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How to hard reset an S3 One S when you flashed the wrong recovery.

Someone asked me this question, and i feel the answer i provided might help us S3 users out there.
HI..I guess I have the same problem HTC one s 1.7Ghz, now I can't hard reset any recovery. please if u find a way to fixit
yeah.. you cant. Unless you can find someone to give you a recovery from a stock S3. I dont have one either... but there is another way to hard reset it.
I assume you have already unlocked the bootloader via HTC Dev. Simply relock it, then unlock it again. This will hard reset your phone without the need for recovery.
The hard reset feature within the phone cannot be used because we no longer have the stock recovery and the S4 recovery we "accidentally" flashed in wont work.
Keep our fingers crossed someone will create a recovery that is usable by us S3 users!

You can also run a ruu and extract the recovery.img from the temp folder.
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Yep hansthegeek is right. As long as you have a locked/relocked bootloader, the ruu will run fine, even with a messed up recovery (speaking from experience )
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hansthegeek said:
You can also run a ruu and extract the recovery.img from the temp folder.
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Problem is we do not have a RUU for our S3 versions :crying:

There is, i've posted the links to all of the available ruu's for someone else. Can't really check now because I'm on my phone, but there definetly is.
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Big_Den said:
There is, i've posted the links to all of the available ruu's for someone else. Can't really check now because I'm on my phone, but there definetly is.
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Yeah.. I know about that page. Last i checked.. none is for an S3 version.

onlinechi said:
Yeah.. I know about that page. Last i checked.. none is for an S3 version.
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Your phone is also known as the Ville C2 / VLE_C2 etc...
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Big_Den said:
There is, i've posted the links to all of the available ruu's for someone else. Can't really check now because I'm on my phone, but there definetly is.
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Big_Den said:
Your phone is also known as the Ville C2 / VLE_C2 etc...
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Could i have the link again? Thanks..

http://www.filefactory.com/f/11f2bd9c14cebbbe/
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original recovery for S3 VILLE2C

Eumaniac said:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/11f2bd9c14cebbbe/
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Can someone put it on a mirror ? Filefactory needs now premium account. We've reach the max download for the free verson.
thx

img recovery is from the referenced link

[Q] step by step to s off and root

Can anyone guide me step by step to s off , root and install custom rom?
I am running ics. Please help. Thanks!

They already have. Read the stickies and the recent threads as everything is in there.

Would u guide me? Im confused with all the things.
I am running ics installed from htc dev (wwe).
Many bugs, got fed up and i wana root and install custom rom.

If you need someone to guide you - then custom ROMs are not for you.

Sengeh said:
Would u guide me? Im confused with all the things.
I am running ics installed from htc dev (wwe).
Many bugs, got fed up and i wana root and install custom rom.
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With ICS you AFAIK need to make htc dev unlock to get root. The "normal" guides won't work.
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colarus said:
With ICS you AFAIK need to make htc dev unlock to get root. The "normal" guides won't work.
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Totally incorrect. I (like many of the older members of the DS Owners Club) got S-Off with an XTC-Clip and we have no problem at all with getting root.

colarus said:
With ICS you AFAIK need to make htc dev unlock to get root. The "normal" guides won't work.
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One of the "normal" guides includes unlocking by HTCDev and downgrading by relocking.

Sengeh said:
Can anyone guide me step by step to s off , root and install custom rom?
I am running ics. Please help. Thanks!
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I will be a little more kind now, here's the step by step guide:
1. turn on your phone
2. prepare your PC, you have to be connected to the internet
3. connect your phone through USB cable, the LED should light up, and choose charge only, don't forget to turn off fastboot in settings-> power
4. log in to your xda account
5. go to Desire S page
6. READ THE STICKIES and all the GUIDES and NOT JUST ASKING TO BE SPOONFED!!!
7. follow the steps carefully
8. you should either be HTCDev unlocked, rooted and running custom ROMs or,
9. You are S-Off, rooted and happily flashing ROMs without the need to use ADB..
10. PROBLEM???

