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[Q] Cannot change from clockwork to Amon Ra?

Ok, So I originally rooted my HTC Evo with unrevoked and clockwork mod.. ive installed some roms and used rom manager and it works well for some roms.. but I have read that Amon-RA is better.. I have tried to change from clockwork to Amon Ra using rom manager and it says it flashes sucessfully but when I go into recovery it says my recovery is still clockwork mod.. does anyone know what would cause this?

this is a link for the PC36IMG.zip of amon ra, what you do is you download it, the put it on the root of your sd card. after that you unplug your phone from the computer, power off the phone, then holding volume down and power at the same time you turn on the phone into bootloader, your phone will recognize the zip automatically and ask you to update, select yes and it will flash amon ra to your phone.
link
http://files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=PC36IMG.zip

also for a more detailed description here is a link of the thread where the PC36IMG was found
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026&highlight=amon

I have tried this.. it checks the file on root and then skips the prompt to update..

The only time it does that to me is if I'm already on RA 2.3, maybe try going into ROM manager and clicking flash Clockwork Recovery, then try again with the PC36IMG.zip (I would redownload just to make sure you have the right one) on the root of your sd.

This happened to a friend of mines phone. I think it was set to S-On or something?
I just unrooted it and started over using the AutoRoot v2.4

I have tried this and the file I have is the one he posted I downloaded it and tried again.. still same problem.. it scans the file but does not ask me to update.. I flashed clockwork and tried then flashed ra mon and tried and still clock work mod recovery with no option to update to ra

omg I feel so stupid I just booted into recovery and looked at the top.... S-on Guess ill unrevoked forever again.. I could have sworn I turned it off before rooting my phone in the first place..

You are no longer rooted. Re-root your device.
UPDATE: my response is too late. I see you've figured it out...
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how is that possible.. I have been installing themes with no problem (ones that work with clockwork-mod) and I have super user permissions... only error I have is trying to flash recovery..
Update: Used unrevoked forever and had no problems turning s-off and installing amon-ra Thank you people for all of your help!

IIC0RRUPT10NII said:
how is that possible.. I have been installing themes with no problem (ones that work with clockwork-mod) and I have super user permissions... only error I have is trying to flash recovery..
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It happens sometimes. I've never experienced it, but others have. Oftentimes, people are impatient or they panic while waiting for their device to reboot thinking they've crashed and end up pulling the battery. Doing so can cause a variety of problems from no longer being rooted to the most damaging, causing the device to be bricked.
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Since I believe I have some related problems.
I got my HTC Desire yesterday and literally spent whole day playing with it, that is trying to root and flash a custom.
So I used the unrEVOked 3.21 and flash the Clockworkmod recovery, but I could never use that recovery because of "e: can't mount" and stuff; I google everything but never found anything viable.
Then, much to my dismay, I realised I missed a step in a rooting guide that told me to check my HDBOOT for pvt4 and then for erase size 40000.
If it was 40k I had to use a custom recovery such as amon ra, (I tried a lot of stuff meanwhile that seemed to have had little to no effect at all).
So I just reflashed with amonra and unrEVOked, but now I can't boot into recovery at all. Rest of the phone works as new, and I do still have the superuser icon in my apps.
And I'm sorry in advance for having my first post be a question, but yea, there's that.
Also, hi!

Mikstrup said:
Since I believe I have some related problems.
I got my HTC Desire yesterday and literally spent whole day playing with it, that is trying to root and flash a custom.
So I used the unrEVOked 3.21 and flash the Clockworkmod recovery, but I could never use that recovery because of "e: can't mount" and stuff; I google everything but never found anything viable.
Then, much to my dismay, I realised I missed a step in a rooting guide that told me to check my HDBOOT for pvt4 and then for erase size 40000.
If it was 40k I had to use a custom recovery such as amon ra, (I tried a lot of stuff meanwhile that seemed to have had little to no effect at all).
So I just reflashed with amonra and unrEVOked, but now I can't boot into recovery at all. Rest of the phone works as new, and I do still have the superuser icon in my apps.
And I'm sorry in advance for having my first post be a question, but yea, there's that.
Also, hi!
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Sending this before my class, but place this file on your sdcard [in no folder], boot into the bootloader [power phone off, hold vol+down while turning on] After it scans, apply update, reboot, reboot into recovery, and you should be on amon_ra 2.3. Anyone with questions, due to my brevity can pm if you have any other troubles.

Thanks, teh roxxorz, I'll try that as soon as I'm done with this lecture.

So I put that .img file on the drive that the phone makes on my pc. And booted it up in bootloader etc, though it does a quick scan, it simply says "wrong or no" file or something. I can barely even read it before it skips on.
And then when I try to boot it into recovery, it just does the same thing again. htc-splash screen and nothing else.

