Per mjones73
Why are you flashing the RUU first? It's not needed. If you're already rooted and unlocked, steps 1-11 aren't needed either if you want to save some time.
If you aren't rooted and unlocked, just follow the rooting guide in the Dev section, there's no reason to RUU there either.
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My response:
I was having several problems with flashing the program. It could simply of been a result of not having the latest Hboot with the ControlBear.exe zip. If that fails, then try the steps below. I also noticed if I didn't do the steps below, I would never get the wire trick on the hboot screen. It would only show on the black HTC screen.
I made some scripts that will save a lot of time when trying to go S-off. I also included a ZIP that has the correct hboot in it if anyone's interested in using it.
Prequisites:
1) Have Hboot of 2.21+
2) Download the Scripts I have in place or run them through fastboot yourself.
3) Disable HTC Sync.
Here's my method and it seemed to work well.
1) Download ControlBearRelease-vigor-ics-windows
2) Ensure ControlBearRelease-Vigor-ICS-Windows has the latest "jb_hboot.zip" in the zipped folder.
3) Relock your device. You can use the .bat file below, just make sure you edit it with notepad to ensure your paths are correct. Your's might be different than mine.
http://www.mediafire.com/?i493322n33bfqax
4) After you've relocked your device, Get the Stock RUU and rename it as PH98IMG.zip then place that on the root of your SD Card. I've included the Stock RUU Link here:
http://lts.cr/Be5_
5) After you've placed the PH98IMG.zip on the root of your SD card, place it in your Rezound, then battery, then press Power plus Volume down until Hboot comes on. When it asked you, if you want to run the update, select "yes."
6)After about 5 minutes, your update should be complete. Battery pull, then place your SD card into a SD reader then rename the PH98IMG.zip to RUU-PH09IMG.zip(so it won't run again on fastboot until we need it to.) Place it back into the Rezound and the battery.
7) Go back into the Hboot screen, by holding power on and volume down until it loads. Once it loads, run my 2-adb-Push_unlock.bat. This will unlock your device. Just make sure you change the path to where your token is and save the .bat file.
http://www.mediafire.com/?u6500a60panw1qw
8) After you've unlocked the device, battery pull and get back to the hboot screen. What you want to do now is install Recovery. You can do this by using my script or modifying it with your director path.
http://www.mediafire.com/?eegd20xc4b8d5hd
9) After you have installed Recovery, battery pull again and Hboot the screen. Select recovery. If recovery fails or it just boots to ROM, battery pull and try again. It takes a couple times for Recovery to start up but it should load.
10) Once you're in Recovery, install CleanROM Standard 4.3.zip. This worked for me which is why I'm recommending it.
11) After you've flashed CleanROM Standard 4.3, go into your settings>Develop option>Turn on Debugging mode.
12) Run ControlBear.exe. This part was messing me up for a while. I didn't realize the jb_hboot.zip wasn't updated. The zip I have posted DOES have the corrected file. After I had that corrected, everything seemed to flow.
Notes:
If you mess up on anything, you'll need to repeat all the steps over. Especially if you have a black screen with Small disk in the center, just battery pull, Relock, Install RUU, Unlock, Reinstall Recovery, Install CleanROM 4.3, Run the program until you get the timing right.
Why are you flashing the RUU first? It's not needed. If you're already rooted and unlocked, steps 1-11 aren't needed either if you want to save some time.
If you aren't rooted and unlocked, just follow the rooting guide in the Dev section, there's no reason to RUU there either.
mjones73 said:
Why are you flashing the RUU first? It's not needed. If you're already rooted and unlocked, steps 1-11 aren't needed either if you want to save some time...
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I'm glad to get some clarification on that. I had trouble running the program last night and was advised by a couple of my peers to do this. It worked. I guess if anyone is having problems, they can resort to this thread.
AndroidGraphix said:
I'm glad to get some clarification on that. I had trouble running the program last night and was advised by a couple of my peers to do this. It worked. I guess if anyone is having problems, they can resort to this thread.
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Ahh, got it.
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I rooted my rezound and wanted to update my rezound to ics os I followed the step exactly but when I rebooted I got stuck on the white screen. I took out the sd card and deleted the zip file and download the file again put the sd card back into the rezound but same thing. Now I can't get back to old 2.3.4 os i was using before because the post said do a wipe all data can someone help me with this to get my phone back to working order. I don't care if it is android 2.3.4 or ics 4.0 plase help.
I would first delete the PHzip file so you can start over.
Are you able to get into fastboot?
If so, check what mainver you are on with the following command:
fastboot getvar all
Also, check if you can get into recovery. Do you have Amon Ra on there? Did you make a nandroid before trying to flash ICS? If you made a nandroid and can get into recovery then restore that. If you didn't make one make a mental note to always make one before you flash ANYTHING on your phone.
If you can't restore, after you get your mainver, try to run RUU to get you back to stock. You need to relock the phone before running this.
Use the file from here that corresponds to your mainver:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c2e320ee1d5c7886/
(Link from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338916)
If your mainver is 3.xx then you are up to ICS and will need to find a thread about getting back from that mainver to stock. I know I've seen one or two.
I had that same screen after flashing my first ROM, and in my case it was that it couldn't install the lower mainver in the ROM kernel (most are 1.x) since I was already on 2.x from the OTA. You probably need a different kernel to flash that has your version. Look in Rezound Android Development for a thread titled [KERNEL] Assorted stock kernels, then get the one you need based on what you learn from the previous reply and flash in recovery.
