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[HTC One Mini 2] Nard Cox:
Hi all, trying to get some new life into my dads phone.

Did all below steps but Windroid already seems to fail. Eventhough it indicates the phone is unlocked and TWRP is installed it's not the case. Trying to root it gets me the red triangle error.

I've enable USB debugging, what am I missing?

(already factory reset the phone as well, no luck).

Windroid

Unlock your bootloader, flash a custom recovery and gain permanent root. It also includes other functions such as flashing kernels, pushing files and installing apps.

https://xdaforums.com/one-mini-2/development/tool-windroid-universal-android-toolkit-t2944708

ROM

[ROM]NostromoPop 2.4.0 (25/10/16)[CM12.1][5.1.1] by Soenisti

https://xdaforums.com/one-mini-2/orig-development/rom-nostromopop-0-1-2-15-1-15-t3004418

GAPPS

ARM > 5.1 > Mini

http://opengapps.org/#

Recovery

TWRP

https://xdaforums.com/one-mini-2/orig-development/recovery-twp-2-7-1-0-one-mini-2-t2801370
[HTC One Mini 2] DanFreed:
I don't know if windroid damaged something but you can have your HTC unlocked with help from HTC

http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/

Edit: Sometimes you can't unlock bootloader if it is carrier-locked
[HTC One Mini 2] Nard Cox:
I did the whole bootloader thing via HTC dev. Got the unlock code and use the .bin file when using Windroid.

Is there a simplu check to see if it's carrier locked (don't think so btw)?
[HTC One Mini 2] DanFreed:
No easy way as far as I know, on some devices you can type a code to get to network settings but I don't know on HTC.

However you should have got an error when trying to unlock if it didn't work

---------- Post added at 21:24 ---------- Previous post was at 21:18 ----------

But if you have it unlocked via HTC dev what are you using Windroid for?

Do Windroid support the Mini 2?

You probably also need HTC driver on your computer to connect properly, at least you need to when flashing TWRP manually
[HTC One Mini 2] Nard Cox:
Windroid prompted me to get the unlock code via HTC dev.

Windroid does support the Mini 2 yes.

Windroid recognized the phone and everything, was able to reboot, etc.

Just tried to root with Sunshine, it says it worked but no idea. Now my PC doesn't recognize my phone anymore (EDIT: working again after 2 reboots...).

Too bad it's always such a pita to do with a phone as you please...
[HTC One Mini 2] DanFreed:
You shouldn't need to root after having it unlocked, it's ready to flash TWRP and go on with flashing ROM and gapps. But it's some time ago I did this and I did it manually. I don't know anything about windroid, so I can't say what happened or in which stage you are.

(A good advice is to do it manually to learn what you do. And always have a second guide for mistakes in the first, but that's a little too late advice now.)

If your phone still boot I would try a manual approach, download Android-sdk, HTC driver and try to connect via adb. Google for a guide to install twrp, doesn't seems like Cyanogenmod still have them since there's no official development
[HTC One Mini 2] Nard Cox:
I did it manually for many devices (unfortunately), it's always the same crap..

Manual mode (installed ADB via here) using this How to install TWRP guide and the first message:

'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Not sure if it's unlocked. When booting into bootloader it indicates: 'locked', and after I fiddled around it indicates above that 'TEMPERED', whatever that may mean.

EDIT: ps thanks for the help so far.

EDIT: opening command prompt from my previous adb (that I used for my Xiaomi Mi4C or Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro) I get the ADB commands to work, but nothing happens with this stupid phone.

EDIT: I have to other folders: abd and fastboot on my C drive. Using the adb folder it indicated it doesn't recognize the Mini 2:

C:\adb>adb devices

List of devices attached

<blank>
[HTC One Mini 2] DanFreed:
I don't think I can help you. 'TEMPERED' would be correct though, after the unlock process from HTC dev the phone is tempered with.

Have you tried to unlock it again? Just go through your steps and see if you made a mistake. Make sure you have USB debugging on, you're in the right folder for fastboot etc.

It's getting late for me so I won't check in for some time now. Good luck!
[HTC One Mini 2] Nard Cox:
A PC reboot and it recognizes the device as ADB.

- ADB reboot bootloader

- fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.x.x-xxx.img

- fastboot reboot

No errors what so ever.

C:\fastboot>adb reboot recovery = red triangle.

After rebooting the phone:

C:\fastboot>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
ADB server didn't ACK
* failed to start daemon *
error:

Solution: task manager : closed abd.exe and start over.

