[Q] Stuck in bootcycle/no OS installed in TWRP - HTC One S

I have an HTC One S and recently tried putting a newer rom on my phone. That process has made my phone a paperweight.
I was using a really old ROM from my rooted HTC One and decided it was time to update as I was having a lot of issues with outdated software. Since i've tried installing several versions of TrickDroid onto my phone and all them failed me. I'm currently running S-off HTC One S with TWRP and I'm stuck in a vicious cycle of bootcycling from either the recovery, bootloader, or the logo. Whenever I leave TWRP it says that I don't have an OS installed, which is most likely why I hang at the logo and cycle through restarts. However, I'm adb pushing roms onto the phone and using the recovery install from zip to run the installers. I've followed that up with variations of flashing the boot in the bootloader with Fastboot flash boot boot.img or just trying to restart straight into my OS, but I can't.
I'm not really sure where to go from here.

khaele said:
I have an HTC One S and recently tried putting a newer rom on my phone. That process has made my phone a paperweight.
I was using a really old ROM from my rooted HTC One and decided it was time to update as I was having a lot of issues with outdated software. Since i've tried installing several versions of TrickDroid onto my phone and all them failed me. I'm currently running S-off HTC One S with TWRP and I'm stuck in a vicious cycle of bootcycling from either the recovery, bootloader, or the logo. Whenever I leave TWRP it says that I don't have an OS installed, which is most likely why I hang at the logo and cycle through restarts. However, I'm adb pushing roms onto the phone and using the recovery install from zip to run the installers. I've followed that up with variations of flashing the boot in the bootloader with Fastboot flash boot boot.img or just trying to restart straight into my OS, but I can't.
I'm not really sure where to go from here.
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So what happens when you try to install an OS via recovery?
Also what TWRP version do you use?
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khan.orak said:
So what happens when you try to install an OS via recovery?
Also what TWRP version do you use?
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I use TWRP 2.6.0.0
When I try to use TWRP to recovery install I can successfully complete the installation, but once I leave recovery to restart I'm stuck in bootcycles.

khaele said:
I use TWRP 2.6.0.0
When I try to use TWRP to recovery install I can successfully complete the installation, but once I leave recovery to restart I'm stuck in bootcycles.
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Wipe data/factory reset, cache, dalvik and flashing boot.img before flashing ROM all good??
I see no other reason why it shouldn't boot up.
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khan.orak said:
Wipe data/factory reset, cache, dalvik and flashing boot.img before flashing ROM all good??
I see no other reason why it shouldn't boot up.
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Yes, I can do all of those things. I eventually got back to an OS by using an RUU from my carrier. It could just be the trickydroid rom I'm trying to use or ALORA. I have no idea.

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TWRP won't flash or wipe roms help

I recently unlocked my HTC One s tmo, HBoot 1.14.004, I recently flashed twrp 2.3.3.0 and it won't flash or wipe roms...it boots into recovery half the time...I tried flashing TD 9.0 and fastboot flashing the boot.IMG......to no avail.. please help
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Please list the exact steps you took, and explain the exact problem.
That way it will be easier to nail down the issue and give you help.
Unlocked phone via HTC...flashed twrp 2.3.3.0 via fastboot, booted into fastboot did a full wipe, flashed trickdroid 9.0 and it wouldn't finish flashing at the point when it was trying to flash the kernel, I rebooted to fastboot and flashed the boot.img.....did that multiple times..just bootloops to recovery
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handman29 said:
Unlocked phone via HTC...flashed twrp 2.3.3.0 via fastboot, booted into fastboot did a full wipe, flashed trickdroid 9.0 and it wouldn't finish flashing at the point when it was trying to flash the kernel, I rebooted to fastboot and flashed the boot.img.....did that multiple times..just bootloops to recovery
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Do full wipe and the use the recovery to reboot back into it then flash rom without the wipe.
handman29 said:
Unlocked phone via HTC...flashed twrp 2.3.3.0 via fastboot, booted into fastboot did a full wipe, flashed trickdroid 9.0 and it wouldn't finish flashing at the point when it was trying to flash the kernel, I rebooted to fastboot and flashed the boot.img.....did that multiple times..just bootloops to recovery
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Wipe and try again... You got impatient the boot.IMG part takes a long time... Just start the flash and put your phone down... Leave it alone until its done...if you don't get an error it will finish just wait...
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Yeah, dont interrupt the installer. It installs some other important stuff after the boot.img.
And yes, it takes a long time. If nothing has happened after 15min or so, then it might be something wrong.
For me, the boot.img part seems to take between 5 and 10min, depending on the weather outside, the alignment of the stars etc

