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[Q] My phone doesn't boot after loading back a stock firmware

Hi,
Recently I flashed my phone to CyanogenMod 7.1. Later on I changed my mind and wanted to use the latest stock ROM. Specifically RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_219480_signed.exe.
I extracted the file and followed the instructions. After the flashing is done, I got stuck with the HTC logo on the white screen.
Before that I rooted my phone using Revolutionary and used ClockworkMod to install any image, but now this part is gone due to flashing to stock firmware... so I get the original Android system recovery with options like reboot, apply update from sd card, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition.
So, as a result, I am still able to go to the boot menu as usual, but I can't install any image. When I try to open the CyanogenMod ROM file from the sdcard, I get this message:
Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
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My boot menu shows this:
- Revolutionary -
SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Mar 10 2011, 14:58:38
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I tried to connect the USB cable to my PC, but I could not get adb working. Actually, the only thing that recognized my phone was the exe file of the stock firmware (in FASTBOOT USB mode). I wish that I could use revolutionary again or at least to deactivate signature verification, so I would be able to flash using the extended recovery screen (and as a result I would be able to install any ROM that I want).
How do I get out of this messy situation?
Thanks a lot for your help.

The thing messed up because the phone was able to successfully update the ROM, but its your HBOOT now which has a problem. What you've tried to do will NEVER gonna work. You have managed to S-OFF your phone, you should have know already that its unchangeable (on a certain angle).
The latest official ROM uses system/lib on a separate partition but your HBOOT does not support that. That maybe one of the reason why ROM is not booting up.
Installing CM directly won't be successful as you are not in a custom recovery.
Method to get out of this messy situation:
1. Install custom recovery via fastboot
2. Install custom ROM again
3. If you really want to be on stock, you need to change your HBOOT first to either the old S-ON or S-OFF HBOOT, then RUU (GoldCard recommended). It's just easy considering you are still on revolutionary HBOOT.
All the step's guides has already been posted a LOT on the forum, use search.
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Thanks so much. That really helped. I thought that getting the original stock ROM back would be as easy as setting a new ROM, so I am back to CM7.1 and everything is fine now.

barman1 said:
Thanks so much. That really helped. I thought that getting the original stock ROM back would be as easy as setting a new ROM, so I am back to CM7.1 and everything is fine now.
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Good to hear you got it working. Ask a mod to close the thread.

[Q] Is it possible to upgrade OTA ICS through Clockwork Recovery

So basically I bought my Sensation XE off eBay. I had NO idea my phone had S-off until literally 5 mins ago, I bought the phone a couple months ago.
Looking into my phone, this is what I have (keep in mind I have next to no knowledge about flashing and rooting pretty much anything to do with android modification, I used an HD2 before so I am familiar with winmo stuff) :
Android version 2.3.4
Build Number 1.73.401.4 cl161971 release-keys
When I do vol - and power I get this:
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.17.1111
RADIO-10.14.9035.02_2
eMMC-boot
Jun 2 2011
Recovery takes me to ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.0
I have been looking around the forum and many reponses say that the reason I cannot update to ICS is because I have CWM.
Now I don't particularly want to get into flashing stock ROMs unless I have to, is there any way to just update it through CWM? I have already downloaded it through the software notification on my phone, and its on my SD card.
EDIT: after a bit more playing around I have noticed in CWM recovery there is an option to update from update.zip, can I just rename the OTA ICS to update.zip and do that?

as i my knowledge you have to flash the 3.32.xxxx firmware inorder to run ics rom. if not your phone will stuck at bootscreen
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

Ok looking around the forum, to flash a new firmware you just have to put the file in the root of the SD card, go to bootloader, and do the fastreboot and it will update right?

You just have to install the Stock Recovery back then the OTA will be fine. I use this guide to get the stock back [GUIDE] Get Stock Recovery/Install OTA Updates without losing data.

search for "android recovery manager" in the entire of xda, you will get the answer

Follow the guide two posts up. You need a PG58IMG for the stock recovery to stick on the root of your scared, reboot into bootloader (power/volume down), and it will prompt you from there.
Also, make sure you have all stock apps installed. Otherwise you'll need an RUU to return to full stock.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk

rayad said:
Ok looking around the forum, to flash a new firmware you just have to put the file in the root of the SD card, go to bootloader, and do the fastreboot and it will update right?
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just place the pg**** file in root of sd and just go to hboot.it will ask to update .select yes.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

I just use the "Android Recovery Manager" which is on the guide link above. I don't think you will need the "PG58IMG" file. Just follow the "(a)" guide except that you device on the list so you have to use "(b)" guide. But first make sure you do a backup esspecially nandroid backup.

