[Q] Help flashing a rom - AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL

I've been trying to flash CM10.1 to my htc one x.
my phone is unlocked, s-off, supercid, rooted, everything..
I put the cm10.zip on my sdcard.
I wiped my phone (cache,delvik,system [not sure if i should wipe more than this? idk... this was all i saw on a few threads])
I flash the cm10.zip to my phone.
I extracted the boot.img from cm10.zip to my adb/fastboot folder
I reboot into bootloader and attempt to fastboot flash the boot.img to my phone ** (I think this is where the problem is but idk..)
I reboot my phone and i'm stuck at the cm10 loading screen.
Help?
I think my problem might be when I'm trying to fastboot the boot.img on my phone... When I attempt to see adb devices (while I'm in bootloader) I get none... I would always have to load into android before adb would recognize my device then boot into bootloader and do anything (it always worked in the past so i never really cared..) but with a custom rom I'm unable to boot into android so idk any suggestions? would this be the problem? it says it successfully flashes it but i'm having doubts... as it shows no connected devices. can I flash the boot.img to my phone before i flash the rom?

obg8 said:
I've been trying to flash CM10.1 to my htc one x.
my phone is unlocked, s-off, supercid, rooted, everything..
I put the cm10.zip on my sdcard.
I wiped my phone (cache,delvik,system [not sure if i should wipe more than this? idk... this was all i saw on a few threads])
I flash the cm10.zip to my phone.
I extracted the boot.img from cm10.zip to my adb/fastboot folder
I reboot into bootloader and attempt to fastboot flash the boot.img to my phone ** (I think this is where the problem is but idk..)
I reboot my phone and i'm stuck at the cm10 loading screen.
Help?
I think my problem might be when I'm trying to fastboot the boot.img on my phone... When I attempt to see adb devices (while I'm in bootloader) I get none... I would always have to load into android before adb would recognize my device then boot into bootloader and do anything (it always worked in the past so i never really cared..) but with a custom rom I'm unable to boot into android so idk any suggestions? would this be the problem? it says it successfully flashes it but i'm having doubts... as it shows no connected devices. can I flash the boot.img to my phone before i flash the rom?
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If you are s-off you shouldn't need to flash the kernel seperately.. However use "fastboot devices" instead of "adb devices". When you are connected to a computer via USB it should indicate that on the bootloader.
Before I was s-off I'd flash the rom then return to the bootloader directly and flash the kernel before attempting to boot for the first time.

The post above mine is correct. If you are s-off you don't have to flash the boot.img. Going by what you posted it doesn't look like you wiped your data in recovery, which is something you have to wipe when flashing a new ROM. That's probably why it didn't boot properly. Try again doing a full wipe/factory reset from recovery.
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Think I messed something up

