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[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
Before updating ota, u need to flash stock rom (unrooted), stock recovery and then u lock the bootloader. In order to flash custom recovery, u need to unlock the bootloader with s-on or s-off
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
still no news... so it's really looking like a summer time release. for some odd reason the virgin desire has been stuck at the certification stage while all the others phones have been completed. im really eyeing the Moto G but i know it won't have LTE/SD/NFC....
[HTC Desire 601] Kolma:
Some HTC Desire 601s in Canada still lack Kit Kat

http://www.htc.com/ca/go/htc-software-updates/
[HTC Desire 601] shemi4444:
Kitkat download link from Singapore

http://fotadl.htc.com//OTA_ZARA_UL_...1.10.707.5_release_3718999dwpo14yeqdcnul3.zip

Enjoy!
[HTC Desire 601] NeoGraven:
Something to remember guys, VM is CDMA, which is different than the other 601 phones. This is undoubtedly why we are last, and it's taking longer.
[HTC Desire 601] Akishima:
Thanks dude, do you have link for the RUU (asia version)?
[HTC Desire 601] Kolma:
It's Virgin Mobile's fault not HTC I want to believe.

They are taking their sweet time certifying it
[HTC Desire 601] NeoGraven:
Yea, that's what I think as well
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
yea. it is. HTC did their part of the update then gave it to virgin to certify it. (first pic)

now virgin is saying they don't have information about an update. (pic 2)
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
wow.. virgin mobile is so unreliable when it comes to when/if a phone gets an update.. just go look at their last conversation on Twitter.
[HTC Desire 601] Climber007:
There is no CM

I've bought new Desire 601 and I'm surprised that there is no official forum and no custom ROMs especially Czanogenmod ROMs. Why? I prefer clean Androit to HTC's circus.
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
mainly because we simply have no devs. this phone can definitely handle custom roms. it's a nice little phone but all the devs seem to be developing roms elsewhere.
[HTC Desire 601] Kolma:
Us having just one thread is such a hinderance...

new users are confused so they shy away if they are even able to find us..

Devs don't care to develop for unpopular phones.

Come on XDA.... haven't we suffered enough?
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
so the virgin mobile u.s.a update is apparently cancelled. or not planned now.. [MENTION=1862878]movers[/MENTION]i responded to a tweet from 2 days ago yesterday and it says... (pic attached) I'm giving up on keeping up on it.
[HTC Desire 601] NeoGraven:
Dammit I got this phone because they said it was getting 4.4 I would have changed service to a new phone by now.... Grrrrr
[HTC Desire 601] Kolma:
This is awful if true...

There better be better plans if we aren't getting 4.4 Sense 5.5 >:|
[HTC Desire 601] limcc:
From my own experience with M7 and just few minutes ago, ZARA, we only need stock system partition and stock recovery. rooted or not doesn't matter.

I use the recovery.img extracted from the Singapore OTA:

OTA_ZARA_UL_K44_SENSE55_MR_hTC_Asia_WWE_2.14.707.6-1.10.707.5_release_371899

No S-off before or after and, bootloader unlocked + rooted. I don't know about ZARA but I S-off the M7 and remove some system apps that were factory installed, none of the OTA would work until all the vendor rubbish were restore back. and these restoration of system apps required S-Off, it was a PITA after I sent the M7 in for RMA and tried to do OTA with S-Off after a TWRP image restore.
[HTC Desire 601] jjbadd385:
The phone is just fine with 4.2.2, & Sense 5, after being debloated.
[HTC Desire 601] limcc:
I'm OK with 4.2.2 but I'm not gonna waste time removing the vendor apps as it will create more trouble when one needs to OTA update. although I'm not sure if HTC is going to release more update for this low to mid phone.

OTOH, I'm trying to find what's really updated in this KK. everything feel the same to me and I don't see any changes in the skin too. :confused:
[HTC Desire 601] Climber007:
Maybe the best way is find some developer and pay him little money for developping us clean CM11 ROM. When will 20 people send him $10 each, he could buy some beer. The stock KK ROM is fine, bud without any possibilities of modification. I'm so nervous when have to use horrible lock screen and other HTC stuff.
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
kitkat is complicated and more secure. It causes some issues. http://m.androidcentral.com/kitkat-sdcard-changes

I'm scared to update to it. I'm fine with jellybean
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
yea, it runs fine on 4.2.2 but we all have the same phone at the end of the day. the whole GSM/CDMA is no excuse not to update everyone. we all started off with sense 5 & 4.2.2. it's just different carriers we have, not hardware/specs.

