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Trying to install twrp recovery but failing...

I am trying to install twrp recovery to install CleanROM but it is failing. I have unlocked my bootloader via htc dev but the following fails:
c:\Android>fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.0-evita.img
sending 'recovery' (7428 KB)...
FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.011s
I am also doing this knowing I have the option of installing the script on Goo Manager but that only downloads, I get a toast saying successfully installed and cannot confirm if it has been installed as the device did not automatically restart and flash.
Please advise... Thanks.

If your running windows, just make sure all you files are in the same folder ie twrp, adb, fast boot then press shift + right click, open command prompt here. I've heard of have you virus protection on? can cause problems.
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Yes, adb.exe - fastboot.exe - AdbWinApi.dll and the twrp recovery image are all in the same folder.

My only other suggestions would be to make sure you have administrative permission s on you PC. I can't imagine why its doing that to you unless you downloaded a corrupt boot image. I've had that happen a few times.
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subarudroid said:
My only other suggestions would be to make sure you have administrative permission s on you PC. I can't imagine why its doing that to you unless you downloaded a corrupt boot image. I've had that happen a few times.
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For some reason I never got it installed via my pc either, just used goomanager an it was done pronto.
Just saying.
WR
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Is there anyway configurations prior to running Goo Manager? I have an unlocked bootloader, not sure what else is missing for it to not restart on it's own after downloading and 'installing'. Did the same thing happen for you?
Also note my phone is not rooted (stuck on Rogers' 1.94.x.x firmware after the OTA) -- could this be a problem? If so, how do I root my device otherwise..?

an_xda said:
Is there anyway configurations prior to running Goo Manager? I have an unlocked bootloader, not sure what else is missing for it to not restart on it's own after downloading and 'installing'. Did the same thing happen for you?
Also note my phone is not rooted (stuck on Rogers' 1.94.x.x firmware after the OTA) -- could this be a problem? If so, how do I root my device otherwise..?
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Have you checked out the One click tool v 2.2.2.0 under the Index in the dev thread.
I was never able to get fastboot to flash it and this worked for me.
Its under the android development index thread under the heading recovery.

eak1080 said:
Have you checked out the One click tool v 2.2.2.0 under the Index in the dev thread.
I was never able to get fastboot to flash it and this worked for me.
Its under the android development index thread under the heading recovery.
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Which tool are you referring to? I cannot find it. Any one click tool I see does not work for 1.94.x.x firmware...

I was on 1.94 too.
Just try goomanager again, download twrp, then in goomanager go to options and install open recovery.
Might want to make sure fastboot is off in options too before tryin to boot into recovery.
If that don't work its beyond me sorry.
WR
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How long does it usually take to flash twrp to the phone? The first time I execute the command, it fails the second time it sends but after 12 minutes nothing changes.

an_xda said:
How long does it usually take to flash twrp to the phone? The first time I execute the command, it fails the second time it sends but after 12 minutes nothing changes.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777773
this is the thread

Yeah, I found it a few minutes ago as well. I gave up though, I cannot flash through fastboot and goo manager won't work. Guess this phone is not getting any custom roms.

your bootloader is unlocked though?

Yes, via htcdev (it also has the ***unlocked*** status in recovery).

Here's your full proof method.......
Boot up phone all the way, enable USB debugging
Download-
http://db.tt/sXmdepmX
Stick it on root of your internal sdcard.
Open up your command prompt and cd to your adb/fastboot directory.....type-
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/twerp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
Once it's done, do it again for good measure...
press up arrow, it rewrites last command, and press enter.
When done type
exit
exit
adb reboot recovery
There u go.......twrp recovery installed:beer:
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18th.abn said:
Here's your full proof method.......
Boot up phone all the way, enable USB debugging
Download-
http://db.tt/sXmdepmX
Stick it on root of your internal sdcard.
Open up your command prompt and cd to your adb/fastboot directory.....type-
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/twerp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
Once it's done, do it again for good measure...
press up arrow, it rewrites last command, and press enter.
When done type
exit
exit
adb reboot recovery
There u go.......twrp recovery installed:beer:
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What does of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22 mean? This is going to work for the evita One XL right? I do this while my phone is booted up normally?
Trying this, I cannot get past the 'su' command and get: /system/bin/sh: su: not found

