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rom/root problem

Hi. Today I got my Desire S.
I rooted it using a tool called unlock root: http://www.unlockroot.com/
then I installed rom manager, and installed clockworkmod recovery.
Next I booted into recovery and wiped everything, but now no matter what rom im trying to install, it will just show the HTC boot screen when starting the phone, and nothing more happens.
Does anyone have a suggestion how to solve the problem?

'UnlockRoot'? Have a look at this website and you might consider better ways of rooting your phone, such as following the recommended procedures listed in many places on XDA
http://lifehacker.com/5873745/unlock-root-roots-nearly-250-android-devices-in-one-click
Also, how is this a 'Development' question? This should be in the 'General' or 'Q&A' forum can a mod please move it?

yeah I found out, I tried using htc's way of rooting it http://www.htcdev.com
but that's not possible now, because the bootloader have changed because of that unlock tool, and now htc dev won't accept it when trying to root it.
I guess i just broke my phone , and i can't unroot it, because that unlocktool require that i got usb debugging enabled, witch i can't in clockworkmod :S.
sorry for posting in the wrong section, please move it.
maybe it would be possible if I had a clockworkmod backup for desire S. If this works, I would be extremly glad, if someone could take a backup with clockworkmod, and upload it

...Is your phone S-OFF ?
Maybe it is a stupid question, but I doubt you can successfully install a custom ROM with a S-ON phone

I guess your phone is still S-ON so you need to flash the boot.img from any rom.zip you want to use manually through fastboot.

spymare said:
Hi. Today I got my Desire S.
I rooted it using a tool called unlock root: http://www.unlockroot.com/
then I installed rom manager, and installed clockworkmod recovery.
Next I booted into recovery and wiped everything, but now no matter what rom im trying to install, it will just show the HTC boot screen when starting the phone, and nothing more happens.
Does anyone have a suggestion how to solve the problem?
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hey budd i feel your pain on this as i Myself is new to the desire s android side of things after coming from zte blade but there is an easier way for you to do thing which would be to first use the ruu that should be on android 2.1 which in turn would bring the bootloader down so its possible for revolutionary to do the rest for you after this you shouldnt have any problems should you need assistance i am more than happy to help
btw the link to the ruu for 2.1 is here http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...3.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed.exe after a update using this use revolutionary which can be found in the main thread of the desire s forum

spymare said:
yeah I found out, I tried using htc's way of rooting it http://www.htcdev.com
but that's not possible now, because the bootloader have changed because of that unlock tool, and now htc dev won't accept it when trying to root it.
I guess i just broke my phone , and i can't unroot it, because that unlocktool require that i got usb debugging enabled, witch i can't in clockworkmod :S.
sorry for posting in the wrong section, please move it.
maybe it would be possible if I had a clockworkmod backup for desire S. If this works, I would be extremly glad, if someone could take a backup with clockworkmod, and upload it
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If you ''unlock'' your bootloader
when you flash rom.zip from recovery, the boot.img won't be flash in.
you have you take out the boot.img from your rom,and then flash it from fastboot.
when you enter the fastboot
type the following in adb
fastboot flash boot boot.img
now you can boot your phone hope you success

tonks22 said:
hey budd i feel your pain on this as i Myself is new to the desire s android side of things after coming from zte blade but there is an easier way for you to do thing which would be to first use the ruu that should be on android 2.1 which in turn would bring the bootloader down so its possible for revolutionary to do the rest for you after this you shouldnt have any problems should you need assistance i am more than happy to help
btw the link to the ruu for 2.1 is here http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...3.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed.exe after a update using this use revolutionary which can be found in the main thread of the desire s forum
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Dont flash this! This one is meant for 'bravo' which is the normal desire!
Flash an ruu for SAGA. The Desire S!
Sent from my HTC Desire S

djpbx said:
Dont flash this! This one is meant for 'bravo' which is the normal desire!
Flash an ruu for SAGA. The Desire S!
Sent from my HTC Desire S
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whoops my bad was like 2am in the morning the correct 1 is
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...5AU_3805.06.02.03_M_release_199890_signed.exe

If you ''unlock'' your bootloader
when you flash rom.zip from recovery, the boot.img won't be flash in.
you have you take out the boot.img from your rom,and then flash it from fastboot.
when you enter the fastboot
type the following in adb
fastboot flash boot boot.img
now you can boot your phone hope you success
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Solved my problem, thanks alot

[Q] Trouble flashing CWM

I would not post unless i was absolutely stuck so here goes:
I have the AT&T One X and managed to unlock the bootloader with no problem. I want to flash CWM, root, and ultimately install the latest cyanmod.
Im stuck trying to get a functional recovery mod working. I have tried a few different methods of flashing the recovery and a few different versions as well, mostly newer ones ie recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.3.1-endeavoru and 5.8.4.0. I tried the automatic flash and i have done the commands myself. In the end my phone will not boot recovery, i just get the HTC screen that says something about development purposes only.
I could really use some help as i believe i just bricked my phone as well.
Thank you much

