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[Q][Fixed] Help needed! my DS wont boot.

Hi all.
I was trying to cook a little bit in dsixda's kitchen, so i tried to port a rom from the DHD. evereything in the kitchen went well, so i flashed the rom. but when i booted it, it wouldn't boot. it was stuck at the white 'HTC' screen. so i tried to enter Recovery mode. But it stuck at the white 'HTC' screen again...
What can I do to revive my Desire S?

you are pulled the battery out wen it stuck??

Ok. i think i have the solution...
in Fastboot, i can see my DS (ADB), so i'm placing the .img's of my backup in the root of my SD.
i'll try to flash the backup files over fastboot.

Silverbullet09 said:
you are pulled the battery out wen it stuck??
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Jup. on the white 'HTC' screen. i hope its not the chip fried...

just type in cmd: adb reboot recovery

I have some trouble with the fastboot commands.
i first want to reflash my boot. so i enter
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
But command prompt says: Error: Can not load boot.img
other ideas?

.sh4d0w. said:
just type in cmd: adb reboot recovery
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says: Error. Device not found. (in HBOOT)

And after removing the battery you couldn't start it with vol - in bootloader?

.sh4d0w. said:
And after removing the battery you couldn't start it with vol - in bootloader?
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nope. i go to the bootloader, press recovery. but i get stuck at the white 'htc' screen again. so i'm trying over fastboot now...
i'm downloading an RUU so i hope with stock rom, evereything will be alright again and i can flash LBC back again.

Good luck then. Hope you fix it.

.sh4d0w. said:
Good luck then. Hope you fix it.
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thanks. me too!

Hmm... i think i have all the files, but the fastboot commands aren't helping me... i get the message 'failed to load update.zip' while its in the root of my SD. when i give the command fastboot update.
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ok. ive got a little further. i selected a zip from my pc, but cmd said it didn't contain android-info.txt of android-product.txt
Which rom has these files?
and where can i obtain it?

Ok. got it to work again. Used the RUU Program from HTC.
Thanks to evereyone who tried to help me.
Damn. feels like my phone is back in stone age with that stock rom!

yeah... know the feel.
Done a s-off to s-on once....just to test. And stock sucks

djpbx said:
Ok. got it to work again. Used the RUU Program from HTC.
Thanks to evereyone who tried to help me.
Damn. feels like my phone is back in stone age with that stock rom!
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now be careful

I had that problem too!
The problem is is that ROM not compitable is for the DS
So put your battery out, boot into recovery and install another/previous ROM and your desire s will boot
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DesisreS said:
I had that problem too!
The problem is is that ROM not compitable is for the DS
So put your battery out, boot into recovery and install another/previous ROM and your desire s will boot
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA Premium App
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The only problem was, i couldn't reach Recovery!
So i tried some stuff in Fastboot, and the solution was the RUU program while in fastboot. And after updating evereything from HTC stock, i restored from CWM my old LBC Mod rom

Adidas108 said:
now be careful
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I learnt my lesson!

.sh4d0w. said:
yeah... know the feel.
Done a s-off to s-on once....just to test. And stock sucks
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Yeah! thats true, and that's why i tried porting a rom but now i'm back to LBC.

[q] how to flash custom roms..please help!!!!!

PLEASE HELP......WALKTHROUGH ON HOW TO INSTALL CUSTOM ROMS!!!!!
i have an at&t one x recently obtained root and unlock bootloader.....have no prob with this due to recent exploits!!! THANKS!!! please can someone walk me through on how to install or flash custom roms.....twice i have got cm10 and cm9 boot screens but that is as far as i get.....just stays there...PLEASE HELP!!!

teambeck53x said:
PLEASE HELP......WALKTHROUGH ON HOW TO INSTALL CUSTOM ROMS!!!!!
i have an at&t one x recently obtained root and unlock bootloader.....have no prob with this due to recent exploits!!! THANKS!!! please can someone walk me through on how to install or flash custom roms.....twice i have got cm10 and cm9 boot screens but that is as far as i get.....just stays there...PLEASE HELP!!!
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you need to extract the boot.img from the ROM and place it in the same folder as fastboot.exe
boot your phone into fastboot, by holding power and volume down until the phone turns off, release power but not volume down. You are now in hboot.
Make sure it says FASTBOOT USB.
Open command prompt
Navigate to where fastboot.exe is, for example cd C:\fastboot
then type fastboot flash boot boot.img
theres a thread on this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957193
here are the fastboot drivers http://www.mediafire.com/?4dx982z93w8z7wk

