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rom/root problem

Hi. Today I got my Desire S.
I rooted it using a tool called unlock root: http://www.unlockroot.com/
then I installed rom manager, and installed clockworkmod recovery.
Next I booted into recovery and wiped everything, but now no matter what rom im trying to install, it will just show the HTC boot screen when starting the phone, and nothing more happens.
Does anyone have a suggestion how to solve the problem?

'UnlockRoot'? Have a look at this website and you might consider better ways of rooting your phone, such as following the recommended procedures listed in many places on XDA
http://lifehacker.com/5873745/unlock-root-roots-nearly-250-android-devices-in-one-click
Also, how is this a 'Development' question? This should be in the 'General' or 'Q&A' forum can a mod please move it?

yeah I found out, I tried using htc's way of rooting it http://www.htcdev.com
but that's not possible now, because the bootloader have changed because of that unlock tool, and now htc dev won't accept it when trying to root it.
I guess i just broke my phone , and i can't unroot it, because that unlocktool require that i got usb debugging enabled, witch i can't in clockworkmod :S.
sorry for posting in the wrong section, please move it.
maybe it would be possible if I had a clockworkmod backup for desire S. If this works, I would be extremly glad, if someone could take a backup with clockworkmod, and upload it

...Is your phone S-OFF ?
Maybe it is a stupid question, but I doubt you can successfully install a custom ROM with a S-ON phone

I guess your phone is still S-ON so you need to flash the boot.img from any rom.zip you want to use manually through fastboot.

spymare said:
Hi. Today I got my Desire S.
I rooted it using a tool called unlock root: http://www.unlockroot.com/
then I installed rom manager, and installed clockworkmod recovery.
Next I booted into recovery and wiped everything, but now no matter what rom im trying to install, it will just show the HTC boot screen when starting the phone, and nothing more happens.
Does anyone have a suggestion how to solve the problem?
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hey budd i feel your pain on this as i Myself is new to the desire s android side of things after coming from zte blade but there is an easier way for you to do thing which would be to first use the ruu that should be on android 2.1 which in turn would bring the bootloader down so its possible for revolutionary to do the rest for you after this you shouldnt have any problems should you need assistance i am more than happy to help
btw the link to the ruu for 2.1 is here http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...3.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed.exe after a update using this use revolutionary which can be found in the main thread of the desire s forum

spymare said:
yeah I found out, I tried using htc's way of rooting it http://www.htcdev.com
but that's not possible now, because the bootloader have changed because of that unlock tool, and now htc dev won't accept it when trying to root it.
I guess i just broke my phone , and i can't unroot it, because that unlocktool require that i got usb debugging enabled, witch i can't in clockworkmod :S.
sorry for posting in the wrong section, please move it.
maybe it would be possible if I had a clockworkmod backup for desire S. If this works, I would be extremly glad, if someone could take a backup with clockworkmod, and upload it
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If you ''unlock'' your bootloader
when you flash rom.zip from recovery, the boot.img won't be flash in.
you have you take out the boot.img from your rom,and then flash it from fastboot.
when you enter the fastboot
type the following in adb
fastboot flash boot boot.img
now you can boot your phone hope you success

tonks22 said:
hey budd i feel your pain on this as i Myself is new to the desire s android side of things after coming from zte blade but there is an easier way for you to do thing which would be to first use the ruu that should be on android 2.1 which in turn would bring the bootloader down so its possible for revolutionary to do the rest for you after this you shouldnt have any problems should you need assistance i am more than happy to help
btw the link to the ruu for 2.1 is here http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...3.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed.exe after a update using this use revolutionary which can be found in the main thread of the desire s forum
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Dont flash this! This one is meant for 'bravo' which is the normal desire!
Flash an ruu for SAGA. The Desire S!
Sent from my HTC Desire S

djpbx said:
Dont flash this! This one is meant for 'bravo' which is the normal desire!
Flash an ruu for SAGA. The Desire S!
Sent from my HTC Desire S
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whoops my bad was like 2am in the morning the correct 1 is
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...5AU_3805.06.02.03_M_release_199890_signed.exe

