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[Q] Help - HTC Desire S Can't boot

Hello, I'd like to ask you for help, because I have following problem with my htc desire S (HBOOT 2.00.0002, RADIO_3822-10-08-04_M and S-on).
I unlocked bootloader according to htcdev and rooted by SuperOneClick 2.3.3. Than I installed 4EXT Recovery v 2.2.7 RC5 and prepared ROM files (Endymion_V3.1_base_release.zip and Endymion_V3.4_updater.zip) on my SDcard.
After that I entered Bootloader and 4Ext Recovery without any problem. And here is probably my fault. I have formated everything with SDcard exception - that means also /boot. Following installation of both prepared files (Endymion_3.1 + 3.4) from SDcard ended with "success".
BUT. When I rebooted phone, display remained white with green letters HTC only. To switch the phone off I had to remove battery. On the other hand
I am able to start bootloader (SD Checking: Load PG88DIAG.ZIP - No Image; Load PG88DIAG.nbh - No Image or wrong image) and 4Ext Recovery.
Let me know please, what to do and how to repait it.
Thank you.

rubep said:
Hello, I'd like to ask you for help, because I have following problem with my htc desire S (HBOOT 2.00.0002, RADIO_3822-10-08-04_M and S-on).
I unlocked bootloader according to htcdev and rooted by SuperOneClick 2.3.3. Than I installed 4EXT Recovery v 2.2.7 RC5 and prepared ROM files (Endymion_V3.1_base_release.zip and Endymion_V3.4_updater.zip) on my SDcard.
After that I entered Bootloader and 4Ext Recovery without any problem. And here is probably my fault. I have formated everything with SDcard exception - that means also /boot. Following installation of both prepared files (Endymion_3.1 + 3.4) from SDcard ended with "success".
BUT. When I rebooted phone, display remained white with green letters HTC only. To switch the phone off I had to remove battery. On the other hand
I am able to start bootloader (SD Checking: Load PG88DIAG.ZIP - No Image; Load PG88DIAG.nbh - No Image or wrong image) and 4Ext Recovery.
Let me know please, what to do and how to repait it.
Thank you.
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You need to extract boot.img from the endymion zip file and flash it using fastboot.
The command you'll need to execute is:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
For details on how yo set up fastboot click on the link on my signature.
Beamed from the Dark Side using xda premium.

Download the rom again, extract boot.img from the zip and flash with fastboot

Thank you very much. After boot flash everything works again.

i hade the same problem last weak but after flashing boot,img it was not gone. then i have take out the sd card and ...TADA.. it boots.
Ok then i have shut down the phon ant put the card back in and same problem hangs on htc logo.
then i have put the card in my computer backedup the stuff i need and formated the carde new with fat 32 and put it back in the phone.
And it boots

How to install ROM ViperoneS

I´am dificults in install this rom --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2105863
Please help me , i´m afraid do anything wrong.

Its not difficult to do its as simple as:
Download rom and boot img script
Place Rom on phone storage
Boot into recovery
Back-up current in case something goes wrong
Factory reset in recovery
Then wipe system
Then wipe caches
Find the Rom on sdcard
Flash it install without wipe ( install with wipe will give you problems)
Reboot into bootloader put phone into fastboot mode, by now you should have phone connected to pc and it should display fastboot mode on bootloader screen
Run boot img flash script from your pc (don't place boot img script on the phone, it flashes the boot img for you from computer by running commands) then reboot back into recovery and wipe caches once more then reboot and enjoy... that's it.
Not hard just follow instructions and you should be good to go and if you run into any problems just let us know and we'll help you fix it
Sent from my HTC One S

