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Hey all, so last night when I was trying to flash a new ROM onto my phone, I wanted to make sure I deleted everything off my previous ROM so I went into TWRP and basically went on a deleting frenzy. I wiped basically everything from system, os, to cache. Lets just say my thought process wasn't so smart. So now im stuck in hboot. I pmed Scrosler yesterday and he basically told me to RUU back. SO now for the last 5 hours I've been trying to look up how to do that. I downloaded a 1.85 Evita cingular RUU thingy, and tried using fastboot. Now I've run into another problem, my computer can't recognize my usb. Ive tried two different usb plugs of mine. I tried uninstalling HTC sync so that it could uninstall drivers and such, and then reinstall but to my avail that has not worked. So I can't even fastboot. So now I'm stuck and Ive looked on other peoples threads and such and can't figure this out. Yes I know I'm a noob. I SUCK. So if anyone could please help me out. Im rooted and unlocked bootloader. I get stuck in bootloop obviously because I dont have a OS. I can access Hboot and fastboot.
Thanks alot for anyone that could help me in this great time of need.
EDIT: I solved the problem. I just used my fathers computer which recognized my usb and RUU'd to 1.85 then unlocked bootloader etc. thanks for the help guys

Did you make sure you have the correct HTC drivers installed?
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knifeparty said:
Did you make sure you have the correct HTC drivers installed?
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Doesnt HTC sync manager already update/install the latest drivers for your phone automatically?

You should manually install the drivers and turn off HTC sync manager. That may be your problem. I would uninstall it.
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knifeparty said:
You should manually install the drivers and turn off HTC sync manager. That may be your problem. I would uninstall it.
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Ok, so I uninstalled HTC sync. I found a link to download ONLY the drivers.
Yep, getting same error still, USB device not recognized.

Try mounting the storage in TWRP, PC should recognize the 'removable disk' and you can put a zip onto it and flash the rom that way.
This way worked for me when I did the exact same thing. I thought I was screwed; now I'm running TN SE 2.2, highly recommended.

dandaman1219 said:
Try mounting the storage in TWRP, PC should recognize the 'removable disk' and you can put a zip onto it and flash the rom that way.
This way worked for me when I did the exact same thing. I thought I was screwed; now I'm running TN SE 2.2, highly recommended.
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I tried doing this last time, but my PC isnt recognizing my device. It says USB device not recognized. This is the major issue I am plagued with otherwise I would do as you said.'''
EDIT: Ok so I was able to get it recognized on my dads laptop, he is running Windows Vista. So now when I go onto my computer and mount cache, (cant mount sd card through twrp because it says E:failed to mount /sdcard(invalid argument)AND UNABLE TO MOUNT SDCARDWHEN TRYING TO READ SETTINGS FILE) oops caps), it says I have to format it. I right clicked and tried to open as portable device and that works but I can't drag my ROM in there.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this because the new HBoot is stopping the 1.85 RUU? Wouldn't you have to 2.2 RUU?

XNine said:
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this because the new HBoot is stopping the 1.85 RUU? Wouldn't you have to 2.2 RUU?
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not sure but is this regarding to mounting through TWRP or what? and if someone could address my issue of the portable storage that would be appreciated

Zobabe said:
not sure but is this regarding to mounting through TWRP or what? and if someone could address my issue of the portable storage that would be appreciated
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he is correct, you'll have to use the 2.20 ruu if you were on a 2.20+ rom. unfortunately you'll have to wait for a root method too :/

mcmb03 said:
he is correct, you'll have to use the 2.20 ruu if you were on a 2.20+ rom. unfortunately you'll have to wait for a root method too :/
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Oh ok thanks . I downloaded ADB +fastboot onto dads laptop. I successfully relocked my bootloader, now I am in process of RUUing

hey since I RUUd with 1.85, do I need to root again or will I still have my root?

