I can't seem to get back to stock for some reason, I've googled, searched the forums used the search function in the forums followed all those steps with bootloader unlocked and relocked and still Can't get to stock. My phone details are
HTC Amaze 4g (TELUS)
Android version: 4.0.3
Recovery: 4EXT
I'm not sure what other information is needed, I tried this thread here tried both files, the first one i tried restoring from recovery, says the MD5 sums don't match so I didn't want to take the chance. The second file the .exe attempted that failed right away and after removing battery phone went back to the same way it was. tried renaming the first file to PH85IMG and relocked bootloader, the flash succeeded it seemed, but once phone loaded nothing was changed..which I found very weird. It formatted I wiped caches, fixed permissions and get back to home screen after it was all done, and my apps were all still installed and settings were exactly the same and everything. (I had the feeling I'm already on stock and that's why its not working), the whole reason I was trying to get to stock is because in order to s-off juopunutbear's tutorial, where it didn't work the troubleshooting said problem is im not stock, or! i have certain programs installed. But I just reformatted and just installed the basics, so I have nothing that would interfere as far as I know.
So How Do I Get Back To Stock?
loki9 said:
I can't seem to get back to stock for some reason, I've googled, searched the forums used the search function in the forums followed all those steps with bootloader unlocked and relocked and still Can't get to stock. My phone details are
HTC Amaze 4g (TELUS)
Android version: 4.0.3
Recovery: 4EXT
I'm not sure what other information is needed, I tried this thread here tried both files, the first one i tried restoring from recovery, says the MD5 sums don't match so I didn't want to take the chance. The second file the .exe attempted that failed right away and after removing battery phone went back to the same way it was. tried renaming the first file to PH85IMG and relocked bootloader, the flash succeeded it seemed, but once phone loaded nothing was changed..which I found very weird. It formatted I wiped caches, fixed permissions and get back to home screen after it was all done, and my apps were all still installed and settings were exactly the same and everything. (I had the feeling I'm already on stock and that's why its not working), the whole reason I was trying to get to stock is because in order to s-off juopunutbear's tutorial, where it didn't work the troubleshooting said problem is im not stock, or! i have certain programs installed. But I just reformatted and just installed the basics, so I have nothing that would interfere as far as I know.
So How Do I Get Back To Stock?
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You just need a Telus ICS stock RUU, not gb RUU. Rename the zip rom to ph85img, not the exe file, put to your sd, relock and boot the bootloader. It will scan and ask you to update, just say yes.
you're done.
rouiz said:
You just need a Telus ICS stock RUU, not gb RUU. Rename the zip rom to ph85img, not the exe file, put to your sd, relock and boot the bootloader. It will scan and ask you to update, just say yes.
you're done.
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I've already done that exactly how you just said it, and it worked like it went through the whole process BUT once my phone loaded up nothng changed or was different and juopunutbear didn't work still. the TELUS files in the thread i linked, the ICS one...is that not the stock ICS RUU?
loki9 said:
I've already done that exactly how you just said it, and it worked like it went through the whole process BUT once my phone loaded up nothng changed or was different and juopunutbear didn't work still. the TELUS files in the thread i linked, the ICS one...is that not the stock ICS RUU?
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Well, I'm not with telus, but to me those look like on the air ICS and stock GB, which explain your prob :
•OTA_RUBY_ICS_35_S_TELUS_WWE_2.14.661.2-1.41.661.3_release_258801lhwl8053lp8g5hcp.zip
•RUU_Ruby_TELUS_WWE_1.41.661.3_Radio_1.08.550L.19DC _30.66.550L.08D_release_222694_signed.exe
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Well, I'm not with telus, but to me those look like on the air ICS and stock GB, which explain your prob :
•OTA_RUBY_ICS_35_S_TELUS_WWE_2.14.661.2-1.41.661.3_release_258801lhwl8053lp8g5hcp.zip
•RUU_Ruby_TELUS_WWE_1.41.661.3_Radio_1.08.550L.19DC _30.66.550L.08D_release_222694_signed.exe
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Great! lol thats what I thought OTA didn't think it was RUU but thats the link i was given on another site saying it would work. Any idea where theres a stock RUU? There is the .exe but i cant change that to a zip so no clue what to do
loki9 said:
Great! lol thats what I thought OTA didn't think it was RUU but thats the link i was given on another site saying it would work. Any idea where theres a stock RUU? There is the .exe but i cant change that to a zip so no clue what to do
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I haven't checked for the Telus one. I've the Videotron ICS RUU, but it's won't help unless you're cid free. For the .exe, you have to get the rom, not rename the .exe to .zip. Just search in your temp (%temp%), when you activate the RUU you'll see some new folders. Look for it, rename and you're done.
Maybe someone else could post a direct link.
Maybe you can directly try with the OTA to get back. boot into stock recovery, if you have the red triangle error, hold volume up and press the power button, should give you a menu, then install update from external, select the OTA RUU and install.
Try that, maybe it will solve your prob.
