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Stuck on HTC boot screen with ANY custom ROM

Hi there,
it's my fist post here so please do not shoot on sight if I did post in the wrong section. Also, I searched before posting if someone had the exact same problem and didn't find anything conclusive so here goes :
I have a unbranded Desire S which I sucessfully S-OFFed (HBOOT 2) a while ago, then installed 4Ext Recovery and rooted with success.
Now I reckon I am a bit tired of waiting for the ICS update from HTC, so what the heck, I decided i'd try some custom ROMs.
I did a full backup of all partitions using 4ext recovery and then wiped the data, cache and dalvik cache as most ROMs require.
I then proceeded to flash 3 different ROMs with the same unfortunate result : The flashing is always successful, and upon reboot I am just stuck on the HTC boot screen forever.
Then I have to turn the phone off (vol up+vol down + power) then remove the battery and put it back, and have to boot into recovery to continue from there.
After the same thing happened with the 3 ROMs (Fallout 4.4, Vanilla ICE 2 and IceColdSandwich) I just restored my initial backup and then the phone booted back to the original ROM without problems.
What could have I done wrong please ? What can I try next to make a custom ROM work ?
Thanks for your expertise !

Are you HTC dev unloced? or S-Off after downgrade?

I had a similar problem with my Desire S. It was a while ago but I finished up formatting my SDcard to FAT32. Used gparted to delete all partitions, then make one FAT32.
You can use gparted from the live CD or as I did rebooted PC with the CD, download here
I use Reaper v3.0 ROM which is very stable.
Hope this helps

suku_patel_22 said:
Are you HTC dev unloced? or S-Off after downgrade?
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HTC Dev unlocked.
Taysider said:
I had a similar problem with my Desire S. It was a while ago but I finished up formatting my SDcard to FAT32. Used gparted to delete all partitions, then make one FAT32.
You can use gparted from the live CD or as I did rebooted PC with the CD, download here
I use Reaper v3.0 ROM which is very stable.
Hope this helps
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Delete all partitions from what, SD card ? I seem to only have one partition so far ... Could you be more specific please, sorry, I just don't want to do something wrong

flash boot.img manually.. use search to know why i said this..

Skanob said:
flash boot.img manually.. use search to know why i said this..
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I now entered 4ext recovery, cleared cache and wiped data, flashed the ROM, then rebooted into hboot and switched to fastboot mode. then plugged the USB and ran the command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
with the boot.img file extracted from the ROM's zip.
Rebooting did work and I now saw a different logo (HTC One since the ROM was ported from there) and then the phone booted into Android.
Thanks Skanob !

Flash boot.img from fastboot
Check the forum or Google about how to do it
Tapatalked from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!!!

How to fix this problem once and for all
I have the exact same problem
Also did the htcdev unlock then superoneclick root.
Is there any way to fix it so that it flashes the boot.img on automatically when you flash a ROM?

slugger7 said:
Is there any way to fix it so that it flashes the boot.img on automatically when you flash a ROM?
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Yes, S-OFF.

chninkel said:
Yes, S-OFF.
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ok then how do you go about s-offing the device for good after the htcdev s-off and then superoneclick root that switched it back on again for some reason

slugger7 said:
ok then how do you go about s-offing the device for good after the htcdev s-off and then superoneclick root that switched it back on again for some reason
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Htcdev doesn't s-off, it unlocks boot loader but you're still s-on
The forum contains all the information, read the index
So you need to relock
Downgrade
Soff
There are multiple guides
Sywepd form my DsereiS

