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[HTC Desire S] J4n1:
Hi guys!

It's a rainy day and I couldn't find anything else to do so I figured why not upgrade my long forgotten Desire S to Android 4.2.2. But - of course - I ran into some problems. After flashing a 4.2.2 ROM (and yes - the boot.img from the ROMs ZIP file) phone boots to white white HTC logo screen and after that nothing happens. Weird thing is that it seems I'm able to flash and run only Sense -based ROMs (Fallout V5, Strike X etc.) Any ideas?

*** UN-LOCKED ***

S-ON

H-BOOT-2.00.0002

RADIO- 3822. 10.08.04_M

4EXT v2.2.7 RC5
[HTC Desire S] Nemisia:
Thanks, will try it.
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
Check this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1943524
[HTC Desire S] J4n1:
Thanks! That solved it. Unfortunately my Desire S is equipped with Hitachi LCD panel :mad:. Setting up the last compatible Hitachi CM 10.1 as we speak.

edit: I spoke too soon. Now I'm stuck at the CyanogenMod boot animation. Darn! Think I just go back to Fallout
[HTC Desire S] asgardr:
Good evening Gentlemen,,

I`m in a kind of a stalemate in a fight with my device`s SystemUI....( dimens.xml )

might anybody tell me: what are the safe values for:

self_expand_velocity

self _colapse_velocity

for a sense 4+ rom ( except stock 2000.0dpi )

Do not expect a whole job done for me,

but just a hint - how far could one go,

or where might be the line between statbar speed improvment

and unnecessary system overload:confused:
[HTC Desire S] wageslave:
I changed ROM from stock ICS to BlindnDumb's Cyanogen Mod. I jve lost all wireless access point info. I have a TiBu backup but can't find anything in t.

Anyone able to give me a pointer on where to look? What to look for?
[HTC Desire S] wageslave:
answering my own question in case anyone else is having the same problem.

The easiest thing is to buy a pro version of an app like 'nandroid manager', This is quick and straightforward and will restore wireless access points, sms messages and phone logs.

I used the free version to restore sms and phone logs. I did the wireless access points by hand.

You can find all your wifi points in a file called wpa_supplicant.conf. This is an Android file rather than a file belonging to a specific app. On the HTC ICS stock RUU you can find it at:

/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/name.of.your.backup/data.ext4.tar

You will have to unzip this. I copied it and unzipped it on my pc rather than in the phone because I didn't want to damage the backup in any way.

then you will find it at /data.ext4/data/misc/users/

You then need to copy the values in the file over to your new rom. I trie to copy and paste the whole file over to the new rom, getting rid if the existing wpa_supplicant.conf but this didn't work so I guess its better to edit the document and cut and paste the values in.
[HTC Desire S] Sean De Jesus:
Hi Guys, I originally own an Samsung Galaxy Y on Custom ROM but since a friend of mine asked me to removed his installed Custom ROM on his HTC Desire S and put the Stock ROM instead, Can you teach me to do it? Thank you :o
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
Use the downgrade guide, a link for which, you will find in index thread under the development section of the Desire S.
[HTC Desire S] ContactFront:
I'm using CM10.1 by blindndumb and having this exact same issue.

Previously on CM10 and shorcuts worked just fine.
[HTC Desire S] wageslave:
I am now on Blindndumb's 10.1 rom, July 19th version. It's great and I really enjoy it.

However my wifi signal seems weaker. From looking around xda some people seem to suggest thats it is a general problem with Cyanogen Mod 10.1. Others believe that the signal is just as good as with stock Roms but that CM displays it more accuratley. I'm sure its not as good in my case.

When I flashed the Rom I did the advised double wipe and don't think I messed anything up.

