yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Some think it's a gimmick by HTC...

Others say it's the best music experience ever...

And some maintain that it looks just too cool to give a miss!

However you look at it, everyone wants to try it out at least once. Yes, I'm talking about Beats audio feature, present in the current lineup of HTC phones. However, those without a Sense ROM were so far unable to use it. That has changed, however, due to the work of developer RockoDev. He has now created a zip, flashable from recovery which enables Beats Audio on any Gingerbread ROM. There are reports on the original thread that it works on some phones, and doesn't work on others, and even causes bootloops on some devices. The Dev has not compiled a list of devices on which it works... so i have no way to tell. So please use this only after you make a nandroid backup, incase things so south!

[YOUTUBE]Mk6iMbk5RtU[/YOUTUBE]

Wanna take it for a spin? Go ahead, and try it out. You've been adequately warned. :p

Link to the Original Thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1525226

I've also attached the two latest files from the original thread. The allandroidziptest.zip is the latest, and the allandroidzip.zip is the older one. The Dev of the mod recommends the new one first, and in case it doesn't work, try the older one.

DISCLAIMER : I'm only the messenger. You're free to try this at your own risk. All credit (and consequently any dissatisfaction) belongs to the developer of the mod, RockoDev. So drop in there and give him a "THANKS" if you like his work.

Cheers. :)

EDIT : Well, it seems the issues got sorted out and the original developer has modded the files to be compatible for all GB Roms. So i'm re-upping the thread for anyone who wants to test this feature. :D
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Used it on endymion and made no difference when I switched it off!
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
I don't agree with you there dan. I currently have endymion 3.4 running... And I'm listening to music as I type this... Turning beats on and off makes a very significant difference on music! I'm not extolling the virtues of beats... But to say that it makes no difference would be incorrect.

Why don't you try once again using headphone and see what happens...

Beamed from the Dark Side using xda premium.
[HTC Desire S] MarlX:
Anyone tried it in CM7?

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
that's what i did. I kept turning it on and off to make sure and it made no effect. I'll have to look over it again.
[HTC Desire S] MarlX:
Trying to find out if my installation was successful but no idea. lol

Is there a button or sonething that shows up when successfully installed? and where?

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Nope. As far as i can see from comments in the original thread, there is no indicator saying Beats is installed... but apparently it's wow'ing a lot of people over there. Check out the comments. I don't know if its a placebo effect for them or not... but i'm on Endy, and when i listen to the same track on Stock player with Beats enabled, and on Poweramp, i have to say that the Beats one sounds much more punchy and insanely better as compared to Poweramp, even with EQ tweaking.

So for me, it;s not placebo...and it works beautifully out of the box, without me having to go through the extra headache of messing aroud with EQ settings. I have a pair of Beats Audio tour in-canal earphones, in case you want to know what hardware i use. I highly recommend that to anyone who wants a set of portable 'phones for daily commute.

P.S. : the only way to check out if its working (on a non-beats-enabled-sense ROM - where you can switch it on and off) is to compare a before and after ROM setup (pre flash nand backup vs post flash.
[HTC Desire S] ammenRA:
Hi dan

it happens to me too but it happens only when i do a endy nandroid restore. what i do is, choose no effect and press ok after that i go back to sound enhancer option and choose different sound mode, if there's a difference between the no effect and the other sound effect (and it always does) then i choose the beat mode.
[HTC Desire S] Ballack94:
Can anyone of upload flash zip flie beats audio please

Original thread is closed

Pleaszzzzzz////

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Please ignore.............................
[HTC Desire S] Ballack94:
**** man

Unluckyyy we are

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Ah.... my mistake, wrong thread.

Please ignore.
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Hey guys - bit confused here.

Doesn't Endymion already come with beats? So what function does this beats audio have?
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
This is for ROMs without Beats Audio buddy. Not for Endymion or other Sense ROMs with Beats enabled...:)

Maybe i didn't explain it properly in the first post (though i tried to be pretty clear - read below)

This is from the first post:

Hope that clears your doubt old friend. :)
[HTC Desire S] pughie:
Flashed it onto reaper and you can tell the difference, that said I still prefer poweramp ;)
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Thanks man!

