Special thanks to nolimitzr2 for testing!
Info:
The splash screen is stored as its own partition like a boot image. The splash screen is located at mmcblk0p14. This means that we can use the executable dd to modify the splash screen from recovery. This is S-OFF only!
What is new about this?
Right now, the splash screen needs to be flashed via PH98IMG.zip or fastboot. This isn't quite as convenient as flashing via recovery. With this, you could store several that you enjoy on your SD card and quickly swap between them via recovery rather than loading up a new PH98IMG.zip or fastboot whenever you want to switch.
How to use:
1. Download template zip file.
2. Put the splash screen you want named splash1.img in the splash folder in the zip file. Use 7zip to drag and drop it in.
3. Flash in recovery.
I nor anyone else are responsible for damage to your device.
edit: also to rom devs, please don't abuse this and brand everyone's phone to your rom if they don't want it.
con247 said:
Special thanks to nolimitzr2 for testing!
Info:
The splash screen is stored as its own partition like a boot image. The splash screen is located at mmcblk0p14. This means that we can use the executable dd to modify the splash screen from recovery.
What is new about this?
Right now, the splash screen needs to be flashed via PH98IMG.zip or fastboot. This isn't quite as convenient as flashing via recovery. With this, you could store several that you enjoy on your SD card and quickly swap between them via recovery rather than loading up a new PH98IMG.zip or fastboot whenever you want to switch.
How to use:
1. Download template zip file.
2. Put the splash screen you want named splash1.img in the splash folder in the zip file. Use 7zip to drag and drop it in.
3. Flash in recovery.
I nor anyone else are responsible for damage to your device.
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Could this potentially cause an unrecoverable brick if flashed wrong?
GreenXSniper said:
Could this potentially cause an unrecoverable brick if flashed wrong?
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I would just assume you would get a messed up splash
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GreenXSniper said:
Could this potentially cause an unrecoverable brick if flashed wrong?
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Anything is possible, but it is likely a bad flash would just yield a bad looking splash screen. However if it was having trouble booting because of it, you could likely get into hboot to reflash one via hboot since the splash doesn't load before directly booting to hboot.
I'm pretty sure it will not hurt ur phone if j flash a bad one
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con247 said:
Anything is possible, but it is likely a bad flash would just yield a bad looking splash screen. However if it was having trouble booting because of it, you could likely get into hboot to reflash one via hboot since the splash doesn't load before directly booting to hboot.
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Ahh i didnt think about that.
Does this require soff?
Rezound, rooted, loving it.
Piaband said:
Does this require soff?
Rezound, rooted, loving it.
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Yes
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Piaband said:
Does this require soff?
Rezound, rooted, loving it.
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Yes
it might "flash" without s-off but it might brick
con247 said:
it might "flash" without s-off but it might brick
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Have nolimit test it
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People have flashed bad splash1 images before. they looked terrible but it ran fine. I will try to have him test one before he tests something else for me that I think might brick
What would the recommended screen size/file type be?
a little confused with instructions. do i do all this from my pc first, then transfer to sd? thanks
Dalamar1320 said:
What would the recommended screen size/file type be?
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zounduser said:
a little confused with instructions. do i do all this from my pc first, then transfer to sd? thanks
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The splash1.img has to be created the same way as usual. This is just a different way to flash it.
720 x 1280
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Oh sweet! Now I can take those ph98's I made and turn it into recovery zips. Awesome. Thanks much con!
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Yet again, thanks Con
another goodie might be coming tomorrow if testing goes well. how about a stealth hboot? Says S-ON even when it is S-OFF
con247 said:
another goodie might be coming tomorrow if testing goes well. how about a stealth hboot? Says S-ON even when it is S-OFF
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I like mine to say s-off. Smile every time I see it. But I can see the use in having it say s-on
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What's the directory/name of the splash image (not boot animation, b4 that)? Is it possible to just use es file explorer and replace that file to change splashes?