Problem now: I can't get into the recovery, and since I don't have root I can't use TWRP manager.

Tried via: adb reboot recovery, using Windroid and using volume up & power, volume down and power. The anooying thing is when I turn off the phone and reboot it boots within 7 seconds or so... and after the red triangle it boots like 30 seconds. I remember that HTC had something like quickboot some years ago, but no idea how to disable.

Solution: Choose for restart and hold power and volume down as soon as the screen goes back. Your in fastboot and can choose to go to recovery using volume buttons and power. When I choose recovery and press the power button screen goes black and comes back with...a red triangle. My god.... Then pressing power + vol up brings me into Android system recovery <3e> KOT49H release-keys... Does this mean TWRP isn't installed properly?
[HTC One Mini 2] DanFreed:
Since I'm not in bed yet... Now I understand where you are, or where you were. The red triangle is recovery but stock recovery, you never unlocked bootloader. When the OS don't tell the phone what to do it shows the triangle.

You need to figure out a way to unlock.
[HTC One Mini 2] Nard Cox:
Yes, looks like recovery wasn't flashed after all.

But how to unlock, I did all the steps, no errors and the phone shows 'tempered'...

EDIT: Did unlock bootloader again, no issue. I will re-read the manual HTC way.

EDIT: If I would only read better. Now I've unlocked the bootloader using the HTC instructions: http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/unlock-instructions/page-4/

It all worked out in the end. Man, if all goes well it's not even 30 minutes work (like always). Anyway, job done. Thank you DanFreed for the help!
[HTC One Mini 2] multiwirth:
You said you already flashed twrp.

In that case you already successfully unlocked the bootloader, if you can boot into twrp.

Now I never tried to root that phone, i installed CM11 and everything was fine.

To check if it is unlocked:

Go to the bootloader:

Disable the faster boot option on stock rom and shut down the phone.

Press and hold power and vol down.

You'll now enter into the bootloader.

There you should see something like "tampered" "unlocked" on top of the screen.
[HTC One Mini 2] Nard Cox:
Thanks for the help, but in my last comment I indicated I've figured it out.

My dad is already using the phone; first impression: :good:

Speed was waaaay better than before, so hoping it will stay more or less the same and pray that everything is working and these is no heavy battery drain.
[HTC One Mini 2] DanFreed:
Just checking in to see how it goes for you and I see you solved it. I told you to go through your steps again to see if you missed something ;) It's almost always a layer 8 problem.

About battery, there will be quite a different. On my first custom ROM, CM 11, I could go close to 2 days on one charge but from CM 12 and onward it's been worse, a day even less when when heavy used. But it charge quite fast.

I run CM13 now and had an upgrade just a week ago, just by luck I had 'Enable per-apps profiles' enabled and it really makes a different. I usually turn it off due to "My phone shouldn't tell me how to use my apps" but I will leave it on.
[HTC One Mini 2] Nard Cox:
Yeah, my dad is really happy so far. Thanks for the tip about the profile per app, will give that a try je self on my mi4c, just to see if it makes a real difference.
[HTC One Mini 2] multiwirth:
Alright.

btw. the battery lifetime is very great with this phone.

Only a oneplus 3 is better.
[HTC One Mini 2] tryllz:
Download SuperSU and place it into device or SDCard, reboot into TWRP and flash the file, reboot, it should root the device.
[HTC One Mini 2] Stechus_Kaktus:
Hey guys, I just flashed this rom a couple of days ago, great work! There are just two issues I came across.

1. The in-call volume is a little too low for my needs (noisy surroundings). Can someone tell me how to increase it? I already looked at "mixer_paths.xml", but couldn't find the correct line. I could upload the file if someone would take a look ;)

2. When I create new folders on the homescreen, I get problems when putting more than maybe 4-6 apps (icons) inside. The folder size doesn't increase, which means that I can only see those 4-6 apps (icons), even if there are 10+ inside. After a restart everything is fine and I can see all apps (icons). Got any ideas how to solve this problem?
[HTC One Mini 2] andikainz:
Hi!

I used the hints from the following link:

http://xdaforums.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/mod-volume-increase-mod-oneplus-one-t2835010

it worked for me (after some time of trying out several settings)

The problem I could not solve so far is the poor volume when connected to different bluetooth headsets or car kits. (playing music works fine but phonecalls are a problem)

This is very annoying in my case, because i often switch cars and use a hedset as well

The microphone volume is acceptable but the speaker volume is much to low.

