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[How To] Flash Custom recovery and ROMS after 2.20 root

I'm sure there will be a lot of people running the 2.20 root then not knowing what to do. So follow this guide.
Make sure you have adb and fastboot available to use.
Download custom recovery, TWRP is preferred: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/99
Download the ROM you want to run, plus associated gapps to your phone, place them in the download folder (look in the android development and android original development threads)
1. Put phone into bootloader mode (easy way is: 'adb reboot bootloader')
2. Run the following command:
'fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-evita.img' (make sure img file is in same folder as your adb stuff)
then 'fastboot reboot'
3. Run the following command after the phone is rebooted:
'adb reboot recovery'
4. You should be in the new TWRP recovery. From there it is recommended to do a factory reset before flashing the new ROM.
If you have the newer HBOOT 1.14 (you probably do if coming from stock 2.20), boot.img's will have to be flashed separately via fastboot. Extract the boot.img from you ROM zip of choice and put it in the same directory as fastboot. Reboot your device into boot loader and run "'fastboot flash boot boot.img' (no quotes)
You can then flash the ROM and gapps via recovery and reboot and enjoy.

GuyIncognito721 said:
I'm sure there will be a lot of people running the 2.20 root then not knowing what to do. So follow this guide.
Make sure you have adb and fastboot available to use.
Download custom recovery, TWRP is preferred: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/99
Download the ROM you want to run, plus associated gapps to your phone, place them in the download folder (look in the android development and android original development threads)
1. Put phone into bootloader mode (easy way is: 'adb reboot bootloader')
2. Run the following command:
'fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-evita.img' (make sure img file is in same folder as your adb stuff)
then 'fastboot reboot'
3. Run the following command after the phone is rebooted:
'adb reboot recovery'
4. You should be in the new TWRP recovery. From there it is recommended to do a factory reset before flashing the new ROM.
If you have the newer HBOOT, radio and boot.imgs will have to be flashed separately via fastboot. Extract the boot.img and radio.img from you ROM zip of choice and put it in the same directory as fastboot. Reboot your device into boot loader and run "'fastboot flash boot boot.img' (no quotes) and 'fastboot flash radio radio.img'
You can then flash the ROM and gapps via recovery and reboot and enjoy.
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Also, this thread will be useful for flash-aholics :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910294

What if I only see the boot.img and not the radio. The rom is CleanRom V5

may I ask which ROM for a stable AOSP experience ? I daresay none of us 2.20 sufferers have been frequenting the ROM sub-forums

JustTheHustle said:
What if I only see the boot.img and not the radio. The rom is CleanRom V5
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Sorry, I removed the part about flashing radios. You ca't with the newer HBOOT. Only if we had S-OFF.

GuyIncognito721 said:
1. Put phone into bootloader mode (easy way is: 'adb reboot bootloader')
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Would you mind expanding on that? I'm new to this even though I've had the phone since May. I'm unable to put the phone into bootloader mode by holding power and volume down (phone just boots normally) so I need another way.
Thanks

sandys1 said:
may I ask which ROM for a stable AOSP experience ? I daresay none of us 2.20 sufferers have been frequenting the ROM sub-forums
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RebelMOD. Jelly Bean and everything works.
Sent from my HTC One XL

Epos7 said:
Would you mind expanding on that? I'm new to this even though I've had the phone since May. I'm unable to put the phone into bootloader mode by holding power and volume down (phone just boots normally) so I need another way.
Thanks
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More specifically I'm not sure how to connect to the device in cmd. If I run 'adb reboot bootloader' it returns "device offline"
edit - closing/re-opening cmd appears to have solved the problem.

I'm not sure what I did, but I can no longer boot into bootloader mode. When I try now, I see a phone with a red exclamation mark inside a triangle. Does anyone know what I've done wrong or how to fix this? After a minute or two the phone reboots normally.
edit - I re-ran the script for 2.20 root to create a new backup and am now back in bootloader mode.

