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[Q] How to comletely remove Clockworkmod

Hey, I rooted, s-off/hbooted my phone and used Clockworkmod to install a ROM.
Now it won't go away no matter what I've tried and I want to be able to turn my phone off and charge it without seeing that annoying recovery screen.
I've backed up all my apps on to SD, wiped data and factory resetted with CWM and the phones built in factory reset yet it still comes back to haunt me.
What do I need to do to make this go away and revert my phone back to it's original out of box state?
CWM should come with an uninstall guide and a notice of how annoying this is, I see it's quite a widespread problem for everyone trying to calibrate the battery with no clear answer

Install the correct HTC RUU for your desire hd.

prank1 said:
Install the correct HTC RUU for your desire hd.
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Much appreciated, you get my first thanks.
For anyone else in need here's where I got mine (every other ROM and RUU is there too)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868610
Just to be sure, can I just put the RUU on my storage card and use CWM recovery to install it?

Thanks for the.. thanks lol
I don't know but it really doesn't matter, better if you flash it from bootloader. If you were eng hboot s-off then your dhd will become 100% stock (if you installed the correct htc ruu). If you were radio s-off you will still have s-off afterwards. I don't think this affects warrentee issues as long as you have installed the correct rom.
On another note, I am sure I read somewhere some instructions on how to calibrate your battery and fix this problem. But you may have to do a little searching for it.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

even on stock the phone goes into recovery anyway just it don't show the recovery screen. reason it does so i've read is for the led light to come on lol
spookamiester that link just brings you back to this thread so i've placed a link to all HD files and it has all the RUU files there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841207
just check the first two links for ruu files
and a guide here to install ruu's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864054

spookamiester said:
CWM should come with an uninstall guide and a notice of how annoying this is, I see it's quite a widespread problem for everyone trying to calibrate the battery with no clear answer
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Maybe I am being simple but I see this posted everywhere as a problem, it in no way affects battery calibration, yes when the phone is turned off and plugged in it boots into recovery (it also does this with the stock ROM) so what? It's still charging and from CW you can then wipe the battery stats which is required to complete your calibration anyway.
What exactly is the problem with it booting into CW when turned off and plugged in

and to answer the question, reflash with the appropriate RUU

Or just flash recovery.img from a stock rom

Is the s-off that stops the receiving of OTA's ?
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

ghostofcain said:
Maybe I am being simple but I see this posted everywhere as a problem, it in no way affects battery calibration, yes when the phone is turned off and plugged in it boots into recovery (it also does this with the stock ROM) so what? It's still charging and from CW you can then wipe the battery stats which is required to complete your calibration anyway.
What exactly is the problem with it booting into CW when turned off and plugged in
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First of all I'd like to thank everyone for the responses, should be able to get things sorted now.
In response to the charging in CWM, I tried it for over an hour after full charge on and the LED remained amber, I turned the phone back on and the battery was at 99% which leads me to believe that it doesn't actually charge in CWM recovery, I tried this on stock and within 10 minutes after full charge on I got the green light off. I've asked in other threads if anyone can confirm the phone charge whilst in CWM but so far no confirmation, just similar results.
I'll keep my eyes pealed for answers but I don't think it works with CWM and can't find a way to charge whilst off without CWM recovery popping up.

spookamiester said:
First of all I'd like to thank everyone for the responses, should be able to get things sorted now.
In response to the charging in CWM, I tried it for over an hour after full charge on and the LED remained amber, I turned the phone back on and the battery was at 99% which leads me to believe that it doesn't actually charge in CWM recovery, I tried this on stock and within 10 minutes after full charge on I got the green light off. I've asked in other threads if anyone can confirm the phone charge whilst in CWM but so far no confirmation, just similar results.
I'll keep my eyes pealed for answers but I don't think it works with CWM and can't find a way to charge whilst off without CWM recovery popping up.
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I have spent quite a while in recovery and I am fairly sure it's charging I wouldnt be surprised that the green led didn't function though? I don't really see how it wouldn't charge surely it a hardware thing when the power is attached?
Update: I use QtADB to give a GUI interface to ADB, have spent the past 15 minutes monitoring the battery state whilst in Clockwork recovery and it is most defintetly charging so you needn't worry about that

I bought the phone from Hong Kong with stock ROM. Rooted, S-Off and installed CWM but never flashed any ROM. But I have same the problem, screen will boot to recovery when I want to charge. I found there are a lot of DHD guys have the same problem here in China or Hong Kong..... and no solution found in any forum here yet. Some said it's a bug on CWM.
Anyway. I found an alternative myself. Instead of using the DHD original charger, I used the I9000 charger to charge the DHD. It worked perfectly (100% charged) and no recovery screen appeared so far......

