Semi-bricked, ICS RUU issues - HTC Sensation

Last night I flashed the gingerbread coredroid ROM and it worked fine. I just didn't really like the looks of some things, so I thought I'd change to a different ROM.
I thought about flashing the ICS Insertcoin ROM, so I flashed it, and it kept trying to boot, but turned off and kept repeating. But then I read that I was supposed to update the firmware, so I took out the SIM card and connected it to the computer and copied the 3.24 RUU to the SD card.
I followed the instructions and the RUU set up properly through HBoot the first time. Then i went in to recovery to wipe data. It had to reboot the phone before I did anything else, and it went back into HBOOT and tried to install the RUU again, but this time it failed due to CID being incorrect! I didn't give it a second thought, but then the insertcoin ROM was doing the same thing, going through the boot up images and shutting off right in the middle, and repeating.
I tried another ICS ROM, Android Revolution, and same result. Failed booting. Then I tried restoring my nandroid backup from before coredroid, and it also kept trying to boot and then shut down. Then I tried coredroid again, and it had the same reaction, failed booting! I redownloaded the ICS RUU 4 times and repeated this process 4 different times, even with other GB versions of insertcoin and ARHD, and no dice!
I'm not entirely tech savvy, so maybe there is soemthing I havent covered yet. Now the RUU fails not because of CID, but because of incorrect Model ID. I read about goldcards, but I can't make a new one because the phone won't even boot! Please help me!
edit: as of now, the phone does not turn on to any rom or homescreen, ONLY Hboot and recovery.

Hello Jagerlowe,
The 3.24 RUU installs fully with 2 Boots into Bootloader, so there is nothing to be worried about. Here's how you could solve your problem.
1. Please follow step 4 from this Guide to obtain SuperCID, make sure that the SuperCID is 11111111! Mismatch of the SUPERCID causes the Error you were previously facing.
2. With the updated SuperCID, reinstall the latest ARHD 6.2.1 ROM.
3. Boot & flash the suggested radio if you are using the ARHD ROM.
You should be alright
Please keep me posted about your problem and hope it helped!
Remember to Thank me!

CursedBat said:
Hello Jagerlowe,
The 3.24 RUU installs fully with 2 Boots into Bootloader, so there is nothing to be worried about. Here's how you could solve your problem.
1. Please follow step 4 from this Guide to obtain SuperCID, make sure that the SuperCID is 11111111! Mismatch of the SUPERCID causes the Error you were previously facing.
2. With the updated SuperCID, reinstall the latest ARHD 6.2.1 ROM.
3. Boot & flash the suggested radio if you are using the ARHD ROM.
You should be alright
Please keep me posted about your problem and hope it helped!
Remember to Thank me!
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I can't quite do that because the phone doesn't turn on. It goes to the boot screen then shuts off. Then turns on, boot screen, off again. So I can't connect it to the computer or do anything like that.

This thread might help you... ICS flashing is little bit different than GB...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats

Jagerlowe said:
I can't quite do that because the phone doesn't turn on. It goes to the boot screen then shuts off. Then turns on, boot screen, off again. So I can't connect it to the computer or do anything like that.
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Can you boot your device into Recovery mode?

Jagerlowe said:
Last night I flashed the gingerbread coredroid ROM and it worked fine. I just didn't really like the looks of some things, so I thought I'd change to a different ROM.
I thought about flashing the ICS Insertcoin ROM, so I flashed it, and it kept trying to boot, but turned off and kept repeating. But then I read that I was supposed to update the firmware, so I took out the SIM card and connected it to the computer and copied the 3.24 RUU to the SD card.
I followed the instructions and the RUU set up properly through HBoot the first time. Then i went in to recovery to wipe data. It had to reboot the phone before I did anything else, and it went back into HBOOT and tried to install the RUU again, but this time it failed due to CID being incorrect! I didn't give it a second thought, but then the insertcoin ROM was doing the same thing, going through the boot up images and shutting off right in the middle, and repeating.
I tried another ICS ROM, Android Revolution, and same result. Failed booting. Then I tried restoring my nandroid backup from before coredroid, and it also kept trying to boot and then shut down. Then I tried coredroid again, and it had the same reaction, failed booting! I redownloaded the ICS RUU 4 times and repeated this process 4 different times, even with other GB versions of insertcoin and ARHD, and no dice!
I'm not entirely tech savvy, so maybe there is soemthing I havent covered yet. Now the RUU fails not because of CID, but because of incorrect Model ID. I read about goldcards, but I can't make a new one because the phone won't even boot! Please help me!
edit: as of now, the phone does not turn on to any rom or homescreen, ONLY Hboot and recovery.
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did you solve this because i think im having the same issue as you

Mookie_Jones said:
did you solve this because i think im having the same issue as you
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Can you boot your device into Recovery mode?

