[Q] HTC Pico (Explorer) : Bootloader Unlocking problem - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I have been following the instructions from htc dev for unlocking the botloader of my HTC Explorer (Pico). However after unlocking the bootloader,
the HTC dev site and many other forums tell me that the phone will be reset to the factory condition. But my phone is just as it was before, no changes have been made, except in the menu which shows up when you hold down your power button+ volume down key, it shows the title **UNLOCKED**.
So is it really unlocked? Can I go on with completing the rooting process and installing a ROM?
Please help!

It is correct, nothing on the system will change but you now have the ability to write to the partitions containing BOOT, SYSTEM and RECOVERY.
Bashing away at my HTC Desire C

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[Q] Vol Down Key Stuck on S-Off'ed Desire. Warranty void? S-on again?

Hi,
My Desire's Volume Down key is stuck. I can't open the phone, it goes directly into HBOOT menu and Volume Keys are not working in the HBOOT menu to select menu items.
I have still 1 year more warranty. I'll send my device to technical service but it is S-Offed with Revolutionary method, and Supernova Xtreme rom installed which is based on offical HTC Gingerbread rom.
Now my first question in my head is can I send my phone to technical service as it is now? Or do I need to S-On again, unroot or anything more? If I need to do, is there a way to do it, since the Volume Down Key is stuck I can't access to phone.
Thanks

What is going on?!

