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Ok, you can get into BL, flash roms, but no recovery and the phone doesnt boot, basicly a boot loop. Now if i RMA this phone and they go into bootloader and see the S-Off flag, will this more than likely void my warrenty or would they have any clue about this? If so, i guess i could flash a radio and pull the battery during the flash to ensure they cant read that lol.
Any help/info is appreciated, thanks
K, guess no one has a answer for wether or not HTC Service & Repair center will know what S-Off means if they put my phone in bootloader when i send them back a phone that wont boot so i cant reverse the unrevoked forever as far as i know, if im wrong, maybe someone can correct me. Would hate to have them not warrenty the phone due to being able to see the S-Off flag in bootloader.
I guess i could brick it bad enough they cant get into bootloader, just was hoping for some feedback so i didnt have to damage the phone more than it already is lol.
anderd said:
K, guess no one has a answer for wether or not HTC Service & Repair center will know what S-Off means if they put my phone in bootloader when i send them back a phone that wont boot so i cant reverse the unrevoked forever as far as i know, if im wrong, maybe someone can correct me. Would hate to have them not warrenty the phone due to being able to see the S-Off flag in bootloader.
I guess i could brick it bad enough they cant get into bootloader, just was hoping for some feedback so i didnt have to damage the phone more than it already is lol.
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There is an S-ON tool on the Unrevoked Forever page. You can use that.
If you used Toast's method, all you have to do is get back to a SHIP bootloader. You can do that easily by running an RUU.
anderd said:
Ok, you can get into BL, flash roms, but no recovery and the phone doesnt boot, basicly a boot loop. Now if i RMA this phone and they go into bootloader and see the S-Off flag, will this more than likely void my warrenty or would they have any clue about this? If so, i guess i could flash a radio and pull the battery during the flash to ensure they cant read that lol.
Any help/info is appreciated, thanks
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Your phone boots -> it is not bricked. Don't RMA it until you try to resolve the problem.
To answer your question.....yes if they figure out you put unapproved firmware on the phone they do have the right to void your warranty..yes its legal now but htc or sprint can choose to void..that being said like jerryparid mentioned if it boots its not bricked so try to fix, do some searching you might just find an answer that helps.....also I'd get your flame suit on because it might get hot in here.
jerryparid said:
Your phone boots -> it is not bricked. Don't RMA it until you try to resolve the problem.
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He's right. If your phone boots at all, even if it's just into the bootloader then it is fixable.
There may be better ways of doing it but I would suggest you download the ENG HBOOT from toasts rooting part 2 thread, put it on the root of your sdcard and boot into your bootloader and just let it run. You'll have to set everything back up, including updating your recovery image but at this point there is no reason to have it replaced just yet.
Let us know how it goes, if you need any help bringing your phone back to life we're here for ya!
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Ok let me try and clarify this...
I can get into bootloader, i can flash a rom, radio, hell even RUU from PC, all complete 100%, can not get into recovery, even if i flash a recovery image. The phone DOES NOT BOOT, starts at white HTC start up screen, stay on for about 4 seconds, reboots. You can clear storage, reload roms, radios, none of that gets the phone to boot or do anything other than reboot every 4 seconds.
So nothing i can think of will fix this, ive tried roms loaded via SD card, via RUU from PC when phones in bootloader, reflashing radios, reflashing recovery, nothing works. Phone continuesly reboots after first 4 seconds of being powered on. Never boots past HTC screen. I guess i should just try and brick it 100% so they cant get into boot loader and see the S-Off flag.
Damn phones.. lol...
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In short i guess basicly all im saying in the above, is ive tried everything already mentioned so far prior to my post and none of that did jack squat for me... lol.
How are you flashing roms from the bootloader?
And if you cant get into recovery how are you "clearing storage"?
No offense, I understand your frustration but I have to think you're not doing something right.. You'd be the first (not saying it's impossible) person to have a phone that gets into the bootloader but is not fixable..
nebenezer said:
How are you flashing roms from the bootloader?
And if you cant get into recovery how are you "clearing storage"?
No offense, I understand your frustration but I have to think you're not doing something right.. You'd be the first (not saying it's impossible) person to have a phone that gets into the bootloader but is not fixable..
