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Possible brick. Bootloader access but no recovery. Any suggestions?

EDIT: Check post 10 for an update on progress after running the stock RUU
Been reading XDA for awhile, first time posting. I'll try to put as much information on here as possible so please excuse the long drawn out post.
Have been running MIUI 11.16 release on Evo 4g until two days ago. My evo began bootlooping in my pocket, which happens sometimes but usually on the splash screen. This is usually fixed by a battery pull and a ROM reflash in Clockwork Recover. However, on this occasion my phone has been bootlooping on the HTC screen. I booted into bootloader and attempted to then boot into recovery but the loop continued.
I have the original PC361.zip still on my SD card so decided to run the update and see if that would reset things. The update was successful and I attempted to boot recovery . The HTC screen flashes and proceeds to a black screen with 5 vibrates and a blinking LED. This now happens every time I turn on the phone with booting into the bootloader.
I attempted (perhaps incorrectly) to flash clockwork recovery through Fastboot USB through my Mac Terminal, but have been unable to do so as it won't allow a remote flash.
./fastboot flash /recovery /Users/****/Desktop/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools/recovery-clockwork-1.8.1.7-supersonic.zip
sending '/recovery' (808 KB)... OKAY
writing '/recovery'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
So, to recap. Normal boot results in 5 vibrates and a green LED flash that is only reset by a battery pull. Fastboot access is available, but perhaps not usable by remote access. No access to recovery. Cannot mount SD card onto my Mac (not sure if that's a given). Top of bootloader screen says the following:
Supersonic EVT2- 3 ship s-off
HBOOT-0.79.0000
MicroP-041f
Touch Panel-ATMEL224_16ab
Radio-1.39.00.04.26
April 14 2010, 15:41:34
I've done a lot of forum hopping and reading and it seems like this is the most relevant information for trying to fix this problem. At this point, my only real goal is to make a phone call or two so I'm not worried about keeping my root since that can be fixed later. Any suggestions would be much appreciated and I can furnish any information you might need.
Thanks

Have you tried flashing a stock ROM RUU updater from www.shipped-roms.com?
This may not get you into your rooted state with your custom rom, but should at least get you into a usable state.
You should still be rooted afterwards, but will need to run UNREVOKED FOREVER, to get your clockwork recovery back.

Just downloaded an executable RUU filed from Shipped ROM's. I'll go find a Windows system and give it a shot. I'll update in a bit.

I think the .exe is finding the android device, but doesn't do anything after update is hit. Is there a way to connect my phone to the computer to run this .exe through bootloader?

agrim0091 said:
I think the .exe is finding the android device, but doesn't do anything after update is hit. Is there a way to connect my phone to the computer to run this .exe through bootloader?
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Select hboot usb and make sure the drivers install (probably windows only, sorry) then run the ruu. I think the needed drivers are included with the htc sync software (windows only as well I believe)

DomSim said:
Select hboot usb and make sure the drivers install (probably windows only, sorry) then run the ruu. I think the needed drivers are included with the htc sync software (windows only as well I believe)
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Just tried with hboot usb plug hooked up and it didn't recognise. I'll try to install HTC Sync and give it another shot. Thank you guys for the help so far.

The RUU successfully installed and booting the phone no longer causes the 5 vibrations and the green LED. The phone is still bootlooping at the HTC screen going to a black screen and then rebooting.
This is the first breakthrough I've made in days. Any ideas on where I should go from here?

I would think maybe flash radio, then they to flash recovery. Maybe wait until someoe else chimes in though

DomSim said:
I would think maybe flash radio, then they to flash recovery. Maybe wait until someoe else chimes in though
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I tried to flash recovery through Fastboot and my Mac terminal, but I'm still being denied remote access.

