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[Q] S-ON, non-rooted Z won't boot or go into recovery.

Hi All.
Not my phone, but a friends:
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.85.0013
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 11 2011.23:36:27
If you go into recovery, the phone just vibrates a few times and turns off. If you go Factory Reset, the phone just freezes.
I've tried:
RUU with no luck (get's stuck on Rebooting into Bootloader)
tried putting the .ZIP onto the SD but got "ModelID Incorrect" (can't create a GoldCard as phone won't boot, therefor no ADB)
flashing a recovery through fastboot but got "FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)"
booting into recovery using fastboot boot (FAILED (remote: signature verify fail))
I assume all my issues have been due to S-ON.
I'm stumped - any ideas?

There have been a few folks on here with the same issue in the last few weeks. Not that the phone is terribly old, but I wonder if it can be that some hardware component (eMMC or other) is failing over time?

expza said:
Hi All.
*snip*
RUU with no luck (get's stuck on Rebooting into Bootloader)
tried putting the .ZIP onto the SD but got "ModelID Incorrect" (can't create a GoldCard as phone won't boot, therefor no ADB)
flashing a recovery through fastboot but got "FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)"
booting into recovery using fastboot boot (FAILED (remote: signature verify fail))
?
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IIRC there is a way to create a GoldCard manually without the phone ... but i'm highly unsure :-s
The last two sounds like an error due to s-on

oelly said:
IIRC there is a way to create a GoldCard manually without the phone ... but i'm highly unsure :-s
The last two sounds like an error due to s-on
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I was able to create a working GoldCard using my phone, it no longer gives Model-ID Incorrect. HOWEVER, new problem. It's now moaning about Main Version being older, update failed.
I see android-info.txt in the ZIP is:
modelid: PC1010000
cidnum: T-MOB010
mainver: 2.15.531.3
hbootpreupdate:12
However, this phones info is:
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.85.0013
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 11 2011.23:36:27
I assume it's the Radio Version number that is not matching up - however, the one RUU's in Shipped-Roms with that Radio Number are EXE's and not ZIPs.
Does anyone know how I can get a ZIP RUU that would work with this phones current versions?
edit: p.s. ZIP I'm currently using is PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_2.15.531.3_Radio_12.52.60.25U_26.08.04.30_M3.zip (renamed when on SDcard to PC10IMG.zip)
double edit: Have found a way to extract zip from EXE. Loaded it to Gold Card and update is currently flashing via HBOOT. Still on Bootloader. Assume this takes a while (10 - 15 minutes), so I'll be patient.
combo edit: should state the the RUU ZIP I extracted was RUU_Vision_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.42.405.2_Radio_12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_199043_signed.exe

Phone honors the PC10IMG.zip, but gets stuck on BOOTLOADER - Updating.
Any suggestions? Is it safe to delete items out of the RUU .zip? Want to try flash recovery.img only.
edit: looks the the rom.zip I extract is always corrupt (when trying to edit it using WinRAR or something)

You can't edit the zips, they are signed, so anything you do to them will cause them to not flash.
Winrar might be complaining because of the signing.
-Nipqer

Given up on trying to flash the RUU via HBOOT - it just freezes on "Bootloader - Updating" - pulling battery causes no issues so I assume it doesn't even attempt to flash anything.
Next step, using HTCDev to unlock the bootloader? Safe? I worry that the Bootloader not flashing via RUU means that HTCDev Bootloader Unlock won't work, or could possibly break it.

same problem
hi mate, im having the exact same problem as you...did you manage to fix it?
i have found the same ruu for my radio version but it gets stuck on the bootloader as the bar moves but the fone stays on the same screen.
do u think i need to make that goldchip card? how do i make one please?