leohdz148 said:
Its not difficult to do its as simple as:
Download rom and boot img script
Place Rom on phone storage
Boot into recovery
Back-up current in case something goes wrong
Factory reset in recovery
Then wipe system
Then wipe caches
Find the Rom on sdcard
Flash it install without wipe ( install with wipe will give you problems)
Reboot into bootloader put phone into fastboot mode, by now you should have phone connected to pc and it should display fastboot mode on bootloader screen
Run boot img flash script from your pc (don't place boot img script on the phone, it flashes the boot img for you from computer by running commands) then reboot back into recovery and wipe caches once more then reboot and enjoy... that's it.
Not hard just follow instructions and you should be good to go and if you run into any problems just let us know and we'll help you fix it
Sent from my HTC One S
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How i run boot .img flash script ? i can use hansoons all in one kit for this?
this script is for what?

leohdz148 said:
Its not difficult to do its as simple as:
Download rom and boot img script
Place Rom on phone storage
Boot into recovery
Back-up current in case something goes wrong
Factory reset in recovery
Then wipe system
Then wipe caches
Find the Rom on sdcard
Flash it install without wipe ( install with wipe will give you problems)
Reboot into bootloader put phone into fastboot mode, by now you should have phone connected to pc and it should display fastboot mode on bootloader screen
Run boot img flash script from your pc (don't place boot img script on the phone, it flashes the boot img for you from computer by running commands) then reboot back into recovery and wipe caches once more then reboot and enjoy... that's it.
Not hard just follow instructions and you should be good to go and if you run into any problems just let us know and we'll help you fix it
Sent from my HTC One S
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How i run boot .img flash script ? i can use hansoons all in one kit for this?
this script is for what? I can use aroma installer for rom?

vic_111 said:
How i run boot .img flash script ? i can use hansoons all in one kit for this?
this script is for what? I can use aroma installer for rom?
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Yes you can use Hasoon's AIO kit to flash the boot img, The flash script does the same thing using cmd prompt windows
once you start to flash the rom in your recovery Aroma installer (built in) will start and guide you through the whole process
Good luck

I´m get one error in install, i´m trying install with TWRP but i get error , this aplication may incompatible with your device, help please..

vic_111 said:
I´m get one error in install, i´m trying install with TWRP but i get error , this aplication may incompatible with your device, help please..
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What error are you getting?

Im solved it with install CWM and i installed the rom but on the starts phone stay in display of "This is only developent..." in red and not start foward, i´m im insered the script but stay in this screen , i try install of whithout wipe, wipe all and clean cache but nothing help me please.

vic_111 said:
Im solved it with install CWM and i installed the rom but on the starts phone stay in display of "This is only developent..." in red and not start foward, i´m im insered the script but stay in this screen , i try install of whithout wipe, wipe all and clean cache but nothing help me please.
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have you flashed the boot img?

Don't use the new TWRP but use 2.3.3.3 or other "stable" releases to flash!

By chance do you have a s3 variant if so then there may be the problem, if not then try an older stable release of a recovery to flash it
Sent from my HTC One S

I flashed for a zip and i´m install the boot.img script for windows comand but freze in the screen of red letters.

vic_111 said:
I flashed for a zip and i´m install the boot.img script for windows comand but freze in the screen of red letters.
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When you double click that script, you have to be on your bootloader screen in fastboot USB mode.
HTC_One_S | Root_Box_ROM | Bubba_Kernel_2.8b | S-OFF

Well , i´m finish to install the 1.2.0 version the old , i think the problem is my htc have 4.0.3 android.
Thanks help to all.

Will that the version of 25 FEB 2013 don´t work because i was bad created.
If i´m have 1.2.0 viperones i can install New version without wipe data?
Someone install ViperoneS 21 FEB sucessfully?
The problem will i have 4.0.4 android version?

