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sensation xe random stuck and reboot

Hi guys, my sensation ce keep stuck and auto reboot for many times after ics update, I tried darkforest Rom but still the same thing happen. I tried the method pull battery and restart phone but no idea. So any ways to fix this. Pls help!!!

wesker5131 said:
Hi guys, my sensation ce keep stuck and auto reboot for many times after ics update, I tried darkforest Rom but still the same thing happen. I tried the method pull battery and restart phone but no idea. So any ways to fix this. Pls help!!!
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what did you do ???
ICS OTA update ?
or flashed ICS ROM directly via recovery from GB rom?
can you post the details of bootloader (HBOOT)

random stuck and reboot
Alright, here is how it goes... I bought this used sensation xe from a guy, the time I check the phone, it is already ota update. While that time the phone keep stuck and reboot.for few times. Maybe 30 minutes once. The whole phone suddenly freeze and then restart. So I decide to root it and install custom Rom, I thought that maybe custom Rom will works better, but not. I read some guides out there mention that in order to flash custom Rom, we need to unlock the phone first. So I unlock by using the HTC dev method. After that I flash dark forest ics Rom, but the stuck and reboot problem still remains there. So here is my bootloader. UNLOCKED , PYRAMID PVT SHIP S - ON RL. HBOOT 1.27.0000. any idea how to fix this? Please provide me step by step guide if yes. I have been confusing searching the forum.

wesker5131 said:
Alright, here is how it goes... I bought this used sensation xe from a guy, the time I check the phone, it is already ota update. While that time the phone keep stuck and reboot.for few times. Maybe 30 minutes once. The whole phone suddenly freeze and then restart. So I decide to root it and install custom Rom, I thought that maybe custom Rom will works better, but not. I read some guides out there mention that in order to flash custom Rom, we need to unlock the phone first. So I unlock by using the HTC dev method. After that I flash dark forest ics Rom, but the stuck and reboot problem still remains there. So here is my bootloader. UNLOCKED , PYRAMID PVT SHIP S - ON RL. HBOOT 1.27.0000. any idea how to fix this? Please provide me step by step guide if yes. I have been confusing searching the forum.
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ohh you got ics ota previusly...good things are easy now for you
now
1.you got rom on your sdcard or on pc ?..then extract the boot.img file from rom's zip file (usually present in kernels folder... if it has more than one boot.img choosethe one of your choice)
2.keep the boot.img in adb folder (assuming you got adb/factboot setup)
3.keep the device in fastboot mode and connect it to pc (bootloader then fastboot)
3.flash the boot.img via fastboot
command : "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
(you need to do this every time you install custom rom via custom recovery---to prevent this you can install latest 4EXT custom recovery 1.0.0.5 RC3 )
4.reboot ---then voila it should work

The Rom you mean is custom Rom? But I discover that after I flash the dark forest Rom, I can't flash any other custom Rom or kernel. It says (bad). Installation aborted . Later will try the method that you stated. The adb folder is on pc? You mean c: Android on my computer?

wesker5131 said:
The Rom you mean is custom Rom? But I discover that after I flash the dark forest Rom, I can't flash any other custom Rom or kernel. It says (bad). Installation aborted . Later will try the method that you stated. The adb folder is on pc? You mean c: Android on my computer?
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yep...ROM ->what ROM you've flashed and had bootloop
adb folder...is where your adb is...yeah it is C: Android in your case

So about the Rom installation aborted? How to fix that. Btw my phone is not s off. How should I s off with the phone condition now.

wesker5131 said:
So about the Rom installation aborted? How to fix that. Btw my phone is not s off. How should I s off with the phone condition now.
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To do soff we need to use jb soff
First get your device out of bootloop using above steps
then we'll deal with soff
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using xda premium

lol. my phone is not stuck at bootloop. it go until home screen. and can online or gaming whatever. but, like what i say, i surfing the net for few minutes or 30 minutes so on, the phone freeze, i press lock key also dont work. and then it restart.

wesker5131 said:
lol. my phone is not stuck at bootloop. it go until home screen. and can online or gaming whatever. but, like what i say, i surfing the net for few minutes or 30 minutes so on, the phone freeze, i press lock key also dont work. and then it restart.
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Lol.. I thought you are stuck at bootloop..
The above method I mentioned helps too as these random boots might happen due to kernel/module mismatch... So first do that and see the random reboots are gone.
If that didn't solve the issue
Then this random boots might be due to improper flash of rom... First if you got custom recovery installed.. Do a full wipe (use ARHD super wipe too if you want to) from recovery and then flash the rom again... See that solves the issue.. If still not then once again extract the boot.img and repeat the above process again
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using xda premium

trying now, will leave the feedback later or soon. so what is the next step to get it S-OFF? is there easier methods?

i have done what you said on top, the boot.img method. so lets hope the phone goes well and doesnt stuck anytime. whats next?

wesker5131 said:
i have done what you said on top, the boot.img method. so lets hope the phone goes well and doesnt stuck anytime. whats next?
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Check guide to Juopunutbear soff in sensation general thread its by auggie.. Good guide follow it to soff
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using xda premium

