So I just successfully rooted my lovely HTC One from Sprint. I've got TWRP 2.6.0.1 on it and all.
I'd REALLY like to get rid of all this garbage on my phone that I'm never going to use, however I also would like to keep it as close to stock as possible. I really enjoy Sense for the most part (minus quirks that I'm willing to live with, and BlinkFeed). I know how/can find out how to load a custom rom - I had CM7 on my HTC EVO 4G (1st Gen) and loved it. But I really don't want to be without Sense.
Can anyone make any suggestions as to what I should do/which rom I should use?
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So I just successfully rooted my lovely HTC One from Sprint. I've got TWRP 2.6.0.1 on it and all.
I'd REALLY like to get rid of all this garbage on my phone that I'm never going to use, however I also would like to keep it as close to stock as possible. I really enjoy Sense for the most part (minus quirks that I'm willing to live with, and BlinkFeed). I know how/can find out how to load a custom rom - I had CM7 on my HTC EVO 4G (1st Gen) and loved it. But I really don't want to be without Sense.
Can anyone make any suggestions as to what I should do/which rom I should use?
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omj's stock rooted sounds like the rom for you
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omj's stock rooted sounds like the rom for you
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With a custom kernel. And greenify.
And a whole boat load of other mods you can only discover by spending time on these forums.
Stock with goodies
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omj's stock rooted sounds like the rom for you
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Sorry, I'm overwhelmed at the wealth of knowledge here. Is there a link to the specific one you're talking about? Search didn't do me a ton of good. Though I suppose I could send the guy a message and inquire about his ROM.
Thank you for all your help guys!
Okay so I've decided that I want to try the OMJ ROM. Now here's where I am unsure of exactly how to do it. I see that certain ROMs require different methods. I can't just copy the ZIP to my internal storage and use TWRP to flash it, right? It has to be more complicated than that...
Also, I just went past the return window for the phone so I really cannot afford to brick it. I assume that there's next to no chance of the aforementioned tragedy befalling me providing I stick with the mainstream ROMs?
Most roms are in a flashable format i use the CM 10.2 nightly myself. from what i can tell as long as you can get into the bootloader your safe. I wiped my whole phone SD card and everything accidentally with TWRP one time. Ended up having to use sideload to get a CM rom installed again but i was never in danger of bricking. When flashing roms always remember to do a factory reset to wipe the cache and do an advanced wipe of the data and system. after the rom is installed it will ask you to wipe the cache again which is always nice to do.
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Most roms are in a flashable format i use the CM 10.2 nightly myself. from what i can tell as long as you can get into the bootloader your safe. I wiped my whole phone SD card and everything accidentally with TWRP one time. Ended up having to use sideload to get a CM rom installed again but i was never in danger of bricking. When flashing roms always remember to do a factory reset to wipe the cache and do an advanced wipe of the data and system. after the rom is installed it will ask you to wipe the cache again which is always nice to do.
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Awesome! So what was I hearing about having to plug the phone into the computer to flash the boot.IMG file? Sorry, I'm just really overwhelmed with the new ways of doing things.
wolfbuck22 said:
Awesome! So what was I hearing about having to plug the phone into the computer to flash the boot.IMG file? Sorry, I'm just really overwhelmed with the new ways of doing things.
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No worries, I am new to the unlocking scene too with this device . Those flashable zips will normally have the boot.img files included and when installing twrp will take care of it via the script inside the zip. if you open the zip file with winzip or something you should see that file on the root. TWRP or ClockworkMod recoveries make it really easy to install and backup roms.
flashing the boot.img i guess is for recovery purposes say if the system is in a boot loop. Or maybe if you upgrade the system only and didnt change boot img between two different roms. I personally never had to do this. After unlocking the device i used fastboot to replace the recovery and just do everything else inside the recovery.
cloppy said:
No worries, I am new to the unlocking scene too with this device . Those flashable zips will normally have the boot.img files included and when installing twrp will take care of it via the script inside the zip. if you open the zip file with winzip or something you should see that file on the root. TWRP or ClockworkMod recoveries make it really easy to install and backup roms.
flashing the boot.img i guess is for recovery purposes say if the system is in a boot loop. Or maybe if you upgrade the system only and didnt change boot img between two different roms. I personally never had to do this. After unlocking the device i used fastboot to replace the recovery and just do everything else inside the recovery.
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Awesome! I guess it really is that easy! Thanks so much for all your help!
cloppy said:
No worries, I am new to the unlocking scene too with this device . Those flashable zips will normally have the boot.img files included and when installing twrp will take care of it via the script inside the zip. if you open the zip file with winzip or something you should see that file on the root. TWRP or ClockworkMod recoveries make it really easy to install and backup roms.
flashing the boot.img i guess is for recovery purposes say if the system is in a boot loop. Or maybe if you upgrade the system only and didnt change boot img between two different roms. I personally never had to do this. After unlocking the device i used fastboot to replace the recovery and just do everything else inside the recovery.
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Alright, so I've got OMJ's rom running no problem. Love the new feel but what I'm wondering is...is there still a way to delete apps like Stocks and other crap I won't use? I can disable some but not all, and none am I able to uninstall completely.
Would it be something as simple as going into the OMJ ZIP file and removing the unwanted apk files and then re-flashing to that version?
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Alright, so I've got OMJ's rom running no problem. Love the new feel but what I'm wondering is...is there still a way to delete apps like Stocks and other crap I won't use? I can disable some but not all, and none am I able to uninstall completely.
Would it be something as simple as going into the OMJ ZIP file and removing the unwanted apk files and then re-flashing to that version?
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I suppose that could be one way of doing it, but i dont think its necessary. if you are already rooted or can install root easy i would just install a Root file explorer. Browse to the /system/app folder i think it is and delete the APKs from there.
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I suppose that could be one way of doing it, but i dont think its necessary. if you are already rooted or can install root easy i would just install a Root file explorer. Browse to the /system/app folder i think it is and delete the APKs from there.
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Yeah I tried that with ES explorer AND Root File Manager. ES would have an error, and Root File Manager would simply say it was deleted but it was never actually deleted. I think it has something to do with the security. I'm not really sure, haha! I'm used to being able to just openly delete apps from within Settings>Apps like the old days of my EVO 1st gen.
hmm interesting as long as the /system is mounted as r/w permissions you should be able to delete. well if you are planning on reflashing using the modify zip method im curious to know if that works.
