I just got a replacement phone from Sprint...
I had to downgrade using the RUU posted in here in order to use the HTC Unlocker (See Sticky).
When I tried to fastboot the CWM image 4.0.1.5 or the latest 5.0.2.0 and go into recovery, my phone just reboots.
I fastboot 'ed 4.0.1.4 and It comes up fine.
Just a heads up...
Isn't the latest version of CWM 5.0.2.0? Have you tried to use that?
no go on 5.0.2.0
aplusmiami said:
no go on 5.0.2.0
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With the 4.0.1.4 can't load any roms... Random lock ups and freezes after FRESH and Warm install.
No Rom for me I guess :-(
Don't use CWM. Use TWRP and see if it works.
Also, you're doing 'fastboot flash recovery.img' and 'fastboot boot recovery.img' right?
yousefak said:
Don't use CWM. Use TWRP and see if it works.
Also, you're doing 'fastboot flash recovery.img' and 'fastboot boot recovery.img' right?
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I did fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (The filename was actually different)
I did NOT do fastboot boot recovery
I just selected bootloader - recovery...
CM works as long as it is 4.0.1.4
TWRp works fine... I just can;t flash any roms.. The two I tried seem to install fine then when the phone reboots, they lock up at various points during bootup.
You can try to use boot manager. It's a paid app on the market and I think people have had success with it and hboot 1.5.
Cwm works fine dunno what you were having issues with unless you were typing the flash cmd in wrong . Anyways u didn't have to downgrade the software all you needed to do was use the latest ruu exe the 2.17 one would of got you going.
Twrp 2.0 has been know to cause dirty flashes to themes not working along with apk files missing that were cooked into a rom. I have seen the issue did it for me.
Anyways make sure with cwm that when you rename it call it cwm do not put cwm.img
Other wise when you go to flash it will error
Cause the file will be cwm.img.img seen a lot of people do it that way and have issues.
I had to downgrade because I could not get root. In order to get root you have to downgrade the software on the phone and then use the htc method... as far as I know.
The only recent version of CWM I could get to run was 4.0.1.4, but so far I can not load any Roms. They all fail at what seems to be right before they complete booting up.
I have given up for now... I use this phone as my daily and will have to run stock until the geniuses out there figure out whats up...
reaper24 said:
Cwm works fine dunno what you were having issues with unless you were typing the flash cmd in wrong . Anyways u didn't have to downgrade the software all you needed to do was use the latest ruu exe the 2.17 one would of got you going.
Twrp 2.0 has been know to cause dirty flashes to themes not working along with apk files missing that were cooked into a rom. I have seen the issue did it for me.
Anyways make sure with cwm that when you rename it call it cwm do not put cwm.img
Other wise when you go to flash it will error
Cause the file will be cwm.img.img seen a lot of people do it that way and have issues.
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aplusmiami said:
I did fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (The filename was actually different)
I did NOT do fastboot boot recovery
I just selected bootloader - recovery...
CM works as long as it is 4.0.1.4
TWRp works fine... I just can;t flash any roms.. The two I tried seem to install fine then when the phone reboots, they lock up at various points during bootup.
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Do it via fastboot (fastboot boot recovery.img) and any ROM/Kernel will work.
If you do it via bootloader>recovery it cannot write to boot partition and hence device will hang/reboot etc.
Tried just
fastboot boot recovery.img
recovery image was CWM 5.x
Phone resets and sits on the HTC screen then reboots and boots to home screen, however it is as if the phone reset itself... Have to set everything up again.
I have no clue whats up!?
mnomaanw said:
Do it via fastboot (fastboot boot recovery.img) and any ROM/Kernel will work.
If you do it via bootloader>recovery it cannot write to boot partition and hence device will hang/reboot etc.
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aplusmiami said:
Tried just
fastboot boot recovery.img
recovery image was CWM 5.x
Phone resets and sits on the HTC screen then reboots and boots to home screen, however it is as if the phone reset itself... Have to set everything up again.
I have no clue whats up!?
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Download this =====> http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/H...otevo3dnew.zip (no need if you already have fastboot/adb files.If you are gsm user, there might be different files)
Download any ROM or use any ROM that you have.
Download a superwipe tool ( or you can manually wipe everything from recovery).
>extract the "rootevo3dnew.zip" you downloaded above in "C:\" drive.(So it should be like "c:\rootevo3dnew\*.* ")
> install "HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe" from it.
> open the ROM.zip (that you want to flash) with winRAR/7z and copy the boot.img from it to the rootevo3dnew folder.