When i wrote adb rebot recovery it did not work what happened?

so say i want to run the viper rom i just pull the boot.img out of the rom and place it with my fastboot.exe file ( i have that and my adb files from when i unlocked the bootloader in the same folder) and flash it then i boot into recovery and wipe everything and install like normal? i came from a mytouch 4g and it was as simple as putting on the sd card wiping and flashing. this has got me a little worried i may screw up somewhere
another thing, the file is just named boot do i need to rename it boot.img before i flash it?

jrlatta said:
another thing, the file is just named boot do i need to rename it boot.img before i flash it?
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I'm guessing the filename extension is just being hidden. Did you try typing boot.img in cmd? If that works you know the extension is there.

i went ahead and flashed everything and its finished now, hopefully everything boots, well i just got a snake so i guess so far so good

ImmenseGT said:
When i wrote adb rebot recovery it did not work what happened?
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FWIW I had to flash TWRP twice. Didn't stick the first time for some reason.
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if I am already in the bootloader and flashing the boot.img, can I run reboot recovery from my computer right after to go straight to my recovery and flash the rom?
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Zonen said:
if I am already in the bootloader and flashing the boot.img, can I run reboot recovery from my computer right after to go straight to my recovery and flash the rom?
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also do I do a factory reset in recovery before I do my fast boot flash boot.img? or do I first flash the boot.img, then reboot to recovery and do factory reset?

Zonen said:
if I am already in the bootloader and flashing the boot.img, can I run reboot recovery from my computer right after to go straight to my recovery and flash the rom?
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I believe so. That is what I have been doing.

Epos7 said:
................................oops
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what?
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Epos7 said:
I believe so. That is what I have been doing.
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did you get venom installed ok like that?

Zonen said:
if I am already in the bootloader and flashing the boot.img, can I run reboot recovery from my computer right after to go straight to my recovery and flash the rom?
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also do I do a factory reset in recovery before I do my fast boot flash boot.img? or do I first flash the boot.img, then reboot to recovery and do factory reset?
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i booted into recovery and wiped everything and then went and flashed the boot image then from bootloader, used the volume keys to get to recovery, booted into recovery and selected the file i wanted to flash let it run and presto it worked, i did not choose to wipe again since i wiped before flashing the boot image because i was afraid it would erase it

Just let you guys know, my toolkit allows you to flash boot.img. Just place the boot.img in the /Data/Kernels folder and press "With this command" and it'll flash it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426

yep working for me too.

[Q] No OS, can't get to bootloader or recovery

Hey everyone, I just went through the process of rooting my phone using the Hasoon200 tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426). Everything worked fine; I unlocked the bootloader, flashed the TWRP recovery, and installed CM10. However I couldn't get past the CM10 loading screen so I went back to recovery and wiped everything I could (cache, dalvik, system, factory restore) then rebooted. After that I can't get past the white HTC "Quietly Brilliant" splash screen. No bootloader or recovery. Hasoon2000's tool can't reach the phone to do anything. Holding Down Volume and Power buttons just reboots to the splash screen. When I plug the USB into my computer it must be recognized somehow because it connection notification sound plays but I don't see the drive. What can I do now?

Turn on, hold power 10-15 seconds, until screen goes black, let off, press n hold volume down, press power just 2-3 seconds, let off power button but continue holding vol. Down
Than select recovery
And once in bootloader check if you have hboot 1.14
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When you get back into recovery do the same wipe process than flash the Rom...if you have hboot 1.14 you have to flash the boot.img manually

