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Hello people, I hope I'm not being a 'bloody annoying bastard '- I really have searched the internet forums thoroughly for a solution to my predicament.
I recently bought a Bell network branded HTC Raider with stock GB (2.3.4) rom. I have unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone. In my haste to get rid of the bloatware, I stupidly used Root Explorer to delete files instead using Titanium Backup - ergo, no chance to restore deleted stuff. Anyway, now when I press 'Personalize' on the launcher bar, and then try to choose any of the sound options,(ringtones, notifications or alarms), I get a message saying 'The linked program is no longer installed on your phone'. And if I try to change the notification sound from within, say, the messages app, the app 'has to close'. The only 'program' that I can think of that is even remotely connected with sound is Soundhound, which I deleted, but I don't believe that would be the cause. I can still set a ringtone using the ringtone widget, but I can't change the notification or alarm sounds, even though I can still see and play them in System/Media/Audio. Has anyone any idea what I have inadvertently deleted? Something from HTC Sense, I'm guessing. Is it possible to download the Sense 3.0 files and pick them apart to perhaps find what I'm missing?
Sorry if this is a dumb question - my first post and all. Cheers.
Why dont you flash the stock.rom?
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tokidoki11 said:
Why dont you flash the stock.rom?
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Do you have a link to download the stock rom please?
I'm sorry
Im no htc user
Ask the forum i suggest
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I was able to find a link to the stock ICS update RUU for Bell Raiders
(this will upgrade your phone to Ice Cream Sandwich and wipe everything)
If you want to stick with the BellMobility stock Gingerbread, I think I have it archived at home. I can upload it this evening if you want it.
Thanks to the ICS BellMobility RUU post by kennethpenn
http://briefmobile.com/download-htc-vivid-ice-cream-sandwich-update
(there are 2 mirror links available for this download)
and... here is the upload of the GB BellMobility RUU!
(filename: RUU_Holiday_BM_1.65.666.3_Radio_1.11.1020.03_30.77.551061.02L_release_222207_signed.exe)
http://depositfiles.com/files/ri3ygxwsi
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Thank you, I'll try for the Gingerbread first, just to try to find out what I deleted. Upgrade to ICS I believe I can get from HTC OTA if I return the phone to stock first. I'm still new at this flashing business, so I'm grateful for any help.
OK . . . downloaded file, but unfortunately it is an installer package, and it won't install on my rooted Raider. Does anyone out there have it in a zip package? I'd like to sort thru the apk files.
Or at the very least, a LIST of installed apk's for the Bell Raider.
linzoid said:
OK . . . downloaded file, but unfortunately it is an installer package, and it won't install on my rooted Raider. Does anyone out there have it in a zip package? I'd like to sort thru the apk files.
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You have to relock your bootloader before running the ruu...its easy just download the toolkit and use the relock bootloader option...then run the ruu
As far as it in a zip file...I don't honk there is one for the bell...there's a rooted deodexed art one you can flash in recovery...don't know how that will play with your bell version tho
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linzoid said:
OK . . . downloaded file, but unfortunately it is an installer package, and it won't install on my rooted Raider. Does anyone out there have it in a zip package? I'd like to sort thru the apk files.
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When you run an HTC RUU exe, it takes a little time to extract whatever files it needs. Once you get to the very first step of the RUU (where you get to click buttons), I believe you can go to C:\Users\whoever\AppData\Local\Temp (for Win7 users) and then sort by modified date. You should see a folder that was very recently created. If you poke around in there, you may find a file called "rom.zip". That should be the stock rom from the RUU. But what you do with it is at your own risk!
mg2 is right - just relock the bootloader and the RUU will bring your phone back to glorious stock. It's so much easier than messing around. Then you can decide what your next step is.
LaZiODROID said:
When you run an HTC RUU exe, it takes a little time to extract whatever files it needs. Once you get to the very first step of the RUU (where you get to click buttons), I believe you can go to C:\Users\whoever\AppData\Local\Temp (for Win7 users) and then sort by modified date. You should see a folder that was very recently created. If you poke around in there, you may find a file called "rom.zip". That should be the stock rom from the RUU. But what you do with it is at your own risk!
mg2 is right - just relock the bootloader and the RUU will bring your phone back to glorious stock. It's so much easier than messing around. Then you can decide what your next step is.
