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- Root hTc Explorer
- Partition SD-Card Through Recovery
- How To Flash A Custom ROM
- How To Make Nandroid Backup & Restore It
- How To Overclock hTc Explorer Upto 1.3 GHz
- How To Fash Any Sense 4.0 ROM Detailed Guide 

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Root hTc Explorer
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1. Install HTC Sync on your PC

you can download it from: www.htc.com/www/help/htc-explorer/#download
(needed so computer recognises commands)


2. Unlock your phone's bootloader

- Following the steps in www.htcdev.com/bootloader

Note: HTC Explorer isn´t listed as a working device yet but it has been tested and works perfectly. Choose "all other supported models" when selecting device.


3. Add a recovery

That will allow you to install .zip ROMs. You can access to it in the menu android phones have when booting the phone after removing-inserting the battery and pressing "volume down" and "power" buttons simultaneously. (Other phones have different button combinations).

- Download A310E Recovery.zip
- extract it in any window on your PC (ie: C:\HTC)
- run the recovery.bat with phone in fastboot mode (first option in the "3 android menu" ) and connected with usb.

Note: I edited the recovery.bat and removed any unnecessary commands so no errors occur

Done! You got the recovery installed if no errors, you can now install any compatible .zip ROM or app.


4. ROOT the device

- Place this Superuser.zip file somewhere in the microSD first.
- Go into Recovery mode ("volume down" + "power")
- install Superuser.zip with the option "install .zip from sd" from the recovery menu.
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How To Partition SD-Card Through Recovery
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Before starting with partitioning , you need to take the backup of your sd card(memory card)As this process gonna wipe all ur data from the sd card
Reboot in recovery > Advance > Partition your SD-Card---- > Yes!

Now, Select a partition size(256mb/512mb/1024mb) [512 Recommended For 4GB SD-Card]

Swap size 0mb
Now recovery will take time for partitioning the SD-Card with onscreen commands
Done!  (This may flash on the screen too)
Go back > Go back  > Reboot system!

Partition Of SD-Card is Done (Wasn't that simple)

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How To Install Almost Any Custom ROM
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First of All Get A Custom ROM For Your Phone [For HTC Explorer Get One Of These: HERE]

Download Any Rom from The Above Link (.zip file) And Now follow the steps for flashing the ROM.

Place the Downloaded ROM .zip file into your SD-Card

Download Superwipe and Place the superwipe.zip into your SD-Card --->SuperWipe Download Link: HERE
Now, Reboot into Recovery

Choose Install a zip from SD-Card
Flash/Install Superwipe

Flash/Install the Rom zip

Done!
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How To Create Nandroid Backup & Restore
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Ques: What is Nandroid Backup ? 
Ans: Nandroid backup is the term use to backup the ROM. So let say you are installing a new rom, and everything that could possibly go wrong happen and you just want to go back the way they were before you did all of this. Nandroid backup come to the rescue. It simply backup everything ( setting, rom, software, etc.. ) and put it on your phone. If something goes bad, go into recovery, and recover your phone with that. It then reinstall everything the way it was.

How To Nandroid Backup:
- Go Into Recovery (Lets say you are using CWM Recovery)
- Select Backup and Restore
- Then Select Backup
  And It Will Start Backing Up the ROM (Be sure to have Atleast 500 mb or more free space on your memory card)
After The Backup is done, play with your ROM as you like.

How to Restore Nandroid Backup:
Lets Say that you Created a Nandroid Backup of the Current ROM and Flashed a new ROM. You didn't liked the new ROM and you want your previous ROM with all the Apps and Setting with it. So here comes the Nandroid Backup.

Simple Restore

- Go Into Recovery 
- Select Backup and Restore
-Then Select Restore
(Select the Backup [2012-12-01.08.28.59/])
And it will Start Restoring, after Restoring Finishes. Just Reboot.

  
  Advance Restore
   Lets Say you just want to restore data, then you can do that also.