Thank you to everyone who has replied in this thread, I followed Post 4 and managed to update successfully =]

[Q] pliz help me on wipe device

hi,i was trying to upgrade my divece to ota ics .my phone was rooted and have 4ext and....
i use superwipe so i havent any thing on my phone ,
but i think i do some stupiddd , that install firmware from ota file that i download .
now my device is
****locked****
pyramid pvt ship s-off rl
hboot-1.27.0000
emmc-boot
now my device havent any think and i dont know how can i install rom on it
pliz helpp meee

download a rom, put on sd, install through 4EXT?

i was trying to do this ,
but what i do is ,,,,SuperWipe then install firmware than was in ota file .

kamrangun said:
i was trying to do this ,
but what i do is ,,,,SuperWipe then install firmware than was in ota file .
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what is ur cid number

****locked****
pyramid pvt ship s-off rl
hboot-1.27.0000
radio-11.23.3504.07-m2
openadsp-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
emmc-boot

lol

that is not the cid number
u can try install this an see if its help
place it on sdcard
go into hboot
let it install the remove the pg58img from sdcard then restart into recovery
this pg58img has 4ext recovery in it
http://d-h.st/3ac

No one is going to say it?? Hey N00B!! you're in the wrong ****ing FORUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This noob doesn't even know how to check for his CID number. He shouldn't even be flashing ROMS, especially since he can't even read that this is the developer forums, so he can't read the directions on how to read a flash a rom.
Also to the illiterate noob who can't read, maybe you can hear, so hear this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA

Hgaara said:
No one is going to say it?? Hey N00B!! you're in the wrong ****ing FORUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This noob doesn't even know how to check for his CID number. He shouldn't even be flashing ROMS, especially since he can't even read that this is the developer forums, so he can't read the directions on how to read a flash a rom.
Also to the illiterate noob who can't read, maybe you can hear, so hear this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
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Exactly what is wrong with you? You've posted almost exactly the same thing to the guy who posted in the dev forum about battery stats. Yes, he's a noob, we get it. And yes, it is annoying to see the same questions being posted over and over again because people can't read. And yes, I agree that no one in their right minds should be thinking about messing around with ROMs and firmwares unless they know exactly what they are doing.
But seriously. Grow up. Unless you're telling me you were born out of your mother's womb with all this awesome tech knowledge in your head. If that's truly the case then, please, educate us ignorant mortals.
Now, to the OP: have you read this thread? If you haven't, please go read it properly. I have no idea what on earth you did, you need to give us a step-by-step list of the things you did. I suspect that all you need to do is delete PG58IMG.zip from your SD card and flash a ROM.

Hgaara said:
No one is going to say it?? Hey N00B!! you're in the wrong ****ing FORUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This noob doesn't even know how to check for his CID number. He shouldn't even be flashing ROMS, especially since he can't even read that this is the developer forums, so he can't read the directions on how to read a flash a rom.
Also to the illiterate noob who can't read, maybe you can hear, so hear this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
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Are there posts the only things you can post? > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25457315&postcount=2
Calm down and learn how to properly communicate with people.
Anyway, OP, I shall now describe what you must do:
1. Go to >this< guide and follow step 4 (STEP 4. WRITE SUPER CID [YOU ONLY NEED TO DO THIS ONCE]).
2. Download >this< ROM and put it on your SD card.
3. Boot into the bootloader (when the phone is off, press vol. down + power) and select the recovery option.
4. In the recovery go to 'wipe | format' and select 'format all partitions'.
5. When that process is done, go to 'install from SD card', 'choose zip from SD card', go to the folder where the ROM is located and install it.
6. When the ROM is installed reboot your phone and wait until it has booted.
EDIT: hunter890 just posted a link to a guide, but you can also follow what I wrote. Might be easier for you.

tnx for replay and try to help me ..
and also tanks viktor .

i do STEP 4. WRITE SUPER CID .and my cid now 11111111
i have Android_Revolution_HD-Sensation_3.6.13 ,,and put it on sd card ,
but when i start recovery nothing happen ,,black screen with error sign .

janielsen said:
that is not the cid number
u can try install this an see if its help
place it on sdcard
go into hboot
let it install the remove the pg58img from sdcard then restart into recovery
this pg58img has 4ext recovery in it
http://d-h.st/3ac
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i install it and now i have 4ext recovery,,,,
but when i try to install OTA oyramid ics , it have error (status 7 )

kamrangun said:
i install it and now i have 4ext recovery,,,,
but when i try to install OTA oyramid ics , it have error (status 7 )
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This has been covered 100 times, you can't flash ota with custom recovery. You can flash stock recovery using fastboot, you need a stock recovery.img.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using xda premium

i have a recovery from my android gb ,so i try to recover it ....
after it successfully done and reboot ,it start to rebooting after htc logo ....
is it because fireware that i upgrade ? and if it so ,what should i do ?
how can i install ota file ?

