Hi all!
First of all: I know. I am a dumbass for not doing a backup. (and several other things)
Second: Thank you for your time! I really appreciate it- thats why I tried for two days to solve the problem by searching the internet for guides to restore my phone and not stealing your time.
If you just want to help me - skip the first part ("The story"). I just had to write it down, because I am that desperate and hopeless...
The story
Beside my Nexus 5 I wanted a spare phone to go outdoors and have a nice small phone - other than the huuuuuuge Nexus.
My last phones were the HTC Sensation, a Desire GSM and the Wildfire. So I decided to get a Desire S and do what I did to all my phones and tablets yet: root it.
Because I had the dumb idea that rooting a couple of phones makes me an expert I skipped the "reading guides"-part and jumped right to the "beeing an idiot"-part and downloaded the Revoked-tool.
After I got the TWRP-recovery I also skipped the "making a backup"-part and that is where my disaster began....
The problem
I tried to root my phone, but I did not reverse the Hboot. So now my phone IS NOT s-off, but I've got a working recovery installed and I can get into Fastboot and the Bootloader.
But because my partitions are wiped I can neither boot normally nore can I install a custom recovery (because of the "s-on").
My phone has got an O2-branding, so I can't install the normal Android 4.0 RUU. Neither works the O2 RUU. I suppose, because it still is the Android 2.4 - Version ( the name of the file is "RUU_Saga_O2_UK_1.31.206.1_Radio_20.28b.30.0805U_38.03.02.14_M_release_178935_signed.exe") and it does not work with my phone....
Is there any chance to get a working Desire S again?
Thabks for your time....
u have stock recover. and u have (i suppose) an unlocked bootloader.
have u tried flashing the recovery through fastboot command ?
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
download TWRP or 4EXT touch zip file - then unpack it and copy the recovery.img inside it to fastboot or android-tools folder
open cmd there (preferably with admin rights)
and run that command.
if it is able to flash a custom recovery, then u can try to flash a rom.
u might need to check if u have a sony or hitachi screen panel though (but that should have been before u tried rooting, i think)
Hi rht_sg,
thanks for your answer!
Right. My Bootloader is unlocked.
The problem is the "S-ON" I think.
I've got a recory installed, but I can not intall any custom ROM because of the "S-ON"-Mode.
Here the important things I have foregotten in my first post:
In FASTBOOT my phone says:
"
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.02.0002
RADIO-3831.19.00.110
eMMC-boot
"
...and my recovery is TWRP v2.4.0.0
You can install a custom rom without being s-off, but you have to flash the boot.img (from the rom) manually in fastboot after installing the rom in recovery (fastboot flash boot boot.img).
I would recommend updating your recovery to either twrp 2.7 (from the thread in this forum) or the latest 4ext touch. One reason being that older recoveries fail when trying to flash kit-kat roms (error 7).
To update your recovery while still s-on, use fastboot (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img)
Thanks!
That solved it. - Now I could install a custom ROM again.
Now I follow your advice to flash the latest recovery.
Related
Hey Guys
First time poster here and not massively technical at all so be gentle with me
Ok so over the weekend I decided I wanted to see what all the fuss was about with these custom ROM's that you can download. So I did some research and decided to give it a go. Please bear with me dudes. So what I did was as follows:
1) Unlocked the bootloader following HTCdev.com guide. Success
2) Rooted the phone, now have super user and can grant SU permissions to apps. Success
3) Installed ROM Manager, latest version. Success
4) Attempted to Flash clockworkmod to recovery using ROM Manager. Stated success in the app.
5) In ROM Manager I attempted to make a backup of my stock rom, asked me to enter a backup name and click OK, device reboots and I see a red exclamation mark when it tried to reboot into recovery, suggesting that step 4 was actually a failure.
6)Downloaded latest clockworkmod image file from the clockworkmod site and using a tool called android flasher (I think) I was able to flash the recovery image to the recovery partition. Phone reboots and boots into recovery and boom I have the clockworkmod recovery available to me.
7) Immediately took a backup of my stock rom so can convert back if things go pear shaped. Success.
8) I downloaded 2 custom rom's, Cyanogenmod latest 7.1.0 build and MIUI custom rom, both for Desire S. Success
9) Put both rom's onto my 8GB sd card as instructed by a guide I was following and booted into clockworkmod and wiped cache, data and system. Success
10) In clockworkmod selected install zip from SD card, found the Cyanogen zip and selected it, it proceeds to install. Reports success.