Zobabe said:
hey since I RUUd with 1.85, do I need to root again or will I still have my root?
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ruu breaks root in short returns the phone to factory stock.
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Zobabe said:
hey since I RUUd with 1.85, do I need to root again or will I still have my root?
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But assuming you were unlocked before, getting it back is just a matter of flashing a custom recovery and superuser.

Unlocking Bootloader

Hey I have tried everything to unlock the boot loader but i keep getting a error " Waiting for device" I even downloaded everything for AVD and SDK manager and changed USB ports. I was wondering if anyone can help me through skype or aim.
Thanks

looks like you don't have the proper driver for the one S phone

Sorry to barge in like this.
But since you were saying something like this maybe you can help me.
I am using an a Acer TravelMate 3200 windows xp.
What is the driver that I need to preinstall in the computer for me to use for later exploits like flashing,rooting for my xperia arc.
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Sandro8771 said:
Sorry to barge in like this.
But since you were saying something like this maybe you can help me.
I am using an a Acer TravelMate 3200 windows xp.
What is the driver that I need to preinstall in the computer for me to use for later exploits like flashing,rooting for my xperia arc.
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Im on a Mac running Windows 7.

Doughh said:
Hey I have tried everything to unlock the boot loader but i keep getting a error " Waiting for device" I even downloaded everything for AVD and SDK manager and changed USB ports. I was wondering if anyone can help me through skype or aim.
Thanks
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Tried putting your phone in fastboot?

you need to put the phone in fastboot and have these fastboot files downloaded on your computer
http://www.mediafire.com/?50baad8rykng2j0

Have you tried the AIO?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604677
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O0cynix0o said:
Have you tried the AIO?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604677
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Just tried AIO. Finally unlocked the bootloader! Now im confused on what to do lol..

if you have root then all that's left is to boot up into recovery (volume down and power then select recovery from the bootloader) and flash a custom rom .zip file from your sd card. just be sure to follow all the installation steps for your selected rom (i recommened AOKP Jelly Bean, check my signature for the link if you like) and always ALWAYS wipe data/cache before installing a new rom. and happy flashing

Doughh said:
Just tried AIO. Finally unlocked the bootloader! Now im confused on what to do lol..
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First things first you need to boot into recovery (I use Goo Manager for this; Im lazy like that. It will also install the TWRP recovery.) and make a backup of the stock ROM your running now and keep a copy on your PC. Some times the contents of the SD Card can be corrupted. If any thing goes wrong your going to need something to go back to.
Then depending on your needs (AOSP/Sence) location in the world (EU/US) and what kind of One S (S3/S4) you have; you want to pick a ROM that's suits your needs.
I would stay away from Viper for now at least till your more secure with flashing, there are some extra steps like flashing a different boot.img; which can soft brick your phone or worse.
Start with something like Axiom S, for all your Sence needs. Or CodefireX CM10 for AOSP. If you use TWRP for your recovery you won't have to fast boot flash the boot.IMG for the ROM you chose. But again this depends on the ROM you choose to use, some ROMs don't play well with TWRP.
But most of all read. And then read some more. And when you think you know what your doing read a little more. This device seems to be real finicky. What works on one might not work on a another.
Good luck, be safe and welcome to the One S Forums!
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[Q] Inspire 4g stuck at boot screen

I hope this in the right place, if not, sorry.
Friend has a htc inspire 4g stuck in boot screen. completely stock. never rooted.
I try, vol down + power, try to factory reset. error missing files. try update from sd card, error missing files.
hmmmmmm......
htc website never heard of htc inspire 4g.....WTF????
I was thinking if i could get a stock legit (file), i could put it on the sd card, then update from sd card?
Any info would be greatly appreciated!