> open cmd prompt ( press the key between "alt and fn" and press "r" then type cmd and hit enter)
> navigate to fastboot folder ( command : "cd c:\rootevo3dnew")
> boot phone in bootloader
> select fastboot
> connect to PC (phone should say fastboot-usb)
> type command "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
> now type "fastboot boot cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img"
> Phone should boot into recovery ( make sure the red LED is lit up)
> now flash the superwipe tool.zip(or wipe everything manually from wipe menu in recovery)
> and then flash the same ROM from which you pulled the boot.img.......
Hope this helps...........
Will give it ashot later tonight... Will post results!
mnomaanw said:
Download this =====> http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/H...otevo3dnew.zip (no need if you already have fastboot/adb files.If you are gsm user, there might be different files)
Download any ROM or use any ROM that you have.
Download a superwipe tool ( or you can manually wipe everything from recovery).
>extract the "rootevo3dnew.zip" you downloaded above in "C:\" drive.(So it should be like "c:\rootevo3dnew\*.* ")
> install "HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe" from it.
> open the ROM.zip (that you want to flash) with winRAR/7z and copy the boot.img from it to the rootevo3dnew folder.
> open cmd prompt ( press the key between "alt and fn" and press "r" then type cmd and hit enter)
> navigate to fastboot folder ( command : "cd c:\rootevo3dnew")
> boot phone in bootloader
> select fastboot
> connect to PC (phone should say fastboot-usb)
> type command "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
> now type "fastboot boot cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img"
> Phone should boot into recovery ( make sure the red LED is lit up)
> now flash the superwipe tool.zip(or wipe everything manually from wipe menu in recovery)
> and then flash the same ROM from which you pulled the boot.img.......
Hope this helps...........
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aplusmiami said:
Will give it ashot later tonight... Will post results!
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those instructions are to flash a rom perfectly so you dont face any issues........ it should be used for devices unlocked using htcdev method.
mnomaanw said:
Download this =====> http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/H...otevo3dnew.zip (no need if you already have fastboot/adb files.If you are gsm user, there might be different files)
Download any ROM or use any ROM that you have.
Download a superwipe tool ( or you can manually wipe everything from recovery).
>extract the "rootevo3dnew.zip" you downloaded above in "C:\" drive.(So it should be like "c:\rootevo3dnew\*.* ")
> install "HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe" from it.
> open the ROM.zip (that you want to flash) with winRAR/7z and copy the boot.img from it to the rootevo3dnew folder.
> open cmd prompt ( press the key between "alt and fn" and press "r" then type cmd and hit enter)
> navigate to fastboot folder ( command : "cd c:\rootevo3dnew")
> boot phone in bootloader
> select fastboot
> connect to PC (phone should say fastboot-usb)
> type command "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
> now type "fastboot boot cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img"
> Phone should boot into recovery ( make sure the red LED is lit up)
> now flash the superwipe tool.zip(or wipe everything manually from wipe menu in recovery)
> and then flash the same ROM from which you pulled the boot.img.......
Hope this helps...........
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Nope.. no fly
back to sprint ruu
i will try flashgui next...
Got it working..
Downgraded using ruu found in the root sticky for hboot 1.5
Used HTC unlock method
fastboot recovery teamwin 2
Installed super user
Got flash gui off the market place
Flashed the kernel from the ROM I was using (fresh 4.2)
Rebooted into recovery from flash gui.
Wiped cache
Installed fresh ROM
Rocking and rolling...
Sent from my freshevo 3d on the now network
aplusmiami said:
I had to downgrade because I could not get root. In order to get root you have to downgrade the software on the phone and then use the htc method... as far as I know.
The only recent version of CWM I could get to run was 4.0.1.4, but so far I can not load any Roms. They all fail at what seems to be right before they complete booting up.
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I had a similar issue (see link in my signature for specifics & walkthru). The new Cwm Touch 5.img file loaded up for me. That Cwm v4 was the only other that would work on mine.
Keep in mind you may have problems restoring Nandroid (recovery) backups, boot.img/kernel, if you don't use fastboot to enter recovery first ( fastboot boot YourRecoveryFilename.img ) .
I had a few posts in this other thread that might help too...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22054499
(Q) How To Flash A Recovery From Bootloader 1.5
Sent from my "Up all night, sleep all day" Evo3D via Tapatalk.
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Hi guys,
a have a big problem. Just unlocked my HTC Evo with the unlock method by HTC and installed the Leedroid CFW (newest). Because a had problems with my wifi I flashed the wifi-fix fromm xda. Still didn`t work for me. Then I flashed a new kernel (Anthrax) and now I have a bootloop. tried everything (flashed the stock kernel, flashed a new rom, tried to put back to stock rom by flashing the RUU from Europe....). Nothing worked for me. Any ideas?
Could anybody help me?Bootloader works (fastboot included) but it doesn`t start at all.
