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Black screen in ClockworkMod

I have CM7 installed and when I reboot into recovery, the HTC logo comes up for a second and then just fades away into blackness...and nothing else happens.
ROM Manager says ClockworkMod version 3.0.0.6 and it said flash successful when I flashed it.
Something I am doing wrong?

wberry85 said:
I have CM7 installed and when I reboot into recovery, the HTC logo comes up for a second and then just fades away into blackness...and nothing else happens.
ROM Manager says ClockworkMod version 3.0.0.6 and it said flash successful when I flashed it.
Something I am doing wrong?
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I used the Simple OneClick root method and encountered the same thing. Using the Fixes button in that program said it was a common occurrence and that flashing ENG S-OFF would solve it. I did and it did. YMMV

wastegate13 said:
I used the Simple OneClick root method and encountered the same thing. Using the Fixes button in that program said it was a common occurrence and that flashing ENG S-OFF would solve it. I did and it did. YMMV
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You don't need to flash eng s-off.
You could revert back to stock and run the hack kit, instead of doing eng s-off.

mudknot2005 said:
You don't flash eng s-off.
You could revert back to stock and run the hack kit, instead of doing eng s-off.
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Or you could click the Fixes button and let it do it for you. It may not be the preferred method but it worked for me where the Hack kit did not.

wastegate13 said:
Or you could click the Fixes button and let it do it for you. It may not be the preferred method but it worked for me where the Hack kit did not.
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It is by far not the preferred method, and is one of the easiest ways to completely brick this phone(if you mess up). There is absolutely no reason to eng s-off the phone. You can just as easily revert the phone back to stock, then run the hack kit to do it properly.

ENG S-OFF makes me nervous, especially letting a tool automatically do it for me. No way to flash Clockwork via a different method or anything?
Also, I noticed in HBOOT I cant control anything with the volume buttons. Is this a know bug also?

you can completely return back to stock and run the Ace Hack Kit

Do I NEED Clockwork?
I have been using my phone for a while without it, and worst case scenario I can always use HBOOT to restore the stock rooted ROM.
So other than not being able to manually flash, whats the point?

wberry85 said:
ENG S-OFF makes me nervous, especially letting a tool automatically do it for me. No way to flash Clockwork via a different method or anything?
Also, I noticed in HBOOT I cant control anything with the volume buttons. Is this a know bug also?
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If ENG S-off makes you nervous then reverse it, I had eng S-off and tried a few radio's but found that the AT&T radio worked just fine so I reversed it. If you did the one click s-off to do it you should have three files it put on your SD card, one would say original Hboot, if they are on it then you can reverse it if not then you have to do something else.
Let's say they are there, then you need to go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403
Halfway down the first post in a grey box is the command that you need to input through terminal emulator on your phone, once you do it, it will say a number in and a number out, when it is done exit the emulator and you have reversed Eng S-off. It is very simple and quick to do but will only work if you have those files on your SD Card.

You can flash/backup/restore any rom using rom manager with no eng s-off. CWM is doing its work even with the black screen, Just let it do the job, it takes about 3 min for rom flashing and 5 min for backup/restore and then the phone reboots normally.
If you're eng s-off and want to take it back to s-off there is an easy way to do it and clean up the boot at same time. It is to flash this PD98IMG file using bootloader: http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFB5N69qN9TwX6vS7wvJQ7ZlSxiWw

I had this problem as well. the one click "fix" is what corrected it for me.
eng S-Off is NOT needed on this phone, but I did it anyway. I used the one click method as mentioned above... Clicked on fixes, click eng s-off, and all is well.
The program has a fail-safe built into it. It states MANY MANY MANY times during the root process that if a particular step fails, what to do, and where to start from again. It was great! ...Just saying...

Question: If you use this PD98IMG to take Eng S-Off and have backed up using Clockwork recovery mod, when you had the Eng S-Off when you restore, the clockwork file will the Eng S-Off come back or will it just be S- Off?

