[Q] Root on 2.02.0002 data question. - HTC Desire S

I've read elsewhere that I can root my phone and keep S-ON by flashing 4EXT Touch recovery and then from recovery mode installing su-3.1.3.zip to apply root and superuser to my stock ICS ROM. My first question is does this work and is there a guide for it I missed.
The second issue is, in the same thread I read it would wipe my data and apps. This is fine if it's just music and pictures etc but I'm wondering will I keep contacts etc in my SIM card? If I will, that's great.
Thanks for reading!

1st question, I only read and didn't tried it out. So I have no comment.
2nd question, just sync ur contact with Google. Just save what u wan on the sd card and back it up in ur PC.
Sent from my HTC Desire S

1st question: yes, but only if you're htcdev unlocked
2nd question: that is part of the htcdev unlock process. I *think* it won't touch your sim card. Either way, you can always remove it when doing the actual unlock from within fastboot.

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[Q] Is a Goldcard Required After a Successful Root?

First, I would like to note that I searched the XDA site both with their search bar and through Google's engine, and could not locate an answer.
Today I successfully rooted my AT&T HTC Inspire 4G, using the guide on the CyanogenMod wiki, the radio image provided in attn1's kit, and the Telus Kernel to get sound back, using Ubuntu-Linux.
Of course this process involved creating a Goldcard. I used an 8GB Sandisk microSD card, pretty much identical to the one which came with the phone. Do I still need this card for anything? Now that I have root access, S-OFF and ClockworkMod running, will it be required again for any reason?
I am asking, because I would like to get a 32GB card to hold my large music library, and give this card to a friend.
I was actually wondering the same thing. I read in other threads that the best SD card to use for the root is the 8GB that came with it. I have a 32 also
No, you do not need the original card anymore.
I read just now on another thread that a Goldcard works by forcing the bootloader to ignore the CID of a ROM, thereby allowing a modified stock ROM with the incorrect CID to be flashed.
Given that, I would think that to flash back to a stock ROM I would need a Goldcard. But now that I have S-OFF, is that CID-checking feature no longer present?

[Q] New Inspire: N00B questions

This has been menitoned in a myriad of threads in the past but, being a proud Inspire owner as of this AM, i am looking for some straight up info. My questions are:
1) What is the best\easiest\safest way to root, s-off, the works, the inspire?
2) As a follow up for the previous question, is eng-off required, recomended or is radio s-off good enough?
3) If i have a problem or need to return it, how can i restore it to complete stock? No CWM, factory bootloader, S-on, everything!
4) Lastly, as a newbie on android, comeing from IOS, even though i have a good amount of knownledge with Android, does the gold card need to stay in the phone, or can i use another sd-card, gold card it, root and s-off, then take it out and use another one?
AudioMaster13 said:
This has been menitoned in a myriad of threads in the past but, being a proud Inspire owner as of this AM, i am looking for some straight up info. My questions are:
1) What is the best\easiest\safest way to root, s-off, the works, the inspire?
2) As a follow up for the previous question, is eng-off required, recomended or is radio s-off good enough?
3) If i have a problem or need to return it, how can i restore it to complete stock? No CWM, factory bootloader, S-on, everything!
4) Lastly, as a newbie on android, comeing from IOS, even though i have a good amount of knownledge with Android, does the gold card need to stay in the phone, or can i use another sd-card, gold card it, root and s-off, then take it out and use another one?
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[Q] Flashed the wrong PG58IMG.zip

Very much a noob when it comes to Android phones and I have been working through the process to get a custom Rom on my HTC Sensation. I started following the instructions in this thread [Guide] to Installing S-off, Unlocking, ClockWork, Root, SuperCID & S-on and successfully completed step one, achieving s-off on the phone.