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Ok, yet again, a clarification, i cant get into a Custom Recovery, power+vol down, all that works fine, can flash rom (load the zip on the sd card, detects, lets you flash via zip) or via RUU in windows this method, now if you scroll down to "recovery" on the menu and click on it, it starts to load then phone reboots and back to square one. Sorry if my hboot/bootloader/recovery understandings are slightly off or differ from anyone elses.
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Ill see if i can make a youtube video with my crappy webcam here in a bit and upload it and maybe that will make it easier to understand whats going on. I had also taken it to a sprint repair center and they couldnt figure it out themselfs lol. So if i can fix it myself, im going to get it to HTC before i my luck runs out some how and they wont fix it lol. THanks for the help guys, i appreciate the replys and help so far!
hi my phones stuck in bootloader, i tried to restore it like back to stock but failed, its stuck bootloader and when i try to reboot it reboots and then says "this build is for development purposes only....bla bla" what should i do? i just wanna restore the whole phone back to normal not caring about losing data right now, sorry if this has been asked/ answered already
What were you trying to do when this happed? Can you upload a photo of screen? This may be interesting.
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well i rooted and put the android revolution rom on, but noticed some problems so i tried it again using another guide which seemed to work, i then decided to unroot and go back to full stock,(lol i know) because i noticed my actualy sd card memory had gone really low so thats why i wanted to just get rid of rooting and the custom rom really ( lool i probably dont make any sense)
I have tryed the same, i cant go back to locked, it will start up like he said.
I rooted and delete the files like the guide said, stock kernel and then bam, only for development? Now i just go with unlocked.
noooo :s what im trying to say is, i cant reboot the phone,it goes into boot loader everytime,just before bootloader the htc splashscreen shows up and a message in red writing stating something like "this build is for development purposes only.." and then goes into bootloader, is it something to do with low battery?
Update: now my phone doesnt even turn on i think its all over
H45man said:
noooo :s what im trying to say is, i cant reboot the phone,it goes into boot loader everytime,just before bootloader the htc splashscreen shows up and a message in red writing stating something like "this build is for development purposes only.." and then goes into bootloader, is it something to do with low battery?
Update: now my phone doesnt even turn on i think its all over
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Power up yor phone and unluck it again, with htc unluck, thats what i did, i cant relock it.
BrianMarkussen said:
Power up yor phone and unluck it again, with htc unluck, thats what i did, i cant relock it.
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i have the same problem when i go to bootloader and select any one of the options it takes me to the htc screen and in red writing says "This build is for development purposes only" please help me
have you tried flashing your stock RUU?
mr.5106411 said:
i have the same problem when i go to bootloader and select any one of the options it takes me to the htc screen and in red writing says "This build is for development purposes only" please help me
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Picture?
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Doesn't this happen when flashing a One X ROM on a One XL?
H45man said:
hi my phones stuck in bootloader, i tried to restore it like back to stock but failed, its stuck bootloader and when i try to reboot it reboots and then says "this build is for development purposes only....bla bla" what should i do? i just wanna restore the whole phone back to normal not caring about losing data right now, sorry if this has been asked/ answered already
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this happens when you have a custom rom/kernel/recovery installed. Go to fastboot mode and unlock your bootloader again with fastboot oem unlock_token **** < - your unlock code.
Cheers
xl VipeR lx said:
have you tried flashing your stock RUU?
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or the ruu i need one for rogers but i cant find one can you help me?
tried to flash kernel, then rebooted, then it wont start , its stuck on the HTC loading screen, wont open anymore, the only thing i can access is the bootloader, tried to revert it back, i locked the boot loader, it says relocked still not working, erased all the data even the rom accidentally wiped it, how can i install a stock rom, can't open the device anymore
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609190
mikey0105 said:
tried to flash kernel, then rebooted, then it wont start , its stuck on the HTC loading screen, wont open anymore, the only thing i can access is the bootloader, tried to revert it back, i locked the boot loader, it says relocked still not working, erased all the data even the rom accidentally wiped it, how can i install a stock rom, can't open the device anymore
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To go back to stock:
1. you need to flash stock recovery
2. re-lock bootloader
3. run the RUU that goes with your CID
Or if you made a backup straight after flashing CWM, you do the following:
1. restore your back up
2. flash stock recovery
3. re-lock bootloader.
