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[Q] Recovery does not start - new One S model?

Hi everybody,
I unlocked the bootloader of my One S successfully with htcdev.com and next I wanted to flash a recovery image via fastboot, what succeeded. I used this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
But when try to start the recovery, the phone hangs in the boot screen with the red text "This build is for development..." and does not start recovery.
I tried several recovery images for the ville but none could be started.
What i recognized is, that in the Video "How to Install Recovery in HTC One S" in the thread mentioned above, the Bootloader screen locks slightly different, than mine.
First of all, mine only says "Unlocked" but NOT "Tampered" and second the first green line says:
VILLEC2 PVT SHIP S-ON RL
whereas in the video one can see the line
VLE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
I attached a pic of my bootloader.
So I think my phone is a newer One S, right? Is there already working Recovery out there?
Or am I missing something else?
Thx a lot in advance for any hint

Do you have CWM installed?

sure, as I wrote in my first post. I tried several CWM Recovery Images... the interim one, the actual original one for the One S... no image boots...

Well, it doesnt look like the your phone is rooted.

Try TWRP. Quality recovery.
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Tampered means rooted. Everything else looks updated. Try to root then see what happens. You may need to root to flash cwm over stock. Not really sure. I just do both always and they work.
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What am I missing?
I unlocked the Bootloader on htcdev.com, did the whole thing with entering the token, download the Unlock_code.bin, upload it to phone, said "Yes, unlock bootloader" and so on.. and the bootloader sais, it IS unlocked. If it where not, I wouldn't be able at all to flash a recovery image with fastboot, but this also succeeds (fastboot said "OKAY" when uploaded to phone and "OKAY" when flashed), right?
And the next step after unlocking bootloader IS flashing a recovery image like CWM for then using it to flash the Superuser.zip for gaining root, isn't it? Or am I completely wrong?

Try booting normaly and then connecting the phone to your computer and do adb reboot recovery i know i had problems similar to this when i first flashed a recovery and doing that for the first time fixed it
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You can gain root access through stock recovery as long as you unlocked bootloader. Did you try Hasoon2000's all in one tool kit?
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Yeah Try the adb reboot recovery method, If that fails, flash the superboot root image, then use something like rom manager to download CWM to the phone.

@stumpyz9: This did not work, same as if i would start recovery from Bootloader
@dooshbag45: I re-locked and unlocked the bootloader again, nothing changed, it is "UNLOCKED" but not "TAMPERED". Yes, I also tried Hasoon2000's Root Kit and recognized, it just does nothing other, than 1. unlock bootloader and 2. flash a Recovery Image. This had the identical result...
I meanwhile tried these recoveries:
r2-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville.img
recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.2.4-ville.img
recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.3.1-ville.img
twrp217.img (inculded in Hasoon2000's Kit)
CWM5824.img (inculded in Hasoon2000's Kit)
Now I tried to recover the stock recovery image from the modaco.com site, named "ville_recovery_signed.img"
but this doesn't start either... WTF...

Tampered does not mean ur rooted I had that problem left phone on stock for a week then tried same method again must of been doing Something wrong learn how to do it manually but if u can't download all in one toolkit HTC.one s I think that's what's it called it will unlock bootloader flash and root
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@azzledazzle: the superboot method didn't work either... downloaded it, fastbooted it, the phone boots but..... remains in the red-text screen as it does when try to boot a recovery image .... I really think it has something to do with the newer HBOOT Version and the "VILLEC2" thing.. something in booting images works other than in the version before...

Just download all in one toolkit HTC one s
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@k1llacanon: The All-in-one toolkit didn't work as I posted earlier. This was one of the first things I tried...

I had that problem when rooting mine left it for a week learnt more about my phone and did it and it worked u must be doing Something wrong
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Direct fastboot booting of a recovery image also does not work:
"fastboot boot r2-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville.img"
same result...
@k1llacanon: This is not the first phone I root... did it with the Wildfire S and the old Desire... it worked the same way... unlock bootloader, flash recovery image.. what can be done wrong with these 2 simple steps? What did you do other?