CursedBat said:
Can you boot your device into Recovery mode?
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Yes, I can boot it into recovery and HBOOT, thats it.

Jagerlowe said:
Yes, I can boot it into recovery and HBOOT, thats it.
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What I am about to guide you through is downgrading your HBoot.
Firstly, download 1.17RUU - CHOOSE WHICH Service Provider, Location (CHOOSE THE RIGHT ONE)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
1. Boot into recovery mode and connect your phone to your computer.
2. Select "mounts and storage"
3. Then select mount sd card.
4. Copy the PG58IMG.zip into the Root of your SD Card.
5. Reboot your phone into bootloader again.
Your phone should automatically prompt you to begin update. After the update,
Your Bootloader should be downgraded. Then Flash a simple - any Gingerbread based ROM, and follow my post on doing SuperCID
Goodluck! Cheers

CursedBat said:
What I am about to guide you through is downgrading your HBoot.
Firstly, download 1.17RUU - CHOOSE WHICH Service Provider, Location (CHOOSE THE RIGHT ONE)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
1. Boot into recovery mode and connect your phone to your computer.
2. Select "mounts and storage"
3. Then select mount sd card.
4. Copy the PG58IMG.zip into the Root of your SD Card.
5. Reboot your phone into bootloader again.
Your phone should automatically prompt you to begin update. After the update,
Your Bootloader should be downgraded. Then Flash a simple - any Gingerbread based ROM, and follow my post on doing SuperCID
Goodluck! Cheers
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Oh my gosh! Can I like marry you!? You fixed my problem! Thank you so much!

Jagerlowe said:
Oh my gosh! Can I like marry you!? You fixed my problem! Thank you so much!
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You're welcome I'm just glad to be of any use.
Good luck experimenting with ICS
Cheers!