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I haven't checked for the Telus one. I've the Videotron ICS RUU, but it's won't help unless you're cid free. For the .exe, you have to get the rom, not rename the .exe to .zip. Just search in your temp (%temp%), when you activate the RUU you'll see some new folders. Look for it, rename and you're done.
Maybe someone else could post a direct link.
Maybe you can directly try with the OTA to get back. boot into stock recovery, if you have the red triangle error, hold volume up and press the power button, should give you a menu, then install update from external, select the OTA RUU and install.
Try that, maybe it will solve your prob.
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Hmm I found the rom.zip but I can't do anything with it, just says its invalid.
where do you get the invalid message? I've extracted the rom.zip after starting the exe file, and renamed it and it worked no problem before. If I get a hold of my backup phone I'll see if I can load up a stock rom and do a backup, zip it and put it on dropbox for you. That won't be til tomorrow though, and at least that way you'll have the stock rom, one way or another
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where do you get the invalid message? I've extracted the rom.zip after starting the exe file, and renamed it and it worked no problem before. If I get a hold of my backup phone I'll see if I can load up a stock rom and do a backup, zip it and put it on dropbox for you. That won't be til tomorrow though, and at least that way you'll have the stock rom, one way or another
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When I try to open it, I tried just renaming copying it to SD, it ran...but then said failed..older hboot....I believe. How would I be able to tell if I was on a stock ruu...I have a feeling I'm already stock...and that's why nothing is working...and my juopunutbear problem lies elsewhere.
did you try to flash with a stock recovery? You need a stock recovery to get the ruu to install. Did you change your hboot?
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did you try to flash with a stock recovery? You need a stock recovery to get the ruu to install. Did you change your hboot?
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It's possible but im not sure what should it say?
loki9 said:
It's possible but im not sure what should it say?
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ya im pretty much stuck cant get back to stock because my bootloader version is newer
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I was trying to flash the PG86IMG in Hboot on my phone after I acquired s-off and it is not working for some reason... I can still get into Team win recovery and still have root and s-off, this pg86img just isn't flashing for some reason.
Is this any signifigance? I also noticed when I tried to flash a rom, it did not work and I had to do my Nandroid recovery.
Any way to fix this so I can install the radio?
Are you trying to flash a radio? Make sure PG86IMG is on the root of you sdcard. Not in any other folder or else the hboot won't see the file. And make sure it is named exactly PG86IMG.zip not PG86IMG.zip.zip. if this doesn't work try using fastboot commands instead, those always work better for me anyways.
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I was trying to flash the PG86IMG in Hboot on my phone after I acquired s-off and it is not working for some reason... I can still get into Team win recovery and still have root and s-off, this pg86img just isn't flashing for some reason.
Is this any signifigance? I also noticed when I tried to flash a rom, it did not work and I had to do my Nandroid recovery.
Any way to fix this so I can install the radio?
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What exactly do you mean when you say that it isn't working? Is the bootloader not detecting the file when it scans, or does it find it and then fail to flash when you say yes? What didn't work when you tried flashing a rom? Did it give you an error, or did you get bootloops or something?
i don't think he knows he is not suppose to flash it.
boot into your bootloader and it will run a scan and hit yes if you want to update
okay, so I went into bootloader where it says s-off, I try to update through there, when I click yes to update, it fails. When I tried to flash a rom, it just went to the HTC screen and did nothing. It is weird because my phone is working fine and has root and s-off still...
mheller91 said:
okay, so I went into bootloader where it says s-off, I try to update through there, when I click yes to update, it fails. When I tried to flash a rom, it just went to the HTC screen and did nothing. It is weird because my phone is working fine and has root and s-off still...
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Does it still say revolutionary at the top of your bootloader? I've seen that some people ran an RUU, still had S-off, but weren't able to flash any unsigned files with the bootloader. They also reported that after running the RUU, the pink Revolutionary banner at the top of the hboot was missing. They had to re-run the Revolutionary tool in order for it to work again. Did you happen to run an RUU at any point in time? If not, ignore.
The only other thing I'd guess is that maybe you got a bad download. Did you check the md5 checksum? If the file is corrupt, redownload it and try flashing it again. Good luck.
Nope! I ran the revolutionary tool and I still have the banner at the top of the menu. It successfully flashed one of the roms on here, rebooted after following all instructions and it was stuck on htc screen.
Also I noticed when I flashed my recovery i had to flash two times in order for it to work..
EDIT: How would I check if the md5 checksum is good or bad? Went through flashing process too and it did say it flashed sucessfully
How do I check if the md5 checksum is good or bad?
PG86IMG.zip
Question. why are you flashing a PG86IMG.zip you already have s off if its just to flash a new radio then the one you have is giving you problem's which i dout but if thats what your wanting to do then so be it all you have to do is download the PG86IMG.zip after that open your dowload folder and long press onthe file and copy it to the root folder of your sd card and then power off and then battery pull then place battery back in and now press volume down and power now you should be in bootloader let it scan for the file then it will ask start update volume up for yes and the update has started but this only work's when you have downloaded the corect PG86IMG.zip file so make sure before you go flashing radio's because if you flash the wrong one well lets just say you will have a new paper waight so make sure you read up on it before flashing
So I don't know why, but the RUU exe files just don't work for me. I've done everything but start fresh on my PC, but it's exam week in a computer modeling class and I just can't do that right now!