A quick update on the situation to try to consolidate any progress so far...
I successfully flashed the stock RUU which should have returned everything back to stock. I'm still stuck in a bootloop from the HTC screen to black screen but no longer have the 5 vibrates and the flashing green LED.
My Bootloader heading is as thus...
Supersonic EV2-3 Ship S-off
hboot- 0.93.0000
microp-014f
Touch Panel-ATMEL224_16ab
Radio-2.15.00.07.28
Jul 23 2010, 16:41:47
Booting into recovery from Bootloader still causes the boot cycle meaning that the RUU didn't fix everything. Also, S-OFF still seems to mean that the root appears to be in place (maybe?) so no luck of returning it to sprint. Still cannot remote flash from the command prompt in windows.
I'm not sure what to do next. If I had to wager a guess it would have something to do with the PC36img.zip file, even though I'm not totally sure what this means or which one I should attempt to load. If this is the case, I can go buy an SD card reader today and attempt to load another up if anyone can suggest one.
Again, thanks for all of the help.

agrim0091 said:
A quick update on the situation to try to consolidate any progress so far...
I successfully flashed the stock RUU which should have returned everything back to stock. I'm still stuck in a bootloop from the HTC screen to black screen but no longer have the 5 vibrates and the flashing green LED.
My Bootloader heading is as thus...
Supersonic EV2-3 Ship S-off
hboot- 0.93.0000
microp-014f
Touch Panel-ATMEL224_16ab
Radio-2.15.00.07.28
Jul 23 2010, 16:41:47
Booting into recovery from Bootloader still causes the boot cycle meaning that the RUU didn't fix everything. Also, S-OFF still seems to mean that the root appears to be in place (maybe?) so no luck of returning it to sprint. Still cannot remote flash from the command prompt in windows.
I'm not sure what to do next. If I had to wager a guess it would have something to do with the PC36img.zip file, even though I'm not totally sure what this means or which one I should attempt to load. If this is the case, I can go buy an SD card reader today and attempt to load another up if anyone can suggest one.
Again, thanks for all of the help.
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did you try to unroot don't know if you used unrevoked but if you did try to flash the s-on tool and then flash the 3.29 ruu that should put you back up to stock and load good but if it doesn't then you may have a corrupted nand. Don't take my word for it cause i know computers more than these phones i know enough to get me by thats about it but if they are anything like computers i would venture that as the problem

Jbcarrera said:
did you try to unroot don't know if you used unrevoked but if you did try to flash the s-on tool and then flash the 3.29 ruu that should put you back up to stock and load good but if it doesn't then you may have a corrupted nand. Don't take my word for it cause i know computers more than these phones i know enough to get me by thats about it but if they are anything like computers i would venture that as the problem
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Any idea how to flash this through Fastboot or the Bootloader?

agrim0091 said:
Any idea how to flash this through Fastboot or the Bootloader?
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adb but i'm trying to find out how for you

Jbcarrera said:
adb but i'm trying to find out how for you
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Just realized my old BlackBerry has microSD support. So I can load something onto my Evo SD card via that quite easily if you think a certain PC36img.zip file would work. I just have no idea what those PC36img.zip files are or do. :/

Jbcarrera said:
adb but i'm trying to find out how for you
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Just found a PC36img.zip file for clockwork recover. Update was "Successful" but the Boot cycle continues.

Is this the pc36img you tried? If not try it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141

Try hboot usb and start adb type push unrevokeds-on.zip that should give you s-on then run the 3.29 Thu that should work
sent from my EVO at the edge of hell

No internet access last night at the apartment for some reason :/. I'll try flashing the PC36img.zip and if that doesnt work i'll try to adb push the s-on file and get it back to total stock to bring it back to sprint.
Thinking about it though, I'm not sure if I had adb access from hboot. I'll update you guys soon.

DomSim said:
Is this the pc36img you tried? If not try it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
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Flashed this PC36IMG.zip. Update was successful but the phone is still looping.
Jbcarrera said:
Try hboot usb and start adb type push unrevokeds-on.zip that should give you s-on then run the 3.29 Thu that should work
sent from my EVO at the edge of hell
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I can't get adb to recognize my device with hboot usb plug showing. I tried adb devices and nothing will pop up.

