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JTAG for desire S - bricked my new desire S

hi friends,
i have just f*cked up my desire S!! pls help me out!!
i have done S-OFF with XTC - Clip and also ENG HBOOT,
i tested some coustom roms on my new device till now.
now i tell you what i did:
i had this rom on my device:
[ROM] 06-13-2011 SAGA LBC MOD v0.5.1 link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048203
then i wiped all data and cache over costum recovery (vers. 3.2.0.0)
after wiping i flashed this rom:
[ROM][Jun 14] Virtuous Unity 1.24.0 Sense 3.0 based on Pyramid link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122797
and rebooted my phone!
i also read that the recomanded radio for this rom is:
Recommended radio: 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2
but i downloaded the wrong radioimage - file and i flashed instead this one:
http://files.virtuousrom.com/vision/radio/Vision_RADIO_12.52.60.25_26.08.04.30_M3.img
i flashed the radiorom with fastboot ober adb - everything was OK but i took the wrong radio ROM so after reboot the device does NOT boot!!!!
AND i cant get to BOOTLOADER or recovery!!! USB is also bricked!!! my PC can not find my device ( ADB)
so i NEEED help pls help me out devs!!!

i don't think the desire s has JTAG. i could be mistaken though.
does the phone register as a usb device at all when you connect to usb and push the power button?

PUSH
@ all devs in here!!!
pls help me out if possible,
NO bootloader, no USB (ADB), no recovery, NOT booting --> is my device DEAD?!?
is there any chance to get back to life without any further hardware (JTEG - BOX)?!

nothing happens when i conect my desire s to my pc!

well to 99,9999% except if you are hardware developer and know how to write to the chip directly - yes it is dead

So, this means if you flash the wrong radioimage, it can kill your phone?

flx-grafix said:
So, this means if you flash the wrong radioimage, it can kill your phone?
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yes, i had bricked 1 year ago my htc magic with this

depends on the device, for example my old DHD recovered it's radio after i flashed a raido of the desire z, so it looks liek some devices got a protection against it
anyway, wondering why the desire s didn't has that protection when the dhd has, but can be duo locked down bootloader so they won't need it

i have to say i am surprised that flashing the wrong radio breaks it. the bootloader should remain unaffected by this and therefore still kick in and allow to flash a correct radio rom

Ep1cF4il said:
i have to say i am surprised that flashing the wrong radio breaks it. the bootloader should remain unaffected by this and therefore still kick in and allow to flash a correct radio rom
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I'm also very suprised but its a fact. Anyone know how to get it back to life? I read times ago about MYTTI I hope it the right name. Can this help me out.
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I have always been told flashing the wrong radio will cause a brick. This thread seems to explain it for me. But whether this goes for every device I don't know.

Thanks for the link, L0cke.
But the initial question from the OP in that thread never got a precise answer...
"All I'm asking is to know exactly what is the real, down and dirty dynamics behind the radio flashing danger so I can be absolutely sure to avoid it in the future. I have yet to see a truly understandble explanation of this."
Can someone answer this in understandable words?
I actually never flashed a radio with my old Desire, even though I flashed roms like crazy and it always worked for me. I knew that flashing a radio is a critical process, so I thought unless something didn't work at all, I don't need to touch this radio stuff...

Over 600 views but no answer so far. I fear that I really ****ed up my new device.
If any dev knows a solution pls help. Remember I have S-OFF and ENG-hboot also.
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what shows up when you attempt to boot into bootloader?

r_benamin said:
Over 600 views but no answer so far. I fear that I really ****ed up my new device.
If any dev knows a solution pls help. Remember I have S-OFF and ENG-hboot also.
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if there is absolutley no life in it then its bricked and you cant do a thing anymore besides going to the store and tell them in the morning when you woke up it didnt turn on anymore.
ive done that with a samsung galaxy s 1 and i got a new one under warranty
if there is any sign of life then tell precise what kind of life there is in the phone then there mgiht be a chance of recovering it i think
i mean when you plug it in the ac will the charging light burn?
when you turn it on will there be any message on the screen?
if nothing is seen do you see the backlight of the screen turn on but dont display a thing

jazzaddict said:
what shows up when you attempt to boot into bootloader?
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I just see.the. tmobile bootscreen
It vibrated once after starting and a secound time after 20sec. When I try to enter bootloader.
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... And after powering on the.led goes for one secound to green and then it turns off. Then I see the tmobile startscreen.
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r_benamin said:
... And after powering on the.led goes for one secound to green and then it turns off. Then I see the tmobile startscreen.
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Adb doesnt recognize the phone you said.
Any idea about fastboot commands?
As it still turns on it should be able to do something.
Instead of booting bootloader could you try recovery with vol UP and power
What happens when you do that?
Edit: not sure if that whas the combo as it dont work on my dhd. Will try it tonight when i get home on my gf here desire s
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Have you remove sdcard + sim and than Boot in bootloader?
Also you can try to install the radio Form a New formated sdcard.

