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[Q] How to "[ROM][AOSP] ICS build for Nexus S [WIP]"

Hi friends I have Nexus S i9023
I have just rooted the phone for the first time
current android version is :2.3.6
I have ROM manager and Super user installed
I downloaded the ICS build for Nexus s WIP
trying to install it from ROM manager and also from RECOVERY but it gives me a triangle exclamation mark of android ....
not working
tried several times but no result
please help meee ......

From what I was reading about it last night no one has gotten to work yet. Be patient or try sdk port until some one gets it up and running better.
Nevermind I see there is a new one.
But it also sounds like you still have the stock recovery.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk

Hi there! I wish to flash my stock rom and put ice cream sandwich on my I9020!
Can't wait for the original update!
How can i do? I've the stock recovery but I've the bootloader unlocked!
After the flash will i be able to put stock roms on it?
Thanks everybody!

the reasons are because you are using rom manager. I would not recommend rom manager at all. Boot into recovery and flash and you would not have an exclamation mark. How? Power off device. Hold volume up and power to boot into bootloader. Next scroll to recovery using volume buttons and press power to select. In recovery wipe everything. Next install zip from sd card and select the ics rom. After it is done reboot. Good luck!
Hit thanks if i helped!

Enrichman said:
Hi there! I wish to flash my stock rom and put ice cream sandwich on my I9020!
Can't wait for the original update!
How can i do? I've the stock recovery but I've the bootloader unlocked!
After the flash will i be able to put stock roms on it?
Thanks everybody!
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After the flash you WOULD NOT be able to get OTA updates. However custom roms are always better

I should wait till there is a FULLY working ICS build and just try some Gingerbread ROMs.

I'd advise you to read alot of instructions from different places to get and idea of flashing as your new to it as pointed out b4 i think the problem is that ur recovery isn't present you can install it via ROM-manager by clicking the 1st option on it

Enrichman said:
Hi there! I wish to flash my stock rom and put ice cream sandwich on my I9020!
Can't wait for the original update!
How can i do? I've the stock recovery but I've the bootloader unlocked!
After the flash will i be able to put stock roms on it?
Thanks everybody!
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Dev Section. Start with the stickies at the top like the rest of us did.

irizwan said:
I'd advise you to read alot of instructions from different places to get and idea of flashing as your new to it as pointed out b4 i think the problem is that ur recovery isn't present you can install it via ROM-manager by clicking the 1st option on it
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^This guy would be correct. The problem is that you didn't install the clockwordmod recovery. You are still on stock recovery which you cannot use to flash custom roms
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[Q] problem flashing ICS roms

I'm having problems flashing my Desire S with ICS based roms. GB roms work fine, but any ICS rom I flash gets stuck on boot on a lit up black screen. I have tried a variety of roms, flashed both on CWM and 4EXT but the issue persists. Is there some kind of special procedure for ICS roms ?

Did you
1. Wipe all partitions except SD
2. Wipe dalvik + cache
Edit : And the procedures same for flashing ics and gb roms, unless the OP specifically tells you to do otherwise

I did all possible wipes and It's still the same. Any more ideas ?

tomkow4 said:
I did all possible wipes and It's still the same. Any more ideas ?
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did u u unlock with HTCDEV.com ? if u did just flash the boot.img inside the rom you want if u never then either the rom takes a long time to boot or your not doing the wipe properly
give me some specs of your phone

Ok, I'll run through my process. I did unlock my phone via HTCDEV, then rooted it via SuperOneClick (meaning I still have HBoot 2.00.0002 and S-ON), then flashed it by flashboot with CWM, now I have 4EXT. What I always did whas do a wipe data/factory reset and flashed. Now inspired by vodka69er I did that and clear dalvik, cache, format all but sd - and then flashed - still the same.

tomkow4 said:
Ok, I'll run through my process. I did unlock my phone via HTCDEV, then rooted it via SuperOneClick (meaning I still have HBoot 2.00.0002 and S-ON), then flashed it by flashboot with CWM, now I have 4EXT. What I always did whas do a wipe data/factory reset and flashed. Now inspired by vodka69er I did that and clear dalvik, cache, format all but sd - and then flashed - still the same.
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If you unlocked via htcdev you need to extract the boot.img from your desired ROM. After flashing the ROM you need to flash the boot.img manually via adb. You have to do this each time you flash a new ROM.
Sent by my fingers to your head.