Well that's why goo isn't working either......goomanager and this both require root.
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are u on windows 8, or using USB 3.0 by chance??
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Right, so that is why I am stuck in this dilemma. I am on 1.94.x.x firmware with the latest Rogers OTA and have no one click method to root and flashing twrp is failing.
I am on Windows 7 and have 2 USB 3.0 ports but currently not hooking up device to those ports.

With bootloader unlocked you should be able to flash a recovery. I see the error your getting when flashing twrp from bootloader and it looks like a communication error of some sort. It's not the phone blocking it......try all your USB ports when in bootloader, make sure your phone says fastboot USB also....if nothing else try a different pc, because it's not the phone, it's def. A pc issue I'd say
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Here's your problem....not rooted, goo won't work.....your missing files in your adb/fastboot folder
Download this-
http://db.tt/5ePa4XV5
Unzip and place files in your adb folder, overwrite the ones that are in there or delete them first, but leave your twrp.img and your unlock_code.bin
Boot phone all the way
Open cmd prompt and cd to your adb folder
Type
adb reboot bootloader
Once in bootloader
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
Now do it a second time for good measure
On phone screen, select bootloader, then recovery.....done:beer:
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Do what 18th.abn says.

[Q] Help! HTC One S doesnt work.

Help I can not mount storage on phone and I have no os installed. I still have access to recovery.Is their any way to fix this.

RAdical_Future said:
Help I can not mount storage on phone and I have no os installed. I still have access to recovery.Is their any way to fix this.
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If everything is stock then you need to go into bootloader by hold Vol- when turning it on and do a factory reset.

if the mem card has low free space then sometimes this happens...free some space...and try....
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Not stock
Darknites said:
If everything is stock then you need to go into bootloader by hold Vol- when turning it on and do a factory reset.
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No I'm running TWRP recovery and I cant mount storage.

Relock your device and run the appropriate RUU file...this will help
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Hi. You have to flash STOCK recovery back, wipe dáta, then flash TWRP again and sd should mount then. Worked for me. I think there is a sticky in Q&A about this.
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Help.
tominozh said:
Hi. You have to flash STOCK recovery back, wipe dáta, then flash TWRP again and sd should mount then. Worked for me. I think there is a sticky in Q&A about this.
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Whenever I connect my phone to the computer it wont recognize it or anything.

Ok, before you relocked your bootloader and flash an RUU, ty this first: go back to the bootloader by holding the down volume and power button. The re flash the stock recovery (not custom recovery).you can find the stock recovery in the threads here. You flash it via fast boot in the bootloader ie fastboot flash recovery ×recovery file×. If you get to your custom recovery you should be able to rype adb reboot bootloader to get you back to the bootloader screen.
Once you have the original recovery flashed try doing a factory reset. The original recovery will run and will reformat your sd card.
This worked for me once when my sd card got corrupted and then I didn't need to relocked my bootloader.
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Oh and you should be able to use adb commands when your phone is connected to the computer and you are in custom recovery. So if you have problems getting to your bootloader type the adb reboot bootloader command I described above. And once your in bootloader there should be no reason why your computer won't recognize the fastboot usb. I'd it doesn't you need to un install and re install the drivers on your pc. Then it's not a phone issue.
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Help.
AKToronto said:
Ok, before you relocked your bootloader and flash an RUU, ty this first: go back to the bootloader by holding the down volume and power button. The re flash the stock recovery (not custom recovery).you can find the stock recovery in the threads here. You flash it via fast boot in the bootloader ie fastboot flash recovery ×recovery file×. If you get to your custom recovery you should be able to rype adb reboot bootloader to get you back to the bootloader screen.
Once you have the original recovery flashed try doing a factory reset. The original recovery will run and will reformat your sd card.
This worked for me once when my sd card got corrupted and then I didn't need to relocked my bootloader.
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Oh and you should be able to use adb commands when your phone is connected to the computer and you are in custom recovery. So if you have problems getting to your bootloader type the adb reboot bootloader command I described above. And once your in bootloader there should be no reason why your computer won't recognize the fastboot usb. I'd it doesn't you need to un install and re install the drivers on your pc. Then it's not a phone issue.
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What drivers and do you know a guide to install them?

