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[Q] [HELP] Options following failed attempted root (stock)

Starting from a new stock Desire HD, I have attempted gaining root access using Visionary (r14). Temproot worked, but permroot apparently failed. My device rebooted, but didn't come back up - I get the phone-with-red-triangle screen.
If I pull the battery and then boot into the bootloader, using the Image CRC menu option I can see that my system partition has been modified (but all other partitions are unchanged):
<redacted>
Do I have any options available to me now, or am I screwed?
My phone is a stock Desire HD A9191 (stock HBOOT S-ON, stock recovery, stock radio S-ON):
Code:
Branded (Vodafone Australia)
<redacted>
Is there magic process that can be done to re-flash the faulty system partition?
Any help would be hugely appreciated. Sorry to make this my first post to the forums, but I'm well and truely stuck... hopefully not permanently, but I have that sinking feeling

What happens when on the red triangle screen, you HOLD the volume up, and then press power button? I think this will take you to stock recovery. Reboot if you have the option, or Wipe data & factory reset.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Thanks UpInTheAir.
At the red-triangle screen I press vol-up and power, and it displays the Android system recovery screen. It shows the options:
1 Reboot system now
2 Apply sdcard:update.zip
3 Wipe data/factory reset
4 Wipe cache partition
I've tried (3) and (4) and then rebooted, but it does not help - the phone continues to boot into the red-triangle screen.
It looks to me like the system partition was incorrectly modified / corrupted by visionary, and somehow flashing it back to a known-good condition seems like the only way forward...
Is it possible to use option (2) to flash a new rom if I package it up and put it on the SD card somehow? My phone is branded vodafone-australia, and they have not published any RUU update files yet. I gather that using a WWE rom update from HTC will not be possible?

Try DL think stock 1.32 RUU
Rename to PD98IMG.zip (not .zip.zip, do not extract)
Put PD98IMG.zip onto sdcard
HOLD volume down, and power on -> this will boot into Bootloader
Start update and follow the prompts
I hope this helps, but as always, please don't hold me responsible if anything goes pear-shaped.

Thanks again. Downloading now, and will update this post when I've tried it out. Cheers.

You'll need to make a Goldcard to flash this ROM (if your phone is branded).
http://android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/305672/creating-a-goldcard/
Also for more help follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035027 (follow the bit about flashing the PD98IMG.zip)

a33a said:
You'll need to make a Goldcard to flash this ROM (if your phone is branded).
http://android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/305672/creating-a-goldcard/
Also for more help follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035027 (follow the bit about flashing the PD98IMG.zip)
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Won't the Gold Card be useless if the system partition is already corrupted?
This was to be done before using visionary?

Thanks a33a.
My phone doesn't boot (I can only get to the bootloader menu, or the red-triangle screen). I tried talking to it with ADB, but it says "device offline".
The instructions for making a gold-card appear to require you using adb to talk to the phone to get it to tell you some long id number... I don't think it's possible for me to do this.
Is there a work around or some other way?

Did the PD98IMG.zip work?

Did u update the HTC drivers for the usb before. The adb needs the latest drivers for Windows to communicate.
If u can't create a goldcard than u should try and borrow 1 from a friend that already rooted his dhd. It might work that way. If not than u have to bring it to HTC and have it reflash.

When you tried ADB;
1. Make sure your phone is in FASTBOOT USB (HOLD volume down + power on -> Bootloader)
2. Connect to PC
3. CMD (Command Prompt) cd\............android\android-sdk-windows\tools\ (or whewrever the adb.exe & fastboot.exe is)
4. Type fastboot devices
5. You should get pyour device serial number HT............
But as I said, if the partition is screwed up, it is pointless with the goldcard?........
Edit: Memory coming back......You only need the Gold Card if you flash a stock ROM and require OTA updates? Without this you can't get the updates. So not having it shouldn't stop the flash?

Unfortunately the PD98IMG.zip did not work.
As suspected, the bootloader found it, loaded it, checked it, then displayed:
Code:
CID incorrect!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot.
I haven't tried creating the gold card yet. I'm not holding out much hope, because with the device not booting into the OS, I don't think you can get adb to connect.
When the phone was working, I was able to use ADB to install apps and run commands from the shell, so I'm pretty sure the USB drivers are OK (I've installed the latest HTC Sync, which included the usb drivers and adb.exe).
I don't know anyone with another Desire HD, let alone anyone who has created a gold card... maybe someone on here with one can zip up the files and send them to me?