I'm having this same exact issue you did. Did you ever end up finding a solution?

[Q] Crap - I'm stuck.... (urgent help needed)

Ok, I can't figure this out, despite researching across a bunch of threads.
I've been trying to root my fiancee's Evo for almost 2 hours now to no avail.
First I tried the "autoroot" method, but it failed. Then I tried the unrEVOked method, and it kept getting hung up on "installing unrevoked service...".
Somehow, after getting through bootloader, et. al. a few times, I got to the screen with triangles\exclamations in each corner. I got out of that by running an RUU. Well, that apparently wasn't right, because then I could not get any of the Root methods to work.
I downloaded an older version - EvoRoot - and tried it. Seemed to be working....until it went to flash recovery, and now I'm stuck going between the Bootloader screen and the red triangle-exclamation.
I can't, for the life of me, figure out how I can get out of this mess.
The Evo has never been rooted and it's only a few weeks old. It was originally on this:
RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed
And is definitely Android 2.2.
I think I accidentally ran this:
RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.26.651.6_Radio_2.15.00.07.28_NV_1.40_release_140444_signed
to get myself out of the 4 exclamation point screen.
Can anyone help me at all?

Well the red triangle with an exclamation means you are going into recovery. but no recovery is installed. Boot into the rom use/download rom manager, and flash clockworkmod recovery. That should do it.

teh roxxorz said:
Well the red triangle with an exclamation means you are going into recovery. but no recovery is installed. Boot into the rom use/download rom manager, and flash clockworkmod recovery. That should do it.
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I can do one of a few things:
V-Up + Power = 4 options. I can't "update.zip" because it says "no such file or directory". Wiping does nothing, just returns me to red ! screen.
Get to Bootloader - nothing I do there does anything but take me to red ! screen.

bhamhawker said:
I can do one of a few things:
V-Up + Power = 4 options. I can't "update.zip" because it says "no such file or directory". Wiping does nothing, just returns me to red ! screen.
Get to Bootloader - nothing I do there does anything but take me to red ! screen.
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No, don't boot into the bootloader, just start the phone up normally; or can you not do that?

teh roxxorz said:
No, don't boot into the bootloader, just start the phone up normally; or can you not do that?
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Rebooting the phone normally just brings me straight to the red ! screen after showing me the htc EVO 4G white intro screen.

I'm attaching amon_ra recovery [I run clockwork, but this works just as well]
Take the battery off, and mount your sd card to your computer via adapter, put that file on the root of the sd card, do not modify or extract it. Once done, start the phone up and boot into the bootloader, it should ask you if you want to update, and say yes.

Ok, downloaded, added to card. Upon booting into bootloaded, it reads the .zip and then just kicks me back to the bootloader. It won't ask if I want to update at all.
Also, I can give some more info on the phone real quick:
Supersonic EVT2-3 Ship S-ON
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
Radio-2.15.00.07.28
Oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
I can jump on a number of chat accounts if anyone would rather walk me through it in that fashion.

Well you're S-ON...no bueno. Try running unrevoked3 again. But before you do, do you have the Hboot drivers installed?

teh roxxorz said:
Well you're S-ON...no bueno. Try running unrevoked3 again. But before you do, do you have the Hboot drivers installed?
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Yep, HBoot was installed fine.
Is there some way to factory reset using my SDCard to mount images?

bhamhawker said:
Yep, HBoot was installed fine.
Is there some way to factory reset using my SDCard to mount images?
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The only real way is to run the RUU.
Try running the 3rd option.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/shipped/Supersonic/ Let me know what happens.

Ok, downloading a stock rom and going to rename it to update.zip. Hopefully I can get that to work through the Android recovery.

I haven't heard that method, but I'll be around so I'll check back in, in a couple.

Ok, the "update.zip" file opens, but then says "Signature Verification Failed".
How do I run the RUU? While the device has the red ! screen?