11) Reboot phone and it hangs on the HTC logo screen, nothing doing. Failure.
12) I have to boot back into CWM and restore my backup which is a success.
So what I end up with is my stock rom with an unlocked bootloader, rooted as I have superuser app and can grant SU permissions to ROM Manager and titanium backup. But I don't seem to be able to get a custom rom on there. I have tried formatting sd card, putting a new rom on and then taking battery out for 15 mins but again nothing doing, everything I try I just get a hanging HTC logo after reboot and again I have to restore my backup that I made to get a working phone again.
Here are some details from the bootloader:
**** UNLOCKED ****
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT - 2.00.0002
RADIO - 3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Aug 22 2011, 15:22:13
Sorry for the mahoooooossive post guys but its really bugging me that I cant get a custom rom on there, stock rom rooted just wasn't what I was looking for.
Really hope you guys can give some help/advice
Stewie
All yours steps seems fine to me.
The first time you flash a custom rom, it could takes MINUTES before boot (Once I waited 10 min with a rom).
How long did u wait when the HTC logo appeared?
Have you tried to S-OFF your Desire S?
It could be one of the reason why you can't flash properly.
Here all the guides (maybe you already know everything):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186401
EDIT:
As I suspected, it does stated it clearly in the link I gave you:
FAQs:
1. What's S-OFF and S-ON?
- If your phone is S-ON, you won't be able to root or flash custom ROMs to your phone. S-OFF let's you to have full control of your phone.
(NOTE: S-OFF is not ROOT, S-OFF your device does not mean that your device is Rooted. They are totally two different things.)
yukinok25, dude thanks for that, I was kinda thinking that it may have something to do with the s-on / s-off thing.
I'll have a butchers at trying to s-off the device, but I thought it was supposed to be a pretty tricky procedure with the version of HBoot that I have on my device, i.e 2.00.0002. So I was hoping to avoide the s-off process but if I gotta do it then I gotta do it, just hope it all goes ok.
Again thanks for the link man, good to get some help as im a bit of a rookie at this sort of stuff ;-)
Cheers
Stewie
Anytime mate.
Just because you are new to XDA: you can use the thanks button next time...
Not sure if this is still relevant, but there is a simple guide on the Dev forum on how to S-OFF the new HBOOT:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525100
Also, the recommended custom recovery is 4EXT, which is based on Clockwork but more advanced. There is even a touch version now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377745
HI , thanks a lot for the great forum , but i have a problem that i dont see in this forum.
Wat i make :
I have a TMO Desire Saga ugrade an Android 3.0 ,
Bootloader:
***LOCKED***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.05.04_M
eMMC-boot
Aug 22 2011, 15:22:13
Android-Version: 2.3.5 (Stock)
HTC Sense 3.0
Software-Nummer: 2.10.401.8
then i make a Root with HTCDEV and i copy over fastboot the cmrecovery.img
At the first boot i think , that i will make a recovery backup of my orginal rom . That i make.
NOw after a will on custom roms i will back to the orginal rom .
Then i think , ok i make a restore of my orginal recovery backup .
That i make with recovery restore , then i turn in the fastboot menu and i will flash the boot.img
then i go to fastboot and copy the boot.img ( i copy this bevor from the sdcard Nanabackup) and flash it with fastboot flash boot boot.img
after this i copy the recovery ( i copy this also from the sdcard of the recovery backup) with fastboot flash recovery recovery.img.
Then i type fastboot oem look and i will hopefull that the saga reboot with the old orginal rom .
but , it dosent work . its start with the tmo splashscreen, after this ist restarts at the bootloader nothing runs.
What i make wrong or do this work??
Sorry for my bad english
Thanks a lot bevor of tells
re
Hi , @ all .
a new question about my problem . Is it possibile to make a flasheble Rom.zip about my nanbackup ?
When you backed up the recovery, you didn't back up your original recovery. You backed up the recovery that was on the device - which was ClockworkMod. You can't back up something that was erased. So your backup is useless.
Also, boot.img taken by the recovery might differ from the original boot.img.
To return to stock, write "Desire S return to stock" in Google and follow one of the guides you'll find on this forum. Or just look in the INDEX thread.
lup0 said:
Then i type fastboot oem look and i will hopefull that the saga reboot with the old orginal rom .
but , it dosent work . its start with the tmo splashscreen, after this ist restarts at the bootloader nothing runs.
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If you want it to boot again, i'm afraid you have to redo the HTCDev bootloader unlock again.. I did the same thing when trying to downgrade my Hboot to gain S-OFF, I unknowingly typed the fastboot OEM Lock and my DS can't boot up, it will only restart to the bootloader..
