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hello. i recently unlocked my phone through htcdev.com and today i took my shot at rooting the device. i followed the rooting video http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225974 to try and root the device and when i got to the flashing the clockworkmod portion, instead of it working it gave me this error
C:\android>fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img
sending 'recovery' (4832 KB)...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.000s
can anyone give me any advice on whats going wrong?
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hello. i recently unlocked my phone through htcdev.com and today i took my shot at rooting the device. i followed the rooting video http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225974 to try and root the device and when i got to the flashing the clockworkmod portion, instead of it working it gave me this error
C:\android>fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img
sending 'recovery' (4832 KB)...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.000s
can anyone give me any advice on whats going wrong?
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Not many of the technical people have unlocked their devices uses the htcdev.co method, most of us have used the revolutionary method was it was released first and seems to unlock more of the device than HTC does.
With that said, based on your above command and error message it would appear the bootloader is not unlocked. Are you sure the HTCdev.com method worked properly?
The only other method for loading a custom recovery, which could work using the HTCdev method would be through ROM Manager in normal android mode, or using my application, Flash Image GUI.
Both these methods just mentioned will require the recovery partition write access to be allowed while booted in normal android mode. This is definitely accomplished with the revolutionary s-off method, but I'm not 100% sure the HTCdev method allows this. If the HTCdev method does not allow recovery write access from normal android mode, then the worse that will happen is the application will say it flashed correctly, but it will not have worked.
Keep us updated as I'm curious how much write access the HTCdev method provides to the internal partitions... hope that helps!
chemicalinferno said:
hello. i recently unlocked my phone through htcdev.com and today i took my shot at rooting the device. i followed the rooting video http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225974 to try and root the device and when i got to the flashing the clockworkmod portion, instead of it working it gave me this error
C:\android>fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img
sending 'recovery' (4832 KB)...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.000s
can anyone give me any advice on whats going wrong?
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Did you happen to skip step 17 prior to flashing recovery by chance?
"Step 17. Put your Evo 3D in fastboot mode by first going to Settings->Power and make sure "Fast boot" is checked off. (Again, yes)."
rleonard55: when i went to turn off the fast boot option I found that it was still off. So i just continued on with the process. I don't know if that has anything to do with the error I had or not.
joeykrim: I know my device is unlocked because when i load it in hboot mode it says unlocked at the top. However I don't know if it was unlocked properly. It may bmhave been an error in my process so I'm gonna try it from the start again. If that doesn't work I will be researching the other methods you mentioned and then proceeding with them.
I also realized I did not have usb debugging mode on So I'm gonna check if that changes anything. I appreciate both of you helping me with this issue. Thanks!
ok so i have tried relocking my device and then unlocking it again and i came out with the same result. i was going to try the GUI app you suggested but you need root access to use it which i do not have. i am trying to root my device through this method which requires cwm recovery. could i possibly temp root my device and then install the recovery through android mode that way? or would that risk bricking my device? also if i can go the temp root method in your application should i have the clear the cashe and dalvik cashe options checked or not?
looking forward to hearing from you
SOLVED!!!!
ok so i figured out exactly what was going wrong. it was a very specific issue. after you have unlocked the device and you are about to flash cwm you must load up hboot (power, vol down) then BEFORE pressing any buttons you must plug in your usb cable. THEN go to fastboot and press power to select it.
the order i was doing it in (hboot, fastboot, then usb cable) was causing the issue because when i did it the other way it flashed with no problem.
thank you for your help and thanks for the app i will definately be using it
chemicalinferno said:
ok so i figured out exactly what was going wrong. it was a very specific issue. after you have unlocked the device and you are about to flash cwm you must load up hboot (power, vol down) then BEFORE pressing any buttons you must plug in your usb cable. THEN go to fastboot and press power to select it.
the order i was doing it in (hboot, fastboot, then usb cable) was causing the issue because when i did it the other way it flashed with no problem.
thank you for your help and thanks for the app i will definately be using it
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wow! frustrating it was such a small step but definitely good to know. i have a feeling you won't be the only person running into that issue.
thanks for posting back your solution and glad everything is working now!
Yeah no problem glad no one else will have to go through that.
I did run into one other issue or a possible issue. After I installed my root it gave me an "error code:0" now I do have root but I'm questioning if its a full root. I don't know what stuff is specifically locked by HTC's unlock method so I've just been researching to see what I can find out. All I know is in the video I watched his Su install continued doing different installations where mine stopped. I'll figure out what's going on eventually but if its a known issue that has a solution it would definately save me some time.
this is the official error i got
creatng SYSTEM:xin/su symbolic link...
