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Dead USB port and MicroSD slot

So today, I was upgrading from modaco 2.7 to 2.7.1,
after the upgrade (using recover mode and the signed zip file (core chinese)), I did a system wipe and reboot the device with the USB still plugged in my PC, and everything seems to be normal until my pc's tray notification pops up with the "unknown device found" message - i thought it was a little bit odd, so then I waited for the hero to boot up completely - it reboots after showing the HTC logo once, and then it boots normally to the setup wizard (select language, etc);
I then followed the normal procedure of typing all the wifi, flickr, gmail stuff in, and when i got into Rosie, it shows a notification icon on the hero saying "SD Card removed". I can't access the SD card, nor my pc can recognize the hero. I ejected the SDCard and re-insert it but it's not detected either. HTC Sync on the device does not give a notification nor the mass storage notification shows up either.
I tried rebooting into recovery mode, (Hero 1.2.3) and i can see the menus just fine; however, when i try to mount SD card as usb, or flash update.zip or any zip, or fix ext3, or clear dalvik-cache or wipe the sdcard's ext partition, it keeps giving me errors saying
error: run 'whateverprogram' in terminal
when i try to set 'USB Mass storage on', it says "Error enabling USB mass storage! Run ums_enable manually from console.
I then try to login the device using adb shell through window's command prompt, it says device not found as well.
giving up, i tried to reboot teh device into fastboot mode, the PC recognizes the USB device just fine. it's really odd.
Anyway I can do a recovery on this to make these device work again?
p.s. when i try to choose zip file in recovery mode, it says
Code:
"E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (No such file or directory)
Can't mount sdcard, aborting".
after every reboot (shutdown, start), the setup wizard shows up again as if I have not written anything on my device after any setup.
I can't download anything to run on the Hero as it requires the SD card. I can't flash any recovery images either as again it requires the SD card.
Any ideas??? I'm left with a half-brick now

Update1: using ConnectBot I can login my own device using root,
it shows the following when i run df -h:
Code:
/dev/block/mtdblock3 1700M 157.3M 12.7M 93% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 165.8MB 12.8M 152.9M 8% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 1.2M 128.8M 1% /cache

kazuni,
Can you read SD card in your PC?
Several persons reported problems with SD card after upgrading to modaco 2.7 or 2.7.1. They have to format SD card.

Al936 said:
kazuni,
Can you read SD card in your PC?
Several persons reported problems with SD card after upgrading to modaco 2.7 or 2.7.1. They have to format SD card.
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Thanks for the quick reply.
I have tried doing so, in fact, i have 4 SD cards to try and none of them are readable in the Hero; they are readable using a card reader in my PC though.

kazuni said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
I have tried doing so, in fact, i have 4 SD cards to try and none of them are readable in the Hero; they are readable using a card reader in my PC though.
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Update2: the only way that my pc can detect my device as "My HTC" is when i boot it into fastboot mode; unfortuantely there are no way for me to update the device in this mode, so i can't do anything to modify the rom, or to check it using dropbear or any shell client. =\
C:\Documents and Settings\user>fastboot devices
HT97RL900725 fastboot
it sees it just fine.
I wonder if the goldcard method + fastboot update will work or not; let me give it a shot and try to flash it back to 405.5 first ;\
update3: can't. fastboot update is still locked for any rom type.

damn man. its freaking. i am not going to update to 2.7.1 untill this issue is resolved.

still no go.
im left with a half-bricked device that:
1) clean wiped, normal boot, cannot detect SD card nor the Hero is detectable by XP.
2) clean wiped, recovery mode, can't run any of the script except :
Reboot System Now
Wipe data/factory reset
Fix apk uid mismatches
Fix rotate
3) can't download anythign from browser as it needs to save onto sd card.
4) android market doesn't have flashrec so i can't reinstall the recovery image.

wget ftp://myhost/system.img /data/
flash_image system /data/system.img
hope this works

When you are in the shell check out the file /proc/cmdline.
Would be interresting to see if the HBOOT send a command line to the kernel to disable the SD card.

packetlss said:
When you are in the shell check out the file /proc/cmdline.
Would be interresting to see if the HBOOT send a command line to the kernel to disable the SD card.
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can't. It doesn't even boot into normal mode, nor boot loop. it just holds at the HERO logo.

