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[Q] Nexus S w/ CM 7.1.0 (no load & no recovery)

Can anyone help me with this Ive got a Nexus S, with the latest stable vers. of Cyanogen (update-cm-7.1.0-NS-signed) and ClockworkMod as the recovery image. Was working great then all of a sudden the phone will not load past the "Google" unlocked padlock image OR go into recovery mode. I can get into the bootloader alright (vol+ key & power button) and it confirms that the phone's still "UNLOCKED". All I get, on the screen, when I try to get into ClockworkMod is "Google" and the unlocked padlock image.
Can't even get into the SD card when I hook the phone up to my PC. Tried flashing CWM says that its sent and written but still wont load.
Any ideas how I can at least get into recovery mode? Once i'm in, in theory (if there's nothing terminal, hardware-wise) I can wipe the phone, mount the sd card, put a fresh vers. of CyanogenMod on it and start again.

Wrong section.

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Obligatory YOU MORON BLAH BLAH RABBLE RABBLE!!!!
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Seriously though, what version of the Nexus S do you have? Just want to rule out any ID10T erros first. Second what CMW did you flash via fastboot? Thridly what was your fastboot command?

ackte11 said:
Can anyone help me with this Ive got a Nexus S, with the latest stable vers. of Cyanogen (update-cm-7.1.0-NS-signed) and ClockworkMod as the recovery image. Was working great then all of a sudden the phone will not load past the "Google" unlocked padlock image OR go into recovery mode. I can get into the bootloader alright (vol+ key & power button) and it confirms that the phone's still "UNLOCKED". All I get, on the screen, when I try to get into ClockworkMod is "Google" and the unlocked padlock image.
Can't even get into the SD card when I hook the phone up to my PC. Tried flashing CWM says that its sent and written but still wont load.
Any ideas how I can at least get into recovery mode? Once i'm in, in theory (if there's nothing terminal, hardware-wise) I can wipe the phone, mount the sd card, put a fresh vers. of CyanogenMod on it and start again.
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How did you root it?
You just need to use fastboot to flash CWM & a new rom
Example for the rom:
fastboot update ROMFILENAME.ZIP -w
For more info on fastboot
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Fastboot
Edit: There, got you the Cyanogenmod page. It's a step by step guide. Skip the bootloader unlocking section. Do all the rest.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Nexus_S:_Full_Update_Guide

slimdizzy said:
Soooooo moved.
Obligatory YOU MORON BLAH BLAH RABBLE RABBLE!!!!
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Seriously though, what version of the Nexus S do you have? Just want to rule out any ID10T erros first. Second what CMW did you flash via fastboot? Thridly what was your fastboot command?
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sorry bout posting in the wrong section. But Ive got the GT-I9020 version, Second I tried to flash versions 3.0.2.4-crespo, 4.0.0.2-crespo, and 5.0.2.0. Nothing responded.
$ fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.2-crespo.img

ackte11 said:
sorry bout posting in the wrong section. But Ive got the GT-I9020 version, Second I tried to flash versions 3.0.2.4-crespo, 4.0.0.2-crespo, and 5.0.2.0. Nothing responded.
$ fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.2-crespo.img
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Do you have a working adb setup on your computer?
Put your device in fastboot mode ( VOL up + power button)
Make sure it's properly connected and interfacing with adb (you can type "adb devices" and you should see your device in the list)
If you don't see any string of characters after typing adb devices, then you don't have a working adb setup. You need either a standalone adb or the android SDK.

polobunny said:
How did you root it?
You just need to use fastboot to flash CWM & a new rom
Example for the rom:
fastboot update ROMFILENAME.ZIP -w
For more info on fastboot
---wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Fastboot
Edit: There, got you the Cyanogenmod page. It's a step by step guide. Skip the bootloader unlocking section. Do all the rest ---.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Nexus_S:_Full_Update_Guide
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tried that and got these results
$ fastboot update update-cm-7.1.0-NS-signed.zip -w
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt

I have the android sdk but after "adb devices" its saying command not found

ackte11 said:
I have the android sdk but after "adb devices" its saying command not found
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on a mac? also what about "fastboot devices"?

Linux Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7 "fastboot devices" recognizes it and shows the serial number. adb on windows runs the command but just comes up blank

ackte11 said:
Linux Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7 "fastboot devices" recognizes it and shows the serial number. adb on windows runs the command but just comes up blank
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Alright. Try to flash CWM recovery first, as stated in the Cyanogenmod guide. Then once that's done, boot back into CWM and flash CM7.