Did you try through fastboot? Sorry I don't have one as wasn't carrier branded. I never had intention to keep the stock, so never bothered. I will keep an eye open for ideas though.
I suppose you would get the same if you rename it to update.zip & try flash through the recovery / update. My guess is yes, but doesn't hurt to try?
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

I'm just trying the fastboot method now (downloading and installing the SDK as I type).
I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks for sticking around to help out.

If no good, look on the bright side. There will be no evidence on your phone about the attempted root, still s-on etc. With the system partition corrupt, you could send it back and claim ignorance, not sure what happened. I would think you would have a very goof chance of repair (htc flash) or replacement.
Well hope you have some luck first though.
Edit: meant s-on
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Yeah, I was considering that -- all partitions except system are unmodified and stock, and both S-flags are S-ON. Using the bootloader to wipe cache and data, should erase any evidence that I was attempting to root the phone.
Fingers crossed they will replace / repair under warranty -- if it comes to that!

Okay, as per the earlier post, I've put the phone into FASTBOOT USB mode, and used the Android SDK fastboot.exe program, which gave me back a 12 digit number beginning with "HTxxxxxxxxxx".
However, the linked gold-card creation guide says to run "adb shell cat /sys/... " which does not work -- adb returns "error: device not found". Presumably this is because you can't talk to the phone when it's in the bootloader.
What should I do with the "HTxxxxxxxxxx" value? The goldcard guide doesn't mention it as far as I can tell...

That's your device serial number, meaning you can ay least talk with it via fastboot. Try substituting 'fastboot' instead of 'adb'. Your connected in Fastboot, ADB command is when your phone is powered up and connected in charge only, usb debugging enabled.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Okay, I've tried a couple more things:
Renaming PD98IMG.zip to update.zip and selecting "Apply sdcard:update.zip" from the recovery menu. This failed, displaying "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command ---- invalid operation ----"
Then I tried issuing ADB commands using fastboot.exe, but fastboot doesn't support the shell parameter, so "fastboot shell cat /sys/...." doesn't work.

It does look like fastboot can be used to flash various parts of the device though... I wonder if this is worth looking into a bit more?
ie: fastboot's usage output says:
Code:
commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall flash boot + recovery + system
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable
boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel
flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it
devices list all connected devices
continue continue with autoboot
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader
I tried "fastboot update update.zip" giving it the renamed PD98IMG.zip file, but it complained of:
Code:
Whoops: didn't find expected signature
read_central_directory_entry failed
error: failed to access zipdata in '....garbage characters...'
Does anyone know how and what to feed to fastboot to get to force-flash the system partition?
UPDATE: yeah I thought this might have been too easy... This link suggests that you can't flash a production device with fastboot unless you already have ENG S-OFF (which I don't).
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Fastboot

[Q] Incredible boot loops at white screen, tried many things

I have an Incredible that has Cyanogenmod 7 on it. A couple weeks ago it stopped working in that it would just reboot after the white HTC incredible screen. I can get it to go to Hboot, but if I try to go into Recovery it just reboots immediately.
I flashed a new Hboot successfully, but once it reboots I get stuck in the loop again.
Both Clear Storage and Factory Reset start the boot loop as well.
Anyone have an idea of what I can do or does this sound like a hardware issue? My computer recognizes it, but I'm not sure what good that does me since I can't get it to boot or go into Recovery.
Here's the info from Hboot in case it's helps
Code:
INCREDIBLEC XC SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.92.0000
MICROP-0417
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL24_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.07.28
Jul 23 2010, 18:06:51

