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Hello everyone,
I have a problem with my HTC desire.
I was running Leedroid for more than 6 months and everything was fine.
Yesterday morning, my phone went battery-dead and then when I started it plugin-in to the power socket it turned on and got stuck at the HTC screen.
I can enter bootloader (I guess ?) by pressing power + back but then I don't know what to do (I have a white screen with several menus I can browse with vol up/down) ?
I also tried going with a RUU (RUU MoDaCo Version: 1.15.405.4) and it does detect my phone but won't finish.
Is there anything I can do ?
Geeum
Geeum said:
Hello everyone,
I have a problem with my HTC desire.
I was running Leedroid for more than 6 months and everything was fine.
Yesterday morning, my phone went battery-dead and then when I started it plugin-in to the power socket it turned on and got stuck at the HTC screen.
I can enter bootloader (I guess ?) by pressing power + back but then I don't know what to do (I have a white screen with several menus I can browse with vol up/down) ?
I also tried going with a RUU (RUU MoDaCo Version: 1.15.405.4) and it does detect my phone but won't finish.
Is there anything I can do ?
Geeum
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Why won't it finish?
No idea, it doesn't say.
I believe my phone is soft bricked, I can access hboot and fastbood so i'm pretty sure I can do something about it.
I read something about a unbrick thing you could launch from fastboot ? But can't find it.
Geeum
Try to flash this ruu:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe
Boot phone in fastboot mode and follow instructions on the screen. Does it give you any errors?
Everything goes well, it does the sending part then gets stuck at signature update:
ERROR [132]: SIGNATURE ERROR
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android Phone.
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
Click 'Exit' to quit.
Geeum
FYI I tried to create a gold card but adb devices doesn't return anything so I don't know if I can create a goldcard.
fastbood devices does return something though.
Geeum said:
FYI I tried to create a gold card but adb devices doesn't return anything so I don't know if I can create a goldcard.
fastbood devices does return something though.
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Adb will run only if adb debugging is allowed, so Booted state or recovery state. In fastboot mode, only Fastboot will run. Have you overwritten recovery yet? If not, you flash another rom. If yes, are you S-Off? If so, you can flash an Hboot/recovery in Fastboot mode
droidzone said:
Have you overwritten recovery yet?
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I think I did. I downloaded ClockworkMod Recovery and put it in my tools folder then typed 'fastboot flash recovery /path/to/<recovery>.img':
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.8-bravo.img
sending 'recovery' (3412 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.563s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.922s
droidzone said:
If not, you flash another rom.
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How ? I tried to put another ROM at the root of my sdcard but not sure how to go from then on. Here is whet I tried, with leedroid v2.5:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot update leedroid.zip
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
droidzone said:
If yes, are you S-On?
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Don't know what S-On means ?
droidzone said:
If so, you can flash an Hboot/recovery in Fastboot mode
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Can you tell me more ?
Thanks for your help it's greatly appreciated.
Geeum
Geeum said:
I think I did. I downloaded ClockworkMod Recovery and put it in my tools folder then typed 'fastboot flash recovery /path/to/<recovery>.img':
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.8-bravo.img
sending 'recovery' (3412 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.563s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.922s
How ? I tried to put another ROM at the root of my sdcard but not sure how to go from then on. Here is whet I tried, with leedroid v2.5:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot update leedroid.zip
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
Don't know what S-On means ?
Can you tell me more ?
Thanks for your help it's greatly appreciated.
Geeum
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You cant flash custom roms from fastboot
You can flash recovery, and each of the .img files included in the Clockworkmod backup folder, but only if you're S-off. Apparently you're S-On (Security on. For S-off, Alpharev should have been used)..
Were you foresighted enough to make a gold card? If you hadnt, you have to find the RUU you successfully flashed last, or the RUU corresponding to the region of your device and brand.
You can read more on two of the threads I started. Click on my userid, and choose "Threads started by DZ". Look for "How to unbrick an SLCD Desire (which works for AMOLED too)" and "How to unroot" both of which should give you a comprehensive idea of how to approach your problem. Any queries pertaining to those threads can be asked there, or after reading it, here.
droidzone said:
You can read more on two of the threads I started. Click on my userid, and choose "Threads started by DZ". Look for "How to unbrick an SLCD Desire (which works for AMOLED too)" and "How to unroot" both of which should give you a comprehensive idea of how to approach your problem. Any queries pertaining to those threads can be asked there, or after reading it, here.
