Hey guys, sorry if this question has been asked already. I searched (for over 2 hours, but couldn't find appropriate answers so i decided to ask a question). I don't want to brick my phone as I don't have money to get another one.
So I have a Tmobile HTC Amaze (rooted, s-on, Unlocked bootloader) I was running energy rom (GB version) for month or so. Now i want to flash Mike1986's ice cream ROM. Like they said, I installed/paid for 4ext Recovery.
I just need clarification on the steps? In MIKE's forum they kept talking about flashing firmware (i didn't understand what that was).
Can someone point me in right direction.
How do I go about flashing Mike's ROM without doing S-OFF.
Thanks for the help!
It's no big deal. Just download the file and save it to your external sd card or (if you don't have one) save it to the main directory of your internal card. Reboot the phone into the bootloader and the firmware package will automatically install. After that, you can reboot into recovery and flash the rom like normal. Make sure to delete the firmware file from your sd card afterwards though or if you ever boot back into bootloader it'll reintall itself again.
Why don't you s-off its really simple.
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I'd be able to help you more and a lot simpler if you did
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Or just do what he said haha ^^
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Alan Corona said:
I'd be able to help you more and a lot simpler if you did
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"I looked up on forums, but i guess i found it too complicated? lol" do you have any advice or info for what worked for you best and what not? thanks!
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sdaters said:
It's no big deal. Just download the file and save it to your external sd card or (if you don't have one) save it to the main directory of your internal card. Reboot the phone into the bootloader and the firmware package will automatically install. After that, you can reboot into recovery and flash the rom like normal. Make sure to delete the firmware file from your sd card afterwards though or if you ever boot back into bootloader it'll reintall itself again.
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SO I placed MIKE's ROM File on a NEW SD card and went to bootloader menu from 42xt recovery, nothing popped up asking for update?
You need to place the firmware on the sd card first. It's named PH85IMG.zip . Once that is on your sd card, reboot the phone into bootloader, not recovery. If you're not sure how to do that, here's a foolproof way:
1. power off the phone
2. pull the battery out of the phone and reinsert.
3. HOLD (very important) the volume down then also push and HOLD the power button. The phone will automatically start into bootloader and load the update firmware.
The phone should restart afterwards. At that point, you can install Mike's rom from 4ext recovery.
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You need to place the firmware on the sd card first. It's named PH85IMG.zip . Once that is on your sd card, reboot the phone into bootloader, not recovery. If you're not sure how to do that, here's a foolproof way:
1. power off the phone
2. pull the battery out of the phone and reinsert.
3. HOLD (very important) the volume down then also push and HOLD the power button. The phone will automatically start into bootloader and load the update firmware.
The phone should restart afterwards. At that point, you can install Mike's rom from 4ext recovery.
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Ok i did that with the named file. It started loading and then went to the bootloader menu again., but the only thing i saw was "parsing" and no "restart" like u mentioned. Did i miss something?
At this point, I'm going to facepalm myself - you're s-on. I apologize for missing the obvious. It's a little more complex now. You'll first need to relock your bootloader. Then you have to download and flash the entire ICS leak. If you were s-off, then the process I outlined would work. No sweat though, I'm running ARHD 2.2 with s-on. Just follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617663
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At this point, I'm going to facepalm myself - you're s-on. I apologize for missing the obvious. It's a little more complex now. You'll first need to relock your bootloader. Then you have to download and flash the entire ICS leak. If you were s-off, then the process I outlined would work. No sweat though, I'm running ARHD 2.2 with s-on. Just follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617663
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Haha sorry you missed that, i will try this. thanks for your help!
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How would one go about flashing just the radio..per say.. lol cause I just installed senseless and tho the rom is amazingly fast with go launcher, the radio makes me wanna slam my phone with angry testosterone fueled rage lol
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How would one go about flashing just the radio..per say.. lol cause I just installed senseless and tho the rom is amazingly fast with go launcher, the radio makes me wanna slam my phone with angry testosterone fueled rage lol
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I don't believe we can flash radios without S-off.
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How would one go about flashing just the radio..per say.. lol cause I just installed senseless and tho the rom is amazingly fast with go launcher, the radio makes me wanna slam my phone with angry testosterone fueled rage lol
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Find a method how to s-off this phone and we will tell you how to easy flash radio lol
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Here is how you update your radio
It's really easy.