Flundermann said:
Could anybody help me?Bootloader works (fastboot included) but it doesn`t start at all.
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Download this =====> http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/H...otevo3dnew.zip (no need if you already have fastboot/adb files.If you are gsm user, there might be different files)
Download any ROM or use any ROM that you have.
Download a superwipe tool ( or you can manually wipe everything from recovery).
>extract the "rootevo3dnew.zip" you downloaded above in "C:\" drive.(So it should be like "c:\rootevo3dnew\*.* ")
> install "HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe" from it.
> open the ROM.zip (that you want to flash) with winRAR/7z and copy the boot.img from it to the rootevo3dnew folder.
> open cmd prompt ( press the key between "alt and fn" and press "r" then type cmd and hit enter)
> navigate to fastboot folder ( command : "cd c:\rootevo3dnew")
> boot phone in bootloader
> select fastboot
> connect to PC (phone should say fastboot-usb)
> type command "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
> now type "fastboot boot cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img"
> Phone should boot into recovery ( make sure the red LED is lit up)
> now flash the superwipe tool.zip(or wipe everything manually from wipe menu in recovery)
> and then flash the same ROM from which you pulled the boot.img.......
Hope this helps...........
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Flundermann said:
Hi guys,
a have a big problem. Just unlocked my HTC Evo with the unlock method by HTC and installed the Leedroid CFW (newest). Because a had problems with my wifi I flashed the wifi-fix fromm xda. Still didn`t work for me. Then I flashed a new kernel (Anthrax) and now I have a bootloop. tried everything (flashed the stock kernel, flashed a new rom, tried to put back to stock rom by flashing the RUU from Europe....). Nothing worked for me. Any ideas?
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If you are unlocked using HTC method then you cannot flash any kernel directly from recovery.You will have to use fastboot method our flash image GUI app or bout recovery using fastboot then flash kernel.
If you flash any kernel directly from recovery you will have issues with wifi,4g etc.
Hope this clarify hope issue..........
Did the steps above but phone doesn`t boot in recovery menu. It boots to HTC Logo and then stops....
Flundermann said:
Did the steps above but phone doesn`t boot in recovery menu. It boots to HTC Logo and then stops....
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Are you sure you have tried this?
"fastboot boot cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img"
Is the bootloader still unlocked?
Phone started directly with OS. No recovery. Have the Insert Coin 1.0 running. Shall I boot phone in recovery menue to flash Insert Coin 1.0 again (after a full wipe) or shall I flash Insert Coin 1.1 (update) without reflashing the 1.0?
Flundermann said:
Phone started directly with OS. No recovery. Have the Insert Coin 1.0 running. Shall I boot phone in recovery menue to flash Insert Coin 1.0 again (after a full wipe) or shall I flash Insert Coin 1.1 (update) without reflashing the 1.0?
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Use the recovery worked for you/Download a recovery that works for gsm phones and put it in fastboot folder.
then boot into boot loader....... select fastboot........connect to PC.........open command prompt........navigate to fastboot folder..........type "fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxxxx.img" xxxxxxxxxx is the name of recovery....
Then type "fastboot boot xxxxxxxxx.img"
then wipe everything and flash another ROM........make sure while flashing/wiping from recovery the red LED is lit up.
Ok seems to work. How can I S-Off?Is S-Off needful?
im in the same spot he is but now my bootloader says locked at the top but s-off still. I just cant get the commands to work on pc to try to use fastboot.
Hello,
I have no background in phone/computer knowledge, but I recently just started taking an interest in rooting and figuring out how to use my phone to its full potential. However, I might have screwed up on a couple things.
I was able to unlock my phone, but I accidentally wiped everything. There is no OS on my phone, and now my computer won't recognize my phone (it does not show up on My Computers). I researched and looked up many things on google, and tried a couple things, but to no prevail. I wish I could reset my phone to it's original setting, but I can't seem to do that. Now I wish I could download any OS.
I know this might be rather silly, but I know that the XDA community is very helpful. I have no idea how to dig my self out of this one, so please help. If anyone could walk me through on how to save the phone, I would be very grateful.
Thank you so much in advance.
Can you reboot your phone in bootloader mode? To do so phone in OFF mode by holding volume down and pressing power should bring you to this mode.
Then you will need to install SDK tool to have your phone control. Read HERE to do so.
Once done, install a custom Recovery and start at the -- Recovery installation -- section of this GUIDE
When the recovery will be installed correctly, you will have to sideload a ROM to your phone.
Download or locate the desired ROM on your computer.
Rename it with a short name.
Place it in the sub-folder : Platform-tools of your SDK folder.
Reboot in TWRP RECOVERY
Set the device into ADB sideload mode. In TWRP you do this by going to Advanced then ADB Sideload Slide to start.
