I recently upgraded my HTC One X so that I had root access. This gives me the ability for example, to block ads and remove manufacturer-installed programs. In doing so I broke the over the air (OTA) updates from HTC. This was a bummer because over time my phone's Wi-Fi became unusable.
A little bit of Google-Fu found that HTC had released an update to fix this issue but as I couldn't receive updates, I had to replace my HTC android with a custom "Rom".
I went with the well-respected Cyanogen Rom, version 10 using Android Jellybean. Jellybean is the newest Android.
A little bit of Google-Fu found that HTC had released an update to fix this issue but as I couldn't receive updates, I had to replace my HTC android with a custom "Rom".
I went with the well-respected Cyanogen Rom, version 10 using Android Jellybean. Jellybean is the newest Android.
As it turned out, it wasn't as simple as I had experienced before. I installed the Rom and the "Google apps" add-on without issue, however rebooting the phone showed it stuck it in a perpetual boot loop.
I found instructions that said to extract the file boot.img from the Rom and install that via the developers ADB kit from a pc.
For reasons I couldn't determine, my Linux pc would not properly see the phone via USB, so I had to resort to using a Windows pc to apply the file.
Once done, the phone booted fine.
I have say, I'm impressed especially as I installed a "nightly" version. That's a version that's freshly compiled and not tested. Talk about living on the edge, haha.
I'm loving my Jellybean though. It's snappy to the touch and noticeably faster then earlier Androids. The other great thing is that my Wi-Fi is now back to normal, really fast and reliable. Yippee!
I'm also experiencing occasional crashes of the phone. I'm yet to determine the cause of this but given I'm using an experimental Rom, I can't complain. I'll just update the Rom when a stable version is released.
I found instructions that said to extract the file boot.img from the Rom and install that via the developers ADB kit from a pc.
For reasons I couldn't determine, my Linux pc would not properly see the phone via USB, so I had to resort to using a Windows pc to apply the file.
Once done, the phone booted fine.
I have say, I'm impressed especially as I installed a "nightly" version. That's a version that's freshly compiled and not tested. Talk about living on the edge, haha.
I'm loving my Jellybean though. It's snappy to the touch and noticeably faster then earlier Androids. The other great thing is that my Wi-Fi is now back to normal, really fast and reliable. Yippee!
I'm also experiencing occasional crashes of the phone. I'm yet to determine the cause of this but given I'm using an experimental Rom, I can't complain. I'll just update the Rom when a stable version is released.
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