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Hi Guys,
I lent my old Hero to a friend and they stuck a passlock on it. annoyingly they now say they can't remember what it is. So I've been trying to figure out what they set the passlock as, would have been something pretty easy I thought as they aren't that clever! Still can't seem to get it.
So I thought I'd go into the boot menu and try to restore the phone. Remove the battery and then turn the phone on by holding the power button and home button but I get this screen http://grab.by/9dYe which is giving me a bad feeling.
Is there any other way I could wipe the phone?
Thanks,
Charlie
Ok, from reading another thread I'm wondering if it's possible to place the newest RUU from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559622 in a .zip files named HEROIMG.zip in the root of the SD Card. I can then hold the Volume Down button on boot and use hboot to flash the phone with the new rom.
Is this correct?
Here's a video of me attempting to install the RUU via hboot.
To be honest I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. My device still has a passlock on it, so I can't run the .exe on my computer because the phone can't sync.
hmmm... as seen from the video, You can get into fastboot menu and connect your usb to the PC. then run Your RUU exe. Have you tried that? Does a passlock lock the exe from doing it's job?
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the phone can't sync
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Why do you need sync? if you have drivers on your pc, then the rru.exe should do it's job...
I had my original FR008 rooted Aria stolen, and my insurance replacement had the updated AT&T crapware. So, I found someone with an XTC Key. It took 2.5 hours (FML!!) but it's done.
The guy said that he put on the "Z4 Root" ROM. Things seem to work ok, but I'd like to use something more common.. either CM or FR008. Plus, I'm not sure how comfortable I am with some guy in a strip center rooting my phone..
So... when I rooted my original phone, I used the shad0wf0x custom Ubuntu LiveCD. S-OFF is now fixed, but I still have the new version of HBOOT. Can I expect things to work the same?
Do you have Clockworkmod installed? If so you should be OK. If not you may need to come to the IRC channel to see if someone can help you through the process of getting it installed.
I don't think I have CW mod. I powered on where you can see S-OFF and HBOOT. That menu shows
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIM LOCK
If I remember right, if clockwork is installed it will have an entry on that menu..
Highlighted because I'm bored, but it's the recovery option.
ShinerDraft said:
I don't think I have CW mod. I powered on where you can see S-OFF and HBOOT. That menu shows
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIM LOCK
If I remember right, if clockwork is installed it will have an entry on that menu..
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I thought that it said something like CW RECOVERY.. I'll try it out..
Ok, this is weird..
I power on holding the down arrow, and I see the HBOOT menu. I try to navigate to "RECOVERY" and nothing happens. There's no response to the volume up, volume down or power buttons.
After about 5 or 6 seconds, the phone automatically goes into "HTC Liberty System Diag 1.0". In this menu I only have two options: "Clean S58 Data" and "Device Info"..
"Device info" gives a bunch of stuff including the serial number, IMEI, etc..
I don't know what "Clean S58 Data" does, so I haven't gone to it
The only way I'm able to exit this menu is by pulling my battery.
Having thought about it a little, if I do have clockwork, then I should be able to just load a new ROM from there without needing to run the LiveCD.. The problem is that since I can't navigate at the HBOOT menu, I can't get into clockwork..
Any ideas?
Choose the Clean S58 option, let it do its thing, then choose reboot. That Clean S58 was the last step in Clockworkmod to root the phone when I did it the other day.
HTH
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Ok, this is weird..
I power on holding the down arrow, and I see the HBOOT menu. I try to navigate to "RECOVERY" and nothing happens. There's no response to the volume up, volume down or power buttons.
After about 5 or 6 seconds, the phone automatically goes into "HTC Liberty System Diag 1.0". In this menu I only have two options: "Clean S58 Data" and "Device Info"..
"Device info" gives a bunch of stuff including the serial number, IMEI, etc..
I don't know what "Clean S58 Data" does, so I haven't gone to it
The only way I'm able to exit this menu is by pulling my battery.
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Thanks to attn1 and the folks on his IRC channel, I was able to get this fixed.
