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Bricked?

Hi guys.
Just after downloading and installing the new update for my Desire S, it now seems to be bricked...
It installed succesfully, rebooted, and it was stuck at the bootscreen.
Then I pulled out the battery, booted again and still stuck at the bootscreen.
I can get into "hboot" (holding volume down+power) but when I select "recovery" in that menu, it shows a red explanation mark.
How can I fix my phone?!
Thanks!

try to reinstall recovery image then go to recovery and flash any backup.
until u can go to bootloader thats good

Adidas108 said:
try to reinstall recovery image then go to recovery and flash any backup.
until u can go to bootloader thats good
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O that's good ^^
But how can I reinstall Recovery now? Via ADB? If so, how do i do thàt

check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312264

Adidas108 said:
check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312264
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thanks i think this is working:
chaelli said:
1. Download this http://www.4shared.com/get/JeuI2H2s/...YIMG-3200.html
2. Rename to PG88IMG.zip and put on sd-card
3. boot with vol-down pressed
4. wait.. press vol-down (yes) to install
5. reboot with vol-down pressed
6. select recovery and press enter.
7. wait
8. use recovery
does that help?
@Adidas108: thanks again! yeah I think for the next months I stay with stock need to relax a bit after this
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Although I don't know how people having this problem can get the PG88IMG.zip on the sd-card, just a tip; I used a sd-card reader.
UPDATE: Yeah, it worked! thank you man!

good for u man
never pull out battery.better use volume up+down+power button to restart phone.
cheers

Glad to hear you sorted it. An I'm glad I stumbled across this because I am guilty of doing numerous battery pulls x x glad I know about this reset technique now. Thanks again guys. Also I would recommend Endymion Rom sense 3.5. No problems as of yeaterday and really smooth. I even have around 250mb free ram most of the time. Happy flashing.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App

[Q] [HELP] Loop + No access to Recovery

That's my first post here in the One S forum and, unfortunately, not a happy one.
I used to have fun with modding a long time ago, with the HTC Desire, but when I bought the One S, I didn't even root it, until yesterday.
To unlock the bootloader and install the TWRP recovery I used the All-in-One toolkit; then I installed a MIUI v5 porting and updated to the latest version.
Not satisfied with it, this morning I decided to try Sense 5 with TrickDroid 10.3.2: I did a TWRP backup, wiped the necessary and installed the zip.
Now the phone is in an infinite loop.. that would be ok, but I can't get to fastboot or recovery.
The problem is that even before I wasn't able to get to fastboot with the button combo (even if I disabled fastboot in MIUI settings), and to access the recovery I used the command provided in the All-in-One toolkit.
I'm not able to use the All-in-One toolkit since the device can't be found while turning on.
So now I'm here with my phone vibrating every 30 seconds or so and that's a bit frustrating...
Do any of you know what to do?
If you need any further information just ask, and sorry for my English, I hope everything is clear.
Thank you in advance
Francesco
P.S.: It is the S4 version.

fracaccia said:
That's my first post here in the One S forum and, unfortunately, not a happy one.
I used to have fun with modding a long time ago, with the HTC Desire, but when I bought the One S, I didn't even root it, until yesterday.
To unlock the bootloader and install the TWRP recovery I used the All-in-One toolkit; then I installed a MIUI v5 porting and updated to the latest version.
Not satisfied with it, this morning I decided to try Sense 5 with TrickDroid 10.3.2: I did a TWRP backup, wiped the necessary and installed the zip.
Now the phone is in an infinite loop.. that would be ok, but I can't get to fastboot or recovery.
The problem is that even before I wasn't able to get to fastboot with the button combo (even if I disabled fastboot in MIUI settings), and to access the recovery I used the command provided in the All-in-One toolkit.
I'm not able to use the All-in-One toolkit since the device can't be found while turning on.
So now I'm here with my phone vibrating every 30 seconds or so and that's a bit frustrating...
Do any of you know what to do?
If you need any further information just ask, and sorry for my English, I hope everything is clear.
Thank you in advance
Francesco
P.S.: It is the S4 version.
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Did you flash boot.img after flashing the rom ?

