Think you've broken your phone? Read this to return it back to normal.
I've seen a lot of questions about people accidentally screwing up their phones or doing something similar around here and on the OG Evo forums. This thread is for those of you who want to return it back to normal. This is also useful to redirect people to if they have those questions.
If your phone won't start up at all and the LED won't light up at all when it is plugged in:
-Take out battery and put it back in
-If that doesn't work, swap out a battery with one you know works
-If that doesn't work, take out the SD card and try again
*If taking out the SD card fixed it, your SD card is bad and you need a new one.
-If that doesn't work or you know it isn't the battery or SD card, your phone is probably bricked.
If your phone doesn't start up but a red LED blinks when you plug it in:
*Download Android ADB Files if you don't already have them
-Plug your phone in to your computer. With a terminal/cmd, navigate to /android-sdk-(OS You're Using)/platform-tools and type "adb reboot"
-If that doesn't start up your phone, try the steps before except this charge your battery or replace with a working battery
*If your phone doesn't get get past the HTC splash screen, use "adb reboot bootloader" instead of "adb reboot" so you reboot into bootloader.
If your phone starts up but gets stuck at the HTC splash:
-Go into bootloader with vol-down+power and go to recovery. Wipe everything and then flash a ROM or backup from there that you know has worked before
-If that doesn't work, flash this from bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193540
-If you can't access your SD card, replace it with a working one
If your phone won't go into recovery:
-Flash the TWRP PG86IMG through bootloader again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192077
-If that doesn't work, try the S-OFF tool again and reflash the recovery
-If that doesn't work, try putting back S-on (download fastboot and type "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" or "fastboot oem lock" into cmd/terminal) and then flashing PG86IMG. Then try S-offing again and flashing the recovery.
If your phone won't get past the boot animation:
-Go into bootloader with vol-down+power and go to recovery. Wipe everything and then flash a ROM or backup from there that you know has worked before
If your phone gets bootloops:
-Pull the phones battery and put it back in, then:
Go into bootloader with vol-down+power and go to recovery. Wipe everything and then flash a ROM or backup from there that you know has worked before
-If that doesn't work, flash this from bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193540
If anything else strange is happening to your phone:
-Reboot phone
-If that doesn't work, wipe data and go back to a working ROM/Recovery
-If that doesn't work, flash the PG86IMG RUU:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193540
If you want more accurate instructions on how to fix a problem, ask in this thread.
It's nice that you're trying to help people out, but I'm sure that everyone does all this anyway when they have seemingly unfixable problems lol
freeza said:
It's nice that you're trying to help people out, but I'm sure that everyone does all this anyway when they have seemingly unfixable problems lol
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Ure right, but this could help some noobs. Should be sticky imo.
- Coz i just saw it in 3D with the Shooter -
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Ure right, but this could help some noobs. Should be sticky imo.
- Coz i just saw it in 3D with the Shooter -
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Yeah it should definitely be a sticky. Surprising even with all this information all the n00bs still ask the same damn questions about stuff that has been posted here time and time again
I have HBOOT 1.5 and suffering from stucking at splash screen. In fact, before stuck at splash screen, I did not tried to s-off, rooted, and flash any roms. Just a fully reboot result in stuck at splash screen. I have tried every method you mentioned above, just stuck at the splash screen:-(
I googled all the world, and someone said maybe eMMC chip damaged? It is happened on EVO 4G, but maybe also on EVO 3D? I hope it is not true, I always hope my situation is just a soft brick, anyone can tell me if it is possible brick the phone( stuck at the splash screen) due to eMMC chip damaged? Thanks in advance!
freeza said:
It's nice that you're trying to help people out, but I'm sure that everyone does all this anyway when they have seemingly unfixable problems lol
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Heh, you'd be surprised with all the threads about people asking how to fix their phone after 'x' happened.
subaochen said:
I have HBOOT 1.5 and suffering from stucking at splash screen. In fact, before stuck at splash screen, I did not tried to s-off, rooted, and flash any roms. Just a fully reboot result in stuck at splash screen. I have tried every method you mentioned above, just stuck at the splash screen:-(
I googled all the world, and someone said maybe eMMC chip damaged? It is happened on EVO 4G, but maybe also on EVO 3D? I hope it is not true, I always hope my situation is just a soft brick, anyone can tell me if it is possible brick the phone( stuck at the splash screen) due to eMMC chip damaged? Thanks in advance!
