yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
I never thought this day will come, but it's here, so I'll ask.

My problem: Flashed CM11, everything is okay, have chosen ART runtime rebooted etc. etc. Now, I had problems with WiFi, so I rebooted into recovery, wiped cache and dalvik, and rebooted again. Phone goes into bootloop. Pulling off the battery, trying to reboot into recovery through volume down+power which has worked for me in the past, but since my phone is really old now, the volume down button doesn't work. I wanted to do ADB reboot. I found a way to do that on Linux Mint, but the question is, will it work if the "Android debugging" was off on my Saga?

Any answer would be helpful, and I hope, it's not time to get a new phone. :(

Edit: The charging light has gone green (my phone was on charger), so it seems it may be only a really long boot. Will update this post after results.

Edit2: It was a very very long boot, but now it works. WiFi doesn't work, but it isn't a major issue, I will revert back to my nandroid.
[HTC Desire S] Px80:
Which Rom was it? Any other bugs so far? Im looking forward to a working rom 8)

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[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
It's flinny's CM11 alpha 2 build. No other bugs found so far, because I reverted back to my nandroid backup.
[HTC Desire S] Fastrite:
Also on flinnys CM11 a2 and sometimes the WiFi won't turn on, but a reboot (or 2) "fixes" it. Would a logcat help with this? Also getting some long (but not aways??) boots.
[HTC Desire S] NVardan:
A logcat will help the devs to understand the problem. Had the same really long boots too. They even fooled me once to think my phone has gone into a bootloop.
[HTC Desire S] otterbvrn:
Hi guys, I just wanna ask, which files that relates to camera on ics? Maybe other apks or libs or something...

When I flashed svhd, I deinstalled most of system apps (camera not include).

Yesterday, when I wanted to use the camera, the app started, but the camera didnt, just black screen (look screenshots).

I dont know what's missing

Please, dont ask me to reflash it, all is well except camera

Thankyou
[HTC Desire S] sdarshan10:
Which call recorder is best for HTC desire s ? I downloaded few but none of them worked. ....
[HTC Desire S] MrPatachou:
Hi everyone

My problem is about rooting my Desire S, installing a new ROM, etc. I know this problem has been addressed many times on this forum. And yet I can't get things to work, even after searching the forum and trying different ways, for many, many hours.

I was given a Desire S recently, and wanted to install cyanogenmod on it.

So I wanted to 1) unlocked the bootloader, 2) install a recovery mode, 3) switch to superuser. I am amazed at how complicated things have been so far. I understand that it's not something straight forward and includes tweaks and workarounds, but I'm just completely stuck.

- I'm on a mac.

- I've unlocked my phone via htcdev.com/bootloader‎. this worked fine, using the fastboot command via the terminal. Lauching the bootloader, I see "UNLOCKED" at the top of the screen. HBOOT is 2.00.0002. It is S-ON. (see my error messages below, which have stopped me from getting my phone to S-OFF).

- I have downloaded the img for clockwork recovery mod and put it at the root of my phone (and also in /sdcard/ because I'm really not sure), but if I go to HBOOT -> RECOVERY, an error message is displayed at the bottom in yellow:

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command

Holding volume up + power, If I chose "Apply update from SD Card" I get the message "Invalid operation" and the phone restarts. That's problem number 1.

And now I don't know what happened but when I run fastboot from the terminal, I now get the message "FAILED (Status malformed (1 bytes))". I cannot flash anything. fastboot devices does list my phone though. That's problem number 2.

I don't really know which direction to take, between the Can't open /cache/recovery/command in HBOOT recovery and the FAILED (Status malformed (1 bytes)) when using fastboot, I'm really stuck. And I'm on a mac, so every windows solution is a no-go.

I wish I could formulate my question clearly, but I've tried so many things I don't even know what I'm supposed to do.

If anyone could help me that would be amazing. I has become more a matter of principle, I want to solve this, I want to root this phone. I have no idea why it is such a nightmare.

Thanks.
[HTC Desire S] zeus.lny:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1146601

It might help you... it has all the info regarding unlocking and rooting DS and S-Off
[HTC Desire S] asgardr:
A t the beginning i have to say I know nothing about the mac machines,

so my post might be completely useless for you,

but-on the other hand- I belive, the principals to be rather universal.

..so, it seems, everything went as intended,

till the point- I`d call:

recovery

recovery needs to be flashed to the phone`s partition.