Did that and it says that everything goes through, move down to recovery and it just loops the "google" padlock screen

ackte11 said:
Did that and it says that everything goes through, move down to recovery and it just loops the "google" padlock screen
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Ah okay, maybe a corrupted boot.img
Download the full 2.3.6 rom for your model
i9020a
i9020t/i9023
You can get the model in fastboot mode at the top if you're unsure of which you own.
Extract the ZIP contents and grab hold of boot.img. Flash this boot.img using fastboot
Example: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Once that is done, reboot to fastboot and flash CWM. Then from CWM flash superuser and whichever ROM you want.

polobunny said:
Ah okay, maybe a corrupted boot.img
Download the full 2.3.6 rom for your model
i9020a
i9020t/i9023
You can get the model in fastboot mode at the top if you're unsure of which you own.
Extract the ZIP contents and grab hold of boot.img. Flash this boot.img using fastboot
Example: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Once that is done, reboot to fastboot and flash CWM. Then from CWM flash superuser and whichever ROM you want.
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Nothings working. flashed the boot then CWM still cant get into recovery. Just right back to the "google" page

I am not sure if this works on the nexus s but give it a try.
Instead of flashing the recovery try and boot it. Change the command to fastboot boot recovery .....instead of flash.

albundy2010 said:
I am not sure if this works on the nexus s but give it a try.
Instead of flashing the recovery try and boot it. Change the command to fastboot boot recovery .....instead of flash.
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still no go.

i am having the exact same problem, my computer can see my phone, but nothing is working. anyone have any input??? it seems like i can not write to certain parts of the sd card, it says, FAILED (remote: Write Fail)
trying to run an update. see how the image says it was copied over correctly? ive also tried ereasing it as well..
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No boot or recovery img

This post specifically helped me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19531979&postcount=30
just rename the file "install-recovery.sh" which is in the /etc folder. You can only access it with a root file manager (rootexplorer $4 on the market)
make sure your new file is not ending with .sh
It appears that this file keeps writing stock recovery to your phone. Once you erase it, flash CWM recovery and then flash your rom. Hope it helps.

Nice catch. Didn't even think about it getting rewritten every boot.
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[Q] Stuck on Google logo. Unable to push image file to phone... Please help.

Tried various possible solutions and still can't get past the Google logo. Installed adb and Samsung driver but when executing commands such as "abd remount" or "adb push file.zip \sdcard\" in cmd I get an error saying "device not found".
Does anyone know how I could resolve this issue?
I tried clearing the cache and wiping the data from the phone, and even heating the phone with a hair dryer. I'd very much appreciate any help.

looks like you still be able to get in reovery ? if so , then nothing you should worry , just flash a new ROM

Do you mean like a boot image or a recovery image?
If so then you need to put phone in fastboot mode, hold volume up and power til it comes up on screen, then on command prompt on your computer type in fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxx.img (xxxxx is the name of the file like cwm5.0.2.0.img or whatever)
That should give you a working recovery to flash roms from.
Is your boot loader unlocked?
If you wanna mount then just go to mounts and storage and mount USB storage and it will show up on your computer!

nodstuff said:
Do you mean like a boot image or a recovery image?
If so then you need to put phone in fastboot mode, hold volume up and power til it comes up on screen, then on command prompt on your computer type in fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxx.img (xxxxx is the name of the file like cwm5.0.2.0.img or whatever)
That should give you a working recovery to flash roms from.
Is your boot loader unlocked?
If you wanna mount then just go to mounts and storage and mount USB storage and it will show up on your computer!
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Thanks for your reply, seems to be hanging on waiting for device. Fastboot appears to be locked and it just hangs on "waiting for device" when I enter the command fastboot oem unlock... Not sure where to go from here.

leeroy88 said:
Thanks for your reply, seems to be hanging on waiting for device. Fastboot appears to be locked and it just hangs on "waiting for device" when I enter the command fastboot oem unlock... Not sure where to go from here.
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It was a recovery image file by the way. Tried fastboot flash recovery xxxxx.img like you had said but same problem...

leeroy88 said:
It was a recovery image file by the way. Tried fastboot flash recovery xxxxx.img like you had said but same problem...
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Hmmm try going to cmd prompt and typing in adb devices, if you get nothing then your adb isn't set up properly and you need to go into setting and change the path on your computer.
I know the details are sketchy but gimme a min and I will find you a link
---------- Post added at 03:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:00 AM ----------
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161776
Find the Android sdk folder in your computer, move it to the root of C.
I don't think adb is where this guide says it is, there is a read me in the folder where it was saying it has moved to the platform tools folder.
So anyway find the path to the file and put it where the guide says and you should be on the ball.