Hey guys!
I have the original Desire HD stock ROM but I have clockwork mod recovery.
Could you guys provide a step by step guide on how to remove and replace with original recovery image?
I would really appreciate all the help!

xmoo said:
Or just flash recovery.img from a stock rom
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I have a file recovery.img. How do I flash it to the DHD?

I'd like to know this as well. I have the Clockwork bootloader installed. It's OK, but I changed my mind - I'd like to keep this phone as close as possible to factory-standard and use a different phone for hacking. Is there a step-by-step guide to reverting a DHD back to normal so I can benefit from the regular OTA updates?
Thanks!

Reflashing the ruu is the hard and long way.
Just download the stock recovery.img which west2cool was good enough to post for me. (Cheers again I didn't really feel like installing windoze just for that).
Then use fastboot - "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"

dr.m0x said:
Then use fastboot - "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
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And make sure it is FASTBOOT mode. Flashing fails otherwise (unless I did something stupid).

Sorry, I'm a newb at this.
When I boot by doing vol-down + pwr I get a mainly white screen with three Androids skateboarding at the bottom. At the top it says
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.0007
The top option is "FASTBOOT", so I press pwr once to select that.
Next I see four options:
BOOTLOADER
REBOOT
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
POWER DOWN
I do not see an option to reflash a recover image.
If I go into "RECOVERY", I see the green text on a black background of ClockworkMod v2.5.1.3. There is an option to apply an update.zip, however that's clearly not the same thing as I was instructed to do.
Detailed step by step instructions would be much appreciated!
THANKS!

I'm resurrecting my laptop with ubuntu 10.10 x64 right now (so I can build gingerbread) so can't help until later. If someone doesn't beat me to it, I will up a proper set if instructions along with the links you will need once my laptop is fully functional again.
Sent from my performance enhanced Desire HD

Ok buddy, my lappy lives again
1. Download the recovery.zip posted earlier on in the thread.
2. Extract recovery.img from the recovery.zip (best to extract it somewhere easy like a new folder called c:\fastboot)
3. Download fastboot from here. http://developer.htc.com/adp.html#s2
4. Make sure fastboot.exe and recovery.img are in the same directory (e.g. c:\fastboot)
5. Reboot your phone as you did before (while holding vol down + power)
6. Select fastboot and push the power button
7. Plug your phone into your computer - it should change the message to "FASTBOOT USB"
8. Open a terminal (push start button and type in "cmd" to get one if you don't know how).
9. Type "cd c:\fastboot" and press enter.
10. Type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
11. You should see a message which says something like sending ... send complete ... done.
12. To test: Push the power button on your phone once, push volume down once to highlight recovery, push power button. It should boot you to a screen with a red triangle.
13. Push vol up + power button to bring up the stock recovery menu
14. Push power button to reboot
Hopefully thats detailed enough

Not working camera, volume buttons and headphone slot with rooted dhd

i am new here and i am writing you guys to
please help me out in this matter. I got my HTC
DESIRE HD rooted from my friend and i was
playing with it by flashing different roms
through Clock-Work-Mod. One day i dont know
what went wrong when i was flashing a new
rom. A message was displayed on the CWM that
installation aborted and some error appreared.
At that moment i got panic and didnt wipe off
this rom data and flashed the other one i had.
Everything went perfectly fine and mobile
restarted. When i tried to work the volume
buttons they are not working, i tried camera out,
No response....I put headphones in its slot but
nothing is working.
GUYS mind you that i was having a backup for
my roms when everything was working fine. I
restored them but still the same problem. And
volume keys are not either working in
CLOCKWORKMOD. I tried different stuff means
wiping all the data and cache and whatsoever.
Nothing is happening for me.
PLEASE HELP ME OUTTTTTTTTT...HELPPPPPP
MEEEEE.... I LOST MY WARRANTY AND NOW I
DON WANA LOSE MY PHONE...PLEASE
HELPPPPP!!!!!!!!

Search for 4ext touch recovery, flash that, full wipe, flash rom, see if that helps.
Sent from a dream.

Teichopsia said:
Search for 4ext touch recovery, flash that, full wipe, flash rom, see if that helps.
Sent from a dream.
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Dear Sir,
Thanks for your reply....I tried everything out but nothing is working. Even my friend rebooted receovery and bootloader. After that even i installed a stock ROM using ADB from HTC....still camera, volume buttons and earphone slot not working,
I request you to please give me detail answer and a way out except these i have mentioned as i am in real fix..
Thanks once again for your kind support.