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Eat it iPhone said:
What's the directory/name of the splash image (not boot animation, b4 that)? Is it possible to just use es file explorer and replace that file to change splashes?
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it isnt in a directory. and no you cant change it with file explorer. to change it you must use fastboot
t3project said:
it isnt in a directory. and no you cant change it with file explorer. to change it you must use fastboot
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Does that mean renaming it to PC86IMG or whatever and flashing via hboot?
Eat it iPhone said:
Does that mean renaming it to PC86IMG or whatever and flashing via hboot?
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Yes. That is the only way to do it. And it will stay that image no matter what rom/kernel you flash until you change it thru bootloader again.
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jayharper08 said:
Yes. That is the only way to do it. And it will stay that image no matter what rom/kernel you flash until you change it thru bootloader again.
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Cool got it thx guys
Eat it iPhone said:
What's the directory/name of the splash image (not boot animation, b4 that)? Is it possible to just use es file explorer and replace that file to change splashes?
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to more directly answer this question, the splash image is located in a special portion of internal memory. it is not directly accessible from normal android mode or from recovery mode, at least as far as anybody as found.
the only known method of access to this restricted portion of dedicated internal memory which holds the splash image is thru fastboot mode and the fastboot binary.
on other older devices, like the samsung moment, the splash image was/is stored on internal memory in a dedicated partition, but it was write accessible from android mode and recovery mode. this made it much easier to modify and change which facilitated the ability for an android app, Flash Image GUI, I created to help thru this process.
unfortunately there haven't been anyways found yet to access the splash image on the evo 3d other than thru fastboot. i do think it would be great if there was a way found one day!
hope that helps add some clarity!
is it pC86img or pG86img? Every thread i review seems to have something different.
Also, I can confirm paste new hTC_bootanimation.zip over the original doesnt work. I did a NAND and tried it when i made my boot animation (death of megatron/birth of galvatron FTW) and now it displays the HTC logo but just the initial still frame.
Why are so many things you flash or load through bootloader named PG/PC86IMG lol. I've always been hesitant on account of that. Does bootloader look inside the zip and place it in the appropriate slot based on name or something?
Thanks!
Skyphos said:
is it pC86img or pG86img?
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PG86IMG.zip
Skyphos said:
Why are so many things you flash or load through bootloader named PG/PC86IMG lol. I've always been hesitant on account of that. Does bootloader look inside the zip and place it in the appropriate slot based on name or something?
Thanks!
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Short answer: Yes. The bootloader looks for specific file names inside of the .zip file to know which partition to flash them too.
Longer answer: HTC designed the bootloader/fastboot/radio to have the most write access to the internal partitions. Recovery and normal android mode also have write access (unlocked bootloader, custom recovery needed, etc) but the bootloader/radio/fastboot have the most access.
Since the bootloader/radio/fastboot have the most access to the internal partitions, it is sometimes regarded as the best way to flash certain partitions of the phone and hence why there are so many different .zip files available!
Hope that helps!
@JoeyKrim:
Thanks. I was familiar with PG86IMG and its options and assumed PC was just a typo. I only seen PC on splash screen how to posts and assumed it was wrong...or i misunderstood since everything flashed through hboot seems to be named PG86IMG (i think even the 4G was that way..been a while). I'm trying to learn more with this phone so I've been reading up a lot. Many smart people on this forum so it only makes sense. I like to know as much as I can about what is really going on behind the scenes before I take any action...just seems logical. Trying to graduate from a mere flash-a-holic =-)
So the take away here is that anything flashed via fastboot/hboot is PG86IMG.zip and hboot/fastboot is smart enough to look at the folder structure within the zip and fine the appropriate partition to write to without user intervention. Good to know. I've done many things with my phone but I usually tried to leave hboot/fastboot alone due to my lack of understanding.
Sidenote: I love your projects. Thanks for all the hard work
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@JoeyKrim:
Thanks. I was familiar with PG86IMG and its options and assumed PC was just a typo. I only seen PC on splash screen how to posts and assumed it was wrong...or i misunderstood since everything flashed through hboot seems to be named PG86IMG (i think even the 4G was that way..been a while).
