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[SOLVED]HELP : no operating system on my htc one s

hello guys , last night i tried rooting my phone and then installing a custom rom. i unlocked the bootloader , flashed custom recovery , and then Perm-rooted it. everything went well. then i tried to install custom rom and the dialog windows on my computer said ``its finished , enjoy trickdroid.``
so i rebooted the device and after that problems started. i couldnt get past htc welcome screen , the one with the normal eroor message with red letters (this system is for development purposes only..). i tried a few times again , but still nothing. so i went on internet to see how to recover from this , and i did everything by the book. i wiped delvik cache , normal cache and factory reset. even after that problem persisted. so i wiped system (ROM) and now i am left without system on my phone. i still cant get past that welcome screen with error message , and only thing i can do is boot into bootloader and recovery. PLS HELP , what do i need to do. this was my first rooting and i bricked it... THX

Go in recovery. Wipe cache and dalvic. Wipe system. Wipe factory reset. Install zip from sd card ( rom)
Reboot into bootloader. Flash the boot.img from the rom with fastboot. And then reboot and enjoy.
Maybe you can check of you have s3 or s4 processor before you flash anything. Greetz
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satincube said:
Go in recovery. Wipe cache and dalvic. Wipe system. Wipe factory reset. Install zip from sd card ( rom)
Reboot into bootloader. Flash the boot.img from the rom with fastboot. And then reboot and enjoy.
Maybe you can check of you have s3 or s4 processor before you flash anything. Greetz
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Thx mate , i know i have s3 version and trickdroid is ROM for my version of the phone. but how do i put zip on my sd card when i cant turn it on?
and what rom should i put?

RealStrider said:
Thx mate , i know i have s3 version and trickdroid is ROM for my version of the phone. but how do i put zip on my sd card when i cant turn it on?
and what rom should i put?
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Hold power button & vol down until recovery opens, then in recovery turn on USB storage then you can open sd on your desktop then copy the zip into it!
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rustykwak said:
Hold power button & vol down until recovery opens, then in recovery turn on USB storage then you can open sd on your desktop then copy the zip into it!
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ty, i did as you said. i mounted sd card on my copmuter , but now i cant acces it , windows doesnt let me before i ``format it``. ``You need to format the disk drive before you can use it`` message apears. Is it okay for me to do that?

Can't help you with that. Never tried that..
Di you make backup of your original rom in recovery?
Or you can try to run a ruu from your computer and try everything again...
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satincube said:
Can't help you with that. Never tried that..
Di you make backup of your original rom in recovery?
Or you can try to run a ruu from your computer and try everything again...
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nah , i didnt backup it .. i forgot , thats why i have this problem. how do i run a ruu from my computer? i guess its some file that i need to find again compatible with my s3 version of the phone right?
anyone else knows if its safe for me to format the card via windows , since i cant use it if i dont do that?

You can check football's ville/ville c2 collection thread. You need ruu from c2
You can run it from Windows with your phone plugged in with usb cable.
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what option in the recovery did you choose? mount sd or usb storage?
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which recovery are you using?

rustykwak said:
what option in the recovery did you choose? mount sd or usb storage?
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which recovery are you using?
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usb storage. its still mounted. windows recognized it , but it says i need to format it before it can use it properly.

Wrong section. Should be in Q & A.
And a good lesson in reading and learning before messing.

shadowch31 said:
Wrong section. Should be in Q & A.
And a good lesson in reading and learning before messing.
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well ye , lesson learned... but can you help me fix this?
do you know answers on any questions i asked earlier?

so I take it you flashed the rom from fastboot! did you then fastboot the boot img before rebooting? try reading the installation instructions again!

rustykwak said:
so I take it you flashed the rom from fastboot! did you then fastboot the boot img before rebooting? try reading the installation instructions again!
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no mate , i still havent copied my zip file to my sd card , because i need to format it before i can copy anything from my computer to phone. windows doesnt let me do anything before it formats it. the only question i need answered is : is it safe for me to format ``Removable Disk I:``(my phone) so i can then copy my zip file on my phone? ty

Either PM me or hit me up on gtalk - [email protected] and I will help you out and yes it is safe.