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I tried, but when I click on your name I can only click on "Find all posts by droidzone" and there are 40 pages of them
Can you maybe send me the link to the posts you mention ?
Geeum
[edit] found the how to unroot one, reading it now. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880268)
[edit 2] found the 2nd one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831734
Geeum said:
I tried, but when I click on your name I can only click on "Find all posts by droidzone" and there are 40 pages of them
Can you maybe send me the link to the posts you mention ?
Geeum
[edit] found the how to unroot one, reading it now. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880268)
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Hmm.. You should learn your way around the forum!
But here they are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831734
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880268
I did find them in the end
I extracted the PB99IMG.zip and put in on my SDCARD but after loading and checking I get:
CID incorrect!
Update Fail !
I don't have a goldcard
I read on your posts that I can take my sdcard to another DESIRE phone and make it a goldcard so I'll try that tomorrow.
Any other idea ?
Geeum
Geeum said:
I did find them in the end
I extracted the PB99IMG.zip and put in on my SDCARD but after loading and checking I get:
CID incorrect!
Update Fail !
I don't have a goldcard
I read on your posts that I can take my sdcard to another DESIRE phone and make it a goldcard so I'll try that tomorrow.
Any other idea ?
Geeum
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Making a goldcard is the solution. And you can get the CID from any Android phone.
You definitely need to create a gold card. To create a goldcard see this: http://www.nazriawang.com/2010/04/ho...th-ubuntu.html
It is in unbutu, but maybe you can sort it out. Have a look.
OK I now have a goldcard: took a friends phone (same phone, same carrier) and put my sdcard in there and used modaco's tool.
Now the next step is to install a valid RUU for my region, right ?
If I do so it seems to go past the last error but gets stuck at
ERROR [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR
Thanks
Hello ! I tried using a different RUU (the one suggested bu MatDroid: RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed) and it has -almost- worked !
The update went until the end but now my phone boots and reboots after a couple of seconds (not fixed: sometimes I can go to unlock my simcard, sometimes a bit longer ...)
I'm getting desperate everytime I think I'm making advance there something new.
Now what ? I'm gone back to the original state: frozen on HTC screen
I tried re-running the RUU (this time the latest I could find: RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe)
Everything goes well, it says it is successful but then it reboots and gets stuck with HTC screen
Hey guys, went to the bootloader and erased all data. This time for some reason it rebooted fine and now the phone seems to be working.
Now I would like to have some advice:
- What can I do so in the future I have all I need for recovering ?
- I already have a goldcard
- what about the recovery ? Should I install something ?
- I liked leedroid, so thinking of going back to 2.5 what do you think?
Thanks for your help you re the best !
EDIT: well I thought it was working but here I am again. Reboot after reboot. This time the first one happened after 15 solid minutes and now it reboots every 30 seconds I barely have the time to enter my pincode ...
Anyone has an idea ?
I've found a way to stabilize my phone, which is by not putting my SIMcard in, but not sure how long it's gonna take before the next reboot.
I don't know what to do. Was thinking in downgrading using teppic74 tool but everytime I download it I get an error: corrupted file.
Can't see the end of it.
Guys, in the end I re-did the whole process: use RUU then delite data in the recovery and it seems to work.
I guess those RUU don't always work fine the first time.
Thanks to you all for your help
Hi, i've been using LeeDroid for a few months now and all has been well, however yesterday my Desire turned itself off and now won't come back on. Each time i try and power it up it freezes at the Alpharev S-Off screen. I went into the menu's with volume down + power, but i can't get into my recovery - it takes me to the same frozen screen as does trying to reboot etc. And i don't think it's being recognized by usb either. So i really don't know what to do now.. is my phone bricked? I was a complete noob before rooting and flashing a custom rom before, so now that i've hit a problem i'm clueless all over again. Any help would be greatly appreciated
can you use fastboot? If so just flash a new recovery and all should be fine... chill out it can be fixed
What would i need for that? That's going into new territory
j3nni said:
What would i need for that? That's going into new territory
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Can you access recovery? If no can you access bootloader (vol down + power on)
I can get onto the menu with the options 'fastboot, recovery, clear storage and simlock' if that's what you mean? The recovery option takes me back to my frozen alpharev screen, but i can get onto fastboot and after reading around i can get my pc to recognize it from fastboot usb from my pc using cmd.. Am i going the right direction at all? Eek. What i don't get now is the recovery image i'm supposed to use
j3nni said:
I can get onto the menu with the options 'fastboot, recovery, clear storage and simlock' if that's what you mean? The recovery option takes me back to my frozen alpharev screen, but i can get onto fastboot and after reading around i can get my pc to recognize it from fastboot usb from my pc using cmd.. Am i going the right direction at all? Eek. What i don't get now is the recovery image i'm supposed to use
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Use amon_RA ... Download and flash onto ur phone and ur phone should be fixed
Plenty of guides around man, good way of learning fastboot
to use fastboot you need to download several things. Instead of using fastboot with cmd, I'd just recommend using fastboot commander, which does the job for you. In order to use that however, you will need the adb drivers, and Java SDK.
