Hello, everyone. I am going to get right to it. I think mI messed up my wife's phone. Since I can still get into the bootloader, I believe there is a chance to un-mess it.
I updated the bootloader on my wife's HTC EVO 3D from 1.4 S-off to 1.58.5858 S-off. Her phone is running a gingerbread ROM and still using the 2.17 base. Stupid move, I'm sure. I downloaded a Jupuonutbear 1.58 hboot, dropped it in the root of her SD card, named it PG86IMG.zip, and booted into the bootloader.
Now, all I get is a bootloop. Every time I try to start her phone.
I am a stupid, stupid man.
Hopefully you all can help me put this right, and after that, maybe give me some directions on how to PROPERLY go about updating her phone.
First, Let me tell you what it says when I boot into the bootloader:
=Juopunutbear=
SHOOTER XC SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.58.5858
RADIO-0.97.10.350
eMMC-boot
May 17, 2012, 15:06:44
Then the regular hboot menu, etc.
My thinking is that I can pull her SD card, delete PG86IMG.zip, and drop a 1.4 hboot in there, naming it PG86IMG.zip. Then boot to bootloader, and problem solved. Is this correct, or does anyone have a better idea?
Thanks for reading. Sorry for the minimalist tone, I really wanted to craft a wordier, funnier post, but in this case I figured I'd better just stick with the facts. Hope somebody out there can help me.
You got it. Just put 1.4 back on there.
This should be in q&a, not developement.
People. Save it. This thread isn't going to need 10 post telling the op he posted in the wrong forum. Report & move on.
To answer your question. You just need to flash the 1.50.5050 jb boot loader
To enter right into recovery use the command below.
adb reboot-recovery
This will skip the boot loader from reading your SD card .
Sent from my Evo 3D CDMA
Terribly sorry to have posted this in the wrong forum. Maybe a mod/admin can move it? Actually, I will Re-post it there. MOVE ALONG, NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
Thanks for your replies, though.
GAPO said:
Terribly sorry to have posted this in the wrong forum. Maybe a mod/admin can move it? Actually, I will Re-post it there. MOVE ALONG, NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
Thanks for your replies, though.
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A re-post is even worse.......
Sent from my Evo 3D CDMA
Astrikz said:
A re-post is even worse.......
Sent from my Evo 3D CDMA
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OK, no re-post then. Well, I tried flashing a boot.img from the bootloader, but it didn't read right. On the plus side, I have access to recovery thru the bootloader now. So, I am thinking, try another 1.4 boot.img(anybody have a link?), or try to update the rest(from GB to ICS, radios, etc., is that even possible? If so, does anybody have any links?). Common sense, of course, dictates that I try to get it back to 1.4, then start a Q&A thread in the PROPER subforum about upgrading her phone.
Any ideas/suggestions?
Also: THANK YOU. SINCERELY.
Here you go..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30014044
Sent from my Evo 3D CDMA
Astrikz said:
Here you go..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30014044
Sent from my Evo 3D CDMA
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Thank you, I have dropped the hboot 1.4 onto the SD card, renamed it PG86IMG.zip, but when I boot into the bootloader, it just says:
No image or wrong image!
Then goes back to the bootloader menu. I am using the version with Revolutionary S-off, because my wife's phone was and is s-off. Any suggestions?
As I said, it would seem some progress has been made, as I now seem to have access to recovery, but I am stumped as to where I should go from here......
I'm guessing you know simple fast boot commands.
So here's a quick way to flash bootloaders. First remove the PG86IMG.zip file from you're SD card.
Place the pg86img.zip file in your fastboot directory. So where you would keep your IMG files for flashing.
Next. Place your bootloader in fastboot USB.
Follow the commands in order .
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip PG86IMG.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now enter recovery clear cache & reboot device.
Sent from my Evo 3D CDMA
Astrikz said:
Here you go..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30014044
Sent from my Evo 3D CDMA
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Astrikz said:
I'm guessing you know simple fast boot commands.
So here's a quick way to flash bootloaders. First remove the PG86IMG.zip file from you're SD card.
Place the pg86img.zip file in your fastboot directory. So where you would keep your IMG files for flashing.
Next. Place your bootloader in fastboot USB.
Follow the commands in order .
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip PG86IMG.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now enter recovery clear cache & reboot device.
Sent from my Evo 3D CDMA
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Well, I have a folder called "Android" on my desktop where adb.exe, AbdWinApi.dll and fastboot.exe are located. Should I put it in there? Sorry, it's been a long time since I have had to do anything more complicated than flashing zips....
GAPO said:
Well, I have a folder called "Android" on my desktop where adb.exe, AbdWinApi.dll and fastboot.exe are located. Should I put it in there? Sorry, it's been a long time since I have had to do anything more complicated than flashing zips....