I did not find any instructions for increasing this.

Also different changes in the mixer paths xml do not show any result.

Is there any solution or workaround to fix this?

I would be glad and thankful for some ideas.
[HTC One Mini 2] beatjost:
Great ROM

Just flushed this ROM and it runs very good! :)

Coming from "CyanogenMod 13 for One Mini 2" and had problem with wifi and performance... Thanks for that!
[HTC One Mini 2] Coaxs94:
Hi,

Just wanted to ask something. Do you guys had hard time enabling 720p 60fps feature for this phone with lollipop and above? Cause I couldn't get it working on LOS rom, but on this rom there's no even an option for it. It works perfectly on stock 4.4.2. Btw can't go back to stock since my one mini 2 is vodafone and there's no rom for it to download. :/
[HTC One Mini 2] multiwirth:
Nope no problems here.
[HTC One Mini 2] Coaxs94:
On LOS, it does start 60fps 720p, but that's actually only 30fps (my case), install MX Player, take 60fps 720p video and after that open it with mx and go details, more details, it should show fps, I got only 30fps. Have tried the same way on stock, and it shows 60 fps, also you can see much more smoothness ofc.
[HTC One Mini 2] vlxxx:
Hi.

I have installed this Rom and so far my phone is running smoothly. I have a problem that may not be Rom related, but I don't know where to ask. My phone is sim locked in Orange. I payed Orange for an unlock key, but that key doesn't work. I haven't contacted them yet because I don't have an original Rom installed.

Could having previously flashed other custom roms affected my phone so now it cannot be sim unlocked?

Thanks.
[HTC One Mini 2] Lyovski:
The link in first post for download, doesn't work.
[HTC One Mini 2] pedst:
Understood prob none of that changelog lol. Hows volumes with update?
[HTC One Mini 2] Soenisti:
I guess the folder preview is default in new version but personally I use Hollow Launcher HD so don't have that problem plus that one works better with higher res giving more rows and columns etc.

For a more easily read changelog see the CM gerrt review changelog as it's CM source so the same changelog works here as well. the one I uploaded was purely the output from git log from all the repos!
[HTC One Mini 2] mad_wings:
I tried few launcher but I didn't like them (visually) :) Actually, Hola Launcher was OK, but after two days, I noticed that it's massive battery drain so i revert back to Trebuchet.

Does anyone has big Miscellaneous battery drain in battery stats? 73% since last full charge and second is screen with only 16%. Then mobile standby 9%, Android OS 5 % etc....

Also, I noticed that phone is (sometimes) little slow on response when battery is below 20-30%, and dialer app needs few extra seconds to appear if I'm using phone (surfing or reading...) It's ringing, but I can't answer because there is no dialer showed. This last 5-10 seconds.

Also, sometimes when I answer call, I don't hear anything - need to turn on and off speaker to hear it normal...
[HTC One Mini 2] Soenisti:
BTW all, Xposed for 5.x works on this build! Xposed 5.x

[MENTION=4419114]rovo89[/MENTION] Thanks and kudos!!
[HTC One Mini 2] mad_wings:
It worked on previous build also..

And btw, I overcome visual problem with folders: backup and restore version I like with titanium - and voila :)

New build is better, and smother.. Installed it today, so, still testing.
[HTC One Mini 2] jis251:
HI. Good to hear. How is the in call quality (sound/voice)?
[HTC One Mini 2] Soenisti:
Version 2.0.2 uploaded!
[HTC One Mini 2] pedst:
MTP broken..
[HTC One Mini 2] Soenisti:
Really? How so? works fine for me...
[HTC One Mini 2] BUBNOV1994:
sound

The speaker is very loud playing , wheezing , what to do?
[HTC One Mini 2] mad_wings:
I've heard worse :) I can live with this, it's OK. For example, yesterday I was walking down the main street: car traffic, wet road, rainy day - I've talked over the phone and I heard conversation normalny..

Bigger problem is when sometimes device is laggy, apps are not responding, and after you choose some option/app, you have to wait a minute or for device to respond.. Battery level is not factor with this. Processor usage is low and and more than 200MB of RAM is available...

Will try new build, hope this response will be better.
[HTC One Mini 2] ugd:
Any bugs reported?
[HTC One Mini 2] corbeau56:
Using V2.0 for a while, works quite good after installing CM gapps. No FC issues.

Updated to 2.01, non-stop Google play services FC. Went back to 2.0.