vatsaman said:
Did you flash boot.img after flashing the rom ?
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I'm now having the same problem: exactly I forgot to flash boot.img after flashing the rom, and my HTC One S now seems to be bricked.
Yesterday I could turn it on and go into HBOOT, but when I chose Recovery or Factory Reset it rebooted and after the HTC logo, a warning logo appeared. Now I cannot do anything with this.
Can you pls give me some advise or how I can fix this problem? Many thanks!:good:

Trung Del said:
I'm now having the same problem: exactly I forgot to flash boot.img after flashing the rom, and my HTC One S now seems to be bricked.
Yesterday I could turn it on and go into HBOOT, but when I chose Recovery or Factory Reset it rebooted and after the HTC logo, a warning logo appeared. Now I cannot do anything with this.
Can you pls give me some advise or how I can fix this problem? Many thanks!:good:
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That is not a brick lol :laugh:
That warning logo isn't a big deal. Everyone who has unlocked their bootloader gets it. And seems like you have erased your recovery by selecting "Factory Reset".
1. Download All-In-One Tool kit for HTC One S from the Development forum.
2. Flash a custom recovery. TWRP recommended.
3. Boot into recovery, mount sd card, copy your rom.
4. Flash your ROM.
5. Boot into fastboot
6. flash boot.img
7. Restart :good:

vatsaman said:
That is not a brick lol :laugh:
That warning logo isn't a big deal. Everyone who has unlocked their bootloader gets it. And seems like you have erased your recovery by selecting "Factory Reset".
1. Download All-In-One Tool kit for HTC One S from the Development forum.
2. Flash a custom recovery. TWRP recommended.
3. Boot into recovery, mount sd card, copy your rom.
4. Flash your ROM.
5. Boot into fastboot
6. flash boot.img
7. Restart :good:
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On waiting for your reply I did exactly the same way that you recommended, thanks anyway. But even I tried so many times, my HTC One S's still stucked at the HTC logo
p.s: I tried to flash this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910738

Trung Del said:
On waiting for your reply I did exactly the same way that you recommended, thanks anyway. But even I tried so many times, my HTC One S's still stucked at the HTC logo
p.s: I tried to flash this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910738
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Did you try to remove the SIM card? Mine was stuck in bootloop and only way it worked for me was to remove SIM card, press power button for 10 or more seconds and it eventually booted into bootloader. hope it work for you...

[Q] Attempted CM11 Upgrade Gone Wrong

So I've installed/changed ROMs numerous times but must have slipped up this time.
Attempted to use TWRP to install CM ROM; got an error (can't recall exactly). Used TWRP option to reboot and now I'm stuck in an endless Asus logo loop.
I can get to the 3 icon screen (RCK - Android - Wipe Data).
What are my options at this point?

vexille said:
So I've installed/changed ROMs numerous times but must have slipped up this time.
Attempted to use TWRP to install CM ROM; got an error (can't recall exactly). Used TWRP option to reboot and now I'm stuck in an endless Asus logo loop.
I can get to the 3 icon screen (RCK - Android - Wipe Data).
What are my options at this point?
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Did you upgrade your recovery to a cm11 compatible one first like it says to in the cm11 thread? Either flash your old Rom back or upgrade your recovery to CWM 6.0.4.6+ or TWRP 2.6.3.2.

sbdags said:
Did you upgrade your recovery to a cm11 compatible one first like it says to in the cm11 thread? Either flash your old Rom back or upgrade your recovery to CWM 6.0.4.6+ or TWRP 2.6.3.2.
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I used Clockwork Recovery Manager to update so I thought I did but not sure at this point.
Is there a way to get back into TWRP? Only thing I can seem to get to is the 3 icon menu.

