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[AlphaRevX] Public Beta 2 for Desire S

Hi guys,
The day has arrived:
AlphaRevX now includes support for the Desire S (HBOOT 0.98).
Hop on over to http://alpharev.nl/x/beta/
We'll use this as a support thread.
This version will also download and flash custom recovery if you want to, after getting S-OFF.
Note: the very first download missed some DLLs for the windows version, that should be included now.
Note2: There have been some reports (on dinc2) that the windows version might not always work like it should. Please report errors with that as descriptive as possible. The linux version should always work like it should.

great news! is there a guide for a noob like me on how to s-off my Desire S using this software? thanks

FAILED
Hi there,
I've just tried to S-OFF my european Desire S several times, following the instructions posted for the Incredible S. Alpharevx connects to my phone, reboots to fastboot, waits, reboots to fastboot (again), waits .. then says FAILED.
I wonder if I'm doing something wrong or there's a problem with the windows version as you reported.
Thanks for the effort any way
EDIT: Downloaded the Linux version and it worked. I am now S-OFF

Hi, AlphaRevX didn't work for me on Windows either, but it succeeded on Linux (Ubuntu 11.04). Anyway, thanks a lot for your effort, AlphaRev team

@taipan_snake - Could you please guide me on How To S-OFF it on Linux ? I also have a Ubuntu installed. Thanks !

@badeaioan:
Well basically these are the steps that worked for me:
1. Download the Android SDK from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. Unzip and go into the folder you just downloaded
3. Run the 'android' application within the 'Tools' folder
4. Select 'Available Packages', and select 'Android SDK Platform-tools' and 'Android Compatibility package', and install these.
5. Make sure ADB can see your device by cd-ing into the SDK folder, and then the 'platform-tools' folder, and running './adb devices'. Your device should show up (mine had a string of question marks, but it should work as long as it is there)
6. Download AlphaRevX and get your beta key
7. Run AlphaRevX as root, and follow the instructions, and you should have S-OFF
Hope this helps

Sad windows version under review
-I tried the incredible version(long time ago ),(no SDK used) and it said my phone not suported bla bla, but the fact is that it was detected (with usb debuging on and phone conected in charge only)
one question: Do i need to get temp root for this to work?

Finally !!!!! AlpharevX - a software s-off. This is awesome, for s-on guys for obvious reasons, and for s-off guys too. This is surely gonna increase dovelopment here !!!!!

Thank you for your response.
The problem starts on running AlphaRevX.
When I open gksu and try to open it, nothing happens. Am I doing something wrong ?

@badeaioan:
I just used Terminal, cd-ed into the directory, and ran 'sudo ./alpharevx', and it worked for me...
EDIT: I think I now know what you mean... it's only a command-line app, so it would only run from terminal...

Thank you again. Finally I am S-OFF !!! Thank you AlphaRev X !

Also now S-OFF! thnx to the AlpharevX guys!

also s-off great thanks! Let the rom madness begin.

That's a great news! But question, before I try to S-Off.
Can S-on be restored using RUU after Soffing my device?
I would like to keep some warranty options available after all
/Chie

It's working on my Desire S. Finally S-OFF-ed...
Thank You!

Hi
I am new to linux and i am getting a "waiting for device " message when i try to run the linux version.
I have googled to my wits end but can't work out why it is not detecting my phone.
Can anyone shed some light please??

@jh787:
Hi, have you installed ADB and made sure it can find your device?

great news for all you s-on´ies
hope to see some of you around in my development post for saga lbc mod.
happy rooting, flashing and playing
regards

Hopefully things brings more dev to the htc desire s

Works perfect from Linux (Ubuntu), and so easy too!
If it isn't working, remember you need to have USB debugging on for ADB to find the device.

[Q] Bootlaoder/Fastboot not working

Hi guys,
I'm trying to put back my Sensation to stock so I can send it to warranty but I'm struggling to do it.
Sometime ago when I started to experience some odd problems I managed to install back a stock version (3.33.401.6) but I still have S-OFF and super CID should be there also.... I can't be sure because I can't access fastboot (due to driver issues).
This was not the original rom because I couldn't find the Vodafone PT rom but at least I wanted to give the phone back with the S-ON and the correct CID.
I'm using Windows 8 so that probably is not helping but I've tried several drivers I found here in the forum, tricks to allow non certified drivers to be installed in windows 8 and nothing. Initially it says that driver is ok but then it shows up with the exclamation mark on the device manager.
The fastboot screen shows:
*** LOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.000
RADIO-11.24A.3504.31_M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
Does anyone know how to get rid of this fastboot issue so I can revert my phone back to S-ON and with the original CID
Thanks,
Diogo