In step two things went badly wrong. Following the instructions I downloaded clockwork recovery and copied the PG58IMG onto my sd card, at least I thought I did. What I now realize is that since I had been doing a lot of reading and research on this topic before attempting it for the first time I had downloaded several relevant files in advance, one of which is the PG58IMG file from this thread [DEV] HTC Sensation & HTC Sensation XE firmware | Partitions Info | [01.03.2012 and it was this file that I put on the sd card. Obviously not what I should have flashed at all. Especially since it seems that the tool which would help me out of this mess is the one I just failed to install properly.
So the situation is that the phone loops constantly on startup when booting normally. When I boot into HBOOT with the SD card in it tries to update again and when that fails, gives no option but to reboot. If I remove the SD card then I get access to the following screen -
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-boot
and below the options -
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
I have tried connecting the phone to my computer at this stage but I cant get FASTBOOT USB and adb cant find any devices either. Am I completely stuffed at this point? If not, if anyone can help me out with some instructions on what to do here I would be extremely grateful.
Thanks,
Webba
So have you tried to go into recovery once your in bootloader ? what happens then ?
If you get the correct files onto your sd card via a card reader, then put it in the phone, bootloader should attempt to update the new correct files.
I have tried going into recovery, it comes up with a pic of a phone with a green circle, followed by a phone with a red triangle, followed by going into the boot cycle. This is with the sd card removed. Am I right in thinking that if I get the right files onto the card and then run recovery with the sd card in it will work?
If you run BOOTLOADER then it should do... Make sure you remove the old PG58IMG before putting the new one on.
Thanks so much, I will try it as soon as I can. I assume I will find the right stock rom somewhere on these forums?
webster84 said:
Thanks so much, I will try it as soon as I can. I assume I will find the right stock rom somewhere on these forums?
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you will find anything and everything you will ever need on these forums
My Sensation was purchased in Hong Kong, after looking at the lists at shipped-roms this one - RUU_Pyramid_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.35.707.1_Radio_10.43a.9007.00U_10.51.9007.27_M3_release_198358_signed.exe
seems to be most likely correct. Can anyone more knowledgeable confirm this? I would hate to flash the wrong thing again.
did you successfully get superCID ? if so i do believe that you can flash any RUU / ROM
Im not 100% on this as im still new to the sensation myself, But im sure thats the whole point in having SuperCID
Unfortunately I dont have superCID. I was following the instructions pretty slavishly and the superCID setup is one step after clockwork
Is there a way to get superCID in my phones current state? From what I am reading I need it to at least hook up to adb which it is not doing at the moment so I assume I just have to get the right onto the sdcard to have any chance of it working, right?
Yes, You need clockwork mod before SuperCID. Have you tried to re download CWM and put it on sd card ? It could have just been a bad download, it happens to us all.
Download it again, Remove the previous PG58IMG from SD Card via a card reader (if you have one) Put the new PG58IMG on SD card. Pull battery out, Put SD Card back into the phone, put battery back in and boot into bootloader (volume down + Power)
Bootloader should automatically find the PG58IMG and ask if you want to update it, Select yes and theoretically you should be fine..
EDIT: Use this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=706572&d=1314848127
Yeah, I have re-downloaded CWM and made sure it is the right one I have to wait until the shops open here so I can pick up a micro sdcard reader but I will try the new CWM first, and if that fails then I will try the stock rom. Am I right in thinking that neither of this is likely to make the situation worse, even if they dont work?
No providing bootloader still works everything is fix-able..
We aint messing with bootloader so u will be ok.
Cant believe you dont have a card reader lol....
lol, up until today the only thing I needed to be able to read micro sd cards was the phone. Well, I will be better prepared next time anyway.
The thing that had me worried is that since I originally didn't realize PG58IMG was not a unique file name I am almost certain that the one on my sd card at the moment is not even CWM at all but one of the updated firmware ones I mentioned in the OP that I very stupidly mistook for it. It feels like a really serious mistake to make, but happy to know that if the boot loader is working then it should be fixable. I wasn't sure even about that.
I think the PG58IMG is a unique code that the phone reads and recognises as something to be flashed / updated.
Ive seen various things CWM / Firmwares / Updates with the same PG58IMG title. so maybe youre right and the original file you downloaded wasnt the correct one.
