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My friend softed bricked this phone flashing a different recovery.img that aint originally for the htc one vx. I was wondering is there a way i can back up my recovery.img with a fastboot or adb command or any other way because i have the same phone? Any help will be much appreciated
RUU
I know this is a little late and hope you have fixed the issue already, but just in case, I thought I would come and let you know the RUU over in the development section saved my life yesterday. I flashed a custom recovery for a different model thinking they are pretty much all the same and got some soft brick where phone would boot but not show launcher. I got the RUU and after much frustration had to use an XP virtual machine and got it to run, at least partially, but it seemed to fix my phone. Good luck:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36660722#post36660722
Yep, got it bricked. No, don't think it can be sorted out on my own.. unless someone knows how to revert neccessary partitions to rw, they seem to be all in read-only mode except cache. Have only bootloader/recovery available.
Since I'm guessing that if I send it to the repair, they will change the mainboard, as usual.. my questions are, what's the price/how much did you pay for it, and where are you from?
How did you end up in such situation? A RUU might do the trick. If you do not have an S-OFF HOX then it should be recoverable.
I can try flashing a RUU only if I can somehow do it without a relocked/locked bootloader. I don't have S-off HOX.
Trip had a faulty kernel 004 that came along with the his latest CM10.1 (do NOT worry, faulty kernel is no longer available for download, so you're as safe as you can be with your rooted phones) which caused a couple of ours devices, including his own, to brick. Some of them got into APX mode, some didn't, but the result is pretty much the same - I don't know which exactly but lets say that most if not all partitions are now read only.. so far only cache partition seems to be fine. Fastboot appears to have gone through with locking the bootloader successfuly, but that is not the case. Any attempts to copy over a ROM or any kind of file through mounting the phone as USB doesn't stick upon the next reboot, only those files that were available before are still there, and unable to delete.. and ofcourse, flashing anything isn't possible in read only.
Recovery?
Which recovery are you using?
I was using a version of CWM which had USB mount issues, updated and was able to push files from the laptop to the phone.
May be worth looking at?
BlueSingA said:
I can try flashing a RUU only if I can somehow do it without a relocked/locked bootloader. I don't have S-off HOX.
Trip had a faulty kernel 004 that came along with the his latest CM10.1 (do NOT worry, faulty kernel is no longer available for download, so you're as safe as you can be with your rooted phones) which caused a couple of ours devices, including his own, to brick. Some of them got into APX mode, some didn't, but the result is pretty much the same - I don't know which exactly but lets say that most if not all partitions are now read only.. so far only cache partition seems to be fine. Fastboot appears to have gone through with locking the bootloader successfuly, but that is not the case. Any attempts to copy over a ROM or any kind of file through mounting the phone as USB doesn't stick upon the next reboot, only those files that were available before are still there, and unable to delete.. and ofcourse, flashing anything isn't possible in read only.
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Oh yeah, I saw that some ppl got bricked by his kernels/roms. You had really bad luck mate...
Trip said he bricked his bootloader on purpose to get his handset fixed for free, and guess what, he got a new mainboard free of charge. Ask him how he'd do it.
Sent from my One X
I gave a shot at bricking the bootloader intentionally but no success, I guess any kind of changes you try to apply to a read only simply doesn't stick, as intended.. can't even remount as read/write.. so back to the original question: 1.) What did you pay for your mainboard replaced? 2.) Where are you from?
The saddest thing is that HTCs centre in Serbia is in Belgrade, and I'm in a distant place, so I actually had to give my phone to the carrier first, and they will send it to HTC.. so any attempt at trying to manouver them by saying that I have been running the ROM/Kernel without any issues with an unlocked bootloader fails, as all they need to do is enter the hboot and the warranty becomes void.
