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Flash phone from Pocket back to Sprint

So I purchased an Evo online, first mistake, and found out it is tied to Pocket Wireless. The phone has a clear ESN, and sprint has added it back to my account, and I am trying to flash Sprints stock RUU. But I keep getting Error 171, and I have tried it on 2 different computers. What other advice can someone give me to get around this? Thanks

wpsr2005 said:
So I purchased an Evo online, first mistake, and found out it is tied to Pocket Wireless. The phone has a clear ESN, and sprint has added it back to my account, and I am trying to flash Sprints stock RUU. But I keep getting Error 171, and I have tried it on 2 different computers. What other advice can someone give me to get around this? Thanks
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find out your HBOOT version and flash either
http://www.multiupload.com/P4QL4DC90E
for 2.02
or
http://www.multiupload.com/VLFJ3L99PE
for 2.10
that should restore it 100% back to sprint if its rooted you will lose it and have to re-root
Links obtained from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045

I am assuming I need to load this onto my SD Card, and flash it that way?? Also, don't I have to rename the file, so HBOOT will use it?? Thanks for your help

wpsr2005 said:
I am assuming I need to load this onto my SD Card, and flash it that way?? Also, don't I have to rename the file, so HBOOT will use it?? Thanks for your help
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pc36img.zip
and yes put it on your SD card

I loaded the file onto my SD card's root folder, and renamed it. But when I get to Hboot, it finds the file, then says no image or wrong name? But the name is correct???

wpsr2005 said:
I loaded the file onto my SD card's root folder, and renamed it. But when I get to Hboot, it finds the file, then says no image or wrong name? But the name is correct???
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try it in caps, its been a minute and be sure its PC36IMG.zip
I havent personally done it in a while, gimmie a sec let me see if case matters to confirm
**EDIT** ya confirmed it has to be caps.
my mistake sorry

Yup, still not working. Its names PC36IMG.zip, and hboot is still telling me no image or wrong name. This is seriously frustrating.

wpsr2005 said:
Yup, still not working. Its names PC36IMG.zip, and hboot is still telling me no image or wrong name. This is seriously frustrating.
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hmm frustrating indeed
you have got me stumped for sure.

Ok, Make sure you set up windows to show extension of known files, it is possible that you are renaming a known file (but hiding the extension) and the real file is PC36IMG.zip.zip or PC36IMG.zip.bin or something like that....

[REQ] Anyone has stock recovery for Virgin Mobile USA One V?

Looked around and found nothing, guess the phone is too new.
I made this mistake of flashing CWM of GSM One V onto my VM One V, and while the phone still works now, the recovery crashes every time I attempt to use it - and I did not backup the recovery =( Anyway, I figured that this will be useful for other owners of the VM One V as well, so:
Does anyone out there have the VM One V, and have the means to extract its recovery partition? Can you post it? It'll be very helpful for the purpose of general reversibility of all kinds of hack. Much thanks in advance!
Just for reference, my software ver. (as displayed in the About page) is 1.08.652.6710RD.

I wish I had read this before... I just did the same thing :S

Could you upload your boot.img I screwed mine up...

I think Sprint is also cdma. Go to football's rom collection for Primo below, download the Sprint RUU and extract the recovery.img.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591059

I'll report back within a couple minutes

The recovery works!! So much thanks CafeKampuchia (and Football)! I totally did not notice the "VM" in the name of the Sprint ROM =X
In case people find digging through the RUU too much trouble, here's the Virgin Mobile USA HTC One V 1.08.652.6 signed recovery for your convenience.
http://www.mediafire.com/?uo69rb7pajmo8rj
Will post the boot partition soon if RFrancis, or anyone who would PM me their email, is willing to test it. Don't want to post a faulty image, ya know. =)

Oh I'm here; i'll pm you my e-mail

clxcoltz said:
The recovery works!! So much thanks CafeKampuchia (and Football)! I totally did not notice the "VM" in the name of the Sprint ROM =X
In case people find digging through the RUU too much trouble, here's the Virgin Mobile USA HTC One V 1.08.652.6 signed recovery for your convenience.
http://www.mediafire.com/?uo69rb7pajmo8rj
Will post the boot partition soon if RFrancis, or anyone who would PM me their email, is willing to test it. Don't want to post a faulty image, ya know. =)
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man, outrun me with 1 min

jaja tell me after messing with the phone the whole day when the RUU finished downloading I just let it sit there... I was like MEH I'm tired of trying
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Well that worked... boot.img works so we are in the exact same place but better off haha thats great.

Made a whole thread for the good.
for now, just the eur and sprint/virgin, but there are some ruus downloading at he background...
[RECOVERY] Stock recoveries for the One V

Sweet, here's the boot partition for people who want it. Now if only someone will unpack these and make 'em work with CWM and/or superboot(?)...
http://www.mediafire.com/?eviw7tv5v97d4hl

clxcoltz said:
Sweet, here's the boot partition for people who want it. Now if only someone will unpack these and make 'em work with CWM and/or superboot(?)...
http://www.mediafire.com/?eviw7tv5v97d4hl
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I will try to make superboot from this boot.img tonight when I'm at home if there is someone willing to test it.