I've had nothing but problems since I attempted one of the 2-step processes out there for updating to the radios/kernels, so I really want to get through an RUU so I know I'm clean at my lowest levels.
I have found the PH98...zip files for the shipped version of the ROM, but thoes don't work due to my version of HBOOT (not mainver.. that never got updated).
Does anyone out there have one for the newest RUU? At this point, I think flashing that from HBOOT is the only option I have.
I have no idea how to extract it myself, so I can do that too if someone can tell me how!
Thanks for any help.
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So I don't know why, but the RUU exe files just don't work for me. I've done everything but start fresh on my PC, but it's exam week in a computer modeling class and I just can't do that right now!
I've had nothing but problems since I attempted one of the 2-step processes out there for updating to the radios/kernels, so I really want to get through an RUU so I know I'm clean at my lowest levels.
I have found the PH98...zip files for the shipped version of the ROM, but thoes don't work due to my version of HBOOT (not mainver.. that never got updated).
Does anyone out there have one for the newest RUU? At this point, I think flashing that from HBOOT is the only option I have.
I have no idea how to extract it myself, so I can do that too if someone can tell me how!
Thanks for any help.
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u can just pull the "rom.zip" from the RUU and rename to PH98IMG.zip and ur good to go.
dl this for a how-to on how to do this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=486701&d=1294753279
You did relock your bootloader before running the RUU right?
andybones said:
u can just pull the "rom.zip" from the RUU and rename to PH98IMG.zip and ur good to go.
dl this for a how-to on how to do this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=486701&d=1294753279
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Awesome, thanks!
OLDsJUNKIE said:
You did relock your bootloader before running the RUU right?
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Oh yeah. Really, tried everything. It sees the phone, reads the current build, goes through the next screen or two, and then once it says "Rebooting to Bootloader" it either sits there for a couple minutes till it times out and errors or errors immediately. I cannot find any other posts of people having problems, so I'm really at a loss. Makes me worried about having more troubles once the official ICS build comes out... but I probably have a lot of time till then.
Thanks guys!
Tried this as well, and my phone is not seeing the file
Make sure you are naming the file correctly "PH98IMG. zip" the instructions provided give a different file name than want the Rezound uses.
a-jive said:
Make sure you are naming the file correctly "PH98IMG. zip" the instructions provided give a different file name than want the Rezound uses.
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I updated to the latest ota that verizon sent out. I didnt flash a rom, only perm rooted/unlocked...I relocked my phone tried the ruu exe many times didnt work..I done a backup of my nandroid but it took me back to the earlier firmware but still have the updated radio..So, I will relock it and place this on my sd card and try again..I was getting error 140 on the ruu exe
Here is the no-brainer fix for those that end up having Mainver issues, or maybe want to come back from an ICS ROM to GB and RUU and the normal methods don't work...
Go to www.scottsroms.com and hit the download section, look for Rezound and Stock Roms. Grab his boot image for the latest OTA.
Then download his "Cleanflash" utility and copy the boot.img file to that directory on your PC.
Run it and select option "2".
That restores the stock boot image and mainver right there. If you made a Nandroid of your system from before you went to ICS, boot into recovery and restore it. His tool will also install Amon Ra or CWM recovery, just like the boot image, download the one you want and copy that recovery.img to the cleanflash folder and run the tool.
I went from a completely hosed ICS install which would not allow RUU or Hbooting the PH98IMG.zip file... nothing worked, was contemplating replacing the phone, when I tried Scott's tool to push the stock boot image to the phone and then restored my Nandroid.
Worked 100% in under 5 minutes, the Nandroid Restore taking most of that time.
Hope this helps!
I'm stuck at the bootloading screen on my Rezound, and I'm lost as to what to do. I was attempting to load the new RUU on my device but obviously, something went wrong. I believe I renamed the wrong file to PH98IMG.zip and screwed something up. I have tried to push the correct RUU file through ADB, but I can't get my device to show up. Is there a way to access my sd card so I can put the correct RUU file on my device?
Micro sd > sd adapter > USB card reader.
Or put your sd card into another phone and download the correct ph98img.zip file
Thanks. I was wondering if there was a way to access the sd card from the bootloader menu, but I guess I'll have to go out and buy a sd card reader tomorrow. Now I just hope I didn't permanently mess anything up by flashing a ROM file as PH98IMG.zip.
If you can get to bootloader it is recoverable
Ok, try this, while connected to a pc. Pull out sd card & battery while in hboot. Go to fastboot and make sure you got fasboot usb showing. Unlock bootloader(unless your on eng hboot or patched jb's hboot), download AmonRA 3.15 renamed to recovery.img, then do "fastboot boot recovery.img", but before pushing enter. Replace battery and sd card.
That will get you to where you can access the external SD card with its USB mounting.
or
You have not run a RUU. There is no RUU for ICS yet. A RUU is a Rom Update UTILITY (meaning, it is in the form of an EXE file run from a PC with the phone connected; and it does quite a bit more than a simply PKxxxx.zip flashover file).
