EarlyMon

Please read all the way through once before starting, so you have a picture in your mind of the steps, and so that you can see that you have various options to follow on what might be easiest for you.

This uses the HTCdev unlock, so all of your apps and data will be lost. If that's an issue, consider MyBackup Pro and SMS Backup+ to save what you can.


Step 1 - Preparations

Download the Mini-SDK -

http://androidforums.com/attachments/faqs/24864d1323129390-adb-guide-updated-12-05-2011-sdk-tools.zip


Open two Finder windows -

• Point the first one at your Home area (on left side, you'll see a home icon, named after your login name).
• Point the second one to the same place, then go to Downloads from there.
• Drag sdk-tools.zip from Downloads to your home area.
• Double-click sdk-tools.zip - accept to open app downloaded from internet.
• You'll now have a new folder under home -> sdk-tools
• Move sdk-tools.zip to Trash, you're done with it.
• In a Finder window, go to Applications, Utilities (folder), then double click to open Terminal
• In the Terminal, enter (copy/paste): cd sdk-tools
  • Note these two steps, you'll likely to use them often for your future rooting and rom'ing needs.
    

Setup your phone -

• settings -> Power -> Fast boot -> UNchecked
• settings -> Developer options -> USB debugging -> checked
• plug your phone into your Mac now
  

Step 2 - Unlock your bootloader

The HTCdev process -







Here's the HTC dev unlock site - HTCdev - Unlock Bootloader

Scroll to the bottom of the drop-down and choose All Other Supported Models.

Wherever you see HTC ask you to enter the fastboot command, while in the sdk-tools folder, do: ./fastboot-mac

The "./" must precede the command.


In step 1 of the diagram above, the command is:

./fastboot-mac oem get_identifier_token

In step 3 of the diagram, ok to copy the token from your terminal, paste to HTCdev.

In step 5 of the diagram above, drag and drop the Unlock_code.bin from Mail into your sdk-tools folder in the Finder and then the Terminal command to unlock is:

./fastboot-mac flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin

The following info is optional, left here for reference only.



Now your bootloader is unlocked, you need to get the TWRP custom recovery installed.


Step 3 - Install TWRP custom recovery

Get the download and instructions here - TeamWin Projects - TWRP for Evo 4G LTE | TeamWin

Look for the DOWNLOAD of the .img file on the TWRP site linked above.

Get it, move it to your sdk-tools folder.

Getting to fastboot mode, one way - Power the phone off. Then press volume_down + power to get to Fastboot.

Plug your phone into your Mac.

Getting to fastboot mode, another way -As an alternative to pressing buttons to get to Fastboot mode, leave your phone on, plug your phone into your Mac and in the command window, say -

./adb-mac reboot bootloader


Then say this in your terminal window -

./fastboot-mac flash recovery use-the-full-name-of-twrp-download-img-file-here


Step 4 - Rooting

You'll get root by replacing your non-rooted rom with a rooted one. Choose a rooted rom, put it on your sd card, reboot into recovery, and install the rooted rom using TWRP.

To boot into recovery -

Power the phone off. Then press volume_down + power to get to Fastboot. Choose Bootloader and from there, choose Recovery.

In recovery - choose Install and follow prompts to install your rom.

If you are running a phone with hboot 1.12, you're probably done at this point, depending on the rom installer.

If you have a phone with a higher hboot version, you will need to flash the kernel that came with your rom separately.


Step 5 - Kernel installation

Download the rom you've installed or are planning to install to your Mac. You'll find it in your Downloads folder as a zip file.

Double-click, unzip it and say ok if you get a warning that you got it from the internet.

Inside the resulting folder of the same name as the zip file, you're going to find a special file - boot.img

Using the finder, move the boot.img file to your sdk-tools folder.

Plug your phone into the computer via USB and power the phone off. Then press volume_down + power to get to Fastboot.

Go to sdk-tools in your terminal window, see the preparation instructions in Step 1 in red, above, if you need help.

Now in the terminal window, issue this command -

./fastboot-mac flash boot boot.img


Step 6 - Wrap-up

Reboot your phone, test your installation, do basic setups, ensure things seem to work.

Reboot into recovery.

Make a nandroid backup.

Reboot and...

Enjoy your phone!



