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[Q] Phone will only succesfully flash certain roms

Hey guys!
I have a problem, and to be perfectly honest I am not a massive expert at this sort of stuff, but bare with me.
I am trying to install Virtuous ICS Rom RC2 on my Incredible S, but once I've done so it won't boot past the HTC logo. Tried a clean wipe (factory reset/cache/dalvik cache), and even changing from EXT3 to EXT4 and back, but nothing works. Now, I've had this problem before with other various ROMs, and it seems that I can only get flawless installs and boots from Cyanogenmod 7.1 and MIUI (not the ICS version).
Currently running 4EXT recovery and MIUI, but I want the ICS rom really bad, and other Incredible S users are flashing without any problems, so I'm not sure what gives.
Any and all help would be appreciated (and sorry if this is a noob-ish question and/or in the wrong forum)!

Make sure you have the newest ClockWork Recovery Mod installed. If you do try reinstalling it and an engineering hBoot. I would say the problem would be that one of those are corrupt.

I will try both of those and get back to you with the results! Thanks!

Okay, so I updated CWM to 5.0.2.0, which did not do anything. When you say reinstall, do you mean a completely removal of CWM and then installing it again? Because I'm not sure how to do that.
Also, as usual, MIUI 1.2.30 installs just fine, but I just tried installing MIUI 2.12.13 and ended up in a bootloop. So, thus far, I can only flash two roms; CM7.1 and MIUI 1.2.30. These two were the first two roms I ever flashed, not sure if that has anything to do with anything but I thought it might be worth mentioning.

Unlocked bootloader with htcdev? You might need to reflash the boot.img from your desired rom's zip file with the command
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img

i think you should flash the new ROM image
please refer the the post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337105

How do I flash a ROM via HBOOT? Do I just load it up, wait for the SD card to be read then plug it in via usb, go to cmd and type in the necessary prompts, and the boot.img file from my rom.zip will be flashed?

Hexykins said:
How do I flash a ROM via HBOOT? Do I just load it up, wait for the SD card to be read then plug it in via usb, go to cmd and type in the necessary prompts, and the boot.img file from my rom.zip will be flashed?
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Read the FAQ sticky post for info on how to flash the boot.img file in a custom ROM.zip file.

Will do, thanks guys, wish me luck.

The correct first question is: Is the OP S-Off or HTC unlocked? if it's the latter, follow Nonverbose's advice.

My phone is S-OFF.

Hexykins said:
My phone is S-OFF.
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Please boot into Fastboot mode and run the following:
Fastboot getvar all
And post the results so we can see how your phone is currently set up

Okay, so I highlighted FASTBOOT and pressed the power button, then plugged in the USB and it changed to FASTBOOT USB. However, my PC doesn't find my phone, so I can't run the cmd prompts. Should I just go through the steps listed in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337105?

Hexykins said:
Okay, so I highlighted FASTBOOT and pressed the power button, then plugged in the USB and it changed to FASTBOOT USB. However, my PC doesn't find my phone, so I can't run the cmd prompts. Should I just go through the steps listed in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337105?
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No that would not be applicable in your case from what you have told us. If you are S-Off and have a custom ROM installed, then you probably don't have HBOOT 1.16 or 2.00. That is why I wanted you to get the Fastboot getvar all information.
Have you installed HTC Sync on your PC to get the appropriate drivers set up?

Just installed HTC Sync and got all the appropriate drivers. Still won't show up as a disk when I'm in Fastboot, but I'm guessing it's not supposed to either.

Hexykins said:
Just installed HTC Sync and got all the appropriate drivers. Still won't show up as a disk when I'm in Fastboot, but I'm guessing it's not supposed to either.
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No it won't show as a disk drive. Open a command window and set the working directory to the one where you installed adb.exe and Fastboot.exe and then type:
Fastboot devices and it should respond with your device serial number. If it does then you can type:
Fastboot getvar all

Here you go, sorry it took so long, had to set up a few things:
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Hexykins said:
Here you go, sorry it took so long, had to set up a few things:
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Ok you still have S-Off and now that you have fastboot working I would try reflashing CWM 5.0.2.0 recovery image in fastboot mode.
Copy the CWM recovery.img file to the directory where you have fastboot.exe. If you have a zip file for CWM5.0.2.0 then open the zip and copy the .img file.
Then in fastboot mode type the command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then I would try flashing Virtuous ICS.

