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Rooted 2.20 now cant boot my phone

Hi Everyone,
So i followed all the steps to temp root 2.20 including successfully installing TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project). I then downloaded the CM10 rom and extracted the boot.img as per posts and rebooted into the bootloader and flashed the boot.img from CM10 via Fastboot. However after doing then rebooting to Recovery mode in order to flash the ROM, i get stuck in the red text where it gives you a warning about it being in development mode or something.
I am able to successfully boot into the bootloader via Power+down volume. Additionally I am able to boot into the TWRP recovery just fine, however I am lost and have no clue how to restore my phone to either the CM10 ROM or most importantly at least to stock working condition.
When i got to mount the SDCARD via twrp normally i would get a pop up on my screen and allow me to access my SD card, now i get a pop up just telling me that i need to format my SD card first. I'm afraid some how my SD card got wiped or something.
Can someone please walk me through the steps on how to restore my phone. Please if possible i would appreciate using LAME terms as i do not have any experience as you can tell i screwed up :/ Can you please listed step by step instructions including commands for Fastboot/adb etc etc if needed. Thank you very much for your help and support.

I've typed and retyped a response to help. I'm so tired and my brain is mush. (More so than normal) if you can't find any resolution by morning? Pm me and I'll try and help. Something about pluggin the USB in The back of your pc something something....... snore
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subarudroid said:
I've typed and retyped a response to help. I'm so tired and my brain is mush. (More so than normal) if you can't find any resolution by morning? Pm me and I'll try and help. Something about pluggin the USB in The back of your pc something something....... snore
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I know you tried to help, but it appears now I have bricked the phone. Hopefully i can fix it as i still have access to Bootloader and TWRP recovery. I'll PM you in the morning, thank you.

dont factory reset in bootloader. only factory reset in twrp. sometimes evita has a hard time getting into recovery from bootloader. just keep trying to get into recovery from bootloader. also even if your phone doesn't boot all the way adb sometimes still works. so try "adb reboot recovery" while its trying to boot.
if you did corrupt your sdcard try this method to get it fixed without having to run ruu.
[How to] Fix corrupt/unmountable internal storage on the HTC One X/XL
when you get your sdcard fixed remember to wipe everything and then copy cm10 and gapps to your sdcard and flash. since boot.img is already flashed you shouldn't need to do it again.
you did flash boot.img as "fastboot flash boot boot.img"? i made the mistake of flashing boot.img to recovery instead of boot. i was freaking out. just to make sure flash recovery again "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-evita.img"

DvineLord said:
dont factory reset in bootloader. only factory reset in twrp. sometimes evita has a hard time getting into recovery from bootloader. just keep trying to get into recovery from bootloader. also even if your phone doesn't boot all the way adb sometimes still works. so try "adb reboot recovery" while its trying to boot.
if you did corrupt your sdcard try this method to get it fixed without having to run ruu.
[How to] Fix corrupt/unmountable internal storage on the HTC One X/XL
when you get your sdcard fixed remember to wipe everything and then copy cm10 and gapps to your sdcard and flash. since boot.img is already flashed you shouldn't need to do it again.
you did flash boot.img as "fastboot flash boot boot.img"? i made the mistake of flashing boot.img to recovery instead of boot. i was freaking out. just to make sure flash recovery again "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-evita.img"
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Yes i did fastboot flash boot boot.img from within the Bootlader. FYI that boot.img was from inside the CM10 zip file. I belive my SD card is corrupt i will check out that link. FYI I am able to get into Recovery mode form the Boatloader if i chooser recovery. However since the SD card seems messed up i can't access it currently. Also I tried to use the method to install the CM10.zip file using TWRP recovery. That recovery has a GUI and you can click on the INSTALL button and choose the zip file you want to install, however it errors out.
What is the proper way to flash a rom when i am in the TWRP recovery? Can you provide me with the commands/steps? Thanks for all your support guys.

movadoevo8 said:
Yes i did fastboot flash boot boot.img from within the Bootlader. FYI that boot.img was from inside the CM10 zip file. I belive my SD card is corrupt i will check out that link. FYI I am able to get into Recovery mode form the Boatloader if i chooser recovery. However since the SD card seems messed up i can't access it currently. Also I tried to use the method to install the CM10.zip file using TWRP recovery. That recovery has a GUI and you can click on the INSTALL button and choose the zip file you want to install, however it errors out.
What is the proper way to flash a rom when i am in the TWRP recovery? Can you provide me with the commands/steps? Thanks for all your support guys.
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install/install from zip/browse to your zip/slide to flash (they really should patent that)
now most of us, to do a clean flash, we'd go into the "wipe" menu in TWRP before flashing , factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe system. then we flash our rom.
hope that cleared it up!
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You won't be able to flash anything until you fixed your sdcard using the method in that link.

