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[Q] One S Can not load any os

Hi guys
I hope this is the right forum here, but I have still the same problem after asking google for hours.
I unlocked my one s via htcdev and the I want to install trickdroid but after flashing the boot.img nothing works any longer.
At the moment I get team win recovery running and I try to install cyanogen but it doesn't load. There is only the boot animation.
Hopefully you can help me to get anything running on my one s.
swtcw
PS: I'am really new to android!

swtcw said:
Hi guys
I hope this is the right forum here, but I have still the same problem after asking google for hours.
I unlocked my one s via htcdev and the I want to install trickdroid but after flashing the boot.img nothing works any longer.
At the moment I get team win recovery running and I try to install cyanogen but it doesn't load. There is only the boot animation.
Hopefully you can help me to get anything running on my one s.
swtcw
PS: I'am really new to android!
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So as i understand it you can get into recovery ? how did you flash the boot.img?
Did u clear cache and factory reset?

swtcw said:
Hi guys
I hope this is the right forum here, but I have still the same problem after asking google for hours.
I unlocked my one s via htcdev and the I want to install trickdroid but after flashing the boot.img nothing works any longer.
At the moment I get team win recovery running and I try to install cyanogen but it doesn't load. There is only the boot animation.
Hopefully you can help me to get anything running on my one s.
swtcw
PS: I'am really new to android!
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What hboot/exact steps for flashing? S3 or S4 processor?
Whats the exact rom and version you're trying to flash?
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium

Check the HBOOT version that you are using with that required. That is the biggest problem when it comes to bootloops in this phone.

Basic question - are you flashing the correct boot.img for the ROM you want.
ie for Cyanogenmod you need to flash the exact boot.img from that ROM.

Thanks for your answer.
At the moment I am running clockwork as recovery. I've tried to flash trickdroid and I used these instructions at
trickdroid.org for the international one s. But after flashing the boot.img and doing fastboot erase cache
nothing happens and I couldn't load anything anymore.
PS: My phone has a S4 processor (with 1,5GHz is this right?)

swtcw said:
Thanks for your answer.
At the moment I am running clockwork as recovery. I've tried to flash trickdroid and I used these instructions at
trickdroid.org for the international one s. But after flashing the boot.img and doing fastboot erase cache
nothing happens and I couldn't load anything anymore.
PS: My phone has a S4 processor (with 1,5GHz is this right?)
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Yep, S4 is 1.5GHz
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 2

Can I reflash my originial stock rom? I have no backup.
I found an instruction at usp-forum.de/htc-one-s-root-flash-hack/87944-how-to-htc-one-s-stock-rom-wiederherstellen.html - it worked fine,
I flashed the stock_recovery.img with "fastboot flash recovery stock_recovery.img" and the I did "fastboot oem lock".
I also downloaded a installer exe with the RUU - it found my device and started to install, but it stopped sometimes and said, that
I have a wrong installer or RUU (something like signature error 132). Where and how can I find the right RUU?

[Q] Can't Update Past 4.2.2 HELP!

I have a CM ROM with Android 4.2.2 running now.
Whenever I try a 4.3 or 4.4 ROM in TWR or CWR I get a failed error during flashing.
If I fastboot flash one of the newer recoveries like the ones listed in the 4.4 rom threads, the phone will just go black when it tries to enter recovery mode and I have to flash back one of the regular recoveries to get back into the phone.
I am pretty sure that the phone is failing flashing the newer mods because the two recoveries I am trying to use can't handle them, but why wont the newer recoveries work when I fastboot flash them, flashboot reads successful.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

What is the filename of the new recovery you're trying to flash? And what is the command you're using?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
What is the filename of the new recovery you're trying to flash? And what is the command you're using?
Sent from my Evita
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recovery.img which is got from the CM 11 thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2541998)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

add this command after flashing the recovery...
fastboot erase cache

bzhmobile said:
add this command after flashing the recovery...
fastboot erase cache
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Just tried it. Still just goes to a black screen when I try to enter recovery, and then it reboots again into CyanogenMod

Could it be because I am s-on?

Better to be S-off (not mandatory I think), What is your hboot?
Try with latest TWRP or Philz touch recovery to see if it the same

Okay I got S-Off but it still won't boot to any recoveries newer than TWRP 2.6.3.0 or CWMR 6.0.3.1

It's hard to tell what's gone wrong but now that you're s-off you should try running an RUU so you can start with a clean slate.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
It's hard to tell what's gone wrong but now that you're s-off you should try running an RUU so you can start with a clean slate.
Sent from my Evita
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Just ran 3.18 RUU and it was successful. Can you link me to the recovery that you're using?