You need a factory reset PCIMG36.zip of the RUU I believe.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

bhamhawker said:
Ok, the "update.zip" file opens, but then says "Signature Verification Failed".
How do I run the RUU? While the device has the red ! screen?
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In the recovery, where it says install from zip, scroll down to signature verification, and select it to toggle it off, so it doesn't check and it should run.
Boot into the bootloader, and select fastboot, then run the RUU exe.

teh roxxorz said:
In the recovery, where it says install from zip, scroll down to signature verification, and select it to toggle it off, so it doesn't check and it should run.
Boot into the bootloader, and select fastboot, then run the RUU exe.
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Neither of these worked. However, with my screen just at the HTC Evo "white" screen, I was getting the error "Your battery is under 30%" when I ran the RUU*.exe file on my comp. I switched to a different battery (with an unknown charge) and tried, but got the same. Have one of the batteries charging right now, so maybe that will change my luck??
I'm downloading the stock RUU PC36IMG right now (I think), too.

It is a very bad idea to try different root methods one right after another and to randomly flash stuff unless you are purposely trying to brick your phone. The bootloader stopped you from doing just that when it locked you in the black htc screen but if you would have had your nand unlocked you may not have been so lucky.
If you flash the 3.70 RUU so that you have a clean start you should be able to root fine. There's no telling if you will still have 4G or if anything has became permanently corrupted though. Just run it as a normal exe, do not use it as an PC36IMG.

Ok, Holy Mary Mother of Tebow, but I'm finally out of the pseudo-brick state.
Thanks a ton for your help on this. I really, really appreciate it.
I now am setup with the following:
Android 2.2
Baseband 2.15.00.07.28
Kernel 2.6.32.15-g746f4f0 [email protected] #58
Build 3.26.651.6
Can anyone help me successfully root this phone now?

bhamhawker said:
Ok, Holy Mary Mother of Tebow, but I'm finally out of the pseudo-brick state.
Thanks a ton for your help on this. I really, really appreciate it.
I now am setup with the following:
Android 2.2
Baseband 2.15.00.07.28
Kernel 2.6.32.15-g746f4f0 [email protected] #58
Build 3.26.651.6
Can anyone help me successfully root this phone now?
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Okay good. Now run unrevoked3. Once it starts, just put the phone down and let it run. Should reboot 2 times, let it run the full course.

teh roxxorz said:
Okay good. Now run unrevoked3. Once it starts, just put the phone down and let it run. Should reboot 2 times, let it run the full course.
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How long should the program be hung up on "Installing unrevoked service"?

[Q] Bootloop of Death...

Remember the group of people sometime last year who got into infinite bootloops, with access to bootloader but no recovery?
Yeah. That's me right now. Problem is, I can't remember if we ever found a solution, if anything would work. So I come before y'all for any help
Was running latest CM build before with Tiamat 4.1.0, just shut off during Google Navigation while charging and entered infinite bootloop.
004 Evo
2.18.0001 HBOOT S-OFF
Newest radio, Wimax, PRI, NV
Amon Ra (No access)
It does charge (or says it does - light is on)
So yeah. Access to HBOOT, no access to recovery, still have S-Off. Any help appreciated

tropicalbrit said:
Remember the group of people sometime last year who got into infinite bootloops, with access to bootloader but no recovery?
Yeah. That's me right now. Problem is, I can't remember if we ever found a solution, if anything would work. So I come before y'all for any help
Was running latest CM build before with Tiamat 4.1.0, just shut off during Google Navigation while charging and entered infinite bootloop.
004 Evo
2.18.0001 HBOOT S-OFF
Newest radio, Wimax, PRI, NV
Amon Ra (No access)
It does charge (or says it does - light is on)
So yeah. Access to HBOOT, no access to recovery, still have S-Off. Any help appreciated
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have you attempted to reflash recovery?