Yea what box of kittens says ^^^^^^^
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33303798
(This thread might help as well.= if your 1.14 hboot) And make sure your thanks button isn't broken at least for the member above who took time to help. :thumbup:
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1

a box of kittens said:
Turn on, hold power 10-15 seconds, until screen goes black, let off, press n hold volume down, press power just 2-3 seconds, let off power button but continue holding vol. Down
Than select recovery
And once in bootloader check if you have hboot 1.14
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When you get back into recovery do the same wipe process than flash the Rom...if you have hboot 1.14 you have to flash the boot.img manually
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Thanks for the response. I'm able to reach the bootloader now, but when I select recovery it freezes once again on the white HTC splash (but this time with the HTC Dev red text below). And I do have hboot 1.14

subarudroid said:
Yea what box of kittens says ^^^^^^^
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33303798
(This thread might help as well.= if your 1.14 hboot) And make sure your thanks button isn't broken at least for the member above who took time to help. :thumbup:
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1
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Thanks [email protected] reflash your recovery so fastboot flash recovery recovery.img(whatever you have it named but has to end with .img)

Reflash your recovery image. Then try again
Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Thanks everyone, I'm back to recovery! Hopefully I can figure it out from here.

If you need anything else just post here.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

ltjska04 said:
Thanks everyone, I'm back to recovery! Hopefully I can figure it out from here.
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Easy peasy...
Flash rom,
boot into boot loader,
drop the boot.img inside your adb/fastboot folder,
Right click on you adb/fastboot folder and choose open command prompt here. The type
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Reboot that beast and enjoy the profits
Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk 2

New to this phone and was a little overeager. I unlocked bootloader, rooted, installed TWRP and flashed CM but didn't flash the boot img before flashing CM so it boots forever, of course (I'm so dumb...)
I can get back to the bootloader where I try to flash my CM boot img but adb won't detect the device (presumably because usb debugging isn't selected since I can't boot into the rom). How can I either 1) get adb to detect so that I can flash the boot img with adb or 2) flash the boot img without adb?
Stumped. Thanks in advance for any/all that can help with this.

_atlien_ said:
New to this phone and was a little overeager. I unlocked bootloader, rooted, installed TWRP and flashed CM but didn't flash the boot img before flashing CM so it boots forever, of course (I'm so dumb...)
I can get back to the bootloader where I try to flash my CM boot img but adb won't detect the device (presumably because usb debugging isn't selected since I can't boot into the rom). How can I either 1) get adb to detect so that I can flash the boot img with adb or 2) flash the boot img without adb?
Stumped. Thanks in advance for any/all that can help with this.
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Sigh you flash boot img through fastboot

Get phone into bootloader. (White screen, 3 skating droids)- make sure it says "fastboot USB" in red
Right click on your adb/fastboot folder, choose "open command prompt here"
Type--> fastboot devices
See if anything shows up.
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2

a box of kittens said:
Sigh you flash boot img through fastboot
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Hey! Thanks for replying. I'm stuck here. Fastboot flash of the boot img requires the phone to be usb detected, yes? I go to fastboot but when I type 'adb devices' I gets nothing back.
I don't think I was clear in my earlier post. I have CM and gapps flashed but it won't boot into the OS because I didn't flash the boot img first but now I can't get the phone to be detected by adb so I don't know how else to flash the boot img. Thanks for taking the time to reply to me. I realize you didn't have to.

Thanks to all! My phone rides again!

_atlien_ said:
Thanks to all! My phone rides again!
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Lol what did to do to be able to fastboot flash
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2

Hey,
I was stuck too... Managed to get the recovery working but the fastboot flash boot boot.img thing is not working can anyone guide me through this?
I did try the forum ways but still isn't solving the problem...

strommer666 said:
Hey,
I was stuck too... Managed to get the recovery working but the fastboot flash boot boot.img thing is not working can anyone guide me through this?
I did try the forum ways but still isn't solving the problem...
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Drop the boot.img INSIDE of your adb/fastboot folder.
Boot into bootloader
Right click on your adb/fastboot folder. Choose "open command prompt here" type --> fastboot flash boot boot.img
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2