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Correct.
Sent from my Evo 3D CDMA
So, I "point" the command window at the Android folder, then just run through the commands as in your post?
When I enter the command to flash the zip, I get:
error: cannot determine image filename for 'PG86IMG.zip'
This means that the file is named different Rename the file PG86IMG.zip
Sent from my Evo 3D CDMA
retrying......
error: cannot load 'PG86IMG.zip' : unknown error
I have double and triple checked, and the file is indeed named PG86IMG.zip. I followed the commands exactly as entered until that point.
Currently the phone is displaying black background with white htc logo.
GAPO said:
error: cannot load 'PG86IMG.zip' : unknown error
I have double and triple checked, and the file is indeed named PG86IMG.zip. I followed the commands exactly as entered until that point.
Currently the phone is displaying black background with white htc logo.
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Strange..
Make sure everything matches, even CAPS.
so if the file is PG86IMG.zip you will type it as
Code:
fastboot flash zip PG86IMG.zip
Not fastboot flash zip pg86img.zip if that doesnt work try the next option below.
download this bootloader. (hboot 1.04)
download.
Place is in your Android folder where fastboot is located. dont rename the file and use the command below.
Code:
fastboot flash zip hboot.zip
Trying it now.....
Okay, that proceeded as you said. Device has rebooted, and is functional. Had to reload a couple of widgets.
You, sir, are a lifesaver, and I have thanked you.
Any forseeable problems to her being 1.04 hboot instead of 1.4? She is running CleanROM Reborn 1.1...has been since she got the phone a year ago.....
And, yeah, I typed it caps and all, an exact copy. Dunno why it wouldn't flash.... but the 1.04 did....
Related
I have noticed a lot of people asking how to unroot their 3d and return back to stock after unlocking with HTCDEV. Here's how:
Step 1: Download the RUU for your phone:
CDMA: PG86IMG.zip
GSM: GSM RUUs
(There are more GSM RUUs than CDMA, so here's all of them.)
Rogers RUU link is here.
Step 2: Place the PG86IMG.zip (CDMA- GSM will be similar) on the root of your sdcard.
Step 3: Reboot to recovery and wipe everything (Dalvik, cache, data, system, factory reset)
Step 4: Plug in your phone and reboot to bootloader via ADB
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Step 5: Boot into Hboot and allow the RUU zip to flash to the phone.
Step 6: Boot into fastboot
Step 7: Relock your bootloader
Code:
fastboot oem lock
Setp 8: Reboot.
Note: Your bootloader will say *** RELOCKED *** after you're done. That is how your carrier and HTC will know you've unlocked. There is no way to avoid this yet.
***** Make sure you put the CORRECT RUU image on you sdcard. If you have Sprint you're CDMA, if not, you're GSM. Don't mix the two up.
If you want to unlock your phone again after relocking, boot into fastboot and type:
Code:
fastboot flash Unlock_Code.bin
That's assuming you still have the Unlock_code.bin. If you don't, you'll have to re-do all the steps on HTCDEV
GSM RUUs from Football's thread here
CDMA RUU from Mr.ESP's post here
Rogers RUU link is dead from filefactory (footballs gsm ruu thread)...this has been confirmed from multiple sources
digitaljeff said:
Rogers RUU link is dead from filefactory (footballs gsm ruu thread)...this has been confirmed from multiple sources
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I would contact Football and see if he still has access to it then. Google doesn't bring anything up for Rogers. Let me know if you get it.
thanks to bebolf for having it in his dropbox and posting a link here ive gone ahead and uploaded the Rogers RUU to multiupload ... see below link, will post in footballs thread in gsm forum..
http://www.multiupload.com/7JM43LU588
Hey just to add to this. I tried doing this method, but I couldn't get hboot to update my phone. I got hboot 1.50 stock, cause I just got the phone last week. I have no idea why ur method wouldn't work.....I'm a NOOB HERE. I tried even flashing in recovery. When I also tried to "Relocked" my phone it wouldn't even boot past the HTC screen.
Well what happened to begin was I put a different kernel on my using flash image gui, and when I tried going back to stock via backup, some of the functions didn't work wifi 4g...etc. I knew it had to be the kernel. So what I did was I found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223979, and downloaded the Shooter_2.08.651.2_odexed_rooted-signed.zip complete ROM.
Thanks @xHausx for that thread you saved me
Then i flashed it. I rebooted back into the bootloader and ran the lock code.
Code:
fastboot oem lock
This time the phone booted. I used one of RUU .exe from Football's post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334473
and completely restored the phone to stock.
Idk if this helps any one or not, but this is how I got my phone back to stock without using the PG86IMG.zip and flashing in hboot.
Again noob here, but it worked.
