From what I've read, I should be able to simply rename the .zip file PD98IMG.zip and just put it on the root of the SD card, then reboot into bootloader and press the power button and it should flash the radio.
When I press the power button, it starts to flash the radio but when it says SD Checking... and tries to load the .zip file, is says "no image!" and then "no image or wrong image!"
I also tried zipping it without compression and it had the same problem. What gives?
No, and flashing radios is probably one of the easiest ways to completely brick your phone if not done right.
You have to take the radio from the hack kit(PD98IMG.zip), found in the radio folder. Open the zip as an archive with 7zip, take the radio.img out of the zip with the radio you want to flash, and drop it into the archive you opened of the PD98IMG.zip to overwrite the stock one that was in there. Now just close the archive, put it on your sdcard, then reboot into bootloader and it should flash.
Tried this method but phone info still shows the hack kit radio.
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mj0528 said:
Tried this method but phone info still shows the hack kit radio.
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His post clearly says "You have to take the radio from the hack kit(PD98IMG.zip)".
It wouldn't show anything different if you flashed the same radio.
I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that radios CANNOT be flashed from the bootloader. They have to be flashed over using the ADB tools from your computer, right?
Make sure phone has USB Debugging enabled.
Extract the radio (should be titled radio.img) to the folder with the ADB files.
Open a command prompt with admin privileges and type and navigate to the directory containing both the radio and the ADB files. Then type:
adb reboot bootloader - this reboots the phone into the bootloader mode
fastboot flash radio radio.img - this flashes the radio stored on your computer to your phone and the phone installs it from there
fastboot reboot - this reboots your phone
Somebody double check me, I typed this in a rush!
Yes, understood that completely. His post says to take the radio.img of the radio you want to flash and place it in the hack kit radio zip file. Did that and radio shows hack kit (stock) radio.
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mj0528 said:
Yes, understood that completely. His post says to take the radio.img of the radio you want to flash and place it in the hack kit radio zip file. Did that and radio shows hack kit (stock) radio.
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Ohh different story then. Maybe he can chime in and help you out. Sorry.
mj0528 said:
Yes, understood that completely. His post says to take the radio.img of the radio you want to flash and place it in the hack kit radio zip file. Did that and radio shows hack kit (stock) radio.
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If you're already rooted, ignore any hack kit instructions from here on. Once you finally get rooted, new techniques and procedures will be developed, just keep up with the forums! Don't rename the radio - just keep it as radio.img. I attached the .zip that helped me (thanks leith51).
Extract the "Radio flash" folder within the .zip anywhere you want.
Next, extract your radio (should be "radio.img") into that same directory.
After that, launch the "Start Here" file - this automatically opens a command prompt and navigates you to where you need to be.
Lastly, follow the instructions in my last post.
Here's the post I got this from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896597
cblock214 said:
If you're already rooted, ignore any hack kit instructions from here on. Once you finally get rooted, new techniques and procedures will be developed, just keep up with the forums! Don't rename the radio - just keep it as radio.img. I attached the .zip that helped me (thanks leith51).
Extract the "Radio flash" folder within the .zip anywhere you want.
Next, extract your radio (should be "radio.img") into that same directory.
After that, launch the "Start Here" file - this automatically opens a command prompt and navigates you to where you need to be.
Lastly, follow the instructions in my last post.
Here's the post I got this from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896597
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NO. That won't work if you don't have eng. S-off, and I doubt he does. If you do that with just S-off, the flash will FAIL. you have to have eng- S-off to fastboot flash, if you don't know what it is, you probably don't have it.
If your doing what I typed in my last post and its still stock, then your flashing the stock radio.
Tell me what radio you want and ill upload it ready to be flashed
di11igaf said:
NO. That won't work if you don't have eng. S-off, and I doubt he does. If you do that with just S-off, the flash will FAIL. you have to have eng- S-off to fastboot flash, if you don't know what it is, you probably don't have it.
If your doing what I typed in my last post and its still stock, then your flashing the stock radio.
Tell me what radio you want and ill upload it ready to be flashed
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Your use of caps lock has moved me
As it should. Don't give advice on flashing radios if you don't know what your talking about, unless your trying to brick somebody's phone.
di11igaf said:
As it should. Don't give advice on flashing radios if you don't know what your talking about, unless your trying to brick somebody's phone.
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Oh crap, I bricked it!
Just kidding! I took the flashboot method and got it working!
mj0528 said:
Oh crap, I bricked it!
Just kidding! I took the flashboot method and got it working!
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Well how bout them apples...
di11igaf said:
As it should. Don't give advice on flashing radios if you don't know what your talking about, unless your trying to brick somebody's phone.
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Your use of poor grammar humors me.
Kirk: i am able to the flash stock radio using your method
(put radio.img inside PD98img.zip then bootloading)
now i am thinking flashing other radios using your method
will it work?
di11igaf said:
As it should. Don't give advice on flashing radios if you don't know what your talking about, unless your trying to brick somebody's phone.
