after doing the s-off exploit no recovery!! :( - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

ok just got s-off and i just get hung up at the why so serious image iv tried rom manager to reinstall the recovery, unrevoked 3 and droid explorer but it seems i can get into recovery any help is much appreciated

Well it is just all about reflashing the recovery, which has fixed it for several people already, so it should work for you as well.
First of all. Rom manager does not flash a recovery. It puts an update.zip on the sd-card, which when flashed, launches the clockwork mod recovery.
You should be able to just flash the recovery using fastboot with this command:
"fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
To do this you will need the fastboot drivers which you get by installing the android sdk.
You will then just need to find a recovery.img for the desire if you need further help just ask away.

mortenmhp said:
Well it is just all about reflashing the recovery, which has fixed it for several people already, so it should work for you as well.
First of all. Rom manager does not flash a recovery. It puts an update.zip on the sd-card, which when flashed, launches the clockwork mod recovery.
You should be able to just flash the recovery using fastboot with this command:
"fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
To do this you will need the fastboot drivers which you get by installing the android sdk.
You will then just need to find a recovery.img for the desire if you need further help just ask away.
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thanks but im fairly new to this and this prob a dumb question but what interface do i use for fast boot :S i got the sdk installed and the device is connected saying fastboot usb but not sure where to go from here :S

I will try to help you i send you a pm as it is a bit easier.

mortenmhp said:
I will try to help you i send you a pm as it is a bit easier.
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you sir are a legend among men thank you again

No problem at all

would it be possible (if you don't mind of course) have a copy of those PMed instruction.
I'm in a bit of a pickle myself

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Couldn't start ClockworkMod any more

Hi,
my Desire frooze during an update of ClockworkMod, I removed the battery and tried to start again but the ROM RCMixHD is not starting any more. I'm still able to boot into the fastboot(hboot) menue but I could't start into recovery to wipe and install the new ROM.
Need Help, how could I reinstall ClockworkMod Recovery or how could I fix that. Could I install a ROM without using the recovery mode ?
Right now I couldn't use the phone ;-(
Thanks for your help
hi,
if s-off, just flash new recovery from fastboot
Code:
fastboot device (to be sure your are connected)
fastboot erase recovery (cleanup previous one)
fastboot flash recovery c:\mypath\totherightfile\recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
from there press once power and use vol up/down to select recovery.
that s all
hope this help
Sorry I don't understand what you mean ?
hoooo sorry,
thos are adb commando, this the easiest way to flash a recovery.
so it seems that you got problem with your CWM recovery.
there is a tool would do this android flasher.
look this thread helpfull
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638
fragargon said:
hoooo sorry,
thos are adb commando, this the easiest way to flash a recovery.
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correction. Those are fastboot commands. adb and fastboot are not the same.
Yep u right. You just nedd android flasher which comes with necessary library. Don t bother about adb
bortak said:
correction. Those are fastboot commands. adb and fastboot are not the same.
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sgt tab running OC Kratos on xda app

