Hey guys, I just got this phone yesterday (I know I am super behind on the times, but broke my last phone and can not afford a new phone so was given this one). It is on a stock ROM (ICS 4.0.4) I plan to root (which I have done with numerous HTC & Samsung devices) but need a little assistance on this one....
This is my first time with a Thunderbolt and this damn thing will just NOT "give up the goods" when it comes to getting the hBoot version. I've tried Vol Down + Power and it booted normally.....I then tried Vol Down & Vol Up + Power and it booted normally (kept them held in and went into a "Safe Mode" but still no recovery or hBoot version shown).
For the life of me I can not get this damn thing into recovery to show me which hBoot it has, any help on getting it into Recovery Mode would be GREATLY appreciated..
Z3ldaFan88 said:
Hey guys, I just got this phone yesterday (I know I am super behind on the times, but broke my last phone and can not afford a new phone so was given this one). It is on a stock ROM (ICS 4.0.4) I plan to root (which I have done with numerous HTC & Samsung devices) but need a little assistance on this one....
This is my first time with a Thunderbolt and this damn thing will just NOT "give up the goods" when it comes to getting the hBoot version. I've tried Vol Down + Power and it booted normally.....I then tried Vol Down & Vol Up + Power and it booted normally (kept them held in and went into a "Safe Mode" but still no recovery or hBoot version shown).
For the life of me I can not get this damn thing into recovery to show me which hBoot it has, any help on getting it into Recovery Mode would be GREATLY appreciated..
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I've had same issue. It could be result of the HTC Fastboot option being on which prevents it from fully powering off, by design. Go to Settings - Power, and uncheck last option of Fastboot. Then power off. If that does not work, try pulling the battery and reinstalling. In my case, I was powered off but plugged into USB on computer and that seemed to cause a problem as well.
Once fully powered off, the Vol Down + Power for a few seconds should work. Make sure to hold both for about 5 seconds or more and keep holding until the menu displays.
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after i got the 4.0.4 ota on my phone i noticed that all of the sudden i cant get into recovery i do the volume up&down and power button then i tried rom toolbox and it just goes to a screen and it is a pic of a android just laying down with a door opened on its stomach and a triangle and i tried quickboot and it does the same thing............any ideas
Press Vol + and Vol - together when you see that Android getting laid xD
The Sensei said:
Press Vol + and Vol - together when you see that Android getting laid xD
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hey thank for the information worked great worked even better after i figured out that i needed safe strap to do a nandroid backup
Mine does not go into recovery unless I have a certain amount of battery life.
When I tried to boot into recovery with a low battery it did not work.
Thought I lost recovery.
SHVR MAXX
I was doing a backup with TWRP and everything seemed to go just fine. Then after a reboot i unlocked the phone to notice that it was leaving the lock-screen icons on the bottom of the page. I still had access to my notification bar and could clear notifications. Figuring that there had just been a mistake in the boot process, I held the power button to restart the phone. Well it never brought up my power menu to restart. Also instead of making me wait ten seconds until it flashed its lights and restarted, it just restarted in like 3 seconds. Now my phone is stuck on the HTC ONE screen and will not respond to anything including hold the power button.
My phone is rooted an s-off. I know that I have not posted at all on here, but I have been rooting and know how at least the basics on adb shell. I just have never had a phone lock up to this point. If I can at least get to recovery, I should have 2 or 3 backups to run. I just don't want to have to wait for the phone battery to die just to hope I can get to recovery.
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I was doing a backup with TWRP and everything seemed to go just fine. Then after a reboot i unlocked the phone to notice that it was leaving the lock-screen icons on the bottom of the page. I still had access to my notification bar and could clear notifications. Figuring that there had just been a mistake in the boot process, I held the power button to restart the phone. Well it never brought up my power menu to restart. Also instead of making me wait ten seconds until it flashed its lights and restarted, it just restarted in like 3 seconds. Now my phone is stuck on the HTC ONE screen and will not respond to anything including hold the power button.
My phone is rooted an s-off. I know that I have not posted at all on here, but I have been rooting and know how at least the basics on adb shell. I just have never had a phone lock up to this point. If I can at least get to recovery, I should have 2 or 3 backups to run. I just don't want to have to wait for the phone battery to die just to hope I can get to recovery.
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Are you saying volume up + power button does not restart your phone nor does any help? Check if your phone is detected in computer and if so you can issue and adb reboot command
also since there is no removable battery HTC added a reboot function press home vol down and power that should do the trick
The phone is not detected by a computer, nor will it charge. Vol down and power is not cutting it off. Right now I am waiting for the battery to die so I can hopefully boot into recovery and do a restore.