[Q] HTC Sensation Continuous Bootloop

Unlocked
Pyramid PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMc-boot
I installed the new viper 1.41 rom and then tried to flash one of the kernals. It said it was all done but then now I'm stuck in a continuous bootloop.
I can boot into recovery and have tried to flash another rom already but it stays in bootloop, also tried flashing different kernal and still doesn't work.
Tried to start from the beginning using cmd etc (adb etc) but cmd can't find a device when using the command adb devices.
What should I do? Please help !!1

mattyon9 said:
Unlocked
Pyramid PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMc-boot
I installed the new viper 1.41 rom and then tried to flash one of the kernals. It said it was all done but then now I'm stuck in a continuous bootloop.
I can boot into recovery and have tried to flash another rom already but it stays in bootloop, also tried flashing different kernal and still doesn't work.
Tried to start from the beginning using cmd etc (adb etc) but cmd can't find a device when using the command adb devices.
What should I do? Please help !!1
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Hi,
Do you have 4EXT recovery installed?
If so ,enable smartflash.

malybru said:
Hi,
Do you have 4EXT recovery installed?
If so ,enable smartflash.
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"Download 4EXT recovery (1.0.0.5!)" I have this on installed and smartflash is already enabled via recovery.

mattyon9 said:
"Download 4EXT recovery (1.0.0.5!)" I have this on installed and smartflash is already enabled via recovery.
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Hi,
Unless you have it permanently enabled,you must enable it just before you flash anything.

malybru said:
Hi,
Unless you have it permanently enabled,you must enable it just before you flash anything.
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Again I've already set smartflash before every flashing of roms. Just this time I'm stuck in a bootloop and can't do nothing about it?

mattyon9 said:
Again I've already set smartflash before every flashing of roms. Just this time I'm stuck in a bootloop and can't do nothing about it?
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Hi,
Have you got a nandroid you can restore?

malybru said:
Hi,
Have you got a nandroid you can restore?
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Unfortunately not

Also stuck in the same boat
Hi!
I too am stuck in a bootloop trying to flash CM10.
The problem is I thought I needed CWM to flash the firmware and am now stuck with the CM10 logo when I try and reboot the phone.
Doing more reading 4ext seems to be required to fully wipe the phone rather than CWM
I've found PG58IMG.zip which is recognised when I boot into recovery, but not apparently installed. Perhaps not surprisingly CWM won't install the zip.
Does anyone have any ideas what I can do to the installation?
Thanks
Kevin

mattyon9 said:
Unfortunately not
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Hi,
You might therefore consider a RUU
Look HERE
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StockportGerbil said:
Hi!
I too am stuck in a bootloop trying to flash CM10.
The problem is I thought I needed CWM to flash the firmware and am now stuck with the CM10 logo when I try and reboot the phone.
Doing more reading 4ext seems to be required to fully wipe the phone rather than CWM
I've found PG58IMG.zip which is recognised when I boot into recovery, but not apparently installed. Perhaps not surprisingly CWM won't install the zip.
Does anyone have any ideas what I can do to the installation?
Thanks
Kevin
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Hi,
Firmware is not dependent on a particular recovery.
4 EXT is a better choice ,because it gives you more options.
What PG58IMG.zip were you trying to flash?
S-on/off?
hboot?
radio?
ROM?
Kernel?
etc
etc
etc
More information is required...