-With ADB running,

) comunicating with the device

) redirected to the location

of recovery.img- purposed to be flashed to you saga,

and wired phone- in fastboot mode,

issue command:

Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

(`recovery.img` on the condition, that you renamed that

file beforehand as just `recovery` )

When this is done,

you can access it- while still in fastboot mode-

via one of the bootloader menu

options...

..and while you access recovery,

if there is a custom rom you desire to install,

there is not even need to root anything,

that rom- except stock ruu- will definetly be prerooted

and ready for the task,

you only need to wipe:

<all except sdcard > before,

and after

to flash its boot.img

(again;)) via fastboot..

..as above...

but the command`ll be:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

..well, then it`ll be time to boot the system

the normal

< reboot the system now >

way...;)
[HTC Desire S] longside:
ok guys I need help,

since my partners desire s got an error that htc stopped working making the phone useless ive had countless hours of installing new roms that dont work ie: camera not working, not reading the sd card, causing errors on the sd card, random screen freezes on all the roms ive installed,

so to save me getting any more ear bashing and a lifetimes worth of nagging off her ive decided send it back to the rom it originally came with.

its been that long since I started this ive forgot all what I did so bear with me while I try remember

I used the htc.com thing to unlock it

I have that android tools file that I used originally,

recovery is 4ext

info on the boot screen says.....

***UNLOCKED***

HBOOT-2.00.0002

RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M

eMMC-boot

aug 22 2011

then all the menu options

ive done countless hours of searching for any decent working desire s roms that work properly but the roms failed as stated above

so can anyone help me out either by pointing me in the right direction of how to completely revert back to how it was before or in the direction of a rom that's decent and works properly,

my head cant take more of her lol
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Take out the sdcard n boot up the phone, see what its like without it. Sounds like what happend to me once, faulty sdcard made the phone freeze, reboot n all sorts. Not to sure bout the camera part tho, u flashing boot.img after u flash each rom?
[HTC Desire S] longside:
yeah ive done that in the past it happened about 3 roms ago the sd card issue, the current issue is the rom not reading the sim card contacts it says on the phonebook part where they should be "no contacts"

I just want either a rom that actually works or help reverting to stock :)
[HTC Desire S] jmcclue:
Oh rite, mite sound stupid but when ur in phonebook, press menu then import/export contacts. Happens sometimes with some roms iv used. It says no contacts so u need to import them. If that dont work then maybe ur sdcard/simcard holder needs replacing. They like only 4-5 euro
[HTC Desire S] longside:
yeah that's the 1st thing I tried and said no contacts on sim card, past roms had working phonebooks but not this latest attempt,

downloaded this thing from the htc site gonna try that see what happens
[HTC Desire S] longside:
well I tried that and didn't work so will look at what else I can do
[HTC Desire S] ukgt-I9000:
HTC Desire S - Logo freeze

Hello! Im having aproblem with my phone i tried installing roms foolishly thinking it would work and now my phone sits at htc logo screen. . I think i need to get it back to stock rom?

Phone info after holding volume down + power

SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON(was off i think) RL

HBOOT-2.00.0002

RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M

eMMC-boot

Aug 22 2011,15:22:13

I can go into recovery and i have twrp installed so I hope that helps.

If I had to do it through RUU (phone installeddriver software for HTC serial interface (COM5) came up when i plugged it in but waiting on a usb mouse as touchpad dosent work LOL)or through TWRP install I would be able but I just cant figure out what exact ROM/RUU I need the official website dosent work on my laptop cant change brand of phone or anything.

Also if i needed to flash a kernel or fastboot a boot img? depends on if the rom has a kernel?

.

It is also unlocked in terms of network.

ANY advice is greatly appreciated as my phone is essentially useless :( and all i wanted was something better than 2.3.5 to play better games on google play :/.

also i read Hitachi screens cant use newer roms coz they changed to 2 kernel. not sure if mine is hitachi or sony but guessing hitachi

:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
[HTC Desire S] xdanewbnewb:
as my name implies!

Hi,

Sorry for the complete noob question (hence the username!). But just wanted to upgrade from one CM to another. Is this just a case of:

Rebooting in to Recovery.

Install zip from SD (after deleting cache / dalvik).

For context I'm going from this ROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2305828 blindndumb CM10.1

...to this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2543878 CM11

I used to be on PAC (which is excellent), but just found that it rebooted randomly.