I'll test

OK.. I'll be home in next three hours.. still at work

I'll see if I can wake up 3:00 AM where I'm at. I'll get a notification if you post back at this thread. Thanks

I have tried to get root on one v virgin mobile:
Download this
Open the bat file through a windows computer and run it.Your phone should be in fastboot and then run the .bat file or according to your os the corresponding file...Thanks to paulobrien for the original root ..I just tried transferring the files and made some changes in boot.img !
Please report nd tell me if it works

Anyone tested it??
Sent from my HTC One V Running SuPrimo v4.1(28/6/12)

Perhaps you'd like to try this root by user ckpv5 as it incorportes SuperSU as opposed to the one above.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/htconev/files/r1-primo-cdma-superboot.zip/download
I'm about to try it
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shubhamchamaria your root works thank you.

RFrancis: Which one worked? The one in your post or the previous one in shubhamchamaria's post?

Both work... The one in my post just has SuperSU included...
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For the meantime people with stock roms might want to run an
adb backup -all

[q] stuck at 3 color screen

Hi.
i was updating my htc touch pro 2 (sprint),Ever thing was going fine and it stuck at 0%
i saw error on my desktop computer (FLASH WRITE ERROR)
so i do a soft reset
all i got now is 3 color screen
NEED HELP TO AGAIN MAKE IT WORK
Sorry for my bad english
THANKS ,
WAITING FOR REPLY

What are you trying to flash?
Are you doing it via SD or via PC? I would assume via PC since you got an error on your PC...
Can you try flashing via SD?

Did you unlock your phone? Did you try to load the stock rom?
You can probably just put the stock rom on the sd card, and load from there.

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i was updating not flashing
i thing my phone is already unlock i am using it in Pakistan
i try from PC to update
what is SD method and where to find stock rom ?
THANKS FOR THE QUICK RESPONCE

sufian9647 said:
i was updating not flashing
i thing my phone is already unlock i am using it in Pakistan
i try from PC to update
what is SD method and where to find stock rom ?
THANKS FOR THE QUICK RESPONCE
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Oh, I see... in Pakistan means your phone is unlocked...
You were updating, not flashing....
How silly of me....:silly:
Sigh....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550691

Do i need to do hard-spl
where to find ROM and what mean by root of SD CARD
My phone is already at 3 color screen as u know so do i have to enter boot loader by manual ?
THANKS FOR QUICK RESPONSE :good:

sufian9647 said:
Do i need to do hard-spl
where to find ROM and what mean by root of SD CARD
My phone is already at 3 color screen as u know so do i have to enter boot loader by manual ?
THANKS FOR QUICK RESPONSE :good:
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What ROM were you flashing before? Just use that one.
wizardknight, look at the screenshot... he's already HSPL'd.
Root of SD card == no folders. 0 folders. Just put the file on the SD card. Not within a FOLDER.

RUU_Rhodium_S2_HTC_Europe_2.07.401.1_Radio_Rhodium_4.49.25.91_Signed_Ship
is the name of file which i use to update ,but its a computer file,how can i use it by putting in SD CARD ?
its a application file,i cant ever extract it

arrrghhh said:
wizardknight, look at the screenshot... he's already HSPL'd.
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Never said he wasn't.I said the physical location of the phone had no relevance to the locked or unlocked state of the phone.
That would like saying cars can only go fast if they are in France. Completely illogical.
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sufian9647 said:
RUU_Rhodium_S2_HTC_Europe_2.07.401.1_Radio_Rhodium_4.49.25.91_Signed_Ship
is the name of file which i use to update ,but its a computer file,how can i use it by putting in SD CARD ?
its a application file,i cant ever extract it
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Try 7zip. It will open almost any container file.

i rename the file ruu_signed.nbh to rhodimg.nbh
and put it in SD card root
and start the boot loader
i push the power button to install the update
but got ERROR
SEE THE ATTACHED PIC TO SEE ERROR

sufian9647 said:
i rename the file ruu_signed.nbh to rhodimg.nbh
and put it in SD card root
and start the boot loader
i push the power button to install the update
but got ERROR
SEE THE ATTACHED PIC TO SEE ERROR
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Hm, it's trying to flash the bootloader... What ROM is this you are trying to flash? It might be a stock ROM which is not appropriate for your device...
wizardknight said:
Never said he wasn't.I said the physical location of the phone had no relevance to the locked or unlocked state of the phone.
That would like saying cars can only go fast if they are in France. Completely illogical.
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I don't think logic has anything to do with this.... I don't think it ever did my friend, lol.

