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[Q] Failed Cyanogen Installation -> Half-Bricked Desire S

Hello, members )
My story:
Since i never liked HTC Sense i tried to migrate to Cyanogen.
I performed the following steps:
1. Bootloader was unlocked with HTC site.
2. 4ExtRecovery installed.
3. Cyanogen "update-cm-7.1.0-DesireS-signed" was installed via 4Ext from sd card.
Now phone stucks at HTC logo. Access to bootmenu, recovery is available.
I tried to flash RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_219480_signed.exe but it ends with an error.
Phone data:
***UNLOCKED***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Any chance to recover phone functionality?
Thanx in advance.

d.vv said:
Hello, members )
My story:
Since i never liked HTC Sense i tried to migrate to Cyanogen.
I performed the following steps:
1. Bootloader was unlocked with HTC site.
2. 4ExtRecovery installed.
3. Cyanogen "update-cm-7.1.0-DesireS-signed" was installed via 4Ext from sd card.
Now phone stucks at HTC logo. Access to bootmenu, recovery is available.
I tried to flash RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_219480_signed.exe but it ends with an error.
Phone data:
***UNLOCKED***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Any chance to recover phone functionality?
Thanx in advance.
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Have you made a backup of your previous ROM? If not try one of the custom sense roms or run the ruu without attached device, don't close the first window and search for the rom.zip, copy it to another folder and delete everything in the zip file except the system.img, rename it to pg88img.zip and flash it in bootloader or flash the image itself with fastboot.
As much as I know is your problem that with htcdev the kernel isn't unlocked and cause cyanogen needs another then sense, it doesn't work.
Swyped from my Desire S

flashed pg88img.zip via bootloader. no effect, still hangs on white HTC logo screen (

d.vv said:
flashed pg88img.zip via bootloader. no effect, still hangs on white HTC logo screen (
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Have you tried a factory rest?
Swyped from my Desire S

d.vv said:
Phone data:
***UNLOCKED***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
.
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first thing you should do is to go s-off, then you can install custom roms.

Jahai said:
first thing you should do is to go s-off, then you can install custom roms.
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He's unlocked by htc dev
You can also try flashing the full package with all content from the rom.zip, but this sets also your unlocked state of the bootloader back and be sure that you use the latest version of the ruu.
Swyped from my Desire S

seems like RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_Radio_20.4801.30. 0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_219480_signed.exe is te latest but it ends with an error.
I have already tried a few roms, but the result is the same HTC logo screen

Tectas said:
He's unlocked by htc dev
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yes, but as he wrotes he still is s-on.

d.vv said:
Hello, members )
My story:
Since i never liked HTC Sense i tried to migrate to Cyanogen.
I performed the following steps:
1. Bootloader was unlocked with HTC site.
2. 4ExtRecovery installed.
3. Cyanogen "update-cm-7.1.0-DesireS-signed" was installed via 4Ext from sd card.
Now phone stucks at HTC logo. Access to bootmenu, recovery is available.
I tried to flash RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_219480_signed.exe but it ends with an error.
Phone data:
***UNLOCKED***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Any chance to recover phone functionality?
Thanx in advance.
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Check out this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19071114&postcount=37
You need to manually flash the boot.img from CM 7.1 when you have the unlocked bootloader.

tpbklake said:
Check out this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19071114&postcount=37
You need to manually flash the boot.img from CM 7.1 when you have the unlocked bootloader.
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Thanx for the help )
But i dont have cyanogen anymore since i tried to flash other roms.
Shall i install CM rom via 4extrecovery and then flash boot.img in fastboot?
I am ready to get back Sense because now nothing works (

Mr tpbklake , you do the magic!!
Everything works thanx!!
So,
1. CM rom was flashed in 4EXT
2. /boot was formatted
3. fastboot flash boot boot.img was performed (boot.img from the same rom)

Can't get into recovery (Revolutionary)

Hi All.
I'm having a problem with what appears to be Recovery mode in Revolutionary.
The Desire S has been rooted and S-Off. I then flashed Android Revolution 7(Mike1986).
As I'm about to sell the phone, wanted to do a factory reset, but this restarts the phone and gets stuck on the HTC logo. So I figured I'd manually flash a new ROM instead. So I go into bootloader, but when I get to the menu and select Recovery, again, it gets stuck at an HTC logo.
SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO-38.03.02.11_M
eMMC-boot
Any suggestions?