I think I have the same problem, i can charge my phone but trying to mount my phone to either my pc or mac it just won't be picked up

tried using RUU with a goldcard, no go. remote not allowed (fastboot flash system system_rel.img, nor fastboot boot boot.img or fastboot flash boot boot.img. no go. sigh.)
now i have a brick :\
wonder if there is any way to go into fastboot mode and flash ANY part of the blocks (device, recovery, or system, if at all).

Some progress: using hboot mode, i placed HEROIMG.zip into the sdcard and it loads successfully. it works! and im now rolled back to official 2.7.405.5; however, the USB and the sd card is still dead ;\

I guess I'll be bringing it back to HTC to see if they would do anything about it (fortunately It's now back to stock recovery and 2.74.405.5)

I managed to do the same thing, i'm hoping the tmobile will replace my phone

hi all,
I am having the same issue... what I don't understand is: it has to be a software problem, because, from what I've read, everyone of us have been installing radio and firmware updates to the htc hero, and since some of these updates the USB and sdcard mounting is not properly working... I believe it's not possible to break a USB port just by installing software...
so there should be a way to fix this other than sending the phones back... If anyone has any suggestion I can try it on my phone
cheers : )

I know it's weird! Funny thing is, official updates includes radio + recovery + pretty much every part of the rom is being re-flashed (including hboot, from what i understand); how ever, ONLY in hboot mode, the device is recognized properly as "Android USB" by windows.

Some of your problems I had to. To be exact: that my pc wouldn't recognize the phone when connected with usb except for fastboot and charging.
For weeks I searched and found some people with similar problems, but never a solution.
I had no problems with my sdcard however.
Now my problem is gone. How? I had the HTC Generic 2.73.405.5 ROM (pre-rooted and packaged as update.zip by MoDaCo) and decided to update to Paul's ROM v2.5.
After I was finished with the installation wizard and connected the phone with usb to my pc everything suddenly worked again!!!
So I got the usb and HTC Sync notification at the top of the screen and can mount the sdcard using the notification bar.
This tells me that in my case it definately wasn't a hardware problem as I always thought, but a software one.
I hope you can something with my experiences because I know how frustrating it is when this doesn't work!

dennis333 said:
Some of your problems I had to. To be exact: that my pc wouldn't recognize the phone when connected with usb except for fastboot and charging.
For weeks I searched and found some people with similar problems, but never a solution.
I had no problems with my sdcard however.
Now my problem is gone. How? I had the HTC Generic 2.73.405.5 ROM (pre-rooted and packaged as update.zip by MoDaCo) and decided to update to Paul's ROM v2.5.
After I was finished with the installation wizard and connected the phone with usb to my pc everything suddenly worked again!!!
So I got the usb and HTC Sync notification at the top of the screen and can mount the sdcard using the notification bar.
This tells me that in my case it definately wasn't a hardware problem as I always thought, but a software one.
I hope you can something with my experiences because I know how frustrating it is when this doesn't work!
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I tried this but it didn't seem to work for me, so I just put the official rom update and sent the phone back to my network saying that it was broken, now i've gotta wait for another 2-3 weeks to get my phone back , but i'm hoping they'll give me a new phone as i did kinda drop it and there two scuff marks on it

hello dennis333,
today I tried going from 2.8 to the HTC generic ROM you told, and then to 2.5. no results.
I also installed the official HTC / Orange Rom update, which I have now. It has improved a bit because now when I plug the USB cable the PC detects something, but it does'nt work... it says 'unknown device' (tried this on two computers)
when I boot to fastboot ( BACK + POWER BTN ) my computer detects Hero ok (My Htc)
I really don't know what else to try...
I saw another post from someone who had the exact same problem and got it fixed by installing SPL and ROM from fastboot menu
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=556038
I tried it too, but when trying to use the SPL zip file he says I get an error ( I guess it's because he has a T-Mobile and I have an Orange Hero)
[update]: I finally got the SPL to flash correctly and then installed a modaco 2.8 ROM, but I still cannot connect the Htc Hero to the PC via USB.
regards

[Q] i bricked my phone

hi i try to install one of the custom ROM last night but when i update the phone with ROM manager it will not start i can get in to the boot and clockwork recovery but that's it i try recovering it but nothing i tried using one of the ruu_bravo.exe but i get so far then it say error 107 what do i need to do to get it back to normal ?????