-Go into Recovery
- Select Backup and Restore
-Then Select Advance Restore
(Select the Backup [2012-12-01.08.28.59/])
Then Select What you want to Restore, after the Restore finishes. Just Reboot.

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How to Overclock hTc Explorer Upto 1.3 GHz (Not Recommended)
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 Note: This is not Recommended. If Something Happens to You or your hTc Explorer Then Anyone and no-one other than you is Responsible for It.

This help's very much for gamer's and others who's mobile is very slow. This does not need any
Custom ROM's

Required :-

- Root Access 

Steps:-

- Download Cranium Kernel (.zip file)
- Reboot to Recovery mode.
- And Choose install update from SD-Card
4.Select the file from SD card and Install and your finished !! Don't worry about any messages!!

Downloads

Download Link For Cranium Kernel (OVERCLOCKED UPTO 1.3Ghz)

HERE


Link To Know Rooting HTC Explorer

HERE



If your mobile is stuck on HTC logo, first take out battery and insert it again, before switching it on press power+vol. down and hold it until it goes to boot loader  go to recovery and install the Jaggy rom or any other rom u have already installed if u don't have it in your SD card then download and install the below .zip file
HERE

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 Detailed Guide On How To Flash Sense 4.0 ROM

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After development goes on sense base ROM's I see that most of people face problem regarding BOOT-LOOPS, stuck at hTc Logo and confusion on some steps how to do that. So,this post for those who get boot-loops, Stuck at hTc Logo and facing problem at the installation time...

(1) First to install sense 4 build #6 we need SD-ext partition.as deferas mention we need minimum 1 GB SD-Ext (ext 4-->most preferable).

(2) To make partition i often use" Mini tool Partition Wizard" but what i figure out that partition make through Minitool is not recognized in TWRP Recovery for me so what i do is as following.

(3) MOST RECOMMENDED--> First do a complete backup of your SD-card somewhere in your computer. OK now all set, we move step further.

(4) Now reboot in to recovery...for general i use application Rebooter (fast reboot){that is available free of cost on play store} through this you can simply directly reboot into recovery and for other cases we all know our default way to reboot in to recovery....

(5) After entering into recovery--> Advance settings --> Partitioned SD card --> now here REMEMBER one thing when we partition memory card through recovery it will fully format/delete all your data of SD card that's why i mention STEP-3 ---> select partition size 1024 Mb and swap size 0 and click ext 4 button for file system of SD-ext to set as ext 4....then enter(swipe for partition)...it will take 2-5 minutes...now you have created partition of ext 4 1024 Mb (1 GB)...now reboot once recovery...

(6) Mount your SD card through mount option and mount as USB storage...put your desire build zip file in the root of the folder....and unmount it...

(7) Now RECOMMENDED--> don't use super wipe for wiping all things..do it manually...---->CAREFULLY don't wipe External storage(SD-card) now one by one wipe all this things --> wipe CACHE/Dalvik Cache then SYSTEM then DATA then FACTORY RESET and last SD_EXT and .ANDROID SECURE...after this all steps you have complete clean device...

(8) Before install we need to figured out what need to mount or not...this is only for sense base ROMs
Case-1) Sense 4.0 build 1/2/3 --> mount cache and SD-ext
Case-2) Sense 4.0 build 4/5/6 --> no need to mount anything..(it will be automatically mounted at installation time...)REMEMBER-->don't unmount external storage(SD-card) it is by default check marked leave it as it is...

(9) Select install zip from SD card....choose file...

(10) After installation it will booted after start up tone leave it for 3-5 minute for stable device---> now unlock ring "There is possibility for after first time booting it will reboot 1/2/3 times because it is make work on script link your data to SD-ext and loading other stuffs....so be patient...don't be panic....

(11) Enjoy your little lucky Pico...

I assure that after following this detail guide you have successfully install your Sense 4.0...thank you for reading this guide...