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I guess something hardware related could only be the case then. If you've tried everything you could, that is probably the case. Go to sprint and tell them something happened during an OTA. (IK it is hardware related, but that will still get you a better chance of them replacing it)
If you want to have S-On for when you take it back to sprint, open up a terminal and type "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" and it will remove -revolutionary- and change s-off to s-on.
Although I have figured this out through other posts, etc.....
+1 for sticky
would of been great to be reassured there is a light at the end of tunnel if
I messed up before I jumped into rooting/flashing. And a good place to calm the nerves when you bootloop for the first time....
Sent from my clean sharp shooter
HBoot 1.50 Softbrick
My phone is bricked!
But yay for fixability, (and your optimism: I vote for stickying your post!)
It WON'T:
Go into Recovery (and it's HBoot 1.50)
Let me touch the screen, or buttons.
Bring up the start-up unlock screen.
It CAN:
Recognize when charging / when the battery is in;
Recognize the power button to turn the screen on/off.
Boot up to the main page where icons come up (But only the status bar is seen)
And Shake to take pictures! I accidentally took my first, being the screen I can get to.
Probable Causes:
I think I froze something I shouldn't have (Settings widget?), with Ti Backup.
Or that senseless Rom I put in... Now it doesn't sense me! All the thing wants to do is take pictures of its selfish self.
Solutions?
Thanks!
You're responses are much appreciated!
RUU
/10char
I vote for sticky, too.
I am no noob. I didn't do anything to my phone prior to bricking. I had my phone fully charged in the evening and woke up to a brick. The phone worked great from the time I bought it ... great the whole time it was rooted ... great with each iteration of SteelH's ROM. Then I woke up to a brick.
Even though I knew all of the steps to take (and did each one to no avail) I still felt helpless and started a thread in Q&A praying there was something to make it come back to life.
Now I'm just sad.
RemWhale said:
My phone is bricked!
But yay for fixability, (and your optimism: I vote for stickying your post!)
It WON'T:
Go into Recovery (and it's HBoot 1.50)
Let me touch the screen, or buttons.
Bring up the start-up unlock screen.
It CAN:
Recognize when charging / when the battery is in;
Recognize the power button to turn the screen on/off.
Boot up to the main page where icons come up (But only the status bar is seen)
And Shake to take pictures! I accidentally took my first, being the screen I can get to.
Probable Causes:
I think I froze something I shouldn't have (Settings widget?), with Ti Backup.
Or that senseless Rom I put in... Now it doesn't sense me! All the thing wants to do is take pictures of its selfish self.
Solutions?
Thanks!
You're responses are much appreciated!
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Can you get into the boot loader at all? I've always heard that if it powers on it can be fixed. Also see if ADB works and look up a list of commands. A full data wipe should get you back up and running.
An RUU sounds like something I should put on my SD card; What is /10char?
Where do I find them?
@ Drewmungus:
I can get into boatloader, and fastboot, but the recovery is shot; it just restarts the phone. When I reboot the phone, should I try to adb/push something?
Many Thanks for you responses!
RemWhale,
Here is the fix (which was also above):
Download TWRP 1.0 and read the instructions on installing it on your phone. Once it is installed, recovery should work. If it doesn't,
Boot into bootloader with vol+power down. Then hit fastboot and connect your phone to your computer. Download the PG86IMG in the OP, and flash it how you would on hboot 1.5.
Problem from bad freezing or Recent ROM
yousefak said:
RemWhale,
Here is the fix (which was also above):
Download TWRP 1.0 and read the instructions on installing it on your phone. Once it is installed, recovery should work. If it doesn't,
Boot into bootloader with vol+power down. Then hit fastboot and connect your phone to your computer. Download the PG86IMG in the OP, and flash it how you would on hboot 1.5.
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After all this, my battery shorted or something, but I did get a new one from Sprint today. I tried it out these solutions! My report:
Recovery through SD Card:
For newest versions: teamw.in/project/twrp/67
Successfully put PG86IMG.zip and recovery-twrp-shooter-1.1.1.img onto my SD card, and went to Bootloader; it said "Updated succesfully.";
when I restarted my phone, I still could ONLY see the background pic and status bar, but nothing else. It was the same.
