Like the title says, what does s-off enable us to do?
Reading the q and a forum thoroughly is the answer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38169711
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Charlielx said:
Like the title says, what does s-off enable us to do?
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With s-off you can also flash radios, also splash screens and boot.img (kernel) from recovery with out using fastboot.
ronnie498 said:
With s-off you can also flash radios, also splash screens and boot.img (kernel) from recovery with out using fastboot.
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Yep and regarding the boot.img and fastboot, to be more exact you won't have to extract the boot.img from a custom rom you want to flash and then flash the boot.img thru fastboot as you can just flash a custom rom and it will also flash the boot.img along with the custom rom using your recovery. I guess it's less of a hassle and with s-off you can also downgrade your hboot that will allow you to removed the tampered text from the bootloader and remove the red text from the splash screen!!!
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my htc sensation xe is stuck at the htc screen so i wanted to restore the backup via adb -> doesnt work, because the phone has to boot to do this. so is it possible to flash a full rom via the fastboot menu? this is the only thing that is working properly atm (no adb, not working recovery etc.) so is it possible or do i have to do something else?
Azyrael said:
my htc sensation xe is stuck at the htc screen so i wanted to restore the backup via adb -> doesnt work, because the phone has to boot to do this. so is it possible to flash a full rom via the fastboot menu? this is the only thing that is working properly atm (no adb, not working recovery etc.) so is it possible or do i have to do something else?
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Hi,
What were you trying to do?
What ROM were you on,and what firmware?
i had been trying to flash ota ics and since that, the phone is stuck at the htc bootscreen so i wanted to restore the backup or flash a official rom or custom rom but im not able to do this because the phone isnt recognized by adb in the bootloader menu and before all this it had the android version gb 2.3.4. which specific firmware do you mean? hboot version is 1.18.0000...
edit: will it work if i would flash a gb custom rom via pd98img.zip?
Happen to come across this thread and wanted to leave this for future reference. I edited it to suit the Sensation more. I also posted this in the Juopunutbear S-OFF in the Sensation Android Development.
ROM Flashing
1. Obtain a ROM of your choice, and note the location on your computer.
2. reboot your device into fastboot mode via one the following .
1. power off the device then back on with 'vol down ' + power button.
3. Wipe your device.
1. fastboot -w
4 . Update your ROM.
1. fastboot update </path/to/your/RomFile.zip>
5. Your phone will update and automatically reboot into the new ROM.
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Azyrael said:
i had been trying to flash ota ics and since that, the phone is stuck at the htc bootscreen so i wanted to restore the backup or flash a official rom or custom rom but im not able to do this because the phone isnt recognized by adb in the bootloader menu and before all this it had the android version gb 2.3.4. which specific firmware do you mean? hboot version is 1.18.0000...
edit: will it work if i would flash a gb custom rom via pd98img.zip?
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You can extract all the firmware and software images from an RUU and build them into a PG58IMG.zip... Short answer, yes. However, certain items will not flash if you're not S-off.
T-Macgnolia said:
Happen to come across this thread and wanted to leave this for future reference. I edited it to suit the Sensation more. I also posted this in the Juopunutbear S-OFF in the Sensation Android Development.
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Will the fastboot commands.... Given by you in this thread.. Flashes the rom?
Then thnx a lot. It'll help a lot for other people... And I believe the person should at least have an unlocked bootloader by htcdev to get this work.
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ganeshp said:
Will the fastboot commands.... Given by you in this thread.. Flashes the rom?
Then thnx a lot. It'll help a lot for other people... And I believe the person should at least have an unlocked bootloader by htcdev to get this work.
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Yes you have to be HTC Dev unlocked or S-off to do this. But remember HTC Dev only unlocks the system, recovery, and boot partitions.
T-Macgnolia said:
Yes you have to be HTC Dev unlocked or S-off to do this. But remember HTC Dev only unlocks the system, recovery, and boot partitions.
