yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire S] jamiethemac:
Hi, thanks for the guide but i followed it step by step and when i did step 7 in android flasher i got the following message:

< waiting for device >

security: on

finished. total time: -0.000s

sending 'recovery' (4336 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.750s]

writing 'recovery'...

(bootloader) signature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

finished. total time: 1.468s

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.731s]

booting...

FAILED (remote: not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.732s

rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.262s

can you help me please?
[HTC Desire S] tpbklake:
The behavior you describe sounds like you did not unlock the bootloader at http://HTCDEV.com before you started doing steps 1 - 7.

Having the bootloader locked will prevent you from flashing the custom recovery and boot.img.
[HTC Desire S] malaccio:
hi, I want to install MIUI rom..

i've got:

hboot 2.00.002

software number: 2.10.401.8

sense 3.0

kernel 2.6.35.10

baseband 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M

I understood that i have to unlock bootloader on htcdev.

than?

what I should do?

I have to follow these points?

"

1. Installed HTC drivers from this link.

2. Disabled Fast Boot, Enabled USB debugging

3. Formatted microSD card

4. Downloaded su file from this link and placed on my microSD card.

5. Downloaded AndroidFlasher from this link.

6. Downloaded 4EXT recovery file from this link, extracted recovery.img file to my PC.

7. In extracted AndroidFlasher folder run (as administrator) the exe file, chose the Desire S (or any other) phone, in the Recovery section browse for the recovery.img file (see the previous step) and sit back to relax

8. The 4EXTRecovery screen opened afterwards, and through navigating with volume up and down keys and choosing with power button go to "Instal from SD card" and choose the su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip file from the sd card. "

when and in which way I will install MIUI rom?

thanks a lot everybody
[HTC Desire S] tpbklake:
You would then install MIUI in recovery mode just like ou did with the SU-2.3.6.3.zip file. Just copy the MIUI zip file to our SD card.
[HTC Desire S] ViperHTC:
After device rebooted I can see htc logo on the white background (tryed to wait for a 10 min). Recovery does not loading.

If I unplug the cable I can see this log:

< waiting for device >

security: on

finished. total time: 0.001s

sending 'recovery' (4336 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.289s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 1.128s]

finished. total time: 2.417s

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 1.280s]

booting...

OKAY [ 0.001s]

finished. total time: 1.281s

rebooting...

finished. total time: 312.556s

htcdev.com instructions was done before flashing.

What is wrong?
[HTC Desire S] theguitarman94:
You seem to of got the same issue as I did yesterday ^^. I tried restoring a nand backup and It just stuck on the white HTC logo and I also tried flashing a few new roms and it couldn't get passed the logo. I then downgraded my bootloader back to 0.98 and gained s-off again and I was able to flash roms as usual. To me that would mean that Having an unlocked bootloader with s-on still means you can't flash roms. To me I don't see the point in that. Why would they let you flash a recovery :S
[HTC Desire S] ovanitas:
Try using Android SDK:

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Do this after placing recovery.img in Android\android-sdk\platform-tools folder. It should do the job.
[HTC Desire S] ViperHTC:
sending 'recovery' (4336 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.268s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.975s]

finished. total time: 2.243s

And the same result - htc logo forever

Is it possible that the reason of my problem is that I didnt format my SD card?
[HTC Desire S] tigrrr:
Same situation here.. stuck on HTC logo, have to remove the battery to reset the phone.

A weird symprom is that androidflasher doesnt output the status until USB cable is plugged out.

The SD card was formated.

sending 'recovery' (4336 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.749s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.780s]

finished. total time: 1.529s

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.733s]

booting...

OKAY [ -0.000s]

finished. total time: 0.733s

rebooting...

finished. total time: 186.992s
[HTC Desire S] ovanitas:
A colleague of mine did the trick by using recovery image from the attached zip file. You may also try (he used ADB commands, having the phone connected in "charge only" mode).
[HTC Desire S] yagza:
Good afternoon.

I tried to use the files from the archive and yes, now even with the "AndroidFlasher 2.2.0.0" I get the phone to load the Recovery, BUT absolutely no matter what option in Recovery menu I choose ("install from SD", "advanced", "wipe") - reaction of my Desire S is just reboot. This puts me in a dead end. Have you meet something like this? How to solve this problem?
[HTC Desire S] tpbklake:
The error you are getting would indicate that the bootloader has not been unlocked correctly using the HTCDEV procedure that is mentioned in the first paragraph. After this procedure your HBOOT screen should have UNLOCKED at the top of the screen. If it shows LOCKED, the you need to perform that procedure again.
[HTC Desire S] straian:
Here is the method to S-off hboot 2.00...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18122984&postcount=237
[HTC Desire S] ovanitas:
SnowiiSnowii, if your bootloader, indeed, had not been unlocked, try copying the unlock code from command prompt to notepad and then submitting it to htcdev.

