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[Q] Bricked my HTC One S

Hi all,
Got mine today, tried to install a ROM and it got stuck in bootloop.
I did a number of stupid things not to mention wiping the SD and im in serious trouble.
I can get into bootloader and CWM but thats it.
Ive heard restoring a RUU can cure it but I have a MAC and cant find anything to help.
Can anyone help? Im gutted....and fell like an idiot.
Ive got an S4 on the three network.
Thanks

Hold down the power button for 10 seconds then after the touch buttons stop flashing, just hold the volume button and see if ot enters the bootloader.
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blackcell1 said:
Hold down the power button for 10 seconds then after the touch buttons stop flashing, just hold the volume button and see if ot enters the bootloader.
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Hi,
It enters into bootloader but then what?

Follow the guide here from how to flash custom rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24478083
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blackcell1 said:
Follow the guide here from how to flash custom rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24478083
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Its sent and wrote the recovery file but what now?

mikejasonsmith said:
Its sent and wrote the recovery file but what now?
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Specifically you'll have to flash the ROM zip file from the recovery and then use fastboot flash boot boot.img.
You can find boot.img inside the ROM zip file

Tried flashing ROM zip but no joy...when should i flash boot img? before or after recovery?

mikejasonsmith said:
Tried flashing ROM zip but no joy...when should i flash boot img? before or after recovery?
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ok managed to get the sd mounted...phew...but how do i get a rom on when it wont boot?

mikejasonsmith said:
ok managed to get the sd mounted...phew...but how do i get a rom on when it wont boot?
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Ive used TRW to get the sd mounted but it wont boot beyond that. i restored the stock recovery but what do i do next?
At the moment i have a phone which has CWM working but nothing else?
Thanks for your help

mikejasonsmith said:
Ive used TRW to get the sd mounted but it wont boot beyond that. i restored the stock recovery but what do i do next?
At the moment i have a phone which has CWM working but nothing else?
Thanks for your help
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ok so ive tried flashing ruu and keep getting error 155 which is a cid issue i believe - which RUU do i use for a device locked to '3'?
Thanks
oh and can you point me in the direction of it...thanks

mikejasonsmith said:
ok so ive tried flashing ruu and keep getting error 155 which is a cid issue i believe - which RUU do i use for a device locked to '3'?
Thanks
oh and can you point me in the direction of it...thanks
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so ive managed to get the h3g rom and flashed rom and boot.img.
locked bootloader and run RUU but i keep getting error 155???
Somebody please help me before this thing goes out of the window.....:crying:

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danevianta said:
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Finally seem to have done it and managed to RUU
The phone is locked to 3 but as a noob I spent 2 days flashing a generic euro ROM.
When i realised i need a ROM to match CID i downloaded 1.53. Tried this a number of times with no joy.
Just tried 1.78 and it seems to be working
Thanks to everyone for your help - us noobs must be sooooooo annoying.

Htc One S bricked
Hi im relatively new at rooting and am currently experiencing issues with a bricked device.
i have two htc one s devices
my personal one is running cm10 ville with clockwork touch recovery and is working perfectly
however the second one i was using the same exact files.
this one is bricked
its in a constant bootloop.
i can get back to my recovery just fine and get to the fastboot in the phone fine
i cleared my cache
wiped my data and wiped the dalvik cache all perfectly fine when i try to flash the cm10 official rom back on it cannot mount the sd card
i would try to install a different recovery and try again maybe using viper one s
but i cannot get the phone to power on
it doesnt showup on the computer when it is plugged in while in fastboot
when i try the cmd fastboot flash recovery it says waiting for device
any advice. this is not my own phone so i need it repaired pretty quickly.
any helpful information would be much appreciated.

FaLLeN_BtB said:
Hi im relatively new at rooting and am currently experiencing issues with a bricked device.
i have two htc one s devices
my personal one is running cm10 ville with clockwork touch recovery and is working perfectly
however the second one i was using the same exact files.
this one is bricked
its in a constant bootloop.
i can get back to my recovery just fine and get to the fastboot in the phone fine
i cleared my cache
wiped my data and wiped the dalvik cache all perfectly fine when i try to flash the cm10 official rom back on it cannot mount the sd card
i would try to install a different recovery and try again maybe using viper one s
but i cannot get the phone to power on
it doesnt showup on the computer when it is plugged in while in fastboot
when i try the cmd fastboot flash recovery it says waiting for device
any advice. this is not my own phone so i need it repaired pretty quickly.
any helpful information would be much appreciated.
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Bootloop does not mean your bricked...means you need to fastboot flash boot.img
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blackcell1 said:
Hold down the power button for 10 seconds then after the touch buttons stop flashing, just hold the volume button and see if ot enters the bootloader.
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This little post just pulled me out of missery. Love ya man!

all you guys getting sorted
make a nandroid and sdcard bu NOW and put them on pc,
obviously leave a copy of nandroid on phone also
makes it a lot easier if you get in trouble again
and you/we will

Mounts and Storage --> Format everything --> Now Mount USB Drive --> Put Gapps and ROM
Flash it, erase cache & and Dalvik...Blah blah blah. Flash boot.img in fastboot, and there you go.
Everybody, please remember this and there won't be noob q&a anymore...

