Hi, I am using IS 4 half year, and I decided to flash this Rom recently. However, I have a few stupid questions and I hope u guys can answer me.
1. What is the tool to wipe my device?
2. Is it ok 4 me to flash the Rom by using '4EXTRecovery v2.1.0 FINAL'
3. When I flash this Rom, am I going to do this through recovery mode or others tool?
Hope u guys understand my English since English isnt my native language.
nkf said:
Hi, I am using IS 4 half year, and I decided to flash this Rom recently. However, I have a few stupid questions and I hope u guys can answer me.
1. What is the tool to wipe my device?
2. Is it ok 4 me to flash the Rom by using '4EXTRecovery v2.1.0 FINAL'
3. When I flash this Rom, am I going to do this through recovery mode or others tool?
Hope u guys understand my English since English isnt my native language.
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1. I use arhd's super wipe tool, available from his thread in development section, even for other ROMs and it works fine, or u can do it all manually in recovery.
2. Yes
3. Flash through recovery. Download zip to root of sd card using pc, boot into recovery and follow instructions...simples
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VaderXI said:
1. I use arhd's super wipe tool, available from his thread in development section, even for other ROMs and it works fine, or u can do it all manually in recovery.
2. Yes
3. Flash through recovery. Download zip to root of sd card using pc, boot into recovery and follow instructions...simples
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Thanks 4 ur help! Another question, is it necessary to s-off be4 using the app rom manager?
nkf said:
Thanks 4 ur help! Another question, is it necessary to s-off be4 using the app rom manager?
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I think u need to be s-off before u can root, but I may be wrong. U might aswell s-off as u need this to flash custom ROMs and therefore use ROM manager, as this needs superuser rights which u get with s-off and root.
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On the topic of both starter questions and installations, why won't ROMs flash with s-off? What's the big difference between that and s-on and why does one void our warranty with HTC?
(Apologies in advance, if this derails this thread at all.)
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degaia said:
On the topic of both starter questions and installations, why won't ROMs flash with s-off? What's the big difference between that and s-on and why does one void our warranty with HTC?
(Apologies in advance, if this derails this thread at all.)
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You mean why can't we flash ROMs with S-ON! Because this means security on. Basically HTC went and locked their bootloader on most earlier devices and therefore they cannot be hacked. The AlphaRev team have successfully managed to develop a tool to achieve this and enable users to gain root access, install ClockWorkMod recovery (a way of installing custom ROMs and also taking a snap shot of ur current ROM is you mess up and need something to go back to) custom themes etc, etc.
HTC have apparently learnt the error of their ways and promised not to lock the bootloaders in their newer shipped models, however they don't particularly like us messing around with it hence voiding the warranty if you do this...but it is possible to go back to S-ON like nothing ever happened using AlphaRev.
Hope this answers your question, now stick to the topic....
Ha, only joking
Of course I know I need to e-off my device be4 roo/flash rom. What I want to know is : do I need to s-off before using rom manager.
nkf said:
Of course I know I need to e-off my device be4 roo/flash rom. What I want to know is : do I need to s-off before using rom manager.
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ROM Manger needs root access, so yes you need S-OFF so you can root and install ROM Manager
nkf said:
Of course I know I need to e-off my device be4 roo/flash rom. What I want to know is : do I need to s-off before using rom manager.
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Why don't you download it and find out
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VaderXI said:
Why don't you download it and find out
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I have already downloaded it, but it keeps saying that I ave to gain root access be4 using it
nkf said:
I have already downloaded it, but it keeps saying that I ave to gain root access be4 using it
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Best get rooting then....
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Hi! I've waited for the official WWE ICS OTA update without "hacking" my IncS.
Now I only want to root my phone.
I'm not yet interested in flashing custom roms and I don't need S-OFF.
Is there any way to do this without losing my current installation and data? I've read lots of threads, I hear a lot about Blackrose but still don't understand if I can do what I'm looking for.
I would really appreciate any help on my question.
Thanks in advance.
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miguelca said:
Hi! I've waited for the official WWE ICS OTA update without "hacking" my phone.
Now I only want to root my phone.
I'm not yet interested in flashing custom roms and I don't need S-OFF.