my mobile is of sprint,i think at start of this thread i put image of my mobile
RUU_Rhodium_S2_HTC_Europe_2.07.401.1_Radio_Rhodium _4.49.25.91_Signed_Ship
this is the file which i downloaded from htc website
i extract it with zip 7
direct me to the link of rom which can work on my device

If this is a Sprint RHOD. Then it should be a Rhod400.
Your screenshot does not show RHOD400.
If it is a sprint RHOD400, then this thread has CDMA wm roms in it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686903

on my touch pro 2 there in no logo of sprint
but when i power on it display the sprint logo
my question is that is my phone have sprint rom ?
and in pakistan ppcgeek website in block,so i cant access it
u have see the condition of my mobile before and after updating through SD card method also
in my attachment images
did u notice during updating from SD card method it give BOOT LOADER - ERROR
plz help me ,my phone is in this condition almost 1 month

You don't know what kind of phone you have for sure, you don't know what rom was on it for sure, you don't know what rom should be on it, you can't download roms, and you are about 5000 miles away. What do you want us to do?
Go find a repair shop. We can't help you.

i am using touch pro 2
it have sprint ROM Wm 6.5
i have recently downloaded ROM but it give BOOT LOADER ERROR
should i try other ROM also
what can be the cause of BOOT LOADER ERROR,is it due to wrong ROM VERSION ?
I HAVE CONSULTED 2 repair shop they keep my mobile for a week and then return it,
because in Pakistan we have shortage of electricity,so repair shop cant give time to my mobile.

sufian9647 said:
i am using touch pro 2
it have sprint ROM Wm 6.5
i have recently downloaded ROM but it give BOOT LOADER ERROR
should i try other ROM also
what can be the cause of BOOT LOADER ERROR,is it due to wrong ROM VERSION ?
I HAVE CONSULTED 2 repair shop they keep my mobile for a week and then return it,
because in Pakistan we have shortage of electricity,so repair shop cant give time to my mobile.
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You still have not told us what phone you have. There are at least 5 types of touch pro 2s + some knock off ones.
Sprint rom WM 6.5 does not tell us what rom you are running,
If you downloaded a rom amd it gave you boot loader error, then it must not work on your phone.
I suggest that you find another repair shop that will be able to fix your phone in less than a week, or just buy a new phone.
Good luck. You are going to need it.

i will try next 24 hour to make it run
i will try ROM from the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686903
but if still failed i will find better repair shop

when i try to download a ROM it give me error
(The file link that you requested is not valid.)
WHAT SHOULD I DO
waiting for your response
THANKS

sufian9647 said:
when i try to download a ROM it give me error
(The file link that you requested is not valid.)
WHAT SHOULD I DO
waiting for your response
THANKS
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Download another ROM/find another link?
This device is getting quite old now, so it will become infinitely more difficult to find the appropriate files, with valid links.
Good luck.

Can somebody please help me?

I bought a HTC One M8 AT&T phone from eBay that was rooted. I'm not a fan of being rooted, and I've rooted and unrooted in the past, so I THOUGHT i was familiar with the process. I am just about ready to pull my hair out. I've spend a good 5-6 hours trying all sorts of methods. Maybe someone can help me. Here's the scoop:
I have S-on. I have TWRP recovery. I have HTC sync drivers installed on my computer. I have NO OS installed (I didn't back anything up not realizing I deleted the back up). I have tried flashing a boot img from CMD of my computer directly onto the phone but NOTHING i attempt to flash will work. I have zip files from a 1.158.502.1, I have been attempting to flash from the "install" folder on TWRP with NO avail. The CMD prompt: Fastboot Devices DOES recognize my device in my PC. Please help me.

Did you put the .zip on your SD card, internal? Where is the .zip located? Really, make sure CID matches ATT, relock bootloader, and run from here: http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/
You can't screw this phone up, you just can't.

"Did you put the .zip on your SD card, internal? Where is the .zip located? Really, make sure CID matches ATT, relock bootloader, and run from here: URL
You can't screw this phone up, you just can't."
The .zip is on my sd card. THe CID matches ATT. I do not know how to relock the bootloader. That's something I haven't tried. I'm trying NOT to screw the phone up, I don't think I am, it's just that nothing is working.