Guys, I have heard of couple of cases, where described procedure did not work. In nearly all cases it was possible to install custom recovery using ADB commands and the recovery file I attached in couple of posts above. I can not sort out why this method works in some cases and in some it does not. I have not gone too much technical to reveal the core of the problem.
[HTC Desire S] bora61:
After unlocked bootloader, are yours all personal data remain in phone ?
[HTC Desire S] tigrrr:
ovanitas, thanks :) the recovery image is running, it seems that recovery image from page 4 (4EXTRecovery_v2.1.0_bravo.zip ) was not booting in my case. I used androflasher 2.2, in fastboot mode.

When phone booted up, HTC logo on a white background showed up after unlocking the screen, rising my pulse :) 20 sec later, first install showed up, everything up and running.

NExt, ROM manager is installed, are there any restrictions choosing the ROMs as radios and SIM are still locked ? Should I S-OFF the device or is it OK if I stay with S-ON ?

sending 'recovery' (5624 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.059s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 1.076s]

finished. total time: 2.135s

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 1.042s]

booting...

OKAY [ 0.000s]

finished. total time: 1.042s

rebooting...

finished. total time: 8.968s

I have a Desire S, HTCdev unlocked :

Android version: 2.3.5

HTC Sense version: 3.0

Software number: 2.10.401.5
[HTC Desire S] tigrrr:
Tried Cyanogenmod 7.1.0., phone got frozen at the HTC screen, so restored back to original ROM.

Are there any restrictions choosing the ROMs as radios and SIM are still locked (Still in S-on mode..) Cyanogen site states it should be installed to S-OFF devices only. Should I S-OFF the device, if yes, how ?
[HTC Desire S] tpbklake:
After you flash CM 7.1 using recovery, you need to extract the boot.img from the CM 7.1 zip file and flash it in fastboot mode using fastboot flash boot [path to boot.img].
[HTC Desire S] relios:
thnx!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
[HTC Desire S] ovanitas:
no, after unlocking bootloader (through htcdev) the personal data is deleted.

If you root via, say, revolutionary 9not yet applicable to 2.00 hboot), the data remains intact.
[HTC Desire S] tigrrr:
If I install CM7.1 and I want to restore the stock HTS sense later, do I need to do a backup the current boot.img and restore it after restoring the HTC ROM ?
[HTC Desire S] tigrrr:
solved.. found the backed-up stock boot.img in clockworkrecovery backup folder :)
[HTC Desire S] malaccio:
are u sure?

i understand that this guide is for S-OFF user..is it true?
[HTC Desire S] ficheral:
This little invisible trick worked for me

Everything was fine unless that E4X version did not start with recovery.

With this one provided I did it.

Just a small suggestion : I had to put the recovery.img file in the root android SDK directory before it worked the fastbooo. command won't find the file anywhere else

IT'S ROOTED TITANIUM BACKUP SAYS IT'S ROOTED. AND NOW? CRAZY THINKS SORRY GUYS IS MY VERY FIRST TIME I HACK A PHONE... I AM EXCITED...

THANK YOU...
[HTC Desire S] ficheral:
Also this one was ok.

after flashing runny droid the phone was frozen in htc logo. I did it and it' ok. thank you very much guys...:eek:
[HTC Desire S] Tirofog:
HBOOT 2.00.0002 advice

Hi, my first android, HTC Desire S, and have read so much about S-off/root/custom ROMs etc. that my head hurts. For now I'd like some customisation, get Spirit radio sorted and get rid of some bloat. My bootloader is unlocked but I'm a little unclear as to what can or can't be done at this stage. My device is HBOOT 2.00.0002, the same spec (apart from software number) as Ovanitas - yours is rooted without S-off? Also, can I save the stock ROM before formatting SD card and attempting to follow your guide? Thanks...
[HTC Desire S] istrasoft:
Wonderful thread guys ! Thanks to all !

I successfully rooted my Desire S with the instructions here, unlocked bootloader, then installed 4EXTrecovery and then the ZIP with "su".

