I was trying to relock my phone to return to sprint, got relocked, but couldnt successfully run ruu. tried adb fastboot to relock just in cast I hadnt relocked successfully as well. then tried to flash ruu, got stuck at htc screen, and bootloader was the only thing that worked after that. now stuck in bootloader. what should I do? recovery from bootloader doesnt work, factory reset doesnt work.
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Run the RUU from fastboot
Also, are you S-oFF? you can probably still be easily saved if so
Rxpert said:
Run the RUU from fastboot
Also, are you S-oFF? you can probably still be easily saved if so
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S-on. how do i run ruu from fastboot?
http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=177373Its a different phone but just substitute your IMG file where it used the tbolt
wobumang said:
S-on. how do i run ruu from fastboot?
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You connect your phone to the computer while in bootloader and run the RUU
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You connect your phone to the computer while in bootloader and run the RUU
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great. now I feel stupid. must find others to blame...
thanks, phone exchanged.
wobumang said:
great. now I feel stupid. must find others to blame...
thanks, phone exchanged.
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So it worked? or you went and got a new one?
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So it worked? or you went and got a new one?
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yes, it worked. many thanks.
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Before I begin, I've read through a lot of threads on different forums and have yet to find a solution (that's working for me.)
I could never get my device to S-OFF so simply dropped the task. Not in too big of a rush right now. That being said, I'd like to go back to GB for a bit just to try a few things out.
I never flashed the ICS firmware, therefor I've had to use the old firmware patches. So, I tried running the RUU for GB and it only encountered error after error and my phone stayed at the black HTC screen. Any ideas?
Phone works just fine, just rebooted while I was typing this post and went straight into my ROM.
Only way I found is S-off'd, I had to go back to GB after ICS since it came on the phone I bought and needed to return it. Everyone told me I had to S-Off then RUU
If s on make sure you relock bootloader, then you should be able to run the gb ruu for whichever version you were on.
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Downgrading radios when s-on could very well hard brick your phone. I strongly recommend that you s-off first.
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Abu-7abash said:
Downgrading radios when s-on could very well hard brick your phone. I strongly recommend that you s-off first.
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You can't downgrade with s on....
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ericsignals said:
If s on make sure you relock bootloader, then you should be able to run the gb ruu for whichever version you were on.
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You can't downgrade with s on....
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Are you even the same guy?
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Pick a Gingerbread based rom and flash. Try out Chingy's Ineffabilis gingerbread.
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I never flashed the ICS firmware, therefor I've had to use the old firmware patches.
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Wish you guys would read.
Abu-7abash said:
Are you even the same guy?
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If you never ran an ics ruu you still were on gb firmware....so you can run a gb ruu. When you run the same ruu that's not downgrading....sheesh :rolleyes . And its probably the easiest way to get back to a working phone if you are lost and don't really know what you are doing.
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If s on make sure you relock bootloader, then you should be able to run the gb ruu for whichever version you were on.
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Tried that. RUU said "Could not update your phone at this time."
I came from stock GB originally in...April. Is there a specific RUU for that?
I've never used RUU's before so I'm lost.
aaand now, I'm pretty sure my phone is a brick. It's re-locked now, can't go into recovery, won't boot into ROM.
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aaand now, I'm pretty sure my phone is a brick. It's re-locked now, can't go into recovery, won't boot into ROM.
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Still only a soft brick. Would suggest trying the other of the two GB RUU .exe version packages if you only tried one of them, just a suggestion until someone else can help you and diagnose.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19756694
Chyrux said:
aaand now, I'm pretty sure my phone is a brick. It's re-locked now, can't go into recovery, won't boot into ROM.
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If you can get to hboot It's not bricked. Which ruu were you trying
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If you can get to hboot It's not bricked. Which ruu were you trying
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RUU_Vigor_VERIZON_WWE_2.01.605.11_Radio_RS_0.95.00.1123r_3161E_9K_QMR_release_233635_signed
Try running that one again. It should work. You have to run it twice anyway
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Try running that one again. It should work. You have to run it twice anyway
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Tried. It's stuck on the "Verifying the information on your PDA Phone...Please wait..." screen.
EDIT: Nevermind, went into Fastboot, working now. Let you know how it goes. Thanks for the help so far.
I'm getting a bootloader version error. An ICS RUU should fix this, right? Granted, I know that means I can't go back until I S-Off, but I'd rather that than have a soft bricked phone
I am in the same boat - S-ON. I flashed Scott's ICS Rooted Stock Rom, along with the GB Patch. I downloaded the PH98IMG.zip and HBOOT doesn't recognize it. Trying the exe may resolve this?
