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[Guide] Newb guide to unlocking HBOOT 1.16.0000 and 2.00+ and flashing a custom ROM

There's no exploit that has been found yet to S-OFF your HBOOT 1.16.0000 Incredible S, but you can unlock the bootloader, flash a recovery image, and install a custom ROM.
If you're not sure about doing this, I'd advise against it - things can go wrong, and there is a chance you'll damage your phone. Also be aware that HTC's unlock process effectively voids your warranty, and it will erase everything on your phone, as if your stock ROM went back to how it was when you first bought the phone.
1. Go to http://htcdev.com/ and create a free account. Once done, click the "Unlock Bootloader" link, or click here. Note that the Incredible S v1.16.0000 wasn't listed at the time of writing this, but the process still works fine.
Follow the instructions there to the letter; it's a pretty simple process - the guide says you'll need HTC Sync installed, but you may just need USB drivers. I installed HTC Sync for this process and then uninstalled it from my PC afterwards.
Part of this process involves grabbing some files from the Android SDK; you might not have that installed, so download them HERE. Put them somewhere easy to find, like the root of your C: drive in a folder called "android" (I'll use this for the rest of the instructions).
2. You'll know the process is going well when your phone flashes up an image asking if you're sure you want to unlock your bootloader. If you're still sure, select yes, and the process will complete.
3. Once done, your phone's bootloader will be unlocked, enabling you to flash a recovery image.
4. Go to here and download the recovery image for the Incredible S. Put it in the "android" folder along with the other files needed for HTC's unlock process, above. This file is the ClockWorkMod recovery image for the IncS.
5. Shut down your phone. Plug it in via USB to your PC which you set up during the HTC unlock process. Hold volume down, and press power and the phone will boot into the bootloader. Wait for it to scan your SD card (takes a few seconds), then ensure "Fastboot" is highlighted and press power.
6. On your PC, load up a command prompt - open the Start menu, go to Run, and type "cmd".
7. In the command prompt window, type the following, assuming the HTC unlock files and the recovery image you downloaded in step 4 is all in C:android.
Code:
cd c:android
Then type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery <recovery_name.img>
Don't forget the .img on the end, and replace "recovery_name" with the specific name of the recovery image you want to use. For ClockWorkMod linked to in step 4, you'd type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivo.img
After a few seconds, ClockWordMod will have been flashed to your phone.
8. Reboot your phone, there should be an option in the fastboot menu (volume up and down to navigate, power to select). It should boot as per normal. Put it into USB disk mode, and download a ROM that you'd like to use. CyanogenMod is a good start: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/htc-incredible-s
Download the ROM and place it in the root of your SD card (ie. not in any folders or anything).
9. Power off the phone. Hold volume down and press power to boot back into the bootloader. Use volume down to select "Recovery" and press power. ClockWorkMod recovery will load.
10. Using volume up/down and power to select, go down to Backup/Restore. Select it, then hit Backup. ClockWorkMod will backup your stock ROM in case there are any dramas and you want to go back to it.
11. After that (takes around 3-4 minutes), go back to the main menu. Select wipe data/factory reset and confirm. Go back to the main menu, select Advanced > Wipe Dalvik cache > confirm. Always best to do these 2 things before flashing a new ROM.
12. Go back to the main menu, and select "Install zip from SDcard". Next choose "Select Zip from SD card" and select the ROM you'd like to install. Confirm this action, and ClockWorkMod will install your new ROM. After that's done, shut the phone down.
13. Ordinarily you'd be done after that, and you could boot into your new ROM. However HBOOT 1.16 does some weird stuff and tends to cause issues; I think it interferes with the installation of the boot.img that ordinarily would be flashed with the ROM. Anyhow, grab the ROM that you downloaded earlier (CyanogenMod, in my example), and on your PC, unzip the file somewhere. Once unzipped, inside you'll see a file called "boot.img". Put this in the same folder as your other Android tools that you used earlier. Power your phone on, hold volume down, and instead of loading recovery by choosing "recovery", choose "usb fastboot".
14. Open up your command prompt again (Start > Run > "cmd"), and type (using the "android" folder for this example):
Code:
cd c:android
fastboot flash boot boot.img
This will flash the boot.img to your phone.
Power off the phone, reboot it, and you should be good to go. There may be more efficient ways to do some of the above, but I'm not a massive guru at this stuff, I just haaaate Sense and bloatware. If any gurus notice any errors, please let me know.
* Edit: Bear in mind that by default, a CM7 install won't include any Google apps (this includes the market app); this needs to be flashed as a separate update via recovery. At the time of writing, a link to information about the Google apps package for CM7 is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/t-1297579.html
Have updated the title as this should work with HBOOT 2.00+; haven't tested this myself though.
Apologies, not around this site too often these days, at least until an official ICS ROM is out, so I probably won't respond to PMs. Good luck, and hope the above info helps - but it may pay to do some due diligence yourself first, in case it's out of date.