Sidenote: I love your projects. Thanks for all the hard work
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I think the EVO bootloader used files named PC36IMG.zip. It is up to HTC. They can program the bootloader to use files named whatever they want.
the way to determine the file name the bootloader is searching for: when first booting into the bootloader it will print out on the screen (sometimes quickly) the file names it is searching for. these names will be the correct names as they are hard coded into the bootloader and very rarely change.
appreciate the support and hope the above helps provide more detail! good luck on your progression and feel free to ask questions as they come!
@Joey: Thanks again for the insight man!
@OP: Sorry for taking the thread into a little tangent. Hopfully it helped provide more detail for some of those looking deeper into the process.
joeykrim said:
I think the EVO bootloader used files named PC36IMG.zip. It is up to HTC. They can program the bootloader to use files named whatever they want.
the way to determine the file name the bootloader is searching for: when first booting into the bootloader it will print out on the screen (sometimes quickly) the file names it is searching for. these names will be the correct names as they are hard coded into the bootloader and very rarely change.
appreciate the support and hope the above helps provide more detail! good luck on your progression and feel free to ask questions as they come!
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will the PG86IMG.zip deal to replace Splash Image Work on an HBOOT 1.5 Evo 3D S-ON. figured better ask to avoid a brick. Thanks for your help.
grindnmosh said:
will the PG86IMG.zip deal to replace Splash Image Work on an HBOOT 1.5 Evo 3D S-ON. figured better ask to avoid a brick. Thanks for your help.
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no, splash can't be overwritten on hboot 1.5 sadly, and you wouldn't brick if you flashed, it just wouldn't apply the image.
il Duce said:
no, splash can't be overwritten on hboot 1.5 sadly, and you wouldn't brick if you flashed, it just wouldn't apply the image.
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Maybe soff will come soon now that GSM e3d got hboot downgrade and soff then problem solved splash for all =-)
^by the way...
all of this, one of the reasons why i am not a flashoholic when it comes to the splash screen. if something goes wrong, you get a bad download, etc., you can brick the device. i don't justify the risk for an image that simply appears for merely 3 or 4 seconds at boot up.
So I made a toolkit for 3 HTC phones. You can see them in my signature. Would you guys / girls be interested in using a toolkit for an All-In-One use. If so, please let me know and I can work on it and probably have it up by tonight. Thanks!
hasoon2000 said:
So I made a toolkit for 3 HTC phones. You can see them in my signature. Would you guys / girls be interested in using a toolkit for an All-In-One use. If so, please let me know and I can work on it and probably have it up by tonight. Thanks!
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Actually looks pretty cool and convenient. I think it would be welcomed for the Rez.
WasabiWa83 said:
Actually looks pretty cool and convenient. I think it would be welcomed for the Rez.
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Thanks. If I can get another person or 2 to confirm, I will work in it. Just want to make sure my tool and I will be welcomed!
hasoon2000 said:
Thanks. If I can get another person or 2 to confirm, I will work in it. Just want to make sure my tool and I will be welcomed!
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Yeah, I wouldn't trust WasabiWa's opinion either.
It looks like it would come in handy for a lot of folks, especially those that don't like using the cmd prompt on their pc.
feralicious said:
Yeah, I wouldn't trust WasabiWa's opinion either.
It looks like it would come in handy for a lot of folks, especially those that don't like using the cmd prompt on their pc.
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Haha. I bet he's a nice guy. I guess ill work on it for you guys!
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feralicious said:
Yeah, I wouldn't trust WasabiWa's opinion either.
It looks like it would come in handy for a lot of folks, especially those that don't like using the cmd prompt on their pc.
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Except that I know everything. Therefore, my opinion should be trusted.
EDIT: I'm a very nice guy. And you appear to be, as well. So, yes, make this for us!
WasabiWa83 said:
Except that I know everything. Therefore, my opinion should be trusted.