Rhiannon224 said:
This has been covered 100 times, you can't flash ota with custom recovery. You can flash stock recovery using fastboot, you need a stock recovery.img.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using xda premium
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i do this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447323
and chang the name of ota file to PG58IMG . but at hboot when it checking the file ,noting happen .??!?!

kamrangun said:
i do this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447323
and chang the name of ota file to PG58IMG . but at hboot when it checking the file ,noting happen .??!?!
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That's very very very wrong. What you should do is just what I described on the previous page. The reason the ROM wouldn't boot was because you flashed the old Gingerbread version of ARHD which won't boot on HBOOT 1.27.
And I still don't understand why you want the untouched ICS from HTC. The versions here on the forum (as example ARHD I linked you to) are better optimized, have no bloatware etc.

V1k70r said:
That's very very very wrong. What you should do is just what I described on the previous page. The reason the ROM wouldn't boot was because you flashed the old Gingerbread version of ARHD which won't boot on HBOOT 1.27.
And I still don't understand why you want the untouched ICS from HTC. The versions here on the forum (as example ARHD I linked you to) are better optimized, have no bloatware etc.
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ok..so its better that i use RHD version,,,
but i whant ota version because , i am in iran ,and google ban some service to iran ,,,,and i just only can use them buy having ota version ,and also ota version have better persian font . i would be sooo happy if u can help me to install ota files ,,,,anyways ,tanks for your help

kamrangun said:
ok..so its better that i use RHD version,,,
but i whant ota version because , i am in iran ,and google ban some service to iran ,,,,and i just only can use them buy having ota version ,and also ota version have better persian font . i would be sooo happy if u can help me to install ota files ,,,,anyways ,tanks for your help
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ARHD is cooked out of the OTA package, so it contains the same languages and I'm sure you can use the same services.

Cant boot into roms need help

So. I tried to do the Vicodan rooting method and some how decided to screw it all up. If I try to boot normally. I'm stuck at an HTC Screen. My recovery has already been flashed to ClockWork Mod 5.0.2.0. So. Now that I have that out of the way. So if I get Clockwork running and run adb shell it doesn't come up just # it's coming up ~ #, meaning I no longer need to do su to obtain root. Problem is, my hboot is still in S-ON. I can do the whole htcdev unlock I have the files and blah blah for it. Now also I tried the whole PG06IMG.zip crap with it too. Still no boot. And everytime I reboot the phone or unplug it from my PC, the sdcard wipes out the misc.img and PG06IMG.zip and it's formatted in FAT so IDK wtf is going on. I would just like to get S-OFF on my hboot, perm root the phone with the froyo downgrade you have to do to do it so I can start changing ROMs and experimenting a little bit. Can anyone help me?
SPEEDY XF SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.99.0001
RADIO-1.08.01.0111
eMMC-boot
Dec 29 2011, 10:29:48
IDK WHAT TO DO I CANT EVEN GET 2.3.4 UP!

By the way, I've run RUU for 2.3.4 to see if it would work. Says it can't update my device. And I can't find one for 2.2.
eliscianb88 said:
So. I tried to do the Vicodan rooting method and some how decided to screw it all up. If I try to boot normally. I'm stuck at an HTC Screen. My recovery has already been flashed to ClockWork Mod 5.0.2.0. So. Now that I have that out of the way. So if I get Clockwork running and run adb shell it doesn't come up just # it's coming up ~ #, meaning I no longer need to do su to obtain root. Problem is, my hboot is still in S-ON. I can do the whole htcdev unlock I have the files and blah blah for it. Now also I tried the whole PG06IMG.zip crap with it too. Still no boot. And everytime I reboot the phone or unplug it from my PC, the sdcard wipes out the misc.img and PG06IMG.zip and it's formatted in FAT so IDK wtf is going on. I would just like to get S-OFF on my hboot, perm root the phone with the froyo downgrade you have to do to do it so I can start changing ROMs and experimenting a little bit. Can anyone help me?
SPEEDY XF SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.99.0001
RADIO-1.08.01.0111
eMMC-boot
Dec 29 2011, 10:29:48
IDK WHAT TO DO I CANT EVEN GET 2.3.4 UP!
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Are you s-on "unlocked"? If so you need to fastboot flash the boot.img of the ROM you wish to flash before you flash the ROM. Otherwise nothing will boot
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide running MikTouch

