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is it possible flash a rom without s-off?

as the title, my phone couldnt get into adb to get s-off

You need either HTC Dev unlock
or revolutionary s off to flash a custom ROM
That's the simple explanation
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well, im unlocked, so i can flash it through recovery

goku16 said:
well, im unlocked, so i can flash it through recovery
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You can
And make sure you fast boot flash your boot.img as well
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If you're unlocked through htc dev, just flash custom recovery (4ext touch recommended) and you can flash custom roms after that.
Just make sure to flash boot.img through adb as said by mark. Always do this after flashing new rom when you are s-on.
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Boot.img from the custome rom or..???
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goku16 said:
Boot.img from the custome rom or..???
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Every time you flash a new ROM or kernel you need to open up the zip of the new ROM and fast boot flash it, otherwise it probably wont boot unless there is a similar kernel already
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1 more thing, im currently using revolutionary recovery beucase i couldnt find a 4ext recovery img in that thread, do you mind show me where is it? or revolutionary should be fine?

goku16 said:
1 more thing, im currently using revolutionary recovery beucase i couldnt find a 4ext recovery img in that thread, do you mind show me where is it? or revolutionary should be fine?
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Revolutionary is fine
4EXT is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104765

i found the thread but couldnt fine the .img file

goku16 said:
i found the thread but couldnt fine the .img file
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Go here
http://www.4ext.net/
Download one of those, I have the free one and it will install the recovery itself if you follow the instructions

markj338 said:
Go here
http://www.4ext.net/
Download one of those, I have the free one and it will install the recovery itself if you follow the instructions
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If you use the app to install recovery, make sure to extract the recovery.img file in the downloaded zip and manually flash that through fastboot. Only have to do this while s-on
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816694

goku16 said:
well, im unlocked, so i can flash it through recovery
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I followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337105 no problems at all.:good:

[Q] [q] hboot functions missing

:fingers-crossed:HI ALL CAN YOU HELP ME I HAVE BEEN FLASH IN ROMS FOR A YEAR NOW AND S IS OFF WITH REVOLUTIONARY WHEN I BOOT TO BOOTLODER SOME OPTIONS ARE NOT SHOWING UP LIKE RECOVERY SIMLOCK AND WHATEVER SHOULD BE THERE .THE ONLY THING SHOWING NOW IS BOOTLOADER REBOOT REBOOT BOOTLOADER POWER DOWN WORRIED NOW BECAUSE IF I FLASH A NEW ROM AND I T DOES NOT BOOT UP I CANT GET IN TO CWM RECOVERY. THIS IS MY HBOOT-6.13.1002 HAVE NOT CHEACKED HBOOT FOR A WHILE
I ALWAYS FLASH A NEW ROM BY REBOOT IN TO RECOVERY IN THE POWER OFF MENU IN THE ROM OR CWM APP OR GOO.IM SO I AM WORRIED NOW JUST INCASE A ROM GOES WRONG CAN ANYBODY HELP

brigman35 said:
:fingers-crossed:HI ALL CAN YOU HELP ME I HAVE BEEN FLASH IN ROMS FOR A YEAR NOW AND S IS OFF WITH REVOLUTIONARY WHEN I BOOT TO BOOTLODER SOME OPTIONS ARE NOT SHOWING UP LIKE RECOVERY SIMLOCK AND WHATEVER SHOULD BE THERE .THE ONLY THING SHOWING NOW IS BOOTLOADER REBOOT REBOOT BOOTLOADER POWER DOWN WORRIED NOW BECAUSE IF I FLASH A NEW ROM AND I T DOES NOT BOOT UP I CANT GET IN TO CWM RECOVERY. THIS IS MY HBOOT-6.13.1002 HAVE NOT CHEACKED HBOOT FOR A WHILE
I ALWAYS FLASH A NEW ROM BY REBOOT IN TO RECOVERY IN THE POWER OFF MENU IN THE ROM OR CWM APP OR GOO.IM SO I AM WORRIED NOW JUST INCASE A ROM GOES WRONG CAN ANYBODY HELP
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are you serious...??? really..??? not about your hboot,,,are you serious that you have been flashing rom for a year..??? dude you should no that you are in fastboot mode not hboot mode..:silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly:
to go into hboot mode select bootloader from your fastboot menu...
or else power down your phone completly and the press volume down and power..you would see every thing there
and by the way nothing is wrong with your hboot..continue your flashing work....:silly::silly::silly::silly::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Sorry I don't use hboot unless the Rom won't load so I must have forgotten thanks for your help Rom on
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Thanks did not want to mess with hboot without confirmation did not want to brick my phone it worked thanks from beginner
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Nothing about you but.. lol, that made my day, really
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My pleasure bro
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blackrose hboot
hboot
rhlmhrtr said:
My pleasure bro
sorry just one more thing if a rom says blackrose recommended can you still use normal hboot to flash this rom or will it brick your phone:cyclops: sorry i am a
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brigman35 said:
hboot
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No problem
nothing will happen
just
rom will not boot
and u can flash another rom!!
Phone will not brick with flashing romsss!!

Can't Install zip file from sdcard

I have ICS stock rom, rooted and s-off, HBOOT 6.28.6666 and Using CM Recovery v 5.8.3.1.
I copied the zip files to my sdcard and tried to install via recovery.
Every time the installation fails eg,
Installing /sdcard/*****..zip
Finding update package .....
Opening Update package ....
Installing Update .....
E:Error in /sdcard/*****.zip
(Status 0)
Installation Aborted
Could anyone please tell me what is wrong with my recovery.