Mikstrup said:
So I put that .img file on the drive that the phone makes on my pc. And booted it up in bootloader etc, though it does a quick scan, it simply says "wrong or no" file or something. I can barely even read it before it skips on.
And then when I try to boot it into recovery, it just does the same thing again. htc-splash screen and nothing else.
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Are you 100% sure that you have root? If you open up terminal emulator on your phone and type in su do you get a #
I have occasionally seen it where even though you have super user you don't have root.

No, you are right. SU: Permission denied.
I have the super-user icon, though, and unrEVOked said everything went good.
So if that's the case, I'm even more lost since I thought I was at least rooted properly.
Since I have Android 2.2, do I just attempt rooting it with like youtube=X_N9DUsh3Mw (not allowed hyperlinking), instead? Bearing in mind I have no idea what the consequences can be of consistently attempting root, I just know that I'll probably have sadz if I brick it.
Also I just realised this isn't the forum for the Desire, which is what I own. I hope it isn't too much trouble.
And more edits: I get a # returned when I write su in the terminal emulator, now.

Just to verify you are now getting # after typing in su at the $ prompt in terminal emulator?
If so, try teh roxxorz's file again and see if that works.

Yea, I am. And I did try that again. Still to no avail.

Mikstrup said:
Yea, I am. And I did try that again. Still to no avail.
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When you boot into the bootloader, do you get s-on or s-off?

[Q] stuck in splash screen

I really hope im not reposting something thats fixed in a another thread but ive been searching and trying things for three days and im kinda stuck. I rooted my inc 2 by downgrading HBoot and installing revolutionary and su .zip. Installed a few ROM's through ROM manager (cyan 7, liguid ginger) I tried installing a couple sense 3.5 bliss roms (thought for inc 2 but maybe not). The first one failed, the second loaded and bootlooped on the liquid splash screen. I re flashed a recovery file in cwm recovery, and proceeded to flash MIUI with rom mamager. After it was running for a few minutes i got a bunch of force closes and rebooted (cant remember if the phone rebooted or if i pulled the battery). After that im stuck at white htc splash screen and when i go into cwm recovery i get E:Cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E:cant open ETC... Ive tried an RUU .exe when in splash screen, Says battery below 30% (green light on when phone is off and unplugged), Ive tried RUU .zip as PG32IMG on sd card, loads, ask's to install i say yes and it gets stuck updationg bootloader have left for 1 hr. Oh none of my recovery files have worked they start to flash then it says installation aborted. If anyone has any ideas id greatly appreciate it, and ill keep searching. Thanks

First of all, are you able to boot into Recovery? Did you do any nandroid backups?

surphace said:
I really hope im not reposting something thats fixed in a another thread but ive been searching and trying things for three days and im kinda stuck. I rooted my inc 2 by downgrading HBoot and installing revolutionary and su .zip. Installed a few ROM's through ROM manager (cyan 7, liguid ginger) I tried installing a couple sense 3.5 bliss roms (thought for inc 2 but maybe not). The first one failed, the second loaded and bootlooped on the liquid splash screen. I re flashed a recovery file in cwm recovery, and proceeded to flash MIUI with rom mamager. After it was running for a few minutes i got a bunch of force closes and rebooted (cant remember if the phone rebooted or if i pulled the battery). After that im stuck at white htc splash screen and when i go into cwm recovery i get E:Cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E:cant open ETC... Ive tried an RUU .exe when in splash screen, Says battery below 30% (green light on when phone is off and unplugged), Ive tried RUU .zip as PG32IMG on sd card, loads, ask's to install i say yes and it gets stuck updationg bootloader have left for 1 hr. Oh none of my recovery files have worked they start to flash then it says installation aborted. If anyone has any ideas id greatly appreciate it, and ill keep searching. Thanks
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First off, let me say flashing a ROM that ISN'T for the INC2 is a VERY VERY bad move.
Secondly.
reboot into BOOT LOADER (without a PG32IMG.zip on the SD card!)
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN INC2 RADIO!!!!
NOW,
DOWNLOAD A ROM FOR THIS DEVICE, reboot into RECOVERY. go to mount USB and put the ROM on the root of SD-CARD.
WIPE EVERYTHING.
Flash the ROM,
profit..

im a dummy
The radio is right. Because you mentioned it again i looked up the two bliss roms i flashed and shure enough one is for the incredible. It was late when i downloaded it and i guess i didnt look to closely. I am trying your instructions but i think wipe everything is out since cache data and system parts are all screwed. Is there any way to fix this or am i bricked. I'm gonna go smack my head against the wall for a little while. Maybe that will help.

I would boot into recovery and format all partitons except for sd-card. Then mount your sd-card via recovery and push a rom via adb to your sd-card. That way you can flash it. Just make sure you unmount your sd-card before flashing the rom.

cwm isnt able to format anything except the sd card, and i can only get in the shell from recovery. Im not sure i can format anything. At least not from recovery.

fastboot?
I'm looking inot fastboot now. I don't know too much about it do i have any options there?

