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Hi, everyone. I am sure someone is going to shaking their heads at my idiocy after reading this post but I hope someone can save me. So I went to all that trouble to update my phone to ICS from Gingerbread and retain S-off and rooted. After playing with it a little, I decided I like my previous state better. Before I updated my phone, I backed up my phone using the clockworkmod recovery that was installed using revolutionary's tool. That was also the recovery that I flashed after I updated to ICS. So I figure all I have to do was restore the backup. I boot into recovery and all I did was select "backup\recovery" and then the date that I did the backup. The restore finished and I rebooted my system. Everything should be fine now, right? Wrong! As the phone bootup, it would read HTC then Sprint before rebooting again and again. I never reach the lockscreen. Right now I can still reach recovery through the bootloader but that is it.
So how can I recover? Was I supposed to wipe something before restoring? If so, which options am i supposed to use (wipe all data?) because specific details will prevent me from making another bonehead move. If not, what do I do?
Problem is, I got impatient to downgrade from ICS and never bothered to backup after the update to ICS. Just a reminder to all that "backup, backup and backup). So I am stucked right now and need help. HELPPPPPPP......
Tommy
I can see from my bootloader that it is still HBoot 1.58 instead of HBoot 1.4 before the ICS update. Would flashing the boot.img from the clockworkmod backup work?
xionchen4628 said:
Hi, everyone. I am sure someone is going to shaking their heads at my idiocy after reading this post but I hope someone can save me. So I went to all that trouble to update my phone to ICS from Gingerbread and retain S-off and rooted. After playing with it a little, I decided I like my previous state better. Before I updated my phone, I backed up my phone using the clockworkmod recovery that was installed using revolutionary's tool. That was also the recovery that I flashed after I updated to ICS. So I figure all I have to do was restore the backup. I boot into recovery and all I did was select "backup\recovery" and then the date that I did the backup. The restore finished and I rebooted my system. Everything should be fine now, right? Wrong! As the phone bootup, it would read HTC then Sprint before rebooting again and again. I never reach the lockscreen. Right now I can still reach recovery through the bootloader but that is it.
So how can I recover? Was I supposed to wipe something before restoring? If so, which options am i supposed to use (wipe all data?) because specific details will prevent me from making another bonehead move. If not, what do I do?
Problem is, I got impatient to downgrade from ICS and never bothered to backup after the update to ICS. Just a reminder to all that "backup, backup and backup). So I am stucked right now and need help. HELPPPPPPP......
Tommy
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xionchen4628 said:
I can see from my bootloader that it is still HBoot 1.58 instead of HBoot 1.4 before the ICS update. Would flashing the boot.img from the clockworkmod backup work?
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You need to downgrade your bootloader to something lower than 1.58 if you want to run ROM's based on GB or AOSP. You can go back to 1.4 if you want, or the Jbear GB (1.50.5050) version. You should leave the rest of your firmware at the ICS level.
The bootloaders can be found in this post. Download the one you want, put it in the root of your SD card, rename it to PG86IMG.zip and flash it from the current bootloader. You should then be able to boot your CWM backup, and don't forget to delete the PG86IMG.zip file from the root of your SD card after you flash it.
ramjet73
Thanks, ramjet. My phone is back to the state that it was in before my ICS update. Sorry for all the work that you put in to help me upgrade in the first place. Since I restore from my GB backup, all I did was flash the bootloader and everything went to normal. If somewhere done the line, I decided to update to ICS again, I know all the steps that need to be done (thanks to you and all the users who provided the various files). Thanks again. I love this community!
ramjet73 said:
You need to downgrade your bootloader to something lower than 1.58 if you want to run ROM's based on GB or AOSP. You can go back to 1.4 if you want, or the Jbear GB (1.50.5050) version. You should leave the rest of your firmware at the ICS level.