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Yes, I realise now that reflashing the stock rom was the easiest way. Now I have the OTA ICS and Sense 3.6 rom in place, have re unlocked, re rooted and this time I am being more careful with bloatware removal! Have also done a full nandroid backup. Thanks again for the advice, people. Looking forward to asking more noob questions in the future. :silly:
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Yes, I realise now that reflashing the stock rom was the easiest way. Now I have the OTA ICS and Sense 3.6 rom in place, have re unlocked, re rooted and this time I am being more careful with bloatware removal! Have also done a full nandroid backup. Thanks again for the advice, people. Looking forward to asking more noob questions in the future. :silly:
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Sweet!
Sent from my S-OFF'd underclocked Bell Raider LTE
Just one more thing . . . I understand that I'll need to S-OFF if I want to install custom ROMs, is that right? Any other advantages of an S-OFF phone? The procedure looks a tad daunting - poking around in the back of the phone with a piece of wire! I did it to my old Desire . . . was quite straightforward using Revolutionary. Cheers, all.
linzoid said:
Just one more thing . . . I understand that I'll need to S-OFF if I want to install custom ROMs, is that right? Any other advantages of an S-OFF phone? The procedure looks a tad daunting - poking around in the back of the phone with a piece of wire! I did it to my old Desire . . . was quite straightforward using Revolutionary. Cheers, all.
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You do not need to be S-OFF to install custom roms: just need to flash boot.img using fastboot and flash rom thru recovery
With S_OFF you flash kernel (boot.img) thru recovery instead of using fastboot
ronnie498 said:
You do not need to be S-OFF to install custom roms: just need to flash boot.img using fastboot and flash rom thru recovery
With S_OFF you flash kernel (boot.img) thru recovery instead of using fastboot
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OK . . . got it. Thanks for that.
If you're a ROM-a-Holic like me (and maybe a few others around here) and want to try many different roms and kernels to find out what you like the most, you'll want to do the S-OFF procedure. It's not that bad, and it's definitely convenient to be able to download a stack of roms and kernels, put them on your SD card, and then sit out on the lawn enjoying some sun and flashing your phone silly directly from recovery without needing fastboot! I highly recommend it.
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If you're a ROM-a-Holic like me (and maybe a few others around here) and want to try many different roms and kernels to find out what you like the most, you'll want to do the S-OFF procedure. It's not that bad, and it's definitely convenient to be able to download a stack of roms and kernels, put them on your SD card, and then sit out on the lawn enjoying some sun and flashing your phone silly directly from recovery without needing fastboot! I highly recommend it.
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I agree! If you follow the instructions from the SuperGuide (stickied in the development forum I believe) exactly, you shouldn't have any problems with the S-OFF procedure.
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!
menachemt said:
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.
menachemt said:
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!
menachemt said:
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!
menachemt said:
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,
My girlfriend has finally gotten jack of all the carrier-installed crap on her Incredible S (Optus, Australia - ICS, Hboot 2.00.002, S-ON, etc).
Basically, I want to root her phone, and clean crap out of the system partition. There is just one problem: I don't seem to be able to find a rooting solution for Hboot 2.00.002 which doesn't involve wiping the phone, and I haven't found a way to dump the content of the phone without rooting it.
I've dug around in this forum (as best I can, search seems to be up the spout for me at the moment) and turned up only one guy who was asking the same question some months ago. I can't actually find his post again now to point it out, because search = dead.
Anyway, any ideas would be great. I'm used to my Defy and Nexus which make this relatively easy.
Cheers.
Unlock the bootloader at htcdev.com
Get cwm or 4ext recovery by using this command 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'
Download superuser from clockworkmod.com and flash it via recovery.
Once rooted, get es file explorer (enable root explorer) or root explorer.
Then delete whatever you don't need
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Doesn't the HTCdev method wipe the data partition? I thought it did
The only option, if you don't want to wipe it is to go to settings-> apps and disable the optus crapware. There is soooo much its not funny
I lived with stock GB sense 3.0 for about a day and a half, I couldn't handle it
markj338 said:
Doesn't the HTCdev method wipe the data partition? I thought it did
The only option, if you don't want to wipe it is to go to settings-> apps and disable the optus crapware. There is soooo much its not funny
I lived with stock GB sense 3.0 for about a day and a half, I couldn't handle it
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FFU5y said:
Hi,
My girlfriend has finally gotten jack of all the carrier-installed crap on her Incredible S (Optus, Australia - ICS, Hboot 2.00.002, S-ON, etc).
Basically, I want to root her phone, and clean crap out of the system partition. There is just one problem: I don't seem to be able to find a rooting solution for Hboot 2.00.002 which doesn't involve wiping the phone, and I haven't found a way to dump the content of the phone without rooting it.
I've dug around in this forum (as best I can, search seems to be up the spout for me at the moment) and turned up only one guy who was asking the same question some months ago. I can't actually find his post again now to point it out, because search = dead.