Not even sure where to start. I've had my One S (TMO) for about 2 weeks now. I immediately followed all the guides to unlock my bootloader, install custom recovery and install custom ROMs. Was running Viper OneS for a while and then switched over to TrickDroid (both 7.0.0 TMOUS and 8.1.0). All of the ROMs seemed to give me some odd issues.
With Viper OneS (after patching my services.jar) I was able to install SManager and run the V6 supercharger script, but after reboot, I was no longer able to get into the ringtone and notification sounds options on the device. When I went to either screen they were just blank and I couldnt choose music from any location on the phone.
With TrickDroid 7.0.0 TMOUS, I was able to patch services.jar and run the supercharger script without any issues at all. However, after a few days of usage, I noticed that calls were no longer forwarding the voicemail number I setup using an MMI code. From there I went to TrickDroid 8.1.0 but even after patching my services.jar, my supercharger settings would not stick after reboot.
Here's where I think something went wrong. I wanted to go back to stock but rooted. Since there were no 2.35 RUUs available for download anywhere, I decided I would download the 1.84 RUU and then get the OTA update. I relocked by bootloader and ran the 1.84 RUU without any problems. Booted up the phone and got the 2.35 OTA update, again with no problems. Unlocked the bootloader and installed TRWP 2.2.2 so that I could flash supersu and root the phone and noticed that the phone was not acting right. From TWRP, its almost impossible to get the phone to reboot. When I choose to reboot, the screen goes blank, flashes once or twice and the notification light keeps turning from orange to green and then back again. I have to hold power down for about 10 seconds, then hold volume and press power to get into bootloader just to turn the phone on.
Decided to try going back to a custom ROM and noticed something else that is strange. I wanted to flash TrickDroid 7.0.0. and during the flashing, it hung on flashing the kernel for like 5 minutes when it usually takes just a second. I then flashed the fusion v2.1 kernel and it hung on "flashing boot.img" for about 5 minutes as well when it normally just takes a few seconds. After the flashing was done, I booted up the ROM and when I went into settings, the new kernel was not installed. I flashed it again in recovery and booted back to the ROM and still the stock kernel was showing.
Could I have somehow really screwed up my phone throughout this whole process? Is something corrupted on the NAND that is causing issues with rebooting recovery and flashing things?
[email protected] said:
I relocked by bootloader and ran the 1.84 RUU without any problems. Booted up the phone and got the 2.35 OTA update, again with no problems.
hung on "flashing boot.img" for about 5 minutes as well when it normally just takes a few seconds.
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When you did the 2.35 OTA you lost the ability to flash boot.img in recovery. You will need to use fastboot or TWRP's dumlock feature from now on.
dc211 said:
When you did the 2.35 OTA you lost the ability to flash boot.img in recovery. You will need to use fastboot or TWRP's dumlock feature from now on.
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Thanks for the info! Glad to know I didnt mess anything up .
One other issue I am noticing is that I cannot boot a recovery image from the bootloader using fastboot. My bootloader is unlocked so I boot up into fastboot mode and run the command "fastboot boot recovery recovery.img" but get an error stating "cannot load recovery". The recovery.img file is the CWM 5.8.3.1 recovery that I have renamed to make typing the command easier. To be sure I was connected, I ran fastboot devices and got back a serial number for my device.
Is this also because of the new hboot that I cannot boot directly to recovery from outside of the device? This is so silly but I really don't want to see the *tampered* message in my bootloader. I thought if I could boot directly into a custom recovery from outside of the device, I could run the RUU once more, unlock the bootloader and gain root without having to flash a custom recovery (which gives me all sorts of issues).
Any additional help would be greatly appreciated. Hboot is 1.14.0004 by the way.
EDIT: Wow.... i feel really dumb now. All posts I found while searching included the extra "recovery" in the commany. I just ran fastboot boot recovery.img and all is well.
[email protected] said:
One other issue I am noticing is that I cannot boot a recovery image from the bootloader using fastboot. My bootloader is unlocked so I boot up into fastboot mode and run the command "fastboot boot recovery recovery.img" but get an error stating "cannot load recovery". The recovery.img file is the CWM 5.8.3.1 recovery that I have renamed to make typing the command easier. To be sure I was connected, I ran fastboot devices and got back a serial number for my device.
Is this also because of the new hboot that I cannot boot directly to recovery from outside of the device? This is so silly but I really don't want to see the *tampered* message in my bootloader. I thought if I could boot directly into a custom recovery from outside of the device, I could run the RUU once more, unlock the bootloader and gain root without having to flash a custom recovery (which gives me all sorts of issues).
Any additional help would be greatly appreciated. Hboot is 1.14.0004 by the way.
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I doubt that the actual recovery img is named recovery.img. If I am correct that is your problem. You would be trying to boot a recovery img that doesn't exist. It should be:
fastboot boot recovery [name of recovery file].img
Example:
fastboot boot recovery cwm_5.8.3.1_ville_recovery.img or something to that effect (not sure what the actually file name is)
if you are not sure on exact name as behold mentioned, just right click on the file (.img) wherever you have it on pc, check properties, and it will tell you exact name. at that point i just copy and paste it to command window--

[Q] installing trickdroid screwed up my phone again. stuck on htc screen.

