i attempted to root my sensation, i signed up with the htcdev thingy, and i got the unlock boot loader thing...(sorry not familiar with sensation) and i let it install with One X??? and i did the steps, and i did flash CWM and i went into it, made a back up, then i installed a custom rom, and i rebooted, and now its just on this android boot screen and its a flash going accross it...PLEASE help...
Did you wiped your old ROM before installing a new one? From the steps you mentioned - NOT.
Perform a full wipe and re-flash the ROM and also check that your RADIO (or firmware in the Sensation forum) matches the version required for the ROM
Such information can be found in the ROM's thread - links/guides everywhere in the Development section
9595jakob said:
i attempted to root my sensation, i signed up with the htcdev thingy, and i got the unlock boot loader thing...(sorry not familiar with sensation) and i let it install with One X??? and i did the steps, and i did flash CWM and i went into it, made a back up, then i installed a custom rom, and i rebooted, and now its just on this android boot screen and its a flash going accross it...PLEASE help...
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extract the boot.img from the custom rom zip file ...
and flash it via fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
also check if the one-x tool kit has option to flash a boot.img ..if so ..use that ..but use the boot.img you have extracted from the custom rom zip file that you have flashed
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Hey,
I recently unlocked my phone using HTCDev.com and rooted it.
At first I couldn't get CWM Recovery on it using ROMManager (even though Rommanager said it was installed it loaded to the default recovery) but I got it on there using adb.
Now when I try to flash any Rom it'll just get stuck on the white screen with green HTC text.
When I restore to my backup of the default rom it'll just boot as normal.
I have HBoot 2.00.0002 (Sense 3.0 update) S-ON (unlocked).
I tried flashing it using Rommanager, CWMRecovery, manually wiping the Cache, Data and Dalvik using CWM, I tried flashing in CWM and I tried both MIUI and Cyanogenmod.
Anyone knows what I'm doing wrong?
RichieHeijmans said:
Hey,
I recently unlocked my phone using HTCDev.com and rooted it.
At first I couldn't get CWM Recovery on it using ROMManager (even though Rommanager said it was installed it loaded to the default recovery) but I got it on there using adb.
Now when I try to flash any Rom it'll just get stuck on the white screen with green HTC text.
When I restore to my backup of the default rom it'll just boot as normal.
I have HBoot 2.00.0002 (Sense 3.0 update) S-ON (unlocked).
I tried flashing it using Rommanager, CWMRecovery, manually wiping the Cache, Data and Dalvik using CWM, I tried flashing in CWM and I tried both MIUI and Cyanogenmod.
Anyone knows what I'm doing wrong?
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Yes. Unlocking with htcdev leaves your device S-ON, and stops the rom installers from flashing boot.img. So you're left with custom rom, and stock 3.0 kernel. Might work with sense 3.0, but flash any 3.5 rom and you're stuck at boot.
You need to:
- open the custom rom and extract boot.img
- flash the custom rom by the usual way
- flash boot.img manually using fastboot (look for instructions here in xda)
- and....
- ...
- wait for it...
- ...
- search first before you start a new thread. This has been answered many times here in this sub-forum.
Cheers
Or at least look in the index (see the last link at end of my Sig) this is covered by one of the guides
Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium
Hi!
I just flashed CyanogenMod 7.1 ROM, and then flashed it's boot.img with "fastboot flash boot" and that worked well! But i did'n like that rom, so i restored Hyperion ROM in cwm recorvery and it did stuck on the htc -logo. I thought that may be the CyanogenMod boot images fault, and i flashed Hyperions boot image and then it booted normally!
So, until I get my phone S-Off(now unlocked via htcdev) do I need always flash a new boot image if I dont come from ROM wich have same kernel that the ROM what I'm flashing?
Sorry for my english!
TooByAas said:
Hi!
I just flashed CyanogenMod 7.1 ROM, and then flashed it's boot.img with "fastboot flash boot" and that worked well! But i did'n like that rom, so i restored Hyperion ROM in cwm recorvery and it did stuck on the htc -logo. I thought that may be the CyanogenMod boot images fault, and i flashed Hyperions boot image and then it booted normally!
So, until I get my phone S-Off(now unlocked via htcdev) do I need always flash a new boot image if I dont come from ROM wich have same kernel that the ROM what I'm flashing?