One S stuck on boot JellyBam

I flashed Jellybam by going through their instructions, just going through twrp clearing my data and then flashing the rom.
I am now stuck on the boot logo and can't connect it to the computer as it won't recognize it what can I do at this stage. I followed all the directions, it was rooted. Should i let the battery drain out or what?
Any help would be appreciated.

Did you flash boot.img after flashing rom?
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Did not, I guess that was the problem...from the rom download page did not state I had to do that. How would I flash the boot.img?

NaviJ95 said:
Did not, I guess that was the problem...from the rom download page did not state I had to do that. How would I flash the boot.img?
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Open ROM on your PC.. Extract it to where you have fastboot installed.. Reboot your phone to bootloader and select fastboot then connect to pc your phone should now say.... fastboot usb.....Open terminal either in that directory or navigate to it and type
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
After its done
Fastboot wipe cache..... Then go back to recovery and wipe both caches it should boot after that..
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[Q] Phone soft bricked - tried everything!

Hi, if anyone can help me solve this, I will be eternally grateful.
So I was following the CyanogenMod guide for installing the ROM on my HTC One S, but I foolishly flashed the ROM as a .zip, instead of the boot.img.
I can access the bootloader screen, and also the TeamWin recovery screen, but I cannot seem to use flashboot.
It always comes up as <waiting on device>.
I am lost, because I obviously used flashboot to flash the recovery and the ROM across to my phone, and all the files are still in the same folder.
Basically, I cannot start my phone, other than into the recovery screen or the bootloader screen. I cannot seem to flash anything across either.
If anyone can solve this issue from this poor explanation I will be more than impressed.
Many thanks.

trentarmy said:
Hi, if anyone can help me solve this, I will be eternally grateful.
So I was following the CyanogenMod guide for installing the ROM on my HTC One S, but I foolishly flashed the ROM as a .zip, instead of the boot.img.
I can access the bootloader screen, and also the TeamWin recovery screen, but I cannot seem to use flashboot.
It always comes up as <waiting on device>.
I am lost, because I obviously used flashboot to flash the recovery and the ROM across to my phone, and all the files are still in the same folder.
Basically, I cannot start my phone, other than into the recovery screen or the bootloader screen. I cannot seem to flash anything across either.
If anyone can solve this issue from this poor explanation I will be more than impressed.
Many thanks.
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It is waiting for device because the phone isn't in bootloader (fastboot USB) connected to pc...most likely.
So with phone in bootloader and it reads fastboot USB
from your fastboot folder press shift and right click to open command window.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
(this assumes you have put the boot.img in the fastboot folder)
Then go to recovery
install rom.zip
wipe the caches
If you don't have the rom.zip on your phone then mount usb storage in twrp and move the rom.zip from your pc to your phone.
Hopefully your Hboot is 2.15 or you will just bootloop.

tivofool said:
It is waiting for device because the phone isn't in bootloader (fastboot USB) connected to pc...most likely.
So with phone in bootloader and it reads fastboot USB
from your fastboot folder press shift and right click to open command window.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
(this assumes you have put the boot.img in the fastboot folder)
Then go to recovery
install rom.zip
wipe the caches
If you don't have the rom.zip on your phone then mount usb storage in twrp and move the rom.zip from your pc to your phone.
Hopefully your Hboot is 2.15 or you will just bootloop.
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So can I clarify that I need to flash both the boot.img file and the rom.zip separately. Then install the rom.zip, not the boot.img?
Because I install the rom.zip last time without the boot.img being flash, and thats when it messed up.
Basically, am I installing the .zip or the .img?
Thanks a million.