Below is legacy instructions for hboot 1.12 LTEvos, left here for reference -

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Last edited by EarlyMon; February 3rd, 2013 at 02:51 PM.

AARONONE

Is there a way to root and install custom recovery using a Mac, yet? Or is just the soft root method the only one?

Rxpert83

Well, you can always manually do htcdev, but I *think* you need to run it in a virtual linux environment.


Edit: there's adb available for Mac so I guess the manual way would work.

Last edited by Rxpert83; June 27th, 2012 at 12:26 AM.

EarlyMon

I've hijacked the thread and made a how-to.

Last edited by EarlyMon; June 27th, 2012 at 03:39 AM.

Rxpert83

Thanks early. I have very limited Mac experience.

EarlyMon

Linux made sense at first, remember we had to do that at one point for Evo, but I was looking over the Mac instructions and got lucky.

Teamwork.

scudder

Hello Everyone!!

Currently have an original EVO 4G and will be getting the EVO LTE in the next day or so. I have a Mac and was wondering if the following method yields S-OFF:

Root HTC EVO LTE on Mac

??

Also is this method OK to follow?? Or is there another better-recommended method in the LTE - All Things Root "Rooting for Dummies" Guide that I saw in this form??

Thanks!!

Scott

----------------
Edit:

I wanted to add my LTE phone info in case that influences answers to my questions above...

***LOCKED***
JEWEL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT 1.19.0000
RADIO 1.12.11.0809
OpenDSP v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Aug 8, 2012, 15:14:25

Hardware 0003
Software version: 2.13.651.1 710RD

Last edited by scudder; November 30th, 2012 at 02:10 AM. Reason: Added LTE info...

EarlyMon

That method is the one we link to at XDA.

It won't work on its own with your version of software, you'll have to unlock first. The exploit they used is gone but I recall that once you've unlocked all you're really after is the su install after that.

For that matter you could install a rooted rom.

The download link there no longer works, the mirror does.

The only s-off that works with your hboot requires Linux, not sure, but I think that you can boot it from your Mac via a live cd. I need to test that myself I guess.

Hope this makes sense!

scudder

Um...well....makes NO sense!! Just kidding, like I said, I'm rusty and this is definitely more involved...from a how-to standpoint and which-to-do standpoint than unrEVOked.

So back before I rooted my original EVO I read a bit about S-ON and S-OFF but it was a moot point because I was able to get S-OFF and that was that. But now in the guide here and other threads I've read that one can STILL flash ROMs even with S-ON.

So if I choose a method that keeps me with S-ON what are my limits?? I can still flash ROMs? ALL ROMs or only some?? Can I still use Titanium as with my original EVO and remove bloatware, install, uninstall and archive apps and data??

And if I root with a method that keeps S-ON, can I later "re-root" to S-OFF?? Or is that a process of un-rooted and then re-rooting??

Just trying to map out my method at the forefront and get a bit more confortable before I jump in to this again...

Thanks!!

EarlyMon

Saw your other thread so I'll only answer some of this.

The bootloader is locked with encrypted signature security (s-on).

You can now unlock it with s-on still in place.

When you do that with later versions of hboot you can flash all roms in recovery, but you have to go back and fastboot flash the kernel. The root guide has a link to the thread that explains how.
To update radios, you have to relock your bootloader, apply an ruu, and do the whole thing all over again.

None of that rigamaroll is needed when you're s-off.

EarlyMon

Almost a complete re-write to update to latest bootloaders and rom installations.

EarlyMon

Ok, complete re-write is here - [HOW-TO] Get full root on a Mac

Let me know if that makes more sense now.

nobegging

Thanks early, I've been reading all the other posts and the help you've given a couple folks on this, really great work! Think I may tackle this on another phone I picked up to learn more Linux on. Great work!

scudder

Looks FANTASTIC!!! Thanks so much!! Would TRIPLE-THANK if I could!!

Questions/little confusion...

In Step 4...Rooting...needing to replace the non-rooted ROM with a rooted one...any suggestions for a ROM?? When is MikG coming out with a ROM??

Is this where SU is installed or is that finished already prior to Step 4??

Also, if I don't flash a rooted ROM at this point, can I still use Titanium Backup, remove/freeze apps I don't want, etc but just staying "rooted by stock"??