Dont panic, Keep calm, Ask questions, Get answers...... This is the only way to avoid a bricked phone
Yeah, you've saved me a lot of stress already. Ill be back in a few hours with the results of the next attempt. Thanks again!
Ok, the news is not great. I got hold of a micro sd adaptor so I could plug it into my computer and removed the old PG58IMG. I put the correct one (downloaded from this thread) on the sd card and rebooted the phone into HBOOT. It recognizes the file on the sd card but gets a cid fail and there is no option but to reboot which goes into the boot cycle.
Whats worse is that doing this apparently fries the sdcard. I tried it twice, because I am sucker for punishment and in both cases the sdcard is unreadable afterwards.
Maybe I should try and explain more clearly that I am now sure the PG58IMG that I first put on the card and flashed I am sure is the Firmware from 3.32.401.x & 3.32.401.10x RUU from this thread. It appeared to successfully update before rebooting the phone into its current state, causing me to realize I had the wrong file. I dont understand enough to know exactly whats going on but it seems pretty bad. Do you think I should try a 3rd sdcard with the Shipped ROM on it or is there something else I should do at this point?
Edit - The second sd card wasn't fried after all, but I am still searching for a shipped rom that isnt in .exe format, since the phone isnt connecting to the computer by usb at all right now. Anyone know where I can find one?
Edit - Ok, now I have fastboot usb which means I can use .exe shipped roms. adb devices cant find the phone though which means I cant superCID it which means I still have to find the right ROM. Since I brought the phone from HK I am trying all the asian ones first. Anyone know specifically which file at shipped-roms.com is the right one?
You flashed firmware for ics rom, so the stock rom won't boot and you have bootloop. If you flash the 3.12 firmware ( works for both ics and gb) that will resolve the loop and you will be able to continue with the guide and flash cwm.
Sent from my HTC Pyramid using xda premium
Hey Stringer7, do you mean this Firmware from 3.12.401.2/102 RUU available in the same thread? I will download it and give it a try.
edit - Gave it a try, I get CID incorrect from it too. Seems like CID incorrect for everything I try to flash atm.
What is your CID ??
Unfortunately I dont know. I didn't know I needed it before I started and now since the phone isn't talking to adb I cant use it to find out. All I know is that I bought the phone from Hong Kong about 6 months ago. Is there a way to check the CID with the phone the way it is now?

[GUIDE] How to root MT4GS with any HBOOT (updated 11/14/12)

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EDIT: PLEASE READ!!!!!!! Before proceeding, you need to find out which hboot your device has and if your device is S-ON or S-OFF. Ensure that Settings>Power>Fast Boot is unchecked and power down your device. Once your device is powered down, hold Power+Volume Down until you reach the bootloader screen.
On the second line, it should say "DOUBLESHOT PVT SHIP S-ON" or "DOUBLESHOT PVT SHIP S-OFF." If you are already S-OFF, great! You can flash a custom recovery in step 5 of this guide (although you need to have ADB/Fastboot installed on your Windows PC).
Your device is most likely S-ON. If so, continue reading. On the third line, your hboot information should be listed. If you have HBOOT-1.45.0013, you have the newer hboot and can follow this entire guide to achieve root. Most newer devices have HBOOT-1.45.0013.
If by chance you have the older HBOOT-1.44.0007, you have two options for rooting your device:
1. Use Revolutionary.io to gain S-OFF on your device. After using Revolutionary to achieve S-OFF, you can install adb/fastboot on your computer (in case you haven't done so already) and continue from step 5 of this guide to flash a custom recovery and Superuser for root,
OR
2. Update to latest OTA release and use this guide from beginning to end. You can update to the latest OTA release by going to Settings>About Phone or by using Blue6IX’s post “How-To: Restore to Stock.” Either method will update you to the latest OTA release (1.63.531.2) and HBOOT-1.45.0013.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you update to latest OTA release with HBOOT-1.45.0013, you will NOT be able to revert back to the older hboot and S-OFF unless you use JuopunutBear to S-OFF. This involves a "wire trick" that some people are not comfortable with.
