yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire S] rain987:
[MENTION=5367903]spykaran[/MENTION] I am not sure but users have reported the need to root and unlock using HTCdev only then they are able to s-off.

I recent'y s-off this device using tacoroot method.

I did bump into a few issue especially in step 6. couldn't get misc to kick in causing cid error when running the ruu. What i did was a factory reset, and did it again once through without a glitch. The device was running on gb v2.15 though.

What error did u get when trying the tacarrot method?

*Try posting issues related to tacaroot method in the guide itself as not to clutter unrelated issue in this section as not to confuse those that wan to use this method.
[HTC Desire S] xiaoout:
Thanks, it is useful
[HTC Desire S] spykaran:
This is the error i am getting :

"rm failed for /data/data/recovery/log, Permission denied

link failed File exists

reboot: Operation not permitted

/data/local/tmp/tacoroot: break: cannot break

shell@android:/ $ "
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
Yes, it's known tacoroot won't work on ICS.
[HTC Desire S] NIK3SH:
Why you want to S-OFF ?

Just UNLOCK your bootloader and you are free to install custom ROM/Recovery and ROOT your device.

The method you mentioned above works with Android GB only which were their exploits.

Those exploits were patched by developers in ICS so useless for you.

Kindly let us know what exactly you want to do so we can guide you accordingly ...
[HTC Desire S] spykaran:
1.I want to unlock first (for downgrading),but as u said there is no method without htcdev , i will go with it,

2.Then S-off, so that i can install custom kernels/radios.

3. Then root.

What should i do?
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
You can install custom kernels without s-off, (not radios though). The main difference on the desire s is that s-on users have to flash the boot.img in fastboot mode after installing / upgrading a rom or kernel.

Have a look at this guide, if you want s-off:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2183380
[HTC Desire S] laktibrada:
Stuck at HTC Logo

Hi, I have read all this thread:

----How to root, install EXT4 recovery and custom ROM on HBOOT 2.00.0002 using HTCDEV unlock method----

doing it more times, but still get stucked at HTC Logo at boot.

I flashed [ROM][04 JUN 13] [4.2.2][UNOFFICIAL] CyanogenMod 10.1 - SAGA on my HTC Desire S device (before formatted every partition with EXT4) and than in fastboot i flashed boot.img. I even can see in the upper right corner on the display of the device, that it was loaded. But the device will still not boot, or can not find the ROM, I do not know. In EXT4 recovery mode I see that the ROM was flashed. If I flash Cyanogen 7.1, it works fine. Any Ideas? Please help.

I have tried also another JB Rom:

AOSP | 4.2.2 | JellyFireBeanv2 Summer Edition | StrikeX Updated

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2171105

in Bootloader there is:

*** UNLOCKED ***

SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.00.0002

RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M

eMMC-BOOT
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Did you flash the boot.img? If you did then it's possible you don't have a Sony panel in which case you should have a read of this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1943524

[OFF-TOPIC] Non-Sony screen panel DS users lounge

"In the end, everything is a gag."

- Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
[HTC Desire S] hcalazans:
Glitches with Andromadus Build 22 on HTC Desire S

Hey, guys. I am running Flinny's Andromadus CM 10.1 Build 22 on my HTC Desire S. In the beginning I was really happy about the overall performance of my phone. It felt like a new device. Nevertheless, after a few weeks using it, I have come across some problems that are sort of impairing my phone's overall user experience. Maybe, you guys could help me solving some of these problems. :) Here they are: (1) My battery life sucks. When my carrier signal is bad, the battery life doesn't last for more than 3-4 hours; (2) Google Maps screen flickers on mapview; (3) My camera is not working properly anymore. The features related to the cellphone's camera (including the shooting of photographs, video recording and the media gallery) are really buggy. When recording a video, for example, the whole app lags a lot. This lag can be noticed specially when I am recording a video and I move my cellphone. When I do this, I lose many frames of the recording. It lags really bad. Moreover, viewing media (photos and videos) on the gallery, can be really frustrating as it takes too long before the thumbnails are actually loaded. Could anybody give tips of how to fix some of these problems? Even with those problems that I have just mentioned, I think that Flinny has done a great job with this rom. This post is not meant to sound a negative review of his rom. Not at all! There is no criticism here. I just thought that maybe someone could help me finding a way to fix some of the problems that I am currently facing. :) Thank you.
[HTC Desire S] coolkid12239:
noob question