When I was on a stock rom on my sensation the phone was all kinds of bad, it would restart randomly like you mention and it would always force close and reload sense...once I flashed a custom rom everything is perfect. So good I am scared to flash something else and get problems..sounds like you need to to superwipe and start all over. with s-off and everything.
use this guide. this is what i used and did everything exactly and it worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300

done s-off with the JupoBear. but now get BLANK SD CARD message. How do I format it while I dont had a card reader??

wesker5131 said:
done s-off with the JupoBear. but now get BLANK SD CARD message. How do I format it while I dont had a card reader??
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well that was fast
got custom recovery? ...there might be an option to format sdcard
if you got 4EXT recovery...you'll have that option..dont know about cwm

if i cant format through CWM , then what else should I do. Its too late to flash 4EXT while the Install from zip option cant mount SD card. I tried on CWM Format / sdcard, but it says Error mounting SD CARD Skipping format...

wesker5131 said:
if i cant format through CWM , then what else should I do. Its too late to flash 4EXT while the Install from zip option cant mount SD card. I tried on CWM Format / sdcard, but it says Error mounting SD CARD Skipping format...
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lot of ppl got their sdcard fried while trying JB SOFF....the only option left for you is to try card reader...
also you can flash 4EXT via fastboot as i mentioned in my earlier posts...that method doesnt require sdcard
but worry not...now that you are SOFF...you can completely control your device

if i get a new sd card will this solve the problem? i'm afraid that after getting new sd card and the blank sd appear again.

wesker5131 said:
if i get a new sd card will this solve the problem? i'm afraid that after getting new sd card and the blank sd appear again.
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yeah it will suffice
why dont you join the irc by clicking IRC HELP CHANNEL in my signature ...with a nick name...we can talk directly there...its like a group chat

Stuck on HTC boot screen with ANY custom ROM

Hi there,
it's my fist post here so please do not shoot on sight if I did post in the wrong section. Also, I searched before posting if someone had the exact same problem and didn't find anything conclusive so here goes :
I have a unbranded Desire S which I sucessfully S-OFFed (HBOOT 2) a while ago, then installed 4Ext Recovery and rooted with success.
Now I reckon I am a bit tired of waiting for the ICS update from HTC, so what the heck, I decided i'd try some custom ROMs.
I did a full backup of all partitions using 4ext recovery and then wiped the data, cache and dalvik cache as most ROMs require.
I then proceeded to flash 3 different ROMs with the same unfortunate result : The flashing is always successful, and upon reboot I am just stuck on the HTC boot screen forever.
Then I have to turn the phone off (vol up+vol down + power) then remove the battery and put it back, and have to boot into recovery to continue from there.
After the same thing happened with the 3 ROMs (Fallout 4.4, Vanilla ICE 2 and IceColdSandwich) I just restored my initial backup and then the phone booted back to the original ROM without problems.
What could have I done wrong please ? What can I try next to make a custom ROM work ?
Thanks for your expertise !

Are you HTC dev unloced? or S-Off after downgrade?

I had a similar problem with my Desire S. It was a while ago but I finished up formatting my SDcard to FAT32. Used gparted to delete all partitions, then make one FAT32.
You can use gparted from the live CD or as I did rebooted PC with the CD, download here
I use Reaper v3.0 ROM which is very stable.
Hope this helps

suku_patel_22 said:
Are you HTC dev unloced? or S-Off after downgrade?
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HTC Dev unlocked.
Taysider said:
I had a similar problem with my Desire S. It was a while ago but I finished up formatting my SDcard to FAT32. Used gparted to delete all partitions, then make one FAT32.
You can use gparted from the live CD or as I did rebooted PC with the CD, download here
I use Reaper v3.0 ROM which is very stable.
Hope this helps
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Delete all partitions from what, SD card ? I seem to only have one partition so far ... Could you be more specific please, sorry, I just don't want to do something wrong

flash boot.img manually.. use search to know why i said this..

Skanob said:
flash boot.img manually.. use search to know why i said this..
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I now entered 4ext recovery, cleared cache and wiped data, flashed the ROM, then rebooted into hboot and switched to fastboot mode. then plugged the USB and ran the command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
with the boot.img file extracted from the ROM's zip.
Rebooting did work and I now saw a different logo (HTC One since the ROM was ported from there) and then the phone booted into Android.
Thanks Skanob !

Flash boot.img from fastboot
Check the forum or Google about how to do it
Tapatalked from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!!!

How to fix this problem once and for all
I have the exact same problem
Also did the htcdev unlock then superoneclick root.
Is there any way to fix it so that it flashes the boot.img on automatically when you flash a ROM?

slugger7 said:
Is there any way to fix it so that it flashes the boot.img on automatically when you flash a ROM?
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Yes, S-OFF.

chninkel said:
Yes, S-OFF.
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ok then how do you go about s-offing the device for good after the htcdev s-off and then superoneclick root that switched it back on again for some reason

slugger7 said:
ok then how do you go about s-offing the device for good after the htcdev s-off and then superoneclick root that switched it back on again for some reason
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Htcdev doesn't s-off, it unlocks boot loader but you're still s-on
The forum contains all the information, read the index
So you need to relock
Downgrade
Soff
There are multiple guides
Sywepd form my DsereiS

[Q] Noob Alert. This could be one for you to get your teeth into...

