PhilZ Touch Advanced CWM Recovery for HTC One X+ with One Click Installer!

  WARNING!

Warranty may be void of your device if you follow the procedures given on this page.

You only are responsible for your device. We won’t be liable if any damage occurs to your device and/or its components.

  GUIDE: PHILZ CWM ADVANCED TOUCH RECOVERY ON HTC ONE X+

Before you begin with guide instructions below, make sure your android device is adequately charged — at least 50% battery of the device.

  STEP 0: CHECK DEVICE.

The procedure discussed here is only for HTC One X+. Do not use the downloads and/or procedure given here on any other device(s).

Do not use the procedures discussed here on any other variant of HTC One X+ or any other device of HTC or any other company. You have been warned!

  STEP 1: BACKUP YOUR DEVICE

Back up important data and stuff before you start playing around here as there are chances you might lose your apps and app-data (app settings, game progress, etc.), and in rare case, files on the internal memory, too.

For help on Backup and Restore, check out our exclusive page on that linked right below.

► ANDROID BACK UP AND RESTORE GUIDE: APPS AND TIPS

  STEP 2: INSTALL LATEST DRIVER

You must have proper and working driver installed on your windows computer to be able to successfully flash PhilZ Touch Recovery on your HTC One X+. If you are not sure, follow the link below for a definitive guide for installing driver for your HTC One X+ on your computer.

► HOW TO INSTALL DRIVERS ON HTC ANDROID PHONES

 STEP 3: UNLOCK BOOTLOADER

 Skip this step if your device is already bootloader unlocked.

Use must first unlock the bootloader on your HTC One X+ before proceeding with the guide below. Without unlocking the bootloader you won’t be able to use fastboot commands to flash the recovery on your device.

For unlocking bootloader of your HTC One X+, follow the link below. The procedure given below is for HTC One X but will work for One X+ also.

► HOW TO UNLOCK HTC ONE X BOOTLOADER

   STEP 4: INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

  DOWNLOADS

Download the one click PhilZ Touch Recovery installer zip file given below. Transfer installer zip file to a separate folder on your computer just to keep things tidy.

  ONE CLICK PHILZ TOUCH RECOVERY INSTALLER

DOWNLOAD LINK | MIRROR | File name: HTC One X+ One-Click-PhilZ recovery installer.zip (7.8 MB)

  STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

Important Note: Backup important files stored on internal SD card of your device, so that in case a situation arises requiring you to do a factory reset after flashing PhilZ Touch Recovery, which might delete internal sd card too, your files will remain safe on PC.

1. Prepare your phone:
   • Enable developer options: Go to your phone’s Settings » select About phone » Scroll to the bottom and tap on “Build number” seven times to enable developer options.
   • Enable USB Debugging: Open phone’s Settings » select Developer options » Tick the “USB debugging” check-box (under Debugging section).
2. Connect your phone to PC with a USB cable and if a pop-up screen shows up on phone asking you to Allow USB debugging for the computer, make sure you tick the checkbox and tap OK.
   
3. On your HTC One X+, go to Settings » select Battery and in the Battery menu make sure Fast boot is unchecked. Un-check it if it is enabled. Skip this step if there is no Fast boot option under Settings » Battery.
4. Extract the installer file HTC One X+ One-Click-PhilZ recovery installer.zip (using 7-zip free software, preferably). You’ll get the following files, and one folder:
   • api (folder)
   • 1-click-philz-recovery-installer.bat
   • adb.exe
   • AdbWinApi.dll
   • AdbWinUsbApi.dll
   • fastboot.exe
   • recovery.img
   • source.properties
5. Double-click/Run the ‘1-click-philz-recovery-installer.bat’  file and follow the simple on-screen instructions like ‘Press any key to continue..’ to install PhilZ Touch Recovery on your One X+.
   └Note: In case the script gets stuck on < waiting for device > (see image below) for more than a minute or so, then it means you don’t have proper drivers installed on your computer for your One X+. Follow the drivers installation guide provided above for troubleshooting driver and other connectivity issues.
   
6. Your device will automatically boot into system. To boot into your newly flashed PhilZ Touch Recovery:
   • Power off your HTC One X+ and wait for 6-7 seconds after display is off.
   • Press and hold these 2 buttons together: Power + Volume Down.
   • Press the Volume Down button to highlight the RECOVERY option and press Power button to select it.

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