Is there any way to do this without losing my current installation and data? I've read lots of threads, I hear a lot about Blackrose but still don't understand if I can do what I'm looking for.
I would really appreciate any help on my question. :thumbup:
Thanks in advance.
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The only option you have at this point in time is to unlock your bootloader using HTCDEV.com. Once it is unlocked, you can flash 4EXT Touch recovery and then from recovery mode install su-3.1.3.zip to apply root and superuser to your current ROM.
Unfortunately the unlock procedure will wipe all of your data and apps, so that really doesn't address the solution you are looking for, but that is the current option you have.
Thanks for your quick reply tpbklake.
Sorry for bothering you a little more....
By your experience do you think that in the future it will be possible to do what I want without needing to wipe data?
Or does this seem impossible to do?
Thanks again for your help! :thumbup:
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miguelca said:
Thanks for your quick reply tpbklake.
Sorry for bothering you a little more....
By your experience do you think that in the future it will be possible to do what I want without needing to wipe data?
Or does this seem impossible to do?
Thanks again for your help! :thumbup:
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Anything is possible with the talented devs here on xda, but I would not expect anything official from HTC to address this.
tpbklake said:
Anything is possible with the talented devs here on xda, but I would not expect anything official from HTC to address this.
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Neither do I believe HTC will address this. It would be great if the fantastic devs here could work around this.
Now that my phone has the latest update and is working like a charm, it would be great to have it rooted.
Thanks for your help. :beer:
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Also if you do the htc-dev-method you won't achieve "full" root access. Also your warranty will be lost without any chance to regain it.
WILLI120 said:
Also if you do the htc-dev-method you won't achieve "full" root access. Also your warranty will be lost without any chance to regain it.
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Willi120,
What do you mean by full root?
Do you mean temporary/permanent root?
About the warranty I know it because I had a Wildfire S and unlocked its bootloader via htcdev.com.
Thanks for your help!
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Willi120,
What do you mean by full root?
Do you mean temporary/permanent root?
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This may help you: http://androidandme.com/thread/whats-the-difference-between-htc-devs-unlock-and-true-unlocking/
WILLI120 said:
This may help you: http://androidandme.com/thread/whats-the-difference-between-htc-devs-unlock-and-true-unlocking/
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HTC may shipped updates with S-OFF.. Now that's the way to go HTC!
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Now I must pray that some magnificent dev finds out an exploit that allows rooting my phone without having to wipe all and start from scratch.
This is both my personal and my work phone and I really don't have the time and patience to redo all.
Specially that now it's working so well...
Thanks for any extra help!
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Hi guys
I'm italian and a newbie of this forum (sorry for my bad english).
I have bootloader unlocked (htcdev.com), s-on and hboot 2.02.0002: if I want to flash a coocked rom I have to downgrade my hboot? or simply i have to install a recovery and then flash the rom?
Thanks
fabio-90 said:
Hi guys
I'm italian and a newbie of this forum (sorry for my bad english).
I have bootloader unlocked (htcdev.com), s-on and hboot 2.02.0002: if I want to flash a coocked rom I have to downgrade my hboot? or simply i have to install a recovery and then flash the rom?
Thanks
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Use fastboot to flash recovery. Wipe data and both cache in recovery. Flash your Rom then turn phone off and go back into fastboot and flash the boot.img by typing fastboot flash boot boot.img make sure its all in the same folder there's plenty of guides on how to do this
Edit. You will have to do this on every Rom you install being s off
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fabio-90 said:
Hi guys
I'm italian and a newbie of this forum (sorry for my bad english).
I have bootloader unlocked (htcdev.com), s-on and hboot 2.02.0002: if I want to flash a coocked rom I have to downgrade my hboot? or simply i have to install a recovery and then flash the rom?
Thanks
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You don't need to downgrade as your hboot is the updated one. Keep in that you'll have to flash boot.img (fastboot flash boot boot.img) by extracting it out from the rom.zip after flashing the rom via recovery.
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Thanks naathaanb96 and zukri90
I'm stupid and I don't understand what you say ... i have to install first of all recovery, then my rom and finally the file boot.img of the rom which i have installed before?
I have to install the file boot.img each time I want to install a new ROM?
