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Htc desire s stuck at Htc logo , even cannot make factory reset

Hi experts
One of my friend brought his Htc stuck at Htc logo even I cannot make factory reset in boot mode.. When I click factory reset nothing happens.. Don't know where to start? Can somebody tech me
I made gold card successfully
Thank you

Give some more info please
1) what is written on the top part of the screen when in boot mode
it should look similar to this:
Code:
---AlphaRev---
SAGA pvt ship S-off RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO-3805.04.02.01_M
eMMC-boot
2) can you access RECOVERY from the boot mode menu
if yes make a picture of it and attach it here
Also see here, there are some ways to restore from white screen issue.

SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.98.0002
RADIO - 3805.06.02.03_M
eMMC - boot
and if i press recovery showing recovery symbol and phone get off and vibrating 3 times
And i downloaded this file
RUU_Saga_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.48.707.1_Radio_20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M_release_199476_signed.exe
when i try to update ..its stuck at rebooting to bootloader

I have a similar problem. But mine is s-off and unrooted, it occurred when I tried updating with the system OTA update (about 230mb in size). It updated, showed the circular green stuff on the black screen, booted a few times then just stuck at the HTC screen on the white background.
-Revolutionary-
SAGA PUT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO- 3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Mar 10 2011, 14:58:38
Please would appreciate your help

sharaz191 said:
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.98.0002
RADIO - 3805.06.02.03_M
eMMC - boot
and if i press recovery showing recovery symbol and phone get off and vibrating 3 times
And i downloaded this file
RUU_Saga_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.48.707.1_Radio_20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M_release_199476_signed.exe
when i try to update ..its stuck at rebooting to bootloader
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It seems that your problem is complicated. Stock software and no recovery access makes it difficult to give an appropriate advice. Maybe something wrong was flashed on this phone or the worst case - "fried" eMMC chip. You can try to search across the forum for any similar or try various solutions but I cannot advice how to proceed. Sorry
linkin8k said:
I have a similar problem. But mine is s-off and unrooted, it occurred when I tried updating with the system OTA update (about 230mb in size). It updated, showed the circular green stuff on the black screen, booted a few times then just stuck at the HTC screen on the white background.
-Revolutionary-
SAGA PUT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO- 3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Mar 10 2011, 14:58:38
Please would appreciate your help
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There are at least 10 other threads from the past 2 weeks with exactly the same problem. Do some reading, the solution is simple...

Please just tell me what to do or give me the thread cause I have searched and can't find precisely what will help. Just post something please I beg you.

here you go
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk

Can I solve by jtag?

sharaz191 said:
Can I solve by jtag?
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Surely simpler to return under warranty?
Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium

Tried everything in the thread and it won't still work.

I downloaded RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_219480_signed and used it. It showed successful but got stuck at the htc logo white screen again. When i tried using the ruu again it showed the old version which it supposedly upgraded was still in the phone.
Please help am so frustrated

linkin8k said:
I downloaded RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_219480_signed and used it. It showed successful but got stuck at the htc logo white screen again. When i tried using the ruu again it showed the old version which it supposedly upgraded was still in the phone.
Please help am so frustrated
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Hint - flash hboot 0.98.2000
After use the latest RUU 2.10.401.8
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk

Thanks for the quick reply. I have already tried flashing hboot_0.98.0000_361a7ba6_0310 onto it using android flasher in "fastboot usb plug" but it reboots and gets stuck at the htc logo again until i remove the battery.
Also here is what androidflasher shows me :
sending "hboot" (1024kb)...
OKAY [0.191s]
writing "hboot"...
(bootloader) image update is bypassed!
OKAY [0.030s]
finished.total time:0.221s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [0.248s]
finished.total time:0.248s
rebooting....
finished. total time: 0.244s

**update**
was able to flash 4ext recovery using android flasher onto my device and tried updating with the ruu again. It still gets stuck at the htc logo white background (so i painfully remove battery again) but when i try running the ruu again from my pc it shows that i have the same version as the ruu.
Still stuck at white screen. Help!!!

linkin8k said:
**update**
was able to flash 4ext recovery using android flasher onto my device and tried updating with the ruu again. It still gets stuck at the htc logo white background (so i painfully remove battery again) but when i try running the ruu again from my pc it shows that i have the same version as the ruu.
Still stuck at white screen. Help!!!
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see the version of the bootloader
if it is still 6.98.xxxx this is you problem. Flash 0.98.2000 with PG88IMG.zip from the SDcard or try 2.00.2002 - you can find this in the forums also

linkin8k
I have the same problem and I have not found the solution up here.