Forget adb. You need to use fastboot.
Open a command prompt in the directory with fastboot or cd into it.
Put phone in fastboot mode.
On the command prompt type fastboot devices.
You will see your serial number. If you don't recheck and make sure you did everything. Sdk PDA drivers if need be etc.
Fastboot flash recovery custom recovery img name.img
Boot into recovery
Mounts and storage.
Mount SD card
Put a rom for you device on there.
Unmount
Wipe everything but sdcard from recovery.
Flash the rom by going to install zip from SD card......

Okay still stuck trying to connect to my phone. I haven't been able to get my serial number show when typing fastboot devices in cmd. adb is set up and seems to be working but the list of devices is blank when I type in adb devices. The phone was put into fastboot mode both times. I get <waiting for device> when I try
fastboot flash recovery clockwork-5.0.2-crespo.img
I think the bootloader may be locked as it does say LOCKED under lock state, which is probably the reason why I can't get the recovery image to work. I couldn't install PDANet as it wanted to connect to my phone while in debugging mode at the end of the installation. Would it be possible that fastboot oem unlock won't work with without having PDANet installed? I'd really appreciate any further help on this topic.

You need the drivers.

albundy2010 said:
You need the drivers.
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I have the Google USB driver package installed from SDK Manager. I had tried to install some other Samsung driver found on another post but it wouldn't install.

Turns out drivers weren't fully installed, managed to get PDANet installed and could connect to the phone with fastboot devices. Serial number was displayed in cmd. Only problems lies with unlocking the bootloader. fastboot oem unlock fails giving an error: too many links. Anyone have a solution to this?

leeroy88 said:
Turns out drivers weren't fully installed, managed to get PDANet installed and could connect to the phone with fastboot devices. Serial number was displayed in cmd. Only problems lies with unlocking the bootloader. fastboot oem unlock fails giving an error: too many links. Anyone have a solution to this?
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Did you try booting into bootloader in the first place? Volume up+Power
Then you can use fastboot. Forget PDAnet. Just install SDK and ADB
Use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007782

ismailham said:
Did you try booting into bootloader in the first place? Volume up+Power
Then you can use fastboot. Forget PDAnet. Just install SDK and ADB
Use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007782
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Yeah I was in bootloader at the time, but I noticed that the Lock-State said locked. So I figured I must first use fastboot oem unlock. If I was to try flash with a stock recovery image would I still need to unlock the bootloader? Like I said I was able to use fastboot devices and get my phones serial number to show up, so I think SDK and ADB is properly installed, path set correctly etc.

leeroy88 said:
Yeah I was in bootloader at the time, but I noticed that the Lock-State said locked. So I figured I must first use fastboot oem unlock. If I was to try flash with a stock recovery image would I still need to unlock the bootloader? Like I said I was able to use fastboot devices and get my phones serial number to show up, so I think SDK and ADB is properly installed, path set correctly etc.
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I don't think you need to unlock the boot loader to flash a recovery image.
I may be wrong but I remember someone saying that once. I had mine unlocked before I had the chance to try it out. What happens when you type in fastboot oem unlock?

nodstuff said:
I don't think you need to unlock the boot loader to flash a recovery image.
I may be wrong but I remember someone saying that once. I had mine unlocked before I had the chance to try it out. What happens when you type in fastboot oem unlock?
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After typing fastboot oem unlock I get three dots ...
Pretty much straight away it fails and says something about "too many links".

Did you do all the steps from here http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/ ?

kvaju said:
Did you do all the steps from here http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/ ?
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Thanks for your reply, I followed the steps just now and got the exact same error. Before I was trying fastboot oem unlock while in platform-tools but this time I had downloaded the nexussrootICS.zip file, and extracted it to the root of C. I tried fastboot devices and my serial shows up and after fastboot oem unlock I get "status read failed: too many links."
The only difference I seem to have is that in my device manager I have Android Device > ADB Interface, as opposed to SAMSUNG Android Device > ADB Interface.
Not a big difference but that's all I can think of.

the same issue for me. is there any working solution for that?