I followed all the steps, my phone now shows RELOCKED, but I still have the superuser app. Am I missing something? How do I get rid of superuser?
Thank you
did you run the ruu after relocking
I downloaded the file from the OP, renamed it PG86IMG.zip and copied it to my sd card. I then boot into hboot and it loads the file. This is all after I relocked the phone. Is this correct?
richsky said:
I downloaded the file from the OP, renamed it PG86IMG.zip and copied it to my sd card. I then boot into hboot and it loads the file. This is all after I relocked the phone. Is this correct?
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yep.. ......
Mr.Esp said:
yep.. ......
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Well still showing the superuser app, any idea how to get rid of that?
Thanks
sounds like the flash was incomplete
try it again with the same file or try the ruu
gonna give this a shot tonight so i can update to the newest radio
I'm doing something wrong. After I relock my phone, it won't reboot...it just boots back to the bootloader....I have to unlock again to get it to boot normally. any help is appreciated. thanks.
Nevermind. I found another file and that did the trick!
sinman2224 said:
I'm doing something wrong. After I relock my phone, it won't reboot...it just boots back to the bootloader....I have to unlock again to get it to boot normally. any help is appreciated. thanks.
Nevermind. I found another file and that did the trick!
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I have the same issue. What other file did you use?
Anyone care to help with this? i have the same problem.
fallowed the instructions step by step now im stuck, phone keeps rebooting into bootloader, please help
lol so this thread didnt help out all, use this here to fix my phone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EJyU2zQXoY
i flashed my radio and ota rom then used super tool to lock worked great from all things root android forum
Tried this method and I am stuck in bootloader... i try reboot and it just takes me back to bootloader... any ideas how to fix this?
Fastboot clockwork mod and then flash kernel first then ROM for some reason twrp won't flash correctly it left my phone in a reboot loop It's not supported anymore cm is more stable.
Id give you a link but I havnt posted enough on this forum yet
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hey i jus wanna now somethin its confusing me
in the OP it says that
Step 1: Download the RUU for your phone:
CDMA: PG86IMG.zip
GSM: GSM RUUs
i am using EVO 3D GSM do i have to download the PG86IMG.zip
and place it in the root of sdcard then i use adb to do the RUU cos
Step 2: Place the PG86IMG.zip (CDMA- GSM will be similar) on the root of your sdcard.
is it for both or jus for the CDMA m cofused
please help
Ok I have HTC evo 3d and it's bricked. I turn it on and it only show the HTC logo and stays there. Please help ink what happened since my friend bricked it and doesn't know what he did. Please help. Thanks
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josephgalaxy said:
Ok I have HTC evo 3d and it's bricked. I turn it on and it only show the HTC logo and stays there. Please help ink what happened since my friend bricked it and doesn't know what he did. Please help. Thanks
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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You aren't permanently bricked *sigh of relief* lol
Pull out the battery, press and hold Volume down + Power
Once the bootloader shows up, look at the top, if it says **UNLOCKED** you're one step closer
If it says *LOCKED** or *RELOCKED** you need to go to HTCDev.com and unlock the bootloader. Follow the onscreen instructions (but DON'T run the RUU)
MAKE SURE you have the android SDK!! This has fastboot.exe and adb.exe without these you wont get anywhere
Once you're unlocked, you need to flash a recovery. In the development forum, search for a recovery, I use TWRP, and it does just fine
In the bootloader on the phone, click on fastboot
To flash the recovery, put the .img file into the directory where adb and fastboot are.
Then open the command prompt, type in "cd C:\wherever fastboot and adb are" (minus the quotes) then type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" **if your recovery img is not called recovery.img, just rename it tomake things easier**
Once it's done, type "fastboot boot recovery.img"
Now you're into recovery!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808150
download that ROM, put it on the sd card through recovery, and flash it.
Now your phone is all better!!
***this was all assuming you have the sprint evo 3d, if you don't, you have to look in the gsm forum because the rom I linked is cdma ONLY***
Are you gsm or cdma. Are you s-on or s-off, i guess you are unlocked?
Sent from my HTC EVO 3D X515m using xda premium
Yahoo thanks it says it's s-on and it says it's unlocked. But my friend didn't back the stock Rom
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
You don't need the stock rom, plenty of images to go around, the important thing is to figure out if ur GSM or CDMA, as using the wrong files will lead you to an actual brick (recoverable, but problematic to say the least)
As beneath-a-burning-turtle pointed out you need to find your desired recovery in the appropriate Dev forum, flash it, and use it to flash a stock rom for your device (preferably after wiping cache,dalvik and data).
beneath-a-burning-turtle gave you the link to the CMDA stock rom, the following is a thread with all the stock RUUs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208485
from there you need to open up the ruu and pull the appropriate zips out and flash them
Please help im begging !