Yah, I'm S-ON "Unlocked", How would I go about flash booting all that crap for it to work. Like I said, my sdcard keeps deleting the ROMs and everything else I put on there.
strapped365 said:
Are you s-on "unlocked"? If so you need to fastboot flash the boot.img of the ROM you wish to flash before you flash the ROM. Otherwise nothing will boot
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide running MikTouch
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Dude, you're god. I thought I ****ed my phone completely. I just put MIUI on my SDCARD, Installed it via zip from clockwork. Rebooted my phone into bootloader, put it in fastboot. fastboot flash boot boot.img and now it's going. THANK YOU SO MUCH

eliscianb88 said:
Dude, you're god. I thought I ****ed my phone completely. I just put MIUI on my SDCARD, Installed it via zip from clockwork. Rebooted my phone into bootloader, put it in fastboot. fastboot flash boot boot.img and now it's going. THANK YOU SO MUCH
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Glad your up and running.
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide running CM9

[Q] [HTC One S][S3] Urgent Help Needed

Hey All,
I recently tried rooting my HTC One S (s3) and have had a few problems.
1. Unlocked bootloader successfully, flashed TWRP 2.3.1.0 successfully but won't mount to USB or won't mount sdcard or storage when I try and flash a ROM.
E:Unable to mount '/sdcard'
E:Unable to mount 'storage'
Or when I mount USB my computer's asking to format the device.
2. I lost my OS (I had Android 4.0.3 and Sense 4.0) and pretty much can't use my phone as a phone. Tried looking for the right RUU but none of them fit my device.
VILLEC2 PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.09.0001
RADIO-16.05.20.24_M
OpenDSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
CID is OPTUS001 and I'm not sure what country my phone is (I live in Australia).
If anyone has any way to help please reply.

thecyancow said:
Hey All,
I recently tried rooting my HTC One S (s3) and have had a few problems.
1. Unlocked bootloader successfully, flashed TWRP 2.3.1.0 successfully but won't mount to USB or won't mount sdcard or storage when I try and flash a ROM.
E:Unable to mount '/sdcard'
E:Unable to mount 'storage'
Or when I mount USB my computer's asking to format the device.
2. I lost my OS (I had Android 4.0.3 and Sense 4.0) and pretty much can't use my phone as a phone. Tried looking for the right RUU but none of them fit my device.
VILLEC2 PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.09.0001
RADIO-16.05.20.24_M
OpenDSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
CID is OPTUS001 and I'm not sure what country my phone is (I live in Australia).
If anyone has any way to help please reply.
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Did you install the S3 version of TWRP? If you have and didn't get to flash a rom then you need to flash stock recovery then factory reset in bootloader.

Darknites said:
Did you install the S3 version of TWRP? If you have and didn't get to flash a rom then you need to flash stock recovery then factory reset in bootloader.
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Yes I do have the S3 version but I can't flash any ROM plus I don't have the stock one.

Half Done
I managed to flash the stock rom, now what?

thecyancow said:
I managed to flash the stock rom, now what?
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So is SD working now then since you said it didn't let you flash a rom or did you mean recovery? I see you was looking for that so I go with that, so what you need to do is hold Vol- when turning the phone on and it should load the bootloader, from there you should see factory reset select it and after it's done it's thing everything should be working.

Darknites said:
So is SD working now then since you said it didn't let you flash a rom or did you mean recovery? I see you was looking for that so I go with that, so what you need to do is hold Vol- when turning the phone on and it should load the bootloader, from there you should see factory reset select it and after it's done it's thing everything should be working.
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mount sdcard: Working
mount USB: Working
flash rom: Working
reboot doesn't seem to launch rom, after flashing rom and saying successful I reboot and it goes to the HTC Development screen and loops every 2 minutes or so.

thecyancow said:
mount sdcard: Working
mount USB: Working
flash rom: Working
reboot doesn't seem to launch rom, after flashing rom and saying successful I reboot and it goes to the HTC Development screen and loops every 2 minutes or so.
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You need to fastboot boot.img file thats in the rom zip.

Thank you so much, I've spent a week trying to fix it trying to avoid my mum texting me without a response back. :victory:

thecyancow said:
Thank you so much, I've spent a week trying to fix it trying to avoid my mum texting me without a response back. :victory:
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Lol np dude.