Moved To Q&A​
The development section is not for help threads, please post in the correct section,​

i solved the problem guys. once i formated my sdcard via windows , everything went smoothly , i just followed your instructions. thank you all guys rly!!!
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RealStrider said:
i solved the problem guys. once i formated my sdcard via windows , everything went smoothly , i just followed your instructions. thank you all guys rly!!!
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glad your sorted mate!

[Q] Wiped SD and Internal Partition

[Q] Wiped SD and Internal Partition
I have accidentally wiped my sdcard partition as well as my internal partition trying to fix my HOX from a bootloop
now my hox will just stay on the white screen. im still able to go to bootloader, recovery, fastboot.
the problem is I don't have any backup. it was wiped out as well
Is there any way to push files to my sdcard so I could flash ROM to my hox? im a noob :silly: . badly needed help.

Banzai761 said:
[Q] Wiped SD and Internal Partition
I have accidentally wiped my sdcard partition as well as my internal partition trying to fix my HOX from a bootloop
now my hox will just stay on the white screen. im still able to go to bootloader, recovery, fastboot.
the problem is I don't have any backup. it was wiped out as well
Is there any way to push files to my sdcard so I could flash ROM to my hox? im a noob :silly: . badly needed help.
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Easy way really if your on twrp if you can get into recovery download a Rom on your pc and put your phone into recovery and you'll see USB mount option in recovery! Voila!

Let us all hope that he chose to go with TWRP.
Sent from my HTC One XL

ECEXCURSION said:
Let us all hope that he chose to go with TWRP.
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shoot. im on CWM. is there any way I could do it on cwm? or can I still flash it to TWRP? :crying:

There was talk about how to install twrp when you had cwm only but I forget the thread number. Search my friend!
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[Q] TWRP wont let me flash rom, no OS installed

Well i was trying to install cleanROM 5.1 and cleanKERNEL on my HOX, but every time i would try it would say failed (unable to mount /sdcard, etc.) so i wiped my cache, did a factory reset, wiped external storage, then accidentally did a system reset so i have no OS installed now, i was running 2.20 before but found a tut to unlock bootloader and root. in bootloader it says ***tampered*** and ***unlocked***
So if i have a custom recovery installed that means im rooted right?
and basically what can i do to install this rom and kernel without an error

LoudonLoud said:
Well i was trying to install cleanROM 5.1 and cleanKERNEL on my HOX, but every time i would try it would say failed (unable to mount /sdcard, etc.) so i wiped my cache, did a factory reset, wiped external storage, then accidentally did a system reset so i have no OS installed now, i was running 2.20 before but found a tut to unlock bootloader and root. in bootloader it says ***tampered*** and ***unlocked***
So if i have a custom recovery installed that means im rooted right?
and basically what can i do to install this rom and kernel without an error
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You have to plug it in to computer, open up "my computer" and click it... It'll ask you to reformat sdcard. Once its done, download cleanrom on your computer, mount your sdcard in trwp, and drag it onto your phone. open up recovery on your phone and flash entire rom :thumbup:
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InflatedTitan said:
You have to plug it in to computer, open up "my computer" and click it... It'll ask you to reformat sdcard. Once its done, download cleanrom on your computer, mount your sdcard in trwp, and drag it onto your phone. open up recovery on your phone and flash entire rom :thumbup:
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i tried that, and now instead of saying failed to mount it says
E: Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip '/sdcard/firmware.zip'
Updating partition details...
Edit:nevermind my own mistake,, it worked tho! thank you soo much

Lol glad you got it. Enjoy bro
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Same prob but...
InflatedTitan said:
Lol glad you got it. Enjoy bro
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I have the same problem with my galaxy nexus but I don't have an external sd card, it's all internal only. I wiped my cache partition, I don't know why, then my cwm recovery was changed to twrp where I wiped my system. How do i fix it? Pls help!!