Clutchpad said:
Question: If you use this PD98IMG to take Eng S-Off and have backed up using Clockwork recovery mod, when you had the Eng S-Off when you restore, the clockwork file will the Eng S-Off come back or will it just be S- Off?
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You can use the PD98IMG to turn off eng s-off, it will put you on a rooted stock rom. the PD98IMG flashes a new boot image, so you will have radio s-off hboot.
You can recover your rom after that.

Inspire 4G---crashed..pls help !!!!
Namaste,
I bought a new HTC Inspire 4G with android 2.3.3 gingerbread
then i root it using Ace Hack Kit aahk-13012012
the first time I ran hack kit, every thing went smoothly, but in the end, it was S-ON but it should have been S-OFF.
Then I try to run the kit again, but it wont go ahead and stops with the error saying "Radio Downgrade Failed: Either goldcard failed or usb connections not 100".
Next thing I try is that, I factory reset the phone, and try running the kit again....It runs smoothly till the point the screen is blank & it says "Radio downgrade complete - starting next process - please be patient..."...I wait for 1 hour, but nothing happens.
Then I Ctrl+C the Cmd and unplug the phone. The screen remains the same..
I removed the battery and try to start the phone.HTC logo appears and the fades away.
I reinsert the battery again and press volume down+power to see the following screen.
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-026.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 12 2011,00:55:45
HBOOT USB PLUG
--------------
----------
--------
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
...I have tried recovery, but it again goes into faded screen with logo...
Pls help me guys...its very urgent...on top of that it's not my phone...it's my Colleague's phone....and he trusted me a lot when he gave me this phone...
Thanks in advance !!!

[RESOLVED] I bricked my Desire S

My phone is unbranded , unrooted & stock using ROM 1.47.401.4.
I have downloaded the latest ota 2.10.401.4 and in that zip there was a firmware zip in it.
i renamed the firmware zip to pg88img.zip and put it in my phone's sd root.
After the reboot of the phone has updated the firmware BUT thats all.
If i reboot the phone stucks on the HTC logo but also i can go to the bootloader options if on the reboot i hold down the volume button.
Is there any way to restore the phone?
I try to flash the stock rom but nothing.
Can anybody help please??
Resolution:
If anyone has the same problem and has hboot-2.00.0002 & S-ON you have to unlock the bootloader via htcdev.com site following all the steps and flash the EXT4 Recovery via FASTBOOT and NOT ADB.!!
Then go to recovery and flash any custom rom.

avensakias said:
My phone is unbranded , unrooted & stock using ROM 1.47.401.4.
I have downloaded the latest ota 2.10.401.4 and in that zip there was a firmware zip in it.
i renamed the firmware zip to pg88img.zip and put it in my phone's sd root.
After the reboot of the phone has updated the firmware BUT thats all.
If i reboot the phone stucks on the HTC logo but also i can go to the bootloader options if on the reboot i hold down the volume button.
Is there any way to restore the phone?
I try to flash the stock rom but nothing.
Can anybody help please??
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You can't boot because of new hboot. Have u s-off device ?
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No the phone is s-on and up on the screen it says LOCKED.
Never saw LOCKED before.
Is there any way to S-OFF now with the new hboot ??

avensakias said:
No the phone is s-on and up on the screen it says LOCKED.
Never saw LOCKED before.
Is there any way to S-OFF now with the new hboot ??
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It says locked but nothin is locked. Try to flash 4ext recovery over adb. Should work I think. Instructions in general forum .
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

Thanks.
i'll try and see whats going to happen.