Issue resolved thanks to dsb in the IRC channel. For some reason, I thought I had to throw the unlock.bin on my SD card to unlock.
And to the guy above me, try pushing it through adb. Extract the ROM, find the boot.img, throw it into your ADB directory.
adb reboot bootloader
(make sure you're in fastboot USB)
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Issue resolved thanks to dsb in the IRC channel. For some reason, I thought I had to throw the unlock.bin on my SD card to unlock.
And to the guy above me, try pushing it through adb. Extract the ROM, find the boot.img, throw it into your ADB directory.
adb reboot bootloader
(make sure you're in fastboot USB)
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Hate to ask you this, but would you mind giving me a step by step on what you did to get back to GB?
Thanks -Kim
print.logic said:
Hate to ask you this, but would you mind giving me a step by step on what you did to get back to GB?
Thanks -Kim
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With the new leak out, I haven't. However, I can still help.
Make sure there is no P98IMG file on your SD card.
1. Download the mainver fix from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23169557&postcount=4
2. Drop GB ROM of your choice onto SD card.
3. Flash the fix in recovery and reboot into bootloader.
4. Relock your phone by going into adb and typing in fastboot oem lock
5. Run GB RUU of your choice.
6. Use the HTCDev unlock on your bootloader
7. Download a recovery and push it to your phone by typing in fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
8. Boot into recovery, flash ROM, enjoy.
if my boot loader is unlocked and i i have s-on can i use an ruu to go back to stock?
zebo34 said:
if my boot loader is unlocked and i i have s-on can i use an ruu to go back to stock?
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No, your going to have yo re-lock.
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To run an RUU, you will need to relock or get S-Off.
If you relock, you will, of course, need to reunlock after the RUU if you want root. If you get S-Off, you will never need to unlock, relock, S-On, or S-Off again.
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To run an RUU, you will need to relock or get S-Off.
If you relock, you will, of course, need to reunlock after the RUU if you want root. If you get S-Off, you will never need to unlock, relock, S-On, or S-Off again.
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i relocked and now i it says security warning, is that bad
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i relocked and now i it says security warning, is that bad
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No. You can ignore that iirc. Someone else can chime in as well, it's been a while for me, but I remember this coming up a long time ago - it happened to me too. It's happened to many people. You just relocked so you're still going to run the RUU? Should go away after you do.
Here's a post with the answer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22723792&postcount=6
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you get a security warning if you are relocked but don't have the official RUU installed. So if you flashed an ICS rom and relocked, the rom would work fine but you would have a security warning because it isn't HTC's official rom.
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No. You can ignore that iirc. Someone else can chime in as well, it's been a while for me, but I remember this coming up a long time ago when I used to read everything on this forum, before s-off happened.
Here's a thread about it from April:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1618013&highlight=security+warning
It's happened to many people. You just relocked so you're still going to run the RUU? Should go away after you do.
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can i run the ruu from hboot?
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i relocked and now i it says security warning, is that bad
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Your phone won't boot with the security warning.. you have to run a full ruu now. Yes from hboot name it to PH98IMG and put it on your sd and boot to bootloader. It'll find it automatically and prompt you to run the update.
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can i run the ruu from hboot?
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Yes, as famous said above. (But according to Con you should still be able to boot now. I don't remember if I ever booted with that warning, I doubt it as I was probably relocking just to run the RUU and had no need to boot up.)
I edited my post above, you must have quoted me before that showed up. Once you run the RUU the security warning should be gone, then you can unlock again and flash a custom ROM if you like.
So, I went to relock my evo3d and accidently hooked up my evo4glte. It boots to fastboot usb, but will not let me load recovery. I had meanbean on it. Did I hose it or is there something I can do. thanks
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So, I went to relock my evo3d and accidently hooked up my evo4glte. It boots to fastboot usb, but will not let me load recovery. I had meanbean on it. Did I hose it or is there something I can do. thanks
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Did you just re-lock the LTE or did you try to flash the wrong recovery on the LTE?
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Did you just re-lock the LTE or did you try to flash the wrong recovery on the LTE?
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I just relocked it.
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I just relocked it.