GreyhoundX said:
I have an Incredible that has Cyanogenmod 7 on it. A couple weeks ago it stopped working in that it would just reboot after the white HTC incredible screen. I can get it to go to Hboot, but if I try to go into Recovery it just reboots immediately.
I flashed a new Hboot successfully, but once it reboots I get stuck in the loop again.
Both Clear Storage and Factory Reset start the boot loop as well.
Anyone have an idea of what I can do or does this sound like a hardware issue? My computer recognizes it, but I'm not sure what good that does me since I can't get it to boot or go into Recovery.
Here's the info from Hboot in case it's helps
Code:
INCREDIBLEC XC SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.92.0000
MICROP-0417
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL24_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.07.28
Jul 23 2010, 18:06:51
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I would flash an ruu thru hboot and then do a factory rest from hboot. Then if it boots fine flash cwm recovery thru hboot and then the su binaty thru recovery to regain root. Once you have recovery working again then flash back to cm7 or another rom of your choice thru recovery.
Or you could try to just reflash cwm recovery thru hboot, and then if you can access recovery wipe everything in mounts and storage except sdcard and emmc, and then restore a nandroid or flash a new rom.
RUU's - http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22
Latest cwm recovery - http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip
Latest su binary - http://dinc.does-it.net/SuperUser/SuperUser_3.0.7.zip
How to flash with hboot - http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=79
You may also want to upgrade to the newest radio 2.15.10.07.07 - http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=18

I flashed the PB31IMG from here (wasn't the newest): http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22
The flash seemed to work, but once it rebooted it went into the loop again. All the options in Hboot just throw it into the same white-screen loop, including Factory Reset and Recovery.
The only thing I see different in Hboot is my radio is now 2.15.10.07.07

GreyhoundX said:
I flashed the PB31IMG from here (wasn't the newest): http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22
The flash seemed to work, but once it rebooted it went into the loop again. All the options in Hboot just throw it into the same white-screen loop, including Factory Reset and Recovery.
The only thing I see different in Hboot is my radio is now 2.15.10.07.07
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Try flashing the recovery and then see if you can access it.
If you have adb setup and have fastboot, you can try to erase the recovery partition by typing " fastboot erase recovery " without quotes into a cmd prompt on your pc. And then flash the recovery from above. Sounds like something is either messed up with your boot or recovery partition or img.
You can also try to use fastboot to erase the boot partition " fastboot erase boot " and then try an ruu again.

I tried both Clockwork 5 and Stock HTC from here: http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=28
They both boot-looped after flashing.
When I try to go into Recovery now, I get the white screen then a quick flash of a phone image with a red triangle on top.

GreyhoundX said:
I tried both Clockwork 5 and Stock HTC from here: http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=28
They both boot-looped after flashing.
When I try to go into Recovery now, I get the white screen then a quick flash of a phone image with a red triangle on top.
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That red triangle is the stock recovery, try to do a factory reset now or try the sugestions i added to the post above.

Factory reset doesn't work. It shows me a phone with a green circle then goes into the boot loop.
I'll try the ADB stuff later today when I'm back from work. I've never used it before. Thanks so much for helping.

How do I connect to the phone via ADB when it's in Hboot? I just get "error: device not found" Every tutorial I found requires the phone to be booted to use ADB.

GreyhoundX said:
How do I connect to the phone via ADB when it's in Hboot? I just get "error: device not found" Every tutorial I found requires the phone to be booted to use ADB.
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Adb will not work in hboot but fastboot will. You can use adb in recovery though, not just booted to the os. The error device not found is probably because you were trying adb from hboot, or because you dont have the correct drivers on your pc. Adb and fastboot are 2 different programs, fastboot is not an adb command. If you need the fastboot.exe file or the drivers you can get them here. http://dinc.does-it.net/ADB/ADB-Fastboot-USB-Drivers_v4_(x86)(x64).zip

I ran "fastboot erase boot" and it said "erasing 'boot'...FAILED (remote: not allowed)". Can I try running or flashing something else?
If I run "fastboot devices" it shows my device ID with fastboot next to it so I know it's connecting.
Thanks for putting up with this, can't imagine what caused this.

Hmm not sure, seems it may be some sort of hardware issue or disk failure. If you cant get it to boot after an ruu, and you cant factory reset or access a custom recovery or get fastboot to erase or flash, im not sure what else you could do. My only other sugestion would be to try the ruu.exe that you do from your pc with the phone connected. Flash the stock recovery PB31IMG.zip first before doing so as i believe its required for the ruu.exe. It may work and it may not im not exactly sure how the ruu.exe works as i have never used one, but i believe you just boot into hboot and then run the exe on your pc.

