[Q] Pretty advanced question.

[Q] Pretty advanced question. - HTC One X

Hey there XDA,
I'm new here and watched the noob video just so you know. I think I'm onto something pretty advanced.
I have rooted my phone (HTC one x, euro version) before and I have NOT made a recovery before I did that. I installed AOKP and because I did not read everything I screwed it up completely. My phone was 'bricked'. I've brought it to some guy who fixes phones for cash, now I have NO idea what he did to my phone because he wouldn't tell me. (Ofcourse, he wouldn't make any money anymore if he told me which is reasonable).
I really would like to know if my phone is still rootable. The bootloader is relocked at the moment and I REALLY want to get root acces. But I'm scared to ruin it because I'm on 4.1.1 and I think there is no root for 4.1.1 yet. I am also scared to do a factory reset and get back to android 4.0.1 because that might brick my phone again. (The latest update for my HTC worked though). That's why I will include a message with my software info. Maybe some of you guys know what he's done to my phone, and if it's still possible for me to root my phone and MAYBE someday get a custom ROM on there.
I think this is alot to ask but searching on the net didn't give me alot of information. Sorry for the long thread and please, If i'm in the wrong forum tell me so I am aware of that.
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By the way, If I go into the official STOCK recovery mode I get a screen with a red exclamation mark and some kind of hard disk. I do not know if this is normal.

You say Euro version, do you have the Evita or Endevarou? You check by going into bootloader.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

Moved to international One X forum (sounds like you have the Tegra 3 version, not the krait version)

Arrow44 said:
You say Euro version, do you have the Evita or Endevarou? You check by going into bootloader.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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Hello, thanks for replying.
It sais Endeavoru when I go into the bootloader.

Rooting is the still exactly the same as it was for ICS ! Going into the stock recovery will indeed show that sign. We are not supposed to go in there....that's why the warning sign !
He probably just ran a ruu and updated the phone to Jellybean !
A factory reset will not bring you back to your old version of android

Mr Hofs said:
Rooting is the still exactly the same as it was for ICS ! Going into the stock recovery will indeed show that sign. We are not supposed to go in there....that's why the warning sign !
He probably just ran a ruu and updated the phone to Jellybean !
A factory reset will not bring you back to your old version of android
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Before I brought the phone to that guy I've tried doing that by myself. Got some sort of program and ran an RUU but it failed. Are you saying it is still possible for me to root it? I have no idea what went wrong with the AOKP Rom though. If I make a backup with titanium backup can I always return to stock rom when I mess up? I know these are basic questions but I'd rather be sure this time.

You probably had the wrong ruu ! And yes you can unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery and then the most important !!!
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP ! Lol
After that flash different roms of your liking.
Give these commands
Fastboot getvar version-main
Fastboot oem readcid
And post back the outcome

Mr Hofs said:
You probably had the wrong ruu ! And yes you can unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery and then the most important !!!
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP ! Lol
After that flash different roms of your liking.
Give these commands
Fastboot getvar version-main
Fastboot oem readcid
And post back the outcome
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Took a while for me to get back there, It's been a long time. here you go:
C:\Fastboot>fastboot getvar
version-main: 3.20.401.1
finished. total time: 0.089s
C:\Fastboot>fastboot oem readcid
... INFODEBUG: cid: HTC__E11
OKAY [ 0.036s]
finished. total time: 0.036s

Mr Hofs said:
You probably had the wrong ruu ! And yes you can unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery and then the most important !!!
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP ! Lol
After that flash different roms of your liking.
Give these commands
Fastboot getvar version-main
Fastboot oem readcid
And post back the outcome
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Is there anything that you see that may prevent me from rerooting and reinstalling another ROM?

Cool another dutchie
Nah you can unlock and flash away. As long as you keep your nandroid safe (if not...there are plenty stock nandroid available for us. All 401 stocks work with all cids)
So go ahead if you want....