He's been able to flash the gb based roms , only trouble with the ics ones. That means he already knows to flash the boot img separately(unlocked with htcdev) or am I missing something

Vodka69er said:
He's been able to flash the gb based roms , only trouble with the ics ones. That means he already knows to flash the boot img separately(unlocked with htcdev) or am I missing something
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This. Exactly. I mean I have a MIUI GB rom so, I guess it's not about flashing a rom but trouble with ICS ones. So I figured that those must have something different about them or have a specific prerequisite. Others have flashed their D S's, so I'm kind of lost.

Can you post what you see on your bootloader
Sent from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3. WAKE UP HTC!!!!

*** UNLOCKED ***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT - 2.00.0002
Radio - 3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC - boot
Aug 22 2011, 15:22:13

@op
I know that this is covering old ground, but I've not seen an actual answer
Have you ever used 'fastboot flash boot NAME.IMG' command?
Swyped from my DesireS

http://www.androidauthority.com/desire-s-root-s-off-hboot-2-00-0002-superoneclick-74470/ - this is the guide I followed.
On a side note, I did a full wipe of everything I could and still no luck with ICS roms. I think I'll leave it alone.

You still didn't answer the question that I asked in the above post, the guide that you have doesn't cater for separately flashing the boot , which is what you need to do. The guide only tells you gore to instal recovery and root
Which (as people have been saying) means that i suspect that your ICS installs have no kernels and therefore don't/can't boot
What ROM are you running now?
As after wiping all nothing should boot, unless CWM wipe all doesn't wipe boot?
Swyped from my DesireS

ben_pyett said:
You still didn't answer the question that I asked in the above post, the guide that you have doesn't cater for separately flashing the boot , which is what you need to do. The guide only tells you gore to instal recovery and root
Which (as people have been saying) means that i suspect that your ICS installs have no kernels and therefore don't/can't boot
What ROM are you running now?
As after wiping all nothing should boot, unless CWM wipe all doesn't wipe boot?
Swyped from my DesireS
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To answer directly - I don't remeber/don't think so. But honestly didn't care much since my roms ran. Right now I'm on MIUI.
But the remark on the kernel got me thinking - I don't really know how to approach this, should I find some kernel and flash it?

On your pc you need to open the ICS ROM zip file and take out a file called boot.img
After flashing the Rom you must then use the fastboot command from your PC, as you did when you flashed your recovery.
You must then issue the command 'fastboot flash boot boot.img'
see below for the full instructions
HappyEmu said:
If you unzip your ROM's Zip-file (the one you want to flash, you'll find a file called "boot.img". Move it into the same folder as your adb and fastboot executables (Android SDK) and flash it using fastboot.
To be a little more specific:
1. Extract boot.img from ICS rom zip file and move it in the same folder as your fastboot.exe (Android SDK) on your PC
2. Flash the ICS Rom as usual from recovery (don't forget to first perform the full wipe/format including the boot partition)
3. Boot into fastboot mode, connect your phone to your PC and flash boot.img using fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot $pathToYourBootIMG\boot.img
4. Reboot
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Swyped from my DesireS

Your GB room worked as they were running on the stock kernel
ICS won't work this way.
As Ben has mentioned you need to flash the boot.img
Sent from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3. WAKE UP HTC!!!!

eyahl said:
If you unlocked via htcdev you need to extract the boot.img from your desired ROM. After flashing the ROM you need to flash the boot.img manually via adb. You have to do this each time you flash a new ROM.
Sent by my fingers to your head.
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*Bump*
Sent by my fingers to your head.

suku_patel_22 said:
Your GB room worked as they were running on the stock kernel
ICS won't work this way.
As Ben has mentioned you need to flash the boot.img
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4EXT seems to flash the kernel upon installation of specific roms, but I still did it manually and ... nothing. It still goes into a coma upon boot. Maybe I'll do a video of what I'm doing when I get back from work, cause now I'm having problems with some other roms - they freeze on bootscreen. Maybe it has something to do with my phone being S-ON?

tomkow4 said:
4EXT seems to flash the kernel upon installation of specific roms, but I still did it manually and ... nothing. It still goes into a coma upon boot. Maybe I'll do a video of what I'm doing when I get back from work, cause now I'm having problems with some other roms - they freeze on bootscreen. Maybe it has something to do with my phone being S-ON?
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I suspect that you're suffering the problem on other ROMS now as you're wiping the boot partition and therefore have no kernel.
[Q] How long do you wait on boot? you must be patient as first boot can take a while (although not longer than 10minutes).
A video would be a great way of showing the problem...Try to capture everything....
Your bootloader screen....
All the partition wipes
The Rom flash
The fastboot boot.img flash
and then what happens after...