Updated to 2.02 without changing gapps, again lots of FC issues. Updated gapps with gapps from link on first page, doesn't help. Process gapps shows FC error message all the time. Went back to V2.0.
[HTC One Mini 2] ajlajluk:
Ive had the same problems with 2.02. This also happened with 2.01.

Both of these were with doing a dirty flash: wiped cache and dalvik then installed new ROM. Continuous Google Play Services stopped errors.

With 2.0.1 I ended up doing full wipe/factory reset then installed ROM/GApps and had to rebuild from ground up with all my apps (I know, use Titanium!). Then it worked perfectly.

A changelog for the 2.0.2 updates would be really useful so I could made a decision whether or not it is worth doing all that again if that is the only way to make these ROMs work properly.

Don't get me wrong, I am eternally grateful to all who work so hard to bring Lollipop to our devices so please accept my heartfelt thanks. Having done a full wipe and reinstall/rebuild it works brilliantly and I have had no problems, FCs, errors or anything. It just works. Brilliantly. And fast.
[HTC One Mini 2] mad_wings:
:cool: This post is as if I wrote it. Only, I used Titanium to restore apps so it was faster. and easier :p But had some problems with notifications (twitter, NHL GCL, etc) and I had to wipe data for those apps. After that, no FC, only app not responding.

OK, I just updated to 2.0.2. After first boot, google play service FC - restarted back to recovery, wipe dalvik, install gapps, reboot - no more FC problem.

I used this gapps: http://xdaforums.com/android/software/reborn-gapps-5-t3074660
[HTC One Mini 2] corbeau56:
A clean flash for every update? That's bad news, because it's lots of work to be done.

I use Titanium Backup Pro, but I cannot simply choose "restore all apps and data", because this will overwrite system apps too and I'll get FCs again. When I choose "restore all missing apps and data", most work is done, but I still have lots of points to configure.

For example, I can't get E-Mail app working with all accounts and existing messages. Restoring "data only" from Titanium doesn't work, restoring "app and data" causes FC issues.

Same with calendar and contacts. I use a local account and offline calendar, data is not restored properly by Titanium.
[HTC One Mini 2] mad_wings:
No, no, you misunderstand me: I didn't do a clean flash, all data remained as they were (I used Titanium only first time when I didn't know how to resolve Google play service FC, and I wiped everything).. Only things I did now after flashing and rebooting device were: go to recovery, wipe dalvik, install gapps, reboot, recovery, install xposed.. I did it in three separate steps so each reboot take a while (around 20 minutes). Next time I will try to do it immediately after flashing.

After flashing, only problem with apps is not receiving notification (for example twitter). Everything else is OK. App data, accounts, gmail, exchange, whatsapp, viber - untouched.
[HTC One Mini 2] corbeau56:
Thanks for your hints, but they do not work for me. FC issue com.process.gapps all the time. With CM gapps, which worked with V2.0. The gapps from your link show a zip file signature error in TWRP.

Is it really necessary to install new gapps for an update from V2.0 to 2.02? I have problems to restore email accounts every time the email app changes (the email app versions inside the gapps packages seem to differ a little).
[HTC One Mini 2] ajlajluk:
Right, I've now had time to play a little more and now done this:

Backup before everything - of course.

Booted into recovery (TWRP 2.8.5) and wiped Dalvik and Cache

Installed Nostromopop 2.0.2 ROM

Installed LP-GAPPS using the Aroma installer from this link:

http://xdaforums.com/android/general/gapps-lp-gapps-pa-gapps-aroma-installer-t3010798

selecting what GAPPS I wanted, overwriting ROM versions of some apps as is my taste (use the Aroma installer and you'll see what I mean)

Rebooted system - took about 10 minutes

Everything worked, all data and apps were still there, all connections (WiFi, BT including connect to LG G Watch R, etc) working, all data still there including account information (Google, etc.). Nothing further to do.

So it would seem to be that you need to reinstall GAPPS in order to do a dirty flash and keep everything else as before.

Hope that helps everyone.

Once again thanks and kudos to all who are working on this ROM for us.
[HTC One Mini 2] sapa89:
usb otg

hello...

plzzzz help

why dont work usb otg??????????/
[HTC One Mini 2] corbeau56:
Thanks a lot for all you guys helping! This time, no problems at all with these gapps. And I never used the Aroma Installer before, this is great.
[HTC One Mini 2] jis251:
HI. So this is now usable as a daily driver? In-call quality sound/voice is now fixed? I do not care if camera is not working properly.