Related

Sensation stuck on Boot with beats screen

Hey guys, So I initiated flash today and have come across a slight problem;
I followed the guides on here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...4#post21711154
and here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=21989107
I saw that the first thing to have done was install 4ext recovery. I followed the read me and tried the "adb reboot bootloader" but it kept saying device not found. Then I noticed I had it already in my phone, so I ran the backup and it said back up complete. So then I turned off the phone, rebooted into bootloader and waited for the update. However, it said "error invalid CID and can't update. Press power to reboot" It was the only option given. So then, I followed the guide on Kohr-Ah's page and took out the SD card, rebooted into bootloader, went to Recovery, ran superwipe and installed ARHD 6.5.1 with Beats Audio. After everything went done and well, it rebooted and turns on but once the beats logo completes its circle, it gets stuck on the beats page. I ran the wipe again, and reinstalled ARHD and still gives the same result. Any body know how I can solve it?
I also forgot to say that when I try to install the PG581IMG (the firmware) it says:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update package...
Installation aborted.
Update: I cleared cache from 4ext, and reflashed the rom. After rebooting and passing the htc white screen, I'm at a black screen with "android" written across in metallic silver. It has a white flash pass pass through the whole writing. It's been like this for about 15 or so minutes.
your links are pointing no where...404 page not found, if you have a sensation and not a sensation XE your update zip should be called PG58IMG.zip not PG581IMG.zip
but really need to see where your links point to..
Did you flash the firmware for the rom - 3.32? If not this is the cause of the boot loop. Have you got s-off via revolutionary?
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Happened with me....Insert the SD card again which was inside when you flashed ARHD ROM....it will boot.....
Stringer, No I did not before doing the wipe. Something I realized I should have done after I had run Superwipe. But when I do run it it says installation aborted for some reason. I do have S-off via revolutionary. I'd gotten it done the first time when I flashed the custom rom, along with SuperCID.
Ali3nfr3ak, I made a mistake, I do have the PG58IMG file. Sorry bout the links, here they both are: 1) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767 and 2) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21989107
Mathrania: What do you mean reinsert the SD card? It is inserted, it has been so the whole time, but still gets stuck on the black screen with android on it.
I should put out my Revolutionary
PYRAMID PVt ship s-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO- 10.12.9007.21_2M
eMMC-BOOT
I check the md5sum for the PG58IMG file and it gives the following
fea9240feef50554a17688dc2b1a7bac
However, when I check this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618 that Mike linked for the firmware on his page, I can't file that md5sum nor the file itself. I see that the rom is based on Firmware 3.32.401.5 but I can't even find 5, on that page I see only up to "x" and "10x" that's it. Am I missing something?
I'm sorry for being persistent, but I really need the phone working and I've looked in as many places as I can find to see if some one else had the problem so that I could acquire some help that way. But alas, it came fruitless. Any and all help would be appreciated. I've wiped cache and dalvik cache, but still nothing. It now goes up to the beats screen but gets stuck on that screen.
Okay, lets go back to the basics.
Check everything, make sure you're super CID. You need to flash the correct firmware that the rom needed (go with the 3.32), then delete it from the sd card after flashing. Then, you should superwipe. Then flash the correct ARHD (make sure that you used the ICS one)
Sent from a revolutionized HTC Sensation ICS
tohfhu said:
Okay, lets go back to the basics.
Check everything, make sure you're super CID. You need to flash the correct firmware that the rom needed (go with the 3.32), then delete it from the sd card after flashing. Then, you should superwipe. Then flash the correct ARHD (make sure that you used the ICS one)
Sent from a revolutionized HTC Sensation ICS
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I do remember having done super CID, however when I had the PG58IMG in there it would say "incorrect CID" and "update failed" at the bootloader main screen right after scanning and would tell me to "press power button to reboot." I'm not sure which version of the firmware I should have gotten, I have the hboot version 1.27.1100 and am seeing that the guides say to have 3.32.401.5 of the firmware but I couldn't find that version anywhere.
I did just as you said now, and it still got stuck on beats. It's as though it gets stuck right as it's about to load up.
sano1 said:
I do remember having done super CID, however when I had the PG58IMG in there it would say "incorrect CID" and "update failed" at the bootloader main screen right after scanning and would tell me to "press power button to reboot." I'm not sure which version of the firmware I should have gotten, I have the hboot version 1.27.1100 and am seeing that the guides say to have 3.32.401.5 of the firmware but I couldn't find that version anywhere.
I did just as you said now, and it still got stuck on beats. It's as though it gets stuck right as it's about to load up.
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If its saying incorrect CID, then you're not on superCID, because when you are on super cid you can flash any firmware from any region or carrier (correct me if im wrong lol). Check the CID, make sure that its "11111111"
The firmware is in here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618
Sent from revolutionized HTC Sensation ICS
tohfhu said:
If its saying incorrect CID, then you're not on superCID, because when you are on super cid you can flash any firmware from any region or carrier (correct me if im wrong lol). Check the CID, make sure that its "11111111"
The firmware is in here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618
Sent from revolutionized HTC Sensation ICS
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Well that makes sense. Now here's a wee bit of another problem. I can't get cmd to recognize my devices as as per the guide I need to go into usb charge mode, however I can't even get the phone to boot. I'm wondering now if I do a factory reset via bootloader or 4ext if it would reset the whole thing and get back my stock rom and all? As well as if it will delete anything backed up on to the SD card? I can superCID right after and then run the firmware as well as superwipe and ARHD
If any one's around and can help, please don't hesitate. I'm in a bit of a desperate situation as to the solution. May be if I can get the modelid and edit it into the notepad, that would work? Potentially? If there's an actual solution, even better.
Does boot loader work? If so boot that, select fastboot. Does PC recognise phone now?
EDIT: is recovery working?
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I went into fastboot and noticed it turn into FASTBOOT USB, I rebooted the system but still froze on the beats screen. Should I fastboot bootloader? PC wasn't recognizing phone at all. I think I should keep it in that fastboot USB menu and then play around with CMD, any thoughts? Recovery? Are you asking about Clockwork recovery? Or 4ext?
OK go back to boot loader, plug into PC and open cmd terminal as admin.
cd to whatever folder your fastboot driver is in and enter "fastboot devices". You should get device and serial no returned.
That shows PC recognises phone.
From there you can boot into recovery (yes CWM or EXT4), wipe everything, superCID, and flash fw/rom.
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stringer7 said:
OK go back to boot loader, plug into PC and open cmd terminal as admin.
cd to whatever folder your fastboot driver is in and enter "fastboot devices". You should get device and serial no returned.
That shows PC recognises phone.
From there you can boot into recovery (yes CWM or EXT4), wipe everything, superCID, and flash fw/rom.
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Thank you, sooo much. So what the reason it wasn't going into Fastboot USB was 1) I had the HTC sync software installed on another computer and not the current one, 2) I didn't have SuperCID but BM__001, and using the other computer I switched it to 11111111. I also was using "adb" as a command on CMD rather than "fastboot" I noticed Fastboot followed by command worked but with adb it wasn't finding the device.
SUCCESS! Phone's now operating. Many thanks to all those who contributed. All I have to do now is restore SMS back up as well as some data back up from 4ext. Should I redownload SMS back and restore to restore or should I do a 4ext restore first and then SMS?
Sorry I fell asleep yesterday, good to know that everything is fine now.
Regarding about you new question, well im not sure about that. Correct me if im wrong, 4ext copies an exact image of what your phone is before you flashed it. So when you recover through 4ext it will turn your phone back to the last rom you used. Im correct? lol
Sent from revolutionized HTC Sensation ICS
tohfhu said:
Sorry I fell asleep yesterday, good to know that everything is fine now.
Regarding about you new question, well im not sure about that. Correct me if im wrong, 4ext copies an exact image of what your phone is before you flashed it. So when you recover through 4ext it will turn your phone back to the last rom you used. Im correct? lol
Sent from revolutionized HTC Sensation ICS
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That's quite alright. Actually what happened is I thought I need to go into 4ext and do a recovery, and did so only to brick the phone. SO I reflashed it and installed the ROM again only to find that 4ext automatically reinstalls all apps. It did and I was soo happy. As for my sms messages, I went back to sms back up and restore and restored them. All's well for me right now. Though I'm noticing some lag on the phone itself, in performance, and sending text messages. And especially in the music player.