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You can use Htc Dev again to unlock but it will wipe your device
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You can use Htc Dev again to unlock but it will wipe your device
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I guess I should have said that I tried that already and it doesn't seem to work. I'm tired. I'm going to walk away and I'll try again tomorrow. I know it has to be something easy, I'm just being stupid today.
someone please help
im not sure what part did the damage. but i was trying to flash a new rom. it screwed up. didnt work. kept trying a few things. but long story short i accidently formated my external containing my back up, and nothing else worked on my phone.
end result, phones not recognized by Adb but can be seen on fastboot it has no OS and somehow its now S-ON and im stuck with out a phone.
i just redownloaded all my sprint drivers, sdk including, also have a fresh version of htc sync manager.
im lost. dont know what to do. this is my last resort till smash it and claim insurance
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someone please help
im not sure what part did the damage. but i was trying to flash a new rom. it screwed up. didnt work. kept trying a few things. but long story short i accidently formated my external containing my back up, and nothing else worked on my phone.
end result, phones not recognized by Adb but can be seen on fastboot it has no OS and somehow its now S-ON and im stuck with out a phone.
i just redownloaded all my sprint drivers, sdk including, also have a fresh version of htc sync manager.
im lost. dont know what to do. this is my last resort till smash it and claim insurance
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What os and firmware version? Its fixable dude.
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What os and firmware version? Its fixable dude.
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honestly, im not even sure, im not wicked unto this stuff, just want a functioning phone. i was trying to get a better radio driver.
but as of right now, i just want this back to stock.
sirbrixalot said:
honestly, im not even sure, im not wicked unto this stuff, just want a functioning phone. i was trying to get a better radio driver.
but as of right now, i just want this back to stock.
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What is your availability tomorrow morning for a team viewer session?
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What is your availability tomorrow morning for a team viewer session?
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morning is zero. i have to work from 6-2 eastern time. what do you suspect that i ****ed up so aybe i can look. id gladly do a team view tho
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morning is zero. i have to work from 6-2 eastern time. what do you suspect that i ****ed up so aybe i can look. id gladly do a team view tho
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Well...since you are Sprint you probably unlocked via HTC dev. You can flash your unlock token again which will allow you to flash a custom recovery. You can then flash the current rooted Rom and use sunshine to s off again. The hard option is flashing an older Rom to use firewater as doing so will make your phone reboot about every thirty seconds because of the firmware mismatch. I can help you get it done that way if you want...up to you. Six of one half dozen of the other. You can almost always fix a phone that still boots to hboot and is unlockable. You won't have adb in the current mode either btw....
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Well...since you are Sprint you probably unlocked via HTC dev. You can flash your unlock token again which will allow you to flash a custom recovery. You can then flash the current rooted Rom and use sunshine to s off again. The hard option is flashing an older Rom to use firewater as doing so will make your phone reboot about every thirty seconds becaui se of the firmware mismatch. I can help you get it done that way if you want...up to you. Six of one half dozen of the other. You can almost always fix a phone that still boots to hboot and is unlockable. You won't have adb in the current mode either btw....
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i noticed adb wont work. lol'
i already used anothe runlock token, but it wouldnt take another rom how ever, i tried the guru reset via twrp install and a maximushd rom. neither of which took, im lost man, exhaused my options in my knowlage base, i need help; i eventried a ruu.exe but it wouldnt take due to some kind of unknown error. and tried a ruu hboot flash of the same **** and that didnt keep either
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i noticed adb wont work. lol'
i already used anothe runlock token, but it wouldnt take another rom how ever, i tried the guru reset via twrp install and a maximushd rom. neither of which took, im lost man, exhaused my options in my knowlage base, i need help; i eventried a ruu.exe but it wouldnt take due to some kind of unknown error. and tried a ruu hboot flash of the same **** and that didnt keep either
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You are on the current firmware... So you would need a current ruu to do that. Does your phone show unlocked now?
sirbrixalot said:
i noticed adb wont work. lol'
i already used anothe runlock token, but it wouldnt take another rom how ever, i tried the guru reset via twrp install and a maximushd rom. neither of which took, im lost man, exhaused my options in my knowlage base, i need help; i eventried a ruu.exe but it wouldnt take due to some kind of unknown error. and tried a ruu hboot flash of the same **** and that didnt keep either
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hi
if you're bootloader showing unlocked try to install twrp recovery image
and then try to download stock nandroid rom for you're Sprint mobile then place it in you're mobile using adb push command then restore the the rom that you have placed at the end flash the image boot from the bootloader and you're done.
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You are on the current firmware... So you would need a current ruu to do that. Does your phone show unlocked now?
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yeah im fairly sure it says unlocked and tampered at the top of hboot, and it also says s-on some how. i tried fastboot command oem unluck and that didnt change it, i feel like this s-on nonsense is my main problem.
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yeah im fairly sure it says unlocked and tampered at the top of hboot, and it also says s-on some how. i tried fastboot command oem unluck and that didnt change it, i feel like this s-on nonsense is my main problem.
