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[Q] Wiped and not working HTC One S [s4]

Good day everyone,
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I am in desperate need of your help. I recently purchased a HTC One S from an online store they told me it was new never used locked phone. Turns out phone was rooted, 4g does not work, and it could not recognize e drive, (internal sd card)
After reading the all in one i re-rooted it and install the teamwin version of recovery.
Now i never had any back ups or any factory files. as i got the phone rooted with software that did not work. My phone now has no rom and i cannot install from adb sideloader, or an other means. I am new to this and cannot seem to figure out how to get my phone back to even stock un-rooted etc. I tried multiple forums and download links but nothing.
i was able to install vipers rom at one point but despite several attempts to reinstall. recovery does not see files loaded. which i can see on my mac or pc.
the other strange thing i notice is that at the top in fastboot mode i sometimes see unlocked in pink only and other times i see both unlocked and tampered. when its unlock only none of my computers recognize connection.
I also tried boot.img for flash. The furthest my screen no goes is the htc logo, then goes black.
Please help, even to just point me in rite direction to have this resolved.

the boot.img, did you flash it via fastboot? (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
And, one question that comes to mind... they sold you a device as new, yet it wasnt.. Why didnt you return it?

Goatshocker said:
the boot.img, did you flash it via fastboot? (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
And, one question that comes to mind... they sold you a device as new, yet it wasnt.. Why didnt you return it?
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Yes I tried several times loading the boot.img via fastboot.
As far as returning the device i trashed the mailing box but kept original packaging so no return address. I called the company which i made the purchase from "N1wireless" several times and sent several emails to them. They have yet to reply or answer any of my calls. Which is why I am so frustrated.

mnitllc said:
Yes I tried several times loading the boot.img via fastboot.
As far as returning the device i trashed the mailing box but kept original packaging so no return address. I called the company which i made the purchase from "N1wireless" several times and sent several emails to them. They have yet to reply or answer any of my calls. Which is why I am so frustrated.
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Boot into recovery, select mount > mount usb storage. From pc move the Rom.zip to your sd card which should now be showing on your pc. After it is moved to your phone select unmount then press home button in twrp recovery. Then install the Rom. After install open up adb and type adb reboot bootloader then press enter. Now fastboot flash the boot img from inside the Rom.zip on your computer. After that reboot your phone and report back
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bochocinco23 said:
Boot into recovery, select mount > mount usb storage. From pc move the Rom.zip to your sd card which should now be showing on your pc. After it is moved to your phone select unmount then press home button in twrp recovery. Then install the Rom. After install open up adb and type adb reboot bootloader then press enter. Now fastboot flash the boot img from inside the Rom.zip on your computer. After that reboot your phone and report back
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium
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Hi, thanks for the reply, thats just the thing I cannot in recovery install any rom loaded to sd card. It fails. I tried reinstalling the recovery and it still not reading my sd card.
So my guess is i need a new twrc or how to do it from my mac, as now when i try on my pc it is failing as-well. Once I get the recovery to work I will try your other suggestions as I think it will work based on the steps you mentioned.
I am trying to figure out how to use terminal to reinstall recovery. any suggestions or links will be greatly appreciated.:good:

you install recoveries through fastboot, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Goatshocker said:
you install recoveries through fastboot, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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I reinstalled recovery several times now and it wont recognize the sd card. is there another recovery i can download and use? Also is there any instructions for a newby to use terminal to re-boot, everything from scratch. Meaning if the phone is completely blank except the fast boot and a recovery manager no backups or stock kernel etc. what is the format to be used in order for the computer and recovery to recognize the sd card?
I think I need a good recovery rom like cmod if there is one for the htc one s or the stock one if someone has it.

hi i had that problem
mnitllc said:
I reinstalled recovery several times now and it wont recognize the sd card. is there another recovery i can download and use? Also is there any instructions for a newby to use terminal to re-boot, everything from scratch. Meaning if the phone is completely blank except the fast boot and a recovery manager no backups or stock kernel etc. what is the format to be used in order for the computer and recovery to recognize the sd card?
I think I need a good recovery rom like cmod if there is one for the htc one s or the stock one if someone has it.
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I had that problem the sd card would not be seen by my laptop and the phone would not boot at all if you plug in the phone to your go to start and then computer right click on your c drive go to manage and see if you can see it there if so try to format it and then reboot the phone if it works you can then install cwm as a recovery system then you can put what rom you wont on it i am use in zenRom 1.05 and to me its the best coz it like the htc rom that the phone come with if that don`t work let me know coz i have more tricks to try i hope this helps you out.