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spitzaf said:
I had that same screen after flashing my first ROM, and in my case it was that it couldn't install the lower mainver in the ROM kernel (most are 1.x) since I was already on 2.x from the OTA. You probably need a different kernel to flash that has your version. Look in Rezound Android Development for a thread titled [KERNEL] Assorted stock kernels, then get the one you need based on what you learn from the previous reply and flash in recovery.
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This is the thread I believe:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22076459
If just the kernel doesn't work, another thing you can try besides RUU is flashing a Stock OTA ROM. You can use con247's Stock OTA ROM instead of running the RUU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21880389
Here are the steps to take to accomplish that:
1) use Amon Ra to flash con's vigorStock OTA ROM. It will do its thing then reboot to hboot. I think it then asks you if you want to update. Don't do it yet.
2) At this point you want to relock. So go into fastboot on the phone. Using adb/fastboot type the following at the cmd prompt:
fastboot oem lock
3) Reboot phone and let it flash the PHzip file. It should reboot completely when it's finished.
4) delete the PHzip file using a file explorer app like ES File Explorer or Root Explorer.
5) get the phone back into fastboot. Unlock again using adb/fastboot. I don't remember the exact command but you can find that in the guide for unlocking.
6) reinstall su using Amon Ra.
Now you should be stock OTA rooted with the new goodies.
i can't even get into the command promt it scolls down really fast and closes. when i went to sdk manager all the 4.0.3 boxes were checked does that mean i hane ics 4.0.3?
Sorry yes i can get into fastboot iv'e tried everything i can search for. Am gonna try getting a different kernel for the 4.0.3 ics
Well i install a custom rom and kernel but before i installed i did a wipe and restore to factory and i wiped delvek and then sared the install of new kernel and custom rom. am i missing somgthing. If i were to try to back up android 2.3.4 from my girlfriend lg revolution would i be abould to exract only the android 2.3.4 and erase the lg and somehow get sense 3.5. I dont know am new to this. I rooted the phone fine with no prob and i thought that an update would be easy. I did have amon ra but now i cant locate it on my sd card. I even tried the PH98IMG.zip thing and that didnt work. I will try anything please help and dont give up on me. Oh and is there another way to get the command promt up.
Everything you need can be found in these Rezound forums.
So you can get into fastboot. That's good.
Do you still have your computer set up from when you unlocked the phone? If not, download the mini sdk that MrSmith317 made that I've attached and place that in the C: directory of your computer and name it something easy, mine is named android-flasher. Then just always keep it there as you will need to use it often when modding your phone.
1) get the sdk working on your computer
2) On your phone, do a battery pull, then boot it into fastboot and then connect it to your computer.
3) Type the following at your computer's cmd prompt:
fastboot getvar all
and find out what mainver you are on.
* If you are on a mainver that starts with 3.x then you cannot run the RUUs. I will try to find out what you should do in that case. If your mainver starts with 1.x or 2.x then continue onto step 4.
4) Relock your phone by typing the following:
fastboot oem lock
5) Download the RUU for your mainver to your computer. Use the file from here that corresponds to your mainver:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c2e320ee1d5c7886/
This is an exe file so just run it on your pc with your phone attached. I know you need to be locked, I think you need HTC Sync installed, so if it's not working search for those answers, it will work, others have done it. Now you are back to stock.
5) Unlock your phone again using the same unlock bin file you got before by putting it in the same folder you are now using for sdk. Type the following command:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
If you don't have it obtain a new one by following the same steps you did before to get it originally. Here is a guide for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20780879&postcount=1
Now you should be stock and unlocked.
6) Flash Amon Ra in fastboot. Get the lateset version, 3.13. here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?chpoxzb8bl4nn2b
Type the following command to flash it:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.13-gnm.img
Now you should have Amon Ra on your phone.
7) Root your phone by installing su using Amon Ra. Go to the developer menu and find the option in there.
Now you should be stock, unlocked and rooted.
8) MAKE A NANDROID BACK UP NOW AND LABEL IT.
9) Flash a new ROM.
*** If your mainver is 3.x try this thread to see if you can come up with a method to go back to stock. I haven't looked into this since I have not ventured into ICS land as of yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459347
There are also some threads about getting back to stock from ICS I think so here are my search results for "stock ics" in the thread title and you can probably find an answer in there somewhere.
Hope this helps you get back up and running.
OK nevermind I got it. I just download mik roms and the kernel right under ineffabilis rom and the link for the kernal is right under it. I had to do the steps twice but it work finally like at 430 in the morning. I turned off the computer and went to bed. The first thing I did when I woke up was check my phone and it was still working. Phone calls,text wifi pretty much all features are working. So i decided to write an update to let anybody know that if you have trouble fixing white htc screen dont worry it can be fixed. Am verying new to this and if I can fix this anyone can. I will check back on this post to see if any needs help. Thank you for the people who tried to help me in my post. Now I can be one of the people who help others now that I know who to root and fix the white sceen.
If you haven't done so, make a nandroid right now so you can always go back to that if anything gets messed up.
The "people" who tried to help you was me, so maybe you can hit my "thanks" button.
Just a detailed messages of What I did.