TWRP v 2.2.2.1 I can't flash Jelly Bean 4.2.2 .zip on HTC one s (s3)
HI, my device is an HTC ONE S (s3)... I've already unlocked the bootloader and rooted it... it's ok... For recovery mode I installed TWRP v 2.2.2.1.... I've wiped the cache and made a factory reset... BUT when I try to flash the zip which contains the jelly bean 4.2.2 I get a message saying: FAILED when i was trying to install it... PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP CUZ I THINK I CAN'T DO TOO MUCH WITHOUT AN OS ON MY DEVICE... I'M NOW JUST IN TWRP... HELP PLEASE........

mikebryant2807 said:
HI, my device is an HTC ONE S (s3)... I've already unlocked the bootloader and rooted it... it's ok... For recovery mode I installed TWRP v 2.2.2.1.... I've wiped the cache and made a factory reset... BUT when I try to flash the zip which contains the jelly bean 4.2.2 I get a message saying: FAILED when i was trying to install it... PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP CUZ I THINK I CAN'T DO TOO MUCH WITHOUT AN OS ON MY DEVICE... I'M NOW JUST IN TWRP... HELP PLEASE........
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[Q] HTC One S S4, Verified everything still unable to install custom ROMS

OK so I have a One S Verified the bootloader was unlocked in bootloader, CWM is installed, verified that the device is in fact rooted using Root Checker.
When I'm in CWM and I wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, then I wipe dalvik, then format system, data, and boot. When I try to install a ROM it says something about Symlink Error unable to do something I have no clue, anyone know what I should do......

Use TWRP 2.x - it's much better and probably won't have that error message
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KACE321 said:
Use TWRP 2.x - it's much better and probably won't have that error message
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OK I'll try that.......

ok that did the job but now it's stuck on the CM10 bootscreen and the animation is stuck on the screen, if I hold down the power button to try and reset the softkeys flash.......

fallendown said:
ok that did the job but now it's stuck on the CM10 bootscreen and the animation is stuck on the screen, if I hold down the power button to try and reset the softkeys flash.......
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Fastboot boot.img.

Darknites said:
Fastboot boot.img.
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Yes, with many custom roms you need to also extract the boot.img from the zip file and flash it seperately using fastboot in the bootloader.
In your command prompt you would type fastboot flash boot boot.img <--- assuming you place the boot.img in the same folder as fastboot.
You need to do this especially if you are coming from SENSE base to AOSP (ie CM10). AOSP needs a different kernel.
AKToronto

Thanks for everyone's help. This is my brother's phone, while I'm used to unlocking HTC devices with Revolutionary, this was my first attempt on a newer device.

Twrp FAILED

Anybody knows how to fix the FAILED message I get anytime to try to wipe or flash in TWRP?
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persheshhater said:
Anybody knows how to fix the FAILED message I get anytime to try to wipe or flash in TWRP?
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Uncheck md5 checking in Twrp.
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That didnt help. It always fails when it is about to update partition details...
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ECEXCURSION said:
Uncheck md5 checking in Twrp.
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That doesn't work I tried that before.

Idk, that was my idea.
So it fails even when you try to wipe, that's interesting (also means my assumption was wrong).
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persheshhater said:
Anybody knows how to fix the FAILED message I get anytime to try to wipe or flash in TWRP?
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If u gave more info like twrp version hboot version stuff like that people could probly help u out better mabie u flashed a bad recovery?
Mabie u could try using a toolkit to reflash twrp from your pc? Or ruu to stock and star over?
Work for this guy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2089438&page=2

I am having the same issue
hboot1.14.0002
radio 0.19as.32.09.11_2
I am unlocked/tampered but S-on.
I thought I made a back up of CleanRom5 when I first put it on the phone, but alas I find that I didnt.
So I am between roms with s-on. Is there a way to achieve S-off with. I can still get into bootloader, and recovery.

hiperglyde said:
I am having the same issue
hboot1.14.0002
radio 0.19as.32.09.11_2
I am unlocked/tampered but S-on.
I thought I made a back up of CleanRom5 when I first put it on the phone, but alas I find that I didnt.
So I am between roms with s-on. Is there a way to achieve S-off with. I can still get into bootloader, and recovery.
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boot to bootloader fastboot flash a 2.3 version of twrp i use 2.3.3.0 boot to recovery mount usb transfer rom to phone flash rom be sure to fastboot flash boot.img reboot

This seems to be a bug with 2.4.x.x versions of TWRP. If you downgrade to an old version, it should be OK, from what I've read.

jerrycoffman45 said:
boot to bootloader fastboot flash a 2.3 version of twrp i use 2.3.3.0 boot to recovery mount usb transfer rom to phone flash rom be sure to fastboot flash boot.img reboot
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edit .. found it
for others that might need it
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/evita

