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I began rooting my G-Slate with the newly released rooting method to unlock the bootloader. I was able to root fine, and then I went on to flash the custom kernel. Well, I misunderstood and thought that the root unlocked the bootloader, and now after flashing the kernel, my tablet is stuck in fastboot mode telling me the kernel image is invalid. I am sure this happened because I didn't unlock the bootloader. I have been trying to find a way to unbrick it. I was thinking of four possibilities -
1. I could flash the original kernel (which I do not know if that will work...). I am still looking for the original kernel for 3.1 so if anyone could point me in the right direction, that would be great!
2. I could get a recovery image from somebody (..?) and flash that with fastboot
3. If I could somehow push a zip file to my gslate with fastboot, or if I could burn a zip to an img and flash it that would be amazing, then I could flash the unlock zip.
4. I could buy another, and return it saying that it was messed up, but keep the good one and give them my brick (I'm joking of course)
I would like to refrain from option 4, so PLEASE if anyone knows a solution, let me know ASAP. I am grateful for any help, even if you tell me that I'm screwed.
So as some of you may know, the vivid was recently unlocked. Being comfortable with root and custom roms from my nexus one, I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it...
I then wanted to install a ROM that many were reporting to work well with the ATT vivid... however I did something wrong.
I first went here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365853 which says you need to install the kernel here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359656
However I guess I have no recovery? If I click on recovery in bootloader it just shows a phone with some arrows... and if I open ADB on my computer it just scrolls through stuff quickly then closes. Am I screwed? I can get to my bootloader at least... any help would be much appreciated.
If I could somehow flash the stock kernel back I'm sure it would work, as the stock kernel source is available at htcdev However I can't figure out how to get adb to let me actually enter commands while in the bootloader.
Solved it!
I pushed the recovery using fastboot on the computer and was able to flash the ROM. Yay!
Ok so how does your rom work for you? is it better than stock? Oh and of course what rom was it?
Gary
Hi. Today I got my Desire S.
I rooted it using a tool called unlock root: http://www.unlockroot.com/
then I installed rom manager, and installed clockworkmod recovery.
Next I booted into recovery and wiped everything, but now no matter what rom im trying to install, it will just show the HTC boot screen when starting the phone, and nothing more happens.
Does anyone have a suggestion how to solve the problem?
'UnlockRoot'? Have a look at this website and you might consider better ways of rooting your phone, such as following the recommended procedures listed in many places on XDA
http://lifehacker.com/5873745/unlock-root-roots-nearly-250-android-devices-in-one-click
Also, how is this a 'Development' question? This should be in the 'General' or 'Q&A' forum can a mod please move it?
yeah I found out, I tried using htc's way of rooting it http://www.htcdev.com
but that's not possible now, because the bootloader have changed because of that unlock tool, and now htc dev won't accept it when trying to root it.
I guess i just broke my phone , and i can't unroot it, because that unlocktool require that i got usb debugging enabled, witch i can't in clockworkmod :S.
sorry for posting in the wrong section, please move it.
maybe it would be possible if I had a clockworkmod backup for desire S. If this works, I would be extremly glad, if someone could take a backup with clockworkmod, and upload it
...Is your phone S-OFF ?
Maybe it is a stupid question, but I doubt you can successfully install a custom ROM with a S-ON phone
I guess your phone is still S-ON so you need to flash the boot.img from any rom.zip you want to use manually through fastboot.
spymare said:
Hi. Today I got my Desire S.
I rooted it using a tool called unlock root: http://www.unlockroot.com/
then I installed rom manager, and installed clockworkmod recovery.
Next I booted into recovery and wiped everything, but now no matter what rom im trying to install, it will just show the HTC boot screen when starting the phone, and nothing more happens.
Does anyone have a suggestion how to solve the problem?
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hey budd i feel your pain on this as i Myself is new to the desire s android side of things after coming from zte blade but there is an easier way for you to do thing which would be to first use the ruu that should be on android 2.1 which in turn would bring the bootloader down so its possible for revolutionary to do the rest for you after this you shouldnt have any problems should you need assistance i am more than happy to help
btw the link to the ruu for 2.1 is here http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...3.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed.exe after a update using this use revolutionary which can be found in the main thread of the desire s forum
spymare said:
yeah I found out, I tried using htc's way of rooting it http://www.htcdev.com
but that's not possible now, because the bootloader have changed because of that unlock tool, and now htc dev won't accept it when trying to root it.