Lynt said:
There's no exploit that has been found yet to S-OFF your HBOOT 1.16.0000 Incredible S, but you can unlock the bootloader, flash a recovery image, and install a custom ROM.
If you're not sure about doing this, I'd advise against it - things can go wrong, and there is a chance you'll damage your phone. Also be aware that HTC's unlock process effectively voids your warranty, and it will erase everything on your phone, as if your stock ROM went back to how it was when you first bought the phone.
1. Go to http://htcdev.com/ and create a free account. Once done, click the "Unlock Bootloader" link, or click here. Note that the Incredible S v1.16.0000 wasn't listed at the time of writing this, but the process still works fine.
Follow the instructions there to the letter; it's a pretty simple process - the guide says you'll need HTC Sync installed, but you may just need USB drivers. I installed HTC Sync for this process and then uninstalled it from my PC afterwards.
Part of this process involves grabbing some files from the Android SDK; you might not have that installed, so download them HERE. Put them somewhere easy to find, like the root of your C: drive in a folder called "android" (I'll use this for the rest of the instructions).
2. You'll know the process is going well when your phone flashes up an image asking if you're sure you want to unlock your bootloader. If you're still sure, select yes, and the process will complete.
3. Once done, your phone's bootloader will be unlocked, enabling you to flash a recovery image.
4. Go to this thread and download the recovery image for the Incredible S. Put it in the "android" folder along with the other files needed for HTC's unlock process, above. This file is the ClockWorkMod recovery image for the IncS.
5. Shut down your phone. Plug it in via USB to your PC which you set up during the HTC unlock process. Hold volume down, and press power and the phone will boot into the bootloader. Wait for it to scan your SD card (takes a few seconds), then ensure "Fastboot" is highlighted and press power.
6. On your PC, load up a command prompt - open the Start menu, go to Run, and type "cmd".
7. In the command prompt window, type the following, assuming the HTC unlock files and the recovery image you downloaded in step 4 is all in C:\android.
Code:
cd c:\android
Then type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery <recovery_name.img>
Don't forget the .img on the end, and replace "recovery_name" with the specific name of the recovery image you want to use. For ClockWorkMod linked to in step 4, you'd type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivo.im
After a few seconds, ClockWordMod will have been flashed to your phone.
8. Reboot your phone, there should be an option in the fastboot menu (volume up and down to navigate, power to select). It should boot as per normal. Put it into USB disk mode, and download a ROM that you'd like to use. CyanogenMod is a good start: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/htc-incredible-s
Download the ROM and place it in the root of your SD card (ie. not in any folders or anything).
9. Power off the phone. Hold volume down and press power to boot back into the bootloader. Use volume down to select "Recovery" and press power. ClockWorkMod recovery will load.
10. Using volume up/down and power to select, go down to Backup/Restore. Select it, then hit Backup. ClockWorkMod will backup your stock ROM in case there are any dramas and you want to go back to it.
11. After that (takes around 3-4 minutes), go back to the main menu. Select wipe data/factory reset and confirm. Go back to the main menu, select Advanced > Wipe Dalvik cache > confirm. Always best to do these 2 things before flashing a new ROM.
12. Go back to the main menu, and select "Install zip from SDcard". Next choose "Select Zip from SD card" and select the ROM you'd like to install. Confirm this action, and ClockWorkMod will install your new ROM. After that's done, shut the phone down.
13. Ordinarily you'd be done after that, and you could boot into your new ROM. However HBOOT 1.16 does some weird stuff and tends to cause issues; I think it interferes with the installation of the boot.img that ordinarily would be flashed with the ROM. Anyhow, grab the ROM that you downloaded earlier (CyanogenMod, in my example), and on your PC, unzip the file somewhere. Once unzipped, inside you'll see a file called "boot.img". Put this in the same folder as your other Android tools that you used earlier.
14. Open up your command prompt again (Start > Run > "cmd"), and type (using the "android" folder for this example):
Code:
cd c:\android
fastboot flash boot boot.img
This will flash the boot.img to your phone.
Power off the phone, reboot it, and you should be good to go. There may be more efficient ways to do some of the above, but I'm not a massive guru at this stuff, I just haaaate Sense and bloatware. If any gurus notice any errors, please let me know.
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this line:
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fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivo.im
should be:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivo.img

Thanks, fixed.

Lynt said:
Thanks, fixed.
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Np, I think this is a great idea btw.
This question comes up frequently.
Good work!

scoobysnacks said:
Np, I think this is a great idea btw.
This question comes up frequently.
Good work!
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I second that. Great job. Thanks for your contribution.

Excellent job Lynt, I will try this later...

Yeah good work dude. Should put a stop to the constant h-boot posts. We just need a mod to sticky this.

I bought one XTC Clip to unlock Incredible S but now i'm Xperia ARC.
If someone wants buy my XTC Clip, contact.
I sell by one lower price.

After flashing the boot.img, you may need to install the ROM one more time (if the phone cannot boot). But this time, do not wipe any cache. Just install the ROM from Recovery.

I wanna do that but i am afraid that i may end up making my device useless
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App

Khair.wara said:
I wanna do that but i am afraid that i may end up making my device useless
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App
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Hmmmm,there is always risk lies when you customize your phone..though should be minimal when you follow the step provided carefully,trade off for you to enjoy custom rom.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using Tapatalk

Khair.wara said:
I wanna do that but i am afraid that i may end up making my device useless
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App
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You dun learn when u dun try. Go ahead, it's quite safe if u follow the steps carefully. You will be glad if u did. The custom ROMs are way better than the stock ones.

thanks mate! works perfect!
just need to add a little bit steps u were missing
after step 12, have to restart the phone to fastboot in order to flash boot.
another question, if i flash a custom rom, will it unlock my sim lock as well?
i cant find it out just bcos i already unlock my IS by purchased a unlock code online 3 weeks ago.
many thanks
and thanks and thanks again!

blkx_yang said:
thanks mate! works perfect!
just need to add a little bit steps u were missing
after step 12, have to restart the phone to fastboot in order to flash boot.
another question, if i flash a custom rom, will it unlock my sim lock as well?
i cant find it out just bcos i already unlock my IS by purchased a unlock code online 3 weeks ago.
many thanks
and thanks and thanks again!
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No flashing a custom ROM will not SIM Unlock a phone.

i heard some dude downgrade the HBOOT to 1.13 by using gold card.
i tired, but IS checked version somehow, said version is old.
can we flash UUR instead of flash a custom Rom? and if it works is that mean Hboot will be 1.13?
i tried before, got an error says unable to open the file. any ideas?