Well i broke down and got a new phone. I dont know if the old one was recoverable.. All the partition block's seemed vanished but its hard to say hardware when it seems like a software problem. i guess its just my stupidity thanks for the help.

[Q] [HELP REQUEST] E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

I hope i'm posting this in the right section but I'm having a major problem. After draining the battery on my Gnex, I brought it home and put it on the charger. It came up with the battery charging symbol for awhile then when it booted it showed the Google splash screen for about a minute. Then rebooted, showed the google image again and went into CWM Recovery with the following message.
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
When I tried to wipe data and cache and factory reset it comes up saying it's completed but then says the same error message as above underneath it.
I've tried full factory reset with the GNex toolkit and still nothing.
I also can't mount the cache in CWM Recovery, it just says Error mounting /cache!
I'm at a loss at this point. I hope someone knows what to do. It seems that if I can get into fastboot and CWM Recovery there should be a way out but I can't find one. Thanks in advance for any advice you guys have.
-Nate

try flashing CWM again? wiping dalvik or fixing permissions perhaps

OK, clicking Wipe Dalvik gets me to the Click yes to wipe Dalvik but also gives this error:
E: unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]
But then when I click yes it says Dalvik Cache wiped.
Fixing permissions just says Complete with no problems.
Reflashing CWM completes fine but still the same error as before when I try to boot.
Thanks for the suggestions.
-Nate

Just a slight update to the problem. It appears that no matter what I do as far as using the tool kits to return to stock or reflash stock images, CWM recovery is still always there and the Bootloader version also doesn't change. I've tried both 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 and the bootloader version is always PRIMEKL01.
I'm assuming if there was a way to get into the sdcard memory from windows with fastboot, that would be the solution to my problems but searching for if that's even possible has turned up nothing :-(
I think i'm genuinely screwed at this point.
-Nate

If you flash cwm then you HAVE to boot into Android at least once before entering cwm or it will give you the error messages. Just boot into Android, then enter cwm and everything will be fine. This is explained in my ToolKit option for flashing cwm.
EDIT: Can you boot into Android at all?
Mark.

Can't boot into android whatsoever. If I hit power like I normally would it shows the google image and the little unlocked lock for about a minute. Then reboots, shows that again and goes right into CWM with the error from the first post about not mounting /cache

natepalm said:
Can't boot into android whatsoever. If I hit power like I normally would it shows the google image and the little unlocked lock for about a minute. Then reboots, shows that again and goes right into CWM with the error from the first post about not mounting /cache
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Sorry I think I jumped the gun when replying originally. Cwm will not mount properly until after you have booted into Android at least once after flashing it so thats out until you have fixed Android. You cannot access the sdcard from fastboot it needs adb to push/pull files which in turn needs your phone booted into Android.
What Android build is your phone on? Is it stock or custom? What exact modifications have you made to the phone in terms of flashing roms/kernels/radios/bootloaders?
Can you enter fastboot mode?
Dont worry too much im sure we can fix it
Mark.

It was on AOKP B22. It has CWM 5.5.0.4.
The fastboot screen says this:
Product Name - Tuna
Variant - Toro
HW Version - 9
Bootloader Version - PRIMEKL01
Baseband Version - I515. FA02 CDMA - I515.FA02
Carrier Info - none
Serial Number - lots of numbers
Signing - Production
Lock State - Unlocked
I also just tried the instructions from this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426207 which all completed successfully.

natepalm said:
It was on AOKP B22. It has CWM 5.5.0.4.
The fastboot screen says this:
Product Name - Tuna
Variant - Toro
HW Version - 9
Bootloader Version - PRIMEKL01
Baseband Version - I515. FA02 CDMA - I515.FA02
Carrier Info - none
Serial Number - lots of numbers
Signing - Production
Lock State - Unlocked
I also just tried the instructions from this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426207 which all completed successfully.
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So you just restored a Stock Rom to your phone via odin?
If so does it still not boot into Android?
Mark.

Nope. Still doing the same thing. Also nothing changed on the fastboot screen as far as info.
-Nate

natepalm said:
Nope. Still doing the same thing. Also nothing changed on the fastboot screen as far as info.
-Nate
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Have you used the GNex ToolKit to flash back to recovery (using that method) already? Im not sure what odin flashes but I know exactly what the google stock image flashes.
You could try relocking the bootloader, then unlocking it again which will force a full wipe of you phone and may fix something.
You mentioned that the bootloader version doesnt change after flashing but it wont as its the same version across the different stock builds.
If you flash a google stock image via the ToolKit (option 8 and download *THIS* image to use if you have an LTE Model) and let it reboot then see what happens. The procedure will flash the stock recovery back to your device so keep a note of what happens after it reboots and if it ends up back in recovery as it did before then it will be a screen with a little android man with a red triangle in the middle.
If your phone still isnt booting after all that then maybe you need to consider relocking the bootloader and sending it back under warranty.
Mark.