Bricked and confused

Hello,
I recently bricked my Sensation. It is an unbranded with CID 102.
After several tries to get it to ICS 4.0.3 I left my device useless, at first it boots every 15 seconds and remains stuck in cont. reboots. After fullwipe it hangs at HTC bootlogo for 15 min and more.
I´ve used revolutionary 0.4 an I managed to get full permanent root with htcsupertoolv3.
Clockwork is installed.
In recover I am unable to mount everything, it will just not mount - updates will stop after 1 sec. Log says, it can´t access certain directories.
Most of the partitions won´t mount such as cache partition sd-ext, it will always say error monuting cache, error mounting ...
I can´t flash anything at all, the PG58IMG will go allright at first sight, but afterwards it won´t boot.
Anything I can do at this point?
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Thx in advance.
Well I can tell you it's not bricked, if you can access hboot/recovery, so good sign I hope have you tried running an RUU?
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Yes, I have. It will run and finsih with no errors. Still no boot and no mounts.
Tried tis: RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.50.401.1_R_Radio_10.58.9035.00U_10.15.9035.02_2_release_228602_signed.exe
Also I have CID 1111111
Yeah it definitely isn't bricked, I'll see if I can quickly come up with a solution!
1. I need some more info first, did you flash an ICS rom before running that P58IMG.zip? or were you on gingerbread (Android 2.3 - sense 3.0)?
2. according to what you've said, you can't mount your SD card at all in the recovery?? (that sounds so weird) - So I'm assuming you can't flash roms or anything? It doesn't make sense because you can still flash the P58IMG.zip...
3. Have you tried flashing the old P58IMG? The older firmware 1.17? If worse comes to worst... This last method should fix it. An RUU Should also fix what error you have going on right now as well! Let us know how it goes!
1) I was on Gingerbread and HTC Sense 3.0 and I followed the guides step by step - first I did all OTA updates
2) I can access SD-Card it, but every firmware will fail, in hboot it will went through but in recovery it will stop at 0%
3) Yes, I tried every versions available
krasspc said:
1) I was on Gingerbread and HTC Sense 3.0 and I followed the guides step by step - first I did all OTA updates
2) I can access SD-Card it, but every firmware will fail, in hboot it will went through but in recovery it will stop at 0%
3) Yes, I tried every versions available
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After checking multiple forums I did below steps, sounds unusual but worked perfectly for me, you may want to try this at your own risk:
1. Used htc dev unlock method and then using 4ext recovery formatted all partitions except sdcard
2. Installed custom rom Android Revolution HD 3.6.13, which is a 2.3.4 rom as no other 2.3.x worked, can be downloaded from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14191938&postcount=1as multiupload is not working so couldn't download any rom from there, so used above one
3. Reboot sensation, used revolutionary to get S-OFF
4. RUU was not flashing so I did this : Relocked my phone by running "Fastboot OEM lock" with phone in fastboot USB and then reboot the phone
5. From http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193033, Used METHOD 2 - ENG HBOOT [both Flash ENG HBOOT & Download an RUU and then Flash RUU (rom.zip)]
6. Once phone boots up, run the STOCK RUU.exe as normal (required else phone would not install OTA though downloads it without problem),
7. Once done and rebooted, used commands from http://theunlockr.com/2011/10/03/how-to-unroot-the-htc-sensation-4g/ to put S_ON back
8. Result , I am relocked, S-ON and on STOCK with OTA installing without problem
Thank you, that did the trick.
I am now on stock ROM. Everything ok. It took quite a while, but thx again for help.
To be sure not to mess up again, what to do next? I am confused about the size of the roms, are they really such small (14 MB)?
And what does that mean: "Best way is to place Firmware PG58IMG.zip, ROM and Superwipe script on the root of your SD Card."
Where to get the "ROM" ans "Superwipe script"
a ROM will be much bigger than 14mb so what you have its wrong. You can get super wipe from Mikes Android revolution thread. And putting it on the root of sd card means on the sd card and NOT in any folders. Can't post links for you sorry. I'm on mobile version
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using XDA
So this is what I try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
Step 3) The Firmware PG58IMG.zip is 14MB, so I put it on root. It also contains the wipe.zip file
But what about the "ROM"? Sorry, I´ve flashed nearly every Windows based HTC in the past years, but all Win Mobiles ROMS are only at one piece, but this I just don´t get it worked on android.
So far my unit ist rooted an has CID 11111 and 4ext installed.
Ok, I just found the links here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
Finally up und running ICS 4.03. Thank you again.