Flashing miui

Hi,
I want to remove my friends htc one xl's branding by tmobile and flash a miui rom. After hours searching this forum(s), i have a little idea of what i have to do, like i have to unlock bootloader, some s-off thing, flash a custom recovery and then flash rom. As i come from samsung forums, i have no idea of how this works and even hours of research havent helped me out. So i would be glad if anyone could tell me what i should do to at the end i get miui. (I think flashing custom rom removes branding, doesnt it?)
Thanks very much in advance
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First of all we need to make sure you're in the right place. Is the phone an Evita (One XL)?
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Unlock bootloader
Flash twrp
Flash Su
S-off
Flash anything.
Never used samsung but it seems like anyone who comes from Samsung phones tend to be ridiculously noobish. I suggest reading through the stickies in q&a and android dev and original android dev if things don't make sense to you. This phone is quirky but once you actually understand what you're doing and why, it's simple. Lazyness will brick you. Also, never root these for a friend or they will be calling you when something goes wrong. And something will go wrong.
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timmaaa said:
First of all we need to make sure you're in the right place. Is the phone an Evita (One XL)?
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Yes it is
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exad said:
Unlock bootloader
Flash twrp
Flash Su
S-off
Flash anything.
Never used samsung but it seems like anyone who comes from Samsung phones tend to be ridiculously noobish. I suggest reading through the stickies in q&a and android dev and original android dev if things don't make sense to you. This phone is quirky but once you actually understand what you're doing and why, it's simple. Lazyness will brick you. Also, never root these for a friend or they will be calling you when something goes wrong. And something will go wrong.
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Haha yeah i believe you, at samsung u get one zip to flash to stock recovery in order to rot and an easy method for cus recovery. Thats much easier
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Masrepus said:
Hi,
I want to remove my friends htc one xl's branding by tmobile and flash a miui rom. After hours searching this forum(s), i have a little idea of what i have to do, like i have to unlock bootloader, some s-off thing, flash a custom recovery and then flash rom. As i come from samsung forums, i have no idea of how this works and even hours of research havent helped me out. So i would be glad if anyone could tell me what i should do to at the end i get miui. (I think flashing custom rom removes branding, doesnt it?)
Thanks very much in advance
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Normal way, i think:
1/ Check your computer, have ADB and htc sync install or not, if not, download them and install them.
2/ Boot into bootloader, and check your status of hboot, build. If your hboot, build are qualified to get root, go to this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952038
3/ After unlock boot-loader, go do soff to install custom RUU:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155071
4/Flash TWRP recovery (google and download it, latest build 2.6.0.0)
5/ Install any rom you want
PS: for MIUI rom, you dont need to soff and hboot required, thats mean you just only care about: UNLOCK BOOTLOADER, ROOT, TWRP recovery.
So first, go to htcdev.com and unlock bootloader for your phone, after that, check if your phone can root or not and install TWRP recovery then flash MIUI rom.
So thats all you need, maybe it not clear too, but you need to give me some infor about ur phone, so we can find right solution. I am noob too haha

Ok, so:
1/ yes ive got adt with adb tools included; im on linux so i think no htc driver needed
Well, if i dont need soff thats good
Thx, clear guide man
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It's best to just s-off. As a precaution.
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Ok ill do dat @thinhletien Well, today ive got the phone:
Android 4.1.1
Sense 4+
Software nr. 3.17.111.2
Hboot 2.14.000
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Hey good news guys, i finally managed to unlock bootloader, flash twrp + supersu
Just soff didnt work, but thats a minor problem i dont care about
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[Q] Return to the official

Hi, since yesterday i have root my htc but i have few problems with this so i want to return to the offial firmware but I don't find ruu or stock, i have tried to install with this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2659109) but nothing after the installation has been finished the smartphone reboot normally and nothing has been installed.
I have a htc one mini buy in France naked (i not sure if it's the good work in english, in other word without provider) and it is unlocked and tempered.
Thanks

soulkira said:
Hi, since yesterday i have root my htc but i have few problems with this so i want to return to the offial firmware but I don't find ruu or stock, i have tried to install with this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2659109) but nothing after the installation has been finished the smartphone reboot normally and nothing has been installed.
I have a htc one mini buy in France naked (i not sure if it's the good work in english, in other word without provider) and it is unlocked and tempered.
Thanks
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Can you log boot ?

hall599 said:
Can you log boot ?
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Yes I have access at all functions of the htc

soulkira said:
Yes I have access at all functions of the htc
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Post your log boot

Sorry but what is a log boot?

Nobody have a solution?

The RUU you have is for AT&T and not really for your phone, and requires certain steps to flash. You should stick to one of the stock roms here in the dev section.
There is NO international RUU for your phone. You can't go back to your original OS.
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soulkira said:
Hi, since yesterday i have root my htc but i have few problems with this so i want to return to the offial firmware but I don't find ruu or stock, i have tried to install with this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2659109) but nothing after the installation has been finished the smartphone reboot normally and nothing has been installed.
I have a htc one mini buy in France naked (i not sure if it's the good work in english, in other word without provider) and it is unlocked and tempered.
Thanks
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what hboot you used?
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I use the original hboot, so even if i can't come back to the official can you have solutions for my problems which are:
- when I turn off my phone and I charge it there is a green screen and when I push on the button of music level the recovery appears, so I thinks it's a bug with the cwm but can I can fix it?
-I don't have anymore the buzzer when I push on a key even if I have activated the option in parameters
- can I always do the offical upgrade?
Thanks