1) I erased any PH98IMG.zip or any other roms I download so the sdcard should have no roms,kernels or anything you downloaded to fix the white htc screen. What I did was use my girlfriend LG Revolution to insert my sdcard to erase any roms or whatever I tried to use to fix before.
2) put the sdcard back into the same phone and hold down the - volume and the power key to get to HBOOT screen. On this part I always did the battery pull but I left the back cover off up to you if you want to put it back on I guess it doesnt really matter and connect your phone to your computer.
3) Push the volume button down til you get to recovery and push the power button once to select recovery.
4) push the -volume til you get to USB-MS TOGGLE and push the power button once. Now go to USB-MS Toggle SDCard now your SDCard is read by your computer.
5) Now go to this website and dont read everything just use download link about half way down the web page. Ineffabilis V1.0 make sure to skip the ad first then the real download should pop up. Now click SAVEAS and when the files come up to choose where to save left click once to highlight your SDCard or removeable stroage and click save. Now do the same thing for the download right under Ineffabilis V1.0 named stock rooted kernel (flash in bootloader)
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...-0-12-31-11-Sense-3-5-Beats-Tweaks-1-02-605-6
thank you so much guys from themikmik.com you saved my phone
6) After dowload is complete press power to disable USB-MS. Now push power once to return to recovery menu and disconnect your phone from the computer. Go down to wipe push power once to select. push power once on Wipe ALL data/factory reset and push power again to start the wipe. After that is done scoll down to Wipe Dalvik-cache after that is done go back to the recovery menu.
7) Now go to flash zip menu and push power once. Go to choose zip from sdcard now install the kernel and then the rom you downloaded.
9) once it is complete go to re boot system now and push the power button. and your done it will stay on the white screen for about 20 min and start up.
more info my s-on.
Just thought I would share this good luck.
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OK nevermind I got it. I just download mik roms and the kernel right under ineffabilis rom and the link for the kernal is right under it. I had to do the steps twice but it work finally like at 430 in the morning. I turned off the computer and went to bed. The first thing I did when I woke up was check my phone and it was still working. Phone calls,text wifi pretty much all features are working. So i decided to write an update to let anybody know that if you have trouble fixing white htc screen dont worry it can be fixed. Am verying new to this and if I can fix this anyone can. I will check back on this post to see if any needs help. Thank you for the people who tried to help me in my post. Now I can be one of the people who help others now that I know who to root and fix the white sceen.
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Also erase or rename the PH98IMG.zip file from the root directory of your SDCARD. It could save you some headaches in the future.
Hi everyone, so this is my first post here so please deal with me. I did check for similar problems with no results and think I'm posting in the right area. So try not to get too frustrated with me if I'm wrong. Anyway, with all of that out of the way on to my problem.
I have a rooted rezound, which was first rooted to get rid of bloatware and such, but I decided I wanted to try out some different roms. My problem is every time I flash a rom, which appears successful, but whenever it boots up it'll freeze up on the HTC screen. To fix this I've been just been pulling the battery and restoring to the backup I made before trying to flash roms. I would really like to try some different roms but I've gotten stuck on that screen with each one I've tried. If anyone could help me I'd greatly appreciate it!
Some additional info: I use to have a rooted thunderbolt and have some experience with flashing roms and all that stuff, but I'd still consider myself a noob. I have Amon Ra Recovery on my rezound and the screen in hboot reads:
***Unlocked***
vigor put ship s-on rl
HBOOT-2.11.0000
eMMC-boot
Oct 6 2011, 15:43:22
(I'm not sure why it says the incorrect date and time?)
I've tried several different things to successfully flash roms. I've tried flashing them with and without PH98IMG.zip on the root of my sd. I've tired it with and without the back on my phone. When flashing roms I ALWAYS wiped all data before flashing. That's just about everything relevant I can think of, sorry for the length! I figured the more information the easier for you guys to help!
If you're S-ON, you need to flash the P98IMG zip with the ROM. This contains the boot.img file.
Just extract the ROM of choice, take the P98IMG zip, throw it on your SD card and boot into your bootloader. Go into the bootloader menu and it'll install. Reboot, phone will work just fine.
If there isn't a P98IMG file and just a boot.img file, just push it through ADB while in your fastboot.
command is fastboot flash boot boot.img
So the P98IMG.zip file I downloaded and had on the root of my sd card is different than the one I need to extract from the rom or was I just not installing it right?
I did have a P98IMG.zip on the root of my sd card and I went into hboot, then I went to recovery and flashed my rom. Is there another step I need to take in installing the P98IMG.zip or should it automatically install? Do I need to reboot it between installing the P98IMG.zip and the rom?
Thanks for you help and quick response! I'm really trying to learn and get better at this stuff
After you flash your ROM, go into your bootloader (fully, must be in the bootloader menu) and it'll install. Follow the onscreen instructions, reboot, and remove the zip from your SD card.
Hope that helps.
I still cant get it to work :/
Heres step by step what I did:
1) Went into hboot > recovery
2) Wiped all data
3) Flashed ROM
4) Powered off phone using option in the recovery menu
5) Powered back on into hboot. The green text appeared that said loading and stuff about P98IMG and a blue bar on the side, but this process was very brief (maybe 2 seconds tops) and there were no instructions to follow
6) Went into recovery and rebooted my phone where I was stuck on the the HTC screen again
Can you point out where I'm going wrong or any possible issue?
