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Bricked/Broken HTC Desire ? Please help !

Hi Guys,
I think I have done something I shouldn't have. I have messed up my phone.
I tried to root my HTC Desire, but it boots into a black screen with htc in the center and a triangle with an exclamation mark in the middle. - I tried booting normally - (power on) and into boot mode (volume down and power on)
I am also not sure that the SD card is correctly turned into a Goldcard, and now I have no way to make a goldcard.
What have I tried ?
1. 'adb devices' does not see the phone.
2. 'fastboot devices' sees the phone and returns with the serial number.
3. Fastboot :
C:\android\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (1832 KB)... OKAY [ 0.276s]
writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.482s
C:\android\tools>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (1602 KB)... OKAY [ 0.243s]
writing 'boot'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.424s
OK - so I really messed this up - lets try to recover:
4. Downloaded RUU
RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.exe
---- It sees the phone, and requests to update the ROM from image 1.21.405.2 to image 1.21.405.2 - click next and it tries to send the image to the phone up to a point - vibrates 7 times - loads up 39% and then hangs.
OK - so on the RUU screen it says in red that I should not remove the usb cable - the devices is not working so what can go wrong ? deep breath - "ba... of steel?" - yes - remove the usb cable
RUU returns with ERROR[155]: UNKNOWN ERROR - and a recover button
Click recover - yes my android screen shows exclamation marks in four corners - it means the update has failed - follow the steps and it returns with "Error recovery is successful. The update process is ready to resume."
So we try again - run the RUU tool - oh no - same result as above - yep my initial statement is still factual - I have messed up.
Can anyone help ?
HBOOT-0.80.0000 & Radio 4.06.00.02_2

When you get theblack screen with htc in the center and a triangle with an exclamation mark in the middle, you need to hold volume up and push power. This will take you into the recovery menu. My advice is put the fake flash update.zip on the root of your sd card and then flash it from this menu to get into proper recovery.

There you go
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...com/309939/usb-brick-rickrolled-b0rked-fixed/

Thank you for the reply, but that does not seem to work.
Also if I follow the instrcutions on the web site you referred to I am stuck with step 1, create a gold card - with the phone in this state I am unable to create a gold card.
It stays on the same screen ? Am I just unlucky ?

kliamy said:
Thank you for the reply, but that does not seem to work.
Also if I follow the instrcutions on the web site you referred to I am stuck with step 1, create a gold card - with the phone in this state I am unable to create a gold card.
It stays on the same screen ? Am I just unlucky ?
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Can you not find your htc generic or operators official rom and run the ruu and that should put it back to how it came?

Hi Guys,
Thank you for your assistance - it is helping !
I have the same problem as described by another thread ("Killed my Desire") in which a gentleman by the name Ronaldo mentioned that he eventually got it working by using tiny Linux, however "after many tries"
I did try to download an RUU tool, but it fails with an error. (ERROR 155)
I could not find the official operators RUU as it was an unlocked phone - bought online - so I am not sure from which operator is it coming.
One question - it was working on all operator networks - therefore I assume it was unlocked but not rooted ? does this mean I do not need a goldcard ?

[Q] HTC desire Z stuck in booting after downgrade attempt

Hello,
I have a phone that is now stuck at white screen with green htc logo after an attempt to downgrade following this guide :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
However i had already downloaded a PC10IMG.zip with this tool :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521019
I first tried using the tool, but it always failed. It seemed to me the script failed on getting temproot. (I then manually downloaded the PC10IMG.zip in the .bat file just incase it was a problem with the wget it uses or something)
After that i followed the guide instead and gained temproot, changed version and gaining supercid through the goldcard method.
I then tried downgrading using the manual method using the PC10IMG.zip mentioned above (Its alot smaller than the ones mentioned in the guide. I have a suspicion it is for another phone perhaps). Bootloader recognized it and started "upgrade" process as expected. After it worked with that for a while it rebooted and since then I have been stuck on the white/green splash screen on normal boots.
I can still get into Hboot, but I cant do anything there. Nothing seems to work there. Neither volume +/-, trackpad nor powerbutton does anything.
I can also get into fastboot. This seems to work better, but when i try to flash the image then it just gives me :
D:\platform>fastboot-windows flash zip StockRom.zip
sending 'zip' (291447 KB)... FAILED (remote: 02 data length is too large)
HBOOT screen shows me the following:
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0008
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.08.04.30_M3
I havent tried altering the contents of my SD card in fear of making things even worse.
Any tips/tricks/hint would be greatly appreciated!