Have you got
Fastboot (unticked)
USB Debugging (ticked)

snoopy1978 said:
Direct fastboot booting of a recovery image also does not work:
"fastboot boot r2-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville.img"
same result...
@k1llacanon: This is not the first phone I root... did it with the Wildfire S and the old Desire... it worked the same way... unlock bootloader, flash recovery image.. what can be done wrong with these 2 simple steps? What did you do other?
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Dont pay attention to that idiot, he obviously has no idea what hes doing either.
And if you think it is because of this newer version have you checked to see if anyone else with the newer version has been having the same problems? Just to confirm thats it
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stumpyz9 said:
Dont pay attention to that idiot, he obviously has no idea what hes doing either.
And if you think it is because of this newer version have you checked to see if anyone else with the newer version has been having the same problems? Just to confirm thats it
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Stfu
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[HELP] This Build is for Devlopment purposes only bootloop, HELP!

Forgive me for my noobishness but I am in desperate need of help.
So after using the easy way out to root my One X (onexroot[dot]com) not only did my device not root (phone's bootloader unlocked) but whenever I try to do a factory reset, update the software or go into recovery mode it goes into the "This build is only for development purposes..." boot screen and restarts, without updating or anything. My phone is locked to the Canadian Rogers network (evita build). Also i cant find the Rogers RUU anywhere (found some links but all didn't work). Any and all help would be greatly appreciated (don't flame this noob please )

Have you tried to get into bootloader by using power+volume down? Not sure what's going on you need to be able to get into bootloader to run a ruu
Also you shouldn't need to root... Only att users needed a root process... All others simply can unlock using g htcdev, fastboot a recovery, and flash a rooted rom...
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InflatedTitan said:
Have you tried to get into bootloader by using power+volume down? Not sure what's going on you need to be able to get into bootloader to run a ruu
Also you shouldn't need to root... Only att users needed a root process... All others simply can unlock using g htcdev, fastboot a recovery, and flash a rooted rom...
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Im just a hard ass noob I guess , I can get into the bootloader, just when I try and go into recovery mode or have a factory reset it goes into the dev only screen, but I found a RUU and hopefully it'll solve the problem

ethopianprince said:
Im just a hard ass noob I guess , I can get into the bootloader, just when I try and go into recovery mode or have a factory reset it goes into the dev only screen, but I found a RUU and hopefully it'll solve the problem
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It should hopefully!! You have to be in fastboot to run the ruu.. Make sure when you're in bootloader, it says "fastboot usb" in red.
If the above step is good to go, make sure you have the correct ruu to match the firmware that you're on. You should be good to go
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Cough cough fastboot oem lock first cough cough

all good now
InflatedTitan said:
It should hopefully!! You have to be in fastboot to run the ruu.. Make sure when you're in bootloader, it says "fastboot usb" in red.
If the above step is good to go, make sure you have the correct ruu to match the firmware that you're on. You should be good to go
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Thanks for your help! after using the RUU, everything is back to normal, just gotta unlock it again and I should be good.
Thanks

a box of kittens said:
Cough cough fastboot oem lock first cough cough
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Either I skimmed through it and missed it or he edited it lol.. I thought he only tried to root and failed
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Oops I read through that too quickly I guess

TWRP doesn't load (stuck at htc screen)

Hi there,
just got a One X and wanted to install a custom Rom. Did bootloader unlock and installed TWRP with Toolkit. As I'm on Windows 8 I couldn't do the root part, if I'm not mistaken this is not needed and the custom ROM will be rooted anyway..? So TWRP installed successfully and I cleaned Cache but it doesn't start when i select recovery in HBOOT it stucks at the green HTC logo.. Is there any advice? Thanks in advance..

