The HTC One X is powered by Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC Sense 4.0 running on top and for some users, the HTC One X’s out-of-the-box performance suits them just fine.
But, if you’re looking for a tweaked Android experience on your mobile phone, flashing a custom ROM can give your phone a boost that the manufacturer’s stock ROM can’t. Developed by recognized XDA Developers member baadnewz, the InsertCoin One X 3.2.0 custom ROM is one of the well-known, stable custom ROMs that promise to give HTC One X users an enhanced performance and customized experience.
The InsertCoin One X 3.2.0 custom ROM features the following:
- Based from HTC_Europe_1.26.401.2 RUU Android 4.0.3 ICS and some 1.28 base insertions
- Zipaligned, Decompressed, and Deodexed
- ADB enabled
- init.d runparts support
- Enhanced RAM management
- Multilingual
- EXT4 filesystem tuneups
- Removed bloatwares
- Long press home button to toggle Recent Apps
- Landscape orientation in homescreen.
- Sony BRAVIA engine
- A lot of customization and tweaks
- and many more
If you’re craving for more power on your HTC One X, read on for our guide on how to flash the InsertCoin One X 3.2.0 custom ROM to your mobile phone.
Requirements
- A rooted HTC One X with ClockworkMod Recovery installed.
- Install the Android SDK (with platform-tools package) on your computer, or download one of the following and extract the files to a folder on your PC:
- Backup your files and mobile phone data before flashing the ROM. You can check out this guide on how to sync your data to the cloud and how to create a local backup for your files.
- A fully charged battery to prevent your device from shutting off in the middle of the installation process.
Flashing Firmware from 1.26.401.2 RUU
NOTE: It is encouraged to flash this firmware before unlocking the phone’s bootloader at HTC’s development page. Unlocking your phone will change your CID into “none.” It is also recommended to flash this firmware before installing a custom ROM that is based on a proper RUU. This firmware package will be needed to flash InsertCoin One X 3.2.0. Skip this section if you already have this firmware version on your mobile phone.
- Download the firmware from the 1.26.401.2 RUU here (PJ46IMG.zip, 3.46 kB) and save it to your computer.
- Switch off your HTC One X and reboot it into Bootloader Mode. You can do that by pressing the Volume Down key and Power button until bootloader boots.
- Select Fastboot from the Bootloader menu.
- Connect your HTC One X to the computer via USB cable.
- Open a command prompt or terminal on your computer. Navigate to the folder/directory where the fastboot or fastboot.exe executable file is.
- Type the command
fastboot getvar cid and take note of your CID number. NOTE: For Linux users, replace fasboot with ./fastboot (e.g. ./fastboot getvar cid).
- Type the command
fastboot getvar mid and take note of your MID number.
- The following CID numbers are compatible with this firmware:
- cidnum: HTC__001
- cidnum: HTC__E11
- cidnum: HTC__203
- cidnum: HTC__Y13
- cidnum: HTC__102
- cidnum: HTC__405
- cidnum: HTC__304
- cidnum: HTC__032
- cidnum: HTC__J15
- cidnum: HTC__A07
- cidnum: HTC__016
- cidnum: HTC__M27
- Skip this step if your phone is compatible with the firmware. If your CID and MID are not compatible with this firmware, do the following steps below (do this at your own risk):
- Open the PJ46IMG.zip file (do not extract).
- Open android-info.txt with a text editor.
- Add your cidnum: <CID> or modelid: <MID> to the list. Save the file and close it.
- Transfer the PJ46IMG.zip file to the root of your phone’s SD card.
- Reboot your phone into Bootloader Mode and follow the on-screen instructions to flash the firmware from the 1.26.401.2 RUU.
Flashing InsertCoin One X 3.2.0 to your HTC One X
If you have successfully flashed the firmware from 1.26.401.2 RUU, then you can now proceed to installing the InsertCoin One X 3.2.0 ROM to your HTC One X.
- Unlock the HTC One X’s bootloader by going to HTC’s development page.
- Flash the official ClockworkMod Recovery to your phone. Visit this guide to learn how.
- Download the InsertCoin One X 3.2.0 custom ROM package from here, here, or here (InsertCoin_ONE_X_v3.2.0.zip, md5sum: be5ceba8192af08152ee6f248b938a41).
- Extract the InsertCoin_ONE_X_v2.0.1.zip file to a folder on your computer.
- Locate the boot.img file. Save the boot.img file to your computer.
- Connect your HTC One X to the computer via USB cable.
- Transfer the InsertCoin_ONE_X_v2.0.1.zip to the root of your phone’s SD card.
- Disconnect your phone from the computer.
- Turn off your mobile phone.
- Reboot your HTC One X into Bootloader Mode by pressing the Volume Down key and Power button. Select Recovery from the Bootloader menu. When you see the red warning triangle, press both Volume Up and Power keys simultaneously to enter Recovery Mode.
- As a precautionary measure, backup your existing ROM before flashing the ROM. Go to Backup and Restore and select Backup on the next screen.
- Perform a full wipe by doing the following:
- Select Wipe data/factory reset and confirm the action on the next screen.
- Select Wipe Cache Partition and confirm the action on the next screen.
- From the main menu, select Advance. From there, select Wipe Dalvik Cache and confirm the action on the next screen.
- Select install zip from sd card.
- Select choose zip from sd card and locate the InsertCoin_ONE_X_v2.0.1.zip. Confirm the action to flash the ROM to your mobile phone.
- Once installation is complete, go back to main menu and select Reboot system now to restart your mobile phone.
To enable support for init.d, do the following steps:
- Copy boot.img (which you extracted from InsertCoin_ONE_X_v3.2.0.zip) into the same folder where the fastboot or fastboot.exe executable file is.
- Reboot your HTC One X into Bootloader Mode.
- Select Fastboot from the Bootloader menu.
- Connect your HTC One X to the computer via USB cable.
- Manually flash the boot.imgfile you have extracted earlier. Open a command prompt or terminal on your computer and type the following command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Good job! You have successfully optimized and tweaked your HTC One X by installing InsertCoin One X 3.2.0 to your mobile phone.
