Recovery won't work - HTC Rezound

Ok so my son threw my rezound down n the battery drained
I went to fix the phone and it wouldn't boot but I could get into recovery so I did a wipe in recovery.. Something failed n the phone restarted n now I can not get into recovery. It keeps restarting every time I go into recovery.

I think I need help using ADB. I've downloaded a "mini adb" n I can't get the computer to recognize my device. I know I have to go into adb to fix this but it has been forever since I've used adb.

eagle20g said:
I think I need help using ADB. I've downloaded a "mini adb" n I can't get the computer to recognize my device. I know I have to go into adb to fix this but it has been forever since I've used adb.
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ADB is used with USB debugging in Android OS... Not in HBoot. You need to use fastboot, can you start fastboot and have it recognized with fastboot devices?
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acejavelin said:
ADB is used with USB debugging in Android OS... Not in HBoot. You need to use fastboot, can you start fastboot and have it recognized with fastboot devices?
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yes just realized my mistake so I was trying fastboot n no I cannot get device connected
Another issue, I'm on win 8 n I am having driver issues.. Googled it and tried some things that I found n didn't work for me.. So in the morning I'm gonna try on a win 7 computer at my brothers house.
I was able to get aroma in a ph98img.zip file transfered to the SD card, put that in, it installed and I'm still having the same issues, Boot into recovery, it starts loading n then restarts.

Win8 can be a problem, you might need to install HTC Sync but it likely won't work.
Are you unlocked or S-OFF?
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acejavelin said:
Win8 can be a problem, you might need to install HTC Sync but it likely won't work.
Are you unlocked or S-OFF?
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Yep s-off n the whole works. Was on Carbon rom n not really sure what happened.
N I've tried to install sync n that didn't work.. I will hit up a win 7 computer tomorrow.. But I have no clue what to do now since nothing is loading nor recovery

eagle20g said:
Yep s-off n the whole works. Was on Carbon rom n not really sure what happened.
N I've tried to install sync n that didn't work.. I will hit up a win 7 computer tomorrow.. But I have no clue what to do now since nothing is loading nor recovery
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If you are S-OFF (and presumably locked) then you can't use most Fastboot commands so it might not be very beneficial anyway to get it working.
Just get the latest PH98IMG.zip image of TWRP and put it on your flash card, boot into Hboot and it should parse and reflash TWRP and correct the problem. Once you get recovery working you should be able to just flash the ROM again.

acejavelin said:
If you are S-OFF (and presumably locked) then you can't use most Fastboot commands so it might not be very beneficial anyway to get it working.
Just get the latest PH98IMG.zip image of TWRP and put it on your flash card, boot into Hboot and it should parse and reflash TWRP and correct the problem. Once you get recovery working you should be able to just flash the ROM again.
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S-OFF n Unlocked but TWRP was a great Idea.. Thanks I didn't think of that one. It worked now trying to wipe data n see if I need to re install a new rom or not
thanks for the idea

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Fixed it!