can anybody tell me can i solve this by JAG?i can do jtag my self

thanks for the replies sorry i couldn't post yesterday was trying to be in a festive mood.
**my progress**
I have tried all i can to update the bootloader, from putting the pg88img file in through root of sd to update through 4ext recovery to tryin to use android flasher to put the 0.98.2000 it won't just update.
please what else can i do?? is there a hboot installer for windows for me to try??
please help AmidaBuddha u have done a lot but i still need a little help. thanks

As much as i know would be the last possible solution to replace the bootloader with dd command inside adb shell or try to flash it with fastboot (to make this the htc drivers [if you are using windows] and the android sdk with the given android plattform-tools must be installed, if some parts are not present look at the index thread)
Walkthrough:
fastboot:
reboot your device to bootloader and put it in fastboot mode
open commanline at your pc
attach device to pc
cd to the directory where the hboot.img is ( extract it from the pg88img.zip file)
Code:
fastboot devices
(your device should show up as some letters and digits at the right of it should stand recovery, also the adb daemon is started if it wasn't running before)
fastboot flash hboot hboot.img
this replaces your current hboot with the hboot.img file, don't interrupt the process or pull the usb cable, this can brick your device, i'm not responsible if something goes wrong.
dd:
put the needed .img file of the bootloader at the root of your sd (extract it from the pg88img.zip file) and rename it to hboot.img
reboot to recovery
Open commandline at your pc
attach device to pc
Code:
adb devices
(your device should show up as some letters and digits at the right of it should stand recovery, also the adb daemon is started if it wasn't running before)
adb shell
(this opens the adb command shell, from where you can execute shell commands right at your device)
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/sdcard/backup.img
(this backups your current bootloader partition to the backup.img file)
dd if=/sdcard/hboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
(this replaces your bootloader partition with the boot.img)
exit
(exits adb shell)
adb reboot bootloader
(reboots your device to bootloader)
this backups your current bootloader to /sdcard/backup.img and replaces it with the boot.img, but beware this is hard stuff and be carefull, don't stop the execution of the any dd command and never pull the usb-cable while it writes your bootloader, this definitly can brick your device, i'm not responsible if something goes wrong, good luck.

Tectas thanks, see what i get using fastboot:
on command line:
c:\users>fastboot devices
SH14HTJ05*** fastboot
c:users> cd c:\temp
c:\temp>fastboot flash hboot hboot.img
sending `hboot` <1024 kb>... OKAY
writing `hboot`... INFOimage update is bypassed!
OKAY
on phone under bootloader menu:
Can not roll back hboot version
........
will try dd option now.

bootloop after installing cyanogenmod 9 while sill s-off oh noo!

Whats up,
I just rooted my sensation which was running ICS prior I followed the procedure that was actually posted on this very forum. Any way I rooted the phone fine but I never updated the firmware or went s-off and tried flashing cyanogenmod which ended up bootlooping my phone. From my understanding updating the firmware should take care of this issue but I need to first get the phone to s-off. I am currently following the juopunutbear procedure (I have hboot 1.27.0000) and am using the fastboot usb since I cannot get past the htc or cyanogen loading screen. I get as far as the last command on the cmd prompt and the command prompt says (bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) zip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail) and once I unplug my phone from the usb the phones hboot screen says "Security fail! Update Fail! any help on how to get it s-off or to stop bootlooping is extremly appreciated!

PantsFullOfGuns said:
Whats up,
I just rooted my sensation which was running ICS prior I followed the procedure that was actually posted on this very forum. Any way I rooted the phone fine but I never updated the firmware or went s-off and tried flashing cyanogenmod which ended up bootlooping my phone. From my understanding updating the firmware should take care of this issue but I need to first get the phone to s-off. I am currently following the juopunutbear procedure (I have hboot 1.27.0000) and am using the fastboot usb since I cannot get past the htc or cyanogen loading screen. I get as far as the last command on the cmd prompt and the command prompt says (bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) zip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail) and once I unplug my phone from the usb the phones hboot screen says "Security fail! Update Fail! any help on how to get it s-off or to stop bootlooping is extremly appreciated!
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You had ics prior right? Then no need to update the firmware.. You already git the required firmware
You are saying you are rooted and flashed cm9 so i presume you have htcdev unlocked bootloader and custom recovery
Now to get out from bootloop
If you have 4ExT recovery.. Then enable smartflash in (4EXT -tools). And flash rom again.
Or if you have Cwm recovery
Then
Do the extra 1 step from this below guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25587345
Remember you need to extract boot.img from the rom you've flashed (cm9) and use that for following extra 1 step
It will get you out of bootloop
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves

hmm thank you for the help, I believe I did what you and the instructions told me to do which was to put the boot.img file of the rom into the abd fastboot folder and then flash the rom from my computer ? I did this and the only difference now is the phone bootloops at the htc screen and not the cyanogenmod screan progress i suppose?

Heyy i also have this problem but im using the Samsung galaxy s2 hercules (t989) but it was my first time. I used rom manager and i flashed cyanogen onto my phone and its been running the boot screen for about 10 minutes. Am i in a boot loop?
EDIT: Im pretty sure im in a bootloop. How can i just get back to my stock ics without wiping my phone and losing any data i may have on it?

Bricked Sensation HELP!

I don't like starting new threads especially but I have searched and searched and not come up with an answer/problem quite the same as mine. I am not a TOTAL noob and do understand s-on, s-off, htcdev unlock etc. Here goes
I got a Sensation from a friend who acuired it from God knows when but he asked me if it can be fixed. Its currently stuck in fastboot mode. Its Locked S-OFF however NOTHING I try works. Here is some info
BOOTLOADER
*** Locked ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
CID
Is already Super CID = 11111111
RECOVERY
There is no custom recovery flashed and trying to flash recovery via fastboot fails saying "remote: not allowed"
FASTBOOT COMMANDS
Fastboot commands work to get cid etc but get a "remote: not allowed" to erase or flash boot,img, any rom or any hboot or ANYTHING
BOOTLOADER FLASHING
If I try to flash a firmware file through Bootloader, it parses the P58IMG.zip but fails on Bootload saying Fail-PU Partition update failed
FLASH SHIPPED RUU
Trying a shipped ROM also fails. Goes smoothly, reads current image on phone as 1.45.401.3 but once it starts updating, it sticks in waiting for boatloader and gives ERROR[171] while phone has restarted in FASTBOOT mode
HTCDEV Unlock
I thought I would give the HTCDEV method a go even though I know this is redundant since I am already supposedly s-off but even that fails cuz no lock, unlock screen comes up. Flashing of Unlock_boot.bin goes fine
I am at a TOTAL loss now cuz since I am already S-OFF, I should have been able to flash recover or flash a rom or boot image to get phone working again. NOTHING works!!
Any ideas anyone? Apologies if this has been covered before and I couldnt find it.

tabi13 said:
I don't like starting new threads especially but I have searched and searched and not come up with an answer/problem quite the same as mine. I am not a TOTAL noob and do understand s-on, s-off, htcdev unlock etc. Here goes
I got a Sensation from a friend who acuired it from God knows when but he asked me if it can be fixed. Its currently stuck in fastboot mode. Its Locked S-OFF however NOTHING I try works. Here is some info
BOOTLOADER
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
CID
Is already Super CID = 11111111
RECOVERY
There is no custom recovery flashed and trying to flash recovery via fastboot fails saying "remote: not allowed"
FASTBOOT COMMANDS
Fastboot commands work to get cid etc but get a "remote: not allowed" to erase or flash boot,img, any rom or any hboot or ANYTHING
BOOTLOADER FLASHING
If I try to flash a firmware file through Bootloader, it parses the P58IMG.zip but fails on Bootload saying Fail-PU Partition update failed
FLASH SHIPPED RUU
Trying a shipped ROM also fails. Goes smoothly, reads current image on phone as 1.45.401.3 but once it starts updating, it sticks in waiting for boatloader and gives ERROR[171] while phone has restarted in FASTBOOT mode
HTCDEV Unlock
I thought I would give the HTCDEV method a go even though I know this is redundant since I am already supposedly s-off but even that fails cuz no lock, unlock screen comes up. Flashing of Unlock_boot.bin goes fine
I am at a TOTAL loss now cuz since I am already S-OFF, I should have been able to flash recover or flash a rom or boot image to get phone working again. NOTHING works!!
Any ideas anyone? Apologies if this has been covered before and I couldnt find it.
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Have you tried playing with fastboot commander? Mabe try formatting all partitions, then installing RUU or PG58IMG ?Or try with different RUUs? The last thing I can think of is to lock the bootloader back, and try to send it to HTC with warranty.