E:error in /sdcard/su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
(status 0)
installation aborted
dont know if it matters or not it was the very last step in the root and like i said i have root access. thanks in advance for any response
and yet again SOLVED! lol you just have to install it 3 times in a row
CWM
@ chemicalinferno.
I tried the method of loading hboot first that worked for you but sadly didn't work for me . Any other suggestions?
This may sound like a way off question, but did you unlock using revolutionary or HTC? If HTC when the option to unlock your device appeared (lock screen where you select yes/no) did your phone reboot or did you have to take out the battery?
Thanks
UPDATE: Soooo ****ing weird. I had been trying to get cwm to flash for have the day yesterday (5 hours)
I went to this sight here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239821
and tried this method. It also wouldn't work. Went to bed at 3 am this morning, woke up at 9:30 this morning. Sat down, looked at the screen, typed in the adb commands and low and behold **** started working??? I didn't do anything different than I did yesterday. But hey, I'm rooted with SU.
Craziest thing every.
chemicalinferno said:
and yet again SOLVED! lol you just have to install it 3 times in a row
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Hey, I was reading your post and I'm still stuck not able to get past the "fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img" step. I'm trying to do exactly as you. Can you tell me exactly what you did that im still stuck as it is stuck in sending 'recovery' <4832 KB>.... and wont do anything else. You are right this is frustrating
IM STUCK IN A BOOT LOOP AND WHEN I TRY TO FLASH FROM FASTBOOT IT GIVE ME AN ERROR WONT LET ME FLASH cwm img FROM FASTBOOT ??? PLEASE ADVISE IM hboot 1.50 AND ext4 RECOVERY BUT MY RECOVERY GOT MESSED UP SO IM TRYING TO FLASH cwm.img FROM FASTBOOT SO I CAN FLASH A KERNNEL AND GET BACK GOING THANKS
I had updated my HTC Evo 3D OTA from 2.3.3 to Android 4.0.3 software version 3.28.707.1 then unlocked it using HTC Method. Unlock success than I flashed recovery with CWM Shooter. Flash success but when I load recovery, the phone just boot up normally. CWM screen not loaded to load custom ROM.
Option 1. ROM Manager says:
You must root your phone for ROM Manager to function. Superuser was not found at "/system/bin/su" or "/system/xbin/su". Use Google Search on your computer to find instruction to root your phone.
Option 2. Superuser apps says:
su binary not found
Option 3. SuperOneClick v2.3.1
Stuck at Step 7. No respond at all.
And, at the command "CheckIfRooted" my device gave result 'false'.
I already tried USB debugging mode, and flash with other .img with other version of CWM. Still not working. Is there any other method to gain superuser access?
My experience upgrading to Rezound ICS 3.11.065.22 leak. I was already at 2.01.605.11 stock rooted with radio 0.95.00.1118r.
Copied the following to external SD card:
rezound_ics_androidpolice_3.11.605.22 .zip
su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed.zip
renamed rezound_ics_androidpolice_3.11.605.22 .zip file to PH98IMG.zip
Headed over to my bootloader unlock directory where I also had Amon Ra and rebooted phone into recovery.
C:\vprasad\htcunlock>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is
Directory of C:\vprasad\htcunlock
03/13/2012 01:19 PM <DIR> .
03/13/2012 01:19 PM <DIR> ..
02/07/2012 02:43 AM 162,816 adb.exe
02/07/2012 02:43 AM 96,256 AdbWinApi.dll
02/07/2012 02:43 AM 70,144 fastboot.exe
03/12/2012 11:32 PM 7,243,776 recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-gnm.img
03/13/2012 12:19 AM 256 Unlock_code.bin
C:\vprasad\htcunlock>adb reboot recovery
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
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In Amon Ra did a backup for just in case (even though Gingerbread may not be able to use the new ICS radios, maybe somebody will figure a way. Besides, backups are good practice!).
After the backup completed it was time to start the ICS install process.
C:\vprasad\htcunlock>adb reboot bootloader
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Once bootloader came up, it said Unlocked at top of screen. Started the lock before PH98IMG.zip install began because I wanted the radios upgraded
C:\vprasad\htcunlock>fastboot oem lock
...
(bootloader) Lock successfully...
(bootloader) TZ_HTC_SVC_DISABLE ret = 134086000 (0x7FDFD70)
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.937s
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Bootloader now said Relocked at top of screen. Chose Fastboot and it began the PH98IMG.zip installation. Was prompted for update and selected YES.
Screen went blank for about a minute and phone’s orange LED was blinking.