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And FYI, his phone wouldn't have bricked - it just would've errored out with no changes made.
di11igaf said:
NO. That won't work if you don't have eng. S-off, and I doubt he does. If you do that with just S-off, the flash will FAIL. you have to have eng- S-off to fastboot flash, if you don't know what it is, you probably don't have it.
If your doing what I typed in my last post and its still stock, then your flashing the stock radio.
Tell me what radio you want and ill upload it ready to be flashed
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I followed the instructions from your previous post more to the letter and it worked. I noticed the .txt file in the original PD98IMG.zip file, would that be what's stopping me from being able to flash a ROM? It's really rather annoying to have to use that specific file, but if I could just keep a backup of that .txt and add it to the .zips of radios I flash it would be much more convenient. Would that work?
di11igaf said:
As it should. Don't give advice on flashing radios if you don't know what your talking about, unless your trying to brick somebody's phone.
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Agreed, also simply taking a peek into the development section wouldn't hurt, as there is an entire thread dedicated to this entire process along with the zip's for it. Not only that, but it also tells you how to check the file to make sure it is not corrupt.
Can you keep this civil guys?. I did some cleaning.
Back on topic please.
hey guys,
I just flashed my radio to this build.
I saw my HSPA go down the crap shoot. Did you guys notice this? I'm running CM7.
Not sure if I did this right but:
1) Ace rooted, S-off
2) Installed CM7
3) Flashed Radio 06.04.14
Should I wipe everything and reflash the ROM?
Related
I just ROOTED my inspire and I cant feel anything different. All I know is that Battery lasted throughout the night(above 80%), usually htc inspire battery would go below 30% when i wake up from sleep(7hours) and the phone is on sleepmode/standby.
so can anyone tell me anything NEW? PROS AND CONS?
thank you
no cons after rooting.
i suggest you flash a Gingerbread rom and a new radio,
(Radio: 12.41.60.19P_26.06.04.14_M (HTC Ace Gingerbread S Generic 2.16.0.0).
your phone will run faster, data reception will get better, and battery get better life.
besides, your laptop can receive wifi-hotspot from your phone.
how do i flash a gingerbreadman and radio?
CON: Reading and following the directions that are posted with rooting
I think a great pro is that there isn't anymore bloatware left on the phone. Flashing roms is like going to an all you can eat buffet. You pay once (rooting your phone), then you get to pick and choose what you want to eat (flash different roms, kernels, radios, change bootscreen, etc.). Feel free to ask for help, there are many people in this community that are willing. If you need to increase your battery life even more try juice defender.
P00t said:
how do i flash a gingerbreadman and radio?
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Flashing a gingerbread rom is the same as flashing any other rom.
P00t said:
how do i flash a gingerbreadman and radio?
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goto Market
download Rom Manager
download RCMIX 5.9 from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984805
copy the rom to your SD card root directory
from Rom Manager, select "Install ROM from SD card
then it will install new ROM
pollux1151 said:
goto Market
download Rom Manager
download RCMIX 5.9 from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984805
copy the rom to your SD card root directory
from Rom Manager, select "Install ROM from SD card
then it will install new ROM
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I will try out this now.
thanks!
P00t said:
how do i flash a gingerbreadman and radio?
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lol thanks that made my day
P00t said:
I will try out this now.
thanks!
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after you successfully installed the rom
i will tell you how to flash the radio
pollux1151 said:
after you successfully installed the rom
i will tell you how to flash the radio
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I successfully upgraded my PHONE TO GINGER.
LOOKING NICE
okayokay IM ready for the next step sir.
Zero cons in rooting, only positives. ROM manager is your best friend.
RogerPodacter said:
Zero cons in rooting, only positives. ROM manager is your best friend.
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coredroid bricked my phone before, but i fixed it. it got me stuck at HTC boot screen.
Make sure you wipe when you flash. And actually read the posts / directions.
P00t said:
I successfully upgraded my PHONE TO GINGER.
LOOKING NICE
okayokay IM ready for the next step sir.
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simplest way for radio flashing
modified from Kirk's old post
1. Download this file http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BX5GV1CJ
this is a zip file containing two files. one is radio.img from ATT stock radio, dont touch the other file (android-info).
you need to remove this img file and replace with the Gingerbread radio.img
from here http://www.multiupload.com/BE0V4H8QQY
extract the radio.img and zip into the PD98IMG.zip with the other file (android-info) already in the PD981img.zip. (two files)
2. Place the PD98IMG.zip radio file on the root of your SD card.
3. Power the phone off, remove and reinsert the battery.
4. Hold the volume button down and press power on.
5. The phone will boot into Hboot then Bootloader, It should see the PD98IMG.zip and ask if you want to apply the zip.
6. Use the volume up button to select "yes"
7. Once its done flashing, reboot the phone and you should have flashed the radio.
pollux1151 said:
simplest way for radio flashing
modified from Kirk's old post
1. Download this file http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BX5GV1CJ
this is a zip file containing two files. one is radio.img from ATT stock radio, dont touch the other file.
you need to remove this img file and replace with the Gingerbread radio.img
from here http://www.multiupload.com/BE0V4H8QQY
extract the radio.img and zip into the PD98IMG.zip with the other file already in the PD981img.zip. (two files)
2. Place the PD98IMG.zip radio file on the root of your SD card.
3. Power the phone off, remove and reinsert the battery.
4. Hold the volume button down and press power on.
5. The phone will boot into Hboot then Bootloader, It should see the PD98IMG.zip and ask if you want to apply the zip.
6. Use the volume up button to select "yes"
7. Once its done flashing, reboot the phone and you should have flashed the radio.
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thank you! it was successful!
youre my hero sir!