...then again, I might just be being a complete moron and absolutely wasting a lot of people's time. I'm going to try anyway because everytime I Google my multiple problems I seem to get back to this website. Yes, I watched your noob video - I laughed a lot, and unfortunately and unintentionally I feel like I'm going to tick a few of the boxes at the end of it... If you can rescue me from my situation, I'll definitely make a donation towards the upkeep of your site (As long as you have a donation link.)
I have a HTC Sensation XE (with Beats Audio) and it being a Sunday afternoon I thought I would have a crack at rooting and applying custom firmware to me phone for the first ever time. I bet you can see where this is going. I downloaded the SDK Manager, HTC ONE X All In One tool, and the latest Cyanogen for my handset. I DID NOT S-OFF MY PHONE BEFORE JUMPING RIGHT IN FOR I AM AN IDIOT. So I rooted the phone, and all seemed to be going well, I had the Stock ROM, I believe they call it? But it was rooted as confirmed by Root Checker. AT THIS POINT I BACKED UP USING CLOCKWORK. I then got ahead of myself and tried to download the new Custom ROM. After getting aggrieved that the ROM was stuck on 86% consistently with ROM Manager I downloaded it to my PC. Put it onto my SD card. Went into recovery mode. Installed .zip via SD card.
This is where problems began. Once the installation was done I restarted my phone and got caught out by the little blue man, and I believe my screen was stuck in bootloop, where it just continually showed me his image - and the movements around him kept occurring, it didn't freeze. I tried to put the boot.img on from the .zip where I had downloaded it but it came to no avail, it still didn't boot past that point.
I was aggrieved and so restored my phone to the point I said I had backed up. Just after the root of the stock ROM. Then when I tried to boot this up, it got stuck at the Beats Audio symbol in similar vein to how it was stuck on the little blue man.
I turned my phone off, tried to wipe everything using 4ext recovery that I placed on the phone at this point. My All In One tool also stopped recognising my phone, constantly saying "error: device not found" when I tried to do something which it was not doing before the root. Furthermore, when I plug my phone into my PC, it doesn't offer me Removable Drive storage, but it does make the pinging noise which notifies me that the device is recognised. Now after all this, when I boot the phone it is stuck at the HTC screen with a white background and I don't know why it is now halting here as opposed to what it was earlier, could it be something to do with when I was trying to get the all-in-one tool to recognise my phone I tried to reflash recovery of 'Stock'? I really am upset about this and regret even attempting it as I am in love with my phone and can't really live without it. Please help and if I get a successfully, rooted phone I will be very happy and PROMISE to make a donation towards the site of what I can afford.
So please do me and your own site a favour and help me
BRIEF POINTS OF NOTE
ROOT SEEMED TO WORK FINE UNTIL ATTEMPTING TO PUT CUSTOM ROM ON
CUSTOM ROM WOULDN'T BOOT PAST BLUE MAN SCREEN AT FIRST, THEN BEATS AUDIO SCREEN AND THEN HTC SCREEN.
MY PHONE IS S-ON, UNLOCKED, PYRAMID PUT SHIP S-ON RL, HBOOT-1.29.0000,eMMC-boot,Mar 2 2012, 18.14.34
PC IS NOT CURRENTLY RECOGNISING MY PHONE AS A REMOVABLE DEVICE IN THE SENSE THAT IT WON'T ALLOW ME TO PUT ON ANY ITEMS.
I DO HAVE A SPARE, ACCESSIBLE SD CARD AND DO NOT CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CONTENTS OF IT. IF THIS IS USEFUL.
Please. Help me. Thank you

don't panic.many as you had that issue.it is easy
from 4ext recovery enable smartflash and then immediately flash the rom
you should be fine

If it still fails to boot after reflashed with smartflash on, get boot.img from zip, place it in your fastboot/adb folder and flash it manually from fastboot: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Look for Asskicker's guide in General section. "flashing rom with s-on and Hboot 1.27+"
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda app-developers app

rzr86 said:
don't panic.many as you had that issue.it is easy
from 4ext recovery enable smartflash and then immediately flash the rom
you should be fine
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Unfortunately, this hasn't worked for me. I did this...
- Went onto 4EXT recovery.
- Went to tools.
- Clicked on 'Enable Smartflash'.
- Ensured it was on.
- Went to 'install .zip from SD Card'
- Found the Cynagon MOD.
- "Finding update package... Opening update package... Installing update... Install from SD Card complete."
- Rebooted phone.
- A pending update to your boot partition has been detected. Your ROM will reboot once [and then it reboots]. The first time it came up with this though. It said something about how there had been an error.
- Got stuck at the HTC screen again.
I'd just like to reaffirm that before something happened (I believe it was when I tried to flash to stock recovery), my phone was getting to the Beats Audio/Little Blue Man Screen. Now it's getting to the HTC screen.
That donation to the site is still in promise!

matekaneve said:
If it still fails to boot after reflashed with smartflash on, get boot.img from zip, place it in your fastboot/adb folder and flash it manually from fastboot: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Look for Asskicker's guide in General section. "flashing rom with s-on and Hboot 1.27+"
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda app-developers app
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This also didn't work for me. It appeared to run entirely successfully. I rebooted the phone using 'fastboot reboot' and it still got stuck at the same screen.