Got some rather excellent help from #g2root to fix this today.
My main problem was that I had flashed the wrong img and that my Golden SD was not working correctly. Got that sorted out by using another SD and made it golden in another device.
Then proceeded to upgrade it to the newest g2 software (since that was what i had tried to do in the first place. Namely using the g2 img in a Desire Z device), downgrade it, rooted it and installed the necessary tools to get Andromadus running
Thanks to pierre_ja, skorgon, Uni_Ced and Catherall for the patience, moral support and excellent help! The amount of handholding from pierre_ja was astonishing

G2 img
Can i ask where you obtained the G2.img file, I am in a similar situation. Thanks

We used this one PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_2.15.531.3_Radio_12.52.60.25U_26.08.04.30_M3.zip
-Nipqer

Is there any way i can downgrade and root/custom recovery without a PC?

BAleR said:
Is there any way i can downgrade and root/custom recovery without a PC?
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Not with an HTC Vision, you can't... You need an PC to do this.

That's too bad. The G2 used to easy. Thanks for the reply!
Edit: So that goes for the G2 aswell correct?

99 Unknown fail
I have tried to flash the provided earlier in the post (PC10IMG.zip).
But the device returns the following. Is the because i need to gold pass the SD card?
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.85.0015
MICROP-425
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Dec 20 2011,16:21:13
Thanks
---------------------------------------------------------------
C:\Users\Ian Wallace>cd C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb reboot bootloader
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb reboot bootloader
error: device not found
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb reboot bootloader
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>fastboot oem rebootRUU
...
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>fastboot flash zip PC10IMG.zip
sending 'zip' (134550 KB)...
OKAY [ 22.466s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) adopting the signature contained in this image...
(bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) zip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail)
finished. total time: 27.942s
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>fastboot flash zip PC10IMG.zip
sending 'zip' (134550 KB)...
OKAY [ 22.417s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) adopting the signature contained in this image...
(bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) zip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail)
finished. total time: 27.893s

Trigrorx said:
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb reboot bootloader
error: device not found
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This is your problem, adb can't see your phone. Was it up and running when you tried this ? If so it's your adb setup. Have you used adb before on this phone ? See my signature for a link to a guide to setting up adb.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.

BAleR said:
That's too bad. The G2 used to easy. Thanks for the reply!
Edit: So that goes for the G2 aswell correct?
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For the G2 there is a new program called mr. root, wich makes everything a bit easier, but you still need an computer to do it. So that's correct indeed.

From memory that 99 error means you used htcdev.
You can find more info on that here
-Nipqer

steviewevie said:
This is your problem, adb can't see your phone. Was it up and running when you tried this ? If so it's your adb setup. Have you used adb before on this phone ? See my signature for a link to a guide to setting up adb.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
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The cmd's seem to be working from the cmd prompt. for example the phone did go into boot loader.
The phone is in a state where it will not boot up. Fails on the htc logo.
However boot loader is not functioning, every time it directs me to clock work orange mod screen. Which does not function either

Same problem!!
Hi, im really new here, and i googled the 'symptoms' of my broken HTC desire Z and this thread came up. My phone is showing exactly the same writting as what you described, but i really really dont know why. i dont know what all these technical terms mean/do but i REALLY miss my phone and want it to work again!! I would really really REALLY appreciate any help anyone could offer me, because the warranty is up so i cant send it back!
Thank you so much!

So to get this straight, you've tried to root your phone and it went wrong. If so, can you still get into your recovery?
-Turn off phone, hold down the power and volume up button. Then ou should get your bootloader. Once that's loaded slelect recovery with your volume buttons and confirm (press "enter") by pressing your powerbutton. Then your phone should restart in recovery. If you haven't changed your recovery image, you should be able to get the stock ROM running again.-

Problem with unloocking bootloader on Virgin Mobile (htc a510c)

I am having a problem, I go to the HTC Dev site, tells me I need to download a new rom, but when I download the Virgin Mobile rom, it restart the phone then it gives me an error that I have the wrong version.
I dont understand though, the phone says Virgin Mobile. Can anyone help me?