Stuck in bootloader loop
Folks, I was stuck in similar situation as well; I had missed copying the boot.img step initially and after i did a factory reset on the boot loader i got stuck in HTC logo screen with red lines warning.
I followed the directions provided on this thread and am now able to get into TWRP recovery screen. What would be the steps for me now to flash a rom onto the device again. I had flashed the ViperXL rom prior to me stupidly doing the factory reset.
Per directions on another thread, I was trying to first have the rom and boot.img loaded using the mount from TWRP. However when i do the the step of 'Mount USB storage', I get the warning that on my computer that i need to 'Format Disk drive'. Not sure why would i need to do it.
Please help!
Thanks

singh.bobby said:
Folks, I was stuck in similar situation as well; I had missed copying the boot.img step initially and after i did a factory reset on the boot loader i got stuck in HTC logo screen with red lines warning.
I followed the directions provided on this thread and am now able to get into TWRP recovery screen. What would be the steps for me now to flash a rom onto the device again. I had flashed the ViperXL rom prior to me stupidly doing the factory reset.
Per directions on another thread, I was trying to first have the rom and boot.img loaded using the mount from TWRP. However when i do the the step of 'Mount USB storage', I get the warning that on my computer that i need to 'Format Disk drive'. Not sure why would i need to do it.
Please help!
Thanks
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Doing a factory reset from the bootloader killed your SD partition. You'll need to format it as fat32 before you can access it again. You've lost everything on there.
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app

exad said:
Doing a factory reset from the bootloader killed your SD partition. You'll need to format it as fat32 before you can access it again. You've lost everything on there.
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app
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I did the reformat for my SDCard; how do i proceed now? should i move the zip file for the rom to the sd card and try installing it ?What would be the next steps i would need to do to get back to the ViperXL rom i have downloaded; or is there a way for me to go back to the original HTC sense rom i had prior to flashing
Thanks
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exad said:
Doing a factory reset from the bootloader killed your SD partition. You'll need to format it as fat32 before you can access it again. You've lost everything on there.
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app
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singh.bobby said:
I did the reformat for my SDCard; how do i proceed now? should i move the zip file for the rom to the sd card and try installing it ?What would be the next steps i would need to do to get back to the ViperXL rom i have downloaded; or is there a way for me to go back to the original HTC sense rom i had prior to flashing
Thanks
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I was able to flash ViperXL rom again; I placed the zip file for the rom in the TWRP folder after i mounted the device. Thereafter i was able to install the rom from the recovery. All good for now . Although all my data from Sd card got wiped :crying:

[Q] htc 1s cant mount

hi i had a problem with my htc one s where as if i put in a vodafone sim the phone went crazy back and forth main menu to diff screens so i read that a viper one rom stopped this so downloaded a rom put it to my phone without checking to make sure it was the right one and boom all i got to was the beats screen so went into recovery tried to adb the proper venim rom to phone and it wasnt having any of that kept getting cant mount sdcard so i fastboot cwm to phone got into recovery but still i cant put the rom to phone can anyone help me out here as im kind of stuck just out of curiosity is it possible to adb flash the rom to the phone ?

ppm48 said:
hi i had a problem with my htc one s where as if i put in a vodafone sim the phone went crazy back and forth main menu to diff screens so i read that a viper one rom stopped this so downloaded a rom put it to my phone without checking to make sure it was the right one and boom all i got to was the beats screen so went into recovery tried to adb the proper venim rom to phone and it wasnt having any of that kept getting cant mount sdcard so i fastboot cwm to phone got into recovery but still i cant put the rom to phone can anyone help me out here as im kind of stuck just out of curiosity is it possible to adb flash the rom to the phone ?
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This thread will help you.
You need to format the SD card using stock recovery./

khan.orak said:
This thread will help you.
You need to format the SD card using stock recovery./
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i havent got a stock recovery and the t-mobile recovery ruu is a usa one not a uk- i intalled twrp but when i try put in recovery the phone gets to htc quietly brill page and stops can anyone help by explaing what to do please

