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[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
I'm totally new here so I don't really understand all the stuff , now my problem was I tried to install an update on my htc desire s and it got an error midway on the installation since then when I go to recovery it says

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

And I can't install a custom ROM (error Status 1) and it hangs on the htc white splash screen

I looked up the problem and found many explanations but none did it for me .

Tried wipe data/factory reset , wipe cache , wipe dalvik cache but still the same

In the end I ended up flashing PB31IMG.zip to try and return to stock but now I cant even go to bootloader (volume down + power) nor recovery . In adb it still recognizes my device when I type adb devices .

So can you please help me and tell me what to do now ?

My eMMc is not fried I typed :

adb shell
dmesg | grep mmc0

And its okay

Any info you need pls tell me so I can write it for you ,

I currently know this :

Revolutionary
Saga PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT 6.98.1002
RADIO-3805.06.02.03_M
eMMc-BOOT
MAR 10 2011 , 14:58:38

And that was before i flashed it with PB31IMG.zip since then I cant even go to bootloader ... It's 4 am here and I am going to sleep right now , will reply when I wake up ... please help
[HTC Desire S] dmatik:
You cannot install RUU over Revolutionary hboot. You must flash the ENG hboot over it first. Please look in rhe index thread in the Dev section for ENG hboot.

Try to remove buttery for a while and then to boot into bootloader by pressing vol "-" and power buttons.

Also the name of the RUU zip should be different, PG88IMG.zip.

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
You need to install a custom recovery to do anything regarding installing a ROM. I suggest you flash 4ext recovery using fastboot and then format your device partitions before attempting to install a new ROM.

Beamed from the Dark Side using xda premium.
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
Okay I tried flashing HBOOT ENG 0.98.2000

This one :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113820

But when I try and flash with bootloader it says

Cannot rollback HBOOT version

About the recovery I have clockworkmod , how do I replace it with 4EXT ?
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Why are you trying to change your hboot? You have the Revolutionary hboot, which is fine. You need to flash a custom recovery using fastboot. Download the attached file, and after setting up fastboot on your computer (Link to guide is in my signature below), extract the recovery.img file from the .zip i have attached, and place it in your adb/fastboot folder on the computer. Then boot into fastboot on your phone and issue the following command :

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Once done, reboot into recovery to confirm that you have 4EXT Recovery installed, then select the Wipe data/Format option, and select Format all partitions (except sd card). Now choose install from sd card, and flash whichever ROM you want to flash (I recommend Reaper ROM for testing purposes... it is light and fast)
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
Okay , working adb with fastboot

Downloaded recovery.img

and when i type

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' <5624 KB>... OKAY [ 0.952s ]
writing 'recovery' ...

And it just hangs there ... for like 20 minutes for now

Should it be so long ? What's wrong , and what are my alternatives ?

I'm in FASTBOOT USB
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
The other alternative for you is to use android flasher. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794638

Use it to flash the recovery when the phone is booted into fastboot mode.
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Meanwhile, i suggest you post the result of the

adb shell

dmesg | grep mmc0

just wanted to look through the output.
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
Android flasher hangs too... but it doesn't freeze the fastboot like cmd did

also when I'm in fastboot or bootloader adb says error : device not found , only when I power it off and then connect with usb it says

adb devices
list of devices attached
HT13GTJ18877 recovery

as for

adb shell

dmesg | grep mmc0

<3>[ 7.008239] mmc0: No card detect facilities available

<6>[ 7.008758] mmc0: Qualcomm MSM SDCC at 0x00000000a0500000 irq 98,0 dma 7

<6>[ 7.009002] mmc0: Platform slot type: MMC

<6>[ 7.009124] mmc0: 4 bit data mode disabled

<6>[ 7.009246] mmc0: 8 bit data mode enabled

<6>[ 7.009490] mmc0: MMC clock 144000 -> 50000000 Hz, PCLK 96000000 Hz

<6>[ 7.009613] mmc0: Slot eject status = 0

<6>[ 7.009857] mmc0: Power save feature enable = 1

<6>[ 7.009979] mmc0: DM non-cached buffer at ffa0f000, dma_addr 0x0c042000

<6>[ 7.010223] mmc0: DM cmd busaddr 0x0c042000, cmdptr busaddr 0x0c042300

<6>[ 7.163421] mmc0: new high speed MMC card at address 0001

<6>[ 7.165039] mmcblk0: mmc0:0001 M4G2DE 2.10 GiB
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Hmmm... wierd. Your eMMC looks fine, but apparently you don't have an effectively working fastboot.