Ptesmoke where have you been? DvineLord is the only one been helping here. The Q&A thread is a mess. where is edditsync chongo, rohan and the other superhero's. I feel like Hawkeye trying to shoot sh#@ down with a bow and arrow. Waiting for ironman, hulk, Thor and the other avengers to get real sh#@ done. I'm tired going to sleep now.
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ptesmoke said:
install/install from zip/browse to your zip/slide to flash (they really should patent that)
now most of us, to do a clean flash, we'd go into the "wipe" menu in TWRP before flashing , factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe system. then we flash our rom.
hope that cleared it up!
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I tried to fixed corrupted SD card as per video. however after flashing the recovery.img via fastboot when it wants me to do a factory reset instead of doing the factory reset it just goes back to the HTC brilliant screen with the red warning text and sits there. If i go to twpr recovery and click on install i can't access me zip currently due to sd card issues.
Is there a way to format via PC since it lets me as long as I am in twpr and just put stock files/folders onto the SD card? Or is it possible to install the 2.20 ruu again? I re-downloaded it form HTC's site while I am in twrp however I cannot install it won't detect my phone. Thanks for your help.

"fastboot oem lock" then run ruu. ruu gets run in fastboot.
after the ruu, reunlock bootloader and flash twrp, copy cm10 and gapps to your sdcard, flash boot.img in fastboot, wipe everything except for external storage in twrp, flash cm10 and gapps in twrp, then reboot.

If you can get into twrp and go to mount, mount usb storage and connect your phone windows should prompt you to format the SD card.
Once that's done you can drag and drop the rom you want to flash then boot into fastboot and flash the boot.img.
If you want to run the ruu you need to relock the bootloader first.
To do that you must go into fastboot usb and then type fastboot oem lock.
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DvineLord said:
"fastboot oem lock" then run ruu. ruu gets run in fastboot.
after the ruu, reunlock bootloader and flash twrp, copy cm10 and gapps to your sdcard, flash boot.img in fastboot, wipe everything except for external storage in twrp, flash cm10 and gapps in twrp, then reboot.
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I'm sorry i'm not too tech savy. Can you clarify how to Fastboot OEM lock. Assuming i just need to be in fastboot mode and run a command in command prompt?
Also once that is done how can i run RUU via fastboot? Right now i have HTC RUU for 2.20 from august that i downloaded from their site and not sure how i can have it detect my phone. If you could clarify and explain those steps in Lame terms i would greatly appreciate it, thanks in advance.

movadoevo8 said:
I'm sorry i'm not too tech savy. Can you clarify how to Fastboot OEM lock. Assuming i just need to be in fastboot mode and run a command in command prompt?
Also once that is done how can i run RUU via fastboot? Right now i have HTC RUU for 2.20 from august that i downloaded from their site and not sure how i can have it detect my phone. If you could clarify and explain those steps in Lame terms i would greatly appreciate it, thanks in advance.
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That's the command you do and the ruu is an exe file so get into fastnoot on your phone from bl and run the ruu after you've locked the bootloader

Thank you both will try that now.

Hey guys thanks for all your help and your support it worked. I had the wrong CM10 file instead of Evita i had the other one :/ That was the issue all along ugh... but all resolved could of not have done it without your support. Thanks!! I can now finally go to bed.. been at it since 10pm, now 3:11am

Maybe you can help me . I'm having the same problem. The problem is, everytime I try to use any fastboot commands, it'll say "waiting for device". I'm stressing out.

marcur12 said:
Maybe you can help me . I'm having the same problem. The problem is, everytime I try to use any fastboot commands, it'll say "waiting for device". I'm stressing out.
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Make sure you have the right drivers installed, download the latest htc sync from htc's website.
Install HTC sync connect phone and let the drivers install, then make sure you close htc sync from the system tray and try again.
Like DvineLord said below make sure you're in the bootloader then select Fastboot once selected it should say in red writing Fastboot USB.

fastboot only works in bootloader btw

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[Q] Boot Loop Help

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong here. I am running 2.2 rooted and unlocked boot loader. No matter what I try whenever I install a custom rom ( tried cm 10 first) then Jelly Bam, I just get stuck in a boot loop! Can someone help me figure out what it is I'm doing wrong here? Please!

