[Q] Can't Get to Recovery, Flashboot doesn't see device

[Q] Can't Get to Recovery, Flashboot doesn't see device - AT&T HTC One (M7)

So I need to appeal to the android gurus of the world. I have an issue that I am having a difficult time sussing out and I am hoping someone else can help me figure it out.
My device is an HTC One M7, rooted, running Insert Coin 3.0.2 (Android 4.4.2), S-On., Hboot 1.44, TWRP Recovery
My problem is I can not access my Recovery and Fastboot isn't seeing my device, so I can not flash a new one. I can get to my phone in adb, just fine, but using flash_image to flash a recovery threw up a -1 error, so flashing recovery through adb appears to be out, as well. If I go to my Bootloader, selecting Recovery simply dumps me back to Fastboot.
I haven't booted into recovery since I installed this Rom, months ago, so I don't know exactly when my Recovery broke. I do know that today, I tried updating TWRP through Flashify and I suspect that may be part of the issue, since Flashify insisted on pulling down the TWRP for the M8 instead of the M7. I didn't catch that little nugget till after I flashed it.
I am pretty well open to anything that might work, but I am not sure what my options are when I can't even get into recovery. A pre-emptive thank you to anyone attempting to help. It should be said that apart from this, the phone works fine. I simply can't get into recovery to update my ROM, anymore.

Ok, I am an idgit. Could a mod move this to the Q&A forum? Apologies.

EqualOpportunityDork said:
So I need to appeal to the android gurus of the world. I have an issue that I am having a difficult time sussing out and I am hoping someone else can help me figure it out.
My device is an HTC One M7, rooted, running Insert Coin 3.0.2 (Android 4.4.2), S-On., Hboot 1.44, TWRP Recovery
My problem is I can not access my Recovery and Fastboot isn't seeing my device, so I can not flash a new one. I can get to my phone in adb, just fine, but using flash_image to flash a recovery threw up a -1 error, so flashing recovery through adb appears to be out, as well. If I go to my Bootloader, selecting Recovery simply dumps me back to Fastboot.
I haven't booted into recovery since I installed this Rom, months ago, so I don't know exactly when my Recovery broke. I do know that today, I tried updating TWRP through Flashify and I suspect that may be part of the issue, since Flashify insisted on pulling down the TWRP for the M8 instead of the M7. I didn't catch that little nugget till after I flashed it.
I am pretty well open to anything that might work, but I am not sure what my options are when I can't even get into recovery. A pre-emptive thank you to anyone attempting to help. It should be said that apart from this, the phone works fine. I simply can't get into recovery to update my ROM, anymore.
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ADB works in an OS or in custom recovery and fastboot works in the bootloader. ADB doesn't work if the phone is in bootloader. I think you will have to run a RUU then go into stock recovery and do a factory reset. Let the phone boot normally then you can start the custom routine. You might also check to see if your ADB & fastboot are up to date. To run the RUU you will have to relock your bootloader since you are S-ON.

Thanks. Yea, I've managed to figure out the difference between adb and fastboot through all this. so plus for learning! However, the only method I have found for relocking my bootloader is through fastboot, which I can't seem to be able to use.
I will see if there's a newer version of fastboot out there, though. hadn't thought of that.

EqualOpportunityDork said:
Thanks. Yea, I've managed to figure out the difference between adb and fastboot through all this. so plus for learning! However, the only method I have found for relocking my bootloader is through fastboot, which I can't seem to be able to use.
I will see if there's a newer version of fastboot out there, though. hadn't thought of that.
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Another quick thought, you wouldn't happen to be using Win 8 are you? If so, Win 8 doesn't see hboot 1.44 you are going to have to use a Win 7, Mac or Linux machine. Sorry, I didn't catch it earlier. Here is a how to for Linux and you don't have to install it permanently on your computer:
HOW TO USE LINUX FOR FASTBOOT & ADB VIA USB
This guide originally posted by @Danny201281
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54272479&postcount=219Linux is your friend; if your drivers are not working the chances of getting them working again without the phone booting are slim. But Linux doesn't need drivers to talk to your device.
Go here: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ and download Universal USB Installer – Easy as 1 2 3
Then go here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04/ and download Ubuntu from the first link at the top that says PC (Intel x86) desktop CD
Then use these files to create a bootable Linux USB drive with at least a 2 GB persistent file for storing files. You'll also probably need to change your boot settings in the computers bios to boot from USB.
MOVING YOUR FILES TO UBUNTU
Once booted you should be at a screen with options to "Try Ubuntu” or "Install Ubuntu". We don’t need to Install anything so just choose "Try Ubuntu" and the computer will boot to the Ubuntu Desktop (If you get a popup saying "system has encountered an error" or something similar just cancel and ignore it, it should have no effect on what we need to do as it is due to missing Linux OS updates we don’t need). On the left of the screen you'll see the Dock. Open the orange folder icon near the top this is the Home folder. It’s where we need to put any files we need to work with such as a rom.zip you want to push to the device or recovery.img files for flashing.
To get your files here is a simple drag and drop process. In the top left of the Home folder you'll see the drive structure of you pc under devices. Choose your PCs hard drive and Right-Click then" Open in a new window". Locate your .zip or .img files and drag them into the home folder. Now wait for the copy process to complete and rename them for easier typing later, e.g., rom.zip, firmware.zip or recovery.img etc.
USING ADB AND FASTBOOT
First you need to install adb fastboot; this is easy just 3 commands in the terminal. Thanks to Webupd8 team.
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
Code:
sudo apt-get update
Code:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
Make sure your connected to the internet and press Ctrl+Alt+T to open the terminal then type or copy and paste the above commands one at a time waiting for each to complete their output. It may seem to have stopped at times but be patient when the prompt returns to normal enter the next command and when there all done you’re ready to use adb and fastboot.
Once you've moved all the files you need to the home folder that’s it you’re ready to go. Close everything down on the desktop (optional) and press Ctrl+Alt+T this will open the terminal now connect your phone with the USB cable. All fastboot commands need to have the "sudo" prefix added at the start, e.g.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img becomes sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot devices becomes sudo fastboot devices
However, adb should work basically the same as on windows. If you do have problems with normal adb commands adding “sudo” can help here as well.
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Dude, you are my hero. I couldn't get fastboot to work, because I had missed the part where I needed to preface it with sudo. I had adb and fastboot running a couple of days ago on my Mint install, but I didn't realize I was missing 4 freaking letters to get it right. Just flashed latest twrp and booted into recovery, no problem.
Thanks again, for the help, even if I should have found that on my own, sooner. I thought I had really hosed something on my phone. Now I can move on to hopefully not screwing something else up.

You could have used flashify to flash a recovery.IMG. free app from app store

I mentioned trying Flashify in the OP.

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Installed wrong ADB and Bootloader, please help

Ok, Im retarted. I got my HTC One and had no clue what I was doing trying to unlock it. Well, I eventually got it unlocked but somehow installed the ADB and Bootloader from my Nexus4 onto it. I cant figure out how I did that or how to get the correct ADB and Bootloader onto the device now.
Can anyone assist me?

HyperM3 said:
Ok, Im retarted. I got my HTC One and had no clue what I was doing trying to unlock it. Well, I eventually got it unlocked but somehow installed the ADB and Bootloader from my Nexus4 onto it. I cant figure out how I did that or how to get the correct ADB and Bootloader onto the device now.
Can anyone assist me?
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well you dont install ADB to your phone, thats on your computer. You may have installed the wrong boot.img but probably not the bootloader. please give more details. list the files you installed to the One.

Ok, so I went out and bought a new laptop since the one I was using was 8 years old running XP and took 5 minutes to open any program.
Anyway, I downloaded the all-in-one-toolkit on the laptop and did a factory reset on the phone. I installed the correct drivers on the computer(hopefully). The phone is still saying its unlocked when I put it in fastboot mode. I have it connected right now and Im trying to install the TWRP but the CMD prompt is just sitting there saying <waiting for device>.
Im the least techie technophile there is apparently. I usually have a friend do all this set up crap on every phone and then I have no problems installing kernels and ROM's after that. Its this beginning crap I always get lost on.
Im seriously so frustrated that Im debating if I even want to keep the phone anymore.

wait because you can't get it install a recovery your going to rage quit ..... dang

CheesyNutz said:
wait because you can't get it install a recovery your going to rage quit ..... dang
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If you have had this phone since Friday and have been working on doing this the whole time, wouldnt you be feeling the same way?? Maybe since you have already done all this you might be able to lend a helping hand.

you're seeing waiting for device because you don't have the drivers installed correctly.
are you on windows 8?
get the drivers from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2135381
then look at the link to how to use adb and fastboot in my signature

gunnyman said:
you're seeing waiting for device because you don't have the drivers installed correctly.
are you on windows 8?
get the drivers from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2135381
then look at the link to how to use adb and fastboot in my signature
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Now Im on W8, never used this operating system before either so Im trying to figure this out as I go. Im a Mac guy(still on Leopard though, dont get me started).
So I used the CMD prompt to unlock the bootloader in the first place. The all in one toolkit is a POS, it doesnt seem to do anything. Anyway, so I went to your link and installed the drivers. All I want to do is root the device so I can install TWRP or vice versa(again, I always had a friend do this).

HyperM3 said:
Now Im on W8, never used this operating system before either so Im trying to figure this out as I go. Im a Mac guy(still on Leopard though, dont get me started).
So I used the CMD prompt to unlock the bootloader in the first place. The all in one toolkit is a POS, it doesnt seem to do anything. Anyway, so I went to your link and installed the drivers. All I want to do is root the device so I can install TWRP or vice versa(again, I always had a friend do this).
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once you have the drivers installed
it's simple and all in ones aren't needed really.
I have a mac too and have to do it all by hand.
follow the directions in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182792
I installed cwm then installed the root.zip.

gunnyman said:
once you have the drivers installed
it's simple and all in ones aren't needed really.
I have a mac too and have to do it all by hand.
follow the directions in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182792
I installed cwm then installed the root.zip.
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Im just extremely computer illiterate apparently. No matter what I do my computer still says device not recognized. When I click on the device manager theres a yellow triangle over "my HTC". I click on it to try to update the drivers and it says they are up to date. I have no clue if thats even important. Im in research overload right now.

Still have access to a Mac? So much easier

gunnyman said:
Still have access to a Mac? So much easier
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Yeah, Im on the mac for all of this research.

HyperM3 said:
Yeah, Im on the mac for all of this research.
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install fastboot and adb for the mac and use it instead
commands are the same, no driver BS to worry about

gunnyman said:
install fastboot and adb for the mac and use it instead
commands are the same, no driver BS to worry about
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I might just have to try that. I went through the whole rigamarole of creating the android folder and in there I put ADB, fastboot, adbwinapi.dll and the TWRP img file. I got the command line open trying to install the TWRP and it just sits there still saying <waiting for device>.

Trust me the mac is much easier

gunnyman said:
Trust me the mac is much easier
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Ok, I have everything hooked up to the mac. When the phone is powered on I can use android file transfer to see all the folders in the phone. When I disconnect the phone, reboot into bootloader and then reconnect the phone, thats where Im lost. No clue what Im supposed to do next.
I have a folder on the desktop with the fastboot, adb and TWRP file in there. Im able to navigate my command prompt to that folder and then.....no clue what next.

HyperM3 said:
Ok, I have everything hooked up to the mac. When the phone is powered on I can use android file transfer to see all the folders in the phone. When I disconnect the phone, reboot into bootloader and then reconnect the phone, thats where Im lost. No clue what Im supposed to do next.
I have a folder on the desktop with the fastboot, adb and TWRP file in there. Im able to navigate my command prompt to that folder and then.....no clue what next.
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ok open a command prompt
use spotlight and type terminal
once terminal is open
cd to the directory you put those files in
for example
cd /Users/Gunnyman/Desktop/files
once you're there
type ls and hit enter
this will give you a list of the files in that directory
you should see fastboot and adb and the recovery image
make sure your recovery is unzipped and says somefilename.img
once you've verified the files are there
type ./fastboot devices
you should see a serial number there
if it isn't there make sure you see fastboot when you did the ls command from before
next is installing the recovery
the command is ./fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
after that completes completely power down your phone
power it back up and when it boots type ./adb reboot bootloader
from there choose recovery and recovery should boot
sometimes this takes a couple of tries to make it stick.
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gunnyman said:
ok open a command prompt
use spotlight and type terminal
once terminal is open
cd to the directory you put those files in
for example
cd /Users/Gunnyman/Desktop/files
once you're there
type ls and hit enter
this will give you a list of the files in that directory
you should see fastboot and adb and the recovery image
make sure your recovery is unzipped and says somefilename.img
once you've verified the files are there
type ./fastboot devices
you should see a serial number there
if it isn't there make sure you see fastboot when you did the ls command from before
next is installing the recovery
the command is ./fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
after that completes completely power down your phone
power it back up and when it boots type ./adb reboot bootloader
from there choose recovery and recovery should boot
sometimes this takes a couple of tries to make it stick.
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installing the root is as simple as dragging the root.zip or whatever it's called onto your phone rebooting to recovery and installing it

gunnyman said:
ok open a command prompt
use spotlight and type terminal
once terminal is open
cd to the directory you put those files in
for example
cd /Users/Gunnyman/Desktop/files
once you're there
type ls and hit enter
this will give you a list of the files in that directory
you should see fastboot and adb and the recovery image
make sure your recovery is unzipped and says somefilename.img
once you've verified the files are there
type ./fastboot devices
you should see a serial number there
if it isn't there make sure you see fastboot when you did the ls command from before
next is installing the recovery
the command is ./fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
after that completes completely power down your phone
power it back up and when it boots type ./adb reboot bootloader
from there choose recovery and recovery should boot
sometimes this takes a couple of tries to make it stick.
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installing the root is as simple as dragging the root.zip or whatever it's called onto your phone rebooting to recovery and installing it
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I was good up until this failed:
Macintosh-2:android HyperM3$ ls
adb openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-m7.img
fastboot
Macintosh-2:android HyperM3$ ./fastboot devices
HT348W907962 fastboot
Macintosh-2:android HyperM3$ ./fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-m7.img
sending 'recovery' (0 KB)...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.000s

That looks like a bad.download of the recovery. It shouldn't say 0 kb. Your command looks right

gunnyman said:
That looks like a bad.download of the recovery. It shouldn't say 0 kb. Your command looks right
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I didnt even notice that 0 file size. Just downloaded it again and followed your steps. Totally worked and Im looking at TWRP on my phone right now. Thank you for your patience and rocking ability to walk me through this. Is there anyway I can donate to you for something? I cant click "thank you" for your posts enough.

Happy to help. No donations necessary.

Help!!! My Rezound got bricked!! :'(

Ok... This is my 4th android phone.. And I love this phone... And only had it for a week.... and just now got it bricked.... here's what happen... Today I tried to flash a sense 4.1 rom, but im so new at this, and I'm half way done, and I went in a rush because I was nervous, and I accidentally press "install and keep data" and that was my mistake. I factory reset it b4 so I tried to flash it... So I thought it wouldn't be a problem. So I waited till the phone finish flashing. And when I rebooted the phone.... Nothing happened, just stuck on the white screen.... vibrating and etc... And I tried to restore all my data in clockworkmod recovery like I never even tried flashed it.. and it kept saying "won't mount sd card" and I tried to clear my cache/dalvik-cache, and like it still wont fix the issue. I even tried to restore wat I backup b4 I tried to flash it... and It was gone!!! Even my windows 8 laptop won't even detect my resound nor my sd card(unless its on a different android). But How can I fix my Rezound?!? plzzzz How can I fix this soft bricked issue? pllzzzzzzz help!!!

Im assuming you already have adb installed
Download this file
http://www.mediafire.com/download/oa2sjlvrecx0wdn/recovery-ra-vigor-3.16-gnm.img.zip
Extract the recovery img
Put it in the adb folder
Load into fastboot
Open up the terminal
Put "cd" then hit space
Drag and drop the adb folder into the terminal window then hit enter
Now use this command to flash that recovery "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (without the quotation marks)
Now go into recovery Find "format data system cache ect."
Go to format all to ext3 once that is done hit return
Flash your prefered rom from the flash menu and all that
Once you are done return to the main menu and go to "developer menu"
Then reboot to bootloader
Now go into your rom that you downloaded on your pc and find the rom now open it and get the boot.img
Copy the boot.img file to your adb folder
Open up terminal again and this time use the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" in terminal its going to say sending then writing usually takes a couple of seconds
now just go to the reboot option and your rom should work
Now remember that since you are s on you need to get the boot.img file from EVERY rom you install and flash it thru the terminal in order to get your rom working

xkjonathanxk said:
Im assuming you already have adb installed
Download this file
http://www.mediafire.com/download/oa2sjlvrecx0wdn/recovery-ra-vigor-3.16-gnm.img.zip
Extract the recovery img
Put it in the adb folder
Load into fastboot
Open up the terminal
Put "cd" then hit space
Drag and drop the adb folder into the terminal window then hit enter
Now use this command to flash that recovery "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (without the quotation marks)
Now go into recovery Find "format data system cache ect."
Go to format all to ext3 once that is done hit return
Flash your prefered rom from the flash menu and all that
Once you are done return to the main menu and go to "developer menu"
Then reboot to bootloader
Now go into your rom that you downloaded on your pc and find the rom now open it and get the boot.img
Copy the boot.img file to your adb folder
Open up terminal again and this time use the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" in terminal its going to say sending then writing usually takes a couple of seconds
now just go to the reboot option and your rom should work
Now remember that since you are s on you need to get the boot.img file from EVERY rom you install and flash it thru the terminal in order to get your rom working
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If you are S-ON, you are likely not bricked, it's almost impossible to completely brick when you are S-ON.
Why do people keep telling occasional flashers that are S-ON to do this?!?!? It is the hard way, also don't use Amon Ra, is it outdated and known to cause issues with current ROMs, use TWRP or CWM recovery!!! Also, verify your ROM is specifically for the HTC Rezound, check the Developer threads here and make sure it is stable and widely used unless you really know what you are doing.
Although xkjonathanxk is on the right track, he is making more complicated than it needs to be...
- Download the first link in the first post of this thread and place it on the root of your SD card: [Tool] - 3/24 - CleanWIPE 1.0 - Wipe 5 or 10x before ROM install! - 1heffer Edition! (CleanWIPE formats all the necessary partitions for you, and prepares the phone for a new ROM)
- Download TWRP or CWM Rececovery (one of the first two links in post 1) and extract the recovery*.img and place it in the adb folder that contains fastboot.
- Download a tested and verified ROM of choice and place it on the root of your SD card
- Now, reboot into fastboot, remove battery and hold down Power and Vol Dn, once the menu comes up select Fastboot and press power, connect phone to PC
- In ADB enter the command "fastboot devices", if it shows a device continue, if not report back please
- Now enter the command "fastboot boot recovery.img" and TWRP (or CWM) should open on the device in a few seconds (replace recovery.img with whatever the name of the xxxx.img file is from TWRP or CWM archive)
- Install the CleanWIPE zip from above
- Install ROM zip image
- Reboot and enjoy the goodness
Remember to give the ROM some time to settle down on the first boot, and that the first boot can take a long time, like a painfully wrong "WTF did I do to ruin my device!" long time, but give it a solid 10 minutes before doing anything else.

@acejavelin
acejavelin said:
If you are S-ON, you are likely not bricked, it's almost impossible to completely brick when you are S-ON.
Why do people keep telling occasional flashers that are S-ON to do this?!?!? It is the hard way, also don't use Amon Ra, is it outdated and known to cause issues with current ROMs, use TWRP or CWM recovery!!! Also, verify your ROM is specifically for the HTC Rezound, check the Developer threads here and make sure it is stable and widely used unless you really know what you are doing.
Although xkjonathanxk is on the right track, he is making more complicated than it needs to be...
- Download the first link in the first post of this thread and place it on the root of your SD card: [Tool] - 3/24 - CleanWIPE 1.0 - Wipe 5 or 10x before ROM install! - 1heffer Edition! (CleanWIPE formats all the necessary partitions for you, and prepares the phone for a new ROM)
- Download TWRP or CWM Rececovery (one of the first two links in post 1) and extract the recovery*.img and place it in the adb folder that contains fastboot.
- Download a tested and verified ROM of choice and place it on the root of your SD card
- Now, reboot into fastboot, remove battery and hold down Power and Vol Dn, once the menu comes up select Fastboot and press power, connect phone to PC
- In ADB enter the command "fastboot devices", if it shows a device continue, if not report back please
- Now enter the command "fastboot boot recovery.img" and TWRP (or CWM) should open on the device in a few seconds (replace recovery.img with whatever the name of the xxxx.img file is from TWRP or CWM archive)
- Install the CleanWIPE zip from above
- Install ROM zip image
- Reboot and enjoy the goodness
Remember to give the ROM some time to settle down on the first boot, and that the first boot can take a long time, like a painfully wrong "WTF did I do to ruin my device!" long time, but give it a solid 10 minutes before doing anything else.
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I really appreciate your help and everything. So i thank you. But Like i said im running windows 8, it wont detect my rezound or my sd card, the only time the pc is able to detect the sd card is when im able to mount my sd card to CWM. But it really wont detect it.... help me again

Multidex24 said:
I really appreciate your help and everything. So i thank you. But Like i said im running windows 8, it wont detect my rezound or my sd card, the only time the pc is able to detect the sd card is when im able to mount my sd card to CWM. But it really wont detect it.... help me again
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Ubuntu Live CD... Windows not required.
Sent from my HTC Aria (Liberty) running CM 7.2 using xda app-developers app

Dont know how to work ubuntu.. help again
acejavelin said:
Ubuntu Live CD... Windows not required.
Sent from my HTC Aria (Liberty) running CM 7.2 using xda app-developers app
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lol its the good thing i know how to make a dual os between win8 and ubuntu, but heres another problem, i dont even know how to work ubuntu...
i think my pc can detect the rezound. But idek how to work ubuntu, plzzzz help!!

Multidex24 said:
lol its the good thing i know how to make a dual os between win8 and ubuntu, but heres another problem, i dont even know how to work ubuntu...
i think my pc can detect the rezound. But idek how to work ubuntu, plzzzz help!!
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For the things you need to do, its not much different than Windows. Download and install adb, copy images to same places, and the commands are pretty much the same. If you can dualboot you obviously have some knowledge of such things.
If this is all do difficult, just grab a thumb drive, put mini-adb, recovery.img, and your ROM on it and go to a buddies computer with Win7 for 20 minutes and get it done that way.
I know this seems like a huge, potentially fatal problem, but it is minor...
Another thought I had... Download TWRP, go into CWM recovery and copy the TWRP file and ROM to the sd card, and FLASH TWRP recovery ZIP with CWM recovery, reboot into recovery and you will then be on TWRP and you can use TWRP's HTC Dumlock to flash the ROM and the boot.img without a PC at all... In theory, it should work.
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[Q] No android-info.txt & android-product.txt ~I Need Help~

Hey everyone,
This is my first time posting to the forums. I have been trying to get everything done without having to ask questions since there are so many all over the place and I can see how it can get tiring trying to help everyone when their may be an answer out there already if you look. However, I have ran into an issue that I can't seem to find much information on. I have the HTC Rezound that is S-On (apparently you need a Linux machine to get S-Off which I don't have. Using Windows 7.) and have been using fastboot to get things done. I have unlocked the bootloader and have installed the 'Amon Ra' recovery and setup Superuser and SU. As far as I know, I have to use ROM's that are S-On friendly (right?) and I chose to try out 'EclipticRez' and later 'Talon'.
As I tried to flash the ROM's through fastboot it fails with the following errors every time and I cannot continue:
archive does not contain android-info.txt
archive does not contain android-product.txt
From what I found is that it may be a bad download of the ROM. Maybe.... But it happened consecutively with two different ROM downloads.
I also read that maybe the recovery wasn't setup, which as far as I know it is. Should I use a different recovery? Everyone usually references to using CWM, which I wouldn't mind using but I couldn't figure out how to get SU access.
Can I just create the files myself? They are only txt files after all.
If anyone can help me with this I will be so grateful! I'm pretty new to this and it has definitely been a fun learning experience for me
Much thanks in advance!

Strikerz87 said:
Hey everyone,
This is my first time posting to the forums. I have been trying to get everything done without having to ask questions since there are so many all over the place and I can see how it can get tiring trying to help everyone when their may be an answer out there already if you look. However, I have ran into an issue that I can't seem to find much information on. I have the HTC Rezound that is S-On (apparently you need a Linux machine to get S-Off which I don't have. Using Windows 7.) and have been using fastboot to get things done. I have unlocked the bootloader and have installed the 'Amon Ra' recovery and setup Superuser and SU. As far as I know, I have to use ROM's that are S-On friendly (right?) and I chose to try out 'EclipticRez' and later 'Talon'.
As I tried to flash the ROM's through fastboot it fails with the following errors every time and I cannot continue:
archive does not contain android-info.txt
archive does not contain android-product.txt
From what I found is that it may be a bad download of the ROM. Maybe.... But it happened consecutively with two different ROM downloads.
I also read that maybe the recovery wasn't setup, which as far as I know it is. Should I use a different recovery? Everyone usually references to using CWM, which I wouldn't mind using but I couldn't figure out how to get SU access.
Can I just create the files myself? They are only txt files after all.
If anyone can help me with this I will be so grateful! I'm pretty new to this and it has definitely been a fun learning experience for me
Much thanks in advance!
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1) Switch to TWRP or CWM for your recovery.
2) You install the rom zip via recovery.
3) You then need to fastboot flash the kernel from the rom zip you downloaded. You don't install the whole rom via fastboot.
To borrow from the CM11 thread.
- Place the boot.img into the platform-tools folder of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Boot to the bootloader.
- Ensure your device is connected to your computer and that your device is now in fastboot mode. This is a white screen and it says fastboot on it.
- Open a Terminal (OSX or Linux) or CMD window (Windows) and cd to the platform-tools directory of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Issue this command to flash the boot.img we placed in the platform-tools folder earlier:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
- Watch the output of the terminal, it should say something like "sent successfully".
- Finally send this command:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Since you're s-on, you'll need to do this whenever you install a new rom. Using these steps, you can install any rom you want.

Solved!
Thank you, Mjones, I finally got it! I knew it was much easier than I was making it out to be. I was missing the kernel! Yeah, a crucial part in the process, I know
I first ran CWM and flashed the ROM over and ran the .zip through recovery (which I couldn't understand at first as I could never find it in the directory) but the installer would only go 50% and would fail... makes sense why now lol
I later flashed TWRP and backed up again after recovering from the fail. I flashed over the kernel and voila! So simple... Had to slap myself.
Thanks again! Case solved.
REV3NT3CH, that is sweet!! I have been hoping there is a way to gain s-off with Windows. I have 7 at work and 8.1 (which I can't get anything to work on) at home. I actually have to focus on work today haha so I'll look into the method and try it out tomorrow if I can. Thanks for all of the help.

mjones73 said:
1) Switch to TWRP or CWM for your recovery.
2) You install the rom zip via recovery.
3) You then need to fastboot flash the kernel from the rom zip you downloaded. You don't install the whole rom via fastboot.
To borrow from the CM11 thread.
- Place the boot.img into the platform-tools folder of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Boot to the bootloader.
- Ensure your device is connected to your computer and that your device is now in fastboot mode. This is a white screen and it says fastboot on it.
- Open a Terminal (OSX or Linux) or CMD window (Windows) and cd to the platform-tools directory of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Issue this command to flash the boot.img we placed in the platform-tools folder earlier:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
- Watch the output of the terminal, it should say something like "sent successfully".
- Finally send this command:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Since you're s-on, you'll need to do this whenever you install a new rom. Using these steps, you can install any rom you want.
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Thank You So much, Mine case also Resolved. I was too frustated sice last 3 days cause my phone was in dead mode. At the end, fastboot flash boot boot.img Worked. ThankYOu

mjones73 said:
1) Switch to TWRP or CWM for your recovery.
2) You install the rom zip via recovery.
3) You then need to fastboot flash the kernel from the rom zip you downloaded. You don't install the whole rom via fastboot.
To borrow from the CM11 thread.
- Place the boot.img into the platform-tools folder of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Boot to the bootloader.
- Ensure your device is connected to your computer and that your device is now in fastboot mode. This is a white screen and it says fastboot on it.
- Open a Terminal (OSX or Linux) or CMD window (Windows) and cd to the platform-tools directory of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Issue this command to flash the boot.img we placed in the platform-tools folder earlier:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
- Watch the output of the terminal, it should say something like "sent successfully".
- Finally send this command:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Since you're s-on, you'll need to do this whenever you install a new rom. Using these steps, you can install any rom you want.
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I need to be able to do it via fastboot, as my Motorola Electrify M is stuck in a bootloop and there's no way I could find to boot into recovery. I'm using ./fastboot update name_of_update.zip and it is an official OTA .zip but I still get this error. Any suggestions?

ecols33 said:
I need to be able to do it via fastboot, as my Motorola Electrify M is stuck in a bootloop and there's no way I could find to boot into recovery. I'm using ./fastboot update name_of_update.zip and it is an official OTA .zip but I still get this error. Any suggestions?
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Sorry, don't know anything about that phone.

ecols33 said:
I need to be able to do it via fastboot, as my Motorola Electrify M is stuck in a bootloop and there's no way I could find to boot into recovery. I'm using ./fastboot update name_of_update.zip and it is an official OTA .zip but I still get this error. Any suggestions?
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Did you try this first? (Right from Moto's site)
Perform a factory reset using external keys
1. Power off the phone, press and hold volume down button, press power button
2. Screen will come up with "Fastboot", press Vol down key to cycle through choices until you get "Android Recovery", then press Vol up key
3. Wait for the "triangle ! / Android" screen then go on to step 4
4. Press both Vol up and Vol down key simultaneously. A menu will come up
5. Tap on Vol down key until "wipe data/factory reset" is highlighted, and tap Power key. Another Confirmation screen will come. Tap on Vol down key until coming to Yes and tap Power key
6. After userdata is cleared, the "reboot system now" option will be highlighted by Default. Tap Power key
7. Phone will reboot to initial setup screen.

PLEASE HELP! I have a Huawei P8 and I tried to update to android 6.0 (GRA-L09xxxxxxxxxxxB317 or something) Went to install it and now im stuck in bootloop (a very annoying one, I can rarely get into eRecovery and eRecovery is not able to fix my problem: "Getting package info failed") so I went into fastboot&rescue mode and I did the flash thing via my PC (that Fastboot flash boot boot.img etc.) but I get this error saying: "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)" for any image im trying to flash. My fastboot/bootloader or whatever it's called is locked my android is unrooted and stock android. I don't know how to unlock it I can't find anything anywhere.. HELP ME

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hariom.gupta11 said:

Thank You So much, Mine case also Resolved. I was too frustated sice last 3 days cause my phone was in dead mode. At the end, fastboot flash boot boot.img Worked. ThankYOu
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not working on my 4c. write successful but when reboot is completed it goes to previous state.
"the user data partition can no longer be used"

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L0RDZ3RO said:
PLEASE HELP! I have a Huawei P8 and I tried to update to android 6.0 (GRA-L09xxxxxxxxxxxB317 or something) Went to install it and now im stuck in bootloop (a very annoying one, I can rarely get into eRecovery and eRecovery is not able to fix my problem: "Getting package info failed") so I went into fastboot&rescue mode and I did the flash thing via my PC (that Fastboot flash boot boot.img etc.) but I get this error saying: "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)" for any image im trying to flash. My fastboot/bootloader or whatever it's called is locked my android is unrooted and stock android. I don't know how to unlock it I can't find anything anywhere.. HELP ME
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I have same problem on asus zenfone max pro m1 I bought it online said used and now working
can't boot into recovery.
can't boot into system.
Only EDL Mode and Fastboot Mode, but fastboot is Locked whic I cant unlock because I cannot boot into system to toggle USB Debugging and allow OEM unlocking
Qualcomm is harder to flash than MTK that can use SP FlashTool.
on this I use QFIL but keeps "sahara error". I tried searching and try moving firmware file to bin but no Luck. I'm currently trying different version of QFIL Tool.
If it FAILS my only HOPE is to use MUT-QCfire which will Require a "SmartCardReader" Which is a bit pricey and I don't even know if it will work on my device.

[Q] Question about rooting

So I recently had my phone temporarily rooted via weaksauce, however, after updating to Sense 6 with the Verizon OTA update, weaksauce will not root properly and it continues to fail. Is there no way to fix this or am I missing something with the OTA update? I sort of need to use weaksauce because I am not confident in my rooting ability to be able to restore the phone to factory when I turn it in for an upgrade in a few months.

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I would start over. The posts on how to root are very good. There are also youtube videos you can watch. It really is very easy to root this device. if nothing else load a program called team viewer on your computer and I will root it for you, but I want you to try first. You will use something called rumrunner. PM me if you need help

AlphaMons said:
So I recently had my phone temporarily rooted via weaksauce, however, after updating to Sense 6 with the Verizon OTA update, weaksauce will not root properly and it continues to fail. Is there no way to fix this or am I missing something with the OTA update? I sort of need to use weaksauce because I am not confident in my rooting ability to be able to restore the phone to factory when I turn it in for an upgrade in a few months.
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I would second that. If you are going to root a phone for the first time this is the one to start with. It is extremely well documented and this is a very helpful forum. I had the same feelings when I started (HTC Wildfire) back in the day and I did about everything wrong but in the end figured it out. Now there a several helpful threads and videos as stated above. I would recommend that you do a dry run, have everything together and go through the steps one by one in your mind or on paper before doing the actual root. You may miss something but your odds are better. Trust yourself I thoroughly believe any can root this phone and it's easier than you think and the value besides learning of the great ROMs that are here etc. is well worth it. Even if you temp root it you are going to have to know what to do to get it back before you turn it in so the knowledge will be necessary.

Are you on hboot 2.49

statmonkey said:
I would second that. If you are going to root a phone for the first time this is the one to start with. It is extremely well documented and this is a very helpful forum. I had the same feelings when I started (HTC Wildfire) back in the day and I did about everything wrong but in the end figured it out. Now there a several helpful threads and videos as stated above. I would recommend that you do a dry run, have everything together and go through the steps one by one in your mind or on paper before doing the actual root. You may miss something but your odds are better. Trust yourself I thoroughly believe any can root this phone and it's easier than you think and the value besides learning of the great ROMs that are here etc. is well worth it. Even if you temp root it you are going to have to know what to do to get it back before you turn it in so the knowledge will be necessary.
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rumrunner will not work if he's on the ota update of sense 6, he will have to flash a custom recovery, do a nandroid backup, flash vipermax rom, and run firewater.
as to the OP, it's very easy to do, follow the guides for setting up SDK/ADB, download the appropriate custom recovery for your device (i personally like TWRP the best), place that file in your adb folder that you made from the SDK/ADB guide, unlock your bootloader if not already (i did mine via HTCdev, they have a guide). then boot into the bootloader via power+vol down, scroll with volume keys, and select with power button, go to fastboot, plug in your usb cable to your computer, if you have the drivers it will change on your device "fastboot usb". then open up a command prompt in your SDK/ADB folder (do this by shift+right click in the folder and select open command prompt here). in your command prompt type in "adb devices" to make sure your drivers are right and it see's your device. now type in "fastboot oem rebootRUU", your phone will go to a black screen that says HTC on it. now type in "fastboot flash recovery "put the name of the recovery file here".img", then after that completes without any errors, type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" press the power button with bootloader selected, scroll to recovery and press power button, once you're in recovery, do a nand backup of your stock rom, after you've done that while still in recovery, i would strongly suggest saving this backup file to your computer, you can do this in ADB by typing in "adb pull /sdcard/TWRP" and it will pull the entire directory with your backup in it.
to gain s-off and fullroot, download vipermax rom for your device, while in recovery still, you can put the rom zip file in your ADB folder, and in ADB type "adb push "Name of the zip file" /sdcard" and it will copy and paste the rom zip to your sd card, once you see it finish in the command prompt, click on install on your phone, scroll to the zip file and click on it.
when the phone boots up, make sure you connect to wifi and go through the setup, once that is done download the Firewater file, and follow the instructions. and you should get s-off, now in adb type "adb reboot recovery" and then click on restore, and restore your stock rom, now you're stock rooted, with s-off.
set up ADB guide/download here http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...mctr=(not provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=226534558
TWRP guid/download here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498746
Vipermax rom download here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596938
Firewater guide/downloade here http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/
And i think that should be it, if after you do this and want to flash back stock recovery it's pretty simple, find and download the recovery image for the version of rom, you're using, for instance, your ota update should or will probably be in your downloads folder, if you open it with zip, (i use winrar) you will find a zip in it named "Firmware.zip" open it up, and you will see a file named recovery, extract it to your ADB Folder, boot into the "Fastboot oem rebootRUU", then simply type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" let that finish, then type "fastboot reboot" and it will start your phone, and now you'll have the stock recovery and be able to receive and install future OTA updates, if there is any. >.<

mrkrowely said:
rumrunner will not work if he's on the ota update of sense 6, he will have to flash a custom recovery, do a nandroid backup, flash vipermax rom, and run firewater.
as to the OP, it's very easy to do, follow the guides for setting up SDK/ADB, download the appropriate custom recovery for your device (i personally like TWRP the best), place that file in your adb folder that you made from the SDK/ADB guide, unlock your bootloader if not already (i did mine via HTCdev, they have a guide). then boot into the bootloader via power+vol down, scroll with volume keys, and select with power button, go to fastboot, plug in your usb cable to your computer, if you have the drivers it will change on your device "fastboot usb". then open up a command prompt in your SDK/ADB folder (do this by shift+right click in the folder and select open command prompt here). in your command prompt type in "adb devices" to make sure your drivers are right and it see's your device. now type in "fastboot oem rebootRUU", your phone will go to a black screen that says HTC on it. now type in "fastboot flash recovery "put the name of the recovery file here".img", then after that completes without any errors, type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" press the power button with bootloader selected, scroll to recovery and press power button, once you're in recovery, do a nand backup of your stock rom, after you've done that while still in recovery, i would strongly suggest saving this backup file to your computer, you can do this in ADB by typing in "adb pull /sdcard/TWRP" and it will pull the entire directory with your backup in it.
to gain s-off and fullroot, download vipermax rom for your device, while in recovery still, you can put the rom zip file in your ADB folder, and in ADB type "adb push "Name of the zip file" /sdcard" and it will copy and paste the rom zip to your sd card, once you see it finish in the command prompt, click on install on your phone, scroll to the zip file and click on it.
when the phone boots up, make sure you connect to wifi and go through the setup, once that is done download the Firewater file, and follow the instructions. and you should get s-off, now in adb type "adb reboot recovery" and then click on restore, and restore your stock rom, now you're stock rooted, with s-off.
set up ADB guide/download here http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...mctr=(not provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=226534558
TWRP guid/download here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498746
Vipermax rom download here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596938
Firewater guide/downloade here http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/
And i think that should be it, if after you do this and want to flash back stock recovery it's pretty simple, find and download the recovery image for the version of rom, you're using, for instance, your ota update should or will probably be in your downloads folder, if you open it with zip, (i use winrar) you will find a zip in it named "Firmware.zip" open it up, and you will see a file named recovery, extract it to your ADB Folder, boot into the "Fastboot oem rebootRUU", then simply type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" let that finish, then type "fastboot reboot" and it will start your phone, and now you'll have the stock recovery and be able to receive and install future OTA updates, if there is any. >.<
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Really an excellent post it's nice to have all that in one place. I also was unable to get rumrunner to work and have used firewater quite successfully (which was part of what I was trying to point out above). Also, I was unable to get HTCdev to unlock my phone. That may or may not be about me. I am a Linux person and I think I might have had the wrong adb/fastboot at the time. The one in the android sdk did not work for me but for anyone on LInux who is interested the one in this link did http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-max/help/andrenaline-rom-constant-reboot-t2853591
Once again, excellent summary, I will be bookmarking this for later.