adnanf said:
Dear Sir,
Thanks for your reply....I tried everything out but nothing is working. Even my friend rebooted receovery and bootloader. After that even i installed a stock ROM using ADB from HTC....still camera, volume buttons and earphone slot not working,
I request you to please give me detail answer and a way out except these i have mentioned as i am in real fix..
Thanks once again for your kind support.
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If you used adb then you know more than I do.
The only thing I can think of is if you are full wiping.
Booting into recovery
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe dalvik
Format all partitions except sd card.
I suggested to get 4ext touch becauee you can use the screen to navigate in the recovery section instead of the volume buttons to format and flash.
If you are having hardware issues, could it be a hardware problem? It happebed after you got nervous which leads to believe it may be software related. But if you flashed a stock rom using adb, did that fully wiped your phone? I don't know.
If it didn't, try a full wipe.
Read this only for informational purposes. Don't try anything until you are sure it's not software related.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29603104
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Teichopsia said:
If you used adb then you know more than I do.
The only thing I can think of is if you are full wiping.
Booting into recovery
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe dalvik
Format all partitions except sd card.
I suggested to get 4ext touch becauee you can use the screen to navigate in the recovery section instead of the volume buttons to format and flash.
If you are having hardware issues, could it be a hardware problem? It happebed after you got nervous which leads to believe it may be software related. But if you flashed a stock rom using adb, did that fully wiped your phone? I don't know.
If it didn't, try a full wipe.
Read this only for informational purposes. Don't try anything until you are sure it's not software related.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29603104
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It is all software related, well i tried everything but the same...it is not a harware problem. I think the rom that had an error when i was flashing it had a bad impact on my media driver. I don't know how to fix this crap now....please keep posting and keep in touch...and do ask your friends to fix this issue if you could please.
Thanks once again

adnanf said:
It is all software related, well i tried everything but the same...it is not a harware problem. I think the rom that had an error when i was flashing it had a bad impact on my media driver. I don't know how to fix this crap now....please keep posting and keep in touch...and do ask your friends to fix this issue if you could please.
Thanks once again
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Could you post what you did when it went bad and what you have done so far step by step? Just want to make sure what has been done.and as concise as possible please. If you don't mention something I/we will assume you didn't do it and we will tell you to do it again.
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Teichopsia said:
Could you post what you did when it went bad and what you have done so far step by step? Just want to make sure what has been done.and as concise as possible please. If you don't mention something I/we will assume you didn't do it and we will tell you to do it again.
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when i was flashing a new ROM through CWM then an error appeared stating installation aborted...I got panic and when this error appeared....i just flashed the other ROM...but i didn't wipe the data of the Error making ROM...I think that is why this problem happened...but new ROM was flashed successfully and when i tried to work volume keys in the ROM and in CWM they were not working, Camera and Earphone slot wasn't working as well....After that i tried 4EXT Recovery to wipe everything and flashed the ROM once again but same problem for every ROM..Even i Recently flashed an RUU Stock HTC ROM VIA ADB but same....Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't help your problem, but if everything is really down and you're back on stock ROM, without root, go and complain to HTC and whatever your service provider is. Pretend like you don't know what happened. If you have a good provider, or if your phone warranty hasn't expired yet, then they should fix it for you.

xxkid123 said:
I can't help your problem, but if everything is really down and you're back on stock ROM, without root, go and complain to HTC and whatever your service provider is. Pretend like you don't know what happened. If you have a good provider, or if your phone warranty hasn't expired yet, then they should fix it for you.
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As i have told you.....I dowloaded one ROM from XDA-Developers website...I wanted to flash it...I flashed it with CLOCKWORKMOD after going into recovery....while flashing i got an error that installation aborted...i didn't reboot my phone as i knew that this ROM will not work as it gave an error..I went to the folder where i kept other ROMS and flashed one of them but i didn't wipe out the data, Cache etc of this ERROR ROM this time and flashed other one..After that this problem happened...
I used 4EXT Recovery after that to wipe data again and flash another ROM...I flashed many ROMS after that but same....camera, Volume keys and earphone slot is not working....
Someone told me to flash an RUU that will overwrite all the previous data by using ADB....i did it as well...Everything went fine again....ROM was flashed....but F**king problem remains the same....

adnanf said:
As i have told you.....I dowloaded one ROM from XDA-Developers website...I wanted to flash it...I flashed it with CLOCKWORKMOD after going into recovery....while flashing i got an error that installation aborted...i didn't reboot my phone as i knew that this ROM will not work as it gave an error..I went to the folder where i kept other ROMS and flashed one of them but i didn't wipe out the data, Cache etc of this ERROR ROM this time and flashed other one..After that this problem happened...
I used 4EXT Recovery after that to wipe data again and flash another ROM...I flashed many ROMS after that but same....camera, Volume keys and earphone slot is not working....
Someone told me to flash an RUU that will overwrite all the previous data by using ADB....i did it as well...Everything went fine again....ROM was flashed....but F**king problem remains the same....
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I tried re rooting my desire HD when it was already rooted and S-OFF...Now it got stuck on white screen....with green HTC logo...I can go into the boot loader....i tried flashing recovery Clockwork...With great difficulty i flashed recovery via ADB commands..by watching on internet...Now same volume keys are not working in Recovery..I want to flash 4EXT recovery...Please tell me how to do it while i am in bootloader....plzzz plzzzzz i am in a great FIXXXXXXXX....