for me with apx mode ... i sent my device to htc and after 2 days ( today ) they called me to pick my phone with new mainboard and all is free
so u are in the same problem so u should try steps we used to get into apx mode and then send it to htc to replace ur mainboard for free if u still in warranty
i think u read all comments in trip kernel thread so it's easy to get into apx mode with read only devices
Did you try reflashing your bootloader ? that deletes a lot of custom stuff in the process
if it works then you might be able to format /data and /system from your custom recovery
OH, and btw if you brick your bootloader(or APX), HTC can simply unbrick it and find all your nasty work(but it seems they didn't notice it yet)
here are instructions if interested
find your current boot.img(it gets deleted in the process)
find your current custom_recovery.img(it gets deleted in the process)
re-lock bootloader: Fastboot oem lock,
reboot to ruu: fastboot oem rebootRUU
flash firmware.zip fastboot flash zip Link/to/firmware.zip
then unlock like first time you did it, Fastboot flash unlocktoken Link/to/unlock_code.bin
restore boot.img: fastboot flash boot boot.img
restore recovery: fastboot flash recovery custom_recover.img
Vcek said:
Did you try reflashing your bootloader ? that deletes a lot of custom stuff in the process
if it works then you might be able to format /data and /system from your custom recovery
OH, and btw if you brick your bootloader(or APX), HTC can simply unbrick it and find all your nasty work(but it seems they didn't notice it yet)
here are instructions if interested
find your current boot.img(it gets deleted in the process)
find your current custom_recovery.img(it gets deleted in the process)
re-lock bootloader: Fastboot oem lock,
reboot to ruu: fastboot oem rebootRUU
flash firmware.zip fastboot flash zip Link/to/firmware.zip
then unlock like first time you did it, Fastboot flash unlocktoken Link/to/unlock_code.bin
restore boot.img: fastboot flash boot boot.img
restore recovery: fastboot flash recovery custom_recover.img
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i don't think so .. as if they were able to unbrick it, they will do for sure and won't change mainboard for free
i don't think that they like to do repairs for free
Vcek said:
Did you try reflashing your bootloader ? that deletes a lot of custom stuff in the process
if it works then you might be able to format /data and /system from your custom recovery
OH, and btw if you brick your bootloader(or APX), HTC can simply unbrick it and find all your nasty work(but it seems they didn't notice it yet)
here are instructions if interested
find your current boot.img(it gets deleted in the process)
find your current custom_recovery.img(it gets deleted in the process)
re-lock bootloader: Fastboot oem lock,
reboot to ruu: fastboot oem rebootRUU
flash firmware.zip fastboot flash zip Link/to/firmware.zip
then unlock like first time you did it, Fastboot flash unlocktoken Link/to/unlock_code.bin
restore boot.img: fastboot flash boot boot.img
restore recovery: fastboot flash recovery custom_recover.img
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I cannot reflash anything, I guess because even the partition where the bootloader is becomes read only. Fastboot oem lock doesn't relock or lock the device for me, and fastboot oem rebootRUU just does a normal reboot. There's literally no changes that I can apply. I guess it would be impossible for me to brick the bootloader as well because of this problem. HTC can get into APX mode easily, yes, but they cannot unbrick the bootloader.
It can be easily solved by flashing a new rom and recovery using android download tool (ADT)
my phone has bricked a hundredes of times an I only soved it using this method
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED
I don't think he can flash stuff with nearly all partitions r/o.
Sent from my One X
Please read. Partitions are read-only in my case. Unless ADT can flash partitions and repartition as intended for HOX, I would have use of it.
Dont go such deep just download any ADT flashable rom and flash it using ADT not ADB
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Androyash said:
Dont go such deep just download any ADT flashable rom and flash it using ADT not ADB
HIT THANKS IF HELPED
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lol. I'm fairly certain the only thing that stands any chance of helping us is signed HTC Diag files + Javacard or a route to S-off using APX mode.
Anyway, where to next: I can get a replacement HOX motherboard of unknown quantity from eBay for £150...If I do that, do I keep it, or flog it and get something else...? Or do I just sell the good LCD from my HOX to somebody who's broken theirs? (Can't flog the whole phone for parts, it's got all my data on it)
I don't really want an HTC any more after this experience.
Okay, I think I need to revise my plan of trying to have my HOX fixed without getting charged. :laugh:
Can they prove a non-stock kernel is faulty for rendering all partitions read-only if I'm not in the APX, or they're not really going to go into such details and look at the kernel's code and find where the problem is within it?