vexille said:
I used Clockwork Recovery Manager to update so I thought I did but not sure at this point.
Is there a way to get back into TWRP? Only thing I can seem to get to is the 3 icon menu.
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Hey if you would like a 4.4 compatable recovery that very easy to install, Head over here http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=3750 and snag the zip file it is flashable from your current recovery... Just flash it with not data wipe and reboot into rom than back into your
new recovery.... Let me know if you need any help along the way... Thx lj

lj50036 said:
Hey if you would like a 4.4 compatable recovery that very easy to install, Head over here http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=3750 and snag the zip file it is flashable from your current recovery... Just flash it with not data wipe and reboot into rom than back into your
new recovery.... Let me know if you need any help along the way... Thx lj
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By "current recovery" do you mean the RCK option I can get to now?

vexille said:
By "current recovery" do you mean the RCK option I can get to now?
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Yep the RCK option is your recovery... Like twrp or cwm

lj50036 said:
Yep the RCK option is your recovery... Like twrp or cwm
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Thanks!
So just place the file into the root of the micro card or doe sit have to go onto the internal disk?

vexille said:
Thanks!
So just place the file into the root of the micro card or doe sit have to go onto the internal disk?
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Yes on your extsdcard will be just fine...

lj50036 said:
Yes on your extsdcard will be just fine...
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Well I think I'm hosed..
The tablet drained down to 0% overnight (due to the boot loop). I downloaded your file and transferred it to the microSD card and then plugged in the tablet to charge.
Now when I try to start it up I can't get back to the 3 icon screen just the Asus logo and "The device is unlocked" in the upper corner.

vexille said:
Well I think I'm hosed..
The tablet drained down to 0% overnight (due to the boot loop). I downloaded your file and transferred it to the microSD card and then plugged in the tablet to charge.
Now when I try to start it up I can't get back to the 3 icon screen just the Asus logo and "The device is unlocked" in the upper corner.
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Well it sounds like to me you have more issue than just trying to install a recovery.... The more info you can give me the better chance we can
get you back up and running... Thx lj....

Did you hold down power and volume down while you rebooting? Try this. You wil get the 3 icons
"Envoyé depuis mon SGH-I337M avec Tapatalk"

lj50036 said:
Well it sounds like to me you have more issue than just trying to install a recovery.... The more info you can give me the better chance we can
get you back up and running... Thx lj....
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What else do you need? I've tried every key combination to restart and always end up at the same screen

sbdags said:
Did you upgrade your recovery to a cm11 compatible one first like it says to in the cm11 thread? Either flash your old Rom back or upgrade your recovery to CWM 6.0.4.6+ or TWRP 2.6.3.2.
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Are you holding the buttons long enough?
Hold Power and Volume Down until the tab
vibrates twice. Let go when tiny script appears
vexille said:
What else do you need? I've tried every key combination to restart and always end up at the same screen
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berndblb said:
Are you holding the buttons long enough?
Hold Power and Volume Down until the tab
vibrates twice. Let go when tiny script appears
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yep. only thing I see if the "Device is unlocked" micetype then the Asus logo.

vexille said:
What else do you need? I've tried every key combination to restart and always end up at the same screen
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Bootloader verison??
Last Rom installed??
Last recovery installed??
What OS is your PC??
How did you unlock your tablet??
Can you use fastboot??
Can you use adb??
Can you pull a logcat of the stuck boot??
That would be a start.... Thx lj

lj50036 said:
Bootloader verison??
Last Rom installed??
Last recovery installed??
What OS is your PC??
How did you unlock your tablet??
Can you use fastboot??
Can you use adb??
Can you pull a logcat of the stuck boot??
That would be a start.... Thx lj
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I rooted/unlocked the device more than a year ago; didn't right any of that down so no idea.
Last ROM I was using was a CM build.
Never used fastboot or adb (AFAIK) so no idea if I can; never pulled a logcat - is there a process for that somewhere to follow?

UPDATE - it appears I can get into APX mode - PC doesn't find the drivers so that's my next step. Once done what are my options?
No luck on TF700 APX drivers. Windows sees it as "Unknown Device". Found 1 thread on Google that referenced TF700 APX drivers but the file it links to is gone.