Sorry for my english!
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You have summed it up well. The answer is Yes till you get s-off.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App
i tried to update via phone (after the notification), but after green bar was full, my phone rebooted and stuck in white screen with htc logo... if i try to enter in recovery i see this
h*tp://i39.tinypic.com/xdxnc5.jpg
it seems to be s-off (i bought it used) ...what have i to do for make it work again??
tnx.. and sorry for my bad english
same problem here, help is needed!
A golden rule: never update OTA on a modified device (custom ROM even modified Stock one, custom Recovery, Revolutionary hboot!, etc.)
How to fix:
do not pull battery!
flash a custom recovery (e.g. 4EXT) with the fastboot command (search for a how-to)
reboot to recovery, wipe all partitions and install custom ROM
Ok, to late with the battery, have already pulled that one out!
I also have S-Off on my phone, really dont understand the how to fix a recovery??
And is it really neccessary to flash a new ROM for this?
An official release that screwes the phones up?
I think the general issue is that an 'Official' OTA upgrade should not screw up your phone - enough testing by HTC should make sure of that.
Hoever, if you have modified your phone (e.g. by rooting it, installing custom recovery etc) then you can not expect to blame HTC when their upgrade doesn't work as expected. They can't be held responsible for problems caused by modifications you make to the phone.
But all I have done is S-Off, I have not installed another ROM or anything else?
So the update should work I really think!
Can I install a custom recovery without have to be able to start the phone?
Akerhage said:
But all I have done is S-Off, I have not installed another ROM or anything else?
So the update should work I really think!
Can I install a custom recovery without have to be able to start the phone?
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The OTA flashes a new hboot also.
If you S-OFFed with Revolutionary your hboot has to be version 6.98.000x. This hboot has a protection and cannot be overwritten. This is the point where the update process is interrupted. The result is a bootloop, because the new system is incomplete.
If you can boot to bootloader (hboot) you should be able to flash a custom recovery with the fastboot command (in the 4EXT Recovery thread there is an attachement - a zip file that contains recovery.img). Extract the archive and flash it with this command from cmd (there is a guide how to make fastboot working in my signature):
Code:
fastboot flash recovery {path to file on your PC}/recovery.img
If this works reboot to recovery, wipe all partitions and flash a custom ROM. Then your phone should be working again.
Then if you want the OTA flash a 0.98.2000 hboot, then use the 1.47.401.4 RUU (if you are using European unbranded) or the corresponding for your brand/region to return back to complete Stock and S-ON. Then you will be prompted to update and you will have the latest OTA on your device
Okay, I have now fixed the 4EXT Recovery and it is working!
Do I have to put a new ROM on the SD-card or is there another way to install a ROM (from cmd with the ROM on the computer etc?)
I dont have an adapter to the SD-card, but maybe I can put the ROM on the sdcard with a command in cmd aswell?
What ROM do you recommend to use? (sense, no sense doesnt matter)
Edit: I did a backup as well, thinking that I should do that...
Can you link to zip file you used for recovery i have exactly same issue and same software versions as you have.
@ Mooler. First of follow the guide that was posted here regarding the adb-drivers.
After that download this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=631186&d=1308596026
Then install that one as described with the cmd-command.
After that just put a custom ROM or a shipped ROM on the SD-card, wipe data/cache and install the ROM you want. That solved the problem for me!
Good Luck and thanks for the help I got here! Xda always delivers
Damn this phone! After hours of fixing with this problem!
I managed great, installed new kernels, radios, ROMs etc. And the first thing I did was to drop it on the floor so the whole damn display cracked!
Thanks for both of you.
I managed to restore the phone quickly after i got the correct recovery file. 30 mins and custom ROM was up and running. Good bye official update.
Akerhage: sad to here, it really was hours of reading and trying before you get it right.
it's hboot 2.0, s-on, unlocked.
I followed the steps of recovery, boot ( I can find superuser, and RE icon on my device, but It's a fake root, I use a tool to test if it was successfully rooted, but no).
Recovery -4ext touch
Then there's someone in the forum said he can help me out, and I added his QQ, and I followed his steps( skip S-off, downgrade and root), directly wipe data, wipe cache, and flash rom, and then reboot. but everytime, no matter how many roms did I change, it will stuck in the first screen (HTC without quitely brilliant) after reboot.
