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[Q] Need Help - Stuck at Hboot

Hi Guys, need your help on this.
I was using Fall Out Custom Rom. and then I want to restore back to my stock with S-ON of course. but after I run RUU, I've got bootloader version error, and right now just stuck in HBOOT/Fastboot. I cannot access ADB. I'm trying to find latest RUU, but there is no version higher than mine.
My Fastboot getvar all :
INFOversion: 0.5
INFOversion-bootloader: 0.98.0002
INFOversion-baseband: 3805.06.02.03_M
INFOversion-cpld: None
INFOversion-microp: None
INFOversion-main: 3.04.401.1
INFOproduct: saga
INFOplatform: HBOOT-7230
INFOmodelid: PG8810000
INFOcidnum: HTC__044
INFObattery-status: good
INFObattery-voltage: 4193mV
INFOpartition-layout: Generic
INFOsecurity: on
INFObuild-mode: SHIP
INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT
INFOcommitno-bootloader: 0e35ea5b
INFOhbootpreupdate: 12
INFOgencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
Are you able to help?
Thanks.

Remove your serial and IMEI from the post...

suku_patel_22 said:
Remove your serial and IMEI from the post...
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Ok. Can help with my question?

Use Gold Card - Not working
I manage using gold card and flash ruu 2.10 but still not working cause my main version is > 3. Anybody can help? please....

try reading this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728513
some ideas you can try

You forgot to downgrade misc_version before restoring to stock.
Now, you have one of 2 options:
1) If your HBOOT is modified - you can fastboot flash recovery, connect by ADB, execute misc_version script in recovery (that step saves you ROM installation) to downgrade main version, and then execute RUU again.
2) If your HBOOT is stock and you can't do anything - you'll have to unlock it the HTC way, after unlock - execute all the above (including relocking the bootloader after main version is downgraded).

Jack_R1 said:
You forgot to downgrade misc_version before restoring to stock.
Now, you have one of 2 options:
1) If your HBOOT is modified - you can fastboot flash recovery, connect by ADB, execute misc_version script in recovery (that step saves you ROM installation) to downgrade main version, and then execute RUU again.
2) If your HBOOT is stock and you can't do anything - you'll have to unlock it the HTC way, after unlock - execute all the above (including relocking the bootloader after main version is downgraded).
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Finally it solved, I manage to found firmware with main version bigger than mine, flash it, unlock via htc dev, install recovery, change version, and return to stock successfully.
Thank you very much.

hansgregory said:
Finally it solved, I manage to found firmware with main version bigger than mine, flash it, unlock via htc dev, install recovery, change version, and return to stock successfully. can i please have a link 2 the latest version 2 please please
Thank you very much.
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i'm stuck on htc screen laptop wont identify usb would it be possible to get some idea of how you solved this problem please i would love to know cuz i'm in the same situation my gold card wont work i keep getting error main version is older or something like that please please any help would be very helpful my details below and i also have unlocked bootloader i also cant go into recovery it jus keeps booting to bootloader or the htc screen
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 2.00.0002
(bootloader) version-baseband: 3822.10.08.04_M
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 13.10.401.8
(bootloader) product: saga
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-7230
(bootloader) modelid: PG8810000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4023mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: ebd3df7d
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 12
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.038s

kisame d shark said:
i'm stuck on htc screen laptop wont identify usb would it be possible to get some idea of how you solved this problem please i would love to know cuz i'm in the same situation my gold card wont work i keep getting error main version is older or something like that please please any help would be very helpful my details below and i also have unlocked bootloader i also cant go into recovery it jus keeps booting to bootloader or the htc screen
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 2.00.0002
(bootloader) version-baseband: 3822.10.08.04_M
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 13.10.401.8
(bootloader) product: saga
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-7230
(bootloader) modelid: PG8810000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4023mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: ebd3df7d
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 12
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.038s
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Since your hboot already using 2+, you can do following steps:
1. unlock your bootloader using htc dev
2. after unlocked, install recovery
3. go to recovery you've previous installed then connect usb and change misc version via adb
4. relock again the bootloader
5. then you can install the RUU
Hope this help.