i had that same problem just 2 days ago so in order to get the ruu to flash right it has to be a radio thats higher than the one you already have ... but if that dosnt work you will have to change it manualy using adb in recovery mode so wat you do is power offf the phone comptley and plug it in your computer via usb then open up adb and type adb devices the phone has to be off and it should show your device id then the word recvery next to it then your gunna wanna pull the misc.img from the phone and edit it with a hex editor i did this method to downgrade my g2 kus my sdcard dosnt read but after you change the misc the ruu shuld flash fine 1.power off phone Connect phone to computer,
2.Open adb cmd and type : adb shell
3.Type su
4. if you get # symbol continue
5.Type : dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p24 of=/sdcard/misc.img (YOU CAN COPY THE IMG TO EITHER sdcard, which is internal memory, or sdcard2, which is removal card)
6. Switch to USB mode
7.copy misc.img from the root of the sdcard to your computer
8.Open misc.img with HeX Editor XVI32
9.Find the version and change it. it will be the first area in the the upper right in the screen of the app
10.change the number in whatever you want. (has to be in the form of.. 1.00.000.0
11.Save it and upload it to the root of the sdcard with miscnew.img name
12. Switch to charge mode
13.Type adb shell, su dd if=/sdcard/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p24
14.Reboot to fastboot then fastboot reboot to RUU then fastboot flash PC10IMG.zip and it shuld flash fine
---------- Post added at 11:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:37 PM ----------
or yu can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526316 and should work its alot easier than the adb method

Never managed to fix this (tried the exact same thing ari3z suggested, but ages ago) - just kept freezing when trying to write anything to flash.
Phone was eventually swapped out in warranty.

SuperCID on HTC Desire C

So there was an exploit found for the One X to change the CID and I thought I'd try and adapt the same method for the Desire C (if possible).
My phone is rooted, ROM is Nameless v2.0.2
So I started dumping all the mmcblk0p1, p2, p3 etc till I got to p7. Open that up in the hex editor and at offset 0000200 there's my CID (locked to Bell Mobility here in Canada) BM___001 ... so now I thought I'd give it a whirl myself. It seems that this is the wrong location however, because changing that to 11111111 and then pushing back to the phone, reboot, fastboot getvar cid gives me the same thing, BM___001 ... am I being a newb and this is because of S-ON?? In the original version he says to check the cid by using fastboot oem readcid but that doesn't seem to be supported in my version of fastboot. I don't know... anyway, any and all help would be appreciated. I'm going to try and find any other instances of the CID in any of the block partitions...
Hopefully someone else cares as much as I do :fingers-crossed:
So there's another instance of the CID at offsets 1440/1450 in the same file, /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
I'll try changing both and see what happens... nothing, apparently.. still getting BM___001 from fastboot getvar cid

Unrooting problem

Hi I have HTC Desire Z A7272 rooted with gfree, psneuter etc according to instructions on cyanogenmod wiki. Now I want to unroot my device, I've already succeed with OS return to stock by extracting zip from RUU exe. But now I have problem with S-ON flag and CID. My device wasn't branded by my operator. I fallowed instructions from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik..._gfree_to_get_radio_S-ON_and_the_original_CID and at the end I'm getting and I did everything in correct order but when I'm executing command /data/local/tmp/gfree -s on -c HTC__032 (my operator in Poland is PLAY)
at the end (when creating backup) error : Error opening backup file. So my CID is still 11111... and S-OFF is visible in my bootloader.
Please help.

is your phone in charge only mode? make sure it is.
gfree needs to be able to write to the sdcard to make the backup.
-Nipqer

[Q] All ROMS hang at the HTC splash screen

I managed to unlock root and install TWRP recovery.
Before and after flashing the ROM i even tried to flash the boot.img file by "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
No matter what ALL ROMS hang at the splash screen.
These are the ROMS i tried:
Viper - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1868236
Clean ROM -
Android Revolution
Kinda getting frustrated, HTC desire was not that hard to root and flash, not sure why the one X is taking the breath outta me.
HTC One X:
Unlocked
ENDEAVORU PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT 0.32.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-None
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW SEcure boot: enabled
MODEM PATH: OFF
Mar 1 2012 01:43:15
Please help!