Sorry, I didn't read the OP very carefully!

Since we're on a Beats topic:

How much did you get the beats tour for? :D
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
I'd like to know too. They seem nice. I've been using skullcandy till now, but one earphone always stops working after some time.
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
I got 'em from Mumbai for Rs. 4,500 in September last year. Don't know what they cost now... prices must've come down significantly, as at that time they were a novelty an only a couple of stores in India had 'em.

Actually i had gone to purchase a set of Bose earphones, but when compared to the Beats ones, the Bose in-canal phones sounded tinny. Couldn't believe it myself when i picked Beats over Bose (Plus Bose way way more expensive). But i am so happy i took that decision. They are punchy as hell, fit perfectly with no ear fatigue or pain even after hours of being stuffed into the ears..... and I would say they're easily worth the money.
[HTC Desire S] Ballack94:
What is this

Alltest zip

In your thread

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Errr... thanks for the offer, but its already on the first post. :)
[HTC Desire S] Ballack94:
Is it same before first thread of it came ??

Or this file something different ??

Thankxx

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Hi @Ballack :), the point is not providing the original file. Even i can do that... as i have the file on my computer. But i removed it because there were issues between the original developer of the mod, and another guy who modified it later (and apparently got famous as the "original developer" of the mod). I've seen what it takes for devs here to come up with something original... and just because it is out on the internet doesn't mean we throw it around without the slightest hint of respect for the developer who created it.

That's the reason i took down that disputed file, just to show respect to the dev who built it, but was denied the credit for the same, as somebody else stole the limelight for his work! So I had moral issues posting the latter's .zip on this thread. But now the original dev has modded his zip to be flashable on all GB ROMs, and there is no more dispute...that's why i re-opened the thread.

for all practical purposes, the files are the same, as they are only a collection of bin files that tweak your audio. Hope I've been able to explain myself somewhat buddy! :):):)
[HTC Desire S] sebysebu:
works on stock ROM?

If I have S-off and stock Gingerbread ROM does this .zip works?
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
What does it say in the first post? Have you read it? :confused:
[HTC Desire S] sebysebu:
Sure I have read it, says that works on any Gingerbread ROM, but I asked only to be sure, sorry if I caused any incoveniences,
[HTC Desire S] Ballack94:
Sorry man

I have flashed older attachment

How do i know

enigmaamit

It worked on me

Can you help me

enigmaamit

Thanks

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
No problem.

Unfortunately there is no way to tell if it's working or not as it doesn have a GUI ... You'll have to rely on your ears for that. Listen to the same song using the same music player at the same settings and the same earphones before and after flashing the mod... Or restore your nandroid backup to test if there is a difference in the sound quality.....

Beamed from the Dark Side using xda premium.
[HTC Desire S] noytexz:
Where can I see if the installation worked?

Written with bad english on my Desire S.
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Read the post just above yours. :)
[HTC Desire S] noytexz:
Okay great news, then it's not just a feeling, it sounds really better ;) worked for me on reaper v21

Written with bad english on my Desire S.
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
That's great news man! First confirmation for Reaper !

Thanks a ton for testing it out. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] caniacbart:
Anyone having problems with loss of service on 1.2?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] caniacbart:
Miz ICS rom

disregard, I see the FB27 update now.

Sorry.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dsuppa:
I just flashed TeamBAMF and coming from AOKP I am missing a couple features and was curious if there is a way to mod these things myself or if youre only able to change what features the ROM has been developed to allow. The thinkgs I want to do aree:

change the soft key layoutshrink

the size of the softkey icons

move the clock to the center

replace battery icon with just a number

Just realized i posted this in wrong place, can a mod please move to Q&A?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MR H3LLMAN:
The first 2 are extremely easy to do, the second 2 not so much. I can't really help you with the latter but I can help you with the first 2. I'm on BAMF now and have already made a couple navmods for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dsuppa:
so for the first 2 how did you do it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] drewtang:
Ummmmmm, go back to AOKP?

sent from my nexus prime
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mughalmab:
Can you hide navigation bar in this rom? I have battery issues in AOKP but my problem is with customization in AOKP. I can't find them in other roms. Codename is best rom for battery and performance. I just want navbar hide option and I will move back to Codename rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atticus182:
+1 :-)

Just install franco. kernel over AOKP and battery should be great!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mughalmab:
I am using franko kernal.
[HTC Desire S] n0elite:
Hi, A short but effective guide for people who want to root their Desire S while keeping HBOOT 2.00.0002 and S-ON. This is what I did with my phone yesterday, but took me a lot of time to figure things out, so I'm writing this for myself and other people.