Oddly, if you actually had a RUU, it would probably solve your problem.
jdmba said:
You have not run a RUU. There is no RUU for ICS yet. A RUU is a Rom Update UTILITY (meaning, it is in the form of an EXE file run from a PC with the phone connected; and it does quite a bit more than a simply PKxxxx.zip flashover file).
Oddly, if you actually had a RUU, it would probably solve your problem.
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It's amazing how many people do not know the difference between ruu and bootloader images.....
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Yup
cdexsw said:
It's amazing how many people do not know the difference between ruu and bootloader images.....
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Dealing with one right now!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25638449&postcount=5
jdmba said:
Dealing with one right now!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25638449&postcount=5
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Nice try.
PH98IMG.zip is contained within the RUU.exe....when extracted it is named Rom.zip. this file contains everything found in the PH98IMG.zip we flash in the bootloader.We just rename it it to the ph98img.zip
however, it is still an image file. It needs to be flashed, either the Utility, fastboot, or bootloader.
Without the image the Rom Updater Utility would be useless.
What ever name you want to call a ph98img...is still an image file.
But the post was good reading but still does not mean you proved a point or proved me wrong. or that it is not an image file.
Note: this post is not trying to say anyone is wrong.....
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cdexsw said:
Nice try.
PH98IMG.zip is contained within the RUU.exe....when extracted it is named Rom.zip. this file contains everything found in the PH98IMG.zip we flash in the bootloader.We just rename it it to the ph98img.zip
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I was on your side!!!
Anyway, there are 3, and only 3, RUU's for the Rezound:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c2e320ee1d5c7886
Can't seem to get anyone to understand that; but like I said, its a losing battle.
If there WERE actually a RUU, I would gladly run it, because then that would properly replace all part of my GB install with ICS. Flashing this PHxxxx.zip image, will not do so (hence the need for the "old firmware fix").
jdmba said:
I was on your side!!!
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oops, my bad...lol. sorry. Thanks
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jdmba said:
If there WERE actually a RUU, I would gladly run it, because then that would properly replace all part of my GB install with ICS. Flashing this PHxxxx.zip image, will not do so (hence the need for the "old firmware fix").
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What parts are you saying do not get replaced? I flashed the new leak yesterday specifically to upgrade from the gb firmware and it works fine without a patch. I'm running Nils ICS Business 3.4.
Just wondering.
NilsP said:
If you can get to bootloader it is recoverable
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i am stuck in the bootloader and cant get out. adb wont see it but i can see it in device manager. i f-ed my phone up so i relocked and ran the latest GB ruu and it failed and now i am stuck in the bootloader. it does say fastboot usb. any help would be great
Figure I'd try posting here, rather than start up a new thread. I tried looking for my specific problem but couldn't find it. Anyway, new to HTC and Rezound, coming from a rooted Droid X, so I'm familiar with flashing roms. My Rezound is completely stock.
I downloaded the most current ICS leak, RUU_Vigor_3.14.605.10. I put it on the root of my sd card, renamed it, and held power and down button. The phone loads the PH98IMG.zip for a few minutes, then proceeds to checking the PH98IMG.zip for a few minutes. After this is all done, I'm on the bootloader screen. Where to go from here? I thought the phone should have automatically rebooted? I clicked fastboot, then restart, which just brings me back to GB. I'm obviously missing an easy step here. Do I go into recovery, or somewhere else?
Thanks in advance guys. I hate being the new guy, late to the party.
Seemed to have figured it out. Had to re-download the leak on a different computer, and now my phone is updating itself. Weird. Finally get my hands on ICS.
jdmba said:
I was on your side!!!
Anyway, there are 3, and only 3, RUU's for the Rezound:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c2e320ee1d5c7886
Can't seem to get anyone to understand that; but like I said, its a losing battle.
If there WERE actually a RUU, I would gladly run it, because then that would properly replace all part of my GB install with ICS. Flashing this PHxxxx.zip image, will not do so (hence the need for the "old firmware fix").
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I've flashed a couple PH98IMG.zips and they were for different things on my phone. one was a splashscreen and the other was an update (ICS Update to be exact). now isn't that supposed to be an RUUs job? to update the phone? there are a couple ways to update the phone, one being a new leaked stock rom through recovery, and another through hboot with a PH98IMG file.
Alright, so I've got an S-On rooted Rezound and I'm stuck in the boot loop. YES I've read all the posts about logging in and dialing *#etc and also to go into Mobile Network and switch to LTE/CDMA, but I can't dial anything because the phone cuts off before I get a chance, and the LTE switch does nothing. I've tried flashing several different kernels, using the adb method and the PH98IMG methods, I've tried installing several different ROMS, I've done at least 10 different wipes/factory resets, I boot my phone without the cover, SIM card and without the SD card..and I'm still stuck in this boot loop. Someone please help a noob
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Here's my "solution" to this issue. I'm sure it's located somewhere in these forums, but I couldn't find it so I imagine others can't either. Essentially, you're going to have to S-Off. Here's the solution:
I believe my recovery started acting funny after I failed to S-Off properly the first time. Amon Ra was all gimmicky and said stuff like "E: can't find cache" and reinstalling the recovery/wiping everything (and I mean everything: external SD, internal SD, cache, partioning SD card etc..) wasn't working. I tried re-installing Amon Ra through command prompt with the adb, I tried reinstalling my ROMS but my phone wasn't having it.