Maybe you now need to flash an RUU of your region...? Before doing that, please follow the steps from the post linked below and see where that takes you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1284196

Also, paste a result of the following command from fastboot :

fastboot getvar all

Blot out your imei and serial no before posting, if you want to.
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
Thanks for sticking with me :)

I have to go to work but when I return I will try the steps in the link you given me

and I'll give you feedback then

fastboot getvar all
INFOversion: 0.5
INFOversion-bootloader: 6.98.1002
INFOversion-baseband: 3805.06.02.03_M
INFOversion-cpld: None
INFOversion-microp: None
INFOversion-main: 10.47.401.4
INFOserialno: HT13GT******
INFOimei: 355067040******
INFOproduct: saga
INFOplatform: HBOOT-7230
INFOmodelid: PG88*****
INFOcidnum: 11111111
INFObattery-status: good
INFObattery-voltage: 4182mV
INFOpartition-layout: Generic
INFOsecurity: off
INFObuild-mode: SHIP
INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT
INFOcommitno-bootloader: 361a7ba6
INFOhbootpreupdate: 12
INFOgencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.008s
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
You have a SuperCID!

Wow...! That makes things easier for running an RUU... Just find an RUU that you want (preferably from your country) and connect your phone to pc in fastboot more, then run the RUU. You'll be back to stock S-on, but then you can S-off using Revolutionary, or just use HTCDev Unlock.

P.S. You may need to (I recommend it) change your misc version to a lower one before running the RUU. Instructions can be found here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399331
[HTC Desire S] Floatshow:
Something's irritating me with your problem...

You say you have a device stuck on fastboot, and your eMMC chip doesn't look fried, but you said you try to flash PB31IMG.zip to return to stock.

Could you share this PB31IMG.zip file ?

I think that is the problem source, because the standard Desire S flash zip is PG88IMG.zip and not PB31IMG.zip. I don't know where you got this zip file but please share it, you must have flashed images that isn't for the Desire S.

EDIT : PB31IMG belongs to Incredible. You flashed a flash zip for Incredible. Please either share it or list the content of that zip.

For your problem, maybe a wrongly flashed file causes this, but you are lucky enough to be in fast boot mode. Try run a RUU, preferably of your country as enigmaamit said.
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
So I just have to type

adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 1.27.405.6

and then run RUU from fastboot ?

I found a RUU but its .exe and requires my phone to be on

RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.9_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_234765_signed

I am confused about these RUU and which one should I take and how to apply them , there are several from Europe , but I choose the one with the newest radio ...
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
This is the PB31IMG.zip , but the error I got was way before that , I dont think this plays a role

http://postimage.org/image/iv6uyuhsh/
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Just follow the instructions on that thread...
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
When I type

adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/zergRush

It says

chmod: /data/local/tmp/zergrush: Not a directory

Does the same for misc_version ... Help?

I'm doing it while phone is off , because when its in bootloader adb devices shows no devices and when its off it shows a device in recovery
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
Still stuck at

chmod: /data/local/tmp/zergrush: Not a directory

Don't know how to bypass that
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
I tried installing RUU to revert to stock recovery but it hangs at rebooting to bootloader and the phone freezes , is this whole thing anyhow solvable ?
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Hi... sorry i could't attend to you earlier... What error do you get when using the RUU?
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
I start this RUU

RUU_Saga_HTC_Europe_1.47.401.4_Radio_20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M_release_199410_signed

Everything starts up good , but then he just hangs in the process and says rebooting to bootloader and the phone freezes ,doesn't even get to the part where he flashes anything, I left it like that for an hour no change , I summed everything up here if its any help :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1515771
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
God! This is getting on my nerves now!! Something's wrong with your bootloader/fastboot... and i think it has something to do with your flashing the PG31IMG.zip (dunno why you did that in the first place!)