I found these steps. I have problems on number 7, which says *
"Scroll down, choose your phone version, download RUU"
When I download Virgin Mobile, it goes through its process, reboots the phone, you see the HTC logo, then the program errors out saying I have the wrong rom. How can I have the wrong rom? I have a Virgin Mobile Wildfire S, and that is what I downloaded. Any ideas?
STEP 1 - Update HBOOT to support generating device tokens
* Go to http://htcdev.com/
* Click "unlock bootloader" and then "get started"
* On the right, chose HTC Wildfire S from the dropdown
* Click begin unlock bootloader
* Login, or register first, then login
* Confirm the 2 nasty boxes and agree all stuff
* Scroll down, choose your phone version, download RUU
* Run RUU.exe and flash new HBOOT
* Click proceed
* Remove battery, re-insert, boot into bootloader (Power + Vol-)
* Click proceed
* get those 3 files: adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, fastboot.exe, read how to get them if you do not have them
* open a terminal as it is done on the site
* enter the command: fastboot oem get_identifier_token
* Copy the identifier token and
* paste it at the bottom of the page
* submit

I believe I figured it out, I found a thread somewhere else that had the answer. I'll try it tomorrow though, I am beat spent 2 hours on this. Here is the quote though for the fix
"4: You will find 2 zip folders named rom_01 and rom_02, copy these 2 zips to your desktop
5: Now change the name of rom_01 (im not 100% sure if its 01 or 02 that you need to do first, I cant remember) to PG76IMG and copy it over to a microSD, insert into your phone and boot into HBoot, it will go through the normal process of detecting and then opening the zip and will ask you if you wish to update the radio to v2 (it should only ask to update the radio, because you need to do it first before you use the second file which asks to update both the radio and hboot) allow to do so and it will do its thing and when completed ask to reboot."

I am not sure where to begin. I have been all over this forum and another trying to find the answer.
I believe I got my bootloader unlocked,
***UNLOCKED***
Marvelc PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.10.0001
Microp-0354
Radio-0.94.00.0109
I have Android 2.3.3
I know I need to be on HBOOT 1.08.0099 but how do I insall it? I;ve tried everything imaginable. I tried the all one in tool, I tried flashing it in fast boot, how do I install it? I am thinking I need to do that before I can instakk CWM. Can someone help me?
My goal is to be able to install roms.
I can't install CWM

F9zSlavik said:
I am not sure where to begin. I have been all over this forum and another trying to find the answer.
I believe I got my bootloader unlocked,
***UNLOCKED***
Marvelc PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.10.0001
Microp-0354
Radio-0.94.00.0109
I have Android 2.3.3
I know I need to be on HBOOT 1.08.0099 but how do I insall it? I;ve tried everything imaginable. I tried the all one in tool, I tried flashing it in fast boot, how do I install it? I am thinking I need to do that before I can instakk CWM. Can someone help me?
My goal is to be able to install roms.
I can't install CWM
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Now that you're unlocked, try using the same all in one tool to ROOT the phone. Then flash CWM, because you need root for CWM. I suggest using rezo609's All-In-One Utility if that's not what you are already using.
There's no need of 1.08.0099 or 1.09.0099 because the one you have is the latest UNLOCKABLE bootloader.
And since you have an A510c, why don't you go ahead and S-OFF it? It's really simple. You'll find a guide in the index in the general section.
Good luck!