I'm fairly embarrassed to even have put myself into this situation, mainly because I have no idea how I did it, and even less of one how to fix it.
My issue is this: I went ahead and unlocked the BL on the Rezound today, and then installed CWM Touch recovery (first). After that I went and installed CleanROM. Did the update in HBOOT like it told me to. No problem. After setting up the Rezound again, I loaded some music onto my memory card, and then noticed nothing showed up (media), so I decided to reset the phone. I used the power button to do so. So the phone rebooted.
Then it just sat on the HTC screen, which it now continues to do.
So what I have done is this:
Tried to reflash the ROM (no luck)
Tried using Amon Ra recovery instead (all I get is a black screen, but I know it is "working" because I hear my computer connect to it)
Tried flashing a different ROM (nothing)
Tried using the PH file from CleanROM to see if it would boot up (nope)
So now I'm stuck, and I have no idea what happened!
Can anyone help, or is this thing toast?
It's worth noting that the only recovery that seems to work is CWM (touch or not), Amon Ra won't display anything on the screen (both 3.14 and 3.13). Also that when it turns on the HTC comes up, then disappears and comes up again.
I have been searching and trying things for about two hours now, so at this point I'm ready to chuck it in the trash.
Edit, nevermind read that wrong, it isn't in a bootloop.
Try to flash the kernel from fastboot and see if that helps.
EmerikL said:
Did you delete the PH98IMG from the SD card?
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Yup, that's the only way I can get into recovery. It just tries to install it again and again if I don't.
My SD card has the CleanROM and the Stock Rooted Rom on it, nothing else.
Push the kernel through fastboot.
EmerikL said:
Push the kernel through fastboot.
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No dice. But I will try to install the ROM again, and then manually push the kernel rather than doing it on the phone.
Lock and run ruu if all else fails. Start ruu with phone in Hboot.
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k_flan said:
Lock and run ruu if all else fails. Start ruu with phone in Hboot.
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The phone doesn't need to be booted fully to run the RUU? I was going to run the .exe one and it said it needed to be on.
I'll try that, nothing else has worked.
Sounds like you need to push the boot.img using fastboot. If you dont have fastboot and all that installed you can get it from CleanFLASH 1.0. You need to make sure you have the correct boot.img or it will continue to be stuck. Also flashing it through hboot sometimes just doesn't work. Thats why you need to push it via fastboot.
Clean flash HERE
Just put the attached boot.img into the cleanboot folder. Open a command prompt into that folder. Put the phone in hboot and fastboot USB run the following command in the command prompt: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Note you must have the HTC drivers installed for fastboot to work.
zone23 said:
Sounds like you need to push the boot.img using fastboot. If you dont have fastboot and all that installed you can get it from CleanFLASH 1.0. You need to make sure you have the correct boot.img or it will continue to be stuck. Also flashing it through hboot sometimes just doesn't work. Thats why you need to push it via fastboot.
Clean flash HERE
Just put the attached boot.img into the cleanboot folder. Open a command prompt into that folder. Put the phone in hboot and fastboot USB run the following command in the command prompt: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Note you must have the HTC drivers installed for fastboot to work.
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Thank you, I will try this. I'm hoping I was using the wrong boot.img
sliderocket22 said:
Thank you, I will try this. I'm hoping I was using the wrong boot.img
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That boot image will work with CleanROM 1.7.5
sliderocket22 said:
The phone doesn't need to be booted fully to run the RUU? I was going to run the .exe one and it said it needed to be on.
I'll try that, nothing else has worked.
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I beleive it will run. If you try let us know.
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zone23 said:
That boot image will work with CleanROM 1.7.5
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I flashed CleanROm 1.7.5 and then instead of letting HBOOT flash the boot.img, I did it in Fastboot. No luck though as it's still just sitting on the HTC screen.
k_flan said:
I beleive it will run. If you try let us know.
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The RUU doesn't find my phone from HBOOT. I think it has to be on.
sliderocket22 said:
I flashed CleanROm 1.7.5 and then instead of letting HBOOT flash the boot.img, I did it in Fastboot. No luck though as it's still just sitting on the HTC screen.
The RUU doesn't find my phone from HBOOT. I think it has to be on.
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And your SURE you have the HTC drivers installed? Do you see the device properly installed in device manager? Just checking.
HTC Sync
HERE
zone23 said:
And your SURE you have the HTC drivers installed? Do you see the device properly installed in device manager? Just checking.
HTC Sync
HERE
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Yeah, anytime I try to flash something with fastboot it says writing and then success. I'm assuming that's correct. I'm gonna install HTC Sync again, just so I have covered all my bases.
sliderocket22 said:
Yeah, anytime I try to flash something with fastboot it says writing and then success. I'm assuming that's correct. I'm gonna install HTC Sync again, just so I have covered all my bases.
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Excellent, I'm pretty sure I ran the RUU without ever booting into the phone. Just make sure you have 2.01.605.11 because the older one wouldn't work. Thats if you can't get it to boot up flashing the boot.img.
zone23 said:
Excellent, I'm pretty sure I ran the RUU without ever booting into the phone. Just make sure you have 2.01.605.11 because the older one wouldn't work. Thats if you can't get it to boot up flashing the boot.img.
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Ah, I have the older one. Need to get the 2.01.605.11!
Here is what it looks like in device manger while in hboot (see attached). You still need the HTC drivers or the RUU wont work either. I know you have them or are checking just saying..
zone23 said:
Here is what it looks like in device manger while in hboot (see attached). You still need the HTC drivers or the RUU wont work either. I know you have them or are checking just saying..
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Hmmm, mine does not do that.
So maybe that is the problem. I'm gonna restart my computer, now that HTC Sync has installed. Are all HTC Drivers the same? I had Sync installed from when I had an Inspire 4G, but maybe the drivers for the Rezound are different.
This could be my problem.
sliderocket22 said:
Hmmm, mine does not do that.
So maybe that is the problem. I'm gonna restart my computer, now that HTC Sync has installed. Are all HTC Drivers the same? I had Sync installed from when I had an Inspire 4G, but maybe the drivers for the Rezound are different.
This could be my problem.
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Ya I would install it fresh. Also on my Xoom I have to use the USB ports in the back of the PC the ones in the front wont work. I know figure that out.
Also, does hboot now show "relocked"?
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Help- Stuck at HBoot