Even fastboot commander, the same as entering commands manually can not flash anything or erase any partition. Dead end there.

tabi13 said:
Even fastboot commander, the same as entering commands manually can not flash anything or erase any partition. Dead end there.
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what about locking it back to s-on? did you tried it? does it "run" a custom rom ?

First off to use all the fastboot commands you need to have a eng Hboot on the device. You can not use all fastboot commands with a stock Hboot which is what the Hboot 1.27.0000 that you have is. Click on this link to download the JuopunutBear eng Hboot and follow the below instructions to flash it via fastboot.
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip jb_hboot.zip
If you still can not get the device up and going using fastboot after flashing the eng Hboot, or if the Hboot will not flash you may have screwed up partitions on the the device. There is a fastboot or a adb command you can use to get a read out of the partitions but I can not remember it right now, just google it you will find it. I mention this because of the "Fail-PU Partition update failed" message you mentioned.
If it does flash the eng Hboot then you should be able to flash a custom recovery or anything else you want to flash via fastboot. If all else fails though do as gallardo5 sayed and flash the stock ROM via RUU while in fastboot and connected to your computer via USB. Then you can try to start from scratch rooting and installing a custom recovery.

T-Macgnolia said:
First off to use all the fastboot commands you need to have a eng Hboot on the device. You can not use all fastboot commands with a stock Hboot which is what the Hboot 1.27.0000 that you have is. Click on this link to download the JuopunutBear eng Hboot and follow the below instructions to flash it via fastboot.
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip jb_hboot.zip
If you still can not get the device up and going using fastboot after flashing the eng Hboot, or if the Hboot will not flash you may have screwed up partitions on the the device. There is a fastboot or a adb command you can use to get a read out of the partitions but I can not remember it right now, just google it you will find it. I mention this because of the "Fail-PU Partition update failed" message you mentioned.
If it does flash the eng Hboot then you should be able to flash a custom recovery or anything else you want to flash via fastboot. If all else fails though do as gallardo5 sayed and flash the stock ROM via RUU while in fastboot and connected to your computer via USB. Then you can try to start from scratch rooting and installing a custom recovery.
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Oh yes, I should have mentioned it. I did even try flashing the JB-hboots, both GB and ICS versions. Neither worked.
It gives error on erase cache, oem rebootRUU reboots back to fastboot and then flashing fails
I think you are spot on about the partitions about being mssed up. Even if they can be read out (i saw the commands somewhere myself) can they be repaired at all?
p.s. Thanks for your help

One more thing I should have mentioned and dont know how I missed, the FASTBOOT page says *** Locked *** not *** Unlocked ***. I dont know if this can/should be changed.
I am sorry in advance if I am being silly

tabi13 said:
One more thing I should have mentioned and dont know how I missed, the FASTBOOT page says *** Locked *** not *** Unlocked ***. I dont know if this can/should be changed.
I am sorry in advance if I am being silly
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If you have a messed up partition you can not fix it without replacing the whole board. And about the locked in fastboot that is why your fastboot commands are not working. But the fact that you can not flash the eng Hboot sorta tells me you got a bad partition and it will not take the flash. Blackwing had the same issue with his Sensation and all the best guys I know that are over on the IRC Help Now channel could not come up with a fix and finally diagnosed it as bad partitions. Hid was the exact same it would give aerroron erase cache. Find the command to get a read out on the partitions and post the read out here.

