Hey guys,
I've got a HTC Legend.
Here is what i have done so far.
1. Tryed to follow a downgrade gold card tutorial....
2. Found out that htc provides an official way to unlock the boot loader which should actually make things easier.
3. Upgraded the phone via OTA update and unlocked the boot loader with the htcdev official method.
4. Then i tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1290841 at first i did it wrong cause i tried the s-on method which did not work.
5. Then i found out even if my Boot loader is S-ON i should use the S-OFF method cause it's unlocked.
6. adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-legend.img
7. Now i can boot in to the recovery mode but when i try to chose an option like "Install zip from sd card" all the selection options disappear and i get stuck on the screen/picture which is shown in the background the little hat with the yellow round arrow. When i push the on off button again the selection options appear again and nothing happens.
8. After this i started froyo again with switched on usb debugging hoping to get root access via HTC SuperTool V3 in order to be able to flash recovery via the Rom Manager App in the Market. No success!!!
guys i'm getting mad reading through forums for 3 days now and i still have no idea how to get this done pls help me.
sry for the bad English it's obviously not my native language
cheers JaDDeL
jaddel said:
Hey guys,
I've got a HTC Legend.
Here is what i have done so far.
1. Tryed to follow a downgrade gold card tutorial....
2. Found out that htc provides an official way to unlock the boot loader which should actually make things easier.
3. Upgraded the phone via OTA update and unlocked the boot loader with the htcdev official method.
4. Then i tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1290841 at first i did it wrong cause i tried the s-on method which did not work.
5. Then i found out even if my Boot loader is S-ON i should use the S-OFF method cause it's unlocked.
6. adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-legend.img
7. Now i can boot in to the recovery mode but when i try to chose an option like "Install zip from sd card" all the selection options disappear and i get stuck on the screen/picture which is shown in the background the little hat with the yellow round arrow. When i push the on off button again the selection options appear again and nothing happens.
8. After this i started froyo again with switched on usb debugging hoping to get root access via HTC SuperTool V3 in order to be able to flash recovery via the Rom Manager App in the Market. No success!!!
guys i'm getting mad reading through forums for 3 days now and i still have no idea how to get this done pls help me.
sry for the bad English it's obviously not my native language
cheers JaDDeL
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Man.. you should "select" the menu item by pressing the trackball, not the power button. Its kinda "screensaver" in CWM appear when you press power button.
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ahhhhhhhh **** sake but thanks a lot!!!
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I have an HTC Hero with FroydVillian 1.7.2 installed.
Last week for some reason my phone always showed it having headphones connected to it, something I couldn't get rid of.
So I tried to go into Recovery do a wipe, and redo my phone. I can't get into recovery. It does the HTC logo, it blips off, then restarts and I see the HTC Logo again and it loads into Android.
So I plugged it into my computer to mount to see if I could download the clockwork recovery files. I cannot mount. I get "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned...."
So, now my phone has: no speakers, won't get into recovery, and i cannot mount it.
So I try the Volume down + Power hoping to kick it into recovery, but I get:
HERO CTV SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.76.0007 (HERO13000)
MICROP-010f
TOUCH PANEL-SYN0104
RADIO-6.35.08.20
Aug 4 2009, 19:43:30
HBOOT
It seems to be the default android boot menu. I can fast boot / sim lock etc. but it won't even read the roms I have loaded on the root SD Card.
So I downloaded rom manager, gave it super user. I flashed recovery - still won't work. redid phone permissions, nothing. Tried to force it to flash a new rom, and wipe everything - no go.
I then tried to do a factory reset through Settings->Privacy->Factory Reset. no go. just loads the HTC Menu, blips off again, and starts up. It seems it doesn't know how to run those...
Any thoughts?
stupid question , but have you tried power+home to get into recovery ?
Yes. It will seem to attempt to load it, then vibrate then restart into regular mode.
rternier said:
Yes. It will seem to attempt to load it, then vibrate then restart into regular mode.
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you try download "rom manager" and flash Clockwork mod recovery stock
press home+ press power
flash your recovery again using adb and make sure to exit HTC synch while using adb.
Hope you'l be able to go into recovery after flashing.
I could really do with some help on this - Kinda paniking cos i'm afraid!
I posted it in the thread on modaco too, so hopefully I can get some help
I am on a 16gb Wifi Euoropean Flyer that needs the RUU RUU_Flyer_HTC_WWE_Wifi_2.27.1114.31_Radio_20.3504.30.089BU_3809.07.04.06_M_release_204727_signed
I have downloaded all the necessary things, checked all the MD5 sums etc etc.
I have successfully gotten to step 14, where i successfully unlocked the bootloader with the HTC dev tools.
Once the gui option came on screen to say whether i wanted to unlock the bootloader, i selected yes, and instantly the device rebooted, but stayed on the white HTC logo screen.
It stayed like this for about 5 mins, before i held the power button down, restarted and got back to the bootloader. (It says unlocked at the top in pink)
I ran the adb command to flash the updated recovery image, (fastboot flash recovery revolutionary-cwm-4.0.1.4-flyer.hboot0011.img), and it said 'sending' okay and 'writing'okay but once i selected to go to recovery, the decive just stayed on the white splash screen, and i think it is in a bootloop.
I can successfully get back to the bootloader every time, and it is displayed as fastboot USB in red (i can hear the sound as it is connected to my machine), but when i type adb devices, it says device cannot be found.
I can however relock and then subsequently unlock the bootloader using the HTC dev tools, but still get stuck at this point. (when relocked it does say *security warning* as well as locked)
Please please please can somebody help, this would be much appreciated.
(I'm not sure if it is possible to place a recovery image on the SD card and let the bootloader install it as it does the checks at the start?)
Thanks in advance
You can't communicate via adb in fastboot menu
Get back to fastboot
Try to flash recovery again
Fastboot flash recovery "name of recovery file"
Fastboot and adb are two different things
If it fails again, delete the recovery image and redownload and try again
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I tired again, i unlocked the bootloader using HTC dev tools, starting through the process instead of using the same email file.
I think the problem is with the HTC dev unlock, cos when i press yes, it gets stuck on the HTC splash screen. (Just out of interest, what should happen when i select yes to unlock on the flyer?)
Flashed the re-downloaded recovery in fastboot (md5 sums match again), this is what was returned:
sending 'recovery' (4746 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.755s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.612s]
finished. total time: 1.367s
then selected 'bootloader' on the flyer, then 'recovery' and then it still get stucks on the white splash screen.
I double checked all the mb5 sums of all the files i have flashed in this process, and they are all good.
The flyer will not turn off, it just turns itself back on again and again. The only way to make it stay off is to lock the bootloader again
Any reccomendations?
Thanks
I am not sure why the recovery is not flashing
You may want to OEM lock and revert back to gingerbread
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thanks, to do that, do i just run fastboot oem lock?
then run the RUU?
That should do it
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Phew! That did it, back to GB for now. Thanks ever so much!
Do you recon it is worth my while to try again? I would like to try HC...
I mean you were able to recover so you got that going for you. I am not sure what was causing your problem though.
Yeah, but its a strange one isnt it?
I've just tried to S-OFF with revolutionary, and it reboots to the bootloader, and then stops, with the cmd window just saying, waiting for fastboot..... - it'll stay like this forever untill i turn the device off.
I remember i had this problem the first time i S-OFFed, but cant quite remembver how i fixed it - could this problem be somehow related to the HC install problem?
Maybe try another USB port or uninstall reinstall drivers
how long did you give the htc screen? it may take a lil while for recovery to start. id maybe give it as long as 5 minutes just to make 100% sure its really stuck.
if you wrote the recovery with the unlocked bootloader,im not sure why it wouldnt have worked,other than a bad imagea not compatible image,or possibly a simple fail to start. ive had this happen with TWRP recovery on other devices,and occasionally with clockwork-when booting to recovery it just sticks at the htc screen.
go for it again. assuming youre using all the correct,newest,and matching files,theres no reason it shouldnt work.
if you have the same trouble next time, while the on the white htc screen,when trying to get to recovery,try typing "adb devices" in your command window. if you get your serial number back, try "adb reboot recovery" and see if it starts that time.
the bootloop after unlocking the HC hboot is because that hboot and boot images are not compatible with the GB /system that is still currently on the phone. i was able to "adb reboot bootloader" during the bootloop rather than holding the power button to get back to fastboot so i could flash the recovery.
the *security warning* when you relocked it is becuase the hboot is confused about the firmware that doesnt match it.
hope that helps IMO its worth trying again- honeycomb makes the tablet alot nicer(for me anyway) than gingerbread.
Yeah I left it for at least 10 minutes, and no activity at all, other than the splash screen.
I might give it a go again, I'll report back as to how it goes!
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send me a pm/email if you want me to take a teamviewer look if you get stuck again.
This phone belongs to my brother and I own the Sprint account. The phone wouldn't turn on at all even on bootloader after he tried to flash a mod. It was htc dev unlocked using Regawmod. Phone was running viper rom 1.2.1. Heres where he got the mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609480 he downloaded one of the mods he cannot remember which one but they're all practically the same status bar mod except they're different colors. The thread belongs in the HTC One X device forums but ive heard of others flashing mods straight from there with no problems..I'm still surprised that it bricked the phone though..since it's just a MOD regardless I would expect twrp to just say "failed" but not brick the phone..so All was good until:
1. rebooted into twrp recovery (ver 2.1.8)
2. attempted to flash elegancia mod from one x forum
3. 1st time recovery displayed "failed"
4. he tried again 2nd time..twrp once more displayed "failed"
5. seeing that nothing happened and the flash simply failed, my brother chose the reboot option from twrp.
6. phone did not reboot
7. couldn't access bootloader at all no matter how many times we tried
8. holding down power button and power+vol up/down combinations [in desperation] did not do a thing no matter how long the buttons were held
9. RUU completely failed...it would not detect the phone..windows failed to recognize the phone but instead attempted to install drivers "QHSUSB_DLOAD" I had also forgotten that the bootloader must be relocked but that couldn't happen anyways since the bootloader was never accessible in the first place
10. opening the phone and unplugging battery and reconnecting did not do a thing
11. we're stuck with a brick..no bootloader access, no recovery, not even the power led displaying signs of life...nada.
12. my only hope is for a method to actually unlock the bootloader to be developed using the same method as made famous by the EVO 3d found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547695 which actually BRICKs the phone by corrupting hboot when S-On,thus placing it into download/emmc mode. I assume it's in download mode since windows tried to install "QHSUSB_DLOAD" drivers but failed at that.
If anyone has a clue what I should do or knows of someone that can help then please let me know! Thanks!
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Pretty much have the same exact problem on my thread :S http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725027
Take to sprint store and they willgive you a new one
sent from my EVO LTE
cant wait
ddeecc said:
This phone belongs to my brother and I own the Sprint account. The phone wouldn't turn on at all even on bootloader after he tried to flash a mod. It was htc dev unlocked using Regawmod. Phone was running viper rom 1.2.1. Heres where he got the mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609480 he downloaded one of the mods he cannot remember which one but they're all practically the same status bar mod except they're different colors. The thread belongs in the HTC One X device forums but ive heard of others flashing mods straight from there with no problems..I'm still surprised that it bricked the phone though..since it's just a MOD regardless I would expect twrp to just say "failed" but not brick the phone..so All was good until:
1. rebooted into twrp recovery (ver 2.1.8)
2. attempted to flash elegancia mod from one x forum
3. 1st time recovery displayed "failed"
4. he tried again 2nd time..twrp once more displayed "failed"
5. seeing that nothing happened and the flash simply failed, my brother chose the reboot option from twrp.
6. phone did not reboot
7. couldn't access bootloader at all no matter how many times we tried
8. holding down power button and power+vol up/down combinations [in desperation] did not do a thing no matter how long the buttons were held
9. RUU completely failed...it would not detect the phone..windows failed to recognize the phone but instead attempted to install drivers "QHSUSB_DLOAD" I had also forgotten that the bootloader must be relocked but that couldn't happen anyways since the bootloader was never accessible in the first place
10. opening the phone and unplugging battery and reconnecting did not do a thing
11. we're stuck with a brick..no bootloader access, no recovery, not even the power led displaying signs of life...nada.
12. my only hope is for a method to actually unlock the bootloader to be developed using the same method as made famous by the EVO 3d found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547695 which actually BRICKs the phone by corrupting hboot when S-On,thus placing it into download/emmc mode. I assume it's in download mode since windows tried to install "QHSUSB_DLOAD" drivers but failed at that.
If anyone has a clue what I should do or knows of someone that can help then please let me know! Thanks!
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Hopefully one day someone will figure this out with out actual casualties. Thanks all for your help. I'm getting a new one tomorrow.
I wanted to know if you found a solution because im dealing with a similar problem. I can cant access my phone manually or through fastboot
Linux will help you with download mode. There's threads on how to use ubuntu to unbrick. I'd find the thread for you, but am not in a position to do so.
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Hi all,
This is my sons phone which he doesn't use as phone - just for games.
Last night he dropped it and it froze, after removing battery it started powering and boot-looping on white htc logo screen.
I powered it with vol down and went on boot-loader and I thought I just restore it via recovery to a state I made him few months back, but failed to go to recovery, again on white screen loop.
I tried installing shipped ruu and after few fails I did it, but again restarts on white screen.
I can connect it to pc and all, running fastboot commands usualy comes with "remote not allowed"
I was sure that I did unlock bootloader for this phone but it says locked, so I am not sure ( having 4 htc phones in same house hard to know what I did to which )
This phone prior to drop had:
4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.5_RC7
S-OFF
not sure on unlocked bootloader
and
Cool-ICS-v17-EvoC
any ideas appreciated
Thank you
PS
I tried to go to htc page and unlock boot-loader, but numbers i paste are not recognized ( I did this many times so its not my error in copy paste)
I guess I cant edit my post.
I managed to unlock bootloader
I installed "Cool-ICS-v17-EvoC" rom via sd card as PG86IMG.zip as I can't load into recovery
and it reboots on white htc logo again
help
Wow... If the issue occurred after a drop, I'd worry it's a hardware issue.
As far as not being able to access recovery, either go into the power settings and uncheck fastboot, or do a battery pull and then access the bootloader with volume down +power and then select recovery.
Brian706 said:
Wow... If the issue occurred after a drop, I'd worry it's a hardware issue.
As far as not being able to access recovery, either go into the power settings and uncheck fastboot, or do a battery pull and then access the bootloader with volume down +power and then select recovery.
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I can get to bootloader and try to switch to recovery, but phone never gets there as it has to reboot into it and once it gets to white screen it loops.
I thought rom got corrupted and tried to restore it, but you are right, it might be a hardware.
I found a motherboard for $18 on ebay but I am not sure will it fix the issue.
cipher101 said:
I can get to bootloader and try to switch to recovery, but phone never gets there as it has to reboot into it and once it gets to white screen it loops.
I thought rom got corrupted and tried to restore it, but you are right, it might be a hardware.
I found a motherboard for $18 on ebay but I am not sure will it fix the issue.
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Apologies, I went and re-read the op and now I see that.
I think you are having trouble with the fastboot commands because of the locked bootloader like you said. You could also use the juopunutbear patched hboot since you are s-off, it will give you access to the extra fastboot commands regardless of locked/unlocked state. It can be flashed as a PG86IMG.zip via the bootloader.
If you use the patched hboot you could attempt to boot recovery into memory by using fastboot boot recovery.img
Because you are s-off, you can also flash a recovery via the bootloader as a PG86IMG.zip. If you want to try, here is 4ext recovery:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t6q8wi58xzidgan/4ext_1.0.0.5.rc9_PG86IMG.zip
Obviously just Rename the file and remove everything prior to PG86IMG.zip.
I have a feeling though that since you successfully ran the ruu and it still won't boot, that no amount of software changes will fix the issue. I'm not sure if the motherboard will fix the issue or not buy that's a pretty cheap fix to try
Thanks for help and advice man,
I bought him a working used evo 3d from ebay, it was under $30 so I'll keep this one for parts I guess.
Thanks again
Is there a rooting section or something? I feel as if this may be in the wrong section (if so, please move it thanks)
So, today, I decided that I wanted to unlock, root, and install a custom ROM on my htc m9. Now, on my previous phone, I only rooted and installed a custom kernal, all of which were apps that I used on my phone to do all the work. for the m9, there are no apps that root the phone for you so I looked up a few tutorials. (I'll list what I did in case you find something I did wrong
list of my guides :
droidviews.com/root-htc-one-m9-marshmallow
.droidviews.com/how-to-root-htc-one-m9-and-install-twrp-recovery-on-it/
and I used htc dev to unlock my phone's bootloader
unlocking my bootloader.
Unlocking my bootloader was successful, when I go into download mode (the black screen to be clear) it says unlocked
installing twrp
There was a lot of issues when installing since all but one of the guides kept saying go into bootloader mode, bootloader mode this, bootloader mode that (which is the white screen). After some searching, I realized that they really meant download mode... two different things... I believe twrp was successfully downloaded since I am able to access twrp when I go into bootloader mode, then recovery mode, and I end up in twrp.
rooting
so, according to the guide, I move the supersu zip files into my internal storage (anywhere). then go into twrp, press install, select the zip file, then swipe to flash.
well, I did just that, however, when I go to turn on my phone, I get stuck on the htc load screen, It's not a boot loop, it's just that white screen that says htc... I can't do anything else. holding down the power button does nothing (even for 10 seconds)... update, after typing this, I get a nice animation, then I'm stuck on the white screen that says htc one...holding the power button again does nothing, power button, and volume down does nothing... I think if I hold the power button and volume up, I turn off the phone, meaning I can access download mode, boot loader mode, etc. So... now what? clearly, following instruction has got me not where (bummer) and my lack of experience has also gotten in trouble (it could be worse? right?) what can I do to fix this?
note: my previous phone, I soft bricked it and I was able to flash the stock rom with LG flash tool, but there's no such thing as htc flash tool...