Thanks again for you patience! I really appreciate your help!
ewy87 said:
I still cant get it to work :/
Heres step by step what I did:
1) Went into hboot > recovery
2) Wiped all data
3) Flashed ROM
4) Powered off phone using option in the recovery menu
5) Powered back on into hboot. The green text appeared that said loading and stuff about P98IMG and a blue bar on the side, but this process was very brief (maybe 2 seconds tops) and there were no instructions to follow
6) Went into recovery and rebooted my phone where I was stuck on the the HTC screen again
Can you point out where I'm going wrong or any possible issue?
Thanks again for you patience! I really appreciate your help!
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How are you getting to recovery? It should give you an option to install update or reboot in hboot. If the ph98img is in the right spot you shouldn't be able to boot into recovery
With my phone powered off I'm holding down the power button and down volume button to get to hboot. I have my ROM and the PH98IMG.zip file both on the root of my SD card. It does very quickly appear to load the PH98IMG file but returns to the hboot screen the has the options: fastboot, recovery, factory reset, clear storage, sim lock, image crc.
Could it be that the PH98IMG file should be somewhere else? And was I doing everything in the correct order or do I install the PH98IMG first?
File may be bad. Do you have adb set up?
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Well actually I'm running off a mac and I've been using my sisters laptop for adb and that stuff but she just broke it...just my luck haha. Would I be able to download a different copy of PH98IMG from online and try that?
What ph file are you trying to flash? It should load it and ask if you want to update. Try downloading it again. May be a bad download
I'm trying to flash the Senseless-4.0.3-ICS-v1.0.0[2/4/2012] ROM (http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?11238-Senseless-4-0-3-ICS-v1-0-0-2-4-2012&p=178493#post178493) and I just saw a download for the PH98IMG file somewhere else on the website. Should the ROM include its own PH98IMG file? Thanks for both of your help! I have no experience with the PH files because my thunderbolt was s-off so i never dealt with this stuff before.
ewy87 said:
I'm trying to flash the Senseless-4.0.3-ICS-v1.0.0[2/4/2012] ROM (http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?11238-Senseless-4-0-3-ICS-v1-0-0-2-4-2012&p=178493#post178493) and I just saw a download for the PH98IMG file somewhere else on the website. Should the ROM include its own PH98IMG file? Thanks for both of your help! I have no experience with the PH files because my thunderbolt was s-off so i never dealt with this stuff before.
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So s-off. Seriously though. You flashed a random ph file and thought it would work? It has to be the right one for the rom. Besides that rom isn't maintained anymore
The only method to get the rezound to s-off was using some wire trick and seemed like a difficult process. Would you recommend I do that?
And the post with the ROM said and ICS PH file would be fine, so I assumed it'd work. I guess I'll try a different ROM that includes a specific PH file and up to date. In which case I should be able to get everything to work with all the help from you and Chyrux. Thanks for everything!
ewy87 said:
The only method to get the rezound to s-off was using some wire trick and seemed like a difficult process. Would you recommend I do that?
And the post with the ROM said and ICS PH file would be fine, so I assumed it'd work. I guess I'll try a different ROM that includes a specific PH file and up to date. In which case I should be able to get everything to work with all the help from you and Chyrux. Thanks for everything!
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I would recommend getting s-off. It's going to be the only method for this phone. I mean why waste another exploit to be patched? I would recommend con rom since it uses aroma to detect whether your s-on or s-off
Did you s-off your rezound? How were your experiences with it? I'm just worried about bricking my phone. But thanks for the ROM recommendation! I've been trying to find a good ROM
S-off was fairly easy, but you do need Windows or a Linux build.
I like so many of you guys had a older radio (initial ICS leak in fact), and have been waiting for the official OTA to update the radios. Here is how i did it. Keep in mind that i did not care about losing my install at the time, im only on sense temporarily till camera on CM9 is working, then im never going to see sense again. But anyway, here is the process:
1 - Download the RUU file (should be 599 megs or so, much bigger then the OTA file which is 300 megs). Make sure the MD5 checks out.
2 - Put the RUU zip file onto the root folder of your Microsd card, named: PH98IMG.zip, so if your Microsd card on your PC is i:, it should be at i:\PH98IMG.zip. Also make sure you dont have it named PH98IMG.zip.zip, some people have that problem with windows hiding known file extensions.
3 - Reboot into the bootloader. The bootloader will check out the ruu file, it takes a while, then it will flash some stuff, then reboot. Once it reboots, it will once again flash some files, then reboot. On this third boot, it will finish the RUU install and ask you to press power to shut off/reboot the device.
4 - After i shut off the phone, i pulled battery, took out the Microsd, then plugged the card into my PC and deleted the PH98IMG.zip file. From here, i put the microsd back in, put the battery back in, held down vol+down and power, and accessed the Fastboot menu in recovery.
5 - Once in fastboot, you will need to reflash the modified HBoot from Juoponutbear. Here is the file:
http://unlimited.io/content/files/hboots/vigor/ICS/
And the commands are here:
http://unlimited.io/hboot-downloads/
Once you have the hboot flashed, it will be at the HTC logo with a green bar at ~75% or so full. I asked Hyuh himself and he said its done. So i pulled the USB cord and it returned to hboot, then i pulled the battery. You can also run the command fastboot reboot as well i believe.