Volume UP and power is the same only startscreen.
Fastboot command need working adb
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Urgent help needed

I have sensation xe. And I tried to root it last night. I did succeed upto a certain point. I unlocked the bootloader, and flashed supersu and successfully rooted it.
Where I screwed up is after doing this I tried to flash cm9 without backing up my stock rom. I don't have s off so I'm stuck at the boot animation.
As I didn't back up stock rom, I can't even flash back.
My hboot is 1.29...
Please help!
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voldemort01 said:
I have sensation xe. And I tried to root it last night. I did succeed upto a certain point. I unlocked the bootloader, and flashed supersu and successfully rooted it.
Where I screwed up is after doing this I tried to flash cm9 without backing up my stock rom. I don't have s off so I'm stuck at the boot animation.
As I didn't back up stock rom, I can't even flash back.
My hboot is 1.29...
Please help!
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Try fastbooting the boot.IMG for the ROM you have
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I'm sorry can you make it a little noob friendly, I didn't understand fully. Thanks for your help.
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voldemort01 said:
I'm sorry can you make it a little noob friendly, I didn't understand fully. Thanks for your help.
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In sensation general section there is a guide called... "Flashing roms with SON " by asskickar.. From That guide do the extra 1 step.. That will get you out of bootloop
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One question.
The fastbooting method is specific to 4ext right? And I have Cwm installed. Is it possible to install 4ext recovery from hboot menu or recovery menu?
Sorry if it's a noob question.
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voldemort01 said:
One question.
The fastbooting method is specific to 4ext right? And I have Cwm installed. Is it possible to install 4ext recovery from hboot menu or recovery menu?
Sorry if it's a noob question.
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Hi,
Try THIS TOOL

dead scared now
the cell used to flash red light for a few seconds at regular intervals before when charging..but now its even stopped doing that. the red led now just comes on for a few seconds when i put in the battery. nothing happens after that.
What i did before this is that i flashed 4ext recovery though adb. Nothing else
Is there a probability that the battery must have drained out?

voldemort01 said:
the cell used to flash red light for a few seconds at regular intervals before when charging..but now its even stopped doing that. the red led now just comes on for a few seconds when i put in the battery. nothing happens after that.
What i did before this is that i flashed 4ext recovery though adb. Nothing else
Is there a probability that the battery must have drained out?
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what ?? the phone is not booting up ?
and the led is only blinking initially ?
then probably battery got drained ..just charge the phone for few hours

ganeshp said:
what ?? the phone is not booting up ?
and the led is only blinking initially ?
then probably battery got drained ..just charge the phone for few hours
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i hope thats the case. Ill get back in about an hour so. And thanks a lot for helping out

ganeshp said:
what ?? the phone is not booting up ?
and the led is only blinking initially ?
then probably battery got drained ..just charge the phone for few hours
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Hi,
And maybe take out sim card and sd card.

ganeshp said:
what ?? the phone is not booting up ?
and the led is only blinking initially ?
then probably battery got drained ..just charge the phone for few hours
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Till then can you suggest me any rom that doesnt need s-off and will be a very safe rom to install without any chances of bootloop.
Also i had updated to ics 4.0.3
I was wondering if i could find someones backed up stock rom (rooted) which i could just flash and not go through the hassle of tryin to flash a completely new rom with chances of again ending up in a bootloop?

malybru said:
Hi,
And maybe take out sim card and sd card.
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Okay after i removed the sim card, i managed to get into the hboot menu. But when i clicked on recovery , the phone is stuck at HTC white screen. Did i flash the recovery wrong?

voldemort01 said:
Till then can you suggest me any rom that doesnt need s-off and will be a very safe rom to install without any chances of bootloop.
Also i had updated to ics 4.0.3
I was wondering if i could find someones backed up stock rom (rooted) which i could just flash and not go through the hassle of tryin to flash a completely new rom with chances of again ending up in a bootloop?
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There is a guide called.. "Flashing roms with SON " by asskickar in sensation general section...
Using that you can flash any ics/jb custom roms... Without any bootloops or rather without any issues what so ever... The only requirement is You just need to follow that guide to the letter.. That's all
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voldemort01 said:
Okay after i removed the sim card, i managed to get into the hboot menu. But when i clicked on recovery , the phone is stuck at HTC white screen. Did i flash the recovery wrong?
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Hi,
Follow THIS GUIDE to the letter.
But let your phone charge up first.