1st off, don't panic! You didn't screw up your phone.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say the problem is, but:
If your zip file is a twrp backup, then you need to put it in the corresponding twrp backups folder (sd_ext/twrp/backups/serialnumber/backupfoldername/). Otherwise, if your zip file is an RUU then you'll need to place it at the root of your sd and rename it to 0P6BIMG.zip then flash it from bootloader.
You need to flash an OS before you flash the corresponding firmware and boot image.
Anyhow, do provide more details!

cami0488 said:
I bought a HTC One M8 AT&T phone from eBay that was rooted. I'm not a fan of being rooted, and I've rooted and unrooted in the past, so I THOUGHT i was familiar with the process. I am just about ready to pull my hair out. I've spend a good 5-6 hours trying all sorts of methods.
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Every Android phone is different, and has its own learning curve. You should also not apply methods meant for other phones, only for the M8.
cami0488 said:
I have S-on. I have TWRP recovery. I have HTC sync drivers installed on my computer. I have NO OS installed (I didn't back anything up not realizing I deleted the back up).
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Did you delete all the partitions in the TWRP "Advanced wipe" option?
cami0488 said:
I have tried flashing a boot img from CMD of my computer directly onto the phone but NOTHING i attempt to flash will work. I have zip files from a 1.158.502.1, I have been attempting to flash from the "install" folder on TWRP with NO avail.
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What do you mean it "nothing I attempt will work"? If you aren't specific about what you attempted, this doesn't tell us anything!!!
What was your command syntax? Where did you get the file? What is the outcome (error message, or just no boot into OS)?
Also, this is never going to get your phone running in itself, anyway. You realize boot.img is just a kernel (and a few other small things) and not the whole ROM? If you deleted the system partition, you need to restore an entire ROM (over 1GB for a Sense ROM) not just boot.img, which is about 13 MB?
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shirreer said:
Anyhow, do provide more details!
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Agreed, the OP hasn't provided nearly enough info.
Its not remotely clear what the OP has even tried flashing.
Saying he "tried a bunch of stuff" is not helpful. OP needs to describe every step, what files used, and the outcomes with error messages or other results.
Need to do fastboot getvar all, and post the output (be sure to delete IMEI and serial numbers before posting the output, as these are personal data).
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hack14u said:
Really, make sure CID matches ATT, relock bootloader, and run from here: http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/
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Agree that the OP probably just need to relock the bootloader and run the Lollipop RUU.
Not only will this get the phone up and running again in (nearly) stock condition, but will also update it to the most current Android LP version.

redpoint73 said:
Every Android phone is different, and has its own learning curve. You should also not apply methods meant for other phones, only for the M8.
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Yeah, I certainly learned that the hard way.
Did you delete all the partitions in the TWRP "Advanced wipe" option?
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Yes unfortunately I did. No TWRP back ups exsist.
What do you mean it "nothing I attempt will work"? If you aren't specific about what you attempted, this doesn't tell us anything!!!
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I attemped to flash the rom 155.502.18 via a zip file to the phone. Nothing. I attempted loading up a boot.img from some YouTube view I watched that I can't link because I don't have 10 posts on here yet.
What was your command syntax? Where did you get the file? What is the outcome (error message, or just no boot into OS)?
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I'm sorry, I don't know what a command syntax is. I got the file right off here in XDA Forums in the ROM's folder for AT&T stock rom. The error just says "failed" and will not write. It seems to keep missing an "MD5" file. The error in CMD prompt is that it just doesn't go anywhere after I type in >Flashboot Flash Boot boot.img
Also, this is never going to get your phone running in itself, anyway. You realize boot.img is just a kernel (and a few other small things) and not the whole ROM? If you deleted the system partition, you need to restore an entire ROM (over 1GB for a Sense ROM) not just boot.img, which is about 13 MB?
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I did not know that. I was just trying to figure out how to get this to work again. Yes, I did delete the system partition, so I guess I will have to restore an entire ROM (1gb of space for a Sense ROM). The problem is, I don't know which files from these .zip files on XDA are the correct files, and I can't seem to find any videos on YouTube that show the problems I'm having.
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Agreed, the OP hasn't provided nearly enough info.
Its not remotely clear what the OP has even tried flashing.
Saying he "tried a bunch of stuff" is not helpful. OP needs to describe every step, what files used, and the outcomes with error messages or other results.
Need to do fastboot getvar all, and post the output (be sure to delete IMEI and serial numbers before posting the output, as these are personal data).
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I apologize for the lack of information. I have some screenshots of the errors and what the TWRP recovery bootloader looks like, but I can't attach my image files to this post because It says I need 10 more posts. Otherwise I would have tried to post more information. "he said". I am a woman*. I did try a fastboot getvar all before, so I'm aware what that is, but I'll have to post short messages around here to reach my 10 post mark so i can start including some screenshot images.
Agree that the OP probably just need to relock the bootloader and run the Lollipop RUU.
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Relative question. What is the difference between manually flashing a ROM through the CMD prompt on my comptuper vs "RUU". I don't have any current operating system on the phone so I can no longer go into the settings and turn off USB debugging and whatever else I've seen instructions on using RUUs. Which all seem to indicate I need an OS before even doing that option.
Not only will this get the phone up and running again in (nearly) stock condition, but will also update it to the most current Android LP version.
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THAT IS THE GOAL! I would be SOoooooooooooooooooooooooo happy if and when that can finally happen. Annnnnd I"ll never be buying anymore phones that are rooted again, because I don't want to go through this annoying process of unrooting. Now I know why the seller didn't unroot!, lolAnd THANK YOU to all for your replies. I shall post more information

shirreer said:
1st off, don't panic! You didn't screw up your phone.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say the problem is, but:
If your zip file is a twrp backup, then you need to put it in the corresponding twrp backups folder (sd_ext/twrp/backups/serialnumber/backupfoldername/). Otherwise, if your zip file is an RUU then you'll need to place it at the root of your sd and rename it to 0P6BIMG.zip then flash it from bootloader.
You need to flash an OS before you flash the corresponding firmware and boot image.
Anyhow, do provide more details!
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I got this .zip file from the XDA ROMs folder off here. I'm not sure if it's an RUU file. However it is not a backup, or so it wasn't labled that way. It was labled as the "stock ROM"