Hm, sadly that didn't help, it still just bootloops and/or get stuck on the bootscreen (depending on the ROM, tried both the Virtuous ROM and the new MIUI).

Hexykins said:
Hm, sadly that didn't help, it still just bootloops and/or get stuck on the bootscreen (depending on the ROM, tried both the Virtuous ROM and the new MIUI).
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Full wipe (data,cache,dalvik)

My HTC One came with s-off already?

Hi,
After i've been playing with samsung phones i decided to buy an HTC One, but today i started to follow some guides in order to unlock bootloader, root and s-off my device.
My surprise when i pu the phone in bootloader mod is already unlocked and s-off, however when i put in recovery mod the screen was dark and then showed an image with a phone and a red triangle inside i presume that there is no recovery installed and the phone is not rooted.
Here's the bootloader information of my device:
***UNLOCKED***
M7_UL PVT SHIP S-OFF RH
CID-HTC__304
HBOOT-1.56.0000
RADIO-4A.23.3263.28
OpenDSP-v32.120.274.0909
OS-4.19.401.9
eMMC-boot 2048MB
Feb 7 2014,01:06:01.0
I need your help. What am i suppose to do now? Root my device and install a recovery?
Thx

Technically, there *is* a recovery, just a stock recovery (the red triangle is normal with the stock recovery).
With S-Off, you can do anything. Of course a good place to start would be to flash a custom recovery.
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app

NxNW said:
Technically, there *is* a recovery, just a stock recovery (the red triangle is normal with the stock recovery).
With S-Off, you can do anything. Of course a good place to start would be to flash a custom recovery.
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
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So my next step is flash a custom recovery and then root my device?

HC4Life said:
So my next step is flash a custom recovery and then root my device?
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If you want to root just flash latest twrp recovery (2.6.3.3 or 2.6.3.4). enter recovery then exit and you'll be prompted to root your phone.
You'll be prompted with something similar to this:
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swipe to install then when the phone reboot, go in your app drawer and complete the root installation by opening the SuperSu app.
either ''play'' or ''twrp'' methos should work with s-off.

alray said:
If you want to root just flash latest twrp recovery (2.6.3.3 or 2.6.3.4). enter recovery then exit and you'll be prompted to root your phone.
You'll be prompted with something similar to this:
swipe to install then when the phone reboot, go in your app drawer and complete the root installation by opening the SuperSu app.
either ''play'' or ''twrp'' methos should work with s-off.
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Nice. So only have to download the last TWRP recovery and flash it. One more question how to flash a custom recovery?
Thx

HC4Life said:
Nice. So only have to download the last TWRP recovery and flash it. One more question how to flash a custom recovery?
Thx
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boot your phone in bootloader mode
select ''fastboot'' then connect usb cable to computer
open a cmd prompt from your adb/fastboot folder
Code:
fastboot flash recovery <name_of_recovery_file>.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
make sure you download the correct recovery that match your phone variant. i.e don't use a sprint (M7_WLS) twrp recovery on your device (M7_UL)
and make sure to save the recovery .img file in your fastboot/adb folder prior to flashing it.

alray said:
boot your phone in bootloader mode
select ''fastboot'' then connect usb cable to computer
open a cmd prompt from your adb/fastboot folder
Code:
fastboot flash recovery <name_of_recovery_file>.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
make sure you download the correct recovery that match your phone variant. i.e don't use a sprint (M7_WLS) twrp recovery on your device (M7_UL)
and make sure to save the recovery .img file in your fastboot/adb folder prior to flashing it.
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Everything went well. Now can i flash any rom?
Thx

HC4Life said:
Everything went well. Now can i flash any rom?
Thx
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Yes, with s-off you can flash either a sense based custom rom or gpe custom rom. Be sure to use a rom intended for M7_U or M7_UL. Don't flash any sprint rom (WLS). Also make a Nandroid backup of your phone trough twrp before you flash a rom and save a copy on your computer.

alray said:
Yes, with s-off you can flash either a sense based custom rom or gpe custom rom. Be sure to use a rom intended for M7_U or M7_UL. Don't flash any sprint rom (WLS). Also make a Nandroid backup of your phone trough twrp before you flash a rom and save a copy on your computer.
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Thx bro for the tips.