From the command line, type : adb sideload your_rom_name.zip
It can take several minutes to complete the transfer.
If you need further help, I will be around to help.
Lucky Thirteen said:
Can you reboot your phone in bootloader mode? To do so phone in OFF mode by holding volume down and pressing power should bring you to this mode.
Then you will need to install SDK tool to have your phone control. Read HERE to do so.
Once done, install a custom Recovery and start at the -- Recovery installation -- section of this GUIDE
When the recovery will be installed correctly, you will have to sideload a ROM to your phone.
Download or locate the desired ROM on your computer.
Rename it with a short name.
Place it in the sub-folder : Platform-tools of your SDK folder.
Reboot in TWRP RECOVERY
Set the device into ADB sideload mode. In TWRP you do this by going to Advanced then ADB Sideload Slide to start.
From the command line, type : adb sideload your_rom_name.zip
It can take several minutes to complete the transfer.
If you need further help, I will be around to help.
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Hi Lucky Thirteen,
Thank you so much for your fast response. The problem that I am running into is that I followed every step of installing SDK on to my computer. However, my device is not being recognized by the computer. No wizard, no USB recognition, it only tells me that the device has not been successfully installed.
Is there any way around this? Again, thank you so much.
imwillyoo said:
The problem that I am running into is that I followed every step of installing SDK on to my computer. However, my device is not being recognized by the computer.
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This is normal if your phone has no OS installed. Follow this and go ahead in bootloader, it will work.
Download TWRP Recovery for the International version (ENRC2B) or for the AT&T/TELUS version (EVITARE_UL)
Once downloaded to simplify the operation rename your file like this : TWRPrecovery.img
Take this TWRPrecovery.img file and Copy/Paste it in the platform-tool of your SDK folder.
Reboot in bootloader mode. (Volume down & Power)
Make sure the FASTBOOT USB is highlighted.
At the prompt type >fastboot devices (Enter)
If you have your serial number as confirmation
At the prompt type >fastboot flash recovery TWRPrecovery.img (Enter)
If Success is achieved, type again at the prompt >fastboot erase cache (Enter)
You now have TWRP Recovery installed.
Unplug your USB cable and hit Power button one time.
Select Recovery with your Volume rocker.
Hit Power button one time.
Your phone should reboot in Recovery
Familiarize yourself with it.
Click on Advanced -> Sideload
And try transfer your desired ROM.
If this is successful, you will be able to select it in the Install section of the recovery.
Let see if this will work.
Lucky Thirteen said:
This is normal if your phone has no OS installed. Follow this and go ahead in bootloader, it will work.
Download TWRP Recovery for the International version (ENRC2B) or for the AT&T/TELUS version (EVITARE_UL)
Once downloaded to simplify the operation rename your file like this : TWRPrecovery.img
Take this TWRPrecovery.img file and Copy/Paste it in the platform-tool of your SDK folder.
Reboot in bootloader mode. (Volume down & Power)
Make sure the FASTBOOT USB is highlighted.
At the prompt type >fastboot devices (Enter)
If you have your serial number as confirmation
At the prompt type >fastboot flash recovery TWRPrecovery.img (Enter)
If Success is achieved, type again at the prompt >fastboot erase cache (Enter)
You now have TWRP Recovery installed.
Unplug your USB cable and hit Power button one time.
Select Recovery with your Volume rocker.
Hit Power button one time.
Your phone should reboot in Recovery
Familiarize yourself with it.
Click on Advanced -> Sideload
And try transfer your desired ROM.
If this is successful, you will be able to select it in the Install section of the recovery.
Let see if this will work.
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Hi Lucky Thirteen,
Again, thank you so much for all your help. I've been reading up on your guides and I've been learning so much. You truly are such a big help.
I was able to get Viper.img on to my phone through a adb sideload. However, when I reboot my phone, it still goes back to TWRP. I tried installing a rom through the Install option, but there is no .zip file that I can use when I go under /sdcard/Venom.
Is there any way I can get past TWRP?
Thank you so much
-Will
The ROM itself should be in a .zip format. You download the file you want and once finished you transfer it in your platform-tools folder without unzipping, it most remain a .zip file.
The image (.img) file (~5-10MB) is the boot.img to be flashed in fastboot mode for the ROM to boot.
So you have to sideload your intend ROM to your internal phone storage exemple : adb sideload The_Venom_Name_ROM.zip (Enter)
If I understood well, this is where you mixed up. Let me know the results.
Lucky Thirteen said:
The ROM itself should be in a .zip format. You download the file you want and once finished you transfer it in your platform-tools folder without unzipping, it most remain a .zip file.
The image (.img) file (~5-10MB) is the boot.img to be flashed in fastboot mode for the ROM to boot.