Getting past the bootloop
After my plea for help yesterday regarding the bootloop after I had tried to update my HTC Sensation, I eventually found the answer to my problem. Also the response I had yesterday raised some questions which I note at the end
.
Firstly I was trying to update my stock firmware HTC Sensation to CM10; the build I was using was the AOKP / Kang build by bruce2728 dated 16th November as that seemed to be being actively maintained and the functionality I required was reportedly working fine. I read the rather cursory instructions and given I’ve updated several Android tablets before I thought this will be easy. FAIL!
I’ll document elsewhere the process I followed, however the problem I had was when I tried to apply the CM10 image using CWM. It seemed to write successfully but when I came to reboot the phone it was stuck in a boot loop with the cyanogenmod logo stuck on the screen until I pulled the battery out. I couldn’t install 4ext using the play store app as I’d trashed the android installation.
I eventually replace CWM with 4ext by downloading the correct recovery image to my PC (from the third post of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1666401, note that the recovery image is different for different phones and possibly operator.)
I then started the phone in bootloader (noting the phone was S-ON), plugged in the USB connection and pressed the power button, so fastboot was selected and then Fastboot usb was displayed on the phone.
From a command prompt on the PC after changing to the directory where I had placed fastboot and adb I typed “fastboot recovery recovery.img” and this replaced CWM with 4ext.
After rebooting the phone and getting back into the bootloader, I selected recovery. This time 4ext started. Before writing the new Android image I wiped user data and (I think it was in tools once you scrolled to the bottom) selected “enable 4ext superflash” before flashing the ROM and Google Apps and then successfully rebooting the phone. For reference the phone took less than 5 minutes to start up.
I now think my problem was trying to flash the ROM with S-ON and not using 4-ext superflash. Oh well
Following on from the response from malybru (Thanks)
Does writing a new rom change the radio? I’d understood it remained the same unless you made special efforts to change it and you were likely to wipe out the phone?
Thanks again
Kevin

maybe i am wrong but radio can be changed only when you are flashing different firmware and to do that you have to be S-OFF

StockportGerbil said:
After my plea for help yesterday regarding the bootloop after I had tried to update my HTC Sensation, I eventually found the answer to my problem. Also the response I had yesterday raised some questions which I note at the end
.
Firstly I was trying to update my stock firmware HTC Sensation to CM10; the build I was using was the AOKP / Kang build by bruce2728 dated 16th November as that seemed to be being actively maintained and the functionality I required was reportedly working fine. I read the rather cursory instructions and given I’ve updated several Android tablets before I thought this will be easy. FAIL!
I’ll document elsewhere the process I followed, however the problem I had was when I tried to apply the CM10 image using CWM. It seemed to write successfully but when I came to reboot the phone it was stuck in a boot loop with the cyanogenmod logo stuck on the screen until I pulled the battery out. I couldn’t install 4ext using the play store app as I’d trashed the android installation.
I eventually replace CWM with 4ext by downloading the correct recovery image to my PC (from the third post of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1666401, note that the recovery image is different for different phones and possibly operator.)
I then started the phone in bootloader (noting the phone was S-ON), plugged in the USB connection and pressed the power button, so fastboot was selected and then Fastboot usb was displayed on the phone.
From a command prompt on the PC after changing to the directory where I had placed fastboot and adb I typed “fastboot recovery recovery.img” and this replaced CWM with 4ext.
After rebooting the phone and getting back into the bootloader, I selected recovery. This time 4ext started. Before writing the new Android image I wiped user data and (I think it was in tools once you scrolled to the bottom) selected “enable 4ext superflash” before flashing the ROM and Google Apps and then successfully rebooting the phone. For reference the phone took less than 5 minutes to start up.
I now think my problem was trying to flash the ROM with S-ON and not using 4-ext superflash. Oh well
Following on from the response from malybru (Thanks)
Does writing a new rom change the radio? I’d understood it remained the same unless you made special efforts to change it and you were likely to wipe out the phone?
Thanks again
Kevin
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Hi,
Flashing a ROM does NOT change the radio.
In fact,you cannot change the radio or firmware if you are s-on.
"Smartflash" is what I would have suggested if you had 4 EXT recovery and s-on.
It is all well documented HERE

malybru said:
Hi,
Flashing a ROM does NOT change the radio.
In fact,you cannot change the radio or firmware if you are s-on.
"Smartflash" is what I would have suggested if you had 4 EXT recovery and s-on.
It is all well documented HERE
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Hi!
I think I read everything except that guide yesterday - thanks it is interesting.
Regards
Kevin