I recently had success in recovering from this issue.
Here is the link, read the last comment
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894147

GnubbyaBush said:
I recently had success in recovering from this issue.
Here is the link, read the last comment
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894147
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Thanks! I'll try to do this fancy dancing

Stuck Rooting @ tf300t

hi guys,
i was following this thread guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668173
and while i'm on step 5, i accidentally pick the wipe data (available options are RCK, Android and Wipe Data)
now, i am stuck in this
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and totally unable to mount sdcard, emmc. Hopefully my tablet hasn't bricked yet.

johnson234 said:
hi guys,
i was following this thread guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668173
and while i'm on step 5, i accidentally pick the wipe data (available options are RCK, Android and Wipe Data)
now, i am stuck in this View attachment 2454401 and totally unable to mount sdcard, emmc. Hopefully my tablet hasn't bricked yet.
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I remember on the old bootloader that ended in and insta-brick, but idk which BL you are on.

cmendonc2 said:
I remember on the old bootloader that ended in and insta-brick, but idk which BL you are on.
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By BL u mean bootloader? My stock bootloader is 4.2.1 Jelly Bean. I tried to dl the twrp.blob from the twrp website with -4.2 and try to use the terminal emulator thingy but it still boot into CWM based Recovery.
However, I just bought the ROM Toolbox Pro in Google Play and use the 'Flash Recovery' but it search my whole tablet and returns nothing while i have already copy and paste the twrp.blob into the/sdcard/

johnson234 said:
By BL u mean bootloader? My stock bootloader is 4.2.1 Jelly Bean. I tried to dl the twrp.blob from the twrp website with -4.2 and try to use the terminal emulator thingy but it still boot into CWM based Recovery.
However, I just bought the ROM Toolbox Pro in Google Play and use the 'Flash Recovery' but it search my whole tablet and returns nothing while i have already copy and paste the twrp.blob into the/sdcard/
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Edit: I am a first timer a.k.a. newbie. Sorry for that if i don't understand the short form/ slang u used.

johnson234 said:
By BL u mean bootloader? My stock bootloader is 4.2.1 Jelly Bean. I tried to dl the twrp.blob from the twrp website with -4.2 and try to use the terminal emulator thingy but it still boot into CWM based Recovery.
However, I just bought the ROM Toolbox Pro in Google Play and use the 'Flash Recovery' but it search my whole tablet and returns nothing while i have already copy and paste the twrp.blob into the/sdcard/
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Wait it boots into android? What exactly are you trying to do? Just install the Superuser binaries for root or get a custom ROM?

cmendonc2 said:
Wait it boots into android? What exactly are you trying to do? Just install the Superuser binaries for root or get a custom ROM?
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I plan to root it into a custom rom but ended up installing cwm which I later found out to be incompatible with my device. This is because I thought that everyone need to undergo these three process (root>install recovery>install rom) now I'm trying to remove or replace this cwm with a twrp then I can start installing my custom rom. I have already root my tablet with supersu (kingo). Did I do anything wrong on my steps above? If yes, please enlighten me. Thanks
anyway, what's a super user binary?

johnson234 said:
I plan to root it into a custom rom but ended up installing cwm which I later found out to be incompatible with my device. This is because I thought that everyone need to undergo these three process (root>install recovery>install rom) now I'm trying to remove or replace this cwm with a twrp then I can start installing my custom rom. I have already root my tablet with supersu (kingo). Did I do anything wrong on my steps above? If yes, please enlighten me. Thanks
anyway, what's a super user binary?
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OK download the -42 TWRP recovery for jellybean onto your computer. Use fastboot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42407269) to flash the bootloader to your tablet with:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img -i 0x0b05
Then reboot into Android and reboot again into TWRP to flash a custom ROM.

cmendonc2 said:
OK download the -42 TWRP recovery for jellybean onto your computer. Use fastboot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42407269) to flash the bootloader to your tablet with:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img -i 0x0b05
Then reboot into Android and reboot again into TWRP to flash a custom ROM.
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Sorry to tell you but everytime i try to fastboot, (tried this even before posting the problem here) i get this error. Waiting for like 10mins, the 'waiting for device' message is still there.
Command I used,
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img -i 0x0b05
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After pressing enter, i get this
< waiting for device >
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Edit; sorry for the screenshot, typed the command wrong but tried it with the correct 1 but the outcome still the same.