The bootloaders can be found in this post. Download the one you want, put it in the root of your SD card, rename it to PG86IMG.zip and flash it from the current bootloader. You should then be able to boot your CWM backup, and don't forget to delete the PG86IMG.zip file from the root of your SD card after you flash it.
ramjet73
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xionchen4628 said:
Thanks, ramjet. My phone is back to the state that it was in before my ICS update. Sorry for all the work that you put in to help me upgrade in the first place. Since I restore from my GB backup, all I did was flash the bootloader and everything went to normal. If somewhere done the line, I decided to update to ICS again, I know all the steps that need to be done (thanks to you and all the users who provided the various files). Thanks again. I love this community!
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Well the rest of firmware (other than the hboot) is now updated to the Sprint ICS 2.89.651.2 level, so you should be able to run the ICS ROM's that don't require the 1.58 bootloader and there are quite a few of those. So it wasn't a waste of time and effort.
ramjet73
I have two HTC Amaze 4G, the one I have been using as my main phone still has the stock ROM Gingerbread 2.3.4 installed, my second Amaze (which is my backup phone that I bought for a great price on Craigslist) is running stock ICS that was already installed on it when I bought it. Both phones are rooted, have 4EXT recoveries installed and are carrier unlocked but still S-ON (I don't want to risk bricking these). I like the stock ROMs, that is why I have never bothered to install any custom ROMs on these awesome phones.
Lately I have been having problems with "insufficient storage" error messages when I try to update apps on my main GB Amaze. I uninstalled most of my apps already but I still have only about 320 MB of free space on the ROM. I like ICS better than GB but since my phone is rooted, I can't do the OTA upgrade to ICS. I created a backup of the ICS OS on my secondary phone with 4EXT which is saved on the external microSD card.
Now, my question is this: If I put the microSD card from my secondary ICS Amaze into my main GB Amaze, could I just restore the ICS backup on the GB phone through 4EXT and it would work or do I have to take additional steps? I have all my data backed up such as apps, contacts, SMS's etc., so starting with a "clean slate" isn't a problem
I read a couple of posts about having to relock the bootloader, then installing the T-Mobile RUU to go back to stock. Since I already have an ICS backup, I might be able to avoid having to go through all those steps. Could someone please help me and point me in the right direction?
Thank you so much in advance for all your help !! HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!
PCLiteratesJax said:
I have two HTC Amaze 4G, the one I have been using as my main phone still has the stock ROM Gingerbread 2.3.4 installed, my second Amaze (which is my backup phone that I bought for a great price on Craigslist) is running stock ICS that was already installed on it when I bought it. Both phones are rooted, have 4EXT recoveries installed and are carrier unlocked but still S-ON (I don't want to risk bricking these). I like the stock ROMs, that is why I have never bothered to install any custom ROMs on these awesome phones.
Lately I have been having problems with "insufficient storage" error messages when I try to update apps on my main GB Amaze. I uninstalled most of my apps already but I still have only about 320 MB of free space on the ROM. I like ICS better than GB but since my phone is rooted, I can't do the OTA upgrade to ICS. I created a backup of the ICS OS on my secondary phone with 4EXT which is saved on the external microSD card.
Now, my question is this: If I put the microSD card from my secondary ICS Amaze into my main GB Amaze, could I just restore the ICS backup on the GB phone through 4EXT and it would work or do I have to take additional steps? I have all my data backed up such as apps, contacts, SMS's etc., so starting with a "clean slate" isn't a problem
I read a couple of posts about having to relock the bootloader, then installing the T-Mobile RUU to go back to stock. Since I already have an ICS backup, I might be able to avoid having to go through all those steps. Could someone please help me and point me in the right direction?
Thank you so much in advance for all your help !! HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!
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It's not as simple as restoring a backup. The ruu will modify certain files in the phone that are required for ics. You could take the long way and find out which files you need to modify, or take the shorter route - flash the ics ruu. It's not that hard. Just follow the directions and you'll be fine.