Which ROM did you try? What version of cwm do you have? Did you flash in Recovery? Did you do nandroid backup first? Did you use correct RUU for your device/carrier?
More information please (and full-stops, commas and capital letters, so I don't go blue reading one long sentence...)

hi its it cyanogenmod 7.0.3 which i now got working its pretty kool but if i do change my mind and i want to go back to the original htc desire rom which do i choose
my network is orange uk
phone htc desire
and if you need more info just ask and thanks for the quick reply

Create goldcard with linux:
http://www.nazriawang.com/2010/04/how-to-create-goldcard-with-ubuntu.html
When finished, put this in your phone and try to flash ruu again.

hi thanks for another quick reply to this thread when i use the unrooted ruuu it stars then after about 2 mins give me a 107 error about the usb not being connected so ????

bigboy2008 said:
hi thanks for another quick reply to this thread when i use the unrooted ruuu it stars then after about 2 mins give me a 107 error about the usb not being connected so ????
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Is USB debugging enabled? I'm not sure it matters if using ruu, but it does for all other operations involving connecting via USB!

yes
hi i did check that and it was so i did try with out it enabled and it did not even start with it enable it start then give me a 107 error so ???? it because i flash the new rom or is it my windows 7 drivers or even settings ??

Don't use Rom-manager for flash,update,backup.it gives u more trouble then it solves.experienced user recommend not to use it.
i am also in same situation like you few days ago usb bricked and stuck on stock rom..and i solved my problem by doing this steps.
after i unlocked my sd card via fastboot command"fastboot oem enableqxdm 0" sd card recognized by phone and i can browse it via file explorer.
then i copied the visionary+(it gave me temporary root access which is needed to work this whole thing out).
root explorer,terminal emulator apk and those usb bricked update file(image_flash,mtd0.img) to sdcard from pc via card reader and installed them.
before copy those update file on sd card i edited the mtd0.img to put correct cid n rom info via hex editor.
after that i copied those update file in phone memory
/data/data/ and set permission for r/w and execute with the help of root explorer as i got root permission
after that i simply typed this command in terminal emulator
"su
/data/data/flash_image misc /data/data/mtd0.img"
Rebooted my phone and voila usb brick is gone htc sync,usb tethering,sd card mount,charge everything is working

i fixed it with a little help
OK my wife has the same phone as me so all i did was use clockwork recovery to make a back up img of her phone and then i flashed it and it had all her data and the phone went in to safe mode so i factory reset and its now all fine and working with the original rom

[Q] Help with SD problems

So Ive been having problems with my SD card as posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16689682&postcount=286, and my question is, can someone explain to me how to flash back to stock without the use of my SD card ? Or am I screwed ? Thanks.

What you can do is download the RUU exe for the hboot you are on, if 2.10, its the 3.70, if 3.16, its 4.24 [the new ota], then connect the phone to the pc via usb, boot into the bootloader, select fastboot, then run the exe on the pc.

Thanks for the reply, and sorry for the noob question but how do you determine what hboot you are on ? Cause if I boot to the white Revolutionary screen (volume down + power) the third line down says "HBOOT-6.16.1002", is this right ?
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Also dont know if this will help but when I am in recovery, if I try to mount my SD card it says "E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (I/O error)"

Well I don't know if it was changed, but since you were on 2.3.3, you had to be on the 2.16, so for ruu purposes, look for that.

Alright, got stock back on. Thanks a lot.
I didn't know which one to use so I decided that since I have only had my evo for less than a month then I would use the latest version and it seems to have worked. So again, thanks a lot.