Does anyone have any suggestions on settings or apps that could improve things. Looking on Play there doesn't seem to be much ...
[HTC Desire S] gotthard:
Hello,

I'm having a problem with touchscreen sometimes. When I type a message, sometimes screen becomes unresponsive or it shows that I'm a holding a some button on keyboard but I'm not. Sometimes when I'm unlocking a phone, touchscreen is unresponsive too. In all these problems I have to press power button to lock the screen and again to unlock and then everything works fine. I have updated ROM but I'm still getting the same problem. Does anyone know is that hardware of software problem? Thank you in advance.
[HTC Desire S] dady000:
I think that this is hardware problem because my friend have the same problem on Nexus 7 and my brother on Desire too. Both sent to repair and now no problems with them. Anyway you can try to see what you are touching in developer menu in settings, or download paint application, then you have some argument that it is broken.
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Are you still in stock? Or do you run a custom rom?

"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
OK people, my saga is going to be making a long and arduous journey to its new owner soon. I am asking what roms people still have in storage that i can upload somewhere for its new owner, some of the roms have dead links and i wanted to aquire as many of the dead link roms i can. It's new owner is a mod and rc here in this site, it would be nice if he had the chance to try the roms that we have had the opportunity to test

"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
[HTC Desire S] harithzz:
need help

hi there i have my Htc desire s S- off and i just download the htc one x room in it and it worked fin then i need to change to anther room so i wap and format the system. so before i apply the new room file my brother teak out the battery and the device fall down from him and the volume button is not working so i don't have access to the bootloder and the screen is stock on the boot T-mobile logo when i connect the phone to the pc the pc give me a connect beeb. so please help me
[HTC Desire S] asgardr:
When the < power > button works,

after seeing htc boot screen,

you can try to use ADB to reboot to bootloader:

[command]:

adb reboot bootloader

and flash some touch enabled recovery

( if you do not have it already )

[command]:

fastboot flash recovery xyz_recovery.img

where < xyz > is the name of the recovery,

you can also rename the file to just< recovery.img >

and simply type:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

then boot the phone again normally,

and use ADB to reboot to recovery

[command]:

adb reboot recovery

I say: " try " because there is no certainty- the phone will listen,

with just the bootloader on board,...

When it shall not,

then running RUU,

either via computer, or PG88IMG method,

might also be an option to revive your device,

but for this procedure you may need to change your HBOOT,

depending on what you have on your device...

you do not supply and device specs,

so the answer could only be based on " if`s " and " maybe`s "...
[HTC Desire S] harithzz:
thanks man

i try the adb it give me no device fund the i run the ruu it start with the phone after i finish my phone stuck with htc logo and i try to do the RUU but also give me no device connect

any help.....
[HTC Desire S] afterburner94:
Hey guys,

I don't know if I post in the correct section, so apologies if I'm making a mistake. My comment ratio isn't as high as I would like it to be to post in the Development Section unfortunately.That being said....

Can anyone give me reviews and feedback on their thoughts of the more stable/bugless CM 10 ROM on the Desire S?

I'm currently running Flinny's Adromadus-based Build 18 and given the last developments ( Flinny stopped running the tests by himself due to personnal reasons) and many glitches encountered, i'm doubting his ROM will ever be stable as I'm expecting it to be. But props to Flinny for the insane amount of work he put in his CM Rom. I'm trying to stay optimistic that the room will be as stable as I wish it would.

I'm really interested in BlindnDumb take on CM 10 but dunno if it's as smooth and fast as Flinny's , also I'm considering PACMAN Rom but don't really know what it is based on and sounds really tweak-oriented...

If anyone could give me links, advice or feedback on these 3 ROMS would be much appreciated!

Thanks in advance!
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
Blindndumb's CM 10.1 ROM is very stable and very smooth.

And as you said, PACman is more tweak oriented, and I think, CM10.1 is more stable, than PAC. You can also try Flinny's build 25, which should be very good(haven't tried by myself).

When you try either of this three ROMs, I would recommend you to use AndromadusMod kernel with them. It can make your experience with the ROM even better.

I hope I helped.

Cheers.
[HTC Desire S] afterburner94:
Thanks a lot for your feedback!

Regarding an Andromadus Kernel, excuse my noobiness but my understanding was that Flinny's ROM was almready carrying a modified Andromadus Kernel. Did I just misunderstand what it really means?