OK so I tried unlocking and locking. No change. Did the GNex toolkit option 8. Completed successfully but it didn't reboot the phone afterwards. Just stayed on the fastboot screen with this on the bottom: Fastboot Status - OKAYPRIMEKL01 highlighted in blue.

natepalm said:
OK so I tried unlocking and locking. No change. Did the GNex toolkit option 8. Completed successfully but it didn't reboot the phone afterwards. Just stayed on the fastboot screen with this on the bottom: Fastboot Status - OKAYPRIMEKL01 highlighted in blue.
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So it didnt reboot after it finished flashing?
Did you try pressing the power button when the top of the fastboot screen says 'START' to force the reboot?
The last thing I can think of (if the above didnt do anything) is to try booting the phone with one of my insecure boot images to check if theres a problem with the boot partition:
Enter fastboot mode on your phone and start the ToolKit (v5.3)
Choose option 20 to open a new command prompt
In the new command prompt type
fastboot-toolkit boot root\boot_lte_ICL53F_insecure.img
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followed by return.
This will attempt to boot the phone using the insecure boot image of the ToolKit.
What happens with that (exactly the same as before or anything different)?
Mark.

OK, I tried that and it completed. Rebooted the phone but unfortunately same scenario. Boots twice then into CWM with the same list of errors mounting cache. :-\
Thanks a ton for all your help by the way, I truly appreciate it.
-Nate

One thing I should mention is when I say I unlocked and locked the bootloader and it didn't change, I mean it stays unlocked no matter what I do. It'll come up and say its locked or unlocked but as soon as the phone reboots its always unlocked. It seems like whatever is happening nothing can actually write to the part of the phones memory it needs to so nothing sticks. If that makes any sense, i'm just guessing.
-Nate

natepalm said:
OK, I tried that and it completed. Rebooted the phone but unfortunately same scenario. Boots twice then into CWM with the same list of errors mounting cache. :-\
Thanks a ton for all your help by the way, I truly appreciate it.
-Nate
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So even though you said you flashed the google stock image earlier it still has cwm on even though it should have been overwritten with the stock recovery.. very wierd.
natepalm said:
One thing I should mention is when I say I unlocked and locked the bootloader and it didn't change, I mean it stays unlocked no matter what I do. It'll come up and say its locked or unlocked but as soon as the phone reboots its always unlocked. It seems like whatever is happening nothing can actually write to the part of the phones memory it needs to so nothing sticks. If that makes any sense, i'm just guessing.
-Nate
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All the procedures must be completing (at least in the eyes of your pc and phone) or you would get error messages from the ToolKit when flashing. As you said before its like nothing is being written to the phone even though it says it is.
One thing is to try flashing a newer bootloader in case thats been corrupted in some way (if we can).
Download the latest bootloader *HERE* and extract the .img file from the downloaded zip file. Copy the PRIMELA03.img file to the 'put_img_files_to_flash_here' folder in the ToolKit and flash it using option 12. Make sure you select FLASH (2) and flash it to the BOOTLOADER partition (2).
After the flash fastboot should restart and if it went on correctly then the Bootloader version will now say PRIMELA03.
If it changed then try reflashing the stock google image as before. If it didnt change the bootloader then I really am out of ideas.
Mark.

I tried that. Says flash complete both on the fastboot screen and GNex Toolkit but when it comes back on the bootloader version doesn't change. Still PRIMEKL01. I can't believe it but I think this is my first truly bricked android phone. If only there was a way to get into the memory of the phone through fastboot or odin or something maybe we could repartition it somehow. But it seems like the parts of memory I need fixed are just completely inaccessible at this point.
-Nate

Go through the complete reset manually following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366806
Using this stock Google image:
https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/mysid-icl53f-factory-65895fa8.tgz
It has to work, otherwise it could very well be a complete brick

Unfortunately, it goes through all that saying its complete but when it boots back up nothing changes. CWM is still there. Bootloader still unlocked.
-Nate

Then your internal memory is borked IMO

Frozen at "Galaxy Note II".