Try what I said. Before, run the command fastboot OEM lock. That will relock the bootloader so you don't throw an error when you run the RUU. The RUU will wipe everything and bring it back to ATT stock. From there you can learn more commands, and how to "fix" things. An RUU is the stock files packaged as a .exe file, you actually run it from your PC like you were installing a piece of software, but it goes to your phone. Don't worry about not having this, or that, it will fix it for you, unless something else is not set right. Give it a shot, you have nothing to lose, literally. Oh, and I always run RUU's from fastboot USB so it detects it pretty quick.

hack14u said:
Try what I said. Before, run the command fastboot OEM lock. That will relock the bootloader so you don't throw an error when you run the RUU. The RUU will wipe everything and bring it back to ATT stock. From there you can learn more commands, and how to "fix" things. An RUU is the stock files packaged as a .exe file, you actually run it from your PC like you were installing a piece of software, but it goes to your phone. Don't worry about not having this, or that, it will fix it for you, unless something else is not set right. Give it a shot, you have nothing to lose, literally. Oh, and I always run RUU's from fastboot USB so it detects it pretty quick.
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See, I read about using RUU, but I also read that if you have "S-on" you can't flash anything on the device unless you do it through the cmd prompt. That's what caused my problems to begin with, I didn't know where to start after having accidentally wiped my OS, backups, and damn near everything. So it can still work via the RUU method with my S-On? I shall try it tomorrow after work.

From CMD, type:
fastboot getvar all
Take a picture and post it, so we can find you a rom that's suitable for your CID! From then on its really simple.

cami0488 said:
Yes unfortunately I did. No TWRP back ups exsist.
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Forgive me while I rant, but I see this all too often (wiping partitions when you don't know what they are). Quite frankly, if you don't know what you are wiping, or what the result will be, then don't wipe it. It doesn't take much research to find out what each wipe option (partition) is. There are far too many post on here to the effect "I wiped system and now I have no OS". Well, seeing as system and OS are the same thing, that is an obvious outcome. Plus, these options are called "Advanced" for a reason. If you don't have advanced knowledge (or at least research what the options mean), don't mess with them.
Further, wiping everything in TWRP Advanced Wipe options means you wiped your internal storage and removable SD (if you have one), both of which are the possible locations for TWRP backups (internal storage is the default backup location). So again, since you wiped everything, of course you wiped your TWRP backups.
cami0488 said:
I attemped to flash the rom 155.502.18 via a zip file to the phone. Nothing. I attempted loading up a boot.img from some YouTube view I watched that I can't link because I don't have 10 posts on here yet.
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First of all, that is not a valid OS number for the M8, and the likely reason is that you typed it incorrectly. You really need to post specifically and correctly, otherwise we can't know what you are doing. It might seem unimportant or nitpicky to you, but tiny differences in these numbers can have big implications, so you really need to try harder to get it right.
Your description is still far to vague to mean anything. "a boot.img from some YouTube" Do you seriously think that is going to help us help you at all? There are thousands (if not millions) of videos on YouTube. We can't have any idea what that means. You really do need to give the exact steps you've tried and the exact files, if you want proper help.
While you can't use the link function to post links, if needed you can post the text. If the forum still won't allow it, just obfuscate the URL with "dotcom" at the end or something similar.
cami0488 said:
I'm sorry, I don't know what a command syntax is. I got the file right off here in XDA Forums in the ROM's folder for AT&T stock rom. The error just says "failed" and will not write. It seems to keep missing an "MD5" file. The error in CMD prompt is that it just doesn't go anywhere after I type in >Flashboot Flash Boot boot.img
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Syntax is just the exact command as you typed it (order of the typed words, spelling, etc.). This is extremely important, as a single typo such as a wrong character, improper order, etc. will cause the command to fail.
For instance (and I'm not sure if what you posted above is the exact syntax you actually used or not) for the above command, there is no such thing as "Flashboot", it should be fastboot. And fastboot/adb commands typically don't have the command words capitalized like you have it. Exception is if a directory or filename has caps, in which case it needs to match exactly.
cami0488 said:
"he said". I am a woman*.
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My apologies there. Pesky pronouns! Of course, on the internet, unless we know beforehand, we can only guess at the proper pronoun; as it often gets impractical to type "he/she" or non-gender specific "they". I'll try to get it right in this thread, moving forward.
cami0488 said:
I did try a fastboot getvar all before, so I'm aware what that is, but I'll have to post short messages around here to reach my 10 post mark so i can start including some screenshot images.
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Just cut and paste the getvar data. In Windows command prompt, you can right mouse click, select "mark" to highlight the desired getvar text; then Ctrl-C to copy (then just right click Paste or Ctrl-V to paste into an XDA forum message).
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cami0488 said:
Relative question. What is the difference between manually flashing a ROM through the CMD prompt on my comptuper vs "RUU". I don't have any current operating system on the phone so I can no longer go into the settings and turn off USB debugging and whatever else I've seen instructions on using RUUs. Which all seem to indicate I need an OS before even doing that option.
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USB debugging only affects adb use while the phone is running. It doesn't affect fastboot, and fastboot will work even when no OS. Further, RUU only requires fastboot, and even then only to reboot into RUU mode.
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cami0488 said:
I got this .zip file from the XDA ROMs folder off here. I'm not sure if it's an RUU file. However it is not a backup, or so it wasn't labled that way. It was labled as the "stock ROM"
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If you don't understand what it is, you shouldn't be flashing it. You haven't sufficiently described what it is (or linked the location) so we can't possibly know what it is, or properly help with it, either.
Honestly, no offense intended, it seems like your understanding and knowledge of what you are doing is pretty shaky. I'd suggest reading up for an hour or so of the basic tutorials, guides, Index threads, etc. before doing anything more with the phone (aside from RUU, which is what I am about to recommend for you).
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cami0488 said:
See, I read about using RUU, but I also read that if you have "S-on" you can't flash anything on the device unless you do it through the cmd prompt.
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This is completely false.
You only need s-off to flash hboot, radio, change CID/MID, and a few other things. You can flash M8 ROMs, kernels, and a good number of other things from TWRP with s-on. Just find the proper desire ROM, and put it on removable SD or adb push to internal storage; then boot into TWRP and flash the ROM to get OS back.
But RUU is the best option for you.
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So it can still work via the RUU method with my S-On?
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Absolutely.
You will need to relock the bootloader with the command: fastboot oem lock
After that, verify in bootloader that it says RELOCKED near the top of the screen.
Then just run the following RUU to get the phone running, and also updated to AT&T Lollipop: http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_M8[email protected]50319A_40.45.C33065.00_F_release_426617_signed_2.exe