ElliotHorne32 said:
Unfortunately, this hasn't worked for me. I did this...
- Went onto 4EXT recovery.
- Went to tools.
- Clicked on 'Enable Smartflash'.
- Ensured it was on.
- Went to 'install .zip from SD Card'
- Found the Cynagon MOD.
- "Finding update package... Opening update package... Installing update... Install from SD Card complete."
- Rebooted phone.
- A pending update to your boot partition has been detected. Your ROM will reboot once [and then it reboots]. The first time it came up with this though. It said something about how there had been an error.
- Got stuck at the HTC screen again.
I'd just like to reaffirm that before something happened (I believe it was when I tried to flash to stock recovery), my phone was getting to the Beats Audio/Little Blue Man Screen. Now it's getting to the HTC screen.
That donation to the site is still in promise!
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did you flash gapps and then the CM rom?
if no then:
flash gapps
flash the rom again
(don't forget to enable smartflash again)

rzr86 said:
did you flash gapps and then the CM rom?
if no then:
flash gapps
flash the rom again
(don't forget to enable smartflash again)
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Sorry to be a pain, but could you run me through a step-by-step on how to do that? *Noob Klaxon*

ElliotHorne32 said:
Sorry to be a pain, but could you run me through a step-by-step on how to do that? *Noob Klaxon*
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gapps is google apps.is a zip file
if i remember well maybe is in the thread where you downloaded the rom
simply put it in the root of sdcard and flash it from recovery
after that flash the rom(don't forget smartflash)

rzr86 said:
gapps is google apps.is a zip file
if i remember well maybe is in the thread where you downloaded the rom
simply put it in the root of sdcard and flash it from recovery
after that flash the rom(don't forget smartflash)
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I downloaded it from here [can't post link, but it's the official Cynagon MOD Website] - I then clicked on the 'Stable Mod'.?

If you straight quick responses go on this forum here I have through similar issues before and they so helpful..I'm S-ON
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=163186
Sent from from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda app-developers app

Hi there mate!
What I would recommend you to do is running an appropriate RUU for your device, ( i would recommend GB, because then you can S-off very easy), and then re-run the whole process. If you run a GB RUU, you can gain s-off with revolutionary. And the best part, the RUU can be run in bootloader, so it doesn't matter if your ROM does not boot. I can send you a link once my internet gets faster (im using all my bandwidth for source-building lol)
Please keep me posted and feel free to ask any questions
Best of luck !

InfinityFTW said:
Hi there mate!
What I would recommend you to do is running an appropriate RUU for your device, ( i would recommend GB, because then you can S-off very easy), and then re-run the whole process. If you run a GB RUU, you can gain s-off with revolutionary. And the best part, the RUU can be run in bootloader, so it doesn't matter if your ROM does not boot. I can send you a link once my internet gets faster (im using all my bandwidth for source-building lol)
Please keep me posted and feel free to ask any questions
Best of luck !
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if i remember well he can't downgrade using a GB ruu because he is S-ON
i think he can only upgrade
you have to be already S-OFF in order to downgrade with ruu

InfinityFTW said:
Hi there mate!
What I would recommend you to do is running an appropriate RUU for your device, ( i would recommend GB, because then you can S-off very easy), and then re-run the whole process. If you run a GB RUU, you can gain s-off with revolutionary. And the best part, the RUU can be run in bootloader, so it doesn't matter if your ROM does not boot. I can send you a link once my internet gets faster (im using all my bandwidth for source-building lol)
Please keep me posted and feel free to ask any questions
Best of luck !
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Thank you for your helpful paragraph If you could send me the link for that RUU, that would be great, but I do have a couple of other questions. What is an RUU? I assume GB is Gingerbread, but is that the OS that I am on? What will the RUU do? I really stepped out of my depth trying this haha!
Elliot,

ElliotHorne32 said:
Thank you for your helpful paragraph If you could send me the link for that RUU, that would be great, but I do have a couple of other questions. What is an RUU? I assume GB is Gingerbread, but is that the OS that I am on? What will the RUU do? I really stepped out of my depth trying this haha!
Elliot,
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RUU returns your device into completely stock situation as you bought it
now depending your hboot version you are running ics android

ElliotHorne32 said:
Thank you for your helpful paragraph If you could send me the link for that RUU, that would be great, but I do have a couple of other questions. What is an RUU? I assume GB is Gingerbread, but is that the OS that I am on? What will the RUU do? I really stepped out of my depth trying this haha!
Elliot,
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
RUU stands for Rom Update Utility, and it is an executable (.exe) file wich is ran from a pc with a phone connected in fastboot. The RUU is meant to restore all partitions on your phone
Sent from a muffin inside a muffin using muffintalk.