Looking forward to trying tonight...THANKS!!

ocnbrze

roms will always have su cooked in........so all you need to do is flash a rom.
i would go here: {List} Utilities/Roms/Kernels. there is a staff picks section that has some great suggestion of roms to try.

i think most peeps here like mean or viper roms.

edit:why would you want to stay on stock? LOL

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Last edited by ocnbrze; December 7th, 2012 at 09:23 PM.

scudder

Super! I'm off to get my SDK-tools!

Actually, my time I think you remember a while back when I was a GREEN GUY and had a tonnnnnn more free time. I know since this LTE was my wife's phone that this is a SOLID, consistent, quality phone and, at the moment, with work, I just want the security of being able to backup my stuff with a nandroid, remove some apps and stay with what I know works. To be honest, I haven't looked at the ROMs available for the LTE (hence my question above) so not sure how solid or non-problematic the ROMs are for the LTE.

And, you know me, I'm SURE I'll try a ROM or two or five I'll just nand stock as a backup and play from there...when I have some time!

Well I'm off to the HOW-TO. See you on the other side....

Rxpert83

So much fastboot

EarlyMon

I like Viper4G, but there are many fine alternatives, as ocn mentioned, linked in our guide.

Once you're in this flashable state, the world is your oyster!

Ocn totally answered this - I'm going to answer it again. Not because his explanation was wrong, it was perfect. Just to give a validation.

scudder, you got your head on right, but HTC turned things. So, I want you to turn your head to one side and then you'll align with what they did.

In one of the before-times, we got root first, then tinkered.

I remember you from the cabbie advice in the og Evo days, so I know that's what you're relating.

But - HTCdev changes that, so we shift on that.

HTCdev bootloader unlock => it cleans and wipes your phone.

And by Step 4, you have an unlocked bootloader and the custom recovery.

So - you don't root like before, through an exploit, to get the su binary and the Superuser app on your phone.

And rather than just have you flash the su goods only - you're ready, so a flash is a flash.

If you want what you have going into step 4, stock+rooted, instead of flashing su - just flash the stock rooted rom - same exact result as just flashing su on the stock unlocked rom.

So - as ocn is saying, I'm saying and you're saying - yeah, from here you can leap right to whatever rom you like.

I use Viper4G - I'm partial. It's like stock plus. But as mentioned - MeanRom, SuperLTE, MIUI, CM10, AOKP, flex's, OMJ's, freeza's (remember freeza?? he's still with us, just at XDA now), CleanRom (two choices) and many others (no disrespect if not mentioned) - or just stock rooted - are all open as your first rooted rom.

After all, a rooted rom is just -

ROM + (su apk + su binary) + busybox

And the whole thing is there with any rom installer.

Nope.

Titanium Backup (TiBu) and other utils need to run on a rooted rom.

_____________

Before:

Root. (optionally, do TiBu stuff, etc etc)
Unlock bootloader.
Install recovery.


Now:

Unlock bootloader. (lose everything, phone is wiped)
Install recovery.
Install rooted rom.

PS to others who stayed active in og Evo root and know those before steps aren't right - they were in scudder's day.

Hope this helps!!!!

Last edited by EarlyMon; December 7th, 2012 at 10:10 PM.

EarlyMon

PS - here is the stock rooted rom by our pal (ok - everyone's pal!), xHausx -

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766628

If you want to start slow with stock and try others from there, there you go!

EarlyMon

There's no school like old school compadre.

scudder

This was WONDERFUL this writeup in post #37 above!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

scudder

Hi...

Started with the HOW-TO and having trouble while logged into the HTC dev site. I'm at
Step 5

On your computer create a new folder (For Example: C:\Android) where we will be putting the following 3 files in this new folder:

• adb.exe
• AdbWinApi.dll
• fastboot.exe

Note: for Mac OS X and Linux you will only need adb and fastboot.

etc....


And I'm tooooootally confused what to do with the reference to the Windows stuff and commands, even with following the diagram at the [HOW-TO]...

Should we continue this conversation here or do you want to move this to the [HOW-TO] thread??

EarlyMon

Here is fine.

I'll respond in the next post.

scudder

And I cannot tell a lie...I "proceeded to Step 8" and saw that that is where I retrieve and paste my token so...I'll await assistance

EarlyMon

Ok - so here's the thing.

The HTCdev instructions are written to be generic, for people without other support and for Windows.