Will this keep all my apps / data intact?

Thanks for any / all help!
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
Upgrading from cm10.1 to cm11 a full wipe (all except sd card) is definitely recommended. You will lose all your Apps and data though (so backup anything necessary). And make a nandroid backup before wiping or installing anything.
[HTC Desire S] Noiree:
S-OFF

Hello, can i S-OFF Desire S without using htcdev?

Currently i'm

Locked

S-ON

Android 4.0.4

HBOOT 2.02.002

I find this thread but i'm not sure if i can do it on 4.0.4

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

if no is there any other thread to S-OFF without unlocking or only official htcdev?
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
No, there's no way to S-OFF without unlocking through htcdev. (when the Ics RUU has been flashed)
[HTC Desire S] FantomWizard:
I tried to update to ICS using RUU, but it's stuck at "Sending...". Phone is not rooted.
[HTC Desire S] JJeamy:
just wanna give you advices.. just don't updating your phone to ICS with official RUU...because what i know is..that's not already perfect release it..

so i suggest it to you to try unlocking your bootloader then after that you can installing custom recovery and installing any custom rom you want..

ICS, JB or even a Kitkat version.
[HTC Desire S] Px80:
I've got FCs of whatsapp out of the blue..

maybe someone can decode my logcat and tell me whats causing it?
[HTC Desire S] asgardr:
In my hummble opinion, this might be the explanation and directions:

< 01-26 00:36:42.749 7768 7768 W dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve virtual method 196: Landroid/app/AlarmManager;.setExact (IJLandroid/app/PendingIntent;)V >

this might be missing or corrupted native method in smali files which is called:

< Landroid/app/AlarmManager;.setExact (IJLandroid/app/PendingIntent;)>

which system calls upon and doesn`t find, or

as- you can see,for some other reason is not able to resolve,

with the data it is getting from...

I`m not going to speculate though, whether the issue is on the system`s

or the app`s side because simply haven`t got enough information,

to give an answer beyond doubt.

...as you have probably expearienced,working in windows environment,

that it is sometimes, able to corrupt its own files to the extend of not been bootable anymore...

..not quite certain about android( which has not-by itself- failed me one single time that way)

but ,in my case, when it fails, it always is a consequence of my own actions

Edit: .well..the journey doesn`t end here,

there might be other things in the logcat i overlooked,

If you have a mind to scan it further

when in trouble with reading the logcat output,

in the post three of this thread, you will find the link to the

tutorial, sheeding a ligh upon inhospitable lines of logcat..
[HTC Desire S] jssme:
Different gps issue

Hello xda,

This is my first post, so any tips on how to post properly would be appreciated

I haven't been able to find this problem anywhere else, hence this post

What's happening is, my gps will find and connect to lots of satellites rather quickly, but, once it has a fix, the gps icon will disappear and my fix will be lost until the gps "resets?". What could be causing this?

I'm using a HTC Desire S which is running cyanogenmod 7.2. S is off.

I recently followed these guides to allow my gps to detect satellites, as it didn't before:

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2311238

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1442032 (I have tried a few of those roms)

Thanks
[HTC Desire S] Px80:
thanks for your help. As i didn't know what to do i downloaded whatsapp+ and reinstalled it. Now it works again.

But i really don't know what made it crash, because i sent a message switched to another app and after that wa+ always crashed.

But Anyway, thanks that u did check the logcat!
[HTC Desire S] powerwill:
I downloaded roehsoft ram expander from the play store and started to use, but I don't know what I did, but I have messed up my phone I selected swap dir/partition and selected !partition! Mmcblkop26-1.15gb, after I had selected and pressed ok my phone restarted and went to boot animation which was really laggy and it restarted again came up with HTC screen then boot animation when my phone finally had loaded it had factory reset it self, I set it all back up and I found that my internal memory was really low it was total space 128mb which is incorrect I went into my file manager and I have access to my SD card three ways mnt/sdcard, storage/primary/legacy, storage/sdcard0. The file manager now by default goes to storage/primary/legacy which it should go to mnt/sdcard.

I am really confused at what to do I tried reinstalling the Rom and that did not work I think I may have swapped the partitions or something but my sdcard is not partitioned. Every time I reboot my phone it has factory reset itself so it can't hold on to data if you reboot.

Please help I hope you understand all of this and it's a quick fix.