After that minute, screen came up in bootloader and there was the “tampered” message (badge of honor/shame for having Amon Ra installed?) at top of screen. Radio still showed 0.95.00.1118r/0.95.00.1223r
From the bootloader menu chose Fastboot / boot again and it began to check the PH98IMG.zip file again (progress bar on right side was increasing). Prompted to update and chose YES again. Screen stayed up the whole time.
About 2 minutes in it completed sbl1, recovery, sbl2, userdata, splash1 and then began to install System.
About 4 minutes in System completed.
After 5 minutes all installation completed (past system, sbl3, trust_zone, bootloader, mdm_cust, adsp, tp, rpm, mdm9k, pgfs_spcustom, radio_v2, radio_cust)
Updates completed, phone went to black screen and back into bootloader. Radio now showed 1.22.10.0310r/1.22.10/0308r
Went through the re-lock process again:
C:\vprasad\htcunlock>fastboot oem get_identifier_token
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Fed the token in at htcdev.com and got the unlock code, and installed
C:\vprasad\htcunlock>fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.144s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
(bootloader) unlock token check successfully
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.156s
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Screen briefly flashed black again and then the bootloader unlock warning appeared on the phone. Agreed w. the terms.
Screen went black again. Phone appeared powered off. After waiting a minute, just decided to power phone back on to see what was up.
White HTC screen and phone booted into OS. PHEW! Did the basic setup.
Enabled USB debugging under settings / develop option on phone
Downloaded / installed OI file manager on the phone and used it to delete the PH98IMG.zip file from the ext sdcard
C:\vprasad\htcunlock>adb reboot bootloader
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
C:\vprasad\htcunlock>fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-gnm.img
sending 'recovery' (7074 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.661s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.837s]
finished. total time: 3.498s
C:\vprasad\htcunlock>adb reboot recovery
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
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In Amon Ra 3.14, did developer menu / install su & superuser. Unfortunately, this was not sufficient for my applications—had to go through zip menu / choose zip from sdcard / su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed.zip before my applications were able to get get root access.
What were your experiences installing this? I highlighted the times the screen went blank and for how long because that was harrowing!
Also, anybody got an explanation why Amon Ra developer menu rooting does not work properly and why the .zip file is needed?
I really like the play by play. Thanks for taking the time to post it up.
It is likely that amonra root binaries aren't compatible with the new leak. This I am sure will be fixed in the future.
IM running the recent ics leak I'm stock and non rooted. My radio had been updated. Also when wifi is on the 4g icon remains.
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Reboot, it should go back to normal after the reboot.
I'm not even doing this upgrade, but have giving you thanks for the great job describing the steps you did to do it. Easy to follow instructions that clearly lays out what you are doing and what should happen.
Good work.
I am on the New leak and all my contacts don't sync from my Google account. And when I try to add a contact they save automatically to the phone instead of asking me where I want to save em to.
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Reverted to gb and the new radio works. Just restored a nandroid, flashed boot.img in fastboot and flashed scroslers SD fix
Sent from my HTC Flyer P510e using xda premium
I'm stuck with a locked bootloader. The unlock process never completes, just stays at "sending 'unlocktoken' (0 kb)..." but never writes. I've tried it several times over. Apparently I'm the only one having this issue...but I don't understand, to my knowledge I've done everything right. The phone is useable, albeit bone stock on the new RUU so I guess it could be worse. Just no root, no recovery, no unlock, nothing.
socal87 said:
I'm stuck with a locked bootloader. The unlock process never completes, just stays at "sending 'unlocktoken' (0 kb)..." but never writes. I've tried it several times over. Apparently I'm the only one having this issue...but I don't understand, to my knowledge I've done everything right. The phone is useable, albeit bone stock on the new RUU so I guess it could be worse. Just no root, no recovery, no unlock, nothing.
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Did you go back and re-do the
fastboot oem get_identifier_token
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and then feed it into the HTCdev.com site and get a new Unlock_code.bin?
Or are you still using the old Unlock_code.bin from (assuming) your very first unlock?
con247 said:
I really like the play by play. Thanks for taking the time to post it up.
It is likely that amonra root binaries aren't compatible with the new leak. This I am sure will be fixed in the future.
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krelvinaz said:
I'm not even doing this upgrade, but have giving you thanks for the great job describing the steps you did to do it. Easy to follow instructions that clearly lays out what you are doing and what should happen.
Good work.
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Thanks! The thread where the leak was announced had a lot of high-level explanations on how to do it, but wasn't detailed enough for my comfort, so figured I'd do this in case there are other peeps that want to try it and see how their experiences were ( maybe there are easier ways of doing it that don't require sitting at the edge of the seat )
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I am on the New leak and all my contacts don't sync from my Google account. And when I try to add a contact they save automatically to the phone instead of asking me where I want to save em to.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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Is syncing selected in settings/accounts & sync/google/contacts?