Less is more - that's the key to my guide. And because Android, Mac and Linux are all unix-based - a firm reality.


Rescue 1 -

So - your prime directive - forget anything on Windows command or advice they're handing out.

Let's do a big-picture overview of HTC's whole trip -

• use your pc (from now on - Mac ok) to get a token id from the phone
• use your Mac to copy that and send it to HTC
• HTC dorks around with your token id and sends you magic beans in email
• you use your Mac to send the magic beans to your phone.

Now for using my diagram and instructions in the [HOW-TO] thread...




Once you install our mini-sdk and unzip it as I suggest, you have 100% of all the sofware you need in a folder named sdk-tools in your Home area.


Don't worry about other installs, tools, USB drivers, Android stuffs, etc etc. You're going to talk to unix to Linux (Android) so you're all 100% set with our mini-sdk on your Mac.




Rescue 2 -


The incremental instructions on the HTC site may change as they get feedback.


We don't care.


The actual steps are in my original diagram from HTC and the whole trip is explained in my bullet points above.




Rescue 3 -


If you follow my instructions and copy/paste the Mac instructions, you'll be fine.


In Step 5 of the diagram (whatever step they're calling it in text today), I wrote -



Ok.


You get the magic beans (referring to my bullets) back in your email. You save the magic beans (Unlock_code.bin) to your home/sdk-tools folder.


You then hop over to the Terminal window I've had you make open all along, and you copy/paste the line in italics above (./fastboot blah blah Unlock_code.bin) into that Terminal window and press return.


And your bootloader is unlocked.

EarlyMon

That's step one in the diagram and my instructions -

Copy/paste the italics into your Terminal window that's in sdk-tools.

The phone will feed back info into that Terminal window.

After it's does -

Highlight the token sent back using your mouse - and copy with command+c and paste with command+v => or you can use copy and paste from the top bar under Edit, whichever.

scudder

A-ha!!!!! You know as I was refreshing my "subscribed threads" page waiting to see if you responded, I looked again at the "generic" instructions as you said and at the SDK-tools unzipped folder and, as you mentioned above, saw all the files needed!! I ran the command and have the token to paste.

I think I'm ok...proceeding with the token...will advise...

scudder

Hey..

So I'm DEFINITELY ***UNLOCKED***...I booted into recovery and saw it! I
then used GooManager to install the TWRP Recovery and got a message of success.

Question 1: HOW do I confirm that I have the TWRP recovery installed??

Question 2: I also juuuuuuust realized that I have NO SD CARD in the phone! Guess my wife never installed one (she didn't have the phone long). Is that BAD that I unlocked the bootloader and attempted to install the TWRP Recovery without an SD card?? The reason I ask is that I recall with my original EVO that there were various "root-specific" files and folders on the SD card. I have and intended to install an SD card...is there something I need to do/redo other than put the card in?? I have done NOTHING since unlocking the bootloader except to sign in to my Google account and install GooManager for the recovery install.

Also, while I got a Mac guy here ...

I previously had a Patriot card and recall various posts related to proper formatting of the card. Here is a link discussing FAT32 formatting and "LBA":

Patriot MicroSD Problems on Android Phones

However, I believe that was with partitioning and a2sd (Dark Tremor). Anyway, is there a best way to prep/reformat the sd card before I put it in the phone??

THANKS!!

EarlyMon

LoL - nice!

How to verify you have TWRP, from step 4 of my instructions -

About the sd card -

On a late Friday night, don't sweat it.

The LTEvo is an extended memory phone.

Its internal storage includes a 9.93 GB area called /sdcard - and if you plug in an sd card, it will be called /sdcard2.

TWRP knows how to install from either one.

Use your phone browser to grab a rom. It'll show in either /downloads or /Download on your internal /sdcard - TWRP surfs like a file manager, you'll see.

The nuances we'll cover tomorrow - tonight, stick with the basics, before either one of us (especially me) makes a goof from the late hour.

Cool?

PS - if you can't wait, just plug that Patriot in, surf in settings to the sd card and tell it to erase it. The phone is more intelligent, I'll bet dollars to donuts it'll work just fine.

My 64GB card was, and that's all I did.

But srsly - just save it all until later, go for the download and install.

Remember - to verify what's on your phone, EStrongs File Explorer is your friend.