So you have to sideload your intend ROM to your internal phone storage exemple : adb sideload The_Venom_Name_ROM.zip (Enter)
If I understood well, this is where you mixed up. Let me know the results.
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I guess this is where I am confused. I am able to sideload Venom, and I install it, and it says that it's been installed successfully and that I reboot. I reboot, and TWRP comes up when I turn the phone back on.
From here, I tried to look for anything that would take me out of TWRP and onto the phone, but I cant seem to find it. So Venom has been successfully installed, but I don't know why TWRP keeps coming up.
Thank you
Try something, in recovery press and hold your power button your phone should reboot.
Lucky Thirteen said:
Try something, in recovery press and hold your power button your phone should reboot.
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Ive rebooted it a couple times. Its so strange because I install it over sideload but when i restart the phone after installation, it takes me to TWRP no matter how many times I reboot. And the fact that it doesnt show up on my sdcard or anything.
Thank you for your quick replies
Did you flash boot ?
Sent from my ONE X+ using XDA premium
imwillyoo said:
Ive rebooted it a couple times. Its so strange because I install it over sideload but when i restart the phone after installation, it takes me to TWRP no matter how many times I reboot. And the fact that it doesnt show up on my sdcard or anything.
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Take an older version of TWRP Recovery, if you installed the latest up to date version, take the previous one
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
Results?
ali_loly10 said:
Did you flash boot ?
Sent from my ONE X+ using XDA premium
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Still nothing. I reflashed TWRP and sideloaded Venom.
When I go under install, there is no option for Venom. I can't get past TWRP.
Any more suggestions? Thank you so much for being patient with me.
imwillyoo said:
Still nothing. I reflashed TWRP and sideloaded Venom.
When I go under install, there is no option for Venom. I can't get past TWRP.
Any more suggestions? Thank you so much for being patient with me.
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The file is rename sideload.zip on your SD card, so under install select Sideload then swipe and install your ROM. Don't forget to flash the boot.img in fastboot mode before.
Tell me how that goes.
the hesedtc
Lucky Thirteen said:
Don't forget to flash the boot.img in fastboot mode before.
Tell me how that goes.
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Just to be clear. When you mean flash boot.img, you mean the TWRPrecovery that i have right?
So flash the TWRPrecovery.img and then install the sideload.zip?
stuck at fastboot flash recovery TWRPrecovery.img
Lucky Thirteen said:
This is normal if your phone has no OS installed. Follow this and go ahead in bootloader, it will work.
Download TWRP Recovery for the International version (ENRC2B) or for the AT&T/TELUS version (EVITARE_UL)
Once downloaded to simplify the operation rename your file like this : TWRPrecovery.img
Take this TWRPrecovery.img file and Copy/Paste it in the platform-tool of your SDK folder.
Reboot in bootloader mode. (Volume down & Power)
Make sure the FASTBOOT USB is highlighted.
At the prompt type >fastboot devices (Enter)
If you have your serial number as confirmation
At the prompt type >fastboot flash recovery TWRPrecovery.img (Enter)
If Success is achieved, type again at the prompt >fastboot erase cache (Enter)
You now have TWRP Recovery installed.
Unplug your USB cable and hit Power button one time.
Select Recovery with your Volume rocker.
Hit Power button one time.
Your phone should reboot in Recovery
Familiarize yourself with it.
Click on Advanced -> Sideload
And try transfer your desired ROM.
If this is successful, you will be able to select it in the Install section of the recovery.
Let see if this will work.
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I don't have FASTBOOT USB highlighted. I can't find one. So, I highlighted only the FASTBOOT. I then typed the fastboot devices. I got what seems to be the serial number. However, at the prompt, I tried typing fastboot flash recovery TWRPrecovery.img , but then it replies me "error: cannot load 'TWRPrecovery.img' : Invalid argument". I do have the downloaded recovery zip named TWRPrecovery.img in my platform-tools folder. What should I do now?
Thank you for bringing me here to this thread!
Hi Narakera,
When you are in bootloader mode, and you plug your USB cable the FASTBOOT USB doesn't highlight but your serial number is found. If you have a blue HBOOT + FASTBOOT highlighted then unplug your USB cable and press Power button once, this will bring you to a red FASTBOOT that will highlight FASTBOOT USB when a USB cable will be inserted. Could this be your issue?
See the screenshots for the differences.
This is long, but it's nice for noobs because it's detailed. It's honestly kind of fun, I promise. I'm assuming you have WINDOWS. This is based off of the guide by torxx!. It's modified because some of the info is outdated (you don't have to flash the boot.mg separately, for example). If you are NOT a noob you can just look at the "overview" for each step.