I got confused and tried to do PH98IMG.zip with a flash AmonRa image, and of course once I got that figured out I had to go looking for a working SU.
Right now I'm completely disappointed with battery utilization. Phone is very hot all the time, and I think it's looking for 4g even though I live in an area of spotty coverage and try to keep the networking in CDMA only.
And the batt utilization says 90% of my power is being used by the display, but that's impossible.
cpurick said:
I got confused and tried to do PH98IMG.zip with a flash AmonRa image, and of course once I got that figured out I had to go looking for a working SU.
Right now I'm completely disappointed with battery utilization. Phone is very hot all the time, and I think it's looking for 4g even though I live in an area of spotty coverage and try to keep the networking in CDMA only.
And the batt utilization says 90% of my power is being used by the display, but that's impossible.
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No thats entirely possible if the phone has not been on very long since its first boot. My screen has used 61% of the current power draw, with only 15 minutes of "screen on" time with 6 hours of total uptime since it was unplugged.
Thanks for the detailed post. I'm going through the process and following your results as a check is very helpful.
No problems here. Was on CleanRom 3.x before trying to update since I wanted to go to 4.x
Relocked. Easy enough. Downloaded RUU file and renamed to PH98IMG. Flashed that. Took a minute and a couple reboots. Once the bootloader says *Tampered* it means you've done it right. I then flashed Amon Ra, the same recovery image from end of February. Flashed the new CleanRom. Been running for the last few hours just fine. Screen is using an inordinate amount of battery but I've been on wifi tether for the last two hours and its currently at 93 degrees Fahrenheit. Granted, I set it on the windowsill with the window cracked but hey. Gotta do what you gotta do.
Check out Cleanrom 4.0 it has a link to a great walk through and in the has a lot of trouble shooting in the commits below the OP.(Sorry cant post links yet)
I know this might seem similar to other post but i haven't found anything that has my exact problem.
I unlocked my boot loader HBOOT 1.5 S=ON and the phone seemed to be working fine until the new update for Android was released.
My phone will download the update but when i hit ok to install the phone restarts and sits at a white triangle with a yellow ! and a blue android guy.
I followed this video to unlock my phone:
"htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-3d-hacks/how-to-root-htc-evo-3d-gsm/"
can u enter in bootloader??
power down phone then press n hold the volume up and power button for a couple of seconds
Dadovvv said:
can u enter in bootloader??
power down phone then press n hold the volume up and power button for a couple of seconds
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Yes i can enter into my bootloader and i have to custom recovery installed that was shown in the video i posted the link to.
Whats your hboot version now? 1.53?
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Whats your hboot version now? 1.53?
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1.50.0000
LOL
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u have gsm or cdma?
Dadovvv said:
LOL
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"lol" what?
jb14813 said:
"lol" what?
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I honestly am not sure its US Sprint. and i dont have a sim card at least that i can get to.
You shouldn't take an update of you are unlocked. Have you tried to install a custom Rom since you have your custom recovery?
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coal686 said:
You shouldn't take an update of you are unlocked. Have you tried to install a custom Rom since you have your custom recovery?
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I havent found good instructions on how to update to a new rom and i still have s-on.. Is there any roms of icecream that work 100% and good instructions that you can point me too.
jb14813 said:
I havent found good instructions on how to update to a new rom and i still have s-on.. Is there any roms of icecream that work 100% and good instructions that you can point me too.
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Download the android sdk, and flash a custom recovery (I can walk you through it) then run a few fastboot commands and then flash a new rom. I recommend either homebrew, common sense, or any other ics rom with hboot 1.50 compatibility, just search the development forums
Again, I can walk you through this step by step if you want. I've had my time with s-on forever.
Sent from my EVO 3DMA with a little "Common Sense"
or you could just downgrade your hboot, get S-OFF and do as you please?
CDMA downgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1563342
beneath-a-burning-turtle said:
Download the android sdk, and flash a custom recovery (I can walk you through it) then run a few fastboot commands and then flash a new rom. I recommend either homebrew, common sense, or any other ics rom with hboot 1.50 compatibility, just search the development forums
Again, I can walk you through this step by step if you want. I've had my time with s-on forever.