white43 said:
Hi All.
I'm having a problem with what appears to be Recovery mode in Revolutionary.
The Desire S has been rooted and S-Off. I then flashed Android Revolution 7(Mike1986).
As I'm about to sell the phone, wanted to do a factory reset, but this restarts the phone and gets stuck on the HTC logo. So I figured I'd manually flash a new ROM instead. So I go into bootloader, but when I get to the menu and select Recovery, again, it gets stuck at an HTC logo.
SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO-38.03.02.11_M
eMMC-boot
Any suggestions?
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You need to flash an eng-hboot first before you can flash an RUU to go back to stock.
All details in my signature and the index thread.
Read the forum and index thread before doing anything

Oh, OK - I'm not that bothered about putting it back to stock firmware. I just wondered why Revolutionary doesn't seem to be working.
Presumably I just need to put PG88IMG.zip into the root of the SD card?

white43 said:
Hi All.
I'm having a problem with what appears to be Recovery mode in Revolutionary.
The Desire S has been rooted and S-Off. I then flashed Android Revolution 7(Mike1986).
As I'm about to sell the phone, wanted to do a factory reset, but this restarts the phone and gets stuck on the HTC logo. So I figured I'd manually flash a new ROM instead. So I go into bootloader, but when I get to the menu and select Recovery, again, it gets stuck at an HTC logo.
SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO-38.03.02.11_M
eMMC-boot
Any suggestions?
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By the way did you install any recovery like cwm or 4ext?
Sent by my fingers to your head.

Um.....I'm fairly sure it was CWM, but don't hold me to that. Whatever it was, it allowed me to install Android Revolution 7.
I can't update HBOOT - Revolutionary keeps bypassing it?????

white43 said:
Um.....I'm fairly sure it was CWM, but don't hold me to that. Whatever it was, it allowed me to install Android Revolution 7.
I can't update HBOOT - Revolutionary keeps bypassing it?????
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Android Revolution 7??? On the Desire S...? Where'd you get that from? It's not officially supported by the ARHD team!!

Now I'm absolutely confused where the hell I got that from!!!
I think the best course of action is to get the phone back into shape - so I need to flash the HBOOT back and presumably the recovery back if possible. Revolutionary is preventing me from flashing a new Hboot. Any ideas?
EDIT : Right. Using ADB, I've managed to re-flash CWM and now it works. But can someone advise on getting HBoot to flash?

Loll fire the dd command to flash hboot.
It is fine from adb.
See in the thread of my signature for the dd commands
Swyped from my Desire S waiting for Kernel 3, WAKE UP HTC

Just wanted to thanks everyone for their replies. At the moment I'm using a custom rom, with CWM still installed. I haven't sold it on yet, as the Sensation XE I bought to replace it, died within 24 hours! D'oh!!!

white43 said:
Just wanted to thanks everyone for their replies. At the moment I'm using a custom rom, with CWM still installed. I haven't sold it on yet, as the Sensation XE I bought to replace it, died within 24 hours! D'oh!!!
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LoL
So I'm guessing you'll have to stick around just a little longer!

Dude switch to 4ext touch nonetheless
It's awesome...
Swyped from my Desire S waiting for Kernel 3, WAKE UP HTC

[Q] HTC Sensation Problem - HELP PLEASE!