Just to check, is the bootloader says something like ***RE-LOCKED***?
If yes, then just unlock it again with HTCDev and you should be able to boot up to recovery, and flash the ROM from there.. But I'm afraid that you can't restore the original stock ROM.. One way to do it is to flash RUU, but you need to downgrade your HBoot first, I suggest you to follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318919
downgrade it and then you can flash the RUU, but you will have it locked down again (if i remember correctly) and you won't have the user data restored (means you will have a clean , stock firmware)
but, since you already rooted and stuff, why not flashing pre-rooted stock ROMs?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1480576
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183684
No need to give bad advice. HBOOT downgrade is NOT needed to flash RUU, only the main_version downgrade (which is just a number stored on MISC partition). The guide for downgrading HBOOT isn't relevant, and there are plenty guides for returning to stock that you could have pointed to.
Hi. I'm new to HTC Sensation XE. Yesterday I just decided to root my Sensation XE phone so I went to htcdev.com to unlock bootloader.
Everythings went well, I managed to install Clockwork Recovery to my phone and able to install Superuser.
Bad things happened when I try to install CyanogenMod 9 through Clockwork Recovery. I put the rom into SD card, boot into Clockwork and then wipe data/factory reset plus wipe chache partition. Then install ZIP from SD card.
After "install complete" i reboot my phone and now I see CyanogenMod logo looping and stuck there.
I still can get into Clockwork and try install other rom but the Cyanogen logo also comes back everytime and stuck there.
I just found out that I have to do S-Off ?? I have no idea what to do next.
My previous phone was Nexus S. I installed many custom roms on that phone without any problem. As far as I know if I can get into Clockwork Recovery, my phone has been rooted, right? So
What is S-Off?
Why I have to flash firmware??
ROM for Sensation compatible with Sensation XE?
I am not familiar with AROMA installer, is this the problem I can't install ROM successfully?
Now my phone in HBOOT says:
***UNLOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
Please help me
First, you should check the guide on how to flash roms s-on or something. It says you have to push the boot.img in adb, i think.
Sent from my Sensation using xda premium
get the boot.img from the cm9 rom zip file
copy it to the adb/fastboot folder in your pc
connect the phone in bootloader to PC (phone should read fastboot usb after this )
now open command window in the adb folder and type this
fastboot flash boot boot.img
once it got success
type
fastboot reboot
your phone should boot fine now
ganeshp said:
get the boot.img from the cm9 rom zip file
copy it to the adb/fastboot folder in your pc
connect the phone in bootloader to PC (phone should read fastboot usb after this )
now open command window in the adb folder and type this
fastboot flash boot boot.img
once it got success
type
fastboot reboot
your phone should boot fine now
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OK I'm gonna do that right now! Will post update later. Thank you sooo much :good:
putthia4i said:
I just found out that I have to do S-Off ?? I have no idea what to do next.
My previous phone was Nexus S. I installed many custom roms on that phone without any problem. As far as I know if I can get into Clockwork Recovery, my phone has been rooted, right? So
What is S-Off?
Why I have to flash firmware??
ROM for Sensation compatible with Sensation XE?
I am not familiar with AROMA installer, is this the problem I can't install ROM successfully?
Now my phone in HBOOT says:
***UNLOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
Please help me
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SOFF: is security off ..once you got this off ..you can change any partition ..like you can install a custom recovery like cwm..over stock recovery ..and custom roms too
but ..HTC-DEV unlock ..is a alternative provided by the HTC ppl ..where when you do unlock ... recovary partition and partitions to make a custom rom work ..got unlocked ..thus this way you can flash cwm and thus custom roms ..
firmware:
to explain that ..think like this ..the complete phone is
hardware + firmware(radio +hboot/bootloader + some others ) + recovery (stock/custom) + ROM (system +data + boot)
now to have a ICS rom ..you need to have ICS firmware ..thus ICS radio (to have good signal) ..and ICS compatible bootloader to have ROM up and running
(remember if you have HTC-Dev unlocked bootloader you cant change the radio and hboot/bootloader)
as you are on ICS priror to doing HTC-dev unlock bootloader ..you are fine now ..as you already got a ICS radio (starts with 11.2x ..in settings->about phone->more->software information->baseband) ..also the hboot/bootloader 1.27.xxx is of ICS one ...
so you are fine with installing any custom roms ...