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question:

does zara_ul have NFC?.. & does it also have 1.4 dual core snap. 400/adreno 305 like zara_cl?
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
what do you have in your settings under more?..
[HTC Desire 601] mrplowdan:
No NFC
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
oh ok. -thnks
[HTC Desire 601] tonydd:
+1:thumbup: although I have updated and reverted back several times. KK works as good as JB now that it's set up again.

Same goes for being s-off.
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
im fuked! :( Im tryin to boot CWM recovery by typin "fastboot boot philz_touch_6.12.8-zara.img" and nothing happens so I type "fastboot reboot" and im stuck at fastboot. How do I get out of it? i type "fastboot devices" and the output shows my device's serial # i press buttons on my phone and nothing happens. my phone is not rooted yet o man im fuked!
[HTC Desire 601] kwkbnk:
You don't boot recovery that way. To boot recovery you boot into bootloader and select recovery. You only flash recovery from fastboot. If you haven't flashed it yet just reboot your phone and your good to go. Just scroll reboot with your volume buttons and hit power to select. If you have flashed recovery select bootloader and then recovery
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
can't scroll down or up. i press the power button for a few mins and my phone wont turn off. still stuck at fastboot. I was not tryin to flash CWM recovery. I was tryin to soft-boot CWM recovery so that i can make a backup of stock rom. when im done, i can return to stock recovery

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I removed the battery for like 20 mins then put it back in. now my phone can boot normally. didnt think it would help
[HTC Desire 601] :
To reboot in fastboot, literally, the code is

fastboot reboot

. Also, when trying to boot the image, you know that to boot it, that the code is

fastboot boot recovery /path/to/recovery.img

?
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
Yeah I tried to type "fastboot reboot" but it didn't help. I was stuck at fastboot. Now its all good. I think fastboot boot recovery.img doesn't work bec I tried it and no recovery

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Actually u get into fastboot mode by typin "fastboot reboot-bootloader"
[HTC Desire 601] :
I meant to get to regular mode and not fastboot/bootloader.

Enviado desde mi HTC One SV mediante Tapatalk
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
fastboot reboot-bootloader doesnt work bec it says "<waiting for device>" but adb reboot bootloader works
[HTC Desire 601] jjbadd385:
Take out the battery, then boot into bootloader by pressing pwr + vol down

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It'll be ok..I've done it a thousand times
[HTC Desire 601] NeoGraven:
Also, unplug your usb cable while doing all this. My phone will loop if I leave it plugged in while trying to work with recovery. Think it stopped doing that once I was s-off
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
im tryin to boot cwm recovery without flashin by typin "fastboot boot recovery.img" and it says "downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY

booting...

OKAY

finished"

and no recovery. any ideas? i wonder if anyone else has the same problem
[HTC Desire 601] :
UGH never mind. It won't boot on my SV. Why don't you flash it? It works perfectly fine on my SV, there are no problems. Just make a boot partition backup. Reboot into normal 4.2, then do in adb: (Replacing X where boot.img is, can someone tell me where it is...). Once you have done that, then you have a boot.img that is from stock.

adb shell

su

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0pX of=/sdcard/system.img
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
haha im dumb i have no idea how to do that. i type "fastboot boot recovery recovery.img" and it says "cannot load 'recovery': no such file or directory." ok u said fastboot boot recovery /path/to/recovery.img what do u mean path to? could u give me an example how u do it? cwm recovery.img is in the platform-tools folder where fastboot.exe is on desktop
[HTC Desire 601] :
Look at my edited statement above. You can't use that command,as I found out. You also cannot simply boot the recovery. I tried and my phone just hung. I could get out of fastboot until I battery pulled.

Enviado desde mi HTC One SV mediante Tapatalk
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
bec i dont wanna flash cwm recovery we have no custom roms so its pointless. if u backup a boot partition then u need to be rooted and u wont be able to update ota if u r on stock rooted rom. i need to backup stock unrooted rom. if i have to flash cwm recovery then i need a stock recovery
[HTC Desire 601] mrplowdan:
The Desire 601, like many newer HTC phones, cannot boot from fastboot with an external file. Its annoying so the only way around it is to flash the file and flash back to stock if it doesn't work.
[HTC Desire 601] :
Sadly.