If you ''unlock'' your bootloader
when you flash rom.zip from recovery, the boot.img won't be flash in.
you have you take out the boot.img from your rom,and then flash it from fastboot.
when you enter the fastboot
type the following in adb
fastboot flash boot boot.img
now you can boot your phone hope you success
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Solved my problem, thanks alot

[Q] Bootlooping and cannot open recovery

hi all,
Firstly apologies if this is covered somewhere but for the life of me I cannot get to the bottom of this. I have spent 2 weeks on and off trying to get a solution but my Sensation is still boot looping.
The problem occurred when I turned on the camera but was faced with a blank screen. I could return to home screen but the camera would not work each time I launched. So I rebooted the device but then I was stuck in this boot loop.
Device info
HTC Sensation S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
RADIO-11.21.3504.13_2
I was running Insert Coin 2.3.5 ROM for some time without issue
I was hoping I could just do a superwipe and flash a new ROM
FAIL - each time I boot into CWM and select Recovery, it just goes back to bootloop.
I selected Factory Rest from CWM menu
FAIL - it just goes into bootloop
Also cannot use ADB as the device will not connect to the PC. Im using a card reader to put files on the SD card but have not being successful resolving the issue.
Tried an SD card from a stock Sensation, no difference. Booting with no SIM, not working.
Most Bootloop fix's seem to involve super wipes / flashing new ROMs but because my Recovery goes into the bootloop I dont have this option. I wish it was so easy.
Can anybody offer an other ideas.
Thanks for you patience, I am not much of a modder or Android expert. I had just flashed a ROM many months ago to help improve battery life and I was happy with that.

Have you tried re-installing your recovery throught the bootloader?

try different recovery (4EXT) or reinstall recovery again

thanks guys.
I found these flashable recovery files. Both CWM and 4EXT. I have tried both zips and ran the update in HBOOT but am still booting in CWM and if I select RECOVERY is goes too bootloop again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24345986&postcount=6
I think I might just give up and drop the phone into a phone repair shop and let them try it.

Did both flashes work? What do you mean you're "booting in CWM"? Can you boot into your system and are you using CWM app to boot into recovery, or are you manually booting into your bootloader and selecting recovery?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using Tapatalk 2

Try this pg58img (it helped me)http://www.wuala.com/LuckyThirteen/Elegancia/Official RUU Sensation/ it will update your sensation to ICS, (you will maintain s-off)

Thanks for that. It flashed fine and I was very hopeful it would work but unfortunately it is still in the boot loop. I feel like crying. Im stuck with an old iphone and I miss my HTC so much.

GROGG88 said:
Did both flashes work? What do you mean you're "booting in CWM"? Can you boot into your system and are you using CWM app to boot into recovery, or are you manually booting into your bootloader and selecting recovery?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using Tapatalk 2
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Yes both flashes worked.
What I mean is, I am manually booting with volume down and power button. In the boot menu I select recovery and it enters boot loop.

markmcie said:
Thanks for that. It flashed fine and I was very hopeful it would work but unfortunately it is still in the boot loop. I feel like crying. Im stuck with an old iphone and I miss my HTC so much.
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Can you please re-flash the stock ics (PG58IMG), look like you have some firmware issues (sometimes you have to flash several time in order to rectify previous mistakes...) Hope it helps, otherwise (in my humble opinion) you have some hardware problem

If you can boot normally into ICS and you are rooted, then get the 4Ext app or the ROM Manager app and flash the recovery through one of those.

