[General Topics] pranitsankhe:
This is simple guide for HTC One S ville2 (s3 variant) users for installing MiUi rom.

I am new to this but surely can be of some help.:D

You should have rooted device for installing this rom.

Before this I was having ViperS/C2 5.2.1 (Viper ROM by Team Venom ) as HTC stopped future support for this device. And I was dying to feel the new sense5.

And loved this rom.

Coming to MiUi..

I have installed this rom and surprisingly it surprised me:p Yes it is quite impressive. No lag. Fast interface. iOS like UI. Impressive quick settings.

here is guide for installing this rom and some problems which I faced in the process.

ROM download link-

URL is in attatchment.

(In the above link you will find latest ROM currently 4.9.12 and also flashing guide)

First download the rom.

But wait..DON'T FOLLOW "flashing guide"..Cause here only I faced a major problem.

In the flashing guide you can follow the instructions to unlock bootloader if your device is not rooted.

But don’t install the Flashing kit.

PROBLEM-

In the step: “Installing the kernel” they have asked to connect the device to your computer. After connecting you have to install “kernel.bat” which comes along with the flashing kit.

If you try installing it, it will start the phone in fastboot mode and it will install a custom recovery in your device.

So on my device recovery which got installed was “clockworkmod recovery”. This recovery does not work with ville2. And somehow my previous OS i.e. viper got corrupted.

So when I tried entering into recovery mode, my phone got stuck on “Entering Recovery” screen.

And further when I thought I should drop the plan of MiUi and restarted the phone, it just got stuck on HTC logo screen i.e start boot screen.

So don’t followupper step.

Instead do this.

Download the rom in your Sd card. Do not extract the file.

And save a copy of rom on your computer.

From zip file of rom extract “boot.img”.

Now install Teamwin recovery-

URL is in attatchment.

If you want to install recovery in fastboot mode follow instructions given on this link-

URL is in attatchment.

After installing recovery enter recovery. (i.e. while phone is off press power+vol down to enter fastboot mode..there you will find an opt for recovery)

Take a backup of your previous rom from option given in recovery.

Wipe cache, dalvic cache and do a factory reset.

After doing this just install the rom file.

(If your rom file got erased don’t panic:confused:. In recovery press option “Mount”. From there mount sd card. And from computer copy rom file on your device.)

After installing rom enter in fastboot mode (power button + volume down)

Now on your computer install “venom kernel flasher”-

URL is in attatchment.

Now open kernel flasher. Click on Manual tab at top.

Locate the “Boot.img” file which you have extracted from rom zip file.

And flash.

DONE.

ROM installation process completes here.

Now when you first start the phone everything will be in Chinese. Don’t panic. Go into setting tap on general setting tab at top and search for the option having small keyboard icon on its right side. Inside it first option is for language.

FINI.:laugh:

This is my first post. If you find anything wrong or any suggestions please do post.