Kind of noobish on my end, but as I was making the video - and did everything according to protocol just as earlier - it worked . I flashed BlackICE 5.5. Christ. Thanks anyway for the patience guys (I assume )

bricked

Hello there! this is my very first post, and i would like some serious help from all of you if possible.
I own a HTC Sensation, decided some time ago to upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich from Ginger Bread, didn´t succeed so I was stuck on previous version, although I was able to S-OFF my phone but I realized I have downgraded my HBOOT to 1.17.1111. Phone was working fine with Ice Cream Sandwich again until it started to go slow and wanted to install a different ROM, here is where I come up with this new problem.
I went to HTCDEV and followed the steps, downloaded SDK tool but I wasn´t able to finish the tutorial, now the phone is useless, I can´t mount my sd card on recovery and my laptop (W7) won´t install MTP USB driver, I have replaced my sd card with a new one transferring a new ROM to install but when I try to ¨install zip file form sd Card¨on recovery, it doesn´t mount the sd card. I don´t know if you guys know what has happened to me, but I hope you can help me.

paulblaz said:
Hello there! this is my very first post, and i would like some serious help from all of you if possible.
I own a HTC Sensation, decided some time ago to upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich from Ginger Bread, didn´t succeed so I was stuck on previous version, although I was able to S-OFF my phone but I realized I have downgraded my HBOOT to 1.17.1111. Phone was working fine with Ice Cream Sandwich again until it started to go slow and wanted to install a different ROM, here is where I come up with this new problem.
I went to HTCDEV and followed the steps, downloaded SDK tool but I wasn´t able to finish the tutorial, now the phone is useless, I can´t mount my sd card on recovery and my laptop (W7) won´t install MTP USB driver, I have replaced my sd card with a new one transferring a new ROM to install but when I try to ¨install zip file form sd Card¨on recovery, it doesn´t mount the sd card. I don´t know if you guys know what has happened to me, but I hope you can help me.
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It may be a recovery`s fault. Try to flash recovery again via Bootloader, or format your SD Card. And I cna`r really understand, did you S-OFFed your phone? And if yes, why you tried HTCDev?

Your bricked :bad: but next time post in Q&A
Sent From My Sexy Sensation.

As the post above me I am a little confused as to why you wanted to use HTC Dev when you said you were already S-Off. Anyway though I think your best bet is to flash the stock ROM via RUU. You may need to boot to the bootloader and select fastboot and enter the following commands.
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Then run the RUU to flash the stock ROM.

T-Macgnolia said:
As the post above me I am a little confused as to why you wanted to use HTC Dev when you said you were already S-Off. Anyway though I think your best bet is to flash the stock ROM via RUU. You may need to boot to the bootloader and select fastboot and enter the following commands.
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Then run the RUU to flash the stock ROM.
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i was just about to say that this should work and hes not bricked if he can go on the recovery and hboot

asad510 said:
i was just about to say that this should work and hes not bricked if he can go on the recovery and hboot
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I also had the problem like he has. And reinstalling recovery solved that, so try this, and if this doesn`t solve the problm, then try method from this guy

[Q] Clockworkmod recovery for spice mi410

Hi all i tried to use Rom manager to flash my Spice mi 410 for the first time. I wanted to install ice cream sandwhich, jelly bean etc on my phhone by using various custom roms available here. I was very excited and watched youtube videos about how to do it and followed each step like clearing cache, dalvik etc. When i started Rom manager it said i needed clockwork mod , i then saw its list but my phone wasn't listed , then i searched google endlessly and found a version 4 for the phone , i copied it and made backup and then flashed my phone, the update ended with success message but when i restarted it it got stuck in boot loop, then again i searched internet ; someone said it could be because of wrong version of clckwork mod so then i fond a version 5 for my phone when i copied it , it still showd a version 4 in rom manager but whwn i go to recovery mode there a version 5 is written. So now also whichever rom i install it installs perfectly but gets stuck in a boot loop. i have no idea where i might be wrong!
Sorry for being verbose but i am frustrated here as its my first time flashing but even after following all iinstructions i get no result. (And why the hell Rom manager couldn't automatically found a clockworkmod for a phone or use a single file for every model!! ) Please if you can five link to a valid clockworkmod recovery file for spice mi410 then i would really appreciate it or if you have any advice or suggestion please do tell thanks a lot.
I don't know when i will be able to taste ice cream sandwhich

Hi,
Might I suggest this link:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278027
Hope It helps

Daniel120201 said:
Hi,
Might I suggest this link:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278027
Hope It helps
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thanks i installed it, but it says current recovery: clockworkmod 4.0.1.5 though its version 5. is this ok??

cwm
I don't know how to install CWM too

Maybe it is an error or something.
I didnt install it so I dont know anything about it.
Anyway you can try to install ICS
Hope it works.
Oh and btw you should flash it via fastboot.With fastboot you are sure that it installed ok because you flash it manually.
Hope this helps .