And as always click his thanks button and make sure you stay in these forums

wow he reads how to root the phone but not that he needs to flash the boot.img

Spoiler Alert>>>>>>Rant
teambeck53x said:
PLEASE HELP......WALKTHROUGH ON HOW TO INSTALL CUSTOM ROMS!!!!!
i have an at&t one x recently obtained root and unlock bootloader.....have no prob with this due to recent exploits!!! THANKS!!! please can someone walk me through on how to install or flash custom roms.....twice i have got cm10 and cm9 boot screens but that is as far as i get.....just stays there...PLEASE HELP!!!
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absolutelygrim said:
you need to extract the boot.img from the ROM and place it in the same folder as fastboot.exe
boot your phone into fastboot, by holding power and volume down until the phone turns off, release power but not volume down. You are now in hboot.
Make sure it says FASTBOOT USB.
Open command prompt
Navigate to where fastboot.exe is, for example cd C:\fastboot
then type fastboot flash boot boot.img
theres a thread on this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957193
here are the fastboot drivers http://www.mediafire.com/?4dx982z93w8z7wk
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CheesyNutz said:
wow he reads how to root the phone but not that he needs to flash the boot.img
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I really really think with have to stop spoon feeding these people (and I have certainly done just that on numerous occasions) and just startlinking them to the multiple excellent and relevant threads which answer all these questions in the hope it'll force them to read !!!
As CheesyNutz rightly said you can find the thread for rooting and unlocking your bl but you can't read it in extenso, really ?? come on !!!

Thanks....iv stayed up for two ****in nights reading entire threads watching videos about flashing roms....when u say extract completely take it out of the zip file and put it in the ft folder with my fastboot or just copy it over....iv flashed multiple roms n understand fastboot ,flashed every boot.IMG and nothin? I'm just researching again before I try...
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teambeck53x said:
Thanks....iv stayed up for two ****in nights reading entire threads watching videos about flashing roms....when u say extract completely take it out of the zip file and put it in the ft folder with my fastboot or just copy it over....iv flashed multiple roms n understand fastboot ,flashed every boot.IMG and nothin? I'm just researching again before I try...
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What?
It's quite easy.
Take the boot.img out of the zip
boot your phone into fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
reboot into recovery
install the rom
reboot
???
profit

teambeck53x said:
Thanks....iv stayed up for two ****in nights reading entire threads watching videos about flashing roms....when u say extract completely take it out of the zip file and put it in the ft folder with my fastboot or just copy it over....iv flashed multiple roms n understand fastboot ,flashed every boot.IMG and nothin? I'm just researching again before I try...
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or use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963896 was made just for you :silly:

Crappyvate said:
or use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963896 was mad just for you :silly:
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I keep forgetting about that!

absolutelygrim said:
I keep forgetting about that!
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guess you're not burnt out yet, lol. nice thing about it is you don't need a computer...
BTW: If you're using Flash Image GUI you should at the very least go thank joeykrim who kindly made it available for free to XDA or even better buy it from the market for the bargain basement price of $.99 here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.flashimagegui

CheesyNutz said:
wow he reads how to root the phone but not that he needs to flash the boot.img
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To be honest I did the same thing a while back. He's not the only one. Just had my friend skip some instructions and brick his phone the other day. Verizon was dumb enough to replace it though.

ChronicLynx said:
To be honest I did the same thing a while back. He's not the only one. Just had my friend skip some instructions and brick his phone the other day. Verizon was dumb enough to replace it though.
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nothing to be proud of .....

Crappyvate said:
nothing to be proud of .....
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A lot of the instructions don't go into detail about flashing the boot image. Probably would help if the instructions included specific instructions on how to do it.