It got to the point all I could boot into was a white HTC screen, so I then tried out Twrp's 2.1 Touchscreen (I wasn't S-Off yet) recovery (I don't have enough posts to post a link yet ) which INITIALLY reported the same "E: can't find cache" errors as Amon Ra, BUT when I wiped my files in Twrp it seemed to actually fix them...I'm not sure exactly what I wiped or formatted that fixed the "E: can't find mount/cache" issues, so try everything.
So my ROM installed but I was still stuck on the white HTC logo. This is where I INSTALLED A NEW KERNEL THROUGH ADB. I wish I knew which kernel I installed, but I have like 10 and I just picked a random one. The point is if you're still stuck at a white HTC screen, install a new kernel.
So I got a recovery on the phone, and then I tried to S-Off again but I didn't have a good ROM installation so that was hanging at the HTC white screen. I then installed CleanROM DE 1.4 and I was able to boot into it, but ran into my initial problem of it crashing after dialing a number and entering infinite reboot. However, it would stay on just long enough for me to run ControlBear's program to S-Off.
So I S-Offed, I downloaded the Gingerbread RUU (the .exe version for Windows), I installed it, and now I can dial numbers and I'm all goodie again. Unfortunately, I honestly think the only way I was escaping my trouble was doing an S-Off, unless they leak a Ice Cream Sanwhich executable for Windows.
TL;DR Install Twerp 2.1 through adb, wipe everything, install CleanROM DE 1.4, install kernel S-Off, run Gingerbread RUU .exe
autotuneuser said:
Alright, so I've got an S-On rooted Rezound and I'm stuck in the boot loop. YES I've read all the posts about logging in and dialing *#etc and also to go into Mobile Network and switch to LTE/CDMA, but I can't dial anything because the phone cuts off before I get a chance, and the LTE switch does nothing. I've tried flashing several different kernels, using the adb method and the P87etc methods, I've tried installing several different ROMS, I've done at least 10 different wipes/factory resets, I boot my phone without the cover, SIM card and without the SD card..and I'm still stuck in this boot loop. Someone please help a noob
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Have you tried running a RUU to put it back to factory like you just bought it?
I can't tell you how many times I've had to do that to fix stuff.
Magestic12 said:
Have you tried running a RUU to put it back to factory like you just bought it?
I can't tell you how many times I've had to do that to fix stuff.
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I think I have downloaded the stock RUU..but just to be sure could you possibly link me to the correct one to run? Also I thought it was impossible to go back down from Ice Cream Sandwhich to Gingerbread?
autotuneuser said:
I think I have downloaded the stock RUU..but just to be sure could you possibly link me to the correct one to run? Also I thought it was impossible to go back down from Ice Cream Sandwhich to Gingerbread?
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It is if you're s-on. Also, what did you mean by "P87etc," are you flashing the files properly?
autotuneuser said:
I think I have downloaded the stock RUU..but just to be sure could you possibly link me to the correct one to run? Also I thought it was impossible to go back down from Ice Cream Sandwhich to Gingerbread?
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People say a lot of things are impossible, most have the virtue of never being tried.
This is the one I used to fix mine when I screwed up the partitions on my phone. I will warn you, the link in the thread takes you to another site & you have to sign up to download it. Its completely free & legit, but it won't let you download unless you register which is STUPID!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25664508
Let me know if that helps
Oh & BTW I was & still am on the ICS leaks when I did this, so you'll be fine. You will lose everything on your phone though, because it wipes everything. But if you can't use it, that's not really an issue I guess.
tekhna said:
It is if you're s-on. Also, what did you mean by "P87etc," are you flashing the files properly?
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The PH98IMG file. And I believe I'm flashing the properly..I do it twice; flashboot in adb, it tells me success, I then flash again right there, and then I reboot back to the bootloader and flash again so I do it 3 times in total.
I'm downloading the Vigor executable now. It's going to take a while but I'll report back with my results.
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The PH98IMG file. And I believe I'm flashing the properly..I do it twice; flashboot in adb, it tells me success, I then flash again right there, and then I reboot back to the bootloader and flash again so I do it 3 times in total.
I'm downloading the Vigor executable now. It's going to take a while but I'll report back with my results.
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PH98IMG is not going to help you in this situation. You are going to have to download & run the RUU that I linked in the previous post. Trust me on this, not only have I already tried that before, I've blown my phone up enough times to know.
Magestic12 said:
PH98IMG is not going to help you in this situation. You are going to have to download & run the RUU that I linked in the previous post. Trust me on this, not only have I already tried that before, I've blown my phone up enough times to know.
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Ok, I went to use the RUU and at first I got error 150, so I read somewhere I should lock my bootloader, so I relocked and now I get error 140, whcih is bootloader verision error. I think that's because I'm on ICS with S-On right? Is there any ICS RUU I can use to restore my phone? I downloaded Vigor_Stock_Doedexed_3.14.605.5 before but it still wasn't working for me.
autotuneuser said:
Ok, I went to use the RUU and at first I got error 150, so I read somewhere I should lock my bootloader, so I relocked and now I get error 140, whcih is bootloader verision error. I think that's because I'm on ICS with S-On right? Is there any ICS RUU I can use to restore my phone? I downloaded Vigor_Stock_Doedexed_3.14.605.5 before but it still wasn't working for me.
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And as far as this goes yeah you can't use the .exe if your on ICS firmware with s-on and there are no available .exe's for ICS
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Unless you are already on the gingerbread build, and it sounds like your not, if you are s-on, it simply will not work. My suggestion is to download the latest leak and that should get you going. If it were me, and I aleady did it, download the latest leak here: http://android.thesmallprint.org/ICS.LEAK.3.14.605.5_PH98IMG.zip. Rename it PH98IMG.zip and put it on your external sd card. Should take less than 10 mins to download. Reboot into bootloader and let hboot install it. Make sure you are locked or relocked. After that is installed either delete or change the name of that file. Reboot into bootloader, unlock, and install either amon ra or tpwr and you can reinstall that rooted rom.
what he said
mikey's comments just previous are totally right, but after install, i would recommend
a factory reset, maybe even twice.
your bootloop problem should be cured then...
I was on the latest ICS firmware running an ICS ROM when I had to run the RUU I gave the link for & it worked fine for me.
Here's my suggestion & you can take it for what its worth.
I would download the latest HBoot & Radios & flash them.
Then if you can get into recovery, wipe everything, manually wipe the system, boot, etc. Then after that try running the RUU.
I just did this earlier in the week & it worked fine & my phone was all screwed up because the partitions were mounting to the wrong places & just all messed up.
I am by no means a dev or an expert, I'm just telling you what I did.
WHATEVER YOU CHOSE, YOU DO AT YOUR OWN RISK, but I don't see where you really have a choice.
Let me know if I can be of anymore help as I know what its like to have a phone that's freaking out on you. You can PM me or post here which ever you prefer. If after that we still can't get it fixed, we'll go find a dev to help us.
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Unless you are already on the gingerbread build, and it sounds like your not, if you are s-on, it simply will not work. My suggestion is to download the latest leak and that should get you going. If it were me, and I aleady did it, download the latest leak here: . Rename it PH98IMG.zip and put it on your external sd card. Should take less than 10 mins to download. Reboot into bootloader and let hboot install it. Make sure you are locked or relocked. After that is installed either delete or change the name of that file. Reboot into bootloader, unlock, and install either amon ra or tpwr and you can reinstall that rooted rom.
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Well now my recovery is saying it can't mount various things like "E: can't mount b dev/block/ blah blah"
And I tried flashing my ROM through Amon recovery but it's saying it can't open the file because it's (bad). I formatted the SD card and I'm still getting the issue. Any ideas?
Did you download the one from the link? You don't flash that PH98IMG.zip in recovery, you boot up into bootloader and let hboot find it. If when you get to your bootloader and it is fastboot, use your volume key and select on bootloader option. Then hboot will find it and ask you if you want to install it. Install it. After that, you will then need to reinstall either amon ra or the other but stay away from clockworkmod. But to reinstall the recovery, you will have to unlock again.
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Did you download the one from the link? You don't flash that PH98IMG.zip in recovery, you boot up into bootloader and let hboot find it. If when you get to your bootloader and it is fastboot, use your volume key and select on bootloader option. Then hboot will find it and ask you if you want to install it. Install it. After that, you will then need to reinstall either amon ra or the other but stay away from clockworkmod. But to reinstall the recovery, you will have to unlock again.
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I did install in hboot. I then installed Amon so I could flash the ROM and that's what's giving me all those errors.
If all you are after is stock and rooted, try looking at this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1642217
Since you ran the PH98IMG that I directed you to, you are now on ICS. So follow the directions in that thread for "S-On and ICS".
Installation for S-ON Devices on ICS firmware
•Copy ROM to SD Card AND PH98IMG.zip to ROOT of SD Card
•Reboot to recovery
•wipe data / Factory Reset
•Flash ROM
•Use Developer Menu to reboot to bootloader and flash the boot.img file in the PH98IMG.zip
•Reboot
•Profit!
Edit: The only change I would recommend is to hold off putting that PH98IMG file from that thread on the sd card right away. You will have a hard time getting to recovery if you have that on the card. I would suggest following all the instructions up to and including "Flash ROM". Then I would "return" back to the main Amon Ra screen, make sure you have the data cable connecting your phone to the computer, select "USB-MS Toggle", then select the SD Card, and that will allow you to copy the PH98IMG file to the SD card. Then continue with the rest of the directions. If you do this right, you should be ok.