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Yeah I tried that with ES explorer AND Root File Manager. ES would have an error, and Root File Manager would simply say it was deleted but it was never actually deleted. I think it has something to do with the security. I'm not really sure, haha! I'm used to being able to just openly delete apps from within Settings>Apps like the old days of my EVO 1st gen.
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use Root explorer, and set it at r/w
also Titanium Backup will delete it for you too.
If I remember correctly there are a few apps in the play store that are specifically for getting rid of "bloatware".....maybe search bloatware removal, our uninstall bloatware something like that. Hopefully this helps!
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use Root explorer, and set it at r/w
also Titanium Backup will delete it for you too.
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Well for whatever reason neither of those two suggestions worked. So I installed Root Browser and was finally able to get rid of some things.
Scratch that. Rebooted phone and the apps are back.
wolfbuck22 said:
Well for whatever reason neither of those two suggestions worked. So I installed Root Browser and was finally able to get rid of some things.
Scratch that. Rebooted phone and the apps are back.
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ROMCleaner
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Thanks! I'm working on it now. I did not see an app called "ROM Cleaner" or "ROMCleaner" but I did find something called Rom Toolbox Lite that I'm going to attempt to use.
Will post back. I may look for the ROMCleaner on the net and just install it manually.
Edit: So I guess I showed my ignorance there. It appears ROM Cleaner is something offered through the forum. I'm unsure of how to use it so I'll take a look around.
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Thanks! I'm working on it now. I did not see an app called "ROM Cleaner" or "ROMCleaner" but I did find something called Rom Toolbox Lite that I'm going to attempt to use.
Will post back. I may look for the ROMCleaner on the net and just install it manually.
Edit: So I guess I showed my ignorance there. It appears ROM Cleaner is something offered through the forum. I'm unsure of how to use it so I'll take a look around.
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It's very doubtful you will have success with Romtoolbox either once you reboot all the apps will return
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Hello. I am new to this forum. I did do searching before I came here. I am sort of a noob so sorry for dumb questions. I wanted an MIUI theme on my phone. I tried MiHome but it doesn't change the UI so I want to get the MIUI ROM on my phone but I wasn't sure how. I know you have to root your phone first, but I read somewhere that MIUI isn't compatible with different rooting procedures like CyanogenMod. If thats true, which one is it compatible with? Is it possible for me to get MIUI on my phone? I have an HTC Vivid (of course) with Android ICS 4.0.3. Can anyone provide me with a guide on how to do get MIUI on my phone, preferably a video with a step-by-step description (yes, thats how noobish I am). Also, what are the odds of me rooting my phone if I follow the steps exactly as told? Sorry for a ton of questions. To sum things up, I would like to get MIUI ROM on my phone but have no idea how. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Hello. I am new to this forum. I did do searching before I came here. I am sort of a noob so sorry for dumb questions. I wanted an MIUI theme on my phone. I tried MiHome but it doesn't change the UI so I want to get the MIUI ROM on my phone but I wasn't sure how. I know you have to root your phone first, but I read somewhere that MIUI isn't compatible with different rooting procedures like CyanogenMod. If thats true, which one is it compatible with? Is it possible for me to get MIUI on my phone? I have an HTC Vivid (of course) with Android ICS 4.0.3. Can anyone provide me with a guide on how to do get MIUI on my phone, preferably a video with a step-by-step description (yes, thats how noobish I am). Also, what are the odds of me rooting my phone if I follow the steps exactly as told? Sorry for a ton of questions. To sum things up, I would like to get MIUI ROM on my phone but have no idea how. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Alright....you need to do ALOT of reading...I only say that so you don't brick your phone...but here's some info as well as how to get miui
It doesn't matter how you root your phone, you can still flash any Rom...you don't even need to be rooted to flash roms
Cyanogenmod is not a rooting method, it is an aosp rom...you cam flash from cyanogen but our device doeant even have a cyanogenmod Rom (well there is one but it was discontinued...for now)
In order to get miui you will need to do the following:
1) unlock bootloader
2) get recovery
3) download miui onto your phone (can't be any miui...has to be one made for our phone...you can find it on rootzwiki.com)
4) flash miui
More detail:
In order to unlock bootloader and get a recovery I suggest using Hansen vivid toolkit that is stickier in the dev section...its the easiest most newb friendly way to unlock bootloader and get a recovery...for the most part all you do is plug in your phone and click a few buttons...here's the toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498003
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mg2195 said:
Alright....you need to do ALOT of reading...I only say that so you don't brick your phone...but here's some info as well as how to get miui
It doesn't matter how you root your phone, you can still flash any Rom...you don't even need to be rooted to flash roms
Cyanogenmod is not a rooting method, it is an aosp rom...you cam flash from cyanogen but our device doeant even have a cyanogenmod Rom (well there is one but it was discontinued...for now)
In order to get miui you will need to do the following:
1) unlock bootloader
2) get recovery
3) download miui onto your phone (can't be any miui...has to be one made for our phone...you can find it on rootzwiki.com)
4) flash miui
More detail:
In order to unlock bootloader and get a recovery I suggest using Hansen vivid toolkit that is stickier in the dev section...its the easiest most newb friendly way to unlock bootloader and get a recovery...for the most part all you do is plug in your phone and click a few buttons...here's the toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498003
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Well, thank you for replying! I was gonna mention I am using a mac and the file is a rar, then exe files. Is it ok if I use a program to run it in an app file or does this have to be done on windows? Thanks!
menachemt said:
Well, thank you for replying! I was gonna mention I am using a mac and the file is a rar, then exe files. Is it ok if I use a program to run it in an app file or does this have to be done on windows? Thanks!
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Shoot...idk how to do it on a Mac sorry :/
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mg2195 said:
Shoot...idk how to do it on a Mac sorry :/
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I guess I'm forced to use my slow PC. Hopefully it won't shut down in the process or else I'll be screwed. :/ Thanks again! I'll let you know if it works out if you want.
Just some ideas , if your pc is slow you can download and of the files you need on your phone then transfer them over to the pc , also if you download the tool kit you shouldn't need anything else but the Rom , if you get s off you will need to do a couple of things , but as mg said do some reading on this subject to kinda get an idea as to what your working with , make sure you kinda understand it so you don't brick your ph. Better safe than sorry .
Good luck and if you have questions there is a lot of good people here and would be glad to help.
