Also posted in HOX forum, but should be here... So here again:
I'm trying to install Clockwork recovery mod 5.8.4.0 on my HOX+. I've unlocked etc and flashed it to the device successfully. Now when I go to recovery it shows the HTC screen and then the phone turns itself off. even after multiple attempts, nothing...
Any tips/tricks?
Is it the HBOOT version maybe? I have 1.35.0000
install TWRP from http://www.teamw.in
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash recovery (name of recovery).img
fastboot erase cache
Gerolamos said:
Also posted in HOX forum, but should be here... So here again:
I'm trying to install Clockwork recovery mod 5.8.4.0 on my HOX+. I've unlocked etc and flashed it to the device successfully. Now when I go to recovery it shows the HTC screen and then the phone turns itself off. even after multiple attempts, nothing...
Any tips/tricks?
Is it the HBOOT version maybe? I have 1.35.0000
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If your posting in the HOX forum. Does that mean you also flashed CWM for the HOX? Because it's not compatible with the HOX+.
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skdubg said:
install TWRP from http://www.teamw.in
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash recovery (name of recovery).img
fastboot erase cache
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Ok done that... Worked like a charm.
Then flashed to InsertCoin and failed, tried to recover, failed. TWRP wouldn't boot.
So I tried installing my RUU again (2nd time in 2 days), but during the signature verification process it suddenly stopped, got an error. Now I'm stuck at the black screen with silver HTC lettering........ Can't reboot nothing! HELP!
which TWRP file do you download and flashed?
to install RUU you need to relock the bootloader
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which TWRP file do you download and flashed?
to install RUU you need to relock the bootloader
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Got TWRP working finally and managed to restore my backup.
There seems to be something I'm doing wrong here... Every time I flash my device, I keep getting stuck in airplane mode and it wont get out... So, no cell reach or wifi. Does anybody have a suggestion what it might be?
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i was able to successfully unlock bootloader, was able to flash a rom successfully, used that rom for a good couple days. then i decided to try a new rom InfectedROM Eternity™ | RLS_1.5 | NIGHTLYS | 3.0 & 3.5 | XE BEATS |(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277431&highlight=stock+radio), so i went into recovery, wipe cache, dalvik, factory reset, system. then i flashed the new rom, new rom loaded but stuck in that roms boot screen.
i went back to recovery wiped everything out again, installed the 1st orig rom i installed, now it just loads to the htc boot screen, & every 30sec or so the htc boot screen would go off & come back on. i went to recovery wiped everything again, did nandroid restore, same results, any suggestions?
what im using:
unlocked bootloader
s -on
hboot 1.50
using teamwin recovery v2.0
Just wipe flash a new rom. Should be good to go
reaper24 said:
Just wipe flash a new rom. Should be good to go
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already tried no luck
flyimages said:
already tried no luck
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Did you apply any tweaks or different kernels? was your kernal that you are on now compatible with the rom that you had put on? The recovery your on, r you on 2.0 or the second releaese of 2.0?
You could try to reflash your recovery and then try to nandroid back. Or try a different kernel and or different rom and go from there. Kind of hard to diagnose bc not sure of exactly what you have done completely. If all else fails, search for the ruu and re apply the original rom and re root.
From my guess, it sounds as something that was applied didn't apply right. Again, not sure on all the details.. I know its not much to go on but good luck on it.
Look at the bright side, your obviously not bricked and if you have to re apply the original and start over, its not that bad. Just a little time out of the afternoon.
only update i did was the rom
tried about 2 more diff roms, still same issue
hmm.. i also choose the "system format" in twrp, would that have done some damage?
Are you using fastboot to boot into recovery? If not, and you're hboot 1.5, then that's your problem.
And wiping system wouldn't cause any issues as long as you flash a new ROM after wiping the system, before you reboot.
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Are you using fastboot to boot into recovery? If not, and you're hboot 1.5, then that's your problem.
And wiping system wouldn't cause any issues as long as you flash a new ROM after wiping the system, before you reboot.