I haven't flashed through Fastboot because I don't know how. I tried flashing a few of the stock images, but I get errors everytime like "whoops: didn't find expected signature" or "archive does not contain android-info.txt".
Is there something I'm doing wrong?

GreyhoundX said:
I haven't flashed through Fastboot because I don't know how. I tried flashing a few of the stock images, but I get errors everytime like "whoops: didn't find expected signature" or "archive does not contain android-info.txt".
Is there something I'm doing wrong?
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Take a PB31IMG.zip ruu ( http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22 ) and rename it update.zip
Put the update.zip file on your pc in the same folder as the fastboot.exe file. (Where adb is installed)
Boot into hboot with the phone pluged in to the pc. Make sure it says fastboot in red at the top of the hboot screen.
Open a cmd prompt to the directory where fastboot.exe is (eg C:\ADB\)
Type without quotes " fastboot update update.zip " and hit enter.
Here is some good info on fastboot.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Fastboot

Should I be able to open the zip on my computer? All the ones I download from that site are invalid according to Windows. This is the one I tried (3rd link on that page): http://pvillecomp.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Images/Gingerbread-Stock_PB31IMG.zip
I did exactly what you said and got a similar result to before.
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot update update.zip
Whoops: didn't find expected signature
read_central_directory_entry failed
error: failed to access zipdata in 'ö╓°ÑAa.òo♥Gûl╔←☺☼‼6«T▀ésαu*z¿♥M╦▌‼A←4,<Lσ╡≥↕ ªº─ ΦSÉ╢t↕←Θ■√╣F'

GreyhoundX said:
Should I be able to open the zip on my computer? All the ones I download from that site are invalid according to Windows. This is the one I tried (3rd link on that page): http://pvillecomp.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Images/Gingerbread-Stock_PB31IMG.zip
I did exactly what you said and got a similar result to before.
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot update update.zip
Whoops: didn't find expected signature
read_central_directory_entry failed
error: failed to access zipdata in 'ö╓°ÑAa.òo♥Gûl╔←☺☼‼6«T▀ésαu*z¿♥M╦▌‼A←4,<Lσ╡≥↕ ªº─ ΦSÉ╢t↕←Θ■√╣F'
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Use 7-zip, winzip and winrar dont work the best for android files.

Think I'm just going to give up on this one since the flashing doesn't work...what a hassle. I wish there was some diagnostics tool that would just tell me if the phone is physically broken.

[Q] HTC desire Z cant falsh help

Hello
i have htc desire z :
vision pvt eng s-off
hboot 0.84.2000 (PC1011000)
microp-0425
Radio-26.02.01.15_M2
Recovery5.0.2.7 clockworkmod
My phone is freeze on start - white screen.
Cant flash from sd card via PC10IMG.zip (error PASSED), cant flas oficial firmware RUU(error cant init).
Andriod flasher 2.2.0.5 freeze on start make firmware.
Please help.
Please help.

did you already try to enter recovery and wipe? (power & volume -) and is your phone recognized by adb or fastboot?

I can fastboot hboot recovery ADB work but always error if i want flash or someone know please direct commad to write my rom to mobile?
Help please.

Provide us with a little more details, What exactly did you do? A phone just doesn't freeze up like that.

This freeze is after run upgrade some application in work mobile via WIFI .I think on some build 2.3.6 what i have in phone. Since then does not work
After factory reser or wipe freeze phone.After start is freeze 4 min after restart and enter to recovery owerclock.In owerclockmod recovery i can flash pda part from someone buid- i test buld android and all same error - freeze.
If i get PC10IMG.zip after enter to fastboot start upgrade from this file but after load to phone from memory card write parsing and kick from installer to fastboot.
I test 5 other version PC10IMG.zip but the same error.
I test 5 other version RUU but the same error.
I think i must falsh HBOOT , RADIO , RECOVERY to original setting after run RUU but fail.
Sorry my enlish is no best.

sry, but i do not unterstand what you have been doing, specially what is a owerclock recovery?
I would try the following: remove the pc10img.zip from sd, put your phone in fastboot mode (power & tp-wake) and connect to pc, then wipe through fastboot (fastboot erase userdata; fastboot erase cache; fastboot erase dalvik cache) then try to enter recovery and wipe again (if you cant enter recovery flash it via fastboot) and try again...
then try a fresh install.... maybe this works, good luck
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

all wipe done
flash RUU : waiting to run the loader(1min), then error 171
flash via sd C10IMG.zip parsing.... and then kick from installer
Same problems.
Please help.