I was installing trickdroid and everything froze up. I cannot get into my recovery and even if I could trickdroid ended up deleting EVERYTHING I had on my sd card even though what I was doing had nothing to do with the contents of my sd.
I am able to get into fastboot. And have managed to install TWRP on my phone. I don't have any recoveries on the phone itself so even twrp is useless to me right now.
I have tried multiple times to go into cmd and use the fastboot command line and tried doing a few recoveries. They all seem to go through but upon reboot it just gets stuck on the htc developers screen forever.
WTF can I do?? =/
Solved.
Took a few hours but I finally managed to find a ruu for my usa tmobile device that had the 1.84 update.
With this I was able to get into my bootloader
using the cmd prompt i did an oem lock and locked up my bootloader (this all over xda and you can find out how to use it that way, it's a lot more detailed)
i was then able to install the ruu through fastboot on my pc
that's the only way I was able to get a single damn thing working.
this morning i tried trickdroid again and the same **** happened. something about the boot.img they have you install, who knows.
I assume your phone is s4 since you are in US
Make sure the Trickdroid you are installing is for your phone--which one you doing
How are you flashing boot.img and when. I wipe all including System, flash rom, reboot into bootloader and fastboot boot.img "fastboot flash boot boot.img" where boot.img is exact name of the boot file image
What is your hboot
Wipe System also as part of your flashing and don't rewipe in Aroma
The OP pages have detailed info on flashing Rom and how to do Tweaks when you get to that point
rugmankc said:
I assume your phone is s4 since you are in US
Make sure the Trickdroid you are installing is for your phone--which one you doing
How are you flashing boot.img and when. I wipe all including System, flash rom, reboot into bootloader and fastboot boot.img "fastboot flash boot boot.img" where boot.img is exact name of the boot file image
What is your hboot
Wipe System also as part of your flashing and don't rewipe in Aroma
The OP pages have detailed info on flashing Rom and how to do Tweaks when you get to that point
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I made certain I was using an s4 version of the roms. I believe the last one I tried was 7.0?
I was using the boot.img through fastboot. Perhaps I was doing that wrong... i put the phone in fastboot. then it reads fastboot usb. from my computer i went to the folder where i have all my android files and typed in the command for the cmd prompt to run the boot.img and then it showed it installed correctly. but nope.
I played with it again today and I seem to be able to flash ANY rom I have tried so long as I don't actually fastboot any boot.img files. The mixture between the rom and flashing the boot.img on trickdroid really screwed things up but at least I'm up and running again /sigh
I've used trickdroid for a while so it was very surprising that things went so wrong.
Now i just have to wait for the more popular roms to hopefully add wifi calling lol. For right now I've flashed the latest cm10 nightly. Everything is working as it should.
if you are under .13 hboot you don't need to fastboot the kernels. don't remember if you said which hboot you are on
but, glad you got it