adnanf said:
I tried re rooting my desire HD when it was already rooted and S-OFF...Now it got stuck on white screen....with green HTC logo...I can go into the boot loader....i tried flashing recovery Clockwork...With great difficulty i flashed recovery via ADB commands..by watching on internet...Now same volume keys are not working in Recovery..I want to flash 4EXT recovery...Please tell me how to do it while i am in bootloader....plzzz plzzzzz i am in a great FIXXXXXXXX....
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flash it used fastboot (adb tools)
1.Turn off your phone
2. Hold the volume down button + power until you boot to a white screen.
3. Use the volume rocker to select FASTBOOT then press the power button to select it.
4. Connect your phone.
5. Open up a windows command prompt and navigate to your sdk tools or platform tools folder. tools (c:\android-sdk-windows\tools) or platform-tools (c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools) (ore where you have the adb)
6. Type FASTBOOT DEVICES to make sure your computer "sees" your phone and is ready to flash the recovery. You should get a serial number and then the word fastboot as the output.
7. Type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and press enter. Give it a minute to do it's thing. You should get a message that says writing recovery and success.
(you must have the recovery.img on the same place as fastboot)
8. Unplug your phone and use the volume rocker to select BOOTLOADER and then again to select RECOVERY and you should be booted into the 4ext recovery

gurby1 said:
flash it used fastboot (adb tools)
1.Turn off your phone
2. Hold the volume down button + power until you boot to a white screen.
3. Use the volume rocker to select FASTBOOT then press the power button to select it.
4. Connect your phone.
5. Open up a windows command prompt and navigate to your sdk tools or platform tools folder. tools (c:\android-sdk-windows\tools) or platform-tools (c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools) (ore where you have the adb)
6. Type FASTBOOT DEVICES to make sure your computer "sees" your phone and is ready to flash the recovery. You should get a serial number and then the word fastboot as the output.
7. Type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and press enter. Give it a minute to do it's thing. You should get a message that says writing recovery and success.
(you must have the recovery.img on the same place as fastboot)
8. Unplug your phone and use the volume rocker to select BOOTLOADER and then again to select RECOVERY and you should be booted into the 4ext recovery
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I loved the way you told me brother...and i successfully flashed my ROM....I really loved the way step by step....I am really thankful to you....Can you help me in fixing my camera, volume buttons and earphone slots as they are still not working....PLEASE..I messed my mobile UP...HELP me brother

adnanf said:
I loved the way you told me brother...and i successfully flashed my ROM....I really loved the way step by step....I am really thankful to you....Can you help me in fixing my camera, volume buttons and earphone slots as they are still not working....PLEASE..I messed my mobile UP...HELP me brother
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Are you eng-off it can be your kernel

gurby1 said:
Are you eng-off it can be your kernel
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I don't know about eng off but yes I think I am....I am s off by the way...I ll paste here all the info in the bootloader shortly...please help brother
My bootloader says this
******AAHK*******
ACE XA ENG S-OFF RL
HBOOT-0.85.2425
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Now suggest...whatelse can i do to get them working..Voume buttons,a camera and earphone slots are not working for any of the ROM i flash...
HELP!!

adnanf said:
I don't know about eng off but yes I think I am....I am s off by the way...I ll paste here all the info in the bootloader shortly...please help brother
My bootloader says this
******AAHK*******
ACE XA ENG S-OFF RL
HBOOT-0.85.2425
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Now suggest...whatelse can i do to get them working..Voume buttons,a camera and earphone slots are not working for any of the ROM i flash...
HELP!!
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Uhm if you go to the thread of android revolution. On the buttom of the page is a program superwipe trie that.
If that not help than can you replace the boot loader I will explain how you do that (your hboot is very old I have 2.xx. xxxx think that's you problem)

gurby1 said:
Uhm if you go to the thread of android revolution. On the buttom of the page is a program superwipe trie that.
If that not help than can you replace the boot loader I will explain how you do that (your hboot is very old I have 2.xx. xxxx think that's you problem)
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I downloaded that and flashed it via 4EXT recovery...It wiped all the stuff.....after that now i flashed the rom....but the same problem......I don't know what is going on...
HTC workshop are saying that they will have to change the motherboard, camera, volume keys and all that...I dont think they know this problem...
Does it cause any problem if i download any ROM not for DHD and try to flash it?...This is why problem happened i guess...the ROM i flashed was not for DHD....
If you could please provide me your yahoo or hotmail ID..so that i could chat with you to clarify issues...Please give me a reasonable time if you could come online....
I would really be grateful to you...