I'm S-on. I was GB, rooted on ViperRom. Flashed .10 following Nils instructions. Everything was fine. Unlocked and tried to flash Amon Ra. The PC would not detect the phone. I deleted the PH98IMG and booted into recovery hoping the phone would be detected for adb. Now the phone is stuck at HBoot. It cannot find a PH98 since I stupidly deleted it and now I cannot get back to a working phone. Any sugestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
was your PC detecting the phone earlier?
Did you let the ruu make its second pass of the install? Did it boot normally before you went back to bootloader to flash a recovery? Also you have to be in fastboot menu to connect to usb
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kancherlapraneeth said:
was your PC detecting the phone earlier?
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Yes. I am positive it did before flashing the .10 RUU and i'm fairly sure it did in order for me to unlock, I just do not remember completely.
Squirrel1620 said:
Did you let the ruu make its second pass of the install? Did it boot normally before you went back to bootloader to flash a recovery? Also you have to be in fastboot menu to connect to usb
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OH man, I forgot about going back into the fastboot menu. That seems to have solved it. I know have my phone back. Now I have to try and figure out why the pc is not detecting my phone. In the command prompt when I change directories to where fastbot and ADB are. I type adb devices, it does not detect the phone.
Thanks for the help on theHBoot issue. Phone is back but after booting up it flashes that it needs a SIMcard. Then loads up fine. I was able to connect thru the pc. I forgot to enable usb debugging and uncheck fastboot, but even after detected it will not let me flash amon ra. it gives me an error. I am bone tired and will try any suggestions tomorrow.
If you flashed a good ROM and your stuck in hboot, use fastboot and use the following command 'fastboot oem boot' that will force your phone to boot.

Guys i need some help.....