ppm48 said:
i havent got a stock recovery and the t-mobile recovery ruu is a usa one not a uk- i intalled twrp but when i try put in recovery the phone gets to htc quietly brill page and stops can anyone help by explaing what to do please
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Okay do you have adb+fastboot files? if Yes, I will provide you with stock recovery, we'll flash it, Format SD card, Reflash TWRP recovery and install a ROM... :good:
1. Put the recovery.img inside the folder where you've place adb+fastboot files.
2. Open a command window in adb+fastboot folder. (Hold Shift and Right Click inside the folder --> click Open Command window Here)
3. Go to Bootloader (Volume Down + Power), then select Fastboot
4. Connect phone to PC, Phone should say Fastboot - USB Mode
5. Enter this command from Command window:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
6. you have a new recovery, reboot the phone again into bootloader.
7. Select Clear Storage.
8. Select Factor Reset.
9. In a similar fashion, download Flash TWRP 2.3.3.0 recovery after all this process.
10. Mount USB from TWRP recovery, it has this option.
11. Put a ROM on SD card and flash it.
12. If you are S-ON, Extract boot.img from ROM.zip and put it inside adb+fastboot folder and flash it using the command:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
13. Done.

ok now ive put on cwm and can get into recovery but still cant mount sdcard this is crazy

ppm48 said:
ok now ive put on cwm and can get into recovery but still cant mount sdcard this is crazy
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as I said, you need to format the SD card using the STOCK RECOVERY only. It has some proprietary method of formatting the SD card.

khan.orak said:
Okay do you have adb+fastboot files? if Yes, I will provide you with stock recovery, we'll flash it, Format SD card, Reflash TWRP recovery and install a ROM... :good:
1. Put the recovery.img inside the folder where you've place adb+fastboot files.
2. Open a command window in adb+fastboot folder. (Hold Shift and Right Click inside the folder --> click Open Command window Here)
3. Go to Bootloader (Volume Down + Power), then select Fastboot
4. Connect phone to PC, Phone should say Fastboot - USB Mode
5. Enter this command from Command window:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
6. you have a new recovery, reboot the phone again into bootloader.
7. Select Clear Storage.
8. Select Factor Reset.
9. In a similar fashion, download Flash TWRP 2.3.3.0 recovery after all this process.
10. Mount USB from TWRP recovery, it has this option.
11. Put a ROM on SD card and flash it.
12. If you are S-ON, Extract boot.img from ROM.zip and put it inside adb+fastboot folder and flash it using the command:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
13. Done.
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i have adb and fastboot yes but where do i get this stock

hi you said youd provide me with stock recovery where will i get this from thanks

ppm48 said:
i have adb and fastboot yes but where do i get this stock
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Here is the recovery.

ok ive got that i will now go into fb and follow your instructions

where to get the TWRP 2.3.3.0 i installed that recovery the scenn went black with a bar at bottom and a green circle then went to htc one beats so turned of went int hb cleard storage then it did the black screen again so turned off again reset factory now i need the TWRP 2.3.3.0

did as you asked found twrp flashed it went to hb recovery and sticks on htc quietly brill sigh

ppm48 said:
did as you asked found twrp flashed it went to hb recovery and sticks on htc quietly brill sigh
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Here is TWRP 2.3.3.0

ok will try that one thanks

omg i have twrp now comes the hard bits lol

ppm48 said:
omg i have twrp now comes the hard bits lol
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good... hit the thanks button if I have helped you... helps me with the repo

woooo mr khan when i go to recovery i get the twrp screen how do i out the rom on sdcard in that

i mean how do i get the rom onto the sdcard from the pc

ppm48 said:
woooo mr khan when i go to recovery i get the twrp screen how do i out the rom on sdcard in that
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Connect your phone to PC.
In TWRP there is a button, MOUNT SD CARD/STORAGE, press that, then mount the SD storage only (Cross x the sd storage only and not cache etc).
now you can see your SD card in your PC. If it doesn't get mounted, wait for a few seconds. it takes some seconds.
Put the ROM.zip on SD card. and flash it.
IF you are S-ON, extract boot.img from ROM.zip and put it inside adb+fastboot folder and flash it using command given in my previous Process Steps. fastboot flash boot boot.img

bless you mr khan what a star you are thanks for taking the time out to help me in a big way the phone is up n running nice one

cm10.1 kernal?