Many users have successfully achieved S-OFF with JuopunutBear (including me), but others have reported that it bricked their phone. This is usually because they do not follow the directions that say not to touch the bare wire. Check out the JB S-OFF threads here and here for other users’ experiences.
Confused about S-ON vs S-OFF? S-ON, Revolutionary S-OFF, and JuopunutBear S-OFF are described in detail here.
Revolutionary S-OFF is for HBOOT-1.44.0007. JuopunutBear S-OFF is for HBOOT-1.45.0013. Got it? Good.
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This is a step-by-step guide for rooting the MT4GS, designed specifically for new users (aka NOOBS), by a noob. The process is slightly more complicated than rooting other devices (i.e. Samsung), but it is well worth it.
The MT4GS is one of the best qwerty phones on the market and has some of the best developers. Don’t let the process discourage or intimidate you. Just FOLLOW EACH STEP IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER and you’ll be fine.
Here’s a breakdown of the process:
1. INSTALL HTC DRIVERS ON YOUR PC.
2. INSTALL ADB AND FASTBOOT ON YOUR PC.
3. REGISTER AT HTC DEV.
4. UNLOCK BOOTLOADER THROUGH HTC DEV.
5. INSTALL A CUSTOM RECOVERY.
6. ROOT YOUR DEVICE.
7. USE JUOPUNUTBEAR TO GAIN S-OFF (OPTIONAL).
-PREREQUISITES-
Before getting started, please visit the MT4GS Compendium and read over Section One to learn the XDA Lingo. You really need to know this stuff if you’re going to tinker with the MT4GS.
Also, all information in the guide assumes you are using a Windows PC and a MT4GS with the STOCK ROM AND HBOOT-1.45.0013. If you are not on the Stock ROM, please use Blue6IX’s post “How-To: Restore to Stock.” Be sure to use the latest OTA (1.63.531.2). Once you're all set, let’s begin, shall we?
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. You assume all risks associated with modifying your phone.
-1. INSTALL HTC DRIVERS ON YOUR PC.-
Install the HTC Drivers on your PC from here.
Before connecting your phone, make sure USB Debugging is enabled (Settings>Applications>Development>USB Debugging).
Tip: to save time later, turn off your phone, hold down Power & Volume Down simultaneously until you reach the bootloader. Use the volume buttons to navigate to FASTBOOT and select it with the power button. Connect your phone via USB and the bootloader should now say FASTBOOT USB mode. Allow your PC to install the required drivers automatically. It may take a few minutes for your PC to search for and install drivers, so be patient.
-2. INSTALL ADB AND FASTBOOT ON YOUR PC.-
Installing ADB and fastboot on your PC is easy. Follow this guide and you’re good to go. To confirm that you have successfully installed ADB and fastboot, connect phone (with USB Debugging enabled) to PC via USB, open command prompt, and type “adb devices”. Your device ID number should be listed. Here are some useful commands for ADB and fastboot.
-3. REGISTER AT HTC DEV.-
Self-explanatory. Visit HTCDev.com and sign up with a valid e-mail address, as you’ll be receiving your Unlock_code.bin from HTC through this e-mail. Use an alternate browser such as IE, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox if HTC Dev doesn’t play nice with your current browser of choice. Personally, I had to switch between Chrome and Firefox to get the HTC Dev website to cooperate.
-4. UNLOCK BOOTLOADER THROUGH HTC DEV.-
Make sure you’re logged in to HTC Dev and follow on-screen instructions to unlock bootloader. FYI, our device is listed as “myTouch 4G Slide (T-Mobile US)”. You can skip HTC’s instructions until step 5 since they're just telling you how to install ADB and fastboot, but you should already have ADB and fastboot installed .
After you finish unlocking the bootloader, the first line in your bootloader should read “*** UNLOCKED ***”.