danj707 said:
I hope this in the right place, if not, sorry.
Friend has a htc inspire 4g stuck in boot screen. completely stock. never rooted.
I try, vol down + power, try to factory reset. error missing files. try update from sd card, error missing files.
hmmmmmm......
htc website never heard of htc inspire 4g.....WTF????
I was thinking if i could get a stock legit (file), i could put it on the sd card, then update from sd card?
Any info would be greatly appreciated!
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HTC site still has the official ruu. Check in the support section. I have already seen it.
http://www.htc.com/us/support/news.aspx?p_id=573&p_name=htc-inspire™-4g-(att)-
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I don't know why HTC would say that... the phone is also known as the Desire HD in the UK, and other places, it's the Inspire in the US. Maybe ask about that? D:
Is it still under AT&T warranty? is it just stuck at the HTC boot screen? What android version were they on when this happened?

Thanks guys. I'm so sorry for my 'noob' Ness, what is a 'ruu'? I'm downloading that file now, it's an exe file, do I just put that on the sd card?
I'm pretty sure it's at 2.3.5. Never been rooted or messed with. I have a photon4g, I've been screwed from day one.
When it starts up it will stay at the htc screen forever.
No warranty.
Ill reply again when I have the phone in front of me.
Thank you so much.

danj707 said:
Thanks guys. I'm so sorry for my 'noob' Ness, what is a 'ruu'? I'm downloading that file now, it's an exe file, do I just put that on the sd card?
I'm pretty sure it's at 2.3.5. Never been rooted or messed with. I have a photon4g, I've been screwed from day one.
When it starts up it will stay at the htc screen forever.
No warranty.
Ill reply again when I have the phone in front of me.
Thank you so much.
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RUU is remote update utility. You don't have to put that file in the sdcard, you have to flash it in fast boot. Boot in boot, plug the phone and if the phone says hboot USB plug, press power to toggle to fast hboot USB, then run the exe file and you are done
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glevitan said:
RUU is remote update utility. You don't have to put that file in the sdcard, you have to flash it in fast boot. Boot in boot, plug the phone and if the phone says hboot USB plug, press power to toggle to fast hboot USB, then run the exe file and you are done
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Ok. I did that but it did not help. I have the phone now.
Still stuck on boot screen.
I updated with the file from above, but it is still not working...

danj707 said:
Ok. I did that but it did not help. I have the phone now.
Still stuck on boot screen.
I updated with the file from above, but it is still not working...
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Did the update finish fine?

Phone not working!!!

I'm not sure if this is the right section or not, sorry if it's not, but my phone is really screwed up. I have the htc one S on T mobile that is running the viper one s rom on cwm 10 and will just go to a black screen after displaying the htc screen. I don't have any nandroid backups or copies of working roms either, so I can't boot from those. I did not have USB debugging checked before my phone became corrupt, so I'm pretty sure that ABD will not work, and whenever I try and plug my phone into the computer and access the flash boot menu, it will say that the USB is corrupt and it will not work. The cause of this is because I was messing with the build.prop, I accidentally deleted it, although I have a backup, there is no way if installing it in my phone's current state. It's getting to the point where I honestly don't care if I lose al of my stuff just as long as my phone will work again. Any knowledge shared on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

fearthecookie said:
I'm not sure if this is the right section or not, sorry if it's not, but my phone is really screwed up. I have the htc one S on T mobile that is running the viper one s rom on cwm 10 and will just go to a black screen after displaying the htc screen. I don't have any nandroid backups or copies of working roms either, so I can't boot from those. I did not have USB debugging checked before my phone became corrupt, so I'm pretty sure that ABD will not work, and whenever I try and plug my phone into the computer and access the flash boot menu, it will say that the USB is corrupt and it will not work. The cause of this is because I was messing with the build.prop, I accidentally deleted it, although I have a backup, there is no way if installing it in my phone's current state. It's getting to the point where I honestly don't care if I lose al of my stuff just as long as my phone will work again. Any knowledge shared on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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So... that's miserable. You may put a ROM in your phone SD card and install it using ClockworkMod Recovery.
See this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_One_S#Guides.2FHow_to

Kou Dou said:
So... that's miserable. You may put a ROM in your phone SD card and install it using ClockworkMod Recovery.
See this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_One_S#Guides.2FHow_to
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Yeah I know that that would fix it, but my main problem is that I don't know how I would get a transfer a rom onto my phone...