The file in meta-info is corruped.
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Aka download an other rom and try again and post result
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anders3408 said:
Aka download an other rom and try again and post result
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I have tried it with 3 different zip files and the result is the same, you can substitute ***** for any file name.
Also the file is not corrupted as it is the same result with any zip file I download from this forum.
Thank you all for your prompt reply.

rlamba said:
I have tried it with 3 different zip files and the result is the same, you can substitute ***** for any file name.
Also the file is not corrupted as it is the same result with any zip file I download from this forum.
Thank you all for your prompt reply.
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Change the recovery, as far as i know 5.8 is the touch-version of CWM, use the one provided by unlimited.io, you can find it in the tool provided in my signature
Hope this helps.
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Also, if you send files via ADB or via Mounting USB, if it gives you errors like this, restart recovery. Well, this kind of errors give you if you change a file with the same name.

Lexmazter said:
Change the recovery, as far as i know 5.8 is the touch-version of CWM, use the one provided by unlimited.io, you can find it in the tool provided in my signature
Hope this helps.
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Also, if you send files via ADB or via Mounting USB, if it gives you errors like this, restart recovery. Well, this kind of errors give you if you change a file with the same name.
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Thanks for your reply. I download your multi tool and used option 3 to install ICS Recovery (unlimited.io)
Same error when I tried to install from zip file on sdcard.
Could it be because I used protected HBOOT from unlimited.io when doing S-Off in my phone? At the moment I have HBOOT 6.28.6666.
Do I need to install different hboot?

Am I the only one with this error?
Has anyone else got HBOOT 6.28.6666 with working recovery?
As I have used unlimited.io ics protected hboot, do i need to do anything after this to get S-OFF with working recovery.
I have already tried CWM Recovery (5.8.3.1) and unlimited.io ICS recovery.

Try flash ruu gb and starts over with the flashing tool.
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anders3408 said:
Try flash ruu gb and starts over with the flashing tool.
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But u need lock the bootloader to install the RUU GB

Try to download again
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rawadlayous said:
Try to download again
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Thanky all for your replies. At the moment I can not try anything as my phone has black screen of death.
The screen is black and remains so after power on or hard reset. My battery is fully charged and also tried with USB Cable, still black screen.
I need to do Jtag on my phone. Looking into possibility of buying riffbox and then play around with it.

Flash ruu
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rawadlayous said:
Flash ruu
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Please read the above post properly. Can not see anything on the screen even after power is switched on. The screen remains black.

stona175 said:
The file in meta-info is corruped.
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the zip file should be unzip, or not?

Stuck on boot screen...need help

Hi i was on stock ics... i somehow rooted my phone and installed cwm recovery...but when i flashed nik project X v4.1 my phone is stucked on boot screen. nothing happening... i waited for 10-15 minutes.. what should i do now.. pls i need urgent help

How did you root your phone? If you're just HTC unlocked you need to flash boot.img via fastboot.

nlooooo said:
How did you root your phone? If you're just HTC unlocked you need to flash boot.img via fastboot.
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I dont know but i rooted it via cmd. and i unlocked it from HTC site..and where can i get flash boot.img???

sonimayurp said:
I dont know but i rooted it via cmd. and i unlocked it from HTC site..and where can i get flash boot.img???
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Is it s on or a off.
For s on u need to flash boot.img otherwise the exact problem will come whch u mentioned
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milan.gadakari said:
Is it s on or a off.
For s on u need to flash boot.img otherwise the exact problem will come whch u mentioned
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He is probably s-on cause all he does is unlock via htcdev. Boot.img is in .zip of the rom you tried to install.

[Q] need help with custom recovery.

Hi, I'm a new user.
I just unlocked my bootloader, and I was looking to put a custom Rom on my device .
But wherever I look , I can't find a custom recovery.
Can you introduce some custom recoveries to me.
Oh and I don't know how to put a custom recovery on my phone too,so I need some help with this too. =))
Ps: I don't want to root my phone.
I will be thankful if you help me.

TWRP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2395979
4EXT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377751
CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918450
(I suggest 4EXT)
To flash one of them, rename the IMG file to recovery, place it into your fastboot folder, boot into bootloader(fastboot mode) open command prompt navigate to your directory
Command to flash is "fastboot flash recovery recovery.IMG"
Hope this helps
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You don't wanna root your phone?? Or where you saying you don't wanna brick your phone??
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4EXT is for rooted phones only. My phone isnt rooted.
And the rom is a zip file sadly.
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Ramin251 said:
4EXT is for rooted phones only. My phone isnt rooted.
And the rom is a zip file sadly.
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You have to unzip the file. But, root is required.
Press "thanks" if I helped you out!

Ramin251 said:
4EXT is for rooted phones only. My phone isnt rooted.
And the rom is a zip file sadly.
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You have to root your phone if you have install recovery or custom ROM... that's for sure
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mafie said:
You have to root your phone if you have install recovery or custom ROM... that's for sure
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The preliminary steps are to unlock bootloader (which I assume he has done that or if he is on HBOOT 1.13.0000, then use Revolutionary to S-OFF and then flash custom recovery and root), flash ClockworkMod recovery, then flash a superuser.zip to obtain root.
There's a guide made by myself in my signature so check it out. If you still need help, post back.