Stuck trying to install custom rom

Okay so I am trying to install the jdroid rom, btw first time ever doing this so bare with me, anyways I can't boot my phone stays at HTC quietly brilliant screen with some writing underneath it red. I can get into the bootloader menu, where I am rooted and says my bootloader is unlocked. I can also get into clockwork mod however I messed up when transferring the rom onto my phone. I unzipped it and put it there instead of leaving it in the zip file. I can't mount to my laptop through clockwork mod, is there any other way? Again I can't boot my phone. Thanks
EDIT: Now whenever my phone boots, it boots into the clockworkmod and keeps rebooting I can't do anything, cant mount my phone at all
Bizarre48 said:
Okay so I am trying to install the jdroid rom, btw first time ever doing this so bare with me, anyways I can't boot my phone stays at HTC quietly brilliant screen with some writing underneath it red. I can get into the bootloader menu, where I am rooted and says my bootloader is unlocked. I can also get into clockwork mod however I messed up when transferring the rom onto my phone. I unzipped it and put it there instead of leaving it in the zip file. I can't mount to my laptop through clockwork mod, is there any other way? Again I can't boot my phone. Thanks
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Yes ... instal this recowery (Link to the latest unofficial test recovery with USB issues fixed and automount by RichardTrip) and you can push your zip on SD
Thanks for the reply
I used this command: fastboot flash recovery <Name Of the downloaded file>.img
But I'm still stuck at the boot screen
Bizarre48 said:
Thanks for the reply
I used this command: fastboot flash recovery <Name Of the downloaded file>.img
But I'm still stuck at the boot screen
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You need to enter the fastboot mode ... hold "volume-down + powerbutton" for 10 secs and then again push the powerbutton to enter the fastboot mode.
Edit: and after that use the comand fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
Just saw the edit now will try thanks alot man appreciate it!
Bizarre48 said:
I did that, then when I went to recovery when it boots its at the htc quietly brilliant screen.
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OK, did you instal the ROM + boot.img?
Edit: im going to sleep ... read THIS, if that doesnt help, then THIS
Okay I still can't do it nothing works! I flash the recoveries and I still get stuck at the htc boot screen. so frustrating
Bizarre48 said:
Okay I still can't do it nothing works! I flash the recoveries and I still get stuck at the htc boot screen. so frustrating
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What you need to do when flashing:
a) CWM recovery
fastboot flash recovery xxxrecovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache
b) Flashing a ROM
extract the boot.img from the ROM.zip
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot erase cache
enter recovery
install the ROM.zip
reboot
READ THIS THREAD
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609190
basically summarises what above posters are saying in step by step detail
Yea I'm just going to use the at&t ruu and restart to process all over again. hopefully this works
Bizarre48 said:
Yea I'm just going to use the at&t ruu and restart to process all over again. hopefully this works
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Next time also read the instructions.
M.
as long as you can get the correct RUU and flash the correct stock recovery, RUU will defo work, then you can start again from scratch. I've done this myself
edit: AT&T????? Are you even in the correct forum using the correct files/methods??? HTC One XL is different forum, different files!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alright I got out of it using the st&t ruu, though I live in Canada and on Rogers. Data doesnt work but that is not surprise. Gotta wait for a root access and/or bootloader unlock for 1.85. will be patient.