But wifi, call quality, music, and apps (no fc:s) etc is working as expected/normally?
[HTC One Mini 2] corbeau56:
What about trying yourself? Everyone has different expectations for what you call usable as a daily driver, about music/voice quality and so on. When I tell you that for me, everything is (now) working "as expected/normally", will this help you?

Make a nandroid backup before and you can switch back in a minute.
[HTC One Mini 2] jis251:
Hi Yes it will help. Thanks for sharing your experience. I just do not want to flash ROM if it is not functional, too much work. I am still on stock with my Mini 2.

So I know the work which has to be done. I have One S to test 5.1.1 ROM's and that is smooth and fast (much smoother and faster than Mini 2). If I unlock my bootloader and root my Mini 2, I do not want to go back to stock after flashing a ROM which does not work as it "should". So thanks again.

Yes, I always make a nandroid.
[HTC One Mini 2] ajlajluk:
I've been using it for the past 3 days without issue. No FCs. I use Google Camera so cannot say about stock camera. GPS, mobile data, music (I use Apollo), and all other apps work. The only FC I have had is SwiftKey keyboard, which when I go to use the keyboard it occasionally says "SwiftKey Keyboard has stopped" but it then starts again immediately without any intervention from me, it takes about 1 second so I feel this is a small price to pay for this excellent ROM.

WiFi works in all situations except at my work! Home WiFi, family WiFi where I am registered (one Sky, one BT) all work perfectly. I work in Asda and for some reason cannot connect to their free WiFi but looking through various forums it seems this is a known issue with CM12/12.1 on which this ROM is based and affects free WiFi in this sort of situation, not just Asda. All other situations seem to work perfectly just as they did in earlier version of this.

As for sound quality, I have no complaints but as has been said elsewhere, people's expectations vary so I agree with the comment for you to try it yourself.

Good luck and enjoy!
[HTC One Mini 2] Soenisti:
Version 2.0.3 posted. For those with problems with gapps, I use the 03/15 version and have no problems.
[HTC One Mini 2] Soenisti:
Oh and yes with every new flash, dirty or not you HAVE to reflash gapps and supersu and xposed if you use them due to the way 5.x ROMs are built and installed now.
[HTC One Mini 2] corbeau56:
Just did the update, still works good with the gapps from post #79 from aljajluk. With the included Aroma installer, reinstalling the same gapps is very easy (it saves the configuration from last install).

I did a dirty flash without any wiping before or after install, no problems so far, no data loss.
[HTC One Mini 2] ajlajluk:
Just installed the 2.0.3 version and installed GAPPS from the Aroma installer I mentioned above. All perfect so far, no problems on installation and all apps and connections working just as before, thanks Soenisti yet again.

Is there any chance of a changelog for this version please so we know what has been done?

Although I've flashed a lot of ROMs over the years, I am not a developer and my knowledge of the finer detail is somewhat limited so my apologies if my questions are rather noob-ish!

As I mentioned above in Post #85 I am having strange problems with free WiFi. I thought it was to do with CM12.1 but my wife came into my work today and I tried connecting her phone to AsdaFreeWiFi. She has HTC Desire S with CM12.1 which I installed a couple of weeks ago. It all works pretty well and when I tried connecting her phone to the free WiFi it worked perfectly so I guess it cannot be to do with CM12.1 but presumably is to do with this build of the ROM. My apologies to CM and to Soenisti if I've got any of this wrong.

I thought the kernel was installed with the ROM but with this new information I am starting to wonder if the WiFi problem is to do with the kernel and whether I need to flash a different one. Current version is 3.4.0-gec343cb corin@atlain64 #1 Tues May 26 12:02:45 IST 2015.

Can anyone tell me if they are using the same kernel on the One Mini 2 and whether they have free WiFi problems?

Or could it be the radio? Currently on 10.20.41.49.00L

TIA
[HTC One Mini 2] Soenisti:
Well, the kernel in the ROM is the CM 12.1 kernel but with the TheMuppets prop files. What could be happening if this affects everyone (personally I have no problems with WiFi whatsoever) would be that it could be firmware/prop files issues and as those get updated they'll go away.

I've been using 5.1.1 for about 3 or 4 weeks now and haven't gone back.
[HTC One Mini 2] ajlajluk:
Thanks for the feedback. I'll sit tight and see what happens in time.

I certainly won't be going back because I love the rom.

Keep up the good work please.