PS: naathaanb96...the folder you're talking about it's the C:\Android with inside fastboot.exe, adb.exe and AdbWinApi.dll?
fabio-90 said:
Thanks naathaanb96 and zukri90
I'm stupid and I don't understand what you say ... i have to install first of all recovery, then my rom and finally the file boot.img of the rom which i have installed before?
I have to install the file boot.img each time I want to install a new ROM?
PS: naathaanb96...the folder you're talking about it's the C:\Android with inside fastboot.exe, adb.exe and AdbWinApi.dll?
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Yes you have to flash boot.img everytime you flash a new rom. Avoiding flash boot.img will prevent the phone from passing the splash screen.
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Hi,
my phone is HTC incredible S and version 4.0.4.
Please show me , How to root this version 4.0.4.
Thanks
AKN
aungkyawnaing said:
Hi,
my phone is HTC incredible S and version 4.0.4.
Please show me , How to root this version 4.0.4.
Thanks
AKN
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You will need to unlock your bootloader at htcdev.com
Then you will need to download superuser.zip at clockworkmod.com
Good luck.
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If you need help follow this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812199
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just go through widely available guides on forum. whether u want to be unlocked+s-on+root, or totally s-off, u make the choice
Thanks, i will try it.
Thanks
AKN
aungkyawnaing said:
Thanks, i will try it.
Thanks
AKN
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Did it work for you
Doubt
zukri90 said:
You will need to unlock your bootloader at htcdev.com
Then you will need to download superuser.zip at clockworkmod.com
Good luck.
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Bro... by doing boot unloader does my contacts goes way??
soorya3d said:
Bro... by doing boot unloader does my contacts goes way??
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Yes the down side of unlocking the bootloader is that it will also do a System Reset and wipe out your downloaded apps and data, including your contacts. You can sync your contacts to your Google account and should be ok.
would like to get download link
i didn't find superuser.apk at clockwork.com , give me another way to get superuser.apk in other website.
lovelystoryboy said:
i didn't find superuser.apk at clockwork.com , give me another way to get superuser.apk in other website.
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Flash This via recovery
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Although I enjoy most of what the HTC First has to offer, I think I would like to return it. So, I was wondering if anyone could instruct me on how to flash back to stock and if there was a way, remove the "Tampered" message in the bootloader?
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RCon227 said:
Although I enjoy most of what the HTC First has to offer, I think I would like to return it. So, I was wondering if anyone could instruct me on how to flash back to stock and if there was a way, remove the "Tampered" message in the bootloader?
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Are you s-off?
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jmz said:
Are you s-off?
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I believe the All-In-One Toolkit in the Dev section has an option to relock the booloader.
jmz said:
Are you s-off?
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No. I've tried Moonshine S-Off 4 times and I can't get it to work. I followed the directions so I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing wrong.
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RCon227 said:
No. I've tried Moonshine S-Off 4 times and I can't get it to work. I followed the directions so I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing wrong.
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Only way you can get rid of tampered/relocked is with s-off
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jmz said:
Only way you can get rid of tampered/relocked is with s-off
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Is there any way you could help me understand why Moonshine isn't working for me? I'm on 1.08, unlocked bootloader, rooted, and I have CWM (not sure if the custom recovery matters). I plug it in with the OEM Cable and USB Debugging on as instructed. However, when I run Moonshine, it goes as far as Test 3 and then it starts running through several rows of dots.
Edit: Scratch that. I figured out that all I needed to do was turn off my Firewall. So, now that I have S-Off, how do I go about flashing it back to the Stock ROM/Recovery?
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RCon227 said:
Is there any way you could help me understand why Moonshine isn't working for me? I'm on 1.08, unlocked bootloader, rooted, and I have CWM (not sure if the custom recovery matters). I plug it in with the OEM Cable and USB Debugging on as instructed. However, when I run Moonshine, it goes as far as Test 3 and then it starts running through several rows of dots.
Edit: Scratch that. I figured out that all I needed to do was turn off my Firewall. So, now that I have S-Off, how do I go about flashing it back to the Stock ROM/Recovery?
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As a followup to this, does anyone have a copy of the stock recovery? It looks like the OTA updates don't work with CWM.