Very lucky that I did backup before wipe'em out.
But the questions are:
1. are my steps which skip s-off, root, downgrade etc. and directly flash rom correct?
2. if I can directly flash rom, why stuck there time and time again...
Please help me.
Nandylee said:
it's hboot 2.0, s-on, unlocked.
I followed the steps of recovery, boot ( I can find superuser, and RE icon on my device, but It's a fake root, I use a tool to test if it was successfully rooted, but no).
Recovery -4ext touch
Then there's someone in the forum said he can help me out, and I added his QQ, and I followed his steps( skip S-off, downgrade and root), directly wipe data, wipe cache, and flash rom, and then reboot. but everytime, no matter how many roms did I change, it will stuck in the first screen (HTC without quitely brilliant) after reboot.
Very lucky that I did backup before wipe'em out.
But the questions are:
1. are my steps which skip s-off, root, downgrade etc. and directly flash rom correct?
2. if I can directly flash rom, why stuck there time and time again...
Please help me.
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You have to flash boot.img separately from fastboot. It's contained within the .zip of the ROM you're trying to flash. After flashing the ROM, you have to boot into fastboot and flash the boot.img using the following command :
fastboot flash boot boot.img
To learn how to set up and use fastboot, click on the link in my signature.... (or just go through the forum man... the whole place is littered with info about this)
P.S. : You have to do this every time you change a ROM to a different one.
enigmaamit said:
P.S. : You have to do this every time you change a ROM to a different one.
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Pretty amusing. I did flash boot.img once (curiosity more than need - but I did need to upgrade that once on account of Sense 3.0 or 3.5). But every time, I do understand the need for emphasis but don't scare 'em into bricking there phones. I can read between the lines (based on experience) but I doubt they can.
tks guys
tks guys, I did flash boot.img last night, and succesed due to: Hboot 2.0, unlocked, but s-on
Nandylee said:
tks guys, I did flash boot.img last night, and succesed due to: Hboot 2.0, unlocked, but s-on
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nice to hear that. you need to flash boot.img for every room your going use later.
Hello everyone,
Excuse my noviceness here but I have a few questions. Im NOT new to flashing roms on Android but NEW to flashing roms on HTC Devices. I came fresh off a Galaxy S2 where things were more simple.
I have a STOCK Rooted HTC ONE S (TMO USA VERSION) and want to install TrickDroid. In the install instructions it asks to install Stock HTC kernel for Android 4.0.4 (BOOT FLASH SCRIPT).
Do I have to do this since I am running the stock rom (never changed or touched kernel) with TWRP recovery? Can I skip this step? See below the section in BOLD UNDERLINED... Must I follow these steps at this point or skip them?
Instructions:
Download ROM
Download tweak package
Copy ROM and tweak package to your sdcard
Fullwipe (data and cache)
Flash the ROM
Reboot into bootloader
Go into fastboot mode
Flash the stock boot.img from the ROM with fastboot, TWRP does not help!! (You can also use the Boot_Flash_Script I deliver you which runs every command for you)
Fastboot erase cache if you do not use the Boot_Flash_Script
Let the ROM boot
Flash the tweak package
Enjoy
And for those who are wondering if i did read through the threads and tips... I have, I spent several hours looking for an answer before i had to resort to asking!
Thanks to whoever can answer and educate me as to why I must or must not have to flash the boot image.
you can try without them first and if it doesn't work, rewipe and flash the boot.img from the trickdroid rom (just extract the .zip file on your computer and there it will be)
Can I push it with root explorer or with TWRP once i get the boot.img?
jgentry151 said:
And for those who are wondering if i did read through the threads and tips... I have, I spent several hours looking for an answer before i had to resort to asking!
Thanks to whoever can answer and educate me as to why I must or must not have to flash the boot image.
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It's just the way HTCDev unlock the bootloader, it doesn't allow for certain partition to be flash. Boot is one of them so you'll need to flash the boot.img separately.
TWRP work for some but not others to flash the boot.img.
Just like HidaKureku said, just flash using TWRP if it boot up fine. If it doesn't just bootback into fastboot and flash boot.img
Thanks for the valuable info.... I risked it and was rewarded. i was able to install the rom and the tweaks without touching the boot.img...
Now for future refrence...
How can I Flash the stock boot.img from the ROM with fastboot? Do i just pull the boot.img and go into bootloader and do it from there?