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If all you are after is stock and rooted, try looking at this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1642217
Since you ran the PH98IMG that I directed you to, you are now on ICS. So follow the directions in that thread for "S-On and ICS".
Installation for S-ON Devices on ICS firmware
•Copy ROM to SD Card AND PH98IMG.zip to ROOT of SD Card
•Reboot to recovery
•wipe data / Factory Reset
•Flash ROM
•Use Developer Menu to reboot to bootloader and flash the boot.img file in the PH98IMG.zip
•Reboot
•Profit!
Edit: The only change I would recommend is to hold off putting that PH98IMG file from that thread on the sd card right away. You will have a hard time getting to recovery if you have that on the card. I would suggest following all the instructions up to and including "Flash ROM". Then I would "return" back to the main Amon Ra screen, make sure you have the data cable connecting your phone to the computer, select "USB-MS Toggle", then select the Internal_sd, and that will allow you to copy the PH98IMG file to the SD card. Then continue with the rest of the directions. If you do this right, you should be ok.
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It's the actual recover I believe to be giving me the errors, but I'll try what you said in about 2 days (I need to study for finals). It might be because I tried to S-Off and I installed all of that guys software and it might be making the phone act funny. I'll be much more descriptive about my errors when I post back in 2 days.
I fixed it!!
Ok, so I finally got it working, I'll try to detail my steps for anyone else who ran into similar issues:
I believe my recovery started acting funny after I failed to S-Off properly the first time. Amon Ra was all gimmicky and said stuff like "E: can't find cache" and reinstalling the recovery/wiping everything (and I mean everything: external SD, internal SD, cache, partioning SD card etc..) wasn't working. I tried re-installing Amon Ra through command prompt with the adb, I tried reinstalling my ROMS but my phone wasn't having it.
It got to the point all I could boot into was a white HTC screen, so I then tried out Twrp's 2.1 Touchscreen (I wasn't S-Off yet) recovery (I don't have enough posts to post a link yet ) which INITIALLY reported the same "E: can't find cache" errors as Amon Ra, BUT when I wiped my files in Twrp it seemed to actually fix them...I'm not sure exactly what I wiped or formatted that fixed the "E: can't find mount/cache" issues, so try everything.
So my ROM installed but I was still stuck on the white HTC logo. This is where I INSTALLED A NEW KERNEL THROUGH ADB. I wish I knew which kernel I installed, but I have like 10 and I just picked a random one. The point is if you're still stuck at a white HTC screen, install a new kernel.
So I got a recovery on the phone, and then I tried to S-Off again but I didn't have a good ROM installation so that was hanging at the HTC white screen. I then installed CleanROM DE 1.4 and I was able to boot into it, but ran into my initial problem of it crashing after dialing a number and entering infinite reboot. However, it would stay on just long enough for me to run ControlBear's program to S-Off.
So I S-Offed, I downloaded the Gingerbread RUU (the .exe version for Windows), I installed it, and now I can dial numbers and I'm all goodie again. Unfortunately, I honestly think the only way I was escaping my trouble was doing an S-Off, unless they leak a Ice Cream Sanwhich executable for Windows.
TL;DR Install Twerp 2.1 through adb, wipe everything, install CleanROM DE 1.4, install kernel S-Off, run Gingerbread RUU .exe
My rezound has the stock ROM that came with the phone. It was locked and rooted. While it was rooted, I defrosted all the apps in Titanium so it was stock. I then relocked the phone. I am also S-On. I started the 299mb update and it appeared to load but nothing happens, I tried a factory reset but it won't reset. Amon Ra is no longer on the phone but apparently Titanium is still working so I must still be rooted. Is that what is keeping me from loading the new ICS? If so, how do I unrooted the phone. I don't see a way to uninstall Superuser. I have tried the factory reset in both the settings/storage and the one in hboot and neither will reset the phone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
use the stock ice ota ruu zip file from android police.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...cream-sandwich-ruu-for-final-ota-3-14-605-12/
warning, this ruu will do a factory reset and wipe the internal sd. The microSD card should be left untouched.
HowardZ said:
use the stock ice ota ruu zip file from android police.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...cream-sandwich-ruu-for-final-ota-3-14-605-12/
warning, this ruu will do a factory reset and wipe the internal sd. The microSD card should be left untouched.
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Thanks, I have tried the stock GB RUU 2.01.605.11 to get back to stock but it gives me an error message about the bootloader in the end and does downgrade the current 2.01.605.12 I have.
I am still rooted so is that a problem--do I need to unroot first?
I'll download your suggested ICS OTA. Why is this OTA twice as large as the OTA coming over the phone? It also states that the phone needs to be locked and fully stock. Again, I am locked but can't get back to fully stock.
being rooted should not be a problem.
I was rooted and bootloader locked and it went well.
You will lose root.
The ruu is larger because it contains everything. The OTA is smaller because it only contains files which have changed.
good luck,
Howard
p.s. I have read advise that it is best to install the ruu twice, then let it boot up normally the first time before installing customized things like hboot, recovery, kernel, or ROM.
HowardZ said:
being rooted should not be a problem.