RC196 said:
A lot of the instructions don't go into detail about flashing the boot image. Probably would help if the instructions included specific instructions on how to do it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33493959&postcount=2
is as detailed as it will get..

flashing boot.img is one of the easiest things in the world to do on ones phone. now that flashimagegui supports our phone its even easier and less of a hassle just make sure you do it before you flash the rom =) you dont even have to extract the boot.img if you use flashimagegui just load up the zip and it will find boot.img. then reboot into recovery, wipe and flash rom.
[APP] Flash Image GUI - Flash Kernels and Recoveries from normal Android mode!

absolutelygrim said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33493959&postcount=2
is as detailed as it will get..
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This is the problem. It doesn't specify where fast boot is or how you get it. So when it says to put it in the same folder people get confused. Is it on the phone, desktop or somewhere else? I'm past that hurdle and currently running CM10 but I think this is where people are getting stuck. I did however buy FlashImageGUI since it was only $.99.

RC196 said:
T. I did however buy FlashImageGUI since it was only $.99.
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good man...no more getting stuck

you can get flashimagegui freely for xda users, but when i get a dollar which i honestly do not have im going to purchase it.

RC196 said:
This is the problem. It doesn't specify where fast boot is or how you get it.
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The first line of that post is:
"you need to extract the boot.img from the ROM and place it in the same folder as fastboot.exe"

just use flashimagegui like i said above

[Q] Please Help! Phone Bricked (Noob Problems)

Hey all, sorry if this seems like other questions being posted, but I can not get my phone to work even after attempting the other fixes posted on the forums. I rooted my phone and was running the stock rom that came preloaded with it. I attempted to install CM10 through Rom Manager to no success, so I then tried to manually flash it as well as Gapps. My phone initially got stuck at the CM10 bootloader, but i could still go into CWM Recovery 5.8.3.1. After trying to get the rom to work more, it seems as if all I can access is CWM Recovery and nothing else. My phone wont even boot into the bootloader anymore and all i have access to is CWM Recovery.
I am not the most tech savvy individual when it comes to this since it has been ages since i tinkered with roms, but I would really like to fix this. So heres the facts since my post is so long (sorry!):
-Phone WILL NOT go into bootloader
-Can ONLY ACCESS ClockworkMod Recovery (5.8.3.1)
-SD Card wont mount (I get error "E:Unable to open ums lunfile (No such file or directory)")
I really just want to go back to stock and root again from scratch to reduce any errors like this from occurring in the future and ANY help would be appreciated because I am totally lost and without a phone now. To make things even more difficult, I only have access to a Mac running Lion....although i do have Windows 8 through the use of a bootcamp program, so I CAN run windows programs. Thank you all for any information you may have!

Do you have NANDROID backup,if yes do NANDROID restore and see what happens
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luxandroid said:
Do you have NANDROID backup,if yes do NANDROID restore and see what happens
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app
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I do NOT have a nandroid backup. I dont even have access to my SD Card since my phone wont recognize it. I dont know where to even start in terms of fixing this. Any additional information anyone needs who thinks they can help me can be provided.

Porgress (Sort of)
I can now access my bootloader if this helps with anyone answering my issue! As I said before, any additional information from me about my phone that can help can and will be provided...just ask if you think you may be able to help!

fragkiller1 said:
I can now access my bootloader if this helps with anyone answering my issue! As I said before, any additional information from me about my phone that can help can and will be provided...just ask if you think you may be able to help!
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Well since you in bootloader flash TWRP and then boot.img and then reflash the rom just to make sure.

Progress!
Darknites said:
Well since you in bootloader flash TWRP and then boot.img and then reflash the rom just to make sure.
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Here is the inexperienced flasher in me asking this: How would I go about doing that? Is there a simplified way you could explain this to me, or even a guide? Thanks so much for the reply!

fragkiller1 said:
Here is the inexperienced flasher in me asking this: How would I go about doing that? Is there a simplified way you could explain this to me, or even a guide? Thanks so much for the reply!
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Sorry. Best would be the All-In-One Toolkit, TWRP is a recovery to replace CWM because its that what's messing you up and also TWRP is better. Toolkit will also flash the boot.img too.