voldemort01 said:
Okay after i removed the sim card, i managed to get into the hboot menu. But when i clicked on recovery , the phone is stuck at HTC white screen. Did i flash the recovery wrong?
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Yes that might be the case.. If you check the guide I linked initially... Step #2 explains flashing 4EXT.. Even from fastboot... Use that and flash 4EXT recovery
Edit: Btw I initially said to do only extra 1 step from the guide right? Why are you going through entire process again?
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ganeshp said:
Yes that might be the case.. If you check the guide I linked initially... Step #2 explains flashing 4EXT.. Even from fastboot... Use that and flash 4EXT recovery
Edit: Btw I initially said to do only extra 1 step from the guide right? Why are you going through entire process again?
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ok ok. sorry for all the screw ups.Im letting the cell charge up for now. I should just follow the guide and install the recovery and flash the rom using the extra 1 step right? Just confirming.
Thanks again for replying so promptly, hope you keep helping me. Just let me know that my cell is not bricked.

voldemort01 said:
ok ok. sorry for all the screw ups.Im letting the cell charge up for now. I should just follow the guide and install the recovery and flash the rom using the extra 1 step right? Just confirming.
Thanks again for replying so promptly, hope you keep helping me. Just let me know that my cell is not bricked.
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Hi,
That is correct.
Follow to the letter,and you will not brick.

Bttery is gone
i think my battery has gone flat...but i kept it on charging for more than 3 hours,it hasnt even warmed up a single bit. I cant get the phone to start. Please suggest some methods
Also when i tried connecting the phone to my pc, nothing happened. While the wire was stil connected to the pc, i pressed the power button and the red led flashed reglar at one sec intervals about 10 times and then one long continuous flash and then it went off. Also that was the time when i heard the notification sound in the pc of a device getting detected.
What to do now?

Do you have a replacement battery to use while this one charges? Maybe that will help.
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, mugen battery. please press thanks if I helped in anyway.

realsis said:
Do you have a replacement battery to use while this one charges? Maybe that will help.
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, mugen battery. please press thanks if I helped in anyway.
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no i dont...what should i do? and what does the blinking pattern mean?

New to HTC need some help

Hey guys my s3 killed its self yesterday so I grabbed one of these beauties today and I'm really impressed so far(maybe its the custom ROM).
Now I got the phone off a guy, had it he unlocked the bootloader,rooted,and gave me the phone already running 4.1(dirty 1.8).no back ups to even a rooted stock.
Although I love jelly bean this battery is killing me and I would really like to have at least a stock zip I can flash in emergencies.
I am so unfamiliar with HTC(nexus one was the last one I owned)thank I really don't want to brick it.
OK so my questions are these
I have the rogers version of the Onex is there certain builds I need to look for or are they all just HTC one x?
With HTC is there a fallback like with samsung if things go wrong at least there's always download mode and Odin.
Do I need to have my boot loader unlocked?
Thanks in advance
And sorry for the noobness I just can't kill 2 phones in a week
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You have a lot of reading ahead of you, grasshopper, before you're ready to do anything to your phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
To answer your questions:
todorcim said:
I have the rogers version of the Onex is there certain builds I need to look for or are they all just HTC one x
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No! It is wise of you to ask this, because there are two versions of the One X, the International (Tegra 3 quad-core) and the US/Rogers/Telstra (dual-core S4). Flashing stuff for the wrong version can permanently brick your phone (i.e., there is no current fix for some of these mistakes).
With HTC is there a fallback like with samsung if things go wrong at least there's always download mode and Odin.
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Assuming you haven't flashed the wrong ROM, you can generally always get out of trouble by booting into bootloader, relocking, and running the RUU for your firmware. Most problems can be fixed by going back into recovery and re-flashing or flashing something else.
Note: Figure out what version of hboot you have before doing anything. With 1.09, modding is pretty straightforward. With 1.14, you have to take some extra steps and there are a few things you can't do at all.
Do I need to have my boot loader unlocked?
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Yes. Leave it unlocked unless you need to RUU.

His hboot should be 1.11 which is the same as 1.09 as far as installing roms go.
If you're looking for a Sense ICS rom, I recommend ViperXL or CleanRom5. But there are other roms to try. As long as you stay in this forum and not the international forum you should be safe to flash anything you want.