Sent from my EVO 3DMA with a little "Common Sense"
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That would be very helpful and id rather stick to the safest way of getting the new version of Android as this is my only phone and i dont have the money to replace it if i turn it into an expensive paper weight. Also i have a custom recovery installed the one from the video i first mentioned in this post. I will look into the roms but are there any that you can suggests specificly for my device
You could try running the stock ruu.exe to go back to stock you would have to relock your phone to do so personally I just done the wire trick to gain s off its simple to do plus takes less time that the downgrade method running stock ruu never worked for me but has for other people so I would recommend doing the wire trick and gaining s off wish you luck
Sent from my PG86100 using xda app-developers app
jb14813 said:
That would be very helpful and id rather stick to the safest way of getting the new version of Android as this is my only phone and i dont have the money to replace it if i turn it into an expensive paper weight. Also i have a custom recovery installed the one from the video i first mentioned in this post. I will look into the roms but are there any that you can suggests specificly for my device
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Alright, so this is what you need to do:
1. Download the android SDK from htcdev.com. It contains fastboot and adb which are essential. Without them you won't be able to reboot into recovery right.
2. I don't remember if you said you were unlocked or not, so if not, unlock through the HTCDev method (htcdev.com -> unlock bootloader)
4. Now make sure you're in the bootloader, and then click on fastboot, because this is where the fastboot commands will be run. Keep it plugged into the computer as well.
3. Take your custom recovery and place it in the same folder as adb and fastboot.
4. Open the command prompt on your computer and type in "cd c:\[directory with fastboot and adb]" (minus the quotes)
5. Once you're in that directory, type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (minus the quotes) ***if your recovery isn't named recovery.img, change it to that, makes it easier***
6.Once it finishes that, type in "fastboot boot recovery.img" (minus the quotes)
7. Now you're successfully in recovery!
8. Because I'm completely biased beyond belief lmfao, I would recommend my rom (link is in the signature), or powduh09's rom, homebrew. Both roms are excellent, powduh did a fantastic job with his. Both of these will work with no issues with your firmware, I promise
9. Once you've downloaded one, place on your sdcard and flash!
10. Reboot and enjoy ice cream sandwich
Sent from my EVO 3DMA with a little "Common Sense"
I installed your rom but its just sitting at HTC screen has been for like 20 mins
jb14813 said:
I installed your rom but its just sitting at HTC screen has been for like 20 mins
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Then you might have to extract the boot.img to the fastboot directory, cd c:/(fastboot directory) from cmd and type in "fastboot flash boot boot.img" while in the BOOTLOADER, not recovery
Sent from my EVO 3DMA with a little "Common Sense"
beneath-a-burning-turtle said:
Then you might have to extract the boot.img to the fastboot directory, cd c:/(fastboot directory) from cmd and type in "fastboot flash boot boot.img" while in the BOOTLOADER, not recovery
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what boot.img i used the install .zip from sdcard in recovery and it ran through your installer and everything went ok
I extracted the boot.img from the zip like im thinking you said lol
it booted past the htc now i have like a wave of triangles lol im not sure if this is the new boot screen i think you had listed or if my phone is has entered the twilight zone.
It booted past that screen and i had seen the home menu for a few seconds then it just reboots...
C:\rootevo3dnew>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (3756 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.990s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 1.192s]
finished. total time: 2.182s
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I extracted the boot.img from the zip like im thinking you said lol
it booted past the htc now i have like a wave of triangles lol im not sure if this is the new boot screen i think you had listed or if my phone is has entered the twilight zone.
It booted past that screen and i had seen the home menu for a few seconds then it just reboots...
C:\rootevo3dnew>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (3756 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.990s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 1.192s]
finished. total time: 2.182s
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Lmfao twilight zone, lol no that's the boot animation I listed. What recovery are you using? I use twrp, and that gives me no issues, if you're using ext4, make sure you turn smartflash on.
Before flashing again, manually wipe EVERYTHING minus the sdcard, that means wipe system and data as well. Just to make sure it starts on a clean slate. If you still can't get it pm me and ill help you one on one
And wait.. wait install.zip? I don't have an install.zip listed...?
Sent from my EVO 3DMA with a little "Common Sense"
My phone was acting buggy with the radios and had HUGE performance issues. To be frank, i think a SNAIL was faster than this phone at the time... I am S-OFF, unlocked and i cannot flash recovery.
I get this output and error:
Code:
sending 'recovery' (8516 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.087s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail))
finished. total time: 1.129s
here is the current HBOOT Config and display:
Code:
FIREBALL PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
CID-VZW__001
HBOOT-1.15.0000
OpenDSP-29.1.0.45.622
eMMC-boot
Just for good measure i re-wrote the CID to 11111111 and locked and unlocked the bootloader again to no avail, thinking it was possibly that being unlocked during an RUU. The thing is, while unlocked, the RUU still processed... Oh and the phone boots up fully. i have ZERO issues with actually using the phone, but i cant believe i am stuck on a stock rom and not allowed to flash a custom recovery... >_>
Other thing... just to see if this would help, i used junkmail9's ENG HBOOT with the RegawMOD Customizer to flash the ENG hboot to try my luck. STILL no good. i can flash hboot directly, and whatever else, but is recovery just stuck??
i really want to be free again, so can someone please explain to me why after an RUU even WHILE S-OFF and unlocked, that i cannot flash recovery?