SomeDudeOnTheNet said:
Now that you're unlocked, try using the same all in one tool to ROOT the phone. Then flash CWM, because you need root for CWM. I suggest using rezo609's All-In-One Utility if that's not what you are already using.
There's no need of 1.08.0099 or 1.09.0099 because the one you have is the latest UNLOCKABLE bootloader.
And since you have an A510c, why don't you go ahead and S-OFF it? It's really simple. You'll find a guide in the index in the general section.
Good luck!
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Here all this time I thought I needed to downgrade. ;/
So I need to root before I can install CWM? Didn't know that. I'll take a look at the general section for the s-off.
I just needed someone to point me in the right direction.
I tried to root it but I think the TOOL is asking me to install root.zip but it reboots and it just stays on the HTC logo screen. What do I do? The instructions are asking me to select root,zip but i have no option to do so, it just stays on the htc screen. I do not have CWM installed.
ECHO is off.
rezo609's Rooting Utility for HTC Marvel v1.3 on xda.
Press any key to continue . . .
Pushing root.zip to sdcard! Here we go.
2027 KB/s (894779 bytes in 0.431s)
.
Rebooting to Fastboot
Check Fastboot
Press any key to continue . . .
HT1CXX002402 fastboot
.
sending 'recovery' (4494 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.714s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.168s]
finished. total time: 3.883s
Press any key to continue . . .
.
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.714s]
booting...
OKAY [ -0.000s]
finished. total time: 1.715s
.
DO NOT USE THE POWER BUTTON TO SELECT. Please use the Search button instead of t
he Power button.
Now choose Install Zip from Sdcard then select root.zip. Press yes.
Press any key to continue . . .
I can't install CWM, i get this error after it reboots into fastboot
error: device not found
And as far as S-OFF, first thing it says I need is "You need to be on either HBOOT-1.08.0099 or HBOOT-1.09.0099 and be bootloader unlocked via HTCdev."
I have neither installed. Does the steps still apply to me?
Now I can't use Wifi! I crippled my phone ;,(
I am at a complete lost.... ;/

F9zSlavik said:
Here all this time I thought I needed to downgrade. ;/
So I need to root before I can install CWM? Didn't know that. I'll take a look at the general section for the s-off.
I just needed someone to point me in the right direction.
I tried to root it but I think the TOOL is asking me to install root.zip but it reboots and it just stays on the HTC logo screen. What do I do? The instructions are asking me to select root,zip but i have no option to do so, it just stays on the htc screen. I do not have CWM installed.
ECHO is off.
rezo609's Rooting Utility for HTC Marvel v1.3 on xda.
Press any key to continue . . .
Pushing root.zip to sdcard! Here we go.
2027 KB/s (894779 bytes in 0.431s)
.
Rebooting to Fastboot
Check Fastboot
Press any key to continue . . .
HT1CXX002402 fastboot
.
sending 'recovery' (4494 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.714s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.168s]
finished. total time: 3.883s
Press any key to continue . . .
.
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.714s]
booting...
OKAY [ -0.000s]
finished. total time: 1.715s
.
DO NOT USE THE POWER BUTTON TO SELECT. Please use the Search button instead of t
he Power button.
Now choose Install Zip from Sdcard then select root.zip. Press yes.
Press any key to continue . . .
I can't install CWM, i get this error after it reboots into fastboot
error: device not found
And as far as S-OFF, first thing it says I need is "You need to be on either HBOOT-1.08.0099 or HBOOT-1.09.0099 and be bootloader unlocked via HTCdev."
I have neither installed. Does the steps still apply to me?
Now I can't use Wifi! I crippled my phone ;,(
I am at a complete lost.... ;/
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That's quite strange.
Okay, considering you have adb installed, pit the adb files in a folder called android.
Put it in any drive you want. Put the cwm img in the same folder.
Name the image file as recovery.img
Suppose you have the folder on c drive, type this :
cd c:\android
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Do you have the root.zip?
Cwm recovery should boot. Then flash the root.zip.
Tell me if it doesn't work.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S using xda premium

SomeDudeOnTheNet said:
That's quite strange.
Okay, considering you have adb installed, pit the adb files in a folder called android.
Put it in any drive you want. Put the cwm img in the same folder.
Name the image file as recovery.img
Suppose you have the folder on c drive, type this :
cd c:\android
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Do you have the root.zip?
Cwm recovery should boot. Then flash the root.zip.
Tell me if it doesn't work.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S using xda premium
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In the process of doing what you said as we speak. I do have a root.zip. I'll let you know if cwm installs.

c:\Android>Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
< waiting for device >
sending 'recovery' (4494 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.714s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.149s]
finished. total time: 3.863s
I did as you asked, after I got this message, I tried to boot into recovery to get into CWM, and I just get the HTC logo, its basically stuck until I remove the battery. Any other suggestions?