dessolator666 said:
You don't need the stock rom, plenty of images to go around, the important thing is to figure out if ur GSM or CDMA, as using the wrong files will lead you to an actual brick (recoverable, but problematic to say the least)
As beneath-a-burning-turtle pointed out you need to find your desired recovery in the appropriate Dev forum, flash it, and use it to flash a stock rom for your device (preferably after wiping cache,dalvik and data).
beneath-a-burning-turtle gave you the link to the CMDA stock rom, the following is a thread with all the stock RUUs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208485
from there you need to open up the ruu and pull the appropriate zips out and flash them
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(Said ***LOCKED*** But Dosen't Say Anything Just Starting From Line Below)
SHOOTER XC SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.58.0000
RADIO-1.09.00.0108
eMMC-boot
May 17, 2012
AND THE 4 OPTIONS BUT EVERY TIME I GO INTO RECOVERY IT COMES UP WITH A PHONE WITH GREEN RECYCLE SIGN THEN RED TRIANGLE. PLEASE HELP IM SO FRUSTRATED ! ALL OF THIS HAPPENED CUZ I TRIED TO OVERCLOCK.ALSO MY LAPTOP DOSENT RECOGNIZE MY PHONE THROUGH USB, SHOULD I TRY ON MY DESKTOP ?
Ok, I have been away from the site and havent messed with my phone for over a year so I am really rusty but I want to flash to ICS. However after many hours today without success I have restored the GB. Hoping someone can give me some insight to my mistake as things have changed a far bit in a year.
I currently have Nils Business Sense Gingerbread and want to go flash Nils Business ICS 4.0.3 Sense. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508118
I believe I followed direction as described on the above page but I could never get the recent RUU to install. Looking at the directions on the above thread post #3 "Latest RUU Leak and Installation Instructions" I can get it to step #6 but things fall apart there. It finds the PH98IMG.zip and scans it like the directions say but never prompts me to say "yes" as describes. It does have the progress bar on the right side that will complete and then returns to the bootloader screen but at no point does it actually go to the white HTC load screen. Is there something missing from the directions or could I have missed something?
The phone was unlocked thru HTC website over a year ago. I believe its s-off but dont remember and unable to figure out how to tell.
Thanks in advance. Mark
Okay, first of all, to check if you are s-off boot into bootloader and look up top. Around the 2nd or 3rd line I believe, it will say Vigor and either s-off or s-on in there.
If you are s-on you need to relock the bootloader in fastboot.
fastboot oem lock
If you didn't do that and you are s-on that's probably the issue.
I ran the RUU a week or so ago so I'm trying to remember exactly what happened.
I don't recall if it just automatically ran or if it asked me if I wanted to "update".
When you say you see a progress bar, do you see a list of items and does it say "updating" next to each item as it gets to it? Can you say exactly what is on the screen after it starts? Also you are using the latest global, 4.03.605.2?
After it makes a first pass it will go to a black screen for a couple minutes then back to bootloader to run again. Then you'll see the same screen with the list and "updating" next to each item.
Then it will boot back into bootloader and ask you if you want to reboot iirc. Or else it reboots itself but I think it asked me. Then you'll see a normal boot but it will take a while so just be patient.
Thanks for the quick reply.
No it never gets to the point of updating anything. I finds then scans the img, it has a blue completion bar on the right side of the screen when it is scanning. That will complete but it never updates anything and returns to the recovery screen. I even tried just loading the ROM without installing the RUU and it sat on the white HTC screen for an hour so clearly I have to update the RUU before I can flash Nils ROM.
Ok apparently I am S-on so need to relock bootloader.
Can you give me a little more details on how to do it. Guessing I'm not grasping fastboot oem lock.
Are you s-off or s-on? If s-on, did you relock first?
You might try running the 3.14.xxxxxx from here:
http://androidfiles.org/ruu/?dir=Vigor
It's an exe file so just double click it on the desktop and it will run.
Or you can give these commands in fastboot:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip NameOfZip.zip
Then if that works you can try the global again. Double the work, but unless someone else comes along with a solution it's something you can try while waiting.
mbrudolph said:
Ok apparently I am S-on so need to relock bootloader.
Can you give me a little more details on how to do it. Guessing I'm not grasping fastboot oem lock.
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Okay, that's probably it then. Was writing my last post when you posted.
So power down the phone, pull the battery then put it back in and boot into bootloader. Switch to fastboot and connect to your pc.
Open up your command window and navigate to where you have your fastboot/adb folder (I attached what you need in case you no longer have it, just place the folder on the root of your pc so you would navigate to c:\android).
Then type
fastboot oem lock
That will lock you so you can run the RUU.
Afterwards you will need to unlock again. If you no longer have your unlock code you can get it again from HTCDev. If you go to their site it explains how.
