Flashing the recovery partition - myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development

Hi all !
I frequently flash new ROMs on my Magic to test out and I was usually using recovery-magic.img sent by fastboot to achieve this.
Yesterday I had the idea to flash directly this image to my phone, so I can access Nandroid and other tools directly by booting with "Home"+"Power". It works well but since then the widgets on my Home seem to have problems updating the screen. Can it be related and why ?
Thanks & XDA-powa!

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Hard Stock

Hi everyone,
I'm kind in the middle of a big trouble.
I receive my first android phone last week and i tried to install a custom rom without well knowing the subject (i used to jailbreak my iphone)
I have a recovery mod that's can't mount the SD partition.
I tried to reflash the orignial recovery mod and relock the bootloader to try a reinsertion of the ROM by the RUU, the phone is not recognized.
Any idea ?
Thanks a lot.
Louis.
Maybe you could Flash a proper recovery tool via fastboot.
I have clockworkmod Touch recovery. That works like a charm.
When this recovery is installed you can push a Rom via adb to the phone.
Leedroid 2 is a very good Rom. Its a modified stock Rom.
Sent from my HTC One S using XDA

[HELP] Might have bricked my phone

Hi all please can someone help me. I tried to flash the latest version of Elegence ROM sense 4 and updated my bootloader to 3.33. Since doing this my phone will not boot past the first animation screen. I have tried other ROMs and older bootloaders I have previously used but no luck. I cant used ADB because windows wont detect my phone, I have the ability to get into the bootloader and EXT4 recovery thats it. If anyone can help me I would be greatly appreciated!
ok try this pal.
1.re-install the required firmware for your prefered rom. (elegance?)
2.boot into recovery
3.format everything apart from your sd-card.
4.install rom.
5.reboot and wait for 10 mins max. if it doesnt boot come back for help.
additional. when you flash new firmware you need to delete your cache or the phone will just bootloop. just so you know for next time :highfive:
Just for future reference if you get to the bootanimation screen its probably not bricked.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app

[WIP] Common Issues, Tips & Useful Links

I thought I make this thread to give us something we can easily link to for common issues.
Recommendations
I highly recommend these, they will help make life easier on yourself.
All-In-One Toolkit, This will make it easy to flash the recovery and boot.img.
TWRP, The best recovery going for this phone.
Flash Image GUI, This lets you flash the boot.img without the pc and makes life even easier when swapping roms.
I also highly recommend doing a backup whenever you try another rom or a mod and if its a mod then I recommend you wipe cache and dalvik after flashing the mod.
Common Issues
Bootloops
Now the most common one is not seeing the boot animation. This most likely because you didn't flash the boot.img/kernel. You need to extract the boot.img from the rom zip and use the Toolkit to flash it.
Bootloop to Recovery
This is mostly like the same as above but you using CWM recovery. I recommend you flash TWRP and then the boot.img and just to make sure wipe and reflash the rom.
Can't get into Bootloader/Fastboot mode
Hold the power down and when the buttons start flashing start holding Vol- when it stops flashing let go of the power but still holding Vol- then press and hold the power button for a fews sec and should boot into the bootloader. This may take a few tries if you using CMW because CWM is a bit buggy and can make it harder to get into the bootloader if you in a bootloop.
Can't Mount SD
This is most likely down to using factory reset in the bootloader while having a custom recovery. Now if you lucky TWRP will mount it as mass storage and then you be asked by windows to format it. If that don't happen then you will need to flash the stock recovery and use factory reset in bootloader. And if you still not working check this thread here for some more ways of fixing it.
Tips
Flashing Roms
I feel the best way of going about this is to flash the boot.img with the Toolkit or using Flash Image GUI. Next load up TWRP recovery then go to wipe. Now select factory reset and then system and once you done that flash your rom and wait 5-10 minutes for it to load.
Roms with AROMA Installer
The roms with this installer also has a wipe option. I recommend you don't use wipe in the installer if you already wiped with TWRP.
Useful Links
***Emergency Thread*** Here To Help!, Good place to go if its not covered here or still having issuses.
Massive Rom Collection, Big list of roms and kernels with the links to them.
Well its a start for now will come back later to add more but please do let me know if you got any ideas to make it better.
Re: [WIP] Common Issues and Useful Links
About time there was some one to explain this forpeople as ther was a lot getting stuck good on ya fella
written in crayon from my HTC one S
Re: [WIP] Common Issues and Useful Links
technotramp said:
About time there was some one to explain this forpeople as ther was a lot getting stuck good on ya fella
written in crayon from my HTC one S
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Thanks dude will keep adding to it to make even better.
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 2
Done a bit of an update, now with tips lol.