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one more question
to flash rom via fastboot then the rom should be containing img's for each partition
unlike how all the custom roms here are coming (no img's for every thing...like example there is no system.img for most of custom kernels)
T-Macgnolia said:
Happen to come across this thread and wanted to leave this for future reference. I edited it to suit the Sensation more. I also posted this in the Juopunutbear S-OFF in the Sensation Android Development.
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Is it possible to use fastboot with a zip file and without system img? Could a whole Rom be placed in an img file?
ri123 said:
Is it possible to use fastboot with a zip file and without system img? Could a whole Rom be placed in an img file?
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If flashing using fastboot needs an system .img file, is it possible to convert a folder into an image file???
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ri123 said:
If flashing using fastboot needs an system .img file, is it possible to convert a folder into an image file???
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Yes like this
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/32450-how-to-unpack-repack-systemimg-properly-using-linux/
.....because I've got Hboot 1.27
Tried, but just stuck in boot loop etc.
I've unlocked etc....but nothing works for s-off...the tool says device not supported etc.
Can someone help me out with sensation z710e?
need s-off, but cant do it.....been trying for hours.
thanks
Matt
matthew33 said:
.....because I've got Hboot 1.27
Tried, but just stuck in boot loop etc.
I've unlocked etc....but nothing works for s-off...the tool says device not supported etc.
Can someone help me out with sensation z710e?
need s-off, but cant do it.....been trying for hours.
thanks
Matt
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You CAN flash roms with hboot 1.27 and S-ON.
The most likely reason for a bootloop is incorrect boot.img
Either flash roms using 4ext SmartFlash
Or manually flash boot.img via
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
matthew33 said:
.....because I've got Hboot 1.27
Tried, but just stuck in boot loop etc.
I've unlocked etc....but nothing works for s-off...the tool says device not supported etc.
Can someone help me out with sensation z710e?
need s-off, but cant do it.....been trying for hours.
thanks
Matt
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Look here for flashing ROMs with s-on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25587345
Look here for s-off(unlocked bootloader):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25202517
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Far_SighT said:
You CAN flash roms with hboot 1.27 and S-ON.
The most likely reason for a bootloop is incorrect boot.img
Either flash roms using 4ext SmartFlash
Or manually flash boot.img via
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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I've downloaded viper rom 1.6.3.....do i have to locate a certain file/folder from the extracted rom in order to flash it?
Matt
matthew33 said:
I've downloaded viper rom 1.6.3.....do i have to locate a certain file/folder from the extracted rom in order to flash it?
Matt
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IF you have 4ext recovery (enable smartflash), perform a full wipe (after backup) and flash.
ELSE, extract boot.img from your rom, boot into fastboot and use
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I'm on HBOOT 1.27.00000 and S-ON.
Now I've just flashed MIUI v5 4.2.14 and it won't boot after restart.
It stays at the HTC white screen.
Is there anyone kind enough to guide me how to properly install MIUI, or, at least back to the stock rom?
I'm desperately needing help here :crying:
Taetsu21 said:
I'm on HBOOT 1.27.00000 and S-ON.
Now I've just flashed MIUI v5 4.2.14 and it won't boot after restart.
It stays at the HTC white screen.
Is there anyone kind enough to guide me how to properly install MIUI, or, at least back to the stock rom?
I'm desperately needing help here :crying:
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what recovery do you have?
rzr86 said:
what recovery do you have?
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I'm on ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.0
if that helps..
Taetsu21 said:
I'm on ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.0
if that helps..
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Change the recovery to 4ext latest 1.0.0.6 rc1 ,format everything except sd card from recovery after that enable smartflash and flash Rom,if doesn't boot up again you'll need to flash boot.img from pc via fastboot
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Mile_zdr said:
Change the recovery to 4ext latest 1.0.0.6 rc1 ,format everything except sd card from recovery after that enable smartflash and flash Rom,if doesn't boot up again you'll need to flash boot.img from pc via fastboot
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I finally figured it out.
After flashing the rom, have to flash the boot.img (inside the rom zip file) as well, using the command:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Now I'm able to boot into MIUI and enjoy the new rom!
I never have to do this extra step with flashing my Desire HD, not sure why it doesn't work this time.