The process of SOFF'ing with the XTC clip puts a diagnostic program (HDIAG) your SD card. Removing the SD card prevented the phone from going to HDIAG and allowed me to navigate to the "recovery" menu in the HBOOT screen.
I had to to quite a bit more to get the phone rooted though. I'll detail that out in the next post..
ShinerDraft said:
I had my original FR008 rooted Aria stolen, and my insurance replacement had the updated AT&T crapware. So, I found someone with an XTC Key. It took 2.5 hours (FML!!) but it's done.
The guy said that he put on the "Z4 Root" ROM. Things seem to work ok, but I'd like to use something more common.. either CM or FR008. Plus, I'm not sure how comfortable I am with some guy in a strip center rooting my phone..
So... when I rooted my original phone, I used the shad0wf0x custom Ubuntu LiveCD. S-OFF is now fixed, but I still have the new version of HBOOT. Can I expect things to work the same?
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Here are the details of what I did to get my phone rooted. Hopefully this will help others that run into some of the the same issues..
The first hurdle was that I couldn't navigate to "recovery" on the HBOOT screen. The phone would not respond to the volume up or volume down buttons, and would boot into HDIAG. The solution to this was to simply remove the SD card. (See my previous post for more info)
So I navigated to "recovery" hoping that it would take me to clockworkmod. Nope. The guy that SOFF'd & rooted my phone did not install clockwork. I got the white HTC screen, and then a black screen with a red triangle & exclamation point over an image of the phone. The phone was trying to start the stock HTC recovery app, which wouldn't work without the SD card installed.
So I needed to install clockworkmod myself. Per Attn1's instructions, this was how: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13650191&postcount=27
I installed the Android SDK which has the adb and fastboot tools on my laptop (Windows 7). (Note: The adb.exe and fastboot.exe applications used to be together in the "\tools" directory. In the latest version of the SDK, adb has been moved to the "\platform-tools" directory. This comes into play later..)
I turned on my phone, connected it to my laptop (charge only, usb debugging on), opened a command prompt in the "\platform-tools" directory, and typed "adb devices" to verify that my phone was connected. It was, so I typed the first command from attn1's post linked above ("adb reboot bootloader"). The phone went to the HBOOT screen. Things were looking good..
I navigated back to the "\tools" folder to run the next command ("fastboot erase cache") using fastboot. I got an error message that a .dll file was missing. I had a hunch that this file might have been moved to the "\platform-tools" directory with adb.exe. Yep, it was there. So I copied the .dll file to the "\tools" folder where fastboot could use it too. (Sorry, I don't remember the name of the file..)
I re-enter the "fastboot erase cache" command and got a response of "waiting on device". I waited a while, and the phone didn't do anything. The IRC folks said it was probably a driver issue, and it was. After a couple of hours (and adult beverages) I got it to work..
I installed HTC sync from this driver pack: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LI4UVDDD
I followed these instructions: http://www.unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php?id=public:windows_hboot_driver_install
I started all over again with attn1's instructions to install clockworkmod from the first step. I copied the "clockwork2501.zip" file into the "\tools" directory and everything went smoothly after that. I thought that I might have to uninstall HTC Sync, but I did not. Your results may vary..
So I disconnected the phone, and powered up to the HBOOT screen. The SD card was still out, so I was able to navigate to "recovery" which now took me to clockworkmod instead of the stock HTC recovery. (I did notice that the phone seems to still try to go into HDIAG. It doesn't respond to volume button navigation for about 5 seconds, then it lists a few files that it can't find on the SD card, then it goes back to the HBOOT screen where it does respond to volume button navigation...)
I powered back down, put in a brand new (larger) SD card, and put the FR008 zip file on it. Powered up to HBOOT, navigated to "recovery", wiped data, wiped cache, wiped dalvik, and then installed FR008 from the zip file.
Done. Finally.
Thanks again to attn1 and all the folks on his IRC. Hopefully this will help others who run into some of the same problems that I did.
ShinerDraft said:
The first hurdle was that I couldn't navigate to "recovery" on the HBOOT screen. The phone would not respond to the volume up or volume down buttons, and would boot into HDIAG. The solution to this was to simply remove the SD card. (See my previous post for more info)
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Yes, alternatively you could have just booted the phone and then deleted the relevant files from the root folder of the SD card. The HBOOT scans the SD card for these files and if it finds them, it automatically loads them, which was the issue. The files I'm talking about are the ones named either LIBEIMG or LIBEDIAG.