EDIT: I'm a very nice guy. And you appear to be, as well. So, yes, make this for us!
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haha. I think you should make me a custom sig
I just have to browse through the dev section and collect all the files first.
hasoon2000 said:
haha. I think you should make me a custom sig
I just have to browse through the dev section and collect all the files first.
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I'd love to make you a custom sig! Just pm me if you want to and we'll figure it out.
WasabiWa83 said:
I'd love to make you a custom sig! Just pm me if you want to and we'll figure it out.
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Will do!
Just a question though. With flashing kernels, you have to flash it via recovery and then bootloader? For the Amaze / Sensation / Vivd, we can flash it just through the computer. I am trying to get a better idea so I can make the tollkit correct.
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Will do!
Just a question though. With flashing kernels, you have to flash it via recovery and then bootloader? For the Amaze / Sensation / Vivd, we can flash it just through the computer. I am trying to get a better idea so I can make the tollkit correct.
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Pretty sure it's only bootloader for the kernel or fastboot for just the boot.img. Can't flash them through recovery, I don't think.
I am trying to find the boot.img for the kernels. If I can't find them, then I am done with the toolkit. If I can find them, then I can add it to the toolkit. I only found the flashable zip.
hasoon2000 said:
I am trying to find the boot.img for the kernels. If I can't find them, then I am done with the toolkit. If I can find them, then I can add it to the toolkit. I only found the flashable zip.
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They're all in the PH98IMG.zip files.
WasabiWa83 said:
Pretty sure it's only bootloader for the kernel or fastboot for just the boot.img. Can't flash them through recovery, I don't think.
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Correct. Modules for the kernel can be flashed in recovery, but the actual boot.img must be flashed in hboot.
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They're all in the PH98IMG.zip files.
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I am reading the instructions and they say "Flash in recovery, it will copy the modules and then reboot to hboot. Select bootloader and select yes to flashing PH98IMG.zip."
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I am reading the instructions and they say "Flash in recovery, it will copy the modules and then reboot to hboot. Select bootloader and select yes to flashing PH98IMG.zip."
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Yeah, what nosympathy said. The kernel itself isn't flashed in recovery.
hasoon2000 said:
I am reading the instructions and they say "Flash in recovery, it will copy the modules and then reboot to hboot. Select bootloader and select yes to flashing PH98IMG.zip."
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Yes, and then in that PHzip file is the boot.img which can also be flashed on its own in fastboot if pulled out of the PHzip file.
Sometimes that is the preferred method since the phones and kernels are not always on the same mainver and if the text file included in the PHzip file has a different mainver than the phone it is being flashed to there will be an error. The error can be fixed by editing the mainver in the text file before flashing it, but flashing in fastboot avoids the error.
Some ICS ROM's brought people's mainver up to 3.x. Original stock was at 1.x and with the OTA stock is now 2.x. I believe most ROMs are on 2.x but there is a good number of people whose phones got updated to the 3.x version.
I can have the modules flash when the phone is on. That is how we flash the modules and can I just flash the boot.img via fastboot instead of the PH98IMG.zip?
Remember, I don't have the phone so I can't test it, so please bare with me lol.
Toolkit would be awesome.
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hasoon2000 said:
I can have the modules flash when the phone is on. That is how we flash the modules and can I just flash the boot.img via fastboot instead of the PH98IMG.zip?
Remember, I don't have the phone so I can't test it, so please bare with me lol.
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Yes. Flash the boot.IMG via fastboot.
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hasoon2000 said:
I can have the modules flash when the phone is on. That is how we flash the modules and can I just flash the boot.img via fastboot instead of the PH98IMG.zip?
Remember, I don't have the phone so I can't test it, so please bare with me lol.
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I think so, but some people seem to be uncomfortable using fastboot. But using this tool it seems it won't be as daunting since they won't have to use the cmd prompt on the pc, right? How would it work?