Had this happen the other day and pulled battery and then held power button and volume button down and it went right into Recovery... 1st time ever for me

Just reflashed recovery. Still nothing. Goes into bootloop as I enter recovery.
Note: It does not show boot animation, only splash screen. Just clarifying

Give it some time some times after a crash/hotstart takes a little longer..
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tropicalbrit said:
Just reflashed recovery. Still nothing. Goes into bootloop as I enter recovery.
Note: It does not show boot animation, only splash screen. Just clarifying
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Tried a ruu yet?
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evo4gnoob said:
Tried a ruu yet?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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Just did. 2.16.0001 HBOOT S-OFF with 2.15.00.0808 radio.
No access to recovery (HTC or custom after flashing recovery)
Same bootloop.

tropicalbrit said:
Just did. 2.16.0001 HBOOT S-OFF with 2.15.00.0808 radio.
No access to recovery (HTC or custom after flashing recovery)
Same bootloop.
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might need to wait till Captian_Throwback gets online he'll probably know a way to fix it. He fixed his when he got bricked by TWRP

No, there never was a solution, other than the doc I attached, which may not work and again.. someone running CM get's this Boot Loop issue....

evo4gnoob said:
might need to wait till Captian_Throwback gets online he'll probably know a way to fix it. He fixed his when he got bricked by TWRP
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Nice of you to think of me!
Umm, yeah . . . my problem was a little bit different, as I was still able to boot into a ROM. So, any suggestions I offer here will be purely theoretical. But, perhaps the same fix will apply. Maybe the misc partition needs to be "reset"? Since you have access to fastboot, we'll need you to flash a bootloader version where fastboot commands will work. Since you have a hardware 0004, I think 2.18 is the only option. Get that from here: PC36IMG_HBOOT_2.18.0001.zip (flashable via bootloader). You'll also need to download the "mtd-eng.img" file from toast's thread here: mtd.eng.zip, and you'll need the fastboot.exe from the Android SDK.
After you get the 2.18 HBOOT flashed, select fastboot to get into FASTBOOT USB mode. I assume you already have the fastboot drivers installed on your computer, so I won't get into detail on that.
Put the mtd-eng.img in the folder with fastboot and open a command prompt. Navigate to that folder and issue the commandEDIT: I just tried this and it didn't work. I think you're going to have to go with the above method . It was a good ol' college try, I guess.
Code:
fastboot flash misc mtd-eng.img
It should flash successfully, since you're S-OFF. Once that's done, try rebooting the bootloader, and see if you can get into recovery.
The mtd partition seems to be the thing that messes everything up, so I figure that's the best place to start and see if it's that easy to fix .
EDIT: I guess if the above doesn't work, HipKat's method will be the next thing to try. I don't envy you if you have to try that . . .

Captain_Throwback said:
Since you have a hardware 0004, I think 2.18 is the only option. Get that from here: PC36IMG_HBOOT_2.18.0001.zip (flashable via bootloader). You'll also need to download the "mtd-eng.img" file from toast's thread here: mtd.eng.zip, and you'll need the fastboot.exe from the Android SDK.
After you get the 2.18 HBOOT flashed, select fastboot to get into FASTBOOT USB mode. I assume you already have the fastboot drivers installed on your computer, so I won't get into detail on that.
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I get the error attached below in attachments, fails to write. I am up to 2.18.0001 HBOOT S-OFF with the HBOOT you included
HipKat, the RUU is downloading. The Evo Softbrick.zip link you have in there leads to me to: "The file link that you requested is not valid."

very simple
reflash by doing adb push update update.zip then format sd
by adb mount/sdcard
then adb erase sdcard
then do fastboot flash update update.zip
erase all data
then should be good to go.....
thats how i fixed mine

HipKat said:
No, there never was a solution, other than the doc I attached, which may not work and again.. someone running CM get's this Boot Loop issue....
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I just ran the RUU, that is all I've done because of the down link. I'm now at 0.79.0000 HBOOT S-OFF with 1.39.00.0426 radio. Now whenever I turn on my phone it goes straight to bootloader. Entering recovery gives me 5 vibrations with notification light blinking green
Edit: It no longer goes to bootloader whenever I turn it on. It gives me 5 vibrations with blinking green notification light. Still have access to HBOOT