Please reply reply to my questions above....i really am in a FIX....please help brother....

Replacement Battery, Or broken phone?
Looking to replace this naff ass broken "replacement HTC Desire HD" battery. Any suggestions? Are these High Capacity Gold battierys any use?
This battery if I turn the phone on it then powers off as dead. Unless I have it connected to a charger first. Then I can see the battery is actually got a charge in it.
Is this the battery of perhaps an issue with the phone?

[Q] S-ON, invalid recovery/system partitions, boot loop, bricked device?

Hi all,
Was attempting to root my desire HD and install CM7. Somehow, I managed to screw up the phone. I was using ACE so at some point I had root, and was able to flash different partitions (which is where I screwed up). Here are the facts:
1. Phone boot loops
2. There's no working recovery partition (I manually flashed that when I did have root), and a completely busted system partition
3. the phone is still S-ON (not sure how this stayed this way) - which means I can't fastboot
I tried downloading and installing the stock ROM, and it loaded, and installed - but then neither 'recovery' nor 'factory reset' do anything. Both still lead to boot loops...
From researching the web, I understand that:
1. If I don't have S-OFF - I can't fastboot, and even the PD98img.zip won't install
2. I can't get S-OFF without having a working system first (either via HTC's tools or some root'ing app).
Am I SOL, or does anyone have ideas of what I should try?
thx.
Blake

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31722797
Post#7, it may help.
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You haven't tried running an RUU yet? It restores your phone to factory state. Best way is to flash an RUU and start over with the Advanced Ace Hack Kit. I'm pretty sure you didn't read the manual properly and follow it word for word. By RUU I don't mean the PD98IMG.zip, I mean the exe file. Connect your phone to the computer and run the exe.
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_225512_signed.exe

sashank;31725074]You haven't tried running an RUU yet? It restores your phone to factory state. Best way is to flash an RUU and start over with the Advanced Ace Hack Kit. I'm pretty sure you didn't read the manual properly and follow it word for word. By RUU I don't mean the PD98IMG.zip, I mean the exe file. Connect your phone to the computer and run the exe.
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I tried - but i got the 'failed to communicate with your phone, make sure USB is connected and phone is in debug mode'...As I understand it, running the exe requires that phone to be in a working state. I only have hboot now...
Am I mistaken?

In hboot, press power on fastboot. When FASTBOOT shows up in a red background, then connect it to the computer and try running the RUU.

If that doesn't work download the htc sync (drivers). You need to switch of the antivirus before installing. The program will prompt you before.
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Teichopsia said:
If that doesn't work download the htc sync (drivers). You need to switch of the antivirus before installing. The program will prompt you before.
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Ok - I managed to get the right RUU from shipped-roms, and I used it to flash the ROM. It took a few mins, and then told me that it was successful.
However, I'm still stuck in a boot loop...
Any ideas?
Blake

Thanked you by mistake. Tell me, how long are you waiting after turning on the phone before considering it to be boot looping? For any ROM, the first boot always takes time. Not too long, but a few minutes. In that time it will just show the HTC splash screen. This happens because the dalvik-cache has to be built and the time it takes depends on the number of apps. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you're assuming too soon that it's bootlooping. Wait for some time and see.
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sashank said:
Thanked you by mistake. Tell me, how long are you waiting after turning on the phone before considering it to be boot looping? For any ROM, the first boot always takes time. Not too long, but a few minutes. In that time it will just show the HTC splash screen. This happens because the dalvik-cache has to be built and the time it takes depends on the number of apps. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you're assuming too soon that it's bootlooping. Wait for some time and see.
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The phone boots, I see the white screen with the HTC logo, then a few seconds later, it reboots, and I get the same logo, and so on, and so forth...It just keeps on rebooting, even though the RUU worked.
thx.
Blake

blakey1 said:
The phone boots, I see the white screen with the HTC logo, then a few seconds later, it reboots, and I get the same logo, and so on, and so forth...It just keeps on rebooting, even though the RUU worked.
thx.
Blake
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Any ideas, anyone?
B.

Try booting without the sd card.
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blakey1 said:
Any ideas, anyone?
B.
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That seems to be a bad emmc chip. Many devices suffer from that.
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blakey1 said:
Hi all,
3. the phone is still S-ON (not sure how this stayed this way) - which means I can't fastboot
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This is not true. I have still S-ON (but unlocked via htcdev.com) and I can do fastboot, flash recovery etc. But flash works only from fastboot menu, not from running system or recovery mode.