Your hboot is WAY to low ! Give the outcome of :
Fastboot getvar version-main
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Mr Hofs said:
Your hboot is WAY to low ! Give the outcome of :
Fastboot getvar version-main
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1.19.707.1

So here is what I did, tried downloading JBFWTools and up the hboot version but I think i am doing something wrong because it keeps redirecting me to the web page.
I have copied the firmware file to the SD card and follow the 5 step instruction as what was mentioned in the prompt in the batch file but to no +ve result..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1924003

My guess is that your hboot is so low that it won't update via that way. Try this....
Relock the bootloader :
Fastboot oem lock
Then execute this ruu with admin rights
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo..._Radio_1.1204.90.13_release_251281_signed.exe
Once that one is done you install this one
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260743_signed.exe
Then this one
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...Radio_2.1204.135.20_release_278245_signed.exe
And last but least this one
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...Radio_5.1204.162.29_release_296434_signed.exe
After the last one you let the phone search for manual ota updates, do that multiple times until you are sure there aren't any left !
Ow and btw....a firmware is not flashed via the sdcard of the phone. But from the pc to the phone in fastboot mode.
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Crap that is a ton of steps!
Thanks Mr Hofs will try out tonite and keep you posted.
The reason why i never bothered to do this is because the phone did pretty well for the last few years with the ROM that it came with, its just lately with all the higher requirements of softwares its about time that I cleaned it up. Din know I joined the dinosaurs!

Fastboot oem lock
Outcome - worked
The following were Run as Administator
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownloa...281_signed.exe
Nothing happened, no screen or anything else came up
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownloa...743_signed.exe
Stopped with and exit error code 800700002
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownloa...245_signed.exe
Nothing happened, no screen or anything else came up
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownloa...434_signed.exe
A proper installation screen came up and pushed a file and did some installation but the end result said something like "Unable to update ROM"
I think there is still something missing or fishy.

danceunlimited said:
Fastboot oem lock
Outcome - worked
The following were Run as Administator
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownloa...281_signed.exe
Nothing happened, no screen or anything else came up
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownloa...743_signed.exe
Stopped with and exit error code 800700002
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownloa...245_signed.exe
Nothing happened, no screen or anything else came up
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownloa...434_signed.exe
A proper installation screen came up and pushed a file and did some installation but the end result said something like "Unable to update ROM"
I think there is still something missing or fishy.
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In fastboot mode run the command - fastboot oem rebootRUU
You'll see a black screen with HTC logo.
After this, run the RUU
Sent from my HTC One X

athulele said:
In fastboot mode run the command - fastboot oem rebootRUU
You'll see a black screen with HTC logo.
After this, run the RUU
Sent from my HTC One X
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That's not how you run a ruu ! A ruu is with the phone in the bootloader (with a relocked or locked bootloader) then right click the ruu.exe and select run as administrator. The problem could be the low hboot. It might not be able to update the hboot with big steps like these !
A firmware flash might solve that (and that's where you need that particular command)
@ OP :
Check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957376

Mr Hofs said:
That's not how you run a ruu ! A ruu is with the phone in the bootloader (with a relocked or locked bootloader) then right click the ruu.exe and select run as administrator. The problem could be the low hboot. It might not be able to update the hboot with big steps like these !
A firmware flash might solve that (and that's where you need that particular command)
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Ah I see, thanks for correcting me.
Sent from my HTC One X

I see the firmwares are still off-line so i have another idea.
Download this ota
http://androidruu.com/getdownload.p....29.707.11_release_278501swqci0rxt8n4m2hf.zip
Take out the firmware.zip and follow the procedures in the thread i linked.
After that you try the 2.17.707 or the 3.14.707 ruu again.
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OK this is weird or there is a rookie mistake here .. my fastboot does not have a OEM REBOOT option
here is the help output from my fastboot, what am doing wrong chiefs?
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
help show this help message
options:
-w erase userdata and cache
-s <serial number> specify device serial number
-p <product> specify product name
-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline
-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id
-b <base_addr> specify a custom kernel base address
-n <page size> specify the nand page size. default:

Fastboot commands are executed from the pc to the phone in bootloader mode !
And watch the capital letters they are important too
And where does it say the command OEM REBOOT ? In the guide i linked with the firmwares there is no such command mentioned at all
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I did run it from my PC in bootloader mode and it was in lower case.
For this set of instructions can you please explain or lead me to a thread for the following areas:
Download this ota http://androidruu.com/getdownload.ph...rxt8n4m2hf.zip
OK Understand
Take out the firmware.zip and follow the procedures in the thread i linked.
OK Understand but which thread?
After that you try the 2.17.707 or the 3.14.707 ruu again.
Previously posted links did not contain these two numbers, so possible to pls post the link.
Sorry for the trouble. Just want to make sure I am taking all precautions and doing things right so as to not brick my phone.