[Q] Help About Root & Revolutionary

help me, i have followed the instruction from htcdev.com to unlock my desire s bootloader with HBOOT 2.00.002.. after that i found my bootloader with text UNLOCKED but still it shows S-ON.
And then i continued to try root my desire s, i followed instructions that i found in this forum (thanks ) after finished, i tried to install some apps that need root access but i found that my desire s is not rooted (the apps said that).
The last things that i want to asked is, when i go to fastboot menu, i point to recovery mode and i found my desire with Revolutionary 4.0.1.4. I searched info about that things (revolutionary), i found many people said that if i have success install Revolutionary that means i have successfully rooted my device.
is there anybody could help and explained to me about those problems? i would very appreciate that

Revolutionary 4.0.1.4 is a custom recovery. Installing a custom recovery alone does NOT give you root access.
READ index thread in the forum and you'll have your answers

Thanks Bro ContactFront i will search in index thread
With the condition that i have now, is it possible if i want to return it back to default? I want to try update my desire to ICS using RUU Official uptade that i downloaded from htc website..
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short answer is yes, you can go back to stock

Don't use the official ics Ruu, it's buggy and unfinished.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
—Jean Rostand

Alrighty then! Thanks All
But, do i need to root my device if i want to flash a custom rom? or all that i have done is enough to flash a custom rom? as i explained before, this is what i have done to my HTC Desire S :
HTC Desire S ( Gingerbread)
UNLOCKED using HTCDev
S-ON
HBOOT 2.00.0002
Installed Revolutionary 4.0.1.4
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zidane_argun said:
Alrighty then! Thanks All
But, do i need to root my device if i want to flash a custom rom? or all that i have done is enough to flash a custom rom? as i explained before, this is what i have done to my HTC Desire S :
HTC Desire S ( Gingerbread)
UNLOCKED using HTCDev
S-ON
HBOOT 2.00.0002
Installed Revolutionary 4.0.1.4
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seems like you still have not read the index.... You need root to flash a custom ROM(duh) since I am in a pretty good mood today so....
1.root your device
2 . Download your preferred ROM
3.flash your ROM
4.IMPORTANT!!!find your boot. img extracting it from the rom you downloaded
5.go to fastboot
6. connect your phone to computer
7.open CMD
8.cd to our directory(ensure you have adb and fastboot first)
9.
Code:
fastboot erase boot
10
Code:
fastboot boot boot. img
11.reboot and enjoy
Sent from my supercharged :tank:

1.root your device - not needed if he is going to flash a Custom. They are all rooted anyway. I think step 1 should be: flash a custom recovery
...
10
Code:
fastboot boot boot. img
- this will boot the kernel only, but after a restart of the device it will be gone. The command to use is :
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
11.reboot and enjoy - that is all right

hisname said:
seems like you still have not read the index.... You need root to flash a custom ROM(duh) since I am in a pretty good mood today so....
1.root your device
2 . Download your preferred ROM
3.flash your ROM
4.IMPORTANT!!!find your boot. img extracting it from the rom you downloaded
5.go to fastboot
6. connect your phone to computer
7.open CMD
8.cd to our directory(ensure you have adb and fastboot first)
9.
Code:
fastboot erase boot
10
Code:
fastboot boot boot. img
11.reboot and enjoy
Sent from my supercharged :tank:
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Thanks before
Now i have read the index, i found many tutorials to root my device there. i followed some.
but i have a problems when i want to root my device, i tried using SuperOneClick apps. I have done every single requirements of that tutorial.
The problem is i think my device is still not rooted. The first time i used SuperOneClick it shows finished & OK, then i reboot my device.
and then i tried to install some apps that needs rooted device, but those apps tell me that my device isn't rooted!
I tried to root my device using SuperOneClick again, but it always stuck in step #7 (Wait for Device).
any solutions for this problems?
Did i missed something to do?