unlock bootloader
hansgregory said:
Since your hboot already using 2+, you can do following steps:
1. unlock your bootloader using htc dev
2. after unlocked, install recovery
3. go to recovery you've previous installed then connect usb and change misc version via adb
4. relock again the bootloader
5. then you can install the RUU
Hope this help.
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i have already unlocked my bootloader but every time i try to change my misc version my usb can't be recognized and i cant install any recovery to my device for some reason it keeps saying image fail or it flashes the image then i try to enter recovery mode then it just boots up to the htc logo and don't go into recovery

hansgregory said:
Finally it solved, I manage to found firmware with main version bigger than mine, flash it, unlock via htc dev, install recovery, change version, and return to stock successfully.
Thank you very much.
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Hey hansgregory, I got the same problem you had. Would u kindly tell me where to find that firmware?? my phone is dead atm
Thank you,

ahmedsalahais said:
Hey hansgregory, I got the same problem you had. Would u kindly tell me where to find that firmware?? my phone is dead atm
Thank you,
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Snap. I'm in exactly the same boat

I downloaded it from here :
http://forumt.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722571
extract the zip and get the firmware.zip

hansgregory said:
I downloaded it from here :
http://forumt.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722571
extract the zip and get the firmware.zip
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Link does not work
EDIT - Manager to open the thread by right click (Copy link address) and paste into google, The link is for the Chinese OTA, Can you confirm that this works OK and is all in English
Thanks

dannyhoughton74 said:
Link does not work
EDIT - Manager to open the thread by right click (Copy link address) and paste into google, The link is for the Chinese OTA, Can you confirm that this works OK and is all in English
Thanks
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It doesn't. At least in my case.
I had to add my cid to make it loadable but that's about it:
Loading .. [PG88IMG.zip]
Checking .. [PG88IMG.zip]
Then it returns to Fastboot menu again with nothing changed!

ahmedsalahais said:
It doesn't. At least in my case.
I had to add my cid to make it loadable but that's about it:
Loading .. [PG88IMG.zip]
Checking .. [PG88IMG.zip]
Then it returns to Fastboot menu again with nothing changed!
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Hi Ahmed,
What is the version of your hboot? is it already 2.00+? if it is you can just unlock via htc dev to flash the recovery. No need to flash the firmware

kisame d shark said:
i have already unlocked my bootloader but every time i try to change my misc version my usb can't be recognized and i cant install any recovery to my device for some reason it keeps saying image fail or it flashes the image then i try to enter recovery mode then it just boots up to the htc logo and don't go into recovery
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IMO is that you dont need to flash the firmware, since you already said that you've already unlock the bootloader. I did flash the firmware because i want to unlock my bootloader.
I download this recovery image www.4ext.net/ddl/saga/recovery.zip, I flash this image in fastboot and the recovery installed successfully, maybe you can try it also.
after that you can install tacoroot for temporary root and misc version your device image version, then you can install ruu afterward.

hansgregory said:
Hi Ahmed,
What is the version of your hboot? is it already 2.00+? if it is you can just unlock via htc dev to flash the recovery. No need to flash the firmware
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My problem is complex. Hboot is 0.98.0002 so i can't use HTCDev to unlock. At the same time adb is not working so i can't s-off. RUUs of 2.x or 1.x do not work either as latest image was 3.x .
I think i need to upgrade Hboot (somehow) to enable HTCdev Unlock then downgrade and s-off. That may require RUU > 3.x ... and it must be RUU not OTA or update package.

My case was the same as yours thats why i flash the firmware so i can unlock my bootloader. But you are not able to flash from chinese ota i gave you earlier?
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app

hansgregory said:
My case was the same as yours thats why i flash the firmware so i can unlock my bootloader. But you are not able to flash from chinese ota i gave you earlier?
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app
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At first i wasn't able to. Then i edited android-info.txt inside firmware.zip to fake it to support middle east. But it just load and check without asking for apply!

