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[Q] Well, I derp'd while rooting.

Yepp. After attempting to root my Nexus, I screwed up somewhere along the line and have now made my phone useless. Every little thing I've tried has not been able to fix it
I got the bootloader unlocked, but whenever I try and boot my phone, it gets to the google logo with the little unlocked padlock beneath it, and no further. So I screw'd up along the line following some probably bogus POS guide.
Anyhoo, I'd like to know how to fix it. I can still get into the fastloader, but I have no idea what to do from there. I'd like to figure out how to do a complete factory reset. I can't access the phone a usb mass storage device at all, so I can't figure out how to load a recovery file into clockwork.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Its on a Koodo carrier (I believe its a branch of Telus up here in Canada)

Install android ask correctly with correct drivers. Execute : fastboot devices
Make sure you are in the boot loader.
If your device id shows up flash a recovery for your phone.
This should work provided that you do it correctly. As far as I know there is no way to overwrite nexus s bootloader so bricking it is virtually impossible unless you physically do some damage.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App

obsanity said:
Install android ask correctly with correct drivers. Execute : fastboot devices
Make sure you are in the boot loader.
If your device id shows up flash a recovery for your phone.
This should work provided that you do it correctly. As far as I know there is no way to overwrite nexus s bootloader so bricking it is virtually impossible unless you physically do some damage.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App
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ask correctly? You mean SDK?
I did get the Android SDK and instaled the Google drivers. Now what do I do with "execute :fastboot devices" ?

Put the cwm recovery image into the /tools folder inside your SDK folder, boot device into bootloader, open command prompt, type
fastboot devices (should return your device's id)
fastboot flash recovery <nameofrecovery>.img
go to recovery on the phone,
mount & storage > mount usb (if that doesn't work you are either missing more drivers or go back one step to mount & storage and mount /sdcard then repeat the step)
copy a ROM for YOUR device from the stickied topic in this very subforum onto your phone, a full rom, signed or unsigned doesn't matter.
unmount usb
go back to top menu in recovery, "install zip from sd card". choose the ROM you downloaded and run it, done

OP, we need to know, do you have Clockwork Recovery installed?

Yes. I have clockwork Recovery installed.

Clockwork Oranges said:
Yes. I have clockwork Recovery installed.
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Ok did you flash a ROM after you rooted? You may have flashed a ROM that does not work for your device. Which model Nexus do you have and which ROM did you flash?

I didn't try flashing a Rom. I have an I9020A.

rentaric said:
Put the cwm recovery image into the /tools folder inside your SDK folder, boot device into bootloader, open command prompt, type
fastboot devices (should return your device's id)
fastboot flash recovery <nameofrecovery>.img
go to recovery on the phone,
mount & storage > mount usb (if that doesn't work you are either missing more drivers or go back one step to mount & storage and mount /sdcard then repeat the step)
copy a ROM for YOUR device from the stickied topic in this very subforum onto your phone, a full rom, signed or unsigned doesn't matter.
unmount usb
go back to top menu in recovery, "install zip from sd card". choose the ROM you downloaded and run it, done
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I just tried one that was SUPPOSED to work with my phone, (I9020A) but it failed mid instalation and aborted. I tried re downloading and re installing it through clockwork and got the same error.

Clockwork Oranges said:
I just tried one that was SUPPOSED to work with my phone, (I9020A) but it failed mid instalation and aborted. I tried re downloading and re installing it through clockwork and got the same error.
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Well if you have working Clockwork Recovery, then your solution is probably as simple as flashing another ROM. You can download another zip on your PC, then in CWM recovery go to Mounts and Storage and then Mount USB Storage. Then you can copy the zip over, then flash it.

I have done exactly the same thing OP! I am from Canada too, also Koodo. Let me guess you went here:
"a url that isnexusshacks.com/nexus-s-hacks/how-to-root-nexus-s/..."
I don't know if that guy is the retard - or if I am the retard for not scrolling down the screen and seeing everyone screaming about their phone being bricked lol.
I get extra points too because I didn't backup any of my sdcard data first %^&* lol
oh boy.
Well I'll let you know how I make out with the ROM, and hopefully Google will sync back my paid apps (well one - TouchDown)

Back up and rooted to boot. Not screwed after all. This site is a great resource, thank you so much!