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Flash this. Let me know.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23486521113837641
ahmedj31 said:
hi
if you're bootloader showing unlocked try to install twrp recovery image
and then try to download stock nandroid rom for you're Sprint mobile then place it in you're mobile using adb push command then restore the the rom that you have placed at the end flash the image boot from the bootloader and you're done.
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hi friend,
if you had read the above posts you would know i dont have adb suppot thanks tho
dottat said:
Flash this. Let me know.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23486521113837641[/
how should i go about it? twrp?
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dottat said:
Flash this. Let me know.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23486521113837641[/
how should i go about it? twrp?
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Twrp
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Twrp
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tried that just now. it only said fail, no reason.
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dottat said:
tried that just now. it only said fail, no reason.
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What version twrp do you have and what did you do prior to flashing in twrp (wipe etc)?
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sirbrixalot said:
What version twrp do you have and what did you do prior to flashing in twrp (wipe etc)?
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i thinki just got a new version. 2.8.0.1 and i tried a wipe and cache wipe and allthat jazzz
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dottat said:
i thinki just got a new version. 2.8.0.1 and i tried a wipe and cache wipe and allthat jazzz
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Don't wipe system especially. Reboot to boot loader. Choose reboot boot loader. Go back into recovery and flash. Don't wipe anything
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sirbrixalot said:
Don't wipe system especially. Reboot to boot loader. Choose reboot boot loader. Go back into recovery and flash. Don't wipe anything
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says unable to open zip file on that try
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sirbrixalot said:
Don't wipe system especially. Reboot to boot loader. Choose reboot boot loader. Go back into recovery and flash. Don't wipe anything
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i got a hammer on one hand and my laptop(s) in the other. this hammer idea is looking pretty good hahaha
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I flashed a backup from twrp recovery then it was successful but when I rebooted my device it was stuck on an endless boot. I was able to get to twrp recovery then i bootedinto the bootloader I dont know why but i relocked the bootloader using oem lock. then it booted up and now is stock on the htc logo. i thought it would boot up then i was going to unlock the bootloader again thinking it would fix it. i was not thinking straight. now my phone is not being picked by my pc when using adb devices. please help
please
thank you
JOE180360 said:
i was going to unlock the bootloader again thinking it would fix it. i was not thinking straight.
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I think you mean you relocked the bootloader again, since that is what it said in your PM to me; and it makes more sense (based on what you are saying).
Relocking as you now know, is not (in itself) going to return you to stock. Think about that, where would the necessary stock ROM and other files magically come from?
JOE180360 said:
now my phone is not being picked by my pc when using adb devices. please help
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adb only works when the phone is booted, and possibly in recovery. It will never work in bootloader or fastboot mode.
Check to see if the command works in fastboot mode: fastboot devices
If so, since you are already RELOCKED, just run the 4.28.502.2 RUU (as I've seen you asked for in another thread, which I also answered).
Thanks man.
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I think you mean you relocked the bootloader again, since that is what it said in your PM to me; and it makes more sense (based on what you are saying).
Relocking as you now know, is not (in itself) going to return you to stock. Think about that, where would the necessary stock ROM and other files magically come from?
adb only works when the phone is booted, and possibly in recovery. It will never work in bootloader or fastboot mode.
Check to see if the command works in fastboot mode: fastboot devices
If so, since you are already RELOCKED, just run the 4.28.502.2 RUU (as I've seen you asked for in another thread, which I also answered
I am charging m phone right now. hopefully everything goes well. thanks for finding the ruu.
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help
redpoint73 said:
I think you mean you relocked the bootloader again, since that is what it said in your PM to me; and it makes more sense (based on what you are saying).
Relocking as you now know, is not (in itself) going to return you to stock. Think about that, where would the necessary stock ROM and other files magically come from?
adb only works when the phone is booted, and possibly in recovery. It will never work in bootloader or fastboot mode.
Check to see if the command works in fastboot mode: fastboot devices
If so, since you are already RELOCKED, just run the 4.28.502.2 RUU (as I've seen you asked for in another thread, which I also answered).
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the command works but the ruu is saying it cant pickup the device
will the ruu work if there's no image version on the phone.
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the command works but the ruu is saying it cant pickup the device
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theres no image version on the phone. will it still work
the ruu started and is stuck at 14% sening.....
JOE180360 said:
theres no image version on the phone. will it still work
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it stated uo great then now is stuck at 14%. what should i do?
TAHNK YOU!!!!!!!
JOE180360 said:
it stated uo great then now is stuck at 14%. what should i do?
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Your a real life saver man. thanks to you i got my phone back. i probably would have never found the ruu with out you.
Thanks so much.