Make a backup of your device.
Make sure you have your ROM downloaded
Make sure you have the PH85IMG.zip downloaded from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20230294&postcount=25 but don't store it to the root of your external sdcard just yet.
Download stock recovery file here
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19769336/recovery.img and name it to STOCK_recovery.img and save it to C:\ (or whatever)
Boot your device in hboot (bootloader) mode.
When your device is in hboot mode enter this command in the command prompt.
cd c:\
fastboot flash recovery STOCK_recovery.img
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When it's done you should now have the stock recovery installed.
Download your update and when it reboots it will install your update with all the partitions including your radio.
After your update installs you should now have version 1.43.531.3 but no root.
Go ahead and place the PH85IMG.zip file from earlier on the root of your external sdcard now.
Boot back into hboot by removing the battery, hold the volume down button while pressing power button.
It will ask you to update the recovery. Do it.
You should now have the clockwork recovery 5.0.2.7 (with an X)
Flash the rom that you had earlier by installing the .zip file
Restore your data from recovery if necessary
Let me know if this works for you.
If you can't download the update for whatever reason then you'll have to use the RUU.
http://www.multiupload.com/MNQLVNJW1K (T-Mobile US)
You'll have to relock your bootloader for it to work.
Hopefully htcdev will allow your to unlock it again.
Remove/rename the PH85IMG.zip and skip to step 9.
Binary100100 said:
It's really easy.
Make a backup of your device.
Make sure you have your ROM downloaded
Make sure you have the PH85IMG.zip downloaded from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20230294&postcount=25 but don't store it to the root of your external sdcard just yet.
Download stock recovery file here
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19769336/recovery.img and name it to STOCK_recovery.img and save it to C:\ (or whatever)
Boot your device in hboot (bootloader) mode.
When your device is in hboot mode enter this command in the command prompt.
When it's done you should now have the stock recovery installed.
Download your update and when it reboots it will install your update with all the partitions including your radio.
After your update installs you should now have version 1.43.531.3 but no root.
Go ahead and place the PH85IMG.zip file from earlier on the root of your external sdcard now.
Boot back into hboot by removing the battery, hold the volume down button while pressing power button.
It will ask you to update the recovery. Do it.
You should now have the clockwork recovery 5.0.2.7 (with an X)
Flash the rom that you had earlier by installing the .zip file
Restore your data from recovery if necessary
Let me know if this works for you.
If you can't download the update for whatever reason then you'll have to use the RUU.
http://www.multiupload.com/MNQLVNJW1K (T-Mobile US)
You'll have to relock your bootloader for it to work.
Hopefully htcdev will allow your to unlock it again.
Remove/rename the PH85IMG.zip and skip to step 9.
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Dude.... I ****in love you LOL I'm going to try this after the gym and let you know how it goes. Thanks bro
Binary100100 said:
It's really easy.
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Dude, you need to back off! People are going to start thinking that we Detroiters aren't just a bunch of thugs and idiots. I don't even own an Amaze yet (next month) but even I appreciate your posts and contributions.
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Dude, you need to back off! People are going to start thinking that we Detroiters aren't just a bunch of thugs and idiots. I don't even own an Amaze yet (next month) but even I appreciate your posts and contributions.
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Well... the smart ones have already left so... by definition...
Hi guys I'm fairly new here and was hoping you guys could help me out.
so i got my amaze a couple months ago from this guy and he told me had rooted the phone but then he unrooted it.
So fastforward to today and i'm trying to update my phone to the new android 4.0 . it downloads the update but then when it shuts off to start installing the update a triangle pops up with an exclamation mark.
it wouldn't go away so i took the battery out to restart it, which it did.
How do i go about fixing this . Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
and this was on my bootloader screen if it helps any
Unlocked
RUBY PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT 1.90.0000
eMMC-boot
To receive ota's you must have a locked bootloader. Yours is unlocked.
Download hasoon all in one tool. Install the HTC drivers and then relock the bootloader.. Then you'll be all set to install them update
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i did just that and now the phone keeps rebooting into the bootloader.
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i did just that and now the phone keeps rebooting into the bootloader.