Clockwork Oranges said:
I just tried one that was SUPPOSED to work with my phone, (I9020A) but it failed mid instalation and aborted. I tried re downloading and re installing it through clockwork and got the same error.
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Make sure you have the correct recovery and the correct ROM for your phone model. I suggest you re-flash CWM recovery from this thead , then flash OTA ROM from this thread (look for the one that says "Works on: I9020A")

no os issue

so my bro rebooted out of recovery (twrp) after wiping system and not flashing anything and now im stuck on splash screen. im screwed aren't I. edit: I can still boot into recovery... not sure if that will help! also I currently have no backups or rom to flash on the device ;( anyway to get adb sideload to work!? I use and it says device not found

Stryker1297 said:
so my bro rebooted out of recovery (twrp) after wiping system and not flashing anything and now im stuck on splash screen. im screwed aren't I. edit: I can still boot into recovery... not sure if that will help! also I currently have no backups or rom to flash on the device ;( anyway to get adb sideload to work!? I use and it says device not found
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nvm I used my pc's device manager to work adb

I did something stupid like this yesterday. If you have a recent enough TWRP, you can use the Advanced-> sideload app option with adb to download a rom to where you can install it using twrp.

Stryker1297 said:
so my bro rebooted out of recovery (twrp) after wiping system and not flashing anything and now im stuck on splash screen. im screwed aren't I. edit: I can still boot into recovery... not sure if that will help! also I currently have no backups or rom to flash on the device ;( anyway to get adb sideload to work!? I use and it says device not found
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All you have to do is put the rom zip on your micro sd card, then TURN OFF your device. Now boot into twrp then select install by browse to the micro sdcard to select the rom zip file.

buhohitr said:
All you have to do is put the rom zip on your micro sd card, then TURN OFF your device. Now boot into twrp then select install by browse to the micro sdcard to select the rom zip file.
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I had a very similar 'No OS' problem and I wasn't sure if I would be able to reboot into recovery but thank you for answering my question!

[Q] Wiped and not working HTC One S [s4]

Good day everyone,
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I am in desperate need of your help. I recently purchased a HTC One S from an online store they told me it was new never used locked phone. Turns out phone was rooted, 4g does not work, and it could not recognize e drive, (internal sd card)
After reading the all in one i re-rooted it and install the teamwin version of recovery.
Now i never had any back ups or any factory files. as i got the phone rooted with software that did not work. My phone now has no rom and i cannot install from adb sideloader, or an other means. I am new to this and cannot seem to figure out how to get my phone back to even stock un-rooted etc. I tried multiple forums and download links but nothing.
i was able to install vipers rom at one point but despite several attempts to reinstall. recovery does not see files loaded. which i can see on my mac or pc.
the other strange thing i notice is that at the top in fastboot mode i sometimes see unlocked in pink only and other times i see both unlocked and tampered. when its unlock only none of my computers recognize connection.
I also tried boot.img for flash. The furthest my screen no goes is the htc logo, then goes black.
Please help, even to just point me in rite direction to have this resolved.

the boot.img, did you flash it via fastboot? (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
And, one question that comes to mind... they sold you a device as new, yet it wasnt.. Why didnt you return it?

Goatshocker said:
the boot.img, did you flash it via fastboot? (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
And, one question that comes to mind... they sold you a device as new, yet it wasnt.. Why didnt you return it?
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Yes I tried several times loading the boot.img via fastboot.
As far as returning the device i trashed the mailing box but kept original packaging so no return address. I called the company which i made the purchase from "N1wireless" several times and sent several emails to them. They have yet to reply or answer any of my calls. Which is why I am so frustrated.

mnitllc said:
Yes I tried several times loading the boot.img via fastboot.
As far as returning the device i trashed the mailing box but kept original packaging so no return address. I called the company which i made the purchase from "N1wireless" several times and sent several emails to them. They have yet to reply or answer any of my calls. Which is why I am so frustrated.
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Boot into recovery, select mount > mount usb storage. From pc move the Rom.zip to your sd card which should now be showing on your pc. After it is moved to your phone select unmount then press home button in twrp recovery. Then install the Rom. After install open up adb and type adb reboot bootloader then press enter. Now fastboot flash the boot img from inside the Rom.zip on your computer. After that reboot your phone and report back
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium