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Hello. I am new to this forum. I did do searching before I came here. I am sort of a noob so sorry for dumb questions. I wanted an MIUI theme on my phone. I tried MiHome but it doesn't change the UI so I want to get the MIUI ROM on my phone but I wasn't sure how. I know you have to root your phone first, but I read somewhere that MIUI isn't compatible with different rooting procedures like CyanogenMod. If thats true, which one is it compatible with? Is it possible for me to get MIUI on my phone? I have an HTC Vivid (of course) with Android ICS 4.0.3. Can anyone provide me with a guide on how to do get MIUI on my phone, preferably a video with a step-by-step description (yes, thats how noobish I am). Also, what are the odds of me rooting my phone if I follow the steps exactly as told? Sorry for a ton of questions. To sum things up, I would like to get MIUI ROM on my phone but have no idea how. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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There are several good guides on here to help you root here is one of them:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836
ronnie498 said:
There are several good guides on here to help you root here is one of them:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836
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Help! I managed to root my phone, which is good. I am currently using WCX. I am not sure how to flash the rom. I tried going to my internal sd card and installing the miui zip file from there. After it reboots my phone, an htc logo loads, then it takes me to some chinese. It has like big chinese words on top in red, then in the middle it has white words, and in between the white words, it loads from 0 to 100 but I have no idea what to do now. It just leaves me stuck on this page! Can anyone help me? Do I need to uninstall the rom then follow a correct process of installation or can I just do the correct process? Also, please don't redirect me to some page, because I did a lot of googling and I found one which would help me, but the site is down. I am sure it isn't a long process. This is what I did:
1. Manually put the zip file into my internal sd card.
2. Rebooted my phone to recovery.
3. Installed the zip file, which flashed the rom.
Is that correct? Can someone please help me! Thanks!
menachemt said:
Help! I managed to root my phone, which is good. I am currently using WCX. I am not sure how to flash the rom. I tried going to my internal sd card and installing the miui zip file from there. After it reboots my phone, an htc logo loads, then it takes me to some chinese. It has like big chinese words on top in red, then in the middle it has white words, and in between the white words, it loads from 0 to 100 but I have no idea what to do now. It just leaves me stuck on this page! Can anyone help me? Do I need to uninstall the rom then follow a correct process of installation or can I just do the correct process? Also, please don't redirect me to some page, because I did a lot of googling and I found one which would help me, but the site is down. I am sure it isn't a long process. This is what I did:
1. Manually put the zip file into my internal sd card.
2. Rebooted my phone to recovery.
3. Installed the zip file, which flashed the rom.
Is that correct? Can someone please help me! Thanks!
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1. Manually put the zip file into my internal sd card.
2. flash boot.img via fastboot (The boot.img should be in the zip of the rom You have to flash the boot.img - aka the kernel)
3. Rebooted my phone to recovery. Wipe data, cache, dalvik cache, factory reset
4. Installed the zip file, which flashed the rom.
ronnie498 said:
1. Manually put the zip file into my internal sd card.
2. flash boot.img via fastboot (The boot.img should be in the zip of the rom You have to flash the boot.img - aka the kernel)
3. Rebooted my phone to recovery.
4. Installed the zip file, which flashed the rom.
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I tried what you said. I am using the All In One tool kit that someone told me to use so I flashed the kernel (boot.img) through that, assuming it is fastboot. I then rebooted my phone to recovery and selected the zip file, it flashed it. I rebooted my phone and it still takes me to that chinese screen. Is there a different MIUI ROM zip file download? I used this one: androidfilehost.com/main/HTC_Holiday_Developers/rafyvitto/MIUI_ICS_V4/
Maybe a different file would work? Thanks in advance!
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I tried what you said. I am using the All In One tool kit that someone told me to use so I flashed the kernel (boot.img) through that, assuming it is fastboot. I then rebooted my phone to recovery and selected the zip file, it flashed it. I rebooted my phone and it still takes me to that chinese screen. Is there a different MIUI ROM zip file download? I used this one: androidfilehost.com/main/HTC_Holiday_Developers/rafyvitto/MIUI_ICS_V4/
Maybe a different file would work? Thanks in advance!
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Let me do some checking will let you know shortly
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Let me do some checking will let you know shortly
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I have no clue what I did. I just rebooted and some other stuff but now it works. I think it was the wipe that I did. Thanks for your help!
EDIT: I tried applying the Ultimate Iphone Theme v7.0 but it doesnt work. I go to themes and select it but it doesn't apply. I tried rebooting but it still doesnt work. I have the MIUI ROM on my phone. Why doesn't the Ultimate Iphone Theme apply? I really like it. Can anyone give me a step-by-step on how to install it because there are no good tutorials online. Thanks!
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I have no clue what I did. I just rebooted and some other stuff but now it works. I think it was the wipe that I did. Thanks for your help!
EDIT: I tried applying the Ultimate Iphone Theme v7.0 but it doesnt work. I go to themes and select it but it doesn't apply. I tried rebooting but it still doesnt work. I have the MIUI ROM on my phone. Why doesn't the Ultimate Iphone Theme apply? I really like it. Can anyone give me a step-by-step on how to install it because there are no good tutorials online. Thanks!
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It's been a while since I used miui, but last I heard the themes in the miui theme chooser/downloader wernt compatible with miui...at least the majority wernt there was still quite a few that worked/partially worked
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With the ROM I used, since I am S-On (which I assume you are too since you did not do the wire jump thing from what I read) after you initially flash the boot.img file using fastboot, you need to flash the rom, which you said you did. Then go back in and reboot to bootloader, and flash the boot.img again. It may have been just specific to the Rom I used, but that is the instructions I followed for mine. I hope you made a nandroid before you flashed Miui in case you ran into these troubles....
Hi there, I've read most of the posts on how to root and then install a custom rom on it, but I truly can't get my head around the whole thing and get confused with stuff. I'd appreciate if someone could help me out with a little guide on how to do it, one of the things I can't wrap my head around that much and the reason why I'm making this thread is because I do not know how to make a system backup (whatever it's called) in case I want to go back to stock, I also read that I need a modem and that I should keep a backup of my stock original modem but don't know how to do such thing, I know some ROMs come with a preloaded modem but if such modem were not to work with my phone I read I could just flash a new modem but I also don't know how to do that. I apologize for the noob question, and hope this thread doesn't get deleted without any help, thanks.
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2. There's a sticky in this forum with EVERYTHING you need to know. Backups can be made with Titainium Backup or a custom recovery. To use Titanium Backup, you need to root your phone, which there are several threads detailing such. If you don't have access to the USB data function on your phone, there's another way to root without a computer that's currently being tested.
