[Tutorial]Root, Unlock, Recovery and flashing a Custom ROM

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roakes

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Thanks for that.

I am a flasher (kind of a weird statement) just used to seeing the Nandroid backup whizz through when it comes to backing up the system, each app being backed up is shown but usually only for a split second on my GS2, with this it seems to be sitting on each app for a good 10 seconds.
 
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roakes said:
Thanks for that.

I am a flasher (kind of a weird statement) just used to seeing the Nandroid backup whizz through when it comes to backing up the system, each app being backed up is shown but usually only for a split second on my GS2, with this it seems to be sitting on each app for a good 10 seconds.
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I observed this. I also observed that if performed the backup quite quickly, so....
 
porkupan

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rugmankc said:
I guess I just need to get the One S drivers from HTC website or maybe phone will prompt me when i first hook it up.
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In fastboot mode my phone was not recognized as an ADB device on Windows 7 until I specifically directed the system to the "Android ADB Interface" driver ("Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"). I needed to reconnect the phone and restart the ADB server for the fastboot to get going.

I have a US T-Mobile HTC One S.

r2-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville.img (Paul's recovery image) worked well. No need to pick any of the "alternatives" offered above. Installing SuperSU was not a problem, except one has to remember to use the touch interface in the "recovery" image installation menu (while using the Vol and Power buttons in the bootloader menu to get to Recovery or Fastboot mode).

If the phone doesn't start in recovery mode (Vol- + Power), just try again.
 
jureca

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In order to return to the ROM stock and to receive OTA they are these steps: -

-To install Nandroid.

- Recovery stock: fastboot flash recovery ville_recovery_signed.img

- RELOCKED.

He is correct to be able to receive OTA? , thanks
 
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wardy

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Hope you guys can help

I get this error when OEM lock

(bootloader) Lock successfully...
(bootloader) TZ_HTC_SVC_DISABLE ret = 534642032 (0x1FDDFD70)
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.952s

Any ideas . I wanted to flash the 3UK RUU but it errors with 155 . Could this cause it?
 
unk2009

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I hope that someone can help, when I turn off my phone to charge it, it goes into recovery(I've used the interim recovery, the official htcone s recovery)any suggestions ? Thanks guys, much appreciated
 
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unk2009 said:
I hope that someone can help, when I turn off my phone to charge it, it goes into recovery(I've used the interim recovery, the official htcone s recovery)any suggestions ? Thanks guys, much appreciated
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Unfortunately that's a known issue with ClockworkMod Recovery. Until we get an update or alternative recovery there is not much that can be done. It's still a relatively new phone so we should see things improve soon.

Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 2
 
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jesseserna

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Thank You!

I just wanna dtop by and say THANKS to all the devs out there for putting such great work out there! Thanks to you guys I have now rooted my Ville:D;)
 
SpotTech

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hi all
after flash the OTA of htc
it's impoossible to reflash cwm...
(bootloader unlocked)
mik3@XploZe:~/Bureau/HTC$ fastboot flash recovry recovery-clockwork-5.8.3.1-ville.img
sending 'recovry' (6614 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.110s]
writing 'recovry'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
 
torxx

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m!k3 said:
hi all
after flash the OTA of htc
it's impoossible to reflash cwm...
(bootloader unlocked)
mik3@XploZe:~/Bureau/HTC$ fastboot flash recovry recovery-clockwork-5.8.3.1-ville.img
sending 'recovry' (6614 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.110s]
writing 'recovry'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
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that's the mistake ;)
 
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I get stuck on
C:\fastboot>fastboot oem get_identifier_token
< waiting for device >

...the usb cable is not the problem, anyone here faced/overcame the problem.
 
undercover

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jamesgg said:
I get stuck on
C:\fastboot>fastboot oem get_identifier_token
< waiting for device >

...the usb cable is not the problem, anyone here faced/overcame the problem.
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It doesn't see your device
1. you don't have fastboot drivers installed (get them from www.revolutionary.io)
2. You are trying to do it while phone is booted. Type adb reboot-bootloader
2. you are not specifying the path.
Open folder where you have your adb, hold right shift and right click mouse, chose open command window
Type
fastboot devices (when phone is in fastboot mode) to confirm fastboot sees your device.

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using xda premium
 
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It doesn't see your device
1. you don't have fastboot drivers installed (get them from www.revolutionary.io)
2. You are trying to do it while phone is booted. Type adb reboot-bootloader
2. you are not specifying the path.
Open folder where you have your adb, hold right shift and right click mouse, chose open command window
Type
fastboot devices (when phone is in fastboot mode) to confirm fastboot sees your device.