[Q] Unbootable device

Hi guys, new here (don't judge! xD)
So I have had a HTC Sensation for almost a good year. Halfway through this year I decided to try get off stock sense and see what advantages rooting does so I unlocked the bootdevice following the instructions on HTC's website and managed to installed Cyanogenmod hassle free. Recently however, I have looked into getting Android Revolution HD and thought I would switch to see what it is like. This is where I started getting problems, I think it first started with me using Clockworkmod Recovery instead of 4EXT to install and secondly I forgot to use Smart Recovery in 4EXT.
Basically, I have tried formatting and wiping, using the superwipe script, trying to recover using my nandroid backup of CMod, trying to install a stock rom, tried to install the RUU exe file ("RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_etc...") but every time it tells me the ROM has successfully installed, I reboot and it gets stuck at the White Screen of Death with the green HTC logo (the one just before the "quietly brilliant" slogan (or the blue CMod man)). So at the moment I don't have a working phone
Code:
***unlocked ***
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT – 1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
Code:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.27.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: N/A
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 3.32.862.13
(bootloader) serialno:
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) product: pyramid
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8260
(bootloader) modelid: PG5811000
(bootloader) cidnum: VODAP021
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4069mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 617f0a98
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
I have tried to install "PG58IMG.zip" many times but have failed every time. It just says "Parsing" the zip file but doesn't actually install. I have tried USB 2.0 drivers, reinstalling the HTC drivers, trying to flash through CMD but it just won't work! Would you guys be ever so kind to help me out! I have tried looking at every related thread under HTC Sensation

First delete your imei and serial number foryou own safety
If you have still 4ext recovery installed enable smartflash and then immediately restore your nandroid backup
Before this format all partitions except sdcard from 4ext
If that fails flash the boot.img of your current rom manually
If you don't know how go in general section and search the thread for flashing roms with S-ON.do only extra 1 step
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

rzr86 said:
First delete your imei and serial number foryou own safety
If you have still 4ext recovery installed enable smartflash and then immediately restore your nandroid backup
Before this format all partitions except sdcard from 4ext
If that fails flash the boot.img of your current rom manually
If you don't know how go in general section and search the thread for flashing roms with S-ON.do only extra 1 step
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium
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Thank you!! I managed to get the stock HTC Rom running again by flashing a kernel using the HTC Sensation tool (I copied the boot.img out of the zip file) and ran the "Flash your kernel here". If I copied a the boot.img and flashed it from say "Android_Revolution_HD-Sensation_6.8.0_XE.zip\kernels\sebastian\" Do you think that may solve my problem?

rhys_mcg said:
Thank you!! I managed to get the stock HTC Rom running again by flashing a kernel using the HTC Sensation tool (I copied the boot.img out of the zip file) and ran the "Flash your kernel here". If I copied a the boot.img and flashed it from say "Android_Revolution_HD-Sensation_6.8.0_XE.zip\kernels\sebastian\" Do you think that may solve my problem?
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Hi,
Look HERE
This guide will tell you everything you need to know.

Cyanogenmod11 ruu

I made install cm11 a bit easier for yall.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0x...it?usp=sharing
download this file.
extract rom.zip and put into same folder as fastboot
reboot phone into fastboot
then run command fastboot oem rebootRUU
when in ruu mode run command- fastboot flash zip rom.zip
note you must be s-off and using supercid.
it might say flush immediately blah blah just run fastboot flash zip rom.zip again and wait til it finishes
next fastboot reboot-bootloader
and then boot into recovery
press the wipe button and choose "format data" enter "yes" when prompted
then reboot recovery and choose "wipe" this time press "advanced wipe" only check "cache" when its done go back and now only check "dalvik-cache"
once thats complete reboot system and wallaa cm11
these are just the bootloader variables hboot is also modded for red text, and will also not show "tampered" or "security warning" etc.. also when you do fastboot oem lock it will say locked not relocked.
I tested it on my mini so it does work.
version: 0.5
version-bootloader: 2.21.0000
version-baseband: 1.24.40e.00.26
version-cpld: None
version-microp: None
version-main: Cyanogenmod11
version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
serialno:
imei:
meid:
product: m4_ul
platform: HBOOT-8930
modelid: PO5822000
cidnum: 11111111
battery-status: good
battery-voltage: 4319mV
partition-layout: Generic
security: off
build-mode: SHIP
boot-mode: FASTBOOT
commitno-bootloader: dirty-4dab9d12
hbootpreupdate: 11
gencheckpt: 0
thanks to h8rift for the hard work on cm11
and to jmz for an official twrp recovery
also attached is stocksplash.zip..to apply use fastboot oem rebootRUU then fastboot flash zip stocksplash.zip then fastboot reboot..done.