Just rooted thanks guys....for the tutorial....
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erkk......how to install market...?

have to flash an other zip, you can find it on htcdev.com 's forum
or give me ur email, ill email u

ryzer said:
Just rooted thanks guys....for the tutorial....
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erkk......how to install market...?
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Did you install Cyanogen? If so, go back to their download pages or forum thread for the IncS and get the "Gapps" or Google Apps installer.

Revolutionary
Use Revolutionary..Its easy
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www.revolutionary.io

Peekay_Subbu said:
Use Revolutionary..Its easy
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www.revolutionary.io
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Revolutionary.io does not work with this latest HBOOT version, thus the reason for this thread. You have to use the HTCDEV unlock method.

[SUPERGUIDE] ICS-Root-Flash-Stock

HTC HOLIDAY SUPERGUIDE​STOCK ICS ROOT NOW WORKS​
***(BEFORE YOU BEGIN)
- You MUST be on a stock ROM with the bootloader locked or re-locked
- If you are NOT locked/re-locked or you are on a custom ROM, then you MUST follow the following directions...
- Boot into H-Boot by powering off. Once off, power back on and hold VOL DOWN + POWER BUTTON, once in HBOOT go to "fastboot" and click the power button to select
- Download the WCXJB ROOT PACK zip from the bottom to your desktop and unzip it
- Inside the unzipped WCXJB ROOT PACK folder, hold SHIFT and RIGHT CLICK, select open a command window here
- Run this code in the command prompt without quotes
- "fastboot oem lock"
- Now reboot
- Now, we will flash you back to the original stock ROM you were on
- Pick the RUU for your specific device. For example, the one for AT&T has the word "Cingular" in it, the one for Rogers says "Rogers" in it.
- You will find the RUU's here http://www.filefactory.com/f/002b74e0f4775869/ (THANKS to user football)
- Once you download the correct RUU, make sure your phone is plugged in via USB to your computer and you have the correct drivers (or just HTC Sync) installed on your computer
- Run the executable and follow the steps to flash the stock ROM
- Once the ROM loads, you can move on to the next steps
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***(IF YOU ARE ON AT&T AND YOU DON'T WANT TO S-OFF)
- Go here and under software downloads, download the file that is over 400mb
- Follow the instructions that are listed right above the download button to run the RUU
- Once that is done, do step 1 and then step 4. I repeat, SKIP steps 2 and 3.
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1) Unlock the bootloader via HTCdev website
- You need to go the the HTC dev website and do the unlock (THIS WILL WIPE ALL YOUR PERSONAL DATA). You must follow the exact instructions they give you. Most people seem to have the biggest problem with the token.
http://htcdev.com/bootloader
- Tip: When copying your token, start with and INCLUDE the line that says "<<<<< Identifier Token Start >>>>>", end with and INCLUDE the line that says "<<<<< Identifier Token End >>>>>"
- Tip 2: Do NOT include the "INFO" portion of every line
- Tip 3: Keep the bin file it gives you just in case you need to relock the bootloader in the future
- Tip 3: On Linux, when getting the token, remember to run fastboot under sudo
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2) S Off the device (Juopunutbear/WildChild)
- MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON A STOCK ROM WITH AN UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER
- Download the WCXJB ROOT PACK zip below to your desktop and UNZIP it
- On your phone, make sure in your settings, USB Debugging is ENABLED in development
- Turn off your phone, turn it back on my holding power + volume down
- Use the volume rocker and power button to select fastboot
- Connect your phone to your PC
- Inside the WCXJB ROOT PACK, click shift + right click and select "Open command window here"
- Enter in these commands without the quotes
- "fastboot flash recovery wcxrecovery.img"
- Now you can boot up your phone
- Download and put Vivid_CWM_Root_VER2 zip file on root of internal sdcard (aka NOT in any folders)
- Boot into H-Boot like you did before (turn off phone, turn back on holding power + vol down), and use the volume rockers to go to "recovery" and press the power button to select it
- Select "install zip from sdcard"
- Select the VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip through recovery and then reboot your phone
- You are now ready to S-OFF
- Go to the link below and click the URL in the first post and follow the instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576668
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3) Update the HBOOT (Juopunutbear)
- If you haven't already, download the WCXJB ROOT PACK zip below to your desktop and UNZIP it
- Make sure in your settings, USB Debugging is ENABLED in development
- Turn off your phone, turn it back on my holding power + volume down
- Use the volume rocker and power button to select fastboot
- Connect your phone to your PC
- Inside the WCXJB ROOT PACK you just downloaded, click shift + right click and select "Open command window here"
- Enter in these commands without the quotes
- "fastboot erase cache"
- "fastboot oem rebootRUU"
- "fastboot flash zip jb_hboot.zip"
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4) Perm-Root your device (WildChild)