SUPER URGENT! Sensation bootloop

Hi guys. I NEED HELP REALLY BAD
So I was trying to root my friends HTC sensation with the latest ICS, sense 3.6 OTA firmware, and the 1.27 HBOOT version. After a while I tried the juopunutbear s-off trick, and it worked. When I went into bootloader (the thing where you turn it off and on while holding volume down), it said:
"locked
s-off"
I tried flashing CWM but it didn't work.
So I read that I needed to downgrade the firmware.
I downloaded khor-ah's 1.17 Universal firmware onto my SD, opened bootloader, and immediately it asked me if I wanted to update, and I pressed yes. It updates, then says "finished, Press power to reboot" which I do and then it bootloops between a black screen and the HTC logo.
I need to hand it back to him tomorrow, please help me figure this out by then!
Try a full wipe in boot loader settings
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I can't.
As soon as I open bootloader, it automatically goes to the thing where it scans the SD and asks me if I want to update. Select yes, and it updates, reboots and does the whole thing again.
If I select No, it says operation canceled, press power to reboot. Then I go back to square 1. ADB also doesn't see it.
Take out the SD card, boot into boot loader mode, then pop sd card back in once in bootloader. Once you are in bootloader mode, try as suggested, doing a full wipe, or flashing the CWR/CWM
You're a godsent!
I removed the SD, put it into my Desire HD, and replaced the 1.17 firmware with new firmware from krah-oh or whatever his name is, and now it works! AND my bootloader is unlocked. I'll try and see if I can install custom recovery now!
THANKS a freakin' lot! You made my night!
markvdn said:
You're a godsent!
I removed the SD, put it into my Desire HD, and replaced the 1.17 firmware with new firmware from krah-oh or whatever his name is, and now it works! AND my bootloader is unlocked. I'll try and see if I can install custom recovery now!
THANKS a freakin' lot! You made my night!
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Glad it worked. Only reason I knew to do that was because I was once in your position also.
Good luck!
The boot loop is because of the the firmware you flashed, it is not compatible with the ROM that is on the device right now (I bet it is a ICS ROM). You have to have 1.21.0000 or higher Hboot version to boot ICS. You need to go back to Khor-ah's thread and download the 3.32 firmware, get the universal one ifyour device is not a T-Mobile US (TMOUS) device, get the TMOUS if it is. Flash it and your ROM should boot then. Make sure to remove the PG58IMG.zip from your SD card or the bootloader will see it every time you you boot to bootlaoder.
Edit: Well looks like you got it fixed while I was typing lol.
Glad you got it all sorted...been in your position many times.
Panic over:thumbup:
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"SUPER URGENT".........you're a super noob, there are at least 3 sticky threads for noobs about flashing ics, why does no one read?!