Flash boot img

andrew.simon said:
I have no idea what I'm doing wrong here. I am running 2.2 rooted and unlocked boot loader. No matter what I try whenever I install a custom rom ( tried cm 10 first) then Jelly Bam, I just get stuck in a boot loop! Can someone help me figure out what it is I'm doing wrong here? Please!
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Yes , unzip the Rom to your computer , download fast boot folder HTC one xl, copy and paste boot.img from the Rom folder into fastboot folder on desktop. Now full screen fast boot folder and and move mouse pointer off any files and hold left shift and right click in empty spot on folder and choose open cmd prompt here from menu. It should open up cmd console with fastboot adrress. Place phone in fastboot mode on bootloader screen and hookup usb phone to comp. Next in command prompt type fastboot flash boot boot.img and press enter . Disconnect phone and reboot system, allow a few minutes for it to boot ....enjoy here is a Link also for tutorial on fastboot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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DESERT.TECH said:
Yes , unzip the Rom to your computer , download fast boot folder HTC one xl, copy and paste boot.img from the Rom folder into fastboot folder on desktop. Now full screen fast boot folder and and move mouse pointer off any files and hold left shift and right click in empty spot on folder and choose open cmd prompt here from menu. It should open up cmd console with fastboot adrress. Place phone in fastboot mode on bootloader screen and hookup usb phone to comp. Next in command prompt type fastboot flash boot boot.img and press enter . Disconnect phone and reboot system, allow a few minutes for it to boot ....enjoy here is a Link also for tutorial on fastboot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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Ok thanks for the help! Guess I can't just flash the rom from recovery?

DESERT.TECH said:
Yes , unzip the Rom to your computer , download fast boot folder HTC one xl, copy and paste boot.img from the Rom folder into fastboot folder on desktop. Now full screen fast boot folder and and move mouse pointer off any files and hold left shift and right click in empty spot on folder and choose open cmd prompt here from menu. It should open up cmd console with fastboot adrress. Place phone in fastboot mode on bootloader screen and hookup usb phone to comp. Next in command prompt type fastboot flash boot boot.img and press enter . Disconnect phone and reboot system, allow a few minutes for it to boot ....enjoy here is a Link also for tutorial on fastboot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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also, one more quick question. Do I flash the boot.img after I flash the rom from recovery or before?

andrew.simon said:
also, one more quick question. Do I flash the boot.img after I flash the rom from recovery or before?
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I've done it both ways and it doesn't really seem to matter, but it is usually easier to do it before, as it is done in fastboot, and it is easier to get into recovery from fastboot than the other way around.

Where do I go from here?
Flashed the boot img from GUI flash on the preceding rom. Did the wipe and installed from the sd card file I have there with roms listed. Thing went fine. the Cyanogen circle came up and booted to the "updateing apps" that went fine now its stuck on "unfortunately , the process com.android phone has stopped. and ok below that.
What do I do now, I hit ok and the message comes back up. I see Welcome in blue letters behind and set language behind that .

leesumm said:
Flashed the boot img from GUI flash on the preceding rom. Did the wipe and installed from the sd card file I have there with roms listed. Thing went fine. the Cyanogen circle came up and booted to the "updateing apps" that went fine now its stuck on "unfortunately , the process com.android phone has stopped. and ok below that.
What do I do now, I hit ok and the message comes back up. I see Welcome in blue letters behind and set language behind that .
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Did you restore anything in titanium backup? If not full wipe and reflash
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You can follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982442 to downgrade your hboot to 1.09, then you wouldn't need to flash boot.img any more. But you have to be very careful. I bricked mine half way through it, but managed to unbrick it finally.

similar problem
Stuck on boot loop tried everything on the forum not helping someone help please...

strommer666 said:
Stuck on boot loop tried everything on the forum not helping someone help please...
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Can you get to bootloader? Do you know what firmware version or hboot you have? I doubt you've tried everything as boot loops are easily fixed..
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Rom questions