I navigated back to the "\tools" folder to run the next command ("fastboot erase cache") using fastboot. I got an error message that a .dll file was missing. I had a hunch that this file might have been moved to the "\platform-tools" directory with adb.exe. Yep, it was there. So I copied the .dll file to the "\tools" folder where fastboot could use it too. (Sorry, I don't remember the name of the file..)
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Really Google intends for you to have the platform-tools folder added to your system PATH variable so that you wouldn't need to move the files around. You can do this by typing the following at the command line prior to running the other commands.
Code:
path %PATH%;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
(You would obviously have to adjust this based on where you placed the Android SDK folder.)
(I did notice that the phone seems to still try to go into HDIAG. It doesn't respond to volume button navigation for about 5 seconds, then it lists a few files that it can't find on the SD card, then it goes back to the HBOOT screen where it does respond to volume button navigation...)
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In case you were wondering, this is normal behavior (i.e., happens on all versions of HBOOT). It's just checking for the files I mentioned above. If they aren't found, it then gives you control to select an option in the menu.
Anyway, glad to see you got everything working. I just wanted to touch on a few points in case anyone else is having similar problems and reads this thread.
A big thanks to Bentenrai and his initial thread for rooting the EVO 3D, off which I created this guide, eugene373 for the temp root solution, Team Win, UnrEVOked and AlphaRev, and anyone else that has helped make this happen.
Some of you may know my video guides from the EVO and I'm bringing those simple tutorials to the EVO 3D. This guide is a complete video walkthrough on how to root the EVO 3D with edits based on the issues that some may run into with previous guides. Without further ado, let's get started!
LINK TO VIDEO WALKTHROUGH FOR HOW TO ROOT THE EVO 3D
◄●REQUIRED DOWNLOADS●►
Just download, do not install or run anything yet.
Temp Root File - RW EVO 3D
Android SDK - This guide uses the r12 Windows Installer
HTC Driver Pack
Revolutionary Exploit - Select OS and download. Leave the page open. Do not run yet.
TWRP Recovery - Download PG86IMG.zip version or just click this direct link.
Superuser file
◄●Instructions●►
This guide starts by temp rooting the phone so that we can back up our apps and all their data. If you don't want to do this, you can skip to the Full Root Section.
◄●Temp Root to Backup Apps●►
Keep your phone unplugged and restart it
Make sure that HTC Sync is not installed on your computer
Click the Start button in Windows
Type uninstall a program in the search box and hit Enter
Make sure HTC Sync does not show up in the list. If it does, uninstall it
Download the HTC Driver Pack and the Temp Root File
Double click and install the HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe you just downloaded
Unzip the RW_EVO_3D file by right clicking and selecting Extract All
On your phone, go to Menu>Settings>Applications>Development and make sure USB debugging is CHECKED
On your computer, open the RW_EVO_3D folder that you just extracted and run the Run_ME_Fr3vo_ROOT batch file by double clicking.
Plug in your phone when you see "waiting for device" in the command prompt. It will then initiate the temporary root.
On your phone, download Titanium Backup from the Android Market and open it.
Hit the Menu button on your phone and select Batch.
Under the Backup section, click "RUN" for Backup all user apps
◄●Full Root Section●►
This is the full root section for those that don't care about backing up their apps.
◄●Clear Traces of Past Temp Root●►
Clear all traces of the temporary root
On your phone, go to Menu>Settings>SD & phone storage
Select Factory data reset
Click Reset Phone
Click Erase Everything and your phone will reboot and do the factory reset
When the phone restarts, unlock the phone and skip through the whole setup wizard
Go to Menu>Settings>Applications>Development and make USB Debugging is CHECKED
Go to the Dialer(Phone) and dial ##3282#
Select View Mode
Select Data Profile
Write down the email under "User Name" (this may get erased in the root process. If we write this down, we can just put it back in after root if the Profile Update fails)
◄●Install Android SDK●►
On your computer download the Android SDK for your OS (this guide will work with Windows and Linux). This guide uses the r12 Windows Installer.