Bootloop (S-ON/No Recovery) :(

Hello,
I have a big problem with my old HTC Sensation.
I tried nearly everything out of other topics, but nothing worked....
The story: Suddenly my Sensation rebooted and from then on it is stuck in an endless bootloop.
The bad thing is, that it was stock/S-ON at this moment.
Informations about the phone:
***UNLOCKED***
Pyramid PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT: 1.27.0000
Radio: 11.24A.3504.31_M
-> I am able to install RUUs (3.33), but after installation i am still in the bootloop
-> I am able to unlock/relock the bootloader
-> I can install a recovery via fastboot, but can't boot into it => bootloop
Maybe you have got a hint to bring the Sensation back to life.
Thank you!
Since your bootloader is unlocked, you can use fastboot to do stuff. Most of the HTC Sensations have a HBOOT version that causes bootloops when flashing roms because their kernel doesn't seem to install properly when flashing roms. The ROM should consist of a file inside the zip, usualy in the kernel folder or in the root of the zip that is called boot.img. That is the kernel. First of all, you need to download the tools that have the fastboot and drivers included. Then unzip all of the contents into a folder. Run and install the drivers that that have come in the folder. Then go into the fastboot and adb folder. Shift rightclick onto the empty space of the folder and click open command window here. Then boot your phone into bootloader mode. You can do this using power button and volume down while your phone is off. Once youre in fastboot mode, navigate to fastboot using up and down volume keys. Then press the power button. Plug in your phone to your computer using your HTC sync cable. Then in the adb and fastboot folder, copy your roms boot.img into the folder. Then in the command window, type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img' without the quotation marks. It should say sending and then writing. The process should take no longer than 20 seconds. Once done, restart your phone. Wolla, your rom should now be working properly!
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Since your bootloader is unlocked, you can use fastboot to do stuff. Most of the HTC Sensations have a HBOOT version that causes bootloops when flashing roms because their kernel doesn't seem to install properly when flashing roms. The ROM should consist of a file inside the zip, usualy in the kernel folder or in the root of the zip that is called boot.img. That is the kernel. First of all, you need to download the tools that have the fastboot and drivers included. Then unzip all of the contents into a folder. Run and install the drivers that that have come in the folder. Then go into the fastboot and adb folder. Shift rightclick onto the empty space of the folder and click open command window here. Then boot your phone into bootloader mode. You can do this using power button and volume down while your phone is off. Once youre in fastboot mode, navigate to fastboot using up and down volume keys. Then press the power button. Plug in your phone to your computer using your HTC sync cable. Then in the adb and fastboot folder, copy your roms boot.img into the folder. Then in the command window, type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img' without the quotation marks. It should say sending and then writing. The process should take no longer than 20 seconds. Once done, restart your phone. Wolla, your rom should now be working properly!
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actually he can't even boot to the recovery in order to flash any rom
so what's the point of flashing the boot.img manually?
You can use Sensation all in one kit v3 to unlock boot loader, read this thread for more detail
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497404
after unlocking boot loader, then go to this thread to download 4EXT recovery then use kit to flash recovery, remember to download image file, not zip file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377759
boot to recovery, then enable smart flash and flash any cook ROM you want. Remenber to wipe everything after having enable smart flash then flash cook ROM
good luck
stripeqn said:
Remenber to wipe everything after having enable smart flash then flash cook ROM
good luck
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actually first has to wipe and then enable smartflash
Thank you for your ideas!
But unfortunattly i tried most of the things.
@ kevinspl2000
I think normaly the RUU would also install the Boot Image.
But I also tried to manualy flash the boot.img out of the RUU via fastboot, but no success.
I am not able to flash a Custom ROM, because of no Recovery...
@stripeqn
The point is that I am not able to boot to Recovery...
I can flash the Recovery via fastboot, but I am not able to boot into it.
I tried different versions of CWMR and 4EXT but no success...
When I click on recovery, it just shows the HTC Logo and bootloop again
BrainyTheKing said:
Thank you for your ideas!
But unfortunattly i tried most of the things.
@ kevinspl2000
I think normaly the RUU would also install the Boot Image.
But I also tried to manualy flash the boot.img out of the RUU via fastboot, but no success.
I am not able to flash a Custom ROM, because of no Recovery...
@stripeqn
The point is that I am not able to boot to Recovery...
I can flash the Recovery via fastboot, but I am not able to boot into it.
I tried different versions of CWMR and 4EXT but no success...
When I click on recovery, it just shows the HTC Logo and bootloop again
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I think I have a solution. When I installed my custom recovery at first, I also got bootloops when trying to go into the recovery. What I did, is I refalshed the recovery, and then did fastboot erase cache. It wipes all of the cache, and fixed my bootloop before. Try that and see how we get on...
kevinspl2000 said:
I think I have a solution. When I installed my custom recovery at first, I also got bootloops when trying to go into the recovery. What I did, is I refalshed the recovery, and then did fastboot erase cache. It wipes all of the cache, and fixed my bootloop before. Try that and see how we get on...
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I erased the cache before and after flashing recovery.
No success ...

