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[Guide] How to unlock Boot loader and flash custom ROMs.

Here's a guide to unlocking the bootloader, flash a recovery image, and install a custom ROM on your Incredible s.
If you're not experienced with this sort of thing I advise you get help or not do it at all. I'm not responsible for anything that happens to your phone, but it is highly rare that anything will go wrong
1. Go to www.htcdev.com and log in/create an account. When logged in, click on 'Unlock Bootloader'
Now simply follow the on screen instructions provided by HTC. Some of the process requires getting some files from the Android SDK and you will needs the HTC drivers which come with HTC Sync, but this will all be explained through the process.
Now as I said, you need some files from the SDK which you can get here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4263022/HTC Dev Tools.zip
I recommend putting these somewhere easy like the root of your C: drive in a folder called 'Android' like I will for the tutori. If you're still sure, select yes, and the process will complete.
2) you should see a little message pop up now asking if you'd like to go ahead and unlock the boot loader. Select yes.
3. Once done, your phone's bootloader will be unlocked, this will enable you to flash a recovery image.
4. Go to
http://download2.clockworkmod.com/re...0.2.0-vivo.img
and download the recovery image for the Incredible S. Put it in the "android" folder with the other files needed for the unlock process. This file is the ClockWorkMod recovery for the incredible s.
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, 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 are 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 what I'm going to use: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/htc-incredible-s
Download the ROM and place it in the root of your SD card
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 click backup. ClockWorkMod will backup your stock ROM in case there are any needs to switch back.
11. After that (takes about 5 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
12. Go 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. When done, shut down your phone.
13. Ordinarily you'd be done after that, and you could boot into your new ROM. However HBOOT 1.16 does some random stuff and tends to cause problems. I think it interferes with the installation of the boot.img that ordinarily would be flashed with the ROM. Get the ROM that you downloaded earlier (CyanogenMod in this tutorial), and on your computer, unzip the file somewhere. Once done, 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, but don't choose "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 that should be it!
If this helps please leave a thank you.
Good luck
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda premium

Bad download URL for CWM...
The URL you have documented for CWM recovery image is giving an "Access denied" response.

Thanks a lot!
It's very useful for me :good:

This is a duplicate thread and copied too.... the actual guide is at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337105

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ROOT + CWM Nexus4 Android 4.2.2

This guide is for people who accidentally upgraded Nexus4 to android 4.2.2 and are not able to root using “mskip” Nexus4 Toolkit V1.3.0.
Also, this is the slightly revised version of rooting guide from “ibtimes.co.uk”, the original link is http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/4...id422-jdq39-jellybean-install-cwmrecovery.htm
Credits goes to: “ibtimes.co.uk” and “mskip” for the Toolkit
Before rooting and flash the Clock Work Mode, you need to:
1. Install USB Driver for Nexus on the computer.
----- a. Use “mskip” ‘s Toolkit V1.3.0 to install USB driver or download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?8xb50uktar8096i
2. Do all the necessary backups: contact, settings, pics, and etc.
3. Unlock the bootloader.
-----a. You can still unlock the boatloader using Toolkit V1.3.0. Option “3. UnLock or Re-Lock your BootLoader”
-----b. You must enter Fastboot Mode to perform unlock: Vol Down + Power (Unplug USB first, and then when the fastboot mode appear, you can plug in the usb cable. If for some reason the toolkit does not list your device serial, choose reboot fastboot mode and/or check your USB driver).
4. Have enough battery for installation.
ROOT Nexus4 on Android 4.2.2 JDQ39 Jelly Bean
1. Download Android SDK and extract it. http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. Enable USB Debugging Mode:
-----a. Settings > About Phone > Build number
-----b. Press “build number” a few times, until it says you entering developer mode
-----c. Go back to settings, now you’ll see “Developer options”, press that, and check USB Debugging Mode
3. Download Fastboot and extract it in folder “sdk\platform-tools\”
4. Download supersu copy to Nexus4’s SD card through computer.
5. Download CWM 6.0.2.3 and save it to folder “sdk\platform-tools\”
6. Turn off phone and press Vol Down key + Power until entering fastboot/bootloader mode.
7. Go to folder “sdk\platform-tools\”, shift+right click and choose Open Command window here
8. Copy and paste “fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.2.3-mako.img” on to command prompt (without the “”) and hit enter.
9. Now, go to your phone and use Vol UP/Down to choose RECOVERY Mode, and press power to choose.
10. In the Clock Work Mode, choose “install zip from sdcard” > “choose zip from sdcard” > 0/ > Update-SuperSU-v.1.04.zip and press power buttom to confirm.
11. Once completed, go back to main menu and reboot the phone. And you have rooted Nexus 4 with CWM installed.
Hope this helps.