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Keylogger_0 said:
It's not as simple as restoring a backup. The ruu will modify certain files in the phone that are required for ics. You could take the long way and find out which files you need to modify, or take the shorter route - flash the ics ruu. It's not that hard. Just follow the directions and you'll be fine.
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I just found this on a site and I believe that there is a step missing, re-locking bootloader in Hasoon's all in one tool, correct?
Do not flash this like a ROM.
To use this you have to....
1. Download it.
2. Rename it PH85IMG
3. Put it on your ext-sdcard
4. Reboot to your bootloader
5. Your phone will apply the RUU.
and you'll be back to factory stock settings.
PCLiteratesJax said:
I just found this on a site and I believe that there is a step missing, re-locking bootloader in Hasoon's all in one tool, correct?
Do not flash this like a ROM.
To use this you have to....
1. Download it.
2. Rename it PH85IMG
3. Put it on your ext-sdcard
4. Reboot to your bootloader
5. Your phone will apply the RUU.
and you'll be back to factory stock settings.
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Yes, you have to re-lock the bootloader.
since i've discovered custom rom's id never think of using stock ever again, and i just s-offed my amaze last night, there's nothing really too it you just have to follow directions properly... and no you would not be able to restore a backup of one phone to another, i have tried and they were alot of complications afterwards with things not working properly and ton's of force close error's even after fixing permissions
Apologies in advance but a bit of a newbie question......
I am the recent new owner of an HTC One X+ on the UK Vodafone network and am keen to get Andorid Revolution HD 6.2 running on it rather than the stock setup.
My system as it stands is as follows:-
Android version: 4.1.1
HTC Sense version: 4+
Software number: 1.14.161.18
Kernel version: 3.1.10-g262c6aa
HBOOT: 1.30.0000
CID (Via CID Getter): VODAP001
I have unlocked the bootloader (S-ON) via htcdev.com and gained SuperSU status and flashed TWRP International thanks to hasoon2000's excellent All-In-One Toolkit v2.1 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994961) and am now a little worried about taking the next step I guess!
I have the ARHD 6.2 rar file downloaded, the flash_boot_6.x_0.1.rar to flash boot.img and I have also downloaded the firmware (1.17.401.1.zip) as per the requirements according to mike1986. from here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995685).
My plan is to use hasoon2000's Toolkit to flash the boot.img, run the wipe command via TWRP (do I also need to upgrade the firmware using the 1.17.401.1.zip via TWRP - and how do I go about that with no writeable SD card) and then ADB sideload the Android Revolution HD 6.2 ROM but I am hanging fire on this process until I can get a little reassurance that this is the correct approach and will work, I think it's the virtual SD card and the fact I cannot actually have the files sat on an SD card that is making me a little apprehensive.
I hope I'm on the right lines because I was very happy with my Desire HD with Android Revolution HD on it prior to my upgrade and am looking forward to getting back to using the most popular ROM on my new phone!
Any help would be muchly appreciated......and please tell me if any of the above is likely to cause me problems!!
you can not use the firmware zip from mike1986.
you have a Vodafone branded Phone. there are no Updates for hboot.
(Check the CIDs at the thread)
skdubg said:
you can not use the firmware zip from mike1986.
you have a Vodafone branded Phone. there are no Updates for hboot.
(Check the CIDs at the thread)
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Thanks skdubg,
yeah i had looked at that and that was my main concern.
so since mike's rom requires hboot 1.35 i have to wait for vodafone to release a software update from hboot 1.30 to 1.35?
were this to happen would i then be in a position to flash a custom rom (provided the CID appeared on the list of course) or is the fact it's a branded phone a complete sticking point?
pablihno said:
Thanks skdubg,
yeah i had looked at that and that was my main concern.
so since mike's rom requires hboot 1.35 i have to wait for vodafone to release a software update from hboot 1.30 to 1.35?
were this to happen would i then be in a position to flash a custom rom (provided the CID appeared on the list of course) or is the fact it's a branded phone a complete sticking point?