Thx for the ROM, I can confirm it works.
Is it possible to post the original boot splash screen(in splash.img form) for stock restore? I can't find it anywhere.
Thx in advance.

Sorry, but what is this exactly?

Its basically just custom recovery hboot and ROM all in a flashable zip.
Sent from my One Mini using Tapatalk

Work with Hboot 2.22.0000!?
cmvienneau said:
Its basically just custom recovery hboot and ROM all in a flashable zip.
Sent from my One Mini using Tapatalk
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Execute me. i'm new in HTC One mini and i'm poor in English.
this RUU worked with Hboot 2.22?
i have one is Hboot 2.22 S-ON if i apply this ROM it worked?
and another one is Hboot 2.19 S-OFF 4.2.2 rooted if i Update OAT can i keep ROOT after Updated?
Thanks.

[Q] lot's of problems

Hi, not sure this is the correct place to ask but i have a sensation that is stuck in a boot loop( brought from EBay) and i wish to return it to stock, hboot is 1.27.0000 image is 3.32.161.11, radio 11.23.3504.07_m2, bootloader unlocked via HTCDev but S-ON and i cannot find a ruu or image to return to stock, (unable to boot into recovery phone just loop's) all the ruu's I've found i receive signature fail error, I've also tried several post's in the fourm that tell me how to flash a custom rom while being s-on but nothing seem's to work, again signature fail error I've also flashed several recovery images via fastboot all completed ok but ether bootloop or freeze my phone, being newish to flashing rom's ect am I doing something wrong?
Any help would be appreciated.

theconverter said:
Hi, not sure this is the correct place to ask but i have a sensation that is stuck in a boot loop( brought from EBay) and i wish to return it to stock, hboot is 1.27.0000 image is 3.32.161.11, radio 11.23.3504.07_m2, bootloader unlocked via HTCDev but S-ON and i cannot find a ruu or image to return to stock, (unable to boot into recovery phone just loop's) all the ruu's I've found i receive signature fail error, I've also tried several post's in the fourm that tell me how to flash a custom rom while being s-on but nothing seem's to work, again signature fail error I've also flashed several recovery images via fastboot all completed ok but ether bootloop or freeze my phone, being newish to flashing rom's ect am I doing something wrong?
Any help would be appreciated.
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did you try this ruu?
RUU_Pyramid_ICS_Vodafone_UK_3.32.161.11_R_Radio_11.69A.3504.00U_11.23.3504.07
i can't find a working link right now

rzr86 said:
did you try this ruu?
RUU_Pyramid_ICS_Vodafone_UK_3.32.161.11_R_Radio_11.69A.3504.00U_11.23.3504.07
i can't find a working link right now
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Hi,Yep tried that one still getting signed error.
Thanks for looking

You have to get an RUU according to your CID.Get into your bootloader (by pressing power + vol-) and when you see fastboot usb give the command fastboot getvar all.Then copy-paste everything here except your imei and serialno so we will be able to help you further. If you cannot find an RUU for your CID you have to S-OFF your device so you be able to change your cid. After that you can flash any RUU.
You probably have bootloop issues with custom roms because you are S-ON user and you have to flash mannually the kernel.Just extract the boot.img from the rom zip you flash from your recovery in the folder you have fastboot and then flash it from your bootloader by using the command fastboot flash boot boot.img.Then your custom Rom should be working. After that you can S-OFF your bootloader with runrummer or with juopunutbear as long as you have already unlocked your phone with HTC_dev.
** Also after S-OFF it would be nice to upgrade your radio to the latest. **