Once you've got all that, simply boot into fastboot, run "fastboot commander.exe", go into the "misc" tab, wipe Recovery, system, cache, boot, and userdata. Once you've done that download recovery, navigate to the "Hboot, radio & Rec" tab on fastboot commander, select recovery, find the recovery.img you just downloaded, and flash it. Once you've done that just boot into recovery and install any ROM you want.
Thanks for the replies guys. I did what you said to do (using fastboot commander), and when trying to boot into recovery to install my ROM it froze again at the alpharev screen. I'm stuck again now. When the files show up as you turn on into fastboot, i'm getting this..
SD Checking...
Loading...[PB99DIAG.zip]
No Image!
Loading...[PB99DIAG.nhh]
No Image or Wrong Image!
Loading...[PB99IMG.zip]
No Image!
Loading...[PB99IMG.nhh]
No Image or Wrong Image!it's saying my pb****.img files arn't found
which i gather can be normal. Other than that i'm stumped again
j3nni said:
Thanks for the replies guys. I did what you said to do (using fastboot commander), and when trying to boot into recovery to install my ROM it froze again at the alpharev screen. I'm stuck again now. When the files show up as you turn on into fastboot, i'm getting this..
SD Checking...
Loading...[PB99DIAG.zip]
No Image!
Loading...[PB99DIAG.nhh]
No Image or Wrong Image!
Loading...[PB99IMG.zip]
No Image!
Loading...[PB99IMG.nhh]
No Image or Wrong Image!it's saying my pb****.img files arn't found
which i gather can be normal. Other than that i'm stumped again
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try do a full wipe of everything like I've mentioned before and then a different HBOOT
Okiedoke, how do i use a different hboot? And where do i find one from? At the moment i believe it's 0.93
j3nni said:
Okiedoke, how do i use a different hboot? And where do i find one from? At the moment i believe it's 0.93
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www.alpharev.nl download a HBOOT and flash it through fastboot. Just make sure to check MD5 (you need a MD5 utility AFAIK)
I'm not sure which one is the right one for my ROM, i'm using LeeDroid.. Sorry for all the questions!
j3nni said:
I'm not sure which one is the right one for my ROM, i'm using LeeDroid.. Sorry for all the questions!
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For any sense UI ROMs you would use the Sense HBOOT, remember to nandroid backup before you do so! because you might find that you get a bootloop after flashing the HBOOT.
And don't worry about asking questions! it's what we're all here for.
By the way if you don't know what different HBOOTs do: they change the partition sizes for /system /cache and /data. So by using a different HBOOT instead of the stock one you may get more storage for apps etc. if you choose one with a larger /data partition.... if that makes sense
Ok the sense one it is =)
Ah i see! Thanks for explaining cos underneath the nerd in me would have been wondering what it did lol.
Not sure how to get a nandroid done when i can't get into recovery though
I still havn't got anywhere with my problem, if anyone could advise me further i'd really appreciate it, as this is really stressing me out now.
The only screen i can still ever see is a frozen alpharev screen, and i still can't enter recovery. I've cleared everything using fastboot commander and flashed a new recovery which did nothing. Then i took the next advice and flashed a new hboot. The hboot has changed on my hboot menu (vol down + power) but still goes to the frozen alpharev screen when i try to go to recovery or turn the phone on. I then flashed a LeeDroid rom, which came up with an error at the end of it..
"sending 'zip' (173060 KB)... OKAY [ 23.469s]
writing 'zip'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)"
And that's as far as i've got.
Reading further i've been trying to work out how to flash a stock ruu to see if that works. However my phone was a branded Orange UK phone before so there is no ruu for that. So my question is, bearing in mind i can't get into the phone at all, how can i go about downgrading the hboot and installing a htc stock ruu. Can anyone point me to the right files i would need. I really don't know what i'm doing and i think the amount of searching i've been doing is just confusing me further
j3nni said:
I still havn't got anywhere with my problem, if anyone could advise me further i'd really appreciate it, as this is really stressing me out now.