OK try this.
1. Reboot into 4ext recovery.
2. Wipe everything except sdcard.
3.enable 4ext smart flash
4. Reflash Cyanogenmod.
5. Flash gapps add-on from Cyanogenmod thread.
6. Reboot and wait up to 10 minutes.
If this does not work take your Cyanogenmod rom and on your pc extract the boot.IMG file and move it to your adb folder then repeat but add
8. Fastboot flash boot.IMG using adb while in recovery.
Open your cmd and CD to your ad folder.
Issue the command " fastboot flash boot boot.img " with the phone connected.
9. Reboot and wait up to 10 minutes

Thank you all for your responses, I haven't forgotten about this thread at all haha - I've just been very busy lately but will be doing all of your suggestions over the weekend, so thank you. Will keep you posted. Elliot

ElliotHorne32 said:
Thank you all for your responses, I haven't forgotten about this thread at all haha - I've just been very busy lately but will be doing all of your suggestions over the weekend, so thank you. Will keep you posted. Elliot
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Btw the only RUU that will work on hboot 1.29.0000 devices is the 3.33.401.153 one IIRC. It's also available to download from my FTP - here
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda premium

Jonny said:
Btw the only RUU that will work on hboot 1.29.0000 devices is the 3.33.401.153 one IIRC. It's also available to download from my FTP - here
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda premium
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Just when I have everything ready to try this, I am getting '403 Forbidden' on that link you just sent me. What do I do to get that link working?
Also, is it as simple as plugging the phone into Fastboot USB mode and clicking the .exe file?
Elliot,

Any help possible with this one, guys and girls? The last post I made about the 403?
Elliot

New to One S and need some help

Hi,
Normally, I try to troubleshoot things myself without bothering others, but I'm in need of help this time. The tricky part is, I just bought this HTC One S from a stranger, so I don't have its complete history. With that said, here's what I need help with. The phone came with Pacman installed (v18.0.0). But, I would like to install this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082451
It's basically a stock ICS ROM (the lite version mentioned with stuff removed). In attempt to do this myself, I found this post on here:
Yes the only other solution for you involves rooting. It is possible to go back to ICS by rooting your phone, going through a bootloader downgrade, hexediting a particular partition, then running an older compatible RUU... Its all possible, but requires some time to understand and do. And definately requires a few wipes of phone data in the mean time (which can be backed up through titanium and custom recoveries).
Only need to do that if you want to downgrade hboot. All you have to do is root and flash a rom, I have JB radio and hboot and run ICS Trickdroid 8.1.0.
So, I put the ICS ROM in the internal sdcard, did the usual wiping stuff (I've owned several HTC phones, so this part I know how), then installed the ROM. Unfortunately, it didn't work. When I rebooted the phone, it got stuck in boot loop. It would go to HTC logo screen with the development purpose only warning and just keep turning off and on. Fortunately, I was able to get back into recovery and restored it to Pacman. So, apparently, you can't just flash any ICS ROM over JB setup... Can someone help me figure out what I need to do to install that modified stock ROM please? I very much appreciate your help. My One S is S4 from T-Mobile.
Thank you,
GT

Did you flash boot.img?
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thats weird.. if you wipe cache, dalvik, factory reset and system.. it should be fine.
which recovery do you have? cwm or twrp? flashing the rom after wiping everything i stated before, and then flashing boot.img depending on your hboot [btw, go to bootloader and see what it says for hboot. if it is higher than 1.13, you need to fastboot boot.img.

dr_rick13 said:
thats weird.. if you wipe cache, dalvik, factory reset and system.. it should be fine.
which recovery do you have? cwm or twrp? flashing the rom after wiping everything i stated before, and then flashing boot.img depending on your hboot [btw, go to bootloader and see what it says for hboot. if it is higher than 1.13, you need to fastboot boot.img.
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Thank you for tending to my thread. The recovery installed is CWM 5.8.3.1
Here's what it says on fastboot:
Tampered
Unlocked
VLE PVT SHIP S-On RL
HBOOT-1.14.0004
RADIO-1.08ts.50.02.16
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Please let me know what exactly I need to do in step by step or point me to a thread that contains the steps. Thank you so much.

goldentequila said:
Thank you for tending to my thread. The recovery installed is CWM 5.8.3.1
Here's what it says on fastboot:
Tampered
Unlocked
VLE PVT SHIP S-On RL
HBOOT-1.14.0004
RADIO-1.08ts.50.02.16
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Please let me know what exactly I need to do in step by step or point me to a thread that contains the steps. Thank you so much.
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no prob, i HIGHLY suggest you flash TWRP recovery.. it's a loot better.
2. are you trying to install a TMOUS ROM?
3. since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to fastboot boot.img [let me know if you know how to do that]
4. also since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to flash some partitions or else your WiFi won't work.
Let me know if you need help doing any of the above, but start out with installing TWRP first.

dr_rick13 said:
no prob, i HIGHLY suggest you flash TWRP recovery.. it's a loot better.
2. are you trying to install a TMOUS ROM?
3. since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to fastboot boot.img [let me know if you know how to do that]
4. also since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to flash some partitions or else your WiFi won't work.
Let me know if you need help doing any of the above, but start out with installing TWRP first.
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Thank you for such a prompt reply. Here are some of my answers.
2. Yes, the ROM I want to install is this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082451
It's the light version mentioned in that first post.
3. I just read up on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
I think I got the idea, but just to double check, is this what I need to do after every time I install a custom ROM?
4. The partition files exist on the phone already, and I read some, so I have a basic understanding of it. But, the developer of the ROM I want to install says it is not necessary with that ROM, so hopefully that's true.
I am amazed by how different everything is from a HTC phone to another HTC phone even when they seem so similar!
A quick question. Does EXT4 exist for HTC One S? I used to use that for HTC Sensation and loved it. I'm guessing no, but I thought I'd ask.
So, to sum it up, is this what I need to do?
1. Flash TWRP recovery (please tell me how to find the right version for S4. all in one toolkit doesn't work on my phone).
2. Wipe everything and install the ROM
3. Flash boot.img
4. If wifi is not working, try the partition files
Please let me know if I got this right. Thank you,