P00t said:
thank you! it was successful!
youre my hero sir!
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my pleasure!
you will notice the data reception is much better than the old ATT radio.
P00t said:
I successfully upgraded my PHONE TO GINGER.
LOOKING NICE
okayokay IM ready for the next step sir.
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You stated that you had just upgraded to Ginger [which I take to be Gingerbread], which sounds cool, and somewhat simple. Is there a way to go back to what was acquired when I bought my phone [in February], IF I should find it wasn't worth it to upgrade it? I saw the second page of this thread and the mention of a "stock ATT" item. I take it that that would put my phone back to how it was received from ATT? Currently running Froyo 2.2.1
Bravo out
pollux1151 said:
simplest way for radio flashing
modified from Kirk's old post
1. Download this file http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BX5GV1CJ
this is a zip file containing two files. one is radio.img from ATT stock radio, dont touch the other file (android-info).
you need to remove this img file and replace with the Gingerbread radio.img
from here http://www.multiupload.com/BE0V4H8QQY
extract the radio.img and zip into the PD98IMG.zip with the other file (android-info) already in the PD981img.zip. (two files)
2. Place the PD98IMG.zip radio file on the root of your SD card.
3. Power the phone off, remove and reinsert the battery.
4. Hold the volume button down and press power on.
5. The phone will boot into Hboot then Bootloader, It should see the PD98IMG.zip and ask if you want to apply the zip.
6. Use the volume up button to select "yes"
7. Once its done flashing, reboot the phone and you should have flashed the radio.
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I followed the directions, and they were silly easy. How can we tell if it actually "WORKED"? I don't have ENG-off or Radio S-off. where can we read which current radio is installed?
Little_Ant said:
I followed the directions, and they were silly easy. How can we tell if it actually "WORKED"? I don't have ENG-off or Radio S-off. where can we read which current radio is installed?
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goto settings>about phone>software information
check the Baseband Version#
read this post
i think you need Radio S-off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002226
bravo bob said:
You stated that you had just upgraded to Ginger [which I take to be Gingerbread], which sounds cool, and somewhat simple. Is there a way to go back to what was acquired when I bought my phone [in February], IF I should find it wasn't worth it to upgrade it? I saw the second page of this thread and the mention of a "stock ATT" item. I take it that that would put my phone back to how it was received from ATT? Currently running Froyo 2.2.1
Bravo out
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read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957692
I would like to flash my phone with the "official" boot.img on my phone found on the latest HTC_ASIA_WWE RUU.exe file. As the title says, is there any possibility of a brick?
Grammer, grammer...
being a dumbass here, but im pretty sure its boot.img
Now for an answer
Yes.
If you want to flash a boot.img file, make sure it is named PG88IMG.zip
Flashing a bootloader image can be disastrous if done wrong.
So do it right!
Enter Bootloader
wait....
you will be asked if you want to flash boot.img
confirm
reboot
rename the PG88IMG.img to something else or hboot will keep trying to install it.
Skanob said:
I would like to flash my phone with the "official" boot.img on my phone found on the latest HTC_ASIA_WWE RUU.exe file. As the title says, is there any possibility of a brick?
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Make sure you've got a non corrupt file by checking its md5.
Flashing boot/radio, anything in NVram IS DANGEROUS.
I'm pretty sure it's the latest one.. But am wondering why it's 2mb less than the ones on LBC's website..? It's file is boot_signed.img found on the latest HTC_ASIA_WWE RUU.exe rom.zip file..
Anyway that I can flash it?
probably bcoz the one from LBC is highly customized, with some built-in things that the stock one doesn't have. As long as the MD5 is correct it shouldn't matter I reckon.
By far the safest way is to push your boot.img via adb.
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InfernalByte said:
By far the safest way is to push your boot.img via adb.
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hhmm.. I'm pretty new to adb's.. Read about using them but needs JAVA SDK, Android SDK, then download the required files.. Any easier way? I still got the Ubuntu live cd that I've used with AlpharevX.
How about this one?
Here is a link to the OTA. I didn't want to apply it till some smarter fellas could dig into it and see what kind of damage it does, so hopefully this will speed that process up a little.
Do not flash this .zip, it's for developmental purposes. I just made it available because I received the OTA on my phone this morning and did not see it posted yet.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3QFSwNX3WR4VXpZcVR2M2NlQUU
Here's an alternative link if the above one fails or is too busy
http://db.tt/lLyptM9n
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ozzie1p said:
Here is a link to the OTA. I didn't want to apply it till some smarter fellas could dig into it and see what kind of damage it does, so hopefully this will speed that process up a little.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3QFSwNX3WR4VXpZcVR2M2NlQUU
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Epic thank you sir
You guys rock!!!