The only screen i can still ever see is a frozen alpharev screen, and i still can't enter recovery. I've cleared everything using fastboot commander and flashed a new recovery which did nothing. Then i took the next advice and flashed a new hboot. The hboot has changed on my hboot menu (vol down + power) but still goes to the frozen alpharev screen when i try to go to recovery or turn the phone on. I then flashed a LeeDroid rom, which came up with an error at the end of it..
"sending 'zip' (173060 KB)... OKAY [ 23.469s]
writing 'zip'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)"
And that's as far as i've got.
Reading further i've been trying to work out how to flash a stock ruu to see if that works. However my phone was a branded Orange UK phone before so there is no ruu for that. So my question is, bearing in mind i can't get into the phone at all, how can i go about downgrading the hboot and installing a htc stock ruu. Can anyone point me to the right files i would need. I really don't know what i'm doing and i think the amount of searching i've been doing is just confusing me further
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Hi.
As I can see the only way to restore is using a RUU to go back to stock then root and S-Off the phone again.
First: Preparation.
1. If you have a custom HBOOT (e.g.: 6.93.0001) you need first to flash the HBOOT Downgrader (found on alpharev site), then flash the RUU.
2. You will gonna need a Gold Card if your phone was branded.
Second: Starting
1. Make your Gold Card using someone's else phone (it has to be running Android) - the Gold Card is unique per SD Card, not per phone.
2. Use this tool to make the Gold Card: HERE
3. Guide how to make a Gold Card in Linux: HERE
4. get the latest RUU WWE 2.29.405.5. Extract the PB99IMG.zip file from the RUU: here it is how: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880268 -2nd post.
5. Reboot in bootloader (Volume-Down + Power)
7. Select fastboot
8. Flash the HBOOT Downgrader (don't forget to check the MD5 of the file you have downloaded from alpharev)
9. Extract the PB99IMG.zip and put it on root of SD Card.
10. Reboot in bootloader (scroll to REBOOT and select)
11. It will automatically load the img and ask you if you want to install
12. Check Yes and follow onscreen progress.
13. Wait untill it finnishes
14. I think it will reboot itself, if not scroll down to the Reboot obtion and press Power button to select.
IMPORTANT WARNING!!!
droidzone said:
Whatever you do, DO NOT turn off the device manually unless the software tells you to. If something goes wrong, dont switch off phone. Keep the phone on while trying a solution. Newer RUUs dont usually wreck a phone, and with a goldcard, you can always recover. But, the flash SHOULD NOT be interrupted by switching off or disconnecting the cable.
Always start with a battery with >50% power (full recommended).
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Or if you want to go to stock and it is an unbranded phone you can just run ur ruu when the phone is in fastboot
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Think i may be the happiest girl in the world today lol i finally got it all fixed. I had a bit of trouble making the goldcard as at first my sd card kept saying it needed to be reformatted after, but after formatting it with SD Formatter program rather than Vista's own, it worked. All the rest went without a hitch. Now just gotta root, s-off and grab my new ROM and this past week can all get forgotten about =)
Thankyou so much to everyone that helped!
Incase anyone does read this far, is the procedure still the same as when i first used it back in April.. from here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
It is still the same.
If you like sense -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054435
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You might like it...
Fairly noobed to android so need a little help (teething) haha,
I've tried to install a custom rom for my one x unlocked boot loader and installed clockwork mod touch recovery, downloaded android revolution hd and moved wipe script and android revolution zip to sd card, flashed the boot.img and run wipe script no problem.
But when I go to install the zip file I get greeted with
finding update package>opening update package>installing update>installation aborted... then nothing. If I reboot the phone the phone stays in the htc quietly brilliant screen.
Please anyone! Help a fella out, crack this and I'll be forever in everyone debt. Thanks.
Con
ConorL said:
Fairly noobed to android so need a little help (teething) haha,
I've tried to install a custom rom for my one x unlocked boot loader and installed clockwork mod touch recovery, downloaded android revolution hd and moved wipe script and android revolution zip to sd card, flashed the boot.img and run wipe script no problem.
But when I go to install the zip file I get greeted with
finding update package>opening update package>installing update>installation aborted... then nothing. If I reboot the phone the phone stays in the htc quietly brilliant screen.