thyogo said:
Hi guys,
I'm trying to put back my Sensation to stock so I can send it to warranty but I'm struggling to do it.
Sometime ago when I started to experience some odd problems I managed to install back a stock version (3.33.401.6) but I still have S-OFF and super CID should be there also.... I can't be sure because I can't access fastboot (due to driver issues).
This was not the original rom because I couldn't find the Vodafone PT rom but at least I wanted to give the phone back with the S-ON and the correct CID.
I'm using Windows 8 so that probably is not helping but I've tried several drivers I found here in the forum, tricks to allow non certified drivers to be installed in windows 8 and nothing. Initially it says that driver is ok but then it shows up with the exclamation mark on the device manager.
The fastboot screen shows:
*** LOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.000
RADIO-11.24A.3504.31_M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
Does anyone know how to get rid of this fastboot issue so I can revert my phone back to S-ON and with the original CID
Thanks,
Diogo
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Try installing HTC Sync (or HTC Sync Manager?). After installing windows 8, I was also searching for drivers and nothing work. HTC sync also didn't work but I think there is HTC Sync manager or something new software from htc which installed the right driver.
Or try ubuntu .

i'm personally not familiar with Windows 8, but if everything else fails and you have a spare usb stick/hard drive, you could boot Linux from it.

webharsh said:
Try installing HTC Sync (or HTC Sync Manager?). After installing windows 8, I was also searching for drivers and nothing work. HTC sync also didn't work but I think there is HTC Sync manager or something new software from htc which installed the right driver.
Or try ubuntu .
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Thanks for the tip... I've tryed HTC sync drivers also but without success. The HTC Sync manager is for the newer phones and sensation was not in the list so didn't try it.
Probably I will need to try other OS... I just hope that the problem is really from windows 8 and not the phone.
Thanks.

ridder215215 said:
i'm personally not familiar with Windows 8, but if everything else fails and you have a spare usb stick/hard drive, you could boot Linux from it.
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Thanks... how do I run the RRU in linux? only by extracting and putting it in the root of the sdcard?

thyogo said:
Thanks for the tip... I've tryed HTC sync drivers also but without success. The HTC Sync manager is for the newer phones and sensation was not in the list so didn't try it.
Probably I will need to try other OS... I just hope that the problem is really from windows 8 and not the phone.
Thanks.
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HTC Sync manager is the one. (Even if sensation is not supported). Install software. Connect your phone. Install driver. I was on sense ROM when I installed this so that I can enable HTC Sync mode for USB. Worked for me on Windows 8 so try it. Good luck.
Also, you can install Ubuntu within Windows with Wubi. But not sure if that will work with Windows 8. But wubi is easiest way to run Ubuntu.
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thyogo said:
Thanks... how do I run the RRU in linux? only by extracting and putting it in the root of the sdcard?
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He is talking about booting from Linux live CD or USB into your PC or laptop. Its easier to enable adb in linux.

[Q] Lost USB/ADB connection after ROM change

I rooted my HTC One X 3 days ago and installed ClockworkMod recovery.
I then used CWM to backup the stock ROM which I moved (not copied, damn it!) onto my desktop via USB. I also made an online backup with "Backup Pro".
Then I downloaded and installed Cyanogenmod 10.1 ROM using ADB.EXE and flashed the associated boot.img. It worked ok but crashed and rebooted the phone every hour or so, constantly. After half a day I gave up on that and looked around for something else. I made a ROM backup with CWM and then downloaded Viper Venom on the PC and copied the zip file and boot.img onto the phone. I loaded the ROM and boot.img, using adb.exe - same as before.
After rebooting into Viper Venom the HTC splash-screen appeared and a groovy animated robotic snake moved across the screen for 3 seconds before locking up the phone and rebooting. Now it was in an endless loop rebooting every 20 seconds or so.
So I restored the Cyanogenmod rom but forgot to restore the boot.img file, and rebooted. This time once the OS loaded and I unlocked the screen this error popup appeared: "Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped". Once I dismiss the popup it re-appears 0.5 second later, and repeats endlessly.
Then I remembered I didn't flash the boot.img so I rebooted into Recovery again but then suddenly I lost computer connection via the USB cable. Now, no matter what I try "adb devices" just won't find the phone. In Windows Device Manager the phone appears as "My HTC" under "Android USB Devices". An unknown icon also appears under "Other Devices" called "Android Phone".
Many months ago I installed the HTC windows drivers and have been connecting to the phone on countless occasions so I don't believe it's a PC driver issue but something in the last boot.img or ROM on the phone that has corrupted the phone.
I have googled non-stop for the past 2 days throughout XDA and other sites and the solutions offered to anybody having issues with rooted ROMs is to use ADB via USB or TCP/IP and do this and that. My problem is that nothing will talk to the phone over cable or wifi, so my hands are tied to make any changes.
Does anyone have any ideas what I can try to re-enable the USB connection? I've tried 2 newish micro-USB cables in all of my Windows7 64-bit USB ports (I heard USB 3.0 ports can cause problems so tried the 2.0 ports), and I've repeated everything on a new Windows7 build 32-bit desktop but everything displays the same in the Device Manager and ADB never connects.
I have a dual-boot Ubuntu desktop I haven't tried yet. Is it possible that would have more luck?
Any ideas anyone.............?