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As long as you have the latest hboot you can flash any custom rom. It's not your CID preventing it. Problem is vodaphone does not usually release RUU's and if you flash a custom rom and end up with glitches/errors because you have an older hboot. There is no way to return to stock (except a nandroid).
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AndroHero said:
As long as you have the latest hboot you can flash any custom rom. It's not your CID preventing it. Problem is vodaphone does not usually release RUU's and if you flash a custom rom and end up with glitches/errors because you have an older hboot. There is no way to return to stock (except a nandroid).
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Thanks for the explanation AndroHero, I was under the impression if things didn't match up entirely then there was a risk of bricking.
So my best plan of action would be:-
1. Create a full nandroid of my system as it stands from TWRP
2. Flash the boot.img relating to the custom rom
3. Sideload and flash the custom rom through the All-In-One Toolkit
4. See how I get on!
Either that or stick with stock I guess...
Yeah you shouldnt run into too many issues doing it that way. There is a million in one chance of bricking your phone flashing a rom with any hboot. Infact while S-On doing anything wont "brick" your phone. As long as you have a backup to return too. You'll be fine
You dont need to "sideload" the rom, just boot into android on your voda rom, connect to pc, and copy the rom .zip to the root of the device that appears.
Sent from my HTC One X+ using Tapatalk 2
AndroHero said:
Yeah you shouldnt run into too many issues doing it that way. There is a million in one chance of bricking your phone flashing a rom with any hboot. Infact while S-On doing anything wont "brick" your phone. As long as you have a backup to return too. You'll be fine
You dont need to "sideload" the rom, just boot into android on your voda rom, connect to pc, and copy the rom .zip to the root of the device that appears.
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Cool, well that makes me feel a bit more confident about going further, thanks.
I would usually take that route but with the "virtual sd" i seem to be having issues writing directly to the device through windows explorer despite the device appearing it tells me the "Device has either stopped responding or been disconnected" every time I attempt to copy straight to the internal storage - that's the only reason why I'm thinking I need to "sideload" the rom.zip
Hello all,
I usually don't like posting new threads as you can find all you need by searching, but I believe I have a particular situation.
I rooted my phone a while ago using the appropriate methods and then flashed this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440315
I didn't recognize until now, as I am trying to return to stock rom and stuff in order to clean install the new official AT&T update, that this rom somehow also updated my firmware to 3.10.502.2 but I am not S-Off. I didn't/don't know how it upgraded my firmware to this w/o being S-Off but it is. So I have read that if I try and install any other stock rom than my touch screen won't work. And in order for that to work, I think I'll have to gain S-Off and then flash an earlier firmware then flash a rom, but I don't really want to be S-Off for this phone.
Also another stupid mistake I did was not create a nandroid backup of my stock everything before flashing
So in order to accomplish my goal I believe my 2 options are to either gain S-Off, flash an ealier firmware (like 1.26.502.12) and then flash a stock rom or I saw a link that had a stock nandroid backup: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272893
that I can maybe use to restore but will this restore my firmware too?
Any help would be appreciated
Download the 3.17.502.3 RUU and update that way. Backup your data, the RUU method wipes internal storage.
cschmitt said:
Download the 3.17.502.3 RUU and update that way. Backup your data, the RUU method wipes internal storage.
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Sorry it took me so long to respond but thank you for the help. I appreciate it
Can I still update that way even though I'm still S-On?
spacely8 said:
Sorry it took me so long to respond but thank you for the help. I appreciate it
Can I still update that way even though I'm still S-On?
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Yes, RUU updating is meant to be done with S-ON.
Good day to you all
First : I rooted my device one week ago and installed MIUI ROM, after that MIUI ROM did not fit me so I decided to return it to stock and unroot the device.(as its new)
I have been searching and trying many things to return it to stock but I failed :crying:
also I tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
I also failed :crying:
new I am totally confused:
-do I have to make s-off or s-on (firewater or buying the sunshine and how)
-what about RUUs or FUUs, how can I know if this fit me or the other one?