amidabuddha said:
1.root your device - not needed if he is going to flash a Custom. They are all rooted anyway. I think step 1 should be: flash a custom recovery
...
10
Code:
fastboot boot boot. img
- this will boot the kernel only, but after a restart of the device it will be gone. The command to use is :
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
11.reboot and enjoy - that is all right
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he already has a custom recovery by revolutionary
Sent from my supercharged :tank:
edit: look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525100

hisname said:
he already has a custom recovery by revolutionary
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Well this is pretty outdated.
The attached is the latest 4EXT Recovery, touch edition.
Extract the recovery.img from the zip and flash:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then from the bootloader menu reboot to recovery and select backup/restore -> Backup. After the backup is done go back to the main menu, select wipe/format -> Wipe all partitions (except SDcard). When done select Install zip from the main menu and flash the ROM from your sdcard. After that reboot to bootloader from the Power menu and flash the boot.img as described in my previous post

amidabuddha said:
Well this is pretty outdated
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true, but at least it is still usable till he gets 4ext or something later....
Sent from my supercharged :tank:

@zidane_argun
see my previous post

hisname said:
true, but at least it is still usable till he gets 4ext or something later....
Sent from my supercharged :tank:
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@zidane_argun
see my previous post
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okay okay, roger that!
i will try that, thank you bro amidabuddha & hisname :good::good:
brb..

just realised that even my 4ext recovery is also outdated, thanks for the post :thumbup:
Sent from my supercharged :tank:

lol was trying to reply to your pm. don't know if they went through as they don't show up in my "sent item".
anyway you've got plenty of tips from the folks. so happy flashing

ContactFront said:
lol was trying to reply to your pm. don't know if they went through as they don't show up in my "sent item".
anyway you've got plenty of tips from the folks. so happy flashing
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haha.. thanks to you too bro! now i'm trying to flash EXT4 first since they (the folks ) said that mine is pretty outdated.. LOL
after that, i want to search which rom is the best one for my Desire S.. do you have any idea which one is best ROM that i have to try?
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zidane_argun said:
haha.. thanks to you too bro! now i'm trying to flash EXT4 first since they (the folks ) said that mine is pretty outdated.. LOL
after that, i want to search which rom is the best one for my Desire S.. do you have any idea which one is best ROM that i have to try?
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there is really no "best" rom. it's all down to your personal preference.
say, I'm a big cm/aosp fan but if you are a sense fanboy then you may not like aosp based rom at all.
so if you see something interesting then just go ahead give it a try and decide for yourself.
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oh and speaking of 4ext recovery, i'd recommend installing either the free version updater or purchasing the full version from google play.
http://4ext.net/
it's absolutely worth it. one of the best recoverys you can have

[Q] Upgrade CM from stable CM10 to latest on HTC One S TMO

Hi -
I have an HTC One S (unlocked and rooted - t-mobile) running cm-10.0.0-ville - This is the last stable CyanogenMod ROM.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could walk me through the steps on how to upgrade this to another ROM (of your choice) that will give me Android 4.3 - There are some features in 4.3 OS that I would love to have (very practical)...
I have heard that I would have to flash boot.img manually using adb if I were to install another ROM. I am worried I will miss a step and soft or hard brick my phone during the process.... I am familiar with Samsungs but HTC from my experience is a hit or miss when it comes to upgrading ROMS or flashing new ones...
Please help so I dont end up with 'unable to mount sdcard' type errors