Theres only TWRP and CWM for the S afaik, and CWM sucks. TWRP is the one to use.

I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!

violentlighting said:
I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!
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got it. will try it asap.

I could not get the stock recovery via that link you provided. If there is another link to the stock I would appreciate it. I had to flash it wit cwm twice then reflash with twrc to get it to identify the sd card. i had tried the viper rom but my 4g and wifi doesnt work. Will try trickmod hopefully that works with no more issues

violentlighting said:
I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!
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Hey thanks allot for your suggestions. I made some progress. It kinda worked. However I my wifi and data connections no good. I tried the 9.1 update and then tried the tweaks.
Do you know if it is possible to get stock kernel and stock rome to undo changes on device?

[Q] HELP. Utterly screwed up

I installed this http://www.modaco.com/page/news/_/android/mcr-modpack-for-the-nexus-5-6-and-9-r11-r1437 which turns out to be completely crap - the file for Android 5.1 is signed Nexus 6 and it has bricked my phone - it starts, but then black screen.
I am rooted, unlocked and have TWRP installed. TWRP works.
I used Wugfresh's utilities and I have a recovery on my laptop.
But I can't get to a recovery or install a rom because the USB connection no longer works.
I tried a factory reset , which maybe I should not have - no good.
I fear the phone is totally bricked...?
Talk me through what to do to install something that will get the phone working again.

al89nut said:
I installed this http://www.modaco.com/page/news/_/android/mcr-modpack-for-the-nexus-5-6-and-9-r11-r1437 which turns out to be completely crap - the file for Android 5.1 is signed Nexus 6 and it has bricked my phone - it starts, but then black screen.
I am rooted, unlocked and have TWRP installed. TWRP works.
I used Wugfresh's utilities and I have a recovery on my laptop.
But I can't get to a recovery or install a rom because the USB connection no longer works.
I tried a factory reset , which maybe I should not have - no good.
I fear the phone is totally bricked...?
Talk me through what to do to install something that will get the phone working again.
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do you have any sort of rom or nand backup do a clean wipe and install or restore that
and boot ,if your twrp works then your phone isnt hard bricked yet,you have hope!and twrp has mtp mode try that for usb transfer,if nothing works flash back factory mage via adb!

bhavstech said:
do you have any sort of rom or nand backup do a clean wipe and install or restore that
and boot ,if your twrp works then your phone isnt hard bricked yet,you have hope!and twrp has mtp mode try that for usb transfer,if nothing works flash back factory mage via adb!
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Yes I have a back up via TWRP on my laptop.
Tried mtp mode and USB still doesn't connect laptop to phone. Tells me I need to use developer options, usb debugging, etc. etc. That means I can't sideload with adb?
Clean wipe removes everything except TWRP? Then with TWRP I can reinstall the back up?
Walk me through a clean wipe please?
EDIT
I can see the Nexus 5 via my laptop now (TWRP and MTP enable), but still no USB debugging, eg can't get Wugfresh to run to install back up. Have got nandroid back up to put into the phone, but where do I put it to get TWRP to see it to flash recovery? And it does not appear to be a zip file in the wugfresh folder??

al89nut said:
Yes I have a back up via TWRP on my laptop.
Tried mtp mode and USB still doesn't connect laptop to phone. Tells me I need to use developer options, usb debugging, etc. etc. That means I can't sideload with adb?
Clean wipe removes everything except TWRP? Then with TWRP I can reinstall the back up?
Walk me through a clean wipe please?
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I can see the Nexus 5 via my laptop now (TWRP and MTP enable), but still no USB debugging, eg can't get Wugfresh to run to install back up. Have got nandroid back up to put into the phone, but where do I put it to get TWRP to see it to flash recovery? And it does not appear to be a zip file in the wugfresh folder??
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1. forget about wugfresh and usb debugging, dont use that
2. copy any working rom to your phones storage
3.wipe data ,cache, dalvik cache, system
4.install the rom and reboot
5.you will only loose ur app and app data