The SCID + S-OFF + RUU 3.18 seemed to have done the trick!
Thanks for all the help!

Good news, no problems. When someone on XDA helps you please press the thanks button on the posts that were helpful as well as saying thanks.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Good news, no problems. When someone on XDA helps you please press the thanks button on the posts that were helpful as well as saying thanks.
Sent from my Evita
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Done and Done!
Now, I have the more difficult task of picking the best KitKat Rom

veritas2884 said:
Just ran 3.18 RUU and it was successful. Can you link me to the recovery that you're using?
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If you are looking to flash a 4.3 or lower Rom TWRP 2.6.3.0 will be fine.
If you want to go to 4.4 you can try this custom TWRP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558503
@jrior001 just posted this today.

Madcat8686 said:
If you are looking to flash a 4.3 or lower Rom TWRP 2.6.3.0 will be fine.
If you want to go to 4.4 you can try this custom TWRP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558503
@jrior001 just posted this today.
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I will give it a whirl. Thanks! Any suggestion on which 4.4 is most stable? I tried the beanstalk 4.4 build but after about five mins of using it, it devolved into boot loops. I also tried the official CM 11 nightly but it wouldn't even post. Maybe it will work better with the new twrp.

Sorry, but asking which ROM/kernel is best/most stable isn't allowed here. This is because to say one is better/faster/more stable is to infer that the other ROMs are inferior in some way. This isn't fair to the devs who spend countless hours of their spare time providing us with these awesome ROMs free of charge. It's simply a matter of flashing and testing for yourself, it only takes a few minutes to flash a ROM. Reading the last few pages in a ROM thread goes a long way too, you'll find out pretty fast how the ROM is performing.
Sent from my Evita

Rogers One X Bootloop and RUU Failure (please help)

Hiya. Any help appreciated here, Got hold of a Rogers One X (evita)
Heres where I am at right now:
I unlocked the bootloader and attempted to flash CM11 (Got an error regarding update package) *I made no backup- Noob, I know.*
Now, at the very most all I can get into is CWM/TWRP (I can flash both of these without issue using fastboot)
I have attempted to re-lock the bootloader (which says relocked) but I have tried the 2 rogers RUU files I managed to find and both fail with an error 115 and leave me on the htc logo, and boot to bootloader only.
I tried to flash some custom roms, some seem to flash ok but just boot-loop.
I am not SuperCID, and the phone is S-ON.
Hboot-2.14.0000
Radio-0.23a.32.09.29
Nov 26, 2012
I cannot figure what to do next. I dont care what goes on the phone as long as i can get it working. Its been a long time since I messed with android, I only bought this phone for this reason lol, but I made the mistake of staying up too late and probably skipping half of the tutorials i was following.
Any help appreciated.
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What version of TWRP are you using? Why did you relock the bootloader? You should unlock that again. Did you flash the boot.img from the ROM zip via fastboot after flashing the ROM in TWRP? You need to do this because you're s-on. You should read the Evita FAQ thread in my signature, as well as the How-To Guide For Beginners thread.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
What version of TWRP are you using? Why did you relock the bootloader? You should unlock that again. Did you flash the boot.img from the ROM zip via fastboot after flashing the ROM in TWRP? You need to do this because you're s-on. You should read the Evita FAQ thread in my signature, as well as the How-To Guide For Beginners thread.
Sent from my Evita
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Wow, timmaaa, thanks for the superfast answer chap!
So, unlock the bootloader, flash the Rom (CM11), then the Boot.img extracted from the rom via fastboot?
Sounds like a plan. I will try that now. I think to be honest, I came home last night and ended up following a bit of one tut, a bit of another, and never really read properly. Call it friday evening alcohol induced noobness syndrome.

That should be it. You need to make sure you use the correct version of TWRP though, you're looking for the unofficial modified TWRP 2.6.3.0 by jrior001 in our Original Android Development section.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
That should be it. You need to make sure you use the correct version of TWRP though, you're looking for the unofficial modified TWRP 2.6.3.0 by jrior001 in our Original Android Development section.
Sent from my Evita
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Thank you. The boot.img thing got me a bit further so far. I will get that version of TWRP installed and try the CM11 again, as i think thats where I want to be at. It should be as simple as CM11 flash, Boot.img flash, then Gapps and im done, right?

