Every smartphone owner wants to make their device better, turn it into a more functional and modern solution. If the user cannot do anything with the hardware, then anyone can improve the software. HTC One X is a high-end phone with excellent technical characteristics. How to reinstall or replace the system software on this device will be discussed in the article.

Considering the NTS One X from the point of view of the firmware capabilities, it should be noted that the device in every possible way “resists” interference in its software part. This state of affairs is due to the manufacturer’s policy, therefore, before installing the firmware, you should pay special attention to studying the concepts and instructions and only after fully understanding the essence of the processes proceed to direct manipulations with the device.

Every action carries a potential danger to the device! Responsibility for the results of manipulations with the smartphone lies entirely with the user who carries them out!

As with other Android devices, the success of HTC One X firmware procedures is largely determined by proper preparation. We carry out the following preparatory operations, and before carrying out actions with the device, we thoroughly study the proposed instructions, download the necessary files, and prepare the tools that are supposed to be used.

Drivers

The easiest way to add components to the system for interacting software tools with One X memory sections is to install HTC Sync Manager, the manufacturer’s proprietary program for working with your smartphones.

Backing up information

Using the methods described below for installing system software into the device in question involves erasing user data contained in the smartphone. After installing the OS, you will have to restore the information, which is impossible without a previously created backup. The official way to save data is as follows.

Necessary

To operate with HTC One X memory partitions, in addition to drivers, the PC as a whole will need functional and convenient software tools. Be sure to download and unpack the package with and into the root of drive C:. Below in the description of methods we will not dwell on this issue, implying that Fastboot is present in the user’s system.

Run in different modes

To install various system software, you will need to switch the phone to special operating modes - "BootLoader" And "Recovery".

Unlocking the bootloader

The instructions for installing modified firmware below assume that the device's bootloader is unlocked. It is recommended to carry out the procedure in advance, and this is done using the official method offered by HTC. And it is also assumed that before performing the following, Sync Manager and Fastboot are installed on the user’s computer, and the phone is fully charged.

1. Follow the link to the official website of HTC Developer Center and press the button "Register".



2. Fill out the form fields and press the green button "Register".



3. Go to your mail, open the letter from the HTCDev team and click on the link to activate your account.



4. After activating your account, enter your username and password into the appropriate fields on the HTC Developer Center web page and click "Login".



5. In area "Unlock bootloader" click "Get Started".



6. On the list "Supported Devices" you need to select all supported models and then use the button "Begin Unlock Bootloader" to proceed to further steps.



7. We confirm our awareness of the potential danger of the procedure by clicking "Yes" in the request window.



8. Next, check both checkboxes and press the button to go to unlocking instructions.



9. In the instructions that open, skip all the steps

   

   and scroll through the instructions to the very end. We only need a field to insert an identifier.



10. We put the phone into mode "Bootloader". In the list of commands that opens, select "FASTBOOT", then connect the device to the PC using a USB cable.



11. Open the command line and write the following:

    cd C:\ADB_Fastboot

    

12. The next step is to find out the device ID value required to obtain unlock permission from the developer. To obtain information, you need to enter the following in the console:

    fastboot oem get_identifier_token

    

    and start executing the command by pressing "Enter".

13. Select the resulting set of characters using the arrow buttons on the keyboard or with the mouse,

    

    and copy the information (using the combination "Ctrl" + "WITH") in the appropriate field on the HTCDev web page. It should look like this:

    

    To go to the next step, click "Submit".

14. If the above steps are completed successfully, we receive an email from HTCDev containing Unlock_code.bin– a special file for transferring to the device. Download the file from the letter and place the downloaded file in the Fastboot directory.



15. We send the command via the console:

    fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin



16. Executing the command above will result in a prompt appearing on the device screen: "Unlock bootloader?". Place a mark next to "Yes" and confirm readiness to start the process using the button "Inclusion" on the device.



17. As a result, the procedure will continue and the Bootloader will be unlocked.



18. Confirmation of successful unlocking is the inscription "***UNLOCKED***" at the top of the main mode screen "Bootloader".

Installing custom recovery

For any serious manipulations with the HTC One X system software, you will need a modified recovery environment (custom recovery). Provides a lot of possibilities for the model in question. Let's install one of the ported versions of this recovery environment into the device.