I managed to solve my problem thanks to SomeDudeOnTheNet. <--Awesome guy!
Now that I have S-Off and have CWM, I am trying to install a rom. I was recommended HenseMod. My issue at the momment is that it rebooted once on me clearing/wiping the phone, and rebooted again on me while trying to install a rom and another time it froze. Any ideas?

Working on one of these right now... currently have unlocked and S-Off, just flashed the recovery.img successfully, can get into the first screen of clockwork, but it freezes either as soon as I hit the button or on a white HTC screen.
once I got the zip install option to work, and installed the root.zip, but it just froze and rebooted shortly after.
I'm thinking that without su, the recovery can't push the root.zip or any other rom zips... so I'm still looking for a way to get root.
This is a tough nut!

F9zSlavik said:
I believe I figured it out, I found a thread somewhere else that had the answer. I'll try it tomorrow though, I am beat spent 2 hours on this. Here is the quote though for the fix
"4: You will find 2 zip folders named rom_01 and rom_02, copy these 2 zips to your desktop
5: Now change the name of rom_01 (im not 100% sure if its 01 or 02 that you need to do first, I cant remember) to PG76IMG and copy it over to a microSD, insert into your phone and boot into HBoot, it will go through the normal process of detecting and then opening the zip and will ask you if you wish to update the radio to v2 (it should only ask to update the radio, because you need to do it first before you use the second file which asks to update both the radio and hboot) allow to do so and it will do its thing and when completed ask to reboot."
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If possible do you think you could give me a link to the entire thread where you found that quote? I'm in as similar situation except I'm completely inapt at understanding how to solve the problem using only these quotes.

F9zSlavik said:
I am not sure where to begin. I have been all over this forum and another trying to find the answer.
I believe I got my bootloader unlocked,
***UNLOCKED***
Marvelc PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.10.0001
Microp-0354
Radio-0.94.00.0109
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How exactly did you unlock your HBOOT menu because I'm having the same problem