Hi,
I have an unlocked Rezound that will boot to the hboot screen and fastboot one time and then I have no control over anything. I tether it to the computer but it does not find the device. If I try Fastboot or Recovery or any of the options, nothing happens.
Any ideas?
Garry
Maybe a dumb question but do you have the correct driver installed on your computer? Have you used ADB before without issues?
Please clarify a bit can you access recovery, can you use adb?
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lithium630 said:
Maybe a dumb question but do you have the correct driver installed on your computer? Have you used ADB before without issues?
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Yes, not at all dumb. I was using it all day before it bricked.
Try reflashing a recovery in boot ....if you can access hboot you're not bricked
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Chyrux said:
Please clarify a bit can you access recovery, can you use adb?
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Sure, I can not access recovery and ADB does not recognize my phone when I plug it in. I can reboot to Hboot, it runs Hboot once - goes through the fastboot and then it does nothing. I try recovery or fastboot or any other option and nothing happens. It is dead.
blah i've seen this problem before...think it's a hardware failure
jayochs said:
blah i've seen this problem before...think it's a hardware failure
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I'm not too sure. Happened when I was trying to go back to GB. I hadn't flashed the ICS Firmware but was on an ICS ROM and tried going back. Boinked my phone the same way his/hers. I couldn't use ADB, recovery, etc.
Dumb idea (but better than nothing) did youtry to reinstall the drivers?
localceleb said:
Try reflashing a recovery in boot ....if you can access hboot you're not bricked
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I can get in Hboot and it goes through the initial fastboot and then I have no control. How do I flash recovery in boot?
Just rename a recovery.IMG to the p98img file name, load it onto your sd card and boot into hboot.
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Just rename a recovery.IMG to the p98img file name, load it onto your sd card and boot into hboot.
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Is that a stock rom image? Or a Clean Rom image or the recovery-ra? Thank you in advance.
kingspan said:
Is that a stock rom image? Or a Clean Rom image or the recovery-ra? Thank you in advance.
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I have a bunch of roms - renamed one to the pH98img, it loaded but still nothing.
kingspan said:
I have a bunch of roms - renamed one to the pH98img, it loaded but still nothing.
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I think he is suggesting that you reinstall AmonRa recovery (not a ROM) using the PH98img. ...my $.02
Good luck!
rfarrah said:
I think he is suggesting that you reinstall AmonRa recovery (not a ROM) using the PH98img. ...my $.02
Good luck!
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Tried both ROM renaming and renamed Amon RA - neither worked.
kingspan said:
Tried both ROM renaming and renamed Amon RA - neither worked.
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last thing you could try is to find one of the complete stock RUUs in ph98img.zip form and see if that will install.
I had that happen and it kept failing to install, throwing partition errors. Guessing all the flashing killed the nand memory. Verizon sent me a replacement overnight.
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Sure, I can not access recovery and ADB does not recognize my phone when I plug it in. I can reboot to Hboot, it runs Hboot once - goes through the fastboot and then it does nothing. I try recovery or fastboot or any other option and nothing happens. It is dead.
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This happened to me when I failed to get S-OFF (I screwed up the wire trick terribly), and I was unable to recover. Once the battery died, the phone was done, since it needs software to use the charger. I was able to jury-rig my old DINC battery to try a few more times, but I ended up exchanging it, telling Verizon it just died and they accepted it as DOA. Of course I bricked it the same night FedEx delivered it so I was able to do a return w/out warranty issues being part of it.
http://db.tt/60qrVRHc
Download that file. Rename it by removing the "TWRP-" in the file name and then place it on the root of your SD card. And reboot into hboot. If that does nothing I'll be shocked.
Whoops. I did the OTA without doing any research first and now I'm stuck.
I was running the stock GB ROM, rooted with HTCdev unlock, Amon Ra and S-on. I did the OTA that "Prepped" the phone for ICS today and it apparently unrooted the phone. I didn't really dig into it and just went ahead with the ICS OTA. It downloaded and I hit OK and it booted into recovery. Eventually the option to reboot presented and I chose it. Now I'm stuck at the white HTC screen.