I'm thinking that is it usb drivers problem? currently running on Win8 Professional 64bit.

johnson234 said:
I'm thinking that is it usb drivers problem? currently running on Win8 Professional 64bit.
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Fastboot utility is very sensitive to connection type. It can refuse to work on some laptops and usb ports on front pannel of desktop PC. Also do not use usb hub or tablet dock with fastboot. And if Windows device manager shows tablet as something like "asus bootloader interface" or "asus fastboot interface" (don't remember exact name) is probably shouldn't be a driver issue.

Graiden05 said:
Fastboot utility is very sensitive to connection type. It can refuse to work on some laptops and usb ports on front pannel of desktop PC. Also do not use usb hub or tablet dock with fastboot. And if Windows device manager shows tablet as something like "asus bootloader interface" or "asus fastboot interface" (don't remember exact name) is probably shouldn't be a driver issue.
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It has these 2 (see attachment) and I even can use ASUS SYNC perfectly. So i guess the usb driver wont be a problem?

johnson234 said:
It has these 2 (see attachment) and I even can use ASUS SYNC perfectly. So i guess the usb driver wont be a problem?
View attachment 2457522
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Did You know that to use fastboot tablet should be loaded in fastboot mode? If You connect it in fastboot mode and Windows shows no recognised fastboot or bootloader interface You need a proper driver.

So, you suggest that i need to use a different pc to do the fastboot thing? What are the drivers do i need to install? Where can i download it? Maybe my wind8 64bit professional got some flaw/bug. Thanks for helping. Will try it out when i get back home.

cmendonc2 said:
OK download the -42 TWRP recovery for jellybean onto your computer. Use fastboot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42407269) to flash the bootloader to your tablet with:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img -i 0x0b05
Then reboot into Android and reboot again into TWRP to flash a custom ROM.
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I get something like this. But when i reboot into android and reboot it, i still get boot into CWM recovery. Nothing changed

Update : I try flashing the TWRP recovery again, but now its freezing on the fastboot mode. Probably still installing. Hopefully everything went well and i can successfully install it.

Graiden05 said:
Did You know that to use fastboot tablet should be loaded in fastboot mode? If You connect it in fastboot mode and Windows shows no recognised fastboot or bootloader interface You need a proper driver.
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After i run this command
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery TWRP.img
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it freeze.(I have waiting for 30mins but still nothing significant comes up.)
There is three option to choose from (RCK, Android and WipeData)
Now under the "Device and Printer", there is a fastboot devices (unspecified). But when i see it in properties of this fastboot device, it's manufacturer is still under ClockworkMod. See attachment

Try this guide.

HTC ONE S forgot to s off

hey guys i have a question.. i made a total n00b mistake and now i am not sure what to do..
I have a htc one s
-i rooted the phone and put twrp 2.8 the newest one then i tried to load a custom rom.. i read somewhere on line that you did not need s off to do this so i tried and now everytime the phone boots it loads the htc screen but goes to a black screen which is kind of dim .. anyway my bootloader is unlocked its version 2.15 and i can get back in to my recovery and mount it i tried several roms but none work.. i was wondering if someone here has a stock rom or something that can get my phone to boot in to a os.. i have tried using fastboot to try and s off but everywhere i read it says u need debugging on my drivers are installed correctly but when u do adb devices it shows empty space.. ive tried many drivers even the google generic i cannot get it to work for the life of me... any help will be appriciated
cheers
Sam

Well let's take it easy. There were some things you've missed when reading so that's why you run into problems.
First thing you missed is that YOU MUST FLASH THE KERNEL IN FASTBOOT if you're S-On. That is EVERYTIME you flash a ROM.
Second, when you're in fastboot, you won't have "ADB devices" command working, you'll have to use "fastboot devices" command instead, ADB does not work while in fastboot.
What you'll have to do is like this:
1. Take any ROM you'd like to flash, place it on your sdcard (while you're in recovery you can mount sdcard to be accessible from pc)
2. Extract from the rom and save it on your pc (in the same folder where adb/fastboot commands are, usually /android-sdk/platform-tools) the "boot.img" file that's in the root of the ROM zip. That'll be called generic "the kernel".
3. Flash the ROM in recovery
4. Reboot to bootloader then while still connected to pc via USB, select fastboot mode. On your screen the "fastboot USB" will be shown.
5. Check if fastboot drivers are installed and fastboot commands are working by issuing "fastboot devices" command. If it'll not return your device then check if drivers are installed properly and you are not using an USB 3.0 port on windows 8.1 (were reported some issues with this configuration).
6. Having fastboot working, open command prompt in the location where fastboot is (and where you have saved the boot.img file) and issue the command: "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
7. Reboot
Now your new ROM should boot and work. Pay attention to choose the right ROM for your hboot and don't forget to do these steps EVERYTIME you're flashing a ROM.
If you're still looking for a stock ROM to flash, there's a thread with all RUUs linked, choose the one for your carrier or model type and run that one but I guess you won't need that
Good luck
Sent from nowhere over the air...