And please if you're gonna follow the link that nobnut gave, read it carefully and follow it as per instructions.
thanks so much guys, sorry for the trouble. one last question i guess. how to determine the correct ruu, i can see on the box saying made i china though
mikey0105 said:
thanks so much guys, sorry for the trouble. one last question i guess. how to determine the correct ruu, i can see on the box saying made i china though
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Is it an unbranded phone?
Go here http://hoxroms.serveftp.com/ or here
http://www.filefactory.com/f/7cc7b2fbdd03c031/
And you might have try the ones from Asia.
Seriously though you should be prepared to read before you dive into things. You should've known what CID/RUU you needed before flashing any ROM. Because you might brick your phone without reading and following instructions.
Do you know what was your original ROM version was before using the custom ROM?
hmmm ill try asia RRU, since im from phil, i can see a telstra logo below your name, im actually working for telstra based here in Philippines...
mikey0105 said:
hmmm ill try asia RRU, since im from phil, i can see a telstra logo below your name, im actually working for telstra based here in Philippines...
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My friends here in Australia are from Phils. Anyway all you can do is try the Asian RUUs. I would start with this one http://www.filefactory.com/file/6d5...Radio_1.1204.103.14_release_257077_signed.exe
ill try that after this one
from ASIA_SEA version 1.28.728.9
thanks so much for your help, i'll actually go there before this year ends,
Hello i have the tc one x and i have alot of problems. when i first bought the phone i rooted it and i was happy. i downloaded root apps and i was set. then i wanted to start flashing roms. so i downloaded a custom rom on my computer, followed all the instructions carefully and it did not work. i had installed clockworkmod and the whole 9 yards.When i would try to boot into recovery mode i would get a security warning and i was not allowed to. i tried many tutorials to install it on to my phone using my computer and command prompt and things like that but that did not work. So i came to the conclusion that i did not unlock my bootloader. so i went through the whole process on htcdev.com and my key was invalid. i had gotten the error 160 and mid not allowed. now i wanted to completely restore and unroot so i deleted superuser and the su files and did the whole thing with fastboot files and command prompt using a video to help me through it. When i was done my phone still said tampred on the bootloader and i got the same security warning error when i tried to restore the phone. so i cannot restore my phone to stock. now my phone cannot recieve att updates and when i try to manually update it is says htcdm has stopped and then after the button does nothing. and many apps stop unexspectedly and i am very upset about this. i have tried unrooting and unlocking bootloader at least 10 times now and nothing works!! PLEASE HELP!!! i really dont want do have to sell my phone and save up for a new one. thank you.
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Hello i have the tc one x and i have alot of problems. when i first bought the phone i rooted it and i was happy. i downloaded root apps and i was set. then i wanted to start flashing roms. so i downloaded a custom rom on my computer, followed all the instructions carefully and it did not work. i had installed clockworkmod and the whole 9 yards.When i would try to boot into recovery mode i would get a security warning and i was not allowed to. i tried many tutorials to install it on to my phone using my computer and command prompt and things like that but that did not work. So i came to the conclusion that i did not unlock my bootloader. so i went through the whole process on htcdev.com and my key was invalid. i had gotten the error 160 and mid not allowed. now i wanted to completely restore and unroot so i deleted superuser and the su files and did the whole thing with fastboot files and command prompt using a video to help me through it. When i was done my phone still said tampred on the bootloader and i got the same security warning error when i tried to restore the phone. so i cannot restore my phone to stock. now my phone cannot recieve att updates and when i try to manually update it is says htcdm has stopped and then after the button does nothing. and many apps stop unexspectedly and i am very upset about this. i have tried unrooting and unlocking bootloader at least 10 times now and nothing works!! PLEASE HELP!!! i really dont want do have to sell my phone and save up for a new one. thank you.
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Yup.
First, your not clear with what you actually did.
IS your Phone the AT&T version? If YES, then this is the wrong forum.
Also all you need to do to get a custom ROM running is this.. (in the respective order ) -
1- Unlock using HTC. Your error is probably because you did not clearly read on how to copy the UID part. even one extra character here or there can generate an invalid key.