Anyway, any ideas would be great. I'm used to my Defy and Nexus which make this relatively easy.
Cheers.
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My backup might be what you're looking for https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackup
That's the link to the free trial. Looks like it backs up everything besides app data without root access.
Cheers all.
My Backup looks interesting, but unfortunately what I really want to do is dump the app data.
Basically, I was hoping there was a 'Temporary Root' - i.e. root until reboot - solution that I could use to get access to the data of the various apps to dump it, or some other way to extract the contents of the phone (e.g. via ADB). Maybe even a way to read partitions in fastboot mode, rather than just write. Then I could unlock the bootloader (using htcdev), install a clean ROM, and then put the app data back on there.
Looks like whatever crapware I can't get rid of via the 'Apps' menu will just have to stay =)
Edit: and then I came across these posts/pages about ADB backup/restore 1, 2, 3
And backup unpacking.
In brief, it looks like a new feature was added in ICS to allow you to backup and restore app data using ADB without root access, using the command:
sudo adb backup -f <filename> -all
This will back up data for all apps, and optionally you can have encryption on the backup file.
You can also do backups just for individual apps, and then restore them. Or extract them, as it seems the backup file is just a DEFLATEd tar file (see the 'backup unpacking' link above)
i am new to rooting please clarify the following
hi i have an htc incredible s
android: 4.0.4
sense: 3.6
hboot: 2.02.0002
radios: 3831.18.00.11_m
i am very new to rooting.
i am using my backup app to backup my data
Now i want to be able to upgrade to android 4.1 and later and htc sense once i root my phone.
also in case it doesn't work well how do i go back to my stock android
Also, a friend told me that i shall not be able to use htc sense, is that so?
Can you please tell me what all is to done apart from this, if any?
ashut0sh said:
hi i have an htc incredible s
android: 4.0.4
sense: 3.6
hboot: 2.02.0002
radios: 3831.18.00.11_m
i am very new to rooting.
i am using my backup app to backup my data
Now i want to be able to upgrade to android 4.1 and later and htc sense once i root my phone.
also in case it doesn't work well how do i go back to my stock android
Also, a friend told me that i shall not be able to use htc sense, is that so?
Can you please tell me what all is to done apart from this, if any?
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You can go back to stock by flashing the stock ruu or a stock ROM.
There are currently no custom jb/sense ROMs
Only aosp jb and ICS sense. Viper ROM is on its way, ICS sense and its really good.
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Im so screwwwweeddd i was trying to flash a "100% stock rom" for thr sprint htc from this link here
http://www.htc1guru.com/downloads/stock-rom-downloads/
and now, the rom booted up and its just stuck at the lock screen i got 4g and im getting notifcations but i cant even reboot, manual reboot or anything just keeps saying, hold on power for 1 second and im holding forever and nothing!!
Touch doesnt work and i was coming from ecliptic rom yes my phone has unlocked bootloader and i selected the option to not root
PLEASE HELP!!
I used the latest file, my touch doesnt work at all is there anyway to control the screen without having to touch it ?
It must be a 4.1.2 ROM. Your touchscreen doesn't work cause you need the old drivers for 4.1.2 If you just want a stock rom run a ruu. This is the latest http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2508907
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It must be a 4.1.2 ROM. Your touchscreen doesn't work cause you need the old drivers for 4.1.2 If you just want a stock rom run a ruu. This is the latest http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2508907
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yeah i knew about ruu's thing is you cant ruu on mac.
Heres what i did though, since touch wouldnt work. i had to adb everything. and Re-root this thing again, and flash TWRP again, touch still wouldnt work nor was i able to unlock the screen but luckily i had a cm11 zip lying around, i loaded it up deleted the usual data , cache etc, and it booted to cm11 with working touch!
took 6 hours to figure it out.. but i did it!
Lesson learned
Joee21 said:
yeah i knew about ruu's thing is you cant ruu on mac.
Heres what i did though, since touch wouldnt work. i had to adb everything. and Re-root this thing again, and flash TWRP again, touch still wouldnt work nor was i able to unlock the screen but luckily i had a cm11 zip lying around, i loaded it up deleted the usual data , cache etc, and it booted to cm11 with working touch!
took 6 hours to figure it out.. but i did it!
Lesson learned
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It's what I said. You wanted to flash a 4.1.2 ROM, but you are on the latest firmare. Your touch didn't work cause 4.1.2 needs the old firmware (touch pannel driver). If you still want that ROM you need to downgrade your firmware (you must be s-off) than flash the old firmware. If you want to stick with newer ROMs 4.3 and above you are ok. You can't do many things with a mac so you must install VirtualBox and than make a Windows virtual machine.