Sensation stuck on white logo screen

HELP!!
I am new to rooting, and tried to root my phone using a guide on this forum. I got my head around bits of it but im confused now and seriously need help. I successfully unlocked the bootloader screen and when I hit recover I can access clockworkmod fine. But when I try to flash the firmware by placing the PG58img.zip on the SD card, it tries to run it but says "wrong image", "no image", then stays on parsing for a while. If I restart the device it just stays on the white HTC screen. What have I done.
I am unsure what version kernel I should be trying, (tried a few, they all stay on parsing), and I could use a good ROM too.
its a pyramid pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-1.27
I really need some help and Id much appreciate it
iwkya said:
HELP!!
I am new to rooting, and tried to root my phone using a guide on this forum. I got my head around bits of it but im confused now and seriously need help. I successfully unlocked the bootloader screen and when I hit recover I can access clockworkmod fine. But when I try to flash the firmware by placing the PG58img.zip on the SD card, it tries to run it but says "wrong image", "no image", then stays on parsing for a while. If I restart the device it just stays on the white HTC screen. What have I done.
I am unsure what version kernel I should be trying, (tried a few, they all stay on parsing), and I could use a good ROM too.
its a pyramid pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-1.27
I really need some help and Id much appreciate it
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Follow the below guide to letter to get a working rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25587345
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
ganeshp said:
Follow the below guide to letter to get a working rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25587345
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
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Thanks man, I shall follow it exactly and let you know how it goes. Lost without my phone.
problems
Ok so I have tried it to the letter, few issues though..
Since I have no working rom running, I cannot "enable usb debugging" in order to install the 4ext recovery. I got around this but doing this in the bootloader instead - is this ok ?
4ext seemed to work, and i have followed it to the letter, super wipe installed great, then I installed revolution rom which went well, choosing to install a stock kernal. However after reboot - still a white HTC screen
The only thing I can think of is that my firmware is wrong. Since I cannot get into settings (as i have no rom) and can only access bootloader and now 4ext, I cannot see its version - if there is a way can you help please
I need 3.32 but don't know if i have it or not as I have played around with it that much (my own fault i know )
Is there any way to see the version i have and install 3.32 firmware in 4ext or bootloader. Everytime I have tried in the past by copying it to the sd card, it gives me the parsing message and no image wrong image..grrr
Thanks greatly man
iwkya said:
Ok so I have tried it to the letter, few issues though..
Since I have no working rom running, I cannot "enable usb debugging" in order to install the 4ext recovery. I got around this but doing this in the bootloader instead - is this ok ?
4ext seemed to work, and i have followed it to the letter, super wipe installed great, then I installed revolution rom which went well, choosing to install a stock kernal. However after reboot - still a white HTC screen
The only thing I can think of is that my firmware is wrong. Since I cannot get into settings (as i have no rom) and can only access bootloader and now 4ext, I cannot see its version - if there is a way can you help please
I need 3.32 but don't know if i have it or not as I have played around with it that much (my own fault i know )
Is there any way to see the version i have and install 3.32 firmware in 4ext or bootloader. Everytime I have tried in the past by copying it to the sd card, it gives me the parsing message and no image wrong image..grrr
Thanks greatly man
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4EXT flashed fine ..thats no probs there ..and you did the right thing (adb reboot-bootloader is to get to fastboot ..which you can do it manually too)
did you enabled the smartflash ?? ---> THIS is the main step
did you check the md5 of the ROM ? (you can do it via 4EXT itself - its in install form sdcard-> check md5 i think) and verify it aganist the md5sum given in ARHD thread (in general just below the download link)
also flash the rom again ..no wipe this time ..just flash it
can you post the complete HBOOT details ? seeing that i can give you the proper suggestion (afaik if you are on ICS earlier ..you have correct firmware)
I have performed the md5 check and it was ok. Im thinking that after 4ext rebooted after the superwipe, I didn't re-enable smart flash (forgot it needs to be done again), so I just enabled it and am reinstalling the ROM with no superwipe this time..
My hboot is 1.27 so i must have 3.32..
I really do appreciate this, sorry im a n00b
Finished flashing rom, reboot and same again. White HTC screen. I really am lost now
This is what my screen says in bootloader
unlocked
pyramid pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-1.27.0000
radio-11.22.3504.07_m
openADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
iwkya said:
I have performed the md5 check and it was ok. Im thinking that after 4ext rebooted after the superwipe, I didn't re-enable smart flash (forgot it needs to be done again), so I just enabled it and am reinstalling the ROM with no superwipe this time..
My hboot is 1.27 so i must have 3.32..
I really do appreciate this, sorry im a n00b
Finished flashing rom, reboot and same again. White HTC screen. I really am lost now