-5. INSTALL A CUSTOM RECOVERY.-
Download official ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.7 from the ROM Manager website or download another custom recovery from the MT4GS Development section. For instruction purposes, I will assume that you use official CWM Recovery 5.0.2.7. Save the img file to C:\.
Put your phone in bootloader FASTBOOT mode and connect to PC. Go to command prompt on PC and type “fastboot devices”. Once your device ID is listed, type “cd\” to get to “C:\” directory. Then type “fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.7-doubleshot.img”.
After fastboot finishes, disconnect your MT4GS, go into bootloader, and go to “RECOVERY.” You should now be in ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.7. The first thing I would do in CWM Recovery is make a backup of your stock ROM for safe keeping.
NOTE: Use volume buttons or trackpad to navigate through CWM Recovery 5.0.2.7. Select items by pressing the trackball. Power button may make your screen go blank and Back button returns you to the previous menu.
-6. ROOT YOUR DEVICE.-
Now that you have a custom recovery, you can flash custom ROMs. These custom ROMs are already rooted with Superuser and binary files.
NOTE: If you are S-ON, installing a custom ICS ROM will require an extra step in fastboot. You will have to extract the “boot.img” from the ROM and flash it with fastboot after installing the ROM in CWM recovery. More information from Limewirelord.
HOWEVER, if you want to root the STOCK ROM and/or continue to step 7 to achieve JuopunutBear S-OFF, you’ll have to root the device yourself. This is very simple. Download Superuser ZIP from androidsu.com/superuser. I can only recommend version 3.0.7 efgh because that is the only one I have tested, but newer versions may work.
Place the “Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed” on the ROOT of your SD card. Go to CWM Recovery and use “install zip from sdcard” to flash the Superuser zip. If installation aborts or fails the first time, try to flash the zip again until installation is complete. Reboot your phone and check in your apps to see if Superuser app is there. If so, congratulations, you have successfully rooted your stock MT4GS!
-7. USE JUOPUNUTBEAR TO GAIN S-OFF (OPTIONAL).-
Achieving S-OFF will make your life a lot easier if you want to flash custom ROMs, especially ICS ROMs. Follow instructions for JuopunutBear at unlimited.io and check out the JB S-OFF thread for other users’ experiences.
As I said before, if you are S-ON, flashing ICS ROMs will require an extra step in fastboot. You will have to extract the “boot.img” from the ROM and flash it with fastboot after installing the ROM in CWM recovery. More information from Limewirelord.
If you are S-OFF, you can bypass this step. For this reason alone, I highly recommend JB S-OFF if you have a half hour to spare and some courage for the wire trick. In this post, Indirect explains why JB S-OFF is superior to S-ON and Revolutionary S-OFF. Also, S-ON Unlocked, Revolutionary S-OFF, and JuopunutBear S-OFF are described in detail here.
However, if you plan on staying on stock-based/Gingerbread ROMs, S-OFF may be unnecessary for you. There are pros and cons to staying on 2.3 Gingerbread vs. upgrading to 4.0 ICS (like the stock HTC camera), but I’ll let you make that decision for yourself.
JB S-OFF NOTE: Users have reported that certain SD cards prevent JB S-OFF from working properly. If the wire trick doesn't work for you, try using another SD card and make sure it's formatted to a "FAT" file system and over 512mb in size (thanks to demkantor for this tip).
/ENDGUIDE
Hopefully this guide has helped you in some way. XDA has helped me out a lot and I simply wanted to contribute to the community that has given me so much. Feel free to share this guide with noobs in case they have questions about rooting their device (for the millionth time).
It is my hope that this guide aids in answering MOST noob root/modding/”this ROM broke my phone” questions. Noobs, please use the search function and many of the resources at your disposal BEFORE posting another thread. Everyone is here to help, so do your best not to annoy the MT4GS devs and vets.
We all were or still are noobs, so we understand your plight. However, we have seen WAYYYY too many threads that ask the same question over and over. Please consider the devs and XDAers that help you for free. Use the search function and remember to hit the “thanks” button. Thank you!
/ENDPSA
P.S. Shout out to the awesome MT4GS devs and contributors. You guys rock!