- Turn off your phone, turn it back on my holding power + volume down
- Use the volume rocker and power button to select fastboot
- Connect your phone to your PC
- Inside the WCXJB ROOT PACK, click shift + right click and select "Open command window here"
- Enter in these commands without the quotes
- "fastboot flash recovery wcxrecovery.img"
- Now you can boot up your phone
- Download and put Vivid_CWM_Root_VER2 zip file on root of internal sdcard (aka NOT in any folders)
- Boot into H-Boot like you did before (turn off phone, turn back on holding power + vol down), and use the volume rockers to go to "recovery" and press the power button to select it
- Select "install zip from sdcard"
- Select the VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip through recovery and then reboot your phone
- You are now rooted and I recommend flashing a matching kernel + ROM for root to stick
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(Optional) Flash a custom Kernel/Recovery (Three options, I suggest the THIRD)
*ATTENTION* IF FLASHING A KERNEL FOR A NEW ROM YOU WANT, YOU MUST FLASH THE ROM IMMEDIATELY AFTER FLASHING THE KERNEL WITHOUT BOOTING UP, THE KERNEL COMES FIRST. OTHERWISE, YOU MIGHT BOOT LOOP.
FIRST (AUTO) (joeykrim's FlashImageGUI method)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423151
OR
SECOND (AUTO) (xboarder56's method)
- First, turn off wifi on your phone
- If you have SetCPU installed or any other program where you have altered to overclock or underclock, DISABLE the "set on boot" option
- You will have to download Easy Kernel Flasher v03.zip which is attached below
- Next plug in your phone and make sure its getting detected
- After that extract the zip file (kernel flasher)
- Place the boot.img of the kernel you want flashed in the "Kernel-Here" folder.
- Make sure android debugging is enabled on your phone via settings
- Click Flash.bat for windows or Flash.sh for linux and wait for it to close terminal
- Wait for your phone to reboot and wait 5-10 minutes. Then reboot again and wait 5 minutes, then you're good to go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328141
OR
THIRD (Manual) (Pirateghost's method)
- Extract the boot.img out of the kernel file or ROM zip that you want and put it in the same directory as your fastboot.exe/fastboot executable (it might be easiest to download the WCXJB_ROOT_PACK.zip from below and unzip it, put the boot.img in there)
- Boot phone into hboot/bootloader (make sure you are in fastboot mode)
- Connect phone to PC
- Inside the unzipped WCXJB_ROOT_PACK folder, click shift + right click, select "open a command window here"
- Enter these codes separately to flash the kernel and reboot the phone
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
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(Optional) Flash a custom ROM
*ATTENTION* IF FLASHING A KERNEL IS NEEDED FOR THE ROM YOU WANT TO FLASH, FLASH THE KERNEL FIRST, THEN THE ROM AFTER, OR ELSE YOU MAY BOOT LOOP.
1) Download a ROM, it should be in a zip file (MAKE SURE the ROM is pre rooted, or else you might lose root. If you do not know, ask the respective dev)
2) Connect your phone to your computer through the USB and mount the storage card (storage mode)
3) Copy the ROM you downloaded and put it on the ROOT of your storage card (not in any folders)
4) Power off your phone. Then power it on holding the POWER and VOLUME DOWN buttons. You should be in H-Boot, now use the volume rocker to select recovery (the power button "selects" it)
5) Once in recovery, scroll down to "backup and restore" and select it, now select "backup". This will give you a safe ROM to fall back on and restore in case anything goes wrong
- IF YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH BACKING UP, pull the battery, boot back into recovery (power + vol down then select recovery) and try again. OR you may have to boot up and delete the old partial backups with a file explorer and try again. OR make sure your USB is no longer connected and try again.
6) Get back to the main recovery menu and select "wipe data/factory reset". Select "Yes" when prompted.
7) Get back to the main recovery menu and select "wipe cache partition". Select "Yes" when prompted.
8) Get back to the main recovery menu and select "advanced". Now select "Wipe dalvik cache" and select "Yes" when prompted.
9) Get back to the main recovery menu and select "Install zip from SD card". Choose the ROM you just put on the storage card, and select "Yes".
10) IF your ROM will not install correctly or you get an error and you are using the recovery from the superguide (this one) then tell the dev of the ROM to update their script to work with the new recovery
11) Get back to the main recovery menu and select "Reboot now". Your ROM will now be loaded up. Do not panic if it takes a small while (5 minutes at most I'd say) because the first boot always takes some time.
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(Optional) Remove CIQ (8125Omnimax's method)
Go here and follow every step precisely
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415335
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Wondering about a basic question? Look in this General Knowledge Thread to see if your answer is there.​
MORE INFO IN THE SECOND POST​
THANKS to GSLEON3, EvilDevnull, WildChild, xboarder56, erik10002, frigid, 8125Omnimax, Pirateghost, thecubed, bjg222, drewdatrip, pside15 (let me know if I missed anyone else)
(If you think I am missing something, please tell me and I'll add it )