I know I should have been paying a little more attention to what I was doing and should have done some more reading before I went ahead with the OTA.
I've done some research but haven't found any solutions that are specific to this OTA. What should I do now? Thanks in advance.
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Whoops. I did the OTA without doing any research first and now I'm stuck.
I was running the stock GB ROM, rooted with HTCdev unlock and S-on. I'm pretty sure I had CWM recovery, althought it might have been Amon RA. I did the OTA that "Prepped" the phone for ICS today and it apparently unrooted the phone. I didn't really dig into it and just went ahead with the ICS OTA. It downloaded and I hit OK and it booted into some kind of recovery, again I wasn't paying attention. Eventually the option to reboot presented and I chose it. Now I'm stuck at the white HTC screen.
I know I should have been paying a little more attention to what I was doing and should have done some more reading before I went ahead with the OTA.
I've done some research but haven't found any solutions that are specific to this OTA. What should I do now? Thanks in advance.
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No worries. You do need to be careful but you can fix this.
First relock your bootloader in fastboot with the command: fastboot oem lock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1810931
Download the RUU file from the android police website and rename it PH98IMG.zip and place it on the root of your external SD card (not in any folders). Reboot to bootloader and your phone will find it and apply the OTA update.
Make sure to remove it from the root directory on your SD after your phone reboots.
You'll be good to go running ICS 3.14.605.12!
EDIT: Just remembered you said you were stuck at splash screen. If you can't get past that you might need an SD card reader to do all this on a pc but its still totally doable.
Thanks, I'm downloading it now.
mattloak said:
Thanks, I'm downloading it now.
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and...you'll have to unlock and flash Amon again..
after DL'ing the RUU, how do you put the file on your phone? im stuck on that screen and dont know how to access the phones files to put that file on the root
thanks in advance
edit: sd card reader
So there's no way of doing this without getting another SD card with the file or using SD card reader?
I wish I would have saw this before I installed a ROM hoping that would fix it. How do I get rid of the ROM now to run stock? It was Scotts Clean ROM if that matters at all
trizzypballr said:
I wish I would have saw this before I installed a ROM hoping that would fix it. How do I get rid of the ROM now to run stock? It was Scotts Clean ROM if that matters at all
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You can flash a stock ROM or RUU.
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LunaticSerenade said:
You can flash a stock ROM or RUU.
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Not to sound like a total n00b, but could you walk me threw that?
I need to lock the boot loader threw fast boot also i read above? How do I do that?
trizzypballr said:
Not to sound like a total n00b, but could you walk me threw that?
I need to lock the boot loader threw fast boot also i read above? How do I do that?
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You would need to boot into fastboot, then type 'fastboot oem lock' I believe.
After that, download http://db.tt/M09JDsfq, rename it PH98IMG, place it on the root of your SD, reboot into hboot, and flash!
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LunaticSerenade said:
You would need to boot into fastboot, then type 'fastboot oem lock' I believe.
After that, download http://db.tt/M09JDsfq, rename it PH98IMG, place it on the root of your SD, reboot into hboot, and flash!
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im confused where im typing at in fastboot though?
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Im not sure how to lock it again, but its unlocked and started loading ph98img.zip right away for me. hopefully it works....
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im confused where im typing at in fastboot though?
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Im not sure how to lock it again, but its unlocked and started loading ph98img.zip right away for me. hopefully it works....
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Fastboot is basically adb, but in bootloader.
Hopefully it flashes! If not, I really recommend S-Off over the re-lock business.
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LunaticSerenade said:
Fastboot is basically adb, but in bootloader.
Hopefully it flashes! If not, I really recommend S-Off over the re-lock business.