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I get this output and error:
Code:
sending 'recovery' (8516 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.087s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail))
finished. total time: 1.129s
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You did not mention either the recovery image you tried to flash, nor the command you used to try and flash it. There's no point in messing with bootloader lock/unlock if you're s-off. Just leave it alone.
my apologies... well basically, i cannot flash any custom recovery for this phone. CWM 6.0.3.1 which i had before the restore, and i just tried the philZ Touch 5 recovery which is basically the same thing as CWM... for some reason, the recovery partition became locked after the restore despite being s-off. i remember this error before while s-on and locked when I used to have the Wildfire S.
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my apologies... well basically, i cannot flash any custom recovery for this phone. CWM 6.0.3.1 which i had before the restore, and i just tried the philZ Touch 5 recovery which is basically the same thing as CWM... for some reason, the recovery partition became locked after the restore despite being s-off. i remember this error before while s-on and locked when I used to have the Wildfire S.
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alright, i am a dodo-bird... apparently, i really need glasses because i JUST noticed that i was flashing a zip file.... dang it... for whatever reason, it can flash zip files, but i guess i didnt have the right one. anyhow, no help needed now. Mods, you can close the thread... my apologies for the wasted space. If its any consolation, i havent really slept so.... yea. lol. thanks for the help thus far.
i wasnt flashing the IMG file like i should have been.
similiar issue
hello users of the almighty xda!
I have obtained s-off using dirtyracun and flashed between team venoms viper rom and cyanogenmod10.1 multiple times
this last time I tried to flash back to viper2.2.0 from cyanogenmod because of the problems with the m2 snapshot I wiped everything as usual including cache,data, and even a factory reset and installed the viper rom and said everything was good to go and now the phone wont boot past the htc screen
so I figured i'd reflash the viper boot.img to see if that would help and doesn't
not only will it not boot but when I go to the bootloader and try to enter recovery it flashes and I see the clockwork mod symbol and then it boot loops back to the htc logo endlessly
wtf! ugg! any ideas oh great xda users?
p.s im also under the impression that because im s-off I cant RUU back to stock is this the case?
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im also under the impression that because im s-off I cant RUU back to stock is this the case?
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This is not true. You may at any time run the RUU to restore borked programming. Besides, the dirtyracun method of flashing s-off is risky to say the least. I used facepalm s-off and it was stupid easy. Anyhow, run the RUU and then immediately run a factory reset. The RUU formats and repairs all partitions on the device and the factory reset restores the radio and baseband as described by mdmower.
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Do the following to prepare for RUU-
Run these commands in order:
fastboot oem resetRUUflag (wait for reload)
Fastboot oem rebootRUU
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash zip name_of_file.zip
Alternatively, you can run the automated HTC RUU utility, but it often fails vs. A manual reflash.
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ignore please, came late and didnt notice
gonna try it
thanks for the response. I agree the dirtyracun method is pretty risky, but at the time I think it was the only s-off method I could find
well I will ruu then
thanks for the detailed fastboot commands and such
I don't have to relock the bootloader do I?
Hello,
This is an odd request, but I'm in need of some help with this HTC Rezound. A bit of background first. It's not mine. I'm a G2 user (rooted and I know my way around Android hacking). This phone belongs to a friend and despite having it rooted he knows nothing about how he got there or how to fix a problem. Currently it's stuck in a bootloop. He mailed the phone to me (we live 750 miles apart) and he's hoping I might be able to assist. I can get into recovery (I'm assuming it's a custom recovery - looks like ClockworkMod) and my hope was to flash a new ROM but he stupidly neglected to send the phone to me with an SD Card. I'm wondering if there's a way to get a ROM/gapps onto the phone (internal storage) and flash from there. I see there's an option for USB-MS toggle and I've tried playing around in the internal_sd area, and I can get a G: drive to appear when choosing this and connected via USB to my computer, but when I put the ROM/gapps on there I cannot seem to access it for flashing purposes.
Sorry for the long-winded description. But is this a simple solution? Do I just need to get a hold of an SD card and put the files needed on there for flashing? Or is there a way to flash the ROM directly from internal storage?
Thanks in advance for any help you might provide.