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
Once you receive your token put it in the "android" folder (or whatever the name of your folder you use for fastboot is).
Then type
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
I keep my android folder with the unlock token and latest Amon Ra recovery in there so I always know they're there if I need them.
Then you'll need to flash the newest AmonRa, it's up to 3.16 now.
Root ( didn't have to do anything, was already set to flash ROM)
Flash Nils' ROM.
Also, since you are s-on you will need to flash the kernel from the ROM after you flash the ROM. I don't know if he has it set to make a PH98IMG file or not - some ROMs create one on your sd card. If not, you need to pull it from the ROM, put it in the "android" folder and flash in fastboot. I would pull it out ahead of time in case so you're ready.
fastboot flash boot boot.img (or whatever the name of his kernel is)
Then you should be able to boot up and enjoy.
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Okay, that's probably it then. Was writing my last post when you posted.
So power down the phone, pull the battery then put it back in and boot into bootloader. Switch to fastboot and connect to your pc.
Open up your command window and navigate to where you have your fastboot/adb folder (I attached what you need in case you no longer have it, just place the folder on the root of your pc so you would navigate to c:\android).
Then type
fastboot oem lock
That will lock you so you can run the RUU.
Afterwards you will need to unlock again. If you no longer have your unlock code you can get it again from HTCDev. If you go to their site it explains how.
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
Once you receive your token put it in the "android" folder (or whatever the name of your folder you use for fastboot is).
Then type
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
I keep my android folder with the unlock token and latest Amon Ra recovery in there so I always know they're there if I need them.
Then you'll need to flash the newest AmonRa, it's up to 3.16 now.
Root ( didn't have to do anything, was already set to flash ROM)
Flash Nils' ROM.
Also, since you are s-on you will need to flash the kernel from the ROM after you flash the ROM. I don't know if he has it set to make a PH98IMG file or not - some ROMs create one on your sd card. If not, you need to pull it from the ROM, put it in the "android" folder and flash in fastboot. I would pull it out ahead of time in case so you're ready.
fastboot flash boot boot.img (or whatever the name of his kernel is)
Then you should be able to boot up and enjoy.
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Hey feralicious,
Been reading this and with my white screen issue, I have two questions.....first is like you I have an android folder where I keep the unlock token and amonRa recovery but mine is 3.15. Where can I get 3.16 from? I saw a thread with zip files but it said you had to be S-off and I am not.
My second question is what is file you attached here?
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Hey feralicious,
Been reading this and with my white screen issue, I have two questions.....first is like you I have an android folder where I keep the unlock token and amonRa recovery but mine is 3.15. Where can I get 3.16 from? I saw a thread with zip files but it said you had to be S-off and I am not.
My second question is what is file you attached here?
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There's a link for 3.16 at the bottom of the Amon Ra thread in development. Not the attachments, the link right above those.
I attached the folder with the files needed to use fastboot/adb.
feralicious said:
There's a link for 3.16 at the bottom of the Amon Ra thread in development. Not the attachments, the link right above those.
I attached the folder with the files needed to use fastboot/adb.
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Ok. I don't need those. I have adb all set. I will check that thread again. Any real difference in 3.16 vs 3.15?
318sugarhill said:
Ok. I don't need those. I have adb all set. I will check that thread again. Any real difference in 3.16 vs 3.15?
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The only difference I know of is that 3.16 has a working root option.
Feralicious,
Just wanted to thank you again. Today, I finally got everything updated and working well. Couldn't have done it without your help.
THANKS!!! :highfive:
Mark
mbrudolph said:
Feralicious,
Just wanted to thank you again. Today, I finally got everything updated and working well. Couldn't have done it without your help.
THANKS!!! :highfive:
Mark
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You're welcome! Glad I could help. :good:
I used HTCDEV.COM to unlock my phone, then flashed a custom recovery (i am hboot 1.58 with latest OTA)...the recovery didn't work so I tried flashing a stock recovery back...I do not think that worked. I relocked my phone and it has been working great for about a week. My battery died and now it is acting like this....
I have tried a factory reset, battery pulls, sd card pulls, reboot etc...to no avail
You Tube dot com /watch?v=imJGRGFNSeM
Ok, after charging for awhile and trying factory resets I found that my recovery image doesn't seem to exist...that is probably the problem but I do not know how to fix that...
any help is much appreciated
you tube dot com/watch?v=AC4TZvHWLG8
ICS back up now after battery/sd card pull and reseat....any ideas how i can I fix? My initial goal was to get a custom rom on the phone to live out the rest of my sprint contract in peace and with better battery life - the end result has been, as of now - a headache
Unlock, flash a new recovery image via adb, then flash your rom. I prefer 4EXT recovery. If you are s-on, you'll need that one and you'll need to enable smart flash in the settings menu.