Only negative thing is that HTC warned it would void warranty to unlock bootloader, but did NEVER warn that it would force a factory reset!

Good thing my phone contacts were saved to Google contacts and that I was using AppBrain to get most apps back !

Anyway, thanks again !
[HTC Desire S] korenisko:
HTC warm about data wise on first page.

I asked about void warranty to HTC and service center...

Htc "may" cancel warranty to all parts or only to motherboard... warranty still valid for ex. Display,...
[HTC Desire S] ovanitas:
Sure, you can root with s-off, as I did. After installing custom recovery it will ask (or you can do it anytime later) to backup your phone. Just do it.
[HTC Desire S] Tirofog:
Tried a couple of different methods, eventually flashed CWM via Android Flasher. As you say in your guide, the SD card has to be formatted, without this your device hangs on the white HTC screen. I used a spare SD which I formatted in my old Nokia, then popped original back in with my stuff still intact.

After flashing su file, then ROM manager, it's a breeze.

A slight panic at one stage trying to flash when I realised that network coverage had disappeared completely... I had to remove the battery a few times and didn't refit the cover. Turns out the antenna is housed in the cover!!

Big thanks to all you guys out there for guides, assistance etc...
[HTC Desire S] engmsw:
could anyone help please, i have Desire S - 2.3.5 Sense 3.0 - simfree - i wanted to unlock bootloader using HTCdev.com steps it runs smoothly till the step to paste the token, i can have the token and after inserting it it tells me error, email cannot be sent and that's it no other reason at all, it looks like i have the correct format exactly as described in the steps

<<<< Identifier Token Start >>>>

**********TOKEN**********

<<<<< Identifier Token End >>>>>

anyone could help me please ??! thanks in advance

error 120

email cannot be sent !
[HTC Desire S] engmsw:
Solved, that was due to IP conflicts

i have successfully unlocked the bootloader now what ?
[HTC Desire S] SaNXeVC:
What do you mean? Also, I tried yesterday to unlock bootloader, and got a error:

We're sorry, but it appears your attempt to unlock the bootloader on this device has failed. This could be caused by several factors including simple errors in the entry of the unlock token, problems with your device, or a lack of manufacturer support for the unlocking process. Please see the specific error code listed below, and try again if necessary.

Error Code: .

Error Reason: .

How do you solved this?
[HTC Desire S] engmsw:
i guess this is same error, but if you got the token and u paste it correctly then u have this error, check the browser address bar if it contains error code 122 and email cannot be send then i guess its the same error, which is the type of connection your are using to connect to the internet, first i was using home adsl connection thru router and switch, it doesnt work, it only worked with me when i used 3G modem, the point in this that your PC Must Have Real IP not in domain or network or router ... ETC. in this case it will be able to send token. then u will got the email and easy two steps.

Good luck
[HTC Desire S] FuzzyBlacken:
:(

Hey Un Lock via HTC Site worked. I can see Unlocked in Bootloader.

On trying to Flash using AndroidFlasher nothing happens!

I downloaded all those given in links. Started flashing utility from windows. It rebooted and popup message on windows : error - your device is S-ON. Nevertheless it continued and gave the following message

< waiting for device >

security: on

finished. total time: -0.000s

sending 'recovery' (4336 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.822s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.836s]

finished. total time: 1.658s

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.746s]

booting...

OKAY [ 0.001s]

finished. total time: 0.747s

and phone got stuck at HTC White Screen with Green Logo for 20 minutes. Then i removed battery and restart Phone. Checked its still S-ON + Not Rooted. Phone is working as well.

Repeated second time from bootloader. No S-ON error message , rest all exactly same. Again stuck at white screen. still S-ON.

I tried going in recovery manually from bootloader. stucks at white screen.

Is it like Recovery got installed, but nt supporting version so hangs there. Or what exactly? I'm confused
[HTC Desire S] FuzzyBlacken:
Surprisingly When i tried same with CWM Recovery it worked. It seems device is rooted now! Alls okay

one quick questions, The thread was about doing an S-OFF. Device is still S-ON though rooted. Any known issues?
[HTC Desire S] korenisko:
1. Flash recovery:

Download recovery (4EXT, CWM...)

2. If you unlocked via htcdev, then you have forlder with files, which they wanted to unlocking...

3. Past there recovery.img and start cmd.exe and reboot to hboot/fastboot and connect phone to pc

4. cd to your folder and type:

fastboot flash recovery C:\htcdev\recovery.img (I used folder htcdev)

5. Then flast boot.img via fastboot too

boot.img is from custom rom, which you want to use (cm, MIUI...)