ive used a very old version of cwm until now as it was the only one i could get to work back when i rooted

as i read somewhere at the time that i could not s off this hboot version i decided to try and stick with it, and i have but now im trying to install 4ext touch and it says it writes fine but its just failing to do it from within the app ( im guessing its because im still s on)

i used the attached file in the original post, to fastbook flash v 2.2.7 of 4ext recovery but im trying to get the latest touch on my desire, could someone please help me get a file that i can flash with fastboot ?

sorry if this is a noob question, all of the ones i have found just dont load up

FIXED IT MYSELF

one of the posts on xda somewhere reminded me that the recovery download that the 4ext images were saved, so copied the download in my sdcard/downloads of rc9 onto my computer, downloaded fastboot and adb (both are in android tools which i downloaded) and then extracted the rc9 zip into rc tools. then just fastboot flashed them with the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[HTC Desire S] aturdido:
Desperado

Hello There.

I am having problems trying to root my Desire S.

I installed ICS official from HTCDev.

I unlocked the phone via HTCDev. When I start the phone Vol Down + Power this is the info:

*** UNLOCKED ***

SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.02.0002

RADIO-3831.19.00.110

eMMC-boot

Jul 31 2012,15:41:32

I want to keep ICS 4.0.4 and uninstall all the useless (for me) applications.

Following the instructions I have to download the ROM I want to use. Since the official ICS 4.0.4 is an executable I begin to install and stop the installation to get the ZIP file where it is the ROM. The I have to have the boot.img file.

When extracted the ZIP the contents are as follows:

android-info.txt

boot_signed.img

dzdata_4g.hdr

dzdata_4g.img

hboot_2.02.0002_90dc471e_0720.img

lib.img

radio.img

ramdisk.img

rcdata.img

recovery_signed.img

splash1.nb0

system.img

tp_atmelc12_20aa.img

Which file is the boot.img I have to use in the the Step 4?

4) Open the rom (.zip file) you downloaded in step 1 and put the ''boot.img'' file in ''C:\android-tools''

I am desperated.

Cheers.
[HTC Desire S] senol28:
If you want root your official ics rom, you don't need install it again. (Actually you can't install official ics on unlocked phone...)

---------- Post added at 05:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:20 PM ----------

For root official roms, use super one click, (it works on gb but I didn't try on ics)

If you want use custom rooms, there's boot.img in it. Official roms don't have boot.img as I know
[HTC Desire S] aturdido:
Yes. I realized. I had to relock the phone to reinstall ICS. For the time being, I will stop, for a while, to try to root the phone as I spent last week more time watching the bootloader and installing applications than using the phone.

When I locate a tutorial or somebody to help, I'll try again.
[HTC Desire S] senol28:
If you lock your phone, you can't be root and you can't use superuser
[HTC Desire S] abutran:
restore???

i want to restore old version ( os 2.35 and sense 3.0)) ???
[HTC Desire S] trailie:
Thank you - worked great

I recently bought an old desire S off ebay and decided to have a play about with it (nothing to loose).

I'm completly new to smart phones and android but after a bit of reading up I decided to follow this guide.

It worked faultlessly and I now have Fallout Evolution 5 working on my phone. Thanks to all on this forum.
[HTC Desire S] PoZER937:
Only needed step 4 but it was clear. One thing would be good to add though is that if you've used the one-click program at all or fastboot to get into recovery the first time at step 4, you need to unplug the USB after flashing the ROM in order to manually enter bootloader with Vol Down + Power to flash boot.img.

Found the thanks button ;)
[HTC Desire S] Cybertron_Kid:
This trick works to Root and also to install custom ROM

This trick works to Root and also to install custom ROM.. Cheers.