Follow the instructions to the letter.
2- Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery using fastboot.
3- Before flashing the ROM, from CWM, make a backup of the stock ROM, by going to Backup and Restore - Backup.
4- Wipe Date/Factory reset option in the recovery. Then Goto Mounts section and format /system.
5- Now flash your ROM from the sdcard.
6- PROFIT?
If you are not confident enough to follow each and every instruction to the letter, then flashing custom ROM's is not for you.
From your post i can clearly see that you find the whole process a little too cumbersome. I can be wrong. But please at least be clear what you exactly did. Which ROM did you try to flash? And how did you go back to stock? Which RUU did you use? Was it the correct one?
If your HBOOT says ***LOCKED*** or ***RELOCKED*** then run an RUU and it will remove all warnings, and put your phone back to it's factory state.
how do you run an ruu
Rusty! said:
If your HBOOT says ***LOCKED*** or ***RELOCKED*** then run an RUU and it will remove all warnings, and put your phone back to it's factory state.
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how do you run an ruu?
Boot into bootloader then go into fastboot and run the ruu that's all but sure thing before doing this u have to flash the stock recovery and kernel and lock bootloader
Y U WANNA KNOW FROM WHERE SENT??
Just download one and run it, dead easy.
But he has to return the recovery and kernel and lock bootloader first
Y U WANNA KNOW FROM WHERE SENT??
His post is so disjointed it's impossible to figure out the state of his bootloader (hence mentioning it), but you don't need to replace kernel and recovery, that's the point of the RUU.
Rusty! said:
His post is so disjointed it's impossible to figure out the state of his bootloader (hence mentioning it), but you don't need to replace kernel and recovery, that's the point of the RUU.
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ok i am in boot loader
it says
***Tampered***
***locked***
when i go into fastboot there is no RUU selection
and when i press recovery or factory reset it says legal **** then brings me back to boot loader and says
***Tampered***
***locked***
security warning
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ok i am in boot loader
it says
***Tampered***
***locked***
when i go into fastboot there is no RUU selection
and when i press recovery or factory reset it says legal **** then brings me back to boot loader and says
***Tampered***
***locked***
security warning
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Then you haven't unlocked it properly.
Sent from my fauxed HOX running ParanoidAndroid JB
ewokiscool said:
ok i am in boot loader
it says
***Tampered***
***locked***
when i go into fastboot there is no RUU selection
and when i press recovery or factory reset it says legal **** then brings me back to boot loader and says
***Tampered***
***locked***
security warning
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OK that means you're good to go with the RUU if you want to return to stock and have everything working again.
Dude becareful if its saying security warning then your battery is very low,becareful because if the phone drains completely while using ruu the phone would get hard bricked also u can't select ruu you just have to go into fastboot
Y U WANNA KNOW FROM WHERE SENT??
Ok. Stop.
Where did you get your phone? Is it quad or dual core? What is the model number written on the case?
Before you do more damage, let's figure out what device you have, which forum you need to ask questions in, and what procedures you need to follow.
Defo sounds like an XL to me
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
Given AT&T updates were mentioned in the OP, that's a given
EddyOS said:
Defo sounds like an XL to me
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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Agreed. Not seen tampered on the intl x. Would also explain everything else not working.
M.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
BenPope said:
Ok. Stop.
Where did you get your phone? Is it quad or dual core? What is the model number written on the case?
Before you do more damage, let's figure out what device you have, which forum you need to ask questions in, and what procedures you need to follow.
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i have the usa version dual core
i bought it from radio shack
on the box it has a proof of purchase and says Model: Htc One X
imei: 359691041968911
sku:65383
Rusty! said:
If your HBOOT says ***LOCKED*** or ***RELOCKED*** then run an RUU and it will remove all warnings, and put your phone back to it's factory state.
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ok i downloaded the RUU now what do i do to run it on my phone?
ewokiscool said:
i have the usa version dual core
i bought it from radio shack
on the box it has a proof of purchase and says Model: Htc One X
imei: 359691041968911
sku:65383
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Right, well, I'm not sure what you've done to it, but this is the wrong sub forum.
If it is an AT&T phone, htcdev won't work.
Best bet is to visit the ONE XL forum. And post what you problems you have, and then what you tried to do before arriving where you are now.