Darknites said:
Sorry. Best would be the All-In-One Toolkit, TWRP is a recovery to replace CWM because its that what's messing you up and also TWRP is better. Toolkit will also flash the boot.img too.
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Okay, will do! Also, where would I find the Boot.img?
And on a side note; my phone says S-ON...I thought when rooted it was supposed to be S-OFF. Could that be causing problems as well?

fragkiller1 said:
Okay, will do! Also, where would I find the Boot.img?
And on a side note; my phone says S-ON...I thought when rooted it was supposed to be S-OFF. Could that be causing problems as well?
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Boot.img is in the rom zip. S-On is not the reason its CWM thats messing you up with getting into the bootloader but also not flashing boot.img is not helping too.

Darknites said:
Boot.img is in the rom zip. S-On is not the reason its CWM thats messing you up with getting into the bootloader but also not flashing boot.img is not helping too.
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The toolkit isnt working for me. Im not sure why... It seems like ill never get this phone up and running again

fragkiller1 said:
The toolkit isnt working for me. Im not sure why... It seems like ill never get this phone up and running again
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Does the bootloader say fastboot usb?

Darknites said:
Does the bootloader say fastboot usb?
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Yes it says fastboot USB, but i can not access it on my computer. Also, every time I try to run the toolkit you mentioned earlier... it says something along the line on "command not recognized" in CMD Prompt.

fragkiller1 said:
Yes it says fastboot USB, but i can not access it on my computer. Also, every time I try to run the toolkit you mentioned earlier... it says something along the line on "command not recognized" in CMD Prompt.
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Hmm not sure have you tried redownloading it or reinstalling the HTC drivers and if that dont work best ask in the toolkit thread.

Darknites said:
Hmm not sure have you tried redownloading it or reinstalling the HTC drivers and if that dont work best ask in the toolkit thread.
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That was the problem. the toolkit now works (in terms of doing what its supposed to do), but I can no longer access fastboot....just my recovery. any advice on how to get fix this?

fragkiller1 said:
That was the problem. the toolkit now works (in terms of doing what its supposed to do), but I can no longer access fastboot....just my recovery. any advice on how to get fix this?
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I see that you got the toolkit and bootloader working but did you end up using the RUU?

Success!
Darknites said:
I see that you got the toolkit and bootloader working but did you end up using the RUU?
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Yes, i ran the RUU and my phone reverted to its stock factory state, no problems at all! Im going to unlock the bootloader again as well as root and install CM10. Thank you for all your help!

fragkiller1 said:
Yes, i ran the RUU and my phone reverted to its stock factory state, no problems at all! Im going to unlock the bootloader again as well as root and install CM10. Thank you for all your help!
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Np but this time use TWRP as your recovery and once you up and running with CM10 you can use Flash Image GUI to flash the boot.img if you ever update the rom.

[Q] Soft brick?

So I attempted to flash viper onto my HTC One S. And screwed something up apparently, I can't load into anything besides hboot. Phone just continually reboots when I try to run anything else. What can I do? Thanks.

No worries
Crowder HTC said:
So I attempted to flash viper onto my HTC One S. And screwed something up apparently, I can't load into anything besides hboot. Phone just continually reboots when I try to run anything else. What can I do? Thanks.
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You can try other images with fastboot. Don't worry. Check this out, Im new to. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599363&highlight=most+stable

LowCostComputerRepair said:
You can try other images with fastboot. Don't worry. Check this out, Im new to. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599363&highlight=most+stable
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Ya I just think he didn't fastboot the boot.img.

Darknites said:
Ya I just think he didn't fastboot the boot.img.
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How do I do this? Or is it too late at this point?

Crowder HTC said:
How do I do this? Or is it too late at this point?
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Use the All-In-One Toolkit but it calls it a Kernel and after doing that reflash the rom and it should boot up fine.

Darknites said:
Use the All-In-One Toolkit but it calls it a Kernel and after doing that reflash the rom and it should boot up fine.
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Thanks so much, I really appreciate it, I overlooked something so small yet screwed myself over. Thanks!

You shouldnt have to reinstall the rom after flashing the boot.img, as long as the boot.img is compatible with the rom.
Atleast, Ive always flashed the boot.img after the rom has been installed.