Which update did you download? There are a couple available - odexed & deodexed.
Maybe worth trying which ever one you didn't download the first time?
Also are you giving it plenty of time to load? First boot from a fresh install always takes a long time.
Don't worry, you don't have a brick
Peace
Sent from my HTC Desire S

Unlock bootloader but still S-ON
Using the http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/unlock-instructions i managed to get my bootloader UNLOCKED but it still says S-ON.
Tryed to flash the 4EXTvia adb but it says ERROR no device found.
Any other instruction on how to get my DS working again?
Going on bootloader i see:
*** UNLOCKED ***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.09.08.20_M
eMMC-boot
Aug 22 2011,15:22:13
Any other suggestion pls??

You need to get your phone s-off using one of the methods in this part of the forum. Then you can install ext4 & new rom
Peace
Sent from my phone

HOW???
My hboot is HBOOT-2.00.0002 and the revolution to s-off is only for hboots 0.98.0000 & 0.98.0002.
Can you be more specific?
The only way that i can communicate to my DS is only via fastboot.
Can anybody help or the phone goes to the trash?? What should i do??

Waiting for stock RUU 2.10.401.4
I believe that the only way to restore the phone is to wait till the stock RUU 2.10.401.4 leak someday..
If anybody else can help me please do.
Thanks.

avensakias said:
I believe that the only way to restore the phone is to wait till the stock RUU 2.10.401.4 leak someday..
If anybody else can help me please do.
Thanks.
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That would be a choice, but I would say you'll be better of to use xtc-clip to gain s-off, after this everything is possible or just give it back for warranty and let them repair it,
because it's still s-on, but just to know, what else where in the zip?
Could it be that you forgot something, have you tried a factory reset?
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App

Tectas said:
That would be a choice, but I would say you'll be better of to use xtc-clip to gain s-off, after this everything is possible or just give it back for warranty and let them repair it,
because it's still s-on, but just to know, what else where in the zip?
Could it be that you forgot something, have you tried a factory reset?
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App
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Do you know if I can get it from Greece.?
Does xtc clip works on hboot-2.00.0002.?

avensakias said:
Do you know if I can get it from Greece.?
Does xtc clip works on hboot-2.00.0002.?
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Xtc-clip works with every version on every HTC device.
Go to a second hand handy shop that also does repairs and stuff like this maybe they get one, I s-offed mine this way for €20^^
Swyped from my HTC Desire S

What did you download originally?
Was it an official ota update, or from this forum?
If you tried to flash the odexed version, many users have problems with this. Can you try the deodexed version?
Sent from my HTC Desire S

I was with the original shipped rom 1.47.401.4 S-ON & UNROOTED.
I downloaded via my computer http://liveimage.htc.com/OTA_Saga_S...1.47.401.4_release_217301kjfuq12qqm0wuhg7.zip
In that zip file there was another zip file called Firmware.zip.
I renamed the firmware.zip to pg88img.zip and i put it in the root of my sd card.
I rebooted holding the volume down button and the phone went to bootloader mode found the pg88img.zip and flashed it.
After that the phone goes only to bootloader showing
*** LOCKED ***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.09.08.20_M
eMMC-boot
Aug 22 2011,15:22:13
Is there any way to flash the OTA via fastboot since over adb i get the message device not found..???

Do you have a "recovery" option in the fastboot menu? If so try to go to this menu and see if adb recognises it then. But you have probably tried this already, right.
With adb, when you type 'adb devices', your phone is not shown, correct?
I'm not sure about getting S-off with the new hboot, I did mine with the old hboot.
You could try to download the deodexed rom on this page and flash that, but you need to get into recovery first.
Sorry, not much help I'm afraid.
Did you try to install these fastboot drivers?

Unfortunately i have tried everything so far but didn't work.
The xtc clip maybe is the only way.. Or if the s-off solution of revolution will support in future my hboot and do it that way.
I also noticed that when i tried to flash the stock rom i had 1.47.401.4 and was stuck on the HTC logo the update software said that i had rom 11.10.401.4.!!!!!
Since i flashed the original fota why the version said 11.10.401.4 and not 2.10.401.4??
WTF IS GOING ON.??