EDIT: Sorry that sounded really NEWBish... I am unrooted and am currently having an issue re-unlocking my bootloader to root.
Is there an RUU available that I might be able to flash?
I wouldn't flash it until it gets sorted out what's in it. It looks like the firmware.zip has a new h-boot (hboot_8960_1.09.0000_20120402_signedbyaa.img) so if they've patched some holes that were in the old one then flashing this might screw you if they get s-off on the previous h-boot.......I think
Cayniarb said:
** this assumes that you have adb and fastboot in your PATH and that you know how to use them.
** this also assumes that you have some recovery.img file (named as such) saved in whatever directory you are running terminal commands from.
** this also assumes you are running linux. If all of the above conditions are met, the process should also be the same on Windows and OS X, but I have not tested that and cannot confirm that.
** this assumes that if you do not fully comprehend all of the above, that you will stop reading now. I am not responsible for any damage caused to your device by following these instructions.
Step 1: Find and download the following images from the 1.78.41.2 RUU: radio.img, wcnss.img, and adsp.img. Save them on your device's storage partition (/sdcard) named as listed here (** this assumes that if you use other names you also know how to adjust future commands).
Step 2: Boot your device into fastboot mode. Your choice of 'adb reboot bootloader' or manually powering down, booting to hboot, and selecting fastboot. (Future commands assume your device is plugged in to the computer at this point)
Step 3: On the computer, run: fastboot boot recovery.img
Step 4: Wait for your device to boot in to what looks like a normal recovery session. While it looks this way, it is not normal. In this recovery, you have the ability to do pretty much everything you can on an s-OFF device (flashing boot or other partitions, etc).
Step 5: This will depend on your recovery. Whatever the process is, make sure that your /sdcard partition is mounted (not mounting USB, but making the /sdcard partition readable to things like adb).
Step 6: On the computer, run:
adb shell
dd if=/sdcard/radio.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
dd if=/sdcard/wcnss.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19
dd if=/sdcard/adsp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
Step 7: In the same recovery session, on the device, flash whatever 1.78-based ROM you like (Note: I have not seen ill effects using this on a 1.53-based ROM, but YMMV).
Step 8: Reboot. Enjoy.
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This is from the radio thread i would assume, that it will work the same way. All those files are included in the OTA zip file. Thoughts?
ozzie1p said:
I wouldn't flash it until it gets sorted out what's in it. It looks like the firmware.zip has a new h-boot (hboot_8960_1.09.0000_20120402_signedbyaa.img) so if they've patched some holes that were in the old one then flashing this might screw you if they get s-off on the previous h-boot.......I think
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Right now I just want to get my damn bootloader unlocked and I cant seem to figure out what is going on with it. I've done this a million times so its not that I dont know what im doing like all the others have accused me of, its simply an issue that the unlock token flashes fine but upon rebooting the bootloader is still relocked. Its driving me mad right now... I just want to flash an T-Mo RUU to get back to stock at this point.
go to the official ruu thread by football and download the tmous ruu from there... put your phone into fastboot usb mode and start the ruu.
Will that RUU overwrite a newer H-Boot?
Radio 0.16.31501S.16_2_10.22.31501S.10L flashable zip here
Edit: Yes. This is from the update.
http://db.tt/W3l8QdGU
Another link just in case
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strker45 said:
go to the official ruu thread by football and download the tmous ruu from there... put your phone into fastboot usb mode and start the ruu.
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I appreciate you trying to provide assistance. An RUU with a lower HBOOT will not overwrite a newer one so that option is not possible.
Thanks
how can this manually be applied? or is it even possible i know things have changed . but for w/e reason my phone still isnt seeing the ota and i've restored completely to stock with the offical ruu
Thanks guys, will try to update TrickDroid TMOUS ASAP
infinityhombre said:
Radio 0.16.31501S.16_2_10.22.31501S.10L flashable zip here
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This is one version number short of the EU Radio.
Code:
EU Baseband Version: 0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.31501S.10L
US Baseband Version: 0.16.31501S.16_2_10.22.31501S.10L
infinityhombre said:
Radio 0.16.31501S.16_2_10.22.31501S.10L flashable zip here
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Did you pull this from the OTA?
Im kind of a noob here, how do i manually flash the OTA?
doktortaru said:
This is one version number short of the EU Radio.
Code:
EU Baseband Version: 0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.31501S.10L
US Baseband Version: 0.16.31501S.16_2_10.22.31501S.10L
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Makes me wonder if it's even worth updating to the US one. Seems like it'd be better to just use the EU radio.
There's one way to find out....
infinityhombre said:
Radio 0.16.31501S.16_2_10.22.31501S.10L flashable zip here
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Thanks! Quick and easy
Hi,
Normally, I try to troubleshoot things myself without bothering others, but I'm in need of help this time. The tricky part is, I just bought this HTC One S from a stranger, so I don't have its complete history. With that said, here's what I need help with. The phone came with Pacman installed (v18.0.0). But, I would like to install this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082451
It's basically a stock ICS ROM (the lite version mentioned with stuff removed). In attempt to do this myself, I found this post on here:
Yes the only other solution for you involves rooting. It is possible to go back to ICS by rooting your phone, going through a bootloader downgrade, hexediting a particular partition, then running an older compatible RUU... Its all possible, but requires some time to understand and do. And definately requires a few wipes of phone data in the mean time (which can be backed up through titanium and custom recoveries).