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I think you need to restore stock recovery, etc before yo relock the bootloader and be on stock rom.
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I think you need to restore stock recovery, etc before yo relock the bootloader and be on stock rom.
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I'm back to being unlocked. How do i go about restoring to stock recovery??
Just download one of the stock ruu files, place it on your sd card rename it PH85IMG.zip and reboot into HBoot mode, it should restore your phone to complete stock.
What radio is on the new OTA update? Can someone who has done the update, post?
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Just download one of the stock ruu files, place it on your sd card rename it PH85IMG.zip and reboot into HBoot mode, it should restore your phone to complete stock.
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i did just that but when it goes into hboot it says that the image is not found or has no image. should i try with a new SD card?
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I have the same problem. I get a Main ver is old error when attempting to load the stock ruu, PH85IMG_Ruby_TMOUS_1.36.531.6_Radio_1.07.550L.04DC_30.64.550L.07_release_219373_signed.zip .
There is no way to get it back to stock with HBOOT on the ICS RUU you cannot go back, I got screwed over too. Unless you got S-Off before you went to ICS, that's the only way you can go back to stock. I think, that's what someone else told me, so give it a try but otherwise I think you are screwed, but I don't really know what I'm talking about. Can anyone confirm this?
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I have the same problem. I get a Main ver is old error when attempting to load the stock ruu, PH85IMG_Ruby_TMOUS_1.36.531.6_Radio_1.07.550L.04DC_30.64.550L.07_release_219373_signed.zip .
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Ok, I flashed via HBOOT the same version that was on the phone, PH85IMG_Ruby_TMOUS_1.43.531.3_Radio_1.08.550L.19DC_30.66.550L.08D_release_228638_signed.zip , and it seems to have accepted it, and going through the updates now.
Now, I will boot into stock, and attempt the new OTA ICS upgrade.
Will a restore work via CWM, that I took from the stock GB ROM above?
OTA ICS Upgrade = Success
I was going to pull the file off of the phone, but I started the upgrade and forgot. I could not locate it afterwards.
How did you flash via Hboot? Did you rename the file before you put it on your SD Card? Also do you have stock recovery?
finally got it
1. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled. Go to Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB Debugging.
2. Download my tool and run it. If your bootloader is unlocked (most likely it is), on my tool, press "Boot into Bootloader". After you are in bootloader, run the "Relock Bootloader" command
3. Put the Stock T-Mobile 1.43 ROM on to your SD Card. Make sure it in the root folder. Rename the file to PH85IMG. Run the command on my tool to "Boot into Bootloader" It should scan for the ROM. If it doesn't (It may be in Fastboot mode, that's why) press the power button so it switches from Fastboot into HBOOT mode.
4. It will detect it and press the Volume Up button. It will flash the Stock ROM.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619491&highlight=back+stock
THANKS TO HASOON AND EVERYONE WHO REPLIED THANKS ALOT GUYS!!!
Same here. This link provided the correct file to restore...which I did not have to relock the phone (thanks to everyone who stated that).
http://www.android-dev.us/showthread.php?414-Rom-RUU-Shipped-Ruby-ROM-Collection
Where there's a will, there's a way!
Mclovin80 said:
Same here. This link provided the correct file to restore...which I did not have to relock the phone (thanks to everyone who stated that).
http://www.android-dev.us/showthread.php?414-Rom-RUU-Shipped-Ruby-ROM-Collection
Where there's a will, there's a way!
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how do you put files on your sd card in hboot? i relocked my bootloader and now my phone is stuck in hboot
Originally Posted by Mclovin80 View Post
Same here. This link provided the correct file to restore...which I did not have to relock the phone (thanks to everyone who stated that).
http://www.android-dev.us/showthread...ROM-Collection
Where there's a will, there's a way!
how do you put files on your sd card in hboot? i relocked my bootloader and now my phone is stuck in hboot
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Unlock your amaze again. Follow the hasoon steps and you'll be able to unlock it.
once you unlock it download this file
http://d-h.st/OIC
once that is done rename it to "PH85IMG" and then put it into your sdcard
then follow these steps
"Run the command on the hasoon tool to "Boot into Bootloader" It should scan for the ROM. If it doesn't (It may be in Fastboot mode, that's why) press the power button so it switches from Fastboot into HBOOT mode.