[Q] Htc One S (S4) performance and USB issues

Hello,
I don't know if this is the correct place to write this, but if not please advise me as I'm new in this fields.
Some time ago I decided to root my Jelly bean HTC One S (S4). To do that I used the HTCDEV method and follow this post step-by-step witch I thank to all developers involved: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
It worked well and the only thing I done different was installing TWRP 2.6.3 recovery instead CWM.
Lately I decide to install a custom kernel (Bulletproof 1.4), essentially because I wanted to fix refresh rate/crash of HDMI output among other good things that this kernel provide. Here started my problems. I download the zip file, file copy it to phone memory through usb and then restart the phone to bootloader, enter in recovery and flash it with TWRP. After that my phone don't boot and was stuck in bootloop.
As I previous made a backup of my system through TWRP I thought it would be enough to restore it, but then my sdcard was unreachable and I found no way to access it. At this point I had also the copy of the backup I done with recovery in my laptop. With the phone in bootloader screen (witch I'm still able to reach) I can see the phone in devices although not accessible. So the only way I found to fix my phone was format the sdcard though windows copy the backup to sdcard via and then make make a restore via TWRP. It somehow worked and I was able to back to system.
I checked the kernel and it changed to bulletproof 1.4+. Nevertheless the performance of the phone decreased at the point that he almost freezes sometimes (no restarts) and also can't acess phone storage via usb in windows. When I plug it to computer it beeps as a normal device inserted and htc one s device appears but I can't see any of the contents inside it.
After some days, I decided to install Busybox app and somehow that app makes some miracle and the phone got something better in terms of performance, but never as it was before the installation of the kernell. Even know the phone has some freezes, but Can someone help me recovering the normal phone performance?
more info:
I'm factory unlocked
HTC ONE S (S4)
HBoot 2.15
S-ON
RADIO 1.11.50.05.28
TWRP 2.6.3
Thanks a lot in advance and sorry my bad English.
You have you're stock rom?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082451
Download rom. Open it.
Copy "boot.img" to computer. (Because you're S-ON)
1.save you're data from phone to PC.
2.put the rom from above link in SD CARD
2.reboot bootloader
3.factory reset
4.wipe all except SD CARD.
5.flash rom from recovery
6.reboot bootloader
7.Fasboot USB will apear when you conect to PC
8."Fastboot flash boot boot.img" with command promt. (without this you're phone wont start)
First of all thanks for your quick reply and sorry the later answer...
I have some backups of all the system done with TWRP made immediately after rooting the phone and before flash the custom kernel. One of those backups I used to help me bring phone again to life however in the end with performance and usb problems I mention before. Can I use this? If yes should I take some specific step? (I watched the files of the TWRP backup and they are all .win and .md5, is this normal? can I use it as you mention?)
If I use some of the rom you point me (or eventually my backup) in the end flash boot.img I will be replacing the custom kernel I installed right? If so and if everything goes right I will still be rooted but with stock kernel right? I watched the roms available from the link you gave me how do I choose from them, I suppose will be some of the Europe, probably Ville_Europe_3.16.401.8_OTA_UPDATE_Stock_Rooted_ODEX, however how do I know if those match with my radio/Hboot version version which are 1.11.50.05.28 /HBoot 2.15.
I know I probably did some stupid questions, but as you may noticed I'm a lot "green" here.
First use backup.
OTA is an update. Find the one before that. Must be the one compatible with the region that you live.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=2484
I choose LITE. Then OTA:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=2489
Don't forget!
comand promt : fastboot flash boot boot.img
Thanks a lot man for the help, it worked...
Had some issues with the OTA installation as in the first try phone stuck on HTC boot screen, but on second try it worked, thanks a lot!!
Have on more question, if possible, now I'm again on stock kernel which as mhl hdmi problems (phone outputs 1080p 24hz which makes it slow and some times freezes)... so would you recommend me some custom kernel? just want to fix that. The buletproof 1.4 was ok in that point but last time I flashed it phone enters in bootloop and the rest you already know.
Can you tell the correct steeps to install a custom kernel, should I flash it through recovery, clear all cache in recovery and then flash the boot.img file of the kernel via fastboot? or should I use some market app like "kernel manager" or "flash image gui"
Hi, is there any ROM's like the ones you point me already with Heartbleed vulnerability fix from HTC? I mean a stock, odex, rooted rom's made after the update release from HTC? With those ones how can I apply the fix?
thanks in advance.
HD or full HD ask's alot from a phone. I guess that is the problem...
Hi,
About my last post (the heartbleed issue), I don't know If it was the best solution but still on 4.1.1 and used the patch from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51830870, tested it with the heartbleed detector and look like it's ok now.
After that I flashed again the bulletproof 1.4 now with Flash Image Gui, not via recovery (my previous try I used twrp, but as I'm s-on probably boot.img wasn't flashed well or flashed at all, and probably from there started my problems). After this try phone runs good and fluid most of the time. However I noticed that when use a browser (chrome/dolphin or even the stock browser) or turn on gps and mobile data after been some time without connection he becomes very slow (not all times but somehow frequent).
After that I flash the last bulletproof 2.1 (again with Flash Image Gui), thinking it might be due to the fact that version 1.4 still have some problems.
After installation and in the beginning the system was fluid, but then again even with this version sometimes lags a lot when browsing. Do you know what may cause that?
About hdmi with this kernel, if the phone isn't passing for a period o lag I mention before it runs very fluid in 720p 60hz.
thanks advance for for your time!