Thank you! I was wondering why Titanium Backup didn't work.

Root Nexus 4 on 4.2.2 JDQ39

FOLLOW THIS SITE: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/4...id422-jdq39-jellybean-install-cwmrecovery.htm
1) Download and install Android SDK from the Android Developers site. Set it up with downloading platform-tools and USB drivers package in SDK
2) Enable USB Debugging Mode [Press Menu>> Settings>> Applications. From there navigate and click on Development option and ensure the USB Debugging Mode is turned on.]
3) Download Fastboot and extract it in android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools directory [Alternative link]
4) Download SuperSU v1.04 (UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.04.zip) for Nexus 4 on the computer
5) Connect the phone to the computer using USB cable and copy the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.04.zip file to the SD card of the phone
6) Switch off the phone
7) Download CWM 6.0.2.3 (recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.2.3.-mako.img) and save it to the android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools directory on the computer
8) Enter Fastboot/Bootloader Mode on the phone by pressing and holding the Volume Down and Power buttons together for a few seconds until some texts appear on the screen. This is Bootloader Mode
9) Navigate to android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools directory and open the command prompt (Shift + Right Click>> Open Command Prompt)
10) Type the below mentioned command and then press Enter
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.2.3-mako
11) Choose RECOVERY from the Fastboot menu and enter Recovery Mode
12) In CWM recovery, browse to 'flash zip from SD card' then select it using Power button. Press the Power button again to select 'Choose zip from SD card'
13) Using the Volume buttons navigate to Update-SuperSU-v1.04.zip file and select it using the Power button and confirm installation on the next screen. The installation should start.
14) Once the installation process is completed, return to the main recovery menu and select 'Reboot System Now' to reboot the phone. The device will take about five minutes to boot for the first time.
The Nexus 4 is now successfully rooted on Android 4.2.2 JDQ39 Jelly Bean firmware. Check for the SuperSU app in the app list. To ensure the root method is installed and working correctly, verify with the Root Checker app from Google Play Store.

Flashing SU binaries via recovery has been outlined extensively on this website, we have a thread stickied in this forum with step-by-step instructions
[HOW-TO] How to flash a factory image / return to stock / unlock / root #
..among several other reference threads and video guides. Another copy/paste from some website is not necessary.
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I am having trouble finishing the rooting of my HTC Desire 626s