[Q] How to return it to the original Rom and Lock

Hello to all
i have buy from the ebay an HTC ONE m7. it was Tampered and unlocked with cyanogenmod 11 and root ofcourse.
So my question is how can i rebuild it to the original phone it was with the original ROM and Lock ?
i have try some ways from threads i have read but with out success.
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elessargr said:
Hello to all
i have buy from the ebay an HTC ONE m7. it was Tampered and unlocked with cyanogenmod 11 and root ofcourse.
So my question is how can i rebuild it to the original phone it was with the original ROM and Lock ?
i have try some ways from threads i have read but with out success.
Thanks a lot.
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You would need to:
Download this file Guru Reset 4.19.401.11 and place on your sdcard
Boot into bootloader/FASTBOOT USB
Flash TWRP 2.6.3.3
Code:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Boot into Recovery and install Guru Reset
This will take you back to stock and you will get the chance at the end to decide if you want to remain stock or root.

majmoz said:
You would need to:
Download this file Guru Reset 4.19.401.11 and place on your sdcard
Boot into bootloader/FASTBOOT USB
Flash TWRP 2.6.3.3
Code:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Boot into Recovery and install Guru Reset
This will take you back to stock and you will get the chance at the end to decide if you want to remain stock or root.
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Thanks for the fast response
i manage to put the new ROM on the phone; its a little modified but its ok. i need instructions also for how to remove the tampered message and the unlocked message. any idea?

elessargr said:
Thanks for the fast response
i manage to put the new ROM on the phone; its a little modified but its ok. i need instructions also for how to remove the tampered message and the unlocked message. any idea?
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Achieve S-OFF with firewater or sunshine
Download and install this Bootloader Reset Tool

majmoz said:
Achieve S-OFF with firewater or sunshine
Download and install this Bootloader Reset Tool
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am also trying to update the ROM with the new updates from htc and it cant. it auto enter on the recovery menu of twrp.
can from the S-OFF going back to S-ON somehow if i do it?

elessargr said:
am also trying to update the ROM with the new updates from htc and it cant. it auto enter on the recovery menu of twrp.
can from the S-OFF going back to S-ON somehow if i do it?
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To receive updates you need stock rom and stock recovery. Here is nkk71's post on OTA Updates.
Also, it might be better to achieve S-OFF before the updates. It is sometimes a lot easier with the lower version numbers.

elessargr said:
am also trying to update the ROM with the new updates from htc and it cant. it auto enter on the recovery menu of twrp.
can from the S-OFF going back to S-ON somehow if i do it?
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If thats the case you did not install the Guru Reset correctly
re-flash the guru reset and choose yes to stock recovery and radio and No to Root. When done correctly you won't have TWRP and the updates will work
I do agree though ...Get s-off before updating

Keeping your Butterfly S Up to Date.!!!