goldentequila said:
Thank you for such a prompt reply. Here are some of my answers.
2. Yes, the ROM I want to install is this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082451
It's the light version mentioned in that first post.
3. I just read up on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
I think I got the idea, but just to double check, is this what I need to do after every time I install a custom ROM?
4. The partition files exist on the phone already, and I read some, so I have a basic understanding of it. But, the developer of the ROM I want to install says it is not necessary with that ROM, so hopefully that's true.
I am amazed by how different everything is from a HTC phone to another HTC phone even when they seem so similar!
A quick question. Does EXT4 exist for HTC One S? I used to use that for HTC Sensation and loved it. I'm guessing no, but I thought I'd ask.
So, to sum it up, is this what I need to do?
1. Flash TWRP recovery (please tell me how to find the right version for S4. all in one toolkit doesn't work on my phone).
2. Wipe everything and install the ROM
3. Flash boot.img
4. If wifi is not working, try the partition files
Please let me know if I got this right. Thank you,
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If the Toolkit can't see your phone then you might need to install the drivers that come with it for it to work.

goldentequila said:
Thank you for such a prompt reply. Here are some of my answers.
2. Yes, the ROM I want to install is this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082451
It's the light version mentioned in that first post.
3. I just read up on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
I think I got the idea, but just to double check, is this what I need to do after every time I install a custom ROM?
4. The partition files exist on the phone already, and I read some, so I have a basic understanding of it. But, the developer of the ROM I want to install says it is not necessary with that ROM, so hopefully that's true.
I am amazed by how different everything is from a HTC phone to another HTC phone even when they seem so similar!
A quick question. Does EXT4 exist for HTC One S? I used to use that for HTC Sensation and loved it. I'm guessing no, but I thought I'd ask.
So, to sum it up, is this what I need to do?
1. Flash TWRP recovery (please tell me how to find the right version for S4. all in one toolkit doesn't work on my phone).
2. Wipe everything and install the ROM
3. Flash boot.img
4. If wifi is not working, try the partition files
Please let me know if I got this right. Thank you,
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3. Yes, since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to fastboot boot.img everytime you flash a ROM, unless you want to downgrade?
3.5: like Darknites said, you will need to install drivers for your the One S if you haven't already. You can download HTC Sync, and they'll install automatically [this is needed for being able to fastboot the boot.img]
4. They do exist, but everytime you wipe before flashing a ROM, they also get deleted, but try using the ROM without flashing the partition files and see if it works, if not then flash the partition files.
5. Yes, I'm pretty sure EXT4 exists with the One S, but am not 100% sure, maybe someone else can confirm this?
Lastly, here is where you download TWRP:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/100
scroll down and download the link for the S4 VARIANT, but you need to have drivers installed before doing this. and you will need to fastboot the recovery, since the download is an image: to do so, go into cmd, type cd c:\ (whatever your fastboot folder is called) and enter
then, type: fastboot flash [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img. Should take about 2 seconds to flash.
BTW, here are the drivers:
http://d-h.st/users/Inferi0r/?fld_id=2736#files

dr_rick13 said:
3. Yes, since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to fastboot boot.img everytime you flash a ROM, unless you want to downgrade?
3.5: like Darknites said, you will need to install drivers for your the One S if you haven't already. You can download HTC Sync, and they'll install automatically [this is needed for being able to fastboot the boot.img]
4. They do exist, but everytime you wipe before flashing a ROM, they also get deleted, but try using the ROM without flashing the partition files and see if it works, if not then flash the partition files.
5. Yes, I'm pretty sure EXT4 exists with the One S, but am not 100% sure, maybe someone else can confirm this?
Lastly, here is where you download TWRP:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/100
scroll down and download the link for the S4 VARIANT, but you need to have drivers installed before doing this. and you will need to fastboot the recovery, since the download is an image: to do so, go into cmd, type cd c:\ (whatever your fastboot folder is called) and enter
then, type: fastboot flash [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img. Should take about 2 seconds to flash.
BTW, here are the drivers:
http://d-h.st/users/Inferi0r/?fld_id=2736#files
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Ya 4EXT is coming soon.

dr_rick13 said:
3. Yes, since your hboot is higher than 1.13, you will need to fastboot boot.img everytime you flash a ROM, unless you want to downgrade?
3.5: like Darknites said, you will need to install drivers for your the One S if you haven't already. You can download HTC Sync, and they'll install automatically [this is needed for being able to fastboot the boot.img]
4. They do exist, but everytime you wipe before flashing a ROM, they also get deleted, but try using the ROM without flashing the partition files and see if it works, if not then flash the partition files.
5. Yes, I'm pretty sure EXT4 exists with the One S, but am not 100% sure, maybe someone else can confirm this?
Lastly, here is where you download TWRP:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/100
scroll down and download the link for the S4 VARIANT, but you need to have drivers installed before doing this. and you will need to fastboot the recovery, since the download is an image: to do so, go into cmd, type cd c:\ (whatever your fastboot folder is called) and enter
then, type: fastboot flash [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img. Should take about 2 seconds to flash.
BTW, here are the drivers:
http://d-h.st/users/Inferi0r/?fld_id=2736#files
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Thank you so much. Yes, I tried installing the drivers using the toolkit's function, but I haven't tried HTC Sync option. Maybe that'll work better. I think I know what I need to do now. Thanks a bunch!