[Q] Unable to restore Nandroid Backup and boot

Hi guys,
nice to say hello to all of you.
I have been reading xda for a while and finally started playing with my old HTC Desire S. Kind of training in case I wanted to play with my actual device.
I wanted to unlock it thorugh htcdev, test some roms and back to stock version. Everything was fine but the last step.
At the beginning, I wanted to backup the system as it was, that's with the stock recovery. So I booted a custom recovery (not flashed) and made a nandroid backup with clockwork touch 5.8.1.5. Everything went fine.
After that, I started flashing custom recoveries and ROMs, just for fun. Some problem with that ROM, some with another, but I managed to run a couple or three.
Ok, end of the game. I want my copy back so I am restoring the nandroid.
I wipe everything, restore the nandroid through the same recovery, process finishes and says it's OK. Go back to fastboot and flash stock boot.img.
The result is I am stuck at htc logo.
I have tried flashing recovery.img also, fastboot deleting cache, relocking the bootloader...
I am pretty sure I am missing something with the booting process, but I have tried everything I know.
BTW, I have already tried RUU, but I am not capable of finding one with my CID, radio, etc.
I know it's an old device, but I would really love to solve it (because I am so f***ing pigheaded )
Thanks!!!
Grauchi said:
Hi guys,
nice to say hello to all of you.
I have been reading xda for a while and finally started playing with my old HTC Desire S. Kind of training in case I wanted to play with my actual device.
I wanted to unlock it thorugh htcdev, test some roms and back to stock version. Everything was fine but the last step.
At the beginning, I wanted to backup the system as it was, that's with the stock recovery. So I booted a custom recovery (not flashed) and made a nandroid backup with clockwork touch 5.8.1.5. Everything went fine.
After that, I started flashing custom recoveries and ROMs, just for fun. Some problem with that ROM, some with another, but I managed to run a couple or three.
Ok, end of the game. I want my copy back so I am restoring the nandroid.
I wipe everything, restore the nandroid through the same recovery, process finishes and says it's OK. Go back to fastboot and flash stock boot.img.
The result is I am stuck at htc logo.
I have tried flashing recovery.img also, fastboot deleting cache, relocking the bootloader...
I am pretty sure I am missing something with the booting process, but I have tried everything I know.
BTW, I have already tried RUU, but I am not capable of finding one with my CID, radio, etc.
I know it's an old device, but I would really love to solve it (because I am so f***ing pigheaded )
Thanks!!!
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You can't flash roms from the recovery because you are not s off. If you have unlocked your bootloader then you have to flash using fastboot commands like the boot.img?
lilsafbig said:
You can't flash roms from the recovery because you are not s off. If you have unlocked your bootloader then you have to flash using fastboot commands like the boot.img?
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Thank you @lilsafbig. In fact, I tried both, fastboot and recovery, and nothing worked.
Finally, I managed to create a Goldcard and install a new ICS version for my device. Was the only way I could recover a "stock" ROM, although it wasn't Orange one...

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