HDer said:
As a followup to this, does anyone have a copy of the stock recovery? It looks like the OTA updates don't work with CWM.
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Since you have s-off I don't know why you want a stock ROM/recovery. Either the v1.08 or v1.04 zips will install with CWM (not TRWP last I tried). http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Myst
Goodluck --Larry
amphi66 said:
Since you have s-off I don't know why you want a stock ROM/recovery. Either the v1.08 or v1.04 zips will install with CWM (not TRWP last I tried).
Goodluck --Larry
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Thanks. I ended up having to use the full RUU, but it did work.
about kernel
Hey guys im new to the forum, i got this phone from ebay, its just what i need, btw i like dev so maybe thats why i picked a htc, well the thing is i installed jmz's kernel amazing stuff but i wanted to go back to stock kernel to try differents roms, im s-off with ub and using cwm, i tried to compile the kernel source (i use ubuntu 13.04) with no luck at all, it looks like its about the toolchains, but well is there a kernel that i can just install it with cwm as a zip?
pd: sorry bout my english im from Chile :highfive:
can any one tell how to install a Costume ROM ?? i download CWM 10.1.3 and Gapps and put it in the internal Storage what should i do next .... BTW flash clockwork mod says every time an error ouccord while flashing your recovery ..,, and says that i don't have root and my mobile rooted xD any help please
Guys need help fast please
ahmad_ayman said:
Guys need help fast please
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you need the all in one tool to unlock bootloader and grant root.
just search for it on here.
roscoe182 said:
you need the all in one tool to unlock bootloader and grant root.
just search for it on here.
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well i rooted my phone i have SU icon on it ,, then i unlocked the boot loader with some help from here ,, what i have to do next i didn't see any guide here !! for installing ROMS
ahmad_ayman said:
well i rooted my phone i have SU icon on it ,, then i unlocked the boot loader with some help from here ,, what i have to do next i didn't see any guide here !! for installing ROMS
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Search Google
There plenty of guides on xda showing how to flash custom roms
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abhi08638 said:
Search Google
There plenty of guides on xda showing hire to flash custom roms
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LOOL i already searched ! Guess what i didn't find one !! :crying:
ahmad_ayman said:
LOOL i already searched ! Guess what i didn't find one !! :crying:
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Install custom recovery using cwm or twrp threads in the development forum
Reboot into recovery
Wipe system,data,cache
Install ROM.zip
Install gapps.zip
Reboot
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I have tried multiple busy box apps to install but every time I install it I get a error saying missing applets. Take a look
xdamember143 said:
I have tried multiple busy box apps to install but every time I install it I get a error saying missing applets. Take a look
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Flash a different kernel then try...
MrMike2182 said:
Flash a different kernel then try...
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I wish but I don't have s-off , also don't want to pay 25$ dollars to unlock
xdamember143 said:
I wish but I don't have s-off , also don't want to pay 25$ dollars to unlock
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You don't need s-off to flash kernels and roms all you need to do is root the phone... Busybox will not work on a stock kernel ever because the stock kernel is write protected. Where are you from so I can give you instructions on rooting the phone... I need to know if you're 32 or 64 bit.
MrMike2182 said:
You don't need s-off to flash kernels and roms all you need to do is root the phone... Busybox will not work on a stock kernel ever because the stock kernel is write protected. Where are you from so I can give you instructions on rooting the phone... I need to know if you're 32 or 64 bit.
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I'm using 32 bit and I'm already rooted. But I don't get it last time I was looking to install a kernel , it was called Rinhestone or something like that and I read that I needed to be s -off
xdamember143 said:
I'm using 32 bit and I'm already rooted. But I don't get it last time I was looking to install a kernel , it was called Rinhestone or something like that and I read that I needed to be s -off
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Nope no s-off required. Just flash that kernel with an app called flashify from the play store since you're already rooted and Busybox will work.
So pretty much any kernel then :
?
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Not just any, make sure it's for the Desire 510 and you should be good to go.
One last question how do you install a rom ?
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xdamember143 said:
One last question how do you install a rom ?
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Call me a jerk, whatever.
You need to Google. This is not a forum for people who can't figure that out.
xdamember143 said:
One last question how do you install a rom ?
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with in the TWRP that you probably flashed before while rooting....