Alright so everything was great i was using viper rom on my evo lte, i had been having trouble flashing kernels. I tried some app that would do it, flashed one and now im ****ed. this thing just won't boot up at all it goes in between the (htc quietly stupid) splash screen and the one that you see as you load recovery. (with like the little red writing crap) just back and fourth thats it.... i can access my boot loader and recovery, so far ive wiped the hell out of it, formated the internal card, and tried installing countless different rom. all do the same loop thingy.
PLEASE HELP, ILL TRY ANYTHING!!
Im unlocked with s-on
and hboot-1.15.0000
if u can get into bootloader then wipe and restore your backup.. if u can get into booloader then u should be able to get into recovery from there go into recovery wipe and restore ya backup and u should be good to go.. wipe data.. wipe system.. wipe cash.. wipe dalvik cash
I'm in the same boat except it had nothing to do with kernels... Just all of a sudden everything stopped working... Nothing flashes correctly... Md5 sums never match for restores... If I mess with it long enough twrp stops recognizing my internal SD... I've had to ruu like 3 times because of it... I've tried different recoveries... Countless different wipe methods... Nothing works... I'm lazy panda s-off... Tried both twrp 2.2.1 and even tried clockwork for awhile... After running ruu I re-root and flash either recovery and as soon as I wipe and flash a Rom I'm stuck at the splash no matter what Rom... So with that said I'm stuck with stock for now... No fun stuff anymore...
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thats why!! clockwork recovery is no good for this phone!! your not supposed to use it..
But as I said I was getting the same problems with twrp... And the internal SD problem happened using twrp... It doesn't matter what recovery I use... I've used both superwipe zips or just plane system wipe within twrp and every time something screws up and I get stuck at the splash screen having to run the ruu bootloader zip just to have a working phone...
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jrmusante said:
Alright so everything was great i was using viper rom on my evo lte, i had been having trouble flashing kernels. I tried some app that would do it, flashed one and now im ****ed. this thing just won't boot up at all it goes in between the (htc quietly stupid) splash screen and the one that you see as you load recovery. (with like the little red writing crap) just back and fourth thats it.... i can access my boot loader and recovery, so far ive wiped the hell out of it, formated the internal card, and tried installing countless different rom. all do the same loop thingy.
PLEASE HELP, ILL TRY ANYTHING!!
Im unlocked with s-on
and hboot-1.15.0000
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The OP in this thread was having the same problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842238
They were able to fix it by fastboot flashing the kernels boot image.
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Thought you couldn't flash kernals while s-on? Did I make that up?
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still screwed
Ive just got no idea where my backup went, its just simply GONE. ive been messing around with android sdk so that i could relock my stupid bootloader so i can flash a ruu or whatever.
im normaly very good with this stuff, ive installed android sdk, watched like 4 videos on how to get this stupid adb shell working but its just not happening. im about to throw my emo lte and my macbook pro into my lake, and get an iphone.
Did you mount the correct sd card in twrp?
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jrmusante said:
Ive just got no idea where my backup went, its just simply GONE. ive been messing around with android sdk so that i could relock my stupid bootloader so i can flash a ruu or whatever.
im normaly very good with this stuff, ive installed android sdk, watched like 4 videos on how to get this stupid adb shell working but its just not happening. im about to throw my emo lte and my macbook pro into my lake, and get an iphone.
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Lol don't do that, I'm sure you would regret it. The important thing is that your problem is completely solvable so don't lose hope. Did you take a look at the thread I linked you? If you have the sdk installed you should be able to flash a new boot image, which would be much better than going the RUU route in my opinion.
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jrmusante said:
Ive just got no idea where my backup went, its just simply GONE. ive been messing around with android sdk so that i could relock my stupid bootloader so i can flash a ruu or whatever.
im normaly very good with this stuff, ive installed android sdk, watched like 4 videos on how to get this stupid adb shell working but its just not happening. im about to throw my emo lte and my macbook pro into my lake, and get an iphone.
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bro your backup is prob on your internel sd card..
device wont show up..
ive got my emo lte plugged in, go into fastboot and plug it in, then it says fastboot usb. i go to the directry where my adb and stuff is in my terninal but when try ./adb devices it just shows no devices at all...
im on a mac btw
heres whats going on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOCX-43eaUI
let me know if i an do anything else to make this crap work...
jrmusante said:
ive got my emo lte plugged in, go into fastboot and plug it in, then it says fastboot usb. i go to the directry where my adb and stuff is in my terninal but when try ./adb devices it just shows no devices at all...
im on a mac btw
heres whats going on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOCX-43eaUI
let me know if i an do anything else to make this crap work...
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Try going into recovery from the bootloader and then try the "adb devices" command. I've noticed that I can't issue adb commands while in fastboot also...not sure why. If you can get it to display your device while in recovery, then you know your communication is good. Go back into fastboot and you should be able to do the "fastboot flash boot" command, but rebooting with the adb command will not work for some reason. After you flash the boot image, there should be an option to reboot on your phone that you can select with the volume keys.
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just wont show in boot loader
premo15 said:
Try going into recovery from the bootloader and then try the "adb devices" command. I've noticed that I can't issue adb commands while in fastboot also...not sure why. If you can get it to display your device while in recovery, then you know your communication is good. Go back into fastboot and you should be able to do the "fastboot flash boot" command, but rebooting with the adb command will not work for some reason. After you flash the boot image, there should be an option to reboot on your phone that you can select with the volume keys.
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i wiped and reflashed the rom in recovery, also while i was there i kept trying to flash the boot.img and at one point kept getting some (ERROR: could not get pipe properties) and no matter what i do, it just wont show up in boot loader.
run the ruu
Fixed it!!
hey i just kept wiping everything and finally got the boot.img flashed through boot loader in adb or whatever. thank you everyone for your quick help!!