T-Macgnolia said:
If you have a messed up partition you can not fix it without replacing the whole board. And about the locked in fastboot that is why your fastboot commands are not working. But the fact that you can not flash the eng Hboot sorta tells me you got a bad partition and it will not take the flash. Blackwing had the same issue with his Sensation and all the best guys I know that are over on the IRC Help Now channel could not come up with a fix and finally diagnosed it as bad partitions. Hid was the exact same it would give aerroron erase cache. Find the command to get a read out on the partitions and post the read out here.
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Tmac.. I solved one guys FAIL-PU errors.. If the op can boot to recovery.. Maybe we can fix it.. Remember I said we CAN so there's a possibility
Edit: but not now.. Or at least until 20th August.. I'm out of station (as I need to do remotely everything)
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium

gameshp, let me know when you can help me out. IF my friend hasnt given up by then. Thank you

I have the same situation, so I'm really hoping for a solution.
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34

hey ppl im ready ..check your PM's ..and let me know

Did you try to navigate back to "HBOOT" and do a "Factory reset"?
If it does not work, maybe you should flash firmware using JTAG.

marcusgolden said:
I have the same situation, so I'm really hoping for a solution.
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
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No you don't have the same problem, cause your bootloader is unlocked
Flash the firmware again and try to flash recovery

HELPP bootloop - can access bootloader - can't access CWM or TWRP

stuck in bootloop.
hboot info:
*** TAMPERED ***
*** UNLOCKED ***
VLE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
RADIO-1.06es.50.02.31
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-BOOT
Jun 11 2012, 14:36:28
cid is HTC__001
was on stock god knows which rom, left phone on overnight, woke up in the morning and phone was off. turned it on and it's stuck in bootloop. so i thought if i could root the phone, I could install a rom through CWM. unlocked the bootloader via htcdev, fastboot flashed CWM, tried booting into CWM and it just boot loops. i then ran out of the little amount of battery i had left, and couldn't charge the phone because of bootloop. so flashed stock recovery to get phone to charge. relocked the bootloader and tried flashing "RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.31.401.5_Radio_1.06es.50.02.31_10.09a.50.04L_release_275655_signed", flashed successfully but still bootloop. tried flashing an older version, RUU_Ville_U_HTC_Europe_1.47.401.1_Radio_0.15.31501S.13_3_10.08.31501S.04L_release_250115_signed, didn't flash due to older hboot.
unlocked bootloader again and tried HTC One S AIO Kit by Hasoon, flashed CWM and still stuck in bootloop. flashed TWRP and also stuck in bootloop. running out of ideas here
at the moment, I still have access to bootloader. anyone have any ideas?
thanks in advance

but can u go into the bootloader mode ???

acerulz said:
but can u go into the bootloader mode ???
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thanks for replying so quick!
not really good with my terms. i'm guessing bootloader mode is vol dn + power?, yes i can get into that. and i can see device in fastboot aswell when i type "fastboot devices"

so simply your phone is not bricked mate, read the posts and you'll get to it very quickly.
Wish u luck

drakexpl said:
so simply your phone is not bricked mate, read the posts and you'll get to it very quickly.
Wish u luck
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ok that's a relief. can you direct me to which post? i've read through soo many and tried soo much but always failed

kid_maximus said:
ok that's a relief. can you direct me to which post? i've read through soo many and tried soo much but always failed
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599363

in fastboot, either reflash recovery or erase cache

thanks for the replies :good:
fastboot erase cache doesn't look like it did anything, still bootloops
i tried flashing the CWM recovery i had again via fastboot, didn't work, still bootloops when i try accessing recovery. grabbed the CWM and TWRP recovery images from HTC AIO kit, tried flashing them with fastboot, still nothing stuck in bootloop.
although once i did flash the recovery image, the htc logo screen changed in that there is now red writing underneath it:
"This build is for development purposes only. Do not distribute outside of HTC without HTC's written permission. Failure to comply may lead to legal action", after a minute, the screen goes off for 5 seconds and comes back with standard htc logo and bootloops.
any other ideas? :crying:
thanks again.

Lock bootloader and flash ruu most simple for beginners
Sent from a man, using a mobile phone

k1llacanon said:
Lock bootloader and flash ruu most simple for beginners
Sent from a man, using a mobile phone
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Thats a little overkill IMO
You should be able to
fastboot flash recovery pathtoyourtwrprecovery.img
boot into recovery factory reset install a rom
reboot
and you should be ok

k1llacanon said:
Lock bootloader and flash ruu most simple for beginners
Sent from a man, using a mobile phone
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tried that many times, but i'll try again and write what happens
i've done fastboot oem lock, it says:
(bootloader) Lock successfully...
(bootloader) TZ_HTC_SVC_DISABLE ret = 534642040 (0x1FDDFD78)
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.942s
i'm guessing that's right because it's gone from "unlocked" to "relocked" in bootloader, including "security warning" added underneath it.
(erased the cache next using fastboot)
ran the RUU, completed successfully, no errors...phone rebooted, still bootloops
can still access bootloader
ran the RUU again, this time as administrator...completed successfully, no errors...phone rebooted, still bootloops
still have access to bootloader and working fastboot.
there must be some way to fix this