now there is a little headache when installing custom roms ..via custom recovery in case of HTC-dev unlocked case
some how when you flash a rom ...via cwm..every thing gets flashed except the boot.img which is the primary component to get the phone booting ...so you need to flash the boot.img separately ...that i explained earlier
there is a good recovery which can avoid the extra pain too ..that is 4EXT and the feature is smartflash
to understand the functioning of this recovery
have a good read of this thread ...its for you
ganeshp said:
SOFF: is security off ..once you got this off ..you can change any partition ..like you can install a custom recovery like cwm..over stock recovery ..and custom roms too
but ..HTC-DEV unlock ..is a alternative provided by the HTC ppl ..where when you do unlock ... recovary partition and partitions to make a custom rom work ..got unlocked ..thus this way you can flash cwm and thus custom roms ..
firmware:
to explain that ..think like this ..the complete phone is
hardware + firmware(radio +hboot/bootloader + some others ) + recovery (stock/custom) + ROM (system +data + boot)
now to have a ICS rom ..you need to have ICS firmware ..thus ICS radio (to have good signal) ..and ICS compatible bootloader to have ROM up and running
(remember if you have HTC-Dev unlocked bootloader you cant change the radio and hboot/bootloader)
as you are on ICS priror to doing HTC-dev unlock bootloader ..you are fine now ..as you already got a ICS radio (starts with 11.2x ..in settings->about phone->more->software information->baseband) ..also the hboot/bootloader 1.27.xxx is of ICS one ...
so you are fine with installing any custom roms ...
now there is a little headache when installing custom roms ..via custom recovery in case of HTC-dev unlocked case
some how when you flash a rom ...via cwm..every thing gets flashed except the boot.img which is the primary component to get the phone booting ...so you need to flash the boot.img separately ...that i explained earlier
there is a good recovery which can avoid the extra pain too ..that is 4EXT and the feature is smartflash
to understand the functioning of this recovery
have a good read of this thread ...its for you
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Thank you. That's explain a lot. Now I can boot into Cyanogen and everything is fine now. So one last question, Am I have to push boot.img via fastboot everytime I install a new custom rom? If so, what to do when dealing with rom with AROMA installer?
I tried roms with AROMA installer and the installation ends at "SuperWipe". Nothing seems to install to my phone.
putthia4i said:
Thank you. That's explain a lot. Now I can boot into Cyanogen and everything is fine now. So one last question, Am I have to push boot.img via fastboot everytime I install a new custom rom? If so, what to do when dealing with rom with AROMA installer?
I tried roms with AROMA installer and the installation ends at "SuperWipe". Nothing seems to install to my phone.
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yes as long as you have cwm recovery ..you need to do that ..for every custom rom
and
thats why im saying its best to have 4EXT recovery ..as most of roms are 4EXT recovery compatible ..and what more its base is CWM itself ..so what ever backups you made via CWM can be used in 4EXT recovery ..too (and also its touch recovery )
for 4EXT ..recovery ..check the above guide step #2 for installing the 4EXT recovery
step #3 ..which has an amazing feature ..which will be quite useful to you ..(smart flash)
step #5 ..which makes the smartflash permanent
ganeshp said:
yes as long as you have cwm recovery ..you need to do that ..for every custom rom
and
thats why im saying its best to have 4EXT recovery ..as most of roms are 4EXT recovery compatible ..and what more its base is CWM itself ..so what ever backups you made via CWM can be used in 4EXT recovery ..too (and also its touch recovery )
for 4EXT ..recovery ..check the above guide step #2 for installing the 4EXT recovery
step #3 ..which has an amazing feature ..which will be quite useful to you ..(smart flash)
step #5 ..which makes the smartflash permanent
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Thanks. Got it. Now switching to 4EXT. :laugh:
ganeshp said:
get the boot.img from the cm9 rom zip file
copy it to the adb/fastboot folder in your pc
connect the phone in bootloader to PC (phone should read fastboot usb after this )
now open command window in the adb folder and type this
fastboot flash boot boot.img
once it got success
type
fastboot reboot
your phone should boot fine now
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OH SWEET GOD, you have saved my life ! :laugh: I thought my phone would not boot anymore. THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!! :good:
Same issue :/
pohlondrej said:
OH SWEET GOD, you have saved my life ! :laugh: I thought my phone would not boot anymore. THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!! :good:
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Hey guys, I have tried to install Cyanogen 9 and I'm having the same issue described here - I get stuck at the Cyanogen 9 screen.