1) First of all set up ADB and Fastboot. [GUIDE] Easy and simple adb and fastboot setup for newbies (Windows only)

Also download the ROM you wish to install on your Desire S and put it on your microSD card. For this tutorial I choose Reaper v2.1 rom by lowveld.

2) You have to unlock your bootloader first via HTCdev so that you can install EXT4 recovery and custom roms. In the dropdown list select ''All other supported models'' and follow the instructions.

If you successfully finished the HTCdev unlock tutorial, your phone has a unlocked bootloader.

3) We're going to install EXT4 recovery. But first download ''4EXT_Recovery_v2.2.7_RC5.zip'' and extract the recovery.img file to the folder where you installed fastboot and adb. If you followed the tutorial in step 1 the folder will be ''C:\android-tools''

Now make sure Fast Boot is turned off on your phone. Go to ''Settings > Power > Fast Boot'' to turn it off. Unplug your phone from your computer, it's time to turn of your phone and boot into your bootloader.

Press Volume Down Button and Power Button at the same time to boot into recovery. Now connect your phone to your computer and select fastboot.

(Power button to select, Volume Down/Up to navigate)

Go to start->run-> type cmd and press enter. A command prompt will now appear.

Type:

EXT4 recovery is now installed on your phone. Turn off your phone in bootloader menu.

4) Open the rom (.zip file) you downloaded in step 1 and put the ''boot.img'' file in ''C:\android-tools''

If you followed this tutorial correctly, you already copied your desired rom your onto your MicroSD card.

Now we boot into the bootloader again, this time we select recovery.

Go to: wipe | format>and select: wipe data/factory reset (this may take a while), then select wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache.

Go back to main menu in EXT4 recovery and select ''install from sdcard'' select ''Reaper_V2.1.ZIP''. After the rom is installed turn your phone off again.

Boot into recovery, connect your phone to your computer and select fastboot on your phone.

Go to start->run-> type cmd and press enter. A command prompt will now appear.

Type:

After it's successfully installed, turn of your phone and just boot normally. It may take a while for your phone to boot up.

Your phone is unlocked,rooted and has a custom ROM.

Enjoy

Note: Some new ICS roms require different kind of HBOOT. I use Fallout v5.0.0 without any problems.

Just press the 'Thanks' button instead of saying thanks.
[HTC Desire S] Blasterke:
Tx!

Was thinking about rooting/unlocking but wasnt really sure of myself doing it without bricking it. Most of this guide i already knew but it gives me confidence before making the jump :)
[HTC Desire S] foX2delta:
Why did you temp root at step 2? As soon as you restart your phone it'll be gone.
[HTC Desire S] n0elite:
So it's not permanent? meaning step 2 is unnecessary?
[HTC Desire S] foX2delta:
@n0elite

Yeah, if your phone is locked (2. hboot) or s-on (0.98 hboot) if will just give you shell root, useful but not required for what you doing.
[HTC Desire S] StvnKwlzk:
this looks promising, i think i'll try it someday

so i'll be root after i finished this procedure, or just temporary?
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Finally. This was the missing link in this forum!

I had the intention do write one, but I am S-OFF and cannot verify the steps without going to Stock then doing the steps and then downgrade and S-OFF again. Too many things to do just in the name of a correct tutorial. Anyway thanks I am glad that somebody finally wrote it!

P. S. : please notify ben_pyett to include it in the Index thread
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Wouldn't swapping step 2 and 3 fix that?
[HTC Desire S] foX2delta:
@dan-fish

Yip
[HTC Desire S] n0elite:
Guide updated. Thanks for the comments
[HTC Desire S] yxsunnyxy:
I've followed your Guide ... but i stuck on the bootscreen

i installed the ROM via recovery ... and then the phone restarted and started to boot, i just pulled out the battery to turn off the phone and then to flash "boot.img" via fastboot, but now i stuck on the bootscreen ... anybody knows what to do?
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Damn, where did you read to pull the battery? NEVER PULL BATTERY AT RUNNING OR BOOTING SYSTEM EXCEPT YOUR AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY TO GET A PAPERWEIGHT AND DON'T MIND IT!!