Anyway, thanks for your help
Taetsu21 said:
I finally figured it out.
After flashing the rom, have to flash the boot.img (inside the rom zip file) as well, using the command:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Now I'm able to boot into MIUI and enjoy the new rom!
I never have to do this extra step with flashing my Desire HD, not sure why it doesn't work this time.
Anyway, thanks for your help
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because on S-ON devices boot partition is still protected
rzr86 said:
because on S-ON devices boot partition is still protected
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So I don't really need S-OFF to flash any custom roms that I want right?
I will just have to take the extra step of flashing boot.img..
Because I can't seem to work out S-OFF on my sensation despite whole afternoon of hard-works.
Is there an easy way to S-OFF sensation other than the paper-clip hack?
Taetsu21 said:
So I don't really need S-OFF to flash any custom roms that I want right?
I will just have to take the extra step of flashing boot.img..
Because I can't seem to work out S-OFF on my sensation despite whole afternoon of hard-works.
Is there an easy way to S-OFF sensation other than the paper-clip hack?
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no need to S-OFF for flashing custom roms
and unfortunately there is no other way except wire trick
but you can always flash 4ext recovery and avoid the extra step for boot.img
My HTC One X was bricked, and I need to restore it to Rogers Stock. However, I searched the entire XDA webstie + 50 pages on Google + 50 pages on other country's android site, I cant find any working download URL. Can someone please upload one RUU or Zip file for me, so I can restore my phone please?
If your phone is bricked an RUU isn't going to save it. Either way, you'll find all Evita RUUs here:
http://androidruu.com/?developer=Evita
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timmaaa said:
If your phone is bricked an RUU isn't going to save it. Either way, you'll find all Evita RUUs here:
http://androidruu.com/?developer=Evita
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The phone actually is soft brick, all I need to do is to flash it back to stock rom, so I can do a S-Off
I have this problem because I attempted to flash cyanogenmod without getting S-Off, thus it end up with black screen boot loop.
Any idea to solve it? I cant find any recovery zip that is working
I wouldn't ruu without S-off. Do you have supercid? If you do, you may brick. Best to boot to bootloader then recovery then flash a sense rom then s-off
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voot566 said:
The phone actually is soft brick, all I need to do is to flash it back to stock rom, so I can do a S-Off
I have this problem because I attempted to flash cyanogenmod without getting S-Off, thus it end up with black screen boot loop.
Any idea to solve it? I cant find any recovery zip that is working
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There's no such thing as a soft brick, a phone is either bricked or it isn't. Do as exad suggested and flash a Sense ROM then get s-off, then update your firmware (which is probably what was your actual problem).
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exad said:
I wouldn't ruu without S-off. Do you have supercid? If you do, you may brick. Best to boot to bootloader then recovery then flash a sense rom then s-off
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THat is another problem, there is no CID showed on the bootloader screen.
This is all happen after I get bootloader unlocked, and attempted to flash clockworkmod. It end up with boot loop with black screen, cant get into any system
What I can do right now is
1. boot into TWRP
2. Copy anyfile into phone through TWRP
3. flash zip through TWRP, but I cant find any rom that is working for my phone
4. fastboot usb with any command
voot566 said:
THat is another problem, there is no CID showed on the bootloader screen.
This is all happen after I get bootloader unlocked, and attempted to flash clockworkmod. It end up with boot loop with black screen, cant get into any system
What I can do right now is
1. boot into TWRP
2. Copy anyfile into phone through TWRP
3. flash zip through TWRP, but I cant find any rom that is working for my phone
4. fastboot usb with any command
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The CID doesn't show on your bootloader screen unless you have s-off. What are your bootloader details? What recovery do you have installed? You can check your CID with this fastboot command:
Code:
fastboot oem readcid
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timmaaa said:
There's no such thing as a soft brick, a phone is either bricked or it isn't. Do as exad suggested and flash a Sense ROM then get s-off, then update your firmware (which is probably what was your actual problem).
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Yeah, I kind of know that I need to flash a sense rom, but I cant find any sense rom that is working on my phone.