These are the commands ! The firmware zip is in the OTA file....and the 2 ruu's are linked a page back. The one starting with 2.17.707 and 3.14.707 check those links. They are direct download links, can't mis them !!!
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Previous posts did not contain these numbers ? What are the bottom 2 ruu.exe files then ?

It says firmware.zip is invalid.

How did you take the firmware zip out of the ota ? I always use 7zip to open the archive and drag the firmware zip out.
Worst case scenario is that your hboot is to low .... maybe and even older ruu might work. Or look for another older ota and take the firmware zip out of that.
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I ll try 7zip now. I am using winzip. Tried opening the zip file in explorer which always works. But not in this case.

7zip works winzip doesnt .. back on track.. work in progress ..
Battery low: need to charge up and continue after a few hours of sleep, will keep you posted Mr Hofs! Need to get some sleep for the moment.

Soft Bricked HTC One M9! Please help!

Dear all,
I recently unlocked bootloader, rooted and flashed CandySix ROM on my M9. Everything was fine until I stupidily relock the bootloader (using fastboot oem lock). Then the phone can not boot into system and recovery also.
I tried to re-unlock again using the same method (Unlock_code.bin) from HTCdev. The cmd said success, i press Yes on the phone, however after reboot the status stayed the same "Relock". I did like 20 times but it was the same.
I also tried to flash many RUUs that i found but no hopes (maybe i didnt find the right one).
Now the phone stuck at download mode and bootloader mode, can't do anthing else.
Can anyone helps me how to fix this or to find the right RUU for my phone please? Many thanks.
Current status: Modified
***RELOCK***
htc_himauhl PVT S-ON
LK-1.0.0.0000
RADIO-01.04_U11440601_71.02.50709G_F
OpenDSP-v29.2.6-00492-M8994_0702
OS-2.9.710.5
mid is 0PJA10000
cid is VODAP021

I think you need a new unlock token as when you relocked your bootloader it will need to generate a new one. Follow the unlock bootloader process from the beginning to see if you can unlock it again and go from there. Good luck.
Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA Labs

squ89r97 said:
I think you need a new unlock token as when you relocked your bootloader it will need to generate a new one. Follow the unlock bootloader process from the beginning to see if you can unlock it again and go from there. Good luck.
Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA Labs
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Thank you for your help. I tried that but no luck. Keep saying "Relocked". I really dont understand why????

1. unlock Bootloader
2. flash custom recovery
3. flash custom rom

babypopku said:
Dear all,
I recently unlocked bootloader, rooted and flashed CandySix ROM on my M9. Everything was fine until I stupidily relock the bootloader (using fastboot oem lock). Then the phone can not boot into system and recovery also.
I tried to re-unlock again using the same method (Unlock_code.bin) from HTCdev. The cmd said success, i press Yes on the phone, however after reboot the status stayed the same "Relock". I did like 20 times but it was the same.
I also tried to flash many RUUs that i found but no hopes (maybe i didnt find the right one).
Now the phone stuck at download mode and bootloader mode, can't do anthing else.
Can anyone helps me how to fix this or to find the right RUU for my phone please? Many thanks.
Current status: Modified
***RELOCK***
htc_himauhl PVT S-ON
LK-1.0.0.0000
RADIO-01.04_U11440601_71.02.50709G_F
OpenDSP-v29.2.6-00492-M8994_0702
OS-2.9.710.5
mid is 0PJA10000
cid is VODAP021
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U need a RUU with OS 2.9.710.5 or higher that hopefully contains your cid and mid.
By running it u will lose al your data.
@Flippy498 has one and needed instructions in his spreadsheet.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15K6xhb6wtosp9j8yu4xHBZ6n9v5OaFSW6ZVWxC4u_qc/pubhtml#

side_flip15 said:
1. unlock Bootloader
2. flash custom recovery
3. flash custom rom
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The thing is I can not unlock bootloader at the moment. I dont know why. I tried the HTCdev process, everything runs smoothly but after reboot the phone still "RELOCKED". I've done many times and still the same. Help me pls