Always better to go manual than a toolkit. Ya learn how things work. And fyi dont download anything unless its from XDA. Never know what u might be getting. Learn adb and fastboot and you will be able to master any android device. Good luck.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app

bhavstech said:
1. forget about wugfresh and usb debugging, dont use that
2. copy any working rom to your phones storage
3.wipe data ,cache, dalvik cache, system
4.install the rom and reboot
5.you will only loose ur app and app data
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Thank you - one question - the rom I have is a TWRP backup made via Wugfresh. It isn't a zip file, so I am not clear how it can be installed?

al89nut said:
Thank you - one question - the rom I have is a TWRP backup made via Wugfresh. It isn't a zip file, so I am not clear how it can be installed?
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So sad...
Instead of having wugfresh click restore on twrp for you, you click it yourself.

Wakamatsu said:
So sad...
Instead of having wugfresh click restore on twrp for you, you click it yourself.
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I now can't get into the Nexus 5 again. I could earlier on today and I moved the recovery folder (which is NOT a zip and is called 2014-04-08--14-42-13) to download, because I could not find the restore directory in TWRP. When I click Restore in TWRP nothing is there. Install does nothing either. I can move the folder to back ups and recovery, but nothing happens either. So where on earth do I put this folder in order that TWRP can find it and run it?
Any help MUCH appreciated

Did you try to simply restore from twrp? You shouldn't have had to move any files around
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

THANK YOU. I got it connected again by changing the USB cable. Very odd. But I am restored.

Where do I get Gapps without pc

I recently just rooted my phone (Nexus 6) and added custom ROM and custom back up for CM12 but when everything booted up there were no Google apps and I cannot download any apps as well bc there is no play store? How do I get Gapps on my phone without having to use a PC bc I got through this whole process without one so I need to finish it likewise and plus I do not have a computer yet.

Chessiwill said:
I recently just rooted my phone (Nexus 6) and added custom ROM and custom back up for CM12 but when everything booted up there were no Google apps and I cannot download any apps as well bc there is no play store? How do I get Gapps on my phone without having to use a PC bc I got through this whole process without one so I need to finish it likewise and plus I do not have a computer yet.
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To avoid future confusion are you on cm12.0 or cm12.1? Gapps packages are available as a zip package which you flash in recovery just like a ROM (but over the top, after ROM install ).
If you can work out the one you want without further help from me, I recommend slim gapps. Just pick the correct one you want, download on phone to storage and flash in recovery.

Ok so I am currently running cm12.1 and I have downloaded a zip file for the gapps but of course its not compatible with any of CM12.1's stock apps. So the question is how do I correctly flash in recovery and get the gapps file unzipped.

also when I try to flash it it in recovery my twrp is not loading up. It says "cyanogen Recovery" Im not sure hwats going on but what can i do excatly

Chessiwill said:
Ok so I am currently running cm12.1 and I have downloaded a zip file for the gapps but of course its not compatible with any of CM12.1's stock apps. So the question is how do I correctly flash in recovery and get the gapps file unzipped.
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Why would it not be compatible? All GApps are are things like sync and more surface level apps like YouTube. Link me the exact package you downloaded and I'll tell you if its ok. Just do a nandroid backup and flash, the worse that can happen is that it doesn't work and you have to restore.

HTCDreamOn said:
Why would it not be compatible? All GApps are are things like sync and more surface level apps like YouTube. Link me the exact package you downloaded and I'll tell you if its ok. Just do a nandroid backup and flash, the worse that can happen is that it doesn't work and you have to restore.
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So when i hold down the power button its gives me the option to reboot and i choose reboot then it says recovery or bootloader and i go to recovery. Instead of Twrp its just boots to "cyanogen recovery" and when im there i pressed install update because i want to install the gapps (I have the gapps zip file in my download folder) but after i press it it just says install failed and it prompts me back to recovery screen.
so i pressed reset on accident now i do not have anything on my phone expect for the cm12.1 because I checked the file manager and all my other twrp dowloads are gone as well as everything.
SO am i screwed or can i recovery from this failure.
Mind you i have a nexus 6