DroidLuvver said:
Hi -
I have an HTC One S (unlocked and rooted - t-mobile) running cm-10.0.0-ville - This is the last stable CyanogenMod ROM.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could walk me through the steps on how to upgrade this to another ROM (of your choice) that will give me Android 4.3 - There are some features in 4.3 OS that I would love to have (very practical)...
I have heard that I would have to flash boot.img manually using adb if I were to install another ROM. I am worried I will miss a step and soft or hard brick my phone during the process.... I am familiar with Samsungs but HTC from my experience is a hit or miss when it comes to upgrading ROMS or flashing new ones...
Please help so I dont end up with 'unable to mount sdcard' type errors
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It's simple. As long as you're S-ON, it's unlikely that you'll head for a permanent brick.
I'd suggest you go for PACman ROM or Odyssey. Both are great.
Steps are simple. I am assuming you have TWRP recovery.
1. Download the ROM.
2. Get SuperWIPE script from PACman Thread.
3. Transfer both of the files to your SD partition. Keep a copy of ROM.zip on PC.
4. Flash the Superwipe script in TWRP recovery first. (won't wipe the SD partition, everything else would be wiped pertaining to the previous ROM)
5. Then flash PAC/Odyssey ROM.zip in TWRP recovery.
6. go to Bootloader, and then to FASTBOOT
7. connect phone to PC. It should say Fastboot USB mode.
8. The ROM.zip you used, Extract BOOT.IMG from it using 7zip/winrar, and place it inside fastboot/adb folder.
9. use the following command to flash boot.img.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
20. congrats, all done. boot up the ROM.
If you need help on adb/fastboot, head over to the 2nd link in my signature and read the PRE-REQUISITIES and Common Steps part.

khan.orak said:
It's simple. As long as you're S-ON, it's unlikely that you'll head for a permanent brick.
I'd suggest you go for PACman ROM or Odyssey. Both are great.
Steps are simple. I am assuming you have TWRP recovery.
1. Download the ROM.
2. Get SuperWIPE script from PACman Thread.
3. Transfer both of the files to your SD partition. Keep a copy of ROM.zip on PC.
4. Flash the Superwipe script in TWRP recovery first. (won't wipe the SD partition, everything else would be wiped pertaining to the previous ROM)
5. Then flash PAC/Odyssey ROM.zip in TWRP recovery.
6. go to Bootloader, and then to FASTBOOT
7. connect phone to PC. It should say Fastboot USB mode.
8. The ROM.zip you used, Extract BOOT.IMG from it using 7zip/winrar, and place it inside fastboot/adb folder.
9. use the following command to flash boot.img.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
20. congrats, all done. boot up the ROM.
If you need help on adb/fastboot, head over to the 2nd link in my signature and read the PRE-REQUISITIES and Common Steps part.
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Thanks - complete/informative/precise response. Exactly what I was looking for.
My phone isn't S-OFF (meaning, it is S-ON) so I will follow your directions to update to Android 4.3 - will try the ROMs you suggested. Before I do anything, I will make a backup of existing CM rom though of course.... My concern, and the reason why I posted here, was that last time when I made a backup of existing ROM, then tried to restore from it, I got "unable to mount sd/card' message that I was not able to fix myself (had to pay someone to get that one fixed) .. I dont want to get burned again so needed precise instructions to be able to go back and forth (to a new ROM as u suggested, then go back to my existing one using backup)

DroidLuvver said:
Thanks - complete/informative/precise response. Exactly what I was looking for.
My phone isn't S-OFF (meaning, it is S-ON) so I will follow your directions to update to Android 4.3 - will try the ROMs you suggested. Before I do anything, I will make a backup of existing CM rom though of course.... My concern, and the reason why I posted here, was that last time when I made a backup of existing ROM, then tried to restore from it, I got "unable to mount sd/card' message that I was not able to fix myself (had to pay someone to get that one fixed) .. I dont want to get burned again so needed precise instructions to be able to go back and forth (to a new ROM as u suggested, then go back to my existing one using backup)
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SD not being able to mount is the result of formatting it using anything other than stock recovery.
If you happen to face that error again, flash a stock recovery, wipe SD from bootloader and it's good to go.
You can then reflash custom recoveries.
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khan.orak said:
SD not being able to mount is the result of formatting it using anything other than stock recovery.
If you happen to face that error again, flash a stock recovery, wipe SD from bootloader and it's good to go.
You can then reflash custom recoveries.
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Ok - so three questions...
1) flash a stock recovery -- pointers on downloading stock recovery for Tmobile/unlocked HTC One S (s4) ?
2) flash a stock recovery - once I have the recovery files, I use adb to push the recovery to the phone or TWRP ? I couldnt use TWRP or clockwork because it didnt even see sd-card...
3) wipe SD from bootloader - do you mean, using adb, issue a command that formats SD card? If so, what is the command?