Could you post a "fastboot getvar all" ? Without the commas.
Also one thing I would do. Flash twrp 2.6.3.0 Then mount the phone. Push the ROM using a adb push. But first could you post a fastboot getvar all ?
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pball52998 said:
Could you post a "fastboot getvar all" ? Without the commas.
Also one thing I would do. Flash twrp 2.6.3.0 Then mount the phone. Push the ROM using a adb push. But first could you post a fastboot getvar all ?
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Sorry for my noobness, but I have no idea how to do that with this phone. I know nothing about HTC devices - never owned one before.
No problem at all man, we all start somewhere for every phone company.
Okay, pull the battery out. Put it back in, volume down, power button. It should show up a white screen. With I think like 5 options, I know the first two are: fastboot and recovery. When highlighted over fastboot, press power. Then will bring you to fastboot. It'll say in red letters "FASTBOOT USB" at the top. Plug it into the computer open a cmd prompt where you fastboot/adb also known as platform-tools is. Type fastboot getvar all
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No problem at all man, we all start somewhere for every phone company.
Okay, pull the battery out. Put it back in, volume down, power button. It should show up a white screen. With I think like 5 options, I know the first two are: fastboot and recovery. When highlighted over fastboot, press power. Then will bring you to fastboot. It'll say in red letters "FASTBOOT USB" at the top. Plug it into the computer open a cmd prompt where you fastboot/adb also known as platform-tools is. Type fastboot getvar all
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Thanks for the reply. My time messing with the phone is done for the night, but I'll give that a try tomorrow.
Okay sounds good
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Freedoms just another word for nothing left to do... Nothin' ain't worth nothing but it's free.....
It should say something in the bootloader at the top like below:
***unlocked***
Pvt ship s-off (or s-on)
Hboot version # stuff here
Radio version # stuff here
Is it s-off or s-on?
If it's secure flag is still on, you would need to extract the boot.IMG from your ROM zip and do the following command after pushing and flashing the ROM in recovery. After you do flash the ROM, boot back into bootloader and into fastboot and type the following command in PC terminal
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Uzephi said:
It should say something in the bootloader at the top like below:
***unlocked***
Pvt ship s-off (or s-on)
Hboot version # stuff here
Radio version # stuff here
Is it s-off or s-on?
If it's secure flag is still on, you would need to extract the boot.IMG from your ROM zip and do the following command after pushing and flashing the ROM in recovery. After you do flash the ROM, boot back into bootloader and into fastboot and type the following command in PC terminal
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Yep, pretty much, what I was trying to get him through first was actually pushing a ROM to the phone, also the fastboot getvar all gives almost all info. But true with that, that's probably the MOST important part of rooting and ROMing HTC lol. Although he never stated what rom he has. Trying to get him through some basics of HTC too.
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Yeah, just wanted to put that out there in case he found it how to flash a ROM without us, he will see that post to fix his boot loop (if s-on)
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Thanks again for the replies everyone. Very helpful. As stated before, this is an odd situation because I know nothing about rooting/ROMs for HTC and this isn't my phone.
Anyway, a bit of where I'm at and some better info regarding the phone's situation. The phone, upon attempting to boot, would just bootloop. I don't remember exactly which ROM was on there as I've since done a factory reset, but needless to say it wasn't working. Also, I happened to track down an SD card from an old phone of mine and I used the USB-MS feature in recovery to put a ROM on there for flashing. Wiped everything as I would any other phone, flashed the ROM (which stated was successful) and upon a reboot the phone just hangs on the white HTC screen. Did a bit of digging and decided to try returning to stock (he doesn't care if this phone is still rooted, just wants it working). Found this link http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/ and followed the instructions exactly. Update seemed to take just fine, but again a reboot just got me stuck on the white HTC screen.
I've yet to hook this up to try the fastboot getvar thing as the computer I'm using didn't have ADB installed and I didn't have the time to do so. In the meantime any additional suggestions?
I'm attaching a pic of the phone in hboot so you can see some info that might be helpful.
The reason the phone froze at the HTC screen is because that phone is s-on...
In HTC world, there is the bootloader lock (the purple thing at the top saying unlocked) and the secure flag.
With the bootloader unlocked, you can flash on virtually any partition (only signed firmware and other technical stuff that is irrelevant in your situation) but when booted in recovery, you cannot flash to the boot partition. (Can only do that when s-off)
To flash the boot partition when unlocked s-on (secure flag on) you need to extract the boot.IMG from the ROM and flash it while in fastboot mode from the hboot.
To RUU (return to complete stock) you also need to flash upwards or same version firmware officially signed by HTC when s-on. If you are s-off then you can downgrade. Also, bootloader needs to be locked again.