Okay, so I guess that I have a hardware problem and I will have to have it replaced. While my phone was just sitting there a notification came up that said "SD card unexpectedly removed"
Do I have to change the phone back to S-On before I get it replaced or can I keep it S-Off ?

Glad that you got it working, and you need to be s-on.
If you're s-off, re-root, then download the unrevoked s-on tool, flash the zip in recovery, make sure the bootloader reads s-on, the unroot again.

okay, so when I try to use the unrevoked s-on tool it fails and says unsupported radio type. any fix for this ?

BioBot said:
okay, so when I try to use the unrevoked s-on tool it fails and says unsupported radio type. any fix for this ?
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try the 3.70 radio

You need to go to the development thread, then download the 2.1...11.19 radio and flash that.

Thanks for all the help guys. I've ran into another problem now. Before this new problem, if I wanted to put a new file on my SD card I had to flash to stock which gave me a 30-45 second window to mount the card to my pc and copy any files I needed to and power off before it unmounted it. Then I had to reboot, run revolutionary and get a recovery before it unmounted. Then I could flash a zip from my SD. BUT NOW, even if I reflash stock, it auto unmounts the SD at bootup.
Frustrated but still trying to problem solve.... Will update if anything changes.

Okay. I think I got it fixed now. After spending all day trying and flashing my phone at least 12-15 times it seems to be doing okay.
Solution : New SD card
Thanks for your help everyone !

[Q] HTC ONE X - No OS/SD-Card Detected

Hello,
I have done days worth of research in my spare time, before finally caving in and asking for help. I'm still kinda new to the custom rom scene, and somewhere I must've messed up.
I was updating my ViperX rom to a newer version, but got an error code during the install, which rendered the OS useless. So decided to wipe and reinstall the older version again, which failed. So I tried to install CM 11, which also failed... Somewhere a long the line my SD Card stopped being detected by the phone AND my PC. So now I don't know how to get an OS on it.
Here's some info I might need to share.:
**** UNLOCKED ***
ENDEAVOUR PVT / S-ON
HBOOT - 1.39.0000
(Bought in Sweden, before moving to the UK)
I have access to bootloader
I have access to recovery which is CWM 6.0.4.8.
My SD card WONT MOUNT (I think), so I don't think I could do "side loading", since it's not recognized in ADB . If I reboot the system, it bootloops at the CM update logo forever. I've tried reinstalling it several times, but it only installs for a few seconds, then restarts. (I'm guessing it's corrupt?)
(Edit: Earlier today it ran out of battery, and despite charging it for hours, it's not turning on and the little LED on the top is blinking RED... What's that all about?)
Is there ANYTHING I've missed, or can do to fix this? I don't care what kind of ROM I have to use at this point, I just want a WORKING phone.
Cheers // Vic

Vicarate said:
Hello,
I have done days worth of research in my spare time, before finally caving in and asking for help. I'm still kinda new to the custom rom scene, and somewhere I must've messed up.
I was updating my ViperX rom to a newer version, but got an error code during the install, which rendered the OS useless. So decided to wipe and reinstall the older version again, which failed. So I tried to install CM 11, which also failed... Somewhere a long the line my SD Card stopped being detected by the phone AND my PC. So now I don't know how to get an OS on it.
Here's some info I might need to share.:
**** UNLOCKED ***
ENDEAVOUR PVT / S-ON
HBOOT - 1.39.0000
(Bought in Sweden, before moving to the UK)
I have access to bootloader
I have access to recovery which is CWM 6.0.4.8.
My SD card WONT MOUNT (I think), so I don't think I could do "side loading", since it's not recognized in ADB . If I reboot the system, it bootloops at the CM update logo forever. I've tried reinstalling it several times, but it only installs for a few seconds, then restarts. (I'm guessing it's corrupt?)
(Edit: Earlier today it ran out of battery, and despite charging it for hours, it's not turning on and the little LED on the top is blinking RED... What's that all about?)
Is there ANYTHING I've missed, or can do to fix this? I don't care what kind of ROM I have to use at this point, I just want a WORKING phone.
Cheers // Vic
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Flash Philz 5.15.9 recovery and you have working sd card mount there copy what you want to your sd card and if you want to install kitkat rom flash lates CWM or TWRP or Philz and inatall it