6) (Optional) Return to stock (locked bootloader, unrooted, etc) (Many thanks to Pirateghost)
- First, you are going to need to re-lock your bootloader.
- Boot into H-Boot by powering off. Once off, power back on and hold VOL DOWN + POWER BUTTON, once in HBOOT go to "fastboot" and click the power button to select
- Download the adbfastbootrecovery zip from the bottom of the post and EXTRACT it to your desktop
- Go to your computer file explorer and find your desktop "folder", hold SHIFT and RIGHT CLICK, select open a command window here
- Run this code in the command prompt
Code:
fastboot oem lock
- Now reboot
- Now, we will flash you back to the original stock ROM you were on. There are two options for this, the second does NOT need a windows device.
FIRST OPTION (RUU)
- Pick the RUU for your specific device. For example, the one for AT&T has the word "Cingular" in it, the one for Rogers says "Rogers" in it.
- You will find the RUU's here http://www.filefactory.com/f/002b74e0f4775869/ (THANKS to user football)
- Once you download the correct RUU, make sure your phone is plugged in via USB to your computer and you have the correct drivers (or just HTC Sync) installed on your computer
- Run the executable and follow the steps to flash the stock ROM
- Once the ROM loads, you should be good to go
- If you returned to stock because of a bug or issue, and want to root again, make sure to go back and follow the steps PRECISELY to perm root, flash CWM, flash a ROM, flash a kernel, etc. Remember, flash ROM IMMEDIATELY after flashing the kernel
OR
SECOND OPTION (PH39IMG.zip flash)
- Put this file for AT&T or this file for Rogers on a microSD card as is (it should be named PH39IMG.zip)
- Power down the phone, insert microSD and boot back into bootloader (power button + vol down)
- It should automatically find the zip file and flash the stock image (this includes recovery, system, everything stock.)
- If you returned to stock because of a bug or issue, and want to root again, make sure to go back and follow the steps PRECISELY to perm root, flash CWM, flash a ROM, flash a kernel, etc. Remember, flash ROM IMMEDIATELY after flashing the kernel
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radi0chik said:
can anyone confirm that HTC supertool works with the vivid?
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Works great

Woohoo! Thanks all Finally rooted!

radi0chik said:
Woohoo! Thanks all Finally rooted!
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Good deal
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using xda premium

Just a quick question, is there a way to relock the bootloader?

markjo said:
Just a quick question, is there a way to relock the bootloader?
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Yes. That is why the guide says to keep that bin file. However, relocking the bootloader does not necessarily fix your voided warranty. If relocked, your device will not show up as "Locked", it will show up as "Relocked" to HTC.

You could add a part about flashing custom kernels like the one for the hollicakes ROM. That was even confusing to me and I've flashed numerous phones hundreds of times.

pside15 said:
You could add a part about flashing custom kernels like the one for the hollicakes ROM. That was even confusing to me and I've flashed numerous phones hundreds of times.
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I was actually thinking about doing that earlier but got cut short in time. I'll add it though.
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Looks great, thanks for collecting all this stuff in one place! So happy to finally have a bootloader unlock, CWM, and permanent root!

bjg222 said:
Looks great, thanks for collecting all this stuff in one place! So happy to finally have a bootloader unlock, CWM, and permanent root!
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Thanks man. It didn't take too long, maybe 20-30 minutes. The flashing ROM and kernel parts may be a little outdated though. I took them from old notepad files from when I had my Inspire. Oh well, it still should do the job .

So I followed your guide and was able to unlock my bootloader, and root my phone. It is hard to tell if it truly is rooted or not, but I loaded up a couple
apps that only work when rooted and SuperUser passed them through. Good stuff all around
However that WiFi tether just doesn't seem to be working for me. I turn it on, connect my MAC but then can't actually get on the internet.
I know when I had my Inspire, I would a custom ROM on and I was able to just turn on mobile hotspot in the settings area and it worked without saying I needed a plan. Is there anything like that for the Vivid? Or does someone need to make a custom ROM with that feature included.
I mainly need root, so I could get that feature, everything is perfect!

verseman said:
So I followed your guide and was able to unlock my bootloader, and root my phone. It is hard to tell if it truly is rooted or not, but I loaded up a couple
apps that only work when rooted and SuperUser passed them through. Good stuff all around
However that WiFi tether just doesn't seem to be working for me. I turn it on, connect my MAC but then can't actually get on the internet.
I know when I had my Inspire, I would a custom ROM on and I was able to just turn on mobile hotspot in the settings area and it worked without saying I needed a plan. Is there anything like that for the Vivid? Or does someone need to make a custom ROM with that feature included.
I mainly need root, so I could get that feature, everything is perfect!
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To double check root, I use Root Checker (just search the market for Root Checker), and it'll tell you. Also, TitaniumBackup will tell you if you're rooted or not when you start it.
As for WiFi Tether, rooting by itself doesn't unlock that feature. Most custom roms make tweaks to enable it. So far, it doesn't look like anybody's found to right way to release the AT&T check that's performed when trying to turn it on, so in the stock ROM, you still won't be able to use if without the proper plan. There's been enough posts asking about it, though, that I'm sure a way will show up soon enough. I'm poking around in the system files right now to see if can find something useful.

Nice job getting all this in on place.
One question:
3) (Optional) Custom CWM Recovery
Go here and follow every step precisely
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1343625
This thread looks like it is for creating a CWM Recovery and root do both files need to be used and is this working on Vivid as well as Raider? (I know it should just don't want to assume)
adbfastbootrecovery.zip (this seems to be the recovery file)
VIVID_CWM_ROOT.zip (this one seems to be for rooting, is this one necessary as well to ge the recovery?)
Thanks just don't want to screw up and have to reload everything since I can't do NAND yet.