bochocinco23 said:
Boot into recovery, select mount > mount usb storage. From pc move the Rom.zip to your sd card which should now be showing on your pc. After it is moved to your phone select unmount then press home button in twrp recovery. Then install the Rom. After install open up adb and type adb reboot bootloader then press enter. Now fastboot flash the boot img from inside the Rom.zip on your computer. After that reboot your phone and report back
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium
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Hi, thanks for the reply, thats just the thing I cannot in recovery install any rom loaded to sd card. It fails. I tried reinstalling the recovery and it still not reading my sd card.
So my guess is i need a new twrc or how to do it from my mac, as now when i try on my pc it is failing as-well. Once I get the recovery to work I will try your other suggestions as I think it will work based on the steps you mentioned.
I am trying to figure out how to use terminal to reinstall recovery. any suggestions or links will be greatly appreciated.:good:

you install recoveries through fastboot, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Goatshocker said:
you install recoveries through fastboot, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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I reinstalled recovery several times now and it wont recognize the sd card. is there another recovery i can download and use? Also is there any instructions for a newby to use terminal to re-boot, everything from scratch. Meaning if the phone is completely blank except the fast boot and a recovery manager no backups or stock kernel etc. what is the format to be used in order for the computer and recovery to recognize the sd card?
I think I need a good recovery rom like cmod if there is one for the htc one s or the stock one if someone has it.

hi i had that problem
mnitllc said:
I reinstalled recovery several times now and it wont recognize the sd card. is there another recovery i can download and use? Also is there any instructions for a newby to use terminal to re-boot, everything from scratch. Meaning if the phone is completely blank except the fast boot and a recovery manager no backups or stock kernel etc. what is the format to be used in order for the computer and recovery to recognize the sd card?
I think I need a good recovery rom like cmod if there is one for the htc one s or the stock one if someone has it.
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I had that problem the sd card would not be seen by my laptop and the phone would not boot at all if you plug in the phone to your go to start and then computer right click on your c drive go to manage and see if you can see it there if so try to format it and then reboot the phone if it works you can then install cwm as a recovery system then you can put what rom you wont on it i am use in zenRom 1.05 and to me its the best coz it like the htc rom that the phone come with if that don`t work let me know coz i have more tricks to try i hope this helps you out.

Theres only TWRP and CWM for the S afaik, and CWM sucks. TWRP is the one to use.

I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!

violentlighting said:
I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!
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got it. will try it asap.

I could not get the stock recovery via that link you provided. If there is another link to the stock I would appreciate it. I had to flash it wit cwm twice then reflash with twrc to get it to identify the sd card. i had tried the viper rom but my 4g and wifi doesnt work. Will try trickmod hopefully that works with no more issues

violentlighting said:
I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!
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Hey thanks allot for your suggestions. I made some progress. It kinda worked. However I my wifi and data connections no good. I tried the 9.1 update and then tried the tweaks.
Do you know if it is possible to get stock kernel and stock rome to undo changes on device?

[Q] HELP!!!

I was flashing CyanogenMod 10.1 and i followed the instructions to a tee, and now it will not power on, it just sits there with a black screen. It was working fine before. Can anyone please give me some help. It is my only phone.

kjmiller1984 said:
I was flashing CyanogenMod 10.1 and i followed the instructions to a tee, and now it will not power on, it just sits there with a black screen. It was working fine before. Can anyone please give me some help. It is my only phone.
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what zip did you flash for cm10.1?

HELP
DvineLord said:
what zip did you flash for cm10.1?
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I flahsed cm-10.1-20130302-NIGHTLY-evita.zip
I have an evita HTC one x
before i installed i wiped cache, davlik cache and system from TWRP, after install i wiped cache and davlik.

odd, are you s-off? h8rift told me he uses gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip for gapps since using those i have had much better luck with flashing roms. i'd say stick on wall charger for awhile and volume down + power some to get into bootloader.

thanks
DvineLord said:
what zip did you flash for cm10.1?
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DvineLord said:
odd, are you s-off? h8rift told me he uses gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip for gapps since using those i have had much better luck with flashing roms. i'd say stick on wall charger for awhile and volume down + power some to get into bootloader.
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I was able to get into bootloader, but after trying to flash again again it is still not loading. Guess I will have to go with a different ROM, i had ViperXL but i wasnt overly fond of it.

i asked if you were s-off and what gapps you were using.

sorry
DvineLord said:
i asked if you were s-off and what gapps you were using.
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S-On suprisingly enough. gapps-jb-20121212-signed

kjmiller1984 said:
S-On suprisingly enough. gapps-jb-20121212-signed
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try gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip and do a full wipe

DvineLord said:
try gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip and do a full wipe
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Will do, thanks.