HTC Amaze. Tried toolkit but it will only boot to screen with circle of green arrows then red triangle with exclamation point. Try to boot to HBOOT and get nothing on the screen via toolkit or button combination. Tried factory reset by finally getting into recovery by just randomly pressing buttons on red triangle screen and factory reset throws many lines of errors where it cannot find /data /cache..... I can pull battery and boot into phone and use phone fine but I am trying to unlock bootloader, root, and flash a custom ROM. I have SCOURED these boards and the net. I have looked at screenshots of the bootloader and tried to see if the screen simply isnt showing the information and that is a possiblility since I pressed down once and power button and it went to the same recovery screen. How do I simply flash this whole thing back to stock? HBOOT, RECOVERY, ROM, EVERYTHING? Possible?
Help would be greatly appreciated!
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jtkknj said:
HTC Amaze. Tried toolkit but it will only boot to screen with circle of green arrows then red triangle with exclamation point. Try to boot to HBOOT and get nothing on the screen via toolkit or button combination. Tried factory reset by finally getting into recovery by just randomly pressing buttons on red triangle screen and factory reset throws many lines of errors where it cannot find /data /cache..... I can pull battery and boot into phone and use phone fine but I am trying to unlock bootloader, root, and flash a custom ROM. I have SCOURED these boards and the net. I have looked at screenshots of the bootloader and tried to see if the screen simply isnt showing the information and that is a possiblility since I pressed down once and power button and it went to the same recovery screen. How do I simply flash this whole thing back to stock? HBOOT, RECOVERY, ROM, EVERYTHING? Possible?
Help would be greatly appreciated!
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htcdev.com gives you instructions to unlock the bootloader. then you go to the htc amaze all-in-one kit and flash 4ext as a custom recovery. then you can flash any rom you want (assuming you already have ICS installed).
P.S. A quick google for "how to unlock htc amaze bootloader" directs you to htcdev.com for the very first hit. SCOUR HARDER lol.
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With all due respect I have done all of the items using the toolkit involving unlocking the bootloader with token ID. Are you saying to not use toolkit and just use HTCdevs instructions instead?
I apologize for having this in the wrong section. I do not get replies in general or QA sections on this forum or the Note 2 forum.
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jtkknj said:
With all due respect I have done all of the items using the toolkit involving unlocking the bootloader with token ID. Are you saying to not use toolkit and just use HTCdevs instructions instead?
I apologize for having this in the wrong section. I do not get replies in general or QA sections on this forum or the Note 2 forum.
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You have to go to htcdev.com to get the token ID to use the unlocker utility in the htc amaze all-in-one program................. The instructions are there. Again, a quick google would have told you all this.
All that was completed. Any other advice?
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okay i just read this whole thread and i'm completely lost as to what your trying to do.. first off if your boot loader is still locked and you want to flash back to stock you need to download the correct RUU file for your carrier... if you supply that information i can help you look for the right one.. then you rename that file to ph85img.zip and place it on the root of your SD CARD and boot into bootloader by removing your battery and placing it back in and "HOLDING" volume down and the power button until you are in the bootloader menu... after that its just following the instructions to flash back to stock
these are the instuctions to Unlock Bootloader > FLASH 4EXT > ROOT > Flash ROM
download hasoon's AiO toolkit and instll the htc usb drivers...
use the toolkit to unlock the bootloader if not go to htcdev.com and follow the VERY easy instuctions listed there... (you can skip the first few about installing android sdk)
after you unlock your boot loader proceed to flash your recovery (id suggest using 4EXT since your prob S-ON)
once you have a custom recovery you can proceed to flash the super SU file including in the aio toolkit
then make a "NANDROID" backup of your phone using 4EXT before you continue to flashing any roms
the rest is simple just download what roms you want and read the instructions to flashing the rom..
Ninjistix said:
okay i just read this whole thread and i'm completely lost as to what your trying to do.. first off if your boot loader is still locked and you want to flash back to stock you need to download the correct RUU file for your carrier... if you supply that information i can help you look for the right one.. then you rename that file to ph85img.zip and place it on the root of your SD CARD and boot into bootloader by removing your battery and placing it back in and "HOLDING" volume down and the power button until you are in the bootloader menu... after that its just following the instructions to flash back to stock
these are the instuctions to Unlock Bootloader > FLASH 4EXT > ROOT > Flash ROM
download hasoon's AiO toolkit and instll the htc usb drivers...
use the toolkit to unlock the bootloader if not go to htcdev.com and follow the VERY easy instuctions listed there... (you can skip the first few about installing android sdk)
after you unlock your boot loader proceed to flash your recovery (id suggest using 4EXT since your prob S-ON)
once you have a custom recovery you can proceed to flash the super SU file including in the aio toolkit
then make a "NANDROID" backup of your phone using 4EXT before you continue to flashing any roms
the rest is simple just download what roms you want and read the instructions to flashing the rom..
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I have done all of this to the T back when I originally started this thread and now that I tried it again today. When my phone is booted to bootloader using the toolkit it is just a black screen. When I unlock the bootloader using the token I received from the HTC Dev site the toolkit says it was unlocked successfully. I then flashed custom recovery that it says was done correctly. Then when I boot into recovery it is goes to a picture of a phone with a green circle of arrows for 5 seconds then a phone with a red triangle and exclamation point. If I play around mashing buttons I can get into the stock recovery with blue letters and options to restore (doesnt work, many errors) and 4 other options. It is like my screen is messed up and will not show the bootloader/hboot screens. I have never been able to see the screen with the option for fastloader before which other people can see. Does this make any more sense? When I boot my phone it is a black screen until I see the bleedover from the soft keys, then I have to press the power button to turn screen off and back on for the screen to start working. After that it always works fine!?!?!?! What is wrong here?!? Its like I should just load the stock firmware and start all over but I cannot see the screen to select fastloader so it will recognize the PH#### file I have downloaded and loaded onto my SD Card. I am at a loss over here!
okay so your phone can boot to stock recovery but you cannot boot into the boot loader? via either adb or from pulling the battery and holding the buttons?
Ninjistix said:
okay so your phone can boot to stock recovery but you cannot boot into the boot loader? via either adb or from pulling the battery and holding the buttons?
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Pretty much, with the exception that the only way for me to get into the stock recovery is trying to flash a custom recovery and the phone going to the screen with the green arrow circle then the screen with the red triangle and exclamation and I start pressing random combinations of volume up and power.
I have never seen anything other than:
Green circle screen
Red triangle screen
Stock recovery with blue lettering after random buttons
Ok, this is quite confusing lol. Let's start from the beginning. Take your battery out, put it back in then power on the phone while holding down the volume-down button. This will get u into the botloader. On the top left there will be a few lines of writing, post back here what those lines say. Then we will see where you are and go from there...
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aj_2423 said:
Ok, this is quite confusing lol. Let's start from the beginning. Take your battery out, put it back in then power on the phone while holding down the volume-down button. This will get u into the botloader. On the top left there will be a few lines of writing, post back here what those lines say. Then we will see where you are and go from there...
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Can't get into bootloader using any method..........
jtkknj said:
Can't get into bootloader using any method..........
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Are you sure? Have you taken out your battery, put it back on, put the cover of the phone back on, press AND hold Volume Up and Power Button until you get a white screen that has some options and with the android mascots on the bottom of the screen (in other words the bootloader)? If no, then you need to boot into bootloader through hasoon2000's kit. Now what you do is you install the HTC Drivers through his kit (highlight install HTC Drivers at the top left box, first option in his kit), then after that, have your phone connected to your computer with a USB, then on your phone, go to Developer options in Settings then check USB Debugging. Once that's done, with your phone connected to your computer still, go back to the toolkit and in the second to left box you'll see reboot to bootloader. Click on that and then click on the button below the box that says "Do Command".
nulcon said:
Are you sure? Have you taken out your battery, put it back on, put the cover of the phone back on, press AND hold Volume Up and Power Button until you get a white screen that has some options and with the android mascots on the bottom of the screen (in other words the bootloader)? If no, then you need to boot into bootloader through hasoon2000's kit. Now what you do is you install the HTC Drivers through his kit (highlight install HTC Drivers at the top left box, first option in his kit), then after that, have your phone connected to your computer with a USB, then on your phone, go to Developer options in Settings then check USB Debugging. Once that's done, with your phone connected to your computer still, go back to the toolkit and in the second to left box you'll see reboot to bootloader. Click on that and then click on the button below the box that says "Do Command".
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LOL yes. Cannot get into bootloader using your method or the toolkit method which I have used over and over.
jtkknj said:
LOL yes. Cannot get into bootloader using your method or the toolkit method which I have used over and over.
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That's weird...WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR PHONE?!