...if the wiping worked, why dont you flash a rom through recovery?
download cm7 for example:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=vision
remove the pc10img.zip from sd, put the .zip from the link above on your sd, enter recovery choose install from sdcard, grap the .zip and flash it - afterwards reboot...
again, good luck
if all this doesn´t work flash the ruu via fastboot (look at the part - downgrade via fastboot):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
and hitting the thanks button would be a nice thing to do...

Thank you for answer but bad :/
Update cm done but same problem.
Flash via ADB (second link) fail :/ (uploading zip info fail)
Exist some manual for single flash i Think HBOOT , RADIO , RECOVERY?
Thank you for answer

i dont know how this should help, but here you go:
http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html

http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html
this way get installer start ok and after start update BOOTLOADER get -fail- PU
SDCARD flash error is -FAIL-PU
ADB error is FAILED (remote: partition update fail)

[Q] Help! Can't go into recovery mode with Desire Z hboot‏ (G2)

I have a Tmobile G2 rooted running Gingervillian (gingerbread 2.3.1) and I tried to install the Desire z hboot to get the Sense ui.
I followed the steps here, "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogZfSWLlvPg"
HERES THE PROCEDURE OF WHAT I DID:
After updating the PC10IMG.zip (Desire Z hboot) folder to the root of my G2, I was stuck on the HTC logo screen after updating. So I followed what the guy said in the video, deleted the PC10IMG file in my SD card then rebooted my phone.
After rebooting my phone, I was booted back same rom. So I flash/recovery my phone through Rom Manager and tried rebooting my phone to clockwork mod recovery mode.
After rebooting, I didn't go to Clockwork Mod but to FASTBOOT screen? I select "bootloader" and it goes to a quick load that says something like "SD loading, no image or wrong image". I select "Recovery" then it goes to the HTC logo for a split second then I'm back to FASTBOOT screen again.
This is the info on the fasboot screen? don't know if that'll help:
Vision pvt eng S-off
Hboot-0.84.2000 (pc1010000)
Microp-0425
Radio-26.02.15_m2
eMMC-boot
Sep 8 2010, 15:65:38
So now, I don't know what to do and my questions are:
1.) Is there a way to go back to the G2 hboot?
2. Can I still fix this and procedure on and install new roms on recovery clockwork mode, using Desire Z hboot? (as the video did)
Please help a brother out I'm still a noob and still learning. If this is in the wrong place, please move it to the correct place.

Anyone? if it seems confusing, please ask questions or if I need to provide more information. I really need help with this. Any suggestions will help.

Zedomax's guide are outdated, he never updated them when new methods surfaced.
Try a downgrade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdWt65tUBVc

tarroyo said:
Zedomax's guide are outdated, he never updated them when new methods surfaced.
Try a downgrade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdWt65tUBVc
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would any PP99IMG.zip file work? And do I basically put it in the SD's root and put it into the boot menu to update the file?
Thanks

by the way, is this compatible with G2s?

don´t put the pp99img.zip on your sd !
do something different:
download a recovery.img (3.0.2.4 for vision):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
be sure to remove any pc10img.zip or so from your sdcard. then put your phone in fastboot mode (power & tp-wake) connect it to pc and flash the recovery through fastboot by typing: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
after that you should be able to enter recovery. be sure to wipe before installing a new rom...

hoffmas said:
don´t put the pp99img.zip on your sd !
do something different:
download a recovery.img (3.0.2.4 for vision):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
be sure to remove any pc10img.zip or so from your sdcard. then put your phone in fastboot mode (power & tp-wake) connect it to pc and flash the recovery through fastboot by typing: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
after that you should be able to enter recovery. be sure to wipe before installing a new rom...
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I'm assuming I need to do ADB? If so, Is there a way for Mac ios

prototype2 said:
I'm assuming I need to do ADB? If so, Is there a way for Mac ios
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Yes, you can run adb on a Mac. See the link to my adb guide in my signature (assuming you're not viewing from the XDA app, which doesn't show the full sig).
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.