Soft Bricked My Rezound I'm CLUELESS!!

I managed to soft brick my phone or i believe so. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed cwm to the phone, rooted then read that it fails alot with the rezound so i prepped my phone to unroot and remove cwm and install Amon Ra and nodded off to sleep while in the recovery menu... This is where it gets weird... I woke up to my phone like this. I uploaded a picture of the bootloader screen... Its relocked and will not allow me to do jack... Im not the best at development and relatively inexperienced... I desperately need help. Please.
Well you have hboot so its not bricked. I would pull the battery and then make sure you don't have a ph98img.zip in root of sd. Then put battery back in and see what happens.
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texascfdad said:
Well you have hboot so its not bricked. I would pull the battery and then make sure you don't have a ph98img.zip in root of sd. Then put battery back in and see what happens.
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When I I rooted my phone i had forgotten to put my sd card in so it rooted using the internal sd. I cannot find external or internal sd card through the bootloader or via usb connection. Here is what the bootloader shows when i try to launch recovery.
Reunlock your hboot then try a regular reboot.
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Snuzzo said:
Reunlock your hboot then try a regular reboot.
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I've tried to use hasoon2000's kit to reunlock my phone and to no effect. It cant even locate my device... Here's a screen shot...
jaredvillhelm2002 said:
I've tried to use hasoon2000's kit to reunlock my phone and to no effect. It cant even locate my device... Here's a screen shot...
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Does the phone say fastboot usb?
darkghost568 said:
Does the phone say fastboot usb?
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When connected to the pc via usb cable yes. My pc however cannot find any files or even recognize the phone as a device. Ive put my microsd card into the reader and it is also completely wiped... nothing...
jaredvillhelm2002 said:
When connected to the pc via usb cable yes. My pc however cannot find any files or even recognize the phone as a device. Ive put my microsd card into the reader and it is also completely wiped... nothing...
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Do you have HTC sync installed?
Have you tried to download a complete RUU in PH98IMG.zip form and see if it will install from the bootloader?
Here is a link...
Flash ruu of your choosing then use the toolbox to install amon ra. When in doubt use ruu to get back to square one. I have had to do it a few times lol.
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I've downloaded HTC sync and it's fully updated. I downloaded the 4.0.3.xxxx ph98img.zip from I can't remember where and tried throwing it onto my sd card but when I booted the phone I to hboot it did nothing. I'll try again if someone can guide me through it. And this is my fault for thinking after being out of the tech loop for years that I could jump back in and do a full root and rom flash without much more extensive research. I found out what happened also. My gf was trying to get the phone to turn on and couldn't figure out what was happening and turned out she was playing with the volume rocker and power button. So god knows she may have wiped everything from the inside out...
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We've all heard the gf excuse... not gonna fly.
You could try reformatting the sd card using your pc and using that one to flash the RUU?
feralicious said:
We've all heard the gf excuse... not gonna fly.
You could try reformatting the sd card using your pc and using that one to flash the RUU?
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<3.
Not going to pull any punches. 1st off; learn your fastboot commands hassoon's toolkit is for ease of use. 2nd; You were almost there. 3rd; When trying to use fastboot/adb, make sure HTC sync isn't running in the background.