SuryaThunder said:
I have the same problem with my galaxy nexus but I don't have an external sd card, it's all internal only. I wiped my cache partition, I don't know why, then my cwm recovery was changed to twrp where I wiped my system. How do i fix it? Pls help!!
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Just wanted to let you know that you are in the wrong forum. This is the HTC One XL forum, you need to ask your question in the Galaxy Nexus forum. That will be the best place to get an answer.

pside15 said:
Just wanted to let you know that you are in the wrong forum. This is the HTC One XL forum, you need to ask your question in the Galaxy Nexus forum. That will be the best place to get an answer.
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Thx.. im kinda new to xda.

InflatedTitan said:
You have to plug it in to computer, open up "my computer" and click it... It'll ask you to reformat sdcard. Once its done, download cleanrom on your computer, mount your sdcard in trwp, and drag it onto your phone. open up recovery on your phone and flash entire rom :thumbup:
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i have install new ROM with this way but still same problem it wont go pass the beginning screen. i tried CM10 stable and paranoid 2+ both same, first screen and it will stuck on logo. what i am missing?

gilean86 said:
i have install new ROM with this way but still same problem it wont go pass the beginning screen. i tried CM10 stable and paranoid 2+ both same, first screen and it will stuck on logo. what i am missing?
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You have to flash the boot.img separately. There are only about 100 threads on this issue.

[Q] Fastboot + recovery working, no rom

hi there. I was trying to flash custom ROM. JB+SENSE+ I did wipe, flashed rom, but now the phone is just going to bootloader and nothing else. I can go to recovery but cant mount SD card to push any rom on it. Can anybody help, please?

tominozh said:
hi there. I was trying to flash custom ROM. JB+SENSE+ I did wipe, flashed rom, but now the phone is just going to bootloader and nothing else. I can go to recovery but cant mount SD card to push any rom on it. Can anybody help, please?
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Flash TWRP recovery it will let you mount the SD card. Then don't use CWM on your One S anymore.

dc211 said:
Flash TWRP recovery it will let you mount the SD card. Then don't use CWM on your One S anymore.
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Tried that already, but didnt help. Still cant mount SD card.
Now my phone is just stock on bootscreen(HTC quietly brilliant) and does nothing. Can only restart and go to recovery.

tominozh said:
Tried that already, but didnt help. Still cant mount SD card.
Now my phone is just stock on bootscreen(HTC quietly brilliant) and does nothing. Can only restart and go to recovery.
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Flash the stock recovery
Boot into fast boot and choose "clear storage"
Flash TWRP
Flash a rom

dc211 said:
Flash the stock recovery
Boot into fast boot and choose "clear storage"
Flash TWRP
Flash a rom
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Thaks a lot. Just another nooby problem, cant find stock recovery.

tominozh said:
Thaks a lot. Just another nooby problem, cant find stock recovery.
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Here you go, don't forget you have to flash it in fastboot.
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/g4r0ryvjy6oce9k/recovery.img?dl=1
Or if you have the All in One toolkit you can place that file into the data folder then press the flash your own recovery button.