Only need to do that if you want to downgrade hboot. All you have to do is root and flash a rom, I have JB radio and hboot and run ICS Trickdroid 8.1.0.
So, I put the ICS ROM in the internal sdcard, did the usual wiping stuff (I've owned several HTC phones, so this part I know how), then installed the ROM. Unfortunately, it didn't work. When I rebooted the phone, it got stuck in boot loop. It would go to HTC logo screen with the development purpose only warning and just keep turning off and on. Fortunately, I was able to get back into recovery and restored it to Pacman. So, apparently, you can't just flash any ICS ROM over JB setup... Can someone help me figure out what I need to do to install that modified stock ROM please? I very much appreciate your help. My One S is S4 from T-Mobile.
Thank you,
GT
Did you flash boot.img?
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thats weird.. if you wipe cache, dalvik, factory reset and system.. it should be fine.
which recovery do you have? cwm or twrp? flashing the rom after wiping everything i stated before, and then flashing boot.img depending on your hboot [btw, go to bootloader and see what it says for hboot. if it is higher than 1.13, you need to fastboot boot.img.
dr_rick13 said:
thats weird.. if you wipe cache, dalvik, factory reset and system.. it should be fine.
which recovery do you have? cwm or twrp? flashing the rom after wiping everything i stated before, and then flashing boot.img depending on your hboot [btw, go to bootloader and see what it says for hboot. if it is higher than 1.13, you need to fastboot boot.img.
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Thank you for tending to my thread. The recovery installed is CWM 5.8.3.1
Here's what it says on fastboot:
Tampered
Unlocked
VLE PVT SHIP S-On RL
HBOOT-1.14.0004
RADIO-1.08ts.50.02.16
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Please let me know what exactly I need to do in step by step or point me to a thread that contains the steps. Thank you so much.
goldentequila said:
Thank you for tending to my thread. The recovery installed is CWM 5.8.3.1
Here's what it says on fastboot:
Tampered
Unlocked
VLE PVT SHIP S-On RL
HBOOT-1.14.0004
RADIO-1.08ts.50.02.16
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Please let me know what exactly I need to do in step by step or point me to a thread that contains the steps. Thank you so much.
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no prob, i HIGHLY suggest you flash TWRP recovery.. it's a loot better.
2. are you trying to install a TMOUS ROM?
3. since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to fastboot boot.img [let me know if you know how to do that]
4. also since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to flash some partitions or else your WiFi won't work.
Let me know if you need help doing any of the above, but start out with installing TWRP first.
dr_rick13 said:
no prob, i HIGHLY suggest you flash TWRP recovery.. it's a loot better.
2. are you trying to install a TMOUS ROM?
3. since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to fastboot boot.img [let me know if you know how to do that]
4. also since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to flash some partitions or else your WiFi won't work.
Let me know if you need help doing any of the above, but start out with installing TWRP first.
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Thank you for such a prompt reply. Here are some of my answers.
2. Yes, the ROM I want to install is this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082451
It's the light version mentioned in that first post.
3. I just read up on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
I think I got the idea, but just to double check, is this what I need to do after every time I install a custom ROM?
4. The partition files exist on the phone already, and I read some, so I have a basic understanding of it. But, the developer of the ROM I want to install says it is not necessary with that ROM, so hopefully that's true.
I am amazed by how different everything is from a HTC phone to another HTC phone even when they seem so similar!
A quick question. Does EXT4 exist for HTC One S? I used to use that for HTC Sensation and loved it. I'm guessing no, but I thought I'd ask.
So, to sum it up, is this what I need to do?
1. Flash TWRP recovery (please tell me how to find the right version for S4. all in one toolkit doesn't work on my phone).
2. Wipe everything and install the ROM
3. Flash boot.img
4. If wifi is not working, try the partition files
Please let me know if I got this right. Thank you,
goldentequila said:
Thank you for such a prompt reply. Here are some of my answers.
2. Yes, the ROM I want to install is this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082451
It's the light version mentioned in that first post.
3. I just read up on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
I think I got the idea, but just to double check, is this what I need to do after every time I install a custom ROM?
4. The partition files exist on the phone already, and I read some, so I have a basic understanding of it. But, the developer of the ROM I want to install says it is not necessary with that ROM, so hopefully that's true.
I am amazed by how different everything is from a HTC phone to another HTC phone even when they seem so similar!
A quick question. Does EXT4 exist for HTC One S? I used to use that for HTC Sensation and loved it. I'm guessing no, but I thought I'd ask.
So, to sum it up, is this what I need to do?
1. Flash TWRP recovery (please tell me how to find the right version for S4. all in one toolkit doesn't work on my phone).