Rant away, I thought I was pretty clear on the first page Just don't confuse anyone with M_7 in the link, lol...

hack14u said:
Just don't confuse anyone with M_7 in the link, lol...
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Yeah, the "M" and the "7" has nothing to do with the M7. Its just truncated from: RUU_M8[email protected]50319A_40.45.C33065.00_F_release_426617_signed_2

redpoint73 said:
The above message and rant
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Thank you for your response. It is much appreciated. However there is no need for the reprimand. What has happen has happen, and I have already decided that I will never again buy a rooted phone with the intention of unrooting it myself. What worked for me on my Xperia Z2, Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S2, and HTC Evo is obviously nothing similar to what is going on here with the HTC M8. Therefore I will avoid a situation like this entirely by never attempting to unroot phones again. (I'm not personally a fan of flashing ROMs anyways)
Anyways, I'm going to try locking the bootloader as you instructed now, and then downloading the RUU file from HTC. Thanks again. I'll keep this updated.

shirreer said:
From CMD, type:
fastboot getvar all
Take a picture and post it, so we can find you a rom that's suitable for your CID! From then on its really simple.
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Thank you sir -

hack14u said:
Try what I said. Before, run the command fastboot OEM lock. That will relock the bootloader so you don't throw an error when you run the RUU. The RUU will wipe everything and bring it back to ATT stock. From there you can learn more commands, and how to "fix" things. An RUU is the stock files packaged as a .exe file, you actually run it from your PC like you were installing a piece of software, but it goes to your phone. Don't worry about not having this, or that, it will fix it for you, unless something else is not set right. Give it a shot, you have nothing to lose, literally. Oh, and I always run RUU's from fastboot USB so it detects it pretty quick.
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Just relocked the bootloader as you instructed
Downloading the RUU that RedPoint73 provided in his last post. Once that is downloaded, All I have to do is run the .exe program like normal and it should prompt me to a location where I can flash the information to the phone?

While i'm sitting here waiting for the RUU to download. I had yet another question. The rooted ROM that the phone was originally flashed with was Android High Definition Mike1986. For whatever reason, it would not ever let us connect to Google Play. Anytime we reboot, hard reset, factory data reset, or format the whole thing back to default settings we would always get the same message "google play services are not available". Now that was a problem of the ROM I stated, but is that related to the ROM that is flashed, or the phone itself?