Last edited by EarlyMon; December 8th, 2012 at 12:01 AM.

EarlyMon

At the risk of people screaming BIAS! BIAS! here's the link to Viper4G -

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1805993

Surf and download from your phone.

The installer is beyond what you expect - it's a wizard, like on your Mac.

Tell it full/normal installation and tell it you want to wipe everything.

Enjoy.

scudder

Quote:

Power the phone off. Then press volume_down + power to get to Fastboot. Choose Bootloader and from there, choose Recovery. In recovery - choose Install and follow prompts to install your rom. If you are running a phone with hboot 1.12, you're probably done at this point, depending on the rom installer.

Hate to keep you (and me!) up but I got a bit of a problem. if you respond now, THANK YOU, but I'm likely going to sleep...the phone works and I can continue tomorrow.

When I boot into recovery and I'm left with an icon that looks like a phone icon with a red triangle and exclamation point. When I first boot up in recovery (or perhaps fastboot?) I can see the phone searching for and attempting to flash a zip (forgot the file name but it is the .zip file that AUTOMATICALLY flashes if named a certain way...PMsomethingsomething.zip...the one that has to be renamed or you will continuously flash it). Phone then continues through the bootup and I'm left with the triangle/exclamation point.

I can get out of it...just wait minutes (rebooted by itself while I have been typing) or hold down power key.

BTW...I'm running hboot 1.19 if that is an issue...

So, not sure why I can't reboot into recovery...

And I did wind up trying to boot in recovery without AND WITH the sd card installed. I even tried to use GooManger to install the recovery....perhaps it didn't take??

Maybe I should try to install the recovery with the one of the other options?? Your Step 3 in the [HOW-TO] indicates:

Quote:

You're well off just grabbing Goo Manager as they suggest for their first install choice and follow their instructions. Sometime however, that won't work. No big deal. In that case, look for the DOWNLOAD of the .img file on the TWRP site linked above. Plug your phone into your Mac. Get it, move it to your sdk-tools folder and then say this in your terminal window - ./fastboot-mac flash recovery use-the-full-name-of-twrp-download-img-file-here

Is this done with the phone simply plugged in to the Mac?? Or does the phone have to be plugged in and in fastboot mode??

Thanks!!

Last edited by scudder; December 8th, 2012 at 12:40 AM.

EarlyMon

Boot normally, hold down your power button for 10 seconds, that's the same exact thing as a battery pull.

Sounds like either I gave a bad key sequence (whoops, sorry! ) or we need you to flash TWRP from fastboot on your Mac.

Either way, you're safe and over the hump!

PS - second rule of rooting - Don't Panic. So let's finish it tomorrow when we're fresh.

scudder

Agreed....THANKS MUCH!! Good night!!

EarlyMon

LoL no worries!

BTW, here's your preview. If you go to settings, about the software info, more, and your screen matches this, you can skip step 5 of my instructions tomorrow if you go with Viper4G or the latest stock rooted.

uploadfromtaptalk1354949832594.jpg

Last edited by EarlyMon; December 8th, 2012 at 12:03 PM.

scudder

You know me...I LIKE figuring stuff out...

But SAVE THIS FOR TOMORROW PLEASE...I'm REALLY off to bed now...

I booted up in Fastboot, put the TWRP image file in the sdk-tools folder and ran a command as you indicated previously with the full file name:

openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-jewel.img

I used the following full terminal command:

./fastboot-mac flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-jewel.img

...but got the following error in terminal:

unknowne4ce8f04aea2:sdk-tools scudderpro$ ./fastboot-mac flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-jewel.img
sending 'recovery' (4 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail))
unknowne4ce8f04aea2:sdk-tools scudderpro$

ScudderPro is my MacBook Pro home folder I'm off to bed...NO JOKE THIS TIME!!

scudder

Yes...I cannot fib....I stayed up!!

I tried the bootloader method at the bottom of the TWRP website, renamed and put on root, booted up as necessary and file was processed, however, yielded the following error:

Main Version is Older
Update Fail!

There was a suggestion in the TWRP link above to open the zip, edit the .txt file and then it will work but this didn't work for me:

Mikey i figured it out.. go into the zip and edit the text file so that mainver is the same as the software version you are running... worked like a charm for me after that

I changed the .txt value of 12.something to my 1.19.000. Did NOT work...still don't have recovery flashed.