Daniel120201 said:
Maybe it is an error or something.
I didnt install it so I dont know anything about it.
Anyway you can try to install ICS
Hope it works.
Oh and btw you should flash it via fastboot.With fastboot you are sure that it installed ok because you flash it manually.
Hope this helps .
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Sorry for a noob question...but what happens if something wrong happens with fastboot? will i still be able to restore it with CWM?

Well if the fastboot flash doesnt work your phone will boot into fast boot mode so that means you can flash your old version of cwm back .

[HOW-TO] Revert to Stock ROM JB for user with new HBOOT

Hi to All,
I want to share my experience about revert to stock for users that have new HBOOT, unlocked bootloader and custom recovery; can't execute official RUU. ( This method i think is more safe that downgrade HBOOT )
Step ONE:
Install this custom ROM: MaximuS ROM ( read the thread for instruction about installation of this ROM )
( this ROM allow you to receive the message of OTA JB update, if you know another ROM that receive this message you can use as well i think )
Step TWO:
install the stock recovery of HTC One S via fastboot ( after flashing recovery erase cache )
Step THREE:
Reboot your phone in system, configure the rom for first use, go to settings, information, software update and press check now for update.
You'll receive the message for an update, download and install, and now you have stock JB ROM. after reboot you can do a reset ( go to setting => backup and restore ) to clean the application migrated from previous ROM ( MaximuS )
I hope this can help someone else.
p.s. Sorry for my English!

Thanks bro for this, but my problem is not resolved because this rom couldn't install on my HTC One S, i dont know why... Log show me: MD5 files not found

CybulPL said:
Thanks bro for this, but my problem is not resolved because this rom couldn't install on my HTC One S, i dont know why... Log show me: MD5 files not found
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Witch recovery are you using at the moment? I installed this ROM ( MaximuS ) with Team Win Recovery ( TWRP ) v2.3.3.0 and it's works for me.
( after flashing ROM from recovery remember to flash boot.img by fastboot )

Maverick87Shaka said:
Witch recovery are you using at the moment? I installed this ROM ( MaximuS ) with Team Win Recovery ( TWRP ) v2.3.3.0 and it's works for me.
( after flashing ROM from recovery remember to flash boot.img by fastboot )
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I use TWRP and CWM and the same. My mate told me that i have unmount 1 and 2 partition in recovery but i don't know how.

Hi everyone,
thanks a lot, this saved my ass ... I had upgraded my stock ICS to stock JB and then tried to go back to stock ICS with a CWM backup - with the result that I had a brick booting only to a black screen.
I still had access to CWM recovery and so could install the Maximus 2.5 ROM and also the update to stock JB ran through just fine.
I did a factory reset afterwards, is it 100% sure that I now have a pure stock JB or could there be some leftovers from the Maximus 2.5 ROM?
Cheers,
Tim

tim_h said:
Hi everyone,
I still had access to CWM recovery and so could install the Maximus 2.5 ROM and also the update to stock JB ran through just fine.
I did a factory reset afterwards, is it 100% sure that I now have a pure stock JB or could there be some leftovers from the Maximus 2.5 ROM?
Cheers,
Tim
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Yes you have a stock JB, because with factory reset you've removed all extra application that there is inside MaximuS v.2.5.
All other unneeded file or executable ( like root executable and all other script in /system ect. ) was removed during installation of new ROM.
Remember just that you need to revert to stock to give your phone back to HTC for guarantee, I thinks you must leave on it the stock recovery.
tim_h said:
Hi everyone,
thanks a lot, this saved my ass ... I had upgraded my stock ICS to stock JB and then tried to go back to stock ICS with a CWM backup - with the result that I had a brick booting only to a black screen.
Cheers,
Tim
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It's happened because from recovery the system was unable to flash the boot partition. So after you did the CWM restore, you have all the phone with ICS android, but JB kernel, this cause your black screen after boot!!!
If you have the boot.img ( with suitable kernel of your old ROM ) to flash after you did the CWM recovery, you can get back to your BACKUP without any problem.
Also if you don't have the exactly boot.img of your previous ROM of the backup, you can flash any boot.img by fastboot of ICS kernel and this is should be enough to keep your backup running again.