Having trouble with the HTC Super Tool. The drivers file won't launch, and when I try to run the bat file it says file path not specified... I am running windows using parallels on Mac OSX Lion. It's just weird that the driver file won't open up and run completely. I even tried running as admin.
Also, when i connect it to the computer, do i pick just charge only, htc sync, or disk drive? Or does it matter?

cyber_pete said:
Nice job getting all this in on place.
One question:
3) (Optional) Custom CWM Recovery
Go here and follow every step precisely
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1343625
This thread looks like it is for creating a CWM Recovery and root do both files need to be used and is this working on Vivid as well as Raider? (I know it should just don't want to assume)
adbfastbootrecovery.zip (this seems to be the recovery file)
VIVID_CWM_ROOT.zip (this one seems to be for rooting, is this one necessary as well to ge the recovery?)
Thanks just don't want to screw up and have to reload everything since I can't do NAND yet.
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This has been reported working for.the Vivid once the bootloader is unlocked.
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cyber_pete said:
Nice job getting all this in on place.
One question:
3) (Optional) Custom CWM Recovery
Go here and follow every step precisely
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1343625
This thread looks like it is for creating a CWM Recovery and root do both files need to be used and is this working on Vivid as well as Raider? (I know it should just don't want to assume)
adbfastbootrecovery.zip (this seems to be the recovery file)
VIVID_CWM_ROOT.zip (this one seems to be for rooting, is this one necessary as well to ge the recovery?)
Thanks just don't want to screw up and have to reload everything since I can't do NAND yet.
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There's no need to flash the VIVD_CWM_ROOT.zip if you root using the SuperTool. I used the SuperTool (options 1, then 2 - prep, then root) to get root, then flashed CWM using the fastboot command given in the linked thread. Worked like a charm. I suppose it would work just as well, however, if you unlock the bootloader, flash CWM, then flash the VIVID_CWM_ROOT.zip, bypassing the SuperTool all together.

bjg222 said:
There's no need to flash the VIVD_CWM_ROOT.zip if you root using the SuperTool. I used the SuperTool (options 1, then 2 - prep, then root) to get root, then flashed CWM using the fastboot command given in the linked thread. Worked like a charm. I suppose it would work just as well, however, if you unlock the bootloader, flash CWM, then flash the VIVID_CWM_ROOT.zip, bypassing the SuperTool all together.
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the idea behind using the CWM rooting method is that you dont have to root using any kind of exploits. the exploits were leaving residual problems with sdcard mounting and the CWM is the much cleaner way of rooting. those residuals may not exist any more, but when i threw the CWM together, it was because of a request for it, and it didnt require an exploit.

slapshot30 said:
This has been reported working for.the Vivid once the bootloader is unlocked.
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using xda premium
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In reality, it might be best to just do the steps involving flashing the recovery, as using the SuperTool, su & busybox are already installed. So I think all that's needed are steps 2 - 6, as the rest deal with stuff already done by the SuperTool

bjg222 said:
There's no need to flash the VIVD_CWM_ROOT.zip if you root using the SuperTool. I used the SuperTool (options 1, then 2 - prep, then root) to get root, then flashed CWM using the fastboot command given in the linked thread. Worked like a charm. I suppose it would work just as well, however, if you unlock the bootloader, flash CWM, then flash the VIVID_CWM_ROOT.zip, bypassing the SuperTool all together.
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I'll update the post, thanks for that. Do you think doing away with the supertool would be an easier method then?
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[Q]

hey all..so im a total noob at this and im so lost right now..i am trying to s off this htc holiday,,
this is where i am at so far...i have restored to factory flash from this thread,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013122
i then did the htc dev unlock and rooted the phone using this method 2) S Off the device (Juopunutbear/WildChild)
- MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON A STOCK ROM WITH AN UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER
- Download the WCXJB ROOT PACK zip below to your desktop and UNZIP it
- On your phone, make sure in your settings, USB Debugging is ENABLED in development
- Turn off your phone, turn it back on my holding power + volume down
- Use the volume rocker and power button to select fastboot
- Connect your phone to your PC
- Inside the WCXJB ROOT PACK, click shift + right click and select "Open command window here"
- Enter in these commands without the quotes
- "fastboot flash recovery wcxrecovery.img"
- Now you can boot up your phone
- Download and put Vivid_CWM_Root_VER2 zip file on root of internal sdcard (aka NOT in any folders)
- Boot into H-Boot like you did before (turn off phone, turn back on holding power + vol down), and use the volume rockers to go to "recovery" and press the power button to select it
- Select "install zip from sdcard"
- Select the VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip through recovery and then reboot your phone
- You are now ready to S-OFF
i have su and root checker comes back rooted..
but in the superguide it says i should now flash kernal and matching rom???? i wont be stock then so how can i s off???
after gaining my root the way above i ran control bear and this is what i get.first pic..second pic is my menu if it helps..
any suggestions or a good walk through maybe..thanks alot eh..been at this two days..all i wanna do is s off..
have been following the step guide here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836

Did you do the 2nd part of the instructions you posted?
"Download and put Vivid_CWM_Root_VER2 zip file on root of internal sdcard (aka NOT in any folders)
- Boot into H-Boot like you did before (turn off phone, turn back on holding power + vol down), and use the volume rockers to go to "recovery" and press the power button to select it
- Select "install zip from sdcard"
- Select the VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip through recovery and then reboot your phone
- You are now ready to S-OFF"
The CWM (ClockWorkMod) is a back up utility. It is what comes up when you select Recovery (right under Fastboot). I suggest you run it once you achieve your s-off. It will back up your phone onto the MicroSD card you've put in near the battery.
On another note:
I suggest you flash to Super CID once you get s-off to work. I had to try 4x or 5x to get the wire trick to take for s-off, but it did work in the end.
super CID allows you to flash any rom from any country without issue.
Here's what mine looks like:

yes i did the second part i have superuser now..and it did authenticate root checker, so its working..kinda why im stumped..
and Controlbear finds device and doesnt give root error just the one mentioned in pic..ty for reply and help btw...
Spazmogen said:
Did you do the 2nd part of the instructions you posted?
"Download and put Vivid_CWM_Root_VER2 zip file on root of internal sdcard (aka NOT in any folders)
- Boot into H-Boot like you did before (turn off phone, turn back on holding power + vol down), and use the volume rockers to go to "recovery" and press the power button to select it
- Select "install zip from sdcard"
- Select the VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip through recovery and then reboot your phone
- You are now ready to S-OFF"
The CWM (ClockWorkMod) is a back up utility. It is what comes up when you select Recovery (right under Fastboot). I suggest you run it once you achieve your s-off. It will back up your phone onto the MicroSD card you've put in near the battery.
On another note:
I suggest you flash to Super CID once you get s-off to work. I had to try 4x or 5x to get the wire trick to take for s-off, but it did work in the end.
super CID allows you to flash any rom from any country without issue.
Here's what mine looks like:
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Ensure USB debugging is enabled in your settings (under Development tab).
Go into the SuperUser program (in your apps) and tap to update the binary file.
I suggest running the Control Bear process again and of course the wire trick when it tells you to.
I was rooted and had CWM installed before I tried to s-off.
Check your Recovery. It should look like this:
If your recovery does not, I suggest running the install of it again.
You sound as though you're 1/2 way to getting the s-off done. Stick with it.

I can't explain how to fix... but your problem is you're not able to grant root via ADB...
I know one solution is to use faux's kernel
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 2

yep thats my recovery..used it to flash the vivid cmw..
and yep debugging is on or control doesnt find device..

tindean said:
if i cmd the adb devices,,my device shows up as well when i fastboot devices my phone shows up? is this what you meant??
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No... just because and can see it... doesn't mean you have root...
Like I said... you can most likely fix it by flashing faux's kernel...
I think 'adb remount' is the command to check for root via adb
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i flashed with grouper-faux123-reset-kernel-4.1.2 and i still have the same error in pic above in controlbear??
anything else i can give a try?thanks

is it possible to use a rooted rom and still s off?

you flashed a nexus 7 kernel.........

ok ty..my phone still works lol..flashing back to stalk now..starting over thanks eh...
if i had have flashed with proper flash think it would have made adb root?

reflashed to stock rogers ruu..rooted with wcjxb and vivid cwm...then flashed boot.img(faux) from darkraider 155. im still getting the original error in control bear about secondary backup...whats to do??

Did you ever launch the SuperUser app and update its binary as I suggested previously? It may not help, but it sure won't hurt.
You'll know for certain if you're rooted if you can do that.

morning..yes i tried the su update..is this proper in the pic..
i can fastboot adb devices and fastboot devices. when i try adb remount it returns an error tho..im stumped...
thanks for all the help here btw..i made a mess around here a lil..

If anyone went to http://www.unlimited.io/juopunutbear.htm recently, it explains you have to do use Ubuntu 12.04 (and newer) 32bit only, and the guides here are out dated, I went from the s-off method here, to s-on, and ran Ubuntu and s-off'd again using the updated method and I have less problems than I did before.

read that but ive read windows version should work?? hmmm ill try the process on another machine running ubuntu or 7..
thanks

It should work. I've been using the original method for about a year and 0 problems.
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XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
It should work. I've been using the original method for about a year and 0 problems.
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Lol. Yep Shadow, I think the same! Has to be something
Small I'm missing. Thanks again. Don't know where to go from here

Finally got it. Thanks for your replies.
Just realized I may have gotten more help with a thread title.
Thanks again

[Q] 'No OS installed! Are you sure you want to boot?' How to reinstall android os?

I dont know much about this stuff (def not tech savvy), but I decided to take my bad esn Sprint HTC One (running 4.3) and try to unlock it myself. I was successful in unlocking the bootloader, and I even rooted the device on my own (woo!!!). I was on the last stage of finally unlocking the phone, so I decided to go for it.
I tried to follow these steps to finally unlock my HTC One, but I did not know how to go to /system/app to replace the files (The 'Root Reader' app didn't show /system/app in my phone).
://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2491840
The files were:
HtcOMADM_SettingsPlugin_SPCS.apk
HtcOMADM_SPCS.apk
As a result, I tried to flash the copy files mentioned previously using this video as a guide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhR4Je4I8yw
I dragged and dropped the copies into the 'system storage' (not into a specific file) and started wiping data in TWRP 2.6 (Im assuming I wiped something that I shouldnt have). However, now whenever I try to boot my HTC One out of TWRP, I get the 'No OS installed..." message and it just just keeps showing the white screen with the HTC logo when I do boot anyways. When I connect my HTC One to my PC via usb cable, it doesnt even show up. I decided to take a screen shot of my files/drives/etc that I used. When I click on the 'instal' button in TWRP, it no longer shows the 'android' folder while scrolling through the list of things. My phone also automatically shuts off when leaving it on idle (TWRP running) for a bit, it doesnt connect to my PC anymore too
What should I do to get the phone working again? Could I unlock it from here or do I have to backtrack or something? I have very little knowledge about this stuff so please try to explain things easily for me lol

You need to relock your phone and run a ruu and to reroot your phone with the latest version of twrp 2.6 .3.0 and supersu 1.9.1 I think but you can check that when you run the ruu in the app store real quick to see if it is the latest version.