Sent from my SlimRom jb'd EVO 3D.
aqualls said:
Unlock, flash a new recovery image via adb, then flash your rom. I prefer 4EXT recovery. If you are s-on, you'll need that one and you'll need to enable smart flash in the settings menu.
Sent from my SlimRom jb'd EVO 3D.
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thank you so much for the reply! I tried that initially, now when I attempt to use adb it says "waiting for device" or something, and wont do it for me...
I TRIED THIS AND FAILED
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2074181
I have been unable to run any RUU to downgrade the phone, locked or unlocked
it also says when in boot loader PG86.img or whatever doesn't exist or not found
trey41303 said:
it also says when in boot loader PG86.img or whatever doesn't exist or not found
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Make sure it's on the root of your SD card and renamed PG86IMG.zip exactly.
Sent from my SlimRom jb'd EVO 3D.
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Try using Ramjet73's guide. May be best to take to scratch and start over.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889438
Sent from my SlimRom jb'd EVO 3D.
I'm still stuck
aqualls said:
Make sure it's on the root of your SD card and renamed PG86IMG.zip exactly.
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Try using Ramjet73's guide. May be best to take to scratch and start over.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889438
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Following Ramjet73 and failing here too
Relocked the phone several days ago. Unlocked tonight, unable to flash a new recovery image, relocked and tried to run the RUU in that guide.
I've attached some supporting pics
Edit: the pictures failed! the RUU utility errored out and said,
"ERROR [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone.
Please get the correct R"OM Update Utility and Try again."
This is bad right? Where it says FAILED (status read failed (unknown error)?
trey41303 said:
This is bad right? Where it says FAILED (status read failed (unknown error)?
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That's probably not a problem, but are you Sprint or VM?
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
That's probably not a problem, but are you Sprint or VM?
ramjet73
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I'm with sprint now. It's like my recovery image doeant exist, isn't accessible, and can't be replaced. I'm still not sure if the pg86img.zip is the same thong as my recovery but it says it doesn't exist when I go to fastbooot
trey41303 said:
I'm with sprint now. It's like my recovery image doeant exist, isn't accessible, and can't be replaced. I'm still not sure if the pg86img.zip is the same thong as my recovery but it says it doesn't exist when I go to fastbooot
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OK.
I just noticed you said that you took the latest OTA that came out this month. How and when did you do that? Was it after you were already rooted?
You may need to flash another file to downgrade the main version (mainver) before flashing the RUU but you would need to unlock again before doing that.
ramjet73
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OK.
I just noticed you said that you took the latest OTA that came out this month. How and when did you do that? Was it after you were already rooted?
You may need to flash another file to downgrade the main version (mainver) before flashing the RUU but you would need to unlock again before doing that.
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Took the OTA update the day before I tried the HTCDEV unlock and flashed arecovery IMG over I tried several of them to no avail and it never booted to recovery after that so I just set up the phone and moved on...
trey41303 said:
Took the OTA update the day before I tried the HTCDEV unlock and moved a recovery IMF over. It never booted to recovery after that so I set up the phone and moved on...
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OK, you'll need to start by unlocking the phone again and then we'll get your recovery installed so you can flash the zip file and RUU.
Can you verify that you can get into "fastboot usb" mode and do the HTC unlock with the same .bin file again?
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
OK, you'll need to start by unlocking the phone again and then we'll get your recovery installed so you can flash the zip file and RUU.
Can you verify that you can get into "fastboot usb" mode and do the HTC unlock with the same .bin file again?
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I can do that. Sorry for the slow responses. I joined in 2010 when I got my Hero, but never had trouble rooting and modding it just following the posts. The forum is still making me wait 5 minutes between posts
Pull battery
Replace
Vol Dow + power
When menu comes up press power
Plug phone into computer
Cd c:/android
Fastboot flash unlocktolken Unlock_code.bin
Move the thing on the phone to unlock then select it with the power button...then.....
That's where I get fuzzy
trey41303 said:
I can do that. Sorry for the slow responses. I joined in 2010 when I got my Hero, but never had trouble rooting and modding it just following the posts. The forum is still making me wait 5 minutes between posts
Pull battery
Replace
Vol Dow + power
When menu comes up press power
Plug phone into computer
Cd c:/android
Fastboot flash unlocktolken Unlock_code.bin
Move the thing on the phone to unlock then select it with the power button...then.....
That's where I get fuzzy
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So you did all of that already?
If so you are ready to flash the recovery. If you have a recovery.img file in the same directory as your ADB/fastboot, put the phone back into "fastboot USB" mode and issue the following commands:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot boot recovery.img
The second command should put you into the recovery.
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
So you did all of that already?