Funny thing is that on my phone not only I can flash the boot.img with TWRP, I noticed that I don't even have to flash it at all! When I installed the ROM using TWRP it automatically installed the boot.img.
jgentry151 said:
Thanks for the valuable info.... I risked it and was rewarded. i was able to install the rom and the tweaks without touching the boot.img...
Now for future refrence...
How can I Flash the stock boot.img from the ROM with fastboot? Do i just pull the boot.img and go into bootloader and do it from there?
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Just copy the boot.img to your fastboot.exe folder
CD to that folder in Command Window
Type: fastboot flash boot boot.img
I don't remember if "fastboot erase cache" is recommended after you flash the boot.img
HI! Today I got an HTC Sensation from a friend and it was laggy due to it's stock rom with preinstalled apps and stuff, so I decided to move to a custom ROM, the first one which caught my eye was 5.0 CM12 from the development section, so I copied it to sdcard.
I have managed to unlock the bootloader through the htcdev site and then flashed the lasted CWM Recovery available, 5.8.0 and then formatted cache, data, system, dalvik, because that's what I've always been doing on my Galaxy S2, it was very straight forward.
But now, I can't install a custom rom, tried that one and the slim pyramid one, even a cyanogenmod rom but still no luck. It would abort the installation and output an error about filesystems which can't be found or it woudn't say nothing but will restart the phone straight to recovery mode.
Also, tried 4ext recovery and still no luck. At this point I started panicking and tried to resolve this by installing the stock rom, RUU.
Downloaded RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.33.401.53_Radio_11.76A.3504.00U_11.24A.3504.31_M_release_280871_signed , which is the perfect match for my phone but also fails to finish installation, telling me something about failed/unknown mounts/filesystem... If it will help, I will tell you exactly what the error is.
At this moment I have S-On in bootloader, and can't see any radio serial metioned at the top. Tried some instructions flashing PG58IMG.zip , but it doesn't seem to do anything.
Please, help me out because at this point my phone won't go anywhere but bootloader and recovery.
AKAndrew41 said:
HI! Today I got an HTC Sensation from a friend and it was laggy due to it's stock rom with preinstalled apps and stuff, so I decided to move to a custom ROM, the first one which caught my eye was 5.0 CM12 from the development section, so I copied it to sdcard.
I have managed to unlock the bootloader through the htcdev site and then flashed the lasted CWM Recovery available, 5.8.0 and then formatted cache, data, system, dalvik, because that's what I've always been doing on my Galaxy S2, it was very straight forward.
But now, I can't install a custom rom, tried that one and the slim pyramid one, even a cyanogenmod rom but still no luck. It would abort the installation and output an error about filesystems which can't be found or it woudn't say nothing but will restart the phone straight to recovery mode.
Also, tried 4ext recovery and still no luck. At this point I started panicking and tried to resolve this by installing the stock rom, RUU.
Downloaded RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.33.401.53_Radio_11.76A.3504.00U_11.24A.3504.31_M_release_280871_signed , which is the perfect match for my phone but also fails to finish installation, telling me something about failed/unknown mounts/filesystem... If it will help, I will tell you exactly what the error is.
At this moment I have S-On in bootloader, and can't see any radio serial metioned at the top. Tried some instructions flashing PG58IMG.zip , but it doesn't seem to do anything.
Please, help me out because at this point my phone won't go anywhere but bootloader and recovery.
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install latest 4ext from here
http://d-h.st/rG7
extract the recovery.img and flash it via fastboot command
the command is fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
then from 4ext format all partitions except sdcard
enable smartflash( because you are on S-ON)
flash the custom rom
note: enable smartflash exactly before flashing the rom
Thank you very much! I've managed to install SKimKAT now. But how can I get S-Off permanent? Also, I can't install the stock RUU firmware.
RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.33.401.53_Radio_11.76A.3504.00U_11.24A.3504.31_M_release_280871_signed
It freezes on the "sending" stage for hours.
AKAndrew41 said:
Thank you very much! I've managed to install SKimKAT now. But how can I get S-Off permanent? Also, I can't install the stock RUU firmware.
RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.33.401.53_Radio_11.76A.3504.00U_11.24A.3504.31_M_release_280871_signed
It freezes on the "sending" stage for hours.
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see this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2751187