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ah ok i manually go into hboot with the down volume + power. did "fastboot reboot-bootloader" into bootloader, wiped out everything & reinstall rom, still same issue.
Try extracting the boot.img from the zip file containing the rom and flashing it with with fastboot binary. If you have S-ON, CWM can't flash the boot partition so you'll get bootloops with any rom that needs a custom initrd.gz. You need to manually flash the boot partition.
flyimages said:
ah ok i manually go into hboot with the down volume + power. doing fastboot into bootloader now, so we'll see.
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Yea, do adb reboot bootloader, and then do fastboot boot recovery.img.
You will need to make sure that you have a copy of your recovery.img in the folder that you are working out of when you issue the fastboot boot recovery.img command
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k2buckley said:
Yea, do adb reboot bootloader, and then do fastboot boot recovery.img.
You will need to make sure that you have a copy of your recovery.img in the folder that you are working out of when you issue the fastboot boot recovery.img command
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thanks all for the help, the "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" was pretty much what i was missing!
wow didnt wonder somethin so small could cause something this big, i got everything up & running now!
flyimages said:
thanks all for the help, the "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" was pretty much what i was missing!
wow didnt wonder somethin so small could cause something this big, i got everything up & running now!
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glad to see your on the up and up
Okay, I'm having the same problem. No matter what I do, I get stuck in a boot loop after installing a rom. Extracting the boot.img and flashing in fastboot doesn't do a thing. My nand backups don't work either (get stuck at restoring boot).
Don't have any problems installing recovery and gaining root. I'm at a loss here. I really want to get my MIUI on!
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Okay, I'm having the same problem. No matter what I do, I get stuck in a boot loop after installing a rom. Extracting the boot.img and flashing in fastboot doesn't do a thing. My nand backups don't work either (get stuck at restoring boot).
Don't have any problems installing recovery and gaining root. I'm at a loss here. I really want to get my MIUI on!
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Are you booting your recovery from fastboot? Fastboot boot recovery.img. If not, boot.img won't flash. It's not necessary to flash the boot.img separately, just boot your recovery from fastboot and you'll be good.
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Yup, definitely booting recovery from fastboot.
I had the same problem try to install new recovery VIA fastboot an wipe data/factory reset then flash new ROM u should be all set to go
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First of all i've been searching for a way to fix this for hours now without a solution.
My problem is as follows:
i installed official miui beta and got stuck with a boot loop, i was running 4text recovery but i wanted to try something different so i flashed twrp recovery in fastboot. however whenever i try to go into recovery now it just reboots and goes into boot loop again, so i cannot access recovery or boot into my rom.
I have tried flashing several recoverys via fastboot but each time it just reboots and does not enter recovery.
i have also tried rebooting into recovery using fastboot reboot recovery and adb reboot recovery but still it didn't work.
i have flashed another boot.img but now it just gets stuck on miui screen instead of boot loop
is there any way i can get any recoverys to work? i have tried looking for a 4text recovery.img as 4text was the last recovery to work but i can only seem to find the app that flashes it.
i have also tried flashing a rom through fastboot by typing fasboot flash zip rom.zip but it just says failure.
i am now downloading RUU_SHOOTER_U_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_3.28.401.1_radio_11.77.3504.00U_11.25.3504. and am going to try rename it to PG86IMG and update through bootloader after relocking it and then unlocking it again but i am not sure that will work.
in short i flashed a new recovery but it just reboots device when i try and enter it and the rom i am on happens to be stuck on boot loop so i cannot get in rom or recovery and flashing a new recovery does not work.
BTW i am S-ON HBOOT-1.49.0018
sorry for the lengthy post and also any grammatical errors as i am tired
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zcink said:
The whole problem, which is always the problem is you are S-ON. The MIUI rom will NOT run unless you install the newest firmware. You cannot install the newest firmware with S-ON because it is locked up in a partition that you cannot access unless you go s-off.