6 - After that, i needed a custom recovery again, so i went with TWRP this time, located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613576&highlight=twrp
I extracted the recovery.img from the zip, and flashed it via Fastboot just like i did the recovery, with the command:
fastboot flash recovery nameoffile.img
7 - After it flashed the recovery, i went into the recovery itself and TWRP popped up and Juoponutbear HBoot was also present. I wiped the entire device and flashed a rom of my choice for the time being.
I realize that this might not be for everyone since i like to start fresh, but there you have it. This guide also assumes you know how to use fastboot.
Since you're s-off, you could have just waited for someone to extract just the firmware parts and flashed them separately so you didn't need to wipe the whole phone. Otherwise the steps look great.
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Since you're s-off, you could have just waited for someone to extract just the firmware parts and flashed them separately so you didn't need to wipe the whole phone. Otherwise the steps look great.
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Correct, i was just about to wipe my phone anyway, and i really wanted the new radios. Otherwise you can just wait no problem.
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Correct, i was just about to wipe my phone anyway, and i really wanted the new radios. Otherwise you can just wait no problem.
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The firmware/radios are the same as the .10 release that's already available from what I read.
So while trying to update to ICS my fingers were working faster than my brain (yes, it happens) and I selected a menu option while using Clockwork and, while I'm not sure, I think the option said something like, "format .. OS...something..." before I could fully read it (and stop my finger from pressing the power button), I pressed the power button.
The phone rebooted, got to the white HTC screen and stopped - stuck on the white HTC screen. I pulled the battery.
I Held down power and up-volume and got to the bootloader menu, selected recovery and Clockwork came up.
Couldn't "Recover" because it couldn't mount the SD card.
Couldn't mount the external SD card either.
Ok - tried a factory reset - Rebooted - up came the white HTC screen where it stays until I pull the battery.
I'm new at this (probably didn't need to say that, but...).
How Do I get past this point?
Is this phone agonner?
How do I load (anything) to the phone at this point?
Thanks in advance! I appreciate it.
MilesTHD said:
So while trying to update to ICS my fingers were working faster than my brain (yes, it happens) and I selected a menu option while using Clockwork and, while I'm not sure, I think the option said something like, "format .. OS...something..." before I could fully read it (and stop my finger from pressing the power button), I pressed the power button.
The phone rebooted, got to the white HTC screen and stopped - stuck on the white HTC screen. I pulled the batter.
I Held down power and up-volume and got to the bootloader menu, selected recovery and Clockwork came up.
Couldn't "Recover" because it couldn't mound the SD card.
Couldn't mound the external SD card either.
Ok - tried a factory reset - Rebooted - up came the white HTC screen where it stays until I pull the battery.
I'm new at this (probably didn't need to say that, but...).
How Do I get past this point?
Is this phone agonner?
How do I load (anything) to the phone at this point?
Thanks in advance! I appreciate it.
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Try using adb commands from your computer to push a recovery to your phone and go from there
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If it powers on, you're not bricked.
Are s-on or s-off?
Make sure you have a card reader for the following.
The best thing for you to do would probably to flash an RUU.
First, download the latest RUU.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
If you are s-on with unlocked boot loader, relock it:
Make sure there is no PH98IMG.ZIP on your sdcard. Delete if there is one.
Power off phone completely with battery pull.
Plug in phone to computer with USB.
Go to the bootloader menu with vol down + power.
Select fastboot.
On your computer, run the following fastboot command (do whatever you needed to do to use fastboot):
fastboot oem lock
After that is done, time to install the RUU.
Find the RUU you downloaded and put it on your sdcard, then rename to PH98IMG.ZIP
Put sdcard back, then power on to bootloader.
It should now scan for the PH98IMG and then ask you to install it.
Follow all the instructions to install it.
After you finish this, you will be back to the stock ROM with a locked boot loader.
If either s-off or s-on locked bootloader
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Rezound still major messed up
THANK YOU for your help, I really appreciate your response. I followed your instructions and once the PH98IMG.zip file was on the SD card I loaded bootloader and it did scan for the file, but said "no file or wrong file!" Well, the file is there so I know its not "no" file. I've tried a couple of different PH98IMG files that I found on XDA but I guess the specific file wasn't the problem.
After it gives the error message it simple goes back to the bootloader and waits.
Unlocking the bootloader and then following your instructions did result in the file being seen and, what appeared to be, the installation process beginning - however when the phone reboots for the first time it just goes quiet and never comes back up. I waited for at least 20 minutes before I decided it wasn't just a long boot process.
I"m pretty sure there is NOTHING on this phone. I've verified there's nothing on the SD card besides the PH98IMG.zip file. Assuming I've completely wiped out the OS (and it is not on the phone) is the method you've outlined the right starting point?
Thanks again, and Merry Christmas
Miles
wlmeng11 said:
If it powers on, you're not bricked.
Are s-on or s-off?
Make sure you have a card reader for the following.
The best thing for you to do would probably to flash an RUU.
First, download the latest RUU.
If you are s-on with unlocked boot loader, relock it:
Make sure there is no PH98IMG.ZIP on your sdcard. Delete if there is one.
Power off phone completely with battery pull.
Plug in phone to computer with USB.
Go to the bootloader menu with vol down + power.
Select fastboot.