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I've downloaded HTC sync and it's fully updated. I downloaded the 4.0.3.xxxx ph98img.zip from I can't remember where and tried throwing it onto my sd card but when I booted the phone I to hboot it did nothing. I'll try again if someone can guide me through it. And this is my fault for thinking after being out of the tech loop for years that I could jump back in and do a full root and rom flash without much more extensive research. I found out what happened also. My gf was trying to get the phone to turn on and couldn't figure out what was happening and turned out she was playing with the volume rocker and power button. So god knows she may have wiped everything from the inside out...
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Have it named PH98IMG.zip(watch your filenames, be careful not to name it PH98IMG.zip.zip). But first try reunlocking again and see if you get boot. If you at least get boot animation that tells me you have a working boot partition. If not then you would need to reflash a boot.img. If you are adamant about gaining root, you could have just flashed a custom rom after flashing Amon RA + a data wipe along with proper boot.img in fastboot.
Snuzzo said:
Not going to pull any punches. 1st off; learn your fastboot commands hassoon's toolkit is for ease of use. 2nd; You were almost there. 3rd; When trying to use fastboot/adb, make sure HTC sync isn't running in the background.
Have it named PH98IMG.zip(watch your filenames, be careful not to name it PH98IMG.zip.zip). But first try reunlocking again and see if you get boot. If you at least get boot animation that tells me you have a working boot partition. If not then you would need to reflash a boot.img. If you are adamant about gaining root, you could have just flashed a custom rom after flashing Amon RA + a data wipe along with proper boot.img in fastboot.
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Simple steps I used when I was in an HTC boot loop.
1. Relocked and installed the stock ruu.
2. Unlocked and flashed the recovery partition using fast boot flash recovery recovery.img (name of your recovery image you want to use.)
3. Used recovery to install su.
4. Profit.
You can also use fast boot to install asop boot images. But for now if you want root use steps 1-4. It worked for me when I borked the heck out of entire phone. ( I had no recovery even after fastboot flashing the recovery partition.)
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lol, your not bricked at all. Not even close. You just need to figure out how to flash an ruu in hboot to get back to square one. That way you have a clean slate to start over again with.
Next time, DONT FALL ASLEEP.
wildstang83 said:
lol, your not bricked at all. Not even close. You just need to figure out how to flash an ruu in hboot to get back to square one. That way you have a clean slate to start over again with.
Next time, DONT FALL ASLEEP.
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Snuzzo said:
Not going to pull any punches. 1st off; learn your fastboot commands hassoon's toolkit is for ease of use. 2nd; You were almost there. 3rd; When trying to use fastboot/adb, make sure HTC sync isn't running in the background.
Have it named PH98IMG.zip(watch your filenames, be careful not to name it PH98IMG.zip.zip). But first try reunlocking again and see if you get boot. If you at least get boot animation that tells me you have a working boot partition. If not then you would need to reflash a boot.img. If you are adamant about gaining root, you could have just flashed a custom rom after flashing Amon RA + a data wipe along with proper boot.img in fastboot.
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What should be done if i'm stuck at re-locked bootloader, S-ON, download mode screen, unable to lock-unlock bootloader nor able to flash RUU ? Even the unbrick tool at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=183353 doesn't detect my phone.
I gave it to a repair shop, he tried flashing the RUU but said he was getting some USB error.
Pull SD card, place a full ruu ph98img on it with a card reader.
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Snuzzo said:
Pull SD card, place a full ruu ph98img on it with a card reader.
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Done that several times.. even tried different sd cards and different new downloads.. still doesn't boot up.. ruu flashes just one pass only very quickly in under 2-3mins..
Not recognizing fastboot at all?
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messed up my phone; no roms :(