I guess i just broke my phone , and i can't unroot it, because that unlocktool require that i got usb debugging enabled, witch i can't in clockworkmod :S.
sorry for posting in the wrong section, please move it.
maybe it would be possible if I had a clockworkmod backup for desire S. If this works, I would be extremly glad, if someone could take a backup with clockworkmod, and upload it
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If you ''unlock'' your bootloader
when you flash rom.zip from recovery, the boot.img won't be flash in.
you have you take out the boot.img from your rom,and then flash it from fastboot.
when you enter the fastboot
type the following in adb
fastboot flash boot boot.img
now you can boot your phone hope you success
tonks22 said:
hey budd i feel your pain on this as i Myself is new to the desire s android side of things after coming from zte blade but there is an easier way for you to do thing which would be to first use the ruu that should be on android 2.1 which in turn would bring the bootloader down so its possible for revolutionary to do the rest for you after this you shouldnt have any problems should you need assistance i am more than happy to help
btw the link to the ruu for 2.1 is here http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...3.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed.exe after a update using this use revolutionary which can be found in the main thread of the desire s forum
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Dont flash this! This one is meant for 'bravo' which is the normal desire!
Flash an ruu for SAGA. The Desire S!
Sent from my HTC Desire S
djpbx said:
Dont flash this! This one is meant for 'bravo' which is the normal desire!
Flash an ruu for SAGA. The Desire S!
Sent from my HTC Desire S
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whoops my bad was like 2am in the morning the correct 1 is
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...5AU_3805.06.02.03_M_release_199890_signed.exe
If you ''unlock'' your bootloader
when you flash rom.zip from recovery, the boot.img won't be flash in.
you have you take out the boot.img from your rom,and then flash it from fastboot.
when you enter the fastboot
type the following in adb
fastboot flash boot boot.img
now you can boot your phone hope you success
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Solved my problem, thanks alot
I made the mistake of running a cm10 rom on my htc one s that didnt work on i so now i can only access TWRP and my phones bootloader from my One S so I'm trying to find my phone's stock RUU but there are so many out there! Can anyone tell me how to find one? Or another way to get into my phone using another ROM? My phone is rooted with Twrp recovery, Unlocked bootloader obviously and S-on. All my phone does is show the htc bootscreen and then go black but I can still enter bootloader and the TWRP menu and I can connect it to my computer fine. Any help would be VERY greatly appreciated!
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I made the mistake of running a cm10 rom on my htc one s that didnt work on i so now i can only access TWRP and my phones bootloader from my One S so I'm trying to find my phone's stock RUU but there are so many out there! Can anyone tell me how to find one? Or another way to get into my phone using another ROM? My phone is rooted with Twrp recovery, Unlocked bootloader obviously and S-on. All my phone does is show the htc bootscreen and then go black but I can still enter bootloader and the TWRP menu and I can connect it to my computer fine. Any help would be VERY greatly appreciated!
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Don't give up. I had the same issue with my telus One S. I think I fixed it by falshing boot image separately and after flashing CM10. I believe this happens if the phone is rooted but is in S-ON mode, whatever that means. I remember it really gave me a hard time and as I was going to give up i flashed the boot image and it worked. You have to do it through a command window on your PC. There should be an all-in-one tool in this forum somewhere to simplify the steps a bit. Good luck!
Thanks!
new_convert said:
Don't give up. I had the same issue with my telus One S. I think I fixed it by falshing boot image separately and after flashing CM10. I believe this happens if the phone is rooted but is in S-ON mode, whatever that means. I remember it really gave me a hard time and as I was going to give up i flashed the boot image and it worked. You have to do it through a command window on your PC. There should be an all-in-one tool in this forum somewhere to simplify the steps a bit. Good luck!
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Thank you very much! Could you tell me what boot image you flashed and maybe how to get it and also how you flashed it? Thank you so much for the response!
IsaacDroid said:
Thank you very much! Could you tell me what boot image you flashed and maybe how to get it and also how you flashed it? Thank you so much for the response!
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It is in the zip file that you download to flash, i.e. your new ROM. So when you download CM10, open the zip file. BOOT.IMG will be there. Extract it and flash it to your phone. I believe everything was in One_S_All-In-One_Kit_v3.4. Look it up in the forum and it has all the tools you need. I admit that it was a pain and nothing was straight forward. I always root my android devices and install new ROMs. But HTC One S was particularly tricky.
Good luck!
Hello there! Fellow HTC One S user here! Don't give up on CM10! It's way better than stock on your one S! What you need to remember is that HBoot versions higher than 1.09 can't flash the boot while installing the rom, so you need to do that after flashing a rom! The boot for your version is going to be included in the rom's zip file. Look for the boot.img file located in the zip file's root. Every rom should have this. Place this boot.img file in the kernel folder of the One S all in one kit and flash it. You should be good to after that!