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
Right, as this is my first post i come here with major problem with my HOX (european version), after i updated my phone to the latest android 4.2.2 things suddenly went downhill - The phone is in pristine condition and nothing has been tampered with after i purchased it 9 months ago, but now it doesnt want to work when required, sometimes when i try to unlock it (something around 7-10times) the screen is stil black and i cannot do anything on it, the softkeys light up as normal but stil nothing happens, that forces me to reboot it completely (ive tried factory reseting a few times but that doesnt change anything) and sometimes the screen when im using it goes total tivoli on me, ive yet to send it in for service as it takes a whole century for the techies to even look at the phone and i need the phone for my daily work. Im not a avid programmer that wants to screw around with my phone so i got sent here by a friend to ask for help. Currently the problem seems to be the update that renders my phone useless.
If anyone can give me either pointers on how to do a complete wipe of the phone so i can either reinstall the software it came with or a fix for the 4.2 madness that has occured i would give you my kidney and babies.
Sincerly, pissed of guy that wants his phone to work.
Well hello there ""pissed of guy that wants his phone to work
SO here is the deal,
You'll most likely need to reinstall the ROM, and there are a couple of options...
First of all, make sure you have the international version, code-named endavorU and not the evita...
To do that you'll need to go into the bootloader. Power off the device, wait a couple of seconds, then hold the volume - and power button and don't let go until you are in the bootloader.
Now read the first line...
If you are endeavorU, than continue reading...
You can start by unlocking your bootlaoder with the official method (htcdev.com)
Once that is done download this all-in-one kit... For the HTC ONE X
Now you'll need to flash a custom recovery...
Go to the clockworkmod website and download their CWM Touch 5.4.8.0 recovery, and flash it using the kit.
Now boot into recovery (first into booloader, and then choose recovery) and do a factory reset and data wipe... also do a dalvik cache wipe in the advanced section and reboot... if it now works fine than good, if not, continue reading...
Now go into bootloader, and select fastboot...
go into the data folder of your aio kit and while holding shift right click on the empty space, and choose open with command prompt...
then type in
fastboot oem readcid
IF you have a WWE cid go here and download the odexed rom, recovery, and boot.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
and flash them...
flash the odexed.zip with recovery,
and the two .img files using fastboot commands...
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
you'll need to place both boot and recovery img into the data folder of the kit for it to work
desmond1303 said:
Well hello there ""pissed of guy that wants his phone to work
SO here is the deal,
You'll most likely need to reinstall the ROM, and there are a couple of options...
First of all, make sure you have the international version, code-named endavorU and not the evita...
To do that you'll need to go into the bootloader. Power off the device, wait a couple of seconds, then hold the volume - and power button and don't let go until you are in the bootloader.
Now read the first line...
If you are endeavorU, than continue reading...
You can start by unlocking your bootlaoder with the official method (htcdev.com)
Once that is done download this all-in-one kit... For the HTC ONE X
Now you'll need to flash a custom recovery...
Go to the clockworkmod website and download their CWM Touch 5.4.8.0 recovery, and flash it using the kit.
Now boot into recovery (first into booloader, and then choose recovery) and do a factory reset and data wipe... also do a dalvik cache wipe in the advanced section and reboot... if it now works fine than good, if not, continue reading...
Now go into bootloader, and select fastboot...
go into the data folder of your aio kit and while holding shift right click on the empty space, and choose open with command prompt...
then type in
fastboot oem readcid
IF you have a WWE cid go here and download the odexed rom, recovery, and boot.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
and flash them...
flash the odexed.zip with recovery,
and the two .img files using fastboot commands...
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
you'll need to place both boot and recovery img into the data folder of the kit for it to work
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Actually even getting into bootloader is a process that makes me more furious, since the graphics are bugging their ass of whatever i do. The version is endavorU so thats settled. However my only fear is that i potentially brick my phone or lose the warranty by unlocking since the thirdpart here is really nazi on that stuff from previous experiences.
charliebc said:
Actually even getting into bootloader is a process that makes me more furious, since the graphics are bugging their ass of whatever i do. The version is endavorU so thats settled. However my only fear is that i potentially brick my phone or lose the warranty by unlocking since the thirdpart here is really nazi on that stuff from previous experiences.
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On stock, there is not much beyond the factory reset that can be done from the user end.