RUU_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_2.08.651.2_Radio_0.97.10.0808_NV_SPCS_1.31_003_release_208230_signed
RUU failed - Error 155 - Unknown Image Error:
One of these error messages will appear when you'd use the incorrect RUU to update and the image file size is larger than the Flash ROM size. In this case, It means I need to download the correct RUU version and try again. But where?
Factory Reset
Nothing. I still get MY emails, which you can see in the attached picture of the screen I get to below.
Re-Unlock Bootloader...
Take out SD Card; Cmd: "fastboot oem lock" - Cmd: "fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin"
(No icons on home page at all? How strange...) Hey! I'm back in!
Made a Phone call! Installed some widgets! Restored contacts!!!!
The day is saved; All is well.
Not able to tell if I have any ROMs on it at the moment...
It appears I had the wrong RUU and/or PMG86.zip; I have HBoot 1.50; is there one for my newer version? Should I start a new post for my resolved situation? BTW, thanks for trying! Please add "Re-Unlock Bootloader" as a resolution.
Please, Thank me if his helps you too! Others will find be more hopeful.
meatgel said:
I vote for sticky, too.
I am no noob. I didn't do anything to my phone prior to bricking. I had my phone fully charged in the evening and woke up to a brick. The phone worked great from the time I bought it ... great the whole time it was rooted ... great with each iteration of SteelH's ROM. Then I woke up to a brick.
Even though I knew all of the steps to take (and did each one to no avail) I still felt helpless and started a thread in Q&A praying there was something to make it come back to life.
Now I'm just sad.
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Try Re unlocking the Bootloader -That was the only thing that could solve my problem! It erased the problem, whatever it was - Let me know if it works!
RemWhale said:
Try Re unlocking the Bootloader -That was the only thing that could solve my problem! It erased the problem, whatever it was - Let me know if it works!
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It was a brick. I couldn't power it on and the charge light wouldn't come on. I changed batteries, changed power cords ... the guys at the Sprint store did the same stuff and then took it apart to see if it was water damage (LOL). They said they'd never seen one that wouldn't even show the charge light for a second.
I got a replacement in the mail. Hboot 1.50.
RemWhale said:
After all this, my battery shorted or something, but I did get a new one from Sprint today. I tried it out these solutions! My report:
Recovery through SD Card:
For newest versions: teamw.in/project/twrp/67
Successfully put PG86IMG.zip and recovery-twrp-shooter-1.1.1.img onto my SD card, and went to Bootloader; it said "Updated succesfully.";
when I restarted my phone, I still could ONLY see the background pic and status bar, but nothing else. It was the same.
RUU_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_2.08.651.2_Radio_0.97.10.0808_NV_SPCS_1.31_003_release_208230_signed
RUU failed - Error 155 - Unknown Image Error:
One of these error messages will appear when you'd use the incorrect RUU to update and the image file size is larger than the Flash ROM size. In this case, It means I need to download the correct RUU version and try again. But where?
Factory Reset
Nothing. I still get MY emails, which you can see in the attached picture of the screen I get to below.
Re-Unlock Bootloader...
Take out SD Card; Cmd: "fastboot oem lock" - Cmd: "fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin"
(No icons on home page at all? How strange...) Hey! I'm back in!
Made a Phone call! Installed some widgets! Restored contacts!!!!
The day is saved; All is well.
Not able to tell if I have any ROMs on it at the moment...
It appears I had the wrong RUU and/or PMG86.zip; I have HBoot 1.50; is there one for my newer version? Should I start a new post for my resolved situation? BTW, thanks for trying! Please add "Re-Unlock Bootloader" as a resolution.
Please, Thank me if his helps you too! Others will find be more hopeful.
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Well, did you try going into recovery at all? I should have included that you should have reflashed the ROM and the kernel to fix it. That probably would have gotten you fixed after the first step.
usb does not work
i flashed the miui rom and now my phone has no usb so i cant do any commands i cant use the rom i had to restore a back up of an old rom and still no usb no usb in fastboot nothing and im not sure what to do its not the cables
babybear293 said:
i flashed the miui rom and now my phone has no usb so i cant do any commands i cant use the rom i had to restore a back up of an old rom and still no usb no usb in fastboot nothing and im not sure what to do its not the cables
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Did you try another cable? Are you sure its not the cable?