dublinz said:
Can you please re-flash the stock ics (PG58IMG), look like you have some firmware issues (sometimes you have to flash several time in order to rectify previous mistakes...) Hope it helps, otherwise (in my humble opinion) you have some hardware problem
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Ill do this a few times over the weekend and hopefully I can get up and running again. I will let you know how I get on.
Thanks

markmcie said:
Yes both flashes worked.
What I mean is, I am manually booting with volume down and power button. In the boot menu I select recovery and it enters boot loop.
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Well I'd have to agree with dublinz then...
dublinz said:
Can you please re-flash the stock ics (PG58IMG), look like you have some firmware issues (sometimes you have to flash several time in order to rectify previous mistakes...) Hope it helps, otherwise (in my humble opinion) you have some hardware problem
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so I gave this a go over the weekend and flashed maybe up to 10 times the ICS IMG.
Unfortunately it hasnt worked and Im left with my device looping.
so its off to the phone shop today and hopefully it can be fixed. Pity I rooted it and flashed the ROM as it should still be under warranty but I have voided that now

markmcie said:
so I gave this a go over the weekend and flashed maybe up to 10 times the ICS IMG.
Unfortunately it hasnt worked and Im left with my device looping.
so its off to the phone shop today and hopefully it can be fixed. Pity I rooted it and flashed the ROM as it should still be under warranty but I have voided that now
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Flashing the ICS PG58IMG.zip doesn't replace the recovery.
Fix recovery first. Use stock recovery. When you get that working, change to "simple" cwm recovery.

thanks for the advise. It makes perfect sense as it appears it is my stock recovery that is broken.
however, I have searched around and cannot find a stock recovery image that I can flash as PG58IMG.zip.
Any help would be much appreciated.

markmcie said:
thanks for the advise. It makes perfect sense as it appears it is my stock recovery that is broken.
however, I have searched around and cannot find a stock recovery image that I can flash as PG58IMG.zip.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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before flashing stock recovery...can you try this first
get this recovery image
and flash the recovery via fastboot
steps:
1.go to fastboot in your device and connect it to your pc (after this device should read fastboot usb)
2.get the adb/fastboot setup ready guide here
3.go to your adb folder and place the downloaded recovery.img there
4.type fastboot devices (it should show your device serial number)
5.now to flash type
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
this should do...if it didnt work then let me know ASAP...then we'll think of other solutions

markmcie said:
thanks for the advise. It makes perfect sense as it appears it is my stock recovery that is broken.
however, I have searched around and cannot find a stock recovery image that I can flash as PG58IMG.zip.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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EddyOS has them , search that. I'll try to locate them.
I remembered incorrectly, it was only CWM and 4EXt
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24345986&postcount=6
But you can find stock recovery in this forum:
http://www.htcsensationforum.com/ht...ota-update-on-rooted-phone/msg76452/#msg76452
scroll down a little bit ...

markmcie said:
thanks for the advise. It makes perfect sense as it appears it is my stock recovery that is broken.
however, I have searched around and cannot find a stock recovery image that I can flash as PG58IMG.zip.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Here you go:
http://db.tt/kvTvDblW
It should include all MID's and most CID's that I know of...

GROGG88 said:
Here you go:
http://db.tt/3YSslZVg
It should include all MID's and most CID's that I know of...
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Link is doing a 404 ...

SanityPreservation said:
Link is doing a 404 ...
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Fixed...

HTC One S - no rom

Newbie here....
HTC One S...
My phone has been rooted and everything is working properly.
Then I tried to flash a new rom. PACMAN
Flashed the rom
Flashed the gapps
Phone rebooted and after 10mn still nothing.
Now it looks like I have nothing in the phone.
Please help!!!
Thx...