Since your not S-OFF you need to flash the kernel through fastboot. The reason CM won't boot is the kernel you currently have is for sense roms.

unitedatom said:
Since your not S-OFF you need to flash the kernel through fastboot. The reason CM won't boot is the kernel you currently have is for sense roms.
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Not sure how to do that, im kinda a newbie

kjmiller1984 said:
Not sure how to do that, im kinda a newbie
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Since you're new I recommend you sift through the forums and get a better understanding of general things. That said, these steps should aid you:
1. Download the Boot Installer : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962428
2. Extract the Boot Installer somewhere easy to work with, like your desktop.
2. Download your ROM of choice, CM10.1, ViperXL, etc ( download to your desktop to make it easy)
3. Extract the ROM you downloaded. (you downloaded a .zip, extract it)
4. From the extracted ROM folder copy the boot image and only the boot image into the TN_Win Boot Installer Folder. (If there is another boot image in the TN_Win Boot Installer folder just replace it)
5. Boot into your bootloader (press and hold both the power button and bottom volume rocker when device is off to boot into it)
6. Select "fastboot" option
7. In the TN_Win Boot Installer folder run "RunMe from fastboot"
8. A command prompt will pop up and flash the boot.img for you.
9. Boot into recovery once told to by the command prompt.
10. Wipe system and factory reset
11. Install ROM of choice
I am assuming you have already installed the drivers to your computer to allow your device to transfer files with your computer. If not downloading HTC sync should install them. If you have problems with TN_Win Boot, it's likely these drivers are not installed and your computer is not communication with your device.
Note: You'll have to do this procedure every time you swap between AOSP ROMS to Sense ROMS. This is because there kernels are difference.
If you're able to get your device to an S-OFF state you no longer have to flash the boot.img and can just flash the ROM from recovery without hassle. We just achieved S-OFF recently so read about it!
I recommend you look into achieving S-OFF, but till then, this method should work.

unitedatom said:
Since you're new I recommend you sift through the forums and get a better understanding of general things. That said, these steps should aid you:
1. Download the Boot Installer : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962428
2. Extract the Boot Installer somewhere easy to work with, like your desktop.
2. Download your ROM of choice, CM10.1, ViperXL, etc ( download to your desktop to make it easy)
3. Extract the ROM you downloaded. (you downloaded a .zip, extract it)
4. From the extracted ROM folder copy the boot image and only the boot image into the TN_Win Boot Installer Folder. (If there is another boot image in the TN_Win Boot Installer folder just replace it)
5. Boot into your bootloader (press and hold both the power button and bottom volume rocker when device is off to boot into it)
6. Select "fastboot" option
7. In the TN_Win Boot Installer folder run "RunMe from fastboot"
8. A command prompt will pop up and flash the boot.img for you.
9. Boot into recovery once told to by the command prompt.
10. Wipe system and factory reset
11. Install ROM of choice
I am assuming you have already installed the drivers to your computer to allow your device to transfer files with your computer. If not downloading HTC sync should install them. If you have problems with TN_Win Boot, it's likely these drivers are not installed and your computer is not communication with your device.
Note: You'll have to do this procedure every time you swap between AOSP ROMS to Sense ROMS. This is because there kernels are difference.
If you're able to get your device to an S-OFF state you no longer have to flash the boot.img and can just flash the ROM from recovery without hassle. We just achieved S-OFF recently so read about it!
I recommend you look into achieving S-OFF, but till then, this method should work.
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ok, but now i cant mount my sd card and transfer over my roms to the device, i flashed the boot image successfully, what happened?