Try this : Place the attached file on the root of your sd card, then boot into bootloader, see if it flashes a new recovery for you...

Best of luck... I'm running out of ideas here!
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
Nope hangs at -Updating and froze

I'm going to take it to the local GSM repair store and see if they can fix it , they have the xtc clip

Thanks for hanging on
[HTC Desire S] nikolaaas:
I repost my reply from another thread. 99% identical with your problem. Hope this helps.

I had cwm 4.0.1.4, hboot 6.x.x (ics) and 1.47 stock rom (root + s-off). Because ics roms arent fully working and because my phone didnt get the FOTA update over the last 4 months it is released, i thought it would be good to try on of the stock RUU roms that are here. I made a backup with cwm and then proceed with RUU through fastboot. It finished the process with no errors but the phone kept showing HTC. Restored from backup and tried all 2.10.x.x roms. All with same result. I went ahead and changed hboot to 2.00.000.2. After that to fastboot and RUU install again. RUU installed radio and after that reported a signature fail and hang. Restarted the phone and was surprised. Phone had become s-on, locked and actually dead. In cwm i had the eMMC fried messages and couldnt restore from backup. Thanks to some wonderful threads i realized eMMC wasnt fried and started trying tons of stuff. I couldnt install none RUU, i couldnt downgrade hboot, i couldnt restore from my backup or install ics roms. All of these tried again after htcdev unlock with no result.

THE SOLUTION: My phone went alive with 2.10 pre-rooted rom. Big releaf. I dont know what exactly i did wrong, all i know is i wont try to install RUU again.
[HTC Desire S] XKanoX:
well its known that android flasher cant overwrite the revolutionary hboot or even fastboot flash hboot hboot.img, it needs to be done by dd commands as i recall

but if his emmc is fine, then isnt this a simple cache problem? correct me if im wrong
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
Can you give me a link to the rom , I found the forum about it on xda but the links were dead...
[HTC Desire S] nikolaaas:
Sorry for the delayed response. There you go:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18094110

Its the PreRooted_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.4_deodexed-signed
[HTC Desire S] Imp0stoR:
Yeah but the link in the link is dead (linkception) xD
[HTC Desire S] IgorICS:
Jesi popravio telefon ?

Ja sam moj vracao u zive par puta ali znam da mi je uvjek pomagalo flashovanje RUU

stojao mi je na desktop da mi bude pri ruci ali evo vidim nema ga jer sam ga izbrisao

predlazem ti da skines sve moguce RUU i da probas svaki da flashujes, nista te ne kosta.
[HTC Desire S] nikolaaas:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1480576
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 13770147:
Hello people,

As I stated on the title, I would like to know how to make flashable file.

Here I have a system apk file and I want to make it flashable.

If you can give me a suggestion, I really appreciate it.

Best regards.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karma_ownz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=732957
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f_E_a_R_e_D:
if u are using windows then create a folder wich is zipped for it to be flashable
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stigy:
This looks awesome -- might have to give it a try during a lazy weekend or something!

Thanks for the description and pictures MSU!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jayharper08:
Please see here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1502812

Different case, but same concept. ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] k00lrav:
hey, since i see a few roms are being built to support the new baseband, how do i know if i have the new baseband or how can i update the new baseband.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mak.3736:
if you are using official stock gingerbread 2.3.3 from lg then you are on new baseband (v20).

if using official stock froyo or lower from lg then you are on old baseband (v10).

If you are on custom rom , then post whats written in

settings->about phone->baseband ??
[Optimus One, P500, V General] aravindsagar:
Changing baseband

This thread may help you : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1149530&highlight=change+baseband
[Optimus One, P500, V General] k00lrav:
I updated baseband to the new official 2.3.3 i was on old baseband. Thanks guys
[General Questions and Answers] jimcantfixit:
Hi,

Today I tried to install/move an app to my sd card.. I realised my sd card has 9mb of free space. Thus I couldnt move the app.