Thanks for that. You probably saved a few years of my life. .
Sd card mounted
Now just to find working rom. I have cwm backup in my laptop. How could I push it to my sd. Does it have to be the clockworkmod folder or I can copy to sd root and then use restore in cwm recovery?
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if you flashed twrp, you can't restore cwm bu with iy
make a new bu with twrp even before flashing a new rom

Actually, I have got twrp backup as well. Just need to copy it to my sd. Ill try that after work. if I'm stocked ill seek sone help here. Thanks guys for help.
EDIT: got sorted, after I flashed boot.img extracted from rom everything working fine.
Only one thing. I cant mount sd card to my laptop.... But...... Too late tonight, leave it for another time.
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good luck

Boot loops

I have an htc explorer the problem is only stock rom works on it all other custom roms go int boot loop
tried cm9, mini cm9, flyrom, sense 4.1 nun of them work
flashed all roms with twrp,cwm,philz
any solution ????
thx in advance

Jimit.Patel said:
I have an htc explorer the problem is only stock rom works on it all other custom roms go int boot loop
tried cm9, mini cm9, flyrom, sense 4.1 nun of them work
flashed all roms with twrp,cwm,philz
any solution ????
thx in advance
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HY, the bootloop means that you are stucked at the boot sequence.This might be because you flashed the boot.img wrong/or you never wiped dalvik,cache ,etc.I suggest that you should wipe cache,dalvik,and factory reset 3 times before flasing the rom(it might not work entirely well the first 2 times) also, try to flash the boot.img correctly,and wait a few minutes (let it boot),you will now you are in bootloop after 15 minutes or so.

I did try that no help and after flashing stock rom now phone works just my internal memory is full only 17mb free so cant use almost any app cant wipe it what so ever even tried factory reset but no help
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Jimit.Patel said:
I did try that no help and after flashing stock rom now phone works just my internal memory is full only 17mb free so cant use almost any app cant wipe it what so ever even tried factory reset but no help
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have you tried logcat to see what's causing the bootloop ?
I have an htc chacha, with the same memory problem as yours, but I managed to mount the /data folder on the sdcard's 2nd partition, and now I have 4 gb internal memory. I can have more if I change the partitions size, but I don't need more.

SirRaul said:
have you tried logcat to see what's causing the bootloop ?
I have an htc chacha, with the same memory problem as yours, but I managed to mount the /data folder on the sdcard's 2nd partition, and now I have 4 gb internal memory. I can have more if I change the partitions size, but I don't need more.
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And exactly how do you do that ????

Jimit.Patel said:
And exactly how do you do that ????
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First of all you need to unlock your phone via htcdev. Did you do that already?

Jimit.Patel said:
I have an htc explorer the problem is only stock rom works on it all other custom roms go int boot loop
tried cm9, mini cm9, flyrom, sense 4.1 nun of them work
flashed all roms with twrp,cwm,philz
any solution ????
thx in advance
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SirRaul said:
First of all you need to unlock your phone via htcdev. Did you do that already?
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yup done that about a year ago !!!!

Are you familiar with linux ? I did all the process in linux because it's much more friendly in these cases. You will need kitchen tool, kernel kitchen, boot.img editing, and of course, cwm recovery it's a must. My phone succesfully booted when I used a class 10 sandisk sdcard.

Jimit.Patel said:
I have an htc explorer the problem is only stock rom works on it all other custom roms go int boot loop
tried cm9, mini cm9, flyrom, sense 4.1 nun of them work
flashed all roms with twrp,cwm,philz
any solution ????
thx in advance
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I guess your method of flashing was incorrect, can you explain in detail ?

TechGeek7757 said:
I guess your method of flashing was incorrect, can you explain in detail ?
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1. Copy FlyROM zip file to sd-card.
2. Reboot into Recovery.
3. Wipe Data/Factory reset.
4. Install zip from sd card and select the zip file and then select yes to Flash.
5. Reboot after installation completes.
6. Now Apply Patch 3 for Flyrom
what could be wrong in this ????

1. Copy FlyROM zip file to sd-card.
2. Reboot into Recovery.
3. Wipe Data/Factory reset.
4. Wipe Cache Partition.
5. Wipe Dalvick cache.
6. Install zip from sd card and select the zip file and then select yes to Flash.
7. Wipe Cache Partition.
8. Wipe Dalvick cache.
9. Reboot.

could it possibly be because you forgot to clear cache or do a factory reset?