Try installing twrp recovery. Cwm does not have official support for our phone and causes issues
Sent from my VENOMized HoxL

Try reinstalling your HTC drivers.

Fixed!
area51avenger said:
Try installing twrp recovery. Cwm does not have official support for our phone and causes issues
Sent from my VENOMized HoxL
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iElvis said:
Try re-installing your HTC drivers.
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Thanks for both of your suggestions. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the HTC drivers countless times but the device can never be seen. Re. trying TWRP, well without USB access and a phone I can't use, loading anything else is impossible.
HOWEVER! I stumbled on some software called PDANet last night and installed that on my laptop. Immediately ADB was able to see my phone again (MAJOR YAY!!!). I rebooted into Fastboot USB and low and behold, fastboot could now see the phone too! I was back in business and ran fastboot flash boot boot.img to install the Cyanogen boot image. Within 5 seconds it was done and after a reboot the relentless error message was gone for good!
I have since copied the stock rom files back onto the phone via usb (it now appears again in My Computer so I just drag and dropped them) and then ran a CWM Restore. Then flashed the boot.img and rebooted. My old stock rom appeared and everything is 100% as I left it.
I have learned so much about root/rom/recovery over these last 4 nights trying to recover the phone so it's not wasted, although I'm sure I cut a few days off my life worrying whether the "brick" would ever go again
This morning I installed CleanROM from ScottsRoms as I like many of the HTC apps, but I just want better battery life. For some reason it seems I have got a completely stock rom now which is weird but I've asked for advice on the Scotts Rom forum.
Does anybody have advice regarding another suitable rom that has better battery life but still runs some of the HTC stuff like these apps: Email, Car Dock, Messages? I also love the HTC One X keyboard - nothing else I've tried comes close to it, so ideally a rom that retains that would be a major plus.
I tried Viper/Venom 3 nights ago which is when all this went crazy. It was stuck in an endless loop which no amount of clearing cache/data/resets/fix permissions could fix so I'm reluctant to try that again.
Many thanks for any advice!

Make sure your dev settings are turned on and make sure usb debugging is turned on
And for the Rom recommendation you just have to try yourself per the rules we cannot say due to equal competition
Buut if your looking for battery life cough* bulletproof kernel *cough
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

Kole_Ackerson said:
Make sure your dev settings are turned on and make sure usb debugging is turned on
And for the Rom recommendation you just have to try yourself per the rules we cannot say due to equal competition
Buut if your looking for battery life cough* bulletproof kernel *cough
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Thanks for the tips Kole. It's all good now. As for the ROM question, I didn't realise recommendations weren't allowed, whoops
I did coincidentally stumble upon a kernel called bulletproof after reading your post , and chose the fastboot flash boot method since my phone is S=OFF - as per their recommendation, but sadly the phone wouldn't boot after that. Not sure if I should have performed any other actions (cache deleting etc?) but I returned it back to the original boot.img and all is well again.
I've since restored a CyanogenMod 10.1 image and is working ok now. Days ago when I installed it, the phone would crash when it was locked. I think I have identified the culprit to be the "2X" battery saver app I installed on it. When that's not active it doesn't crash so I've uninstalled it now.
Would it be fair to assume I should get better battery life day to day with CyanogenMod than the stock HTC rom? Hope so.
thanks