That means it's in maintenance mode. As for that document, it's s few months old.maybe you can do a search for that missing file.
Swyped From The Hippest MIUI'd phone Using XDA Premium

I now have HBOOT 2.10 ENG S-OFF (Hex-edited one from here). So I have fastboot command capabilities. Trying to flash mtd-eng.img gives me the attached error.
Going to start searching for that file. I have fastboot capabilities, so I think I need the nv.img so it's time to go hunting
Edit: So I had HBOOT 2.10 ENG S-OFF. I followed the document HipKat posted, was unable to erase nv, microp, and radio. I flashed nv.img, then I ran the RUU again.
Back to .79 HBOOT S-OFF. Turning the phone on vibrates it 5 times and flashes green light. No access to recovery either.
Starting to think we are out/almost out of options... Guess it is time to start talking about getting S-On with somewhat recent HBOOT and radios.

you don't have to get S-on. If all it does is go to that Maintenance Mode, then just take it to Sprint. They'll probably replace it

HipKat said:
you don't have to get S-on. If all it does is go to that Maintenance Mode, then just take it to Sprint. They'll probably replace it
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I can still access HBOOT, however. I have a couple of friends at the local Sprint store (due to a Samsung Intercept for my sister - worst phone ever). The problem is, several of the managers there check the HBOOT. They've checked it in front of me (I had S-On) and for recovery on the Intercept. When I asked why they checked, they said they support repairs but not replacements (could go through Asurion) with rooted devices.
Sent from my SPH-M900 using xda premium

Wow, that's the first time I've seen that someone at Sprint checks for Root.

HipKat said:
Wow, that's the first time I've seen that someone at Sprint checks for Root.
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They do check them. I had mine checked the two times I needed service. Last time they even updated the phone to the latest 4.67 update without consent.

atapia984 said:
They do check them. I had mine checked the two times I needed service. Last time they even updated the phone to the latest 4.67 update without consent.
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I've seen so many posts about Sprint doing updates without consent. If you ask them to not do the update, they ask questions.
Well, I shall search for a way to get S-On with no access to recovery; I'll continue flashing to see if I can get something to stick before that though. My fallback plan is a Samsung Moment I have sitting around...

[Q] HOX struggling to get back to stock....

Ok guys ive not posted much as ive had no need to... im fairly competant when it comes to messing with my phone but im baffled now.... Ive rooted desire hd, sensation xl and a few other phones so im not a complete noob i wouldnt say... although you lot may haha
OK, so ive tried to go stock from all of the different nandroid back ups that correspond with my device (because my hard drive crashed and killed all my data,) on this site to no avail. Every single one no matter how i do it, or in what manner, give me the same issue, an md5 checksum mismatch error. Doesn't matter what its called or where its unzipped too, i get the exact same thing every time. Also since starting this process abd no longer works.... The laptop sees the phone and if i try to use fastboot or any of the fastboot commands they work fine. If i do adb devices it shows nothing in the list. I can fastboot boot boot.img and then clear the cash but i just cannot get it to restore the back up at all so i can then flash the recovery after and get it running again.
Im currently in the process of downloading what i believe is the RUU for this phone so we will see if this works.
I need to reset back to factory because i want to sell the phone as a stock unrooted phone to a family member who will want to be able to do ota updates etc. And if it ever breaks or needs sending back it needs to be stock. so........ i was wondering if anyone on here could help me in any way to get my current brick back to a working stock HOX.
CID is H3G_001
version is 2.17.771.3
currently on the lastest CWM
on my fastboot screen ive got
*** UNLOCKED ***
ENDEAVORU PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.12.0000
CPLD-None
MI CROP-None
RADIO-2.1204.135.20H
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW Secure boot: enabled
MODEM PATH : OFF
Jun 28 2012,11:31:28
Now is it possible usb debugging may have been turned off thus stopping the adb commands? I cannot get past the boot loop so i am unable to check...
All im trying to do is get back to the stock phone. If anyone is able to help me do that i would gladly show my appreciation....
Kind Regards
Brett (Nibbzy)