Run the exe file that you just downloaded by double clicking on it and install the Android SDK. I change the install location to C:/android-sdk
If you don't have Java installed, click the link it gives you, download JDK Java SE 6 and select your OS (I'm on Windows 64bit). Run the file and install Java. Once complete, just hit Back on the Android SDK installer and then Next.
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Make sure your phone is NOT connected to the computer.
Make sure that HTC Sync is not installed on your computer (if you didn't do the temp root section)
Click the Start button in Windows
Type uninstall a program in the search box and hit Enter
Make sure HTC Sync does not show up in the list. If it does, uninstall it
Download the HTC Driver Pack (if you didn't do the temp root section) and install the HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe you just downloaded.
Plug in your phone to the computer. If it asks where to install drivers from, just select Install Automatically.
Download the Revolutionary Exploit by selecting your OS (I'm using Windows).
Leave the page open as we will use it later
Right click the revolutionary file you just downloaded by right clicking and selecting Extract All.
Download the TWRP Recovery - Download PG86IMG.zip version or just click this direct link.
Go to the this PG86IMG-twrp-shooter zip file that you just downloaded and rename it "PG86IMG" with NO .zip at the end. Your computer knows its a zip file.
Put your phone into disk drive mode by dragging down the notification bar, click Charge Only and change it to Disk Drive mode.
On your computer, transfer the PG86IMG zip file to the phone. Don't put it inside any folder, just drag it on the the Removable Disk that is your phone and wait for it to transfer.
◄●Apply S-Off and Flash Recovery●►
Go to the revolutionary exploit folder that you extracted and run the "revolutionary" application file that is inside by double clicking.
It will give you your serial number. If it doesn't this can be found under your battery on your phone or on the box your phone came in. Open up the revolutionary.io page that we left open (after downloading the exploit) and put this serial number into the Serial Number section.
Select your operating system, device, and HBOOT version (also shown in the command prompt from the revolutionary exploit that we are running).
Click Generate Key and type the key it gives you into the open command prompt and hit enter. Let it the exploit run. It may reboot a few times.
It will ask if you want to install ClockworkMod recovery. I select n for No, but you can say yes. It may crash. If it does. Just skip it. We will install a recovery now anyways.
Your phone should now be in Fastboot and say S-Off at the top. Use the Volume Down button to go down to Power Down. Click the power button on your phone to select it.
Take off the back of the phone and take out the battery for 10 seconds.
Put the battery back in, put the back on, HOLD the Volume Down button and then press and HOLD the Power Button at the same time and it will boot into HBOOT .
It will ask if you want to start update (of the PG86IMG.zip that we put on the phone). Press Volume Up for yes.
◄●Install Superuser Permissions●►
When it is done, we need to delete the file. So press the Power Button to reboot the phone and let it start up. PLUG IN your phone while its booting up.
Your phone will go through Hands Free Activation. Let it do this and then press OK.
Let it do the PRL Update and press OK.
Cancel the firmware update or just wait for it to fail.
Drag down the notification bar and put your phone into disk drive mode. If it doesn't show up, unplug your phone and plug it back in.
On your computer, delete the PG86IMG.zip from your phone.
Download this Superuser file and transfer it to the phone to the same location as the deleted PG86IMG (i.e. not inside any folder, just directly on the phone).
Power off the phone(hold the Power Button and select Power Off)
Wait for it to completely turn off. Once off hold down the Volume Down button and the Power Button to boot into HBOOT. If it doesn't boot into HBOOT, take out the battery, put it back in, and try again.
Use the Volume Down button to go down to Recovery and select it by pressing the Power Button
Once in recovery, select Install Zip (by pressing the power button)
Select Choose Zip to Flash (by pressing the power button)
Use the Volume Down button to go down to the superuser zip file that we put on the phone and select it by pressing the Power Button.
It will install quickly. Use the Volume Down button to go down to Reboot and select it with the Power Button
You are now complete rooted with S-Off and a custom recovery. Once booted, you can login to Google, download Titanium Backup, and Restore your apps by opening TB, hitting Menu>Batch and selecting Restore all apps with data
You're now rooted!
