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[Resolved] SOLVED - I BROKE MY Incredible S

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PPL please Help me I think i broke my HTC Incredible S. I unlocked bootloader using HTCDEV, after that I installed CWM and SU. this is first time I am facing HTCDEV and I thought unlocking bootloader means S-Off, so I didn't S-off-ed device. I tried to install Android revolution HD, and now I am stuck, My phone doesn't pass HTC Splash screen, I can access bootloader but I don't know what to do there cause my phone is S-on. in bootscreen it says Unlocked, Vivo PVT SHIP S-ON RL HBOOT-2.00.0000 Radio-3822.10.08.28_M, eMMC-boot, Nov 1 2011.20:33:03. Anyone plz Help, Is there anyway to get device working?

You didn't break your device. Wait on someone familiar with the device to chime in but I just wanted you to know its perfectly fine and not to panic. You just need to get some advice from someone on completing the installation and achieving permanent root.
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You didn't break your device. Wait on someone familiar with the device to chime in but I just wanted you to know its perfectly fine and not to panic. You just need to get some advice from someone on completing the installation and achieving permanent root.
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Thank you, you motivated me to search further and at last found after 4 hour of search
SOLVED from this Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337105&highlight=ruu
I had to push Boot.img from ROM manually using ADB ( fastboot flash boot boot.img )
It seems My device couldn't be S-off-ed unless downgraded. but using this method it is possible to install custom Roms

Help: This build is for development purposes

The bootloader was unlocked and everything goes fine, but when i have tried to install all recoverys appearing here, I get a screen displaying that: this build is for development purpuses only do not distribute outside htc failure to comply may lead to legal action, and my One S stuck, I have to volume keys and power key to restart it. So that i can not go into any recoveries. Many thanks to you who can help.

Sounds like you relocked the bootloader possibly ...? What does the bootloader say TAMPERED N UNLOCKED? IF. it says that try n flash recovery again.. its important to leave it unlocked ..
And oh for future reference please post in proper section .. this section is for development ..
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using XDA

Flame flame flame flame flame...my work is done here
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twiztidnutzzzzz said:
Sounds like you relocked the bootloader possibly ...? What does the bootloader say TAMPERED N UNLOCKED? IF. it says that try n flash recovery again.. its important to leave it unlocked ..
And oh for future reference please post in proper section .. this section is for development ..
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using XDA
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The bootloader remains unlocked without TAMPERED, and I have flashed several recovery, thanks anyway.

chinesedavid said:
The bootloader remains unlocked without TAMPERED, and I have flashed several recovery, thanks anyway.
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Have you been able to get into recovery at all?
I believe TAMPERED only shows up once you flash a recovery/rom or anything. Make sure you are flashing the recovery the right way, use Hasoon's tool.

most likely that you've got a One-S with S3 Chip.
boot into Bootloader mode and see what's on screen. If your screen is showing
*** UNLOCKED ***
VILLEC2 PVT SHIP S-ON RL
then welcome aboard. You've got a S3 Chip.
Currently there's no known working recovery for One S with S3 yet. Stay tuned for more updates.

spiderx_mm said:
most likely that you've got a One-S with S3 Chip.
boot into Bootloader mode and see what's on screen. If your screen is showing
*** UNLOCKED ***
VILLEC2 PVT SHIP S-ON RL
then welcome aboard. You've got a S3 Chip.
Currently there's no known working recovery for One S with S3 yet. Stay tuned for more updates.
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Exactly as you described!!! Sound baaaaaad , have to wait, thank you very much anyway.

chinesedavid said:
The bootloader was unlocked and everything goes fine, but when i have tried to install all recoverys appearing here, I get a screen displaying that: this build is for development purpuses only do not distribute outside htc failure to comply may lead to legal action, and my One S stuck, I have to volume keys and power key to restart it. So that i can not go into any recoveries. Many thanks to you who can help.
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I have the "This build is for development purposes" on my splash screen as well. I also had issues installing any recovery other than the "interim" recovery or something like that. It was the only recovery that would install after unlocking the bootloader. Once it was installed, I was able to install CWM then the CWM touch and finally TWRP.
If you do not have the S3 CPU and you haven't tried the interim recovery, give that a shot. Sorry but I do not remember where I found the interim recovery though.