Has nothing to do with the recovery. I've been using 4ext recovery pretty much the whole time I've owned my EVO 3d and never had one single problem with it.
There are roms you can run with s-on but not the MIUI one.
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cool, didn't know that, my problem now then is how can i reflash a different rom, bearing in mind that i cannot access recovery? do you think putting the pg86img stock ruu thingy on my sd and letting bootloader install that will work?
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cool, didn't know that, my problem now then is how can i reflash a different rom, bearing in mind that i cannot access recovery? do you think putting the pg86img stock ruu thingy on my sd and letting bootloader install that will work?
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I do believe that if you are s-on, you should be able to relock the phone and then run the rru from your computer.
sonza said:
I do believe that if you are s-on, you should be able to relock the phone and then run the rru from your computer.
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My next step was to relock it and run the ruu through bootloader, can you do it through computer/fastboot?
Sorry, I haven't been on the forum for a while.
Read the following link,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194053&highlight=relock
It should help you with the process.
The rru file you have should be an executable file that the name ends with "signed.exe" if memory serves. I do believe you can run this from your windows desktop if you are using windows. The link above has the adb command to use to relock the phone.
Once you are up and running again, you can install an ics rom even if you have s-on. I am running one but there are a few steps you need to do in the correct order so you don't end up where you are.
Good luck and have a great weekend!
Here is another good link to do what you are wanting to do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1578977
This might be even easier for you.
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Hi,
today I wanted to flash this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249760 , but by mistake I flashed boot.img by clicking "flash system" on WinDroid HTC Desire X toolkit I think this is the reason why I can't install any rom on my device because it stuck on the black screen after white HTC. I wanted to flash stock system.img but I can't find it anywhere :crying: Can anybody help me?
Just flash that Rom through recovery then reboot to bootloader and type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and flash the boot.img inside.
xpirt
xpirt said:
Just flash that Rom through recovery then reboot to bootloader and type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and flash the boot.img inside.
xpirt
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It didn't help. I still have black screen.
trawa791 said:
It didn't help. I still have black screen.
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Recovery? If you have JB version you must have hboot 1.25, too; if you have 1.24 hboot install an ICS recovery.
And don't forget to wipe all.
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I know this. I have 1.25 hboot, TWRP recovery 2.6, I wiped, flashed this rom, and then boot.img throught fastboot. And I still can't launch my phone. I also tried other roms but it's still the same. I don't have any backups. I don't know what to do:crying:
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I know this. I have 1.25 hboot, TWRP recovery 2.6, I wiped, flashed this rom, and then boot.img throught fastboot. And I still can't launch my phone. I also tried other roms but it's still the same. I don't have any backups. I don't know what to do:crying:
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If first you try SuperWipe script and then reflash Rom and boot.img? If it's something releated to partitions..
xpirt
Still nothing. I tried SuperWipe. Do you have any other ideas? Thank you for all help.
trawa791 said:
Still nothing. I tried SuperWipe. Do you have any other ideas? Thank you for all help.
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I had a couple of black screens, couldnt do a thing. LCD screen replaced both times under warranty
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Hey, I have htc evo 3d gsm (shooteru). I unlocked the bootloader using htcdev.com and installed clockworkmod recovery. Then I changed cid to HTC__001 and tried to flash a gingerbread ROM in preparation for using the flashmaniac tool to downgrade my hboot (1.53.0007 -> 1.49.0007).
But when I tried to flash the gb rom the recovery said that installation finished but the phone did nothing after reboot. So I took out the battery and went into bootloader and everything looked the same as before the flash attempt. So I tried once again with same result. Then I powered off the phone and now when I turned it on again it only shows the HTC logo for a few seconds and then nothing (the buttons at the bottom have their lights turned on though).
Any ideas?
Yes, hboot version not compatible with gb rom, and or boot partition didn't get flashed. Unlocked but s-on doesn't let boot partition have write if booted into recovery in a normal way.