◄●Notes●►
I can't make calls or send text messages (Error 16): ~Thanks bk718~
Make a phone call to anyone/any number and stay on the phone.
It will automatically connect you to a particular sprint department that handles this issue. It should take just a couple minutes and they will fix the error.
Updating my profile fails:
Download "MSL Reader" from the market and run it to get your MSL, a 6 digit number
Go to the Dialer(Phone) and dial ##3282#
Select Edit Mode
Select Data Profile
If it already shows your User Name, press Menu>Restore
Input under "User Name" the email address that you wrote done before rooting.
Press Menu>Commit Modifications
Very nice, clean guide. Will try it out when I get home.
nice guide
nice guide but you don't have to backup any apps as apps aren't touched when rooting, see this guide also: http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-3d-hacks/how-to-root-htc-evo-3d/
zedomax said:
nice guide but you don't have to backup any apps as apps aren't touched when rooting, see this guide also: http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-3d-hacks/how-to-root-htc-evo-3d/
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yes.. and this is understood when the OP wrote:
This guide starts by temp rooting the phone so that we can back up our apps and all their data. If you don't want to do this, you can skip to the Full Root Section.
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zedomax said:
nice guide but you don't have to backup any apps as apps aren't touched when rooting, see this guide also: http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-3d-hacks/how-to-root-htc-evo-3d/
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Hey Max,
Yes you're right. I just find it beneficial to do the quick temp root to back everything up in case anything goes wrong. I also always feel having a clean slate is the best way to go. Because of that, you'd need to backup prior to rooting. Thanks for the feedback and nice work on your site.
djR3Z
so i tried everything in the book... still cant flash... problem: invalid beta key. is there any way to get a new one?
thanks in advance
supahero00 said:
so i tried everything in the book... still cant flash... problem: invalid beta key. is there any way to get a new one?
thanks in advance
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did u copy and paste ur beta key.. or enter it manually?
both many times
supahero00 said:
both many times
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Have you tried putting ur s/n back in and obtain a new beta key?
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sorry post ignore this
Glad to see this stickied Brent. It will help countless n00bs enter our wonderful world haha
Biofall said:
Glad to see this stickied Brent. It will help countless n00bs enter our wonderful world haha
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Thanks man! Looking toward to releasing some good stuff for the 3D.
I've followed these instructions to a T. But when I run Revolutionary, it says Root acquired, and reboots to Fastboot, but it still says S-On, and I cannot continue with the instructions as written. Any ideas?
got it rooted ok. Had that error with the text messaging and phone calls. Interface radio shortage whatever it is error. I even loaded synergy rom and it still continued. Was on tech support for about an hour. Not fun. That kink needs to be worked out guys.
midnightmaraude said:
got it rooted ok. Had that error with the text messaging and phone calls. Interface radio shortage whatever it is error. I even loaded synergy rom and it still continued. Was on tech support for about an hour. Not fun. That kink needs to be worked out guys.
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whats the error and whats the solution cause i can't send any texts right now...
lbhocky19 said:
whats the error and whats the solution cause i can't send any texts right now...
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can u make calls?? is it error 16??
bk718 said:
can u make calls?? is it error 16??
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yeah it was. called them and fixed it, thanks
Yeah. I even hard reset my phone and put it back to s-on. (had s-off but my internet failed b4 the clock work mod was installed) so I thought that was the problem but I guess not. I've only gotten 2 beta keys so far. Should I try another internet browser or something? Racking my brain on what the problem is.
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Jye75 said:
I've followed these instructions to a T. But when I run Revolutionary, it says Root acquired, and reboots to Fastboot, but it still says S-On, and I cannot continue with the instructions as written. Any ideas?
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before u ran revolutionary did u make sure the fastboot was not checked?
Jye75 said:
I've followed these instructions to a T. But when I run Revolutionary, it says Root acquired, and reboots to Fastboot, but it still says S-On, and I cannot continue with the instructions as written. Any ideas?