Here is the info:
Model: PJ83100
Bootloader unlocked
EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.14.0000
RADIO-0.23A. 32.09.29
OpenDSP-v31.1.0.45.0815
eMMC-boot
Nov 26 2012, 18:37:14:-1
This is exactly what showed on my screen, no CID
Which rom I should use?
voot566 said:
Yeah, I kind of know that I need to flash a sense rom, but I cant find any sense rom that is working on my phone.
Here is the info:
Model: PJ83100
Bootloader unlocked
EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.14.0000
RADIO-0.23A. 32.09.29
OpenDSP-v31.1.0.45.0815
eMMC-boot
Nov 26 2012, 18:37:14:-1
This is exactly what showed on my screen, no CID
Which rom I should use?
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The fact is you don't actually need s-off to flash cyanogenmod. You only need s-off to run the 3.18 RUU which updates your firmware, which you don't need to do because your firmware is fine. This brings me back to the other question you didn't answer: what recovery do you have installed?
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timmaaa said:
The CID doesn't show on your bootloader screen unless you have s-off. What are your bootloader details? What recovery do you have installed? You can check your CID with this fastboot command:
Code:
fastboot oem readcid
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I used the command
CID: BS_US001
My recovery is TWRP v2.6.3.0
THis is the only version that is working for me, I tried clockworkmod, and higher or lower version for TWRP, but I cant mount USB storage through any of those except 2.6.3.0
Recovery version please.
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You just need to extract the boot.img from the rom you are flashing, put it in your adb/fastboot folder and then after flashing the rom.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then you will be able to boot it.
I suggest getting S-OFF using rumrunner so you don't need to take this step anymore. will also protect you in case you need to RUU.
exad said:
You just need to extract the boot.img from the rom you are flashing, put it in your adb/fastboot folder and then after flashing the rom.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then you will be able to boot it.
I suggest getting S-OFF using rumrunner so you don't need to take this step anymore. will also protect you in case you need to RUU.
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But my question is, which rom I should flash????
I tried both serveral differnet rom, but they are all not working.
This is my phone: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875502142
voot566 said:
But my question is, which rom I should flash????
I tried both serveral differnet rom, but they are all not working.
This is my phone: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875502142
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I know what phone you have. an evita. Says so in your bootloader
You need unofficial 2.6.3 from original android dev. if you want to flash cm as you need SE Linux support.
Any sense rom should work on official twrp 2.6.3
make sure you wipe system cache and dalvik cache prior to flashing.
This is what you should do to rule out every issue.
Download unofficial 2.6.3
Check the Md5 of your download
put it in your fastboot folder
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash recovery unnoficialrecoveryfilename.img
select recovery in bootloader
wipe cache, dalvik, system in wipe, advanced wipe
then do a factory reset for safe measure
flash your rom
wipe cache and dalvik
reboot to bootloader
extract the boot.img from the rom put it in your fastboot folder
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
U mean this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558503
voot566 said:
U mean this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558503
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That's the one.
Qucik question, since i am just helping my friend to do it, he want to get cyanogenmod, any idea how to do it after ur method?
He already told you exactly how to do it. What are you asking?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655011
This rom okay?
I thought you wanted to put cyanogenmod onto the phone...
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Hi,
Looking for some help with flashing ROMs
My phone is HBoot 2.15
Using TWRP v2.7.1.0
Every ROM I flash seems to install correctly but when booting I get the white HTC screen then the screen goes black and/or reboots (into a loop)
I'm using the HTC One S All-In-One Toolkit 'ADB Sideload a ROM' option to flash ROMs.
Phone was on Orange UK, CID ORANG001
Any ideas if I'm missing something simple?
Rob
I assume you're S-On, aren't you? Did you flash the kernel (boot.img) via fastboot after flashing the rom? Since you're S-On roms won't boot without this step.
Flippy498 said:
I assume you're S-On, aren't you? Did you flash the kernel (boot.img) via fastboot after flashing the rom? Since you're S-On roms won't boot without this step.
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Will help with this tool, use it to S-OFF http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155135