C:\htcdev>fastboot flash boot C:\htcdev\boot.img

6. Then, you have to flash your choosen custom rom from recovery on phone

Copy custom rom file to sdcard and reboot to recovery and flash it...

Thats all.

I have unlocked ds via htcdev and all working fine (using cyanogenmod)

(all doing on your own risk)
[HTC Desire S] Tirofog:
Try reading the posts!!!

the SD card has to be formatted, without this your device hangs on the white HTC screen. I used a spare SD which I formatted

By the way, it went through only after formatting the SD card
[HTC Desire S] dabado:
Anyone managed to use this method on o2?? The Desire S isn't listed as a supported device on htc dev bootloader unlock list although it has been successful for others. I get an error after entering my <<Identifier Token>> which I am putting down to my phone/o2 as it does specify that only certain models and carriers support the feature...
[HTC Desire S] ovanitas:
>>>Surprisingly When i tried same with CWM Recovery it worked. It seems device is rooted now! Alls okay

>>>one quick questions, The thread was about doing an S-OFF. Device is still S-ON though rooted. Any known issues?

there have been cases when some img files worked and some not. Also in this thread you may find alternative methods that worked in most of the cases (eg. via adb shell). So it's mostly based on trial and error method.

---------- Post added at 12:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:02 PM ----------

try pasting the token firstly to notepad and then copy-pasting from there to the token submission form.
[HTC Desire S] tpbklake:
The official HTC unlock procedure does not give you true S-Off, so there are some things that that don't work the same. One of those being that a custom ROM cannot flash the boot.img from recovery mode, thus you need to manually flash it using Fastboot mode.
[HTC Desire S] dabado:
Cheers I'll give that a shot later today. I'm not fussed if it doesn't work, I only want to root my phone due to sense 3.0 skins, well lack of! although I found 1 yesterday on here so hopefully more to follow.
[HTC Desire S] xxzooma94xx:
Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank youuu!!!!!!!

thank you man i really appreciate it after days of searching and searching!!!!

P.S. at no.6 u coulda cleared things up a bit more as it took me some time to understand how to do it! anyway, thank you again :)
[HTC Desire S] 68olegna:
Link on Point 6 si dead I have have no clue. Could seome pls explain what you did there?
[HTC Desire S] ovanitas:
Instead of explaining this I would rather suggest alternative method for this particular step, as in many cases the described method does not do the job.

So download the zipped fiolder from this link: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=803344&d=1322895027, locate recovery.img from the downloaded file and extract it to the adb shell's tools' folder (platform-tools or whatever, where the adb's main programs are located) and via adb run the following commands: a) adb reboot bootloader and b) fastboot flash recovery recovery.img.

Then go to step 8.
[HTC Desire S] aLargeMan:
I remember when i got my DS. First thing i wanted to do was flash a new ROM. I ended up doing an OTA update and it changed my Hboot from 0.98 to 2.00, i was raging because i read that you cant S-OFF the device if your Hboot is 2.00.

I spent about a week reading and reading, then came across a thread on XDA explaining how to downgrade your Hboot. Was super nervous about it, but it worked, I got S-OFF and was able to use Revolutionary :D

Only bad part is, now I can do what i want to my phone, my ROM's keep changing every week :(
[HTC Desire S] nenad_l:
Can you, kind sir, please explain what method worked for you? How did you s-off?
[HTC Desire S] aLargeMan:
Tried to PM you back, but it didnt seem to work after 2 tries :mad:

So here it is copied and pasted

Hey man,

Just need to to what Hboot are you on? And what region of the world are you in? As im in Europe i used the HTC Europe 1.28.401 radio from here, so select a version where you are, that is earlier than the Hboot 2.00.0002 update is.

http://www.filefactory.com/f/c64d333a2755a421/

You need to trick your device into thinking the RUU is

version 1.27, so running the 1.28.401 RUU on your pc will update it to the Hboot version you need.

If you are on Hboot 2.00.0002 then you should follow this guide to downgrade it to Hboot version 0.98.00000.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399331

I was on 2.00.0002 so I had to downgrade, I did the OTA update to Sense 3.0, meaning it changed it from 0.98.00000 to 2.00.0002. The guide seems a little confusing, but it's not, just take your time, and read it STEP by STEP.