Please anyone! Help a fella out, crack this and I'll be forever in everyone debt. Thanks.
Con
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Try to disable the signature check and see if you're able to install it.
Your Rom zip files is corrupted. You have to verify md5 value and then you have to flash.
Goto fastboot and just flash the stock kernel.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
Tried disabling the signature check with no luck same thing happens..Do you know where could I get the stock kernel from? Thanks again for your patience it is greatly appreciated!
When i try to Flash the stock rom i get this message
sending 'flash' (9792 KB)... OKAY
writing 'flash'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
xx-xxx-xx-22:bootloader connor$
anyone know what I'm doing wrong?? Thanks..
ConorL said:
When i try to Flash the stock rom i get this message
sending 'flash' (9792 KB)... OKAY
writing 'flash'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
xx-xxx-xx-22:bootloader connor$
anyone know what I'm doing wrong?? Thanks..
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Use the automated batch file in ARHD Thread. Like he said it might be a bad download. Re-downloaded it and test it again.
Tried downloading the stock kernel again and same story... How do I use the automated batch file you mentioned? thanks..
Are you trying to flash a .zip in fastboot? What file have you renamed 'flash'?
I haven't renamed any files flash I've just been trying to flash the .zip file...Its been a major fail so far, thanks for everyone patience..
ConorL said:
I haven't renamed any files flash I've just been trying to flash the .zip file...Its been a major fail so far, thanks for everyone patience..
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Re-download the file to PC
Send file to sdcard
Remove usb cable from HOX
Try again
Hope it helps
I can't get back into the os to move the files over to the sd card, every time i reboot I get the htc quietly brilliant screen...
after i download the file should i rename anything to get it to flash properly from fastboot? I can't get back into the os so i'm in bootloader trying to fix it..Cheers
Go to Bootloader select Fastboot
Download http://www.androidrevolution.nl/downloader/download.php?file=Flash_boot_6.0.0.rar and extract it. Then run the batch file.
Then go into Recovery and your SD card will be automatically mounted to your PC in Recovery mode
So copy the ROM and flash it again.
Make sure you don't select any custom settings on the first boot.
It still looks like your trying to flash a .zip in fastboot.
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ConorL said:
When i try to Flash the stock rom i get this message
sending 'flash' (9792 KB)... OKAY
writing 'flash'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
xx-xxx-xx-22:bootloader connor$
anyone know what I'm doing wrong?? Thanks..
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This. ^^^
Sending 'flash'.
What command did you write to get this error. And what was the filename and extension. It would really help to know what you tried to flash.
I had the same issue on Wednesday where I ran the wipe script then tried to flash the rom and it turned out to be a corrupt download (failed to follow instructions to my peril).
To resolve all that was needed was to re-download the rom, mount the sdcard and copy it over and reattempt the flash. In my case I couldn't mount the sdcard at first, so if you are having issues here I solved it by updating recovery as per this thread "[RECOVERY] TeamWin Recovery Project (twrp) 2.1.7 [2012-06-04]"
under the "One X Android Development section"
To send files to your sd with no os, either install the new recovery that has usb support or use
Fastboot boot name.IMG (this is recovery IMG)
While booting from fastboot like that it allows adb to be used then Just push
adb push Rom.zip /sdcard
That will push the Rom to sd then just install as normal.
You will need the adb files easy enough to find on google.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
i made a compilation thread about this, have a check... might help you out..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1692681
Hi,
i just got an HTC One M8s and i think its propably bricked. I don't know whats owner of that phone done here. Its Software status : Modified, Bootloader: Locked, and S-ON.
I can't turn on the phone, i just can go to bootloader option and cant access recovery bc its popably didn't exist anymore.
I was trying to flash RUU for my CID T-MOB009 but htc_fastboot says "data length is too large" and sometimes "remote:signature verify fail", and i was trying to unlock this bootloader with HTCDev, but when i clicked yes it looks like that(means 1st photo) and just reboot to fastboot in bootloader and it's still locked
Is there's a way to unbrick this phone ? I just spend like 4 hours of trying some tips but it doesn't work for it.
Some screens (remove spaces cause i can't post link before 10posts):
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Please understand my bad english, it's not my primary language
Mikkal said:
Hi,
i just got an HTC One M8s and i think its propably bricked. I don't know whats owner of that phone done here. Its Software status : Modified, Bootloader: Locked, and S-ON.