If so you are ready to flash the recovery. If you have a recovery.img file in the same directory as your ADB/fastboot, put the phone back into "fastboot USB" mode and issue the following commands:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot boot recovery.img
The second command should put you into the recovery.
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Ok, which recovery should I be using? People say to use 4ext, but I have yet to find that
trey41303 said:
Ok, which recovery should I be using? People say to use 4ext, but I have yet to find that
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Yea, I'd recommend 4EXT. You can download it from here, then put in your ADB/fastboot directory and rename it to "recovery.img".
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
Yea, I'd recommend 4EXT. You can download it from here, then put in your ADB/fastboot directory and rename it to "recovery.img".
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got 4EXT thank you, renamed it recovery.img, placed in my c:/android
tried to fastboot flash and get this response....im face palming here
Phones eye view
Here is my phone in boot loader mode as of now
And the screen showing its unlocked
Did you see the previous pic...seems something is wrong....I am trying to find the instructions I was using to flash a new rom when I found that the initial recovery img didn't work
Seems it said if your "s-off"...do this to flash a new rom, or do this to flash a rom and permanently root/place recovery I g on phone. And I did the latter
So I've explored different options on XDA's site for returning to stock and I guess this is why I'm here. I screwed the hell up. I posted this on Phaded's How-To page, but I figured it would also be best to post this in the general Help & Troubleshooting page.
Here's the best way I can explain my issue. Someone please help.
1. My phone is COMPLETELY formatted. No OS now. Zero data.
2. TWRP is installed as my recovery.
3. I can fastboot and adb (only from the recovery obviously)
4. I moonshined the phone in order to S-Off
5. I tried the method to remove S-Off by Phaded
adb devices (verify device ID is listed)
adb shell
su
echo -ne '\x00\x00\x00\x00' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=33796
exit
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When I ran the RUU, I got that error 158 problem. I couldn't flash the HBOOT. downloaded it several times and tried.
6. I flashed it with an AOSP rom and tried the RUU again. No luck.
Now I'm stuck. u_u I tried
adb push "file name" "file directory"
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so I can drop a zip file in the phone, but it seems to not work. Idk if I did it right. I was hoping to flash a ROM by doing that. smh.
Let me know if there's any other info I can provide. Considering the phone still turns on and I can still get to fastboot and adb, I don't think I'm a lost cause.
Thanks everyone!
UPDATE
I sideloaded a ROM (Carbon) and now I'm up and running. But I still can't RUU it! Figured this detail will help.
I'll keep reading and researching, posting my progress.
Thanks!
Its ok that your'e formatted the main concern would be 1. To be able to turn the phone on and 2. Boot into bootloader and recovery . It sounds like you are able to do both so the term "bricked" doesn't apply here.Okay so first obvious question did you obtain s-off also what bootloader are you on. Also what are you trying to achieve moving forward, going to stock or staying with custom roms, sense or aosp. There is only 1 ruu available for DNA and you need to be relocked to run and have fastboot drivers installed ala HTC sync manager.
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xlxcrossing said:
Its ok that your'e formatted the main concern would be 1. To be able to turn the phone on and 2. Boot into bootloader and recovery . It sounds like you are able to do both so the term "bricked" doesn't apply here.Okay so first obvious question did you obtain s-off also what bootloader are you on. Also what are you trying to achieve moving forward, going to stock or staying with custom roms, sense or aosp. There is only 1 ruu available for DNA and you need to be relocked to run and have fastboot drivers installed ala HTC sync manager.
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1. I obtained s-off with moonshine. I used the above command suggested by Phaded and when I put in
fastboot oem lock
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(or something like that) it says my phone is locked.
2. What do you mean what bootloader? I guess moonshine, cause that's what comes up when I go to my bootloader screen.
3. I trying flashing the ruu and I get this (see image attached) which the suggested fix for error 158 was to flash the hboot 1.15 (or something). But I can't seem to flash it correctly. I can't even find straight forward instructions on how to do it.
Thanks for responding.
The reason I asked about the bootloader version and I'm not 100% sure about this so someone else may need to chime in is that when you ruu you are flashing firmware which includes hboot so if you upgraded hboot before doing s-off or otherwise went up a version then I'm pretty sure the ruu won't downgrade your hboot airgo the error message. Again this might not be true. At this point all that matters is that your s-off and NOT bricked so instead of toying with an ruu I would choose a stock Rom .zip to flash if its truly stock that you want. Your firmware should be up to date if you took 2.06. There is no ruu for 2.06.
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What is s-off?
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93fuelslut said:
What is s-off?
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It means you can write to any partition of your nand (internal memory). This means customs roms, kernels, splash screens, firmware, etc. When you are s-on it is more difficult, I can't get into why too many words it just is. If you're not s-off and you like flashing stuff look into it.