[Q] Stock OPO soft bricked after turning off at night.

Okay, here's the deal... I have an OPO (not mine) that is completely stock running, I would presume 5.0.2. I'm not exactly sure which build. But I was told that she turned the phone off at night and charged it. Turned it on in the morning and it got stuck on the cyanogen logo. No boot loops, no getting past that. Just sitting there. The device is stock, bootloader locked, no root. I also highly doubt that ADB debugging was turned on while it was working...
I'm trying to wipe it bring it back to stock, but I'm not having any success. I've gone in to Cyanogen recovery and wipe/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe media. Reboot, still stuck. When I click apply update in recovery, it gives me a bunch of errors saying so and so directory isn't found. So that leaves to me to believe that something went bad.
I just tried to fastboot oem unlock, said it finished in a few seconds. Then I tried to fastboot the factory image files and after the first one (modem), it gave me an error saying the bootloader is locked.
I'm out of ideas and the unbrick a hard bricked OPO thread said it wouldn't work, so I haven't tried it. Any advice on where to look would be much appreciated.

Anybody?
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I get this when I hit Apply Update and then use storage as option.

moobieboobie said:
Anybody?
I get this when I hit Apply Update and then use storage as option.
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Flash The whole Rom with fastboot to fix The Problem ....make a backup of your internal sdcard....

jamal2367 said:
Flash The whole Rom with fastboot to fix The Problem ....make a backup of your internal sdcard....
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That's the problem. I can't because the bootloader is locked. When I try to unlock it, it runs the command. Then when I try to fastboot flash, it tells me the bootloader is locked. I have my own OPO that I have unlocked and rooted, so knowing how to unlock isn't an issue either.

moobieboobie said:
That's the problem. I can't because the bootloader is locked. When I try to unlock it, it runs the command. Then when I try to fastboot flash, it tells me the bootloader is locked. I have my own OPO that I have unlocked and rooted, so knowing how to unlock isn't an issue either.
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Run CMD as Admin ...have you install the right driver for your phone and install the ADB drivers correctly? ...

jamal2367 said:
Run CMD as Admin ...have you install the right driver for your phone and install the ADB drivers correctly? ...
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Yes, all updated drivers. Drivers are not the issue since I can execute commands while in fastboot. The issue is not having an unlocked bootloader, so I can't flash anything and it won't unlock bootloader.

moobieboobie said:
Yes, all updated drivers. Drivers are not the issue since I can execute commands while in fastboot. The issue is not having an unlocked bootloader, so I can't flash anything and it won't unlock bootloader.
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Ps did phone was encrypt?

geowolf1000 said:
Ps did phone was encrypt?
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No, phone was not encrypted and ColorOS unbrick didn't work. It recognizes the phone, I hit start and it does it's thing. After first green bar, it boot loops instead of flashing all the files. Ran as admin and all the drivers are good.

moobieboobie said:
No, phone was not encrypted and ColorOS unbrick didn't work. It recognizes the phone, I hit start and it does it's thing. After first green bar, it boot loops instead of flashing all the files. Ran as admin and all the drivers are good.
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hit install from recovery
Choose file to update
Search files
Do you see your partition?
System exist?
What system do you have color or cyanogen?
Data?
Sd?

geowolf1000 said:
hit install from recovery
Choose file to update
Search files
Do you see your partition?
System exist?
What system do you have color or cyanogen?
Data?
Sd?
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See post above with picture. It was running stock Cyanogen OS 12, not modded or anything. When I hit Apply Update and Choose from internal storage, I get the error in above picture.

moobieboobie said:
See post above with picture. It was running stock Cyanogen OS 12, not modded or anything. When I hit Apply Update and Choose from internal storage, I get the error in above picture.
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But you have adb
Sideload full rom included recovery
From adb

geowolf1000 said:
But you have adb
Sideload full rom included recovery
From adb
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If by sideload, you mean copy the rom to device and then load..I can not access device storage. ADB sideload rom through command line gives me the same errors you see in the above picture.