lot's of problems
Gatosbil said:
You have to get an RUU according to your CID.Get into your bootloader (by pressing power + vol-) and when you see fastboot usb give the command fastboot getvar all.Then copy-paste everything here except your imei and serialno so we will be able to help you further. If you cannot find an RUU for your CID you have to S-OFF your device so you be able to change your cid. After that you can flash any RUU.
You probably have bootloop issues with custom roms because you are S-ON user and you have to flash mannually the kernel.Just extract the boot.img from the rom zip you flash from your recovery in the folder you have fastboot and then flash it from your bootloader by using the command fastboot flash boot boot.img.Then your custom Rom should be working. After that you can S-OFF your bootloader with runrummer or with juopunutbear as long as you have already unlocked your phone with HTC_dev.
** Also after S-OFF it would be nice to upgrade your radio to the latest. **
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Hi Gatosbil, info below many thanks for you help
rm-tools>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.27.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 11.23.3504.07_M2
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 3.32.161.11
(bootloader) serialno: ****************
(bootloader) imei: ****************
(bootloader) product: pyramid
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8260
(bootloader) modelid: PG5813000
(bootloader) cidnum: VODAP001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3929mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 617f0a98
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.568s

theconverter said:
Hi Gatosbil, info below many thanks for you help
rm-tools>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.27.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 11.23.3504.07_M2
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 3.32.161.11
(bootloader) serialno: ****************
(bootloader) imei: ****************
(bootloader) product: pyramid
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8260
(bootloader) modelid: PG5813000
(bootloader) cidnum: VODAP001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3929mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 617f0a98
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.568s
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the only ruu you can use since you are on S-ON is the one i told you in my previous post
otherwise install 4ext recovery
enbale smartflash from 4ext
flash a custom rom
here is the latest version of 4ext
http://www.4shared.com/zip/WnSyLWMaba/4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1006_RC3_.html
extract the recovery.img and flash it via fastboot command

rzr86 said:
the only ruu you can use since you are on S-ON is the one i told you in my previous post
otherwise install 4ext recovery
enbale smartflash from 4ext
flash a custom rom
here is the latest version of 4ext
extract the recovery.img and flash it via fastboot command
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Thank you for your reply, I have run the ruu that you suggested in your first post but i'm still in a boot loop and being a ruu I do not know how to extract the boot image to flash it ( as this has stopped the boot loop problems in my previous phone). is there a boot.img available?
When i click on the link for 4ext you posted I cannot find the download link also can i flash 4ext being s-on
Looking forward to your reply.
Had to remove the outside link being a new member cant post outside link with less than 10 posts

theconverter said:
Thank you for your reply, I have run the ruu that you suggested in your first post but i'm still in a boot loop and being a ruu I do not know how to extract the boot image to flash it ( as this has stopped the boot loop problems in my previous phone). is there a boot.img available?
When i click on the link for 4ext you posted I cannot find the download link also can i flash 4ext being s-on
Looking forward to your reply.
Had to remove the outside link being a new member cant post outside link with less than 10 posts
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in the ruu thread there is somewhere how to flash ruu manually
maybe from there you can locate the boot.img
about the recovery link i think you have to sign in in 4shared site
and yes you can flash 4ext while on S-ON as long as the bootloader is unlocked

rzr86 said:
in the ruu thread there is somewhere how to flash ruu manually
maybe from there you can locate the boot.img
about the recovery link i think you have to sign in in 4shared site
and yes you can flash 4ext while on S-ON as long as the bootloader is unlocked
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I think ill give up with this phone, i have flashed 4ext via fastboot and still wont boot into recovery ( just loops)
also installed from sd card update ect ect still loops, could this be a hardware fault with the phone?

theconverter said:
I think ill give up with this phone, i have flashed 4ext via fastboot and still wont boot into recovery ( just loops)
also installed from sd card update ect ect still loops, could this be a hardware fault with the phone?
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i really don't know mate

rzr86 said:
i really don't know mate
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Hi, just a update ive fixed my phone, :laugh: done so by making a gold card following the tut's on this fourm installed 4ext via the card booted into recovery cleared dalvik cache ect and now boot's without any loop's.
Looking forward to flashing cyanogenmod and maybe going s-off
Many thanks for all your help and suggestions ill hit the thanks button for you.
Just need to mark as " solved " not sure how ( mod's ? )