Perform a full wipe (cache/dalvik cache/factory reset/system), flash CM, flash gapps, flash boot.img, reboot into ROM.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
That should be it. You need to make sure you use the correct version of TWRP though, you're looking for the unofficial modified TWRP 2.6.3.0 by jrior001 in our Original Android Development section.
Sent from my Evita
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Ok one last question Timmaaa, I have installed that TWRP, flashed CM11, also Gapps and the boot.img , and now I just get the rom bootlogo (spinning cyanogen etc) and nothing, it just sits there. Is there anything else that may need to be done? If theres not anything obvious, ill go read some more!
Thanks for the help so far!

scibot said:
Ok one last question Timmaaa, I have installed that TWRP, flashed CM11, also Gapps and the boot.img , and now I just get the rom bootlogo (spinning cyanogen etc) and nothing, it just sits there. Is there anything else that may need to be done? If theres not anything obvious, ill go read some more!
Thanks for the help so far!
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What is the filename of the ROM zip you flashed? Did you check the md5 of the file after you downloaded it? Are you sure the flashing of the boot.img was successful?

Timmaaa, it seems it just took ages. I went downstairs for some juice, came back up and there it was, the setup screen! Beautiful.
Thanks for the help, it seems its not the technical i need to brush up on, but my paying attention and reading - lol!
Thanks again man! :good:

Really really need help.

So I bought a HTC One Mini recently (maybe a month back or so). I loved it, and I decided to root it, (I'm S-ON btw) but I didn't know what custom ROMs were. So I decided to try getting one,(the onedroid one) and failed many times because it said failed. I had TWRP, so when I tried to flash the zip, and when it failed, it said clear cache/davlik or whatever, and I clicked it. Ever since, I've been stuck in a boot loop, and whenever I tried to press recovery, or factory reset, it would say Entering Recovery... at the top, and then the teamwin logo part would flash for a split second and keep flashing for like 3 seconds, and the bootloop would start all over again.
I tried to fastboot erase cache, I even fastboot oem lock 'd, but now it's relocked and whenever I try to enter recovery or factory reset, it just puts me back into the bootloop/bootloader. I really need help on this please.
I've also flashed a new recovery when my bootloader was unlocked, and that didn't work either. Please help, thanks!

alright so update: I fixed that problem, my internal s torage was 0 MB so I formatted my data, and I have storage now as well. I don't know what to do from this point on, I tried factory resetting but theres no OS on the SDCard or anywhere, so... yeah. I'm downloading a stock android 4.2.2/sense 5 (which was what was on my HTC one before **** went down) to see if I can flash it on there and just install it on. Will give feedback when I'm done.

Okay, so now I am completely stuck. I can get into recovery, but I don't know what to do at all now. Help me please.

Omarion23145 said:
Okay, so now I am completely stuck. I can get into recovery, but I don't know what to do at all now. Help me please.
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download a rom and sideload it. next time do a nandroid backup.

Omarion23145 said:
So I bought a HTC One Mini recently (maybe a month back or so). I loved it, and I decided to root it, (I'm S-ON btw) but I didn't know what custom ROMs were. So I decided to try getting one,(the onedroid one) and failed many times because it said failed. I had TWRP, so when I tried to flash the zip, and when it failed, it said clear cache/davlik or whatever, and I clicked it. Ever since, I've been stuck in a boot loop, and whenever I tried to press recovery, or factory reset, it would say Entering Recovery... at the top, and then the teamwin logo part would flash for a split second and keep flashing for like 3 seconds, and the bootloop would start all over again.
I tried to fastboot erase cache, I even fastboot oem lock 'd, but now it's relocked and whenever I try to enter recovery or factory reset, it just puts me back into the bootloop/bootloader. I really need help on this please.
I've also flashed a new recovery when my bootloader was unlocked, and that didn't work either. Please help, thanks!
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1st. Rule of hacking up your device.
- Never flash any Rom that's not found in its own device forum. So since your in the mini forum flash only the roms that are available or you'll have a paper weight ( brick ) ... So that's your whole issue with device bootlooping ...
Omarion23145 said:
alright so update: I fixed that problem, my internal s torage was 0 MB so I formatted my data, and I have storage now as well. I don't know what to do from this point on, I tried factory resetting but theres no OS on the SDCard or anywhere, so... yeah. I'm downloading a stock android 4.2.2/sense 5 (which was what was on my HTC one before **** went down) to see if I can flash it on there and just install it on. Will give feedback when I'm done.
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Again only flash HTC One Mini roms. Not HTC One roms. Your going to nuke your device by not knowing the basics of flashing. So grab a HTC One Mini rom. And if all is still boot looping unlock your bootloader and obtain a stock recovery for this device and flash it then factory reset from bootloader, it will fix corrupt partitions.. Then flash philz latest recovery from our One Mini forums..
Also need to know your hboot version. Is it 2.21 or 2.22??
Omarion23145 said:
Okay, so now I am completely stuck. I can get into recovery, but I don't know what to do at all now. Help me please.
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Like I said download a Rom from our development forums found in the One Mini forums.. but like I said I need your hboot version to decide what rims you may flash.
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xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
1st. Rule of hacking up your device.
- Never flash any Rom that's not found in its own device forum. So since your in the mini forum flash only the roms that are available or you'll have a paper weight ( brick ) ... So that's your whole issue with device bootlooping ...
Again only flash HTC One Mini roms. Not HTC One roms. Your going to nuke your device by not knowing the basics of flashing. So grab a HTC One Mini rom. And if all is still boot looping unlock your bootloader and obtain a stock recovery for this device and flash it then factory reset from bootloader, it will fix corrupt partitions.. Then flash philz latest recovery from our One Mini forums..
Also need to know your hboot version. Is it 2.21 or 2.22??
Like I said download a Rom from our development forums found in the One Mini forums.. but like I said I need your hboot version to decide what rims you may flash.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665746
Would sideloading that (the purestock version) work? My HBOOT is 2.21, S-ON.