I have posted the instructions bellow that I have been following.
1. I got the bootloader unlocked.
2. The fastboot flash recovery went through ok
3. Is were the problem is. The instructions say after flashing the img in place
it is time to open Cynogen Mod menu and flash in the SuperSU file. The
instructions say to reboot to bootloader > boot to recovery mode then hit the
power button. At this point the Cyanogen Mod recovery mode menu is
supposed to come up. And then navigate to were the SuperSU.zip file is.
The problem is that the Cynogen Mod menu never comes up. All I get is
the following picture bellow. Then the phone reboots to normal operating mode.
The phone works 100% but it still isn't rooted. I don't know how to fix this.
The boot loader screens aren't the same as I have seen in video turtorials that I
have seen. I can post those screen captures as well if needed.
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Complete, detailed, step-by-step root procedure for HTC Desire 626s
Credits
- I did not come up with the procedure to root this phone - that work was done by member @hackvcs - I just put this guide together using the method that he developed (and using the custom recovery that he put together). Please give all credit to @hackvcs!!! Also, the links to the files below are not my links - they are links that other members provided (member who provided them is listed below).
Pre-requistes/Downloads:
- HTC Desire 626s phone
- Official TWRP Recovery Images: https://twrp.me/devices/htcdesire626s.html - Thanks @Captain_Throwback!
- Recovery images (custom CyanogenMod recovery and stock recovery image) - provided by @hackvcs (https://mega.nz/#!sp0wCThZ!MQVTq6y_8...hnaLRq8UiqLruQ)
-SuperSU binary .zip file - link provided by @mussio (https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU)
1. Unlock bootloader
- Enable "Unknown Sources" on your phone:
- Settings->Security: Check "Unknown Sources" checkbox
- Enable "Developer Mode" and enable "USB Debugging" and "OEM Unlocking" settings
- Settings->About->Software Information->More: Tap on "Build Number" 7 or more times until it tells you that Developer Mode is enabled.
- Settings->Developer Options: Enable "OEM Unlocking" and "USB Debugging" options.
- Actually unlock the bootloader by going to the HTCdev "Unlock Bootloader" website (www.htcdev.com/bootloader) and following the directions to unlock your bootloader. You will need to create an account on this website before being able to unlock the bootloader. I'm not going to provide step-by-step instructions for the bootloader unlock procedure since the HTCdev website already provides a step-by-step procedure. However, here are a few key notes regarding this procedure:
- The bootloader unlock procedure will reset your phone back to factory defaults. Make sure to backup anything that you need on the phone before unlocking the bootloader. You can optionally install the "HTC Sync Manager" (link provided on HTCdev website) to backup your phone before starting the process.
- In the "Select your device" box on the first screen of the bootloader unlock procedure, select "HTC Desire *" as the device type.
-If you are running the latest firmware on your phone, you do not need to worry about the phone update page when you first start the unlock process - just scroll to the bottom of the screen and click the "Proceed to Step 1" button to start the procedure.
- You will need to install Java if you don't already have it installed - there is a link to download Java right on the same page as the bootloader unlock procedure.
- You will need to download and install the fastboot binaries provided in step 4 of the bootloader unlock procedure. Unzip the fastboot.exe file included in the zip to a directory that you will use to root your HTC Desire 626s (I recommend creating a new directory for this - something like "C:\HTC626s") - later, you will also put the other files you need (recovery image file and SuperSU binary .zip file) into this same directory so that everything is in one place
2. Install custom recovery
Once you have successfully unlocked your bootloader, you will need to flash a custom recovery (TWRP recommended). This recovery image will replace the stock recovery on your phone and allow to flash the SuperSU binaries in the next step.
- Connect your phone to the PC via USB cable and let the PC install the necessary drivers for the phone.
- Power off phone
- Reboot the phone into "Download" mode:
- While holding the Volume Down button, press the device Power button. Continue to hold the Volume Down button until the phone boots into "Download" mode. To confirm that the bootloader is unlocked and that you are in "Download" mode, you should see the following two lines at the top of the screen:
- "hTC download mode"
- "*** Unlocked ***"
- Once you have confirmed that you are in download mode and the bootloader is unlocked, it's time to flash the custom recovery:
- Open a Command Prompt (aka DOS prompt) window and change to the directory where you put the fastboot.exe file. If using the recommended directory, you would type this command in the Command Prompt window to change to that directory:
- Type "cd \HTC626s" and press [ENTER]
- Make sure that the recovery file is in the same directory (type "DIR" and press [ENTER] to see the files in the current directory). If it is not in the current directory, put it there before continuing (via Windows Explorer). Also, I'd recommend renaming the recovery image to "recovery.img" - it makes typing the commands a little easier and reduces the likleyhood of a typo. So before continuing, you should have both "fastboot.exe" and "recovery.img" in the current directory.
-In the command prompt window, type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" and press [ENTER] - this will flash the custom recovery to your device.
3. Install SuperSU superuser binaries
Now that we have the bootloader unlocked and the CyanogenMod recovery installed, we are set to flash the SuperSU binaries to actually root the device. Before continuing, make sure that you have copied the SuperSU binary .zip file to the internal storage on your phone! Once we boot into CyanogenMod, you will have to navigate to this .zip file in order to install it. It MUST be on the *internal* phone storage (not on the MicroSD card).
- Reboot your phone into recovery:
- Power off the phone
- Power on the phone while holding the "Volume Down" button. Keep holding "Volume Down" until the phone boots into Download mode.
- Scroll down to "Reboot to bootloader" and press the power button.
- Once in bootloader mode, scroll down to "Boot to recovery mode" and press the power button. At this point, you should be in the CyanogenMod recovery menu.
- Scroll down to "Apply Update" and press the power button
- Scroll down to "Choose from internal storage" and press the power button
- Navigate to where you stored the SuperSU .zip file and select it - the SuperSU binaries will be installed on the phone.
-That should do it! You should now have a rooted HTC Desire 626s. Reboot the phone into Android and confirm that you have a SuperSU icon in your app drawer and then confirm that the device is actually rooted.