Mr Hofs said:
Cool another dutchie
Nah you can unlock and flash away. As long as you keep your nandroid safe (if not...there are plenty stock nandroid available for us. All 401 stocks work with all cids)
So go ahead if you want....
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Can you link me to a 'basic' rooting guide here on XDA? I'm pretty scared that the software the other guy installed might ruin the root. I'm willing to try though since I think there isn't alot to go wrong with rooting.. What about this? Is this One X supported? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953

Nah don't go there. Stay in the phone specific forum !
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832891

Mr Hofs said:
Nah don't go there. Stay in the phone specific forum !
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832891
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Will I get into any trouble since the bootloader sais RELOCKED?
Also, I found a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIeq8Jx28cs
If I follow all steps in this video will this work? Also, do I need CWM to get superuser/root?
Sorry for asking all these questions. I REALLY need to get this done the right way.

No the bootloader will go from relocked to unlocked. Then flash a custom recovery. Make a nandroid backup and install a custom rom, those are already rooted (and tweaked by the pro's)
Please don't use video's, most of the time outdated !

Mr Hofs said:
No the bootloader will go from relocked to unlocked. Then flash a custom recovery. Make a nandroid backup and install a custom rom, those are already rooted (and tweaked by the pro's)
Please don't use video's, most of the time outdated !
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At the moment I'm only interested in rooting, since it gives me acces to new apps etc. Since there are ways on XDA now that I do not know and don't even know how to use ("EASIEST ROOT METHOD - 'RECOVERY + SUPERSU'") I think I should stay away from it.
Oh:
From what I understand: You download clockworkmod release, install it on your pc and flash the SuperSU file on your phone. Is that everything? Seems pretty easy...

No you unlock the bootloader with the unlock_code.bin file by flashing it from the pc to the phone. Then flash a recovery from the pc to the phone. Then install superuser.zip from within the new recovery.
All flashing is done with the phone in the bootloader and commands from the pc.

Mr Hofs said:
No you unlock the bootloader with the unlock_code.bin file by flashing it from the pc to the phone. Then flash a recovery from the pc to the phone. Then install superuser.zip from within the new recovery.
All flashing is done with the phone in the bootloader and commands from the pc.
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Don't you have your phone rooted when you unlock the bootloader?
I'm sorry, some things that are on xda I dont quite understand so I find it hard to know what EXACTLY to do.

No a phone is never rooted. The phone is unlocked and you need to root the rom.
Root applies to software, not hardware

Mr Hofs said:
No a phone is never rooted. The phone is unlocked and you need to root the rom.
Root applies to software, not hardware
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Alright well I think I'm going to have to do some more research, as I don't get alot of terms since english isn't my main language (I'm a dutchie as you said). You unlock the bootloader at htcdev.com. I know how to do that I've done it before, once you unlock the bootloader you can flash the file 'super SU'? and then you have root acces?

No
1: unlock
2: flash a custom recovery
3: install su with that recovery

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[Q] Help, fastboot loop stuck

hi, i need help with this.
QUick run down on my story, bought the phone and found out that it is rooted so wanted to go back to stock and ended up getting it stuck on fastboot loop.
Im only new to this and found the thread in developers area with guidance on how to fix this but im getting very confused as to what i need to do and what files i need downloaded including ruu, im from AU and there isnt many ruus for voda 021 floating around. I would be happy tho if i can flash it to same rooted state as it was as long i get it working again.
Can someone give me some pointers pls, the way that thread with instruction is written is very hard for me to understand because some basic steps are skipped prob because orger understand them but im very nooby and cant work with it
tx:crying:

deemoIII said:
hi, i need help with this.
QUick run down on my story, bought the phone and found out that it is rooted so wanted to go back to stock and ended up getting it stuck on fastboot loop.
Im only new to this and found the thread in developers area with guidance on how to fix this but im getting very confused as to what i need to do and what files i need downloaded including ruu, im from AU and there isnt many ruus for voda 021 floating around. I would be happy tho if i can flash it to same rooted state as it was as long i get it working again.
Can someone give me some pointers pls, the way that thread with instruction is written is very hard for me to understand because some basic steps are skipped prob because orger understand them but im very nooby and cant work with it
tx:crying:
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you need to give more info than what you have !! . can you access recovery volume down and power for about six seconds,remove when you get to fastboot screen- what is your hboot 3rd down are you locked unlocked, s-off s-on,select recovery and see if you are on stock recovery or custom ?