TL/DR: flash the boot image following my post above and that ROM you flashed will work.
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The reason the phone froze at the HTC screen is because that phone is s-on...
In HTC world, there is the bootloader lock (the purple thing at the top saying unlocked) and the secure flag.
With the bootloader unlocked, you can flash on virtually any partition (only signed firmware and other technical stuff that is irrelevant in your situation) but when booted in recovery, you cannot flash to the boot partition. (Can only do that when s-off)
To flash the boot partition when unlocked s-on (secure flag on) you need to extract the boot.IMG from the ROM and flash it while in fastboot mode from the hboot.
To RUU (return to complete stock) you also need to flash upwards or same version firmware officially signed by HTC when s-on. If you are s-off then you can downgrade. Also, bootloader needs to be locked again.
TL/DR: flash the boot image following my post above and that ROM you flashed will work.
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Thanks for this. I think I get what you're saying, but just for the sake of clarification, one more question regarding this process.
I extract the boot.IMG from my ROM of choice, flash the ROM/gapps as I would on any other device, then go back to fastboot and run the adb commands posted earlier? Correct?
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Thanks for this. I think I get what you're saying, but just for the sake of clarification, one more question regarding this process.
I extract the boot.IMG from my ROM of choice, flash the ROM/gapps as I would on any other device, then go back to fastboot and run the adb commands posted earlier? Correct?
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Exactly. Be sure to do exactly that command not
Fastboot boot boot.img
If you forget to say flash boot, it will just temporarily boot that kernel/boot image and not flash it to the device. Then upon reboot you will be back at step one.
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Exactly. Be sure to do exactly that command not
Fastboot boot boot.img
If you forget to say flash boot, it will just temporarily boot that kernel/boot image and not flash it to the device. Then upon reboot you will be back at step one.
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Again, thank you. Going to give this a go after my son's t-ball game. I feel like more of a noob than when I rooted my OG Droid years ago.
@Uzephi, @pball52998, thank you to for your assistance. I felt like a total noob working on a phone that wasn't mine. But I've got it up and running again. My friend Jake will be very happy (I've also told him that this is the last ROM he will ever put on here unless he learns how to do everything I just did - he didn't even know what ADB was when I told him).
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@Uzephi, @pball52998, thank you to for your assistance. I felt like a total noob working on a phone that wasn't mine. But I've got it up and running again. My friend Jake will be very happy (I've also told him that this is the last ROM he will ever put on here unless he learns how to do everything I just did - he didn't even know what ADB was when I told him).
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Wait! He has old HBOOT and Radios, the newest radio is 1.28 he has 1.21 I think I saw.... I would suggest s-off then RUU and doing a RUU.... Or if anyone has em, the HBOOT and Radios you can flash in recovery.
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Wait! He has old HBOOT and Radios, the newest radio is 1.28 he has 1.21 I think I saw.... I would suggest s-off then RUU and doing a RUU.... Or if anyone has em, the HBOOT and Radios you can flash in recovery.
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Flashing them in recovery would be great, if there's a link to download the files. But just to be clear, despite this phone finally booking up there's more I need to do to make it 100% usable?
It is 100% usable, but you will experience less overheats and better battery life with the new firmware. I know the hboot ph98img zip is somewhere in this forum for the updated hboot and radio (for that zip you would just put in root of external SD card and in hboot it will automatically flash)
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The reason the phone froze at the HTC screen is because that phone is s-on...
In HTC world, there is the bootloader lock (the purple thing at the top saying unlocked) and the secure flag.
With the bootloader unlocked, you can flash on virtually any partition (only signed firmware and other technical stuff that is irrelevant in your situation) but when booted in recovery, you cannot flash to the boot partition. (Can only do that when s-off)
To flash the boot partition when unlocked s-on (secure flag on) you need to extract the boot.IMG from the ROM and flash it while in fastboot mode from the hboot.
To RUU (return to complete stock) you also need to flash upwards or same version firmware officially signed by HTC when s-on. If you are s-off then you can downgrade. Also, bootloader needs to be locked again.
TL/DR: flash the boot image following my post above and that ROM you flashed will work.
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Hello, I have been preparing to RUU back to 4.03.605.2 and want to be sure of process. I read REV3NT3CH's post on downgrading, so I downloaded the latest 2 PH89IMGs via his instructions and here's where I stand:
S Off
Hboot 2.28
Radio 2.23.10.0123r/1.23.10.0124r
also running CleanRom 4.5
Can I just place PH89IMG on sdcard to RUU or am I missing a step? Thank you in advance
Just place it in the root of SD card and reboot to your boot loader
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