So I've had my One X for about 1,5 month now. The other day something went wrong in an system update and now the phone won't start no matter what I do. I get into the bootloader (I think it's called that) but now matter what I choose I can't restore the phone or anything. Can some friendly soul guide me in a simple way how to install an RUU (I think that's the way to go?) to get the phone working again? I'm a pretty newbie to Android but over all pretty technical so any help would be greatly appreciated!
On top of the bootloader it says "LOCKED" and "SECURITY WARNING".
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I don't want to waste your time so I'll be frank. I was trying to flash a custom rom to my Wildfire S. Looking back I see that it was a gsm rom and now my phone is doing a 3-vibe and the screen won't function. Ive tried to boot into hboot but I still get a 3vibe and then nothing. Now I wanted to use the guide in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432425&page=19
But I get stuck at the very beginning. I don't know how to get to fastboot because when I try to access it I get only a 3-vibe. No five or seven vibes. Also my phone is currently unlocked through the htcdev ruu. It is also S-off as I was recently able to S-off the phone. So right now I don't know what to do. If you guys can help me I would be in debt to you.
Hello,
My HTC Desire HD gets stuck on the HTC screen when I try to boot it.
I am kinda new to this, so I should not have done what I did. I got this phone used and I rooted it, and tried to install a custom ROM.
And something went wrong, likely I didn't prepeard the phone the right way.. And of course, I have been serching a lot on the web, some things don't work and other this requires tools that have a bad download link or outdated.
So my question is: How do I make my phone like normal? Like unrooting and removing everything if possible..
Would be so great if someone could help me out or just by linking me to a working tutorial.
Thank you and have a nice day. And please, ask if something is unclear or if you have questions.
I have a very similar issue
trakku said:
Hello,
My HTC Desire HD gets stuck on the HTC screen when I try to boot it.
I am kinda new to this, so I should not have done what I did. I got this phone used and I rooted it, and tried to install a custom ROM.
And something went wrong, likely I didn't prepeard the phone the right way.. And of course, I have been serching a lot on the web, some things don't work and other this requires tools that have a bad download link or outdated.
So my question is: How do I make my phone like normal? Like unrooting and removing everything if possible..
Would be so great if someone could help me out or just by linking me to a working tutorial.
Thank you and have a nice day. And please, ask if something is unclear or if you have questions.
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Hi, I have done a similar thing, in that in an attempt to flash a custom ROM, I removed everything. Now, all ROMs just produce the HTC splash screen.
Please help as this is my only phone !!!
You both need to provide more detail on what state your phone was in to begin with and what you did to it. I have a hunch that your phones are S-On with unlocked bootloaders, and that neither of you flashed the boot.img from fastboot after flashing the ROM from recovery. But more detail on what you have and what you did is necessary.
bananagranola said:
You both need to provide more detail on what state your phone was in to begin with and what you did to it. I have a hunch that your phones are S-On with unlocked bootloaders, and that neither of you flashed the boot.img from fastboot after flashing the ROM from recovery. But more detail on what you have and what you did is necessary.
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Yes, you are right. I just flashed the boot.img with fastboot AFTER installing from recovery. Jellytime booted up. I really have to thank you for that.
And again, you are right. The phone is S-Om and bootloader unlocked.
I used a a tool named "EasyUnlockTool". It rooted, unlocked the bootloader and some other things.
But right now, I think I am going to stick to jellytime. But to help caraar12345 and me later if I want to go back to stock room, what kind of information do you need?
Thank you for helping
You can either flash a rooted stock-like ROM from recovery, in which case you'd be mostly stock, or relock your bootloader and run a RUU from your computer in fastboot, in which case you'd be completely stock.
Check here:
http://bit.ly/186aMrl
(accidently posted in AT&T thread)
Would be so grateful to get some help with this.
HTC One M8- s-off,cid ROGER001, 3.19 bootloader unlocked, twrp...I don't think it is rooted but kind of a newbie, it was rooted at some point
I tried to install the harmon karman setup and forgot to root first and it has bricked my phone
Phone says no OS installed, would you like to root by installing SuperSU
I have tried factory reset, tried flash a nandroid backup and got " e:no petition selected for restore"
. Pretty much I can't do a thing wqith the phone. I don't know what othert info may be needed but help would be so appreciated. Thanks!
Man, edit that ten bucks reward thing because that is not even funny.
Kevinj17 said:
(accidently posted in AT&T thread)
Would be so grateful to get some help with this.