moobieboobie said:
If by sideload, you mean copy the rom to device and then load..I can not access device storage. ADB sideload rom through command line gives me the same errors you see in the above picture.
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F**ing recovery
With adb you can navigate to system and change built.prompt and enable debugg mode
All the other method i know need root so dd (replace)recovery from adb

geowolf1000 said:
F**ing recovery
With adb you can navigate to system and change built.prompt and enable debugg mode
All the other method i know need root so dd (replace)recovery from adb
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Can you give instructions on how to? I'm not too familiar with adb, but can follow steps.

moobieboobie said:
Can you give instructions on how to? I'm not too familiar with adb, but can follow steps.
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Even this suggest need root.
All need root.... To system...

moobieboobie said:
Can you give instructions on how to? I'm not too familiar with adb, but can follow steps.
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Another trick for installation is
Code:
fastboot boot <path/name of the recovery twrp img>
It will boot your phone into recovery once from the recovery image
stored in your PC temporarily
then you can flash the zip either by sideload or
Check this

geowolf1000 said:
Another trick for installation is
Code:
fastboot boot <path/name of the recovery twrp img>
It will boot your phone into recovery once from the recovery image
stored in your PC temporarily
then you can flash the zip either by sideload or
Check this
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cannot fastboot boot recovery, tells me bootloader is locked and fails. the link requires unlocking bootloader, which is not working for me.

moobieboobie said:
cannot fastboot boot recovery, tells me bootloader is locked and fails. the link requires unlocking bootloader, which is not working for me.
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Haz a parametre here

There is a way to flash an unlocked bootloader if you can't fastboot oem unlock.
As you already tried the color.zip method you should already have most of the needed files.
Download the attachment and unzip it into color folder replacing the files emmc_appsboot.mbn and rawprogram0_64.xml (backup the originals first).
-power off the OPO
-hold VolUp and plug into PC
-on PC open device manager, OPO should be in QDloader 9008
-keep an eye on device manager and start msm8974downloadtool from color.zip
-when in device manager the QDloader 9008 disconnects press stop in msm8974downloadtool
-OPO should now be Qualcomm Diagnostics 9006 in device manager
-download MiFlash from here http://www.androidbrick.com/ultimate-qualcomm-snapdragon-unbrick-guide-snapdragons-are-unbrickable/ and set it up like on the pictures on that website
-click refresh. now it should show you OPO on the respective COM port. click flash
-when successfull finished unplug and press and hold power for 30 seconds
-now start into fastboot with power + VolUp and there is your unlocked bootloader
-now you can flash cos with fastboot
The rawprogram0_64xml is edited so that it only writes partition table and flashes sbl1, dbi, rpm, tz, recovery and emmc_appsboot.
This worked for me when i couldn't flash with msm8974downloadtool, it always flashed modem, started with flashing system and then began from the start again.

tropenfrucht said:
There is a way to flash an unlocked bootloader if you can't fastboot oem unlock.
As you already tried the color.zip method you should already have most of the needed files.
Download the attachment and unzip it into color folder replacing the files emmc_appsboot.mbn and rawprogram0_64.xml (backup the originals first).
-power off the OPO
-hold VolUp and plug into PC
-on PC open device manager, OPO should be in QDloader 9008
-keep an eye on device manager and start msm8974downloadtool from color.zip
-when in device manager the QDloader 9008 disconnects press stop in msm8974downloadtool
-OPO should now be Qualcomm Diagnostics 9006 in device manager
-download MiFlash from here http://www.androidbrick.com/ultimate-qualcomm-snapdragon-unbrick-guide-snapdragons-are-unbrickable/ and set it up like on the pictures on that website
-click refresh. now it should show you OPO on the respective COM port. click flash
-when successfull finished unplug and press and hold power for 30 seconds
-now start into fastboot with power + VolUp and there is your unlocked bootloader
-now you can flash cos with fastboot
The rawprogram0_64xml is edited so that it only writes partition table and flashes sbl1, dbi, rpm, tz, recovery and emmc_appsboot.
This worked for me when i couldn't flash with msm8974downloadtool, it always flashed modem, started with flashing system and then began from the start again.
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gave it a shot a few minutes ago.. As soon as 9008 dc fom device manager, i hit stop. the phone turns off or reboots (the screen goes blank)... I hear the connection, but no 9006.