I think all of the above info is great and everyone trying to help is awesome. However I really liked having a soft root via weaksauce for a very limited amount of apps like titanium backup and root explorer. So am I to understand that there is no newer Weaksauce or similar available for 4.4.2 and sense 6?
Enjoyment to the MAX!

bryanfritz1 said:
I think all of the above info is great and everyone trying to help is awesome. However I really liked having a soft root via weaksauce for a very limited amount of apps like titanium backup and root explorer. So am I to understand that there is no newer Weaksauce or similar available for 4.4.2 and sense 6?
Enjoyment to the MAX!
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As far as I am aware firewater still works. I used it just a few days ago and just saw a post today http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-max/help/gain-s-off-t2849836 although he doesn't clearly state that he was using sense 6,

[Q] I kinda messed up...

I kinda messed up about a month ago, I was wanting to root my HTC One so I could try some custom ROMS and experience other cool stuff
However, Me, feeling nervous decided to go the Cyanogenmod Installer route (You know this isn't gonna end well). And so I plugged in my device and everything was good and fine until It was unlocking my bootloader, it seemed to do the HTCDev one, I got the option to unlock it or lock it, and as soon as the device restarted the phone disconnected.
Some apps went missing, however I recently had a talk to a friend who said that is normal, and he recommended me to come here to get some help.
I can boot into the bootloader where you can go into fastboot and stuff, I can factory reset through the Android OS once its booted, however when I enter recovery in the bootloader, the screen goes black and a red exclamation mark shows up for about 5-10 minutes and then the device reboots into Android.
The same thing happens when I try to get Over the air updates, I can still get OTA updates, they just don't install.
So what I'm looking for is, can I relock my device and get it back to how it was before I ran Cyanogenmod installer and then maybe I can try root it manually and have more control over the situation.
I hope you guys can help me and I hope I can find a place on this forum
Thanks in advance guys!

First of all, it seems you shouldn't have started to mess with this at all...
now to fix this...
Download the latest recovery of your choice e.a. twrp. @ http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7 the normal one is the m7 i suppose? else go to the right section...
save it to your /sdcard directly or move it there. than for the eaz just rename it to twrp.img
open an terminal if installed on your device and type
su
than
dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p34 (note command for the m7)
if you however don't have the capability to install an app because of missing gapps... which sounds like it...
install adb/fastboot on your pc with the htc drivers..
download the recovery image with your pc and rename it to twrp.img and put it at your fastboot file
turn off your device
keep holding volume down until a menu shows up
select fastboot from the menu
attach the device to your pc
open cmd and type fastboot devices (to see if you actually installed the right driver... and that it's recognizing it)
if it does
type:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
if that all succeeded, you can download gapps for the android version your using or flash something else with the working recovery..
goodluck!

Hawkysoft said:
First of all, it seems you shouldn't have started to mess with this at all...
now to fix this...
Download the latest recovery of your choice e.a. twrp. @ (It prevented me posting links) the normal one is the m7 i suppose? else go to the right section...
save it to your /sdcard directly or move it there. than for the eaz just rename it to twrp.img
open an terminal if installed on your device and type
su
than
dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p34 (note command for the m7)
if you however don't have the capability to install an app because of missing gapps... which sounds like it...
install adb/fastboot on your pc with the htc drivers..
download the recovery image with your pc and rename it to twrp.img and put it at your fastboot file
turn off your device
keep holding volume down until a menu shows up
select fastboot from the menu
attach the device to your pc
open cmd and type fastboot devices (to see if you actually installed the right driver... and that it's recognizing it)
if it does
type:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
if that all succeeded, you can download gapps for the android version your using or flash something else with the working recovery..
goodluck!
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Thank you! Will there be a risk in ruining my device?
And thank you once again! I definitley shouldn't have messed with this, but you gotta start somewhere right?
If I never took the risk of building my own computer then I never could have done it Its how we learn.
Anyways, I'm not sure about the terminal bit, I don't run linux and I don't have a mac? So, how would I have access to the terminal. Unless I somehow got it on my device (I don't know how to do that).
And one more question, once I've done the things you've told me to do I can just put Cyanogenmod on it?
Thanks once again
Oh, and I have got Gapps, if my Gapps you mean Google Apps, yes I have I've got Google play services, Google play, hangouts etc.

Thank you! Will there be a risk in ruining my device?
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Further than now? i highly doubt it... unless you totally put in a wrong recovery which magically wud fk up the partitions?
And thank you once again! I definitley shouldn't have messed with this, but you gotta start somewhere right?
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True, but babysteps mate...
Anyways, I'm not sure about the terminal bit, I don't run linux and I don't have a mac? So, how would I have access to the terminal. Unless I somehow got it on my device (I don't know how to do that).
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Terminal should be on the phone, if not use command prompt in windows... u need to do a little research on the m7 forums which driver you need they probably have an m7 toolkit again if the one is the m7, as far as i knew it is.. than you could put the recovery.img in the folder of fastboot.exe and go there with command prompt and do what i've written before
And one more question, once I've done the things you've told me to do I can just put Cyanogenmod on it?
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erhm ofcourse you can, however just download the rom instead of an installer...
p.s. you got gapps.. install an emulator oh... better solution... install flashify download the latest twrp and install it with that if u have proper root that is!

Hawkysoft said:
Further than now? i highly doubt it... unless you totally put in a wrong recovery which magically wud fk up the partitions?
True, but babysteps mate...
Terminal should be on the phone, if not use command prompt in windows... u need to do a little research on the m7 forums which driver you need they probably have an m7 toolkit again if the one is the m7, as far as i knew it is.. than you could put the recovery.img in the folder of fastboot.exe and go there with command prompt and do what i've written before
erhm ofcourse you can, however just download the rom instead of an installer...
p.s. you got gapps.. install an emulator oh... better solution... install flashify download the latest twrp and install it with that if u have proper root that is!
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Thanks I don't have root, I've run rootchecker, and it says I don't have root.
And what if I do Cyanogenmod but I want to go back to HTC Sense (Doubt it though)
Will instlaling the recovery root my device? If not, how will I root it?
Oh and, how do I get fastboot and ADB?

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