My daughter's note 2, which looks to be in perfect condition, was running dirty unicorn. She messages me in a panic because the phone turned off on her, and wouldn't reboot.
I could get into recovery, but many of the options like factory reset wouldn't work. Reformatting /cache gives an error with ext4 and can't write, and at the bottom of some of the screens is an error about unable to access some log files in the /cache directory. Going to install zip to reinstall dirty unicorn doesn't seem to do anything, it can't find any files.
Wipe system gives errors like "format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p12". It can't mount /data, just gives an error.
I tried reflashing the stock mj4 via odin, which ran successfully, but didn't resolve anything.
Tried using KIES 2.6, which did go into download mode and said it downloaded a bunch of stuff and then flashed the phone, but it's still stuck at the bootloader.
I tried flashing a bootloader, but am unclear of how to flash the param file if necessary (does it go in bootloader? PDA? what slot in odin?).
I need some ideas. Maybe the flash has died on it, and it's unrecoverable, but it's in such perfect shape that I hate to just toss it.
I have recover 6.0.4.3 (CWM) installed, and can still get into it. But upon loading recovery, it gives me errors like "Can't mount /cache/recovery/command", "Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log", etc.
Any help appreciated.

mrcpu said:
My daughter's note 2, which looks to be in perfect condition, was running dirty unicorn. She messages me in a panic because the phone turned off on her, and wouldn't reboot.
I could get into recovery, but many of the options like factory reset wouldn't work. Reformatting /cache gives an error with ext4 and can't write, and at the bottom of some of the screens is an error about unable to access some log files in the /cache directory. Going to install zip to reinstall dirty unicorn doesn't seem to do anything, it can't find any files.
Wipe system gives errors like "format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p12". It can't mount /data, just gives an error.
I tried reflashing the stock mj4 via odin, which ran successfully, but didn't resolve anything.
Tried using KIES 2.6, which did go into download mode and said it downloaded a bunch of stuff and then flashed the phone, but it's still stuck at the bootloader.
I tried flashing a bootloader, but am unclear of how to flash the param file if necessary (does it go in bootloader? PDA? what slot in odin?).
I need some ideas. Maybe the flash has died on it, and it's unrecoverable, but it's in such perfect shape that I hate to just toss it.
I have recover 6.0.4.3 (CWM) installed, and can still get into it. But upon loading recovery, it gives me errors like "Can't mount /cache/recovery/command", "Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log", etc.
Any help appreciated.
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The other weird thing is that I used odin 3.06 to flash twrp 2.8.5, or at least attempt to, download processed, device reset, but recovery is still CWM 6.0.4.3. WTH?

Ok check this thread where I just helped fix a note 2, simular to your situation ok.
Plenty of links in there for you. Keep in mind everything in this thread I'm sending you too it's for the AT&T i317 ok.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59000961
Which I'm sure that is what you have, posting your problem in the Att q&a thread.

Bajanman said:
Ok check this thread where I just helped fix a note 2, simular to your situation ok.
Plenty of links in there for you. Keep in mind everything in this thread I'm sending you too it's for the AT&T i317 ok.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59000961
Which I'm sure that is what you have, posting your problem in the Att q&a thread.
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Correct, it is an AT&T. I have tried the options in that thread, but I swear, nothing I flash actually "sticks". I've used odin 3.06, put the files in PDA, plugged it in in download mode, the progress bar appears on both odin and the phone, it resets, it reboots, and nada. Hung.
I can't even flash a replacement recovery, nothing "sticks". I've used KIES to flash, it tells me it's successful, but I still have CWM 6.0.4.3. I've tried the original 4.1.1, NJ1 (rooted), I've tried flashing a bootloader, then tried the one with the param file attached, I downloaded a pit file, followed the directions on that page with the Re-partition option, and I still can't get anywhere with it.
If I cold even just get a different recovery installed, just so that I *know*, my odin is OK, then I'd feel better about making progress.
I've tried to flash philz_touch 6.48.4, openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5 through odin, and I can't even get the CWM recovery replaced. Odin reports success, reboots the device, frozen.
I swear, if this was one of my servers at work, I'd figured the NSA has hacked the firmware to just discard writes and report back success.
I'm not crystal clear in ODIN how to flash bootloaders, on one hand, presumably, the "bootloader" button, but one guide shows the bootloader file being put in PDA, so who knows. I may have ended up with a bootloader mismatch, but I thought flashing the latest stock recoveries.
FWIW, the phone was running Dirty Unicorn, although I'm unsure of specifically which version, she's had it for a while.
Thanks for any help.

Just realized something.
If I hold down the power/vol down/home and boot into download mode, I get the little red "odin mode" at the top left, 4 lines of text about custom, etc, and then the green android icon.
If I boot into recovery, then use it to boot into download mode, the green android is there, but none of the text (odin mode, etc) is on the screen. Is this normal?