2. Wipe everything and install the ROM
3. Flash boot.img
4. If wifi is not working, try the partition files
Please let me know if I got this right. Thank you,
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If the Toolkit can't see your phone then you might need to install the drivers that come with it for it to work.
goldentequila said:
Thank you for such a prompt reply. Here are some of my answers.
2. Yes, the ROM I want to install is this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082451
It's the light version mentioned in that first post.
3. I just read up on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
I think I got the idea, but just to double check, is this what I need to do after every time I install a custom ROM?
4. The partition files exist on the phone already, and I read some, so I have a basic understanding of it. But, the developer of the ROM I want to install says it is not necessary with that ROM, so hopefully that's true.
I am amazed by how different everything is from a HTC phone to another HTC phone even when they seem so similar!
A quick question. Does EXT4 exist for HTC One S? I used to use that for HTC Sensation and loved it. I'm guessing no, but I thought I'd ask.
So, to sum it up, is this what I need to do?
1. Flash TWRP recovery (please tell me how to find the right version for S4. all in one toolkit doesn't work on my phone).
2. Wipe everything and install the ROM
3. Flash boot.img
4. If wifi is not working, try the partition files
Please let me know if I got this right. Thank you,
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3. Yes, since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to fastboot boot.img everytime you flash a ROM, unless you want to downgrade?
3.5: like Darknites said, you will need to install drivers for your the One S if you haven't already. You can download HTC Sync, and they'll install automatically [this is needed for being able to fastboot the boot.img]
4. They do exist, but everytime you wipe before flashing a ROM, they also get deleted, but try using the ROM without flashing the partition files and see if it works, if not then flash the partition files.
5. Yes, I'm pretty sure EXT4 exists with the One S, but am not 100% sure, maybe someone else can confirm this?
Lastly, here is where you download TWRP:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/100
scroll down and download the link for the S4 VARIANT, but you need to have drivers installed before doing this. and you will need to fastboot the recovery, since the download is an image: to do so, go into cmd, type cd c:\ (whatever your fastboot folder is called) and enter
then, type: fastboot flash [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img. Should take about 2 seconds to flash.
BTW, here are the drivers:
http://d-h.st/users/Inferi0r/?fld_id=2736#files
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3. Yes, since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to fastboot boot.img everytime you flash a ROM, unless you want to downgrade?
3.5: like Darknites said, you will need to install drivers for your the One S if you haven't already. You can download HTC Sync, and they'll install automatically [this is needed for being able to fastboot the boot.img]
4. They do exist, but everytime you wipe before flashing a ROM, they also get deleted, but try using the ROM without flashing the partition files and see if it works, if not then flash the partition files.
5. Yes, I'm pretty sure EXT4 exists with the One S, but am not 100% sure, maybe someone else can confirm this?
Lastly, here is where you download TWRP:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/100
scroll down and download the link for the S4 VARIANT, but you need to have drivers installed before doing this. and you will need to fastboot the recovery, since the download is an image: to do so, go into cmd, type cd c:\ (whatever your fastboot folder is called) and enter
then, type: fastboot flash [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img. Should take about 2 seconds to flash.
BTW, here are the drivers:
http://d-h.st/users/Inferi0r/?fld_id=2736#files
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Ya 4EXT is coming soon.
dr_rick13 said:
3. Yes, since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to fastboot boot.img everytime you flash a ROM, unless you want to downgrade?
3.5: like Darknites said, you will need to install drivers for your the One S if you haven't already. You can download HTC Sync, and they'll install automatically [this is needed for being able to fastboot the boot.img]
4. They do exist, but everytime you wipe before flashing a ROM, they also get deleted, but try using the ROM without flashing the partition files and see if it works, if not then flash the partition files.
5. Yes, I'm pretty sure EXT4 exists with the One S, but am not 100% sure, maybe someone else can confirm this?
Lastly, here is where you download TWRP:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/100
scroll down and download the link for the S4 VARIANT, but you need to have drivers installed before doing this. and you will need to fastboot the recovery, since the download is an image: to do so, go into cmd, type cd c:\ (whatever your fastboot folder is called) and enter
then, type: fastboot flash [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img. Should take about 2 seconds to flash.
BTW, here are the drivers:
http://d-h.st/users/Inferi0r/?fld_id=2736#files
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Thank you so much. Yes, I tried installing the drivers using the toolkit's function, but I haven't tried HTC Sync option. Maybe that'll work better. I think I know what I need to do now. Thanks a bunch!
goldentequila said:
Thank you so much. Yes, I tried installing the drivers using the toolkit's function, but I haven't tried HTC Sync option. Maybe that'll work better. I think I know what I need to do now. Thanks a bunch!
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Also try rebooting the computer if its still not working.
goldentequila said:
Thank you so much. Yes, I tried installing the drivers using the toolkit's function, but I haven't tried HTC Sync option. Maybe that'll work better. I think I know what I need to do now. Thanks a bunch!
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Thank you, dr_rick13 and other kind members who responded to my call for help.