Thanks in advance!
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
AndromadusMod is different from the Andromadus kernel.

AndromadusMod kernel could be found in development section. The differences are written in the thread.
[HTC Desire S] afterburner94:
I did take a look at the thread, thanks.

Do you recommend to flash the rom and then, the kernel?
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
Of course, if you flash the kernel first, then, after flashing the ROM kernel would be overwrited. So always flash the kernel after flashing the ROM.
[HTC Desire S] afterburner94:
I'll make sure I do!

Thanks for the hints, it never occured to me to flash a new Kernel alongside a CM ROM.
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
No problem mate, you're always welcome!
[HTC Desire S] chninkel:
Hi guys, does anyone know where I can find the required drivers for windows 8 ?
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
HTC's website probably.
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Check post 2, there is a guide for installing drivers on win8 with links still current i believe

"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
This is the kernel part. But the battery percentage is calculated by the Android OS. And if this is a driver issue there is not much to be done there except if you find a programmer competent in this area

Sent from my Desire S
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Good morning, well it looks like my little query has turned into a full scale investigation, maybe it should have its own discussion thread?

@ amidabuddha i can see I've peaked your interest in this as well, you've really been quite busy haven't you ? :D

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

—Aristotle
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Yep I have been reading for some time that the strange battery behavior currently is addressed automatically as an old battery issues.

My battery is almost 2 years old, always overcharged over the night during the first year but it is still ok.

Since I like to rely on facts not assumption it is interesting for me to find the reason for this, despite I do not have or at least do not consider this as an issue for myself.
[HTC Desire S] hisname:
has anyone noticed that on sense base ROMS, the phone would shut down when the battery percentage reaches 2%.but on AOSP based ROMS(CM, AOKP, PACman, etc.) battery shuts down at 1%.what causes these? is there any "tweaks" that I can implement to prevent sense based ROMS to shut off at 2%?

Sent from my supercharged :tank:
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Nope, not noticed personally i generally put it on charge at about 2-3. The only time this phone gets switched off is during a full reboot or reboot into recovery etc:D it's been running constantly for about 18 months

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

—Aristotle
[HTC Desire S] hisname:
that's long! :eek:

Sent from my supercharged :tank:
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
And that's why i only just started commenting on battery life

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

—Aristotle
[HTC Desire S] Sky781227:
USB cable.

Hi there. I recently bought a Desire S, I recived an USB cable, from the original phone, but I borrowed it to a friend. I am using now an USB cable CA-101 from an old Nokia. The thing is, that it seems the battery drains faster with this cable. Is it possible, or it's just my brain messing with me?

I'm not asking about the AC adaptor, the question is about the USB cable.

Oh, and one more question. Maybe I'll change my battery, because I'm not fully satisfied with it's life time. Is there any part which can be damaged so that the battery life time is shorter? I don't want to change the battery, and discover that I have another problem.

Thanks a lot.

//Ok, I'll keep this battery as backup.
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
@ sky781227 the only thing the cable should affect is the charging time, I've found cheap cables tend to take longer to charge, if the battery is old then yes it could be that the battery is on its last legs, however this is something that has been called into question and if you read the half dozen posts above you'll see the discussion currently plaguing us regarding battery life. If you do purchase a new battery then do what I've done and keep hold of the old one as a backup.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

—Aristotle
[HTC Desire S] BillGoss:
First, I think the whole battery question deserves its own thread. This is, after all, a help thread not a technical one.

Second, I bought a new battery when my old one started playing up (jumps in charge level after a reboot). After a few months on the new battery I gave the old one a try again and, lo and behold, it worked normally! I know this won't help the technical discussion.

My position now is, only replace your battery if it doesn't hold its charge. And charge your phone overnight so that it doesn't matter if it takes time to reach 100%.

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] knumag:
Music box for Sambsa on desire S, How to install?

Download the music box zip file, but dont understand how i install/flash it on my sambsa, please help.
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Can you provide links?

“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.” - Emo Philips
[HTC Desire S] knumag:
Link

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37693379&postcount=5815
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Do a nandroid before you do this.