On the PC download the RUU
http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_..._NV_SPCS_4.38_003_release_348053_signed_2.exe
Connect USB cable to the phone to the PC (keep the phone connected until you are done)
1. Boot your phone to the bootloader (volume down and power on). Go to fastboot option on the phone menu.
2. Now using fastboot on your PC type fastboot oem lock
3. Boot your phone to the bootloader (volume down and power on). Go to fastboot option on the phone menu.
4. Now using fastboot on your PC type fastboot oem rebootRUU
5. Run the RUU that you downloaded. That will put your phone back to stock.
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To unlock the bootloader:
1. Goto http://www.htcdev.com/ follow the steps.
Install custom recovery
2. Install TWRP. Download http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/m7wls/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7wls.img put in in the same folder on your PC as your fastboot.exe command.
3. fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7wls.img
4. reboot phone.
Install root:
download http://download.chainfire.eu/351/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip?retrieve_file=1
copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip to the phone
Boot your phone to the bootloader (volume down and power on). Go to recovery option on the phone menu. That will boot into TWRP. Use the install and install the zip UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip.

Just sideload a rom.zip
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elvisypi said:
Just sideload a rom.zip
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How would I do that? I just installed the HTC 4.2.001 driver to my pc as well

Alternative SIM Unlock (Try if nothing else works)

After searching for hours and finding links to links and threads with broken links I figured I'd help out anyone who finds themselves in my situation.
I'll assume you already know that your warranty is void. If you visit this site you may as well already know that much
Start here if your bootloader is locked​
First thing you want to do is download HTC Sync for your drivers here.
Plug it in and wait for it to connect. Some times disabling HTC Sync in the settings helps get it going. If it just won't start, go to your device manager and delete(uninstall) the driver for it. It's usually under USB Host or something similar.
Go to your settings and disable fast reboot, then power off your phone. If you don't do this you may have to wait an additional 10 seconds after it starts booting.
Now go to HTC Dev's Unlock Bootloader section and from the dropdown menu select the last option "All other supported phones". If you do not have an account you'll be prompted to register. Do it, it's free. From there follow their guide and you'll be supplied with a file to flash that will unlock your bootloader.
Once you have this file save it from the email to your adb/fastboot folder and make sure it's named Unlock_Code.bin then while in fastboot mode in the phone you want to give the command to flash it
Code:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
Congrats! You now have an unlocked Bootloader. You can see this in the bootloader (vol- and power) screen at the top. It will now say "Unlocked" highlighted in purple.
Start here if your bootloader is unlocked but you are S-on​
Before we start we need to obtain root and get a custom recovery. Since we're already back in the bootloader checking to see if we're unlocked let's go to fastboot again. Now take that file I just linked you and put it in with the others from before in the ADB/Fastboot folder and rename it to "recovery.img". Go back to the command prompt window and type this code in:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
*Note* if you did not rename the file to recovery.img then this code will not work.
Once this is finished you'll still be in the bootloader so let's take if for a spin! Select Bootloader with the volume button and press power to select it. Now go down to "Recovery" and press power. Once you leave here and reboot to system it will ask if you want to have root because it's nice like that. Swipe the bar for yes, cancel for no. It's not really important now but you can stop there if you don't want the SIM Unlock.
Now for getting rid of S-on.
S-on seems to be some sort of secondary lock. I believe it stops you from flashing custom roms... whatever, we don't want to be locked out from our own device! Let's get rid of it with Firewater!
At this point it's probably easier to point you to a more thorough guide. Here.
Start here if your bootloader is unlocked and you are S-off​
At this point I want to point you to the bottom where all the links are. Download the 4.1 rom and the RUU flash tool. These are relatively big files so they can download while you finish reading.
If you're like me the RUU tool will not work for you on a 4.3 rom so what we're going to do is flash the 4.1 rom via TWRP.
First take the 4.1 rom you downloaded and put it in the root directory of your SD card. If you want to test it (I didn't but I put it there for you) you can also flash the touch screen img through fastboot. If not, continue on with the rest of the guide.
Power down and hold vol- and power to get into your bootloader. Use vol- to select recovery and press power to enter. Now we want to wipe data and do a factory reset so tap "Wipe" and slide the bar. Once this is done tap "Back" and the back button on the bottom right. Next, tap Install and scroll down to EclipticOne.zip (I used 3.0) tap it and slide the bar to install. It takes about 3 minutes. Once it's sucessful go ahead and reboot to system.
Now you'll notice the touchscreen is broken. Not to fear, we can fix that by flashing the firmware for 4.1 with the RUU program. It acts like a setup at first but it's a firmware flashing tool. Just follow the directions and wait (around 6 minutes for me but it says 10).
But wait! We're still not done! This removed our root so we want to let it boot up completely then go back to our recovery and on exiting (reboot into system) it will ask if we want to have root. Slide the bar to accept and wait for boot. Once it does find the SuperSU app and open it. It will tell you you're not done yet so select TWRP to let it install itself for you.
Now we're at the final stretch! Search the Play Store for Sprint Unlock Helper and download it. Open it up and follow the instructions there and... Well I'm still not there yet so give me a minute... Currently rebooting from TWRP root right now.
Okay, so it worked! Also, I had flashed a changed OMAD file in the begining and when I touched simlock it didn't work but I put in a sim card and changed to GSM so... Hell yeah. Hopefully this works for you too!
Link for Firewater
http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/
Firewater Guide link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632351
Link for HTC Dev
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
Link for Sprint TWRP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2652498
Link for RUU Flashing Tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2508907
Link for 4.1 ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2324338
Link for 4.1 Touch Screen Firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46225907