[Done] Stuck on splash screen

Hello
i received my 64Go one today
i unlocked bootloader
i installed teamwin recovery
i made a mistake : i booted on recovery withoot copiing SU update zip on the tel
And it doesn't want to reboot : i'm stuck on the first screen : the black one with oneplus logo in white and << powerd by android >>
I can enter fastboot
please help

ludskyrider said:
Hello
i received my 64Go one today
i unlocked bootloader
i installed teamwin recovery
i made a mistake : i booted on recovery withoot copiing SU update zip on the tel
And it doesn't want to reboot : i'm stuck on the first screen : the black one with oneplus logo in white and << powerd by android >>
I can enter fastboot
please help
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did you try to wipe/cache or do a factory reset then reboot. Question - Is this your first time ever rooting any android device? do you know how to use adb? since you can simply push the Su zip file over to your device from recovery

playya said:
did you try to wipe/cache or do a factory reset then reboot. Question - Is this your first time ever rooting any android device? do you know how to use adb? since you can simply push the Su zip file over to your device from recovery
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i had htc hd2 and galaxy note1, rooted and flashed
i didn't wiped nor factory reset
i am a newbie with adb but i want to be able to do it if someone explain me

ludskyrider said:
i had htc hd2 and galaxy note1, rooted and flashed
i didn't wiped nor factory reset
i am a newbie with adb but i want to be able to do it if someone explain me
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now if thats all you did I would wipe cache and try and restart. ADB tutorials are all over
Edit: How did you root - you used a toolkit?

playya said:
now if thats all you did I would wipe cache and try and restart. ADB tutorials are all over
Edit: How did you root - you used a toolkit?
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ok
done, with adb sideload, flashed mahdi rom
thank you

ludskyrider said:
ok
done, with adb sideload, flashed mahdi rom
thank you
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just click the thanks button and I am glad it worked for you. Its a good feeling I bet.... Enjoy :good:

playya said:
just click the thanks button and I am glad it worked for you. Its a good feeling I bet.... Enjoy :good:
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ok i clicked
but there is one thing i didn't understood : what's the way to boot under recovery
i know how to boot in android or in fastboot but i didn't find the way to enter recovery... I finally get into recovery but it was only in a lucky moment...

find a toolkit that can flash CM11s in fastboot worked for me after i got stuck on bootloop with omnirom
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Free mobile app

ludskyrider said:
but there is one thing i didn't understood : what's the way to boot under recovery
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Either use the Advanced Reboot options in the power menu or turn your phone off and hold the volume down+power button till it vibrates. ±15 seconds and you are in your recovery.

TiVON said:
Either use the Advanced Reboot options in the power menu or turn your phone off and hold the volume down+power button till it vibrates. ±15 seconds and you are in your recovery.
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15 seconds
ok
i did'nt wait so much

Device shuts down, when I try to enter TWRP from the bootloader.

My phone works great with official CM13 and I just wanted to flash a new boot logo to get rid of the "warning logo", but I can't enter TWRP. I shut down my phone, enter the bootloader, click on "recovery" but then the screen becomes black and the phone is off. I reflashed the recovery, but nothing changed.

Try latest TWRP (2.8.7.0)!

Flash another TWRP version

Which version do I need? I don't have a GPE, but I have a CM13 Custom Rom installed. Or should I take the Stock Img No theme?
twrp-2.8.7.0.-falcon_GPE.img - 9.8 Mo (AFH Mirror)
twrp-2.8.7.0.-falcon_GPE_NOTHEME.img - 9.2 Mo (AFH Mirror)
twrp-2.8.7.0.-falcon_STOCK.img - 9.8 Mo (AFH Mirror)
twrp-2.8.7.0.-falcon_STOCK_NOTHEME.img - 9.2 Mo (AFH Mirror)
On the official twrp site, there is no 2.8.7.0. There is just 2.8.6.0, but I have already instaleld it.