ok so i have a htc sensation and i installed clockwork mod touch recovery.
i then flashed cm10.1 and wiped data and dalvik but it stayes at the spinning cyanogenmod boot animation
am i using the wrong kernal as i couldent find one on the jellybean post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115520

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
ok so i have a htc sensation and i installed clockwork mod touch recovery.
i then flashed cm10.1 and wiped data and dalvik but it stayes at the spinning cyanogenmod boot animation
am i using the wrong kernal as i couldent find one on the jellybean post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115520
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why did you wipe data and dalvik after rom's installation?
follow these steps
full wipe from recovery
flash the rom
flash gapps
reboot
done
note:the initial boot takes a while

rzr86 said:
why did you wipe data and dalvik after rom's installation?
follow these steps
full wipe from recovery
flash the rom
flash gapps
reboot
done
note:the initial boot takes a while
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ok will try now sorry for multiple post btw
edit nope still stuck spinning anything else i could have done wrong. i didnt root the stock os before installing cm10 could this be why

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
ok will try now sorry for multiple post btw
edit nope still stuck spinning anything else i could have done wrong. i didnt root the stock os before installing cm10 could this be why
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no it doesn't matter if you didn't root the stock one
cm10 comes already pre-rooted
do this
connect your device in fastboot mode to pc(in bootloader must say fastboot usb)
extract the boot.img from the rom.zip and place it in your adb and fastboot folder(i assume you have installed sdk tools)
open in that folder a cmd window and do fastboot flash boot boot.img
then do fastboot reboot

rzr86 said:
no it doesn't matter if you didn't root the stock one
cm10 comes already pre-rooted
do this
connect your device in fastboot mode to pc(in bootloader must say fastboot usb)
extract the boot.img from the rom.zip and place it in your adb and fastboot folder(i assume you have installed sdk tools)
open in that folder a cmd window and do fastboot flash boot boot.img
then do fastboot reboot
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i already have but the boot.img from the rom zip has no recovery if i press recovery it continues to boot cm10

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
i already have but the boot.img from the rom zip has no recovery if i press recovery it continues to boot cm10
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actually you flash the boot.img from pc
you misunderstood me
edit:wait do you have a problem for booting to the recovery?

rzr86 said:
actually you flash the boot.img from pc
you misunderstood me
edit:wait do you have a problem for booting to the recovery?
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i did flash from pc using (fastboot flash recovery boot.img) command it flashes sucsessfully but when i enter recovery via bootloader it just starts booting instead of entering recovery but itf i flash cwm recovery it enters recovery fine. if you want i can upload a video showing whats happening.

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
i did flash from pc using (fastboot flash recovery boot.img) command it flashes sucsessfully but when i enter recovery via bootloader it just starts booting instead of entering recovery but itf i flash cwm recovery it enters recovery fine. if you want i can upload a video showing whats happening.
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let me put it simple
for flashing recovery ->fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
for flashing boot.img ->fastboot flash boot boot.img
do you see your mistake now?

rzr86 said:
let me put it simple
for flashing recovery ->fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
for flashing boot.img ->fastboot flash boot boot.img
do you see your mistake now?
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OOOOhh okay i see now i feel dumb just did it and its booting well see what happens
edit still stuck at cm boot animation ;\ sorry if im really noobish i have never modified a htc before

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
OOOOhh okay i see now i feel dumb just did it and its booting well see what happens
edit still stuck at cm boot animation ;\ sorry if im really noobish i have never modified a htc before
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still stuck at cm logo?
did you wait enough?
can you post again your bootloader details?

rzr86 said:
still stuck at cm logo?
did you wait enough?
can you post again your bootloader details?
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its the se as the other post details nothing has changed

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
its the se as the other post details nothing has changed
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what recovery do you have installed?

rzr86 said:
what recovery do you have installed?
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cwm touch recovery