Firmware

In order to bring certain improvements to the software part of the device in question, upgrade the Android version to a more or less current one, and also diversify the functionality, you should resort to using unofficial firmware.

To install custom and ports, you will need a modified environment, which can be installed according to the instructions above in the article, but first you can simply update the version of the official software.

Method 1: Android application “Software Updates”

The only method of working with the smartphone system software officially approved by the manufacturer is to use the tool built into the official firmware "Software Updates". During the life cycle of the device, that is, while system updates were released from the manufacturer, this feature regularly reminded itself of itself with persistent notifications on the device screen.

Today, in order to update the official version of the OS or make sure the latest one is up to date, you need to do the following.

Method 2: Android 4.4.4 (MIUI)

Software from third-party developers can breathe new life into your device. The choice of a modified solution lies entirely with the user; the available set of different packages for installation is quite wide. As an example, below we use the firmware ported by the MIUI Russia team for HTC One X, which is based on Android 4.4.4.

1. We install the modified recovery using the method described above in the preparatory procedures.
2. Download the software package from the official web resource of the MIUI Russia team:



3. Place the zip package in the internal memory of the device.



Additionally. If the smartphone does not boot into Android, which makes it impossible to copy packages into memory for further installation, you can use OTG capabilities. That is, copy the package from the OS to a USB flash drive, connect it via an adapter to the device and, during further manipulations in recovery, indicate the path to "OTG-Flash".

4. Loading the phone into "Bootloader", further in "RECOVERY". And we ALWAYS make a backup by selecting the corresponding items in CWM one by one.



5. We do wipes (cleaning) of the main system partitions. To do this you will need an item "wipe data/factory reset".



6. Let's go to "install zip" on the main CWM screen, indicate to the system the path to the zip package with the software, after selecting “choose zip from storage/sdcard” and start installing MIUI by clicking “Yes – Install...”.



7. We are waiting for the success confirmation message to appear - "Install from sd card complete", return to the main screen of the environment and select "advanced", and then reboot the device into Bootloader.



8. Unpack the firmware with an archiver and copy it boot.img to the catalog from Fastboot.



9. We put the device into mode "FASTBOOT" from the Bootloader, connect it to the PC if it was disconnected. Run the Fastboot command line and flash the image boot.img:
   fastboot flash boot boot.img

   

10. Reboot into the updated Android using the item "REBOOT" on the menu "Bootloader".



11. You will have to wait a bit for the MIUI 7 components to initialize, and then carry out the initial system setup.

    

    It is worth noting that MIUI on HTC One X works very well.

Method 3: Android 5.1 (CyanogenMod)

In the world of Android devices, there are not many smartphones that have successfully performed their functions for more than 5 years and at the same time are popular with enthusiastic developers who successfully continue to create and port firmware based on new versions of Android.

Probably, HTC One X owners will be pleasantly surprised that a fully functional Android 5.1 can be installed on the device, but by doing the following, we get exactly this result.

Step 1: Install TWRP and new partition

Among other things, Android 5.1 brings with it the need to re-partition the device’s memory, that is, change the size of partitions to achieve better results in terms of stability and the ability to perform functions added by developers to the new version of the system. You can repartition and install a custom one based on Android 5 only using a special version.

Step 2: Installation of custom

So, the new markup is already installed on the phone, you can proceed to installing custom firmware with Android 5.1 as the basis. Let's install CyanogenMod 12.1 - an unofficial firmware port from a team that needs no introduction.

• "Platform" - "ARM";
• "Andriod" — "5.1";
• "Variant" - "nano".

To start downloading, press the round button with the image of an arrow pointing down.

We place the packages with firmware and Gapps into the internal memory of the device and disconnect the smartphone from the computer.

We install the firmware via TWRP, following the path: "Install" – "cm-12.1-20160905-UNOFFICIAL-endeavoru.zip" — "Swipe to Confirm Flash".

After the inscription appears "Successful" press "Home" and install Google services. "Install" – "open_gapps-arm-5.1-nano-20170812.zip"- confirm the start of the installation by sliding the switch to the right.

Press again "Home" and reboot into Bootloader. Chapter "Reboot"- function "Bootloader".

Unpack the package cm-12.1-20160905-UNOFFICIAL-endeavoru.zip and move boot.img from it to the catalog with Fastboot.