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It means you can write to any partition of your nand (internal memory). This means customs roms, kernels, splash screens, firmware, etc. When you are s-on it is more difficult, I can't get into why too many words it just is. If you're not s-off and you like flashing stuff look into it.
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I'm not finding a solid explanation for error 158 which is disheartening - the best offerings are to change USB ports or restart the ruu. Like I said before you are fine on the software end, you can verify you have up to date firmware by comparing the latest below with what you have.
Baseband (radio) 1.01.04.0308
PRI 2.44_002
As for the hboot, how are you trying to flash it? In recovery?
The hboot needs to match the RUU. You need to find the original hboot . It is in a thread with hboot versions and radio versions.
Link to HBOOT please? and answering your questions
Could someone provide a link for the hboot instructions and flashing?
I think my problem is that moonshine screwed up my phone. I relocked my phone, but when trying to run moonshine again, it doesn't unlock the phone. It just says "WTF: What are you dong" and then it just stops and tells me to hit Enter to exit and the phone is still locked, hence why I think I can't flash HBOOT.
I try and flash HBOOT through recovery. I tried doing fastboot to flash it. Recalling from memory, I think the command was:
fastboot flash "file name.zip"
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and then it says it can't open the file, unknown error. But I can't find any help guides or how-to's that explain the fix for this.
Thanks! Keep asking questions, cause I don't know what info is relevant.
ibthevivin said:
Could someone provide a link for the hboot instructions and flashing?
I think my problem is that moonshine screwed up my phone. I relocked my phone, but when trying to run moonshine again, it doesn't unlock the phone. It just says "WTF: What are you dong" and then it just stops and tells me to hit Enter to exit and the phone is still locked, hence why I think I can't flash HBOOT.
I try and flash HBOOT through recovery. I tried doing fastboot to flash it. Recalling from memory, I think the command was: and then it says it can't open the file, unknown error. But I can't find any help guides or how-to's that explain the fix for this.
Thanks! Keep asking questions, cause I don't know what info is relevant.
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Moonshine isn't working because you are still s-off.
My thread has the original hboot and instructions to flash it. You do not flash in recovery. You do not put it on your phone at all. Do not push the file in recovery. Read and follow the instructions in the stock thread.
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You're doing the command wrong or you renamed it PL83IMG.zip.zip
Please, go in my thread, read each step perfectly and follow. It's really quite simple.
Difference
Is s-off/s-on and being locked/unlocked two different things?
Screenshot
Also here Phaded. I tried different variants of flashing the hboot. I renamed it from PL83IMG.zip to HBOOT.zip. It's not HBOOT.zip.zip cause I know Windows 8 automatically appends the end of the file name with the type extension. As you can see, I boot to fastboot, then run rebootRUU, then I'm trying to flash from there. I got frustrated and tried different things, even unpacking the .zip and trying to flash the .img file.
Thanks for your contribution to the community Phaded.
ibthevivin said:
Could someone provide a link for the hboot instructions and flashing?
I think my problem is that moonshine screwed up my phone. I relocked my phone, but when trying to run moonshine again, it doesn't unlock the phone. It just says "WTF: What are you dong" and then it just stops and tells me to hit Enter to exit and the phone is still locked, hence why I think I can't flash HBOOT.
I try and flash HBOOT through recovery. I tried doing fastboot to flash it. Recalling from memory, I think the command was: and then it says it can't open the file, unknown error. But I can't find any help guides or how-to's that explain the fix for this.
Thanks! Keep asking questions, cause I don't know what info is relevant.
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Strike.
From my S-Off BadSeed DNA
ibthevivin said:
Also here Phaded. I tried different variants of flashing the hboot. I renamed it from PL83IMG.zip to HBOOT.zip. It's not HBOOT.zip.zip cause I know Windows 8 automatically appends the end of the file name with the type extension. As you can see, I boot to fastboot, then run rebootRUU, then I'm trying to flash from there. I got frustrated and tried different things, even unpacking the .zip and trying to flash the .img file.
Thanks for your contribution to the community Phaded.
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You need to cd to the directory the file is in, which should be where fastboot.exe is
So if it's in say C:\sdk\
Type cd C:\sdk\
Then run command to fastboot
BOOM!
Alright. Worked. I'll keep you all posted. No one really mentioned in any of the tutorials and how-to's that it is VERY important to make sure to CD to the directory. Like there are developers who say just add it to the PATH in Environment Variables. I figured it was enough, but hey, I was wrong.
Live and learn right?
Thank you Phaded.
So basically my problem was, calling the hboot.zip file is not included under Environmental Variables. I have to intentionally CD to that directory.
Hmm, I must have missed putting in the cd step for the hboot. I'll go edit it.