I can't turn on the phone, i just can go to bootloader option and cant access recovery bc its popably didn't exist anymore.
I was trying to flash RUU for my CID T-MOB009 but htc_fastboot says "data length is too large" and sometimes "remote:signature verify fail", and i was trying to unlock this bootloader with HTCDev, but when i clicked yes it looks like that(means 1st photo) and just reboot to fastboot in bootloader and it's still locked
Is there's a way to unbrick this phone ? I just spend like 4 hours of trying some tips but it doesn't work for it.
Some screens (remove spaces cause i can't post link before 10posts):
s14.postimg .org/b35qjqt6p/DSC_0001_1.jpg
s22.postimg .org/iiihlx2tt/DSC_0002_1.jpg
image.prntscr .com/image/85f19f6602fe4776b993affe62e959c1.png
Please understand my bad english, it's not my primary language
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Yeah maybe there's a problem with the "Security warning" it shouldn't be there. What you can do is to reflash the RUU. But not with fastboot but from your sdcard.
Probably this is the firmware that you should use. I'm not sure though you can go one directory back and search for another one if that doesn't suit to you.
Now to flash it follow the steps
1) Download it and if you can check the md5sum so as to ensure it has downloaded correctly.
2) Rename it to 0PKVIMG.zip (note the first character is a zero and not a O
3) Take out the sdcard of your phone.
4) Insert it on your pc and format it to Fat32 or exfat.
5) Copy the above file into your sdcard.
6) Power off your phone and insert the sdcard
7) Go into the bootloader mode. It should automatically detect the firmware
8) When it asks you if you want to install choose "Yes"
9) Wait until it is done. It will flash multiple times the system partion. WAIT patiently
10) Hope that fixed it!
PS: When you enter fastboot you probably see some green letters. This means the hboot is searching for the software file i said above. If it finds it's ok. I had problems copying the file with windows though.
root-expert said:
Yeah maybe there's a problem with the "Security warning" it shouldn't be there. What you can do is to reflash the RUU. But not with fastboot but from your sdcard.
Probably is the firmware that you should use. I'm not sure though you can go one directory back and search for another one if that doesn't suit to you.
Now to flash it follow the steps
1) Download it and if you can check the md5sum so as to ensure it has downloaded correctly.
2) Rename it to 0PKVIMG.zip (note the first character is a zero and not a O
3) Take out the sdcard of your phone.
4) Insert it on your pc and format it to Fat32 or exfat.
5) Copy the above file into your sdcard.
6) Power off your phone and insert the sdcard
7) Go into the bootloader mode. It should automatically detect the firmware
8) When it asks you if you want to install choose "Yes"
9) Wait until it is done. It will flash multiple times the system partion. WAIT patiently
10) Hope that fixed it!
PS: When you enter fastboot you probably see some green letters. This means the hboot is searching for the software file i said above. If it finds it's ok. I had problems copying the file with windows though.
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Yeah thanks for that great advice man! Unfortunately i was trying to copy this on Windows and when i try to Hboot that it just skip process (but stops for sec on a 0PKVIMG.zip) and going back to bootloader. Any advice how to do that properly on windows ? I checked md5 on sd card and its the same as on my computer disk and same as on this site what youre sent to me . Thanks for replies
Mikkal said:
Yeah thanks for that great advice man! Unfortunately i was trying to copy this on Windows and when i try to Hboot that it just skip process (but stops for sec on a 0PKVIMG.zip) and going back to bootloader. Any advice how to do that properly on windows ? I checked md5 on sd card and its the same as on my computer disk and same as on this site what youre sent to me . Thanks for replies
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I couldn't get it that done on windows. Dunno what's going wrong. Hopefully i had a linux distro installed and i copied the file from there. Maybe you can do that.
If you haven't installed any linux then create a live cd and boot it up.
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I couldn't get it that done on windows. Dunno what's going wrong. Hopefully i had a linux distro installed and i copied the file from there. Maybe you can do that.
If you haven't installed any linux then create a live cd and boot it up.
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Okay so now its the trick. I have done copied that properly, bc it start to loading when i put sd card. I click yes for update, and its start to flashing. Some of first steps failed so it wasn't look good. It called ROM failed to flashed click POWER to restart, and when i clicked it phone goes off and now its propably close to hardbricked cause i cant turn on bootloader. When i take it to charger there is no battery on screen informating its already charging. Only LED is working when charging and sound on windows when plug it on and off. Any suggestions guys? I'am scared now
Similar situation
Hi,
I appear to be in a similar situation with my M8 that I tried to convert to GPE. Something went wrong and although the ROM booted, I kept getting told my data was corrupt or encrypted... Tried a few reboots, and refreshed but still got the same...