So yoy can get boot.img from install zip and flash with fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Or you can reinstall from recovery if booted from fastboot command.
fastboot boot recovery.img
Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D, remember all development is done on my phone, not a computer
jcfunk said:
Yes, hboot version not compatible with gb rom, and or boot partition didn't get flashed. Unlocked but s-on doesn't let boot partition have write if booted into recovery in a normal way.
So yoy can get boot.img from install zip and flash with fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Or you can reinstall from recovery if booted from fastboot command.
fastboot boot recovery.img
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Somehow got it at least to bootloader, no idea how, just tried taking out battery a few times and charging it a bit and it worked.
Thanks for the advice, didn't realize there was a difference between these flashing methods.
randomguyhtc said:
Somehow got it at least to bootloader, no idea how, just tried taking out battery a few times and charging it a bit and it worked.
Thanks for the advice, didn't realize there was a difference between these flashing methods.
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Power + volume down when turning on will get you into bootloader
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jcfunk said:
Power + volume down when turning on will get you into bootloader
Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D, remember all development is done on my phone, not a computer
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I know , it just didn't work for some reason before.
So I flashed the boot.img and now it's stuck in a boot loop. Tried going to cwm recovery and wiping various caches etc and flashing again, and flashing boot.img again but it still goes into boot loop.
I would just use the flashmaniac's tool anyway because I don't care about any data on the phone or anything, but it seems that it requires the phone to be booted before it can start the downgrade.
What should I do? Try to flash other roms maybe? The one that I have now is EU_Shooter_U-1.20.401.8_ROOTED.
So I extracted a rom.zip from a RUU but it won't flash from cwm "Can't open /sdcard/rom.zip (bad)", should I try to flash it with adb/fastboot? I'm worried that the zip may be broken (even though archive manager integrity check says its fine).
Would this work with shooteru/GSM?
[TOOL] Ultimate Recovery Tool 3.1 (Unbrick, Downgrade, VM Radio Fix/Reset)
I'm thinking it might be a way to sidestep the boot loop problem that I have now, just relock the bootloader and follow the instructions until I get HBoot 1.40.something like the guy in the video?
Do I need some special drivers when using the RUU executables on Windows?
So I've got it to work. The problem was what jcfunk said (both of the things he mentioned, actually), I was trying to flash a GB rom when I should have tried an ICS rom instead (lol). After going to ICS RUU, I did the wire trick (unlimited.io) and now everything works nicely and I can get the latest roms.
Glad to hear.
I'm not new to flashing custom roms and rooting Android devices, so I don't think I'm a noob at this. I decided to help my friend unleash the power in his HTC One S by rooting it and giving it a custom recovery, I went through the right processes, Unlocked the phone's bootloader, and flashed the superuser zip and the twrp image, as it didn't seem like a clockworkmod image was compatible with the phone.
I then booted into recovery, wiped/factory reset and then flashed the latest CM11 nightly and got an error in TWRP recovery about the bootloader not been interoperable something like "
Code:
2.15==2.13"
in the error message , fine, I rebooted back into fastboot and checked the HBOOT Version and found out the phone was on HBOOT 1.13 and I think CM11 requires the most recent HBOOT version to work on HTC devices. The phone has got S-Off though.
Now I'm stuck in a bootloop cause I already wiped the OS in TWRP, I have everything in place, the right drivers and all that, I also tried re-installing the stock rom by downloading an HTC One S's RUU file but the device wasn't recognized at all by the RUU installer, I also tried to flash a stock 4.0.x rom as a zip file, no Joy. Now the phone is stuck at the point where it doesn't have an OS to boot into at all.
I'll really appreciate the community's support helping me fix this issue.
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I'm not new to flashing custom roms and rooting Android devices, so I don't think I'm a noob at this. I decided to help my friend unleash the power in his HTC One S by rooting it and giving it a custom recovery, I went through the right processes, Unlocked the phone's bootloader, and flashed the superuser zip and the twrp image, as it didn't seem like a clockworkmod image was compatible with the phone.