gpfnz said:
Thanks for the tips Kole. It's all good now. As for the ROM question, I didn't realise recommendations weren't allowed, whoops
I did coincidentally stumble upon a kernel called bulletproof after reading your post , and chose the fastboot flash boot method since my phone is S=OFF - as per their recommendation, but sadly the phone wouldn't boot after that. Not sure if I should have performed any other actions (cache deleting etc?) but I returned it back to the original boot.img and all is well again.
I've since restored a CyanogenMod 10.1 image and is working ok now. Days ago when I installed it, the phone would crash when it was locked. I think I have identified the culprit to be the "2X" battery saver app I installed on it. When that's not active it doesn't crash so I've uninstalled it now.
Would it be fair to assume I should get better battery life day to day with CyanogenMod than the stock HTC rom? Hope so.
thanks
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you don't need to fastboot kernel after s-off. bulletproof kernel doesn't work with aosp roms only sense roms.

bulletproof question
DvineLord said:
you don't need to fastboot kernel after s-off. bulletproof kernel doesn't work with aosp roms only sense roms.
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Whoops, I got it wrong. The phone is S-ON and I wrote S-OFF in above post. I followed the instruction in this thread on xda:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38727496
INSTALLATION
1. Install zip from TWRP Recovery
2. Reboot!
S-OFF recommended for easy installation
hboot 1.14+ and S-ON:
The installer includes a method to flash the boot.img for S-ON devices using hboot 1.14 or higher;
however, some people still have difficulties. If it doesn't work:
1. extract boot.img from the zip, reboot to bootloader and do:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
2. If you had previously installed ElementalX or Beastmode, be sure to run the installer to get the correct wifi module.
First boot will take a while. Let it load all the way, then let it settle in for a few minutes, then reboot again.
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I followed what's mentioned under this heading: hboot 1.14+ and S-ON since my phone spec. meets both criteria:
Endeavoru PVT SHIP S-ON RL (what's RL stand for???)
HBOOT-1.36.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-5.1204.162.29
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW Secure boot: disabled
MODEM PATH: OFF
Nov 16 2012, 18:32:39
I think I applied it when I still had ScottsRoms CleanROM onboard. When you say it only works on sense roms, do you mean the stock HTC ROM or should it also work on a cleanROM which contains lots of sense stuff? Sorry for the newbie questions, I find it difficult to get answers online to the most basic of android/rom/root questions.
Thanks for your time guys!

this is the evita forum not the endeavoru forum.
what phone do you have? this is probably not your forum.

DvineLord said:
this is the evita forum not the endeavoru forum.
what phone do you have? this is probably not your forum.
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As it says in the first line of my post: HTC One X. I thought endeavoru=OneX and evita=OneXL?
According to the thread path, this forum is for both phones:
> AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL > One X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [Q] Lost USB/ADB connection after ROM change > Reply to Thread
Thanks for calling me an idiot too, nice sign-off, not.

gpfnz said:
As it says in the first line of my post: HTC One X. I thought endeavoru=OneX and evita=OneXL?
According to the thread path, this forum is for both phones:
> AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL > One X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [Q] Lost USB/ADB connection after ROM change > Reply to Thread
Thanks for calling me an idiot too, nice sign-off, not.
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AT&T and Rogers both sell a model that they call the "One X" but is really a One XL (evita) just like Telstra and other carriers sell. Any One X not from AT&T or Rogers is an endeavoru
You need this forum instead

Oh I see. On this side of the world we don't have AT&T and I've never heard of Rogers. It must be a US thing only.
Oh well, discussion is over anyway, problem solved, thanks to all for your input.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

[Q] HTC One S S4 Sense ROM for S-ON

Hi,
I have a HTC One S S4 and recently installed the Venom 3.2.1 Rom.
The description did not mention that after that I have to S-OFF the unit because if I do not then ill loose signal/drain battery fast and reboot frequently.
I know that S-OFF would be the solution, at least I reed that.
But when I did try S-OFF the unit but it always a fail with the FATAL: Download updated package at rumrunner
Any chance that the S-OFF source is down?
Yes I did my homework and followed all the instructions:
- All firewall/antivirus are off, even rebooted and checked the permanent off status.
- ADB can see my HTC, adb devices command was used
- Win 7 with the correct all in one S-OFF file from rumrunner. (there is no One S S4 file anyway)
- HTC drivers installed and working (in device manager it says My HTC) Maybe this should be HTC One S? how can I achieve that?
- HTC sync removed after install
- VM’s are unsupported, not using any
- A working internet connection, of course I have it
- USB debugging enabled on your device, done
- Fast boot disabled on your device, done
- Your device must be HTCDEV unlocked or rooted, done and confirmed ( Tempered unlocked status with S-ON)
Any suggestion is wellcome if there is a good fast clean HTC One S S4 sense rom which is working properly with S-ON
Or the way to S-OFF would be also a good help.