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2. There's a sticky in this forum with EVERYTHING you need to know. Backups can be made with Titainium Backup or a custom recovery. To use Titanium Backup, you need to root your phone, which there are several threads detailing such. If you don't have access to the USB data function on your phone, there's another way to root without a computer that's currently being tested.
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Thanks! do you happen to know how to back up things such as the modem? I've tried searching for such thing here or google to no help.
you can use root explorer or xplorer to copy the files and folders to your sd card. If you copy them back to restore them, you should do a chmod 755 on the files to make sure they are accessible, executable. xplorer lets you do that.
you want to copy, at least,
/efs
/radio
the radio folder contains modem
the efs folder has your phone's imei number.
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you can use root explorer or xplorer to copy the files and folders to your sd card. If you copy them back to restore them, you should do a chmod 755 on the files to make sure they are accessible, executable. xplorer lets you do that.
you want to copy, at least,
/efs
/radio
the radio folder contains modem
the efs folder has your phone's imei number.
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Thanks a lot! and sorry ust a few more questions.
-do I need to backup anything else so that I could go back to stock if needed?
-is this the way to go back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 ?
-if the modem that comes with the ROM doesn't work for me, could I use the backup original stock modem on the rom?
-and basically to go through with the whole process 1-root 2-flash 3-install rom? if this is correct please let me know if I've got the right links for them:
1- root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
2- flash/install rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364 <-this one says it doesn't work for gingerbread though and that's the one I got right now so how should I do it, this maybe http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266 ?
daLareid said:
Thanks a lot! and sorry ust a few more questions.
-do I need to backup anything else so that I could go back to stock if needed?
-is this the way to go back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 ?
-if the modem that comes with the ROM doesn't work for me, could I use the backup original stock modem on the rom?
-and basically to go through with the whole process 1-root 2-flash 3-install rom? if this is correct please let me know if I've got the right links for them:
1- root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
2- flash/install rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364 <-this one says it doesn't work for gingerbread though and that's the one I got right now so how should I do it, this maybe http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266 ?
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-to go back to stock, you don't need anything backed up. Simply need Odin.
-yes, in the 3rd post (by 4-2ndtwin). Odin KK4 without bootloaders.
-there's a modem thread if the one that comes with the ROM doesn't work but changes are pretty low that it won't.
-follow this guide to a T and everything should go well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266
1-no, refer to the link I posted.
2-answered with the 3rd point.
BWolf56 said:
-to go back to stock, you don't need anything backed up. Simply need Odin.
-yes, in the 3rd post (by 4-2ndtwin). Odin KK4 without bootloaders.
-there's a modem thread if the one that comes with the ROM doesn't work but changes are pretty low that it won't.
-follow this guide to a T and everything should go well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266
1-no, refer to the link I posted.
2-answered with the 3rd point.
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Appreciate it, this is really helpful and will give it a shot right after I get back from college. I'm going to root before I do the flash guide because I want to do a back up first though.
Just as a heads up, in the link Bwolf56 posted,
9. Click PDA button in Odin and find your kernel.tar file (speedmod kernel (this kernel isn't too important as it will be replaced by custom rom's kernel, but speedmod kernel understands both froyo (amend) scripting and gingerbread (edify) scripting so is great for this purpose to install any rom cwm zip file next.)
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You won't be able to boot the phone after this step until you install a new rom. Since for some reason my cappy won't read the external SD card in CWM, I got kinda screwed (my USB doesn't work so I couldn't put the zip on the internal memory [which it does see]).
Shouldn't be a problem for you, but I would copy it over to the internal memory as well before flashing, just in case
Never hurts to be too careful!
x0ne215 said:
Just as a heads up, in the link Bwolf56 posted,
You won't be able to boot the phone after this step until you install a new rom. Since for some reason my cappy won't read the external SD card in CWM, I got kinda screwed (my USB doesn't work so I couldn't put the zip on the internal memory [which it does see]).
Shouldn't be a problem for you, but I would copy it over to the internal memory as well before flashing, just in case
Never hurts to be too careful!
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You can't flash a kernel.tar in recovery - it has to be a .zip. Therefor, having it on your sd won't change much.
When flashing Speedmod, your phone should be able to fully boot up but you don't need it to. You simply want to get in recovery to flash the ROM you want to use.
*As a alternative to Speedmod, you can flash Corn Kernel which is made specifically for GB (while Speedmod was made for Froyo). Both works though.
BWolf56 said:
You can't flash a kernel.tar in recovery - it has to be a .zip. Therefor, having it on your sd won't change much.
When flashing Speedmod, your phone should be able to fully boot up but you don't need it to. You simply want to get in recovery to flash the ROM you want to use.
*As a alternative to Speedmod, you can flash Corn Kernel which is made specifically for GB (while Speedmod was made for Froyo). Both works though.
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Not what I meant, I was referring to having the .zip on your internal as well. I was going about it a different way anyways, since my USB doesn't work. Had to root on the device, then used mobile odin. But like I said, I forgot to copy the .zip ROM onto the internal.
EDIT: Didn't mean the kernel, was talking about the ROM. Kernel installed fine, but like I say below it just hangs at the Samsung screen after the AT&T Logo. Sorry, I'm at work and not feeling the best right now.
I've never been able to fully boot up since, it just hangs on the Samsung IGH-897 or w/e screen. Tried wipe data etc as well. Still refuses to boot past that screen.
x0ne215 said:
Not what I meant, I was referring to having the .zip on your internal as well. I was going about it a different way anyways, since my USB doesn't work. Had to root on the device, then used mobile odin. But like I said, I forgot to copy the .zip ROM onto the internal.
EDIT: Didn't mean the kernel, was talking about the ROM. Kernel installed fine, but like I say below it just hangs at the Samsung screen after the AT&T Logo. Sorry, I'm at work and not feeling the best right now.
I've never been able to fully boot up since, it just hangs on the Samsung IGH-897 or w/e screen. Tried wipe data etc as well. Still refuses to boot past that screen.
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Ah now that makes more sense. Yes, go ahead and have the ROM's .zip on your sd as well as their respective Gapps. That will save you some hassle afterwards.
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On a side note, I'd rather not steal the OP's thread with another issue but pm me if you need further help with your phone. I think I remember 4-2ndtwin trying to help you but I guess it didn't work?