Chessiwill said:
So when i hold down the power button its gives me the option to reboot and i choose reboot then it says recovery or bootloader and i go to recovery. Instead of Twrp its just boots to "cyanogen recovery" and when im there i pressed install update because i want to install the gapps (I have the gapps zip file in my download folder) but after i press it it just says install failed and it prompts me back to recovery screen.
so i pressed reset on accident now i do not have anything on my phone expect for the cm12.1 because I checked the file manager and all my other twrp dowloads are gone as well as everything.
SO am i screwed or can i recovery from this failure.
Mind you i have a nexus 6
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So you mean you have no ROM to boot into?
I'm not familiar with Cyanogen recovery... try to see if you can flash the ROM from the "install update" option.
If this succeeds, I recommend flashing TWRP as this will present far fewer issues than Cyanogen recovery.

Will I need a computer?

Chessiwill said:
Will I need a computer?
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For which part? If you can boot into Cyanogen recovery, and you have the ROM zip file on your phone, then flash that using "install update" in recovery then boot it. If that works I'll guide you from there.
For the TWRP part, possibly. Some phones work fine just with the TWRP app.

Okay can you boot into a working ROM or not? if you can then don't worry, it's an easy fix. Alright so since you factory reset your device you'll have to go into settings and enable developer options and enable root. Once you did that download TWRP Manager and install TWRP for your Nexus 6. Now you're rid of that useless CyanogenMod recovery (only thing you can do with that is factory reset and install CM). Then redownload whatever Gapps you had tried to flash and flash them over CM12

Blu8 said:
Okay can you boot into a working ROM or not? if you can then don't worry, it's an easy fix. Alright so since you factory reset your device you'll have to go into settings and enable developer options and enable root. Once you did that download TWRP Manager and install TWRP for your Nexus 6. Now you're rid of that useless CyanogenMod recovery (only thing you can do with that is factory reset and install CM). Then redownload whatever Gapps you had tried to flash and flash them over CM12
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So I downloaded the apk TWRP and it would not let me install the latest version (maybe because that was the one i installed orignally before i reset the phone) but it let me download the one right before the newest one "Twrp-2.8.7.0-shamu.img" to be excat. And prior to this i had already downloaded the slim Gapps as a zip ( i used the link that "HTCDreamOn" gave me on earlier in the thread) and they are located in my downloads folder.
Boom so i reboot the phone into recovery and finally Twrp recovery pops up instead of the cm recovery so thats good news but when i pressed install to flash the gapps they were not there in fact next to internal memeory it said "0 MB". so why is it saying i have nothing in my memory. I mean the download folder didnt even show up

Can you make a backup? What I mean is, does TWRP function otherwise or does everything say 0mb? When you go into the "mount" section is data checked?
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do I just need to download cm12.1 and gapps again and just wipe and backup then flash

Blu8 said:
Can you make a backup? What I mean is, does TWRP function otherwise or does everything say 0mb? When you go into the "mount" section is data checked?
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yes it is checked and it keeps saying
"E: Unable to mount /data/media/TWRP/ .twrps whentrying to read settings file."