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I just finished unlocking and rooting my 626s via this fanstic guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-626/help/complete-detailed-step-step-root-t3217505 thanks jtrosky
Anyway I kind of messed up and removed a lot of the default aps that came with the phone, I just had to do a reset and now I dont have a home screen or keyboard. This was my first time doing someting like this so I did not even create a backup/recovery.
I know how to correct the problem I just need a default ROM/RUU from another Canadian (preferably bell) service provider so I can reflash it onto the phone. I know that HTC allows you to down load other roms but they are all for american carriers and when I try to install them I get an error stating something along the lines of "invalid service id" details of the default build are as follows : Android version 5.1 and Firmware version 1.21.666.4.
If anyone could help me out I would greatly apreachate it, otherwise I will need to get a new phone because even tho is under warranty as soon as Bell sees that its been rooted and such they wont fix it.
PS hopefully I posted this in the right place I am a new member here.
Does it at least boot?
Edit: try flashing this in recovery (I'm assuming you have a custom one, preferably TWRP). It's just a Titanium Backup update zip with the Sense Home and keyboard apps. Let me know if it helped
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jd41x83q0vcq0o3/htc_launcher_keyboard.zip?dl=0
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Ya it boots into android with out any problem, I just cant getinto google app store to download anything because I can type anything. I am using CyanogenMod recovery as that is the one the guide suggested to use.
Edit: do I launch it via fastboot or load it unto the phone and run threw Cyanogen recovery?
Rakivic said:
Ya it boots into android with out any problem, I just cant getinto google app store to download anything because I can type anything. I am using CyanogenMod recovery as that is the one the guide suggested to use.
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Try downloading and flashing the zip I posted above
Put it onto internal memory and flash in cyanogenmod recovery
If that doesn't work but you're able to boot, just sideload/install Google keyboard apk like normal. You'll have to download the apk elsewhere since you can't use the Play Store for now
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Surj138 said:
Try downloading and flashing the zip I posted above
Put it onto internal memory and flash in cyanogenmod recovery
If that doesn't work but you're able to boot, just sideload/install Google keyboard apk like normal. You'll have to download the apk elsewhere since you can't use the Play Store for now
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ok tried what you suggested and the phone spat out a whole bunch of errors which are listed in order below they all showed up red.
finding update package
opening update package
verifying update package
E:footer is wrong
E:signature vitrifaction failed
Install failed
E:unknown volume for path [/cash/recovery/log]
E:cant mount cash recover log
I installed the file you provided in zip format into the main folder of the phone, unplugged from computer, restated phone, then selected the same as you would to run the root in cyanogenmod recovery.
is there something I am doing wrong or am I just plain screwed?
No you're not screwed.
I'm not familiar with CM recovery.. Can you disable those verification checks?
If not then try putting Google keyboard apk on your phone memory and installing it while booted. Use the file explorer, if you didn't delete that as well
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Surj138 said:
No you're not screwed.
I'm not familiar with CM recovery.. Can you disable those verification checks?
If not then try putting Google keyboard apk on your phone memory and installing it while booted. Use the file explorer, if you didn't delete that as well
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ok will have to put default recovery on it first...with CM recovery installed the phone gets stuck at the part "verifying installed aps" but it boots normally if I reflash the default recovery. I dont know if that means anything to you or not.
EDIT: just flashed it to TWRP instead of CM recovery seams like TWRP is the preferred choice
Nice[emoji106] So did it work after all?
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Surj138 said:
Hmm weird, well I hope it works for you
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I flashed your zip with twrp and it worked now i just need a file manager apk do I install that threw TWRP recovery the same way as I did with the zip you gave me. I think I am on the road to getting this working again thanks to your help.
Rakivic said:
I flashed your zip with twrp and it worked now i just need a file manager apk do I install that threw TWRP recovery the same way as I did with the zip you gave me. I think I am on the road to getting this working again thanks to your help.
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What installed? It was supposed to install Sense Home launcher and Sense keyboard.
If they installed correctly then you should be good to go already. I can make a zip with the HTC file explorer but if your keyboard is working, you should be able to just download it from the Play Store
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Surj138 said:
What installed? It was supposed to install Sense Home launcher and Sense keyboard.
If they installed correctly then you should be good to go already. I can make a zip with the HTC file explorer but if your keyboard is working, you should be able to just download it from the Play Store
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Thanks for all your help I was able to get everything sorted out and my phone back working....this time before I start removing anything I will back it up lol
Surj138 said:
Try downloading and flashing the zip I posted above
Put it onto internal memory and flash in cyanogenmod recovery
If that doesn't work but you're able to boot, just sideload/install Google keyboard apk like normal. You'll have to download the apk elsewhere since you can't use the Play Store for now
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Hi,
I am having the same issue here.