[Q] bricked droid HTC One XL- boot screen loop

so I bricked my device. it boot loops at the htc screen. several hours later or repair attempts and I still am back to where I started. Initially was able to load elegencia, but when the wifi was not responding I tried to load another ROM and everything has just gone downhill from there.
on my boot screen I see
***UNLOCKED***
HBOOT1.32.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-SSD: 1.09.55.17
EMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW-Secure boot: enabled
modem type : mdm9215m
I dont really want to re-trace all my steps as I have tried many things to get this back up and running. I think I want to put venom on here and leave it be. As of now I can no longer see the oneXL as a removable hard drive when i plug it into my pc. windows reports missing hardware ID once and a while. I have recovery as an option when I boot to hboot, but I cannot figure out how to load a boot able image from there. my backups got deleted. When I check my hardware with adb I cannot see it, but my pc detects a device being plugged in. I can flash to the device. So I think I also deleted my hardware ID trying to put in 11111111 superCID. not sure what else I can add. Any help would be appreciated.

Wait, what model phone do you have? Does it say Evita or Endeavor in the bootloader screen?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Wait, what model phone do you have? Does it say Evita or Endeavor in the bootloader screen?
Sent from my Evita
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sorry. it is an evita. and I am using openrecovery-twrp-2.6.0.0-evitareul for recovery.

That's not making sense, those ROMs and recovery are not for the Evita. It looks like you might have the HTC One X+, yes?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
That's not making sense, those ROMs and recovery are not for the Evita. It looks like you might have the HTC One X+, yes?
Sent from my Evita
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I thought it was a one X+ originally. 64gb version. it was an att phone.
it says EVITARE_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RL at the top of hboot

Ok, it's definitely a One X+ then. You'll have to go ask your questions at that device forum as we can't really help you here.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Ok, it's definitely a One X+ then. You'll have to go ask your questions at that device forum as we can't really help you here.
Sent from my Evita
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okay. sorry bout that. thank you for your help.

htc one x no os installed

Okay so my friend asked me to fix a phone that he says one day it got stuck in boot splash screen. He claims he did not try to flash a custom Rom or something but he said he hadn't.here's some of the phones info
HTC one x
***TAMPERED***
***UNLOCKED***
EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
RADIO-0.19as.32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Can anyone sheed some light on the subject.
I don't know how to use adb and fastboot
And I have Windows xp and Mac 10.6 and lynx

Wrong forum, the evita is the HTC one XL.. Thread reported for moving to the correct forum. This part is for the international HTC one X (quad-core model)
Good luck

Mr Hofs said:
Wrong forum, the evita is the HTC one XL.. Thread reported for moving to the correct forum. This part is for the international HTC one X (quad-core model)
Good luck
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As if by magic, it appears in the One XL forum.

I think your friend is telling fibs, phones don't just magically stop booting for no reason. Please tell him to own up to whatever activities lead to this situation, as embarrassing as it might be, I need to know how this happened in order to help properly.
Now, just to be clear, the phone is actually the HTC One XL, not the HTC One X. They look similar but are actually very different. What recovery is installed on the device?
Another question for you, why isn't your friend posting here and attempting to fix this problem himself? If he can't recover from a simple problem like this (or can't be bothered learning/trying) he honestly has no place having a modified phone. That might sound harsh but it's the truth, this is very basic knowledge, it's flashing 101. Knowing how to recover from something like this is an essential skill for anyone who owns a modified phone. If your friend isn't interested in being honest about what lead to this situation, or interested in learning how to recover from this situation, my only advice is to return to the device to stock and leave it that way. I'd strongly urge him to get on here and post himself, and do some reading to educate himself on the ins and outs of modified devices.
Sent from my Evita

sorry for being so vauge
My friend is a lady friend who had no idea how the phone could have become modified. The phone is a HTC one X and my lady friend said she would love nothing more then to have a stock phone. My friend has no intrest in leaning how the in's and out's of HTC but, I on the other hand would love to learn about HTC and Android. I come from a n Apple community and have a little knowledge but not a lot.
Anything you can tell me would help greatly, and I would be indeed greatful.
Sincerely Nanamkin

The only option for you is to return the phone to stock, giving a modified device to someone who knows nothing about them and doesn't even want a modified device is a bad idea. I'll just reiterate though, it isn't a HTC One X, it's the One XL. Is it an at&t model? Can you please retrieve the software version from Settings/About Phone? Can you please enter recovery from the bootloader screen and tell me which recovery version is installed?
Sent from my Evita

Thank you so much
timmaaa said:
The only option for you is to return the phone to stock, giving a modified device to someone who knows nothing about them and doesn't even want a modified device is a bad idea. I'll just reiterate though, it isn't a HTC One X, it's the One XL. Is it an at&t model? Can you please retrieve the software version from Settings/About Phone? Can you please enter recovery from the bootloader screen and tell me which recovery version is installed?
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it is AT&T
and it has TWRP 2.14
dont know the software version but when i connect to 'htc sync manger'' it says version 2.20 but im not sure.