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Ah now that makes more sense. Yes, go ahead and have the ROM's .zip on your sd as well as their respective Gapps. That will save you some hassle afterwards.
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On a side note, I'd rather not steal the OP's thread with another issue but pm me if you need further help with your phone. I think I remember 4-2ndtwin trying to help you but I guess it didn't work?
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Yes, sorry about the thread hijack . I appreciate it, thank you . He did but I'm still not having any luck. Worst comes to worst, I figure buying a new one (since mine had some other issues anyway), and using the one I currently have for spare parts.
Again, sorry about the thread hijack OP!
I appreciate both of your input, and don't worry about the thread hijack, I hope BWolf is able to help you out Xone.
So should I go through with the guide you posted BWolf or should I do that plus keep the ROM on my SD before hand?
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I appreciate both of your input, and don't worry about the thread hijack, I hope BWolf is able to help you out Xone.
So should I go through with the guide you posted BWolf or should I do that plus keep the ROM on my SD before hand?
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Follow the guide but put the ROM you want to use along with their Gapps on your phone before hand.
BWolf56 said:
Follow the guide but put the ROM you want to use along with their Gapps on your phone before hand.
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Thank you. Unfortunately I couldn't even go through with the root, that SuperOneClick thing did not work for me, already tried some solutions from here http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/11/how-to-root-your-android-phone-superoneclick-method/ including going as far as doing this solution http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/ and it didn't work, still get stuck on Shell rooting device Step#7 wait for device.
Is there a different program that actually works or method that I could use to do the root?
Edit: nvm rooted with this guide http://androidforums.com/captivate-all-things-root/483646-guide-root-official-2-3-5-guide.html
laughingT said:
you can use root explorer or xplorer to copy the files and folders to your sd card. If you copy them back to restore them, you should do a chmod 755 on the files to make sure they are accessible, executable. xplorer lets you do that.
you want to copy, at least,
/efs
/radio
the radio folder contains modem
the efs folder has your phone's imei number.
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I tried this and I got a 'couldn't copy file' message. Then I tried EFS Professional, but it wouldn't recognize my device.
daLareid said:
I tried this and I got a 'couldn't copy file' message. Then I tried EFS Professional, but it wouldn't recognize my device.
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You have to mount as R/W to have the permission to do it.
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You have to mount as R/W to have the permission to do it.
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I managed to back it up with Root Explorer. Tried flashing Slim Bean with the guide you provided, now I'm stuck on the Semaphore logo and can't go into RECOVERY Mode.
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I managed to back it up with Root Explorer. Tried flashing Slim Bean with the guide you provided, now I'm stuck on the Semaphore logo and can't go into RECOVERY Mode.
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So, vol up+vol down+power button doesn't get you in recovery?
Also, did you flash it twice? First time it needs to repartition, so 2 flashes are needed.
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So, vol up+vol down+power button doesn't get you in recovery?
Also, did you flash it twice? First time it needs to repartition, so 2 flashes are needed.
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Flashed it twice and it's now working thanks, now I need to test the phone function. Btw do I need to root again when I'm on a ROM?
Edit: phone is not working, how can I put back the stock modem to make it work?
I could really use your help guys. I'm trying to get back to stock so I can get the updates being pushed by HTC/Rogers. There are a couple bugs that are really annoying me. So, before i tell you what I need, here's what I have.
M7_ul
Locked Bootloader - was relocked after unlocking a while ago
Rooted
CWM recovery
Stock HTC ROM
S-OFF
Baseband 4a.14.3250.14
Main 1.29.631.4
Modelid: PN0712000
CID: Roger001
Now, what I need is either the RUU or the stock recovery files and some sort of guide on how to install them. I've tried downloading from here: http://www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads/P60 but i can't flash it via CWM. I've also tried downloading and RUU from here: http://bugsylawson.com/files/file/1...5013-1033115001-release-312087-signed-2-4zip/ but when i unzip i get corrupt files and i can't move it to the phone.
I'm at a complete loss here. I would really appreciate any guidance you guys can provide. Any idea where I can get the proper RUU and how I can install it? Or if it's easier to just get the stock recovery, any idea where I can get it and how to install it using CWM or another method such as terminal emulator?
no need to relock bootloader is s-off'd
easiest way, IF there is an ruu or ruu zip for the rogers variant (you would need the ruu files that match 1.29.631.4) floating around i suggest this...back up sd card contents,boot into recovery...wipe the system,reboot into bootloader connect device via fastboot,run the ruu..one it boots except the ota
done
but how do i run the RUU and how do I know which exactly is the right RUU for me? I've heard RUUs are exe files but i haven't found any that are. The one I think is right for me is a zip and it seems to be corrupt though I dled the 1gb file twice. So i'm a bit confused.
vijn said:
but how do i run the RUU and how do I know which exactly is the right RUU for me? I've heard RUUs are exe files but i haven't found any that are. The one I think is right for me is a zip and it seems to be corrupt though I dled the 1gb file twice. So i'm a bit confused.
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You can find the RUU you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207874
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Thanks so much. But I'm still not sure which version to get. I tried the RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.29.707.3_R_Radio_4A.14.3250.13_10.33.1150.01_release_311678_signed.exe but no go. I get an error. Says it's the wrong ROM. Ugh. I've had no luck with this. So frustrating.
ImJacky said:
You can find the RUU you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207874
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So, I've tried Rogers 1.29.631.4.zip which is an nandroid backup but no go on that either, using CWM. At a total loss here.
vijn said:
So, I've tried Rogers 1.29.631.4.zip which is an nandroid backup but no go on that either, using CWM. At a total loss here.
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This is what I did and it worked like a charm... minus of course the issue after the software update which got fixed anyway.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357881
Ugh. Thanks cue_32. I had just downloaded that file when I saw your post, so I was very hopeful this would work. Pushed it to my phone, tried installing via CWM but almost immediately it said installation aborted. I have no idea what's going on. Nothing seems to be installable. WTF? And the link you posted for the stock recovery doesn't seem to lead to anywhere that has a recovery file for DL. So, I'm totally stuck now. UGH. Been on this for almost 2 days now. Haven't run into this much trouble with any of my previous phones, despite trying out almost a dozen different ROMs. Here, I'm just trying to revert to stock recovery and RUU and can't even do that. Sigh. I just don't get why none of the RUUs are installable.
vijn said:
Ugh. Thanks cue_32. I had just downloaded that file when I saw your post, so I was very hopeful this would work. Pushed it to my phone, tried installing via CWM but almost immediately it said installation aborted. I have no idea what's going on. Nothing seems to be installable. WTF? And the link you posted for the stock recovery doesn't seem to lead to anywhere that has a recovery file for DL. So, I'm totally stuck now. UGH. Been on this for almost 2 days now. Haven't run into this much trouble with any of my previous phones, despite trying out almost a dozen different ROMs. Here, I'm just trying to revert to stock recovery and RUU and can't even do that. Sigh. I just don't get why none of the RUUs are installable.