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Im not sure if it actually worked or not... The phone is still acting the same... Stuck with Scotts Clean ROM and every time i use the dialer the phone restarts... I can make calls but as soon as i hang up the phone reboots... If I actually try to dial a number instead of choosing a contact, it freezes for a few seconds and then restarts...
trizzypballr said:
Im not sure if it actually worked or not... The phone is still acting the same... Stuck with Scotts Clean ROM and every time i use the dialer the phone restarts... I can make calls but as soon as i hang up the phone reboots... If I actually try to dial a number instead of choosing a contact, it freezes for a few seconds and then restarts...
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Yeah, you should S-Off and then flash the PH98IMG.
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zac41189 said:
No worries. You do need to be careful but you can fix this.
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Thanks for this. I was able to get my wife's Rezound back up and working. It was previously unlocked.
Unfortunately, however, all of her apps & data were wiped. I'm not sure if this was supposed to happen with the OTA upgrade (and she says she's not really sure what it said before the upgrade), or with the method listed here, or if it was just more of whatever screwup made it freeze up at the white screen in the first place.
Whatever the cause was, I'd now like to root it so I can install Titanium Backup for her, but I can't get into the bootloader as I did before I got the ICS to load. Is there a different trick to loading it? (adb and fastboot aren't recognizing the device at this point, so that method isn't working either.
LunaticSerenade said:
Yeah, you should S-Off and then flash the PH98IMG.
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im not sure how to s off?
I managed to soft brick my phone or i believe so. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed cwm to the phone, rooted then read that it fails alot with the rezound so i prepped my phone to unroot and remove cwm and install Amon Ra and nodded off to sleep while in the recovery menu... This is where it gets weird... I woke up to my phone like this. I uploaded a picture of the bootloader screen... Its relocked and will not allow me to do jack... Im not the best at development and relatively inexperienced... I desperately need help. Please.
Well you have hboot so its not bricked. I would pull the battery and then make sure you don't have a ph98img.zip in root of sd. Then put battery back in and see what happens.
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texascfdad said:
Well you have hboot so its not bricked. I would pull the battery and then make sure you don't have a ph98img.zip in root of sd. Then put battery back in and see what happens.
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When I I rooted my phone i had forgotten to put my sd card in so it rooted using the internal sd. I cannot find external or internal sd card through the bootloader or via usb connection. Here is what the bootloader shows when i try to launch recovery.
Reunlock your hboot then try a regular reboot.
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Snuzzo said:
Reunlock your hboot then try a regular reboot.
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I've tried to use hasoon2000's kit to reunlock my phone and to no effect. It cant even locate my device... Here's a screen shot...
jaredvillhelm2002 said:
I've tried to use hasoon2000's kit to reunlock my phone and to no effect. It cant even locate my device... Here's a screen shot...
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Does the phone say fastboot usb?
darkghost568 said:
Does the phone say fastboot usb?
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When connected to the pc via usb cable yes. My pc however cannot find any files or even recognize the phone as a device. Ive put my microsd card into the reader and it is also completely wiped... nothing...
jaredvillhelm2002 said:
When connected to the pc via usb cable yes. My pc however cannot find any files or even recognize the phone as a device. Ive put my microsd card into the reader and it is also completely wiped... nothing...
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Do you have HTC sync installed?
Have you tried to download a complete RUU in PH98IMG.zip form and see if it will install from the bootloader?
Here is a link...
Flash ruu of your choosing then use the toolbox to install amon ra. When in doubt use ruu to get back to square one. I have had to do it a few times lol.
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I've downloaded HTC sync and it's fully updated. I downloaded the 4.0.3.xxxx ph98img.zip from I can't remember where and tried throwing it onto my sd card but when I booted the phone I to hboot it did nothing. I'll try again if someone can guide me through it. And this is my fault for thinking after being out of the tech loop for years that I could jump back in and do a full root and rom flash without much more extensive research. I found out what happened also. My gf was trying to get the phone to turn on and couldn't figure out what was happening and turned out she was playing with the volume rocker and power button. So god knows she may have wiped everything from the inside out...
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We've all heard the gf excuse... not gonna fly.
You could try reformatting the sd card using your pc and using that one to flash the RUU?
feralicious said:
We've all heard the gf excuse... not gonna fly.