Ugh oh. So I decided to run the RUU. The phone looked like what seemed to be installing. But the installation estimates it take 10 mins. I's been 20 minutes and is still 0/6 completed. I think something is wrong.

cami0488 said:
While i'm sitting here waiting for the RUU to download. I had yet another question. The rooted ROM that the phone was originally flashed with was Android High Definition Mike1986. For whatever reason, it would not ever let us connect to Google Play. Anytime we reboot, hard reset, factory data reset, or format the whole thing back to default settings we would always get the same message "google play services are not available". Now that was a problem of the ROM I stated, but is that related to the ROM that is flashed, or the phone itself?
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It probably didn't have any gapps package installed.
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Ugh oh. So I decided to run the RUU. The phone looked like what seemed to be installing. But the installation estimates it take 10 mins. I's been 20 minutes and is still 0/6 completed. I think something is wrong.
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It looks like it connected, let us know if it worked, like I said before, if it doesn't, there is something else wrong.
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I don't think I have ever seen any of that after fastboot oem lock. Has anyone else seen anything like that? Something looks very strange, like all of it.
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Oh ya, ARHD is the ROM you are referring to, some of the best folks out there, great work.

hack14u said:
It probably didn't have any gapps package installed.
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I found this site - http://www.droidviews.com/restore-att-htc-one-m8-stock-firmware/ that seems to also to have directions to do the exact thing i"m doing now. But the very first part of the instruction yet again says "S-OFF is REQUIRED. It connected, and found the phone, but it stays stuck on that screen right there. I have tried retrying this 3 times. Waiting 20 mins a piece with no progress.

Firmware whilst S-On.

Morning all,
Im not S-off and I'm using a pretty dated firmware..
I was told that there is a way to obtain and flash a firmware WITHOUT wiping anything and without too much fuss.
My questions:
What is the COMMAND in CMD?
Where do you find the signed firmware?
How do you identify which one to use?
What does it actually change? As the phone does work on dated firmware, more optimised?
I highly doubt I'm the only one who would benefit from this, once I know the answers I'll leave them here and I'll write a guide on how to install them step by step I'll also link the firmwares do others can help themselves.
Thanks
Currently running: Viper 3.5.0
Firmware: 1.80.401.1
S-ON
Unecrypted.

Check out Krassermensch's Firmware Update Tool in the guide part of the forum.

Lindsten said:
Check out Krassermensch's Firmware Update Tool in the guide part of the forum.
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Have come mate, but I've asked some other things plus there is apparently a way to do it without the use of a tool.

This is the specific thread for firmware update.
I think you can only flash the full stock zip since you are s-on. Do take note that flashing the stock firmware.zip will wipe your internal storage.
The firmware to flash should have matching CID and MID of your device.
To check your mid and cid type this command in cmd while the device is in download mode.
fastboot getvar all

side_flip15 said:
This is the specific thread for firmware update.
I think you can only flash the full stock zip since you are s-on. Do take note that flashing the stock firmware.zip will wipe your internal storage.
The firmware to flash should have matching CID and MID of your device.
To check your mid and cid type this command in cmd while the device is in download mode.
fastboot getvar all
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Incorrect. All of @Sneakyghost's firmware.zips are for S-Off users only. It's stated in the OP of the thread right in the first sentence.

xunholyx said:
Incorrect. All of @Sneakyghost's firmware.zips are for S-Off users only. It's stated in the OP of the thread right in the first sentence.
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Cheers,

Does anyone know the answers to any of the questions I've written?

sorry

side_flip15 said:
sorry
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No reason to be sorry. You were trying to help, and I was just letting you know that it won't work for him.
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dladz said:
Does anyone know the answers to any of the questions I've written?
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First make a backup. This will wipe your phone.
Then relock your bootloader. In fastboot fastboot oem lock
Download this RUU.zip
Rename the .zip to 2PS6IMG and place it onto your extSD
Boot to download mode and follow the prompts (vol up to flash ~ power button to reboot)
That's it. Super easy.
Delete the renamed .zip from your extSD or else every time you boot to download mode it'll try to update again.
Now unlock your bootloader again with the same bin code that HTC gave you when you first did it, or request a new one. Flash TWRP back onto your phone, then flash SuperSU or a custom ROM to regain root.
This is why I paid $25 for Sunshine.
For S-Off users, you just flash a small firmware package, and that's it. No data loss. No relocking the bootloader. No reflashing recovery. No re-rooting.
It really is worth the price in the amount of time and hassle saved through the lifetime of the phone.