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There's no RUU available yet for Rogers so I personally wouldn't try any other RUU.
So you downloaded the Nandroid backup from Whamboush (or whatever the name was), you extracted and moved the EXTRACTED FOLDER to the proper location (Clockwork>Backup) and updated the permissions correct? I used Root Browser to do this, the permission should be exactly like your other CWM backups. If I recall correctly there are 3 columns with 3 rows, all are X'd except for the last box on the 2nd column\3rd Row. (middle\bottom)
example:
X X X
X X X
X _ X
From there I just did the restore using the original clock work mod (non-touch cause I'm old skool)
After it successfully flashes, before it prompts you to reboot you'll be prompted to re-root from within CWM itself. Select No.
After it reboots, test to make sure everything is ok.
Then enter fastboot mode (adb reboot bootloader), from fastboot mode you can then flash the recovery.
You're welcome
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vijn said:
Ugh. Thanks cue_32. Here, I'm just trying to revert to stock recovery and RUU and can't even do that. Sigh. I just don't get why none of the RUUs are installable.
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here's your stock recovery...I know how frustrating it can get so don't mind the step by step procedure.
http://d-h.st/dyr
You're welcome
well, cue_32 has give you the link to stock recovery..... what you can do is , flash the stock recovery first...try flashing the OTA......if still doesnt work..you can go for restoring the nandroid backup.....
mathrania said:
well, cue_32 has give you the link to stock recovery..... what you can do is , flash the stock recovery first...try flashing the OTA......if still doesnt work..you can go for restoring the nandroid backup.....
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If I had the original nandroid, of the original Rom for example, would all that one needs to do is flash it and unroot and that's it?
Sent from my HTC One
chc31 said:
If I had the original nandroid, of the original Rom for example, would all that one needs to do is flash it and unroot and that's it?
Sent from my HTC One
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Flash, unroot (if necessary) and flash stock recovery, which is what the instructions I provided, and optional lock the boot loader
So, I tried changing the permissions, which I hadn't done before, using Root Explorer but it says that some files can't be modified. So I can't set the permissions and CWM won't see those files at all, so that's not an option it seems. So I decided to just flash the recovery but when i do i get an error in adb Failed (remote: not allowed). So, that's not working either. Hehe. Every time I think i got it, something stands in the way. Will definitely feel like an accomplishment when i get this thing done finally, just not sure how or when it'll happen.
cue_32 said:
There's no RUU available yet for Rogers so I personally wouldn't try any other RUU.
So you downloaded the Nandroid backup from Whamboush (or whatever the name was), you extracted and moved the EXTRACTED FOLDER to the proper location (Clockwork>Backup) and updated the permissions correct? I used Root Browser to do this, the permission should be exactly like your other CWM backups. If I recall correctly there are 3 columns with 3 rows, all are X'd except for the last box on the 2nd column\3rd Row. (middle\bottom)
example:
X X X
X X X
X _ X
From there I just did the restore using the original clock work mod (non-touch cause I'm old skool)
After it successfully flashes, before it prompts you to reboot you'll be prompted to re-root from within CWM itself. Select No.
After it reboots, test to make sure everything is ok.
Then enter fastboot mode (adb reboot bootloader), from fastboot mode you can then flash the recovery.
You're welcome
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here's your stock recovery...I know how frustrating it can get so don't mind the step by step procedure.
http://d-h.st/dyr
You're welcome
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Ya, I tried flashing the recovery, no go. No go on the nandroid backup either. The good thing is, i'm getting much more familiar with adb. Hehe.
mathrania said:
well, cue_32 has give you the link to stock recovery..... what you can do is , flash the stock recovery first...try flashing the OTA......if still doesnt work..you can go for restoring the nandroid backup.....
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Ya, I tried flashing the recovery, no go. No go on the nandroid backup either. The good thing is, i'm getting much more familiar with adb. Hehe.
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well, interested in another option.....i havent done this, but some people do...
change you CID to some device which has rcvd OTA, like mine is HTC_J15....just an example... now your mobile would be WWE internation blah blah... now grab the RUU.exe for it....backup all your data...and run it.....and then go for the OTA's ...in short the region of your device would be changed... you will have to find it in the forum itself... there are tutorials out there to do it...
Well, I'm leaving for the weekend, so I'll have to put this aside for now. In my research I had come across what you are suggesting but it seemed like more trouble and a little confusing so I opted against it, but maybe I'll have to revisit it when i get back. Hopefully you guys will still be around to provide some guidance. I do appreciate all your help. THanks again.
mathrania said:
well, interested in another option.....i havent done this, but some people do...
change you CID to some device which has rcvd OTA, like mine is HTC_J15....just an example... now your mobile would be WWE internation blah blah... now grab the RUU.exe for it....backup all your data...and run it.....and then go for the OTA's ...in short the region of your device would be changed... you will have to find it in the forum itself... there are tutorials out there to do it...
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cue_32 said:
Flash, unroot (if necessary) and flash stock recovery, which is what the instructions I provided, and optional lock the boot loader
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alrighty! ill keep that in mind, thinking of rooting! i had a htc sensation i bought online, if anything would happen to it i couldnt do anything about it, so i rooted and kept it like that. Now a Rogers One.. different lol. Thanks!
vijn said:
So, I tried changing the permissions, which I hadn't done before, using Root Explorer but it says that some files can't be modified. So I can't set the permissions and CWM won't see those files at all, so that's not an option it seems.
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Just to be sure, the EXTRACTED FOLDER I'm referring to is the last folder before you see ALL the files of the 'ROM' like boot.img, cache.ext4.tar, recovery.img, etc...This folder is the one you want to make the permission changes to.
I had the exact same problem before and tried on ES File explorer, Astro File explorer, and Root browser (not root explorer although Im sure it works too). (I've never had to have this many installed at once) but basically this was the problem because after I extracted and updated the permission using Root browser, it worked on 1st try.