and it keeps saying unable to mount storage

Stock OPO softbricked after last OTA update

I know there is another very similar thread that was just opened(http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/completely-stock-oneplus-one-stuck-t3396207), but his solution didn't help me so I'm making this thread.
I really need to save my internal data, so only as a last resort will I wipe userdata to save my phone.
First of all my phone is completely stock. Locked bootloader, unrooted, stock recovery, and stock rom. Last thursday(June 9th), I got the CM13.1 OTA update which I installed and everything went normal. It finished installing, restarted and booted up, optimized apps, rebooted, but then optimized apps again and again. I thought it might help to just reboot my phone, but it didn't. So I immediately started looking around for solutions.
I can boot into recovery and fastboot mode and since I can boot into recovery I started with wiping cache(Stock Recovery>>Factory reset>>Wipe cache partition). It took ~20mins which seemed like an unusually long time, then I rebooted and it still got stuck in the "optimizing apps/reboot loop". Next, I set up USB drivers, ADB, and fastboot since it seems to be very important to have those set up. I used a few guides to get them properly set up and I checked that they were correct by checking that the cmds "adb devices" and "fastboot devices" returned my device, which they did. I saw someone saying he saved his friends OPO by just ADB sideloading a CM zip file, so it looked hopeful in my case. I downloaded cm 13.0 and 13.1 zip files and tried sideloading them with the cmd "adb sideload cm13.zip". I tried both and they both got to around 50% complete and the install failed. Some of the red text said, "Package expects build fingerprint of oneplus/bacon/A0001:5.1:6.0.1..... & E:Failed to install /sideload/packages.zip ". Next I tried installing TWRP, which looks like it requires an unlocked bootloader to flash it(even to to just boot into it). From all my research it looks like there's no way to unlock the bootloader without wiping data. Even the OPO toolkit says you need to wipe data to unlock your bootloader.
One thing I haven't looked too much into is using fastboot to save my device. This guide http://www.technobuzz.net/fix-bricked-dead-oneplus-one-easily/ shows to flash userdata userdata_64g.img, which I assume wipes userdata.
Maybe I'm just overlooking some simple fix, but if anyone can help me I would be eternally grateful.
Edit: I need my phone working and I'm tired of waiting for help, so I just did a factory rest. Also I've been getting tons of conflicting advice. Thanks everyone for the help anyways

kinda on the same boat here.
may i ask how you set up adb? i cant get it to work

mastersen901 said:
kinda on the same boat here.
may i ask how you set up adb? i cant get it to work
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download and install the 15 second adb/fastboot installer (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979)
It'll create a folder: C:/adb, In that folder you can open a cmd prompt window to send cmds to your device through adb/fastboot. that folder is also where you place files that you want to flash or boot into.
Also for the USB drivers just download the oneplus one toolkit, or use this guide: http://www.technobuzz.net/install-oneplus-one-usb-drivers-windows/
the opo toolkit is in the 2nd method

Still looking for help. Phone status: After sideloading cm 12.1 it boots up but I get tons of errors saying com.android.phone failed/ android.system.acore failed which make my phone inoperable, also my phone usually reboots after ~10 seconds after booting up and getting errors.

when you flashed the stock zip via sideloading did you use the full zip or the incremental zip?

itechy said:
when you flashed the stock zip via sideloading did you use the full zip or the incremental zip?
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The zip I sideloaded was cm-12.1-YOG4PAS1N0-bacon-signed.zip (http://builds.cyngn.com/cyanogen-os...be76f9310/cm-12.1-YOG4PAS1N0-bacon-signed.zip)
I'm pretty sure it's the full zip

woodhaus said:
The zip I sideloaded was cm-12.1-YOG4PAS1N0-bacon-signed.zip (http://builds.cyngn.com/cyanogen-os...e76f9310/cm-12.1-YOG4PAS1N0-bacon-signed.zip)
I'm pretty sure it's the full zip
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You will have to flash the latest version as performing a downgrade without wiping data will cause issues like the ones you are seeing
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itechy said:
You will have to flash the latest version as performing a downgrade without wiping data will cause issues like the ones you are seeing
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I can't really find a full cm13.1 zip. On CyanogenMod I only see up to 13.0. I also don't know how to tell the difference between an incremental and full zip D:

woodhaus said:
I can't really find a full cm13.1 zip. On CyanogenMod I only see up to 13.0. I also don't know how to tell the difference between an incremental and full zip D:
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Visit the support page I grabbed my full update zip from there https://cyngn.com/support
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itechy said:
Visit the support page I grabbed my full update zip from there https://cyngn.com/support
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Ohh! thanks! I was looking for this!

I just got around to sideloading the cm 13.1 zip. I'm still getting a bootloop /:
Edit: My phone reboots and optimizes apps after getting hung up on the cyanogen boot screen for a while.