Thant said:
Flash Philz 5.15.9 recovery and you have working sd card mount there copy what you want to your sd card and if you want to install kitkat rom flash lates CWM or TWRP or Philz and inatall it
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You must've missed the part where I said neither my Phone nor my PC can detect the SD card, so can't put anything on it. :/

Vicarate said:
You must've missed the part where I said neither my Phone nor my PC can detect the SD card, so can't put anything on it. :/
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NO I not missed nothing you don't listen me. flash Philz 5.15.9 recovery after this go in recovery connect the phone to computer and choice mount sd card after 1-2 min you will see your sd card and if you think not do this I will stop help you. It is your choice to flash revovery you dont need sd card only fastboot commands, use exactly the same recovery where I write you not newer not older have shears from me on googledrive use search function and download it take the recovery.img from zip archive then place in your fastboot folder the connect the phone in fastboot and run the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img. Simple thing to do

Stuck After Trying to Return to Stock HTC 10

Hey everyone,
this is my first forum post on the xda website so I'll try to create an effective post as best I can.
Objective: Attempting to return to out-of-the-box stock android after using a custom ROM, LineageOS. I mainly want to return it to a condition where I would be able to hand it back to the carrier. It's also much more convenient for me to use the phone in stock. From my understanding, this is possible without much difficulty.
Issue: After many days of searching forums and following guides specific to the phone's model, I've put myself in a confusing position. The phone's current state is as follows: Installed OS[None], Bootloader[Relocked], S-ON[True], Boot to Recovery[Unsuccessful], SIM Card[None]. I'm unable to detect the phone on my computer(running Windows 10), and therefore can't utilize adb commands.
If anyone has any advice or guidance I would really appreciate it; and if you need me to provide any more information I would be happy to. I'll also try to respond as quickly as I can. Thanks!

jamcmich said:
Hey everyone,
this is my first forum post on the xda website so I'll try to create an effective post as best I can.
Objective: Attempting to return to out-of-the-box stock android after using a custom ROM, LineageOS. I mainly want to return it to a condition where I would be able to hand it back to the carrier. It's also much more convenient for me to use the phone in stock. From my understanding, this is possible without much difficulty.
Issue: After many days of searching forums and following guides specific to the phone's model, I've put myself in a confusing position. The phone's current state is as follows: Installed OS[None], Bootloader[Relocked], S-ON[True], Boot to Recovery[Unsuccessful], SIM Card[None]. I'm unable to detect the phone on my computer(running Windows 10), and therefore can't utilize adb commands.
If anyone has any advice or guidance I would really appreciate it; and if you need me to provide any more information I would be happy to. I'll also try to respond as quickly as I can. Thanks!
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What is your CID/MID and software version? Just use an ruu for your device that's at your current firmware version or higher. Put it on the root of your sd card and run from download mode.

Tarima said:
What is your CID/MID and software version? Just use an ruu for your device that's at your current firmware version or higher. Put it on the root of your sd card and run from download mode.
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I only have access to the CID(TMOBO10) and software version(2.51.531.32).
I've attempted to use an RUU, although after many attempts I couldn't get past the application setup screen. After the progress bar finished installing the RUU, it would close and never prompt me for anything else. I tried it multiple times.
I don't have a SIM/SD to use, unfortunately.
TWRP was installed as my Recovery, although trying to access it returns a boot-loop.
In terms of using adb, my phone will charge if plugged into the computer but it's not being recognized for file transfers.
I'm gathering that the only option left is to use something like a SIM card as you mentioned?

jamcmich said:
I only have access to the CID(TMOBO10) and software version(2.51.531.32).
I've attempted to use an RUU, although after many attempts I couldn't get past the application setup screen. After the progress bar finished installing the RUU, it would close and never prompt me for anything else. I tried it multiple times.
I don't have a SIM/SD to use, unfortunately.
TWRP was installed as my Recovery, although trying to access it returns a boot-loop.
In terms of using adb, my phone will charge if plugged into the computer but it's not being recognized for file transfers.
I'm gathering that the only option left is to use something like a SIM card as you mentioned?
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You could troubleshoot your RUU issue, it should work if you have a windows computer. Try googling it. Unfortunately I can't help you much there, it's always worked fine on my machine.
Else, yea, the SD card method also works well. Find an ruu zip version first before trying to find an SD card. The ruu.exe you tried using won't work in this method.