Plug in the USB while the phone is off and tell me if you can do 'adb restart'. If your phone starts, that means the USB works it should be fixable by flashing the PG86IMG.
If it doesn't work when the phone is off, there is something wrong with your USB port or the cable you are using. There could also be something wrong with your comp/usb power source.
Ok my wife's htc amaze 4g froze this morning and now will only show the htc screen. I just got this phone last week and did not get a chance to root it. Is there an option of rooting the phone in this state and getting it out of a softbrick state?
luminatio said:
Ok my wife's htc amaze 4g froze this morning and now will only show the htc screen. I just got this phone last week and did not get a chance to root it. Is there an option of rooting the phone in this state and getting it out of a softbrick state?
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can you get into bootloader? volume down + power
Yes but I didn't know if I had to have it rooted before I was able to do anything.
When I access the bootloader it says
Loading PH85DIAG.zip.......
no image!
Loading PH85DIAG.nbh......
No image or wrong image!
I have had it charging for several hours now and each time I plug it in I get a solid amber light but when I unplug the cable from the phone the light does not change and I am not able to power it on at all (i.e. no htc screen or bootloader).
Hboot - 1.90.0004
eMMC-boot
Sept 15 2011, 18:13:11
not sure if this would mean anything to you but I thought the more info the better.
put the image on the external SDcard
luminatio said:
Yes but I didn't know if I had to have it rooted before I was able to do anything.
When I access the bootloader it says
Loading PH85DIAG.zip.......
no image!
Loading PH85DIAG.nbh......
No image or wrong image!
I have had it charging for several hours now and each time I plug it in I get a solid amber light but when I unplug the cable from the phone the light does not change and I am not able to power it on at all (i.e. no htc screen or bootloader).
Hboot - 1.90.0004
eMMC-boot
Sept 15 2011, 18:13:11
not sure if this would mean anything to you but I thought the more info the better.
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wait so you no longer can power it on? there has been cases of this. You need an external charger or a different battery. You need to put the ph85IMG.zip file in the root of your sd card or EXT_SD
can't you factory reset your phone in the bootloader too? since you're stock and all
Thanks but I decided to just exchange the phone for now. I wasn't able to even see the drive to place the files on the phone. I was able to boot into hboot but that is about it.
Hey, I have a somewhat major issue. I'd absolutely LOVE to be referred to any thread that exists to solve my issue. I just feel my problem is so bifurcated that no one resolution I've found quite fits the needs of my idiocy.
5 Days ago I got the HTC ONE with the Sense UI. Needless to say, I wasn't a fan of being stuck with the Blinkfeed, and lack of 4.2, so I went over to the lighter side of Android and put the Google Play Edition on my HTC ONE (AT&T).
This went well! I was running the GPE and had a blast, but I decided I wanted to return the phone and get the black one. Problem is...I needed it to look as it did out of the box, all unadulterated and such.
I attempt to restore it, accidentally delete OS, accidentally screw myself out TWRP, ontop of having NO nandroid backups.
My phone will either A. Boot to the HTC loader screen with the red disclaimer at the bottom, or B. Boot into the HBOOT screen by holding Power / Down Volume where it says ***TAMPERED*** / ***UNLOCKED***
M7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH
HBOOT- 1.44.0000
RADIO-4A.14.3250.13
OpenDSP-v26.120.274.0202
eMMC-boot
May 3 2013, etc. <-- Lol what?
Anyways, I'm stumped as to how I go about fixing this and loading stock AT&T sense. I've tried to ADB push command ROMS on, but instead when I type ADB push I get a long list of commands, rather than any kind of success / lag of loading the ROM as other guides have pointed out.
When I FASTBOOT USB nothing pops up mounted. Upon going to USB mounted items, the Android device is recognized as a CD-ROM, not as a mass media device. When I launch recovery it goes into the screen where the phone is displayed with a green arrow circle. I've tried the ADB push command (with and without caps) and nothing occurs, both at the regular HTC boot logo and the short-lived recovery screen, only to display a red triangle with an ! mark in it's center (indicating no recovery loaded, I'm guessing).
HTC device manager doesn't recognize the device either, and suggests it's locked. This is highly frustrating and I'm sure the resolution is simple, but the problem is finding the right one(s) and subsequent steps needed.
I appreciate any and all help.