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
cwm touch recovery
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change it to 4ext recovery
link in my signature
somewhere it says If you somehow lost those files, there's a direct download for a version you can flash via fastboot.
click on download,extract the recovery.img and place it in your adb and fastboot folder
you know the rest
don't make any mistake while entering fastboot command hehe
after that flash again cm rom

rzr86 said:
change it to 4ext recovery
link in my signature
somewhere it says If you somehow lost those files, there's a direct download for a version you can flash via fastboot.
click on download,extract the recovery.img and place it in your adb and fastboot folder
you know the rest
don't make any mistake while entering fastboot command hehe
after that flash again cm rom
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ok will try

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
ok will try
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OMG IT BOOTED THANK YOU SO MUCH I THOUGHT I WAS F*D.
i clicked the thanks button for you

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
OMG IT BOOTED THANK YOU SO MUCH I THOUGHT I WAS F*D.
i clicked the thanks button for you
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but wifi dosent seem to work

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
but wifi dosent seem to work
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and now it works

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
and now it works
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just to know
if you ever face wifi error the first thing we are doing is flashing the boot.img via fastboot
glad for you mate:good:

[Q] boot loop cannot get PC to read device

Okay I was flashing a ROM for the S4 version and the phone began rebooting in the middle of the flash. I realize my error so lets not focus on that Im just trying to fix the boot loop issue. Im trying to use fastboot to fix it but when the phone is connected to my windows 7 PC it makes the connected sound but the device cannot be found by fastboot and it is not shown in the sidebar tree. I cannot get into recovery the TRWP splash screen is displayed for 10 seconds then it goes to the HTC developers use only screen. Please help. Are there any options to repair the damage?

sideshow03 said:
Okay I was flashing a ROM for the S4 version and the phone began rebooting in the middle of the flash. I realize my error so lets not focus on that Im just trying to fix the boot loop issue. Im trying to use fastboot to fix it but when the phone is connected to my windows 7 PC it makes the connected sound but the device cannot be found by fastboot and it is not shown in the sidebar tree. I cannot get into recovery the TRWP splash screen is displayed for 10 seconds then it goes to the HTC developers use only screen. Please help. Are there any options to repair the damage?
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Okay so can someone confirm then that I am out of luck on this one:?

sideshow03 said:
Okay so can someone confirm then that I am out of luck on this one:?
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What is device manager showing when your phone is connected to pc while in bootloader (fastboot USB)
for example here is mine:

tivofool said:
What is device manager showing when your phone is connected to pc while in bootloader (fastboot USB)
for example here is mine:
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It looks the same as yours. But Im not able to connect to the pc to transfer the ROM over. What do I need to do please and thank you?

sideshow03 said:
It looks the same as yours. But Im not able to connect to the pc to transfer the ROM over. What do I need to do please and thank you?
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well don't give up then, it isn't bricked.
I'm guessing the way you worded it, you have a villeC2 (S3) version and you flashed (S4) ROM? So just make sure you have the S3 version of TWRP flashed and flash a boot.img and rom. wipe caches and you should be fine.
Never mind that if your phone is S4 and I misinterpreted that.
With phone in Bootloader, (fastboot USB) try and check fastboot devices again. Opening your folder with fastboot in it and shift right click, pick open command window.
fastboot devices
(should show a serial #)
flash recovery again, since it was bootlooping. That will probably allow it to be stable again so you can mount USB storage.
If you are in bootloader (fastboot USB) and command window on pc is ran from the correct folder but it still shows device cannot be found then reinstall fastboot drivers. That should fix it for you.