Don't hesitate to ask for more help if needed!
Simon
seoman81 said:
Hello there! Fellow HTC One S user here! Don't give up on CM10! It's way better than stock on your one S! What you need to remember is that HBoot versions higher than 1.09 can't flash the boot while installing the rom, so you need to do that after flashing a rom! The boot for your version is going to be included in the rom's zip file. Look for the boot.img file located in the zip file's root. Every rom should have this. Place this boot.img file in the kernel folder of the One S all in one kit and flash it. You should be good to after that!
Don't hesitate to ask for more help if needed!
Simon
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When I try to flash a ROM through fastboot it sends it fine but then it says: FAILED (remote: not allowed), and I tried pushing the ROM with adb but when I tried to put it on the sdcard, it said permission denied, do you know why? I am S-ON, would that be a problem? Thanks!
I have a Rooted and s off HTC one Sv from Boost mobile. I can download the OTA for Sense 5 and 4.2.2 but when I try to install it it cancels and says something like cant get ro.products.build = k2cl.. and something else ...
Im new to all of this, but Im really good with following a step by step guide if there is something I can read to fix this issue.
Im just trying to get the latest software available for this phone. And also if there is a way to edit the build.prop on this phone to make it run faster and increase the network speed too. that would be amazing. I have yet to find anything for this phon
Well, for boost mobile you can use a Ruu which they released for the latest available Software.
http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_...V_NV_Boost_2.20_150_release_389346_signed.exe
This will delete all of your data and your bootloader must be locked, if you are S-on (only as an info, in case you have unlocked at htcdev.com to gain root access).
Hi. Thanks.
So I need to turn the bootloader off and switch S off back to S on?
I dont remember what software I used to root it, it was on my other computer that got stolen.
How would I go about locking the bootloader? And turning the S back on? And once successful in getting the update will I be able to root it again?
Is there any other better roms I can flash on it now that is better? I would love to have KitKat on here if possible.. But as of now I know that cyanogen mod isnt supporting this device and all I know to do is update it to 4.2.2 with sense 5, if I could just figure out how.
Sorry for all the questions.
Last question is... I seen build.prop editing possiblities to be able to speed up 4g, 3g, and 2g networks speeds and even to bypass network caps, but no guides for htc one sv for boost. Are there any that I can be directed to to edit the build.prop to achieve this?
Don't know about boost specific tweaks.
Also there are no custom roms available for boost.
You are S-off, you didn't mention. But thats good! Don't go S-on, and no need to relock bootloader in this case, as far as i remember.
Backup everything you need, connect your device to your pc and run the Ruu. It will bring you to the latest software for your phone.
Ive been trying over and over to get the Ruu to work and I followed the instructions properly. And even deleted it and downloaded it again.
It keeps saying : Error 170 USB Connection Error. And wants me to check the USB sync cable or my connection to the PC.
But Both my cables work fine and my computer is new and nothing wrong with it. I am able to use my USB to Tether app just fine and im able to copy and paste to and from my phone and able to use HTC Sync manager too. SO Idk what the deal is.
Maybe some specifics about my setup may help.
My computer is an HP Envy Sleekbook with 8g of ram and i5 processor running windows 8.1 64bit.
My phone is the Boost mobiles version HTC One SV C525c with these details:
Android Version: 4.1.2
Sense: 4
Software number: 2.06.653.6 710RD
HTC SDK API: 4.65
HTC Extension Version: HTC Extension_Sense45_12
Kernel Version: [email protected] #1 SMP PREEMPT
Build Number: 2.06.653.6 CL209682 release-keys
I dont know if that helps with my situation but just in case I added it.
Thank you and I appreciate the help
Do a research on google with "htc ruu error 170".
You will get many results, like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2553296
No matter what I do nothing seems to be helping
I have been googling for days. And been at it for hours today trying to figure this out.
I really just need a step by step guide. I dont understand this stuff.
So far, I downloaded and unistalled and reinstalled drivers for windows 8.1. I downloaded adb drivers and fastboot.
I tried to use RUU by going into Fastboot usb. I even tried to download the OTA update and then manipulate the update-script by deleting all the assert checks to stop getting the getprop errors. But still didnt work.
IDK what to do all I want to do is have my phone back to normal again and to be able to update it to the newest software version. Its annoying to see the update available notification in my tray and I cant do anything about it.