markb63 said:
you need to give more info than what you have !! . can you access recovery volume down and power for about six seconds,remove when you get to fastboot screen- what is your hboot 3rd down are you locked unlocked, s-off s-on,select recovery and see if you are on stock recovery or custom ?
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ok i got relocked and security warning
ship s-on
radio 2.1204.135.20
when i go to recovery phone goes to a red triangle o top of a phone after being green arrow for short time, then i have to shut down cus that does nothing. dont know what else i can tell u about recovery

deemoIII said:
ok i got relocked and security warning
ship s-on
radio 2.1204.135.20
when i go to recovery phone goes to a red triangle o top of a phone after being green arrow for short time, then i have to shut down cus that does nothing. dont know what else i can tell u about recovery
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ok, i think you've tried to flash a stock rom without flashing a stock recovery !!.
do you have fasboot adb on your pc ?
you need to unlock your bootloader and re flash a custom recovery
if not search the dev section for a tool that will unlock your boot and re-flash a custom recovery for you-all the instructions are on there.
once you have re unlocked and flashed a custom recovery,go into recovery and see if there are any backups of the previous rom (nand)
see if that works ..

markb63 said:
ok, i think you've tried to flash a stock rom without flashing a stock recovery !!.
do you have fasboot adb on your pc ?
you need to unlock your bootloader and re flash a custom recovery
if not search the dev section for a tool that will unlock your boot and re-flash a custom recovery for you-all the instructions are on there.
once you have re unlocked and flashed a custom recovery,go into recovery and see if there are any backups of the previous rom (nand)
see if that works ..
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If you wanna go back to stock and are stuck at bootloop you have to flash the boot.omg file for your stockrom .

markb63 said:
ok, i think you've tried to flash a stock rom without flashing a stock recovery !!.
do you have fasboot adb on your pc ?
you need to unlock your bootloader and re flash a custom recovery
if not search the dev section for a tool that will unlock your boot and re-flash a custom recovery for you-all the instructions are on there.
once you have re unlocked and flashed a custom recovery,go into recovery and see if there are any backups of the previous rom (nand)
see if that works ..
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im sorry champ, not getting this too good.
when you say " re flash a custom recovery" what do you mean with that and would i be able to get one from the net. I tried looking for the instructions without much luck

deemoIII said:
im sorry champ, not getting this too good.
when you say " re flash a custom recovery" what do you mean with that and would i be able to get one from the net. I tried looking for the instructions without much luck
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you need to read and study this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069904

Try this
markb63 said:
you need to read and study this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069904
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Try to do this from this guide : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZuAjz4PIjU

cool, so i follow this, tx Mark
markb63
you need to read and study this: [url said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2069904[/url]
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ytube vid as a guide, tx Omer
Omer Slomovic said:
Try to do this from this guide : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZuAjz4PIjU
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al tho this is the video i followed when i screwed it in the first place
and i need to do parts 1 and 2 ? did i screw up the ROM on my phone so i have to flash it, thing is a can only do same rooted rom as it was cus there is no stock available for download for Australias voda021
i hope you can tell me that i only need part 1.
Damn i shouldnt have even touched it
Post 1: How to unlock your bootloader, flash a recovery and root
Post 2: How to flash a custom ROM and kernel (boot.img)
ill be trying this after wk

the problem i have is that the pc doesnt see the phone, only for 3-4 secs when fastboot usb selected and ph says sd checking, then it gives an error and goes back to first screen and pc doesnt see it again.

How do i figure out what RUU i need and can use safely? considering its got radio 2.1204.135.20 currently

ill post some screens, these are all i can manage to get into
its relocked and s-on
rooted atm radio 2.1204.135.20
phone cid is vodap021
first screen http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2215.jpg.html
i can get in here http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2219.jpg.html
but then when i hit power i get this http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2216.jpg.html and no connection to pc
and when i try recovery i can get this screen but i dont think i got the files the recovery is after
http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2220.jpg.html
help?:crying:

According to the hboot (1.12) you need a 2.17 based ruu .... but i can't find it !
Tthe basic steps now are
Unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery
http://db.tt/Krlm4dPs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Get your nandroid backup there,(the vodap021 2.17) you need to flash the boot.img file from that nandroid with fastboot commands, then do a full wipe in recovery and restore the nandroid.
But you still have to fix the fastboot part right ? You need to install android SDK/java SDK and the HTC drivers. Then you have to put the phone in the bootloader and open a commandprompt from inside the folder where the adb/fastboot files are located ...they are in a subfolder in the installed javaSDK install folder

Mr Hofs said:
According to the hboot (1.12) you need a 2.17 based ruu .... but i can't find it !
Tthe basic steps now are
Unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery
http://db.tt/Krlm4dPs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Get your nandroid backup there,(the vodap021 2.17) you need to flash the boot.img file from that nandroid with fastboot commands, then do a full wipe in recovery and restore the nandroid.
But you still have to fix the fastboot part right ? You need to install android SDK/java SDK and the HTC drivers. Then you have to put the phone in the bootloader and open a commandprompt from inside the folder where the adb/fastboot files are located ...they are in a subfolder in the installed javaSDK install folder
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Thanks, it is beginning to make some sense to me now.
So first bit I got to do is the fastboot issue, which is tha last bit you mentioned right?
And after unlock boot loader than flash the recovery with one you provided in the link, tx
So that means I will go back to stock right?

Yes unlock, flash custom recovery, flash boot.img, full wipe in recovery, restore the nandroid, flash back the stock recovery .....
And yes this way you go back to stock and i will also give you the download link for the stock recovery. This one is the last you flash after restoring everything
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
Then you are able to update to JB from within the phones software update menu :thumbup:
Ps you do not have to relock the bootloader anymore !

Mr Hofs said:
Yes unlock, flash custom recovery, flash boot.img, full wipe in recovery, restore the nandroid, flash back the stock recovery .....
And yes this way you go back to stock and i will also give you the download link for the stock recovery. This one is the last you flash after restoring everything
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
Then you are able to update to JB from within the phones software update menu :thumbup:
Ps you do not have to relock the bootloader anymore !
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Thanks for that, ill need to study some tuts on how to do some of this stuff and see ihow i go

deemoIII said:
Thanks for that, ill need to study some tuts on how to do some of this stuff and see ihow i go
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ugh, im really having hard time getting this done, any chance you can point me out towards some TUT pages for unlocking?

Ok, iwe made some progress, unlocked, flushed custom recovery, wiped
now im having trouble working out how to restoring the nandroid? iwe got the files but how do i restore them on the phone, is it through the cmd or over usb...is there any detailed tuts

deemoIII said:
Ok, iwe made some progress, unlocked, flushed custom recovery, wiped
now im having trouble working out how to restoring the nandroid? iwe got the files but how do i restore them on the phone, is it through the cmd or over usb...is there any detailed tuts
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Please guys, iWe spent all day trying to figure it out, after wipe phone reboots constantly and when if boot screen it's not charging so I'm prob going to run out of battery in a couple of hours

You restore through the custom recovery. Power+vol , choose recovery. If you flashed the recovery ok then you can do from in there. Ie mount usb, copy over your nand backup and restore it. You may have to flash the boot.img using fastboot.
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[Help] Installing AOKP/JB over 4.0.4 ViperX

Hi there,
I am currently old venom rom (2.7.1) based on ICS (4.0.4), I want to switch to Jellybean/AOKP with JB base.
Do I need to go through the whole relocking bootloader, getting CID , flashing update fiasco? because I sort of lost my unlock code.bin file and those seem a little too much work. In any case, I'm very much of a novice, so I'd be extremely grateful to anyone who could tell me the next steps in a bit of details/laymen

Do you have a stock nandroid backup ?

no
Mr Hofs said:
Do you have a stock nandroid backup ?
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Sorry dude, I just have the nandroid backup for my current rom,( viper x 2.7 based on 4.0.4)
Could you please tell me how do I get to jellybean or aokp based on jellybean?

I need your main version . Perform this fastboot command
Fastboot getvar version-main
And post the number here please

here
Mr Hofs said:
I need your main version . Perform this fastboot command
Fastboot getvar version-main
And post the number here please
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Version-main : 1.29.401.7
Just in case, cid htc__001

Cool ! Download this one
http://bugsylawson.com/files/file/1...12-radio-2120413520-release-274900-signedexe/
Make backups of what's really important on the phone. Then boot to the bootloader and relock the bootloader
Fastboot oem lock
Keep the phone in the relocked bootloader and execute the ruu with a right click and select run as administrator
After the ruu you boot the phone and start searching for OTA's in the phones menu. And update to JB !
Then unlock again, flash a custom recovery and flash any rom available in this forum for the hox. Just get a new unlock code !

ok
Mr Hofs said:
Keep the phone in the relocked bootloader and execute the ruu with a right click and select run as administrator
After the ruu you boot the phone and start searching for OTA's in the phones menu. And update to JB !
Then unlock again, flash a custom recovery and flash any rom available in this forum for the hox. Just get a new unlock code !
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can't seem to find where to perform an OTA from
and umm... what exactly did u mean by get a new unlock code? I already have an unlock code.bin from when i first unlocked the bootloader. would that work or do I have to generate a new unlock code.bin AFTER i have installed JB?

In the OP you say that you lost it. You can use the old one, its not generated on software but on phone ID.

ok
Mr Hofs said:
In the OP you say that you lost it. You can use the old one, its not generated on software but on phone ID.
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can't find where to perform OTA from? about>software>updates still retains the 4.0.4... a little help? just need to make it JB, as of now,
version : 2.17.401.2
CID: HTC_001

shadh said:
can't find where to perform OTA from... a little help? just need to make it JB, as of now,
version : 2.17.401.2
CID: HTC_001
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Come on man, explore a little!
Settings > About > Software Update > Check Now
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

athulele said:
Come on man, explore a little!
Settings > About > Software Update > Check Now
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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lolll ..... i went there, it downloaded just a small update at first, then i checked in the update settings "any updates" .... then it downloaded a 360 mb update and after restarting , it's still showing 4.0.4

Try again
Edit :
Did the update install complete, was there any sign of a problem during the update ?

no
Finally managed it in the third try, in the third try, the data cable was unhooked....makes no sense but that might have been the problem, or something else. But none of that matters now since I've got jb and have successfully unlocked the bootloader again. Could you suggest me a good cwm? Should I stick to the 5.8 or 6.0 ?
In any cases, I owe you big time...thanks a lot

http://db.tt/YDfPyjjn
This one works fine ....and its the latest

[Q] going back to stock rom

I got a slight issue with my htc one x. My phone was switching off by itself anytime it wanted, so I decided to unroot it and send it back to vodafone. I did follow Video " Unroot the htc one x :back to stock. Cursed4Eva" and did exactely what was said till applying RUU., my pc cant conect to my phone in bootloader mode, so I am stuck now with relocked phone....
Hboot 1.36
Firmware 4.1.1
Is there any other way how to install RUU???

korkis said:
I got a slight issue with my htc one x. My phone was switching off by itself anytime it wanted, so I decided to unroot it and send it back to vodafone. I did follow Video " Unroot the htc one x :back to stock. Cursed4Eva" and did exactely what was said till applying RUU., my pc cant conect to my phone in bootloader mode, so I am stuck now with relocked phone....
Hboot 1.36
Firmware 4.1.1
Is there any other way how to install RUU???
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Is your phone recognized by the PC in fastboot?

matt95 said:
Is your phone recognized by the PC in fastboot?
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Well when i conect usb cabel, phone says fastboot usb, but when i try to run ruu , phone has not found...
Hope, that is what u asked, coz i am still an android newbie

So is here anyone who could help me out????

korkis said:
So is here anyone who could help me out????
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Have you installed the proper drivers on your PC?
Before installing RUU, try the command "fastboot devices" to see if it's recognizing your device.
Edit: You'll have to do that from a folder with fastboot in it or you have to have fastboot in your PATH info.

webpatrick said:
Have you installed the proper drivers on your PC?
Before installing RUU, try the command "fastboot devices" to see if it's recognizing your device.
Edit: You'll have to do that from a folder with fastboot in it or you have to have fastboot in your PATH info.
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When I type fastboot devices this one appears : SH256W104119 Fastboot

korkis said:
When I type fastboot devices this one appears : SH256W104119 Fastboot
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Looks like you are connected, so I don't know why the RUU cannot find your device.