HTC Desire S | S-ON | HBOOT ver 2.00.0002 | HTC DEV status-UNLOCKED

ROOTED SUCESSFULY with theses above step. but after wipe date and dalvik cache i used the attached zip file and installed it via install from zip and got success. :o

If you need you can use the below file attached.
[HTC Desire S] 0928094096:
Root

thank very much,I am success with My Desire S
[HTC Desire S] tzivas31:
Hello because i'm confused after all these i read about which steps are unnecessary and which are not, can anyone tell me which is the right steps that i have to do so that i can put a custom rom and be my phone rooted? I am now with the official 4.0.4 . Thank you for any help
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
This guide will work perfectly in your case. Just follow the steps in the guide.
[HTC Desire S] chryzto:
OH NO !!!

>>>>>BAD NEWS<<<<<< When i do this, my phone can turn on but not just in HTC "Green Logo" somebody help me?? *sorry for my bad english i'm Indonesian boy 15yo
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
Which rom did you flash?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Do you definitely have a desire s?

the difference between bravery and foolhardiness is in the outcome
[HTC Desire S] mugen_dz:
Did you tried the "fastboot flash boot boot.img" command from adb in fastboot USB mode ?
[HTC Desire S] chryzto:
Thank but..

Thank dude, but i was success first before you tell me :good:
[HTC Desire S] ohj_17:
is this working without a MC? mc slot of my desire s is defective. thanks
[HTC Desire S] denfistar:
I rooted my phone success , my hboot is 2.02.0002

I want to have the best call recorder - i need for my job

Anyone help me ? Thanks :)
[HTC Desire S] shikhar623:
i completed till here, Is my phone ROOTED now?? since i don"t want to install any custom ROM

Thank you
[HTC Desire S] NIK3SH:
No...

You just installed EXT4 Recovery.

Still you'll need to flash ROOT zip using EXT4 Recovery to gain Root access...
[HTC Desire S] shikhar623:
it will very kind of you if you provide me the link of ROOT zip..
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Click the link and download superuser 3.1.3 and su-bin 3.1.1 for arm devices then flash both in recovery then reboot ur phone and ur rooted.

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&sourc...lXkIar7xB00GvMMyHJoeSUA&bvm=bv.66330100,d.ZGU
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
Hi

I tried to install Reaper_V2.1.ZIP like it was described in the first post. I have everything installed like it should be (ADB, fastboot, android-tools,..) phone (HTC DesireS) is rooted. I have ClockworkMod recovery v 5.0.2.0. When I enter in the cmd "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" I keep getting the message "error. out of memory".

The fastboot drivers are installed and my device is recognizing. Tried it with fastboot devices prompt.

Can anyone give me a tip what I´m doing wrong??

Thx
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Try these comnands -

(hit enter after each command)

fastboot erase recovery

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Iv had to do that before when recovery wouldnt flash and it worked. Also u should use 4ext recovery, much better
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
thx for the quick reply!!!

now im getting the following message "FAILED <command write failed (no such device or adress))" HTC is connected via USB and is recognized by PC ("fastboot devices")

thx again
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Failed on which command?
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
any command I type. but this particular error message came on "fastboot erase recovery"
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Strange, can u post ur bootloader details? All of them
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.00.0002

RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M

eMMC-boot

Aug 22 2011 15:22:13

Is that the info you need?
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
I assume it says *UNLOCKED* at the top...?
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
Yes
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Ok so not sure why u cant flash recovery, very strange. Check in this thread (desire s general) for a post by me "4ext as PG88IMG" (below this thread) Download the PG88IMG.zip and extract it then put the recovery.img in the fastboot folder on ur pc then hold shift and right click, select open command window here then put ur phone in fastboot mode, plug it in and type

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
When I put it fastboot mode and enter cmd "fastboot flash...", I get the message "waiting for device".

BTW do I need a seperate fastboot folder or is it sufficient to have it in the same folder where fastboot.exe is? (android-tool folder)
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Yes put recovery.img in the same folder. "waiting for device" means that the drivers aint installed right. Maybe thats the problem from the start
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
can I reinstall the drivers? is there a how-to you can link me to?
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Try this tool out, prob fastest way

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&sourc..._rCEDFO9DWr4kDXRGVM04FQ&bvm=bv.68693194,d.ZGU
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
O.k I think that did the trick. I just installed the boot.img. didn´t get an error message. hopefully it worked.

thx for the help!!!!
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
one more question: can I take "any" ROM for my HTC Desire S. Currently I got Android v 2.3 running but I would like to upgrade.