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Try doing another factory reset on your phone, turning fastboot off, and running it again. These auto-roots are sometimes finicky.
midnightmaraude said:
got it rooted ok. Had that error with the text messaging and phone calls. Interface radio shortage whatever it is error. I even loaded synergy rom and it still continued. Was on tech support for about an hour. Not fun. That kink needs to be worked out guys.
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lbhocky19 said:
whats the error and whats the solution cause i can't send any texts right now...
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Thanks for the feedback, guys. Added a "Notes" section to the guide that addresses this and any other issues that come up.
Hello i got a problem im not sure but i think i bricked my phone i dont really know how to expalin it either, well i want it to update it so i downloaded update from htc website for sprint but i think i had to download it for hero G2 with i found later so i installled it i had an error phone turned off now i cant do anything with it it wont turn on only vibrate 5 times? if i connect it with usb laptop wont see it i cant boot it or nothing but when i put it on charge it heats up? any ideas?
Sounds like a brick to me... Do you get any output on screen, what OS are you using on your PC, any response from it ?
nothing happens when i use usb cable and windows 7. Today when i was trying to turn my phone on again power on/off + home it vibrated 5 times?
Pull out your battery, plug it back in, hold POWER+VOL DOWN, and it sould take you to HBoot, if you cant do that then im very sorry and your phone is hard bricked...
i was wondering would that work?
How to flash stock ROM through SD-Card
*This only works with current stock ROM or newer version. Downgrading will fail till we have SuperCID. More about that in here!
1. Run the RUU and get the rom.zip from it. (Find it in here "c:\users\%usrename%\appdata\temp\")
2. Copy rom.zip to the SD-Card and rename it to PJ46IMG.zip
3. Put the SD-Card in the card reader.
4. Put the card reader onto the USB Y-Cable.
5. Plugin the USB Y-Cable to your One X.
6. Hold volume down and press the power button while keeping the volume down pressed. This will get you into HBOOT.
7. Wait a couple of seconds and you'll see that it finds PJ46IMG.zip
8. Follow the instructions on your screen =)
Barteko96 said:
i was wondering would that work?
How to flash stock ROM through SD-Card
*This only works with current stock ROM or newer version. Downgrading will fail till we have SuperCID. More about that in here!
1. Run the RUU and get the rom.zip from it. (Find it in here "c:\users\%usrename%\appdata\temp\")
2. Copy rom.zip to the SD-Card and rename it to PJ46IMG.zip
3. Put the SD-Card in the card reader.
4. Put the card reader onto the USB Y-Cable.
5. Plugin the USB Y-Cable to your One X.
6. Hold volume down and press the power button while keeping the volume down pressed. This will get you into HBOOT.
7. Wait a couple of seconds and you'll see that it finds PJ46IMG.zip
8. Follow the instructions on your screen =)
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Biggest question is - can You go into fastboot mode? Because there is a way to flash Your phone is You can go into fast boot, and there should be a manual somewhere here, not using One X, but hero ;]
Let us know, does the phone respond by going into fastboot.
Additionaly : how did You downloaded firmware for sprint, as You should give IMEI number on HTC site.
brat.haneq said:
Biggest question is - can You go into fastboot mode? Because there is a way to flash Your phone is You can go into fast boot, and there should be a manual somewhere here, not using One X, but hero ;]
Let us know, does the phone respond by going into fastboot.
Additionaly : how did You downloaded firmware for sprint, as You should give IMEI number on HTC site.
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i cant go in fastboot mode it only vibrates :/ and i went on to some forum and they had link to download it :x
Barteko96 said:
i cant go in fastboot mode it only vibrates :/ and i went on to some forum and they had link to download it :x
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bricked
HTC Amaze. Tried toolkit but it will only boot to screen with circle of green arrows then red triangle with exclamation point. Try to boot to HBOOT and get nothing on the screen via toolkit or button combination. Tried factory reset by finally getting into recovery by just randomly pressing buttons on red triangle screen and factory reset throws many lines of errors where it cannot find /data /cache..... I can pull battery and boot into phone and use phone fine but I am trying to unlock bootloader, root, and flash a custom ROM. I have SCOURED these boards and the net. I have looked at screenshots of the bootloader and tried to see if the screen simply isnt showing the information and that is a possiblility since I pressed down once and power button and it went to the same recovery screen. How do I simply flash this whole thing back to stock? HBOOT, RECOVERY, ROM, EVERYTHING? Possible?