I have also been having some strangeness with my Telus Note II. Very similar symptoms to what you're describing. One morning I woke up to my phone stuck on the Samsung logo as the phone must have rebooted itself overnight. When I tried to reboot it would freeze at the same spot once again. I tried to go into recover (TWRP) and it wouldn't, and a subsequent reboot left me in a boot loop.
Nothing I tried would help. I couldn't get into TWRP. Using ODIN 3.07 I put on CWM and I was able to get into recovery now, but nothing in it worked. Finally I tried using ODIN to put on CF-Auto-Root-t0ltecan-t0ltevl-sghi317m and I was finally able to get into a recovery that allowed me to do a factory reset. Once I did that I was able to boot up the phone.
I then re-installed TWRP and restored a back up that I had, and everything was normal again. The phone was running great. However, sometime at night things get messed up again. The phone has either reboot itself, and get's stuck again. I then have to repeat this whole process. During the day, the phone runs amazing. It almost seems to run better than before. However at night, if I'm on battery it will get messed up again.
I hope this helps you. Good luck.

have you tried all this using the same computer and usb cable? i would try a different computer, port, usb and re download all files again. perhaps use a different version of odin. good luck:fingers-crossed:

It's the same computer and cable I do my Note 3, and kindle fire 8.9, and with a different cable my nook HD, so I'm skeptical that it's any of those pieces, but for the heckuvit, I will try a different one.

Note 2 GT N 7100 --Stuck on CWM 6.0.4.3
gizhola said:
I have also been having some strangeness with my Telus Note II. Very similar symptoms to what you're describing. One morning I woke up to my phone stuck on the Samsung logo as the phone must have rebooted itself overnight. When I tried to reboot it would freeze at the same spot once again. I tried to go into recover (TWRP) and it wouldn't, and a subsequent reboot left me in a boot loop.
Nothing I tried would help. I couldn't get into TWRP. Using ODIN 3.07 I put on CWM and I was able to get into recovery now, but nothing in it worked. Finally I tried using ODIN to put on CF-Auto-Root-t0ltecan-t0ltevl-sghi317m and I was finally able to get into a recovery that allowed me to do a factory reset. Once I did that I was able to boot up the phone.
I then re-installed TWRP and restored a back up that I had, and everything was normal again. The phone was running great. However, sometime at night things get messed up again. The phone has either reboot itself, and get's stuck again. I then have to repeat this whole process. During the day, the phone runs amazing. It almost seems to run better than before. However at night, if I'm on battery it will get messed up again.
I hope this helps you. Good luck.
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Dear friends, sorry for my interference, i having CWM recovery v 6.0.4.3 on GT N7100, i used to flash omega ROM 4.3, everything went well until i got stuck on Samsung log and the phone did want restart, i decided to go on CWM recovery, stunned with this message
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
Still I can go on download mode, I tried use odin to flash stock rom but failed it takes me always to CWM v 6.0.4.3 where it stuck and dont allow me to format or do any thing except my external sd1 that I tried to flash from but returned to same prob ( CWM v 6.0.43)
also I tried to flash tried twrp 2.8.0.4 but failed
the prob is my internal sd can't be mounted and whatever i do don't pass
I read in your post something about flashing auto root in odin or fix CWM root
can you help please Im stuck in CWM v 6.0.4.3

HTC One M9 Stuck in HTC logo. Bootloop in download mode. S-On, Locked, Official Rom

HTC One M9, no branding, official software, locked and S-ON.
one month ago my phone got (for no apparent reason) serious software problems, so spend a lot of time on the internet to find a solution. in the end, i downloaded the correct stock rom, put it on a sd card and reinstalled stock android via the download mode. it worked out really well, my phone was running like new.
but 2 days ago i pick up my phone and realize it's stuck in a bootloop. (again for no apparent reason) using the right button combinations, i am able to get into the bootloader.
when i try to flash the stock rom with the exact same method that worked last time, it says "start ui_updating" and gets caught in the bootloop again. (i dont think i did anything wrong because the exact same procedure worked last time)
when i enter recovery mode, i get the infamous red triangle. using the right buttons, i can still access the recovery mode from there. now, when i try to factory reset from here, i get the following errors: E: failed to mount /preload (invalid argument).. try emmc mount E: Cant find device node for mount point again E: mount /cache fail, format it and mount again ----- about 5 more similar errors after those 3.
I tried to flash recovery img with fastboot but i get an error similar to:
9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL recovery and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKE
I guess this is because my phone doesn't have usb debugging enabled or it doesn't have an unlocked bootloader.
I also tried to unlock the bootloader but after running the command: fastboot oem get_identifier_token i don't get the token so i can post it to htcdev and unlock my bootloader.
Anybody help or had the same issue and fixed it?
Thanks in advance