tivofool said:
well don't give up then, it isn't bricked.
I'm guessing the way you worded it, you have a villeC2 (S3) version and you flashed (S4) ROM? So just make sure you have the S3 version of TWRP flashed and flash a boot.img and rom. wipe caches and you should be fine.
Never mind that if your phone is S4 and I misinterpreted that.
With phone in Bootloader, (fastboot USB) try and check fastboot devices again. Opening your folder with fastboot in it and shift right click, pick open command window.
fastboot devices
(should show a serial #)
flash recovery again, since it was bootlooping. That will probably allow it to be stable again so you can mount USB storage.
If you are in bootloader (fastboot USB) and command window on pc is ran from the correct folder but it still shows device cannot be found then reinstall fastboot drivers. That should fix it for you.
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Im on the S4 variant my error was not flashing the boot.img separately
Im needing to run the cmd as admin so Im opening it up from the start button and changing the directory to the folder fastboot is in. I did get a serial # HT251W408295 fastboot. as shown
Just to confirm my next step is to flash recovery so my command line should be C:\Android fastboot flash recovery twrp2.1.6-ville.img
Correct?
Im using an older twrp cause I read that the newest one is not the best for HTC one S devices.
Thanks

sideshow03 said:
Im on the S4 variant my error was not flashing the boot.img separately
Im needing to run the cmd as admin so Im opening it up from the start button and changing the directory to the folder fastboot is in. I did get a serial # HT251W408295 fastboot. as shown
Just to confirm my next step is to flash recovery so my command line should be C:\Android fastboot flash recovery twrp2.1.6-ville.img
Correct?
Im using an older twrp cause I read that the newest one is not the best for HTC one S devices.
Thanks
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That would work, BUT:
I see Maximus HD in that pic. For Maximus and any other ROM that uses 2.16 HBoot you can only use the recovery provided in the Maximus original post. It has been modified to work with the new partitions.
If you have moved back to or are still on HBoot 2.15 older firmware, then yes go ahead and flash like you are.
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oh, and usb storage (mount sd card) will not be available on this new recovery.
Easy way to move a ROM onto the phone while in this recovery is adb push
put ROM.zip in the adb folder and type in command window:
adb push filename.zip /sdcard

tivofool said:
That would work, BUT:
I see Maximus HD in that pic. For Maximus and any other ROM that uses 2.16 HBoot you can only use the recovery provided in the Maximus original post. It has been modified to work with the new partitions.
If you have moved back to or are still on HBoot 2.15 older firmware, then yes go ahead and flash like you are.
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oh, and usb storage (mount sd card) will not be available on this new recovery.
Easy way to move a ROM onto the phone while in this recovery is adb push
put ROM.zip in the adb folder and type in command window:
adb push filename.zip /sdcard
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Ok I have both packages now but when I try to flash twrp is shows FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail)).
I have verified the md5 with HASHCALC.
Im lost but feel like Im getting somewhere

sideshow03 said:
Ok I have both packages now but when I try to flash twrp is shows FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail)).
I have verified the md5 with HASHCALC.
Im lost but feel like Im getting somewhere
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Is your bootloader locked? Can't install recoveries with locked bootloader.

tivofool said:
Is your bootloader locked? Can't install recoveries with locked bootloader.
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No I am Unlocked S-off CID 11111111

sideshow03 said:
No I am Unlocked S-off CID 11111111
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Sorry, you need to extract that zip on your pc and put the recovery.img in your folder. Or I guess just extract it in that same folder you are using.
then depending on the name of the recovery.img flash that. But I think that extracts to recovery.img
so
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

tivofool said:
Sorry, you need to extract that zip on your pc and put the recovery.img in your folder. Or I guess just extract it in that same folder you are using.
then depending on the name of the recovery.img flash that. But I think that extracts to recovery.img
so
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Ok Ive completed that and the phone went into recovery, i can see the ROM when I click on the install tab. But when I trying to install the ROM i get E: Unable to open zip file Error flashing zip

sideshow03 said:
Ok Ive completed that and the phone went into recovery, i can see the ROM when I click on the install tab. But when I trying to install the ROM i get E: Unable to open zip file Error flashing zip
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One of the possibilities with that error is a bad download. You may have to redownload the ROM.
Another is if you change the name of the rom, just in case you did that.

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tivofool said:
One of the possibilities with that error is a bad download. You may have to redownload the ROM.
Another is if you change the name of the rom, just in case you did that.
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Yes it was a bad download. Thanks for all of your help I really appreciate your time to help me get back up and running. :victory: