My HTC One M8 from AT&T got stuck in a boot loop after I unlocked it, put a custom recovery on it, and then tried to put a custom ROM on it.
I tried to put InsertCoin on there and it got stuck in a boot loop for some reason.
I got the SDK kit and tried doing a adb push my NANDroid I did originally (before trying the ROM) and so I have my NANDroid backup.
I just can't push anything to my SDCard because it keeps saying "adb shell ls /mnt/sdcard/" no such file or directory exists
same thing with "adb shell ls /sdcard/" no such file or directory exists.
I have my NANDroid backup (before the soft brick) and, a new ROM (Viper One M8 2.3.0)
so how do I "adb push" a file onto a filesystem that I have no access to?
Thanks!
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adb push viperOne.zip /sdcard says "protocol failure"
It's as if I have no rights to push anything.
When I try to "install from .zip" it says "unable to mount SDCard"
Hope this helps
adb push viperOne.zip /sdcard/. is what it should be @command. make sure rom zip is in same location as adb/fastboot files
Wonders_Never_Cease said:
adb push viperOne.zip /sdcard/. is what it should be @command. make sure rom zip is in same location as adb/fastboot files
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They are in the same location as the adb/fastboot.
Still same errors.
Are you booted into recovery when running that command?If so and still getting that error... Gonna have to attempt running an ruu then see if it clears it up, try to flash back stock recovery, boot into bootloader connect to computer and run the ruu. s-on or s-off?
It is S-ON
Also I have a nandroid backup. But because I can't adb push anything, I can't even run the nandroid backup to restore.
It won't mount my SD card.
I have to do an RUU? How do I do that?
ok so did you try to flash the kernel [email protected] s-on device? since rom has been flashed... pull the kernel from the rom zip you flashed and copy it to adb/fastboot location,boot into bootloader,connect via fastboot, then run fastboot flash boot boot.img
I didn't do a kernel. It was just default.
That seems too complicated.
I somehow fixed my issue but getting CyanogenMod and flashing that using sideload. For the first time ever sideload worked.
However when I got the Google play services, it kept crashing when I opened it, any reason why? I have the CM nightly 20140830
Thanks!
Cant help you on that,better to ask in the devs thread for that software your running. Good luck.
technocrat7 said:
I didn't do a kernel. It was just default.
That seems too complicated.
I somehow fixed my issue but getting CyanogenMod and flashing that using sideload. For the first time ever sideload worked.
However when I got the Google play services, it kept crashing when I opened it, any reason why? I have the CM nightly 20140830
Thanks!
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What recovery? If TWRP, try CWM as SD mount issue (while sideload works) is a problem I've seen here several times before on TWRP.
Help help help soft brick no os no baseband
Wonders_Never_Cease said:
adb push viperOne.zip /sdcard/. is what it should be @command. make sure rom zip is in same location as adb/fastboot files
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I have a sprint htc one M7 I just got my replacement phone today and i rooted it and got every thing restored on it then there was a problem with the speakers on the phone it would play music but only on the right side .....(i forgot to mention i installed renovate rom after i rooted it) so i figured if i installed another kernal it would fix it so i installed kangaroo kernal for SPRINT HTC ONE android version 4.4.2 which was the right kernal for my phone ..so i thought... so when i installed it ..it took a while for it to turn on and i knew something was wrong when it turned on the home screen wouldn't load and it was showing i had no service when i was in a area i clearly new i had service in so i tried to run a RUU and i keep getting a USB error when it tries to send the ruu . I know the cable works and when i ran fastboot getvar all there is no baseband and no os .........HELP SUPER URGENT URGENT MY parents are going to kill me cause i just got my replacment.... my hboot is 1.57 PLEASE HELP QUICK.:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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I have a sprint htc one M7
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This forum is for the M8, not the M7. Not only that, but the AT&T version, not Sprint.
You should post to your device specific forum section. As the devices are completely different hardware, advice given here may not work for your M7 and may even damage it.
HTC One M8 (AT&T) Soft-Brick Bootloop
Hey everyone, I'm new to XDA and am a bit of a noob at flashing so take it easy on me
Here's my problem: As implied by the title, my AT&T One M8 is stuck in a bootloop at the white HTC screen and won't boot me into my rom. Something to note is that there's a little open gray lock icon at the bottom of the white screen. After a moment the screen just takes me to Philz recovery. Also, the phone was previously rooted and is currently S-On (no firewater support for AT&T yet), with my custom recovery (Philz). Unfortunately, I did not make a backup of my phone (I know, bad move) but at this point I just want the thing to work properly!
What happened: With a stock GPE Rom by Graffixnyc, I installed Google's stock recovery in hopes of recieveing the 4.4.4 OTA; the rom I had was 4.4.2. A day later I get the 4.4.4 OTA, accept and install it, and then that's what started the bootloop. I haven't gotten back into the OS since. In addition, my computer does not recognize my device when it's connected, although fastboot and adb commands do work.
What I've tried: Flashing through both TWRP and Philz, trying two different GPE roms. Neither worked, even through adb sideloading I get the same error. To transfer files from my computer to phone I've been using a micro SDcard with an SD adapter. I've also tried doing a factory wipe through Philz and even flashed a 'fix permissions' emulator.
I'd imagine that I need a One M8 factory image just for a fresh clean start, but apparantly HTC only has one for the unlocked developer edition. Would I be able to use this version of the factory image/obtain one for the AT&T model or is there a different route I need to go?
Thanks in advance for the help; this seems like a great community to be involved in!!
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Here's my problem: As implied by the title, my AT&T One M8 is stuck in a bootloop at the white HTC screen and won't boot me into my rom. Something to note is that there's a little open gray lock icon at the bottom of the white screen. After a moment the screen just takes me to Philz recovery. Also, the phone was previously rooted and is currently S-On (no firewater support for AT&T yet), with my custom recovery (Philz). Unfortunately, I did not make a backup of my phone (I know, bad move) but at this point I just want the thing to work properly!
What happened: With a stock GPE Rom by Graffixnyc, I installed Google's stock recovery in hopes of recieveing the 4.4.4 OTA; the rom I had was 4.4.2. A day later I get the 4.4.4 OTA, accept and install it, and then that's what started the bootloop. I haven't gotten back into the OS since. In addition, my computer does not recognize my device when it's connected, although fastboot and adb commands do work.
What I've tried: Flashing through both TWRP and Philz, trying two different GPE roms. Neither worked, even through adb sideloading I get the same error. To transfer files from my computer to phone I've been using a micro SDcard with an SD adapter. I've also tried doing a factory wipe through Philz and even flashed a 'fix permissions' emulator.
I'd imagine that I need a One M8 factory image just for a fresh clean start, but apparantly HTC only has one for the unlocked developer edition. Would I be able to use this version of the factory image/obtain one for the AT&T model or is there a different route I need to go?
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Did you do the full conversion, of just flashed the GPE ROM?
If you didn't do the full conversion, GPE uses a different partition layout, bootloader, and different CID (and MID?) than Sense, so any one or all of those can be your issue.
What happens if you try to boot into bootloader and select recovery?
Blaise56 said:
I'd imagine that I need a One M8 factory image just for a fresh clean start, but apparantly HTC only has one for the unlocked developer edition.
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Not sure why you think that. RUUs are available here:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/htc-one-m8-ruu-m8ul-4-4-3-t2860423
Proper CID and relocked bootloader required to run RUU with S-on. And hboot number of the RUU must be equal or greater than what you have installed.
redpoint73 said:
Did you do the full conversion, of just flashed the GPE ROM?
If you didn't do the full conversion, GPE uses a different partition layout, bootloader, and different CID (and MID?) than Sense, so any one or all of those can be your issue.
What happens if you try to boot into bootloader and select recovery?
Not sure why you think that. RUUs are available here:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/htc-one-m8-ruu-m8ul-4-4-3-t2860423
Proper CID and relocked bootloader required to run RUU with S-on. And hboot number of the RUU must be equal or greater than what you have installed.
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Thanks man!
I have the almost same problem yesterday when i unlocking the bootloader, flash TWRP recovery after flashing a recovery i want to root device in TWRP i install update SuperSU and i restart phone my M8 is stoped in HTC logo & cannot further i need solution quickly because i need phone i don't have spare for replacing my M8 please help
Fifa91 said:
I have the almost same problem yesterday when i unlocking the bootloader, flash TWRP recovery after flashing a recovery i want to root device in TWRP i install update SuperSU and i restart phone my M8 is stoped in HTC logo & cannot further i need solution quickly because i need phone i don't have spare for replacing my M8 please help
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Not enough info, please do fastboot getvar all, and post the output (delete IMEI and serial number before posting).
You probably used an obsolete version TWRP, and obsolete SuperSU. But I need to see the getvar data, plus what TWRP version and what SuperSU version, to know for sure or advise any more.
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Ok... So a couple of days ago, I was having bootloop issues on Ineffabilis 1.3 using the Anthrax kernel. After doing a battery pull, I booted into the bootloader and then to recovery and found that my roommate, while playing with my phone, had flashed the ClockworkMod Recovery, I suppose through the Rom Manager app.
I figured it would be ok to do a full wipe and re-flash the rom since flashing the stock kernel didn't stop the bootlooping and I would just flash AmonRa back when I was done to do a backup.
Well, after doing a factory reset from CWM and getting errors thereafter trying to flash the superwipe and Ineffabilis, I rebooted the phone and skipped through the setup to get to the restart menu to get into the bootloader again to flash AmonRa. I was able to flash it, but now every time I try to get into the recovery whether from the restart menu, ADB, or through the fastboot menu, it automatically restarts the phone as soon as the recovery is loaded and goes back to the OS.
Has anyone experienced this and is there any way to fix it to get back into it?
Sounds like you have a ph image on your sd card. Just delete it and you should be fine
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I've long since removed all PH files from my phone, internal and external sdcard included, and even if there were that's never stopped my from booting directly into recovery from the restart menu or through ADB.
I've even gone as far as removing the external sdcard with the same result. It just boots into recovery and as soon as it loads for that split second, it automatically reboots to the HTC screen and back to Android.
I still have root and my phone isn't bricked. I just can't flash any roms or kernels in the future when we get our official ics update. WTB my EVO 3D's hboot 1.4 back...
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ojdidit84 said:
I've long since removed all PH files from my phone, internal and external sdcard included, and even if there were that's never stopped my from booting directly into recovery from the restart menu or through ADB.
I've even gone as far as removing the external sdcard with the same result. It just boots into recovery and as soon as it loads for that split second, it automatically reboots to the HTC screen and back to Android.
I still have root and my phone isn't bricked. I just can't flash any roms or kernels in the future when we get our official ics update. WTB my EVO 3D's hboot 1.4 back...
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what happens when you try to go to recovery...
i would just reflash a recoveyr in fastboot. cant hurt.
What it does is as soon as it boots to recovery, I see it load the recovery and then as soon as it loads, it's as if the phone automatically selects the reboot option and goes back through the normal boot no matter which method I use to boot into recovery.
I've done the fastboot method which flashed successfully, tried to re-flash clockwork using rom manager, scott's tool, adb & fastboot, also used scott's flash tool which was also successful and it just seems as if recovery mode is borked somehow and using these methods to go back to AmonRa produce the same result. I'm usually good at figuring these things out myself since I've been rooting and flashing since my first Sprint HTC Hero, EVO 4G, 3D, Epic 4G/Touch and I've never had anything like this happen before. Completely stumped .
Have done a search and haven't found anyone with the same issue so I have nothing prior to go off of. The phone works fine for now so I'm in no hurry since I still have root and thankfully Titanium Backup for my apps. Not sure what to try next at this point.
ojdidit84 said:
What it does is as soon as it boots to recovery, I see it load the recovery and then as soon as it loads, it's as if the phone automatically selects the reboot option and goes back through the normal boot no matter which method I use to boot into recovery.
I've done the fastboot method which flashed successfully, tried to re-flash clockwork, also used scott's flash tool which was also successful and it just seems as if recovery mode is borked somehow. I'm usually good at figuring these things out myself since I've been rooting and flashing since my first Sprint HTC Hero, EVO 4G, 3D, Epic 4G/Touch and I've never had anything like this happen before. Completely stumped .
Have done a search and haven't found anyone with the same issue so I have nothing prior to go off of. The phone works fine for now so I'm in no hurry since I still have root and thankfully Titanium Backup for my apps. Not sure what to try next at this point.
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From hboot, choose factory reset and see if it boots you into recovery. I had a similar issue after running the new RUU, once I chose that it booted into custom recovery and i was able to reboot and then afterwards had no trouble accessing recovery.
mjh68 said:
From hboot, choose factory reset and see if it boots you into recovery. I had a similar issue after running the new RUU, once I chose that it booted into custom recovery and i was able to reboot and then afterwards had no trouble accessing recovery.
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Ok. I'll give that a whirl in the morning and see if it solves the problem.
Bump... I'm stuck with this issue...
Hi,
Spent the last two days trying everything I could think of to get a custom recovery loaded on my rezound with no luck. Have searched everywhere and short of trying to hex edit some code nothing has worked.
I was on a custom ICS rom and applied the 4.03.605.2 RUU (hboot 2.27). Was S-ON with unlocked bootloader. I locked the bootloader, installed RUU successfully, unlocked the bootloader with my token. I tried flashing amon-ra, CWM, TWRP many versions of each by fastboot and hboot (PH98IMG). The custom recovery is successfully written in each case, but i can't successfully boot into the recovery partition either from fastboot or hboot menu option. I can write the recovery.img file from the RUU zip, and all is good. Ultimately, I am just trying to install a custom ROM/root my device.
I tried the above advice about performing a factory reset. No Dice. So for now, I am stuck in Verizon bloatware land, and very unhappy about it.
Suggestions welcome. Thanks everyone.
phaedrus43 said:
Hi,
Spent the last two days trying everything I could think of to get a custom recovery loaded on my rezound with no luck. Have searched everywhere and short of trying to hex edit some code nothing has worked.
I was on a custom ICS rom and applied the 4.03.605.2 RUU (hboot 2.27). Was S-ON with unlocked bootloader. I locked the bootloader, installed RUU successfully, unlocked the bootloader with my token. I tried flashing amon-ra, CWM, TWRP many versions of each by fastboot and hboot (PH98IMG). The custom recovery is successfully written in each case, but i can't successfully boot into the recovery partition either from fastboot or hboot menu option. I can write the recovery.img file from the RUU zip, and all is good. Ultimately, I am just trying to install a custom ROM/root my device.
I tried the above advice about performing a factory reset. No Dice. So for now, I am stuck in Verizon bloatware land, and very unhappy about it.
Suggestions welcome. Thanks everyone.
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Hook up to PC. the phone can actually adb when turned off. or make sure ROM is booted with ADB turned on. It should connect to adb. Does it? Then your command would be "adb reboot recovery" after you have flashed a custom recovery. So what does it do when you try to enter recovery?
Thanks. Did try that, but not with phone off. I'll try both for good measure and let you know. Thank you fly...
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Flyhalf205 said:
Hook up to PC. the phone can actually adb when turned off. or make sure ROM is booted with ADB turned on. It should connect to adb. Does it? Then your command would be "adb reboot recovery" after you have flashed a custom recovery. So what does it do when you try to enter recovery?
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Hi Fly,
I was unable to get adb to see the phone when it was off with either a custom recovery or the stock recovery. When I rebooted to recovery from adb with a custom recovery installed, it attempts to boot to the recovery partition but fails and boots back to the OS (this is true when using adb, fastboot, and hboot to boot to recovery). When i reinstalled the stock recovery, it successfully boots to recovery using all methods.
i have tried other custom recovery versions, TWRP (preferred), AMON-RA, CWM Recovery...
annoyed.
Thanks Fly. Any other ideas?
phaedrus43 said:
Hi Fly,
I was unable to get adb to see the phone when it was off with either a custom recovery or the stock recovery. When I rebooted to recovery from adb with a custom recovery installed, it attempts to boot to the recovery partition but fails and boots back to the OS (this is true when using adb, fastboot, and hboot to boot to recovery). When i reinstalled the stock recovery, it successfully boots to recovery using all methods.
i have tried other custom recovery versions, TWRP (preferred), AMON-RA, CWM Recovery...
annoyed.
Thanks Fly. Any other ideas?
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I'm out of ideas. Since your s-on you can't go down to the OTA RUU and try there. Maybe someone else can spread some light.
Well one more idea. Boot your phone into Fastboot. Plug into computer and download a custom recovery to your computer. The command to use is "fastboot boot recovery.img"
If that does work then download http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip and flash it inside of recovery. That will give you root inside your stock rom at least.
Flyhalf205 said:
I'm out of ideas. Since your s-on you can't go down to the OTA RUU and try there. Maybe someone else can spread some light.
Well one more idea. Boot your phone into Fastboot. Plug into computer and download a custom recovery to your computer. The command to use is "fastboot boot recovery.img"
If that does work then download http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip and flash it inside of recovery. That will give you root inside your stock rom at least.
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Hi Fly,
Nothing doing. Can't flash the attached in stock recovery, can't boot into any recoveries with stock flashed or with custom recovery flashed. Seems there must be some new security built into the new RUU? I did note one thing. When I first flash the RUU the hboot banner says relocked (as i have to relock to install an RUU). However, as soon as I flash anything to the recovery partition it adds a new white on black banner that says tampered. Now, i have seen that before when I s-off'd my rezound previously (returned to verizon for audio problems). I never did s-off this particular phone. I don't recall my first phone flagging a new recovery or this phone flagging a new recovery on the old firmware (i could be wrong though as i don't spend a lot of time in hboot).
Still hoping to put a custom recovery on this. Any other way to load a custom rom? i really want to run Neo's AOKP, as I had that on here before I RUU'd. In fact, i got into this position because I was going to s-off the phone, but I had a custom rom. I started looking for RUU's to restore to stock because controlbear wouldn't work with custom rom. Instead of installing an early ICS again, i opted to install the latest RUU.
I searched the forums high and low and wasn't really able to find anyone with this problem. I wonder if there is something wrong with the RUU? I checked the MD5sum and it matched. When flashing recovery i checked the mainver too, so it isn't that... I'm stumped.
This phone wasn't real popular and is gettting old now (man, the lifecycle on phones suck, I had my N1 through many roms and AOSP releases! These new phones are gone in 6 months, a year tops). I doubt anyone is going to trouble themselves to crack a new HBOOT on this phone (this is 2.27).
Only other things i can think (and I haven't tried yet) is trying zergRushing it for temp root to at least remove/freeze the bloat like I did with this phone when I first got it. Or if I can just get a rom installed without a custom recovery I don't flash as often as I used to and figure an upgrade isn't long off. Or if i could downgrade the hboot or install jb hboot...
Would love it if someone had something new to try.
Thanks so much again Fly and happy holidays.
Success! (but how?)
Ok Fly,
I don't get it... not at all. I tried, just for the hell of it, a little more tonight and my phone was happy to flashboot boot TWRP 2.2.2.1 SPECIFICALLY. I was unable to get other versions working or other custom recoveries. I have no IDEA why. I can only think that the recovery partition is too small for some recovery.imgs? but 2.2.2.1 is actually bigger than 2.3.3.0 that you compiled for the rezound. Anyway, i have ROOT! now, my first step before I dork with anything is to S-Off this bad boy so i can move around a little more. I will probably still leave the locked bootloader after that, just to keep me from n00bing up. Haven't tried flashing the twrp recovery yet, don't want to goof up my S-off chances or not give you a chance to ask a question.
If you want some forensics to help others out, please let me know. I am gonna leave this phone alone for a day in case you have questions. There HAS to be some lesson in here. Totally random to me. (last thought) i was running 2.2.2.1 before I ran the RUU... wonder if that has something to do with it?
Thanks again Fly.
phaedrus43 said:
Ok Fly,
I don't get it... not at all. I tried, just for the hell of it, a little more tonight and my phone was happy to flashboot boot TWRP 2.2.2.1 SPECIFICALLY. I was unable to get other versions working or other custom recoveries. I have no IDEA why. I can only think that the recovery partition is too small for some recovery.imgs? but 2.2.2.1 is actually bigger than 2.3.3.0 that you compiled for the rezound. Anyway, i have ROOT! now, my first step before I dork with anything is to S-Off this bad boy so i can move around a little more. I will probably still leave the locked bootloader after that, just to keep me from n00bing up. Haven't tried flashing the twrp recovery yet, don't want to goof up my S-off chances or not give you a chance to ask a question.
If you want some forensics to help others out, please let me know. I am gonna leave this phone alone for a day in case you have questions. There HAS to be some lesson in here. Totally random to me. (last thought) i was running 2.2.2.1 before I ran the RUU... wonder if that has something to do with it?
Thanks again Fly.
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Anytime :fingers-crossed:
Crazy how things work like this. But the recovery partition shouldn't be to small to flash a custom recovery. Good luck. Just sounds like one of those rare things that happens.
Backstory: I tried flashing android revolution for the amaze once, and it didn't work (error 1) left it alone for a bit after recovering it, went back to bulletproof and flashed faux .009 kernel, then decided to try again...
Well I'll try to make this brief, sorry if I'm posting in the wrong subforum but here goes, I tried going from bulletproof 2.5.0 to Android Revolution HD and didn't flash the superwipe .zip (lazy me). The install failed with the same error 1, only this time I can't boot back into recovery. Booting to bootloader works but when I tried going into recovery I see it pop up for maybe a fraction of a second before the phone reboots.
I've tried reflashing clockwork mod but no dice
any sort of tips you folks can give me to steer me in the right direction?
Pulsewave said:
Backstory: I tried flashing android revolution for the amaze once, and it didn't work (error 1) left it alone for a bit after recovering it, went back to bulletproof and flashed faux .009 kernel, then decided to try again...
Well I'll try to make this brief, sorry if I'm posting in the wrong subforum but here goes, I tried going from bulletproof 2.5.0 to Android Revolution HD and didn't flash the superwipe .zip (lazy me). The install failed with the same error 1, only this time I can't boot back into recovery. Booting to bootloader works but when I tried going into recovery I see it pop up for maybe a fraction of a second before the phone reboots.
I've tried reflashing clockwork mod but no dice
any sort of tips you folks can give me to steer me in the right direction?
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Not sure about the Amaze tbh, but if I had a failed flash on either of my HTC phones, I just re RUU'd.
D'oh! I forgot about that! Had to do that for my buddy's thunderbolt a few times. Lemme give that a shot and I'll report back
Edit: Worked
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im also having this problem, my phone keeps freezing at the startup screen when the htc logo pops up. i dont know much about this kind of stuff so i would really appreciated if anyone could guide me to what to do
the way that my phone froze like that was that i tried to flash a kernel for the Energy rom, i did installed the rom itself
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362759 this is the rom that i wanted to use
and i flashed the kernel that was provided in the 4th post, i downloaded that file, extracted and ran the .bat file and thats how it happened
i would appreciate if anyone could help me with this
Bricked Htc Amaze 4g
I have a bricked HTC Amaze 4g. I had beastmod v2.20 on when i decided i wanted quick sense. After i finished it just froze on the htc startup logo. I played with it and got it into a bootloop. When i try to flash a ruu the blue bar loads up and comes back to the bootloader screen. I can get into recovery but it wont let me flash anything.Thanks to whoever replies I really appreciate it.
lmfaoomg said:
im also having this problem, my phone keeps freezing at the startup screen when the htc logo pops up. i dont know much about this kind of stuff so i would really appreciated if anyone could guide me to what to do
the way that my phone froze like that was that i tried to flash a kernel for the Energy rom, i did installed the rom itself
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362759 this is the rom that i wanted to use
and i flashed the kernel that was provided in the 4th post, i downloaded that file, extracted and ran the .bat file and thats how it happened
i would appreciate if anyone could help me with this
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You need to superwipe the phone and flash the ROM. After the ROM flashes, you have to flash the kernel twice.
samiaziz said:
I have a bricked HTC Amaze 4g. I had beastmod v2.20 on when i decided i wanted quick sense. After i finished it just froze on the htc startup logo. I played with it and got it into a bootloop. When i try to flash a ruu the blue bar loads up and comes back to the bootloader screen. I really appreciate it.
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Same with you. You need to superwipe the phone and flash the ROM. After the ROM flashes, you have to flash the kernel twice.
Superwiping the phone removes all the data from the old ROM so you can install a fresh clean ROM.
If you want to install the RUU, you have to relock the bootloader first and then you can reflash the original RUU
Edit: i was misinformed
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aj_2423 said:
I dont believe u have to relock
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To flash an official RUU, you must relock it. I've done so plenty of times lol
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If the phone wont go into recovery, you have to use ADB and wipe the cache partition for it to go into recovery again. This is apparently a bug with some of recoveries posted by other devs in the development forum. You need to use fastboot.exe to wipe the cache via adb
And if... If the superwipe doesn't work due to recovery version you have try to boot in to your Bootloader run one of hasoon's tool and choose different recovery.. it did happen to me the bootloop before due to the fact the old roms like mike's rom. he doesn't update his script to support the newer recoveries and it doesn't support X's recovery, it will give you an error installation.. just try different recoveries and for sure your problem will be solved..
just make sure boot in your bootloader/H-boot then run hasoon's tool and have enough battery just to make sure...
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To flash an official RUU, you must relock it. I've done so plenty of times lol
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Thanks for the good info Sir but i my HTC Amaze is bootloader locked and S-ON but i cannot find a RUU for T-mobile to unbrick it. Will a Ruu such as this one work?
RUU_Ruby_Videotron_CA_1.46.1530.1_R2_Radio_1.09.550L.17DC_30.68.550L.09_release_227343_signed.exe
My HTC Amaze scans all the versions of the PH85IMG i place on the sd card but goes back to the menu when its down
any advice that could help i will appreciate!
There's a thread in the dev section that has about a dozen RUUs. I don't see how one can miss it.
Thanks for your reply but i was a little unsure and did not want to make my phone any worst than it already is.
Can you explain 1 thing thing for me please - RUU always you to flash the phone via the computer? where as PH85img.zip allows you to flash the phone via sdcard? I hope i am correct here.
but i want to know how can i flash the phone when its connected via HBoot usb cause my pc recognizes it as "Android Composite ADB Interface"
Currently this is what is on my lcd
LOCKED
RUBY PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.93.0002
EMMC BOOT
MAR 15 2012
i have tried several PH85img.zip files but the phone just scans them and goes back to the menu.
Some help will be appreciated extremely.
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I forgot to mention it connects to the pc but when i run command adb devices this is what i get
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\rquinlan.GOSL_DOM>adb devices
List of devices attached
C:\Documents and Settings\rquinlan.GOSL_DOM>
The latest ruu would be your best option, do not put the .zip part of the name since its already there, also a ruu may be an exe or zip file, since it is a complete stock file to restore the device, what would your carrier be to be exact? Just not up to reading through everything in this thread to see if you mentioned that piece of info, if its tmobile then the very first file in the stock ruu/ota thread would be the file you need.
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thanks for your advice i managed to reboot the phone into recovery but heres whats strange to me the phone is in recovery with HTC on the screen thats it, the pc has recognized it as "MY HTC" in the device manager however, when i run the command adb devices this is what i get "SH218vp00163 offline". i ran the RUU file but i get error 170 usb connection.
so i am a bit lost as device manager can see the phone but the RUU file cannot and i am plugging the phone into the rear of the pc.
any ideas
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thanks for your advice i managed to reboot the phone into recovery but heres whats strange to me the phone is in recovery with HTC on the screen thats it, the pc has recognized it as "MY HTC" in the device manager however, when i run the command adb devices this is what i get "SH218vp00163 offline". i ran the RUU file but i get error 170 usb connection.
so i am a bit lost as device manager can see the phone but the RUU file cannot and i am plugging the phone into the rear of the pc.
any ideas
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Why are you using recovery exactly?
RUU's are to be flash via hboot, which is the very first screen you see when you go into the device's bootloader, in the case of exe files, you'll need to flash it via fastboot mode, which happens to be, correct me if I'm wrong, the very first or second option on the hboot menu.
yes you are correct cause i just tried it with an RUU from another carrier. i found out that the phone had 2.14.531 software installed. but the RUU i was using was 1.46 and so i got a signature error 132. now i need to find a way to remove the 2.14.531 software and replace it with a lower version. can you help me here
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yes you are correct cause i just tried it with an RUU from another carrier. i found out that the phone had 2.14.531 software installed. but the RUU i was using was 1.46 and so i got a signature error 132. now i need to find a way to remove the 2.14.531 software and replace it with a lower version. can you help me here
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What carrier are you on?
t-mobile
this is the RUU i tried and made a connection but the PH85img.zip are not working no matter how i try
RUU_Ruby_Videotron_CA_1.46.1530.1_R2_Radio_1.09.55 0L.17DC_30.68.550L.09_release_227343_signed.exe
Hello fellow Android users,
I am here to ask for your help.
Just to be clear, my phone is an HTC Desire 601 locked with FIDO, use to have Android 4.4.2, Zara_UL, Unlocked bootloader, S-ON and no OS installed.
My HTC Desire 601 has had a rough week.
Everything went well for unlocking the bootloader, rooting, installing new recovery.
Then I wanted to go S-OFF, but Firewater told me the current kernel was blocking the exploit.
So I decided to flash KofilaKernel for my device and try again. The install went well,
only problem was I wiped my cache and system and now, NO MORE OS INSTALLED and still S-ON.
Couldn't use Firewater anymore...
So I tried installing custom ROM and also tried going back to stock, miserably failing.
A. I tried flashing InsertCoin custom ROM wich failed because of S-ON (forgive noobishness)
B. I tried using "fastboot boot" command that made possible flashing custom ROM with S-ON.
I was counting on this one, but had problems too : Most recoveries wouldn't boot (ClockWorkMod several versions, TWRP several versions) except one TWRP recovery wich booted, but the touch screen WAS NOT ACTIVATED. Tried using side buttons with no luck, and power button just locked the screen. I have heard that Google has changed the fastboot boot for newer android versions and that you had to add something to the command like :
"fastboot -c "lge.kcal=0|0|0|x" boot recovery.img"
This example is for Nexus 4 I think, but I don't know the one for Desire 601... I tried it and it wouldn't boot.
C. I have tried "fastboot flash system system.img" with stock image. Had an error saying not enough memory available.
I wiped everything with TWRP and with CLCKWRKMOD : System, cache, dalvik cache, etc... tried again to flash system with no luck.
D. I have tried the Telus RUU.exe file. Told me I had the wrong RUU for my phone and to find the right one, wich doesn't exist for Android 4.4.2 as far as I know.
E. I have tried flashing several versions of 4EXT recovery to get SmartFlash, but it is not compatible with HTC Desire 601.
There I am.
Please help a brother with unusable new phone LOL.
Thanks a bunch for any help.
black-venomz
black-venomz said:
Hello fellow Android users,
I am here to ask for your help.
Just to be clear, my phone is an HTC Desire 601 locked with FIDO, use to have Android 4.4.2, Zara_UL, Unlocked bootloader, S-ON and no OS installed.
My HTC Desire 601 has had a rough week.
Everything went well for unlocking the bootloader, rooting, installing new recovery.
Then I wanted to go S-OFF, but Firewater told me the current kernel was blocking the exploit.
So I decided to flash KofilaKernel for my device and try again. The install went well,
only problem was I wiped my cache and system and now, NO MORE OS INSTALLED and still S-ON.
Couldn't use Firewater anymore...
So I tried installing custom ROM and also tried going back to stock, miserably failing.
A. I tried flashing InsertCoin custom ROM wich failed because of S-ON (forgive noobishness)
B. I tried using "fastboot boot" command that made possible flashing custom ROM with S-ON.
I was counting on this one, but had problems too : Most recoveries wouldn't boot (ClockWorkMod several versions, TWRP several versions) except one TWRP recovery wich booted, but the touch screen WAS NOT ACTIVATED. Tried using side buttons with no luck, and power button just locked the screen. I have heard that Google has changed the fastboot boot for newer android versions and that you had to add something to the command like :
"fastboot -c "lge.kcal=0|0|0|x" boot recovery.img"
This example is for Nexus 4 I think, but I don't know the one for Desire 601... I tried it and it wouldn't boot.
C. I have tried "fastboot flash system system.img" with stock image. Had an error saying not enough memory available.
I wiped everything with TWRP and with CLCKWRKMOD : System, cache, dalvik cache, etc... tried again to flash system with no luck.
D. I have tried the Telus RUU.exe file. Told me I had the wrong RUU for my phone and to find the right one, wich doesn't exist for Android 4.4.2 as far as I know.
E. I have read about 4EXT recovery and SmartFlash, but the only way to get 4EXT recovery seems to be through app and I don't have any OS so it's impossible.
There I am.
Please help a brother with unusable new phone LOL.
Thanks a bunch for any help.
black-venomz
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I'd just reinstall a rom based off of your current firmware and then you need to copy the boot.img out of it and flash in bootloader. The command you'll want to use is:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Be cautious trying to run KK roms on JB firmware as you'll have issues with the radio and touch, bare minimum. Only ways to update firmware are via being S-Off and doing a firmware update of just the essentials or find a KK RUU for your phone, if it is available.
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I'd just reinstall a rom based off of your current firmware and then you need to copy the boot.img out of it and flash in bootloader. The command you'll want to use is:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Be cautious trying to run KK roms on JB firmware as you'll have issues with the radio and touch, bare minimum. Only ways to update firmware are via being S-Off and doing a firmware update of just the essentials or find a KK RUU for your phone, if it is available.
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So a ROM based on my current firware wouldn't need S-OFF to be installed ? Can I install stock ROM via recovery even if S-ON ?
Do you know where I could find such thing ?
Many thanks.
black-venomz
black-venomz said:
So a ROM based on my current firware wouldn't need S-OFF to be installed ? Can I install stock ROM via recovery even if S-ON ?
Do you know where I could find such thing ?
Many thanks.
black-venomz
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Correct, you can install a rom while S-On, as long as you install the boot.img separately. You can install a rom based off of stock, but you won't be able to do the official RUU type rom from it unless there is an RUU zip for your phone (some HTCs have this, but most are just via an exe of a PC) but that would actually go through the bootloader instead of recovery.
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Correct, you can install a rom while S-On, as long as you install the boot.img separately. You can install a rom based off of stock, but you won't be able to do the official RUU type rom from it unless there is an RUU zip for your phone (some HTCs have this, but most are just via an exe of a PC) but that would actually go through the bootloader instead of recovery.
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Ok great !
So I have access to a stock ROM apparently. I can't post links yet, but if you look up on Google "htcdesire 601 stock rom" you will find a google docs page with the stock ROM for desire 601 4.4.2.
Would you be king enough to walk me through the steps to achieve this ? There are many .img files in this folder and I am far from an expert.
Thanks again.
black-venomzz
I did :
1. Copy whole .zip file on sd card found when searched "htc desire 601 stock rom" on google in google docs pasge (can't post link yet).
2. Install .zip with TWRP.
- Failed (still bootloop) -
The tried :
1. fastboot flash boot boot.img (boot.img was found in the .zip file)
2. Copy whole .zip file on sd card
3. Install .zip with TWRP
- Failed (still bootloop) -
I'm probably missing something here...
You might not have the correct zip for your variant of 610. They make a few and could depend on the carrier as well. Should also factory reset in TWRP.
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You might not have the correct zip for your variant of 610. They make a few and could depend on the carrier as well. Should also factory reset in TWRP.
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Still need help guys ! I believe I have the right one.
Could you check it out ? It looks legit.
**drive**.google.**com/folderview?id=0B6WBFlAKqe30ZG1wOGk2T0xwTkE&&tid=0B6WBFlAKqe30TjRLa2Qxa0toYlU
(I still can't post links on threads because I'm new...)
I tried Installing ROM from zip in TWRP (successful) and then fastboot flash boot boot.img but still didn't work !
My phone is still bricked.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Still need help guys ! I believe I have the right one.
Could you check it out ? It looks legit.
**drive**.google.**com/folderview?id=0B6WBFlAKqe30ZG1wOGk2T0xwTkE&&tid=0B6WBFlAKqe30TjRLa2Qxa0toYlU
(I still can't post links on threads because I'm new...)
I tried Installing ROM from zip in TWRP (successful) and then fastboot flash boot boot.img but still didn't work !
My phone is still bricked.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Couldn't find that page, even after taking out the asteriks. But you'll need to boot to the bootloader and run this command:
fastboot getvar all
to find out your exact model/region/carrier/etc.
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Couldn't find that page, even after taking out the asteriks. But you'll need to boot to the bootloader and run this command:
fastboot getvar all
to find out your exact model/region/carrier/etc.
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I ran the command. See attachment. I don't know how to compare it to ROM.
Here is the link again :
**https**://**drive.**google.**com/folderview?id=0B6WBFlAKqe30eUh3WXB4eURwRjQ&&tid=0B6WBFlAKqe30TjRLa2Qxa0toYlU
If it still fails (wich truly shouldn't) I access it by searching "htc desire 601 stock ROM" on Google and it's the first one, the page is called "Firmware"
Thank you for your help !
Edit : I know why the link fails. It seems xda adds a space somewhere in the link. Need to remove it for the link to work.
black-venomz said:
I ran the command. See attachment. I don't know how to compare it to ROM.
Here is the link again :
**https**://**drive.**google.**com/folderview?id=0B6WBFlAKqe30eUh3WXB4eURwRjQ&&tid=0B6WBFlAKqe30TjRLa2Qxa0toYlU
If it still fails (wich truly shouldn't) I access it by searching "htc desire 601 stock ROM" on Google and it's the first one, the page is called "Firmware"
Thank you for your help !
Edit : I know why the link fails. It seems xda adds a space somewhere in the link. Need to remove it for the link to work.
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I'll look around for it later, but real quick, you probably want to take down the picture since it has your IMEI and Serial Number of the phone listed, for safety's sake.
es0tericcha0s said:
I'll look around for it later, but real quick, you probably want to take down the picture since it has your IMEI and Serial Number of the phone listed, for safety's sake.
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Ok I'll wait ! Thanks for the tip. If you need it for the info, I'll post it again without IMEI/Serial.
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Ok I'll wait ! Thanks for the tip. If you need it for the info, I'll post it again without IMEI/Serial.
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Ok, I think we might be on the right track now...
According to the read out from getvar, you were on 4.2.2. It's also listed as a Rogers phone (I'm assuming there's a direct connection between Fido and Rogers, though being an American, I'm not 100% up to date with Canadian carriers...) so I found the RUU for 4.2.2 (system 1.10.631.8 which you can see in the getvar list) http://www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads/P510 (it won't let me do a direct link for some reason) and pick the Rogers one for 1.10.631.8
This should get you back up and running.
Make sure to relock the bootloader before you run it or it'll fail. You can re-unlock afterwards. Should be able to do "fastboot oem lock" then when ready to unlock again then "fastboot oem unlock" should work since you've already used the bootloader key.
es0tericcha0s said:
Ok, I think we might be on the right track now...
According to the read out from getvar, you were on 4.2.2. It's also listed as a Rogers phone (I'm assuming there's a direct connection between Fido and Rogers, though being an American, I'm not 100% up to date with Canadian carriers...) so I found the RUU for 4.2.2 (system 1.10.631.8 which you can see in the getvar list) http://www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads/P510 (it won't let me do a direct link for some reason) and pick the Rogers one for 1.10.631.8
This should get you back up and running.
Make sure to relock the bootloader before you run it or it'll fail. You can re-unlock afterwards. Should be able to do "fastboot oem lock" then when ready to unlock again then "fastboot oem unlock" should work since you've already used the bootloader key.
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Your a life saver thanks !
I'll make sure to relock.
The only thing is I have no clue how to use this RUU. It's not like a ".exe" that you execute.
The .zip file contains a .tar.gz file, wich contains another .tar file, wich contains binaries I believe.
The readme.txt file talks about using Linux commands but I'm far from an expert.
I'll do a little research on my own since you helped me a lot already, but if you have any tips feel free to share !
Thanks again,
black-venomz
BTW for information purposes,
Fido is indeed a subsidiary brand of Rogers.
black-venomz said:
BTW for information purposes,
Fido is indeed a subsidiary brand of Rogers.
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Ah shoot, I didn't realize it at the time, but that's like the source code, as in, if you wanted to compile a rom for your phone. That actually isn't what we need. :/ I'll have to keep looking...
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Ah shoot, I didn't realize it at the time, but that's like the source code, as in, if you wanted to compile a rom for your phone. That actually isn't what we need. :/ I'll have to keep looking...
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****e. How do people build RUU.exe in the first place ? Can't we build one with these binary files ?
Edit : Did some reading and found out only vendors can make RUU's.
Tried this, found on another thread.
"The RUU is your normal, executable program and does everything for you. The ZIP is an RUU but you have to set the phone up to flash it by using fastboot commands. the process is:
1. Connect phone in fastboot mode
2. Run the command 'fastboot oem rebootRUU'
3. Once the phone is at the HTC screen, you run the command 'fastboot flash zip name_of_zip.zip'
4. It will flash the first part and then give an error and you run the same command as above a second time straight away
5. Once the second flash sequence has finished, you the type 'fastboot reboot' and it will reboot the phone and finish the installation"
It failed, but I didn't relock bootloader yet. Will try that now.
Edit : Also failed with relocked bootloader.
Fastboot error message was :
"(bootloader) signature checking
FAILED (remote : 12 signature verify fail)"
black-venomz said:
Tried this, found on another thread.
"The RUU is your normal, executable program and does everything for you. The ZIP is an RUU but you have to set the phone up to flash it by using fastboot commands. the process is:
1. Connect phone in fastboot mode
2. Run the command 'fastboot oem rebootRUU'
3. Once the phone is at the HTC screen, you run the command 'fastboot flash zip name_of_zip.zip'
4. It will flash the first part and then give an error and you run the same command as above a second time straight away
5. Once the second flash sequence has finished, you the type 'fastboot reboot' and it will reboot the phone and finish the installation"
It failed, but I didn't relock bootloader yet. Will try that now.
Edit : Also failed with relocked bootloader.
Fastboot error message was :
"(bootloader) signature checking
FAILED (remote : 12 signature verify fail)"
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You can flash RUUs like that, but that zip does not house the files you would need. RUUs have to be signed with HTC's special key or it won't work. That's why it was only a 99MB file...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-601/help/rogers-ruu-available-t2836217
https://drive.google.com/folderview...RFdlTWc&tid=0BzrP5DWIlpplWkNROHh6Y3o4UHc#list
es0tericcha0s said:
You can flash RUUs like that, but that zip does not house the files you would need. RUUs have to be signed with HTC's special key or it won't work. That's why it was only a 99MB file...
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Thanks for looking around. Unfortunately the RUU failed (see picture).
I think my phone was updated with Android 4.4.2 when I bought it (recently) so it might be what's causing the error.
I wanted to try with a Telus RUU for 4.4.2 but it's not there..........
I'm starting to lose hope here.
Hello All,
Here is my situation - hopefully there is someone out there that can give me a little help.
I unlocked the boot loader using HTC method, installed TWRP, and then SuperSU. I did a backup with the TWRP, everything was working ok - except I kept getting an error message about the binaries being out of date on the SuperSu. Every time I tried to update them the the update would fail. So.... I went to the play store and installed an updated SuperSu, still no luck same issue.
About that time in the middle of a reboot - the phone got to the white HTC screen and just froze. Finally held the power button down till it started to reboot - got it into recovery and restored the backup. Same issue - goes to white screen and stops - I have left it for over a half hour -nothing...???
I have tried multiple ways of restoring the backup as far as wiping the cach, ect - still nothing.
Help!
Here is a quick update on this
I can still get into recovery - I can mount the sd card and transfer to it and I can still use ADB. so... I found a stock rom flash that was 3.15.651.6 copied it to the sd card then flashed it. Now the phone continually tries to boot reboot, gets to the white screen before going into fast boot - freezes then reboots itself.
Is it a brick? Any suggestions?
What is your hboot version? Are you s-off? What version of twrp are you on, and more importantly, where did you get the twrp from?
Thanks for responding!
HBOOT - 2.09.0000
S-On
TWRP - 2.4.1.0
Radio 1.13.11.0030
OpenDSP-v31.1.0.45.0015 EMMC-Boot
I got the TWRP from a Windriod setup I had used previously to set up old 4g lte about a year ago.