Return it for repair! That's what the warranty is for, let HTC deal with it.
And DO NOT unlock the bootloader and flash anything because it does void the warranty and HTC are under no obligation to fix it.
Yes, sending it in is your best bet
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
Thats what my conclusion was after doing some extensive googling, i dont want to tamper with stuff that might void my warranty. Thanks anyway.
charliebc said:
Thats what my conclusion was after doing some extensive googling, i dont want to tamper with stuff that might void my warranty. Thanks anyway.
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Update: As the shops here in my town actually dont take phones from the place i bought it in for service, im gonna do it myself and take the risk of a potential bricked phone. Currently i have no other option than DIY fixing.
charliebc said:
Update: As the shops here in my town actually dont take phones from the place i bought it in for service, im gonna do it myself and take the risk of a potential bricked phone. Currently i have no other option than DIY fixing.
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Relax, since we are S-ON it's not that easy to brick and HTC ONE X... everything you do can be fixed.
desmond1303 said:
Relax, since we are S-ON it's not that easy to brick and HTC ONE X... everything you do can be fixed.
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You make it sound good, i will see what i have time for later on and do an attempt to try the method you posted. Thanks alot for providing the info.
charliebc said:
You make it sound good, i will see what i have time for later on and do an attempt to try the method you posted. Thanks alot for providing the info.
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Just one more thing...
I said that you should install a certain version of CWMT, but it doesn't matter, just make sure its the latest one.
Also I see there is no link to the All-in-one kit I mentioned so here it is: http://www.hasoon2000.info/getdownload.php?file=One X (International)/One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v2.5.rar
Hey guys.
First off I'll start with a backstory to get people up to speed. I own an original Moto Droid, then moved to a Moto Droid Razr and now I'm on my first HTC...the One. I've succesfully rooted and flashed many ROMs and firmware just fine. I'm pretty resourceful when it comes to finding information online. I'm familiar with Fastboot and simple ADB. Also I am familiar with TWRP and CWM.
So here's my situation. I went to reflash a new ROM to try out and I accidentally used TWRP to "Format" and ended up formatting my entire phone. My obvious problem is that I don't have a ROM installed nor do I have a .zip on my phone to flash. I can boot to the bootloader just fine and also recovery.
So to summarize, I'm trying to push a ROM file to my phone in order to flash it. The problem lies in the fact that I cannot get ADB to recognize the phone. I cannot use ADB to push a file since it errors with "Device not found" and I've tried using CWM to mount anything and no luck seeing the device. Also I've tried TWRP sideload and that just hangs at starting the sideload feature. I've tried reflashing recoveries and no luck getting it to see the device. Also, when using CWM there is no option to mount/unmount /SDCARD.
I know there are plenty of threads with this same(ish) problem, but it seems like a jumble of information and a lot of them are from different models or different carriers and I just can't seem to find the definitive answer for this exact situation. I just need a little bit of a push in the right direction to get this moving again.
Thank you guys a ton in advance for the help. This has been a great community to me, even if I never actually signed up and posted anything.
My info:
Verizon HTC One
From bootloader:
*Unlocked*
M7_WLV PVT S-OFF
CID-11111111 <---SuperCID changed
HBOOT - 1.54.0000
RADIO - 1.12.42.0906
OS - 1.10.605.10
ADB and Fastboot:
Installed using lite installer
ADB - 1.0.31
I believe you can flash in ruu mode just have to find that ruu in the forum. I hope this leads you to a fix
Sent from my HTC One VZW using Tapatalk 4
Thanks for the response.
I was actually thinking that would be my next option. One problem, I can't find a verizon RUU. I keep finding dead links to download one.
Problem solved.
Flashed verizon RUU to the phone and all is well. Had to do some serious digging to find that file.
Yeah, I wiped my OS also but could not get adb or fastboot to reconize my phone. Still had recovery so got the Meenova sd card reader, put my rom on the sd card and flashed it. Great little tool. Nice to have external storage also.
Sent from my Galaxy Tab 10.1
RapDoug said:
Problem solved.
Flashed verizon RUU to the phone and all is well. Had to do some serious digging to find that file.
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Glad you got it man!
but really?
typing RUU in the search box is considered digging?
the RUU is quite easy to find