Hi.
PC method
As @Tarima has mentioned the RUU is not running because of a Windows/PC issue.
Your best option is to try and run it in another computer or a friend's computer.
You can put your phone to download mode (volume down+power)
And run RUU again. Here is a link just to make sure you have the correct RUU. It is for your CID and its 2.51.531.32
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=746010030569947237
For microSD card method
Use a friend's microSD card. It will need to be formatted to FAT32. So backup the microSD card data. Hehe!
To create an installable zip for that RUU, you again need a good computer.
Here is how you can get the installable zip from the RUU since it is encrypted you just cant extract it.
Download this decryption tool from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928
Choose 32bit or 64bit as this is vital to its working. Also make sure dotnet framework 3.5 is installed on your machine or else this tool will not run.
Once decryption tool is ready to run, just drag and drop the RUU on top of HTC_Decrypt_Tool.exe
It will give you some options. From these say yes (Y) to get new keyfiles AND to create installable sdcard zip file. you will know it when you see.
All other options such as uploading new keyfiles to community and getting boot.img and system.img is optional.
Once you get the zip rename it to 2PS6IMG.zip if it already isnt renamed.
Transfer to the root of your microSD card (dont put in any folders, just put it direcly on microsdcard)
Put microSD card into the your htc 10.
Enter download mode (volume down+power)
Download mode should detect the zip file. Press volume up to install.
If you need anymore help please post back again
jamcmich said:
I only have access to the CID(TMOBO10) and software version(2.51.531.32).
I've attempted to use an RUU, although after many attempts I couldn't get past the application setup screen. After the progress bar finished installing the RUU, it would close and never prompt me for anything else. I tried it multiple times.
I don't have a SIM/SD to use, unfortunately.
TWRP was installed as my Recovery, although trying to access it returns a boot-loop.
In terms of using adb, my phone will charge if plugged into the computer but it's not being recognized for file transfers.
I'm gathering that the only option left is to use something like a SIM card as you mentioned?
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ayyu3m said:
Hi.
PC method
As @Tarima has mentioned the RUU is not running because of a Windows/PC issue.
Your best option is to try and run it in another computer or a friend's computer.
You can put your phone to download mode (volume down+power)
And run RUU again. Here is a link just to make sure you have the correct RUU. It is for your CID and its 2.51.531.32
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=746010030569947237
For microSD card method
Use a friend's microSD card. It will need to be formatted to FAT32. So backup the microSD card data. Hehe!
To create an installable zip for that RUU, you again need a good computer.
Here is how you can get the installable zip from the RUU since it is encrypted you just cant extract it.
Download this decryption tool from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928
Choose 32bit or 64bit as this is vital to its working. Also make sure dotnet framework 3.5 is installed on your machine or else this tool will not run.
Once decryption tool is ready to run, just drag and drop the RUU on top of HTC_Decrypt_Tool.exe
It will give you some options. From these say yes (Y) to get new keyfiles AND to create installable sdcard zip file. you will know it when you see.
All other options such as uploading new keyfiles to community and getting boot.img and system.img is optional.
Once you get the zip rename it to 2PS6IMG.zip if it already isnt renamed.
Transfer to the root of your microSD card (dont put in any folders, just put it direcly on microsdcard)
Put microSD card into the your htc 10.
Enter download mode (volume down+power)
Download mode should detect the zip file. Press volume up to install.
If you need anymore help please post back again
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Thanks for the helpful information. I'll try everything and give feedback regarding how it goes.