Nanamkin said:
it is AT&T
and it has TWRP 2.14
dont know the software version but when i connect to 'htc sync manger'' it says version 2.20 but im not sure.
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There is no TWRP 2.14 for this device, are you confusing it with the hboot number? Go to Settings/About Phone (where I said it would be earlier), and post the software version please.
Sent from my Evita

Man your GOOD
timmaaa said:
There is no TWRP 2.14 for this device, are you confusing it with the hboot number? Go to Settings/About Phone (where I said it would be earlier), and post the software version please.
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I am sooo sorry. you are absulotly right, and you are good! how did you know that? lol
here is the right info.
TWRP 2.3.1.0
im sorry i cant boot into the phone to check the setting/about phone for a software version. do you know any other way?
and while i was messing around i figured out how to install ADB and FASTBOOT and use it.

I'm an idiot, completely forgot you can't boot to check the software version. Facepalm. Can you please check the CID for me? Put the phone in fastboot mode and issue this command:
Code:
fastboot oem readcid
Sent from my Evita

got it
timmaaa said:
i'm an idiot, completely forgot you can't boot to check the software version. Facepalm. Can you please check the cid for me? Put the phone in fastboot mode and issue this command:
Code:
fastboot oem readcid
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cid:11111111

Ok. To get the phone back to stock you Erik need to run an RUU, but in order to do that safely you'll first need to get s-off. To get s-off you're gonna need a booting ROM on the device. Purely for this exercise I think Kickdroid would be your best option, head to our Android Development section and find the Kickdroid thread, download it, and use TWRP recovery to install it. Look in the How-To Guide For Beginners thread in my signature for full instructions on how to flash the ROM. Please note, you'll also need to flash the boot.img from the ROM zip via fastboot after flashing the ROM.
Sent from my Evita

got it
Okay I have the Rom on my phone now what?

Nanamkin said:
Okay I have the Rom on my phone now what?
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Now you can get s-off, head over to the Facepalm thread and follow the instructions there.
Facepalm S-off

your awesome
timmaaa said:
Now you can get s-off, head over to the Facepalm thread and follow the instructions there.
Facepalm S-off
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oh yeah i was over there just a little awhile ago. i een your name so i tiend to fallow it but couldnt get the rom. thank you sooo much

timmaaa said:
Now you can get s-off, head over to the Facepalm thread and follow the instructions there.
Facepalm S-off
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when i get done with step 6 i cant use the last 3 codes for the s-off flag because the phone wont boot into android?

Nanamkin said:
when i get done with step 6 i cant use the last 3 codes for the s-off flag because the phone wont boot into android?
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I thought you said you had the ROM on your phone? Did you just mean the zip? If so, go to the How-To thread in my signature and follow the instructions to install the ROM and flash the boot.img. Then you can go back to the Facepalm thread. Just make sure you boot up the phone and set it up before doing the s-off process.

I got the rom to work
timmaaa said:
I thought you said you had the ROM on your phone? Did you just mean the zip? If so, go to the How-To thread in my signature and follow the instructions to install the ROM and flash the boot.img. Then you can go back to the Facepalm thread. Just make sure you boot up the phone and set it up before doing the s-off process.
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I got the rom to boot after fallowing your directions(like you said)lol. but when i do steps 7 the 3 codes it says there are no directory. I got the first one to go but the other 2 would not work

Did you remember to extract (unzip) the file into your fastboot folder?
Sent from my Evita

got the os to boot
timmaaa said:
Did you remember to extract (unzip) the file into your fastboot folder?
Sent from my Evita
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okay so i have the rom on the phone (kickdroid) and now i cant run the last 3 codes on step 7. any clue. I have soffbin zip unzipped in the directory but where exactly do i put it? i have it in the same folder as adb and fastboot is that right?

[Q] Haven't touched it in a year- now what?