[Q] One S in recovery loop

Hi! I have One S rooted and custom ROM PACman flashed. I used clockwork recovery.
Today, I tried to flash a kernel named Bulletproof. I used CW to flash it. After flashing, my phone is not starting, It has gone into recovery loop. If by using the volume button I go to hboot and then to recovery, to reinstall the ROM, it stays in CW for just few seconds and then restarts again. If I try to perfom some actions, it says SD card not mounted.
Need help please ASAP!
Regards,
Mohib

Mohib86 said:
Hi! I have One S rooted and custom ROM PACman flashed. I used clockwork recovery.
Today, I tried to flash a kernel named Bulletproof. I used CW to flash it. After flashing, my phone is not starting, It has gone into recovery loop. If by using the volume button I go to hboot and then to recovery, to reinstall the ROM, it stays in CW for just few seconds and then restarts again. If I try to perfom some actions, it says SD card not mounted.
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Go into Fastboot USB and flash the stock recovery - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/92451927/STOCKS4.img
Then boot into bootloader, click recovery, this should fix the unmountable SD Card bug.
Then when the phone attempts to boot, soft rest the phone then load into bootloader. Click on fastboot and when it says fastboot USB flash TWRP 2.3.3.0.
Reboot the phone.

kylepont said:
Go into Fastboot USB and flash the stock recovery - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/92451927/STOCKS4.img
Then boot into bootloader, click recovery, this should fix the unmountable SD Card bug.
Then when the phone attempts to boot, soft rest the phone then load into bootloader. Click on fastboot and when it says fastboot USB flash TWRP 2.3.3.0.
Reboot the phone.
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Ok I did this and flashed TWRP. It didn't work, so I flashed CW again. It rebooted. It showed the bootscreen of PACman and then rebooted to recovery. I then tried to install zip from the SD, but it said can't mount sdcard!
Whats going wrong?? Any suggestions?

Reinstall the stock recovery and then click Clear Storage on the boot loader screen. You will lose everything on your SD card. Then repeat the rest of the above process as normal. I can't remember if I said to flash the boot.img before installing the OS, but if you didn't flash the boot.img before installing the OS then do that.
Sent from my One S using xda premium

kylepont said:
Reinstall the stock recovery and then click Clear Storage on the boot loader screen. You will lose everything on your SD card. Then repeat the rest of the above process as normal. I can't remember if I said to flash the boot.img before installing the OS, but if you didn't flash the boot.img before installing the OS then do that.
Sent from my One S using xda premium
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Oh thank god its done!!
I cleared the storage and reflashed the recovery and boot.img. But the phone didn't start. So I went to recovery to "install from sd", but it said that there are no files (as I had cleared the storage). Then I got the idea to mount it as USB from the mount menu in CW. It worked and I copied the ROM to SD card and installed it from the recovery. Now my phone is alive again!!
Thanks for you help!

Stuck in Fastboot

Okay so I tried to flash cyanogenmod 11 for the first time on this moto G (US). It bootlooped and I tired to reflash it again and it did the same. There was no way of returning to stock because I had not made a backup. So I tried to flash stock in the bootloader and that didn't work. I went into the recovery and it said 'cant mount /sdcard. So go back into the bootloader and format the sdcard and that doesn't work (which I returned to the recovery to see it not working). I go back and flash twrp thinking that recovery would have something to help me flash a new rom and now I don't even have a working recovery. It takes me straight back to the bootloader and every time I flash a recovery it says Mismatched partition size (recovery) and I am unable to boot into it.
I have no clue on what to do at this point and I need help.

also it says invalid "boot image header!" in red letters

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
Install full factory image with fastboot.

P.Kosunen said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
Install full factory image with fastboot.
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Alright thankyou!
I got everything to work again but I still can't flash roms. They just bootloop :S

It could be too big recovery install with fastboot causes problem, every recovery cwm/twrp i tried to install with fastboot fails.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49559872&postcount=234
Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip
Download vocoderisms TWRP build, extract "recovery.img" from it.
After you have kitkat installed and working:
Option 1, use TWRP without install:
Boot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader), boot twrp (fastboot boot recovery.img) and install rom from there.
Option 2, install TWRP (have not tested):
Upload twrp zip to phone (adb push Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip /sdcard/), boot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader), boot twrp (fastboot boot recovery.img), install Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip.