After that we flash "boot" by running Fastboot and sending the following to the console:

Fastboot flash boot boot.img

Then we clear the cache by sending the command:

fastboot erase cache

Disconnect the device from the USB port and reboot into the updated Android from the screen "Fastboot" by selecting "REBOOT".

The first download will take about 10 minutes. This is due to the need to initialize reinstalled components and applications.

We carry out the initial setup of the system,

and enjoy the new version of Android, modified for the smartphone in question.

Method 4: Official firmware

If there is a desire or need to return to the official firmware from HTC after installing custom ones, you need to again turn to the capabilities of modified recovery and Fastboot.

1. Download the version of TWRP for the “old markup” and place the image in the Fastboot folder.
2. Download the package with the official firmware. The link below is OS for the European region version 4.18.401.3.
3. Download the image of the HTC factory recovery environment.
4. Unpack the archive with the official firmware and copy it boot.img from the resulting directory to the folder with Fastboot.

   

   We put the file there recovery_4.18.401.3.img.img, containing stock recovery.



5. We flash boot.img from the official firmware via Fastboot.
   fastboot flash boot boot.img



6. Next, install TWRP for the old markup.

   fastboot flash recovery twrp2810.img



7. We disconnect the device from the PC and reboot into the modified recovery environment. Then we go the next way. "Wipe" - "Advanced Wipe"- mark the section "sdcard" - "Repair or Change File System". We confirm the start of the process of changing the file system with the button "Change File System".



8. Next, press the button "FAT" and move the switch "Swipe to Change", and then wait for the formatting to finish and return to the TWRP main screen using the button "Home".



9. Select an item "Mount", and on the next screen - "Enable MTP".



10. Mounting done in the previous step will allow the smartphone to be identified in the system as a removable drive. We connect One X to the USB port and copy the zip package with the official firmware to the internal memory of the device.



11. After copying the package, click "Disable MTP" and return to the main recovery screen.



12. We clean all partitions except "sdcard", going through the points: "Wipe" - "Advanced Wipe"- selection of sections – "Swipe to Wipe".



13. Everything is ready to install the official firmware. Choose "Install", indicate the path to the package and begin installation by sliding the switch "Swipe to Confirm Flash".



14. Button "Reboot System", which will appear after the firmware is completed, will reboot the smartphone into the official version of the OS; you just need to wait for the latter to initialize.



15. If desired, you can restore the factory recovery with the standard Fastboot command:

    fastboot flash recovery recovery_4.18.401.3.img

    And also block the bootloader:

    fastboot oem lock

16. Thus, we get a completely reinstalled official version of the software from HTC.

In conclusion, I would like to once again note the importance of scrupulously following the instructions when installing system software on the HTC One X. Carry out the firmware carefully, evaluating each step before implementing it, and achieving the desired result is guaranteed!

Today we will install custom firmware on one of the company's best phones - HTC One X, a review of which you can read on our website. In this manual, I will provide you with the most popular firmware for this smartphone, and also give you a link so that, in case something happens, you can choose the right one for yourself. Go.

HTC One X firmware- step-by-step instruction

7. The next step is to select Install zip from sdcard ->Choose zip from sdcard -> look for where we put the downloaded firmware, select and press (do not press!) the power button on the smartphone.

8. Patience. Waiting for it to install firmware for HTC One X.

9. When the installation is finished, something like “blah blah blah completed” will appear.

11. You need to reboot the phone: go to the bootloader menu: Advanced Power Menu -> Reboot into bootloader

12. Using a USB cable, connect One X to your PC, then open the command line (CMD) and write

press "Enter".

13. Then we write there:

and again "Enter".

14. That’s it, the reboot remains, in the bootloader we select the “REBOOT” item.

But I still want to start with general points. What is MIUI and why shouldn’t it be confused with shells, as sometimes happens? The shell offers some functionality, often very good and deep, in the sense that it affects many parts of the operating system, but it does not go beyond some areas, and the shell is simply unable to cover many things. Take, for example, the now very popular Go Launcher - an excellent shell for Android with a bunch of functions, convenient desktops, its own program menu, and so on. However, as soon as you want more, you need to install additional programs, albeit also from these developers, in our case GO Dev Team. First you need to install their program for working with contacts, then for SMS messages, keyboards, task manager, widgets and much more. As a result, a “naked” Android device, “freshly hardwired”, after installing all the utilities and widgets, turns out to be stuffed with software. Sometimes this is not bad, sometimes the smartphone simply starts to work less quickly and smoothly, and some people simply don’t like installing dozens of programs.