Awesome thanks guys.
I check my boot loader and it is 1.11..
So that makes me happy cause all in all I'm addicted to flashing
One last question for you before I venture off on my own here..
With my nexus one I and the passimg I could flash through my bootloader in cause something went wrong or I just want to refresh my n1,is there something like that for this phone or are those days long gone?
Again thanks a bundle
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Flash from TWRP recovery

todorcim said:
With my nexus one I and the passimg I could flash through my bootloader in cause something went wrong or I just want to refresh my n1,is there something like that for this phone or are those days long gone?
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Correct, stick to TWRP. There is an app called GooManager that makes installing and updating TWRP close to effortless.
If you haven't already, reboot to recovery and see what you've got installed. Some people insist on using ClockworkMod recovery because they've used it on other phones, but it's not supported for this one and can cause issues with data getting corrupted. If you have CWM installed, all you need to do is download GooManager and select "Install openrecovery script" in settings and it will replace it with TWRP.

Ya I always use twrp have for a while but what I mean is if (can?) I soft brick my phone or something happens that I can't flash from recovery is there a passimg zip like we had for the n1 that could be flash through the boot loader?
You know just in case
I only ask cause its HTC thought maybe there was something like that...could have been a Google thing too not sure..
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todorcim said:
Ya I always use twrp have for a while but what I mean is if (can?) I soft brick my phone or something happens that I can't flash from recovery is there a passimg zip like we had for the n1 that could be flash through the boot loader?
You know just in case
I only ask cause its HTC thought maybe there was something like that...could have been a Google thing too not sure.
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Yes, you can still flash stuff through fastboot, if that's what you mean.

Ya that's what I mean
Thanks
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Desire s bootloop during downgrade

Hi,
i was trying to downgrade my desire s with tacoroot,'cause zergrush give me some error messages on the command line....so,i followed all the procedure for the downgrade,'till i came across step 5..after i've done it,my desire rebooted...and still strucked on the "htc quietly brilliant" logo!it continue to bootloop!what i have to do to continue the procedure for the downgrade?my desire s have the 2.00.0002 hboot..and is s-on and unrooted..i was just starting to do all the stuff!
please help!:fingers-crossed:

When it's temp rooted, run the miscversion binary with adb and downgrade using the oldest RUU for your phone
the bootloop is normal.

My phone doesn't even start up , unless I go into the bootloader menu and press recovery . Instead of the recovery opening up , my phone goes into the GUI. I can't seem to flash a new recovery either, due to which I can't flash a new Rom. I have tried all possible solutions but just can't seem to figure it out. Plese help me !
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shreyas.singh said:
My phone doesn't even start up , unless I go into the bootloader menu and press recovery . Instead of the recovery opening up , my phone goes into the GUI. I can't seem to flash a new recovery either, due to which I can't flash a new Rom. I have tried all possible solutions but just can't seem to figure it out. Plese help me !
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Are you S-OFF or Unlocked?
On which hboot version are you?

why must people insist on using these methods
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021403
this method is much easier and will save alot of time as for predicament go into fastboot and use abd to flash recovery those instructions are also on my page somewhere it mayb a link I can't rember

ben_s247 said:
why must people insist on using these methods
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021403
this method is much easier and will save alot of time as for predicament go into fastboot and use abd to flash recovery those instructions are also on my page somewhere it mayb a link I can't rember
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It gets your device in the relocked state and I think thats what most users don't want if they're still on waranty

to be honast I would rather a working phone than one with warrenty especially since its not worth the paper its written on

ben_s247 said:
to be honast I would rather a working phone than one with warrenty especially since its not worth the paper its written on
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If he is on gb he doesnt need to unlock, he can straight s-off it and retain his warranty, the guide to do that totally works. Unlocking is totally unnecessary and is just going the extra road to s-off.
Your post is only if someone who has upgraded to official ics and wans to s-off, which is not possible as the person first needs to unlock.

Jann F said:
Are you S-OFF or Unlocked?
On which hboot version are you?
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My phone is unlocked only , not s-off and I'm on version 2.00.002 :/
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shreyas.singh said:
My phone is unlocked only , not s-off and I'm on version 2.00.002 :/
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Well then you could really just use the guide mentioned here.
But As long as a user is in the LOCKED state he should try to remain there...
For me it's a "beauty" thing xD
ben_s247 said:
why must people insist on using these methods
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021403
this method is much easier and will save alot of time as for predicament go into fastboot and use abd to flash recovery those instructions are also on my page somewhere it mayb a link I can't rember
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shreyas.singh said:
My phone doesn't even start up , unless I go into the bootloader menu and press recovery . Instead of the recovery opening up , my phone goes into the GUI. I can't seem to flash a new recovery either, due to which I can't flash a new Rom. I have tried all possible solutions but just can't seem to figure it out. Plese help me !
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ok so you have tried to follow my guide above which bit are you having trouble with in flashing recovery?make sure you are selecting fastboot in the bootloader and that it should say usb try checking if the phone can be seen by using fastboot devices.