-Blue6IX
-tbalden
-kornyone
-xmc wildchild22
-strapped365
-sun_dream
-Riyal
-WeekendsR2Short
-anyone else I forgot, you go here!
P.P.S. If any links are broken, click on WeekendsR2Short's name above for alternative mirrors. Be sure to press the 'Thanks' button for him!
P.P.P.S. Thanks to ac3theone for this tip. If you begin experiencing an intermittent data issue on any ICS ROM (where your data turns on and off rapidly with a the 'H', '3G,' or data symbol flashing), try going to CWM Recovery and doing a wipe cache/dalvik and FIX PERMISSIONS. Hopefully this solves your intermittent data issue. This issue is ICS specific, so flashing back to a stock-based Gingerbread ROM should also fix the problem.
hopefull we get this sticky'd so that we gett less questions how to root. Nice guide tho
Nice topic and very helpful informations!thanks for the guide .
John9, how many phones do you have? I see you on every forum
i was originally s-off with the rev method and i followed blues how to on how to return to s-on then i updated all the way to the newest ota. I followed this guide and every link posted in the op and a couple hours later im back to s-off ( wire trick ). this guide should really be stickied! im very appreciative that you took the time to lay this out for new users! even though im not i still dont know it all
Make this thread like a cheap hotel cover!
Sent from my Bulletproof_Doubleshot using Tapatalk 2
Thanks for getting this stickied guys. If you think some info or links need to be added, let me know and I'll be glad to update the OP.
Nice guide! Thanks a lot!
Thanks for this guide, there are a lot of threads explaining how to do this but they were all over the place. Until last night, I was S-ON, unlocked but I decided to brave the wire trick and after about a million attempts, am now S-Off. I used this page as my reference starting point throughout since I had to go back to stock. Much appreciated!
I was going to unlock my device and get Clockworkmod installed, but hold off on anything else for the time being. When I went to HTC's website to obtain the unlock file, they indicated that unlocking the device would also wipe it clean. Is this the case or can you use the HTC Unlock and retain all of the current data on your device?
I was hoping to get CWM installed and then do a full backup of everything on my device as it currently stands before starting to play around with any custom roms.
HTCDev factory resets your phone no matter what. You need to do it in order to get CWM on your phone.
If you absolutely need to backup stuff that isn't on your SD card, look into finding an app that can do a backup without root (i.e My Backup). I can't personally recommend one because I've never used one.
Once you're rooted, you can use CWM and a good backup app like Titanium Backup (paid version is definitely worth it).
jjbz said:
HTCDev factory resets your phone no matter what. You need to do it in order to get CWM on your phone.
If you absolutely need to backup stuff that isn't on your SD card, look into finding an app that can do a backup without root (i.e My Backup). I can't personally recommend one because I've never used one.
Once you're rooted, you can use CWM and a good backup app like Titanium Backup (paid version is definitely worth it).
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Alright, I figured that was going to be the case but I was hopeful that maybe I was wrong.
Thanks!
What about mytouch q non-slide?
Does this work for the new tmobile mytouch q that DOESN'T have the qwerty keyboard? Since there's no forum for this phone yet...
This won't work for the LG/Huawei MyTouch Q's. The MyTouch 4G Slide is an entirely different device made by HTC.
on HTCdev under Unlock Bootloader is doesn't show myTouch 4G Slide?!?!:crying:
It's there, I just checked. It's listed as "myTouch 4G Slide (T-Mobile US)."
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It's there, I just checked. It's listed as "myTouch 4G Slide (T-Mobile US)."
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I found it now thanks, but none of the links for either custom recovery are working? What's with that? I'm doing this for my friend and unlocked his bootloader last night, but when I went to get the custom recovery none of the links work?
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I found it now thanks, but none of the links for either custom recovery are working? What's with that? I'm doing this for my friend and unlocked his bootloader last night, but when I went to get the custom recovery none of the links work?