Zarboz said:
Thats a little overkill IMO
You should be able to
fastboot flash recovery pathtoyourtwrprecovery.img
boot into recovery factory reset install a rom
reboot
and you should be ok
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you are sooo right, if only i could access recovery, i know what to do
but the problem is, i can't...i've tried atleast 15 times if not more to flash as you said using fastboot, cwm twrp and stock recoveries, using many files (to rule out having a corrupted recovery img) and using the HTC AIO kit too to flash recovery, always bootloops
as i said, i tried to fastboot flash the recoveries provided with the HTC AIO kit, this also bootloops.
do you have any other ideas? i'd appreciate anything rather than using this as a paperweight lol

Inspire 4g MAJOR Problem !

I am SO Freaking lost..... My problem is my phone will freez at the HTC splash screen, and the only things I can get into is bootloader and 4ext recovery. I can't flash any images they don't want to be flashed with the PD98img.zip I can't do anyting my phone is empty with no android os.. I am stuck. I can't seem to do much with fastboot with images either.

AlphaOmegaPrimus said:
I am SO Freaking lost..... My problem is my phone will freez at the HTC splash screen, and the only things I can get into is bootloader and 4ext recovery. I can't flash any images they don't want to be flashed with the PD98img.zip I can't do anyting my phone is empty with no android os.. I am stuck. I can't seem to do much with fastboot with images either.
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can you give some background as what you did to get the phone into this state?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507 I tried this to restore my phone thinking it would fix all my problems instead I must have messed something up, and now i'm pretty sure my phone is a paper weight. I managed to run fastboot oem rebootRUU and installed htc_inspire4g_att_RUU_3.20.502.52_US.exe but it hangs at white screen with HTC logo.

Did you try both flash packages?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I527 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

jzsidebott said:
Did you try both flash packages?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I527 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I'm a NOOB, I have no idea what you mean by that. Sorry

AlphaOmegaPrimus said:
I'm a NOOB, I have no idea what you mean by that. Sorry
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In the link you provided, on the first page, there were two seperate downloads, depending on when the phone was developed. "Download (restores to official Froyo 2.2.2) (315MB)" and also "Download (restores to official Gingerbread 2.3.3) (309MB)". Was just wondering which one you tried if any at all.

The only thing I can boot into is the 4ext Recovery Touch & hboot Can someone send me stock inspire 4g rom 4ext backup files they are *.tar files [email protected] Or [email protected]
Would that restore my system ?
the phone is
*** Unlocked ***
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0030
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.17.14.11_M
eMMC-boot
If this helps
The 4ext Touch Recovery says under info
system ext3 549.2mb 504.9 free
data ext3 1.1gb 1.0 free
cache ext3 140.4mb 127.6 free
sdcard fat32 1.9gb 1.9 free

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507
4.Reboot to HBOOT: Shutdown completely (disconnect USB if connected and pull battery if necessary) then while holding down the VOL-DOWN key, press the POWER key for about half a second. The phone should boot into HBOOT, check the PD98IMG.zip for consistency, then prompt you to install. Select VOL-UP to install.
5.Once installed, HBOOT will prompt you to reboot by pressing the POWER button. Do this
I can get to step 4 and instead of flashing the PD98IMG.zip is says parsing and just goes back to hboot. I can't flash anything.

I have been making some MAJOR progress on my phone.. after messing around with a lot of fastboot commands, I found this with helped .. fastboot -c "lge.kcal=0|0|0|x" boot customrecovery.img if forces some images to boot.
Also the link I posted above only will work if my phone is relocked. I can't even make post in the Inspire 4G Android Development , because i'm "too new " to ask a question. But I managed to get his program to run again and I've noticed something. on step 7
7.Once successfully completed, the phone will automatically reboot to HBOOT and begin the process of installing the RUU. The only thing you have to do at this point is acknowledge the prompt to install by pressing VOL-UP. (Note: the RUU install may skip a couple of images during the install but this is normal.
IT FAILS to copy the RUU to the sdcard. and that's what has left my phone without an OS. I've also got the stock RUU htc_inspire4g_att_RUU_3.20.502.52_US.exe to run and complete But my phone hangs after the HTC logo..
So i'm headed in the right direction. Any ideas ???? ~ T