Point of this guide is to have users have a simple knowledge on how to keep there HTC Butterfly S 901s/901e up to date with the development community.! I will try to make this as Noob-friendly as I can. And if it's still too hard to understand then their is a simple solution. STOP MESSING WITH YOUR PHONE.!!!!!
1. ADB & Fastboot Folder
Will Update Soon.!!
2. Unlocking Your Boot loader
Description : The reason why most users and devs unlock their boot loader is so users or devs can start modifying there phone by flashing zips, kernels and recoveries.
A. Go to htcdev.com
B. Follow their unlocking guide ( if you can't do this then stop what your doing and stay pure stock )
3. Flashing A Recovery
Description : A Recovery is the must needed thing when it comes to flashing kernels and zips of all sorts. But just because you have a recovery installed doesn't mean you can flash anything on XDA , flash what is only on your development forums. Or what has support for your phone.
A. Download recovery Here
B. Place the recovery you just downloaded into your fastboot folder
C. In cmd prompt type the following
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
4. Obtaining S-Off
Description : For a general understanding what s-off is pleased read Here.!!
A. Methods of Achieving S-Off as of 02/13/2015
SunShine Apk - Here
RumRunner - Here
Follow their instructions as I will not post them here.!!!!
After Achieving S-Off proceed to the next step
5. Obtaining SuperCID
A. Boot phone into boot loader
B. Navigate to your Fastboot folder
C. Enter these commands
Code:
fastboot oem readcid
fastboot oem writecid 11111111
fastboot reboot bootloader
5. Firmware Update
A. Download the latest firmware zip from Here.!!
B. With the download firmware.zip you want to put it in your fastboot folder
C. Power Off Phone
D. Hold volume down + Power
E. Plug phone into computer. The Phone should enter Fastboot USB
F. Navigate your command prompt to your fastboot folder
G. Next enter the following commands:
Code:
Fastboot oem rebootRUU
Fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
Fastboot flash zip firmware.zip (same command if first time fails)
Fastboot reboot
H. Now your phone should reboot
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are up to date and ready to flash anything in our Butterfly S Community.!
6. Flashing Roms
How to install any Rom ( The Correct Way ) :
1: Boot to Recovery
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If you don't have a Advanced Power Menu. Follow this.!!!
A.Power Off Phone
B. Hold volume down + Power
C. Choose Recovery
2: Wipe > Advanced Wipe > ( check system, data, cache, dalvik )
Then Standard Wipe.
3: Install > ( navigate to your zip and flash )
4: Wipe in Aroma If it's available
Ex.
5: Boot to bootloader after flashing and flash boot.img found within the Rom you just flashed.
6: Reboot and Profit.!!!!

Mine

Thanks it's a very detail tutorial for the newbies!

dioooi said:
Thanks it's a very detail tutorial for the newbies!
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Needs a bit more explaining I think.

I don't know why, but at first, fastboot didn't work for me.
I tried many things found on the internet, many guides, many drivers but every time, while my device was on, my computer could detect it and interact with it using cmd and "adb" commands, but every time I rebooted to bootloader, and selected "fastboot", nothing worked. The drivers wouldn't install correctly and even "fastboot devices" wouldn't work. My phone was on Hboot 1.54, and my computer was on a Windows 8.1 x64
I then installed Windows 7 on my laptop and had no problems installing the drivers and flashing the firmware.zip using fastboot.
Today I wanted to try again to make fastboot work with my butterfly (hboot 1.57 now) on my windows 8.1 PC, and...it worked ! I'm no expert, but I guess Hboot 1.54 wasn't "compatible" with win 8.1, whereas hboot 1.57 has no problems.
Just wanted to share this here, in case it can help someone else in the same situation.

firmware update
Hi, can i know which file do i download to upgrade the firmware of my HTC butterfly s international version? cause i downloaded the 40mb version and it says that wrong ID while the MD5 version is somehow corrupted...

mariokong said:
Hi, can i know which file do i download to upgrade the firmware of my HTC butterfly s international version? cause i downloaded the 40mb version and it says that wrong ID while the MD5 version is somehow corrupted...
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Download using Firefox, and make sure you have superCID

xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
Download using Firefox, and make sure you have superCID
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ah thanks for the quick reply got it

mariokong said:
Hi, can i know which file do i download to upgrade the firmware of my HTC butterfly s international version? cause i downloaded the 40mb version and it says that wrong ID while the MD5 version is somehow corrupted...
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The MD5 file is just a checksum which lets you verify that the download went without a problem.

xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
Needs a bit more explaining I think.
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Hi , i am on the S-Off procedure and i keep getting the error "looks like your device is not rooted And lacks an unsecure kernal. su or Fu" Please help me out here ?

iambatman007 said:
Hi , whenever i try to supercid it it shows me an error saying exfat sd card.....no partition etc etc..... can you please help? my device is the 901e version. And in the latest firmware that i have to download i just download the 42mb file named"firmware.zip" , correct?
P.s the error looked something like INFO[JAVACARD_ERR] this
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Windows 8 I presume? Try using Linux

xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
Windows 8 I presume? Try using Linux[/QUOTE
And
i am on the S-Off procedure and i keep getting the error "looks like your device is not rooted And lacks an unsecure kernal. su or Fu" Please help me out here ? I am rooted and have installed busybox, super su.
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This work on butterfly 2?