[GUIDE]Unlocking, Rooting, Adding CWM, Customizing XPERIA S 6.1.A.2.45 Stock ROM

Note: All the methods used here not belongs to me,
ALL CREDITS GOES TO ITS MAKERS
Here I am giving you some external threads and some guide lines explaining how to unlock,root,adding Recovery, Flashing Custom ROMS and How to unroot, locking bootloaders to get official OTA updates..
Lets start with usual warning, I'm not responsible if your Xperia S gets bricked
[UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER]
There is a great thread explaining how to unlock and relock bootloader by DooMLoRD, its very useful and I tested it and worked perfectly.Here is the link,
UNLOCKING AND RELOCKING BOOTLOADER XPERIA S
If you found its useful don't forget to thank him.
[ROOTING XPERIA S WITH 6.1.A.2.45]
Here I will give you two methods,
FIRST METHOD
This is for unlocked bootloader only and only for Xperia S LT26i. I have tested and working perfectly in my SXS
Warning: This is Exclusively for Xperia S with 6.1.A.2.45. I am not sure about other Other ROMS
Before Rooting you must have downloaded this,
1.Root Kit.zip (Zip containing everything you wanted to root)
2.Flashable SuperSU App (Thanks to Chainfire )
Inside the folder you have one .txt file its the commands you have to use in cmd, Any how I am adding the same below,
1.You must have enabled USB debugging in developer option under settings
2.Copy the "CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip" into your SD card
3.Switch off and connect your phone in fast boot mode (pressing Power button + Vol up)
If asked for drivers, update driver manually by directing to "USB driver folder" inside the "Root Kit folder".
Verify whether there is a BLUE LED is coming up.
Now you are in fastboot mode, type the commands line by line,
fastboot devices
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you will get something like this,
PSDN: DW925S3BFT&POI fastboot
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Now type this,
fastboot flash boot recovery-nozomi.img
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you will be seeing this,
sending 'boot' (5414 KB)...
(bootloader) USB download speed was 9847kB/s
OKAY [ 0.579s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Flash of partition 'boot' requested
(bootloader) S1 partID 0x00000003, block 0x00002000-0x0000bfff
(bootloader) Erase operation complete, 0 bad blocks encountered
(bootloader) Flashing...
(bootloader) Flash operation complete
OKAY [ 1.851s]
finished. total time: 2.432s
Click to expand...
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so the recovery image is flashed into the phone, now reboot device using below command,
fastboot reboot
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Now the phone will boot into recovery mode and select the option “Install zip from SDCard”. Browse to the folder where you had copied the SU zip file (CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip), select it and install it.
Now select the “Reboot System” option and while it is booting press the VOL UP button to boot back into the fastboot mode. Now run
fastboot flash boot kernel.sin
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You should see something like this
sending 'boot' (5590 KB)...
(bootloader) USB download speed was 9588kB/s
OKAY [ 0.612s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Flash of partition 'boot' requested
(bootloader) S1 partID 0x00000003, block 0x00002000-0x0000bfff
(bootloader) Erase operation complete, 0 bad blocks encountered
(bootloader) Flashing...
(bootloader) Flash operation complete
OKAY [ 2.976s]
finished. total time: 3.589s
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If its showing with "Okay and Finished", then you are done, Congrats now you have a rooted phone (check for SuperSU app inside the phone drawer)​Note:
1.If you can't enter into fastmode after image flashing (sometimes you need to have a better timing to enter into flashmode during reboot by pressing vol up and power button), then do this,
Press power and volume up button till u get a vibration followed by three vibrations (now your phone is switched off, so you can enter into fastboot normally) IMPORTANT: Dont remove the usb cable ever till rooting finishes
2.If any step fails after flashing recovery image you can't able to enter into your phone, don't be panic we have solution for everything.
Flashing stock rom with flashtool will solve this issue.
SECOND METHOD
Follow thread here,
Root with Recovery by Bin4ry
Note:
It's the easiest method, but every time i tried, i am doing it wrongly, but you can use this as well for rooting.Don't forget to thank Bin4ry
[ClockWorkMod Recovery]
If you want to know "why recovery is need?" go through some search .
For stock Roms
Just download this and enjoy recovery.
RecoverX by LEDelete. Don't forget to thank him.
[Flashing Custom ROMs]
You will get a variety of Custom ROMs available for XSX, choose what you are in need of, am here adding some Custom ROMs and there respective links (but its not the end, there are many more search it)
10/03/2012 - KA15 Xperia SSpeed released|Stablity update|Smooth & Fast|4.0.4 | Direct Link
10/03/2012 - KA02 Xperia SSpeed released! Modded stock rom|Smooth & Fast | Direct Link
10/02/2012 - [AOKP][JB] Xperia S | Direct Link
09/30/2012 - [DEVELOPMENT] - CM9.1 | Direct Link
09/30/2012 - Erachter ROM v4.1 | Very smooth | Good battery life | Direct Link
09/28/2012 - [email protected] Rom v5.2 [Simple, Clean & Fast] | Bug Free and battery friendly | Jelly Bean Animation | Direct Link
09/27/2012 - [ICS] XcreaM-3.2 | Stable Highly and easily customizable | Direct Link
09/15/2012 - MIUI 2.9.14 | Direct Link
09/07/2012 - [Xperia S][ICS] ExtremeICSrom v3 [Fast & Smooth] | Direct Link
05/01/2012 - Ultimate Xperience™ |[UICSv1.0] | [USensev1.0] | Direct Link
Note: Don't forget to thank the authors
[CWM in Custom ROMs]
Mostly in all Custom ROms there are recoveries but rarely we can't find in some ROMs, for that you have to download the flashable recovery zip along with the ROMs, If you forget to do a recovery flash and you are unable enter recovery mode don't be panic, remember we have solutions everything, just go through this forum to know about doing recovery through PC.
Recovery through PC
Now its all done, Enjoy..
Note: For unrooting you have to flash the stock kernels
Note: Customization of SystemUI.apk will be posted soon.
If there is any problem with this threada kindly inform through PM, If any links not working let me know before blaming me
Hit thanks if i helped you.:laugh:.​

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526866

Yeah I know that post well, I got my basic from that post alone, thank you for adding that too in the thread. This is exclusively for XPERIA S with 6.1.A.2.45.
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[Q] Problem with upgrade to JB 4.2 (Cyanogen 10.1)