I am missing the Setup Wizard so I can't get passed the connect to a wifi prompt.
Tried looking for a Canadian flashable zip..no luck. Tried flash your privous ZIP but I guess I am missing more that the launcher and keyboard to move on :/
I have a Titanium backup on my SD card but not as a ZIP and can launch into the OS without going through the Wizard.
Cheers
maximepull said:
Hi,
I am having the same issue here.
I am missing the Setup Wizard so I can't get passed the connect to a wifi prompt.
Tried looking for a Canadian flashable zip..no luck. Tried flash your privous ZIP but I guess I am missing more that the launcher and keyboard to move on :/
I have a Titanium backup on my SD card but not as a ZIP and can launch into the OS without going through the Wizard.
Cheers
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Try flashing this in recovery and rebooting... it's just a zip with HTC and Android setup wizards. Hope it works
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cfaujbqzf9nbyh5/setup_wizard.zip?dl=0
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Surj138 said:
Try flashing this in recovery and rebooting... it's just a zip with HTC and Android setup wizards. Hope it works
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Has anybody had any luck flashing this variant of the HTC DEsire 626s with marshmallow... (Bell/ PC Mobile) Variant?
sorry to post this here but I have been looking for help on my mothers Desire 626s from eastlink. I really don't care what provider its on I just want to put a Stock Rom on it. it is currently on 1.24.428.4 firemware and the phone keeps asking to update to 1.30.428.3 and it cant. I put a stock Recovery back on the device and it will start the install then it will fail and give me a triangle with a exclamation mark. I have tried 5 or 6 different recoverys and the same thing over and over. I even went as far as contacted HTC and they told me since they DONT and I QUOTE DONT have a copy of the RUU for my phone they cant help me. so I turn to the internet and have been searching for weeks and I cant seem to find anyone who can help me out. so I hope some one here can. thanks
Surj138 said:
Try flashing this in recovery and rebooting... it's just a zip with HTC and Android setup wizards. Hope it works
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cfaujbqzf9nbyh5/setup_wizard.zip?dl=0
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Hi and thanks for the zip.
I'm sure it would help alot. Problem is, I don't have a recovery and can't flash through fastboot because my Bootloader is relocked...
If you tell me where to unzip them, maybe I can extract them to the proper location on the phone?
I know a few months passed since your post but my xda account was linked to an email I no longer use...
Cheers
maximepull said:
Hi and thanks for the zip.
I'm sure it would help alot. Problem is, I don't have a recovery and can't flash through fastboot because my Bootloader is relocked...
If you tell me where to unzip them, maybe I can extract them to the proper location on the phone?
I know a few months passed since your post but my xda account was linked to an email I no longer use...
Cheers
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maximepull said:
I'm stuck.
My phone boots to the welcome screen all the way to the wifi selection but stops after that saying the setup wizard cannot launch. So I cannot go into phone settings to "enable OEM unlocking" to follow the official HTC procedure for the bootloader unlock (which was once unlocked but is now relocked).
I looks like I have no recovery, because I cannot boot into recovery, it just fails.
If I go to (what I thought was) Download/Fastboot mode and try to Fastboot flash twrp for example, it says: FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state) ----> but I then read that this was because I was NOT actually in Download Mode.
So I think I managed to get to Download mode and tried the Fastboot command to flash TWRP again and now it says: FAILED (remote: 9: SD_SECURITY_FAIL recovery and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCK).
I suppose it means that my Bootloader isnt unlocked...but as mention initially, I cannot access the OS and enable the OEM unlocking toggle.
Since Fastboot isnt working, I dont know if an RUU would work.... And look like I will never know because everytime I launche the EXE file, it extracts, asks me to to accept the conditions, then nothing happens...
Please help!!
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I am replying to myself. After trying several things on the phone, I went back to the OS's setup wizard. The second step (2 steps before the crash), has some text and one has a clickable link saying "learn more". It actually opens some phone settings, and from there, you can access all of the phone settings. So I was able to activate Dev mode, OEM unlock and debugging without going through the Wizard!!
Followed the BL unlock procedures on HTC website and as soon as it was unlocked, phone rebooted and TWRP reappeared! I'm saved!!
Thought I would share my discovery in case this ever happens to you too.
I also discovered another possible course of action. When accessing the same "link" to get to settings, go to the network settings and put the phone on Airplane mode. Go back to the setup wizard and skip the connection to wifi. I think it will skip the part of the Setup that made the OS crash.