Well, I still don't think you have a brick - you can get into the bootloader, you just need your pc to recognise it via USB.
Have you tried flashing the previous hboot version you had? To enable revolutionary s-off?
Also have a look around the general Android forums, there are some very experienced peeps there who may be able to help.
Peace
Sent from my HTC Desire S

avensakias said:
Do you know if I can get it from Greece.?
Does xtc clip works on hboot-2.00.0002.?
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You should ask this question on the XTC phone tools forum to raskal to be 100% sure that this new version is covered (see link on the XTC in my sig)
and as @tectas has said, there is still a possibility that you are still able to return under warranty and allow them to resolve it for you..
sorry unable to assist with confidence.
EDIT: see this thread that I created a while back that contains another link within it to lots of XTC owners around the world within it, but I'd confirm that the new HBOOT is covered before you run XTC http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076937&highlight=xtc

I ask them. Thanks anyway.
The 3 things left.
1. to ask xtc forum if my hboot-2.00.0002 is supported.
2. to wait till revolution s-off supports in the future my hboot.
3. to wait till someone leakes the stock signed ruu 2.10.401.4
That's all unfortunately..

Weird S-ON problem

Hi everyone
I've got a strange problem with my Sensation
I recently made it S-OFF using the HTC method (couldn't get Revolutionary to work for some reason, though it was working before) and Root/Custom recovery etc
When I tried to upgrade the firmware to go to an ICS ROM, it read the PG58IMG.zip file, parsed it, rebooted and now says ***Unlocked*** (as before) but is now S-ON
For some reason (because I'm already rooted?), Revolutionary fails at Zerging Root and HTC's process transfers the files over but never gives me the unlock option
Any ideas how to get S-OFF back?
Thank you

Using the HTC method doesn't actually S-OFF - it just Unlocks the bootloader (but not all of it)

You need this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469296
Sent from my Pyramid-T

[GUIDE] Install official ICS update using GoldCard

Very Strange that by using this method, my device remains S-OFF and UNLOCKED (!!)
And here is the guide:
A- Preparation:
- Download RUU.exe file from htcdev.com. Run it (without connecting your Desire S to the PC), proceed to Next, Next... but do not exit this app. Open folder %TMP%, search for rom.zip file, copy it to another location and rename to PG88IMG.ZIP. Now you can exit RUU app.
- GoldCardTool, download it here.
- An SD card (>1GB recommended)
B- Step-by-step:
- Insert SD card to the phone, format it.
- Connect phone to PC in Disk drive mode, don't forget to enable USB Debugging = ON.
- Run GoldCardTool.exe, press Get CID button to get CID.
- Go to http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard and enter CID, press Download Goldcard to get goldcard.img file.
- Get back to GoldCardTool.exe, press Load Goldcard.img to load the file goldcard.img.
- Press Patch MMC, your SD card is now ready for goldcard.
- Copy PG88IMG.ZIP file to SD card.
- Shutdown phone and boot it into bootloader.
- Phone will start update process automatically. Don't touch it unless you see "Press Power to restart".
After this step, mine is S-OFF and UNLOCKED. So I can flash custom recovery and root easily.

Leaving you device S-OFF and unlocked after RUU has nothing to do with Goldcard.
It happaned probably because you have Alpharev hboot. RUU is bypassing flashing the hboot because Alpharev hboot has bigger version, but it flashes the rest of the RUU.
It happened to one of my friends also and we didn't use Goldcard.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

I have hboot 2.00.0002 SHIP S-OFF

Flashing an RUU doesn't change the S-OFF, never has (not on the Desire/Sensation anyway)
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

EddyOS said:
Flashing an RUU doesn't change the S-OFF, never has (not on the Desire/Sensation anyway)
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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It means ICS update by using Goldcard is a good way to keep the hboot unchanged.