Hi guys,
i never posted but i use this forum as my main reference when comes to roms, flashing etc.
So i will use this post also to say a big THANKS
Here is the problem:
i was trying to upgrade my Cyanogen from the 10 to the v 10.1 (JB 4.2.x) but the classic way flash boot.img and then the rom didn't worked; i get everytime a error getprop("ro.bootloader") == ............... when i try to write the rom, i think that is a problem of the bootloader version (0.95).
Then i tried to flash the version 1.39 with the CID VODAP102 but also here i get this error:
Code:
< waiting for device >
sending 'zip' (12876 KB)... OKAY [ 1.578s]
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...
FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail)
finished. total time: 2.197s
U:\Users\Exico\Desktop\Nuova cartella\Fastboot\Fastboot>fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
sending 'zip' (12876 KB)... FAILED (remote: (00030003))
finished. total time: 0.001s
Then if i try again it remain blocked in " sending 'zip' (12876 KB)... "
I tried with locked and unlocked but same issue.
I saw somewhere that i cannot go directly from my version that i stoo old to this one so i was looking for a older version but unfortunately htcruu closed and im stucked.
Now Im running my nandroid backup so i can use the phone but i can try everything.
I think that the crucial point is to update the bootloader to version 1.3x, then the rom flashing will be easy.
Thanks in advance!

What's your version main number ?
Fastboot getvar version-main

Mr Hofs said:
What's your version main number ?
Fastboot getvar version-main
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Click to collapse
Result:
Code:
version-main: 1.29.161.13
finished. total time: 0.006s

Here you go
http://androidfiles.org/ruu/securek...Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_264070_signed.exe

So i have to:
1. Flash this rom;
2. Lock the phone
3. Flash the new bootloader
4. Unlock the phone
5. Flash the new cyanogen
Right?
I will try tomorrow, for now thanks
Ill let you know if everything goes well

1: charge the battery full
2: lock the bootloader
3: run the ruu with admin right (right click the ruu)
4: update the phone all the way (manual check)
5: unlock the bootloader
6: flash the custom recovery
7: MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP !
8: install a new rom

Mr Hofs said:
1: charge the battery full
2: lock the bootloader
3: run the ruu with admin right (right click the ruu)
4: update the phone all the way (manual check)
5: unlock the bootloader
6: flash the custom recovery
7: MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP !
8: install a new rom
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Click to collapse
1: charge the battery full - DONE
2: lock the bootloader - DONE
3: run the ruu with admin right (right click the ruu) - Here fails
4: update the phone all the way (manual check)
5: unlock the bootloader
6: flash the custom recovery
7: MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP !
8: install a new rom
I get the error 155: (i translate from italian)
Error[155]: Error updating image
The romm utility cannot update Android
Get the right ROM utility and retry
-------------
I tried to lock/unlock the bootloader, flash manually boot and recovery and use a stock rom nandroid backup but still nothing

Well it should, it matches 100%. What is the outcome of
Fastboot oem readcid
And what firmware did you download ?

Mr Hofs said:
Well it should, it matches 100%. What is the outcome of
Fastboot oem readcid
And what firmware did you download ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Im done somewhat.
Thats what i did so far:
1. Flashed the old backup and updated it, hboot still the same
2. Flashed the RUU, hboot still the same
3. Tried to flash again and again the new hboot 1.39 that i found in a list thread in the rom section, success
4. Tried to flash back my Cyanogen 10 backup, done but does not boot
5. Wiping the phone with CWM but this time it wiped also my "sdcard" and i was with low battery and no rom
6. Found a trick to how charge the phone and then i flashed TWRP to gain access to the usb mount and i loaded Cyanogen 10.1 + gapps
7. Flashed with TWRP the rom and gapps and then flashed back CWM
A bit long but i did it! : P now that i have the newer boot loader i cannot use anymore the cyanogen 10, it remain blocked in the cyanogen logo.
Thanks for the support!

How to I update my hboot from 0.94 to 1.36?
I've tried but it wont update - my CID is HTC_44 (or 044) - i've checked and it has OTA update but I'm not sure how to do all the hboot updating thing.

Mikeshashimi said:
How to I update my hboot from 0.94 to 1.36?
I've tried but it wont update - my CID is HTC_44 (or 044) - i've checked and it has OTA update but I'm not sure how to do all the hboot updating thing.
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You can try a RUU, you have a unbranded handset so my guess your ruu is out there....
Fastboot getvar version-main