I'm in the same situation.
It seems like a cache cleaning is needed but I have no idea whether it possible without a custom recovery and without a full adb support.

hibernick said:
I'm in the same situation.
It seems like a cache cleaning is needed but I have no idea whether it possible without a custom recovery and without a full adb support.
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You can wipe cache partition in stock recovery also. To boot into recovery mode first power off your device. Press Volume down + Power button together until you see oneplus logo. When device is in recovery mode press volume down and select 'wipe cache partition' and press power button to confirm the action. Reboot after process completes.

saurav007 said:
You can wipe cache partition in stock recovery also. To boot into recovery mode first power off your device. Press Volume down + Power button together until you see oneplus logo. When device is in recovery mode press volume down and select 'wipe cache partition' and press power button to confirm the action. Reboot after process completes.
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The same like woodhaus I have locked bootloader and there is no USB debug over adb.
I don't have a 'wipe cache partition' in the recovery.
The only things I can use are adb sideload and fastboot.

hibernick said:
The same like woodhaus I have locked bootloader and there is no USB debug over adb.
I don't have a 'wipe cache partition' in the recovery.
The only things I can use are adb sideload and fastboot.
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I have wipe cache partition but it doesn't seem to do anything. also it takes like 35 minutes to complete

woodhaus said:
I have wipe cache partition but it doesn't seem to do anything. also it takes like 35 minutes to complete
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How did you do it?
You told you are on stock recovery. Me either and I don't see such option in my recovery.

hibernick said:
How did you do it?
You told you are on stock recovery. Me either and I don't see such option in my recovery.
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it's under the factory reset option from the main menu on stock recovery
stock recovery>factory reset> erase cache partition

woodhaus said:
it's under the factory reset option from the main menu on stock recovery
stock recovery>factory reset> erase cache partition
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Oh, thanks. I didn't even go there.

Clean State Install of latest CyanogenMod or Cyanogen OS

Hello guys,
first off: i had something to do in the past with all this stuff but my memory isnt that great anymore so please correct me if im wrong
so here's the thing: my OPO decided to not detect my SIM anymore, so i did a factory reset thru recovery. I also rooted the phone before with a video tutorial from youtube (don't know if i can link it here this is my first post^^). What it does is install SuperSU over TWRP. You then have root without erasing your data! I was kinda surprised because i read in other threads that it actually will.
But anyways back to topic. I am now on these settings:
Cyanogen OS 12.1.1-Y0G7DAS2K1
Stock Recovery
Rooted
Bootloader unlocked (not sure, but i guess otherwise it wouldnt work)
I received a message for the OTA Update to Cyanogen OS 13. Downloaded & installed it, phone reboots into recovery. Already surprised here because its not TWRP anymore but i guess it was just temporary for the root installing. Or maybe it was because i didn't unchecked the "update recovery" checkbox in developer options, i think its active on default.
But anyways, the recovery tries to install it and suddenly the menu shows up again with an android in the background (in his chest is a red warning sign). No error, just the graphical android in the background. After a restart, nothing changed still on the same version. I did a factory reset once more and also "deleted media" and wiped cache.
As i mentioned, im not up-to-date with the differences on CyanogenMod and Cyanogen OS.
What i want to do now:
Step 1: Format my OPO as clean as possible.
Is Factory Reset and wipe media etc. enough for this? Or do i have to hard reset it?
Step 2: Root Access and TWRP.
I lost both of these after an OTA update to my OPO. I guess it was when i received the Cyanogen OS update. I would like to know when exactly these two will be erased and what to do to not lose them anymore. I heard it differs between CM and Cyanogen OS.
Step 3: Decision what OS to use: CyanogenMod or Cyanogen OS?
Im willing to wait for updates as long as they're stable. And i would also prefer to just install them over OTA (when it works^^). I don't want to flash like crazy, i only want a steady, rooted, customizable OS. I searched on this forum but im not sure which are the latest versions of both and what the differences are. What would you suggest me on these preferences?
Step 4: Restoring my Data
I backed up my Apps with Titanium Backup and transfered the folder to my PC. Never used it before, so i would like to know if it can cause any problems if i restore it on a newer version of Cyangogen OS or even Cyanogenmod?
Hope i don't forget anything. Sorry for the long post & noob questions you probably read everyday