[Q] Stuck at boot screen

Whenever I turn on my Htc one vx it goes to the htc boot logo and under it it has the words in red letterss. "This build is for development purposes only. Do not distribute outside of HTC without HTC's written permission. Failure to comply May lead to legal Action." I tried to root it but had some trouble and when i get into boot loader it says at the top tampered and unlocked. Any help is greatly appreciated.
zeroelement said:
Whenever I turn on my Htc one vx it goes to the htc boot logo and under it it has the words in red letterss. "This build is for development purposes only. Do not distribute outside of HTC without HTC's written permission. Failure to comply May lead to legal Action." I tried to root it but had some trouble and when i get into boot loader it says at the top tampered and unlocked. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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explain all steps you did already and also if you where on 4.0 or 4.1.2 i will try to help if i can.
Sorry for the late response. I don't remember too well. I watch a guide with the normal commands to root it but was stuck where it was rooted but i could not load super user. I made the mistake of trying to unroot it and then it got stuck at the screen. I think I don't have the stock rom loaded on the phone anymore but I am not sure and I don't know how to load a rom but I can easily learn. Thank you for your help
Do you have a custom recovery on the phone
Sent from my HTC One VX using xda app-developers app
I don't believe so.
zeroelement said:
I don't believe so.
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ok well if you are still unlocked fastboot flash a recovery then flash a stock rooted rom i would try ICS frist because if you have not flashed a JB RUU or the JB firmware you should still be on ICS 4.0 firmware unless you know you where on JB 4.1.2 if so install the JB stock rooted rom. to do that after you fastboot flash the recovery and have DL the rom just put the rom on a ext. SD card via PC sd card reader. also extract the boot.img from the rom and put it in the same dir. that you have adb and fastboot files. boot into recovery.Do a factory reset wipe from the recovery then install the rom for SD card. After it installs reboot to bootloader fastboot then fastboot flash the boot.img . Hint wherever you have adb fastboot files just open that dir and hold shift and right click and that will give you the option to open cmd propt in that dir. then do your fastboot flash cmd. that should do it and get you up and running again. hope it helps
kalel420 said:
ok well if you are still unlocked fastboot flash a recovery then flash a stock rooted rom i would try ICS frist because if you have not flashed a JB RUU or the JB firmware you should still be on ICS 4.0 firmware unless you know you where on JB 4.1.2 if so install the JB stock rooted rom. to do that after you fastboot flash the recovery and have DL the rom just put the rom on a ext. SD card via PC sd card reader. also extract the boot.img from the rom and put it in the same dir. that you have adb and fastboot files. boot into recovery.Do a factory reset wipe from the recovery then install the rom for SD card. After it installs reboot to bootloader fastboot then fastboot flash the boot.img . Hint wherever you have adb fastboot files just open that dir and hold shift and right click and that will give you the option to open cmd propt in that dir. then do your fastboot flash cmd. that should do it and get you up and running again. hope it helps
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Okay thanks I will try that and get back to you
When I got to flash a recovery I type "fastboot flash recovery twrprecovery.img" while my phone is plugged in while in bootloader but it just says waiting for device. I dont have any drivers installed and I think that is the problem. How can I install drivers without htc sync because The device doesn't show up? Thanks
Nevermind I found the htc drivers.
THANK YOU SO MUCH IT WORKED!!! My phone has been like this for months! You are a lifesaver! I don't need to send it in to be fixed for money! Thank You so much you are the best!
zeroelement said:
THANK YOU SO MUCH IT WORKED!!! My phone has been like this for months! You are a lifesaver! I don't need to send it in to be fixed for money! Thank You so much you are the best!
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No problem glad i could help.