[Q] Endless loop of restarts into recovery

hi everyone,
I am in a quite a pickle here. I tried updating my phone with ARHD43 and after doing it couldn't get the WIFI to turn on. I read a bit and found that this is becuase I do not have the latest firmware. So I tried going back to stock through RUU (flashed stock recovery and boot.img) and in the process flashed new recovery and boot images. Now the my phone keeps booting into stock recovery with the red triangle continuously and I can't boot into the OS. From recovery when I select apply from SD card I throws CID error and reboots into recovery again!
I cannot connect to fastboot so I am stuck bad. :crying:
did I brick my device? can I save it? I am S-ON with unlocked boot loader. region is .707
Appreciate your help.
<I have posted a similar question in the ARHD43 thread but haven't recevied a response so posting in here in the general forum again>

simplyaha said:
I cannot connect to fastboot so I am stuck bad. :crying:
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This part is your biggest issue. As you know, you can't do much without fastboot.
Make sure you are in bootloader-fastboot mode when issuing fastboot commands. Try to uninstall and re-install fastboot drivers, a different USB post on your computer, even another computer.
Once you get fastboot working, it should be as simple as flashing TWRP again (bootloader must be unlocked) than installing the proper stock nandroid and stock recovery from the following thread (instructions on how to restore the nandroid in Post #3 of the thread, under Questions & Answer). Then OTA to Lollipop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
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simplyaha said:
So I tried going back to stock through RUU (flashed stock recovery and boot.img) >
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Why would you do this? You realize that boot.img is just the kernel (not a full ROM)?

redpoint73 said:
This part is your biggest issue. As you know, you can't do much without fastboot.
Make sure you are in bootloader-fastboot mode when issuing fastboot commands. Try to uninstall and re-install fastboot drivers, a different USB post on your computer, even another computer.
Once you get fastboot working, it should be as simple as flashing TWRP again (bootloader must be unlocked) than installing the proper stock nandroid and stock recovery from the following thread (instructions on how to restore the nandroid in Post #3 of the thread, under Questions & Answer). Then OTA to Lollipop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
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Why would you do this? You realize that boot.img is just the kernel (not a full ROM)?
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thank you for replying.
I have have fast boot on my pic and it is working fine. I have used it to install custom rom on my wife's phone and my phone earlier. the problem is I am not able to get into the boot loader and push commands to my phone through fastboot or adb.
my plan was to actually run RUU and update to stock. I couldn't find the RUU for my 707 M8. I read somewhere that to make this work I should run RUU and extract and flash the boot.img it stores in the temporary folder on the PC. I also saved the stock rom file and was planning to flash that through recovery. but I cannot do that now because I am stuck in recovery.
any idea how I can get into boot loader.. this should give me a lot of options to fix my phone.

simplyaha said:
thank you for replying.
I have have fast boot on my pic and it is working fine. I have used it to install custom rom on my wife's phone and my phone earlier. the problem is I am not able to get into the boot loader and push commands to my phone through fastboot or adb.
any idea how I can get into boot loader.. this should give me a lot of options to fix my phone.
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To get into bootloader, hold down power and vol up for several seconds (maybe up to 10 seconds or more). Once the screen goes black to reboot, immediately let go of both those buttons, and just hold vol down. Keep holding vol down until bootloader appears. If you fail to get into bootloader, you simply started holding vol down too late, or let go of it too early. Just repeat until you get it right.
Fastboot command only work in fastboot mode. adb commands will only work in OS or in recovery. So if you try to issue adb commands in bootloader or bootloader-fastboot modes, it won't work.
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my plan was to actually run RUU and update to stock. I couldn't find the RUU for my 707 M8. I read somewhere that to make this work I should run RUU and extract and flash the boot.img it stores in the temporary folder on the PC. I also saved the stock rom file and was planning to flash that through recovery. but I cannot do that now because I am stuck in recovery.
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Pulling files from another CID's RUU is not the proper way to restore to stock. I linked the proper thread with your stock ROM (which also includes boot.img) and stock recovery for your CID.
Plus, the stock ROM and recovery you restore has to match your firmware number, as indicated as OS number on bootloader screen, or main version on getvar all.

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To get into bootloader, hold down power and vol up for several seconds (maybe up to 10 seconds or more). Once the screen goes black to reboot, immediately let go of both those buttons, and just hold vol down. Keep holding vol down until bootloader appears. If you fail to get into bootloader, you simply started holding vol down too late, or let go of it too early. Just repeat until you get it right.
Fastboot command only work in fastboot mode. adb commands will only work in OS or in recovery. So if you try to issue adb commands in bootloader or bootloader-fastboot modes, it won't work.
Pulling files from another CID's RUU is not the proper way to restore to stock. I linked the proper thread with your stock ROM (which also includes boot.img) and stock recovery for your CID.
Plus, the stock ROM and recovery you restore has to match your firmware number, as indicated as OS number on bootloader screen, or main version on getvar all.
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I did try this combination to get into boot loader but I couldn't successfully do that. I had also tried Hold power then immediately volume up and down at same time. When phone powers off release the volume up button.
I will try again and reply.
I couldn't find the 707 RUU anywhere on the web.. please share the link with me if you got it. I hope I get it into boot loader..