With MIUI, everything is different - it’s firmware, and it is installed instead of the standard Android firmware of your device, bringing with it all the basic functionality, but not the standard one, but from the MIUI set. This firmware has a proprietary lock window, its own notification panel, contacts, dialer, messaging menu, desktops, settings window, and so on. There is little here that reminds us of Android, except perhaps the general principles of working with firmware on a touch screen, and MIUI, if desired, can easily be mistaken for both Android and iOS with due diligence of a certain user to make it similar to these systems.

What do I like most about MIUI?

Ability to select hundreds of design themes and customize each of them in detail. There is flexibility here that no modern system has ever dreamed of and which was not even present on the S60 in the heyday of this OS. You can take a design style from one theme, “screw on” program icons from another, take a picture and styles for individual elements from a third, and transition effects and lockscreen from a fourth.

A lot of small settings and the attention of the developers to details that you can’t even dream of in basic firmware for smartphones: battery level in percentage in the status bar, displaying the current Internet connection speed there, the ability to change the type of grid for placing icons on desktops, you can choose 4x4 or 4x5.

And now about how to install MIUI on HTC One X and how interesting the device is with the new firmware.

Preparing HTC One X to install MIUI

I’ll say right away that when you look at the instructions, links to which I will give below, you may think that all this is very difficult and will take three days without sleep and food, so you decide not to even try. In fact, preparing a smartphone for installing custom firmware is easy and simple, if you strictly follow the step-by-step instructions and read them carefully, it takes no more than 30-40 minutes, a maximum of an hour.

In order to install the official MIUI or one of the builds of this firmware on your HTC One X, you first need to unlock BootLoader on your smartphone, this is done using the official HTC website for developers. Then you will need to flash a custom recovery menu and use it to install the selected firmware. Below I provide a link to a detailed description of how all this is done, you just have to carefully follow the instructions, and everything will be fine.

Important! When you unlock the Bootloader of your smartphone through the official website htcdev.com, you will automatically void the warranty of the device. If there is some kind of mechanical problem or defect in the device that does not depend in any way on the software, it will be repaired at the service center, but with problems like “does not catch the network”, “does not see the SIM card” and so on, contact the service center for There will be no free repairs anymore.

After unlocking and installing custom recovery, all that remains is to select the MIUI firmware version for the device that you will install. You can take the firmware from the official website miui.com, from the Russian-language miui.su with Russian language support and high-quality translation, or take the assembly from KOJAN on the website 4pda.ru.

Installing the firmware on an unlocked device is very simple - you need to reboot CWM recovery and select the installation option from the zip archive, and then specify your firmware in this archive, pre-loaded into the smartphone’s memory. The installation process takes less than 5 minutes, after which the device reboots, and now you are already working with HTC One X on MIUI.

MIUI on HTC One X. Impressions

First of all, it must be said that MIUI is very different in appearance; you can literally create anything from a device using this firmware. Do you want an HTC One X with an Apple iPhone 4S shell or a lock screen. Like on Windows Phone? Please. Or the theme from the Samsung Galaxy S III? Or the native Sense interface for HTC One X? All this can be done using design themes, of which there are a lot to suit every taste. If nothing suits you, you can create your own theme from different components.

Among the shortcomings, I want to point out one important, in my opinion, point - the inability to change the set of shortcuts on the lock screen. Yes, you can choose a design theme with six labels rather than four, but this does not solve the problem.

But, of course, there are many more positive aspects. I like attention to detail. For example, this is what the lock window looks like while charging a smartphone; you can clearly see the charge level.

And in the notification panel at the top, you can configure the type of display of the charge level by making it a green stripe along the top of the screen or selecting percentages.

In general, there are a lot of settings for such an area as the notification panel in MIUI. To the point where you can choose which programs to allow to leave information here, and which to deny.

Everything related to calls and dialing is also done at the highest level in MIUI. Firstly, there is a convenient and at the same time beautiful address book. Secondly, there is a function for quickly searching for contacts using the numeric keypad (smartdial). Thirdly, there are full-screen photos of subscribers if you reassign them to all necessary contacts. It looks cool.