[Q] New to ONEX problem flashing clean rom 5.1

I downloaded rom put it in downloads folder on phone. Then I got into fastboot and flashed boot img and erased cache. Then I did a factory reset and flashed rom. First option is to run boot img, so the first time I tried install I didn't do it using aroma installer went through all the steps. Then I rebooted phone and it was stuck on HTC screen with no boot animation. It was just stuck. Went back to recovery and wiped then installed again this time using option to run boot img. Same thing happened witch was nothing. Any advice for a noob would be appreciated. :good:
HTC ONEX (loving it)
Samsung galaxy S2 (retired)
Did you check the md5 of the zip? Sounds like it might be a bad download
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area51avenger said:
Did you check the md5 of the zip? Sounds like it might be a bad download
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No But i will I have never had that problem before.
Try to flash the rom with either option, the boot into bootloader to fastboot the boot.img.
On my cousins phone it won't take when I fastboot the boot.img first... It works 100% the time when I flash the rom first then do the boot.img... Try it out homie
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Problem with OS

Just rooted and s-off a replacement one S. Everything went fine until i got to the point i was going to flash a rom. Ive been using the viper rom. after starting the installer it seemed out that all it did was format the memory. After it finished it rebooted and stayed on the HTC splash screen for probably twenty minutes before i did a hard boot. after getting back into recovery and trying again it did the same thing. i decided to just start over and do reboot from recovery but it is saying there is no OS. so i went back to view my card from recovery and everything on it was erased. Now im trying to copy the viper rom back over via recovery but the transfer speed is down to about 50kbps and keeps saying its timing out. any ideas
What recovery are u using? I read several times, that ViperRom and the latest twrp don't fit. In case of using twrp u should try an older version.
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customromfan said:
What recovery are u using? I read several times, that ViperRom and the latest twrp don't fit. In case of using twrp u should try an older version.
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I guess i was using the twrp with that all in one toolkit i would switch to cwm but i cant get my computer now to reconigze the phone. i keep getting the htc mtp driver issue and haven't been able to figure it out. I figured if i can get the other recovery installed i should be able to flash a os
Jayster06 said:
I guess i was using the twrp with that all in one toolkit i would switch to cwm but i cant get my computer now to reconigze the phone. i keep getting the htc mtp driver issue and haven't been able to figure it out. I figured if i can get the other recovery installed i should be able to flash a os
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go into bootloader, then fastboot usb mode.
the flash the new recovery via fastboot command, or with the all in one toolkit (chose custom, then locate your file)
i switched over to cwm and tried copying a viper rom to my phone but it keeps erroring out during the transfer. I tried a smaller rom and it copied over but all its doing with i click install is going to a black screen then back to cwm
i also tried several other roms that were smaller in size and it was doing the same thing