Help would be greatly appreciated!
wrong section only developer can post here
jtkknj said:
HTC Amaze. Tried toolkit but it will only boot to screen with circle of green arrows then red triangle with exclamation point. Try to boot to HBOOT and get nothing on the screen via toolkit or button combination. Tried factory reset by finally getting into recovery by just randomly pressing buttons on red triangle screen and factory reset throws many lines of errors where it cannot find /data /cache..... I can pull battery and boot into phone and use phone fine but I am trying to unlock bootloader, root, and flash a custom ROM. I have SCOURED these boards and the net. I have looked at screenshots of the bootloader and tried to see if the screen simply isnt showing the information and that is a possiblility since I pressed down once and power button and it went to the same recovery screen. How do I simply flash this whole thing back to stock? HBOOT, RECOVERY, ROM, EVERYTHING? Possible?
Help would be greatly appreciated!
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htcdev.com gives you instructions to unlock the bootloader. then you go to the htc amaze all-in-one kit and flash 4ext as a custom recovery. then you can flash any rom you want (assuming you already have ICS installed).
P.S. A quick google for "how to unlock htc amaze bootloader" directs you to htcdev.com for the very first hit. SCOUR HARDER lol.
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With all due respect I have done all of the items using the toolkit involving unlocking the bootloader with token ID. Are you saying to not use toolkit and just use HTCdevs instructions instead?
I apologize for having this in the wrong section. I do not get replies in general or QA sections on this forum or the Note 2 forum.
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jtkknj said:
With all due respect I have done all of the items using the toolkit involving unlocking the bootloader with token ID. Are you saying to not use toolkit and just use HTCdevs instructions instead?
I apologize for having this in the wrong section. I do not get replies in general or QA sections on this forum or the Note 2 forum.
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You have to go to htcdev.com to get the token ID to use the unlocker utility in the htc amaze all-in-one program................. The instructions are there. Again, a quick google would have told you all this.
All that was completed. Any other advice?
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okay i just read this whole thread and i'm completely lost as to what your trying to do.. first off if your boot loader is still locked and you want to flash back to stock you need to download the correct RUU file for your carrier... if you supply that information i can help you look for the right one.. then you rename that file to ph85img.zip and place it on the root of your SD CARD and boot into bootloader by removing your battery and placing it back in and "HOLDING" volume down and the power button until you are in the bootloader menu... after that its just following the instructions to flash back to stock
these are the instuctions to Unlock Bootloader > FLASH 4EXT > ROOT > Flash ROM
download hasoon's AiO toolkit and instll the htc usb drivers...
use the toolkit to unlock the bootloader if not go to htcdev.com and follow the VERY easy instuctions listed there... (you can skip the first few about installing android sdk)
after you unlock your boot loader proceed to flash your recovery (id suggest using 4EXT since your prob S-ON)
once you have a custom recovery you can proceed to flash the super SU file including in the aio toolkit
then make a "NANDROID" backup of your phone using 4EXT before you continue to flashing any roms
the rest is simple just download what roms you want and read the instructions to flashing the rom..
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okay i just read this whole thread and i'm completely lost as to what your trying to do.. first off if your boot loader is still locked and you want to flash back to stock you need to download the correct RUU file for your carrier... if you supply that information i can help you look for the right one.. then you rename that file to ph85img.zip and place it on the root of your SD CARD and boot into bootloader by removing your battery and placing it back in and "HOLDING" volume down and the power button until you are in the bootloader menu... after that its just following the instructions to flash back to stock
these are the instuctions to Unlock Bootloader > FLASH 4EXT > ROOT > Flash ROM
download hasoon's AiO toolkit and instll the htc usb drivers...
use the toolkit to unlock the bootloader if not go to htcdev.com and follow the VERY easy instuctions listed there... (you can skip the first few about installing android sdk)
after you unlock your boot loader proceed to flash your recovery (id suggest using 4EXT since your prob S-ON)
once you have a custom recovery you can proceed to flash the super SU file including in the aio toolkit
then make a "NANDROID" backup of your phone using 4EXT before you continue to flashing any roms
the rest is simple just download what roms you want and read the instructions to flashing the rom..