HTC one M8_WHL H/K sprint version no OS showing in bootlooder.

Hello all,
I bought this new HTC one m8 few days back, it was in kitkat so i tried the Software update thing, but it keeps searching it for hours then I tried to flash ROMs and then i messed up in TWRP. I accidentally deleted everything without any backup. I tried to flash CM12.1 (not nightly)+ gapps, the logo of cm appears and after that my phone auto reboot and same thing is happening again and again. What i did so far is, i changed my CID, I unlocked my device, tried flashing many ROMs like SkyDragon, and also tried many RUU.zip/RUU.exe files but non of them work. When i tried to open zip files it says cannot open the file/ file maybe damaged or corrupted. I can get into recovery(TWRP 2.8...) I tried to flash through SD but after showing successfully done I get back to this white HTC screen again.
I am seriously in trouble.. please somebody help.
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SaifAhmed said:
Hello all,
I bought this new HTC one m8 few days back, it was in kitkat so i tried the Software update thing, but it keeps searching it for hours then I tried to flash ROMs and then i messed up in TWRP. I accidentally deleted everything without any backup. I tried to flash CM12.1 (not nightly)+ gapps, the logo of cm appears and after that my phone auto reboot and same thing is happening again and again. What i did so far is, i changed my CID, I unlocked my device, tried flashing many ROMs like SkyDragon, and also tried many RUU.zip/RUU.exe files but non of them work. When i tried to open zip files it says cannot open the file/ file maybe damaged or corrupted. I can get into recovery(TWRP 2.8...) I tried to flash through SD but after showing successfully done I get back to this white HTC screen again.
I am seriously in trouble.. please somebody help.
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You need to make sure you follow the instructions while flashing a ROM. If you already did check the following:
1. Check if you have custom recovery (TWRP) and custom bootloader (check the thread in development for your device).
2.. Did you flash the right ROM? International (GSM) ROMs are not compatible with Sprint M8. Make sure you are using one from this thread.
3. Most of the time, the ROM zip you have is not completely downloaded. sometime it's error with the download. Whenever you download a ROM/any file make sure the downloaded item matches the MD5 sum.
4. Before flashing a ROM make sure you did a clean wipe. This includes system, data, cache and dalvik cache (but not the data in the sd card - last option shouldn't be checked in twrp). Also for some ROMs you need to be S-OFF. Try installing boot.img using the CMD window.
Let me know if anything mentioned above works for you

Cashreedhar said:
You need to make sure you follow the instructions while flashing a ROM. If you already did check the following:
1. Check if you have custom recovery (TWRP) and custom bootloader (check the thread in development for your device).
2.. Did you flash the right ROM? International (GSM) ROMs are not compatible with Sprint M8. Make sure you are using one from this thread.
3. Most of the time, the ROM zip you have is not completely downloaded. sometime it's error with the download. Whenever you download a ROM/any file make sure the downloaded item matches the MD5 sum.
4. Before flashing a ROM make sure you did a clean wipe. This includes system, data, cache and dalvik cache (but not the data in the sd card - last option shouldn't be checked in twrp). Also for some ROMs you need to be S-OFF. Try installing boot.img using the CMD window.
Let me know if anything mentioned above works for you
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Thanks bro.. I waited for 1 day then I didnt came back though i fixed it later that day by flashing sprint bad boyz rom and their firmware.. It worked for me

just wanted to point out that the OS showing in the bootloader changes while flashing a zip file in the fastboot. Whatever zip you flashed last, check android-info.txt file. (ofcourse you can flash custom zip files with firmware if you have SOFF only)