The closest I got so far was switching to the windows 7 computer and turning off the developer options menu. But then RUU starts to work but then stops at HTC fastboot.exe has stopped working. Im stuck.
Some more information about my phone just in case its helpful. :
Moonshine S-OFF
K2_CL PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
CID-SPCS_003
HBOOT-2.00.4444
RADIO-1.12.50.0516
OpenDSP-v9.2.0268.1214
eMMC-boot
I also got rid of CWM and put TWRP v2.8.4.0
I just went to the bootloader screen and tried to install the OTA file from there and also the OTA file that I deleted the assert build prop stuff from and I get the same error E: Error executing updater binary in zip
SO idk what to do but im determined to fix this.
Thank you much for helping me
Now my phone wont work at all.
Its stuck on the HTC screen and I cant figure out how to get it back. I know there is a way. This really sucks.
guitarjae said:
Now my phone wont work at all.
Its stuck on the HTC screen and I cant figure out how to get it back. I know there is a way. This really sucks.
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Theres is not much what i can do, because i don't know much about boost, and i don't have any files for it.
Maybe @Modding.MyMind can help you here, he has much more knowledge in this kind of stuff, than me.
Ok. I managed to get my phone unbricked by using windows 7 and using fastboot to flash the same operating system I was already using. Now I don't have twrp or cwm. Its just a red triangle now if I try to log into recovery.
It is also switched from moonshine s off to locked.
So I'm assuming I'm S on now and bootloader locked.
I went back to the RUU program you told me to install and it started to work but then stop and gave an error 158 image error. I googled it but I don't understand how to fix it.
Is there any way I can just get sense 5 and 4.2.2. I'm starting to think its not possible. But would be nice if I could.
I don't know, whats wrong here. What have you flashed on your phone to get it running?
A RUU? This would explain, that you loose twrp, because it flashes everything to stock. But it don't set S-off to S-on! That step has to be done manually by yourself.
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Please check this website for more information and download of the RUU you need:
www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-sv-boost/news/
guitarjae said:
Ok. I managed to get my phone unbricked by using windows 7 and using fastboot to flash the same operating system I was already using. Now I don't have twrp or cwm. Its just a red triangle now if I try to log into recovery.
It is also switched from moonshine s off to locked.
So I'm assuming I'm S on now and bootloader locked.
I went back to the RUU program you told me to install and it started to work but then stop and gave an error 158 image error. I googled it but I don't understand how to fix it.
Is there any way I can just get sense 5 and 4.2.2. I'm starting to think its not possible. But would be nice if I could.
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/tacg3jdz84c6wlh/Pure_Jelly_Bean_4.1.2_TWRP_Backup.zip?dl=0
Download this pure 4.1.2 JellyBean backup made specifically for TWRP and extract the zip on to your desktop. Flash the TWRP recovery to your recovery partition using fastboot.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrprecovery.img
Reboot in to TWRP, make sure your device is plugged in to your computer.
Now before we move on further I need you to make a quick TWRP backup. You do not need to make a full backup. Just one will do since I am merely aiming to have the required TWRP backup directory be created on your device.
Did you make a quick backup? Good. Lets move forward.
Select the option to mount your usb (You should still be in TWRP). A window will pop up on your computer showing either your internal or external storage. Find the TWRP folder and look through it until you find the backup folder. Go inside the backup folder and you will see the files created to make your backup. Delete them all.
Copy my backup that you downloaded earlier over to that same directory. When done, unmount device from computer, then unmount device from phone. Select to restore your device using that TWRP backup. After completition, reboot your device, let the phone start up. Welcome back to 4.1.2.
Go to settings to manualkly update your device to 4.2.2 but before you accept the update you must make sure you flash back your stock recovery using the same instructions given at the beginning. DO not attempt to accept the OTA with TWRP installed, it will fail.
Hey thanks
Im on 4.1.2 now
Last night I went to this forum http://androidforums.com/threads/htc-one-sv-boost-stuck-on-splash-screen.826881. When I was there I followed the instructions that the guy gave the other guy for his problem, since I was bricked and stuck on the splash screen. I downloaded this https://www.dropbox.com/s/wqq04edwc844ufw/decrypted_k2_cl_2.06.653.6_rom.zip. And that got me back to 4.1.2 with sense 4.
Now since I did that it deleted the twrp I had on it and where it used to say moonshine S Off it now says LOCKED? So, I dont know what that means if Im s off or not anymore.