Pac man Rom 23.0 4.2.2
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
You could try flashing an ruu in order to get the correct partitions on the phone.

the difference between bravery and foolhardiness is in the outcome
[HTC Desire S] powerwill:
Is there anyway of fixing it without using a computer. Recovery does not even recognise it as it says only these three partitions

System

Cache

Sdcard

Recovery says when I do a wipe data/factory reset E: unknown volume

"/data"
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
I don't think so, an ruu will reset the partitions.

the difference between bravery and foolhardiness is in the outcome
[HTC Desire S] powerwill:
Don't I need to relock the bootloader to flash an ruu? would using the HTC Android 4.0.4 ruu work even though I have already installed it?
[HTC Desire S] rayiskon:
Hello All !

so i got myself a Desire S out of fun, and i'm trying to root/S-off this thing (have to downgrade HBOOT first) but it's giving me a hard time to install fastboot drivers. I currently have windows 8.1 on my PC , i've installed htc sync, charging mode/ mount SD works while phone is booted, but it's not recognized in bootloader, so it's definitely fastboot drivers-win8.1 incompatibility issues.. i've tried updating the driver manually in device manager, tried another USB slot, i'm also using the original cable, but nothing seems to work.

If anyone has any experience making those drivers work in win 8.1 i would really appreciate it :)
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Yes and yes, it should run because it's not a downgrade. The ruu will run on an equal or lower version

the difference between bravery and foolhardiness is in the outcome
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Check post 2 of this thread, there is a link for installing drivers on win8

the difference between bravery and foolhardiness is in the outcome
[HTC Desire S] bubi90:
With sense ROMs in whatsapp and messages I see contacts named as I saved them on my SIM, instead of google. I've chosen not to import SIM contacts in people app.

Anyone knows how to fix this?
[HTC Desire S] rayiskon:
i have "My HTC" recognized when phone is booted up, updating drivers when in fastboot mode doesn't help, it might work for windows 8, but i think it's not compatible with windows 8.1

Edit: i returned to my old laptop with bad sectors hard disk, but it's running win XP , and managed to install drivers normally, now i finally got it rooted. It's a win 8.1 incompatibility after all.
[HTC Desire S] powerwill:
Would flashing the ruu still work even though I have a custom rom? Would recovery still be there after ruu flash? Is it just relock bootloader flash ruu, unlock bootloader reinstall my custom Rom?

Does it affect anything in anyway?
[HTC Desire S] longdrink:
Downgrading from CM11 to 4.0 RUU using 4EXT backup restore wont boot

Hi all,

I tried a CM11 custom ROM, but due to blootooth problems I want to revert to my previous rom, the official Android 4.0 RUU.

I made a backup using 4EXT before upgrading, using it should be the best way?

Restoring the backup looks good, wipe dalvik + cache, fix permissions runs without errors.

But the reboot ends up in the recovery again.

It looks like there are 2 boots - the first fails, the second may redirect to recovery to avoid a boot loop.

What I'am doing wrong?

Maybe EXT4 vs EXT3 Problems?

Thank you very much for your help!
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
Are you s-on (htcdev unlocked)? If so, you have to flash the boot.img of your backup in fastboot.

---------- Post added at 11:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:21 AM ----------

After flashing the RUU, and unlocking the bootloader again, you'll need to install your custom recovery again.
[HTC Desire S] longdrink:
Downgrading from CM11 to 4.0 RUU using 4EXT backup restore wont boot

I'm s-off using revolutionary.
[HTC Desire S] dany_sts:
My phone doesnt work

Hi, I was changing some things in my kernel to make my wifi work.

Now the phone doesn't turn on, it just gets stuck with the a black screen

The problem is my volume down key is not working so I canot go to the recovery

Any idea how can I bring my phone back to life again?
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
Does adb work?
[HTC Desire S] dany_sts:
I don't know

I didn't even know about its existence
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
In post 2 you'll find a link to help you setup and run adb and fastboot. I suggest you bookmark it and read.

the difference between bravery and foolhardiness is in the outcome
[HTC Desire S] LMH1998:
I've unlocked my bootloader, installed 4EXT Recovery v2.2.7 RC5 aand installed CM11.

When I try to reboot my phone after the install of CM11, I can get to the HTC splash screen and then i get a black screen and it's reboots back into recovery.