simplyaha said:
I did try this combination to get into boot loader but I couldn't successfully do that. I had also tried Hold power then immediately volume up and down at same time. When phone powers off release the volume up button.
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You're making it more complicated than it needs to be. Stop trying other button combos, and just do it they way I said previously, this works every time as long as you don't start pressing vol down too late (it has to be while the screen is still black before the HTC logo screen appears - you have about 3 seconds which is plenty of time) or don't let go of vol down too early (don't let go until the bootloader screen appears - should only take a second).
If it doesn't work, its pilot error.
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I couldn't find the 707 RUU anywhere on the web.. please share the link with me if you got it. I hope I get it into boot loader..
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Only if you promise to stop messing around with incorrect processes, like trying to pull the recovery and boot.img out of the RUU.

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You're making it more complicated than it needs to be. Stop trying other button combos, and just do it they way I said previously, this works every time as long as you don't start pressing vol down too late (it has to be while the screen is still black before the HTC logo screen appears - you have about 3 seconds which is plenty of time) or don't let go of vol down too early (don't let go until the bootloader screen appears - should only take a second).
If it doesn't work, its pilot error.
Only if you promise to stop messing around with incorrect processes, like trying to pull the recovery and boot.img out of the RUU.
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yeah.. i guess I tried all those random things because I am not very clear on all the processes.. but I am learning :victory:
yes, no more messing around, promise.. :angel:

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yeah.. i guess I tried all those random things because I am not very clear on all the processes.. but I am learning
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Yeah, stop doing that (trying random things). You can get yourself in a lot of trouble by "experimenting". Stick to proven solutions provided by knowledgeable XDA members.
Here is a link to the 4.19.707 RUU: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61886163&postcount=15
I only know of this, since xunholyx linked to it last week while we were helping another 707 owner. I take no responsibility for it. Just linking you to it by request.

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Yeah, stop doing that (trying random things). You can get yourself in a lot of trouble by "experimenting". Stick to proven solutions provided by knowledgeable XDA members.
Here is a link to the 4.19.707 RUU: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61886163&postcount=15
I only know of this, since xunholyx linked to it last week while we were helping another 707 owner. I take no responsibility for it. Just linking you to it by request.
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ccol thank! I will try this tonight and share the outcome.. :good:

eureka! got my phone up and running now. the ruu was perfect. but got my memory card messed up (showing as raw format on the pc). gotta look for a solution for this now :banghead:
but my phone is back! thank you for all the help. much appreciated. :thumbup:
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My HTC M8 Stuck at ONE Logo once restarted. No Recovery, No DWNLD mode available.

I've seen already this thread suggested by XDA thread locator.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/verizon-htc-one-m8-stuck-htc-logo-t3163088
But I'd try to explain as simple as possible the whole situation which happened hours ago.
Don't know what happened but my mothers phone went off and restarted with htc one logo on it and nothing else later.
Power button itself doesnt work and is not responding.
Configuration PWR + VOL UP gives me restart but no recovery mode, giving me sound effect of restarting phone and ONE logo on it without any other reaction whatsoever.
PWR + VOL DWN zero reaction
PWR + VOL UP & DOWN pressed together restarting the phone and then gives me HTC ONE LOGO and nothing else.
when Phone is plugged in to the computer and I'm forcing the phone to restart it shows me new Device on the computer as a CD Driver every time.
So I think there is still hope to get this guy back to life.
It's running on custom rom but unknown version because it was purchased as a refurb from ebay 2 years ago and it was running just fine utill this very day.
I'm absolutely noob with flashing twrping etc so please ELI5 if possible, any type of help will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Hey, I had this same problem a couple of days ago. Here's what I did to get the phone into fastboot, from where you can install a recovery, factory reset etc.
1. Hold the power button + vol up button for about 10-20 seconds. This should shut down the phone.
2. Hold the power button + vol down button to restart the phone back into fastboot.
If you can get into fastboot, there are plenty of guides which can help you flash a twrp image. If you want me to give you some instructions on that just reply and let me know. Good luck!

Note that this phone doesn't have download mode (as some other Android devices do); nor is there a button combo to go directly to recovery. But you can almost certainly still get to bootloader, and from there boot recovery. In the current condition, you can get to bootloader by:
1) Hold Power+ vol up (as you have been) to restart the phone.
2) Once the screen goes dark (signaling it is about to reboot) let go of the buttons, and only hold vol down
3) Don't let go of vol down until the bootloader screen appears.
4) If the above sequence fails, its virtually always because the user just didn't get the timing right (either started pressing vol down too late, or let go too early). Just repeat steps 1-3 until you get to bootloader.
Once in bootloader, try to reflash the ROM, or restore a TWRP backup (if you have one). Spontaneously stuck on HTC logo screen is often a result of the OS/ROM becoming corrupt or otherwise damaged, and flashing/restoring the ROM will often fix it.