I thought apps were installed in the sd-ext partition? How can I check what my sdcard and sd-ext's remaining memory are?
[General Questions and Answers] nevrlow:
U can check storage space in menu>settings>storage.

Sent From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation
[General Questions and Answers] Dark3n:
You can also try my app SD Maid to view your remaining memory and maybe clear some space up.
[General Questions and Answers] gcykn:
oh

Maybe not enough space?
[General Questions and Answers] jimcantfixit:
Ive given 1.5gb of allocation to sd-ext. I doubt my 18 apps have taken that much?

+1 for the SDmaid app. Handy tool.
[General Questions and Answers] CoolTomik:
If u install Titanium Backup even the free version, there is sd-ext info after start page. So u can see free space. Maybe it try install it into phone memory and that it full ...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dave2metz:
I have been flashing roms & kernels for the past few years so I don't think I am a "noob". I am in no means a "know it all" either. I have been using Titanium Backup Pro to backup everything before flashing roms. It's great, but I still end up taking 20 minutes to restore everything back to normal. I have seen other posts about the correct way to backup/restore, but I never get a straight answer on the easiest/correct way. Do I let the market redownload my apps or do I let Titanium? Restore user data, system data? I hear about others restoring everything back to normal like email, texts, passwords etc. Please help.... Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
Restoring user downloaded apps is fine, but restoring system data always monkeys everything up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mrbmg:
I've always restored user apps through titanium, but as the guy above me stated hold off on the data. If need be, the apps where you really need the data do them one by one so you know which one fudges up your system, if any do.

Once I know I'm going to switch roms, I always back all user apps up, then after I load the rom I want, I go ahead and run titanium before the market loads anything. It just takes to long for the market to redownload everything, in most instances.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dave2metz:
Thanks guys!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bobby3306:
Yea titanium way faster than market attempting to re download plus it always misses some and your days gets congested from 50+ apps trying all install at once
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ptmr3:
Do you run the batch operation?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
If you want.. you can look into Mybackup root/pro. I always use that to backup my data and apps. It's very straight forward. You can choose DATA and backup sms, mms, android home, settings, playlists etc... then use APP to backup APPS, or APPS +DATA. check it out.. but remember after each backup or restore, restart for best results.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
How do you get ti backup on your phone after a new rom is installed, but without accessing the market? most roms dont come with it preinstalled.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mrbmg:
Most the time I go to the market and dl it... There were a few devs that did have it in the rom when I had my g2.

Just read that you posted without going to the market. When you buy the pro, its always for dl in the market, just the serial though. So you have to redownload the free version through the market. Don't think there is another way, that I know of.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mrbmg:
I will add, that mybackup is pretty cool. I'm not even rooted with a mytouch4gslide and you can still backup everything. With titanium, you have to be rooted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] avarize:
While I am a large fan of Titanium, I would have to think that not being rooted would restrict it's functionality quite a bit. Anyone care to comment?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] minotauri:
There is an option in Titanium Backup to create a Flashable Zip that you can install within Recovery. In Titanium Backup, Press MENU, then press MORE and it'll be on that list.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
Huh very interesting. thanks for the tip.

Im guessing we should choose the edify scripting method. would you apply the .zip in the same manner as flashing a rom? via the "install zip from sd card" option?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dave2metz:
Different strokes...

Like I said in the OP, it seems that everyone has their own way of doing things on TB. Thanks for all of the great responses, keep them coming.....:eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] minotauri:
yes choose edify, and apply as you would a rom. :)

good luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
Sweet. from now on i can be stingier with my data usage.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PorchSong:
This is the best way I restore after a wipe:

1. TI Pro for batch USER apps and data only -- do not use batch on system files

2. TI Pro for these system files: bookmarks, user dictionary, and wi-fi access points, only. I only use the "DATA Only" option in Ti Pro for these files.

3. I use from market, Call logs Backup & Restore to get my call logs back.

4. I always do a nandroid before flashing a new rom, and then use AppExtractor (free from market) to go to my nandroid to restore my SMS and MMSs. This works better than using TI Pro for sms and mms restore.