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I just checked the link CWM Recovery link in step 5 and it worked for me. Download from here if that doesn't work. Recoveries are in the first post. WeekendsR2Short was kind enough to host most of the dev-related files so make sure to press the "Thanks" button for him.
had to thank you for this well written/up to date guide
things went smooth until the wire trick, tried like 5 times and kept sober!
funny thing in the warning it said may fry sd card, so hell i had an old 128mb sd
from like 8 years ago that i have no problem throwing away. guess i need to use a
bigger card! swapped to a 4gb class 2 (next worse card i own)
worked perfect the first time! maybe add a note with the smallest amount of space
required on card (almost 100% certain the card was to blame as i didnt do anything different)
thanks again for the tut, and thanks to the unlimited.IO team, Fuses and hyuh, WeekendsR2Short and whomever else helped!
*side note, flash crashed at the very moment the phone rebooted after the successful wire trick... strange
demkantor said:
had to thank you for this well written/up to date guide
things went smooth until the wire trick, tried like 5 times and kept sober!
funny thing in the warning it said may fry sd card, so hell i had an old 128mb sd
from like 8 years ago that i have no problem throwing away. guess i need to use a
bigger card! swapped to a 4gb class 2 (next worse card i own)
worked perfect the first time! maybe add a note with the smallest amount of space
required on card (almost 100% certain the card was to blame as i didnt do anything different)
thanks again for the tut, and thanks to the unlimited.IO team, Fuses and hyuh, WeekendsR2Short and whomever else helped!
*side note, flash crashed at the very moment the phone rebooted after the successful wire trick... strange
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I'm glad the guide helped you get root and JB S-OFF. As for the minimum SD card size, I'm not sure why your 128mb card didn't work for the wire trick.
It probably has more to do with the way a card is partitioned (FAT32, NTFS, etc.) rather than size. I'll add a note about the SD card partition to the guide for anyone else that may encounter the same issue.
Now that you're S-OFF, enjoy flashing all the awesome ROMs from the Dev section!

HTC One boot loop, S-ON

Hi, I need help FAST!
I have an AT&T (sim unlocked - done so because I live in Europe, not US) HTC One.
So, a few days ago I was playing smart and decided to install custom ROM to my device.
I've done everything as said until the S-ON procces. I ran the Rumrunner but I obviously messed up something
without knowing so it was left S-ON. So I went on to the install of dustom ROM wich I did, but I 've got stuck in a boot loop and I could only enter my recovery and bootloader. And to make matters worse I somehow succeded to delete al my files from "sd card", HTC One doesn't have SD card slot, as you know, (it has internal storage) so I deleted all my personal files ( I backed up photos, and other personal stuff to my PC in case something like this happens )
and my SuperSU and custom ROM zip files. Then I found out about flashing stock ROM, so I relocked my device to do so but the proper RUU has prooved very hard to find, I 've tried 4-5 RUUs from htc1guru.com for Cingular (AT&T) bot none worked. Maybe I should look for SIM unlocked RUU because I 've SIM unlocked it from AT&T. Now I am really annoyed and angry because of being so stupid and trying something I obviously couldn't achieve so please don't write down trere " Oh you are a noob for doing that " because I know that and I don't need any extra comments for playing smart and bricking my device. SO PLEASE IF ANYONE ON THIS FORUM CAN HELP ME, DO SO!! If i don't manage to finally fix this somehow I'm going to pay someone to fix this.
Torcidas1950 said:
Hi, I need help FAST!
I have an AT&T (sim unlocked - done so because I live in Europe, not US) HTC One.
So, a few days ago I was playing smart and decided to install custom ROM to my device.