Vol up + Power was the key. I was thinking it was volume down. Thanks for all your help
TugboatTony said:
The phone is not detected by a computer, nor will it charge. Vol down and power is not cutting it off. Right now I am waiting for the battery to die so I can hopefully boot into recovery and do a restore.
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Its volume up mate + power not volume down
pradeepvizz said:
Its volume up mate + power not volume down
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Hi Do you have a HTC one max stock Rom I could use??
Thanks
mini88448 said:
Hi Do you have a HTC one max stock Rom I could use??
Thanks
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There have been lots of request for this, ill upload a stock rooted ROM soon.
pradeepvizz said:
There have been lots of request for this, ill upload a stock rooted ROM soon.
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OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
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Just wanted to point out I ran into this issue also (Stuck on white HTC boot screen) after wiping my ROM and Vol UP + Power did the trick for me also (and then Vol Down + Power to get back to the bootloader).
i need help, guys
so attempting to install a new rom, i must have dont something wrong because now restarting the phone will leave me on the htc logo loop and restart. i still have access to hboot and fastboot. but when attempting to load into twrp, it shows the team win logo for half a second and then restarts the phone. then i installed cwm and it does boot into it but whatever option i pick, install zip, wipe data, ANYTHING, restarts the phone.
i have no idea what to do. i tried installing a rom using adb sideload but it stops at around 80%, ive tried installing different versions of twrp and cwm and same thing. i think it is bricked. im using the verizon htc one max. the only option i see left is the ruu toolkit but ive only been able to find the sprint version and then it says that bootloader needs to be locked and i have not idea how to do that from hboot, fastboot, or cwm
attempting to install superuser also fails
if there's anyone here that can help, please, any suggestions will be appreciated. thanks =:laugh:
Sounds like you're flashing the wrong TWRP.
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suieitori said:
so attempting to install a new rom, i must have dont something wrong because now restarting the phone will leave me on the htc logo loop and restart. i still have access to hboot and fastboot. but when attempting to load into twrp, it shows the team win logo for half a second and then restarts the phone. then i installed cwm and it does boot into it but whatever option i pick, install zip, wipe data, ANYTHING, restarts the phone.
i have no idea what to do. i tried installing a rom using adb sideload but it stops at around 80%, ive tried installing different versions of twrp and cwm and same thing. i think it is bricked. im using the verizon htc one max. the only option i see left is the ruu toolkit but ive only been able to find the sprint version and then it says that bootloader needs to be locked and i have not idea how to do that from hboot, fastboot, or cwm
attempting to install superuser also fails
if there's anyone here that can help, please, any suggestions will be appreciated. thanks =:laugh:
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May I suggest following these instructions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51753483&postcount=129
If you're able to complete those instructions outlined in that post, this should set you up with the latest HBOOT, Radio and TWRP (Recovery) for the Verizon HTC One.
Make sure you read the post fully before you start, especially this part:
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip (Be sure it finishes saying 'successful', not 'please flush again immediately'. If it says the flush again, rerun the command)
If you succeed in getting that done, see if TWRP still causes the phone to reboot and get back to us.
This happened this moring for no apparent reason, i moved a file for a game to be installed (final fantasy iv) in the android/oob folder and rebooted, and it never fully did.
Im stuck on the HTC logo forever.
At 1st i said to myself, lets go to hboot and make a factory reset, so i pressed volume - and power, and when i did, instead of restoring the device (wich was unlocked and rooted) it went back to the neverending htc logo, and it does the same for the recovery and the erase everything one, so from that point i tried installing a few firmwares from my carrier which is videotron, and it alway failed either because the signature is not compatible or simply because the device is not detected... it seems to get worst try by try...
I also tried to install from the sd card, adb or Amaze_All-In-One_Kit_V5.1 and 4.0.
Nothing works, please help me.
I just bought this phone used a month ago, and i loved it, and its unfair for it to die for no serious reason.
Are you able to access bootloader?
stuck
syedbilal093 said:
Are you able to access bootloader?
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If it went to the HTC logo, you probably accidentally bypassed the recovery.
Turn the phone off, remove battery wait 10 seconds, install battery, wait 10 seconds, hold the volume DOWN button, while holding the volume DOWN button, press and release the power button. Keep holding the volume DOWN button until the bootloader screen appears, and then release it.
See what you can do with that.
If it doesn't help, find the RUU for your carrier--there's a list of RUU's in General section, "They're all here now" thread, and find the instructions for properly renaming it and placing it where it needs to go to have it install.