A thread on here suggested formatting one of the partitions from TWRP which just returned an error, since then the phone appears to be 'hard bricked'.
No display, no charging indication, not recognised in ADB, and I can't force boot into recovery or fast boot.
However, I do still get the notification sound when I plug it into my PC...
It appears in the Device Manager as Qualcomm Mass Storage Device, and Windows shows ~20 drives most of which are unformatted, a few of which seem to contain system info...
I was wondering, would it be possible to re-image the Device? Given that the PC recognises the partitions, would anyway know what -should- be on them?
Alternatively, can anyone provide an image of a stock drive, partitions etc which I could apply?
Apologies if this is nonsense, but I'd imagine the reason it can't boot is the Bootloader partition is 'missing' or corrupted.
The same may be true for your device Mikkal.
Thanks in advance,
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Okay so now its the trick. I have done copied that properly, bc it start to loading when i put sd card. I click yes for update, and its start to flashing. Some of first steps failed so it wasn't look good. It called ROM failed to flashed click POWER to restart, and when i clicked it phone goes off and now its propably close to hardbricked cause i cant turn on bootloader. When i take it to charger there is no battery on screen informating its already charging. Only LED is working when charging and sound on windows when plug it on and off. Any suggestions guys? I'am scared now
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Exactly the same problem here, I followed the same steps as you, and had same errors as you.. Is there any help for this?
funjai said:
Exactly the same problem here, I followed the same steps as you, and had same errors as you.. Is there any help for this?
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What is your CID , software version
No idea mate.. I can't turn on the phone so I can't check that..
For those who can't flash a RUU, unlock the bootloader install TWRP recovery, and install a custom ROM. Voila!
LoneWolfO2Se said:
For those who can't flash a RUU, unlock the bootloader install TWRP recovery, and install a custom ROM. Voila!
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Oh really? You never noticed that there are no custom roms for M8S ?
funjai said:
Oh really? You never noticed that there are no custom roms for M8S ?
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You sure about that ?
Hi can you paste info from your phone use this command in fasboot
fastboot getvar all
also tell me what software did you try to flash
Regards
Need some help on how to get the download mode back.
so i have HTC 10, Nougat. S-off and unlocked bootloader,
had some issues with my phone so i formatted the user data from TWRP, the went to flash the original stock ROM, something went wrong obviousely so now i lost the ability to get into download mode.
if i press the power and volume down the phone just gets stuck in boot screen, i can get into the bootloader and recovery (not the TWRP) by pressing power and both volume buttons, bot from recovery I seem to fail flashing the ROM again, it fails on the signature check and even via ADB i cannot boot to download mode.
Any advice on how to get this issue sorted. i want to get the twrp or reinstall the rom again.
PS placing the rom.zip on the SD card is not doing anything as the phone bypasses that step automatically
thanks in advance
Avo_GH said:
Need some help on how to get the download mode back.
so i have HTC 10, Nougat. S-off and unlocked bootloader,
had some issues with my phone so i formatted the user data from TWRP, the went to flash the original stock ROM, something went wrong obviousely so now i lost the ability to get into download mode.
if i press the power and volume down the phone just gets stuck in boot screen, i can get into the bootloader and recovery (not the TWRP) by pressing power and both volume buttons, bot from recovery I seem to fail flashing the ROM again, it fails on the signature check and even via ADB i cannot boot to download mode.
Any advice on how to get this issue sorted. i want to get the twrp or reinstall the rom again.
PS placing the rom.zip on the SD card is not doing anything as the phone bypasses that step automatically
thanks in advance
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Go into download mode from bootloader.
yldlj said:
Go into download mode from bootloader.
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I cannot, when i pick download mode it goes straight into a boot loop and gets stuck on the HTC logo screen nothing else happens
push vol down vol up and power
Since the computer can talk to the phone, I would try the RUU executable.
(hard to help troubleshoot not knowing what you did but flashing "original stock ROM" via TWRP is a problem)
If you're getting a signature check fail, investigate that. What file are you flashing? How are you trying to flash it? Does downloading it again and comparing the two show any differences (if there isn't a hash to verify it)?
Rolo42 said:
Since the computer can talk to the phone, I would try the RUU executable.