At this point I would be happy to just put it all back stock and then start over. I have never used a RUU but I have read you can install them from fastboot after running a few commands to make it recognize the phone. Has anyone ever done that?
Also - how would I know I was getting the correct RUU for this phone and where would I get it from?
When you're s-on, you have to flash the kernel separately, via adb fastboot.
I think that's what's keeping your phone from booting. Save a copy of the zip to your pc. Unzip the file, then flash the boot.img to your phone while it's in fastboot.
It should boot just fine now. But for the love of God, get s-off afterwards. You might also want to ruu to the new partition format, but that's a matter of preference.
Well , unfortunately that didn't do it.
I have tried a couple of times and also reloaded the zip and re-flashed. I think the problem is that if you watch TWRP as it is installing the zip - it gets to "installing kernel" and then crashes and reboots. I didn't notice it the first time, I thought it was finishing and rebooting but is actually crashing.
Ideas??
Wonder if I could make my own zip file without the kernel folder and flash that?
Or maybe its time to RUU through flashboot and start over?
MrBillH said:
Wonder if I could make my own zip file without the kernel folder and flash that?
Or maybe its time to RUU through flashboot and start over?
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I would RUU to the most recent Android version and get S-off if I were you.
I have never used the RUU before, I have a couple of questions about it
1) Can you RUU through fastboot
2) How would I know what version to use and where can I get one that I know is good?
MrBillH said:
I have never used the RUU before, I have a couple of questions about it
1) Can you RUU through fastboot
2) How would I know what version to use and where can I get one that I know is good?
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1) Yes you can.
2) Click the top link in my sig. Scroll down to the bottom of the first post and look for the link to the Android 4.3 RUU. For installation instructions refer to the RUU section in the same post.
Perfect! Thank you vey much - phone is up and flying again!
I am now unlocked with twrp 2.4.1.0 and SuperSu 2.16
I also updated the software after the RUU to 3.17.651.9.7 - what method of S-off would you recommend and where can I find it?
Sounds like you used the wrong RUU, but at any rate, so long as your phone is up and running, that's all that matters. Hit the top link in my sig again and find the S-off method that corresponds to your current firmware version (Rumrunner or Firewater should work). Links to both exploits are provided in the thread.
i bought the m8 on att froma guy on craigslist i cant figure out how to unroot it ive tried installing skydragon a maximus but i cant get pass the htc boot screen ive tried updating the twrp to the newest and no i dont have a recovery ive even tried downgrading to an older one any help?? edit!! i cant get pass the boot screen i had cwm and tried installing stock att firmware please help
Jduncan312 said:
i bought the m8 on att froma guy on craigslist i cant figure out how to unroot it ive tried installing skydragon a maximus but i cant get pass the htc boot screen ive tried updating the twrp to the newest and no i dont have a recovery ive even tried downgrading to an older one any help?? edit!! i cant get pass the boot screen i had cwm and tried installing stock att firmware please help
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What does your heart really want? Do you want to run custom ROMs and have root or not? It mostly sounds like you may want to return to stock due to lack of understanding and knowledge. That's okay if you want to do that. But kinda against the spirit of XDA!
Relock the bootloader and RUU will return the phone to stock and unrooted.
But it just sounds like you have mismatched firmware (results in long boot times with no boot animation, which some folks mistake for it not being booted).
Also, the newest TWRP require updated hboot, so that is probably the problem there.
If you want the phone rooted, and running a custom ROM: either run a ROM that corresponds with your firmware, or s-off and update your firmware.
What hboot and radio numbers? S-on or S-off?
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What does your heart really want? Do you want to run custom ROMs and have root or not? It mostly sounds like you may want to return to stock due to lack of understanding and knowledge. That's okay if you want to do that. But kinda against the spirit of XDA!
Relock the bootloader and RUU will return the phone to stock and unrooted.
But it just sounds like you have mismatched firmware (results in long boot times with no boot animation, which some folks mistake for it not being booted).
Also, the newest TWRP require updated hboot, so that is probably the problem there.
If you want the phone rooted, and running a custom ROM: either run a ROM that corresponds with your firmware, or s-off and update your firmware.
What hboot and radio numbers? S-on or S-off?
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my hboot is 3.16.0 not sure about the s on and off thing but yeah iw ould love to run roms on it I tried downloading the skydragon 5.0.1 on it but it was stuck at the boot screen im using clockwork mod but I cant get twrp back on because I cant boot into the phone and ive tried everything to install the drivers and ive tried to manually install them also but no luck if you can email me or something to help me out it would be great!! [email protected]
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my hboot is 3.16.0 not sure about the s on and off thing but yeah iw ould love to run roms on it I tried downloading the skydragon 5.0.1 on it but it was stuck at the boot screen im using clockwork mod but I cant get twrp back on because I cant boot into the phone and ive tried everything to install the drivers and ive tried to manually install them also but no luck if you can email me or something to help me out it would be great!! [email protected]
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Holy run-on sentence! Seriously, please take the time to type a proper response with punctuation. Making it easier to read, makes it easier for me to help you. And that is what you want, isn't it???
I don't use my personal email for this type of support. That is what these forums are for.
Skydragon is probably not "stuck" but rather taking an extremely long time to boot (10+ minutes) with no boot animation, which often leads folks to believe its stuck altogether. If you leave it alone, it will probably boot eventually, but you may also find that WiFi is broken. Both are symptoms of the wrong firmware for the ROM you flashed.
Your hboot number also indicates that you don't have the right firmware installed, as firmware includes hboot as well as radio, WiFi, Bluetooth, and other modules.
On the AT&T variant, you will not have any "official" way to update the firmware to anything more up-to-date than 2.x firmware (hboot 3.17). You need 4.x firmware (hboot 3.19) to run the ROM you mentioned. Therefore you need s-off by sunshine (if not s-off already).
You can check s-on or s-off by booting into bootloader, and you will see it says one of the other near the top of the screen.
Alternately, if you don't s-off, you can flash a ROM that corresponds to your firmware. Try the following ROM, but putting the ROM zip on a removable SD card using a card reader connected to your computer (if you have those available). Then boot into recovery,navigate to the file and flash: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2705640
Aside from that, you should really get your USB connectivity issue sorted out. You can't do much without it. Verify no response when you type fastboot devices when the phone is in fastboot mode. If it doesn't respond (should return device ID) then try a different USB cable, and different USB port. If on Windows, try going to Device Manager, finding the phone, and pick the option to manually select the drivers, than pick the USB MTP drivers (not the HTC ones). This will often fix adb/fastboot connectivity issues.