first off, I'm an idiot with this whole thing and shouldn't be doing it probably. i just don't know enough about it to be playing with expensive phones like this so i understand I deserve whatever i get.
i was running a custom rom on an S-ON phone. i forgot the name of the rom (was made by TEAM COOL or something). But I wanted to unroot and go back to normal stock ROM and download the JB update. First, in the SU app, I did a complete unroot. that did nothing except not let me use the app anymore.
then I tried doing the RUU way of going back, but when it would go to the loading bootloader portion, the usb would disconnect and it would fail with error 171.
so then, and i don't know how i got here, but i went into recovery and did a factory reset and now i have no rom. I have tried installing meanrom but it fails after some line regarding a kernal. my phone won't do anything except boot to the white HTC screen or into the bootloader.
i have no idea what to do, I just want it working at this point.
i've been searching forums like crazy but all the solutions are things I already have done or things that won't work for me.
If you haven't done so yet, you need to relock the bootloader before running ruu. Put your phone in fastboot and using SDK or ADB Tools, type fastboot oem lock
om4 said:
If you haven't done so yet, you need to relock the bootloader before running ruu. Put your phone in fastboot and using SDK or ADB Tools, type fastboot oem lock
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thank you for your help! however, whenever i do this, it just says < waiting for device >
so i finally got a rom to install--clean rom. that is the one i used to have. but when i reboot, it gets stuck on a black screen and won't go any further.
I had the same thing happen. Had to run a boot.img flash utility i found on another thread elsewhere on xda. The flash utility was updated for jb. If i can locate where i found it then i will get back to you.
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I was curious if you ever found that rom or if anybody can help me? The phone is still out of commission. It's been tough to make it through the holidays especially since my laptop was stolen the very next day that all this happened
bump again. I'm assuming the phone is bricked for good if the brightest minds on the subject don't even know
i'm using my dad's old evo 4g for now.
unclefarkus said:
bump again. I'm assuming the phone is bricked for good if the brightest minds on the subject don't even know
i'm using my dad's old evo 4g for now.
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Have you tried meanbean? It has the boot.img flash tool baked in for s-on, just follow the instructions to the tee in the OP... It's in the Android development thread... Good luck
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Sounds like you need to flash a Rom that has the s-on installer or fastboot flash the kernel for the Rom you have installed
Most roms come with the kernel installer built in now days. just keep trying to flash em. fyi if your phone turns on , even a little bit , you are not bricked
I am trying to flash meanbean. I wiped the cahes and did factory reset, then flashed the ROM. It's been on "Installing /system..." for about 30 minutes now. Something seems wrong. I'm scared to interrupt it in case that's normal or if interrupting it will break it for good.
Well, I think that might be because my twrp version is really old...2.1.8. I tried updating but had no luck.
Now nothing flashes. It gets to 'verifying partition sizes' then fails. Tried this on several roms that would previously flash, just not work.
unclefarkus said:
Well, I think that might be because my twrp version is really old...2.1.8. I tried updating but had no luck.
Now nothing flashes. It gets to 'verifying partition sizes' then fails. Tried this on several roms that would previously flash, just not work.
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Update twrp through goomanager, its in the market, then try again.
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Update twrp through goomanager, its in the market, then try again.
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lol how could he do that if he dont have any rom installed...dafuq?
You need to FASTBOOT install it:
Turn off your device. Turn on the device and keep holding volume down until a menu shows up. Select fastboot from the menu list. Plug the device into your computer. If you have the right drivers installed, your screen should now say FASTBOOT USB. Run the following command via the command line:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
Boatiy said:
lol how could he do that if he dont have any rom installed...dafuq?
You need to FASTBOOT install it:
Turn off your device. Turn on the device and keep holding volume down until a menu shows up. Select fastboot from the menu list. Plug the device into your computer. If you have the right drivers installed, your screen should now say FASTBOOT USB. Run the following command via the command line:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
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Don't forget the clear cache commands
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I have given this a go, however, as I should expect by now, nothing happens.
It says "waiting for device" and that's it
Upon typing "adb devices" nothing shows up.
Furthermore, when I go to Fastboot, Fastbook usb does show up, but I get a message on the computer saying the usb device has malfunctioned.
unclefarkus said:
I have given this a go, however, as I should expect by now, nothing happens.
It says "waiting for device" and that's it
Upon typing "adb devices" nothing shows up.
Furthermore, when I go to Fastboot, Fastbook usb does show up, but I get a message on the computer saying the usb device has malfunctioned.
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Can you get into bootloader? If so go to the TWRP website and download the hboot zip. Put on external sd card and enter bootloader.
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Perhaps what is happening when you try oem lock and get that error is that adb is still running from a prior attempt or because of some other program. Try opening your task manager and ending all processes of adb and other programs that connect to the phone. Then try oem locking again and go from there.
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I made a little bit of progress!
I determined that Windows 8 was the reason I get the usb malfunctioning message. I obtained a Windows 7 computer and it worked like a charm.
That said, I'm not out of the woods yet.
I relocked the phone using fastboot and then have been attempting to flash a stock RUU now that the usb issue is sorted out.
That seems to work but it gets stuck at "sending....." for as long as 35 minutes. I've tried about 4 times, giving between 20-35 minutes and it won't go beyond sending.
I can at least fastboot now; but the phone is locked. Which is fine; I just want back to stock anyways.
Tampered
Re-locked
S-On
Hboot-1.19.0000
Radio-1.12.11.0809
OpenDSP-v29-1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Aug 9 2012
I flashed the 2.13.651.1 RUU by the way.
Any new advice haha?
I loaded a PJ img via sd card and it's alive and updating to JB OTA right now! Thanks for all the help over the past month folks

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