What I had done as well is make sure I was moving the extracted folder to the proper location by doing a nandroid back up first. From there I located the backup I just created and moved the extracted folder there. Once the extracted folder is in the right place, I went and used root browser and updated the permissions.
This totally worked Cue. Thank you so much. Finally managed to get the nandroid back up flashed, but then when I went to flash the recovery, i got an error: Failed (remote: not allowed). Ugh. So baby steps, but still in the right direction. So now my status is, Locked bootloader, s-off, flashed nandroid backup, but still have CWM recovery which I apparently can't seem to shake. Anyone know where I can maybe find a .zip recovery that I can try flashing via CWM? Not sure whether that's even possible, as CWM would essentially be overwriting itself but not sure what other options i have. From the research I've done so far though, it seems i can't flash a recovery with a locked bootloader. It does feel like i'm going around in circles here.
cue_32 said:
Just to be sure, the EXTRACTED FOLDER I'm referring to is the last folder before you see ALL the files of the 'ROM' like boot.img, cache.ext4.tar, recovery.img, etc...This folder is the one you want to make the permission changes to.
I had the exact same problem before and tried on ES File explorer, Astro File explorer, and Root browser (not root explorer although Im sure it works too). (I've never had to have this many installed at once) but basically this was the problem because after I extracted and updated the permission using Root browser, it worked on 1st try.
What I had done as well is make sure I was moving the extracted folder to the proper location by doing a nandroid back up first. From there I located the backup I just created and moved the extracted folder there. Once the extracted folder is in the right place, I went and used root browser and updated the permissions.
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Do i really have to go through the entire unlock bootloader process to flash stock recovery? Ugh. I honestly don't get why this is so complicated. My previous phones were SOOO much simpler in comparison. This just feels like way too much trouble. I originally just wanted a rooted phone to get rid of bloatware and other small tweaks. I had no idea it would have such annoying consequences. Now, I'm just trying to get the stock ROM updated with HTC's latest bug fixes and software upgrade before i try and custom roms. I suspect it's not going to get easier though. I think once i get this finally done, i'm just going to leave the phone as is, completely stock at least until the 4.2.2 upgrade. Then after that I'll root it again. I used to love this process of rooting, installing custom roms, etc. Was fun, but this is just tedious as all hell. Hehe. Anyway, enough ranting. Ya, if anyone can tell me what my next step is, I'd be grateful.
Hi there,
I've rooted my rogers htc one, and have clockworksmod recovery on there, but I'm an idiot and never saved nandroid backup of the stock rom, I'm stressing out as its gotta go back in for warranty purposes and I've looked for 5 days high and low on this site on how to unroot the device back to stock again. I've downloaded the cwm backup of the rogers001 backup but my recovery wont pick it up? Any help would be appreciated, tks kenny
skyjor2012 said:
Hi there,
I've rooted my rogers htc one, and have clockworksmod recovery on there, but I'm an idiot and never saved nandroid backup of the stock rom, I'm stressing out as its gotta go back in for warranty purposes and I've looked for 5 days high and low on this site on how to unroot the device back to stock again. I've downloaded the cwm backup of the rogers001 backup but my recovery wont pick it up? Any help would be appreciated, tks kenny
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in superuser app there is an option where you can unroot your device..
I'll try that app when I get home. I downloaded whampahoofus cwm nandroid backup, tried adding it to clockworkmod/backup but clockworkmod recovery doesn't pick it up! Also in recovery I see 4 backups. Non of themselves the stick but How come I don't see them on my sd card?
skyjor2012 said:
I'll try that app when I get home. I downloaded whampahoofus cwm nandroid backup, tried adding it to clockworkmod/backup but clockworkmod recovery doesn't pick it up! Also in recovery I see 4 backups. Non of themselves the stick but How come I don't see them on my sd card?
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they're not there anymore, now they are in mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
to remove root, use this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=de
cheers
Thanks, I'll try it after work, appreciate your help, so have you used that app to indoor before. Is there anything special I need, I'm on Roger Cid rogers001 and it seems as if it's given everyone the hardest time unrooting, an Ruu for rogers001 would be fantastic! So do l my tonight rooted to gain access to the backup folder? So that path you gave me, is that where my backup from the PC be transfer. Sorry for all the question!
skyjor2012 said:
Thanks, I'll try it after work, appreciate your help, so have you used that app to indoor before. Is there anything special I need, I'm on Roger Cid rogers001 and it seems as if it's given everyone the hardest time unrooting, an Ruu for rogers001 would be fantastic! So do l my tonight rooted to gain access to the backup folder? So that path you gave me, is that where my backup from the PC be transfer. Sorry for all the question!
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in the supersu app you have the option to completely unroot. it should work..
yes, to access this folder you need a root explorer and a rooted device. then you can copy/move the backups with the root explorer on the device to the sdcard. after this you can find the backups on the PC.
cheers :highfive:
ok update, got home and installed supersu app, and it said to update su binary and I tried that but it didn't allow me to. Then I read I should install supersu.zip from recover, and I did, now I cant run supersu at all there's no binary installed. Also tried es file explorer, and root broswer, and went to mnt/shell and then its blank, there's no clockworkmod/backup. I dont think I have root access, and I tried to turn it on in settings but it wont allow me to. I think my phones rooted but I dont have root access of the rom, is that correct in saying, thanks
Managed to get back to stock rom, but need to find a stock recovery, then I should be able to apply the update thats available and it should be all back to stock, hopefully, wow I've been learning lots about android lately, lol
skyjor2012 said:
Managed to get back to stock rom, but need to find a stock recovery, then I should be able to apply the update thats available and it should be all back to stock, hopefully, wow I've been learning lots about android lately, lol
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were you able to find the stock rogers recovery? I'm looking to instal OTA update and need to flash to stock recovery...
Nope never did find it. I'm still looking. I need OTA update as well! I'm getting bad call reception!
I've heard using stock AT&T recovery.img works, since recovery images aren't really specific to the different carriers. Maybe try that out? Has anyone else ever tried that that can have some input?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358928
This thread has some more information about it.
Hi,
I have the non-Taiwan Butterfly S. I unlocked it via HTC Dev, and installed Clockwork Recovery.
This week, the 4.2 update was released for Singapore. It seems to have been in two parts, one which was a minor upgrade (235MB), and after that was applied, I got the option of the larger, 4.3, 700MB, OTA.