Can't flash any recovery to HTC One S

Hello.
I have been fighting very long time with this, I was digging through this forum and rest of the Internet for possible solutions and I'm stuck.
I am using Linux Mint 17.2.
I have HTC One S - probably s4 version - which does not boot into any system or recovery.
I am able to get to this point where I can see this menu:
- fastboot
- recovery
- factory reset
- clear storage
- simlock
- image crc
- show barcode
At the top of the screen I see the following info:
*** UNLOCKED ***
VLR PVT SHIP s-OFF RL
CID-11111111
HBOOT-2.15.0000
RADIO-1.35a.32.45.27
OpenDSP-v33.1.0.45.1128
eMMC-boot
Dec 14 2012, 17:10:57:7799
Every time I was trying to flash something new, I did the "factory reset" and "clear storage", so probably now there is no OS nor recovery (if I am wrong please explain, I want to know why I can't succeed).
I think I have the S4 version of the phone (ville). Anyway, I tried to flash recovery for S3 version as well.
After typing "sudo fastboot devices" in console I can see:
FA37KW401167 fastboot
The command "adb devices" does not bring any results.
I was trying to flash recovery with the command "sudo fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>"
I have no idea what I am doing wrong. It seems I have unlocked bootloader, security turned off, even I have changed CID. Since I am on Linux and I can see fastboot device, it is not a driver issue (right?)
I can also give you the result of "sudo fastboot getvar all":
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 2.15.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.35a.32.45.27
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: FA37KW401167
(bootloader) imei: 359901043437330
(bootloader) product: vle
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8960
(bootloader) modelid: PJ4******
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3905mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-64bedd38
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.061s
The only thing which worries me is empty version-main, but I have no idea why and how to fix it.
If you have any clue, please help me. I hope I have not made any lame thing, I was trying to carefully read everything I have found on the Internet and I have no other idea except asking here.
mormegil6

In fastboot mode, you can't see the device with adb, this is normal. From your getvar all, I understand that you have an S4/ville. Your radio version is not a recommended one but it should not be a problem.
When you say that you tried to flash recoveries, which ones did you actually use? From my tests, you should try the modified one from there: http://android.cmphys.com/twrp-ville/
2.8.6.5 is the best one and have a nice button in Wipe: Format Data. It can save wrong fstabs, symlinks and things like that.
Anyway, you should try an RUU to restore your system as new. As your CID is 1111111, you can put the generic european one (RUU_Ville_U_JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.16.401.8_Radio_1.11.50.05.28_10.27.50.08L_release_301814_signed_2_4.exe on androidruu.com). As you're using Linux, the RUU .exe won't work, even in Wine. If you can't access a Windows computer, I can provide you a way that works well under any Linux.

I think I understand why I am not seeing anything in ADB - to see something there, I would need to have "USB debugging" option set in Android. And since there is no Android..
I tried with the following recoveries:
r2-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville
twrp-2.1.6-ville
recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.3.1-ville
recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.8-ville
recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.8-ville
twrp-2.8.7.0-ville
twrp-2.6.3.0-villec2
I have been rooting phones and flashing different OS previously (Galaxy Ace GT-S5830, Xperia Go ST27i), but I have never met "RUU". I saw some posts connected with HTC One S, but since I was not sure what it is, I was not trying to do anything there. This is sort of "stock-ROM-and-recovery-set"?
I have access to Windows 8.1, but I was using Linux to avoid driver issues. I will switch now to Windows and I will try the options you suggested. (as a Linux fan, I would also like to know how to manage this RUU on Linux, the more I can do on Linux the better )

An RUU is a program that will put your phone in a restore mode and push a big zip with almost every partitions. This is a big exe with a nice GUI, adb, fastboot and a ZIP.
From Linux it's running those commands :
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip <archive.zip>
fastboot reboot
Search XDA and you'll find better documentation.
Envoyé de mon HTC One S en utilisant Tapatalk

Thanks a lot for your help!
The recovery you recommended did not work, but the RUU did. I was not sure if I would know which zip file to use from my Linux, so I used the EXE on my Windows 8.1. Obviously I had driver issues - this fix solved them: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-s/general/guide-fix-fastboot-windows-8-1-t2858337
So now I have my HTC One S working like a charm. I am not sure what this RUU did - is the phone locked again? Or the security and CID were changed? I would like to install CyanogenMod there, and I hope I will not have any issues again.
Thousands of thanks once again!

No your phone is not locked and no the CID was unchanged. You should install a recovery (TWRP) and you can install CyanogenMod. Don't forget the Google Apps zip.