Need Help With Installing ROM/Fixing My Possible Messup

So I unlocked my bootloader on my DNA and have installed TWRP.
Me being an idiot, I accidentally deleted my stock ROM before I could back it up. I'm using's Hasoon2000's tool kit and guide.
I got to
When you agree to it, press the volume up button and press the power button to accept it. Your phone will now restart.
When your phone loads up, go through the set up wizard. Then, on your phone, go to Settings -> Developer Options and Enable USB Debugging.
Under the Extras section, press Perm Root. It will push SuperSU.zip to your phone.
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Instead of letting my phone boot up, I went straight to the bootloader and I installed recovery. I wasn't using his guide until I got stuck at the white HTC screen, then I knew I messed up somewhere. I tried to install CyanogenMod 10.1, but when I reboot my phone it just hangs at the HTC boot up screen until I can luckily power down the phone.
I don't know where to go from here. I have access to bootloader and TWRP recovery and I want to install the CyanogenMod 10.1 ROM. It's also S-ON and pre-OTA. I would really like some help here as I am completely lost...
*Edit. I figured out I just needed to relock the boot load and install the factory OS. Guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017525
Mods can close.

updating falied!

hello. I need your help please. I was updating my htc m8 at&t with android 4.4.2, so i donwloaded this updating in my pc"RUU_M8_UL_K444_SENSE60_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_3.28.1540.5_Radio_1.21.21331147A1.19_2G_20.63.4196.01_release_394319_signed_2" I proceeded to install frowm my pc, everething was going good when suddenly appeared a window saying sometihing like ,there is incompatibility, so the updating was canceled.
now my phone doesn't work, just appears a white display with the logo of htc and then restarts two times with the same situation, the third restar appears a black display with a phone in the middle and into of this there is a exclamation mark"!".
I can go to android system recovery but i dont know what to do.
my phone is with s-off and I used the software "all in one kit" to make root, bootloader,flash TWRP 2.7.0.2,put super cid.
please like you see iam dont know these , just iam a common user. please try to explain with apples because iam noob in that.
sorry for my english but my first language is spanish.
thanks.
OK. The RUU you flashed was for the developer's world wide edition M8 not the AT&T model. You need to download this RUU:
1.58.502.1 full RUU is posted here -- http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_M...0_signed_2.exe
First you need to be in fastboot mode to run this RUU. Here is how:
1. Power off the smartphone completely. – make sure that it is not connected to your PC.
2. After several seconds with the phone turned off you should press Power and the volume down key at the same time.
3. After the device powers on you need to continue to hold the Volume Down key. This will load the Bootloader Mode of your HTC One M8 and you can release all buttons. – note that this might be trickier than you would normally expect, so you may have to try several times to get it right.
4. Use the Volume buttons to select FASTBOOT option.
5. Connect the phone to your computer. You should see the phone go from Fastboot to Fastboot USB
Now run the RUU you downloaded from the link above.
Hope this works out for you
thanks
Thanks a lot! i love you man! Well I supose that i going to wait until at&t launches lolipop. I am afraid to broke my phone again.
Thanks again!

Problems in root and volume button (Moto G 2 4G LTE)

Hello there.
Guys, I just go through some problems with my phone.
I have a Moto G 2nd Generation 4G LTE Android 6.0, and tried to unlock the bootloader and make root.
When I was giving commands to root (fastboot flash recovery TWRP-3.0.2.3-titan.img) and selected the "Recovery" option, it appears the message: "Boot up failed".
Then I tried with TWRP-2.8.3.0 and brick the phone in Recovery screen.
Then immediately I tried to remake with titan-24.11.10-BR-boot and it worked, but do not appear the screen of "Team Win" to install the root, and also the phone's volume buttons were disconfigured (the buttons don't up or down the media volume anymore, but the call volume).
So the questions are:
1) I need to redo the root process with other files or can do some other procedure to get superuser with what we already have?
2) There is a way to reconfigure these volume buttons without having to reset the phone?
Sorry for my poor english and thank you so much for any help.

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