Misterowl said:
Okay so I tried to flash cyanogenmod 11 for the first time on this moto G (US). It bootlooped and I tired to reflash it again and it did the same. There was no way of returning to stock because I had not made a backup. So I tried to flash stock in the bootloader and that didn't work. I went into the recovery and it said 'cant mount /sdcard. So go back into the bootloader and format the sdcard and that doesn't work (which I returned to the recovery to see it not working). I go back and flash twrp thinking that recovery would have something to help me flash a new rom and now I don't even have a working recovery. It takes me straight back to the bootloader and every time I flash a recovery it says Mismatched partition size (recovery) and I am unable to boot into it.
I have no clue on what to do at this point and I need help.
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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2LP8tI1Xwu4MGtPTlpVcVQxN0k/preview this cwm worked for me

You do know flashing stock again removes root, so it has to be rerooted again ?

aradalien said:
You do know flashing stock again removes root, so it has to be rerooted again ?
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Yes I am very aware and followed through with root with that outcome.
kieranc88 said:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2LP8tI1Xwu4MGtPTlpVcVQxN0k/preview this cwm worked for me
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CWM doesn't work it. It boots up (Im used cyanogenmod) the cyanogenmod boot animation but just stays there.
P.Kosunen said:
It could be too big recovery install with fastboot causes problem, every recovery cwm/twrp i tried to install with fastboot fails.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49559872&postcount=234
Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip
Download vocoderisms TWRP build, extract "recovery.img" from it.
After you have kitkat installed and working:
Option 1, use TWRP without install:
Boot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader), boot twrp (fastboot boot recovery.img) and install rom from there.
Option 2, install TWRP (have not tested):
Upload twrp zip to phone (adb push Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip /sdcard/), boot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader), boot twrp (fastboot boot recovery.img), install Twrp_MotoG_signed_010814_163615.zip.
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I've flashed twrp too and came out with the same outcome.

stuck in fastboot
Misterowl said:
Okay so I tried to flash cyanogenmod 11 for the first time on this moto G (US). It bootlooped and I tired to reflash it again and it did the same. There was no way of returning to stock because I had not made a backup. So I tried to flash stock in the bootloader and that didn't work. I went into the recovery and it said 'cant mount /sdcard. So go back into the bootloader and format the sdcard and that doesn't work (which I returned to the recovery to see it not working). I go back and flash twrp thinking that recovery would have something to help me flash a new rom and now I don't even have a working recovery. It takes me straight back to the bootloader and every time I flash a recovery it says Mismatched partition size (recovery) and I am unable to boot into it.
I have no clue on what to do at this point and I need help.
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Exactly i am also facing same problem....
mobile unable to instal firmware...
still i am searching for solution ...
guys plz help me

I thought I am the only one with this problem..After mailing the phone to SC and got it back after 2 months, the phone still looks the same, just like they did nothing to fix it.

Not booting to recovery

what i did -->
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Flash cwm via "fastboot flash recovery recovery.zip"
3. Boot to recovery
4. Factory reset
5. Flash cm zip from sd card.
what i got -->
1. "E:Can't open /sdcard/cm.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted."
Then -->
1. Rebooted, copied again, booted to bootloader
2. selected recovery
Now -->
1. shows the android mascot with its lid open and "No command"
2. no cwm (where did it go ?!?!)
Everytime i flash recovery, it boots the first time (till the time I've not rebooted after flashing recovery) and still won't flash my zip file, and then the recovery won't show.
EDIT (FIXED)
WHAT WENT WRONG...
1. Was using CWM (When i was last active in android flashing, twrp was just another custom recovery, cwm was needed for cm)
2. When i did use TWRP, it was an older version, and did not work (did not even boot to recover, in fact)
3. When i did get twrp working, i used a bad cm.zip file (corrupted)