I was able to troubleshoot this, and now my phone's working the way I wanted it. Just one correction on dr_rick13's instruction:
then, type: fastboot flash [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img. Should take about 2 seconds to flash
recovery is missing in that line, so it should be fastboot flash recovery [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img
I know it was just a typo or forgot to write it, but I wanted to point this out in case some other user finds this thread and follows that instruction.
All in all, thanks for everything! You guys rock!
GT
goldentequila said:
Thank you, dr_rick13 and other kind members who responded to my call for help.
I was able to troubleshoot this, and now my phone's working the way I wanted it. Just one correction on dr_rick13's instruction:
then, type: fastboot flash [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img. Should take about 2 seconds to flash
recovery is missing in that line, so it should be fastboot flash recovery [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img
I know it was just a typo or forgot to write it, but I wanted to point this out in case some other user finds this thread and follows that instruction.
All in all, thanks for everything! You guys rock!
GT
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oops, it was late last night when I wrote that.. my bad
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I'm new here too. I understand that you need to flash the boot.img with that hboot, but why? And will it ever be fixed?
I've owned and rooted many a phones and never had to do that. Just curious why it's like that, and if it will be fixed. It's just easier to not be that way. Again, I'm new here, just trying to understand
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pnut22r said:
I'm new here too. I understand that you need to flash the boot.img with that hboot, but why? And will it ever be fixed?
I've owned and rooted many a phones and never had to do that. Just curious why it's like that, and if it will be fixed. It's just easier to not be that way. Again, I'm new here, just trying to understand
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we do not have S-OFF yet, so until we do.. people with hboots 1.13+ will need to flash boot.img. But HTC still hasn't said anything about when we will get S-OFF or if we will get it.
pnut22r said:
I'm new here too. I understand that you need to flash the boot.img with that hboot, but why? And will it ever be fixed?
I've owned and rooted many a phones and never had to do that. Just curious why it's like that, and if it will be fixed. It's just easier to not be that way. Again, I'm new here, just trying to understand
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Its just the way HTC wants us to do it and maybe they feel it be better for us but mostly them. There is a way round it but you have to downgrade the Hboot.
Darknites said:
Its just the way HTC wants us to do it and maybe they feel it be better for us but mostly them. There is a way round it but you have to downgrade the Hboot.
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Thanks. Is there any downside to downgrading the hboot? Why don't people do that instead?
When I had the Amaze, the recovery 4ext had "smart flash" which did this same thing because it was s-on
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pnut22r said:
Thanks. Is there any downside to downgrading the hboot? Why don't people do that instead?
When I had the Amaze, the recovery 4ext had "smart flash" which did this same thing because it was s-on
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Because of Linux and the fact you brick it to do it too. We meant to be getting 4ext but don't know when.
Darknites said:
Because of Linux and the fact you brick it to do it too. We meant to be getting 4ext but don't know when.
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Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33233125
This seems like out would make things so much easier. I'm not always around a pc when wanting to flash things. If I use this, I should be able to flash away.
But what about resorting nandroids. This doesn't work with that. Hmmm
Just trying to wrap my mind around it
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pnut22r said:
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33233125
This seems like out would make things so much easier. I'm not always around a pc when wanting to flash things. If I use this, I should be able to flash away.
But what about resorting nandroids. This doesn't work with that. Hmmm
Just trying to wrap my mind around it
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Yep very good app I did use it in till I downgraded.
Okay, so I decided to do something stupid and forget to backup my HTC One S while rooting. I installed CM10, and it got stuck in a bootloop, so stupid me decided to also do a factory reset and basically delete everything I needed to get out of it. I've tried numerous things, including ADB sideloading a ROM, but whenever I do that, it also gets stuck in a boot loop. I have no idea how to use RUU's, and if anybody could help me to fix my phone, that'd be really really helpful. I'm also kindof a n00b towards this stuff, so step-by-step instructions would be much appriciated Thanks.
~MuZiiX
Is your device S-off and do you have supercid?
Then I believe you can just use any RUU file for your phone to get it back to stock.
A Ruu is basically a file that installs the stock ROM onto your device.
Find the Ruu you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094414
Just download it, connect your phone with a USB and run the Ruu file ( it's an .exe ) on your PC.
I hope this helps. Don't just listen to my advice. I'd wait till someone confirms my advice to be safe/correct. I'm still a bit of a noob after all who's trying to help and learn.
CuzCrostyPwns said:
Is your device S-off and do you have supercid?
Then I believe you can just use any RUU file for your phone to get it back to stock.
A Ruu is basically a file that installs the stock ROM onto your device.
Find the Ruu you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094414
Just download it, connect your phone with a USB and run the Ruu file ( it's an .exe ) on your PC.
I hope this helps. Don't just listen to my advice. I'd wait till someone confirms my advice to be safe/correct. I'm still a bit of a noob after all who's trying to help and learn.
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I think my device is s-off...i used the HTC One S all in one toolkit, and I have no idea what supercid is :s I've tried a couple RUU's before (don't know if i used them correctly, but i did relock the bootloader when i did it) but none of them helped. It just stayed at a black screen with "htc" in the middle. No error triangles or anything.
Did you run the RUU files like you would run an .exe file on your pc with your phone connected by USB?