DE2IS said:
HTC One M9, no branding, official software, locked and S-ON.
one month ago my phone got (for no apparent reason) serious software problems, so spend a lot of time on the internet to find a solution. in the end, i downloaded the correct stock rom, put it on a sd card and reinstalled stock android via the download mode. it worked out really well, my phone was running like new.
but 2 days ago i pick up my phone and realize it's stuck in a bootloop. (again for no apparent reason) using the right button combinations, i am able to get into the bootloader.
when i try to flash the stock rom with the exact same method that worked last time, it says "start ui_updating" and gets caught in the bootloop again. (i dont think i did anything wrong because the exact same procedure worked last time)
when i enter recovery mode, i get the infamous red triangle. using the right buttons, i can still access the recovery mode from there. now, when i try to factory reset from here, i get the following errors: E: failed to mount /preload (invalid argument).. try emmc mount E: Cant find device node for mount point again E: mount /cache fail, format it and mount again ----- about 5 more similar errors after those 3.
I tried to flash recovery img with fastboot but i get an error similar to:
9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL recovery and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKE
I guess this is because my phone doesn't have usb debugging enabled or it doesn't have an unlocked bootloader.
I also tried to unlock the bootloader but after running the command: fastboot oem get_identifier_token i don't get the token so i can post it to htcdev and unlock my bootloader.
Anybody help or had the same issue and fixed it?
Thanks in advance
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Hi Sorry to say, I have " Exactly" the same problem and have also reached the same place, I asked on these forums without success. in the end I sent it back to HTC and they want £200 to repair it or £29.00 diagnostic fee. I have asked them to send it back and will have to pay the £29.00. If it is within warrantee send it back.

m01y1i00 said:
Hi Sorry to say, I have " Exactly" the same problem and have also reached the same place, I asked on these forums without success. in the end I sent it back to HTC and they want £200 to repair it or £29.00 diagnostic fee. I have asked them to send it back and will have to pay the £29.00. If it is within warrantee send it back.
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Thanks for your fast reply.
I will get in contact with them and see what they will say. My phone is under warranty so i will pay only for shipping charges.
I bought it from a german eshop and i am from Cyprus.
The problem is, the official distributor for HTC here in Cyprus is Greece and i had a bad experience with them. I sent an old HTC One X 4 years before which had a board issue, and after waiting for a month they sent it back and guess what. It had the same problem. So i got in contact with the US website, described the problem and mentioned also the "official distributors" in Cyprus and Greece and how their "service" was and they told me i will have a brand new phone here in Cyprus within a week (which became a reality).
So before i experience the same issues i will clear everything from here (if anybody know a successful solution) and then communicate with HTC how to resolve this.
Thanks again for your reply!

Is this a general/common problem on htc? I am worried

Spike97 said:
Is this a general/common problem on htc? I am worried
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I'd be lying if I'd say that I haven't read about the issue several times, already. However, you need to be aware of the fact that most of the time only people with problems are creating threads whereas people who have no issues at all won't do the same for praising the phone.
In other words: Yes, this problem does exist but no, not everyone faces it. I know many users whose M9 is still working fine.

DE2IS said:
HTC One M9, no branding, official software, locked and S-ON.
one month ago my phone got (for no apparent reason) serious software problems, so spend a lot of time on the internet to find a solution. in the end, i downloaded the correct stock rom, put it on a sd card and reinstalled stock android via the download mode. it worked out really well, my phone was running like new.
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I also have a bootloop issue with Locked and S-ON... Care to let me know how you managed to get it working the 1st time?
Where to find the corrent stock ROM and the method you did to get it working..

i have the same problem. Where can i get a rom.zip

Bootloop
gmayer1212 said:
i have the same problem. Where can i get a rom.zip
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Take the new OTA Nougat, separate those three files on your sd card
Install it with fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
and it will be working takes 5-10 minutes to restart

kwaichang said:
Take the new OTA Nougat, separate those three files on your sd card
Install it with fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
and it will be working takes 5-10 minutes to restart
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Please don't give such advice. If the firmware isn't matching the system version users will face bugs and lags or the phone won't even boot. (The latter happens for example if you try to use an Android M system with an Android L firmware.) Besides a user with a locked bootloader and a firmware/system-mismatch won't be able to install any OTAs unless that person flashes a RUU for fixing the mismatch*. The catch is there is no publicly available Android N RUU for every variant of the M9, at the moment. And with S-ON you aren't able to use older RUUs. That means people might have to contact Llabtoofer's RUU Service (which isn't for free!) if they followed your recommendation.
* Users with an unlocked bootloader need to fix the mismatch, as well, but at least they have twrp backups as an alternative solution for the problem.
@gmayer1212 & @htcm9guy: You may want to read the ReadMe thread. It's pinned above the normal threads here in this section.

Flippy498 said:
Please don't give such advice. If the firmware isn't matching the system version users will face bugs and lags or the phone won't even boot. (The latter happens for example if you try to use an Android M system with an Android L firmware.) Besides a user with a firmware/system-mismatch won't be able to install any OTAs unless that persons flashes a RUU for fixing the mismatch. The catch is there is no publicly available Android N RUU for every variant of the M9, at the moment. And with S-ON you aren't able to use older RUUs. That means people might have to contact Llabtoofer's RUU Service (which isn't for free!) if they followed your recommendation.
@gmayer1212 & @htcm9guy: You may want to read the ReadMe thread. It's pinned above the normal threads here in this section.
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Sorry for that. Mine was also hanging in bootloop but unlocked S-on T-mobile Germany

kwaichang said:
Sorry for that. Mine was also hanging in bootloop but unlocked S-on T-mobile Germany
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Don't get me wrong, I don't want to discourage you from helping others. It's just important that you know which variant of the M9 the user with the problems owns in such cases. Just recommending to flash random stock files only causes more problems than it solves.