Have you found a solution yet too your problem?
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ElephantThong8 said:
Have you found a solution yet too your problem?
You can Trust me I'm a Newb... Sent from my World War II bunker In an undisclosed location.
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Nope... Know any pros?

Are you able to boot into recovery okay?
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ElephantThong8 said:
Are you able to boot into recovery okay?
You can Trust me I'm a Newb... Sent from my World War II bunker In an undisclosed location.
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Recovery and fastboot and that's about it.

Get a micro sdcard or if you have one already, get a micro sdcard reader, open case from back of your phone and take out the microsdcard.
Put it in the card reader. Copy the rom/image... put the card back in... boot in recovery... use the rom from sdcard to flash that rom.
Have fun..
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fearthecookie said:
Yeah I know that that would fix it, but my main problem is that I don't know how I would get a transfer a rom onto my phone...
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Hey! Read these guides that will teach you how to flash recovery and ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery
https://www.xda-developers.com/tag/clockwordmod-recovery/
https://sites.google.com/site/teamr...lopment/flash-clockwork-recovery-via-fastboot
Good luck!

heart_crafter said:
Get a micro sdcard or if you have one already, get a micro sdcard reader, open case from back of your phone and take out the microsdcard.
Put it in the card reader. Copy the rom/image... put the card back in... boot in recovery... use the rom from sdcard to flash that rom.
Have fun..
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Unfortunately, I have the HTC one s,with no removable SD card...

Kou Dou said:
Hey! Read these guides that will teach you how to flash recovery and ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery
https://www.xda-developers.com/tag/clockwordmod-recovery/
https://sites.google.com/site/teamr...lopment/flash-clockwork-recovery-via-fastboot
Good luck!
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Will do!

The last link might help, but whenever I plug my phone into the computer,it says that it is corrupt and will not work

fearthecookie said:
The last link might help, but whenever I plug my phone into the computer,it says that it is corrupt and will not work
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Well... the only suggestions I can give you now are:
1. Go to this forum to ask for more help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1528
2. Visit HTC's official websites to find some solutions.
3. Search for other tutorials about flashing recovery via fastboot.

fearthecookie said:
The last link might help, but whenever I plug my phone into the computer,it says that it is corrupt and will not work
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Have you tried a different port or a different pc?
Take a sceenshot where it says it is corrupt.
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heart_crafter said:
Have you tried a different port or a different pc?
Take a sceenshot where it says it is corrupt.
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Ok,I'll upload a screenshot, but as for a different pc, I only have my laptop. Different usb ports don't seem to have any effect though...

[Q] Evita is bootlooping, won't go back into TWRP

The title tells all... essentially I went to install a ROM, and boom. Just boot loops the HTC dev warning screen. I am able to get into my bootloader but I can't get into TWRP recovery. I also just got a Mac Book and I am not able to connect via fastboot. I think I may be doing something wrong, but I'm not sure. Could I have some input on my predicament?
Thanks in advance.
Edit: I created a guide on how to fix this issue. You can head on over to Team Nocturnal's XsMagical's Thread to see it.
Edit 2: Above thread was removed so I created one here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441121

You'll have to reflash recovery using fastboot.
Unfortunately, I don't know about getting fastboot to work on mac...
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exad said:
You'll have to reflash recovery using fastboot.
Unfortunately, I don't know about getting fastboot to work on mac...
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I was able to actually finally get into TWRP but now I can't mount internal storage. And I'm not familiar with flashing roms from computers outside internal/external storage...
Guess I will learn shortly ha!