Can I get some help? I have tried to reinstall the boot loader as described but that didn't work.
I have also tried to reinstall the rom and that didn't work either :/
I'm really worried and would appreciate any help.
My phone is also a sensation XE I have rooted it and my recovery works with the 4EXT.
Thanks!
andyluv said:
Hey guys, I have tried to install Cyanogen 9 and I'm having the same issue described here - I get stuck at the Cyanogen 9 screen.
Can I get some help? I have tried to reinstall the boot loader as described but that didn't work.
I have also tried to reinstall the rom and that didn't work either :/
I'm really worried and would appreciate any help.
My phone is also a sensation XE I have rooted it and my recovery works with the 4EXT.
Thanks!
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Post the complete bootloader details here
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
ganeshp said:
Post the complete bootloader details here
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
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NEVERMIND! I got it working! the wipe all data (but SD Card) and dalvik cache made it work for me!
LOVE you guys
Thank you so much! :victory:
ganeshp said:
get the boot.img from the cm9 rom zip file
copy it to the adb/fastboot folder in your pc
connect the phone in bootloader to PC (phone should read fastboot usb after this )
now open command window in the adb folder and type this
fastboot flash boot boot.img
once it got success
type
fastboot reboot
your phone should boot fine now
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I just want to say THANK YOU!!!! I was not able to get s-off but you help me a lot. It extra step to do, but it works!!!
Hello to all,
For some reason my HTC Sensation won't boot - it keeps on rebooting on the white htc screen.
It started doing this 1-2 weeks ago. Yesterday I managed to get inside the ClockworkMod Recovery somehow from HBOOT, and restored an old backup. Then I installed a newer radio and [ROM] Android Revolution HD 6.7.2 (the page recommended updating the radio). I also flashed the 4EXT Touch recovery, as it was required by this ROM, so I changed from Clockwork to 4EXT. The device worked for 1-2 hours, and then after one restart, it wouldn't boot again. This time I can't access anything but HBOOT and FASTBOOT.
Of course ADB doesn't work as I can't boot the device.
So the question is - what shall I update via fastboot "fastboot update update.zip" so that I restore my device? Or what file shall I put on the SD Card so that HBOOT can recover it (I have access to other devices, so I can place something on the SD card)?
I've been trying to flash various ROM's and RUU's but all of them give an error.
The configuration inside HBOOT says the following:
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-11.24A.3504.31_M
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0104
eMMC-boot
Jan 12 2012,17:33:34
I also tried flashing a few recoveries via fastboot (clockworkmod recovery.img and 4ext recovery.img), but could get inside them :/
Let me know what else could I do.
Thanks for the support!
I just managed to get to the ClockworkMod recovery and installed a new ROM - OpenSensation. It worked during the first boot, but then when I rebooted the phone - the same thing happens - it keeps on rebooting on the htc white screen.
Of course I can no longer go to the ClockworkMod recovery.
I also notice that when going back and fourth between HBOOT and FASTBOOT menus, at the top the version for RADIO appears and disappears.
I am not sure if all this is a hardware or software problem, but it is strange that from time to time I manage to get to a recovery and install a ROM which works for a while and then sends me back to this rebooting loop.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Might be a hardware failure but.. First try ruu and restore to complete stock. Most of the times this fixes the issue..
For finding and flashing a ruu.. Look for ruu info guide by kgs1992 in sensation general section
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
Thanks for the help. I managed to install successfully the following RUU:
RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.50.401.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223042_signed
but it didn't work... it installed successfully, but the phone keeps on restarting on the white htc screen.
I figured that might be because of the firmware installed (I was on Android 4.0.x), so maybe this RUU is older.
I am downloading right now:
RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.32.401.5_R_Radio_11.69.3504.00U_11.22.3504.07_M_release_252064_signed.exe , which definitely must be Android 4.0.x so I hope it works.
Thanks for the help and thanks to kgs1992
Ruu is complete rom.. It has everything In it.. When you run ruu you shouldn't consider the firmware, recovery etc etc.. It has everything built in
So when you flashed the gb ruu.. It flash stock recovery, stock gb firmware and stock rom
So when you flashed gb ruu it has turned to complete gb rom.. Anyways less hope that the ICS ruu works fine
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
Somehow I thought that the firmware is separate, although I wasn't sure.