nishant_713 said:
what i did -->
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Flash cwm via "fastboot flash recovery recovery.zip"
3. Boot to recovery
4. Factory reset
5. Flash cm zip from sd card.
what i got -->
1. "E:Can't open /sdcard/cm.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted."
Then -->
1. Rebooted, copied again, booted to bootloader
2. selected recovery
Now -->
1. shows the android mascot with its lid open and "No command"
2. no cwm (where did it go ?!?!)
Everytime i flash recovery, it boots the first time (till the time I've not rebooted after flashing recovery) and still won't flash my zip file, and then the recovery won't show.
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first mistake here is u used Flash cwm via "fastboot flash recovery recovery.zip" which is wrong u need to use .img after recovery but not zip so try once again and flash latest twrp as cwm support is ended

bloodhound42 said:
first mistake here is u used Flash cwm via "fastboot flash recovery recovery.zip" which is wrong u need to use .img after recovery but not zip so try once again and flash latest twrp as cwm support is ended
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Thanks for the promt reply mate. Actually it was recovery. IMG only, not zip, i typed it wrong here otherwise the recovery wouldn't have loaded at all, as mentioned earlier. Moreover, I did try flashing twrp, but using twrp, I can't even get recovery to boot once (which does happen on cwm 6.0.4.7)
P.S - can it anyhow be related to bootloader ? I am on stock Lollipop. And device is dual sim (xt1033)

nishant_713 said:
Thanks for the promt reply mate. Actually it was recovery. IMG only, not zip, i typed it wrong here otherwise the recovery wouldn't have loaded at all, as mentioned earlier. Moreover, I did try flashing twrp, but using twrp, I can't even get recovery to boot once (which does happen on cwm 6.0.4.7)
P.S - can it anyhow be related to bootloader ? I am on stock Lollipop. And device is dual sim (xt1033)
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If u r on stock lollipop then u boot loader is already upgraded and its good for twrp recovery can u try flashing twrp v 2.8.6.0 and check it out using adb if it is already rooted then try flashing by flashify and let me know

bloodhound42 said:
If u r on stock lollipop then u boot loader is already upgraded and its good for twrp recovery can u try flashing twrp v 2.8.6.0 and check it out using adb if it is already rooted then try flashing by flashify and let me know
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Ok did that. When it booted to cwm (which is all i can manage to boot to, if at all) i selected root phone option. But it didn't root actually. Then i rooted successfully using cf auto root. Then used flashify to flash twrp image, and now when i select recovery from bootloader, it boots normally, not even showing the "no command" screen. (And yea, I'm pressing vol up to select, not power)
Update -- Ok flashed 2.8.6.0 and now boots to revovery (even after a restart) but still can't flash cm. Something pops on screen for a fraction of screen and then recovery reboots. It says "no md5 file found". Any chance of zip being corrupt ?
Update 2 -- Now my internal memory has stopped working :/ can't even take a screenshot, nor a photo. says memory full. Doesn't even copy file to memory when connected to pc. Although in recovery mode (twrp) , with usb mounted, it does copy.

nishant_713 said:
Ok did that. When it booted to cwm (which is all i can manage to boot to, if at all) i selected root phone option. But it didn't root actually. Then i rooted successfully using cf auto root. Then used flashify to flash twrp image, and now when i select recovery from bootloader, it boots normally, not even showing the "no command" screen. (And yea, I'm pressing vol up to select, not power)
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weird did u flash normal recovery or gpe recovery ? U have to flash normal recovery and one more thing are u sure that its going into cwm recovery ?
May be the ROM is corrupted buddy download again and flash or try other Roms

Haha. After a hell lot of effort, i did get TWRP installed, and after breaking my head on why cm nightly won't install, i downloaded another one, and it installed fine. Now rocking CM 12.1 (4th device which I'm using on CM, and yet never had so much trouble getting it running..)