HTC One M8- s-off,cid ROGER001, 3.19 bootloader unlocked, twrp...I don't think it is rooted but kind of a newbie, it was rooted at some point
I tried to install the harmon karman setup and forgot to root first and it has bricked my phone
Phone says no OS installed, would you like to root by installing SuperSU
I have tried factory reset, tried flash a nandroid backup and got " e:no petition selected for restore"
. Pretty much I can't do a thing wqith the phone. I don't know what othert info may be needed but help would be so appreciated. Thanks!
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well it looks like you've wiped your system partition, hence no OS, best and easiest thing you can do is change your cid and mid and run the dev edition RUU through your phone to start again.
first thing is first, do you know how to post your fastboot getvar all ????
Hello everyone
I've got a problem.. I've recently bought an M8 of my mate who tried to root it and what happened he messed something up and it was stuck in bootloader (until now), I kept reseting the device back to factory settings and it finally booted up and I managed to get to the main screen of the phone however, wherever I go it shows error messages, for example: 'Unfortunately, Messages has stopped' and it keeps popping up on every single app. I am able to get into the settings and access everything there but to me looks like the software has been corrupted (I guess I have not been told the actual truth what the person was doing with the phone).
Now, I need some good help here guys, I'm new to HTC, never had one so I don't really know how flash software on it. What I would like to do is get the root out of it for good and install clean, not modified software. Basically I would like to have the phone as it is from the box. Original, without any modifications on it. I will be really glad if somebody help me as I can't find my answer elsewhere..
Please guide me step by step what to do in this situastion, what software do I use, where do I get the latest non branded genuine, not modified software and how do I wipe the root off the device so it is like new.
Also when I was in bootloader it said this:
*** Software status: MODIFIED ***
***Locked ***
*** Security Warning ***
Any answers will be very much appreciated.
Thank you, Matt.
matex112 said:
Hello everyone
I've got a problem.. I've recently bought an M8 of my mate who tried to root it and what happened he messed something up and it was stuck in bootloader (until now), I kept reseting the device back to factory settings and it finally booted up and I managed to get to the main screen of the phone however, wherever I go it shows error messages, for example: 'Unfortunately, Messages has stopped' and it keeps popping up on every single app. I am able to get into the settings and access everything there but to me looks like the software has been corrupted (I guess I have not been told the actual truth what the person was doing with the phone).
Now, I need some good help here guys, I'm new to HTC, never had one so I don't really know how flash software on it. What I would like to do is get the root out of it for good and install clean, not modified software. Basically I would like to have the phone as it is from the box. Original, without any modifications on it. I will be really glad if somebody help me as I can't find my answer elsewhere..
Please guide me step by step what to do in this situastion, what software do I use, where do I get the latest non branded genuine, not modified software and how do I wipe the root off the device so it is like new.
Also when I was in bootloader it said this:
*** Software status: MODIFIED ***
***Locked ***
*** Security Warning ***
Any answers will be very much appreciated.
Thank you, Matt.
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Read all of this
There is guides to remove root and such but if your phone is S-OFF I recommend never going back S-ON, why?? because S-OFF is impossible to get on the latest firmwares if you ever change your mind.
So alternatively I recommend running a RUU instead, find out what version you have, is it a GSM (AT&T Straight-talk) or CDMA(Sprint/Verizon)?
Then you can get a RUU from the HTC Official Site, its so simple, run the program as Administrator in Windows with your phone plugged in and it will do all the work for you, and your phone will reboot like a brand new phone with no root, in the background will you keep S-OFF of course if you have it already, you should be able to receive OTA updates as well.
Also an extra little hint, if your device is S-OFF and IS GSM then you can run the "developer/unlocked" RUU only if you wish, giving you a more stock HTC experience with no Carrier junk apps.
But how do you check if you have S-OFF or not? an easy way to check currently is to turn off your phone, then hold down VOLUME DOWN and POWER button at the same time until the bootloader screen appears.
If your device is S-ON then from what I believe you can only run the RUU made for your phone "AT&T for example, carrier RUU only"
Troubleshoot RUU: "My phone is not proceeding with the RUU keeps giving me error" put your phone in bootloader mode by the instructions above and make sure you see "FASTBOOT USB" on the screen, if not use the power button to select the "FASTBOOT" button on the screen.
"My phone won't go into bootloader" unplug your USB cable then try doing it.
This entire method should help you without needing any ADB or fastboot knowledge or files, if you simply wish to go back to a stock day 1 experience.