Endeavour is the tegra version of the One X and that's the cwm version you flashed. I have no idea what the consequences of doing that are but you may have bricked your phone. I also suggest using TWRP instead of CWM if you do get your phone working again.
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The fact that you are seeing the HTC screen is promising. You definitely want to be using TWRP instead of CWM if you have the North American HTC One XL (ie. "evita", NOT "endeavor" ). I think you need to download an evita version of TWRP, boot into the bootloader (by holding volume down during boot) and then flash it using fastboot.

OigMan said:
I would not post unless i was absolutely stuck so here goes:
I have the AT&T One X and managed to unlock the bootloader with no problem. I want to flash CWM, root, and ultimately install the latest cyanmod.
Im stuck trying to get a functional recovery mod working. I have tried a few different methods of flashing the recovery and a few different versions as well, mostly newer ones ie recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.3.1-endeavoru and 5.8.4.0. I tried the automatic flash and i have done the commands myself. In the end my phone will not boot recovery, i just get the HTC screen that says something about development purposes only.
I could really use some help as i believe i just bricked my phone as well.
Thank you much
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As he said your lucky u Can still get the white screen with a phone as fragile with flashing as this I would of done a bibit more research if I were you...but ultimately your going to hhave to use fastboot commands to get your thing back running I believe go check out many of ththe million " I bricked my phone by flashing a tegra thing " you'll see many trust me best of luck to you and once u get everything settled out don't flash cwm. Its unofficial and bad go with twrp. Great recovery but do your research with a device like this

I managed to unbrick my phone by reinstalling the stock RUU but im still stuck trying to instal CWM. What is the correct version i should be using with my AT&T One x?

OigMan said:
I managed to unbrick my phone by reinstalling the stock RUU but im still stuck trying to instal CWM. What is the correct version i should be using with my AT&T One x?
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Do not use CWM. Install TWRP by downloading GooManager from the market, opening it, hitting menu and choosing "install openrecovery". That will install TWRP for you.
Sent from my One X using xda premium

OigMan said:
I managed to unbrick my phone by reinstalling the stock RUU but im still stuck trying to instal CWM. What is the correct version i should be using with my AT&T One x?
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Facepalm downloadgoo manager and install from there

[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?

stuck in a boot loop after a update from internal storage

Hello my friends!!
I really need you help, I have some kind of soft brick. After I try to update my new htc one xl (asia version), now I'm stuck in a boot loop. Here's my info:
my CID=11111111.
I can get to bootloader & fastboot. My phone is stuck on the htc logo "htc quietly brillant". I think tha I screw up the OS.
Any ideas??
Best regards,

Happened to me, too. What worked for me was getting into fastboot and doing:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
in the windows command prompt. After that get the ROM you most recently installed and extract the "boot.img" and put it in the same directory as fastboot.exe and then flash that boot image with:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Once that is done, do this again:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
and it should boot normally.
Let us know if that is not the case.

You should only need to use fastboot erase cache once. Doing it a second time is pointless. Also, your problem is extremely well documented on this site by the hundreds before you who have posted this exact same issue.
Not to mention, if you can't figure this out, you never should have rooted in the first place. This is why I ignored this post.
Search and read and you'll easily fix your phone.
Egoista's solution assumes you have a 1.14 hboot and hadn't flashed the boot.img
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app

Thanks a lot for both replies!!
Finally I use RUU tool and everything was great. Now I have my phone updated to Jelly Bean
Regards!
exad said:
You should only need to use fastboot erase cache once. Doing it a second time is pointless. Also, your problem is extremely well documented on this site by the hundreds before you who have posted this exact same issue.
Not to mention, if you can't figure this out, you never should have rooted in the first place. This is why I ignored this post.
Search and read and you'll easily fix your phone.
Egoista's solution assumes you have a 1.14 hboot and hadn't flashed the boot.img
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app
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Tatirulo said:
I really need you help, I have some kind of soft brick. After I try to update my new htc one xl (asia version), now I'm stuck in a boot loop.
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The reason for this is quite simple, and should have been obvious. OTA needs stock recovery in order to install. When it can't find stock recovery, the install gets stuck.
RUU worked because RUU also overwrites recovery with the stock one.
In any case, you should never ever install an OTA on a rooted device without first researching what will happen, at a minimum. It usually won't work, and will often bootloop the device.