You could try reformatting the sd card using your pc and using that one to flash the RUU?
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<3.
Not going to pull any punches. 1st off; learn your fastboot commands hassoon's toolkit is for ease of use. 2nd; You were almost there. 3rd; When trying to use fastboot/adb, make sure HTC sync isn't running in the background.
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I've downloaded HTC sync and it's fully updated. I downloaded the 4.0.3.xxxx ph98img.zip from I can't remember where and tried throwing it onto my sd card but when I booted the phone I to hboot it did nothing. I'll try again if someone can guide me through it. And this is my fault for thinking after being out of the tech loop for years that I could jump back in and do a full root and rom flash without much more extensive research. I found out what happened also. My gf was trying to get the phone to turn on and couldn't figure out what was happening and turned out she was playing with the volume rocker and power button. So god knows she may have wiped everything from the inside out...
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Have it named PH98IMG.zip(watch your filenames, be careful not to name it PH98IMG.zip.zip). But first try reunlocking again and see if you get boot. If you at least get boot animation that tells me you have a working boot partition. If not then you would need to reflash a boot.img. If you are adamant about gaining root, you could have just flashed a custom rom after flashing Amon RA + a data wipe along with proper boot.img in fastboot.
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Not going to pull any punches. 1st off; learn your fastboot commands hassoon's toolkit is for ease of use. 2nd; You were almost there. 3rd; When trying to use fastboot/adb, make sure HTC sync isn't running in the background.
Have it named PH98IMG.zip(watch your filenames, be careful not to name it PH98IMG.zip.zip). But first try reunlocking again and see if you get boot. If you at least get boot animation that tells me you have a working boot partition. If not then you would need to reflash a boot.img. If you are adamant about gaining root, you could have just flashed a custom rom after flashing Amon RA + a data wipe along with proper boot.img in fastboot.
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Simple steps I used when I was in an HTC boot loop.
1. Relocked and installed the stock ruu.
2. Unlocked and flashed the recovery partition using fast boot flash recovery recovery.img (name of your recovery image you want to use.)
3. Used recovery to install su.
4. Profit.
You can also use fast boot to install asop boot images. But for now if you want root use steps 1-4. It worked for me when I borked the heck out of entire phone. ( I had no recovery even after fastboot flashing the recovery partition.)
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lol, your not bricked at all. Not even close. You just need to figure out how to flash an ruu in hboot to get back to square one. That way you have a clean slate to start over again with.
Next time, DONT FALL ASLEEP.
wildstang83 said:
lol, your not bricked at all. Not even close. You just need to figure out how to flash an ruu in hboot to get back to square one. That way you have a clean slate to start over again with.
Next time, DONT FALL ASLEEP.
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Not going to pull any punches. 1st off; learn your fastboot commands hassoon's toolkit is for ease of use. 2nd; You were almost there. 3rd; When trying to use fastboot/adb, make sure HTC sync isn't running in the background.
Have it named PH98IMG.zip(watch your filenames, be careful not to name it PH98IMG.zip.zip). But first try reunlocking again and see if you get boot. If you at least get boot animation that tells me you have a working boot partition. If not then you would need to reflash a boot.img. If you are adamant about gaining root, you could have just flashed a custom rom after flashing Amon RA + a data wipe along with proper boot.img in fastboot.
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What should be done if i'm stuck at re-locked bootloader, S-ON, download mode screen, unable to lock-unlock bootloader nor able to flash RUU ? Even the unbrick tool at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=183353 doesn't detect my phone.
I gave it to a repair shop, he tried flashing the RUU but said he was getting some USB error.
Pull SD card, place a full ruu ph98img on it with a card reader.
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Pull SD card, place a full ruu ph98img on it with a card reader.
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Done that several times.. even tried different sd cards and different new downloads.. still doesn't boot up.. ruu flashes just one pass only very quickly in under 2-3mins..
Not recognizing fastboot at all?
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