Word of advice, your first post in this thread was awful. It's too long, too confusing and unreadable. Try to cut out as much as you can. I don't care how many yards, that you got instructions from a video, and that the video was hosted on YouTube. Just list what you did to the phone. Use spaces (including vertical spaces), punctuation and bullet points to good effect. End of the day, you want as wide an audience as possible.
Good luck.
I have a european One M8. I turned it off when I got in the plane and after landing it never started back
It gets stuck in the HTC logo.
Some times it moves on and says that "android is updating 165 applications"...and when that finishes it says that Sense Home has crashed and shows the HTC logo again (strangely I can change the volume at that stage ).
I tried to enter Recovery and did a Factory Reset but still nothing. When I select the Recovery option inside that menu I only see an icon of a phone with a red icon, no options to wipe cache etc...
The phone is STOCK, S-ON, no root nothing.
Any suggestions? Can I just reflash the stock rom?
panagath said:
Can I just reflash the stock rom?
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Possibly. What does it say for OS number on the bootloader screen?
Also, please confirm near the top of the bootloader screen, it says LOCKED (versus UNLOCKED or RELOCKED).
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Possibly. What does it say for OS number on the bootloader screen?
Also, please confirm near the top of the bootloader screen, it says LOCKED (versus UNLOCKED or RELOCKED).
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Hello, thanks for the reply. What I see are the following:
LOCKED
HBOOT - 3.19.0.0000
RADIO-1.29.214500021.12G
OpenDSP-v51.2.2-00593-M8974_F0.1015
OS-6.12.61.4
vagon1 said:
Did you find solution/fix pls ?
I seem to have similar problem.
After Factory Reset phone went into White HTC Screen and stopped. I'm only able to access Bootloader and Stock Recovery now. There is no OS.
OS.1.21.401.1
HTC___001
HBOOT 3.19.0.0000
S-ON
LOCKED
Software Status: Official
I tried to Unlock bootloader. I used Hasoon's tool. I confirmed YES to unload bootloader. But after restart Bootloader is still locked.
I tried to flash boot.img and recovery.img but all FAILS.
I can access the phone via ADB but anything flashing always fails. Tried sideload via ADB in Phone's recovery. But always Fails.
I can't access SD via Recovery, says E: mount fail. Tried to re-format the SD but no result
To me it seems like bootloader is corrupt and seems that without proper hardware I won't be able to do anything...
I spent many hours now and about to give up. Please let me know if I missed anything before I will, sadly, have to try professionals.
Vash
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Hey, thanks for the reply. I haven't managed to do anything neither did I spend a lot of time on this. I was waiting in case someone could help. Such a shame if the phone is bricked. I do not know if it is worth taking to professionals as its value as a used phone is quite low at the moment...
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OS-6.12.61.4
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Unfortunately, I don't think your version has an RUU (or from a free source, anyway) that would restore your phone fairly easily (assuming the problem is software, and not hardware).
That being the base (no RUU) you can restore by unlocking the bootloader, installing custom recovery TWRP, and restore a stock TWRP backup (stock ROM).
So it is possible to recover (again, as long as it's not a hardware problem). But it's not a short/simple procedure, if you aren't familiar with these terms and methods.
I fixed it by unlocking the bootloader from HTC's website, installed TWRP and then flashed the LineageOS Rom...
panagath said:
I fixed it by unlocking the bootloader from HTC's website, installed TWRP and then flashed the LineageOS Rom...
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Nice work. It was hard to tell from your post, your level of knowledge. Did you have to learn how to do this, or had prior experience unlocking bootloader, TWRP, etc?
I was on vacation/holiday last week, and not on XDA. So sorry it took so long to get back to you.
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Nice work. It was hard to tell from your post, your level of knowledge. Did you have to learn how to do this, or had prior experience unlocking bootloader, TWRP, etc?
I was on vacation/holiday last week, and not on XDA. So sorry it took so long to get back to you.
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Thanks for the help. I have had previous experience installing custom ROMs on HTCs
(HTC Diamond, Wildfire, Desire, Desire HD, Desire S, One S, One X and now the One M8 )
I was just hopping I could get an easy solution without having to go through the whole process