Phone stuck in htc logo while rooting

Hello.
I try root my htc One X international, i unlock bootloader, then i use r3 endeavour insecurebootandroot , and in a middle of rooting cmd on my computer just shut off, and phone stuck on htc logo, since then i can't turn it on , all i can do is use power and volume down, i try factory reset, didn't help, phone still stuck on htc logo, when i try recovery, i get phone lay on back, with red triangle on it.
please, can anyone know how to fix it ? htc always was pain in ass to root, but this time i stuck. Many threads are similar, but mostly people stuck after they already rooted and flash rom, i don't go that far, not sure phone is even rooted, but bootloader is unlocked so far.
withoutnickname said:
Hello.
I try root my htc One X international, i unlock bootloader, then i use r3 endeavour insecurebootandroot , and in a middle of rooting cmd on my computer just shut off, and phone stuck on htc logo, since then i can't turn it on , all i can do is use power and volume down, i try factory reset, didn't help, phone still stuck on htc logo, when i try recovery, i get phone lay on back, with red triangle on it.
please, can anyone know how to fix it ? htc always was pain in ass to root, but this time i stuck. Many threads are similar, but mostly people stuck after they already rooted and flash rom, i don't go that far, not sure phone is even rooted, but bootloader is unlocked so far.
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Mate, it sounds like your system is wiped, so the phone can't boot. Do you have any experience with fastboot and ADB commands?
If so, download a custom recovery (CWM, or TWRP, or Phil'z touch - recommended), place it in your fastboot folder, and type:
fastboot flash recovery downloadedrecoveryname.img in CMD window.
This wil enable you to use custom recovery.
Hopefully, you already have a custom ROM which you want to install. Extract boot.img from the ROM.zip, and place it in your fastboot older, and type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img in CMD window, followed by fastboot erase cache.
Then, reboot to your recovery, and flash ROM.zip (I guess you don't need any specific instructions for that).
[email protected]|-|oR said:
Mate, it sounds like your system is wiped, so the phone can't boot. Do you have any experience with fastboot and ADB commands?
If so, download a custom recovery (CWM, or TWRP, or Phil'z touch - recommended), place it in your fastboot folder, and type:
fastboot flash recovery downloadedrecoveryname.img in CMD window.
This wil enable you to use custom recovery.
Hopefully, you already have a custom ROM which you want to install. Extract boot.img from the ROM.zip, and place it in your fastboot older, and type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img in CMD window, followed by fastboot erase cache.
Then, reboot to your recovery, and flash ROM.zip (I guess you don't need any specific instructions for that).
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and where i should put rom zip to flash it ? same folder as i have all fastboot file etc. ?
withoutnickname said:
and where i should put rom zip to flash it ? same folder as i have all fastboot file etc. ?
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No, mate.
The ROM.zip goes to your sd card.
You can copy it through recovery, but mounting sd card.
In recovery you have all these options. Also, in ROM's thread (whichever you chose to flash) there is thorough instruction how to flash ROM.
[email protected]|-|oR said:
No, mate.
The ROM.zip goes to your sd card.
You can copy it through recovery, but mounting sd card.
In recovery you have all these options. Also, in ROM's thread (whichever you chose to flash) there is thorough instruction how to flash ROM.
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Ok, that was silly question, i do few roms before I have cwm downloaded, it's img file, it's ok, or have to be different format ?
withoutnickname said:
Ok, that was silly question, i do few roms before I have cwm downloaded, it's img file, it's ok, or have to be different format ?
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Img is the correct format.
:good:
I believe you are capable of getting in bootloader and flashing through fastboot.
[email protected]|-|oR said:
Img is the correct format.
:good:
I believe you are capable of getting in bootloader and flashing through fastboot.
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Well.....i try, if not, still have other htc. never done that, but hopefully things go well.
Or... if you will be so kind.... maybe you can try write me step by step guide, don't have to be now, i'm not in rush,i just don't want end up with completely dead phone in case i do some more damages
[email protected]|-|oR said:
Img is the correct format.
:good:
I believe you are capable of getting in bootloader and flashing through fastboot.
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Sir, you are a genius, somehow boot image was down, and after i flash new one, phone boot normally, with stock rom, now i run viper rom. Thank you
withoutnickname said:
Sir, you are a genius, somehow boot image was down, and after i flash new one, phone boot normally, with stock rom, now i run viper rom. Thank you
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You are welcome, mate. I'm glad it worked for you. Enjoy your HOX, it's a great phone, and Viper is a great ROM.
I suggest you flash Alex V kernel. It will bring more nice features to your phone
[email protected]|-|oR said:
You are welcome, mate. I'm glad it worked for you. Enjoy your HOX, it's a great phone, and Viper is a great ROM.
I suggest you flash Alex V kernel. It will bring more nice features to your phone
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i love htc most, had few of them But ftom your advice, i only change one thing, instead of cwm i flash touch cwm ( not my favourite though...) or i simply can't go trough aroma installer, screen don't response. i miss 4ext recovery which i had on my desire hd.
withoutnickname said:
i love htc most, had few of them But ftom your advice, i only change one thing, instead of cwm i flash touch cwm ( not my favourite though...) or i simply can't go trough aroma installer, screen don't response. i miss 4ext recovery which i had on my desire hd.
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Yeah 4EXT was great recovery miss it too from my Sensation, flash PHILZ v 5.x (not 6.x) and your touch will work