Try to uninstall your antivirus, I had to do so in order to get S-off!

ZioRò said:
Try to uninstall your antivirus, I had to do so in order to get S-off!
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I installed a brand new windows 7 without any update etc, HTC sync then and adb with fastboot moved to the computer.
Removed the Sync after I saw it can see my phone.
Still Nothing and windows update/firewall all off.
There are some pictures for more information about results and the phone.
I used this link for romrunner and tried the version here as well:
http://firewater-soff.com/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558334

pictures
safizoli said:
I installed a brand new windows 7 without any update etc, HTC sync then and adb with fastboot moved to the computer.
Removed the Sync after I saw it can see my phone.
Still Nothing and windows update/firewall all off.
There are some pictures for more information about results and the phone.
I used this link for romrunner and tried the version here as well:
http://firewater-soff.com/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558334
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and the pictures...

HTC Desire HD & Incredible S won't connect to computer when in fastboot

Hi there all, I've got both an old HTC Desire HD and Incredible S which I thought I might try to root, install custom ROM etc to try make them a bit more useable and enjoyable as they are very slow and quite unusable. My mother was also using the DHD until it became too slow and laggy for her to use, also battery life deteriorated even after I bought a new battery. There are a couple of dilemmas I am facing however not being able to use fastboot is the biggest and most important one so far. If I can solve this then I may be able to solve the others myself so I thought I'd see if there was anyone who could help me. I've been on this for hours, days, I don't know what happened but I'll tell you my story.
First of all, my DHD has been rooted previously and I installed CM11 onto it, however that ROM keeps giving me processes that stop continuously after installing the associated Gapps file. The incredible S is NOT rooted yet, I haven't been able to unlock bootloader because that also won't connect via fastboot. I ALSO have an HTC M7 which I recently unlocked, rooted and installed Venom 9.0.0 ROM without any problems. I'm not sure what is wrong with these two. I know there are a lot of posts on this topic online but not one of them has helped me in the slightest.
I am not too sure exactly what details you might need, but I'll start with these:
- I am running Windows 10 on my desktop, with USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports available.
- I have a myriad of HTC cables and other micro USB cables as well to use.
- I have a couple of microSD Cards available.
- I have installed HTC Sync Manager for HTC drivers and uninstalled it as requested by many threads online.
- I've downloaded a lot of other drivers, ie HTC driver installer, universal drivers from Koush, and Google drivers.
- I have SDK tools from the AndroidSDKSlim.rar archive.
I've currently deleted and uninstalled everything because I want to start again hopefully with some assistance. I've downloaded Devmanview to delete and uninstall anything that said HTC, Phone or Android to start fresh.
My HTC Desire HD bootloader details are as follows:
*** UNLOCKED ***
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF RL
HBOOT-2.00.2728
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 7 2011, 19:06:24
I am aware there is an hboot update, I have the hboot update by behtash.bat file from the HBOOTUpdate_kit.rar archive but I also can't update that without fastboot)
Currently it has PD98IMG (Philz Touch 6.25.0 For HTC Desire HD) recovery, prior to that I had TWRP.
I was able to install that via my SD card
Now when I plug the phones into the computer while they're on, it picks them up on Device manager, and using ADB DEVICES turns up with their serial numbers. I can command them to ADB REBOOT BOOTLOADER to fastboot, I hear the windows sounds for connecting and disconnecting USB's then I get the windows does not recognize this device message. Please try plugging in again etc. When I look at my device manager it comes up in Other devices as Android 1.0 in device status it says:
The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)
There are no compatible drivers for this device.
To find a driver for this device, click Update Driver.
If I try to search automatically it fails. If I go to Update driver>Browse my computer>Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer it comes up in the box both Android Device and Android USB Devices. If I click the Android USB Devices there are no supported drivers. If i click Android Device it gives me 3 SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface versions :S:S
I should probably state that I'm trying to reflash a TWRP recovery for aceopt so I can install the CM12.1 or CM13 ROMs on my DHD.
My brain really hurts from all this... If anyone has any ideas or suggestions for me to try, please... Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also If you need any more information let me know I'll be happy to provide. Thanks in advance!!