On your computer, run the following fastboot command (do whatever you needed to do to use fastboot):
fastboot oem lock
After that is done, time to install the RUU.
Find the RUU you downloaded and put it on your sdcard, then rename to PH98IMG.ZIP
Put sdcard back, then power on to bootloader.
It should now scan for the PH98IMG and then ask you to install it.
Follow all the instructions to install it.
After you finish this, you will be back to the stock ROM with a locked boot loader.
If either s-off or s-on locked bootloader
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MilesTHD said:
THANK YOU for your help, I really appreciate your response. I followed your instructions and once the PH98IMG.zip file was on the SD card I loaded bootloader and it did scan for the file, but said "no file or wrong file!" Well, the file is there so I know its not "no" file. I've tried a couple of different PH98IMG files that I found on XDA but I guess the specific file wasn't the problem.
After it gives the error message it simple goes back to the bootloader and waits.
Unlocking the bootloader and then following your instructions did result in the file being seen and, what appeared to be, the installation process beginning - however when the phone reboots for the first time it just goes quiet and never comes back up. I waited for at least 20 minutes before I decided it wasn't just a long boot process.
I"m pretty sure there is NOTHING on this phone. I've verified there's nothing on the SD card besides the PH98IMG.zip file. Assuming I've completely wiped out the OS (and it is not on the phone) is the method you've outlined the right starting point?
Thanks again, and Merry Christmas
Miles
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If you are S-on and have an unlocked bootloader, you will need to relock it before attempting to flash an ruu. Once re-locked, ensure that the PH98IMG is not a zip file within a zip file which is how they are usually uploaded. Attempt to unzip the files until it will not unzip anymore. That file that won't unzip needs to be the one you rename as PH98IMG and placed on the root of your SD card. Reboot to bootloader and allow it to scan. It will ask you if you wish to proceed and you will allow it. After some time it will reboot back to bootloader to flash radios and the rest of firmware. After that process and a 2nd reboot you should he back to stock, locked, and unrooted.
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Also, it could be possible that your phone can't recognize the sd card so it needs to be formatted.
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zip file contents?
Maybe I should ask what the contents of the .zip file should be? I did check the zip to make sure it wasn't a double-zip. There were two versions of the PH98IMG file i tried. One had the file (imagemate-3.60.exe) the other had the file(s) (boot.img and android-info.txt).
I did "relock" the bootloader prior to trying and it would not recognize the file. When it was unlocked it would see it, start the install process, then go quiet. So that at least tells us that the file is there and likely workable.
I can't seem to get past the "No image or wrong image" message. I've tried on 3 different cards (the original and two fresh cards) and I've checked to ensure the zip is not a zip within a zip.
IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
If you are S-on and have an unlocked bootloader, you will need to relock it before attempting to flash an ruu. Once re-locked, ensure that the PH98IMG is not a zip file within a zip file which is how they are usually uploaded. Attempt to unzip the files until it will not unzip anymore. That file that won't unzip needs to be the one you rename as PH98IMG and placed on the root of your SD card. Reboot to bootloader and allow it to scan. It will ask you if you wish to proceed and you will allow it. After some time it will reboot back to bootloader to flash radios and the rest of firmware. After that process and a 2nd reboot you should he back to stock, locked, and unrooted.
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MilesTHD said:
Maybe I should ask what the contents of the .zip file should be? I did check the zip to make sure it wasn't a double-zip. There were two versions of the PH98IMG file i tried. One had the file (imagemate-3.60.exe) the other had the file(s) (boot.img and android-info.txt).
I did "relock" the bootloader prior to trying and it would not recognize the file. When it was unlocked it would see it, start the install process, then go quiet. So that at least tells us that the file is there and likely workable.
I can't seem to get past the "No image or wrong image" message. I've tried on 3 different cards (the original and two fresh cards) and I've checked to ensure the zip is not a zip within a zip.
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You should download that file from Android Police. It should have a 'bunch' of files in it. I"m not familiar with imagemate-3.60.exe but boot.img is just the kernel. Rename the file that you download to PH98img, (as previously stated) put it on a good SD card and boot into bootloader. It should go.
How about telling us if you are s-on or s-off. I don't see where you've answered that question. Also, if it doesn't work, tell us what your bootloader screen says. That will give us some info to help you.
Merry Christmas....I've got to go to bed before Santa shows up. :laugh::laugh:
EDIT: I just downloaded the Android Police file and as I said, it has a lot of files in it. I'm not sure what you were playing with but i likely the cause of you problem. Get the right file, name it ph98img.zip, put on root of SD, boot into bootloader (you're locked, right) and let it do its thing. good luck.
MilesTHD said:
Maybe I should ask what the contents of the .zip file should be? I did check the zip to make sure it wasn't a double-zip. There were two versions of the PH98IMG file i tried. One had the file (imagemate-3.60.exe) the other had the file(s) (boot.img and android-info.txt).
I did "relock" the bootloader prior to trying and it would not recognize the file. When it was unlocked it would see it, start the install process, then go quiet. So that at least tells us that the file is there and likely workable.
I can't seem to get past the "No image or wrong image" message. I've tried on 3 different cards (the original and two fresh cards) and I've checked to ensure the zip is not a zip within a zip.