It looks like a flashable zip, put it on your sd and flash through 4ext,wipe cache and dalvic first though, then fix permissions.

“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.” - Emo Philips
[HTC Desire S] knumag:
Sambsa

Ok, thanks, also had a question, should i have partitioned sd card? didnt see anything about it, and if so how big? and how big swap?

And which kernel is best, ace, saga or vivo? all three are in the sambsa zip.

Thanks.
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Don't use the swap function on this, is not needed and will probably only cause you issues, the kernels are listed for phone names, the Desire s is the saga

“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.” - Emo Philips
[HTC Desire S] knumag:
You mean swap for roms on Desire S is not needed? and also, everytime i use wipe dalvic cash i just get error (E: unknown volume path for /sd-ext), and couldnt make a rom install with full wipe, manually formatted everything and installed sambsa without full wipe, the astro installer always stopped when starting to format. Have s-on i think with htcdev unlocked, on hboot 2. Should i try again with full wipe? is there any difference?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
which recovery are you using, from your problems it sounds like cwm, try flashing 4ext instead. If your changing from rom to rom then always format all partitions except sd card, if your adding an update for the rom your using you should be able to get away with just cache and dalvic. Formatting all partitions means you will lose all your apps and data (titanium backup solves this) just clearing cache and dalvic means all the apps and data should be safe. Don't forget to flash the boot.img every time you flash a rom

“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.” - Emo Philips
[HTC Desire S] Sky781227:
I'll do that. Thaks for the advice.
[HTC Desire S] ment22hd:
Guys I have this problem with FullySamsung ROM: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37652566&postcount=6

Can't access to keyboard settings. I did wipe cache and dalvik, of course. Solutions? Thanks
[HTC Desire S] Nemisia:
Strike x v2

I was looking at the Strike X v2 rom, and it is mentioned that there is a recommanded kernel. What should i do with this? First flash the rom, than the kernel? And why should i do this, performance improvement?
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
First flash the ROM, then the kernel. It'll probably give you not only performance improvements, but also stability and better battery life probably(IDK, I haven't tested it by myself, but that's what custom kernels usually should do).

I hope I helped.
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
Guys, is this possible, that my phone's GPU 2D core doesn't work? How could the maximum frequency be 0MHZ?

I know that the app says my Adreno 205 isn't supported, but on CM10.1, the app showed, 192MHZ.
[HTC Desire S] Nemisia:
Thanks, I have tried it and the ROM is really good. Difference in stock Kernel and custom Kernel is very noticeble. I can recommend it to others.
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
No problem mate :)
[HTC Desire S] StenchBag:
One noob to rule them all

I got my first smartphone the other day, a HTC SAGA, and found out that it can be upgraded to ICS from Gingerbread (the current version is 2.3.5). Now I've been surfing around trying to figure out how this is done but It's only got me more confused. Do I need to do all that rooting buisness or is it a lot more simple than that?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
There is an ics ruu available that's buggy and badly made, it was never released for general use more a devs plaything. The ics roms in the dev thread are far better

"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
[HTC Desire S] StenchBag:
Derpasaurus

Ok, I'll check them out.

I'm not able to post in the development thread so I'll ask here. I just tried using the HTC Desire S All-In-One Toolkit V2.0 to unlock the bootloader on my phone. I got to the point where my phone asks for conformation to factory restore, so pretty much the last step. I checked 'yes' and pressed the power button, but I accidently pressed it twice in relatively short succession. The phone powered up and instead of having to go through the setup wizard typically encountered after a factory restore, my phone was the same as before! What I want to know is whether I actually unlocked the bootloader or cancelled the process when I accidently pressed the power button the second time.
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Boot into bootloader (vol down and power if memory serves) (or up, it's been a while) it will say **UNLOCKED ** at the top.

"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
[HTC Desire S] StenchBag:
Good times

It does indeed say unlocked. Cool, so I can go ahead and install a new OS now right? Where's this dev thread you mentioned before?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Check the links in post 2, you'll find an index thread where you'll find all the stuff you'll need. Remember to thank the op it's an up to date index.