DroidLuvver said:
Ok - so three questions...
1) flash a stock recovery -- pointers on downloading stock recovery for Tmobile/unlocked HTC One S (s4) ?
2) flash a stock recovery - once I have the recovery files, I use adb to push the recovery to the phone or TWRP ? I couldnt use TWRP or clockwork because it didnt even see sd-card...
3) wipe SD from bootloader - do you mean, using adb, issue a command that formats SD card? If so, what is the command?
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1. Stock recovery can be found in the forums. It can also be extracted from any Jellybean OTA.zip for any region but intended for S4 device and not an OTA.zip for One S S3. It can be found in Ota.zip\firmware.zip\recovery.img
2. You put the phone in FASTBOOT mode from bootloader and connect to PC, place recovery inside adb folder and issue this command.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Pretty much similar to boot.img method.
Similarly you can flash custom recoveries
3. When you flash stock recovery, go to bootloader and select CLEAR STORAGE and then FACTORY RESET. That does the job.
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Here is the info on my phone ... (below) - I have an older kernel and in order to upgrade to Android 4.3 (Odyssey or PAC), I will have to upgrade kernel right??
cw v6.0.3.1
VLE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.13.0000
RADIO-1-13.50.05.31
OpenDSP-v31.1.0.45.0015
eMMC-boot
Apr 20 2012, 15:14:18

Can anyone please confirm this method?
This looks great, but I'm wary that no one has confirmed success.
My phone:
VLE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0005
RADIO-1.13.50.05.25
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Nov 21 2012, 12:17:41
TWRP 2.4.1.0
Currently running CyanogenMod:10.1-20130304-Experimental-ville-M2
(On of the last of the 10.1 ROMs before the updated kernel requirement?)​
So is this a good (confirmed) method for me? Other ideas? Thanks.
khan.orak said:
It's simple. As long as you're S-ON, it's unlikely that you'll head for a permanent brick.
I'd suggest you go for PACman ROM or Odyssey. Both are great.
Steps are simple. I am assuming you have TWRP recovery.
1. Download the ROM.
2. Get SuperWIPE script from PACman Thread.
3. Transfer both of the files to your SD partition. Keep a copy of ROM.zip on PC.
4. Flash the Superwipe script in TWRP recovery first. (won't wipe the SD partition, everything else would be wiped pertaining to the previous ROM)
5. Then flash PAC/Odyssey ROM.zip in TWRP recovery.
6. go to Bootloader, and then to FASTBOOT
7. connect phone to PC. It should say Fastboot USB mode.
8. The ROM.zip you used, Extract BOOT.IMG from it using 7zip/winrar, and place it inside fastboot/adb folder.
9. use the following command to flash boot.img.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
20. congrats, all done. boot up the ROM.
If you need help on adb/fastboot, head over to the 2nd link in my signature and read the PRE-REQUISITIES and Common Steps part.
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jeremybagai said:
This looks great, but I'm wary that no one has confirmed success.
My phone:
VLE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0005
RADIO-1.13.50.05.25
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Nov 21 2012, 12:17:41
TWRP 2.4.1.0
Currently running CyanogenMod:10.1-20130304-Experimental-ville-M2
(On of the last of the 10.1 ROMs before the updated kernel requirement?)​
So is this a good (confirmed) method for me? Other ideas? Thanks.
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Unrelated to what you asked but can you tell me that if you are running "10.1-20130304-Experimental-ville-M2" do you have 4G/3G connection ?