Omarion23145 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665746
Would sideloading that (the purestock version) work? My HBOOT is 2.21, S-ON.
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Yes, but since your s-on you'll have to flash boot.img manually
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xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
Yes, but since your s-on you'll have to flash boot.img manually
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Wait so do I just adb sideload it or do I just "fastboot flash boot boot.img" ?

Omarion23145 said:
Wait so do I just adb sideload it or do I just "fastboot flash boot boot.img" ?
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Adb sideload the Rom.. Flash the Rom... Then enter fastboot and flash boot.img with the command line you just wrote dealing with fastboot
Sent from my HTC One mini using Tapatalk

xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
Adb sideload the Rom.. Flash the Rom... Then enter fastboot and flash boot.img with the command line you just wrote dealing with fastboot
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Haha, sorry! Recently got the HTC One Mini so I'm not really used to all this (I just made the switch from iOS to Android a month ago). Anyways, thanks! I'll update if it worked or not.

Omarion23145 said:
Haha, sorry! Recently got the HTC One Mini so I'm not really used to all this (I just made the switch from iOS to Android a month ago). Anyways, thanks! I'll update if it worked or not.
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HTC are the best android smartphones. Just wait and you'll see
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xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
HTC are the best android smartphones. Just wait and you'll see
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Haha. That fixed it! Thanks a lot man, I really appreciate it. I thought it would never get fixed .

[Q] Weird blue boot screen after rebooting cm11

Hell I've just installed the new cm11 M7 on my HTC One S everything was ok till I wanted to perform a reboot. Now my phone is stuck on a weird blue boot screen.
If i flash again the boot.img it will boot until the next reboot...
My One S is S-ON HBOOT 2.15 with TWRP 2.7.1.0.
I put a (bad) picture of the screen
Thank you for helping me

M7 is HTC ONE. ("the old one")

null0seven said:
M7 is HTC ONE. ("the old one")
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No it's the milestone 7 of CM11.
I've downloaded the right zip from the cyanogenmod download page

Anyone for helping me??

freyr35 said:
Anyone for helping me??
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Did you do a full wipe? You cannot go from nightly to Milestone without a full wipe AFAIK.
Are you S-OFF? If not, did you flash the boot.img?

I did a full wipe and then flashed the boot.img with fastboot boot boot.img as I am S-ON and at the first boot it worked fine but if I reboot my device I got the blue screen which is I presume a corrupted boot animation.
That's a little annoying cause if I want to reboot my phone I need a computer to flash again the boot.img

That is so weird. Can you try another ROM? I am having a lot of success with CandyKat and Insanity kernel.

I'm S-ON so i can't change my kernel right?
And i don't want to S-OFF it cause I don't want to brick it...

Yes, you are right. You can try CandyKat though. Install the same way as with CM11.

Changing ROM will not solve my issue with CM11 . Maybe I'll give it a try someday if there is no solution at all. But thank you for trying to help me.

freyr35 said:
Changing ROM will not solve my issue with CM11 . Maybe I'll give it a try someday if there is no solution at all. But thank you for trying to help me.
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Yes you are right. I was running CM11 - nightlies but after CandyKat - it would be difficult to go back. Hopefully you can get CM11 to run correctly.