[Q] Can't get into recovery

Hey guys. For some odd reason I'm having issues with my AT&T HOX. I was running the Sense 5 rom and everything was running great. I was going to flash a battery % mod so, I held the power button down to get to the reboot menu to go into recovery. Well I accidently tapped the power off button instead of reboot. Crap! No problem, I thought. When I powered the phone back up again, the phone just sat on the HTC Quiet Brilliantly screen and wouldn't go any further. So, I held down the power button to force it to shut down, held the volume down key to go to the bootloader and then into TWRP. I couldn't get into TWRP. The phone would get to the TWRP splash screen and then reboot. But then it wouldn't even go back into android. It would just stay at the HTC screen. The only way I could get it into android was to RUU the phone. I flashed TWRP 2.3.3.0 on it via adb but now I still can't get into TWRP. The phone goes into a boot loop on the TWRP splash screen. I tried to do a fastboot wipe cache but that didn't help at all. Any suggestions?
You flashed recovery with adb..? You need to flash it with fastboot. Always check the md5 of your files to make sure they're good
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Haha, sorry, I meant fastboot. I flashed it with fastboot. When it didn't work the first time. I re-downloaded twrp and flashed it again. Same results.
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Did you run the RUU? Which one? Running a RUU will restore stock recovery.
Also, the command is fastboot erase cache. Is that what you did?
Yes, I ran the AT&T 3.18 ruu. Don't worry I have s-off. The phone booted up fine after I ran the AT&T ruu. I then wanted to flash TWRP so I could install a different rom. I went to the bootloader and flashed TWRP 2.3.3.0. I flashed it with the OneX toolkit. I also did a fastboot erase cache when it didn't want to boot into TWRP. When I try to get into TWRP, it gets to the splash screen of TWRP, then the screen flashes for a second and it won't go any further. It keeps doing that until I force the phone to shut down. I am using the phone now but on 3.18 and I can't root it. I am stock. EWW!
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I'm not a big fan of toolkits. They let you skip over learning things you really need to know.
Try downloading the twrp image, check the md5 to be sure it downloaded correctly, and flash in fastboot manually.
It's possible something isn't working right with the toolkit.
iElvis said:
I'm not a big fan of toolkits. They let you skip over learning things you really need to know.
Try downloading the twrp image, check the md5 to be sure it downloaded correctly, and flash in fastboot manually.
It's possible something isn't working right with the toolkit.
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Just a few minutes ago, I re-downloaded TWRP again and flashed it with fastboot flash recovery. It said it was successful but, it is still doing the same thing. TWRP acts like it wants to boot but it won't. It gets to the splash screen and then it will just blink on and off, on and off until I force the phone to shut off.
Dang I've never seen anyone have that problem so far... That's weird.. You're doing everything correct and you sound knowledgeable.... Have you tried different twrp versions? Maybe try goo manager...
And I'm not questioning your intelligence and mean no disrespect, but are you 100% its the Evita version of twrp?
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InflatedTitan said:
Dang I've never seen anyone have that problem so far... That's weird.. You're doing everything correct and you sound knowledgeable.... Have you tried different twrp versions? Maybe try goo manager...
And I'm not questioning your intelligence and mean no disrespect, but are you 100% its the Evita version of twrp?
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Thanks man, haha, yeah I am 1000% sure it is an evita recovery. I thought about trying CWM just to see if the situation changes. Before I do that, I may try goo manager.
Yay!! I was able to flash CWM, get into it and flash SuperSU. I don't really care for CWM but at least i got SOMETHING to work. I may try TWRP again just to see if it will work.
Egrier said:
Yay!! I was able to flash CWM, get into it and flash SuperSU. I don't really care for CWM but at least i got SOMETHING to work. I may try TWRP again just to see if it will work.
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Now that recovery is working again, you should be able to switch using goo manager.
iElvis said:
Now that recovery is working again, you should be able to switch using goo manager.
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I tried re-downloading from a different source and flashing TWRP 2.3.3.1 again....Fail. It does the same thing. Flashed CWM again, works like a charm. What the heck is going on??
Egrier said:
I tried re-downloading from a different source and flashing TWRP 2.3.3.1 again....Fail. It does the same thing. Flashed CWM again, works like a charm. What the heck is going on??
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Try fastboot erase cache again
Did you use Goo Manager?
iElvis said:
Try fastboot erase cache again
Did you use Goo Manager?
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I will try fastboot erase cache. No, I flashed it with fastboot flash recovery.
Edit: Still a no go with TWRP :/ I guess I'm sticking with CWM for now.
Egrier said:
Hey guys. For some odd reason I'm having issues with my AT&T HOX. I was running the Sense 5 rom and everything was running great. I was going to flash a battery % mod so, I held the power button down to get to the reboot menu to go into recovery. Well I accidently tapped the power off button instead of reboot. Crap! No problem, I thought. When I powered the phone back up again, the phone just sat on the HTC Quiet Brilliantly screen and wouldn't go any further. So, I held down the power button to force it to shut down, held the volume down key to go to the bootloader and then into TWRP. I couldn't get into TWRP. The phone would get to the TWRP splash screen and then reboot. But then it wouldn't even go back into android. It would just stay at the HTC screen. The only way I could get it into android was to RUU the phone. I flashed TWRP 2.3.3.0 on it via adb but now I still can't get into TWRP. The phone goes into a boot loop on the TWRP splash screen. I tried to do a fastboot wipe cache but that didn't help at all. Any suggestions?
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What about erasing cache?
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Megadoug13 said:
What about erasing cache?
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I have erased it. Doesn't work.:banghead:
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Egrier said:
I have erased it. Doesn't work.:banghead:
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I would try Goo Manager, then give up if it doesn't work. CWM is okay for this phone now.
iElvis said:
I would try Goo Manager, then give up if it doesn't work. CWM is okay for this phone now.
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Been there did that. Still won't work. Going to forget it and stick with CWM for now.

[Help] Problem With ROMs after Factory Reset

So I have the LG Optimus V and was running a custom Stock ROM. I was going to give it to a friend to use so decided to use the factory reset in the phone...whoops.
I'm using ClockworkMod Recovery v3.2.0.0 and every time I try to install a ROM from the zip file on it it just goes back to Clockwork after a reboot.
I've tried using the ROMs listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/LG_Optimus_V/ROMs (besides MIUIv4 and LeWa Port) to no avail. I just keep rebooting back into recovery after it says it was a successful install.
I've also tried getting into a workaround using fastboot but I believe the condition my phone is in right now won't allow it. I can't boot up to the fastboot recovery and other issues have arised.
So is there anything I can do or am I boned?
Thanks for reading and any feedback
Cantee said:
So I have the LG Optimus V and was running a custom Stock ROM. I was going to give it to a friend to use so decided to use the factory reset in the phone...whoops.
I'm using ClockworkMod Recovery v3.2.0.0 and every time I try to install a ROM from the zip file on it it just goes back to Clockwork after a reboot.
I've tried using the ROMs listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/LG_Optimus_V/ROMs (besides MIUIv4 and LeWa Port) to no avail. I just keep rebooting back into recovery after it says it was a successful install.
I've also tried getting into a workaround using fastboot but I believe the condition my phone is in right now won't allow it. I can't boot up to the fastboot recovery and other issues have arised.
So is there anything I can do or am I boned?
Thanks for reading and any feedback
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Are there any other recoveries for your phone
AFAIK new ROMs don't support Clockwork Mod 3.2
Try updating the recovery to the latest one available i.e maybe 4.x for your Optimus V
This problem happened to me some months ago
I reflashed the recovery using terminal emulator
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