HTC One & One X X +: How to install ROMs - Chip Online

With custom ROMs like CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4) or Paranoid Android to keep your HTC One X One X or + (Plus) on the latest software version. We show you in this guide on how to install custom ROMs.

Thanks to the large and very active community get older smartphones even then, the latest versions of Android when the manufacturers have the support set long ago. How to install this custom ROM on the HTC One X and one X + (Plus), we show you in this workshop, because in contrast to many other devices, it is not sufficient here simply to flash a zip file via recovery.

ROMs for HTC One & One X X +: Important preparations

allow you to install custom ROMs like CyanogenMod, your phone must be unlocked and have a custom recovery set. Matching instructions can be found in our article “Android 4.4 for HTC One X One X and + (plus)”. You will also need the ZIP file of each custom ROMs. An overview of the most interesting alternative Android systems also in the article.

If you have removed after rooting the Android SDK, you need to download it again and unzip. Alternatively, the sleek tool minimum ADB and fastboot is enough

. Important: Only install ROMs that have been designed specifically for your smartphone model. When flashing a new system, all data and apps will be deleted. Create a backup of at, for example with Titanium Backup.

ROMs install: So it works the HTC one X and one X +

After you save the ROM ZIP file on your phone and another copy on the PC. In many AOSP ROMs like CyanogenMod, you also need Google apps (“Gapps”), such as Gmail, Play Store and Play Music, as these are not included in the ROMs. The easiest way to get the corresponding files for each version of Android with App Manager Gapps. Also insert the archive easily on the unit.

Connect your smartphone to your PC, then open a console (command prompt) and navigate to the fastboot folder. If you use minimum ADB and fastboot, it is enough to click on the corresponding tool icon. Boot now hold pressed into the recovery by using the volume-down button (volume level down) and the power button. Depending on the used Custom Recovery (TWRP or CWM about) Now select an entry like “install from. Zip” and install the ROM. . Then repeat the process with the Google Apps

Now extract the image stored on the PC ROM archive and move the boot.img file inside it in the fastboot folder, eg “C: Program Files (x86) Minimal ADB and fastboot “. Now flash the image with disem console command:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

Once the process is complete, you must perform a recovery in the Factory Reset. Warning: All data will be deleted. You can then restart the system.

CyanogenMod 11: Only runs with ClockworkMod (CWM)

Usually it does not matter what custom recovery you use to install a ROM. An exception is the still brand new CyanogenMod 11 with Android 4.4: The custom ROM can currently only available with a current CWM flash Note. All system changes you make at your own risk (man)

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