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/evita

I installed 2.3.3.0 and the factory reset still failed..?
errors given were E:unable to mount '/sdcard'

did you factory reset from bootloader if so you have corrupted your sd card there is a fix let me find it
I did this and this is what Xsmagical and I did to fix it.
Take the stock android recovery from a ruu or stock Rom. (I used the one from 1.85 ruu but it doesn't matter.)
Fastboot flash the stock recovery to your phone and then reboot into bootloader where you originally wiped.
Factory reset from hboot and then Fastboot flash twrp again, mount sd should be available now. Mount sd, copy whatever Rom onto sd card and flash from there.
Freaked me out too man
this is not my post copy and paste

Thanks brother anyone else this may help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-vf5eHV3_s
I just about crapped a brick literally

[Q] Help. Sticky Situation here with a HTC One S.

Hi everyone.
I have a TMOUS HTC One S (S4, mentioning because of some crazy people). I tried to install CyanogenMod 10 on it, but it fails. It just starts the splash screen.
Normally, I would flash an RUU, but now, the CID is HTC__001, and the Modelid PJ4011000. I am not allowed to install both European ROM and the stock TMOUS one. Oh, and to make things worse, it is relocked. Can someone help me, please???
mr_verystock

Unlock it, install custom recovery if you dont have it already, reflash the rom, fastboot flash the boot.img and it should start just fine.
Remember to wipe /system/, /data/, cache and dalvik-cache. Edit: Before you flash the rom, obviously.

Goatshocker said:
Unlock it, install custom recovery if you dont have it already, reflash the rom, fastboot flash the boot.img and it should start just fine.
Remember to wipe /system/, /data/, cache and dalvik-cache. Edit: Before you flash the rom, obviously.
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Seems no one knows how to read any more... I'm pretty sure all ROM pages say flash boot.IMG... All these ROMs on this site flash and boot just fine if you follow directions...
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$droyd$ said:
Seems no one knows how to read any more... I'm pretty sure all ROM pages say flash boot.IMG... All these ROMs on this site flash and boot just fine if you follow directions...
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Very true... I think Ive written around 400 posts in the S section now, and it feels like at least 350 of them contains "fastboot flash the boot.img" lol

Thank you all you guy's help!!! Yes, I did it by watching a video online(noob!!!), and followed your hints. Thanks!!! 10 thank to you.

mr_verystock said:
Thanks, but it fails to wipe dalvik-cache(remote: not allowed). Please help once more.
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Re install twrp recovery.IMG with fast boot. Flash boot.IMG with fast boot.. Then wipe everything including SD card... Mount phone to PC with twrp and copy ROM to phone.. Flash ROM and wipe both caches again...
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Help! Brick?

Just got the HTC One S( HTC branded S4 edition). I unlocked the boot loader, rooted , flash a recovery , and then installed CM10. Everything went well until the final install , when the Cyanogen Boot was stuck. I have no idea what I did afterwards, but now the SD is unmounted. It doesn't boot up to HTC stock , the HTC developer pages just open and stays on .. I could fastboot. I backed up everything, but somehow everything got deleted.
What to do? I need help!
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Sounds to me like you forgot to flash the kernel, then did something else wrong afterwards in the attempt to fix. I have the S3 version, but I had a similar problem with the ROM getting stuck, then my recovery was unable to mount the SD. There are 2 options, one is to use fastboot to re-lock your device, and flash the latest RUU for your CID, or you can adb sideload a ROM if you are using TWRP. I would probably go for the RUU anyway because it is the easiest. Just go into the bootloader, choose 'fastboot', use the command to re-lock the bootloader (I just use the All-In-One Tool) and then run the RUU when the phone is in fastboot mode, the phone will then be good as new (except for the Tampered warning in bootloader, but that can be remedied with the S4 version)

This happened to me just flash TWRP wipe everything and get another ROM on there
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I'll try tonight when I get a chance.. And let you know how it went. Thank you.
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ferndom said:
I'll try tonight when I get a chance.. And let you know how it went. Thank you.
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I was in the exact same situation as you, it worked for me (on the second repeat). If it doesn't work the first time, then just try again.

Ami007 said:
Sounds to me like you forgot to flash the kernel, then did something else wrong afterwards in the attempt to fix. I have the S3 version, but I had a similar problem with the ROM getting stuck, then my recovery was unable to mount the SD. There are 2 options, one is to use fastboot to re-lock your device, and flash the latest RUU for your CID, or you can adb sideload a ROM if you are using TWRP. I would probably go for the RUU anyway because it is the easiest. Just go into the bootloader, choose 'fastboot', use the command to re-lock the bootloader (I just use the All-In-One Tool) and then run the RUU when the phone is in fastboot mode, the phone will then be good as new (except for the Tampered warning in bootloader, but that can be remedied with the S4 version)
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Thanks to all, especially to member Ami007. Im back and running again. I relocked the bootloader using fastboot, downloaded the correct RUU file that corresponds to my phone, and run the program.. Kudos to all!!!