EagleJR said:
Hello guys,
first off: i had something to do in the past with all this stuff but my memory isnt that great anymore so please correct me if im wrong
so here's the thing: my OPO decided to not detect my SIM anymore, so i did a factory reset thru recovery. I also rooted the phone before with a video tutorial from youtube (don't know if i can link it here this is my first post^^). What it does is install SuperSU over TWRP. You then have root without erasing your data! I was kinda surprised because i read in other threads that it actually will.
But anyways back to topic. I am now on these settings:
Cyanogen OS 12.1.1-Y0G7DAS2K1
Stock Recovery
Rooted
Bootloader unlocked (not sure, but i guess otherwise it wouldnt work)
I received a message for the OTA Update to Cyanogen OS 13. Downloaded & installed it, phone reboots into recovery. Already surprised here because its not TWRP anymore but i guess it was just temporary for the root installing. Or maybe it was because i didn't unchecked the "update recovery" checkbox in developer options, i think its active on default.
But anyways, the recovery tries to install it and suddenly the menu shows up again with an android in the background (in his chest is a red warning sign). No error, just the graphical android in the background. After a restart, nothing changed still on the same version. I did a factory reset once more and also "deleted media" and wiped cache.
As i mentioned, im not up-to-date with the differences on CyanogenMod and Cyanogen OS.
What i want to do now:
Step 1: Format my OPO as clean as possible.
Is Factory Reset and wipe media etc. enough for this? Or do i have to hard reset it?
Step 2: Root Access and TWRP.
I lost both of these after an OTA update to my OPO. I guess it was when i received the Cyanogen OS update. I would like to know when exactly these two will be erased and what to do to not lose them anymore. I heard it differs between CM and Cyanogen OS.
Step 3: Decision what OS to use: CyanogenMod or Cyanogen OS?
Im willing to wait for updates as long as they're stable. And i would also prefer to just install them over OTA (when it works^^). I don't want to flash like crazy, i only want a steady, rooted, customizable OS. I searched on this forum but im not sure which are the latest versions of both and what the differences are. What would you suggest me on these preferences?
Step 4: Restoring my Data
I backed up my Apps with Titanium Backup and transfered the folder to my PC. Never used it before, so i would like to know if it can cause any problems if i restore it on a newer version of Cyangogen OS or even Cyanogenmod?
Hope i don't forget anything. Sorry for the long post & noob questions you probably read everyday
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Ok so first you can not perform OTA updates with a custom recovery like TWRP. So if you want OTA updates don't install a custom recovery. You lost TWRP before even performing the OTA update don't know how but you did. So I am going to instruct you how to start fresh.
1. You need ADB and fastboot installed you can get the minimal version here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790 or you can get the full SDK manager which has fastboot and adb https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html but if your not planning development just go with minimal.
2. Follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541 You don't need to do step 4 since you want to install a custom recovery. So just reboot after you flash all the stock files.
(Also make sure you download the right stock rom he has a 16gb and a 64gb listed. Or you can download the stock rom straight from cynogen os here https://cyngn.com/support
3. Next you will need the TWRP file you can get it here https://dl.twrp.me/bacon/ if you don't have ADB/Fastboot in your path just place the file in the same folder as your fastboot. Also rename the file to recovery.img make sure you don't name it recovery.img.img
4. Download SUPERSU for root get it here https://download.chainfire.eu/1003/SuperSU/SR1-SuperSU-v2.78-SR1-20160915123031.zip
5. With your phone on plug it in to your computer and transfer the SuperSU zip to the download folder on your phone.
6. Unplug your phone and reboot to fastboot then plug your phone back in
7. Open command prompt in the fastboot folder by holding shift and right click and select open command window here.
8. Type fastboot devices (This command will list the connected devices. If your phones serial number shows up you are good to go and may continue. If the phone is NOT listed this indicates that your drivers are not installed correctly. In order for you to continue you must fix your drivers so that your phone is listed under fastboot devices.)
9. Type Fastboot Flash recovery recovery.img
10. Once the flash is done don't let the phone fully boot to system or it will rewrite to the stock recovery so hold the power button and volume down and it will boot into TWRP recovery. IF you let it boot into the system and it does reinstall the stock recovery you will need to re-install twrp
11. Once in twrp perform a backup of your stock rom
12. After the backup is done go back to the main menu of TWRP go to install navigate to the download file and then install SuperSU
13. Now reboot and you now have the stock rom with root and a custom recovery.
14. Difference between cynogen os and cynogenmod http://www.androidcentral.com/difference-between-cyanogen-os-and-cyanogenmod
Hope this helps and