I was rooted and bootloader locked and it went well.
You will lose root.
The ruu is larger because it contains everything. The OTA is smaller because it only contains files which have changed.
good luck,
Howard
p.s. I have read advise that it is best to install the ruu twice, then let it boot up normally the first time before installing customized things like hboot, recovery, kernel, or ROM.
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Thanks again. I'm at 45% on the download. How does this differ from the OTA coming to the phone--don't know its number since it never downloaded.
Rocke
rockehill10 said:
Thanks again. I'm at 45% on the download. How does this differ from the OTA coming to the phone--don't know its number since it never downloaded.
Rocke
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Sadly, I downloaded the 4.03.605.2 file, renamed it PH98IMG.zip put it on the external SD card root folder, powered down, did a power + vol down, and the phone went to bootloader but did not see the file. Had done the same thing with a GB stock recovery file and it didn't recognize it either. Phone is relocked. Very frustrating.
rockehill10 said:
Sadly, I downloaded the 4.03.605.2 file, renamed it PH98IMG.zip put it on the external SD card root folder, powered down, did a power + vol down, and the phone went to bootloader but did not see the file. Had done the same thing with a GB stock recovery file and it didn't recognize it either. Phone is relocked. Very frustrating.
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Sometimes people accidentally rename it PH98IMG.ZIP.ZIP because windows, by default, hides the file extension name.
Also make sure the file is located on the top directory on sdcard2. You can download the free ES File explorer to look at the file on the phone.
If you can't manage to rename the file properly and place it in the right location, then it simply will not install.
HowardZ said:
Sometimes people accidentally rename it PH98IMG.ZIP.ZIP because windows, by default, hides the file extension name.
Also make sure the file is located on the top directory on sdcard2. You can download the free ES File explorer to look at the file on the phone.
If you can't manage to rename the file properly and place it in the right location, then it simply will not install.
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Howard, your brilliant. The file did have the double "zip". So, I loaded it on to the external sd card, checked it in Root Explorer to see that it was on the top directory and labeled correctly. Went into Boodloader and it recognized it and went through the process. After the first flash, I flashed it again as suggested and then did a factory reset before booting the first time. Then I rebooted and nothing had happened--no ICS and no factory reset!!!!
The RUU did not work, the factory reset does not work (either from the bootloader or the settings menu) so I'm still relocked, rooted, and using 2.01.605.12. Before I tried the ICS updated, I tried to downgrade to 2.01.605.11 but again, it flashed in bootloader but did nothing.
I'm about ready to give up on updating to ICS sadly.
That is very strange.
An RUU should reinstall everything.
Maybe you have no recovery?
You mentioned in your first post that you have no recovery?
Maybe the RUU uses recovery for some functions like factory reset and other things?
Maybe later well connect on yahoo messenger and try to get the stock recovery installed on your phone. I am not sure it will solve thus, but it is something to try.
Right now I am not home to help you.
On second thought, I really do not understand why an RUU will not replace all software and firmware on your phone. It should replace your hboot, recovery, kernel, system, radios, etc..
I have a little anxiety trying to replace portions of your system with that in the RUU.
You currently have a working phone, and I'd rather not risk turning it into a non working phone.
Perhaps others here have some ideas as to why the ICS RUU failed to work for you, yet gave you no error messages.
Regards,
Howard
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On second thought, I really do not understand why an RUU will not replace all software and firmware on your phone. It should replace your hboot, recovery, kernel, system, radios, etc..
I have a little anxiety trying to replace portions of your system with that in the RUU.
You currently have a working phone, and I'd rather not risk turning it into a non working phone.
Perhaps others here have some ideas as to why the ICS RUU failed to work for you, yet gave you no error messages.
Regards,
Howard
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I'm currently installing the ICS OTA just to see what happens but I doubt if it will take. If that fails, I'll reinstall AmonRa 3.15 and see if that does anything. Again, thanks for all your input.
HowardZ said:
That is very strange.
An RUU should reinstall everything.
Maybe you have no recovery?
You mentioned in your first post that you have no recovery?
Maybe the RUU uses recovery for some functions like factory reset and other things?
Maybe later well connect on yahoo messenger and try to get the stock recovery installed on your phone. I am not sure it will solve thus, but it is something to try.
Right now I am not home to help you.
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I think I would have to unlock again in order to install AmonRa 3.15, if that's what you mean by recovery.
HowardZ said:
On second thought, I really do not understand why an RUU will not replace all software and firmware on your phone. It should replace your hboot, recovery, kernel, system, radios, etc..
I have a little anxiety trying to replace portions of your system with that in the RUU.
You currently have a working phone, and I'd rather not risk turning it into a non working phone.
Perhaps others here have some ideas as to why the ICS RUU failed to work for you, yet gave you no error messages.
Regards,
Howard
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Howard, I think I solved it. It was the mainver--it was older. I unlocked again and then installed a generic mainver that works with any install. Now I have everything back to stock GB, wiped, and relocked. I think I'm going to start with with the official ICS OTA and see where that goes.
Thanks for all your help.
Rocke