Enviado desde mi HTC One SV mediante Tapatalk
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
Thanks for lettin me know. I didn't know. Could anyone pls provide me stock recovery? I don't know which one for virgin mobile
[HTC Desire 601] mrplowdan:
If its zara_ul all carriers share the same recovery, grab the telus one from my signature
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
Its zara_CL
[HTC Desire 601] mrplowdan:
doh, the cl recovery is posted near the start of this thread. Good luck finding it!
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
found it. thank u. if anyone needs something to flash for Zara_CL go to https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-kSF8g8H7KuME12ai1OVHVqd3M&usp=sharing#list
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
damn it! anyone else has the same issue with link2sd? can't mount a 2nd partition. i have no issue with it on my old phone
[HTC Desire 601] ClassickWORLD:
No diag mode.

I am having the same issue. Any solution?
[HTC Desire 601] -Duir-:
##3424# works fine for me. Are you on stock ROM?
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
When I charge my phone, my phone boots into CWM recovery is that normal?
[HTC Desire 601] -Duir-:
For CWM yes, [MENTION=1219335]jmz[/MENTION]'s build of TWRP doesn't have that issue. I can't remember though if it works for both versions of this phone or just ZARA_CL (don't know which you have, but if you have ZARA_CL then no worries).

For zara_cl link in my sig points to official TWRP download page, if you have zara_ul, search within the thread, he may have posted a version for that device (or said if it works for both devices).
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
Thanks for lettin me know. I thought it was odd. Now I'm tryin to find a way to fix the link2sd issue. Everytime I select fat32 and tap ok, my phone reboots then got an error report from htc saying my phone has been reset or something I don't know if it has to do with jellybean, cwm recovery, supersu, or somethin. I need to fix it so that I can move apps to sd card any ideas? :mad::confused:
[HTC Desire 601] -Duir-:
No idea, I haven't messed with that app since my Wildfire S days, when you really needed apps on SD because you had less then 512MB of storage. :silly:
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
Lol its a nightmare. I've been tryin to fix it since yesterday. I'm not gonna give up. I wish I knew wut causes the issue
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
probably bec im s-on
[HTC Desire 601] cheena:
HTC Desire 601 Low Volume After Kitkat Update - Solved

After installing Kitkat, I noticed that the volume level from the speakers dropped noticeably. I could not find a solution anywhere, although other people also complained about it. My phone is from Canadian carrier Fido (Rogers subsidiary), GSM version (UL), never rooted or modified. Yesterday, I booted into the recovery menu, then rebooted the phone. I did not reset the phone, I just booted into recovery and chose Reboot. To my surprise, the phone booted with a much louder sound than before! So it seems like the problem was solved. If this does not work, I suggest to try Factory Reset.

One thing I noticed, and I may be wrong, is that although the volume is as loud as in 4.2, the sound is not as crisp as before. I wonder if others noticed this too.

I wonder if Beats Audio was enabled in 4.2, and disabled in 4.4. On my version of the 601, Beats Audio does not appear in the menus, although I think that in some countries it does.
[HTC Desire 601] Hedied4me:
Does anybody have the stock kernel for zara_cl? I keep getting reboots with the two available custom kernels.
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-kSF8g8H7KuME12ai1OVHVqd3M&usp=sharing#list
[HTC Desire 601] Hedied4me:
So for stock kernel would I just flash stockboot? I'm assuming I do that via adb. Am rooted and unlocked bootloader with s-on, hopefully that won't interfere. I have the RUU if it does.
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
U flash it via fastboot by typin "fastboot flash boot stock_boot_zaracl.img"
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
tried this?
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
[MENTION=494185]LlabTooFeR[/MENTION] suggests zara_cl 4.4 is this month...
[HTC Desire 601] Val D.:
Post #1710
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
i'd use rumrunner to get s-off but i notice that the site says "(**3**) this device has a known bug where it will vibrate multiple times on EVERY boot after using rumrunner. This is NOT reversible. You’ve been warned!!!" thats not good does ur device vibrate?
[HTC Desire 601] Kolma:
I'm on a "I'll believe it when I see it" mentality now.
[HTC Desire 601] apvm:
off topic, I have a 601 with stock kitkat, sometimes the speaker will mute (headphone works fine) and no music, ringtone etc only a reboot will fix it. any idea what causes this? Thanks.
[HTC Desire 601] tonydd:
I've done both my phone's and don't have this issue.
[HTC Desire 601] NeoGraven:
To make sure I'm ready for the update (if we ever get it), I ran the ruu and locked my phone back. I'm already s-off... Anything else? I'm getting a Moto G today and I want to get my Zara CL ready.
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
How do u get back to s-on?