Did really take a look at the recovery? What is written as last line?

Ok, but your phone is off now, if not reboot to bootloader with

adb reboot bootloader

at the command line.

Otherwise start it with vol down and power.

There use the fastboot command to flash the boot.img, if you're lucky it will work.

Swifted from my Desire S far away from my PC
[HTC Desire S] yxsunnyxy:
I tried it, but it will still stuck on the HTC Splash screen ...

When i'm flashing the ROM everything works and in the end it starts restarting ... and i have no chance to stop the restarting? Or i'm blind

Update: Found the solution ... noob mistake ;)
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
What rom do you use? Maybe the recovery script forces a restart, sry, but anyways use vol down vol up and power or adb reboot bootloader to force a reboot.

If it's really needed only pull battery in between the small gap after shutdown and boot, but not at running system.

Try it the other way round, first flash the boot.img, afterwards flash the rom.

Swifted from my Desire S far away from my PC
[HTC Desire S] stroescu76:
Please help .

I am new to android and I did know a great stupidity, I removed the battery while charging the 4EXT Recovery image I thought was locked and now i do not know what to do, please teach me download it another rom as it related to furniture. :(:(:(
[HTC Desire S] n0elite:
So what is the problem? Phone doesn't boot or what?
[HTC Desire S] stroescu76:
Locked in HTC logo.

He remained in the HTC logo, and nothing happens, I would be very grateful if you help me, I think not uploaded image.: (: (: (
[HTC Desire S] n0elite:
What did you do before the phone wouldn't boot?
[HTC Desire S] stroescu76:
I followed your directions, I installed version Reaper_V2.1'''' I closed, I opened the phone and I gave in "Fastboot", give the command:

cd c: \ android-tools [press enter]

fastboot flash boot boot.img [press enter],

but it says "error: can not load boot.img", if I saw a video where I realize I'm wrong or my phone failed.
[HTC Desire S] n0elite:
Put boot.img in c:\android-tools and then run the command again
[HTC Desire S] Tango One:
I reflashed the boot file again after using the wipe function in ext4 and it worked
[HTC Desire S] 0xf00f:
cannot flash boot.img of 4.x roms

Hi, I have followed this guide on a brand new phone, so now it is hboot 2.00.2002 and unlocked s-on and I am happy for now with Reaper 3.0.

But I wanted to try some 4.x roms with latest kernels.

No luck with that because I am not able to flash their boot.img since it's too large.

What should I do/read next for this?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
I'm fairly new to this as well but I've been flashing JB Roms the same way, the blindndumb ones are ok

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[HTC Desire S] 0xf00f:
I forgot to say that I managed to get a 4.x ROM working only this way:

- wipe/format and install new rom inside recovery choosing the zip for the ROM

- flash the boot.img from Reaper 3.0

But this is not the right kernel, it's 2.6 insteal of 3.0 etc
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
What Rom did you flash

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[HTC Desire S] 0xf00f:
I tried 3-4, but don't remember exactly - the last two ones I tried were:

- miuiandroid_saga-2.8.10

- BlindICE v12 - Final Edition
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
blindIce has its own boot.img to flash and I haven't used any miui yet. Most still use kernel 2 as source code not released yet. Only vanilla Roms I know of that use a kernel 3 are still only developmental/unfinished

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[HTC Desire S] 0xf00f:
The boot.img from Reaper is 2.1MB and it is OK.

BlindIce has 4 different boot.img options and i can't flash any of them. They are 2.2MB and 2.3MB.

miui boot.img is 3.8MB.

So my question is what's wrong here and how to repartition (or what do I need to do)?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
did you format all but sd before trying to flash the boot.ing. because I had no problems with any of them from blindIce

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---------- Post added at 12:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:36 AM ----------

I'm htcdev unlocked using this guide, I've got into the habit of formatting all but sd partition before installing new Rom, not had a problem yet. It's one click using EXT4.