Edit: also just noticed that you did not root. You really need to do that before trying to install a ROM. I know you unlocked the boot loader but rooting is still needed to access system files. With out that, it is pointless. Find a Linux or windows 7 mention.
Better yet just run a live USB within Linux. That should work. Ooh, I wonder can you boot using your phone since it can be considered a mass storage device....probably not. Sorry off topic.
My guess is that windows 8 probably isn't reading your phone correctly. But you said you unlocked the boot loader. Try to manually install twrp
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TacoLoco said:
Hi there,
just got a One X and wanted to install a custom Rom. Did bootloader unlock and installed TWRP with Toolkit. As I'm on Windows 8 I couldn't do the root part, if I'm not mistaken this is not needed and the custom ROM will be rooted anyway..? So TWRP installed successfully and I cleaned Cache but it doesn't start when i select recovery in HBOOT it stucks at the green HTC logo.. Is there any advice? Thanks in advance..
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Just download the latest HTC sync from HTC website and it Will install drivers you need, you can then leave sync or uninstall it and drivers will remain.
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How are you going to access twrp if you do not have root and super user?
Good luck with that.
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If the bootloader is unlocked, there's no need to root. They are independent of each other.
Check md5 on your recovery file and reflash. Then do fastboot erase cache and try going to recovery.
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I thought unlocking the BL and root was co-dependant. You can root but can't install ROMs until the BL is unlocked. Or you could unlock boot loader but can't touch system files until you gain root access.
Or did I miss understand? Which is why rooting alone nor unlocking the BL alone is not the only step in installing a ROM.
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Herc08 said:
I thought unlocking the BL and root was co-dependant. You can root but can't install ROMs until the BL is unlocked. Or you could unlock boot loader but can't touch system files until you gain root access.
Or did I miss understand? Which is why rooting alone nor unlocking the BL alone is not the only step in installing a ROM.
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I will explain further.
For ATT One XL root was needed prior to unlocking the bootloader to allow you to write to system files(which is no longer possible as of 3.18), and be able to change the CID in order to allow HTCDEV to provide the Unlock_code.bin to unlock your bootloader. This is probably where your confusion stems.
IF, like every other carrier, ATT allowed you to unlock the bootloader, you would not need to have rooted to be able to unlock your bootloader, you could have just unlocked it and then flashed TWRP. At that point you could flash a rooted rom or allow TWRP to root your rom for you. (For some rom versions, I believe anything under 3.18)
Hope this cleared some stuff up for you! :good:

Ah makes perfect since now. Darn AT&T and their lock downs.
So basically Rogers and Telstra can root just by unlocking and that's it. No exploit needed. And of course flashing twrp and a rom
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Herc08 said:
Ah makes perfect since now. Darn AT&T and their lock downs.
So basically Rogers and Telstra can root just by unlocking and that's it. No exploit needed.
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Correct!

HTC One X AT&T

Just bought a used One x At&t..I want to Root it but i dont know if its bootloader is locked or unlocked.It has got the Stock Rom & Stock recovery.
It says S-off in the bootloader menu..I want to Root it..Should i just go & Flash Custom recovery then go for the Rooting?

Well if you flash recovery and the bootloader is locked it will fail so there's not really any harm in trying.
Though it says In the bootloader if it's locked unlocked or relocked
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Bootloader is locked..Guess i have to unlock it first :crying:

Plug it in, fire up cmd prompt and type adb getvar cid
If it comes back as 11111111 simply unlock with htc dev, its super simple.
Then fastboot recovery.
You can always try the fastboot cmd
Fastboot oem unlock
Can't remember if that works or not lol. Probably not though just a thought since its already s-off
Since it is s-off you will ALWAYS be able to root very easily. :thumbup:
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Sak3ater said:
Bootloader is locked..Guess i have to unlock it first :crying:
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What's it matter if your phone has a tampered and unlocked tag?
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[Q] Can I unlock my bootloader again as I have lost the unlock code to upgrade to JB

I have lost the unlock code file I need to upgrade to JellyBean, does anyone know if I relock it, if it is a matter of re-unlocking it?
Thanks!!

What do you mean unlock code to upgrade? The unlock code just unlocks the bootloader.
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timmaaa said:
What do you mean unlock code to upgrade? The unlock code just unlocks the bootloader.
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Hello, yes sorry that what I mean, i need to lock the bootloader so how would I unlock again without the code??
Thanks

Have you relocked the bootloader yet? Depending on what your end goal is you may not need to.
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This is what I need to do to upgrade Hboot from 1.36 to 1.79, so I would get stuck on no 4
Even with the .zip method you'll need to relock/unlock the bootloader. It's NOT flashable in
recovery. Create a new account at htcdev.
Here's how to use the zip:
1. fastboot oem lock
2. fastboot oem rebootRUU
3. fastboot flash zip firmware.zip (do several times if it fails)
4. fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin.
Thanks in advance

Hang on, what phone do you have? You're in the HTC One XL forum and those hboot numbers are definitely not hboots for this device.
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Oh damn it, I didn't realise, its just the normal HTC one x

Cool, head to the One X forum and the folks there should be able to help you out, good luck.
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Many thanks for your help anyway!

No worries at all.
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