goldentequila said:
Thank you so much. Yes, I tried installing the drivers using the toolkit's function, but I haven't tried HTC Sync option. Maybe that'll work better. I think I know what I need to do now. Thanks a bunch!
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Also try rebooting the computer if its still not working.

goldentequila said:
Thank you so much. Yes, I tried installing the drivers using the toolkit's function, but I haven't tried HTC Sync option. Maybe that'll work better. I think I know what I need to do now. Thanks a bunch!
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Thank you, dr_rick13 and other kind members who responded to my call for help.
I was able to troubleshoot this, and now my phone's working the way I wanted it. Just one correction on dr_rick13's instruction:
then, type: fastboot flash [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img. Should take about 2 seconds to flash
recovery is missing in that line, so it should be fastboot flash recovery [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img
I know it was just a typo or forgot to write it, but I wanted to point this out in case some other user finds this thread and follows that instruction.
All in all, thanks for everything! You guys rock!
GT

goldentequila said:
Thank you, dr_rick13 and other kind members who responded to my call for help.
I was able to troubleshoot this, and now my phone's working the way I wanted it. Just one correction on dr_rick13's instruction:
then, type: fastboot flash [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img. Should take about 2 seconds to flash
recovery is missing in that line, so it should be fastboot flash recovery [name of recovery, which is the name of the file you downloaded).img
I know it was just a typo or forgot to write it, but I wanted to point this out in case some other user finds this thread and follows that instruction.
All in all, thanks for everything! You guys rock!
GT
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oops, it was late last night when I wrote that.. my bad
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I'm new here too. I understand that you need to flash the boot.img with that hboot, but why? And will it ever be fixed?
I've owned and rooted many a phones and never had to do that. Just curious why it's like that, and if it will be fixed. It's just easier to not be that way. Again, I'm new here, just trying to understand
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pnut22r said:
I'm new here too. I understand that you need to flash the boot.img with that hboot, but why? And will it ever be fixed?
I've owned and rooted many a phones and never had to do that. Just curious why it's like that, and if it will be fixed. It's just easier to not be that way. Again, I'm new here, just trying to understand
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we do not have S-OFF yet, so until we do.. people with hboots 1.13+ will need to flash boot.img. But HTC still hasn't said anything about when we will get S-OFF or if we will get it.

pnut22r said:
I'm new here too. I understand that you need to flash the boot.img with that hboot, but why? And will it ever be fixed?
I've owned and rooted many a phones and never had to do that. Just curious why it's like that, and if it will be fixed. It's just easier to not be that way. Again, I'm new here, just trying to understand
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Its just the way HTC wants us to do it and maybe they feel it be better for us but mostly them. There is a way round it but you have to downgrade the Hboot.

Darknites said:
Its just the way HTC wants us to do it and maybe they feel it be better for us but mostly them. There is a way round it but you have to downgrade the Hboot.
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Thanks. Is there any downside to downgrading the hboot? Why don't people do that instead?
When I had the Amaze, the recovery 4ext had "smart flash" which did this same thing because it was s-on
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pnut22r said:
Thanks. Is there any downside to downgrading the hboot? Why don't people do that instead?
When I had the Amaze, the recovery 4ext had "smart flash" which did this same thing because it was s-on
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Because of Linux and the fact you brick it to do it too. We meant to be getting 4ext but don't know when.

Darknites said:
Because of Linux and the fact you brick it to do it too. We meant to be getting 4ext but don't know when.
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Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33233125
This seems like out would make things so much easier. I'm not always around a pc when wanting to flash things. If I use this, I should be able to flash away.
But what about resorting nandroids. This doesn't work with that. Hmmm
Just trying to wrap my mind around it
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pnut22r said:
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33233125
This seems like out would make things so much easier. I'm not always around a pc when wanting to flash things. If I use this, I should be able to flash away.
But what about resorting nandroids. This doesn't work with that. Hmmm
Just trying to wrap my mind around it
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Yep very good app I did use it in till I downgraded.

[Q] Help About Root & Revolutionary

help me, i have followed the instruction from htcdev.com to unlock my desire s bootloader with HBOOT 2.00.002.. after that i found my bootloader with text UNLOCKED but still it shows S-ON.
And then i continued to try root my desire s, i followed instructions that i found in this forum (thanks ) after finished, i tried to install some apps that need root access but i found that my desire s is not rooted (the apps said that).
The last things that i want to asked is, when i go to fastboot menu, i point to recovery mode and i found my desire with Revolutionary 4.0.1.4. I searched info about that things (revolutionary), i found many people said that if i have success install Revolutionary that means i have successfully rooted my device.
is there anybody could help and explained to me about those problems? i would very appreciate that

Revolutionary 4.0.1.4 is a custom recovery. Installing a custom recovery alone does NOT give you root access.
READ index thread in the forum and you'll have your answers

Thanks Bro ContactFront i will search in index thread
With the condition that i have now, is it possible if i want to return it back to default? I want to try update my desire to ICS using RUU Official uptade that i downloaded from htc website..
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short answer is yes, you can go back to stock