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[HTC Desire S] 0xf00f:
I did that everytime.

But now that you mention "one click", I have the classic version of ext4 recovery, and I suppose you have the touch version. Maybe I should try with it.
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
I used cwm first then went to EXT4 touch, it's lovely to use and saves the volume rocker which I need to wake it up

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[HTC Desire S] SeidMNE:
Htc Desire S

Can you please help my I have a big problem,I rooted my Desire S folowing the guides you setup,but yet i have a problem with my volume (buttom) rocker and i must send my phone to the factory how can i unroot my phone and instal original stock firmware?
[HTC Desire S] Eduardo Valero:
Please help...

I did all the steps from post #1, but the final command

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fails... I get the error

unknown partition 'boot.img'

error: cannot determine image filename for 'boot.img'

Now when I boot it, I just get the white screen with HTC on it :(

Thanks for any help...

PS. I used CM7.2 ROM (latest stable for HTC Desire S)

When I start 4EXT Recovery I see 4 partitions:

system ext4

data ext4

cache ext4

sdcard fat32

(I first converted ext3 to ext4, and also wiped all caches)

it also says on the bottom: Current Rom: CyanogenMod-7.2.0-saga
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Did you put a copy of the boot img in the android tools folder? Have you made sure you have it in fastboot? Not bootloader
[HTC Desire S] .:ArMinO:.:
Hello.

Thank you for this guide. I would like to install Fallout Evolution v4.4.0 by following this guide. I know this isn't probably ontopic, but I have to backup my data of application first... I don't know how to do it, because when I root my phone, it will completely erase my data and application...

Here is my problem... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1844413

Can you help me with this?
[HTC Desire S] papaganz:
Why do I get these FAILED messages?

edit: weird, when I restarted the unlocking with unlock_code.bin it didn't fail. Never mind then!
[HTC Desire S] abhishek2386:
Help Needed - Backup Stock ROM before using custom ROMs

I have just unlocked the bootloader with HTC-Dev (HBOOT 2.00.0002).

Is there a option for me to backup my stock ROM before trying out with any custom ROM ? If Yes, what should be the steps... ?

I just want to have a backup of my stock ROM so that I can restore it later, if required.

Note: I have already tried rooting with SuperOneClick, but looks like it doesn't work for 2.3.5 on wards anymore (Hangs at Step #7)

Any help will be highly appreciated...

Thanks in advance! :fingers-crossed:
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
If you've installed ext4 recovery then you can make a backup with that.

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Now when you change Rom just make sure you flash the boot.ing. using the same method above

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[HTC Desire S] abhishek2386:
Ya, I remember that, it's a extra step for those who have HBOOT 2.00.0002 S-ON unlocked with HTC-Dev :cowboy:
[HTC Desire S] totalnoob34:
That's another reason i suggest downgrading instead;)

Sent from my S-OFFed Desire S
[HTC Desire S] AiZ_04:
I do not understand this part. "and format EXT3 to EXT4." Please can you tell me, which EXT3 partition are you talking about? Are you suggesting here that I make an EXT partition on my SDCARD or turn the eMMC partition on phone from EXT3 to EXT4??
[HTC Desire S] miewter:
Thanks and additional steps for the BOOT.IMG

Thanks for this tutorial.

I just wanna add a step before the last syntax though coz that cause the boot problem.

PREP Step:

exract boot.img file from ZIP/ROM file that you put sd card ( in kernel/saga/boot.img or in the base location )

copy img file to same directory with fastboot file

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Go to start->run-> type cmd and press enter. A command prompt will now appear.

Type:

After it's successfully installed turn your phone off and boot it in normal mode. Your phone is unlocked,rooted and has a custom ROM.

Enjoy

Just press the 'Thanks' button instead of saying thanks.[/QUOTE]
[HTC Desire S] algebra21:
I need help!

I have followed all steps in the guide and everything was going OK.

But after final step, when I tried to reboot in normal mode, the phone stays in some sort

of start loop. The bluo circle logo is spinning and is infinately counting.

What can I do?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Follow the last instructions in the post above you

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