If you are already on 0.98.00000 then it's pretty straight forward, considering you dont have to downgrade your Hboot. All you have to do is use the Revolutionary tool to S-OFF your Desire S.

http://revolutionary.io/

Hope it helped man, if not, let me know. And remember, read carefully and do it step by step.

Good luck mate :)

Re-sent because im not sure it worked the first time :P
[HTC Desire S] nenad_l:
They did work... And not two, but four times :D:D

I replied to you in pm, but that seams to me, did not work :D

Thank you very much...
[HTC Desire S] ThaBrazzer:
What does happen with my phone if i downgrade the Hboot? (Sorry for beeing noob). Does the operative system change or does nothing happen with the phone?
[HTC Desire S] misbah711:
select "other" in that list, while selecting your device...I unlocked 2 desire S using that option.! :D

and it works!!! using Virtuous Affinity V2.05.0 on those!

Sent from my fingers into your EYES :D
[HTC Desire S] rht_sg:
It says on trying to unlock the bootloader it would wipe out all personal info, is there any software to backup the apps and contacts, sms etc to the PC before doing this ?

thanks
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Your apps, contacts can be backed up via Google sync, and there's an app on the playstore that will allow you to back up your sms.

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] Px80:
i got a new phone with Hboot 2.00.0002 and i want to unlock it.

Do i get it right that i first have to downgrade and then do the revolutionary thing?

Why to downgrade? i thought there was a time when people tried to upgrade von 98 to 2.0 ? ^^
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
no, downgrade to 98 then upgrade to eng 2.0 after s-off

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
You have to downgrade, because the exploit revolutionary uses to make the phone s-off doesn't work on hboot 2.xx.
[HTC Desire S] Px80:
ok so i guess htcdev unlock is much easier except that i have to flash a boot.img aswell.

this 2.xx hboot is a pain in the ass! i want my old phone back :(
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
After HTC dev unlock its about 10-15 minutes to downgrade, root and flash the eng hboot. It's well worth the time spent.

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] Px80:
Okay :)

But can you help me with that?

Can you pls tell me what i need to do? Or do you have the correct Howto?

1. unlock bootloader at http://htcdev.com/bootloader

(1 1/2. I could already flash roms, Boot.img over Android AIO Flasher?)

For me this seems definitly more easier :D

Root/ S-On / Hboot 2.x

the only thing is the boot.img ( can i use every boot.img i want or there for each rom another boot.img)

2. how to downgrade the hboot? is there a p888.img
[HTC Desire S] rht_sg:
Let me ask a noob question.

I have HBOOT 2.00.002 and S-ON, Android 2.3.5 and Sense 3.0

What I want to do basically is just get rid of any crapware that came from the phone carrier and be able to control any 3G connections being made by apps - that is - I want apps to use background data only when I am on WiFi and not when on mobile data.

It seem I would need root for this to happen.

can anyone point me to a noob friendly guide to do this ?

i found a few steps by ovanitas few pages back, but I just wanted to confirm whether there is any difference now, since that guide was written sometime back ?

thanks.
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
There is a sticky INDEX thread where you can find ALL manuals you might need
[HTC Desire S] Px80:
check this out! :)
[HTC Desire S] kaizoku kuma:
INDEX

My phone was S-ON unlock too, and with this HBOOT you CAN'T install JB roms, donc ask me why, that's the fact lol.
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
The hboot is fine, it will work with all current roms in this forum.

“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”*―*Hedy Lamarr
[HTC Desire S] rht_sg:
thanks for the tip.

i have seen that post before and would be keeping it in mind, but i would try using the all-in-one kit first.

now collecting info on backing up my stuff on the phone before diving into this.

so i suppose the hboot 2 was unlockable before, which is why people had to downgrade it it to .98 and then root or install a custom rom ?

now this can be unlocked so we can install custom roms on it, is that correct ?

for me, i dont want to install a custom rom, just get superuser access, so that i can get rid of some bloatware and also have a firewall.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] deymayor:
It's like the stock browser on steroids. I gave up on this browser month's ago and never thought i'll go back affer the countless FCs and lag. What did they do differently this time?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Spidey01:
I tried the HD a while back and then uninstalled it, after it kept FC'ing me in Google+ trying to read Yegges post. Has it improved that much?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ranklepup:
Opera is still faster. I used to love dolphin HD, but one day I installed every browser I could find and ran some tests. The conclusion, opera was blazingly faster. I also downloaded this new Dolphin and still prefer Opera.