[Q] Won't pick up at hboot? - HTC Sensation

Hey guys, my computer won't pick up my phone at hboot anymore even though i deleted 0 files whatsoever and changed nothing, I need the computer to pick up my phone at hboot so that i can flash the boot.img files otherwise roms dont work for me, when i press fastboot, it doesnt say fastboot usb, but when i press down with the volume key it says fastboot usb but no commands work in the command prompt , it just gets stuck at waiting for device. I know it's not the cable, I tried it with my friends, any solutions?

I'm having the "< waiting for device >" hanging problem when trying to run the fastboot command from the Android SDK. I've searched around and seen many with this problem, but no single fix. I've reinstalled the SDK and drivers, made sure HTC Sync and other syncing processes are not running, and made sure USB debugging is on. "adb devices" and "adb shell" work fine. I've also tried rebooting the phone while "waiting." All to no avail.
What could be causing this? What can I do to successfully run fastboot?
This is on an HTC Sensation running SuperSensation v.1.0.5 (Android 2.3.5), connected to a Windows 7 PC.
Thanks for helping with a noobie question.
mturk

sensation lover said:
Hey guys, my computer won't pick up my phone at hboot anymore even though i deleted 0 files whatsoever and changed nothing, I need the computer to pick up my phone at hboot so that i can flash the boot.img files otherwise roms dont work for me, when i press fastboot, it doesnt say fastboot usb, but when i press down with the volume key it says fastboot usb but no commands work in the command prompt , it just gets stuck at waiting for device. I know it's not the cable, I tried it with my friends, any solutions?
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So "adb devices" when booted, and "fastboot devices" when in bootloader returns nothing, or "waiting for device"?
You have both adb and fastboot drivers in the same location you are issuing these commands from?
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Oh......
I didn't realize that "fastboot" was to be run while in the bootloader. I think I tried that without success earlier, but am not sure - in any case, it worked this time.
Many thanks...!

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what should be seen in fastboot devices?

installed adb and fastboot inorder to mod a HTC Dream,
adb devices gives a response when I use it,
when I power into the fastboot and connect the phone
fastboot devices gives nothing, just returns to prompt, no error messages, but no devices listed
running fastboot gives the command list
can I assume fastboot is running correctly even though it doesn't give me a device list?
hmmm, no replies, maybe I'm the only one who doesn't know this,
but, how can I check that fastboot is actually connecting to the phone, and if it should show devices and doesn't how can I check whats wrong?

ADB question

Went back to stock for a while due to CM7 issues and I now want to try the nightlies. I installed the android sdk on my xp machine along with the revision 4 usb drivers and platform tools. I have the phone in fastboot and when I try "adb devices" I get nothing. I've tried reinstalling everything again and I get the same result.
I have no idea what is going on. On the fastboot screen at the bottom it says
USB Control Init
USB Control End
I've never seen that before...
HALP!
adb will never see the phone while in fastboot mode
use "fastboot devices" instead
Fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command...
WTF
I never had problems in the past, I don't get what's going on. GRR
thejron said:
Fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command...
WTF
I never had problems in the past, I don't get what's going on. GRR
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Are you attempting to run fastboot from the correct location?
i.e if fastboot is in C:\android\tools and you're in C:\android it won't work (unless you've setup a system variable for fastboot...)

[Q] problem with rooting and drivers

Hi,
I'm kind of a noob at this rooting stuff. I've looked ariund, done my research and everything but it never seems to go smoothly??..
I think the main problem is with the drivers. After following instructions the android drivers still said 'Android 1.0'. So I installed Pda net and then I got 'Android ADB Interface' drivers. Soo the thing is, after searching for 'adb devices' in cmd prompt, It says 'list of devices' but there's nothing in the list....?
For some reason it won't do any commands like 'adb reboot bootloader' or 'fastboot oem lock'. It says not found. I have installed all the sdk and packages...
Would really appreciate some help from you guys. I didn't think rooting would be so complex??...
Thanks
can you post screenshot??
Ok for some reason, after starting the cmd again today and typing adb devices, it has listed my device. But when I type 'fastboot oem lock' (because my bootloader is already unlocked) it says not found as shown in the screenshot.
Am I doing something stupid??...
70 views?... cant anyone help ... please..
soulja786 said:
70 views?... cant anyone help ... please..
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If adb devices lists your device you're not in the boot loader, the ONLY place fastboot will recognize your device and function or you have a driver issue. You're either in recovery or booted up. Reboot into the boot loader to use fastboot.
If you get into the boot loader and fastboot still doesn't show your device it's a driver issue. Update the driver manually and point it to the SDK USB driver provided with the SDK.
For reference....
Booted into boot loader:
Fastboot OK
ADB NO
Recovery / Fully booted
Fastboot NO
ADB OK
Hi guys,
I really do think this is a driver issue... any idea on how to solve it? I do have PDA Net installed... ?
@krohnjw ... could you please clarify.. Im a bit lost.
Thanks!
Did you try something like oneclickroot?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138755
Well I also had a lot of issues trying to root my i9020t so let me try to help..
Phone will be recognized with ADB when u select enable debug on developer options. You ll see "Android ADB Interface" on SYS DRV.
On other hand , when U start phone on fasboot mode, it should install something like "Android Bootloader Interface " , if U keep seeing "Android ADB Interface" , its wrong, but took some time to realize that.
That happened to me when I was using WinXP x32 to root my phone, ironically thinking it would be more compatible an less prone to bugs... When done it on W7 x64 , my fastboot driver was discovered correctly (Android bootloader Interface) using x64 PDA drivers, and all went good then!
Hope this may help!