Hello everyone- long time reader, first time poster. I have an HTC Sensation. I know this question has been asked thousands of times, and I have read through lots of posts, and tried everything I can find, but still have an issue.
My Sensation boots to the white HTC screen, and then to the "HTC - Quietly Brilliant" screen, then keeps boot-looping. Here is what I tried:
- Unlocked bootloader @ HTCDev
- Installed CWM Recovery
- Tried and failed to do a JuopunutBear S-Off
*** (After reboot, the phone was stuck @ HTC screen) ***
- Booted into CWM recovery
- Performed Superwipe
- Installed "Stock_Rooted_TMOUS_1.29.531.2" ROM
- Rebooted into fastboot, flashed boot.img (from above mentioned ROM)
- Rebooted
Now it's stuck at the "HTC - Quietly Brilliant" screen, then keeps boot-looping.
I also:
- tried to run the HTC RUU from windows, but it failed (wrong version)
- tried to run the HTC RUU from recovery (renamed ROM.zip to PG58IMG, but it failed
- tried installing various ROM's & kernels
Phone Details:
Clockworkmod recovery v5.0.1.0
Cincinnati Bell
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC Boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
CID: HTC_017
My goal was to S-Off, Root, Unlock, and install a custom ROM. I had it rooted, but couldn't get S-Off, or use SuperCID. All I want to accomplish now is to get back to a functioning ROM. Any help would be appreciated! If someone has a different procedure, a link to a working RUU of ANY firmware that will work, or if there is something I am missing, please let me know.
Thanks!

I think your problem is the ROM you flashed is not compatible with the firmware version you have. You are only HTC Dev unlocked so you can not change your firmware version. You have Hboot 1.27.0000 so you need a ICS ROM (Android 4.0.?). Also you have to flash PG58IMG.zip files via bootloader not recovery. Last you can not Super CID because you are only HTC Dev unlocked.

Thanks for the reply! I am happy, actually ecstatic! to report I am booting again! I downloaded the firmware / ROM from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614617
I superwiped, flashed ROM, flashed boot.img from ADB, and it rebooted!
Thanks for the help!

[Q] Help - Phone not loading past HTC logo

I recently bought a HTC Desire S secondhand, however when it arrived I turned it on to find that it just displays the HTC logo then a black screen. It has 4ext installed - which is what loads when try to do a factory reset.
I have no experience with installing custom ROMs but I'm pretty good at following instructions. I'm hoping that someone here will be able to tell me how to fix this!
Some more information, the boot loader menu says:
*** UNLOCKED ***
Saga PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Thank you for any help,
Tom

Read through sticky thread in General section it will get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186401
Not sure what version of 4EXT you have on your phone. Recommend you update it to a newer, if not the latest, version before you start flashing. Download recovery image file and flash via fastboot. Before installing a new ROM, choose "format all partitions except SD card' for a complete wipe.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377745
Your phone is S-on so remember to flash boot.img whenever you flash a new ROM, otherwise it would mostly fail to boot.
Try Cyanogenmod first, It's not the latest and greatest, but a good and safe ROM to get you started
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=saga

HTC One S - Boot problem

Hi All,
I've tried rooting my htc one s for the first time.
but unfortunately, i haven't followed some steps and it ran into trouble.
Current version results in bootloader are:
villec2 pvt ship s-on RL
HBOOT-3.01.0000
RADIO-16.11.20.24_M
OpenDSP-v10.6.0.2235.00.0207
eMMC - boot
My phone was in S-off from 11/22. I've tried many options but none of them worked out.
I can't boot into my phone directly. I can only boot to recovery.
Currently there is no super user found.
Current CID of my phone is HTC__038
I've tried to S off my phone but it resulted in some error.
I have loaded a custom rom into my sd card but while installing the rom, i'm getting an error of "unable to set_perm".
Kindly Help me.
Thanks in advance.

arevant said:
Hi All,
I've tried rooting my htc one s for the first time.
but unfortunately, i haven't followed some steps and it ran into trouble.
Current version results in bootloader are:
villec2 pvt ship s-on RL
HBOOT-3.01.0000
RADIO-16.11.20.24_M
OpenDSP-v10.6.0.2235.00.0207
eMMC - boot
My phone was in S-off from 11/22. I've tried many options but none of them worked out.
I can't boot into my phone directly. I can only boot to recovery.
Currently there is no super user found.
Current CID of my phone is HTC__038
I've tried to S off my phone but it resulted in some error.
I have loaded a custom rom into my sd card but while installing the rom, i'm getting an error of "unable to set_perm".
Kindly Help me.
Thanks in advance.
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Use adb and relock your device after install the factory RUU(now your phone should light with the stock rom), after that follow a guide to unlock your device install recovery, rom ecc ecc if you want a custom rom, if you have any problems ask.