trentarmy said:
So can I clarify that I need to flash both the boot.img file and the rom.zip separately. Then install the rom.zip, not the boot.img?
Because I install the rom.zip last time without the boot.img being flash, and thats when it messed up.
Basically, am I installing the .zip or the .img?
Thanks a million.
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.img , you need to extract boot.img from ROM zip and than just "fastboot flash boot boot.img" ,no quotes in command -that is for boot.img and you do flash ROM as a zip

luxandroid said:
.img , you need to extract boot.img from ROM zip and than just "fastboot flash boot boot.img" ,no quotes in command -that is for boot.img and you do flash ROM as a zip
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Thanks!
Next issue. I have flashed the boot.img to the phone, now I need to get the rom.zip onto the phone.
Everytime I click mount on TWRP, my computer tells me that I must format the disk before I can use it.
I can't seem to use adb, I always get "no device found".
Any ideas?

adb push ROM.zip /sdcard ,ROM needs to be in fastboot folder, are U s-off or s- on ,did U flash ROM zip before soft brick, can U see files from TWRP when U go to install from sd...some info that is important,if all fails think you'll have to run RUU to fix memory partitions
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luxandroid said:
adb push ROM.zip /sdcard ,ROM needs to be in fastboot folder, are U s-off or s- on ,did U flash ROM zip before soft brick, can U see files from TWRP when U go to install from sd...some info that is important,if all fails think you'll have to run RUU to fix memory partitions
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Everything is in the same folder. adb push function still won't work.
I am s-on.
I did flash the rom.zip before the soft-brick, but when it bricked, I wiped the memory and cache, reset to factory settings. So there is currently no files on the phone.

U wiped all this in bootloader ?
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Anyway best thing is to flash RUU and do all over again...
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luxandroid said:
U wiped all this in bootloader ?
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Anyway best thing is to flash RUU and do all over again...
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I wiped it all via the TWRP recovery.
Any chance you could walk me through RUU? Or at least point me in the right direction.
It does sound like it would be easiest just to start all over again. What's the best way to do this?
Thank you for your help.

trentarmy said:
I wiped it all via the TWRP recovery.
Any chance you could walk me through RUU? Or at least point me in the right direction.
It does sound like it would be easiest just to start all over again. What's the best way to do this?
Thank you for your help.
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what happened when you tried to push the rom.zip via adb?

ThudButt said:
what happened when you tried to push the rom.zip via adb?
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I just get "error: device not found"
Any ideas?
If not, could someone please run me through just wiping everything and starting again?
Cheers

luxandroid said:
U wiped all this in bootloader ?
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Anyway best thing is to flash RUU and do all over again...
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Not sure if this makes a difference, but when connected to my PC, my phone is called "My HTC".
I remember reading somewhere that it should be called an Android ADB Device or something similar?

HTC One X: Can't go into recovery mode

So recently I've managed to run a RUU for my HTC One X (rogers)
My new obstacle: re-rooting my phone.
It is unlocked, I can access bootloader, I can fastboot.
However, when I try to access recovery, it just goes into a boot loop. I have tried flashing CWM and TWRP, to no avail. It just keeps looping. Any ideas?
also, when using the adb reboot recovery command, it stays stuck on the htc logo screen

Did you erase the cache after you flash the recovery?
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magnetboard said:
Did you erase the cache after you flash the recovery?
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yeah, through fastboot erase cache

Managed to make it work thanks to Hasoon2000's toolkit. PHEW!

My guess is that you flashed an incorrect recovery. What is the exact filename of the recovery you were flashing?
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