4. It will detect it and press the Volume Up button. It will flash the Stock ROM."
once it's done flashing you'll be on stock and then you can update the phone to ICS.
TOOK ME ALL DAY! dont worry you'll figure it out.
I have one question, how do I do it if I don't have an SD card? I rooted without one...
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I bought the Amaze recently. I didn't like the battery life, so I looked for a remedy from the internet.
My search led me here. I found people changed kernels, disabled bloatware, and controlled CPU speeds. That all sounded great. I found newb-proof articles and tools for GB. [Caution: I'm am fresh off the newb canoe, now entering the Android rapids.]
I tried a few ROMs here. I enjoyed my experience with GB, but ICS was hyped to be so much better.
Once I tried to go to ICS, I found all of the guides didn't work for me.
I have read about a dozen articles here on how to do this process.
The last process I tried to move to ICS from rooted GB goes as follows:
Reset to factory, through bootloader (no backup; is that a problem?)
Put latest OTA file from Football to ext sd directory (not external card, only directory name)
Flash stock recovery
Relock boatloader
Reboot to recovery after taking battery out (to prevent security warning; would that matter?)
See a green refresh symbol then a red triangle (an apparent error)
I am not sure how to do this any better.
The next steps I would take are to unlock (thanks hassoon2000), flash twrp, wipe all cache, install NRG, use either TB or 4ext (suggestions welcome for any other backup program), get go launcher set (suggestions welcome for alternatives), then eat up the fancy sandwich.
If I missed that one post or one detail that you know of, then all the thanks button pushes go to you for your help.
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(Please forgive the double post, I couldn't figure how to edit old posts, now I can't figure how to delete posts.)
Rename ICS ruu from football to "PH85IMG" (u did NOT mention that u did this step) and put the .zip file on the root of your sd. Boot into "relocked" bootloader and push power button to select "bootloader" option.
There are SEVERAL THREADS that explain this.
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I meant to say I did that, too.
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parsjp said:
I meant to say I did that, too.
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Are u tmobile?
If not, search SuperCID thread for your fix
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I read as many as I could find.
I knew I would go to the bad side if I posted this, but I didn't want this to get lost in old posts.
Another point I forgot, I can't find the "root " folder anymore. I had it before I tried ICS OTA (tmo guy caught me off guard when he said to try the OTA ASAP)
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parsjp said:
I read as many as I could find.
I knew I would go to the bad side if I posted this, but I didn't want this to get lost in old posts.
Another point I forgot, I can't find the "root " folder anymore. I had it before I tried ICS OTA (tmo guy caught me off guard when he said to try the OTA ASAP)
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There is no "root" folder... That just means put on your sd card WITHOUT putting it in any folders. U never had a root folder. You need to read more. U obviously have no clue what u are doing. Learning should be do.e before wrecking your $500 phone... Not after
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1. Download the stock ruu from here
2. Lock your bootloader by using the fastboot command "fastboot oem lock"
3. Reboot to system
4. Flash the stock RUU you downloaded by placing it in the root of your external sd card and renaming it PH85IMG.zip and rebooting to bootloader.
5. Once you have the stock rom reinstalled, set the security lock by using fastboot command " fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
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I followed the directions in the link in your sig as closely as I can.
I found I can't reboot into system after relocking the bootloader. I assume that's not expected.
Also, to flash the ruu, I need to boot into bootloader, then select recovery to flash. (the recovery leads to a screen that shows a green sync symbol that turns to a red triangle symbol)
Is that last step inferred?
I don't know if this will help, but I was in a similar situation and could not upgrade to ICS. I had clockworkmod and that seemed to be the issue. I had already restored a previous backup but could not flash a stock ruu. It would load and then return to the hboot menu without ever giving the option to install. The fix was to use hasoon's all in one tool to flash the stock recovery. That's all I did. After that the OTA update installed fine. I never relocked the bootloader.
I tried that out, too.
I have the same problem when my phone is relocked with stock or custom recovery. It never boots into system, only fastboot.
I tried it unlocked. It seemed to ast longer on the green refresh symbol, but still went to the red triangle.
The only difference here is that I don't have a backup to restore to like you did.
parsjp said:
I tried that out, too.