For example I tried to flash xperia but I think it got stuck in some kond of loop. What would be the latest ROM I can use?

thx again for the help!
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
When u flash the rom, did u format all partitions except sdcard in recovery? Must always do a full wipe before u flash any rom and yes u can flash anyone in the development thread.
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
Here's what I did:

1. Did a full wipe (wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache)

2. Format all partitions except sdcard in recovery

3. Downloaded xperia 4.4.2 Br1.zip and put it on my sdcard

4. installed following instructions from first post

- Went back to main menu in EXT4 recovery and selected ''install from sdcard'' selected ''Xperia4.4.2 BR1.zip''. After the rom is installed

turned off my phone again.

- Boot into recovery, connected my phone to computer and selected fastboot on phone.

- Went to cmd and tpyed "flashboot flash boot boot.img" (I copied boot.img into my c:\android-tools folder)

Turned off phone and boot normally. Now it gets stuck and all I see is the provider logo.

Did I miss something?
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
No. I think u have a hitachi panel (lcd screen) click the link below to find out more. The desire s has 2 types, sony and hitachi.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1943524

U should try flash a sense based rom and if it boots then id say u have a hitachi pannel.
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
Can you send me a sense based rom that works? I tried the one from your link but had the same issue. first i installed the custom rom then MDDI kernel, bit still got stuck on the boot.
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Go to development thread and download SVHD rom by mygamers, its good and stable and most up to date sense rom.
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
I installed it, but I keep getting stuck in some kind of loop. I dunno what Im doing wrong. Do I have to do something after installing the zip from the SDCard?

Sorry to be such a pain, but I'm new at this stuff (if you havn't already noticed :D)
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
No worries :)

So since u are s-on, steps to flash a rom is

1) format all partitions except sdcard (4ext)

2) flash rom

3) reboot into fastboot

4) flash boot.img (fastboot flash boot boot.img)

5) reboot

If that still fails then i dunno what to say but try a different sdcard and do same steps as above.
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
ok there are 4 boot.img files (vivo, saga, incs, ace). Which one do I put in the android-tools folder? I tried it with saga but that didn´t work.
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
saga boot.img.

hmm strange that its not working. if u follow exact instructions i posted earlier then it should work. have u another sdcard u can try? if so, put that sdcard in ur phone, boot into 4ext recovery and format it. then copy rom to the sdcard, format all partitions except sdcard then install rom, boot into fastboot and flash boot.img, then reboot.
[HTC Desire S] martikricki:
YES!! I finally got it installed. Dunno what I did different now but it works.

Thx again for the awsome help!!
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
:cyclops:

Thank $*@%^ :)
[HTC Desire S] rht_sg:
Just wanted to thank for this thread with simple steps which helped me flash CM11 on to my HTC Desire S. [MENTION=4577482]jmcclue[/MENTION]

i did not format all the partitions (except SD card) though

only wipe date/factory

wipe cache

wipe dalvik

install from SD card - first the ROM, then some Gapps, then a ringtone+AGPS fix, and a few other files.

reboot in fastboot

use fastboot command to flash boot.img

reboot - done.

things seem to be working fine with Android 4.4.4

is formatting all partitions necessary, or just advisable ?
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Yh its best to "format all partitions except sdcard" before u flash every rom. Its quicker too rather than wiping all seperate. U could "dirty" flash roms but only if ur flashing an update of ur current rom. But its still recommended to format all before flashing.
[HTC Desire S] Saf98:
Is this for ics aswell I'm sure they got the same hboot, anyway I've looked at the instructions and it says u have to put the desire Rom but can't u just s off root with the existing stock rom so I can flash another Rom later?
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Post bootloader details and ul get a straight answer. But if u have s-on and official ics software then ul need to downgrade to s-off.
[HTC Desire S] Saf98:
Locked

Saga pvt ship s-on rl

Hboot - 2.02.0002

Radio - 3831.19.00.110

Emmc - boot

Yes its ics stock.
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Ul need to unlock bootloader via htcdev, flash recovery, root phone only (just flash superuser) and then follow guide bellow to downgrade then u can use revolutionary to s-off.