Try following this see what happens.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_KBYx0xuAs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
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Try following this see what happens.... YOUTUBE
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
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It didn't work initially, I had tried that video a couple of days ago. I did however get it to work.
I was running Windows 8, so first I needed to install drivers for Windows 8, by deleting the HTC from Device Manager and disabling driver verification. Doing this made the phone recognize in RUU.exe
The next step was an error code 155, suggesting my RUU was for the wrong model. Seeing as how the device was unlocked, I had to change directory to my android sdk and type "fastboot oem lock"
This fixed the error code 155, and the rest is history. Back on stock AT&T Sense 5.
Thank you for the link, had you not suggest it (and me attempt it a second time) I would have completely written off the method.
Here is where I was at, ready to throw away the phone I ruined. I was rooted and S-ON and unlocked via HTC unlock bootloader web page. I was happily trying new things here when my phone went to all white background with green HTC letters. Wouldnt do anything. While trying to fix that I erased my backup and the software on the phone. I let the phone sit all day hoping the white backgound would go away but no. It wouldnt even power off. But I able to get into bootloader by doing this: Hold down power and volume up for 10 seconds, as soon as the screen goes blank slide finger down to volume down and hold. This got me into boot loader. I tried all the things outlined here to recover (using abd commands, fastboot *.img files nandroid backups, sideloading etc. My CID shows CWS_001 and next to the OS field is blank. Pulled the SIM and SD card to erase cache, no help. Wipe delvick, data, etc all failed with the E: unable to mount message. 2 Days gone by with not even a glimmer of recovering phone
So I went to HTC support download news (sorry cant post a link until 10 posts) and downloaded the RUU that contains the 4.4.3 update. This is an exe file that updates your phone. It failed on the first go. So I relocked the phone using wonders_never_cease M8 all in one kit, then double clicked on the RUU app again. It took off and ran. It is menu driven so I answered all the acknowledgements and got to the update screen. On that screen "current version field was blank and update to field reflected the new RUU version. The instructions tell you to put your phone into recovery mode and select fastboot. My Windows PC already had the HTC drivers loaded. I was shocked when the app began loading modules without failing. I didnt have to do anything except put attach usb cable to phone from PC and put the phone in fastboot. 10 mins later, the phone rebooted and my hated ATT logo and tune showed. Am up and running on 4.4.3 and new firmware.
Everything works fine on the phone (no modules missing). So it appears the "upgrade" will wipe partition and reload all the software on the phone without doing much of anything else. Thought I post this up for any other semi-noob that got into trouble and just wants a working phone. I am not sure a phone that is S-OFF would work but it doesnt hurt to try. I do understand HTC stopped the OTA update due to battery draining issues but the download is still available for fastboot. Am just happy to have a working phone. Now will make a backup in TWRP immediately. Over and out....Michael
sethandian said:
Here is where I was at, ready to throw away the phone I ruined. I was rooted and S-ON and unlocked via HTC unlock bootloader web page. I was happily trying new things here when my phone went to all white background with green HTC letters. Wouldnt do anything. While trying to fix that I erased my backup and the software on the phone. I let the phone sit all day hoping the white backgound would go away but no. It wouldnt even power off. But I able to get into bootloader by doing this: Hold down power and volume up for 10 seconds, as soon as the screen goes blank slide finger down to volume down and hold. This got me into boot loader. I tried all the things outlined here to recover (using abd commands, fastboot *.img files nandroid backups, sideloading etc. My CID shows CWS_001 and next to the OS field is blank. Pulled the SIM and SD card to erase cache, no help. Wipe delvick, data, etc all failed with the E: unable to mount message. 2 Days gone by with not even a glimmer of recovering phone
So I went to HTC support download news (sorry cant post a link until 10 posts) and downloaded the RUU that contains the 4.4.3 update. This is an exe file that updates your phone. It failed on the first go. So I relocked the phone using wonders_never_cease M8 all in one kit, then double clicked on the RUU app again. It took off and ran. It is menu driven so I answered all the acknowledgements and got to the update screen. On that screen "current version field was blank and update to field reflected the new RUU version. The instructions tell you to put your phone into recovery mode and select fastboot. My Windows PC already had the HTC drivers loaded. I was shocked when the app began loading modules without failing. I didnt have to do anything except put attach usb cable to phone from PC and put the phone in fastboot. 10 mins later, the phone rebooted and my hated ATT logo and tune showed. Am up and running on 4.4.3 and new firmware.