If a stranger calls you, the picture from the lock screen is displayed. And if a subscriber calls to whom a low-quality picture is assigned, the system will not stretch it to fill the entire screen, which Android usually does, but will show the photo as a mini-image to the left of the caller’s name. This is what I call attention to detail.

Well, and most importantly, as I said above, the system becomes very beautiful. This applies not only to design themes and icons, but to everything in general. The quality of drawing of all buttons and interface details, effects, smooth operation of the system - all this makes MIUI very high quality. In my opinion, MIUI is the most beautiful thing that currently exists for Android; the graphics in it, again, for my taste, are even better than in Sense, the only thing missing is a similar weather widget.

To sum it up briefly, I am “as happy as an elephant with installing MIUI on my HTC One X.” Of course, I like the standard HTC Sense, and the latest Jelly Bean update, which I recently watched on the Galaxy Nexus, leaves a pleasant impression. But now, almost a year later, I returned to MIUI and again I feel that this is the version of Android that is closest to me.

As for stability - I've been using MIUI on HTC One X for only two days, and so far I haven't had any glitches. Of course, the period is very short, but even during this period I can say that the device did not land faster, work slower or catch the network worse, everything is still fine with it. Well, if after two weeks of use I get a lot of impressions (glitches, crashes, bugs or, on the contrary, HTC One X suddenly starts working for two days), then I will definitely share it with you, dear readers.

Is it worth switching to MIUI?

It is generally accepted that custom firmware is unreliable and problems constantly occur with them. It seems to me that this opinion dates back to ancient times and flourished when many different custom ones were released for Windows Mobile devices, because now I see a different picture. According to surveys of friends who install custom ones, everything is fine with them; Evgeniy Vildyaev, our author, also does not complain, and often changes the firmware. I myself rarely indulge in installing new firmware, but when it happens, I don’t experience any problems either. I by no means urge everyone to rush to install MIUI or other popular custom firmware, because if you are satisfied with absolutely everything in your device, then why look for good things?

It’s another matter if you use a smartphone that costs almost 30,000 rubles and you don’t like some of its features; I’m not talking about the short operating time. If some features in the device do not suit you, why not try changing the firmware and look for the one that you like and will make you happy? And the MIUI project is a very high-quality firmware for Android, which, in my opinion, every self-respecting fan of this system should try at least once, at least for familiarization.

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HTC One X - Unlocking the bootloader, installing recovery, obtaining root rights, flashing Custom ROM.

So, you have downloaded the archive as a *.ZIP file, you need to throw it into your phone’s memory without unpacking it. Next, reboot into recovery and do the following:

1. install zip from sd card;
2. Choose zip from sdcard and find the file you downloaded, select it and confirm by pressing “YES”.
3. After installation is complete, select reboot system now.

now we have root-rights.

To flash custom, you will need to download it first. We recommend choosing LeeDrOiD One Xtreme V2.2.0 (Description on XDA).
The advantages of this particular firmware:
1. The presence of a strip with three dots at the bottom of the display, for applications that are written under 2.3 and with support for the hardware menu button. In this firmware, the button for viewing running applications now works as a hardware menu button, and to open the list of recently launched programs, you need to hold down the “house”, as before.
2. Select from several options for rebooting the device. The presence of the Russian language without the need to install More Locale, full support for Landscape mode and the ability to customize the status bar.
3. With the help of Root Uninstaller Pro, a lot of unnecessary and unnecessary things were cut out.

Note! At the moment, one of the non-working itemsrecovery is the Mount USB Storage item, so do not delete previously made backups from the device’s memory, copy the firmware you want to install onto the card in advance, it’s better even several different ones, just in case.

The latest firmware version has been downloaded, here are the instructions for installing it:

1. Copy the archive you downloaded to your phone memory.
2. Reboot your phone CWM recovery.
3. Select an item wipe data\factory reset.
4. Select an item wipe cache.
5. Select an item Install zip from sd card.
6. Choose paragraph Choose Zip from sd-card and find the file you downloaded in memory, select it and confirm “YES”.
   The Aroma installer's own menu will appear, in which you are given several options to choose from: what to do, what to install, what to remove. It's not difficult at all, you'll definitely figure it out.
7. After the procedure you will see a message on the screen Install from sd-card successfully completed.
8. Now select the item Rebootsystemnow. That's all.

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