UNLOCKING YOUR DEVICE WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE. THIS IS A SECURITY FEATURE. BACKUP FIRST.
Part 1- gaining unlock token
Overview: go to htcdev.com and unlock bootloader
Be sure you've turned off fast boot option in power menu; usb debugging should be on (settings -> developer options).
Go to http://www.htc.com/www/software/htc-sync-manager/[1] and install HTC SYNC. Alternatively, if you know what you're doing, you can install these drivers:
x86 http://www.mediafire.com/?qabo1tue2v1ky75 x64 http://www.mediafire.com/?8dl8s3l9mr6ggr9
Go on http://www.htcdev.com[4] and create yourself an account on HTCDEV.
Download these adb/fastboot files: http://d-h.st/RvD
Make a new folder anywhere. We'll use C:/fastboot as an example.
Extract the zip downloaded to the new folder
Go Here http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/[6] and select "All Other Supported Models" and "then begin unlock bootloader" (check the boxes, click proceed, all that good stuff). YOU CAN IGNORE THE DIRECTIONS THAT THEY TELL YOU (and follow this guide instead).
Power off your phone. Power your phone on by holding power and volume down.
Highlight 'Fastboot' the volume buttons then press power to "select".
Plug your phone into your PC and open a Command Prompt. (windows XP - Click Start > Run > type CMD in box then press OK; Windows 7 - Click Start > type CMD in search box then press Enter) Change directory to your folder where we put fastboot files by typing cd c:\fastboot for example.*
*Alternatively, you can just hold down shift and right click in the folder and select "open command window here". Neat huh?
Type this into your command prompt window: fastboot oem get_identifier_token
Select & copy the text as per step 9 on the HTCDev website
Paste your identifier token into the box at the bottom and submit
You Will Very Shortly Receive an email from HTCDev with a link to the second part of the instructions and your "Unlock_code.bin" attached
Download the "Unlock_code.bin" from the email and save it to the same folder that we extracted fastboot files
Type this into your command prompt window: fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
The Display Will change on your phone, press Vol+ to accept and power to confirm.
Part 2
Overview: flash your recovery. Boot into recovery. Turn phone off if it boots into OS. Boot into back into recovery. You're done!
Download a recovery:
TWRP (the one I use): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173870
CWM 2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2172979
CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173863
Place the Recovery file to the folder where the fastboot.exe is.
Same thing as above- boot (volume down + power) into the bootloader and highlight 'Fastboot' the volume buttons then press power to "select".
Do the same thing as with the command prompt above. This time, however, you'll be typing:
fastboot flash recovery "name_of_the_recovery.img"
For example:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-m7.img
then type:
fastboot erase cache
From the menu, boot into recovery (use volume to move up and down, power to select). The phone might boot to the OS instead of recovery, don't worry!
Turn off phone then turn on (while holding volume down) to boot back into the bootloader.
TAMPERED shows up, boot into recovery and now your recovery should be working!
Part 3- obtaining root
Overview: flash a super tool
Download a super user tool for root:
SuperSU (I use this one): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
SuperUser: http://download.clockworkmod.com/superuser/superuser.zip
Alternatively, download this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252959. This is a stock rooted rom for ATT. If you download and flash this instead of the super user tool, you're done. (This rom includes super user) Or you can download a custom rom such as this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183023
Turn on your phone again (and disable usb debugging) and connect to computer, copy the .zip super user tool to a location you remember ON the phone.
Flash it with the Recovery: Power off your device and then hold the VOL DOWN + Power to boot into the Bootloader Navigate with VOL and Power to Recovery Now flash the .zip:
- install zip from sdcard
- choose zip from sdcard
- select the downloaded SuperSU/SuperUser zip file and flash it
- Reboot now
You're not out of the woods yet! The stock kernel is system write protected, so you still can't modify it (changes won't "stick"). You'll have to flash a custom rom or a kernel if you want stock instead.
I recommend these kernels: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255900 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2233665&highlight=menu
Download it.
Installing custom rom/kernel ("flashing a rom")
Overview: Download Rom, boot into recovery and wipe and then flash.
According to Shenye, even though your device is s-on, you can still flash boot now. So just do this:
Turn on your phone again (and disable usb debugging) and connect to computer, copy the .zip kernel/cutom rom to a location you remember ON the phone.
Flash it with the Recovery: Power off your device and then hold the VOL DOWN + Power to boot into the Bootloader Navigate with VOL and Power to Recovery Now flash the .zip:
- install zip from sdcard
- choose zip from sdcard
- select the downloaded SuperSU/SuperUser zip file and flash it
- Reboot now
I feel like this title should be changed to clarify that it's unlocking the bootloader, not the SIM lock.