1. DL this: http://androidfiles.org/ruu/securek...adio_2.1204.135.20H_release_277220_signed.exe
2. do 'fastboot oem lock' (locks the bootloader)
3. Phone in fastboot mode, right click on RUU and run as admin.
3. Sit back and wait.

TToivanen said:
1. DL this: linky
2. do 'fastboot oem lock' (locks the bootloader)
3. Phone in fastboot mode, right click on RUU and run as admin.
3. Sit back and wait.
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HI mate,
My bootloader is now in ***RELOCKED *** status. I
Ive already got 2 x copies of that exact file from that exact link. but it tells me to turn the phone on and will not do anything untill i do. If it turn it on. it boots for about 30 seconds and goes right back round to htc screen again and then just loops eternally.
thanks for your help....
edit.... i think it was the admin rights i was missing! your an absolute legend and if you have a donate button anywhere post me the link in a pm.

Hold the volume down and power button pressed together as long as it takes to see the bootloader ....
Do not let go of the buttons

Hold volume down and power. Then in the bootloader menu, select fastboot. EDIT:

TToivanen said:
Hold volume down and power. Then in the bootloader menu, select fastboot. EDIT:
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ABSOLUTE PAIR OF LEGENDS.... 8 HRS ive been ready to smash the b**tard thing for..... lolol

Ha ha
Don't mention it

TToivanen said:
Ha ha
Don't mention it
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Ive been struggling with a similar problem. i want to get back to stock so that i can sim unlock my device. It seems to me that i need to run the correct RUU file in order to get back to stock, however im not sure which file i should be running. my CID is ORANG001 and my HBOOT is 1.36.

LiamKenny said:
Ive been struggling with a similar problem. i want to get back to stock so that i can sim unlock my device. It seems to me that i need to run the correct RUU file in order to get back to stock, however im not sure which file i should be running. my CID is ORANG001 and my HBOOT is 1.36.
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Please do the fastboot command 'fastboot getvar version-main'
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version main: 3.16.61.6

TToivanen said:
Please do the fastboot command 'fastboot getvar version-main'
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version main: 3.16.61.6

LiamKenny said:
version main: 3.16.61.6
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RUU is not available but you can get back to stock using a nandroid backup. Download the one that matches your main version here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
If it's zip/far, extract it and copy the files onto your sdcard nandroid folder. Then restore the backup in recovery just like you normally would. You may also flash stock recovery and lock the boot loader if you want.
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i went into clockwork mod and did a factory reset data, then i wiped the dalvik cache and then tried to restore the file which you linked to me, but it says "MD5 mismatch". do you know where i have gone wrong?

LiamKenny said:
i went into clockwork mod and did a factory reset data, then i wiped the dalvik cache and then tried to restore the file which you linked to me, but it says "MD5 mismatch". do you know where i have gone wrong?
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Maybe a bad download? Did you extract it?
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yeah, i did. and then i put the extracted folder on my sd card. ill download it again and see if it works, but can you tell me what are all of the steps i need to do, in case I'm a complete noob and missed out something crucial

I've downloaded the nandroid backup from a few places now and none of them seem to work. the phone just stops on the boot animation and goes no further

I had the same on my hox flashed boot img erased cache,stuck on boot animation
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Need Help to unbrick verizon desire 526 (htcd100lvw)

I'm pretty new at this. Was just given this phone, was going to do the update from HTC Sync, which I have since realized I shouldnt have done anyway, the phone got disconnected during the update and is now bricked. I can hold the volume button and power and get to the htc download mode. When I press reboot to bootloader, the boot to recovery mode it shows an exclamation point in an upside down triangle.
I've searched for hours trying to find a way to reflash the factory firmware and am not having any luck. If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it.