Just so u know that the desire s is different to the desire, it has got a lot more memory so theres no need to change hboots like the ones i made for the desire. So u dont need to s-off really, it just means ul need to flash boot.img everytime u flash roms which for me is a pain in the whole haha

The downgrade is fairly easy, if u follow the guide.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1318919
[HTC Desire S] Saf98:
Ok so its better to s off because its easier to flash roms like desire, I'm.not going to root yet just let it settle also I have really slow internet so idk if that can brick my phone while in the process
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
The only problem ul have with slow internet is the slow download of the ruu for downgrading. Thats it. All done offline after that. Read the guide
[HTC Desire S] Saf98:
i dont understand how htcdev helps us unlock bootloader after i downloaded the fastboot binary file zip in step 4 then in step 5 i have to run cmd and past the code in it doesnt work is it because of the directory because it downloads files in downloads do i have to make a folder in cdrive called android and paste the file in there? also do i have to install htc sync and sdk?
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Htc dev sends u a file via email called Unlock_code.bin and thats the file that unlocks ur bootloader. U dont need htcsync, just all drivers. When u type in the fastboot command to ur phone

fastboot oem get_indentifier_token

or something (read guide to be sure)

copy that load of numbers and <<<< just like it says in htcdev then paste it in the box in the guide, once thats accepted, htcdev sends u that unlock_code.bin file in email, download it then move it to ur fastboot folder on pc, then with ur phone in fastboot mode, connect to pc and open command window and type

fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin

(i think ha read guide)

And ur phone should display yes or no option to unlock bootloader.

If u cant figure this out then u shouldnt be messing with ur phone haha
[HTC Desire S] Saf98:
Hmm but I only got the activae account when I made it but I never got that file by email do I get that after it tells u to copy the code from cmd to HTC.dev but Step 5 it tells into run cmd and type the command but it says it can't find the directory so I think its because in step 4 when it tells you to download fastboot binary.zip you have to type that directory first?
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Can you copy and paste that big whole load of numbers here? (like in the pic below) Il get the file for u, then all u got to do is flash it via fastboot command
[HTC Desire S] Saf98:
No that's after when u even do the command ill show u what I mean before with the pics.
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
do u even have fastboot setup on ur pc?

if not then click link below, install fastboot to pc. then once thats done, go to that fastboot folder on ur pc then open a command window from there and plug in ur phone and type

fastboot oem get_identifier_token

Fastboot install 15 seconds
[HTC Desire S] Saf98:
ok done installing the setup fastboot then went into cmd typed the command hit enter now it says waiting for device

and in my phone its in fastboot and it keeps showing fastboot usb which keeps flicking.

edit: unplugged usb and back in and it worked and should get an email for the token now.

---------- Post added at 06:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:27 PM ----------

now after downloaded the Unlock_code.bin and in the folder where fastboot is i copy the command and it says error cannot open

unlock_code.bin
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Open Unlock_code.bin? Put ur phone in fastboot, plug it in and type this into command window

fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin

Then u should see bootloader unlock option on phone
[HTC Desire S] Saf98:
look in the pic
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Haha open the fastboot-win folder and put the file in there then in that folder hold shift then right click then select open command window here then type the command.
[HTC Desire S] Saf98:
oh haha thanks done now stuff are prob wiped but oh well. might aswell do everything else now,

---------- Post added at 07:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:19 PM ----------

also how do i flash the recovery 4ext and superuser?
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Download the 4ext recovery.img and flash it via fastboot commands. Then download superuser and flash the zip file in recovery.

U can find thread by me in desire s general for 4ext recovery, just download the file and extract it then ul have the recovery.img, put that in ur fastboot folder (like the unlock_code.bin file)

The comnand is

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[HTC Desire S] Saf98:
ok im rooted now and now need to downgrade and s-off so can you recommend me a custom rom thats the best latest stable rom to use for daily use.
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Nope.. Not to be rude but u must try a few a see whats best for u. I like sense roms but others would say aosp so these best rom questions r pointless, coz ul get 20 different answers.
[HTC Desire S] Saf98:
ok haha thats true on the downgrade guide where should i start from ive done everrything else already so do i have to run an ruu ? it all looks like i have to start again im confused?
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
What ruu did u download? Because ul need to type in the number when u do the misc_version part in the guide.I used the wwe ruu with the number 1.47.xxxxx