Hey guys.. I'm in a situation. My DNA is S-off, running VIPER rom. Last nite around 7 it stated it was going to restart, but press something to stop it. No matter what i pressed it did nothing. So i was forced to let it restart. Now it wont go past the HTC screen. It did that til the phone died. When i charge it, it attempts to boot again. When I hold the volume down and power I get the screen with recovery and reboot options. but i only have a few seconds then it goes back to rebooting. I'm not sure how to get it to stay in fast boot, or recovery. Its almost like none of the side buttons work when I'm in the other boot menu (sorry, for the life of me, i cant remember what that menu is called. its the one I access TWRP from) Any help would be greatly appreciated
Chad
dvskin21 said:
Hey guys.. I'm in a situation. My DNA is S-off, running VIPER rom. Last nite around 7 it stated it was going to restart, but press something to stop it. No matter what i pressed it did nothing. So i was forced to let it restart. Now it wont go past the HTC screen. It did that til the phone died. When i charge it, it attempts to boot again. When I hold the volume down and power I get the screen with recovery and reboot options. but i only have a few seconds then it goes back to rebooting. I'm not sure how to get it to stay in fast boot, or recovery. Its almost like none of the side buttons work when I'm in the other boot menu (sorry, for the life of me, i cant remember what that menu is called. its the one I access TWRP from) Any help would be greatly appreciated
Chad
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See if you can select power down from the hboot menu. If you can, leave it off and charging then. If that works, when you boot it up into fastboot hours later try flashing the exe I have posted in the General section. It won't wipe data so your stuff should still be there data wise.
How the problem occurred
So a year or two ago I bought a Jiayu G4A/T/Whatever they're calling it and safely got it here. I've used the stock ROM for a bit but I wanted to get rid of the bloatware that was still on it, so I eventually ended up with a properly rooted phone with a ROM from Jiayu.es (Everything worked, have ClockworkMod as recovery, accessible via Mobileuncle Tools), which was essentially a stock Kitkat rom made to work for the phone. Now I got sick of the ROM and recently saw the new EMUI version on Huawei's P8 Lite, so I figured I'd look around for a tailored ROM running that, and ended up at "jiayu-emui-3-0-stable" from Needrom.
What I did
1. I downloaded a ROM from Needrom with identifier "jiayu-emui-3-0-stable" (I can't post external links)
2. Backed up my important files following a guide from androidcentral titled "[Guide] How to Backup and Restore Apps and Data when installing new ROMs" that I can't link,and did a full backup using CWM
3. Placed the ZIP on my internal SD card, went into recovery, wiped data/cache (not dalvik, since it wasn't described in the instructions, I think this might be a probable cause) and installed the new ROM from ZIP
4. Rebooted the phone and now it's stuck in the boot loop I mentioned.
What the problem is
Bootloops aren't that much of a problem usually, except this one is... I can't get into recovery mode. From there on it'd be cake, since I made the right preparations, but I can't get into it. While connected to my PC it keeps powering on, showing a splash screen from Jiayu.es briefly (which shouldn't be present anymore) and powering off after 10 seconds, only to come back to the splash screen.
What I've tried
I've unplugged it, removed the battery, waited to get a full power cycle and tried to hold my buttons in these combinations: [power button + volume up], [power button + volume down] - but neither work. It just keeps going with the boot loop. I can succesfully power it down, and when I plug it in from there it shows the low battery image. At the moment of seeing that I thought I could connect to it using ADB / Fastboot, but no luck there either. It keeps saying no devices found, and with fastboot it keeps on <waiting for device>.
My questions
What exactly can I do if there is no way for me to get into recovery mode? Are there any alternatives? How can I get my device to be recognized by ADB? Is that even possible? Why is this bootloop any different from others?
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ZipAddict said:
Is it booting up on its own too after being off? This happened to wifes phone and it turned out the power button was stuck. I took a pencil and hit the power button with the eraser a few times and it worked then. Her case mustve dislogded it. I will keep my fingers crossed for u. If not send me a private message and i will look for an answer tomorrow and get back with u
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Thank you for the reply!
Yes, it does. I took the battery out and let it lay disassembled for a night, after which I cleaned it a little and re-inserted the battery. With the case back on, nothing happened, so the power button wasn't stuck for sure. When I powered it back on with the power button (no USB attached) it showed the emblem for ~8 seconds and powered off. It then buzzes to show it's powered on again and up comes the splash screen again. Could it be that the ROM was just a rebooting falsehood? Why would it disallow me getting into recovery mode? I really hope there is something that can still force the device into recovery mode / interact with it somehow while in this state.
Oh, I also tried to see if the volume down button was broken but all the contacts seem intact, plus, they worked an hour before I started switching roms.