I went to download the update to 4.2.2 and it started to install but then just rebooted and it still asks me to update and im still on 4.1.2. I also tried the RUU again in fastboot mode and it will start to install and stops at error 158 image error. ? ... I also took the OTA update file that downloaded from the downloads folder and put it on my computer and tried to flash it with fastboot and it still stops after some kind of check. I even edited the update-script to delete the assert at the top and it started and stopped at a different error. So idk..
Right now my phone is back on and I can use it. I just want to get the update somehow. So maybe if you still think I should try again and do what you just mentioned, Ill do it tonight once i get to my desktop with win 7 since win 8.1 is stupid with this.
guitarjae said:
Hey thanks
Im on 4.1.2 now
Last night I went to this forum http://androidforums.com/threads/htc-one-sv-boost-stuck-on-splash-screen.826881. When I was there I followed the instructions that the guy gave the other guy for his problem, since I was bricked and stuck on the splash screen. I downloaded this https://www.dropbox.com/s/wqq04edwc844ufw/decrypted_k2_cl_2.06.653.6_rom.zip. And that got me back to 4.1.2 with sense 4.
Now since I did that it deleted the twrp I had on it and where it used to say moonshine S Off it now says LOCKED? So, I dont know what that means if Im s off or not anymore.
I went to download the update to 4.2.2 and it started to install but then just rebooted and it still asks me to update and im still on 4.1.2. I also tried the RUU again in fastboot mode and it will start to install and stops at error 158 image error. ? ... I also took the OTA update file that downloaded from the downloads folder and put it on my computer and tried to flash it with fastboot and it still stops after some kind of check. I even edited the update-script to delete the assert at the top and it started and stopped at a different error. So idk..
Right now my phone is back on and I can use it. I just want to get the update somehow. So maybe if you still think I should try again and do what you just mentioned, Ill do it tonight once i get to my desktop with win 7 since win 8.1 is stupid with this.
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You should still be S-Off. If you boot up to your bootloader it will either say S-On or S-Off. You used a decrypted RUU so it is a good chance your bootloader is in fact locked. You lost TWRP because the "RUU" restored your device back with the original images as if your device came right out of the box. Which is the whole purpose of an RUU. As for the issue you are having with the OTA update, that seems a bit off, so just follow my instructions and you should be fine. Check to see if you are S-On or S-Off. Also insure that your bootloader is unlocked. If you are S-On then take the boot.emmc.win file from my backup and rename it to boot.img. Use fastboot to flash the boot.img to the boot partition.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
recovery.emmc.win is the stock recovery. Again, if you are S-On, then rename it to recovery.img and flash it using fastboot.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
This is required because being S-On will prevent you from writing to those partitions using DD. Requires you to be S-Off otherwise. If you are S-On, then that is fine. First focus on getting yourself up to 4.2.2. Once that has been accomplished then use rumrunner universal for HTC to gain S-Off again.
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You should still be S-Off. If you boot up to your bootloader it will either say S-On or S-Off. You used a decrypted RUU so it is a good chance your bootloader is in fact locked. You lost TWRP because the "RUU" restored your device back with the original images as if your device came right out of the box. Which is the whole purpose of an RUU. As for the issue you are having with the OTA update, that seems a bit off, so just follow my instructions and you should be fine. Check to see if you are S-On or S-Off. Also insure that your bootloader is unlocked. If you are S-On then take the boot.emmc.win file from my backup and rename it to boot.img. Use fastboot to flash the boot.img to the boot partition.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
recovery.emmc.win is the stock recovery. Again, if you are S-On, then rename it to recovery.img and flash it using fastboot.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
This is required because being S-On will prevent you from writing to those partitions using DD. Requires you to be S-Off otherwise. If you are S-On, then that is fine. First focus on getting yourself up to 4.2.2. Once that has been accomplished then use rumrunner universal for HTC to gain S-Off again.
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Hello
Sorry I havent been online lately to give an update.
Thank you for your help. I am successfully now on 4.2.2 with sense 5 by following your instructions.
So now all I have to do is Root again. Can you tell me an quick and easy way to Root again?? I did it last over a year ago on this phone and I think the way it was rooted was the reason I was having such issues. But idk.... Im open for better options on rooting the phone. Towelroot doesnt work for this phone, not that I every used towelroot, i just seen that lots of others are saying it worked and it was fast and easy.
After I root it, I want to be able to increase my phone storage too and be able to move apps to sd card instead of it using all my phone storage. It is already saying cant download bc of insufficient storage.
And other than that, do you know of a good build.prop script for this phone that can increase network speed and maybe bypass the data cap?
Also, I still dont know how I can tell if Im S off or S on? When I hold the vol down and power button, it pops up like it used too but instead of saying its S off it just says LOCKED?