Just wanted to say this tutorial was 100% dead on and what I used to unlock bootloader and root/rom my One.
Oddity - Did everything, I've got root but I -AM- out of the woods. Was installing bulletproof mod through recovery but it kept failing due to missing a MD5 file or something -- Trying to work that out through that thread atm but anyway, rebooted the phone a couple of times now and I still have root, Tit back up works OR are we talking about things like CPU clocking won't work since it can't rewrite?
Sticking this.
Excellent tutorial. One thing to add:
If you flash the TWRP recovery you link to, after TWRP boots for the first time, if you reboot into System, TWRP will offer to install SuperSU for you; no need to find another to flash. Once the system reboots, you can launch the GUI installer to finish the SU install (it will boot into TWRP and back one more time to do the actual flash).
Does anyone know if this will work on the Rogers HTC One?
Thank you. Followed this last night. Worked flawlessly. The only thing that threw me was rebooting into recovery. It took maybe 3 or 4 reboots for it to say "TAMPERED" at the top. When it didn't say tampered, it would not boot to recovery.
TELUS?
DannySmurf said:
Excellent tutorial. One thing to add:
If you flash the TWRP recovery you link to, after TWRP boots for the first time, if you reboot into System, TWRP will offer to install SuperSU for you; no need to find another to flash. Once the system reboots, you can launch the GUI installer to finish the SU install (it will boot into TWRP and back one more time to do the actual flash).
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Did you happen do run this tutorial on a TELUS device?
Viceroy_N said:
Does anyone know if this will work on the Rogers HTC One?
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Yes it does. I have a Rogers phone, and it worked perfectly.
richnanaimo said:
Did you happen do run this tutorial on a TELUS device?
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No, I have a Rogers device. But the procedure should not be any different.
followed step by step and got an error that says submitted token wrong length
I'm on ubuntu 13.04 and I get stuck at getting the token. I type in fastboot oem get unlock_identifier_token and it says waiting for device. Tried it with sudo and it says error and sudo ./fastboot and it says no such command.
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Having a really odd problem. I flash the twrp recovery per instructions. I try to reboot to recovery and it seems to try and then, blam, the att boot.
I have tried this from the bootloader, selecting Recovery, as well as from a booted stated using "adb reboot recovery".
Any hints for me? I originally had a silver One and today got my Black One replacement,. Had no issues on the original one. Hmm. Guess I will try CWM.
FYI: Yes I unlocked the bootloader and it says Unlocked in there
-I also notice that I seem to go right into fastboot, when I boot the bootloader. Now, I believe that is normal if you have the usb cable attached, but this happens regardless.
-flashed stock recovery back and can get into it. trying twrp again, renaming the file to "recovery.img" just because...and it worked on that stock recovery file
-Also, very hard to get into bootloader from powered off state. I may flash RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_Cingular and see if it helps me.
OK, maybe it is the phone or ATT has done something screwy on the latest. I can not even get the RUU install to pass inspection. Wants me to check the connection. I know all my stuff is in order, as I did this all on the previous one. grrr
-Just noticed mine does say Unlocked but it does not say Tampered.
-Crazy. I decided to get a new Unlock token and redo the unlock with it. Now, the bootloader finally says Tampered and I got into TWRP. I have no idea why, since I would think that if the original Unlock token was incorrect, it would not have unlocked the phone.
So, rather than providing worthwhile information for anyone else having problems, I think this post is probably deletable and that is fine by me should the powers so decide.
How would one go back to locking the device for a return?!?
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tacotino said:
How would one go back to locking the device for a return?!?
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fastboot oem lock
but, it will say relocked. nobody cares or seems to check. also, it will say tampered until you restore a stock ruu to flash. I used RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_Cingular.exe for mine when switching from silver to black. it is the right one for att. sorry, don't have the link to the download anymore.
great writeup! quick comment though, just helped my brother unlock his phone. i had a similar issue to @Barsky above so I decided to try to reflash the recovery. The first time I used the line fastboot erase cache after flashing the recovery and I think that's what caused it to not boot into recovery. The second time I flashed TWRP, I didn't enter that line and voila it worked on the first try!
can anyone post a mirror of the dev host files? devhost seems to be down.
nice...
help please
I seem to be stuck in recovery after installing super su/ rom. I messed up the order and did the rom then su. Any ideas on how I can get it to boot? I tried installing clean rom 2.5 and used the su file i found here ----> http://www.teamandroid.com/2013/03/17/root-htc-one-supersu-android-41-jelly-bean-tutorial/2/
any help is greatly appreciated... I just want my phone back
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also, i did hit factory reset under bootloader/fastboot screen (where it says tampered/unlocked),
mbroch89 said:
I seem to be stuck in recovery after installing super su/ rom. I messed up the order and did the rom then su. Any ideas on how I can get it to boot? I tried installing clean rom 2.5 and used the su file i found here ----> http://www.teamandroid.com/2013/03/17/root-htc-one-supersu-android-41-jelly-bean-tutorial/2/
any help is greatly appreciated... I just want my phone back
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also, i did hit factory reset under bootloader/fastboot screen (where it says tampered/unlocked),
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I think the last bit was your problem. You can't factory reset from bootloader. Try to push twrp again in fastboot then load/flash clean romantic, then boot up. It already has root so you don't need to push su.