Download the RUU and flash it

Thats my problem, where do I get it?

I'd really appreciate any help. I've got no phone right now, lol.

deernet said:
I'd really appreciate any help. I've got no phone right now, lol.
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The RUU attached to this post should work beautifully for you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-526/general/verizon-htc-desire-526-boot-loader-root-t3587118
You can also read through that thread of mine to unlock your bootloader and root the phone.
Heres a direct link to the RUU.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bd2u64...y4/0PM3IMG.zip
Unzip the download.
Copy the 0PM3IMG.zip that is inside to a SD Card.
Put the sdcard in the phone.
Boot the phonr into download mode.
Hit volume up key to flash the ruu.
You will most likely need to do it 2 times.
Possibly more. If the phone reboots without flashing everything do it again.
You will see when it flashes system files. If it flashes system it is good to go.
Reboot the phone.
Enjoy the Fresh Out of the Box phone.
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@deernet Did what @BigCountry907 shared help you fix your phone?

It was a copy of the factory RUU. Rom Update Utility.
HTC way of running an update from the sd
Most of the time you can find them.

BigCountry907 said:
The RUU attached to this post should work beautifully for you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-526/general/verizon-htc-desire-526-boot-loader-root-t3587118
You can also read through that thread of mine to unlock your bootloader and root the phone.
Heres a direct link to the RUU.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bd2u64...y4/0PM3IMG.zip
Unzip the download.
Copy the 0PM3IMG.zip that is inside to a SD Card.
Put the sdcard in the phone.
Boot the phonr into download mode.
Hit volume up key to flash the ruu.
You will most likely need to do it 2 times.
Possibly more. If the phone reboots without flashing everything do it again.
You will see when it flashes system files. If it flashes system it is good to go.
Reboot the phone.
Enjoy the Fresh Out of the Box phone.
Please hit the thanks button.
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I am having the same problem. I followed your directions exactly, but I receive a failed message. I've tried several times without success. Is there any thing else I can try?

badHTC526 said:
I am having the same problem. I followed your directions exactly, but I receive a failed message. I've tried several times without success. Is there any thing else I can try?
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I successfully flashed a RUU on this device. I can walk you through it
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Figlet said:
I successfully flashed a RUU on this device. I can walk you through it
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I also received a failed message -2,19. Any help would be appreciated. Wondering if maybe the zip is just corrupted as I downloaded it with ADM?

Vyrrus2k9 said:
I also received a failed message -2,19. Any help would be appreciated. Wondering if maybe the zip is just corrupted as I downloaded it with ADM?
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If I remember right, I booted to fastboot and typed 'fastboot oem RebootRuu' (without quotes) to get to the RUU flashing fastboot partition, then I flashed the smaller hboot ruu zip first, and the other large ruu 2nd.
I used the file downloaded by htc sync manager and cancelled the software update before it finished decompressing the archive.
I sold the one I was using but I have another at the house. I need to order a battery and screen for it and then I'll record a step by step of my method. Might be a week or so
(Sorry for the edits; I forgot the quote)

Thank you. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Well, I still haven't ordered anything for it. Taxes are coming back late, so I'm flat broke, but I haven't forgot about you. I remember it taking me a few tries to get the order just right, but once I figured it out the phone updated like butter. I had ended up soft-bricking it using the bootloader unlock method provided by @BigCountry907.
Have you gone back and tried it again? A lot of times I'll put a phone up in the box and come back to it and have it done in minutes if I just leave it alone for a while.

Will download zip file again and try it again. You never know. Can't hurt!

Any direction as to how to flash my phone if it keeps failing with my previously stated errors? I think it has a virus and it is acting possessed and generally driving me crazy. Thanks in advance!

mediafire link is dead
Thank work now :good:

Mediafire Link is Dead again
Anybody having this 0PM3IMG.zip file somewhere?