[Q] Not getting past HTC screen

I looked around and didn't see a solution to my problem. I might have missed it because I'm kind of panicked right now.
My HOXL was dying really fast. Within a few hours, it falls from 80% to 0%. I wanted to factory reset because I heard that it helps the battery life.
So I followed the process I always have (I'm unlocked, rooted, and had pacman's evita ROM installed) and did a factory reset, wiped cache and dalvik cache. Then I re-flashed pacman's ROM and the gapps. When I rebooted though, it went to the HTC screen and in a few seconds it just went black. I think it might have still been on or something, but nothing was happening for like 30 minutes. I tried it over and over again, flashing new ROMs and kernels, but now all that's happening is that it's stuck on that very first HTC screen.
I downloaded the latest JB RUU for evita to try it out. But if I can't get past that first screen, is there a way to connect it? I can still get into TWRP's recovery. My HBoot is 1.09. I'm really starting to feel nervous about having to buy a new phone, yet I feel like there should be a way to fix this. Could flashing the stock kernel be all I need? I tried to download from Viper's hub, but the download just stops at 99% and doesn't finish.
Please, I would really, really appreciate any help!

I would run the 3.18 RUU (which you can do in fastboot).

Try a complete wipe: Factory reset, system, cache and dalvik cache in twrp or if it is not wiping correctly due to twrp version " 2.3......" is best fro our phones, try downloading and installing twrp again or use adb commands to wipe and flash rom again.

I've tried a complete wipe, but I just noticed that my TWRP version is 2.2.0. I tried the wipe like five or more times and it didn't work. My PC isn't reading the HOXL in the adb command window. I rooted a Sero Pro 7 this way, so I think I should have the drivers installed for it... I'm going to try installing the HTC Sync drivers and seeing if I can send adb commands to my HOXL. If this doesn't work, I'm going to try the 3.18 RUU. I heard that some people have bricked their HOXL completely doing this, but I didn't change my SuperCID and s-on (?), so would I be fine? Or would it be safer to just use the latest ICS one (RUU_EVITA_UL_ICS_40_S_Cingular_US_2.20.502.7_Radio _0.19as.32.09.11_2_10.105.32.25L_release_271865_si gned.exe)?

So you have no way to flash boot image separately? I would definitely try to get device recognition so adb can be used before running ruu.
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Yeah, I went through the noob way of unlocking and rooting this phone, so there was no need to use adb commands. I would have liked to try that first before running RUU, but I just want to have a working phone again, even if I have to go through the whole process of unlocking and rooting.
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I would still try to get a good adb environment. Sometimes panic is not a good thing. Just be careful and make sure you get the proper ruu and do not let the battery die while running it. Let me know if it works.
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Venomtester said:
I would still try to get a good adb environment. Sometimes panic is not a good thing. Just be careful and make sure you get the proper ruu and do not let the battery die while running it. Let me know if it works.
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This is what I'm worried about:
SERooted wrote: Note to OP: You really should add to the 1st post that it is not wise to flash the 3.18 firmware over super cid and s-on.. its not a good thing for most people to have a qhsb_dload turn their phone into a paper weight before finding out that they shouldn't have used that file to begin with. i had to find out the hard way. i would have flashed the ics firmware on my phone but decided to go with the big JB only to find out that it turns it into a paperweight. I understand this is no fault but my own, however this would greatly help people when choosing which ruu to run.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191477

I know what you mean lol. I would only do that as a last resort. I would try and get adb working since the phone is not bricked. It just seems to have no Rom or boot image. Have you tried one with an aroma installer?
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Venomtester said:
I know what you mean lol. I would only do that as a last resort. I would try and get adb working since the phone is not bricked. It just seems to have no Rom or boot image. Have you tried one with an aroma installer?
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Huh...I just tried flashing the UrDroid ROM because of its aroma installer, but it didn't happen in recovery, like I thought it would. It said it was successful, so I rebooted the system. It got past the initial screen with an AT&T boot img and htc one img. Now I'll have to see if it actually loads past this.
EDIT: It worked! I'm going to have to try to see if I can load boot img some other way than just an aroma installer.

You can use Flash GUI from the market to install boot images or get Goo Manager to install a 2.3..... Version of twrp. That may solve your problems.
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Venomtester said:
You can use Flash GUI from the market to install boot images or get Goo Manager to install a 2.3..... Version of twrp. That may solve your problems.
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Second Flash GUI....works like a charm