I'm not sure how your PC will recognize your phone when you're not in fastboot (bootloader).. Or am I misunderstanding something.
Wait. Can you get into your recovery? Do you still have that installed?
CuzCrostyPwns said:
Did you run the RUU files like you would run an .exe file on your pc with your phone connected by USB?
I'm not sure how your PC will recognize your phone when you're not in fastboot (bootloader).. Or am I misunderstanding something.
Wait. Can you get into your recovery? Do you still have that installed?
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Yeah, the RUU's were .exe's with my phone connected through USB. I can get into recovery, I have CWM installed.
I'm not sure if CWM has this option, but maybe you can mount your phone through recovery.
Then just place a new ROM on your SD card and flash it.
CuzCrostyPwns said:
I'm not sure if CWM has this option, but maybe you can mount your phone through recovery.
Then just place a new ROM on your SD card and flash it.
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Well thats what I've been trying to do with the ADB sideloading, because it wont let me mount my sd card. It just says 'ERROR MOUNTING SD CARD" and when I've tryed flashing a new ROM from ADB sideloading, it just gets stuck in a bootloop again.
My best bet is to run the RUU file.
To know which one is the correct one is to see which RUU title fits your phone's Stock 'settings' the best (ie: provider, country, android version)
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Oh and this thread should be moved to the Q&A forum I just realized
CuzCrostyPwns said:
My best bet is to run the RUU file.
To know which one is the correct one is to see which RUU title fits your phone's Stock 'settings' the best (ie: provider, country, android version)
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Oh and this thread should be moved to the Q&A forum I just realized
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I've tried running multiple RUU files, and I have no idea what one to use. The phone when I got it was unlocked, and the android version was ICS I'm pretty sure.
I dunno how to find my stock settings because I cant get past the loading screen.
Did you try flashing the boot.IMG from adb. It sounds to me, that since every ROM you try results in a bootloop that you did not flash the boot.IMG
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did you flash boot.img? most of roms will bootloop without it
Roundtableprez said:
Did you try flashing the boot.IMG from adb. It sounds to me, that since every ROM you try results in a bootloop that you did not flash the boot.IMG
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Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s
MuZiiX said:
Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s
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the boot.img is located in the zip you downloaded from get.cm
NQNH said:
the boot.img is located in the zip you downloaded from get.cm
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So what command would I use while flashing the boot.IMG file? (again sorry for not getting this, I just wanna get my phone working again)
MuZiiX said:
Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s
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You failed to follow the instructions to install the rom. That is why you phone wouldn't boot.
Download or build from source
Download gapps
wipe unless you're upgrading from an earlier CM10 ROM
flash rom in recovery
flash gapps in recovery
unless you have s-off fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Take your CM10 Rom and open it up. Inside you'll find a file called boot.img. Copy that file to the location where you installed the toolkit. Place it in the data folder there. Then open the toolkit and press the "flash a kernel" button. Just follow the instructions to flash the file.
You phone should now be fixed just reboot it.
Next time, make sure you read the instructions and if you aren't sure what's going don't move forward. Or use the search button. Finally, questions like this one go in the Q&A forum. :good:
dc211 said:
You failed to follow the instructions to install the rom. That is why you phone wouldn't boot.
Take your CM10 Rom and open it up. Inside you'll find a file called boot.img. Copy that file to the location where you installed the toolkit. Place it in the data folder there. Then open the toolkit and press the "flash a kernel" button. Just follow the instructions to flash the file.
You phone should now be fixed just reboot it.
Next time, make sure you read the instructions and if you aren't sure what's going don't move forward. Or use the search button. Finally, questions like this one go in the Q&A forum. :good:
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Thanks, I'll try that and see how it goes. I totally forgot to do a backup, and I now know that I should do one...and sorry, I'm kinda new to the forum and went here as a last resort.
MuZiiX said:
Thanks, I'll try that and see how it goes. I totally forgot to do a backup, and I now know that I should do one...and sorry, I'm kinda new to the forum and went here as a last resort.
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It not really a big deal. Your problem is the most common one we see in Q&A. Also, once you finish flashing the boot.img keep in mind that CM10 can take a few minutes to boot the first time.
Also, just a heads up while the toolkits are helpful learning the command yourself actually lets do you a lot more things a lot faster.
heres how to do it using fastboot:
Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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CuzCrostyPwns said:
heres how to do it using fastboot:
Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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Thanks for the quick responses guys, I'm going to try that once I get home. Do I absolutely need USB debugging enabled? Because mine Isn't :s
MuZiiX said:
Thanks for the quick responses guys, I'm going to try that once I get home. Do I absolutely need USB debugging enabled? Because mine Isn't :s
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Nope, just gotta do it one of the three ways mentioned. If debugging isn't enabled use option 1.
This can either be done via
1 powering off and keeping volume up & the power-button pressed
2 the extended power-menu (If your ROM has it, just select "reboot" & then "bootloader")
3 via adb, connect your phone with the pc, make sure it says "USB debugging connected", go to Android/platform-tools/ & then press shift while you perform a right click with the mouse, then choose "open prompt here", type
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