drkPu1se said:
I was able to actually finally get into TWRP but now I can't mount internal storage. And I'm not familiar with flashing roms from computers outside internal/external storage...
Guess I will learn shortly ha!
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Should have learned first.. and avoided this step
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Did you factory reset in bootloader?
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31ken31 said:
Should have learned first.. and avoided this step
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Agreed... But still the fact remains that I have to take this step now.

exad said:
Did you factory reset in bootloader?
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Should I have? I didn't... anyways... how can I make it so I can mount my internal storage so I can just restore one of my backups? Or install a different rom without the need of using internal storage through fastboot or adb?

drkPu1se said:
Should I have? I didn't... anyways... how can I make it so I can mount my internal storage so I can just restore one of my backups? Or install a different rom without the need of using internal storage through fastboot or adb?
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Does windows detect the sd card when plugged in?
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31ken31 said:
Does windows detect the sd card when plugged in?
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There's a slight problem with that.... I don't have windows.... On my mac however I still can't mount the SD card.

Does it show up as an unformatted drive?
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exad said:
Does it show up as an unformatted drive?
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It shows up as nothing. The only things I can mount is /data/ and /system/. And those don't come up as anything. However in my disk utility app on my mac it shows that my phone has 10GB of storage and it recognizes what it is.

I am going to find a way by using the Nocturnal method. I'll update as I can.

drkPu1se said:
I am going to find a way by using the Nocturnal method. I'll update as I can.
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AND IT WORKS!!!
I'll create a tutorial for Mac users and I am going to let the guy who created the Nocturnal method know. Hell, I think I'll just create a zip for the chap and send it his way. Thanks guys!

drkPu1se said:
AND IT WORKS!!!
I'll create a tutorial for Mac users and I am going to let the guy who created the Nocturnal method know. Hell, I think I'll just create a zip for the chap and send it his way. Thanks guys!
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this literally happened to me yesterday!! yeah i had to do a fastboot and reset the internal sd drive but i used my brothers pc instead of my mac. Please please make a tutorial for mac users! that would be the best!

dinnydindin said:
this literally happened to me yesterday!! yeah i had to do a fastboot and reset the internal sd drive but i used my brothers pc instead of my mac. Please please make a tutorial for mac users! that would be the best!
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I have been busy as of late... but I believe I start a new thread. I'll link to it from here once I fully type it out.
^^

dinnydindin said:
this literally happened to me yesterday!! yeah i had to do a fastboot and reset the internal sd drive but i used my brothers pc instead of my mac. Please please make a tutorial for mac users! that would be the best!
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I actually had made a post yesterday on the original method's thread on Team Nocturnal forums. You can view this in XsMagical's first post as he edited in!
Here you go.
http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/showthread.php/1050-How-to-Fix-corrupt-unmountable-internal-storage-on-the-HTC-One-X-XL

drkPu1se said:
I was able to actually finally get into TWRP but now I can't mount internal storage. And I'm not familiar with flashing roms from computers outside internal/external storage...
Guess I will learn shortly ha!
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How were you able to get into TWRP? I am experiencing a similar problem to you. I have a looping HTCdev screen and cannot fastboot TWRP because it keeps saying "waiting for device" when i try. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

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Cheruksr said:
How were you able to get into TWRP? I am experiencing a similar problem to you. I have a looping HTCdev screen and cannot fastboot TWRP because it keeps saying "waiting for device" when i try. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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press and hold power. THe capacitive buttons will blink a bunch of times then the screen will go black. When it does, let go of power and press and hold volume down until bootloader comes up.

Cheruksr said:
How were you able to get into TWRP? I am experiencing a similar problem to you. I have a looping HTCdev screen and cannot fastboot TWRP because it keeps saying "waiting for device" when i try. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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The problem I had is that I needed to reflash TWRP via fastboot. Make sure you have fastboot and HTC drivers.

Turns out that the thread has been deleted so I created a thread here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441121