I have the same problem when my phone is relocked with stock or custom recovery. It never boots into system, only fastboot.
I tried it unlocked. It seemed to ast longer on the green refresh symbol, but still went to the red triangle.
The only difference here is that I don't have a backup to restore to like you did.
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Which stock ruu are you trying to install? If it's a stock GB or one of the ICS leaks, rename the file PH85IMG and reboot into bootloader, if it takes you to fastboot volume down to select bootloader and hit power, if it's the stock ICS OTA file, then read my tutorial how to use it on stock recovery.
I used the 2.14.531.3 file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617644&highlight=ics+ota.
[I'll download it again, in case I had a bad download.]
I believe that is the latest OTA file for ICS.
Is the 1.43.531.3 the GB OTA or the ICS RUU?
I followed what you said:
flash stock recovery
relock phone (fastboot oem lock)
flash rom update in bootloader (rename ruu to ph85img.zip, place on sd card and boot to bootloader)
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I do not have a separate mSD card (I have one on order), I used the phone's internal memory.
The other difference I see is I named it PH85IMG.zip.
I downloaded the 2.14.531.3 file again.
Named it ph85img.zip. Put it on the root of the internal memory.
Flashed stock recovery.
Relocked the bootloader.
Took the battery out to remove the security warning found on the bootloader after relocking.
Rebooted to bootloader (vol down + power button).
Selected bootloader, then recovery.
Green refresh symbol then red triangle.
Now it boots only into bootloader.
I am going to unlock then stay in my GB house for now.
[edit] I do not want to S-OFF as of right now, but I'm considering it more so than ever.
You didn't actually add the ".zip" did you? Because that's just the file extension and is already there. Rename to PH85IMG
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I did read about the .zip.zip troubles others had.
I have my extensions displayed, as to avoid that problem.
Fair point though.
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You don't need the stock recovery to go to stock. Just flash the stock ROM.
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-hassoon2000 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493905&page=29
That started me off in the right direction; details below. Huge thanks to all those that participated here and to NRG and hassoon2000!
DETAILS:
I got the AIO 3.2 tool (had 3.0). Flashed 4ext. Did a Nandroid, system, data and boot.img backup (why not choose all of them?); copied the files to my netbook. Got a 4gb (32 gb in the mail) msd card loaded with ph85img.zip (latest 4.0 RUU for TMo file)and put it in the card.
Used the "boot to bootloader" command. Selected the recovery option.
The phone did what everyone else talked about: the phone went through the update process. Never happened until now.
I didn't lay a brick! Wow, what a relief.
I couldn't find my TiBackup, but there wasn't much on my phone.
Now my NRG'd phone is all set.
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?
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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...
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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...
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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.
Snuzzo said:
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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Snuzzo said:
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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Ok so I used to have a rezound with an unlocked bootloader and the ViperRez Rom installed on it. I upgraded to a Galaxy S3 and sold my Rezound. A week or so ago my S3 took a crap so I purchased another Rezound off Craigslist. I want to gain root again and install a stable Rom. Can someone point me toward a guide that can walk me through this? I wasn't sure if the guides I have been reading were for a rezound that was still running gingerbread or ics or if the guide would apply to a rezound that was running either one. Also, if anyone can recommend a very stable rom I could install that would be great. I'm also tempted to try the trick to gain s-off but I'm a lil afraid to do that. I read somewhere that a paperclip can be used in place of the wire. Is this true? If so, ill give it a shot. I know a lot of members hate posts like this so I apologize in advance. I don't wish to ruin ur day. I'm not looking for anyone to hold my through this just point me in the right direction for root instructions and recommend a good Rom. Thanks everyone!!!
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The unlock process via the htcdev.com website is still the same. If you're just going to replace the factory rom, unlock your phone, flash a custom recovery (TWRP, Amon-Ra or CWM) then the rom of your choice.
Unlock - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20780879&postcount=1
Recovery - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19205213&postcount=428
List of roms - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1425091
For the recovery install, download the PH98IMG.zip attached to the post above, stick it on the root of your sd card, power off your phone, pull the battery and stick it back in, power the phone back up while holding the volume down button to get into the bootloader, press power again then volume up when prompted to install the recovery.img then reboot.