Durso81 said:
Ok so first you can not perform OTA updates with a custom recovery like TWRP. So if you want OTA updates don't install a custom recovery. You lost TWRP before even performing the OTA update don't know how but you did. So I am going to instruct you how to start fresh.
1. You need ADB and fastboot installed you can get the minimal version here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790 or you can get the full SDK manager which has fastboot and adb https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html but if your not planning development just go with minimal.
2. Follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541 You don't need to do step 4 since you want to install a custom recovery. So just reboot after you flash all the stock files.
(Also make sure you download the right stock rom he has a 16gb and a 64gb listed. Or you can download the stock rom straight from cynogen os here https://cyngn.com/support
3. Next you will need the TWRP file you can get it here https://dl.twrp.me/bacon/ if you don't have ADB/Fastboot in your path just place the file in the same folder as your fastboot. Also rename the file to recovery.img make sure you don't name it recovery.img.img
4. Download SUPERSU for root get it here https://download.chainfire.eu/1003/SuperSU/SR1-SuperSU-v2.78-SR1-20160915123031.zip
5. With your phone on plug it in to your computer and transfer the SuperSU zip to the download folder on your phone.
6. Unplug your phone and reboot to fastboot then plug your phone back in
7. Open command prompt in the fastboot folder by holding shift and right click and select open command window here.
8. Type fastboot devices (This command will list the connected devices. If your phones serial number shows up you are good to go and may continue. If the phone is NOT listed this indicates that your drivers are not installed correctly. In order for you to continue you must fix your drivers so that your phone is listed under fastboot devices.)
9. Type Fastboot Flash recovery recovery.img
10. Once the flash is done don't let the phone fully boot to system or it will rewrite to the stock recovery so hold the power button and volume down and it will boot into TWRP recovery. IF you let it boot into the system and it does reinstall the stock recovery you will need to re-install twrp
11. Once in twrp perform a backup of your stock rom
12. After the backup is done go back to the main menu of TWRP go to install navigate to the download file and then install SuperSU
13. Now reboot and you now have the stock rom with root and a custom recovery.
14. Difference between cynogen os and cynogenmod http://www.androidcentral.com/difference-between-cyanogen-os-and-cyanogenmod
Hope this helps and
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Thank you very much! I did all of your Instructions step-by-step and it worked flawless. Im now on the latest CM13 Release. I hope it was the right decision and it runs smooth and stable. And if not i got the backup I do have 2 more questions:
-TWRP asked me if i want to let them "modify my partition". It helps when you are getting official updates. Is that important for me? I guess i will just flash future updates over recovery and not over OTA anyways, so i can left this "modify" option unchecked, right?
-While i did the factory reset, it said that most of the time i will not have to delete internal storage. Does that mean it also excludes private stuff like photos, videos & also backups from titanium & TWRP (if it's the same stored location)? Thank you again for anything

EagleJR said:
Thank you very much! I did all of your Instructions step-by-step and it worked flawless. Im now on the latest CM13 Release. I hope it was the right decision and it runs smooth and stable. And if not i got the backup I do have 2 more questions:
-TWRP asked me if i want to let them "modify my partition". It helps when you are getting official updates. Is that important for me? I guess i will just flash future updates over recovery and not over OTA anyways, so i can left this "modify" option unchecked, right?
-While i did the factory reset, it said that most of the time i will not have to delete internal storage. Does that mean it also excludes private stuff like photos, videos & also backups from titanium & TWRP (if it's the same stored location)? Thank you again for anything
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The only way you can do official updates is to follow all the steps above and flashing the newest stock ROM via fastboot and reinstalling twrp. Now if you want to flash a custom ROM like cynogenmod then you can just download the latest ROM from cynogemod and install it via twrp. As far as your pics go I would either upload them to a cloud service or your PC before switching ROMs. For your apps yes just backup with titanium backup and then just restore them when you change ROMs.