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One thing you need to know is that a PH98IMG file can be many things. It is only the name of a file that your phone looks for to use when booted into hboot. So it can be a kernel, an entire RUU (OS), a custom recovery or ROM... basically anything. It just means that item was packed into a PH98IMG file in order to run automatically off your SD card when the phone boots.
So you need to know what the PH98IMG file is that you are using or you might flash something you don't want that can possibly cause your phone to not work properly. In your examples above one is a kernel (boot.img) and I have no idea what imagemate-3.60.exe is. It sounds like you have not had the correct file.
Here is the global RUU you should run to get you back to stock with all the latest radios and firmware:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
You need to be locked to run it so if you are S-ON, which it sounds like you are (don't remember if you mentioned that before), you need to use fastboot from your pc to do that, just like you did when you unlocked it with this command:
fastboot oem lock
***If you are S-OFF you should be locked again from that process already. But if you are S-OFF then confirm with someone to be sure it's safe to run the RUU, there's something about not relocking if you are on a certain hboot or you can brick it or something...***
Then put the RUU on your SD card and reboot the phone. Let it run through the RUU a few times because apparently it needs to do it a few times to get all the system files. Afterwards, if you want to root again and flash a custom ROM you will need to unlock again and flash a custom recovery and reroot.
It Works!
Not that I'm going to give you all the credit, because everyone kinda chipped in - however you DID provide the ONLY correct link to exactly what I needed! LORDY there are a lot of bad links being passed around. THANK YOU Ms. Feralicious, I totally appreciate your help.
... Everyone else as well - very generous with your knowledge and time and I will always love you.
Merry Christmas! Have a safe new year as well!
Miles
feralicious said:
One thing you need to know is that a PH98IMG file can be many things. It is only the name of a file that your phone looks for to use when booted into hboot. So it can be a kernel, an entire RUU (OS), a custom recovery or ROM... basically anything. It just means that item was packed into a PH98IMG file in order to run automatically off your SD card when the phone boots.
So you need to know what the PH98IMG file is that you are using or you might flash something you don't want that can possibly cause your phone to not work properly. In your examples above one is a kernel (boot.img) and I have no idea what imagemate-3.60.exe is. It sounds like you have not had the correct file.
Here is the global RUU you should run to get you back to stock with all the latest radios and firmware:
You need to be locked to run it so if you are S-ON, which it sounds like you are (don't remember if you mentioned that before), you need to use fastboot from your pc to do that, just like you did when you unlocked it with this command:
fastboot oem lock
***If you are S-OFF you should be locked again from that process already. But if you are S-OFF then confirm with someone to be sure it's safe to run the RUU, there's something about not relocking if you are on a certain hboot or you can brick it or something...***
Then put the RUU on your SD card and reboot the phone. Let it run through the RUU a few times because apparently it needs to do it a few times to get all the system files. Afterwards, if you want to root again and flash a custom ROM you will need to unlock again and flash a custom recovery and reroot.
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Followed these directions & update fails...Please help.
Have PH98IMG.zip on sd card.
Gets this far...
*** LOCKED ***
VIGOR PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.11.0000
eMMC-boot
HBOOT
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1]...
...[18]
...start update?
<VOL UP>
Next to "[1] BOOTLOADER" "- Fail-PU"
And below [18]..., "Partition update fail!"
"Update Fail!"
"Press <POWER> to reboot."
It's an HTC Rezound I'm trying to get back to stock, Verizon.
Any ideas?
It's locked which means it's never been unlocked and it's s-on. A simple factory reset within the rom itself will suffice
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rut-row...running rezound reset from rom repeatedly ravaging me :-O
IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
It's locked which means it's never been unlocked and it's s-on. A simple factory reset within the rom itself will suffice
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When running rom, ...
"RUU_VIGOR_ICS_35_S_VERIZON_WWE_3.14.605.12_Radio_RS_1.22.10.0424r_3622A_MR3_9
K_release_270509_signed.exe" ...
ends in usb error 170...
Anyone having any pointers for me will be worshiped indefinately!
Thank-You and I'm-not-worthy, in advance,
Tom
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TommyJames said:
When running rom, ...
"RUU_VIGOR_ICS_35_S_VERIZON_WWE_3.14.605.12_Radio_RS_1.22.10.0424r_3622A_MR3_9
K_release_270509_signed.exe" ...
ends in usb error 170...
Anyone having any pointers for me will be worshiped indefinately!
Thank-You and I'm-not-worthy, in advance,
Tom
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attached error window pic.
TommyJames said:
attached error window pic.
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Try putting the PH98IMG.ZIP on your sdcard manually.
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TommyJames said:
When running rom, ...
"RUU_VIGOR_ICS_35_S_VERIZON_WWE_3.14.605.12_Radio_RS_1.22.10.0424r_3622A_MR3_9
K_release_270509_signed.exe" ...
ends in usb error 170...
Anyone having any pointers for me will be worshiped indefinately!
Thank-You and I'm-not-worthy, in advance,
Tom
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Not sure what you're trying to do there, run an RUU?
Did you try a factory reset from the settings of the phone as Neo suggested?
Settings > Storage > Factory data reset
But back up anything you want to save such as pics, settings, etc... it will wipe everything.
same thing happens...
TommyJames said:
Have PH98IMG.zip on sd card.
Gets this far...
*** LOCKED ***
VIGOR PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.11.0000
eMMC-boot
HBOOT
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1]...