Goatshocker said:
You shouldnt have to reinstall the rom after flashing the boot.img, as long as the boot.img is compatible with the rom.
Atleast, Ive always flashed the boot.img after the rom has been installed.
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I know it works but I find flashing the boot.img first is the best way of going about it.

[Q] HTC Desire S bootlap_Fallout ROM

My HTC Desire S is in bootlap. I have flashed the Fallout rom however accidently it got rebooted before using the Fast boot flash boot.img
What to do ? shall I pull the battery? Volume down and power on method not working.

adb reboot bootloader
Then flash boot.img.

pramod.shinde1981 said:
My HTC Desire S is in bootlap. I have flashed the Fallout rom however accidently it got rebooted before using the Fast boot flash boot.img
What to do ? shall I pull the battery? Volume down and power on method not working.
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Let the battery drain. When your phone turns off, charge it for half an hour or so (it won't turn on unless it's a certain % charged). Then hold VolDown and firmly press Power for a second or so; release Power but keep VolDown pressed, and the phone will boot into fastboot.

teadrinker said:
adb reboot bootloader
Then flash boot.img.
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This, quicker and just easy :thumbup:
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—Kurt Vonnegut

teadrinker said:
adb reboot bootloader
Then flash boot.img.
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Somehow Fallout V 5 is not working. Post flashing the boot.img. Phone displaying only black screen however its display battery,network status and notification. Tried to do the restore to earlier rom. But evrytime after Reboot its displaying 4ext recovery options
Learning by mistakes is the real experience

pramod.shinde1981 said:
Somehow Fallout V 5 is not working. Post flashing the boot.img. Phone displaying only black screen however its display battery,network status and notification. Tried to do the restore to earlier rom. But evrytime after Reboot its displaying 4ext recovery options
Learning by mistakes is the real experience
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Start again, flash the rom, turn off reboot bootloader flash kernel
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
—Kurt Vonnegut

jugg1es said:
Start again, flash the rom, turn off reboot bootloader flash kernel
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
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You mean to say I cant restore to stock ROM and now I have to flash Fallout or any other custom rom
Or Can I locked the bootloader and install the ICS RUU?
What you suggest

pramod.shinde1981 said:
You mean to say I cant restore to stock ROM and now I have to flash Fallout or any other custom rom
Or Can I locked the bootloader and install the ICS RUU?
What you suggest
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If i'm not mistaken, you should be able to relock bootloader using fastboot command then flash RUU
or just try to flash another custom rom. it's really up to you.

Dont install ics ruu. Format all partitions except SD then reflash your Rom properly.
Tapatalké depuis mon Desire S

My understanding of the ics ruu is that it's too buggy overall, you can install the ruu at any point as long as you lock the bootloader first. I didnt realise you were going back to stock. I thought you wanted fallout working
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jugg1es said:
My understanding of the ics ruu is that it's too buggy overall, you can install the ruu at any point as long as you lock the bootloader first. I didnt realise you were going back to stock. I thought you wanted fallout working
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As long as its working I am OK with Fallout or else will again go back to RUU for the time being.
As suggested by you this is the second time I have flashed the Fallout ROM now waiting to reboot the same. Still getting the HTC ONE V logo screen. let see..will update you.
And if you all guys are there to help the peoples/new users like me then No Worry at all...
Thanks once again.

pramod.shinde1981 said:
As long as its working I am OK with Fallout or else will again go back to RUU for the time being.
As suggested by you this is the second time I have flashed the Fallout ROM now waiting to reboot the same. Still getting the HTC ONE V logo screen. let see..will update you.
And if you all guys are there to help the peoples/new users like me then No Worry at all...
Thanks once again.
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Finally...Fallout V 5 on my HTC Desire S...
A Big thank you to all

pramod.shinde1981 said:
Finally...Fallout V 5 on my HTC Desire S...
A Big thank you to all
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Im glad your up and running, try reading a bit more before you make threads though.
Can you put "solved" in the thread title
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HTC Desire S bootlap_Fallout ROM_Problem Solved
jugg1es said:
Im glad your up and running, try reading a bit more before you make threads though.
Can you put "solved" in the thread title
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Yes sure..Issue has been resolved.
Thanks