NOW I'm going to sleep!!

EarlyMon

Check the size of the download.

openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-jewel.img should be 7,602,176 bytes.

If you're going to do that, the correct value is -

mainver: 2.13.651.1

Last edited by EarlyMon; December 8th, 2012 at 10:16 AM.

scudder

Yeah, checked the size of the .img...was 7.25MB. Interesting because the original value of mainver was "1.12.0000" which I assumed was the hboot value so I changed mine to "1.19.0000" rather than the above

I changed the value to 2.13.651.1, rezipped with the .img file and flashed in hboot as PJ75IMG.zip. Seem to go through fine and rebooted...

When I booted into Recovery the FIRST time NOTHING happened. Rebooted the phone normally. Then the second time I got "Team Win Recovery Project" and a bunch of options...Install Wipe, Backup, Restore!!!

I'm in!!!

I noticed when I boot into hboot not only does it say "***UNLOCKED***" at the top but now says "***TAMPERED***"...I guess that is GOOD news yes??

Question regarding Backup. I'm used to my old EVO and Amon RA so when I created a nand backup, I choose boot, system, data and sd-ext. Since this card isn't partitioned, there is no sd-ext. So what do I backup on TWRP?? Default is System, Data, Boot...open for Recovery, Cache and Android Secure...

Also no need to worry about radios because no longer wimax right??

LASTLY, flashing a ROM...best way to do so?? Through GooManager or through TWRP and (I think) "Install"??

I think I'm good...>>THANKS SO MUCH!!<<

EarlyMon

w00t

Yeah - unlocked (HTCdev) and tampered with (TWRP) is very good news.

For your nandroids - default is System, Data, Boot as you've noted - and that's fine.

We don't have WiMax keys, so you don't need to worry about that, as we did in the early cwm/amon ra days.

Because you're not s-off and you are on hboot 1.19, the boot partition doesn't matter - you can back it up, but the only way to write kernels (i.e., the boot partition) is through fastboot as shown in my step 5. A nandroid restore in your case won't restore kernels in other words.

If you go with roms using the stock kernel for 2.13.651, which is what you have now, you won't worry about that. When you need to change kernels, step 5 as mentioned above.

I could be wrong, you might want to add an ext partition to your sd card, but I doubt it. This phone has a lot more storage than the Evo and limited storage was why you did that stuff back then in the first place.

ALWAYS install roms and goodies via TWRP.

From this point forward, the only thing you'll use Goo Manager for is to conveniently update TWRP. From this point forward, it will work unless their servers are down - in which case you can use the bootloader or fastboot methods now without having to rename things.

Now that you have the mini-sdk installed in your sdk-tools folder, you can archive/backup both sd cards with one command - [HOW-TO] Make a full sd card backup via USB

That link has a long explanation of things but you've already done the hard part - installing the mini-sdk and getting comfortable with the terminal and your phone.

Also - with TWRP you can mount either your internal or external sd cards to your Mac and just use drag and drop for either - ending any issues with Android File Transfer and OS X revision changes. I think the mounting options are under twrp -> Advanced - but play around and check.

Note you can name your backups before making them inside twrp.

As for your first rom choice - if you're not going with Viper4G, look for ones with an APM - advanced power menu. That ends the whole Vulcan nerve pinch to get into your bootloader or twrp - just hold the power button, get the menu, and choose what you want to boot into. (Two extra smileys show that's how much I like that!)

I'll stop there - you'll want to snoop around here, we have a lot of goodies.

You can also flash #Fapple (to get your normal plain text recognition as links, as it was before the Apple/HTC lawsuits), an enhancement to the stock camera to do less compression of snaps and videos, DSP Manager if you'd like to try out something besides Beats audio - and whatever else I've forgotten lol.

Glad this worked out for you!

I'm going to go through and move some of our posts over to the [how-to] thread to have it there to help others in the future.

Thanks for trusting my instructions, glad you're on your way!!!

EarlyMon

PS - another reason I recommend Viper - if you choose a custom install, you can leave off things that you consider bloaty rather than having to go in later and freeze them.

EarlyMon

The latest TWRP that solves the new touchscreen issue on the 1/31/2013 OTA is -

Techerrata Downloads - Downloading openrecovery-twrp-2.4.1.0-jewel.img