Are you S-off?
If not you'll need to flash the boot image via fastboot. Take a look at some of the many tuts posted if you are not sure how to do this.
Flash the boot.img and you'll be good to go
Sent from my back from the dead One S

ATSPerson said:
Are you S-off?
If not you'll need to flash the boot image via fastboot. Take a look at some of the many tuts posted if you are not sure how to do this.
Flash the boot.img and you'll be good to go
Sent from my back from the dead One S
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SOLVED!!! thank to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2116009

HTC Sensation 1.27 stuck at boot screen after rom change

HTC Sensation 1.27 stuck at boot screen after rom change
Yes yes, and another noob reporting for duty after screwing up the rom proces, it took me about 6 hours today after dozens of guides, broken links, outdated software and offline sites to get my phone rooted and i thought, well, a custom rom would be nice too.
So i tried the rom for Sensation from codenamelungo.net copied the zip on my sd card, installed it from recovery and now im stuck at the htc screen and being the noob that i am i ofcourse did not make a backup and have no clue what to do now
If someone could explain to me in simple words how i can fix this?
My recovery is CWM v5.8.0.9
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.000
eMMC-boot
I did the:
Wipe Dalvik Cache
Wipe Cache Partition
Wipe Data/Factory Reset
formatted everything.
Tried relocking it and factory reset but all it does is then booting in recovery menu nonstop on every option i choose.
Another day:
Been on the internet again since i woke up and this is driving me insane, i read many posts with solutions but ofc they dont work for my version or phone damnit. I always have this kind of stuff, why didnt i have the Sensation where stuff go easy, at this point i am hoping to get it to stock again and not ever gonna try flashing custom rom.
I just finished up a couple readings about RUU files which ofc is also driving me insane.
My cid is HTC_e11
version-main 3.33.401.55
So i googled and typed in what was suggest on a post on this forum RUU Pyramid 3.33.401.55 and the only result it links me to is this website in showthread.php?t=1919969
I dl the zip file and what is in it, not 1 .exe file while all posts talking about restoring through ruu talk about a ruu.exe
Pfff, ive read so many posts now on this website and other solutions over the internet i can't even think straight anymore so gonna take a break, was really happy getting a smart phone but i enjoyed 30 min so far ><
Surely hope some1 can assist me with this dilemma

relax mate.easy
do extra 1 step from this guide(flashing boot.img)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
or from the same guide do step 2(flashing recovery)
format all parttions except sdcard from 4ext
enable smartflash from it
flash the rom
done

rzr86 said:
relax mate.easy
do extra 1 step from this guide(flashing boot.img)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
or from the same guide do step 2(flashing recovery)
format all parttions except sdcard from 4ext
enable smartflash from it
flash the rom
done
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As expected, still on bootloop.
I already unlocked it again so i did step 2
when i type adb device it doesnt find anything even though i am connected with usb fastboot
adb server is out of date. killing...
*daemon started successfully*
List of devices attached
Blank, so no devices
So i did the alternative and typed fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sendig 'recovery'<6116 KB>...
OKAY [ 1.491s]
writing 'recovery'
Okay [8.510s]
finished. total time: 10.004s
Then when i reboot i get stuck in the HTC screen again

Ah i see what is done, im in the 4ext recovery menu now, i did the format you said but i cannot find the smartflash, can you point me out where i need to enable that?

Kayiro said:
Ah i see what is done, im in the 4ext recovery menu now, i did the format you said but i cannot find the smartflash, can you point me out where i need to enable that?
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tools
at the bottom of the menu
enable it then install the rom

rzr86 said:
tools
at the bottom of the menu
enable it then install the rom
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I was too fast, found it but even so thanks for you reply, ok i enabled it, so instal the rom i take it i have to reboot, put it in fastboot usb and than type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img again in cmd?

Kayiro said:
I was too fast, found it but even so thanks for you reply, ok i enabled it, so instal the rom i take it i have to reboot, put it in fastboot usb and than type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img again in cmd?
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no wait!
enable it
flash the rom
reboot normally
done
my previous post was giving you 2 ways to choose
not use both of them together
you missed the word or hehe
edit:the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img is to flash 4ext recovery
so no need to use it again

rzr86 said:
no wait!
enable it
flash the rom
reboot normally
done
my previous post was giving you 2 ways to choose
not use both of them together
you missed the word or hehe
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I feel such a noob as those small steps are probably easy for you guys.
I havent done it yet, i enabled it, but how do i flash the rom? i see no option for that, i am sorry for those simple questions but ive never worked with 4ext or any other android programs.

