions at this point? The fastboot iadb is working perfect I just need a non-corrupted recovery file and I'm searching around the internet withno luck of finding one. Is there one that you can attest to working? If so that would be amazing. Again, thanks for your help, hopefully we can get this sorted out!
Hmm, do you have the latest version of twrp? Sometimes older versions don't install, I would try to see what version of twrp htc one m8 users are using, I'm not by my computer right now so I'm not sure. I also know that twrp works better on htc one for some reason, I've never found a version of cwm that works on my htc one. Make sure you are using the proper install command to install it too, I think it's fastboot flash recovery FILENAME.IMG
If all else fails, all I can think of at this point is that you got a bad download or something ?
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Hmm, do you have the latest version of twrp? Sometimes older versions don't install, I would try to see what version of twrp htc one m8 users are using, I'm not by my computer right now so I'm not sure. I also know that twrp works better on htc one for some reason, I've never found a version of cwm that works on my htc one. Make sure you are using the proper install command to install it too, I think it's fastboot flash recovery FILENAME.IMG
If all else fails, all I can think of at this point is that you got a bad download or something
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Yeah I've been trying to use the most current version of twrp and it didn't work. I ended up trying past versions and those didn't work either. The fastboot command i am using is the same as the one you stated. There's just a problem with the files. I'm beyond frustrated but really thank you for your help. When you're by your computer can you please send me the twrp version you have, it would be much appreciated.
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Yeah I've been trying to use the most current version of twrp and it didn't work. I ended up trying past versions and those didn't work either. The fastboot command i am using is the same as the one you stated. There's just a problem with the files. I'm beyond frustrated but really thank you for your help. When you're by your computer can you please send me the twrp version you have, it would be much appreciated.
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Can you copy and paste your command window to this thread? It would help to see the exact error outputting. You can highlight and right click to copy anything from command window.
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Yeah I've been trying to use the most current version of twrp and it didn't work. I ended up trying past versions and those didn't work either.
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Is the phone currently on Lollipop, or otherwise? You can't know what version TWRP is correct, without this info. Current TWRP (2.8.7.0) won't work if the phone is on older OS version. Vice versa, if the phone is currently on Lollipop, older versions of TWRP (I believe older than 2.8) won't work. You have to flash the specific TWRP version that matches your OS version. Guessing which TWRP version to flash is not the right way to go about this.
Also, you need to tell us the actual TWRP version number you got, and where you downloaded it from. I've seen quite a few instances where folks thought they had the "most recent" version, but in fact they weren't even close. Its always best to be specific as possible, and provide all the details when getting help here.
Additionally, go into Settings (or do getvar all), and tell us the software number. If you got the Stagefright patch, it might be screwing up install of TWRP as well.
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The fastboot command i am using is the same as the one you stated. There's just a problem with the files..
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Again, just saying you used the "same" command isn't enough. A single wrong character, wrong file name, wrong path will cause the command to fail. As the previous response requested, please cut/paste, or better yet post a screenshot of your command prompt window, so we can see the exact command syntax, and the specific error message.
I can virtually guarantee that as long as you downloaded the file direct from the TWRP website, and tried downloading (and flashing) it more than once (to eliminate the possibility of corruption during file transfer); that the issue is almost certainly pilot error.
Somehow I'm a little frusrated. I've brought my phone since today. So it is currently on Lollipop. There is no Power in setting to uncheck Fastboot. Is there any way I can root my phone?
MistakenUtopia said:
Somehow I'm a little frusrated. I've brought my phone since today. So it is currently on Lollipop. There is no Power in setting to uncheck Fastboot. Is there any way I can root my phone?
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Press and hold the power button until is hard reboots, then hold vol down as well. You should go to boot loader before the HTC screen pops up.
Back Up!
Just a reminder, after you install TWRP, boot into recovery (TWRP) and create a backup file saved to your SD card first before trying to install a new ROM!
Always can restore if things go wrong or you don't like it.
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