You can NOT update anymore from within Android using OTA updates. What OS are you ruining? What is your HBOOT?
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I'm in 4.4.2, my hboot is 2.21
To sum up: i have lost my warrantly, my phone doesn't work and can't enjoy of the future upgrade, I love android.
But normally I can re lock my bootloarder?

soulkira said:
I'm in 4.4.2, my hboot is 2.21
To sum up: i have lost my warrantly, my phone doesn't work and can't enjoy of the future upgrade, I love android.
But normally I can re lock my bootloarder?
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use TWRP 2.7.0.8 listed here on XDA One mini forum. If you had read around on here you would of seen all this info. And all the big updates are here in the forum... If future updates come around i'm sure someone will port them if they are important enough.
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[OTA][SENSE6]OTA_M4_UL_K44_SENSE60_MR_HTC_EUROPE_4.09.401.3-3.10.401.6_release_383386

As it says folks, sense 6 OTA from our European variants ?
Download :
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzfwhe6fv6aRNk5nQ3RxMmlaclU/preview
Credits - @Mihai B - for the OTA package
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Jup! just got mine also 2day.. living in Latvia. Unbranded phone

looneylv said:
Jup! just got mine also 2day.. living in Latvia. Unbranded phone
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Can you make a system dump? Unfortunately I don't run Windows so I can't run a RUU in order to make one myself. Be very appreciative of you. ?
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@xXminiWHOOPERxX
Can We Flash This, Back to stock, And flash your
ota ?

jack15381 said:
@xXminiWHOOPERxX
Can We Flash This, Back to stock, And flash your
ota ?
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No you can't, To flash OTA you need to be on a device that's never been htcdev unlocked because it deletes some apks out of /preload/app ... or you need to run a RUU and achive full stock and then you can use OTA with stock recovery
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xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
No you can't, To flash OTA you need to be on a device that's never been htcdev unlocked because it deletes some apks out of /preload/app ... or you need to run a RUU and achive full stock and then you can use OTA with stock recovery
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So, When You Make This Rom For US ???

jack15381 said:
So, When You Make This Rom For US ???
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Need someone to make a system dump in order too.. I can't do it because I don't run Windows.
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Can I use This, And Help Your Project ?

jack15381 said:
Can I use This, And Help Your Project ?
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If you have sense 6 official on your device I can tell you how to make a system dump
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xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
Can you make a system dump? Unfortunately I don't run Windows so I can't run a RUU in order to make one myself. Be very appreciative of you. ?
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Sorry im at work.. installed the update in morning... I will be at home late and i will see what can i do...
Can you tell me how to make the dump?

looneylv said:
Sorry im at work.. will be at home late and i will see what can i do...
Can you tell me how to make the dump?
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You need to be htcdev unlock and root. Once you have that just enter these commands on your pc with your phone connected
Code:
adb remount
Code:
adb pull /system
That's it.. development community needs it badly
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xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
You need to be htcdev unlock and root. Once you have that just enter these commands on your pc with your phone connected
Code:
adb remount
Code:
adb pull /system
That's it.. development community needs it badly
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Sorry but wont root my almost brand new phone. For warranty purposes. Is there any other way to get the dump?

looneylv said:
Sorry but wont root my almost brand new phone. For warranty purposes. Is there any other way to get the dump?
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You can try the commands without it. But I'm not sure.
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xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
You can try the commands without it. But I'm not sure.
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Alright.. will try to help as much as i can!

What are the requirements to flash this rom? right now i m rooted with hboot 2.21 s-off (rumrunner) and superCID and android 4.3 stock rom

creepin said:
What are the requirements to flash this rom? right now i m rooted with hboot 2.21 s-off (rumrunner) and superCID and android 4.3 stock rom
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You'll need to run ruu. But make sure you do everything that's required before doing ruu
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xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
You'll need to run ruu. But make sure you do everything that's required before doing ruu
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will you explain everything that required from your last IC rom to run ruu?

dalfshiro said:
will you explain everything that required from your last IC rom to run ruu?
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you have to relock bootloader

htconemini said:
you have to relock bootloader
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official sense 6 rom has been released... im going to bed now.!!

Is it possible to do this?
1. SuperCID
2. Install this RUU: http://androidruu.com/?developer=M4
3. Then update ... and install latest Sense 6 OTA that Mrs. @xXminiWHOOPERxX provided.
Thanks.