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EDIT: you got correct firmware no need to flash it again
dude the smart flash is said temporary for a reason ..you need to enable it every time ..when ever you enter the recovery ..until you make the smartflash permanent by following step 5 (which can be done only when you have a bootlable, rooted rom )
Yea im guessing the firmware is ok, the 4ext is great, superwipe works fine, the rom installs complete. When reboot, it just stays ont he white screen
Really annoying now since i have no phone and cannot seem to find anything else on it.
iwkya said:
Yea im guessing the firmware is ok, the 4ext is great, superwipe works fine, the rom installs complete. When reboot, it just stays ont he white screen
Really annoying now since i have no phone and cannot seem to find anything else on it.
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you enabled smartflash just before flashing the rom ?
and still stuck there ?
ok do the extra1 step mentioned in the guide (skip the adb steps again ..and do only fastboot steps)
I feel you
iwkya said:
Yea im guessing the firmware is ok, the 4ext is great, superwipe works fine, the rom installs complete. When reboot, it just stays ont he white screen
Really annoying now since i have no phone and cannot seem to find anything else on it.
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I can really understand your annoyance I have experienced the exact same problem to the letter. After several attempts to reach out No One seemed to help or understand my problem. I then went back to my HD2 and now have the HOX as my main unit.
I get stuck on the white logo screen or beats screen everytime I flash a ROM. I tried everything at least I think so.
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I can really understand your annoyance I have experienced the exact same problem to the letter. After several attempts to reach out No One seemed to help or understand my problem. I then went back to my HD2 and now have the HOX as my main unit.
I get stuck on the white logo screen or beats screen everytime I flash a ROM. I tried everything at least I think so.
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all your threads are before i joined XDA
Yea, im well pissed off. I have done everything, yes I enabled smartflash and installed the rom again, done that a few times now. Ran superwipe a few times, nothing.....
going to re image the recovery and try it all again.
if that doesnt work, its in the bin..
iwkya said:
Yea, im well pissed off. I have done everything, yes I enabled smartflash and installed the rom again, done that a few times now. Ran superwipe a few times, nothing.....
going to re image the recovery and try it all again.
if that doesnt work, its in the bin..
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you keep on doing superwipe ..it wipes everything
just do it once ..only once
then enable smartflash
then flash the rom
if it still stuck
then do the extar 1 step in the guide (you need to get the boot.img of the kernel you have chosen while installing the AHD rom earlier)
thats all follow that once and reply me back if it didnt worked
(no extra steps)
ok done it again, same thing happens.
Now.. you are referring to an extra step regarding the boot image. It isnt clear in the guide. Where do I get the boot image from, and how and when do I apply it.
?
iwkya said:
ok done it again, same thing happens.
Now.. you are referring to an extra step regarding the boot image. It isnt clear in the guide. Where do I get the boot image from, and how and when do I apply it.
?
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Usually the fitting boot.img can be found inside the .zip of your desired Rom.
Finding your "boot.img"
Open your rom's zip file
Open the "kernels" folder
Open the folder of the kernel you chose during install of your rom (if there are any choices)
Extract the "boot.img" to C:\Android (or wherever your adb and fastboot are located)
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he does say how to find it right?
the zip in your case is ARHD 6.6.7 rom zip file
and you are asking again for how and when ..when he clearly explained the steps on how to do it
and i already told you when to apply it
ohh btw skip the adb steps ..you can go to bootloader manually and do the fastboot commands
ok, so i got somewhere
I found a boot.img in the rom/kernals
then i used fastboot flash boot boot.img
this flashed the img
now when i reboot i get off the htc screen and im stuck on the beats audio screen -- oo while I been typing its come off the beast screen and booted into android yey.. Thank you every so much man. I kinda understand this a little more too thanks to you and the guide.
I shall post when I have problems with this rom (notice i said when)
Thank you..
iwkya said:
ok, so i got somewhere
I found a boot.img in the rom/kernals
then i used fastboot flash boot boot.img
this flashed the img
now when i reboot i get off the htc screen and im stuck on the beats audio screen -- oo while I been typing its come off the beast screen and booted into android yey.. Thank you every so much man. I kinda understand this a little more too thanks to you and the guide.
I shall post when I have problems with this rom (notice i said when)
Thank you..
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thanks you do it but hitting the thanks button to useful posts (that's how xda kept it )
I am still stuck at boot screen
Hey I tried to do everything my guy here did and still no luck.
the last thing I tried was flashing latest firmware package without the HBOOT, then flashed the newest recovery, then performed a superwipe because latest rom differed from ARHD, then flashed the ROM and then the Boot.img just to be sure (even though this should not be necessary according to the firmware)
How can I figure out whats wrong?