redpoint73 said:
The reason for this is quite simple, and should have been obvious. OTA needs stock recovery in order to install. When it can't find stock recovery, the install gets stuck.
RUU worked because RUU also overwrites recovery with the stock one.
In any case, you should never ever install an OTA on a rooted device without first researching what will happen, at a minimum. It usually won't work, and will often bootloop the device.
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I suggest not updating at all without reading. Even custom ROMs.
Sent from my Carbon-ize Evita using xda-developers app

Need Help:can't flash any recovery,RUU doesn't restore my soft,One S- no OS

Hi, everything messed up from using the stupid TWRP 2.6.0.0 .... I was going to flash a custom rom , but it didn't let me, so I did a little research that I need 2.3.3.0 in order to instal any custom rom.So I tried to switch to 2.3.3.0 but it didn't let me... after that I tried to push stock recovery and now i'm stuck at the white HTC Entering Recovery ( pink letters) screen, ( The recovery just doesn't load) ... I just want to finish with this , and go back to my stock htc rom with not roots or anything.. im tired of this seriously.....
When I try to run RUU I get stuck at the Black HTC Letters screen , the the setup stops and says that it will try to repair my phone, sadly with no result every time.. I think that I don't have any OS on my phone right now, because when RUU starts it shows :
Change image version from : ( blank space)
To: ..... bla bla bla , ( the version of the ruu) ...
I have no problems with entering fastboot and unlocking/relocking my Hboot.
Any help about restoringmy phone will be appreciated . Thanks , I'm online all the time so if I get any responses I'll answer quick.
P.S. I can't mount my usb storage from anywhere, and it doesn't show up on my PC when i connect the usb

looperman said:
Hi, everything messed up from using the stupid TWRP 2.6.0.0 .... I was going to flash a custom rom , but it didn........................
P.S. I can't mount my usb storage from anywhere, and it doesn't show up on my PC when i connect the usb
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Don't lose hope, don't panic.
Tell me which RUU did you use?
Also, what is your CID?
How did you flash your recovery ?
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 4 Beta

khan.orak said:
Don't lose hope, don't panic.
Tell me which RUU did you use?
Also, what is your CID?
How did you flash your recovery ?
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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well I think that it doesn't really matter which RUU I "used" because it doesn't even get me in the process of installing...
still , tried these two:
RUU_VILLEC2_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.15.401.100_Radio_16.21.20.02U_16.09.20.11_M2_release_286571_signed
RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.21.401.10_Radio_1.06s.50.02.27_2_10.08.50.04L__release_271119_signed
I flashed all recoveries with ONE S all in one tool kit,
first i was with TWRP 2.5 i think , then i flashed 2.6, and 2.3.3.... now I flashed the stock recovery , still stuck...

looperman said:
well I think that it doesn't really matter which RUU I "used" because it doesn't even get me in the process of installing...
still , tried these two:
RUU_VILLEC2_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.15.401.100_Rad io_16.21.20.02U_16.09.20.11_M2_release_286571_sign ed
RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.21.401.10_Radio_ 1.06s.50.02.27_2_10.08.50.04L__release_271119_sign ed
I flashed all recoveries with ONE S all in one tool kit,
first i was with TWRP 2.5 i think , then i flashed 2.6, and 2.3.3.... now I flashed the stock recovery , still stuck...
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If you downloaded RUUs from androidruu, then it's a case of bad RUU.
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 4 Beta

khan.orak said:
If you downloaded RUUs from androidruu, then it's a case of bad RUU.
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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well what am I supposed to do ?

looperman said:
well I think that it doesn't really matter which RUU I "used" because it doesn't even get me in the process of installing...
still , tried these two:
RUU_VILLEC2_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.15.401.100_Radio_16.21.20.02U_16.09.20.11_M2_release_286571_signed
RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.21.401.10_Radio_1.06s.50.02.27_2_10.08.50.04L__release_271119_signed
I flashed all recoveries with ONE S all in one tool kit,
first i was with TWRP 2.5 i think , then i flashed 2.6, and 2.3.3.... now I flashed the stock recovery , still stuck...
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Okay, just now I noticed. You used two Different RUUs for two different versions.
The 1st one is for S3/C2 version, the 2nd one is for S4 version.
Use This Thread to download RUU's only for your version (S4 or S3 whichever you have got). In your case, it does matter which RUU you use.
If you need any help further just ask away.

the thing is that the RUU doesn't get to the process of installing , and I have used those RUU's before....
I need some solution the get to a working recovery and instal some kind of OS because the last time I could get in my recovery it said that I don't have any OS installed...

looperman said:
the thing is that the RUU doesn't get to the process of installing , and I have used those RUU's before....
I need some solution the get to a working recovery and instal some kind of OS because the last time I could get in my recovery it said that I don't have any OS installed...
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okay you gonna need fastboot for this. What I have been successful with is:
1. Download an RUU (VERSION SPECIFIC!).
2. Go into Bootloader -> Then select FASTBOOT
3. Connect your Phone to PC. It should say Fastboot - USB mode.
4. Run the RUU, it will get you through all the steps.