MY revival

Is it possible to revive an m7 with a motherboard swap? It does not turn on anymore due to a failed conversion to Google play edition.

Another(good) motherboard will fix it for sure.
Anyway what's the status of the phone, completely dead?

PunishedSnake said:
Is it possible to revive an m7 with a motherboard swap? It does not turn on anymore due to a failed conversion to Google play edition.
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Do you mean a software issue? If it is, then follow the steps below:
Pre-requisites:
1. Your HTC One with a decent amount of battery juice
2. A Computer that recognizes your device when put into recovery mode
3. Internet Connection
Steps:
1. [On your HTC device] Hold down Power+Volume Down to get into bootloader mode.
2. [On your HTC device] Use the vlume keys to highlight the option "RECOVERY"
3. [On your HTC device] Connect to your computer using an USB cable
4.
[TWRP] Select "Mount" and make sure MTP is enabled.
[CWM] Select "Mount and Storage", than "Mount USB"
Note: I haven't used CWM for a while, I don't know the exact steps
5. [On your PC] Make sure your HTC Device is recognized as "MTP Device"
6. [On your PC] Download the proper ROM to flash
7. [On your PC] Transfer the file to flash on your HTC Device/ADB Sideload
8. [If file transfered, not adb sideload]
[TWRP] Select "Install", then pick the ROM to flash
[CWM] Select "apply update from sdcard", than pick a ROM to flash
9. Once they're all done, attempt to reboot your device.
Just like the custom ROM installation guide.

HippoInWindow said:
Do you mean a software issue? If it is, then follow the steps below:
Pre-requisites:
1. Your HTC One with a decent amount of battery juice
2. A Computer that recognizes your device when put into recovery mode
3. Internet Connection
Steps:
1. [On your HTC device] Hold down Power+Volume Down to get into bootloader mode.
2. [On your HTC device] Use the vlume keys to highlight the option "RECOVERY"
3. [On your HTC device] Connect to your computer using an USB cable
4.
[TWRP] Select "Mount" and make sure MTP is enabled.
[CWM] Select "Mount and Storage", than "Mount USB"
Note: I haven't used CWM for a while, I don't know the exact steps
5. [On your PC] Make sure your HTC Device is recognized as "MTP Device"
6. [On your PC] Download the proper ROM to flash
7. [On your PC] Transfer the file to flash on your HTC Device/ADB Sideload
8. [If file transfered, not adb sideload]
[TWRP] Select "Install", then pick the ROM to flash
[CWM] Select "apply update from sdcard", than pick a ROM to flash
9. Once they're all done, attempt to reboot your device.
Just like the custom ROM installation guide.
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It won't even power on

lucyr03 said:
Another(good) motherboard will fix it for sure.
Anyway what's the status of the phone, completely dead?
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I'd say so...nothing I do works...plugging into chargers power button etc