EDIT: Also I forgot to mention you must install the "HTC Sync Manager" from the top of the screen link I sent you, simply install it and then UNINSTALL the HTC Sync Manager app while KEEPING the HTC Driver Installer app... so avoid removing that from your Programs and Features list on Windows, you simply need the drivers without the software but that's the only way I know of how to get the drivers.
Viper4713 said:
Read all of this
There is guides to remove root and such but if your phone is S-OFF I recommend never going back S-ON, why?? because S-OFF is impossible to get on the latest firmwares
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Sunshine works fine to s-off latest firmwares, it's not impossible.
@ O.P
Just do the fastboot command :
fastboot getvar all
And post that outcome here WITHOUT your serial and imei number in it (these are personal so delete those lines) then we can check what you need before jumping conclusions to install a certain random ruu ! And check the OS number in the bootloader and tell what it's saying.
Here is also a guide to fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
Ok, so I did a little digging around, and it seems like I should be able to handle this. But I would really like some guidance from some experienced developers. I recently bought a certified refurbished factory unlocked m8 from Amazon, and it is branded T-Mobile. I I am a cricket user so I run on the att towers , not that that really matters. I just want to get this thing unbranded , and loaded with the HTC sense and or android software without having any of the T-Mobile screens or apps or any of that. Like it came straight from HTC with no carrier stuff on it. I understand I'll have to root, S off ( whatever that means) and a bunch of other things. I've played with it a little bit, getting into fast boot and recovery mode on the phone itself while not connected to the computer. I have no software that I need for this task, nor any of the roms yet or anything else. I am hoping this community of developers can help me with suggestions for the easiest and quickest way to do this, and then I think I want to relock it, not to a carrier but so that everything stays set until and if I decide I want to do any more with the m8. I want the m8 just stock HTC like fresh off the line, not really sure I need developer mode unlocked on it as far as the rom or what have you. But,I'm not sure, that's why I'm here hoping you guys can help me. And I was looking through the posts about doing this to m8'S so please don't just point me to those, I need some more clarification and basically just a step by step on how to get this done , and then I'll probably be asking for tips on what I can do with the desire 520 , if all goes well with the m8 and it replaces my 520 then I would like to use my 520 to practice and see what all I can do with rooting and modifying everything . Anyways. To recap Please help me get the m8 like I just bought it from HTC with no carrier so only stock HTC software, and I don't know if it still gets updated or not but the ability for ota updates just in case. And locked back up so I can't somehow accidently screw it up. And thanks in advance for all your help and advice everyone
UPDATE
Here is what I see on the screen when I do the volume down and power button when powering on the phone
***software status: official***
***LOCKED***
M8_UL PVT SHIP S-OFF
CID-T-MOB010
HBOOT-3.19.0.0000
RADIO-1.29.213311491.05G
OpenDSP-v51.2.2-00593-M8974_FO.1015
OS-6.20.531.5
eMMC-boot 2048MB
Mar 1 2016,00:59:13.3
Ok guessing I'm in S off mode already based on that and figured that this information would help you guys better inform me of what steps I will need to take .
Does anyone know if loading the newest rom from HTC for unlocked phones will get change the cid and remove the T-Mobile apps or will I need to manually change the cid to something somehow and then load the HTC rom. Please any advice would be very helpful, there is so much content on this site to sift through and I work twelve hour shifts 6 days a week and have a two year old, I am having a tough time finding the time to go through all these posts so any advice on this or please link me to a post that would solve this would be immensely helpful and very appreciated
Nd2learn said:
Does anyone know if loading the newest rom from HTC for unlocked phones will get change the cid and remove the T-Mobile apps or will I need to manually change the cid to something somehow and then load the HTC rom.
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There are some different approaches you can take. If it's the official HTC RUU (ROM Update Utility) you want to use, you would need to change the phone's CID. Then I would suggest the US Developer's Edition RUU, which is designed for use on AT&T's network (and therefore will have full AT&T band support).
The process will be somewhat involved. Briefly, you'll need to:
1) Setup adb/fastboot and unlock the bootloader: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
2) Put custom recovery TWRP 3.1 on the phone: https://twrp.me/devices/htconem8gsm.html
3) Root by flashing SuperSU 2.79 using TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/stable-2016-09-01supersu-v2-78-release-t3452703
4) Change the CID and MID: https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/guide-update-to-official-developer-t3002003
5) Finally, run the 6.12.1540 RUU: http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_6.12.1540.4.exe
Another possible method, stop after step 2 above, then flash the ROM from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/rom-stock-unlocked-developer-sense-7-t3262894