Thanks very much for the additional explanations. I do have the boot.img of my original CWM backup, so should be able to restore it via fastboot. Great!
But first I have to send in my phone to have the USB port fixed under warranty.

Holy ****, is working, thanks man...

zujko said:
Wait to see if i understood, i have now Custom ( Virtuous Ville+ RC-1) JB ROM, with hboot 2.15.0000... unlocked, root, twrp
1.install maximuS V2.5, wipe..
2. flash boot.img with fastboot
3.Check update for JB, and flash new update JB?
And that's it?
I guess we have to make relock bootloader, after flash ICS?
Tnx
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You just forgot in the list to install the HTC Stock recovery before check the message of update, so:
1 => Wipe and install MaximuS V2.5 ROM
2 => flash with fastboot boot.img of MaximuS V2.5 ROM
3 => flash stock HTC Recovery via fastboot ( fastboot flash recovery ville_recovery_signed.img , then fastboot erase cache ) or get it from One_S_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0
4 => start the phone and check for the JB update
5 => after JB installation do a factory reset to clean up the ROM from the extra application that MaximuS ROM have.
You don't need to relock your bootloader, you just need to install the stock recovery, that's enough.

Hmm, wait, why need install stock recovery?
This JB will be working with custom twrp?
EDIT: I got it

I did it! I unmounted first 3 partitions in TWRP and installation successful.

I am on stock Rom now and used HTC offical update to get to jb...do u think I will have trouble rooting again?
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium

k1llacanon said:
I am on stock Rom now and used HTC offical update to get to jb...do u think I will have trouble rooting again?
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium
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I will let you know if I can get it working and flashed it will be rooted in seconds just need stock recovery.

Rooted without a problem, recommend the attached superuser app.

Maverick87Shaka said:
You just forgot in the list to install the HTC Stock recovery before check the message of update, so:
1 => Wipe and install MaximuS V2.5 ROM
2 => flash with fastboot boot.img of MaximuS V2.5 ROM
3 => flash stock HTC Recovery via fastboot ( fastboot flash recovery ville_recovery_signed.img , then fastboot erase cache ) or get it from One_S_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0
4 => start the phone and check for the JB update
5 => after JB installation do a factory reset to clean up the ROM from the extra application that MaximuS ROM have.
You don't need to relock your bootloader, you just need to install the stock recovery, that's enough.
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Will this work on a T-Mobile HOS with CID HTC__001?
I have followed all the steps from above
- installed the rom
- installed the stock recovery
- then I was able to start the update but when it finished downloading .. I was told that the HTC software on my device has been modified and please revert back and try the update again and it would not preform the update.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in Advance

Hi once more,
after going back to pure stock JB this way, can I relock the bootloader to get "RELOCKED" instead of "UNLOCKED/TAMPERED"? (That would be good for sending in my phone under warranty.) Or will the phone stop booting if I relock the bootloader?
As far as I understood, the "canonical" way to get "RELOCKED" would be to lock the bootloader and install the RUU, but since there is no RUU for the unbranded JB yet and downgrading with an older RUU is not possible, I cannot do this.
Cheers,
Tim

tim_h said:
Hi once more,
after going back to pure stock JB this way, can I relock the bootloader to get "RELOCKED" instead of "UNLOCKED/TAMPERED"? (That would be good for sending in my phone under warranty.) Or will the phone stop booting if I relock the bootloader?
Cheers,
Tim
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You can do Relock bootloader, i think it will boot to system without problem(?)

blah blah blah said:
Will this work on a T-Mobile HOS with CID HTC__001?
I have followed all the steps from above
- installed the rom
- installed the stock recovery
- then I was able to start the update but when it finished downloading .. I was told that the HTC software on my device has been modified and please revert back and try the update again and it would not preform the update.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in Advance
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Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

The only word of caution that I think needs to be shared on almost all threads related to JB updates is to make sure you DO NOT have SuperCID... There have been numerous reports of phones bricking with the OTA JB update with a SuperCID... So if you had previously SuperCID your phone with 11111111, definately change it to something else.

AKToronto said:
The only word of caution that I think needs to be shared on almost all threads related to JB updates is to make sure you DO NOT have SuperCID... There have been numerous reports of phones bricking with the OTA JB update with a SuperCID... So if you had previously SuperCID your phone with 11111111, definately change it to something else.
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I had to go supercid to run the euro ruu and changed it to HTC__001. Ota still didn't work
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app