(hard to help troubleshoot not knowing what you did but flashing "original stock ROM" via TWRP is a problem)
If you're getting a signature check fail, investigate that. What file are you flashing? How are you trying to flash it? Does downloading it again and comparing the two show any differences (if there isn't a hash to verify it)?
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thanks for your comment,
I will try the RUU method tonight and see if that makes any difference.
I was flashing the Original Stock ROM, but i did that from SD card not TWRP, but during the flashing the phone rebooted multiple times and then i ended up with this issue. i am pretty sure I am trying to flash the same file, but will check the Hash just to be sure.
the issue the annoys me is that i cannot access the download mode, if i could then i will flash TWRP again and restore from backup images i have.
I want to say there's a condition where you have to flash twice but I'm not certain on that but it wouldn't hurt.
The signature fail is a concern; hence getting a new file. Are you exctracting 2PS6IMG.zip from the RUU via the decrypt tool? That's what I've always done to ensure I have the correct file and intact.
Rolo42 said:
I want to say there's a condition where you have to flash twice but I'm not certain on that but it wouldn't hurt.
The signature fail is a concern; hence getting a new file. Are you exctracting 2PS6IMG.zip from the RUU via the decrypt tool? That's what I've always done to ensure I have the correct file and intact.
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oh thanks for that tip, I used a zip file downloaded from easy-firmware.com
but tonight will try to extract from the RUU. will see how that goes.
really appreciate you taking time to respond
Avo_GH said:
oh thanks for that tip, I used a zip file downloaded from easy-firmware.com
but tonight will try to extract from the RUU. will see how that goes.
really appreciate you taking time to respond
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Yeah, there's a lot that can go wrong there, like downloading the wrong one, the poster making a mistake, not to mention its an unknown source--especially since you're S-OFF.
Ensure you get the correct version from htc.
Rolo42 said:
Yeah, there's a lot that can go wrong there, like downloading the wrong one, the poster making a mistake, not to mention its an unknown source--especially since you're S-OFF.
Ensure you get the correct version from htc.
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ok here is the latest development, wondering if anyone has any advise,
firstly extracting the file from the RUU and flashing it did not work. however i managed to find a little app called Windroid that allowed me to flash TWRP from the bootloader (without the need to go to download mode)
but I soon found out that the phone lost all its partitions. so i cannot wipe, format, install anything, but i can see a bunch of folders and filed via the TWRP file manager.
used ADB fdisk -lu I only see one single partition end was only able to remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1.
any advice will be highly appreciated I am not sure how to proceed here
thanks in advance
Avo_GH said:
ok here is the latest development, wondering if anyone has any advise,
firstly extracting the file from the RUU and flashing it did not work. however i managed to find a little app called Windroid that allowed me to flash TWRP from the bootloader (without the need to go to download mode)
but I soon found out that the phone lost all its partitions. so i cannot wipe, format, install anything, but i can see a bunch of folders and filed via the TWRP file manager.
used ADB fdisk -lu I only see one single partition end was only able to remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1.
any advice will be highly appreciated I am not sure how to proceed here
thanks in advance
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If you're still in this trouble: -Search for your actual installed ROM (the firmware zip with a lot of other zips inside), deRUU it (search on google how to decompress a RUU) and flash via BOOTLOADER the hosd_signed.img image (this is "download" and "RUU" modes). You can boot to BOOTLOADER holding both volume buttons and power together (try more times if it wont boot).
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If you're still in this trouble: -Search for your actual installed ROM (the firmware zip with a lot of other zips inside), deRUU it (search on google how to decompress a RUU) and flash via BOOTLOADER the hosd_signed.img image (this is "download" and "RUU" modes). You can boot to BOOTLOADER holding both volume buttons and power together (try more times if it wont boot).
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thanks for the response, I want to try this method too, just wondering do you have any idea how to flash the file form bootloader, given i donot have fastboot, or more precisely fastboot would not see my device, but adb does. (but if I try to reboot to download/fastboot from adb the phone just goes to sleep)
thanks in advance
Avo_GH said:
thanks for the response, I want to try this method too, just wondering do you have any idea how to flash the file form bootloader, given i donot have fastboot, or more precisely fastboot would not see my device, but adb does. (but if I try to reboot to download/fastboot from adb the phone just goes to sleep)
thanks in advance
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Flash in bootloader the hosd image for your actual firmware and you should be able to use fastboot/download