...[18]
...start update?
<VOL UP>
Next to "[1] BOOTLOADER" "- Fail-PU"
And below [18]..., "Partition update fail!"
"Update Fail!"
"Press <POWER> to reboot."
It's an HTC Rezound I'm trying to get back to stock, Verizon.
Any ideas?
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TommyJames said:
same thing happens...
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You still needing help?
Where did you get the PH...img file you are using? Are you sure it's an RUU?
Did you ever try resetting to factory settings within the phone? You don't need to RUU for that, check a few posts up on where to find the setting.
Let me start off by saying that I'm a complete idiot and wasn't being very careful.
I have several problems with my Rezound right now and I'll try to be clear and concise. My internal SD card won't mount in the recovery menu, nor HBOOT, therefore I cannot flash PH98img.zip in HBOOT. My external SD will mount, but I'm not sure if the PH98img.zip will work from the external SD because it doesn't show up in HBOOT. My HBOOT reads as follows:
*** UNLOCKED ***
VIGOR PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.10.00000
eMMC-boot
OCT 5 2011,21:18:48
And also, here's a weird thing: My phone will show up in adb devices only when the phone is off or when I'm in the Recovery menu. My phone won't appear in adb devices when I'm in HBOOT menu. I'm running ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.2.3.
I have tried using a few different ROMs to no avail. I think my main problem as of now is that I cannot access my internal SD card. Before I install a ROM I wipe everything I can think to wipe, cache, dalvik cache, factory reset. Some of the ROMs have the Aroma installer where it asks if I want to wipe on those and I say yes every time. I cannot start my phone because I'm stuck on HTC white screen whenever I try to boot the phone. I've tried using the Old_Firmware_Patch.zip and the GB Firmware Patch.zip. I have had no luck so far. Again, I'm sorry that I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing and I need a bit of help. Thank you and I appreciate any help that you can give.
Additional Information
Prior to this complete failure in my phone I was using an early leak of ICS, one of Newts ROMs. His ROM didn't support 4G and had trouble with a few other things including stock wifi settings. Every time I tried to go to wifi settings the "com.settings.htc" or some such process would crash. So I wanted to update to a newer ICS ROM that hopefully supported 4G and didn't have problems with wifi settings. I thought it would be as simple as loading a ROM onto the external SD and loading it from recovery, but it wasn't that easy. Because I'm S-ON I apparently missed a few steps and forgot that I have to flash PH98img.zip. But now that I cannot access my internal SD card, I cannot flash PH98img.zip as far as I know.
First thing you want to do is get off of Clockwork Mod recovery. It doesn't play well with the Rezound. Go grab Amon Ra and flash v3.16.
Secondly, you can flash a PH98IMG file off the external sd, providing you can read it of course.
I think you are still on GB firmware based on your hboot, not completely sure about that. But it's def an old hboot.
So actually, I would run the RUU and update all your firmware, don't bother flashing Amon Ra first, do that after the RUU. Find it here:
http://androidfiles.org/ruu/?dir=Vigor
Top one, 3.14.605.12. Then after you run that, you can check for and accept the latest OTA that came out a couple weeks ago and then you'll be up to date with the official updates.
You'll need to relock the phone before running the RUU
fastboot oem lock
And save everything you need from the phone first since this will wipe everything and get you back to factory stock.
Then to run the RUU attach the phone to your pc and double click on the exe RUU file. It will do it's thing. Or you can use the following commands in fastboot to get it going:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip NameOfZip.zip
Make sure you let it go all the way through. I ran the global RUU and the screen went black for a while then it goes back to finishing up, so if that happens just let it keep going. I think you end up in bootloader when it's done, and it'll ask you if you want to reboot. You should go ahead and boot up and make sure it's working okay.
After you run the RUU you will need to unlock again. Then flash Amon Ra, flash superSU for root (though I think you can just get root via Amon Ra again now) and make a nandroid of stock so you can always go back to this when you run into trouble, then flash a custom ROM if you choose.
That should sort everything out since like I said, it'll be a clean start and you'll get everything updated.
Oh, and the PH98IMG.zip file you have to flash because of being s-on is the kernel for the ROM you are flashing. So know that each PH98IMG.zip file is not the same as the other, the ROM makes the one you need using the kernel that is specifically for that ROM. So you'll either need to pull it out of the ROM and flash via fastboot, download the separate PH98IMG file if there is one in the ROM's thread, or the ROM may make one during the flash and leave the PH98IMG file on your SD card in which case you go to bootloader and accept the update, which will be the kernel.
If you don't flash the kernel then the phone won't boot, it'll just get stuck.
One last thing, I would grab CleanWipe from the Dev section and use that for wiping whenever you change ROMs. It'll really get the job done.
Back to stock now
You, feralicious, are a beautiful person for replying so detailed lol. I got my phone to start up gladly. I just now read your post. Earlier I got it working by following a thread which basically said exactly what you said: relock using fastboot oem lock and then do the lastest RUU. It was a thing of beauty. I as so lost prior to that.
It's good to know that each PH98IMG.zip is different per rom. I had no idea. I'm going to stay stock for a while. It's just nice to finally see that 4g up on the top of my phone after having dealt with 3g only for like 6 months. I'll definitely come back to this site if I have an trouble while attempting to re-root the phone. Thanks so much for your excellent reply.