SO I've made a HUGE step in progress yesterday, I installed JellyTime rom and inspire mod and gapps. and forced the boot.img file to boot using fastboot -c "lge.kcal=0|0|0|x" boot boot.img it made the boot.img to run and start JellyTime. I've got android installed on the phone now. The only problem is I need to S-OFF so I can fastboot flash boot boot.img. It won't do it right now, As of now the phone will bootup and hang on the White HTC logo screen, Every attempt to S-OFF the phone has failed so far. Any Ideas ?

Your phone is bricked?
Try flashing this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996368

AlphaOmegaPrimus said:
SO I've made a HUGE step in progress yesterday, I installed JellyTime rom and inspire mod and gapps. and forced the boot.img file to boot using fastboot -c "lge.kcal=0|0|0|x" boot boot.img it made the boot.img to run and start JellyTime. I've got android installed on the phone now. The only problem is I need to S-OFF so I can fastboot flash boot boot.img. It won't do it right now, As of now the phone will bootup and hang on the White HTC logo screen, Every attempt to S-OFF the phone has failed so far. Any Ideas ?
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You don't need S-Off to fastboot flash boot.img. Just an unlocked bootloader.
bayartiesto said:
Your phone is bricked?
Try flashing this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996368
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This is not at all helpful. He is asking for boot.img or S-Off help. If he can't do that his ROM is irrelevant.

OMG. this is the worst place for help ever. I have Jelly time installed and I can get into it But only AFTER forcing the boot.img to boot. I CANNOT boot into jellytime by it's self normally. BECAUSE I cannot flash the boot.img file I get an error message. Because I need S-OFF to be off. right now it's on. Everything I've tried has failed.

AlphaOmegaPrimus said:
OMG. this is the worst place for help ever.
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This is just about the worst way to start a post where you're asking for help.
AlphaOmegaPrimus said:
I have Jelly time installed and I can get into it But only AFTER forcing the boot.img to boot. I CANNOT boot into jellytime by it's self normally. BECAUSE I cannot flash the boot.img file I get an error message. Because I need S-OFF to be off. right now it's on. Everything I've tried has failed.
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Did you even read what I wrote before??
bananagranola said:
You don't need S-Off to fastboot flash boot.img. Just an unlocked bootloader.
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Also, you haven't told us what error message you get when you try to flash the boot.img. And is your bootloader unlocked??

AlphaOmegaPrimus said:
OMG. this is the worst place for help ever. I have Jelly time installed and I can get into it But only AFTER forcing the boot.img to boot. I CANNOT boot into jellytime by it's self normally. BECAUSE I cannot flash the boot.img file I get an error message. Because I need S-OFF to be off. right now it's on. Everything I've tried has failed.
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What does forcing the boot.img means? there is no other way to flash a boot.img that in fastboot if you are S-ON. There is no need to be S-OFF to fastboot flash. In fact, having S-OFF is not enough to enable flash commands in fastboot (you actually need ENG S-OFF for that).
I suggest that you give detail information about the errors and what you are doing if you want to get helped.

Hello,
I have htc inspire. My phone was new sept 2011 and worked until july 2012. My phone was set to charge only and usb debug disable and was never rooted. One night I put the phone to charge and the next day it I turned it on but it never made past the white screen. I have tried to put the rom on sd card as PD98IMG. I tried RUU. The phone lists:
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024 MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 12 2011,00:55:45
When I try using RUU it gets stuck on reloading bootloader
When I try the PD98IMG method using a goldcard, it gets stuck:
parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] BOOTLOADER -UPDATING
[2] BOOT
[3] RECOVERY
etc
Please help

Not sure but What helped me get past the HTC logo screen is just recovering the old Stock of the phone.
The link provided is to return back to old stock AT&T Roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385016
Boot your phone in Bootloader mode (PWR + VOL DOWN).
Run the RUU Installer.
For S-Off, Advanced Hack Kit (AAHK) was quite a big help to me.

My problem is I have s-on. Phone freezes when I try pd98img on sd goldcard. I can connect with fastboot but I am not sure how to use it. The phone was in charge only & usb debug off when it use to work.
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024 MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 12 2011,00:55:45
Any help would be greatly appreciated