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I have done all of this to the T back when I originally started this thread and now that I tried it again today. When my phone is booted to bootloader using the toolkit it is just a black screen. When I unlock the bootloader using the token I received from the HTC Dev site the toolkit says it was unlocked successfully. I then flashed custom recovery that it says was done correctly. Then when I boot into recovery it is goes to a picture of a phone with a green circle of arrows for 5 seconds then a phone with a red triangle and exclamation point. If I play around mashing buttons I can get into the stock recovery with blue letters and options to restore (doesnt work, many errors) and 4 other options. It is like my screen is messed up and will not show the bootloader/hboot screens. I have never been able to see the screen with the option for fastloader before which other people can see. Does this make any more sense? When I boot my phone it is a black screen until I see the bleedover from the soft keys, then I have to press the power button to turn screen off and back on for the screen to start working. After that it always works fine!?!?!?! What is wrong here?!? Its like I should just load the stock firmware and start all over but I cannot see the screen to select fastloader so it will recognize the PH#### file I have downloaded and loaded onto my SD Card. I am at a loss over here!
okay so your phone can boot to stock recovery but you cannot boot into the boot loader? via either adb or from pulling the battery and holding the buttons?
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okay so your phone can boot to stock recovery but you cannot boot into the boot loader? via either adb or from pulling the battery and holding the buttons?
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Pretty much, with the exception that the only way for me to get into the stock recovery is trying to flash a custom recovery and the phone going to the screen with the green arrow circle then the screen with the red triangle and exclamation and I start pressing random combinations of volume up and power.
I have never seen anything other than:
Green circle screen
Red triangle screen
Stock recovery with blue lettering after random buttons
Ok, this is quite confusing lol. Let's start from the beginning. Take your battery out, put it back in then power on the phone while holding down the volume-down button. This will get u into the botloader. On the top left there will be a few lines of writing, post back here what those lines say. Then we will see where you are and go from there...
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Ok, this is quite confusing lol. Let's start from the beginning. Take your battery out, put it back in then power on the phone while holding down the volume-down button. This will get u into the botloader. On the top left there will be a few lines of writing, post back here what those lines say. Then we will see where you are and go from there...
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Can't get into bootloader using any method..........
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Can't get into bootloader using any method..........
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Are you sure? Have you taken out your battery, put it back on, put the cover of the phone back on, press AND hold Volume Up and Power Button until you get a white screen that has some options and with the android mascots on the bottom of the screen (in other words the bootloader)? If no, then you need to boot into bootloader through hasoon2000's kit. Now what you do is you install the HTC Drivers through his kit (highlight install HTC Drivers at the top left box, first option in his kit), then after that, have your phone connected to your computer with a USB, then on your phone, go to Developer options in Settings then check USB Debugging. Once that's done, with your phone connected to your computer still, go back to the toolkit and in the second to left box you'll see reboot to bootloader. Click on that and then click on the button below the box that says "Do Command".
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Are you sure? Have you taken out your battery, put it back on, put the cover of the phone back on, press AND hold Volume Up and Power Button until you get a white screen that has some options and with the android mascots on the bottom of the screen (in other words the bootloader)? If no, then you need to boot into bootloader through hasoon2000's kit. Now what you do is you install the HTC Drivers through his kit (highlight install HTC Drivers at the top left box, first option in his kit), then after that, have your phone connected to your computer with a USB, then on your phone, go to Developer options in Settings then check USB Debugging. Once that's done, with your phone connected to your computer still, go back to the toolkit and in the second to left box you'll see reboot to bootloader. Click on that and then click on the button below the box that says "Do Command".
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LOL yes. Cannot get into bootloader using your method or the toolkit method which I have used over and over.
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LOL yes. Cannot get into bootloader using your method or the toolkit method which I have used over and over.
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That's weird...WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR PHONE?!