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I think u need to be on stock rom unrooted. If u update, u will lose root
[HTC Desire 601] NeoGraven:
Ok, cool.. don't care at this point this is going to be a home phone, the moto G will become ny main
[HTC Desire 601] Child's Play:
if i uninstall supersu, will i lose root? i'd like to uninstall and reinstall it. do i uninstall it from google play then flash it via recovery correct? i aint sure :confused:
[HTC Desire 601] :
You just lose the app, not the su binary.

Enviado desde mi HTC One SV mediante Tapatalk
[HTC Desire 601] xXminiWHOOPERxX:
Okay so i just bought the HTC Desire 601 (zara_cl) from jmz, Does it support gsm or is it only cdma?? Cause Here it says this "

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions of the zara

"

Because when i recieve the device i plan to port "InsertCoin" to this device if it includes gsm on the zara_cl. As i am a member of insertcoin.

So if someone can answer this fully i will be in your debt.
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
I believe it's both GSM (zara_ul) & CDMA (zara_cl). what is this insertcoin rom? do you have a link?
[HTC Desire 601] xXminiWHOOPERxX:
Well I'm trying to see if the CDMA ( zara_cl ) supports gsm. It says all versions. Meaning all HTC desires 601 support gsm. Am I right? And insertcoin like this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2700477

Want to support InsertCoin? Just get our donate key :)
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
nice. a sense 6 rom? & by GSM you mean 2G or 3G?
[HTC Desire 601] standak14:
Where is my mistake? :crying:

I did init.d phone and used the script

# / system / bin / sh

sleep 5

mount-o remount, rw /

mount-t vfat-o umask = 0000 /dev/block/vold/179: 65 /mnt/sdcard

sleep 5

mount-o bind /data /media /storage/ext_sd

More on the picture

The PC can see only the internal storage size ext sd card
[HTC Desire 601] -Duir-:
I'm not entirely sure what you are asking? When determining free space for apps and such that's always based on the internal storage. If you want an app to be on the SD card, simply move it there.

I'm not familiar with init.d scripts, but the picture shows the same info because it's supposed to.

/storage/ext_sd is the path to the physical card itself and /storage/emulated is as it sounds, an emulated version (yes, of your ext sd card).
[HTC Desire 601] russellvone:
#!/system/bin/sh

also, you need to install SManager and have it run on boot, until write protection is removed.

the rest of the script.... where did you get it from?
[HTC Desire 601] Vency77:
You need only root and this app: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2192122

It can link the data from the internal sdcard to your external so for example the big games data can stay on your external sdcard. However, we still have write protection, so in the best scenario you would have to do it after every reboot, but I cant guarantee it will work at all. It is possible to do it via recovery, but it will be more complicated..

And guys, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354 write here so we could possible get a section, which would be great :fingers-crossed:
[HTC Desire 601] standak14:
I made a functional init.d :)

source here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1874485&page=3

only exam

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FolderMount not working
[HTC Desire 601] Akishima:
The problem is, all my application install their data on emulated SD Card, which is actually internal storage, and when I'm using App2SD the system read only read my emulated (fake) SD Card, not the real one.

Okay, I'll try mate, and I also already voted for our lovely device section :highfive:

I also read that some people are suggesting to use this Foldermount apps, but it's not working :(
[HTC Desire 601] standak14:
I already solved the installation of data, eg: Real Racing 3 at ext sdcard using init.d script. It has no int sdcard, but it does not bother me :)

Activate init.d support on rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1912504 Thanks [MENTION=4469201]jamesst20[/MENTION] Copy the files manually and overwrite it

Use this init.d script copy to file eg: Swap and save it

#!/system/bin/sh

sleep 2

mount -o rw,remount -t rootfs rootfs /

mount -o umask=0000 -t vfat /dev/block/vold/179:65 /mnt/sdcard

# umount /mnt/sdcard

Copy to / system / etc / init.d set the permissions to rwxrwxrwx

Use the aroma file manager in recovery

It is a temporary solution :cool: but it works :)

I'm not a developer, so sorry for the mistakes in codes
[HTC Desire 601] TheXaXo:
I need some help about rooting my Desire 601 - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48782363#post48782363

Also i want to ask something - Do i need to unlock the bootloader to flash a custom recovery? Thanks in advice! :)
[HTC Desire 601] alatnet:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48712368&postcount=177

Links are down for recovery images.