Thanks @redpoint73 I've managed to get to the preinstalled recovery.
Sadly reflashing/factory reset failed few times due corrupted files.
I'm ok with the fact that I lost the data on the phone since most of it was stored on the cloud.
Now I need ROM to flash on the phone thru recovery but I don't know which one would you reccomend.
It's my mom's phone so basically reliabilty and robustness over flashing lights and numerous unnecessary functions.
Version of android doesn't really matter.
Thanks again for help so far.
Can I put the rom I'm about to flash on external SD Card or I have to transfer it thru computer to the phone?
TWRP might be extra helpful or the recovery it's functions are just fine?

Shewie said:
Thanks @redpoint73 I've managed to get to the preinstalled recovery.
Sadly reflashing/factory reset failed few times due corrupted files.
I'm ok with the fact that I lost the data on the phone since most of it was stored on the cloud.
Now I need ROM to flash on the phone thru recovery but I don't know which one would you reccomend.
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I'd need to know more about the phone in order to give any suggestions.
With the phone connected to computer, boot into fastboot mode, and (assuming you have fastboot setup on your computer) do the command: fastboot getvar all
Then post the results (delete IMEI and serial number before posting).
Also, what version TWRP (if that is the recovery installed)?
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Can I put the rom I'm about to flash on external SD Card or I have to transfer it thru computer to the phone?
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You will be able to flash a ROM from the SD card, if using TWRP.
Shewie said:
TWRP might be extra helpful or the recovery it's functions are just fine?
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Not sure what is being asked here (can't quite understand). Are you saying that another recovery besides TWRP is presently installed?

@redpoint73 I don't have TWRP but this...
Maybe pictures will justify the real situation.
I don't have the fastboot preinstalled on computer. (yet)
I wouldn't mind link to the pack with "must have" to complete the process

Shewie said:
@redpoint73 I don't have TWRP but this...
Maybe pictures will justify the real situation.
I don't have the fastboot preinstalled on computer. (yet)
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You have what is called the "stock recovery" or official HTC recovery.
You can't flash anything but OTA updates, or other official (HTC) signed zips with this. You need a "custom" recovery like TWRP in order to flash things like custom ROMs. So I'm curious what you meant before when you posted:
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Thanks [MENTION=660462]Sadly reflashing/factory reset failed few times due corrupted files.
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What exactly were you trying to "reflash", what were the exact steps, and the results (specific error messages, etc.).

I did the factory reset but it didn't help still stucking at ONE logo like posted initially. So this is basically the situation right now. I was able to get to recovery but nothing else.

Shewie said:
I did the factory reset but it didn't help still stucking at ONE logo like posted initially. So this is basically the situation right now. I was able to get to recovery but nothing else.
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Okay, so you're confusing the terms. Factory reset doesn't flash/reflash anything (flash meaning to install some firmware or software to the device). The only thing that factory reset does is wipe user data.
At this point, I'd suggest the best/easiest course of action in the current conditions (stock recovery, locked bootloader) would be to run the RUU intended for your device. Your device is the AT&T version, so the RUU can be found at the bottom of the page (and instructions on how to install): http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/
RUU is a complete factory image. You download to a PC (PC required, won't work on Mac or Linux) connect the phone (booted into bootloader-fastboot mode) then just run the RUU, and it will do the rest.
I'm confidant this will get the phone up and running. Your mom may not like all the AT&T branding and apps, if it wasn't there before, and AT&T is not her carrier (one of the main reasons for these devices to have custom ROM - to remove carrier branding). But we can cross that bridge (if need be), after we get the phone working.

Installed Software, downloaded RUU from website provided, turned phone into fastboot before installing RUU.
Something started happening with the phone during installation but installation itself cant be finished, it's an endless process of update, phone is already plugged 3rd hour or so to the computer but the update status remain the same.
Should I try different approach?

Shewie said:
Installed Software, downloaded RUU from website provided, turned phone into fastboot before installing RUU.
Something started happening with the phone during installation but installation itself cant be finished, it's an endless process of update, phone is already plugged 3rd hour or so to the computer but the update status remain the same.
Should I try different approach?
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It just gets stuck sometimes. Just kill the process, and start the RUU again. It will probably work fine on the next try. It's a bit scary, as it says not to stop the process or disconnect the phone while it's running. But if it gets stuck like this, there isn't anything else you can do.

Good News, it's working. But it's bloated to the bones. How I can get rid of the carrier unnecessary software?
I was to afraid to kill the process during update to avoid scenario of bricking my phone completely.
But It's working!