HTC Desire HD unlocked / S-ON cant flash

Dear friends
been trying to flash the CM11 or the CM7 ace but no success..
looked for many downloads regarding VISIONary+ and others (most couldnt get due toinvalis links)
Managed to unlock the boot (naw it says xxx UNLOCKED xxx on HBOOT screen) but with the S-ON.
everytime i add a zip flash rom to root from sdcard I recieve the massege invalis operation > root from oem-001 and the mobile starts all over with the same settings.
Please help putting in mind that whos on the other side of your thread is some how noob in this..
Thank you in advance for all the help.
You must flash boot.IMG via fastboot if you're s on
Sent from my MB886 using Tapatalk
chrisb906 said:
You must flash boot.IMG via fastboot if you're s on
Sent from my MB886 using Tapatalk
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Thank you for replying, can you just explain how? and what is the latest valid rom that I can get to my Desire HD?
Thank you again
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5xVl2dBTnmI#
You have to extract the boot.img from the zip you are trying to flash inside the folder you have fastboot.Then you give the command fastboot flash boot boot.img to flash the new kernel.
You could also install 4EXT recovery and use smartflash as long as you are s-on.
Thanx a million for all.. I will try to do that today and will forward the results.
Thanx again
ONE QUESTION:
shall I connect the devise at the buginning or after flashinf the boot comand? and in what status the devise should be connected (fastboot or recovery)?
Another thing: as Im running windows, my PC is recognizing the device imidietly, so do I still hav to install any drive from htcdev ? and what drive is that ?
Sorry for that but as I said before, Im a little noob in this..
Thanx in advance..
OK, here are the results:
did the tutorial to the letter as in the link, everything went well till the end, after that I restarted the devise and simply it goes to recovery?
now everytime I restart the devise it goes to recovery automatically?
lordjinx said:
OK, here are the results:
did the tutorial to the letter as in the link, everything went well till the end, after that I restarted the devise and simply it goes to recovery?
now everytime I restart the devise it goes to recovery automatically?
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I told you to install 4ext if you like!
4ext is a recovery with the ability either you are S-ON or S-OFF user can flash for you any kernel you like with smart flash.
What you probably did was to flash this recovery as kernel for your device.If you want to install this recovery you have to install it to recovery partition using fastboot flash recovery {your recovery.img}.
If you want to make your rom working again you have to extract the boot.img file from the zip you was trying to install using recovery and you flash it manually using fastboot flash boot boot.img or you could use 4ext to flash it with smartflash but it would be better if you installed it first to the recovery partition (If you use 4ext now you probably have to make a full flash of your rom except if you find only the kernel in a zip or you have an older nandroid backup with the right kernel to restore).
** You have to enable smartflash only if you are S-ON.If you S-OFF your device you should disable this feature. **
Gatosbil said:
I told you to install 4ext if you like!
4ext is a recovery with the ability either you are S-ON or S-OFF user can flash for you any kernel you like with smart flash.
What you probably did was to flash this recovery as kernel for your device.If you want to install this recovery you have to install it to recovery partition using fastboot flash recovery {your recovery.img}.
If you want to make your rom working again you have to extract the boot.img file from the zip you was trying to install using recovery and you flash it manually using fastboot flash boot boot.img or you could use 4ext to flash it with smartflash but it would be better if you installed it first to the recovery partition (If you use 4ext now you probably have to make a full flash of your rom except if you find only the kernel in a zip or you have an older nandroid backup with the right kernel to restore).
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WHAT !!!
Im so sorry but I didnt understand anything.. how can I install the 4ext if its an android market app ? I cant even get the desire HD working?
and what is the smartflash ?
Im so sorry but as I said Im noob in this so....
Thank you anyway..
lordjinx said:
WHAT !!!
Im so sorry but I didnt understand anything.. how can I install the 4ext if its an android market app ? I cant even get the desire HD working?
and what is the smartflash ?
Im so sorry but as I said Im noob in this so....
Thank you anyway..
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Just extract the boot.img of the rom zip you was trying to install in the folder you have the fastboot and then install it using the command fastboot flash boot boot.img while you are in bootloader.
Don't be confused with 4ext.This is just a recovery like cwm.
Gatosbil said:
Just extract the boot.img of the rom zip you was trying to install in the folder you have the fastboot and then install it using the command fastboot flash boot boot.img while you are in bootloader.
Don't be confused with 4ext.This is just a recovery like cwm.
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That you tube video explains it all

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