My wife's phone, it's currently running CleanROM JL beta 1, android 4.1. it's been running this for over a year. time to upgrade it. i haven't kept up with development on this phone and now i'm totally lost.
bootloader says:
tampered
unlocked
Evita PVT SHIP S_ON RL
hboot 1.14.0002
radio: 0. 19as. 32.09. 11_2
eMMC-boot
...etc.
recovery is TWRP v2.4.1.0
i have no idea where to go from here. can i just drop a new rom on the sd card and flash it from recovery? don't have any software, adb etc and my only computers are macs. would love some advice or at least get pointed in the right direction. tried searching, but i'm just overwhelmed.
i would love to get as close to vanilla android as possible. thanks in advance for the help!

You can't do anything without first updating your firmware. For that you're gonna need access to a PC with an adb/fastboot environment on it. You need to get s-off, then update your firmware, then flash the latest TWRP recovery, then you will be able to update the ROM.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
You can't do anything without first updating your firmware. For that you're gonna need access to a PC with an adb/fastboot environment on it. You need to get s-off, then update your firmware, then flash the latest TWRP recovery, then you will be able to update the ROM.
Sent from my Evita
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crap. ok, thanks for the rundown. now that i know the steps necessary, i'm sure i can work my way through it. i'll get working on this.

cwininger said:
crap. ok, thanks for the rundown. now that i know the steps necessary, i'm sure i can work my way through it. i'll get working on this.
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were you successful? let us know. [emoji62]
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marknoll said:
were you successful? let us know. [emoji62]
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well, i appear to be stuck. i'm trying to get s-off with firewater. i've got adb running nicely on my macbook,terminal/shell works etc. but firewater fails every time. i get this message:
The first bottle is open
chugging..........
nasty, need a chaser
nasty, need a chaser
this skunk has some real funk, force (FORCE!!!!) reboot your device and try again!
tried 4 times and got the same result. any ideas? am i missing something?

Forget Firewater, try Rumrunner instead:
Rumrunner S-off
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Forget Firewater, try Rumrunner instead:
Rumrunner S-off
Sent from my Evita
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no worky on macbook

Can't you get access to a Windows PC? Pretty much everything you need to do with Android is Windows.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Can't you get access to a Windows PC? Pretty much everything you need to do with Android is Windows.
Sent from my Evita
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yeah i guess. pita though. not sure it's worth it for this aging device. i was hoping to get vanilla 4.4 on it and give it to my father in law, but i don't know how much more i want to jerk with it...
thanks very much for the help, though.

It's not hard do. Tim can help. Just LISTEN to him. He knows his stuff.. This device is his specialty
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cwininger said:
yeah i guess. pita though. not sure it's worth it for this aging device. i was hoping to get vanilla 4.4 on it and give it to my father in law, but i don't know how much more i want to jerk with it...
thanks very much for the help, though.
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It's pretty straight forward, just sort out drivers, get s-off, flash firmware, and you're golden.
marknoll said:
It's not hard do. Tim can help. Just LISTEN to him. He knows his stuff.. This device is his specialty
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Not for long. Looks like my emmc is starting to fail in my Evita, luckily I've just bought a OnePlus One, it's gonna take a couple of weeks to arrive though. I'll still support this device though probably.
Sent from my Evita

when you say "flash firmware" is that an ruu? it's been awhile and i'm not sure on the terminology anymore. i've flashed samsungs, htc's motorolas and nexus devices and they all have different approaches. i can't keep them straight

cwininger said:
when you say "flash firmware" is that an ruu? it's been awhile and i'm not sure on the terminology anymore. i've flashed samsungs, htc's motorolas and nexus devices and they all have different approaches. i can't keep them straight
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No, not an RUU, go to my How-To guide in my signature for details.
Sent from a crappy Samsung because my Evita died

I'll quickly explain the flashing firmware. Firmware is basically the stuff like boot loader and radio. You need the entire firmware package updated.
So to do that, we have to get your phone into that mode that's like when you're taking a RUU. It's the black screen with a green progress bar. From there, we use an unusual command to install the firmware.
Just read the "How to Update Firmware" in my Sig and apply that method to any firmware package, as long as you're s-off and supercid

pandasa123 said:
I'll quickly explain the flashing firmware. Firmware is basically the stuff like boot loader and radio. You need the entire firmware package updated.
So to do that, we have to get your phone into that mode that's like when you're taking a RUU. It's the black screen with a green progress bar. From there, we use an unusual command to install the firmware.
Just read the "How to Update Firmware" in my Sig and apply that method to any firmware package, as long as you're s-off and supercid
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timmaaa said:
No, not an RUU, go to my How-To guide in my signature for details.
Sent from a crappy Samsung because my Evita died
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beautiful. Thank you guys very much!