I used the hasoons2000 tool kit. I unlocked bootloader an flashed recovery twrp. What are the steps to flash cyanogen?
Noob question.. -_- don't I need to "root" then flash a rom or will flashing the rom root my phone. I had done this before just for the purpose of controlling my cpu. Soo I didn't really care for roms I just followed a tutorial. I'm inclined enough to get it done so any help would be extremely appreciated.
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Ok so I need to know you're hboot boot into bootloader and that info will be on top...and that's a good question you ask why don't you have root acess yet? Well with newer HTC's we have to unlock bootloader than flash a recovery than flash a Rom or root in your case a Rom which gives you root to .... But what's your hboot? 1.14 or 1.09

1.14 thank you for tryin dude
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Ok so for hboot 1.14 you have to fastboot flash the boot img of the Rom before or after you flash doesn't matter...so do that go wipe in recovery and than go flash the Rom and gapps

So the boot icon from the cm10mod dl I put in my phone so where, boot in recovery an install it. Using twrp
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Nonono! So you see the boot.img from the cm download in the zip take that place it in your adb fastboot folder on your computer wherever you may have...put your phone in fastboot ..open a command prompt from your fastboot folder and type fastboot flash boot boot.I'mg

Does the img an fast boot need to be in there own folder? So do that an then throw the whole zipped rom file on the phone an install through recovery?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1671237
Moving on from what isaid download the file in the link which I posted.... Put the boot image in that folder... Boot your phone into bootloader scroll down and select fastboot and now open a command prompt with in the fastbootbadb folder on your comp and type to command I told you to...now go wipe in recovery and install the Rom it doesn't matter if you keep the boot img in the Rom zip or not

AshKohru said:
Does the img an fast boot need to be in there own folder? So do that an then throw the whole zipped rom file on the phone an install through recovery?
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The fastboot is something accessed by going into your bootloader (by holding power+vol down). Then connect your phone to your PC and flash boot.img by typing in: "fastboot flash boot boot.img" in command prompt. The boot.img can be found in every .zip file of a rom

AshKohru said:
Does the img an fast boot need to be in there own folder?
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As kittens mentioned, boot.img needs to be in the same folder as fastboot.exe. I'd recommend making a folder for these files, somewhere easy to navigate to. You will have to open a command prompt window, then change directory to the folder containing boot.img and fastboot.exe.

tried it, when i turn it on it has the first screen an says devo mode **** an the the screen goes black. plz help i want it normal im done with this

[Q] Reboots no recovery only fastboot

I have a one xl that will reboot after being on for 2 minutes
evita pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-1.14.0002
it is unlocked, but i cant relock it. Every time i try it says fails then reboots. I have also tried flashing twrp and cwm recovery via fastboot, but everytime i try to enter one it hangs on the teamwin screen. I have tried the ruu it reads my phone at first then when it says rebooting to bootloader the phone reboots normaly and get error 107.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What method are you using to try to relock the phone? What method are you using to install the mentioned recoveries? Please give as much detailed information as possible.
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To relock i have used fastboot in cmd and typed fastboot oem lock. I have done that 10 times with the same result phone reboots normally and when i reboot back into bootloader it still says unlocked.
To flash recoveries i have used fastboot flash recovery ********.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
but instead of rebooting to the bootloader it boots normally

What did you do to the phone before all this started happening? Phones don't usually just start doing things like this of their own accord.
Sent from my Evita.

I bought it like this. The last owner said it happend after he installed a rom. I was hopping i could unbrick it with out jtagging it becuase i am still able to fastboot to it.

If you can't get an RUU to work I think jtag might be your only option.
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I've only tried 2.20. I even extracted the system IMG from it but fast boot says it is too large. The only reason ruu won't work is because I can't get my phone to reboot into boot loader. Is there any way I can flash a different boot loader through fast boot.

Just curious, but when you type fastboot devices from the Bootloader, what is the output?
Are you running fastboot oem lock from the bootloader?
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Nothing happens. And if I type fast boot OEM lock from the boot I get waiting for devices

keithman2567 said:
Nothing happens. And if I type fast boot OEM lock from the boot I get waiting for devices
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If when you type fastboot devices (while in the boot loader) in your computers command prompt, and it doesn't show your HTC device being attached, that means that your computer is not recognizing your phone. Have you installed the HTC drivers? Do you have the newest versions of fastboot and adb installed?
What OS are you running on your computer?
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I have the HTC drivers installed. My computer only recognizes my phone when I put it into fast boot mode then it tend me my device name ht253w309354. Fastboot. As for three adb and fast boot versions I do not know.