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No reason to be sorry. You were trying to help, and I was just letting you know that it won't work for him.
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First make a backup. This will wipe your phone.
Then relock your bootloader. In fastboot fastboot oem lock
Download this RUU.zip
Rename the .zip to 2PS6IMG and place it onto your extSD
Boot to download mode and follow the prompts (vol up to flash ~ power button to reboot)
That's it. Super easy.
Delete the renamed .zip from your extSD or else every time you boot to download mode it'll try to update again.
Now unlock your bootloader again with the same bin code that HTC gave you when you first did it, or request a new one. Flash TWRP back onto your phone, then flash SuperSU or a custom ROM to regain root.
This is why I paid $25 for Sunshine.
For S-Off users, you just flash a small firmware package, and that's it. No data loss. No relocking the bootloader. No reflashing recovery. No re-rooting.
It really is worth the price in the amount of time and hassle saved through the lifetime of the phone.
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OK so this is where I've heard different.. There apparently isn't any need to return to stock so think you may need to read the originating post yourself mate
Otherwise how would the tool mentioned in the second post work? Appreciate you saying all that but it doesn't help my query.
As for sunshine I completely disagree, I've had every single htc bar two since the G1 and I've had S-off on all of them where available so I know the S-off method well, and have made a lot of donations to developers over the years, I also buy all my apps and support Devs when they deserve it for apps.
In regards to sunshine, I paid for this app for my m9 less than a year ago, I get one license, I can't use this for my 10 and I'll have another phone soon so see little point, they should offer more than one unlock for £25 and the only reason why they've got away with this daylight robbery is because they've monopolised the market, I'm sure I'm not the the only person who's noticed this.
Anyway, I'll wait to hear from someone who knows about the signed firmwares and how to install them. The tool can do it, so there must be a manual way, Id prefer to do that as I've had problems with tools in the past and with firmware you really want to get it right.

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OK so this is where I've heard different.. There apparently isn't any need to return to stock so think you may need to read the originating post yourself mate
Otherwise how would the tool mentioned in the second post work? Appreciate you saying all that but it doesn't help my query.
As for sunshine I completely disagree, I've had every single htc bar two since the G1 and I've had S-off on all of them where available so I know the S-off method well, and have made a lot of donations to developers over the years, I also buy all my apps and support Devs when they deserve it for apps.
In regards to sunshine, I paid for this app for my m9 less than a year ago, I get one license, I can't use this for my 10 and I'll have another phone soon so see little point, they should offer more than one unlock for £25 and the only reason why they've got away with this daylight robbery is because they've monopolised the market, I'm sure I'm not the the only person who's noticed this.
Anyway, I'll wait to hear from someone who knows about the signed firmwares and how to install them. The tool can do it, so there must be a manual way, Id prefer to do that as I've had problems with tools in the past and with firmware you really want to get it right.
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I think you misunderstood me. I'm sure there is a thread somewhere here with signed firmware (there is for M8), but I don't know of it. If I did, I would have linked you there.
But you asked if anyone could give you help, so I offered you a way to do it.
Even if you find a signed firmware.zip, you'll still need to re-lock your bootloader since you are S-On.
You might as well save some time searching and just run the RUU

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I think you misunderstood me. I'm sure there is a thread somewhere here with signed firmware (there is for M8), but I don't know of it. If I did, I would have linked you there.
But you asked if anyone could give you help, so I offered you a way to do it.
Even if you find a signed firmware.zip, you'll still need to re-lock your bootloader since you are S-On.
You might as well save some time searching and just run the RUU
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I'll check around, was speaking with @LeeDroid a while ago, can't remember him saying relock the bootloader, I'll ask him.
I'm pretty sure there is a way. Can't see that tool in the second post relocking your bootloader.

dladz said:
I'll check around, was speaking with @LeeDroid a while ago, can't remember him saying relock the bootloader, I'll ask him.
I'm pretty sure there is a way. Can't see that tool in the second post relocating your bootloader.
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Actually, I have been following the method of @krassermensch's since before he started a thread about it. He posted to a different firmware thread about the method, and I've been curious about it since. In his OP he states that you need an unlocked bootloader, so his method is probably your best solution. I haven't tried it myself as I have always been S-Off on my HTC phones.

dladz said:
Have come mate, but I've asked some other things plus there is apparently a way to do it without the use of a tool.
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My tool is on GitHub, read the content of the batch files and you know how to do it
https://github.com/nico151999/Firmware-Update-Tool-HTC10

krassermensch said:
My tool is on GitHub, read the content of the batch files and you know how to do it
https://github.com/nico151999/Firmware-Update-Tool-HTC10
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Thanks :good:

xunholyx said:
Actually, I have been following the method of @krassermensch's since before he started a thread about it. He posted to a different firmware thread about the method, and I've been curious about it since. In his OP he states that you need an unlocked bootloader, so his method is probably your best solution. I haven't tried it myself as I have always been S-Off on my HTC phones.
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yea same here man, looking at the tools code it seems that it asks you to back up first.
I'll check it out in the morning.
Thanks chaps

dladz said:
yea same here man, looking at the tools code it seems that it asks you to back up first.
I'll check it out in the morning.
Thanks chaps
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The backup is necessary as the firmware update files overwrite the recovery and the boot partitions...