Anyone have mirrors?

#EDIT

nvm, found a mirror: https://drive.google.com/folderview...&usp=sharing&tid=0B6WBFlAKqe30ZG1wOGk2T0xwTkE

#EDIT 2

Anyone get busybox to install?
[HTC Desire 601] alatnet:
~DOUBLE POST~

{delete me}
[HTC Desire 601] Obeezy562:
https://www.mediafire.com/?25ebup6etm93cv3

link to recovery for zara gsm and cdma
[HTC Desire 601] russellvone:
awesome find.... hell yes my friend, easy to go, this is way better that the vold.fstab trick!

woot woot!
[HTC Desire 601] standak14:
Here is trick to use Xposed modules :)

Run Xposed installer, open - Framework - Install / upgrade.

Do not restart

Go to / System / bin and copy the file app_process to sdcard

Reboot into recovery

In aroma file manager copy file app_process -> / System / bin

Reboot

working Xposed modules
[HTC Desire 601] chief_4rm_tha90s:
Can't wait for my new phone to come in the mail!! I'm surprised that this phone doesn't have a section yet. Keep up the good work people:)
[HTC Desire 601] alatnet:
Does using aroma file manager allow to copy apk's to the /system/app folder with s-on?

#EDIT

Welp, tried it and seems that you can install to the /system partition via aroma file manager. Havent tried to see if it persists via restarts.

#EDIT2

Modification persists via restarts. Also was able to disable virgin mobile's mobile id thing by renaming the apk. FYI, the apk is named "ID.apk".
[HTC Desire 601] -Duir-:
If anyone who has/gets Virgin Mobile's variant of this device can upload a copy of the Software Update for me I would greatly appreciate it. If it's already been applied there's no way to get it, but if it hasn't yet you can copy it off your phone by downloading the update then selecting install later. On previous devices it would store the update on the SD card until you installed it (and delete it after).
[HTC Desire 601] Vency77:
If anyone is interested in adaway, here are two ways to remove ads since we have write protection: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2327934 (dont try the C) method, wont work). The same goes with busybox, if someone is interested I could make a flashable zip for it.

P.S. Just curious guys, have you removed the TAMPERED flag? Because I dont want to relock my bootloader :D
[HTC Desire 601] standak14:
here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47576052&postcount=7
[HTC Desire 601] -Duir-:
Tried this today, doesn't seem to work. When I relock the device it does the usual too many links error:

Then reboots and when I go back into Bootloader it shows:

*** TAMPERED ***

*** RELOCKED ***

I figure no biggie, I still have SU installed and the revone file it's location on the phone so I run it, reboot into bootloader and it just says *** RELOCKED ***, and you'd think that would mean success so I try and boot recovery, it shows the HTC screen and the message "Rebooting Recovery..." but then dumps me back into fastboot ( all in one second ) with this:

*** TAMPERED ***

*** RELOCKED ***

*** Security Warning ***

EDIT: Maybe worth mentioning, if unlock the device again I can boot the recovery with no issue.
[HTC Desire 601] chief_4rm_tha90s:
Hey Duir This update?

Update link: http://www.4shared.com/zip/2fQQWdI8/OTA_ZARA_CL_JB422_SENSE50_Spri.html
[HTC Desire 601] xXminiWHOOPERxX:
I plan to use it on net10 but I have WiFi so I can careless about data... So will it work on 2g. And yes sense 6.. also does the zara_ul kernel work on the cl model?

Want to support InsertCoin? Just get our donate key :)
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
I'm assuming it will work on 2G. & I have no idea about the kernel someone else in this thread probably knows.
[HTC Desire 601] ClassickWORLD:
Ntelos

Yes I am on stock. I have the Ntelos branded one. ##3424# does nothing. It just clears out.
[HTC Desire 601] Kolma:
If you can somehow make insert coin a CDMA rom that would be amazing!

Also JMZ decided to leave the phone?
[HTC Desire 601] jj411:
she bought the phone from jmz she said, so it's CDMA.
[HTC Desire 601] Kolma:
Yeah but it's a GSM rom and she was asking about how well GSM would work on the CDMA desire 601.

Seems like data isn't a factor to her.
[HTC Desire 601] cheena:
It's not working.

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I tried to see if removing the battery worked, and the volume level DROPPED. What worked for me before, merely booting into HBOOT is not working anymore. Erasing the cache is not working either. URGHHHH I want to go back to 4.2.2.