I have S-On so idk, can someone help me?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Did you flash the boot.img with adb? Check post 3 of this thread ;)

the difference between bravery and foolhardiness is in the outcome
[HTC Desire S] LMH1998:
I did, still don't know what the problem is :(
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Do you know what screen you have? Open a terminal window and type in

su

dmesg | grep -i panel

I've a feeling you'll see Hitachi or mddi

If so you'll need to go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1943524

[GUIDE][6 OCT] Non-Sony Screen Panel Desire S Users Lounge + How-To

Might be worth looking in there anyway ;)

the difference between bravery and foolhardiness is in the outcome
[HTC Desire S] LMH1998:
delete

---------- Post added at 04:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:11 PM ----------

Nvm, can I just install stock back ont it? I don't know which RUU I need and this is my getvar, could you give me the right RUU? I'm from Belgium, Europe

version: 0.5

version-bootloader: 2.00.0002

version-baseband: 3822.10.08.04_M

version-cpld: None

version-microp: None

version-main: 13.10.401.8

serialno: HT153TJ02023

product: saga

platform: HBOOT-7230

modelid: PG8810000

cidnum: HTC__E11

battery-status: good

battery-voltage: 4142mV

partition-layout: Generic

security: on

build-mode: SHIP

boot-mode: FASTBOOT

commitno-bootloader: ebd3df7d

hbootpreupdate: 12

gencheckpt: 0
[HTC Desire S] Px80:
is there some kind of workaround for apps that are not shown in playstore because of no compability?

I'd like to use evolvesms, which supports 4.4 but is shown as not compatible for my rom (devlkins 4.4 rom)
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
You could have a look here for any free apps

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44284814

Alternatively there's an xposed mod that shows a normal dpi for playstore purposes, I'm not sure of its effectiveness though as I've not used it.

The link is probably your best bet imho

the difference between bravery and foolhardiness is in the outcome
[HTC Desire S] 18XET01:
How to downgrade?

Hi there!

How to downgrade for HTC Desire S Android 4.0.4 to 2.3?

Sorry My Bad english. :fingers-crossed:
[HTC Desire S] CyclingSalmon14:
Missed this:

Sorry missed this, I have two questions, one GPS and one about OS update,

I wont repost here but as this is were they were meant to be posted can you please visit this thread to help me!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2715015

Really stuck on how to update the OS and I really need to get my GPS working, I have a link to that thread in the linked thread.

PLEASE HELP! I need my gps asap for cycling...I'm terrible with all this android stuff!
[HTC Desire S] M3roziak:
Horrible battery drain

Hi

This is my first post, so hello everyone :)

My major problem is battery drain on recently installed AOKP Redefined v3.0 (4.2.2 JB Rom)

I had flashed boot.img (extracted from that rom .zip ), did clean install, dalvik/cache wiped, even my SD card was purely new. I use BBS and Wakelock Detector and they show me horrible Kernel Wakelocks. A lot of juice is fleeing by processes like PowerManagerService, main, kgsl-3d0, msm_camera_wake, msm_camera, s5k4e1gx.

I am dealing also with battery drain problem after turning off the GPS, but I discovered that reboot helps on that matter. Neither reboot does not help on that Kernel Wakelocks problems. Please, show me the way what I should do or where I should go with this problem.
[HTC Desire S] BooZon:
@up

Search other kernel build for 4.2.2 (boot.img) flash it,and try it

Swyped from hell by Samsung Galaxy SII ™
[HTC Desire S] M3roziak:
Can U tell me which kernel I should flash?

Cuz on that INDEX thread there are only a few kernels (and most of them are for GB and ICS). Where I can find more kernels?

And second question, if I flash kernel do I lose all my settings (I mean do I have to set up everything again like in case of factory reset?)?

Okey, I flashed kernel from PACman and it helped! Unfortunately it didn't help on gps problem but I have a solution to that which I mentioned previously. Thanks for the tip.
[HTC Desire S] Px80:
does anyone know how to fix the On/Off Button on top of the phone?

the button is still pushable but most of the time it does not work.. if my phones runs out of juice its not easy to get it back on.

on the backside the panel for the covering of the camera is loose. So maybe i can repair it from this side? Any ideads?
[HTC Desire S] SKENER:
You can open that cover and see if you can..Find video on youtube.Or find here How to fix wifi? There's video about openning that cover.
[HTC Desire S] yeppix:
hello guys.

what wi-fi chip is set in desire s?

thanks.