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using xda premium
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Thanks for the tip, did not see any fastboot drivers at the site above, but went ahead on a macbook, grabbing the mac equivalent of adb and fastboot it worked without problems.
 
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    torxx
    torxx
    Just a quick step by step tutorial to get a Custom ROM working on your One S.

    Step 1: Unlock

    • Go on http://www.htcdev.com and create yourself an account on HTCDEV.
    • Download These Fastboot Files
    • Make a new folder on your C:/ drive called fastboot.
    • Extract The Zip downloaded in step 2 to the new folder
    • Go Here http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ and select "All Other Supported Models" and "then begin unlock bootloader"
    • Yes, Tick both Boxes, Proceed
    • Skip up to step 8 as we have all we need for the first 7 steps
    • Power off your phone by holding the power button down for 10 seconds
    • Power your phone on by holding power and volume down
    • Highlight Fastboot With Volume+or- then press Power
    • Plug your phone into your PC and open a Command Prompt.
    • (windows XP - Click Start > Run > type CMD in box then press OK
    • (Windows 7 - Click Start > type CMD in search box then press Enter)
    • Change directory to your folder where we put fastboot files cd c:\fastboot
    • Type this into your command prompt window fastboot oem get_identifier_token
    • Select & copy the text as per step 9 on the HTCDev website
    • Paste your identifier token into the box at the bottom and submit
    • You Will Very Shortly Receive an email from HTCDev with a link to the second part of the instructions and your "Unlock_code.bin" attached
    • Download the "Unlock_code.bin" from the email and save it to the same folder that we extracted fastboot files to in step 2
    • Type this into your command prompt window fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
    • The Display Will change on your phone, press Vol + to accept and power to confirm.

    Thanks to bagofcrap24 for this part!

    Step 2: Recovery


    Step 3: Root

    Make sure you are on the stock kernel!

    • Now root your phone with SuperSU by Chainfire, thanks a lot!
    • Download SuperSU from the end of the thread
    • Flash it with the Recovery:
    • Power off your device and then hold the VOL DOWN + Power to boot into the Bootloader
    • Navigate with VOL and Power to Recovery
    • Now flash the .zip:

      - install zip from sdcard
      - choose zip from sdcard
      - select the CWN-SuperSU-v0.87.zip file and flash it
      - Reboot now

    Now you are able to flash any Custom ROM.

    Credits:

    Paul for the Recovery: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1579584
    Chainfire for SuperSU: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

    Video-Tutorial by Flow-Wolf (thanks buddy):

    Bootloader Unlock:


    Recovery Installation:


    Root:


    Custom ROM Installation:


    If this helped you, make sure to thank me and to donate to Paul, Chainfire, koush or/and Flow Wolf!
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    torxx
    torxx
    The HTC method is good as well :)

    Android without root is nothing..
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    GoreTan
    GoreTan
    rugmankc said:
    what exactly are you typing at command prompt

    you need to have usb debugging checked on phone
    you need the recovery image in same folder as your fastboot.exe/adb files
    you need to cd to that directory/folder
    you need the recovery image in that same folder
    you need to be booted into bootloader with fastboot highlighted
    and phone plugged into pc

    you have to type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

    where recovery.img is the exact name of the recovery image image you put in the folder where fastboot/adb is--usually tools or platform tools of your sdk

    you can check the exact name by right clicking the recovery image in the folder and going to properties. I usually just copy and paste that into the command line
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    i solved it! i was missing the command fastboot flash "recovery" keyword before the recovery name! :D im dumb! lol thanks though
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    baseballfanz
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    4305ms said:
    hm.. first time unlocking, rooting etc using a mac and well, it could be going smoother.
    Anyways.

    Ive unlocked the bootloader but when i try to flash the cwm recovery I'm getting the message;


    unknown partition 'recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.3.1-ville.img'
    error: cannot determine image filename for 'recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.3.1-ville.img'

    What am i doing wrong? The file is in the same folder as fastboot.exe and I've tried renaming it to a shorter filename (thinking I were typing it wrong).
    Ive tried both versions of cwm with the same result.


    Im using this command;
    ./fastboot flash XXXXXXX.img
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    Should be
    Code: 
    fastboot flash [B]recovery[/B] recovery.img

    looks like you forgot the recovery bit
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    torxx
    torxx
    But don't be afraid of htcdev, you don't loose the whole warranty

    HTC One X with tapatalk 2
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