[Q] Fastboot problem

hello,
I'm hoping someone here can help me sort out my current problem.
I've been trying to root so I can install the latest ICS port, but having problems at the Fastboot screen.
I apologize in advance if some of the references/names I'm using are incorrect.
So, I had originally unlocked my Nexus S sometime early this year. When I restart the phone, the "unlocked" lock picture shows up under the "Google" words, and when I go into fastboot mode, the Lock State is Unlocked.
I'm running 2.3.6 right now on the Tmobile version of the phone.
When the phone is on (not in fastboot mode), I can execute ADB commands and the device is recognized. As soon as I go into fastboot it isn't.
I'm running 64bit Win 7, and I have gone through the various threads that have listed this issue, and installed PDA Net drivers and still there is no solution.
In Fastboot mode, while connected to computer under device manager, it shows up under Universal Serial Bus Controllers as an Unknown Device... I'm unable to update any drivers for it, and even when I try to manually update the drivers by going to the PDANet drivers it does not allow it.
When the phone is on in regular mode in device manager it shows up as Android Phone and within that it has a listing called Android Composite ADB Interface.
As mentioned above, when phone on in regular mode everything is detected.
I installed clockwork app from market, assuming that the phone was "rooted" based on the "unlock state" in fastboot mode, but it immediately says that phone needs to be rooted because it was unable to find SuperUser file etc etc.
I've spent the better part of a few days trying to figure this out by checking all sorts of links, but I haven't found a solution. The main issue is that the phone is not being recognized when in fastboot mode when connected by USB. And I'm unable to install the proper drivers for fastboot mode.
Hopefully this makes sense, and someone can provide some insight.
Thanks in advance!
I'm not positive about this but couldn't you adb push the su binary and apk? I don't own the Nexus but I would think since its unlocked you could just push the files. If this would work I would think it's just a temporary solution to allow superuser permission. As I understand it, fastboot is the preferred method for the Nexus.
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Did you try a fastboot command like fastboot devices?
Don't know if this applies to you but I had a similar sounding problem when trying to root my Nexus S where everytime I booted into fastboot mode I had an error message at the bottom of the screen saying something like 'fastboot status-fail Invalid command' and so I couldn't use any fastboot functions.
To get around it I used this one-click root . For some reason I got an error message halfway through for whatever reason and it wouldn't complete the root for me but it booted me into fastboot without receiving the error message and then once I was in I went and rooted manually.
The CWM is out of date on that site though (possibly the super-user zip too) so I replaced them with the latest versions and popped it in my dropbox for you, if you wanna try it out.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47770734/One-Click-Nexus-S.zip
Edit: just had a little look through the bat script and the initial commands that got me into fastboot properly is (with your phone in debugging mode):
adb start-server
adb reboot bootloader
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So you could try that first if you wanna go through manually.
Know that you can't run adb command while in fastboot mode. Boot into your CWM and then you can start an adb shell and you'll be able to push all the files you want and execute all the commands you need.
Fastboot mode is for running fastboot indeed. Try 'fastboot devices' while you're in the bootloader and see if devices pop up. If not, you really have to figure out your drivers issue. Maybe remove the device completely from your PC (including driver files) and reinstall it using the PDAnet drivers.
Greetz

ADB/Fastboot cannot see my device

Im having some trouble with ADB / Fastboot commands. No matter if i try "fastboot devices" or "adb devices" they both show nothing / no device. I've tried the commands to the TWRP recovery, a booted os and the bootloader in fastboot mode. Nothing seems to be working. Im using the well known adb/fastboot 15 sec installer from here. I've tried two win10 computers and now a win7 computer although all 64 bit, which have not been a problem before.
In the bootloader on the phone with the cable plugged in, the red fastboot text doesn't show "FASTBOOT USB" unless i move the cursor (like it doesnt update before i move the cursor). Im running the command prompts with administrative rights. I've also tried different cables, but im beginning to think that its the phones micro usb connector that is faulty, although MPT is working fine in windows, and transfers files without problems. Its a HTC One S im trying to do this on. All i want is to update my recovery!
Is there something very obvious im missing?
I found a solution however a wierd one. I already had debugging enabled on the phone, but thought that i should try and disable it, and then re-enable it right after. This seemed to trigger something, as my computer now started to install some drivers, that it had been missing before. After this fastboot commands and adb commands ran without any trouble.
Da9L said:
I found a solution however a wierd one. I already had debugging enabled on the phone, but thought that i should try and disable it, and then re-enable it right after. This seemed to trigger something, as my computer now started to install some drivers, that it had been missing before. After this fastboot commands and adb commands ran without any trouble.
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I just tried that and it absolutely worked for me too. Thanks. Very bright person you are.

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