Everything works fine on the phone (no modules missing). So it appears the "upgrade" will wipe partition and reload all the software on the phone without doing much of anything else. Thought I post this up for any other semi-noob that got into trouble and just wants a working phone. I am not sure a phone that is S-OFF would work but it doesnt hurt to try. I do understand HTC stopped the OTA update due to battery draining issues but the download is still available for fastboot. Am just happy to have a working phone. Now will make a backup in TWRP immediately. Over and out....Michael
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congratulations that you restore your device. the link for the RUU its already posted in the General Forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/htc-one-m8-ruu-m8ul-4-4-3-t2860423
also a bootable no pc version of it http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486
as well as the OTA http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/htc-m8-4-4-3-official-ota-t2860139
t5620 said:
congratulations that you restore your device. the link for the RUU its already posted in the General Forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/htc-one-m8-ruu-m8ul-4-4-3-t2860423
also a bootable no pc version of it http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486
as well as the OTA http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/htc-m8-4-4-3-official-ota-t2860139
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Thanks for posting up the links.
sethandian said:
Here is where I was at, ready to throw away the phone I ruined.
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As long as the screen comes on for this phone, its virtually always recoverable. There was never any reason to think you had to throw away the phone. Next time you are stuck, just ask for help here; as we are happy to help. You did the right thing in trying to find existing solutions. But it sounds like you did your due diligence searching and reading; and would have been justified starting a new thread and asking for help.
sethandian said:
Everything works fine on the phone (no modules missing). So it appears the "upgrade" will wipe partition and reload all the software on the phone without doing much of anything else.
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That is precisely what the RUU does. Its a complete image, and handy for recovery purposes.
sethandian said:
I do understand HTC stopped the OTA update due to battery draining issues but the download is still available for fastboot. l
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While the OTA has had some reports of causing battery issues, the RUU has not had any reports of such issue, and seems to be free of it.
sethandian said:
I am not sure a phone that is S-OFF would work but it doesnt hurt to try.
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S-off does not affect whether or not the RUU will work, I don't know why folks keep saying or asking this. RUU will work whether S-on or S-off. The only difference, is that with S-on, you need to either have a LOCKED bootloader, or RELOCKED (relock it manually if you unlocked it).
Also, in general, S-off does not limit anything. It means "all security off" and enables more access, not the opposite. If anything, S-off enables more things than S-on.
Thanks for the all the info. The experience was a valuable teaching moment. Now back to playing around with the M8.
i got a rezound from a friend cause the power button was broke. i fixed it and turned the phone on and it got stuck on the white htc screen. i have read for days trying to get this phone to work and nothing. all i know about the phone is what ive done to it. fastboot is the only thing it will do. wont go into recovery or anything else. i did get it unlocked and it says tampered above unlocked and s-on. i did get it to get to the recovery part with the green arrow circle but then it cut off and i cant get it to do anything except fastboot now. any suggestions on what i should try next?
brandongibson said:
i got a rezound from a friend cause the power button was broke. i fixed it and turned the phone on and it got stuck on the white htc screen. i have read for days trying to get this phone to work and nothing. all i know about the phone is what ive done to it. fastboot is the only thing it will do. wont go into recovery or anything else. i did get it unlocked and it says tampered above unlocked and s-on. i did get it to get to the recovery part with the green arrow circle but then it cut off and i cant get it to do anything except fastboot now. any suggestions on what i should try next?
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Can you tell us the hboot/radio version shown on the bootloader screen? Sounds like it needs to be wiped and re-flashed...
acejavelin said:
Can you tell us the hboot/radio version shown on the bootloader screen? Sounds like it needs to be wiped and re-flashed...
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***TAMPERED***
***UNLOCKED***
VIGOR PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.27.0000
RADIO-2.22.10.0801r/2.22.10.0803r
OpenDSP-v14.6.0.7708.00.0507
eMMC-boot
Aug 6 2012, 19:24:37
still trying to figure out how i got it to get to the green arrow circle on recovery before it went blank.
it doesnt charge either. jst has the orange light come on for a few seconds then goes off and thats it.
i have tried flashing everything from a bunch of other posts, both fastboot flashing and ph98img.zip flashing but nothing seems to be working. i dont even know if getting it to s-off would help anything if i can even do that.