-what are the right steps to return it to stock?
I do not have any idea.:crying::crying::crying:
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE help me from A to Z. I thing I made the steps in a wrong direction.
Is your device a Sprint HTC one m8 or ?
tuttee060 said:
Good day to you all
First : I rooted my device one week ago and installed MIUI ROM, after that MIUI ROM did not fit me so I decided to return it to stock and unroot the device.(as its new)
I have been searching and trying many things to return it to stock but I failed :crying:
also I tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
I also failed :crying:
new I am totally confused:
-do I have to make s-off or s-on (firewater or buying the sunshine and how)
-what about RUUs or FUUs, how can I know if this fit me or the other one?
-what are the right steps to return it to stock?
I do not have any idea.:crying::crying::crying:
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE help me from A to Z. I thing I made the steps in a wrong direction.
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If your phone is a Sprint then you're in the wrong section. If you're phone isnt a Sprint then thats the wrong RUU.
No it is not sprint, normal device.
for RUU, I tried sprint_HTC_One_M8_3.30.654.2_RUU.zip
and
sprint_HTC_One_M8_3.30.651.2_RUU.zip
Do you mean that RUU.zip files that I tried they are not for my device?
if they are not, help me please
Nothing sprint should be flashes to your phone.did you make a backup like you should have .did yo try that Sprint ruu and did it just fail for you or is your phone not working
jball said:
Nothing sprint should be flashes to your phone.did you make a backup like you should have .did yo try that Sprint ruu and did it just fail for you or is your phone not working
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my phone is working, no I did not backup anything
I tried Sprint RUU and it did not work
is there a steps to unroot my phone? or I can download the ruu from this page and automatically my phone will be unrooted?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2714456
Did you get it back to a stock sense ROM or are you going to unroot wile running MIUI
tuttee060 said:
No it is not sprint, normal device.
for RUU, I tried sprint_HTC_One_M8_3.30.654.2_RUU.zip
and
sprint_HTC_One_M8_3.30.651.2_RUU.zip
Do you mean that RUU.zip files that I tried they are not for my device?
if they are not, help me please
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First you need to know exactly which m8 you have and download the ruu for that model, if you don't have a Sprint model why would you try and flash a Sprint ruu?
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tuttee060 said:
No it is not sprint, normal device.
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There is no such thing as a "normal" device. Every region or carrier has its own variant. If you mean the EMEA versions (often called "international") than you are still in the wrong version section. This is specifically for the AT&T variant.
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Did you get it back to a stock sense ROM or are you going to unroot wile running MIUI
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that is what I need, go back to stock then unroot the phone
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First you need to know exactly which m8 you have and download the ruu for that model, if you don't have a Sprint model why would you try and flash a Sprint ruu?
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
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my android version is 4.4.2
Middle East version (I am not sure if that what you are talking about)
because I did not knew that m8 has many models,
Only US versions have RUUs.
Go to the stock backup thread, find the stock nandroid for your CID, and restore it with custom recovery. As long as the nandroid was not rooted, you should not have root after restoring. But I don't see why you would want to unroot, unless you are going to return or sell/trade the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Also, this forum section is specific to the US AT&T version. For your version, you might get better exposure on the "international" M8 section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8
redpoint73 said:
Only US versions have RUUs.
Go to the stock backup thread, find the stock nandroid for your CID, and restore it with custom recovery. As long as the nandroid was not rooted, you should not have root after restoring. But I don't see why you would want to unroot, unless you are going to return or sell/trade the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Also, this forum section is specific to the US AT&T version. For your version, you might get better exposure on the "international" M8 section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8
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my CID is HTC__J15 , how can I know the right CID? there are many.
for now I need to remove MIUI rom ASAP, nothing works with this rom, and the most of it in Chinese.