khan.orak said:
okay you gonna need fastboot for this. What I have been successful with is:
1. Download an RUU (VERSION SPECIFIC!).
2. Go into Bootloader -> Then select FASTBOOT
3. Connect your Phone to PC. It should say Fastboot - USB mode.
4. Run the RUU, it will get you through all the steps.
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doesn't work as I've told you , it happens with every RUU ... I get the Black screen with white HTC letters...
I think that what RUU does is : it updates the version my software I think it just doesn't place a new software right away( just an update), but as TWRP said I don't have OS installed...

can anyone help me ?

looperman said:
doesn't work as I've told you , it happens with every RUU ... I get the Black screen with white HTC letters...
I think that what RUU does is : it updates the version my software I think it just doesn't place a new software right away( just an update), but as TWRP said I don't have OS installed...
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Man you're making this difficult. The more I want to help you, the more you become hasty.
RUU doesn't do what you think. It puts New software, updates firmware (hboot, radio, RECOVERY), so yes it is basically a one-stop solution.
Please calm down as panicking won't help.
Tell me your One S version (S3/S4) at least? so that we can move forward in right direction. and also your CID
Tell me what recoveries and RUU you tried. and what errors do you get while you run them.
EDIT: Thanks to @tivofool I forgot to mention that you have to RELOCK your bootloader before running RUU

I'm with S3
I wrote the 2 RUU's I tried to use,
before that i tried TWRP 2.5.0.0,2.3.0.0.,2.6 and finally I flashed factory stock recovery that's it and both my carrier and bl are unlocked
P.S. : Yeah i knew about the relocking but still stuck on black screen with white HTC Letters

looperman said:
I'm with S3
I wrote the 2 RUU's I tried to use,
before that i tried TWRP 2.5.0.0,2.3.0.0.,2.6 and finally I flashed factory stock recovery that's it and both my carrier and bl are unlocked
P.S. : Yeah i knew about the relocking but still stuck on black screen with white HTC Letters
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Black Screen with HTC is the oem update screen.
Okay do this please and we'll try to see if there's a problem with the HBOOT. Give me this info and We'll reflash HBOOT.
Go to fastboot and connect your phone to PC.
Enter this command from your PC:
Code:
fastboot getvar all
post results here (MINUS IMEI AND SERIAL #)

just a second, I got a working recovery... I mean i can get in it and everything and I can mount the USB Storage too.
What Rom would you recommend ?

looperman said:
just a second, I got a working recovery... I mean i can get in it and everything and I can mount the USB Storage too.
What Rom would you recommend ?
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That was fast.
I am using Viper ROM and it's very good. Customization and speed.
For a better battery life, BULLETPROOF KERNEL.
Edit: how did you get it to work by the way.

Viper rom is for s4 only isn't it ?

looperman said:
just a second, I got a working recovery... I mean i can get in it and everything and I can mount the USB Storage too.
What Rom would you recommend ?
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Make sure you flash a S3 Rom (you mentioned having a s3 right?)
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using Tapatalk 2

looperman said:
Viper rom is for s4 only isn't it ?
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Oh yes sorry.

okay, so ... I'm going to explane everything I did, I hope I'll help some other people too.
I flashed TWRP from One_S_All-In-One_Kit_v4.0 but without luck, then i flash the factory stock recovery, still the phone was letting me into any of these two recoveries, then i decided reflash the same TWRP again and it worked,
First I couldn't mount the storage from the recovery , but it was still showing in "My Computer" , I had only one option and it was to Format the Storage. So I did.. then copied this rom with gapps on it ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2164406
Fully wiped --> Flash Rom , then Flash Gapps, ---> then I booted in fastboot to boot from CMD the "boot.img" with "fastboot flash boot boot.img" from the Pacman Rom and then I Rebooted the HTC and Done
Huge thanks to @khan.orak
I hope I helped someone with the same ****tyass problem.

looperman said:
okay, so ... I'm going to explane everything I did, I hope I'll help some other people too.
I flashed TWRP from One_S_All-In-One_Kit_v4.0 but without luck, then i flash the factory stock recovery, still the phone was letting me into any of these two recoveries, then i decided reflash the same TWRP again and it worked,
First I couldn't mount the storage from the recovery , but it was still showing in "My Computer" , I had only one option and it was to Format the Storage. So I did.. then copied this rom with gapps on it ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2164406
Fully wiped --> Flash Rom , then Flash Gapps, ---> then I booted in fastboot to boot from CMD the "boot.img" with "fastboot flash boot boot.img" from the Pacman Rom and then I Rebooted the HTC and Done
Huge thanks to @khan.orak
I hope I helped someone with the same ****tyass problem.
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Glad it worked for you buddy.