"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
[HTC Desire S] StenchBag:
Almost there...

Great thanks. I think I've already done most of the worrk. I just used super1click 2.3.3, rebooted and it went to the team work recovery program 2.4. I'm guessing all that's left is to install a rom?

---------- Post added at 11:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:56 PM ----------

Seeing as you said this thread is up to date I used that toolkit to install the recovery program you suggested, which worked. Now when I boot to recovery I reach the 4EXT UI.

Could I be cheeky and ask which rom you'd reccomend installing?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Yeh, its cheeky. With regards roms it's very much a horses for courses type of deal. Flash a few and decide for yourself. I would recommend reading up on the adb and fastboot commands you'll probably need them down the line, it might even save your phone

"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
[HTC Desire S] StenchBag:
Fail

Kk.

Funny you say that because I think I've bricked it. Can't get past the htc logo. I cleared/wiped, formatted everything before installing the rom and now it's screwed. Looks like I've got plenty more reading to do. LOL
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
I was waiting for this, you've not bricked it.

Bet it freaked you out though :p

Flash the boot.Img in fastboot ( quick search of the index will give you what you need ;) ) you have to flash the boot.img every time you flash the rom. You only have an unlocked bootloader and not full s-off.

"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
[HTC Desire S] StenchBag:
Back to sqaure one. More like square -5

:laugh:

Honestly, I haven't got the faintest idea what you're talking about :silly: , so yeah, to the index I go. Btw, I never had S - OFF to begin with, alway S - ON. Does that change anything?

---------- Post added at 12:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:19 AM ----------

Oh and HBOOT -2.00.0002
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Read this thread carefully, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23140499

[Guide] How to root, install EXT4 recovery and custom ROM on HBOOT 2.00.0002

Most of it you've done with the one click, this will explain what you've done and what you've missed. There are some useful links in post 2, read about adb and fastboot. I've a lot of respect for the people that makes the kits but you won't learn by using them

"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
[HTC Desire S] StenchBag:
YES!

Fixed it, all thanks to you. You took mercy on an almighty noob. For that, I cannot thank you enough.

I'm running Reaper 4.0 and it looks proppa decent! Might check out that Fallout one too since it was mentioned in the thread you linked to.

We had our ups and downs, sure, but in the end we both prevailed. I salute you sir :highfive:
[HTC Desire S] RobsX2:
Is it possible to change the screen lock sounds? ive tried using a few apps on google play, but none of them work :/

im using jellyfirebeanv2
[HTC Desire S] beiga:
No signal after installing Cyanogenmod

Hi,

I've followed the guides available on the forum to update my Desire S with Cyanogenmod (tried cm-10.1-20130808-UNOFFICIAL-saga; flinnycm101_saga_24test2; cm-7-20130301-NIGHTLY-saga; with the appropriate GAPPS version for each rom).

Everything went fine and I am able to switch roms easily. However on each rom I've tried everything works except for the actual "phone" feature which kind of an essential thing to have... :). The phone asks for my SIMCARD's PIN number, but then never acquires network signal. If I go into the network setting and try to search for providers I just get an error message and the providers are not listed.

I have flashed a RUU version: RUU_SAGA_ICS_35_S_HTC_EU_14.01.401.2_20.76.30.0835_3831.19.00.110_275068 and even with this one i still get the same problem.

Does anyone have any idea about what can be happening?

Thanks.....
[HTC Desire S] hisname:
go to /system/media/audio, mess around with the files somewhere in there
[HTC Desire S] StenchBag:
Where to?

I'm running the PAC-Man ROM (JB 4.2) and would like to know where on my memory card I should put APKs that I download online?

Also, does anyone know if Jelly Bean 4.3 is currently available for the SAGA, or is that impossible???
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
You can place any apk's to be sideloaded (hope your not talking about warez) anywhere on your sd, use a file explorer like es to locate and open them

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.

William Hazlitt
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
4.3 is currently not available for Saga.