Applying the OTA seems to have left me, at boot time, with a blank screen (there is some backlight visible, after the HTC splash). I read tonight that OTA should not be used with custom recoveries, so I have (using fastboot) been able to flash the stock recovery.
I can now go into Fastboot, HBoot, and even Recovery. But I think I may no longer have an actual "system".
How can I flash either a custom ROM, or investigate the situation?
And also, after I see the Recovery screen (the battery icon), what can I do there?
Thanks,
ghane0 said:
Hi,
I have the non-Taiwan Butterfly S. I unlocked it via HTC Dev, and installed Clockwork Recovery.
This week, the 4.2 update was released for Singapore. It seems to have been in two parts, one which was a minor upgrade (235MB), and after that was applied, I got the option of the larger, 4.3, 700MB, OTA.
Applying the OTA seems to have left me, at boot time, with a blank screen (there is some backlight visible, after the HTC splash). I read tonight that OTA should not be used with custom recoveries, so I have (using fastboot) been able to flash the stock recovery.
I can now go into Fastboot, HBoot, and even Recovery. But I think I may no longer have an actual "system".
How can I flash either a custom ROM, or investigate the situation?
And also, after I see the Recovery screen (the battery icon), what can I do there?
Thanks,
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What I would do is get TWRP Recovery (Just a matter of personal preference you can get clockwormod too) do a full wipe, clear the cache, dalvik cache and install a custom ROM hope I helped somehow
Do you still have the OTA zipfile on your device? It should be possible to force the stock recovery to install it, I just don't know how exactly. If you manage to achieve that, it should fix any corrupted files or inconsistent state, unless something went completely wrong.
Also, did the CWM recovery actually succeed to install the smaller OTA? I find that somewhat weird, but then again, I haven't tried to install OTAs using CWM, only TWRP and that did fail early.
If it was a 901S, I'd suggest installing the stock ROM from scratch, but since your phone is 901E (as far as I understand) and my stock ZIPs are for 901S, that's not guaranteed to work. Still, you might try to do that, but make sure to make a backup of the current state first, just in case it only gets worse. If it does work, it's probably going to be the easiest way out.
Another option would be to get someone else with the 901E to post a backup of their /system, I could turn that into a ZIP, which would solve your problem.
koniiiik said:
Do you still have the OTA zipfile on your device? It should be possible to force the stock recovery to install it, I just don't know how exactly. If you manage to achieve that, it should fix any corrupted files or inconsistent state, unless something went completely wrong.
Also, did the CWM recovery actually succeed to install the smaller OTA? I find that somewhat weird, but then again, I haven't tried to install OTAs using CWM, only TWRP and that did fail early.
If it was a 901S, I'd suggest installing the stock ROM from scratch, but since your phone is 901E (as far as I understand) and my stock ZIPs are for 901S, that's not guaranteed to work. Still, you might try to do that, but make sure to make a backup of the current state first, just in case it only gets worse. If it does work, it's probably going to be the easiest way out.
Another option would be to get someone else with the 901E to post a backup of their /system, I could turn that into a ZIP, which would solve your problem.
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It is a 901s he said non Taiwan
Sent from my HTC Butterfly s using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
seyidaga said:
What I would do is get TWRP Recovery (Just a matter of personal preference you can get clockwormod too) do a full wipe, clear the cache, dalvik cache and install a custom ROM hope I helped somehow
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I have downloaded the Maximus ROM. I am open to doing this, but I cannot figure out how to use the stock recovery (there seem to be no controls).
koniiiik said:
Do you still have the OTA zipfile on your device? It should be possible to force the stock recovery to install it, I just don't know how exactly. If you manage to achieve that, it should fix any corrupted files or inconsistent state, unless something went completely wrong.
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I think so, too, but at this stage, I am willing to go clean-slate and restart with a stock, factory, look.
koniiiik said:
If it was a 901S, I'd suggest installing the stock ROM from scratch
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I have downloaded the stock zip from your website. How do i flash that in stock recovery?
I have access to fastboot from my laptop, I can see the device.
Thanks,
daorderdillon said:
It is a 901s he said non Taiwan
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Oh, okay, I think I'm getting lost in which area has which version of the phone. Never mind then and thanks for the correction.
ghane0 said:
I think so, too, but at this stage, I am willing to go clean-slate and restart with a stock, factory, look.
I have downloaded the stock zip from your website. How do i flash that in stock recovery?
I have access to fastboot from my laptop, I can see the device.
Thanks,
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Well, to install custom ROMs, you'll have to use either TWRP or CWM, I don't know about a way to do that using stock recovery.
Ok, I did this:
Installed CWM Recovery
Flashed the Stock zip from koniiiik's archive
Rebooted successfully. Lots and lots of force closes, Everything from android.core to ...
Used Rom Manager to restore a backup made a month ago
Rebooted. All OK now
Flashed Stock Recovery (again, thanks koniiiik)
Booted. Checked OTA. Got a small update (1.x)
Applied. Rebooted, Checked OTA again
Got the 4.3 package. Applied.
All is well
Between Step #3 and #4, I got my entire backlog of SMS delivered, which I lost in the next step. But that is a small price to pay.
Thanks to all of you helped,
ghane0 said:
Used Rom Manager to restore a backup made a month ago
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Would you mind uploading somewhere the /system part of that backup? I'd be interested in comparing it to the builds I have at hand.
Backup of /system, nearly stock
I say nearly stock, because it was taken after HTC Unlock, Clockwork Recovery was installed, and root flashed
koniiiik said:
Would you mind uploading somewhere the /system part of that backup? I'd be interested in comparing it to the builds I have at hand.
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I have three files in the directory:
system.ext4.tar (0B)
system.ext4.tar.a (954MB)
system.ext4.tar.b (500MB)
Is the split to avoid files greater than 1GB?
Will upload starting a few hours. Dropbox will do?
ghane0 said:
I say nearly stock, because it was taken after HTC Unlock, Clockwork Recovery was installed, and root flashed
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Don't worry about that, of these three, only root affects /system and it should be not too difficult to revert.
ghane0 said:
Is the split to avoid files greater than 1GB?
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Most likely – FAT filesystems, depending on inode size and other factors, only support file sizes up to a certain limit. Sometimes it's 2 GB, sometimes 4 GB, sometimes probably as little as 1 GB.
ghane0 said:
Will upload starting a few hours. Dropbox will do?
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That would be most helpful. Thanks.
Dropbox is back up, I have sent you a link.
Thanks