[Q] Htc One S Bricked?

Hi I recently tried installing MagioRom and now my phone wont boot. The last working rom I had was MaximusHD 10.0.0. I am S-off, H-Boot 2.15, and T-MOB010 and i have a U.S. Tmobile Htc One S I have tried restoring from several of my nandroids, inncluding my stock nandroid. I've tried several different RUU's (all Tmous), installed many different Roms, but the same thing always happens. The phone will go through the boot process but then freeze at the lock screen, showing only the status bar. After about 15-20 seconds it crashes and reboots. I've tried everything I can think of. Does anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks in advance.
Go back to MaximusHD, this is the only ROM where your new firmware which you flashed will work. None of your nandroid backups will work unless you downgrade your firmware
I tired MaximusHD
usaff22 said:
Go back to MaximusHD, this is the only ROM where your new firmware which you flashed will work. None of your nandroid backups will work unless you downgrade your firmware
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Thanks for your help but I tried re-flashing MaximusHD, but no luck.It has the same problems as the other ROMs. The aroma installer will work fine and then the phone will boot and it will go through the full boot logo and then the status bar will come up and I can see battery and time, but the rest of the screen is dark. My radio is 1.13.50.05.31 if that makes any difference, I haven't been able to update it.
I see what I forgot do now. I didn't flash the firmware.zip, weird that the ROM worked anyway. I'll download and flash that and let you know if that fixes everything.
So even after trying the firmware.zip and yoouri instructions to install maximus HD it still wont boot. Im now hboot 1.16 and radio 1.20 Im still S-off and Cid is still T-MOB010
xiheartjtag said:
Thanks for your help but I tried re-flashing MaximusHD, but no luck.It has the same problems as the other ROMs. The aroma installer will work fine and then the phone will boot and it will go through the full boot logo and then the status bar will come up and I can see battery and time, but the rest of the screen is dark. My radio is 1.13.50.05.31 if that makes any difference, I haven't been able to update it.
I see what I forgot do now. I didn't flash the firmware.zip, weird that the ROM worked anyway. I'll download and flash that and let you know if that fixes everything.
So even after trying the firmware.zip and yoouri instructions to install maximus HD it still wont boot. Im now hboot 1.16 and radio 1.20 Im still S-off and Cid is still T-MOB010
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So you could fastboot flash the boot.img and see if that enables your phone to boot.
Then once booted, move the ROM.zip to your phone and reinstall ROM in recovery. (as per instructions) Or sideload the rom in TWRP so that you can reinstall the rom.
Still no luck
tivofool said:
So you could fastboot flash the boot.img and see if that enables your phone to boot.
Then once booted, move the ROM.zip to your phone and reinstall ROM in recovery. (as per instructions) Or sideload the rom in TWRP so that you can reinstall the rom.
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After flashing the boot.img It gets stuck at white htc screen, but it did go through android is upgrading. After a few seconds it goes dark but the htc is still visible then it says very faintly process system inst responding and then do you want to close it. Then it reboots again.I cant get the phone to boot. Ive tried side loading and pushing the rom and the aroma install works fine, but it wont boot. Is there anyway I can completey go back to stock. I have nandroids, but they don't work and neither do RUU's
Logcat
http://pastebin.com/fRHezgpE heres a logcat if that helps
xiheartjtag said:
After flashing the boot.img It gets stuck at white htc screen, but it did go through android is upgrading. After a few seconds it goes dark but the htc is still visible then it says very faintly process system inst responding and then do you want to close it. Then it reboots again.I cant get the phone to boot. Ive tried side loading and pushing the rom and the aroma install works fine, but it wont boot. Is there anyway I can completey go back to stock. I have nandroids, but they don't work and neither do RUU's
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yes, I posted a couple ways
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2480278
I've done the second way, but you may notice luxandroid installed old firmware before running the RUU.
Thanks but
tivofool said:
yes, I posted a couple ways
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2480278
I've done the second way, but you may notice luxandroid installed old firmware before running the RUU.
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I followed this guide and the phone booted again turned out the Rcdata was messed up somehow.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46308487

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