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i am noob here, so i need a little help.
after reading many guides and watching videos, i rooted my htc evo 3d gsm using htcdev method.
flashed clockworldmod recovery v 5.0.2.0
installed supersu v1.30
now my phone is unlocked with s-on
i did a nandroid backup
tried to install a custom rom by wipping all 3 datas
installed this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2161968
but nothing happened.
i m still running the stock rom.
I found these instructions but couldnt understand them
Code:
- Extract boot.img from zip and put into your folden when you have fastboot.
- Put rom into sd
- Full wipe from recovery
- Flash rom
- Flash boot.img with an erase cache before and after boot flash
can anyone help me plz
thanx in advance
The easiest method available is to flash 4EXT recovery and turn on smartflash in options. this way you wont need to flash boot.img every time you install a rom.
If you still want to know what that guy was trying to say then read on.
during unlocking you must have used adb.exe and fastboot.exe files. you need to extract boot.img file from your ROM zip and put it in the folder where adb and fastboot files are located.
after that open cmd and navigate to that folder. then connect your phone in fastboot mode (turn off phone and hold power+vol down to boot into bootloader and select fastboot from menu)
the phone should now show "FASTBOOT USB". now enter this command in cmd without the inverted commas: "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
it should something like sending and write OK in cmd
then reboot phone.
P.S. that rom is very similar to stock rom with little visual differences. check in settings>about phone>software number.. if it shows skydragon3D then your rom flashed correctly
thank you so much man
Hey guys,
i've got the following problem: Unlocking the bootloader, installing TWRP and other ROMs went hassle free and worked flawless until recently.
Now, after having to reflash a clean OOS 2.2.0, it says the bootloader is locked again. TWRP is still installed. When trying to unlock the phone, it just boots to TWRP (which shortly prints an error message, but its too short to read) and shows that the bootloader is still locked in fastboot.
The problem is similar to this one:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/opo-back-from-the-dead-story-of-a-brick.144155/
In that thread, a solution is pointed out -- namely, this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54251992
The script is for OPO only, so I'm left in the rain. Do you guys know any other way out of my misery?
Rotpeter said:
Hey guys,
i've got the following problem: Unlocking the bootloader, installing TWRP and other ROMs went hassle free and worked flawless until recently.
Now, after having to reflash a clean OOS 2.2.0, it says the bootloader is locked again. TWRP is still installed. When trying to unlock the phone, it just boots to TWRP (which shortly prints an error message, but its too short to read) and shows that the bootloader is still locked in fastboot.
The problem is similar to this one:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/opo-back-from-the-dead-story-of-a-brick.144155/
In that thread, a solution is pointed out -- namely, this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54251992
The script is for OPO only, so I'm left in the rain. Do you guys know any other way out of my misery?
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Install stock recovery and unlock bootloader again...
I'll give it a try. Would you point me in the direction of where to find the recovery.img for that?
EDIT: Phew, did it. Your way worked. I can't even count anymore how often I wiped and reflashed the whole thing in the last 24 hours...
I have exactly the same problem. I have the stock recovery file. Can i just flash it with TWRP ? and stock recovery will be loaded? because i can't use fastboot to load i because its locked
reboot into twrp
copy Stock_recovery.img to device folder
go to install
at the bottom select install image
select stock_recovery.img
reboot into fastboot
in cmd type fastboot oem unlock
reboot into stock recovery
wipe data/cache
format data
install from usb
go to cmd again
sideload oxygen zip instalation
in cmd write adb sideload drag and drop oxygenos.zip
reboot
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3AIip-hiOnNaTVSQXk5bUgzVnM/view?usp=sharing - stock recovery
s3r3tin said:
reboot into twrp
copy Stock_recovery.img to device folder
go to install
at the bottom select install image
select stock_recovery.img
reboot into fastboot
in cmd type fastboot oem unlock
reboot into stock recovery
wipe data/cache
format data
install from usb
go to cmd again
sideload oxygen zip instalation
in cmd write adb sideload drag and drop oxygenos.zip
reboot
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3AIip-hiOnNaTVSQXk5bUgzVnM/view?usp=sharing - stock recovery
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Thanks man, you saved my life <3