EddyOS said:
Flashing an RUU doesn't change the S-OFF, never has (not on the Desire/Sensation anyway)
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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This is not true, unless you have XTC-clip S-OFFed device.
My old Desire was S-ON when I bought it. I made it S-OFF using Alpharev's tool and every time I flashed any RUU (with Goldcard) it made it S-ON again.
My current Desire S is S-OFF with XTC-clip which means permanent S-OFF, now even after RUU I am still S-OFF, but with newer hboot.
When I flashed the RUU (without any Goldcard) on my friends Desire S, which has Alpharev hboot 7.0... all the images flashed successfully except BOOT which was "Bypassed", so the Alpharev's hboot was not overridden by RUU, and the rom booted successfully.
My guess it is because it has bigger version then the on in the RUU.

dmatik said:
This is not true, unless you have XTC-clip S-OFFed device.
My old Desire was S-ON when I bought it. I made it S-OFF using Alpharev's tool and every time I flashed any RUU (with Goldcard) it made it S-ON again.
My current Desire S is S-OFF with XTC-clip which means permanent S-OFF, now even after RUU I am still S-OFF, but with newer hboot.
When I flashed the RUU (without any Goldcard) on my friends Desire S, which has Alpharev hboot 7.0... all the images flashed successfully except BOOT which was "Bypassed", so the Alpharev's hboot was not overridden by RUU, and the rom booted successfully.
My guess it is because it has bigger version then the on in the RUU.
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I have hboot 2.00.0002 SHIP S-OFF before and after goldcard, so it is not Alpharev hboot.
I have sent my phone to repair once, so I'm not sure if it was XTC-clip S-OFF or not.

vndnguyen said:
I have hboot 2.00.0002 SHIP S-OFF before and after goldcard, so it is not Alpharev hboot.
I have sent my phone to repair once, so I'm not sure if it was XTC-clip S-OFF or not.
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Please, get your facts straight. This guide is wrong on so many levels. You are furtherly confusing people.

mirok said:
Please, get your facts straight. This guide is wrong on so many levels. You are furtherly confusing people.
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hi mirok, i have said that it's very strange that my device remains s-off and unlocked after updating by goldcard.
however everyone can use this guide to update ICS beside other guides.

[Q] S-OFF / Boot loop

Hey guys, needing some help. Was rooting a friends phone and have been unable to boot up properly. Have been following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300.
Currently have su and adb working properly, unable to factory reset or wipe to stock rom to run Revolutionary. Revolutionary does not work in recovery or hboot mode, is there any way around this?
The phone is UNLOCKED with S-ON
Not interested, unless absolutely necessary, in Juopunutbear S-OFF method, never done this and I would first do it on my own personal phone.
Thanks all for any help

What is the h boot version? Revolutionary only works with certain h boot versions. This is why others have to use the wire trick to S off. Because it's the only other way if revolutionary is not supportive of your h boot version. To find the H boot version, pull battery put back in, press volume down and power at the same time then read at the top will be the h boot version. Then post and you can find out if it's supported by revolutionary or not. Hope this helps.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium

realsis said:
What is the h boot version? Revolutionary only works with certain h boot versions. This is why others have to use the wire trick to S off. Because it's the only other way if revolutionary is not supportive of your h boot version. To find the H boot version, pull battery put back in, press volume down and power at the same time then read at the top will be the h boot version. Then post and you can find out if it's supported by revolutionary or not. Hope this helps.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium
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Using hboot 1.18, is there no possible workaround to flash a custom rom while keeping s-on?
I'm assuming the steps will need to be as followed, s-off, supercid, flash rom?

omgdwong said:
Using hboot 1.18, is there no possible workaround to flash a custom rom while keeping s-on?
I'm assuming the steps will need to be as followed, s-off, supercid, flash rom?
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Hi,
It may be that you have the wrong software version to use revolutionary.
If you can enter this in fastboot:
Code:
fastboot getvar all
(not imei or serial number)
Post back here.
The order of things is as you say,but you may need to flash a new firmware,depending on which ROM you want to install.