Remove the PH98IMG.zip image immediately from your sd card's root, download the rom of your choice, boot back into the bootloader using the process above then select recovery to get into Amon-Ra and install your rom.
The one issue you will have with being s-on is you need to flash your kernel using your pc via fastboot, you can reboot into the bootloader from Amon-Ra and flash the boot.img you extracted from the rom download zip.
fastboot flash boot path/to/boot.img
Enjoy.
Thank u! I think the kernal part is where i would have gotten screwed up. So I download the Rom of my choice and open the zip file, remove the boot.img, put it on the root of my sd card, and then do I flash the Rom first or the boot.img? Also I remember having issues doing this before where I kept being prompted to.install the boot.img in the bootloader screen. After I install the boot.img how do I remove it from my sd card so it will stop asking me if I want to install it? Thx again!!
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I could really use some help...
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The unlock process via the htcdev.com website is still the same. If you're just going to replace the factory rom, unlock your phone, flash a custom recovery (TWRP, Amon-Ra or CWM) then the rom of your choice.
Unlock - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20780879&postcount=1
Recovery - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19205213&postcount=428
List of roms - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1425091
For the recovery install, download the PH98IMG.zip attached to the post above, stick it on the root of your sd card, power off your phone, pull the battery and stick it back in, power the phone back up while holding the volume down button to get into the bootloader, press power again then volume up when prompted to install the recovery.img then reboot.
Remove the PH98IMG.zip image immediately from your sd card's root, download the rom of your choice, boot back into the bootloader using the process above then select recovery to get into Amon-Ra and install your rom.
The one issue you will have with being s-on is you need to flash your kernel using your pc via fastboot, you can reboot into the bootloader from Amon-Ra and flash the boot.img you extracted from the rom download zip.
fastboot flash boot path/to/boot.img
Enjoy.
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Ok, so I have a HTC rezoud and I am a total noob at this. I have the bootloader unlocked but cannot get my phone rooted. I have tried alot of other web sites and no luck, I have never flashed or even no how to. Just need some noob tips and any other info.
Thanks man.
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Thank u! I think the kernal part is where i would have gotten screwed up. So I download the Rom of my choice and open the zip file, remove the boot.img, put it on the root of my sd card, and then do I flash the Rom first or the boot.img? Also I remember having issues doing this before where I kept being prompted to.install the boot.img in the bootloader screen. After I install the boot.img how do I remove it from my sd card so it will stop asking me if I want to install it? Thx again!!
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You put the boot.img on your PC so you can use ADB/fastboot to flash it to the phone.
You're confusing that with installing a kernel using a PH98IMG.zip file. That will get picked up anytime you boot into the bootloader if it's sitting on your SD card. You can remove those using a file manager app to access the SD card or plug into your pc and mount the SD card.
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You put the boot.img on your PC so you can use ADB/fastboot to flash it to the phone.
You're confusing that with installing a kernel using a PH98IMG.zip file. That will get picked up anytime you boot into the bootloader if it's sitting on your SD card. You can remove those using a file manager app to access the SD card or plug into your pc and mount the SD card.
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Ok gotcha. It's all coming back to me. Last question...here are the pics of the software information for my phone. Having looked at that, do I need to do anything else before I start rooting and flashing? I keep reading about making sure I'm on the right RUU before I start flashing and wut not. Am I good?
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should be good, if u want to makesure your up to date u could flash the global ruu, its over on Android police
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For ROMs... Highly recommend eclipticRez found in the development forum... The newest version. Runs super smooth and sense 4 goodness
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jmez900 said:
For ROMs... Highly recommend eclipticRez found in the development forum... The newest version. Runs super smooth and sense 4 goodness
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Took ur advice and flashed that eclipticRez Rom. Glad I did. It's awesome. Good call on that. Did u choose Sense 4 in Aroma or a different launcher? I chose sense but I'm curious how the other launchers r.
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Took ur advice and flashed that eclipticRez Rom. Glad I did. It's awesome. Good call on that. Did u choose Sense 4 in Aroma or a different launcher? I chose sense but I'm curious how the other launchers r.
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I chose sense 4. Haven't tried the others but am curious about the others. Just too lazy to actually do something about it haha. I'm a fan of sense though
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