[ROM] Inspire 4G Stock Rom w/Root, HSUPA, and Sideloading

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angelchen1111

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after using this method getting everything setup I ran across one issue so far
ROM manager "clockworkmod" issue ,,when rebooting into recovery, screen freaks out white then fading to black ,wait for a while & nothing ,hit power button phone reboots like nothing happend.

clockmod is for desire hd type of rom but not inspire yet, they are not the same.
 
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angelchen1111

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I have another question, how do you flash this?

Edit-NM, Got it.

Edit2-So to make sure I have this right, I load this onto the SD Card, go into Hboot, flash the image and I'm good to go? I have a stock Inspire 4G right now.

You need to S-off with the inspire hack kit first and then revert back to stock with RUU and then flash this over the stock rom.
 

footbal9584

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Is there any chance of getting this to work on Windows? I run Windows 7 64 Bit, I don't have Linux, or any form of Unix on any of my computers.

You can make a virtual linux that runs inside of windows

Download VirtualBOX (free) HERE
Download Fedora HERE (free) or whatever you might like, I'm not sure if Puppy (HERE) linux will work but it should.

Then you can do everything you need to do and make your own custom system.img
 

gtg465x

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Here are the simplified instructions for you guys who don't want to do all of the Linux stuff yourself:

edit: Moved to its own thread here.
 
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gtg465x

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Uploading an image that should give us an unknown sources option in settings. Also changed the default browser home page to google.com. Will need someone to test shortly.
 

IsraelR

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Uploading an image that should give us an unknown sources option in settings. Also changed the default browser home page to google.com. Will need someone to test shortly.

I'll test it. I'm working so I'll be off an on the forum, but as soon as I get it, I'll give it a try.
 

nyckid58

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I followed the original instructions with slight variation and didn't lose CWM, just don't flash the recovery.img.

I mentioned I made a slight variation and forgot to put it in. I didn't restore back to stock first. I included the boot, radio, and "cooked" system.img in the PD98IMG.zip and it worked quite well in my opinion.
 
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I followed the original instructions with slight variation and didn't lose CWM, just don't flash the recovery.img.

I mentioned I made a slight variation and forgot to put it in. I didn't restore back to stock first. I included the boot, radio, and "cooked" system.img in the PD98IMG.zip and it worked quite well in my opinion.

Sounds interesting, can you post exactly what you did?
 

nyckid58

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Sounds interesting, can you post exactly what you did?

Sure.

Step 1: I followed the directions in the first post to get ROM.zip, only thing I didn't do after was go back to Stock.
Step 2: I mounted the system.img file and applied the tweaks detailed in the first post and removed all the programs I didn't want. Unmounted.
Step 3: I included the boot, radio, and "cooked" system.img along with android-info.txt in the PD98IMG.zip
Step 4: Followed the rest of the directions, letting the HBOOT load the zip file from the SD Card.
Step 5: Rebooted to find everything back to Stock, voice quality as good as when it was out of the box and I still had ClockWorkMod installed as my recovery image.
 

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    Last updated 2/28/2011

    This is a pure stock rom with root+hsupa+sideload.

    Warning: the following steps to flash the rom will wipe your data.

    - Use HTC Inspire Hack Kit or some other way to get S-off so that you can flash custom roms.
    - Download the rom, rename it to PD98IMG.zip, put it to the sdcard.
    - Go to Settings -> Applications, turn off fast boot and then power down the phone.
    - Boot into hboot by pressing volume down + power button and flash.


    After flashing you should have a pure stock rom rooted, with hsupa on, and sideloading as an option. I don't have any problem with this rom while I got superuser permission, sideloading back on and noticed a higher upload speed.

    Some people report to have problem with ClockWorkMod recovery on the stock rom. You can try the suggestion from this thread.

    Link for the ROM: http://www.multiupload.com/93I04ACXYU
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    Below are the steps that I took to made this rom, you can ignore it if you are not interested into know how to cook system.img or hack a rom.

    I basically added the root files to the system.img and change ro.ril.hsxpa=1 inside of the build.prop file to ro.ril.hsxpa=3 to make hsupa work, edit the customize/CID/default.xml file and change <item name="unknown_sources_visibility">false</item> to <item name="unknown_sources_visibility">true</item> to enable the sideloading option in settings, no need to flash any custom radio or kernel.

    Here's how to do it:
    - Download the RUU for the stock rom.
    - Open the RUU you downloaded, wait for the screen that says Welcome to the Rom Update Utility to come out, but don't flash yet!
    - Navigate to the temporary folder and locate rom.zip, which is a file that the installer extracted. I found it by navigating the folder with the most recent Date modified.
    - Copy rom.zip to some other folder. This is the zip file which you can use on the phone to flash back to stock.
    - Extract android-info.txt and system.img from rom.zip and put system.img in a place where Linux can access.

    Right now for the cooking part linux is required. I used Ubuntu to do it.
    Code:
    sudo mkdir /mnt/system
    sudo mount -o loop,norelatime /path to/system.img /mnt/system

    Code:
    nano /mnt/system/build.prop
    update ro.ril.hsxpa to 3 to enable hsupa

    You also need the root files busybox, su, and Superuser.apk, which can be found at ace-hack-kit-v002/tools/root

    Code:
    sudo
    
    cp /path to root files/busybox /mnt/system/xbin/busybox
    chmod 4755 /mnt/system/xbin/busybox
    
    cp /path to root files/Superuser.apk /mnt/system/app/Superuser.apk
    chmod 644 /mnt/system/app/Superuser.apk
    cp /path to root files/su /mnt/system/bin/su
    chmod 4755 /mnt/system/bin/su
    
    nano /mnt/system/customize/CID/default.xml
    (update <item name="unknown_sources_visibility">false</item> to <item name="unknown_sources_visibility">true</item> to enable the sideloading option in the menu.)
    
    umount /mnt/system

    Right now you have a cooked system.img

    - extract all files from rom.zip, replace system.img with the one we just cooked, then put all the files back to a new zip named PD98IMG.zip.

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    Here are the simplified instructions for you guys who don't want to do all of the Linux stuff yourself:

    edit: Moved to its own thread here.
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    Has anyone lost root access with this rom?

    I had root, then all the sudden SU started force closing. At first Fix Permissions in ROM manage helped. Now Root check is reporting I no longer have root?

    Any idears?

    I tried to update SU, maybe that buggered things up. Can no longer fun Fix Permissions either. That cause a SU FC...:(

    the reason you are having problems is because you have udated SU. the version that is in my rom is patched to work with the new HTC Sense, no other versions will work in this rom. you can fix this by unzipping my rom and going to system/app/Superuser.apk and system/bin/su and copy those files to the same folders on your phone.