Okay, just to make it clear (I am a "step by step" guy when it comes to technical computer/phone stuff.), from my understanding:
1. Download the recovery.img (3.0.2.4 for vision) and put it in the root of my SD card.
2. Delete any pc10img.zip files from SD card.
3. Turn phone off and then turn phone onto FASTBOOT mode by holding power/volume down/camera or power and tp-wake? (Btw what's tp-wake? and during this process, is the phone in fastboot screen mode while I'm about to type the "flashboot flash recovery recovery.img"?
4. Connect to computer, open up terminal (Mac) and do the ADB process and type in "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
5. Wipe clean and install new rom in recovery mode? (Clockwork Mod recovery mode?)
PLEASE correct my steps or add in any steps that I'm missing. I bought my phone rooted so I never went through these steps before. Anyways please correct me, I don't want to ruin my phone anymore than it is already.

anyone can review my steps?

good morning
ad step 1: don´t put it onto your sd; put it into the adb tool folder on your pc !
ad step 3: tp-wake = the square button at the bottom of your phone (the one that acts like a mouse); to enter fastboot mode press power & tp-wake
...the phone should be in fastboot mode while typing the command.
before you type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" type "fastboot devices" and look if your phone shows up... if so go ahead with flashig the recovery (by the way, you may have to rename the recovery file)
step 4 and 5 look fine...
good luck

okay, I will try it in a little bit here.

In FASTBOOT USB mode, it wont recognize my device but when my device is fully on, adb works.
I get when I type "flashboot devices" (while the phone is on FASTBOOT) in terminal and get:
"-bash: fastboot: command not found"
By the way, I renamed the downloaded flash to "recovery.img" and put that file in the "platform-tools". Don't know if that'll work.

The "fastboot" command should be on your PC in the same folder as the "adb" command. Where did you get adb from, did you install the SDK and platform tools, or something cut-down ?
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.

hm... that means that you do not have fastboot installed. maybe google for fastboot on mac, because i have a linux system... so i can´t help you in that point.
other thing you could do is following this guide (it´s a pc10img.zip with dz hboot and clockwork recovery):
http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html
but first i would try the fastboot method - it´s safer.

Okay, I got the fastboot devices to read my phone. But it cannot load my recovery.img?
This is what got when I typed in "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" :
error: cannot load 'recovery.img'

rename it to recovery and try again...

It's not loading the img file for some reason..

prototype2 said:
It's not loading the img file for some reason..
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http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Fastboot
or use the virtuous link...

hoffmas said:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Fastboot
or use the virtuous link...
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[Q] No compatible RUU, phone possibly soft bricked. Help?

I have an international One x, I don't know what I did wrong but my phone never gets past the ROM's logo screen. I've tried flashing about 6 different ROMs that all worked before but the boot.img file never flashes. When I type the command in fastboot, it says it flashed successfully on the pc but the phone just shuts down. When I open it again, it doesn't boot. I also tried restoring to a stock nandroid backup (from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1975140 ) and. I tried restoring to a backup I'd made a month ago but neither worked.
I tried looking for a RUU to run but none worked or are compatible because I can't find one higher than 3.16 and I have S-ON so can't flash anything below that. I looked on the internet in general and here http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Endeavor
Info about the phone:
It's S-ON with an unlocked bootloader
hboot 1.39.0000
CID HTC__J15
Software version 3.16.415.4
radio-5.1204.162.29
Posting here is a last resort, I've tried everything I can think of over the past 3 weeks and I don't know what to do

Hadya said:
I have an international One x, I don't know what I did wrong but my phone never gets past the ROM's logo screen. I've tried flashing about 6 different ROMs that all worked before but the boot.img file never flashes. When I type the command in fastboot, it says it flashed successfully on the pc but the phone just shuts down. When I open it again, it doesn't boot. I also tried restoring to a stock nandroid backup (from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1975140 ) and. I tried restoring to a backup I'd made a month ago but neither worked.
I tried looking for a RUU to run but none worked or are compatible because I can't find one higher than 3.16 and I have S-ON so can't flash anything below that. I looked on the internet in general and here http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Endeavor
Info about the phone:
It's S-ON with an unlocked bootloader
hboot 1.39.0000
CID HTC__J15
Software version 3.16.415.4
radio-5.1204.162.29
Posting here is a last resort, I've tried everything I can think of over the past 3 weeks and I don't know what to do
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Wow what a poem first thing as you may know, flashing the boot.img is a really important step to do if you want your rom to work... I see that you can't do it but i have just a question, does your phone shuts down immediately after you type the command or at the end of the flashing process?
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matt95 said:
Wow what a poem first thing as you may know, flashing the boot.img is a really important step to do if you want your rom to work... I see that you can't do it but i have just a question, does your phone shuts down immediately after you type the command or at the end of the flashing process?
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Shuts down the second I press enter.
The only other thing I can think of is trying to flash the ROM whose boot.img last successfully flashed but I don't know which one that is. Is there a way to find out?

Hadya said:
Shuts down the second I press enter.
The only other thing I can think of is trying to flash the ROM whose boot.img last successfully flashed but I don't know which one that is. Is there a way to find out?
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That could be a solution but there's no way to find out the Rom you've installed previously...

matt95 said:
That could be a solution but there's no way to find out the Rom you've installed previously...
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Okay. Do you have any suggestions then?

Is there a way that I can change the files inside the RUU?

Hadya said:
Is there a way that I can change the files inside the RUU?
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Don't think so, and it would be very dangerous for your phone

matt95 said:
Don't think so, and it would be very dangerous for your phone
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So I should just give up for now and wait for a suitable RUU?

Hadya said:
So I should just give up for now and wait for a suitable RUU?
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That's your only option as long as i know

Maybe you can try on a different pc or reinstall drivers?
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Stefan0vic said:
Maybe you can try on a different pc or reinstall drivers?
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I've tried re-installing the drivers but I don't see how a different pc would help since there are no compatible RUUs

You can use a nandroid backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
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Hi Hadya!
I guess you should start from scratch. U will lost all data on your device but after all it is working again.
!!! IMPORTANT !!!
1. Make sure your device is fully charged for this. Otherwise it will be a big stress to get it back to work.
2. Copy all data from the SDCard away because you will loose EVERYTHING!!!
3. You need your unlock_token.bin to unlock your device again. If you don't have it available please request this from the HTC web site.
Now, let's recover your device...
1. Download this file and extract it.
http://ul.to/j4j1cpft
2. Enter fastboot
Press POWER & VOLUME DOWN KEY and enter the bootloader
3. Connect your device to PC for the 1st Recover
Test if your device is available via fastboot and use this command:
fastboot devices
You should see your device with Serial number
Now lock your device back with command:
fastboot oem lock
You will see a short message and your bootloader is locked. You should see the message on top of the bootloader with RELOCKED.
That's fine.
Now start the ARUWIZARD from the downloade ZIP file and flash your device as you know it.
There is a ROM file inside which is same as your current hboot. This flash procedure will allign your partitions on the device and it might be that you will loose all SDCard files. I'm pretty sure that you will loose it.
The ROM contains only hboot, recovery and boot Images but it will "RECOVER" your device.
4. Unlock your device
After this procedure you are ready to unlock your device again. Enter fastboot and flash your unlock token again.
fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_token.bin
After the device is unlocked flash boot and recovery image of your choice within this way:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase Cache
After this you have a half running device.
5. Second Recover Step
Now you need to do a final repair for the device. For this you need to download Android Revolution HD 31.x ROM.
1. Put this ROM on your SDCard
2. Enter recovery and flash this ROM
3. Flash the boot.img to your device
4. Start your device and ignore the 1st Setup steps.
5. Now go to:
SETTINGS > Backup & reset > Reset phone (touch this)
6. On the next page scroll down to the bottom and select:
"Erase Music, Picture... on the storage"
7. Press "OK" and wait
When the phone is back again device is fully recovered. The SDCard is reformated and all partitons are back again.
Now you can do everything you want with your device again.
Best regards!