Don't use the official ics Ruu, it's buggy and unfinished.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
—Jean Rostand

Alrighty then! Thanks All
But, do i need to root my device if i want to flash a custom rom? or all that i have done is enough to flash a custom rom? as i explained before, this is what i have done to my HTC Desire S :
HTC Desire S ( Gingerbread)
UNLOCKED using HTCDev
S-ON
HBOOT 2.00.0002
Installed Revolutionary 4.0.1.4
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zidane_argun said:
Alrighty then! Thanks All
But, do i need to root my device if i want to flash a custom rom? or all that i have done is enough to flash a custom rom? as i explained before, this is what i have done to my HTC Desire S :
HTC Desire S ( Gingerbread)
UNLOCKED using HTCDev
S-ON
HBOOT 2.00.0002
Installed Revolutionary 4.0.1.4
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seems like you still have not read the index.... You need root to flash a custom ROM(duh) since I am in a pretty good mood today so....
1.root your device
2 . Download your preferred ROM
3.flash your ROM
4.IMPORTANT!!!find your boot. img extracting it from the rom you downloaded
5.go to fastboot
6. connect your phone to computer
7.open CMD
8.cd to our directory(ensure you have adb and fastboot first)
9.
Code:
fastboot erase boot
10
Code:
fastboot boot boot. img
11.reboot and enjoy
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1.root your device - not needed if he is going to flash a Custom. They are all rooted anyway. I think step 1 should be: flash a custom recovery
...
10
Code:
fastboot boot boot. img
- this will boot the kernel only, but after a restart of the device it will be gone. The command to use is :
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
11.reboot and enjoy - that is all right

hisname said:
seems like you still have not read the index.... You need root to flash a custom ROM(duh) since I am in a pretty good mood today so....
1.root your device
2 . Download your preferred ROM
3.flash your ROM
4.IMPORTANT!!!find your boot. img extracting it from the rom you downloaded
5.go to fastboot
6. connect your phone to computer
7.open CMD
8.cd to our directory(ensure you have adb and fastboot first)
9.
Code:
fastboot erase boot
10
Code:
fastboot boot boot. img
11.reboot and enjoy
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Thanks before
Now i have read the index, i found many tutorials to root my device there. i followed some.
but i have a problems when i want to root my device, i tried using SuperOneClick apps. I have done every single requirements of that tutorial.
The problem is i think my device is still not rooted. The first time i used SuperOneClick it shows finished & OK, then i reboot my device.
and then i tried to install some apps that needs rooted device, but those apps tell me that my device isn't rooted!
I tried to root my device using SuperOneClick again, but it always stuck in step #7 (Wait for Device).
any solutions for this problems?
Did i missed something to do?

amidabuddha said:
1.root your device - not needed if he is going to flash a Custom. They are all rooted anyway. I think step 1 should be: flash a custom recovery
...
10
Code:
fastboot boot boot. img
- this will boot the kernel only, but after a restart of the device it will be gone. The command to use is :
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
11.reboot and enjoy - that is all right
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he already has a custom recovery by revolutionary
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edit: look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525100

hisname said:
he already has a custom recovery by revolutionary
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Well this is pretty outdated.
The attached is the latest 4EXT Recovery, touch edition.
Extract the recovery.img from the zip and flash:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then from the bootloader menu reboot to recovery and select backup/restore -> Backup. After the backup is done go back to the main menu, select wipe/format -> Wipe all partitions (except SDcard). When done select Install zip from the main menu and flash the ROM from your sdcard. After that reboot to bootloader from the Power menu and flash the boot.img as described in my previous post

amidabuddha said:
Well this is pretty outdated
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true, but at least it is still usable till he gets 4ext or something later....
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@zidane_argun
see my previous post

hisname said:
true, but at least it is still usable till he gets 4ext or something later....
Sent from my supercharged :tank:
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amidabuddha said:
@zidane_argun
see my previous post
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okay okay, roger that!
i will try that, thank you bro amidabuddha & hisname :good::good:
brb..

just realised that even my 4ext recovery is also outdated, thanks for the post :thumbup:
Sent from my supercharged :tank:

lol was trying to reply to your pm. don't know if they went through as they don't show up in my "sent item".
anyway you've got plenty of tips from the folks. so happy flashing

ContactFront said:
lol was trying to reply to your pm. don't know if they went through as they don't show up in my "sent item".
anyway you've got plenty of tips from the folks. so happy flashing
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haha.. thanks to you too bro! now i'm trying to flash EXT4 first since they (the folks ) said that mine is pretty outdated.. LOL
after that, i want to search which rom is the best one for my Desire S.. do you have any idea which one is best ROM that i have to try?
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zidane_argun said:
haha.. thanks to you too bro! now i'm trying to flash EXT4 first since they (the folks ) said that mine is pretty outdated.. LOL
after that, i want to search which rom is the best one for my Desire S.. do you have any idea which one is best ROM that i have to try?
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there is really no "best" rom. it's all down to your personal preference.
say, I'm a big cm/aosp fan but if you are a sense fanboy then you may not like aosp based rom at all.
so if you see something interesting then just go ahead give it a try and decide for yourself.
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oh and speaking of 4ext recovery, i'd recommend installing either the free version updater or purchasing the full version from google play.
http://4ext.net/
it's absolutely worth it. one of the best recoverys you can have