DroidLuvver said:
Unrelated to what you asked but can you tell me that if you are running "10.1-20130304-Experimental-ville-M2" do you have 4G/3G connection ?
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4g works, no problem. I have some issue with Widget Locker that makes me reboot every day or so, but other than that it's a nice build.

jeremybagai said:
4g works, no problem. I have some issue with Widget Locker that makes me reboot every day or so, but other than that it's a nice build.
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Can you tell me what radio you have got?
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

DroidLuvver said:
Can you tell me what radio you have got?
1.13.50.05.25
So it sounds like I'm helping you get to an Experimental Cyanogen 10.1 rom without updating your firmware. It should work. Enjoy.
But I wish someone would comment more on your original question -- how best to upgrade firmware and explore the newer 10.1 and 10.2 roms?
Can anyone confirm what method they used?
Jeremy
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jeremybagai said:
DroidLuvver said:
Can you tell me what radio you have got?
1.13.50.05.25
So it sounds like I'm helping you get to an Experimental Cyanogen 10.1 rom without updating your firmware. It should work. Enjoy.
But I wish someone would comment more on your original question -- how best to upgrade firmware and explore the newer 10.1 and 10.2 roms?
Can anyone confirm what method they used?
Jeremy
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So my radio is 1-13.50.05.31 - I wonder if I should find and flash 11.13.50.05.25 to get my 4G back ? You got 1.13 HBOOT ?
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how to S-0ff htc desire s hboot 2.00.0002

Dear all,
i have htc desire s hboot 2.00.0002 s-on which already rooted and boot locker unlocked.i was try t0 install cm 11 but i cant install .although i manage to install cm10 once but after install i reboot the device then nothing come without black screen.
now, i install stable cm7 but which is too old version. some one told me because me phone is s -on that why i cant install latest version of cm.so i need help how can i s-off my phone . I found few methods like for 0.98 hboot example Revolutionary" method.
I really want to update my phone to kitkat or at-least ice cream .can any one help me how i can so that
thanks in advance ....

You don't need s-off to install latest custom ROMs
All you need to do is to flash boot.img extracted from zip after flashing the ROM, using this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
If it's done correctly and your phone still doesn't boot, then you need to look into this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943524
Edit:
Also, make sure you are on lastet 4EXT recovery 1.0.0.6 or TWRP recovery 2.7

ContactFront said:
You don't need s-off to install latest custom ROMs
All you need to do is to flash boot.img extracted from zip after flashing the ROM, using this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
If it's done correctly and your phone still doesn't boot, then you need to look into this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943524
Edit:
Also, make sure you are on lastet 4EXT recovery 1.0.0.6 or TWRP recovery 2.7
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thanks for your reply i have CWM 4 wheni install cm11 it stuck my phone nothing boot.

ContactFront said:
You don't need s-off to install latest custom ROMs
All you need to do is to flash boot.img extracted from zip after flashing the ROM, using this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
If it's done correctly and your phone still doesn't boot, then you need to look into this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943524
Edit:
Also, make sure you are on lastet 4EXT recovery 1.0.0.6 or TWRP recovery 2.7
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your recomand tread it says su
dmesg | grep -i panel
If the app shows you any text with word "sony" in it - then your device has a screen panel made by Sony (obviously). If that's the case - you can just close this thread at once and don't worry that your device might freeze at "HTC Quietly Brilliant" screen after flashing a ROM. Otherwise, proceed forward.
any my phone is made by sony as well

akankha said:
thanks for your reply i have CWM 4 wheni install cm11 it stuck my phone nothing boot.
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Like said above, flash latest 4ext recovery v1.0.0.6 via fastboot commands. Flash the rom then boot straight into fastboot and flash the boot.img then reboot.
Or if u want to s-off, follow this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318919

akankha said:
thanks for your reply i have CWM 4 wheni install cm11 it stuck my phone nothing boot.
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You need to use latest 4EXT or TWRP for these newer 4.4 roms. CWM is no good.

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ContactFront said:
You need to use latest 4EXT or TWRP for these newer 4.4 roms. CWM is no good.
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thanks for finally i managed to upgrade to kitkat .but one new problem is arise .no one can hear my voice while i or they call me they only can hear there voice repeated.