Fain11 said:
U need a RUU with OS 2.9.710.5 or higher that hopefully contains your cid and mid.
By running it u will lose al your data.
@Flippy498 has one and needed instructions in his spreadsheet.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15K6xhb6wtosp9j8yu4xHBZ6n9v5OaFSW6ZVWxC4u_qc/pubhtml#
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Thank you. I tried that link. However, after download the RUU zip file, I cant flash it.
The error was
C:\Users\Man Phan\Desktop\platform-tools>fastboot flash zip 0PJAIMG.zip
load_file: could not allocate -1977527069 bytes
error: cannot load '0PJAIMG.zip'
I tried to use another adb, fastboot package and it said
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash zip 0PJAIMG.zip
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 2317440227 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
sending sparse 'zip' 1/1 (0 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 2317440227 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 2317440227 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 1.031s]
writing 'zip' 1/1...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#573756
FAILED (remote: 9: SD_SECURITY_FAIL zip from usb command in download mode)
finished. total time: 2.058s
And I can not open that zip file as well, 7zip said it can not open the file as archive. I checked md5 the it matched. I dont know what happen to the file. I afraid the file is corrupted so I downloaded twice to check but still no hope.
Any other suggestions please!!

You can't flash RUUs with fastboot anymore since the M9. They became too big and the normal fastboot isn't able to handle them anymore. Either you use the SD card method which is described in my sheet or you look for htc_fastboot.
As a sidenote: You are aware that RUUs are encrypted and therefore can't get opened the way you normally open archives, aren't you? Winrar isn't able to do so at all and 7-zip has to use "right-click > open > #". Nevertheless you won't have any benefit from opening it.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs

After doing some stuff i didn't remember, the phone is now Unlocked. I can be able to flash a TWRP 3.0.0 and flash a CandySix ROM. All the process was smooth. The phone can boot normally now. Thank you guys.
However, there is no Sense on CandySix ROM. I really want to upgrade to another ROM with Sense but i can't due to my current firmware. I dont know how to upgrade the firmware for that. I can't make my S-off using Sunshine also. Any suggestions where to start? Thanks.

Did you try the SD card method I described in my google sheet? Or did you download the needed htc_fastboot files if you prefer the command line? I had no problems with flashing the 2.10.710.5 RUU when I created my backups for the SKU 710.
Or did you try to use the TWRP backup guide in my sheet?
Otherwise if you're willing to pay around 20 bucks you could use llabtoofer's RUU service. Either google or use the link in my spreadsheet.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs

Flippy498 said:
Did you try the SD card method I described in my google sheet? Or did you download the needed htc_fastboot files if you prefer the command line? I had no problems with flashing the 2.10.710.5 RUU when I created my backups for the SKU 710.
Or did you try to use the TWRP backup guide in my sheet?
Otherwise if you're willing to pay around 20 bucks you could use llabtoofer's RUU service. Either google or use the link in my spreadsheet.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs
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Thanks I have contacted llabtoofer for help. So afraid to do myself. Have been wasted tons of time for this but still not have any luck. Anyway thank you for your help. My phone is now usable, i used the htc_flashboot method to unstuck it.

HTC one m9 flash RUU help
iHave a Sprint HTC One M9 currently stuck in boot loop displaying
"This build is for
development purposes only
Do not distribute outside of HTC
without HTC's written permission.
Failure to comply may
lead to legal action."
I'm not sure of the CID nor firmware version(i'm sure it was the latest 3.41.651.4.) iForgot to backup my device before rooting(stupid iKnow.) I've already found the RUU for 3.41.651.4 it's saved to my SD card. iCan still reach bootloader, recovery&download mode, should iJust enter recovery&flash the RUU? iAlso have S-ON. iWould like to relock the bootloader&start the root process anew. iUsed TWRP 3.0.2 as well as Super SU 2.76 during my first initial attempt. I've already tried to lock the device once but when iType adb devices into the command window no device is displayed.
I'm not sure where to go from here. Can someone help?