Anyway - the fact is that after a successful RUU update, the phone keeps on rebooting and couldn't boot even once. I hope the next RUU fixes it.
thanks,
Anton
Still doesn't work after trying a second RUU: RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.33.401.6_Radio_11.76A.3504.00U_11.24A.3504.31_M_release_266171_signed.exe
The bootloader says:
*** LOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
RADIO-11.24A.3504.31_M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
Any ideas?
thanks,
Anton
try a AOSP ROM/CM9/CM10 lot of people had these kind of issues and they can boot only to a non sense roms ..may be you could boot fine on non-sense roms too
How would I flash CM9 CM10 or any AOSP, when I have access only to "fastboot". So far I could only flash those RUU-s from a Windows machine, as I can't get to any recovery.
Would it work if I try "fastboot update cm9.zip" or something similar?
Thanks,
Anton
nonsens3 said:
How would I flash CM9 CM10 or any AOSP, when I have access only to "fastboot". So far I could only flash those RUU-s from a Windows machine, as I can't get to any recovery.
Would it work if I try "fastboot update cm9.zip" or something similar?
Thanks,
Anton
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Fastboot update command won't work
As you are soff.. You can flash jbhboot or 3.33 universal firmware with every thing removed except hboot_xxxx.nb0 file.. And unlock the hboot first
Then flash a recovery (you can avoid hboot flash and try a PG58IMG.zip file of recovery) from fastboot
Then from.. Recovery flash the cm9 or any AOSP rom
If you can't boot to recovery even after flashing the recovery fine.. Then try this command
fastboot boot recovery.img
(it boots into recovery temporarily.
From there you will flash a rom)
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
nonsens3 said:
How would I flash CM9 CM10 or any AOSP, when I have access only to "fastboot". So far I could only flash those RUU-s from a Windows machine, as I can't get to any recovery.
Would it work if I try "fastboot update cm9.zip" or something similar?
Thanks,
Anton
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You can try using Fastboot Commnder
Instructions:
-download tool
-unpack zip and click on .exe application (is a stand alone app, so you have to click and confirm installation, that's all!)
-open tool
-put DHD in "Fastboot Mode"
-plug it to your pc usb
-Wait for "print of device succesfull"--(if fails, check your sdk driver)
-here you go to "misc"
-select: erase partitions (system,cache,userdata,boot) Don't select recovery
-click on "Erase chosen partition"
-Done
You can use this tool to flash a new ROM or even to flash a recovery.img
Your problems might also come from not flashing the correct recovery.
Make sure you have the latest version. Good luck
Hello - I'm new here,
Some day ago I was trying to change rom on my HTC One S. I've ended up with Cyanogenmod which worked almost ok but after some update system crashed.
So I was trying to find something else - I've ended on Venom.
I was having issues almost all the time - phone was resetting, had calling, signal issues.
Then today I was trying to install another rom but I've ended "softbricked" after installing newest Cyanogenmod for One s. Just blank screen after flashing it from recovery.
Please help me to make this phone to work I will have some big problems without it (I know I'm stupid messing with that in the first place)
Anyway if there's some good souls on XDA, here's my specs:
Team Win Recovery project 2.7.1.0
HBoot 2.15 - Tampered, S-On (no idea what happened)
radio 1.1.50
opendsp-v31.1.0.45.0815
And my situation: I was trying to install ANY of windows 8.1 driver that works with this phone but none of it was working properly. I have only connected and sent zip files trough adb commands (while in recovery).
PLEASE HELP! So many hours on this and nothing works as it should.
*crying idiot*
What rom should I install to make this phone shine again?
I have now unlocked fastboot on Windows thanks to http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-s/general/guide-fix-fastboot-windows-8-1-t2858337
Since you didn't mention it I got to ask you whether you flashed the kernel (boot.img) via fastboot after you flashed any rom via your recovery. Due to the fact that your phone is still S-ON none of the roms here on xda is going to work properly without that step.
I guess your problems started because the cyanogenmod update you tried to install contained a new kernel your phone couldn't flash on its own (because of the S-ON status).
Just unzip the "boot.img" from the rom archive into your fastboot/adb folder and flash it with "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and your phone should work properly again.
Thanks!
I have flashed new boot.img before installing rom from recovery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-s/development/unofficial-slimkat-hboot-2-15-t2918217). And rom worked correctly - without reboots. I hope that is the end of my problems.
Should I do S-off and get rid of that Tampered thing? Or I can leave it as is?
Well, that depends on you. If you want do downgrade your hboot, install the leaked hboot 2.16 or don't want to be obliged to always flash the kernel seperately then you should S-OFF your phone.
The "tampered" actually has no effect besides that it may annoy you. It dissappeared after I ran a RUU the first time.