Kayiro said:
I feel such a noob as those small steps are probably easy for you guys.
I havent done it yet, i enabled it, but how do i flash the rom? i see no option for that, i am sorry for those simple questions but ive never worked with 4ext or any other android programs.
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install zip from sdcard
choose zip from sdcard
navigate to the rom zip
press on it to install

rzr86 said:
install zip from sdcard
choose zip from sdcard
navigate to the rom zip
press on it to install
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i had such high hopes as everything was installing without problems but after reboot, stuck in the htc screen again

Kayiro said:
i had such high hopes as everything was installing without problems but after reboot, stuck in the htc screen again
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Now read carefully and do the extra #1 step from the same guide you've used
That should solve the issue
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium

ganeshp said:
Now read carefully and do the extra #1 step from the same guide you've used
That should solve the issue
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
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Rz86 and ganeshp, THANK YOU!!! :good:
I was getting a serious headache over this but i got it working finally.
I guess custom roms dont really work with my phone which i am not really happy about but i AM really happy i got it fixed again.

Kayiro said:
Rz86 and ganeshp, THANK YOU!!! :good:
I was getting a serious headache over this but i got it working finally.
I guess custom roms dont really work with my phone which i am not really happy about but i AM really happy i got it fixed again.
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This is not a big issue. Just remember that every time you flash a new rom 4ext should say "A pending update to boot parti...........". All roms will work fine.

Kayiro said:
i had such high hopes as everything was installing without problems but after reboot, stuck in the htc screen again
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delete

Far_SighT said:
This is not a big issue. Just remember that every time you flash a new rom 4ext should say "A pending update to boot parti...........". All roms will work fine.
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Are you sure about that because i've read that alot dont work on s-on with 3.33.401.55

Kayiro said:
Are you sure about that because i've read that alot dont work on s-on with 3.33.401.55
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You shouldn't be getting that with s-on since you don't need SmartFlash
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using Tapatalk 2

Kayiro said:
Are you sure about that because i've read that alot dont work on s-on with 3.33.401.55
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You should be able to flash any Rom based on your current firmware. Regarding roms the only difference between s-on and s-off is that you cannot flash boot.img from recovery.
For s-on, either you need smartflash, or a manual flash of boot.img via fastboot flash boot boot.img
This is applicable as long as firmware is same.
Happy to help.

Kayiro said:
Are you sure about that because i've read that alot dont work on s-on with 3.33.401.55
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about "A pending update to boot parti...........". appears only when you are changing kernel or flashing a new rom with a different kernel than your current one

HELP
hey guys, i have the same problem, but it can't install the rom, it says "make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p. Also, E:Error in "rom".zip (Status 1). I have searched the whole internet but to no avail. Need professional help.

iameg said:
hey guys, i have the same problem, but it can't install the rom, it says "make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p. Also, E:Error in "rom".zip (Status 1). I have searched the whole internet but to no avail. Need professional help.
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what recovery do you have and which version?

HTC Logo then black screen

Hi Everyone,
I've tried to root my htc one s for the first time and I guess it went quite wrong... I followed these tutorials
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528113
Stupidly enough I didn't make a backup from my original android and can't recover now. After installing the CM 11 rom, phone now starts with the HTC logo but then just goes to black (I think it's still on because it connects to the pc)
In clockwork recovery I am able to install zip files from sd / from sideload and i can see my sd card on my pc (and put zips on it).
Can anyone help me out pls? I would really appreciate it!
Thanks!

Are you S-On? If so you need to flash kernel separately from PC using adb..

Read this thread, it might help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459

ZioRò said:
Are you S-On? If so you need to flash kernel separately from PC using adb..
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It was the kernel. The separate flash helped, thanks a lot!