keithman2567 said:
I have the HTC drivers installed. My computer only recognizes my phone when I put it into fast boot mode then it tend me my device name ht253w309354. Fastboot. As for three adb and fast boot versions I do not know.
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Does your device boot into the ROM at all?
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Yes. But only for 2 mins before it reboots.

keithman2567 said:
Yes. But only for 2 mins before it reboots.
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If you can connect to Google Play store, download recovery tools, if you have time. From there you could try to install a new recovery for your device. With only 2 minutes you will have to be quick though.
Do you have access to your sdcard from your computer?
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I don't have time. Every time I reboot I have to renter my WiFi password. Yes I think I do but by the time any thing loads it reboots.

keithman2567 said:
I don't have time. Every time I reboot I have to renter my WiFi password. Yes I think I do but by the time any thing loads it reboots.
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Here is the app. Not sure if you'll have time, but you can try
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wa4u565woyrrrlw/de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools-2.apk
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Thank you, but there isn't enough time to even transfer it over

keithman2567 said:
Thank you, but there isn't enough time to even transfer it over
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Do you have USB debugging enabled in the phone?
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Have you tried to flash a new ROM from fastboot? It sounds like your recovery partition might have been corrupted.
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I can if I turn it on fast enough, but when it reboots I have to turn it back on.
I have only tried flashing a system.IMG I pulled from an ruu. But fast boot said it was too large.

keithman2567 said:
I can if I turn it on fast enough, but when it reboots I have to turn it back on.
I have only tried flashing a system.IMG I pulled from an ruu. But fast boot said it was too large.
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Alright, so I have a few ideas.
1. Try flashing a new rom via fastboot. (the following is based on the assumption that you have adb and fastboot in your path)
Flashing a ROM through Fastboot
So Why Do I Need To Do This?
You don't, normally you would flash a ROM through recovery, but why not have another way? Maybe your recovery partition on your phone is corrupt?
Maybe you just want to say "I learned something new!" whatever your reason here are the simple steps:
To start:
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We need to download the ROM of choice to your computer. Once complete find the folder that rom is in and open terminal/cmd to that directory
(quickest way for windows; just hold shift and right click within that folder > open command window here) of course make sure your phone is plugged into computer and in fastboot mode.
Lets see how quick and easy this really is...
In the command line type:
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fastboot devices
Seeing your serial number means we know all is good
Now lets type these commands:
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fastboot erase system -w
fastboot erase boot
fastboot update superawesomerom.zip
Of course replace <superawesomerom.zip> with the correct file name
and last but not least:
Code:
fastboot reboot
2. Boot into Recovery via fastboot.
Plug phone into PC, connect with USB cable and have phone in fastboot mode, now open CMD/Terminal in the same directory as your recovery image
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
Of course name image correctly to fit command or vise versa
Now you are in recovery of choice within your device without it being flashed to your recovery partition. There is a time and a place for everything, can you think of ways this may help you? Sure you can!
This doesn't actually flash the recovery.img... it will just allow you to boot into it. Make sure that you have a good TWRP version.
The previous quotes were taken from this guide on XDA-University:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112

[Q] Cannot flash TWRP

I did the weaksauce/firewater S-Off method, which worked fine. I am now trying to install TWRP for root access, and the troubles have begun. I renamed the .img file to twrp.img for reference. After booting into fastboot, which is the stock HTC one, I run
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fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
from my platform tools. The command prompt does its thing, and says the flashing is complete. But when I reboot into fastboot, I get the HTC one again, no TWRP. Nor do I have root access. I've tried
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fastboot clear cache
before flashing, but I get no luck their either. This is going to drive me insane, please help!

From fastboot are you selecting to boot into recovery? Recovery is a separate thing from the bootloader.

adavit said:
From fastboot are you selecting to boot into recovery? Recovery is a separate thing from the bootloader.
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There isn't an option to, just HBOOT, FASTBOOT, REBOOT FASTBOOT and REBOOT

Doctordub said:
There isn't an option to, just HBOOT, FASTBOOT, REBOOT FASTBOOT and REBOOT
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When you are on the option for hboot hit the power button for select. In the next screen you will get a list of different options. The second one I believe is recovery. If TWRP is installed it should take you there, otherwise it will prolly go to the stock recovery. Other than that information I'm not sure what to tell you.

I tried selecting RECOVERY from the HBOOT menu, but it quickly flashes an error message about "zip file not found" and kicks me back to the stock fastboot screen.
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