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my CID is HTC__J15 , how can I know the right CID? there are many.
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You just said your CID is HTC__J15. So that is the CID! You find the matching stock nandroid for that CID.
On the stock nandroid thread, click on "Click to Show Content" and you will see the nandroid backup for HTC__J15. Its lumped together with a bunch of other CIDs. All WWE versions (multiple CIDs) use the same software, which is x.xx.401
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You just said your CID is HTC__J15. So that is the CID! You find the matching stock nandroid for that CID.
On the stock nandroid thread, click on "Click to Show Content" and you will see the nandroid backup for HTC__J15. Its lumped together with a bunch of other CIDs. All WWE versions (multiple CIDs) use the same software, which is x.xx.401
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I downloaded is zip file 3.28.401.9 - TWRP( the hboot is 3.19 hboot = 3.xx software), after that I did wipe every thing to install it, but the process failed.
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I downloaded is zip file 3.28.401.9 - TWRP( the hboot is 3.19 hboot = 3.xx software), after that I did wipe every thing to install it, but the process failed.
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What version of TWRP is installed?
In TWRP, did you pick the INSTALL option (on main TWRP screen) or RESTORE? Since its a nandroid, you need to RESTORE.
Also, are you ware the nandroid is not a flashable ROM zip? Did you extract the zip contents, and copy them to the proper folder location? See the nandroid thread, Post #2 under Questions & Answers, question #2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51536075&postcount=2
You obviously didn't wipe "everything" since this would include the place you saved the nandroid. Please don't be vague, and list specifically what you wiped. Often when folks say they "wiped everything" they don't really mean it literally.
Its also not clear to me why you want to unroot. Another approach would be to pick a custom ROM that is Sense, and just not too modified, and stay rooted. Just flashing a ROM is a bit more easy than restoring a nandroid.
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What version of TWRP is installed?
In TWRP, did you pick the INSTALL option (on main TWRP screen) or RESTORE? Since its a nandroid, you need to RESTORE.
Also, are you ware the nandroid is not a flashable ROM zip? Did you extract the zip contents, and copy them to the proper folder location? See the nandroid thread, Post #2 under Questions & Answers, question #2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51536075&postcount=2
You obviously didn't wipe "everything" since this would include the place you saved the nandroid. Please don't be vague, and list specifically what you wiped. Often when folks say they "wiped everything" they don't really mean it literally.
Its also not clear to me why you want to unroot. Another approach would be to pick a custom ROM that is Sense, and just not too modified, and stay rooted. Just flashing a ROM is a bit more easy than restoring a nandroid.
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First: I am sorry for being vague, English is not my native language, I am not a developer.
1-my CID is (HTC__J15), so I downloaded (3.28.401.9 - TWRP) based on:
(3.16 hboot = 1.12 / 1.54 software
3.18 hboot = 2.22 software
3.19 hboot = 3.xx software)<<< HBOOT-3.19.0.0000
2- I extracted the zip file and I put the extracted folder into /external_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS
3-I entered to RECOVERY,Wipe,Advance Wipe. check:
(Dalvik Cashe,System,Cache,Data,Internal Storage) then Wipe.
and I Format Data and Factory reset, and I am not sure if it need all this but I did it.
4-I entered Restore, to the extracted folder then(Swipe to Restore). >>> failed
that is what I did exactly.
roms like MIUI has many bugs, nothing works, I think stock rom is better for me
and about the root, if I can upgrade the htc system and I can use it without any problem then no need to unroot the device. I miss stock rom
UPDATE
finally I did it
the problem was from the extracted folder
when extracting the folder and open it, there is another folder to access the files
I moved the files to the first folder then my phone was able to recognize the files
folder/folder/files that is my problem
folder/files good to go I moved the files to the first folder then I deleted the empty folder(second folder)
Thank you all for helping me