kjmiller1984 said:
ok, but now i cant mount my sd card and transfer over my roms to the device, i flashed the boot image successfully, what happened?
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How were you flashing CM10.1 before? You had to have it on your SD Card in order to install it from recovery.
If you don't have the ROM zip file on your sd card you'll have to get it on there. I'm not sure what the best method is, maybe someone else can chime in.
If you didn't wipe your system yet, just flash the boot.img for the ROM you were using before and you should be able to boot into your old ROM. Or better yet if you have any ROM zip on the sd card just flash its boot.img and then install that ROM so you can boot into android and have easy access to your sd card.

unitedatom said:
How were you flashing CM10.1 before? You had to have it on your SD Card in order to install it from recovery.
If you don't have the ROM zip file on your sd card you'll have to get it on there. I'm not sure what the best method is, maybe someone else can chime in.
If you didn't wipe your system yet, just flash the boot.img for the ROM you were using before and you should be able to boot into your old ROM. Or better yet if you have any ROM zip on the sd card just flash its boot.img and then install that ROM so you can boot into android and have easy access to your sd card.
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I had it on my sd card, the problem was when i went into recover after i flashed the boot image to isntall CM10.1 it wasnt there, and when i tried to mount it through twrp it wouldnt mount the sd card. I managed to fix the issue though and it is now reading the sd card again. now i just hope to be able to install cm10.1

kjmiller1984 said:
I had it on my sd card, the problem was when i went into recover after i flashed the boot image to isntall CM10.1 it wasnt there, and when i tried to mount it through twrp it wouldnt mount the sd card. I managed to fix the issue though and it is now reading the sd card again. now i just hope to be able to install cm10.1
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problem fixed thanks for the help all

[Q] One S in recovery loop

Hi! I have One S rooted and custom ROM PACman flashed. I used clockwork recovery.
Today, I tried to flash a kernel named Bulletproof. I used CW to flash it. After flashing, my phone is not starting, It has gone into recovery loop. If by using the volume button I go to hboot and then to recovery, to reinstall the ROM, it stays in CW for just few seconds and then restarts again. If I try to perfom some actions, it says SD card not mounted.
Need help please ASAP!
Regards,
Mohib

Mohib86 said:
Hi! I have One S rooted and custom ROM PACman flashed. I used clockwork recovery.
Today, I tried to flash a kernel named Bulletproof. I used CW to flash it. After flashing, my phone is not starting, It has gone into recovery loop. If by using the volume button I go to hboot and then to recovery, to reinstall the ROM, it stays in CW for just few seconds and then restarts again. If I try to perfom some actions, it says SD card not mounted.
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Go into Fastboot USB and flash the stock recovery - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/92451927/STOCKS4.img
Then boot into bootloader, click recovery, this should fix the unmountable SD Card bug.
Then when the phone attempts to boot, soft rest the phone then load into bootloader. Click on fastboot and when it says fastboot USB flash TWRP 2.3.3.0.
Reboot the phone.

kylepont said:
Go into Fastboot USB and flash the stock recovery - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/92451927/STOCKS4.img
Then boot into bootloader, click recovery, this should fix the unmountable SD Card bug.
Then when the phone attempts to boot, soft rest the phone then load into bootloader. Click on fastboot and when it says fastboot USB flash TWRP 2.3.3.0.
Reboot the phone.
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Ok I did this and flashed TWRP. It didn't work, so I flashed CW again. It rebooted. It showed the bootscreen of PACman and then rebooted to recovery. I then tried to install zip from the SD, but it said can't mount sdcard!
Whats going wrong?? Any suggestions?

Reinstall the stock recovery and then click Clear Storage on the boot loader screen. You will lose everything on your SD card. Then repeat the rest of the above process as normal. I can't remember if I said to flash the boot.img before installing the OS, but if you didn't flash the boot.img before installing the OS then do that.
Sent from my One S using xda premium

kylepont said:
Reinstall the stock recovery and then click Clear Storage on the boot loader screen. You will lose everything on your SD card. Then repeat the rest of the above process as normal. I can't remember if I said to flash the boot.img before installing the OS, but if you didn't flash the boot.img before installing the OS then do that.
Sent from my One S using xda premium
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Oh thank god its done!!
I cleared the storage and reflashed the recovery and boot.img. But the phone didn't start. So I went to recovery to "install from sd", but it said that there are no files (as I had cleared the storage). Then I got the idea to mount it as USB from the mount menu in CW. It worked and I copied the ROM to SD card and installed it from the recovery. Now my phone is alive again!!
Thanks for you help!