[Q] Mytouch 4g slide won't boot

Hi, i tried to install a custom rom on a mytouch 4g slide and may have bricked the phone. I am now trying to see if I can recover it. I had CWM on the phone but after trying to install a stock rom I can no longer access it and the phone won't boot only, just staying on the splash screen. I can access the boot loader but if I try to go into recovery I get an icon of a phone with a red triangle and exclamation mark.
If I connect the phone to a PC, no devices are listed under 'adb devices'. I believe I need to install the stock rom (PG59IMG.zip) from the boot loader to recover the phone. I have a couple of different stock roms and although these are automatically loaded by the bootloader without error, the phone doesn't boot.
Not sure if anyone knows of a confirmed clean stock rom or another method I could use.
The bootloader is unlocked but the phone is S-ON, H-BOOT 1.45.0013.
Thanks
clarkbanks said:
Hi, i tried to install a custom rom on a mytouch 4g slide and may have bricked the phone. I am now trying to see if I can recover it. I had CWM on the phone but after trying to install a stock rom I can no longer access it and the phone won't boot only, just staying on the splash screen. I can access the boot loader but if I try to go into recovery I get an icon of a phone with a red triangle and exclamation mark.
If I connect the phone to a PC, no devices are listed under 'adb devices'. I believe I need to install the stock rom (PG59IMG.zip) from the boot loader to recover the phone. I have a couple of different stock roms and although these are automatically loaded by the bootloader without error, the phone doesn't boot.
Not sure if anyone knows of a confirmed clean stock rom or another method I could use.
The bootloader is unlocked but the phone is S-ON, H-BOOT 1.45.0013.
Thanks
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Because you are S-ON, you need to flash the boot image as well. Extract the boot.img file from the ROM, and (while in FASTBOOT USB mode) run fastboot (on the connected computer) like the following:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
AFAIK, adb only works when you are fully booted up, fastboot is what to use while in the bootloader. Blue6IX has a return-to-stock RUU as well, but we'll cross that bridge if/when we come to it.
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Because you are S-ON, you need to flash the boot image as well. Extract the boot.img file from the ROM, and (while in FASTBOOT USB mode) run fastboot (on the connected computer) like the following:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
AFAIK, adb only works when you are fully booted up, fastboot is what to use while in the bootloader. Blue6IX has a return-to-stock RUU as well, but we'll cross that bridge if/when we come to it.
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That is what I was missing. Many thanks

stuck at bootloader , No OS No Recovery :(

hi my oneplus 7 pro 1910 stuck at bootloader and when i press start or recovery it gets back to the bootloader screen i cant even turn off the phone
i accidentally wiped all partitions in twrp and made a format .
anyhelp ? ive tried to do the fastboot rom flash but my pc doesnt detect my phone
i tried almost every solution i found but nothing works
Your bootloader needs to be unlocked to use a fastboot ROM.
Is it unlocked?
@soka said:
Your bootloader needs to be unlocked to use a fastboot ROM.
Is it unlocked?
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Yes it’s unlocked , any help
Search on the fast boot rom thread for the fast boot rom version you were last on, i have used this many times and it worked.
One thing to note, after it flashed everything , I ended up in crash dump error. I went into stock recovery and wiped/formatted my device and it boot up great.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/msm-tool-guac-for-all.3934691/ - just follow this guide
One thing that worked for me is when your phone is plugged into your pc open a command prompt and type fastboot boot twrp-*.img (make sure it is the .img not .zip), and from there download the twrp installer .zip and flash that, reboot to recovery, and install the OTA for your device (OTAs can be found at this thread).
If it fails to boot and gives you an error, try fastboot getvar all to see which slot is currently active then do fastboot --set-active=*inactive slot letter* then fastboot --set-active=*original active slot letter* then try to boot to the twrp .img from fastboot again. If fastboot doesn't detect your device at all, try seeing if adb devices outputs anything, and if it does type adb reboot bootloader

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