MrT69 said:
Hi Hadya!
I guess you should start from scratch. U will lost all data on your device but after all it is working again.
!!! IMPORTANT !!!
1. Make sure your device is fully charged for this. Otherwise it will be a big stress to get it back to work.
2. Copy all data from the SDCard away because you will loose EVERYTHING!!!
3. You need your unlock_token.bin to unlock your device again. If you don't have it available please request this from the HTC web site.
Now, let's recover your device...
1. Download this file and extract it.
http://ul.to/j4j1cpft
2. Enter fastboot
Press POWER & VOLUME DOWN KEY and enter the bootloader
3. Connect your device to PC for the 1st Recover
Test if your device is available via fastboot and use this command:
fastboot devices
You should see your device with Serial number
Now lock your device back with command:
fastboot oem lock
You will see a short message and your bootloader is locked. You should see the message on top of the bootloader with RELOCKED.
That's fine.
Now start the ARUWIZARD from the downloade ZIP file and flash your device as you know it.
There is a ROM file inside which is same as your current hboot. This flash procedure will allign your partitions on the device and it might be that you will loose all SDCard files. I'm pretty sure that you will loose it.
The ROM contains only hboot, recovery and boot Images but it will "RECOVER" your device.
4. Unlock your device
After this procedure you are ready to unlock your device again. Enter fastboot and flash your unlock token again.
fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_token.bin
After the device is unlocked flash boot and recovery image of your choice within this way:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase Cache
After this you have a half running device.
5. Second Recover Step
Now you need to do a final repair for the device. For this you need to download Android Revolution HD 31.x ROM.
1. Put this ROM on your SDCard
2. Enter recovery and flash this ROM
3. Flash the boot.img to your device
4. Start your device and ignore the 1st Setup steps.
5. Now go to:
SETTINGS > Backup & reset > Reset phone (touch this)
6. On the next page scroll down to the bottom and select:
"Erase Music, Picture... on the storage"
7. Press "OK" and wait
When the phone is back again device is fully recovered. The SDCard is reformated and all partitons are back again.
Now you can do everything you want with your device again.
Best regards!
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I'm facing a tiny problem with running the ARUWizard. It says my phone's battery is below 30% and won't flash every time although I fully charged it till the light turned green.

Hmmm... this seems to be a tricky thing.
Try this:
1. Copy the rom.zip into the same Folder where your fastboot.exe is located
2. Enter bootloader and go to fastboot.
3. Flash the file with this command:
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
4. Enter the original recovery
5. When you see the red triangle than do a short press on the power button and vol up and you will see the menue as same as you know it from the CWM Recovery
6. Wipe Cache
7. Wipe data/factory
8. unlock the bootloader
9. Flash the rom.img from AHD Image
fastboot flash boot boot.img
10. Flash CWM recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
11. enter Recovery and Mount USB
12. Copy the AHD ROM to your device & flash it
13. Boot the ROM, wait up to 10 minutes bevore you use it & ignore the setup
14. Within the Phone enter Settings and do a FACTORY RESET

MrT69 said:
Hmmm... this seems to be a tricky thing.
Try this:
1. Copy the rom.zip into the same Folder where your fastboot.exe is located
2. Enter bootloader and go to fastboot.
3. Flash the file with this command:
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
4. Enter the original recovery
5. When you see the red triangle than do a short press on the power button and vol up and you will see the menue as same as you know it from the CWM Recovery
6. Wipe Cache
7. Wipe data/factory
8. unlock the bootloader
9. Flash the rom.img from AHD Image
fastboot flash boot boot.img
10. Flash CWM recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
11. enter Recovery and Mount USB
12. Copy the AHD ROM to your device & flash it
13. Boot the ROM, wait up to 10 minutes bevore you use it & ignore the setup
14. Within the Phone enter Settings and do a FACTORY RESET
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I tried that but it just says this in cmd when I try to flash the rom.zip
sending 'zip' (12882 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.654s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.864s

Hadya said:
I tried that but it just says this in cmd when I try to flash the rom.zip
sending 'zip' (12882 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.654s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.864s
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Sorry!!!!!
This is the wrong way. Use this command:
fastboot oem rebootRUU fastboot flash zip rom.zip

MrT69 said:
Sorry!!!!!
This is the wrong way. Use this command:
fastboot oem rebootRUU fastboot flash zip rom.zip
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Okay. It worked! Thank you!

Hadya said:
Okay. It worked! Thank you!
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Is everything now working again?

Yes! All working. Thanks.