I then booted into recovery, wiped/factory reset and then flashed the latest CM11 nightly and got an error in TWRP recovery about the bootloader not been interoperable something like "
Code:
2.15==2.13"
in the error message , fine, I rebooted back into fastboot and checked the HBOOT Version and found out the phone was on HBOOT 1.13 and I think CM11 requires the most recent HBOOT version to work on HTC devices. The phone has got S-Off though.
Now I'm stuck in a bootloop cause I already wiped the OS in TWRP, I have everything in place, the right drivers and all that, I also tried re-installing the stock rom by downloading an HTC One S's RUU file but the device wasn't recognized at all by the RUU installer, I also tried to flash a stock 4.0.x rom as a zip file, no Joy. Now the phone is stuck at the point where it doesn't have an OS to boot into at all.
I'll really appreciate the community's support helping me fix this issue.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322755
You need that. Luckily you're already S-Off, so shouldn't be terrible to get going again. Just update the firmware, reinstall TWRP and re-flash CM11. Should be good to go afterwards.
es0tericcha0s said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322755
You need that. Luckily you're already S-Off, so shouldn't be terrible to get going again. Just update the firmware, reinstall TWRP and re-flash CM11. Should be good to go afterwards.
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Thank you so much for the reply, does it matter that I don't have an OS to boot into as I already wiped and factory reset the phone for installation of a new rom.?
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Thank you so much for the reply, does it matter that I don't have an OS to boot into as I already wiped and factory reset the phone for installation of a new rom.?
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Nah, shouldn't. The firmware we're referring to here is independent of the OS.
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Nah, shouldn't. The firmware we're referring to here is independent of the OS.
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At the end of the guide, should help fix the issue, there's a part where I'm supposed to install the new CM kernel from the CM .zip package, how do I flash a kernel from Fastboot?
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At the end of the guide, should help fix the issue, there's a part where I'm supposed to install the new CM kernel from the CM .zip package, how do I flash a kernel from Fastboot?
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Since you are S-Off, needing fastboot to install the boot.img is not necessary. It will install through recovery.
But, for future reference, you would boot to the bootloader screen, select fastboot, then assuming you have fastboot set up on the PC and the boot.img in the directory of said fastboot, you would use this command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
then
fastboot reboot
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Since you are S-Off, needing fastboot to install the boot.img is not necessary. It will install through recovery.
But, for future reference, you would boot to the bootloader screen, select fastboot, then assuming you have fastboot set up on the PC and the boot.img in the directory of said fastboot, you would use this command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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fastboot reboot
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I tried flashing the firmware.zip file from the thread but I got a FAILED: (remote: not allowed) error in command prompt at the end of the process, what did I do wrong?
UPDATE: I was able to update the bootloader version successfully, as I forgot the part where I was to boot into RUU mode with fastboot oem rebootRUU and worked perfectly the second time.
I rebooted and found out the boot loader was updated to HBoot 2.15, and I also updated twrp to the latest S4 version but now in recovery I get errors about twrp been unable to mount the /data partition. Do I flash another recovery image?
UPDATE:
Thank you so much es0tericcha0s, I really appreciate the support, I got the /data mount issue fixed finally. I just had to flash an older twrp recovery image and then reflashed the new one in fastboot and I could then flash CM successfully.
I can't believe I finally unbricked this phone, its been bricked since Sunday. Once again, es0tericcha0s, Thank you!
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UPDATE: I was able to update the bootloader version successfully, as I forgot the part where I was to boot into RUU mode with fastboot oem rebootRUU and worked perfectly the second time.
I rebooted and found out the boot loader was updated to HBoot 2.15, and I also updated twrp to the latest S4 version but now in recovery I get errors about twrp been unable to mount the /data partition. Do I flash another recovery image?
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You might need to RUU back then. If you have issues with the RUU exe, then you can extract the rom.zip and install it like you did the firmware. There are quite a few tutorials on how to extract it, or there might already be a version floating around for your phone.