It sounds more complicated than it is. It actually is quite simple. I would simply stay away from using Ti Pro for restoring any system files if you can.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cmoRe-_-:
Does anyone sync with drop box after backing up through TB ? I attempted this and got about 80% before it says it fails. Any ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
Ehh... Never attempted due to my throttled data plan.
[Fascinate General] sendan:
That clears a bunch of stuff up for me, thanks!!!
[Fascinate General] skynet11:
Wow that was a fast reply - I just put this up a couple of minutes ago :D

Terminators run on Android :cool:
[Fascinate General] neh4pres:
Epic.. Keep adding lol
[Fascinate General] dsrhokie:
How about adding a who's who within the fascinate community...devs, smart guys, and of course "wanna be" devs? That could lead to all kinds of lulz.
[Fascinate General] skynet11:
Unfortunately it would also likely lead to a lot of flaming and unwanted attention from the mods :(

Terminators run on Android :cool:
[Fascinate General] phxshadow:
This is great. I finally understand the world of android.

ROFL
[Fascinate General] droidstyle:
Enyo- the most beloved lulz developer in the fascinate community...24/25ths of all members have bricked their device with his work.
[Fascinate General] skynet11:
Just added 2/25/2012:

Quadrant - an entertaining but still useless performance benchmark that's easy to spoof. All you really need to know is this: muh quadz is biggern ur quadz.

Terminators run on Android :cool:
[Fascinate General] droidrider:
It also makes a noob seem a lot smarter, when helping out another noob.

You can also hide your noobness, by using words like "Odin , CWM, and Glitch"
[General Questions and Answers] Xarpolis:
CondemnedSoul,

I've had my Eris since the day it went live on Verizon what feels like 3 years ago. I've really grown to resent it for the past year, but I never attempted to root it prior to this.

So today I did the whole rooting and put your rom on as my first step into a world outside of factory settings.

I've got to say, my phone already appears noticeably faster. Thank you for that.

I was shocked to see how quickly google maps pinpointed my location after the stock rom would often be unable to locate me even after waiting a few minutes.

I've used a program called History Eraser for the past year, and every time I ran it things would appear to speed up, but this is so much better. I love it already.

Ok, enough kissing your ass for now. I'm going to use this thread for all of my questions as I encounter them. As of right now, I only have 1.

Camera help: When I take a picture, you have a very loud shutter sound that plays. I've searched everywhere and can't seem to locate a way to shut that shutter sound off. Could you lead me in the right direction?

Thank you!
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1511523

Try it out. Also what size is our screen i know its 4 inches but theres some specific stuff in the thread.

I'm trying the 400*800 right now, its taking a while to download :P

Video of the bootanimation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=w-5Av_EVpyI

Instructions in the original thread.
[Vibrant General] wcbray:
Did it work for you
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
why in the world is it over 50MBs?? I dont care how pretty it is.... no way.
[Vibrant General] JettyLife:
Will it work on passion or euphoria?
[Vibrant General] mohamobo:
Here small size package and flashable.

http://www.mediafire.com/?q7bjg7j090gyray
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
What resolution, and size file?
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
It didn't look high Res on either on the 400x ones anyone know which size to try
[Vibrant General] gunks:
Didn't work for me... Came up with an error when I tried to flash.
[Vibrant General] ValerieAnne84:
I didn't download this because it came with a ROM I previously used. It looks really nice on the phone though. I'm not sure which size came with the ROM but I'm assuming it was 320x480 though. Kind of made me dizzy if I was actually watching it lol!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SysAdmNj:
Ok guys for the note, how do I find the latest odin version to use to root? And where did you guys find the best place for the drivers?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] StarLog:
I goggled it.

http://www.filecrop.com/Odin-ANDROID.html
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nash2000:
To my knowledge this is the current way to root with provided tools and drivers.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1504218
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SysAdmNj:
So did I but I saw all these different versions, I rather use one the guys on this forum are using :)

I missed those links in that thread as I'm going to try the other root method, thanks.