I've done everything as said until the S-ON procces. I ran the Rumrunner but I obviously messed up something
without knowing so it was left S-ON. So I went on to the install of dustom ROM wich I did, but I 've got stuck in a boot loop and I could only enter my recovery and bootloader. And to make matters worse I somehow succeded to delete al my files from "sd card", HTC One doesn't have SD card slot, as you know, (it has internal storage) so I deleted all my personal files ( I backed up photos, and other personal stuff to my PC in case something like this happens )
and my SuperSU and custom ROM zip files. Then I found out about flashing stock ROM, so I relocked my device to do so but the proper RUU has prooved very hard to find, I 've tried 4-5 RUUs from htc1guru.com for Cingular (AT&T) bot none worked. Maybe I should look for SIM unlocked RUU because I 've SIM unlocked it from AT&T. Now I am really annoyed and angry because of being so stupid and trying something I obviously couldn't achieve so please don't write down trere " Oh you are a noob for doing that " because I know that and I don't need any extra comments for playing smart and bricking my device. SO PLEASE IF ANYONE ON THIS FORUM CAN HELP ME, DO SO!! If i don't manage to finally fix this somehow I'm going to pay someone to fix this.
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What is your phone's image version?
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Torcidas1950 said:
Hi, I need help FAST!
I have an AT&T (sim unlocked - done so because I live in Europe, not US) HTC One.
So, a few days ago I was playing smart and decided to install custom ROM to my device.
I've done everything as said until the S-ON procces. I ran the Rumrunner but I obviously messed up something
without knowing so it was left S-ON. So I went on to the install of dustom ROM wich I did, but I 've got stuck in a boot loop and I could only enter my recovery and bootloader. And to make matters worse I somehow succeded to delete al my files from "sd card", HTC One doesn't have SD card slot, as you know, (it has internal storage) so I deleted all my personal files ( I backed up photos, and other personal stuff to my PC in case something like this happens )
and my SuperSU and custom ROM zip files. Then I found out about flashing stock ROM, so I relocked my device to do so but the proper RUU has prooved very hard to find, I 've tried 4-5 RUUs from htc1guru.com for Cingular (AT&T) bot none worked. Maybe I should look for SIM unlocked RUU because I 've SIM unlocked it from AT&T. Now I am really annoyed and angry because of being so stupid and trying something I obviously couldn't achieve so please don't write down trere " Oh you are a noob for doing that " because I know that and I don't need any extra comments for playing smart and bricking my device. SO PLEASE IF ANYONE ON THIS FORUM CAN HELP ME, DO SO!! If i don't manage to finally fix this somehow I'm going to pay someone to fix this.
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Also, see if this All-in-One Toolkit that @hasoon2000 has developed helps you. It could help you get S-Off from the bootloader or recovery or help you find the proper RUU image version of your HTC One:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
Also, can you get into recovery? Like TWRP or Clockwork? Have you tried installing a rom.zip image version for your phone instead? I understand the HTC One M7 doesn't have an external SD slot, so chances are that you don't already have a rom.zip file in your phones directory but you could always sideload one through TWRP or Clockwork from ADB on your computer.
I would search the forums for an HTC One M7 rom.zip image and sideload it.
T-Mobile HTC ONE M7 bricked?
So I did something pretty dumb yesterday. Installed the HTC Sense 6 update on my HTC ONE M7, hated it so decided to root my phone to revert back to Sense 5.0 or 5.5 or potentially try a custom ROM. Downloaded a Tmobile 4.3 JB RUU, downloaded android SDK, HTC sync manager, Fastboot. I unlocked boot loader, installed Wheaton recovery by Koush, installed SU, figured phone was rooted but it wasn't. Now I've somehow succeeded in deleting EVERYTHING. Phone continues booting into recovery. Commands using Fastboot aren't recognized because it cannot find any device. When plugged in via USB, PC recognizes that something is plugged in but that's about it. I tried using a tool that was guaranteed to help me revert back by helping me re-lock bootloader but of-course that didn't work because of the error code stating "device not found". Below are the information that is currently displaying on my screen.
M7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH
HBOOT-1.57.0000
RADIO-4T.27.3218.14
Open DSP-v32.120.274.0909
OS-5.14.531.1
eMMC-boot 2048MB
May 9 2014, 15:00:26.0
HBOOT
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select item
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
CHECK SMARTSD
IMAGE CRC
SHOW BARCODE
Any help will be greatly appreciated

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