Just to chime in --- same problem happened to me yesterday.
Phone has been working fine --- then yesterday phone went unstable so I reset and got caught in bootloop.
After doing a factory reset and many tries -- got it to boot to android, only to get bombarded by google play service errors -- most likely wrong version of google play services for android?? I manually installed google play services apk... Reset and after many tries was able to boot again -- system was smooth. But did a quick reset to check whether problem was fixed and now i'm back in boot loop.
I wonder if there's a problem with a recent google apps update over playstore that's killing boot?

Hello,
i have the same problem but in some ways different. My M9 was running nearly fine until yester der evening. I just plugged the power supply and suddenly black screen, bootloop. But the really big problem is i don't come in any different stable mode than bootloader. If i try to get into download or recovery mode, the silver htc-logo appears for less than a secound, short vibration and reboot - and this is in loop also.
So for me i don't se a way to factory reset or reinstall any RUU or anything else?
Is it destroyed? :crying:
I was complete S-Off before, running on the last firmware with ViperOneM9 6.1.0.
Thans for your support,
Bond

That sounds like the dead nand issue. It's a hardware failure (c.f. the FAQ of the ReadMe thread).
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs

If your phone is under warranty, it has a stock rom, and bootloader is still locked, then send it to HTC after contacting them via chat.
They will replace either the board or the device.
This is whhat they did for me.

DE2IS said:
HTC One M9, no branding, official software, locked and S-ON.
one month ago my phone got (for no apparent reason) serious software problems, so spend a lot of time on the internet to find a solution. in the end, i downloaded the correct stock rom, put it on a sd card and reinstalled stock android via the download mode. it worked out really well, my phone was running like new.
but 2 days ago i pick up my phone and realize it's stuck in a bootloop. (again for no apparent reason) using the right button combinations, i am able to get into the bootloader.
when i try to flash the stock rom with the exact same method that worked last time, it says "start ui_updating" and gets caught in the bootloop again. (i dont think i did anything wrong because the exact same procedure worked last time)
when i enter recovery mode, i get the infamous red triangle. using the right buttons, i can still access the recovery mode from there. now, when i try to factory reset from here, i get the following errors: E: failed to mount /preload (invalid argument).. try emmc mount E: Cant find device node for mount point again E: mount /cache fail, format it and mount again ----- about 5 more similar errors after those 3.
I tried to flash recovery img with fastboot but i get an error similar to:
9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL recovery and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKE
I guess this is because my phone doesn't have usb debugging enabled or it doesn't have an unlocked bootloader.
I also tried to unlock the bootloader but after running the command: fastboot oem get_identifier_token i don't get the token so i can post it to htcdev and unlock my bootloader.
Anybody help or had the same issue and fixed it?
Thanks in advance
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is your phone recongized - what shows "fastboot devices"

pear-i said:
Just to chime in --- same problem happened to me yesterday.
Phone has been working fine --- then yesterday phone went unstable so I reset and got caught in bootloop.
After doing a factory reset and many tries -- got it to boot to android, only to get bombarded by google play service errors -- most likely wrong version of google play services for android?? I manually installed google play services apk... Reset and after many tries was able to boot again -- system was smooth. But did a quick reset to check whether problem was fixed and now i'm back in boot loop.
I wonder if there's a problem with a recent google apps update over playstore that's killing boot?
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I too wonder the same - recently had the bootloop issue with my M9, just when it was updating apps from the Playstore... quite suspicious...

My HTC M9 is also in boot loop
htcm9guy said:
I also have a bootloop issue with Locked and S-ON... Care to let me know how you managed to get it working the 1st time?
Where to find the corrent stock ROM and the method you did to get it working..
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It happened at last Saturday, when I've just tried to perform a regular reset to my HTC M9 (from the regular device's menu).
I can't enter to download mode (fail), wipe cache and wipe all (factory reset) didn't help.
Is there any chance to fix it at home? Or just to buy a new phone?
And, does this issue can occur in other devices, HTC or any other brand?
Please advise.
(Can't upload a picture of my device, since I'm a new user...)
Thanks!

As far as I know there's nothing you can do. There are no reports of successful diy repairs of a dead nand M9.
Theoretically this issue can happen with any phone. However, it looks like the probability of its occurence on a M9 increased a lot during the last months.

I´m also stuck in bootloader mode
recovery mode / download mode endup with red text:
"failed to boot to download mode"
***Software status: Modified***
***LOCKED***
***S-ON***
***Security Warning***
Cannot get the token as fastboot oem commands end up empty or unknown command.
I think USB-debbugging is "off"
How can i get S-OFF
or how can i get token
Thanks.