PureChris said:
Which version do I need? I don't have a GPE, but I have a CM13 Custom Rom installed. Or should I take the Stock Img No theme?
twrp-2.8.7.0.-falcon_GPE.img - 9.8 Mo (AFH Mirror)
twrp-2.8.7.0.-falcon_GPE_NOTHEME.img - 9.2 Mo (AFH Mirror)
twrp-2.8.7.0.-falcon_STOCK.img - 9.8 Mo (AFH Mirror)
twrp-2.8.7.0.-falcon_STOCK_NOTHEME.img - 9.2 Mo (AFH Mirror)
On the official twrp site, there is no 2.8.7.0. There is just 2.8.6.0, but I have already instaleld it.
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Use TWRP from there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/development/recovery-twrp-2-8-2-0-touch-recovery-t2980621 and one of the STOCK versions!

Doesn't work either

PureChris said:
Doesn't work either
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What exactly? Reflashing TWRP?

Andus1988 said:
What exactly? Reflashing TWRP?
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Flashing the latest TWRP Recovery (2.8.7.0).

PureChris said:
Flashing the latest TWRP Recovery (2.8.7.0).
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And what's the error message ?
Give as much info as you have so we don't waste time on asking you basic questions ....

IGGYVIP said:
And what's the error message ?
Give as much info as you have so we don't waste time on asking you basic questions ....
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Sry, I wrote it wrong. The flashing worked without an error, but it is still not possible for me to enter the recovery. No changes from 2.8.6.0 to 2.8.7.0.
I enter bootloader, press recovery, but the phone just shuts down. Booting to system is normally working and I can use my phone like always. I just can't enter the recovery.

PureChris said:
Sry, I wrote it wrong. The flashing worked without an error, but it is still not possible for me to enter the recovery. No changes from 2.8.6.0 to 2.8.7.0.
I enter bootloader, press recovery, but the phone just shuts down. Booting to system is normally working and I can use my phone like always. I just can't enter the recovery.
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When you have exited recover for first time did you tick disable recovery flash ?

IGGYVIP said:
When you have exited recover for first time did you tick disable recovery flash ?
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No I don't think so. Should I try any wipes that don't erase my system like chache and dalvik. Or should I flash CWM to try if that works?
Edit: I can enter the recovery with "adb reboot recovery" and it works fine. Even the "flackering line" is gone , but I think that is because of the latest twrp update. What shall I do now to get recovery access from bootloader?

PureChris said:
No I don't think so. Should I try any wipes that don't erase my system like chache and dalvik. Or should I flash CWM to try if that works?
Edit: I can enter the recovery with "adb reboot recovery" and it works fine. Even the "flackering line" is gone , but I think that is because of the latest twrp update. What shall I do now to get recovery access from bootloader?
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Hmhhh very odd
Step one is make full backup in twrp also backup the SD card so you can wipe the phone clean
I would try to use moto g aio tool from xda and return the phone to full stock
And then download the latest recovery IMG from the link the dude gave you earlier and flash it using the aio tool (there you can remove the warning boot IMG safely too
Then push your files back and try to restore (skip cache and dalvik)
Report back and Good luck
The backup is essential since you can access recovery

Thx for your advices. I think the problem appeared first after one of the latest cm13 nightlies. I now install the latest from today and maybe it works. I don't know if the ROM can cause problems with the recovery, but maybe.
Then I will follow your steps.

I flashed the stock rom through fastboot. Then I flashed latest twrp + fix boot logo => still the same problem (phone shuts down when pressing "recovery mode". But there is a new problem now:
I can not enter the recovery through adb anymore. I type "adb reboot recovery" -> phone reboots -> 4 sec black screen -> "no command" with the android on the ground.
I got no error while flashing the recovery except the standard error (mismatched partition size recovery).

OH MY GOD.
I have never been such a retard...
In the bootloader I pressed the power button to confirm instead of the volume up button. oh damn.
I became used to the power button as the confirm button. I'm so clumsy in the last time, also with my motorcycle. I destroyed the electric a bit, because I connected two wrong cables...
Edit:
Flashed again to the stock rom for the 2nd time. Now everything is working for now.