I have tried it again, and Ruu found my phone, but bootloader error appeared:
The ROM update utility cannot update your android phone. Please get the correct ROM update utility and try again...
Any ideas where to get the corect one for vodafone UK???

webpatrick said:
Looks like you are connected, so I don't know why the RUU cannot find your device.
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I can't find the appropriate RUU anywhere..... Is there any possibility to downgrade my phone from that state as it is now????

korkis said:
I can't find the appropriate RUU anywhere..... Is there any possibility to downgrade my phone from that state as it is now????
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This thread might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2135632

columbo67 said:
This thread might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2135632
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Yeah, but actually this one still seems like doesnt sort out my issue, I did find the right nandroid backup and I would flash it in recovery if I had any..
Don't forget that right at the beginning I was about to go for stock Rom, so I did flash stock recovery and I locked the bootloader.... So the question now is if I can flash again some recovery (which one) while my bootloader is relocked. Or should I go ahead and do relock the bootloader again and than flash recovery...? Sorry but I am still a bit lost, and I dont wanna my HOX to become a brick.... Thx

korkis said:
Yeah, but actually this one still seems like doesnt sort out my issue, I did find the right nandroid backup and I would flash it in recovery if I had any..
Don't forget that right at the beginning I was about to go for stock Rom, so I did flash stock recovery and I locked the bootloader.... So the question now is if I can flash again some recovery (which one) while my bootloader is relocked. Or should I go ahead and do relock the bootloader again and than flash recovery...? Sorry but I am still a bit lost, and I dont wanna my HOX to become a brick.... Thx
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Looks like you can't go back to stock, there is no RUU, no nandroid backup.
You could still ask if somebody is willing to post a nandroid backup for your CID and version, and in the meanwhile you can unlock your bootloader again, flash a custom recovery and flash a ROM (+boot.img) of your choice that fits your hboot version.

webpatrick said:
Looks like you can't go back to stock, there is no RUU, no nandroid backup.
You could still ask if somebody is willing to post a nandroid backup for your CID and version, and in the meanwhile you can unlock your bootloader again, flash a custom recovery and flash a ROM (+boot.img) of your choice that fits your hboot version.
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Thanks buddy, my phone is now sorted, back to stock and in case of anything I got 2.17 , 3.14 and also 4.17. Nandroid backups I really appreciate ur help

[Q] HTC One X - back to stock for warranty - no service or wifi

So my HTC One X is having issues were the screen sometimes just does't turn on at all (stays black) it started of with massive graphical artifacts all across the screen and now it will turn on from time to time but is not very reliable.
I had Cyanogenmod installed and from what I have read I had to get it back to stock to receive warranty. I had a backup from before installing cyanogenmod, so I just ran a restore on it and the phone now has the old HTC Sense, however it will not connect to any network and will not turn the Wi-fi on for some reason.
My questions are the following.
Do you think I need to get the network/wi-fi working again to receive repairs under warranty ??
Here is the phones' current state : (See image file in attachements)
With android 4.1.1 htc sense. Apart from re-locking the bootloader and flashing the old recovery software do I need to do anything else to get the warranty repairs ?
Thanks in advance!! Ask me anything if needed, will answer asap.

Did you flash the boot image for the backup
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Not sure if I have to be honest, but then wouldn't the phone just get stuck on a boot loop if the boot img was incorrect ?

If you are not sure you didn't .... Flash the boot.img from the nand, make a full wipe and restore the nand.

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!! :highfive:
I just assumed that if the phone was starting that I didn't have too flash the boot.img.
I have followed this guide androidauthority.com/one-x-revert-stock-recovery-76854/
to get the stock recovery back on the phone.
Do I need to do anything else other then re-locking the bootloader for the warranty repairs to go through fine ?
Also as far as I know it will say that the bootloader is "Relocked" not that it is "Locked" does that matter ?

We can't make it locked only relocked. If it's hardware issues they should provide warranty just fine. But we can't tell that for sure

Mr Hofs said:
We can't make it locked only relocked. If it's hardware issues they should provide warranty just fine. But we can't tell that for sure
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How can I check what recovery I have installed. I can't reboot the phone into recovery mode as it never displays anything on the screen when I try and do that (probably due to the hardware issue that I am having), is there and adb or other command that I could use for this ?

Give the outcome of fastboot getvar version-main

Mr Hofs said:
Give the outcome of fastboot getvar version-main
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C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot getvar version-main
version-main: 4.18.401.2
finished. total time: 0.006s
Also I still have the SuperSu app installed but I no longer have root access so I can't delete it now. Should I just leave it ?

Flash this one over and it's fine
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0kko0c304992w7/Stock recovery 4.18.img
And yes delete the su , always good to do

Mr Hofs said:
Flash this one over and it's fine
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0kko0c304992w7/Stock recovery 4.18.img
And yes delete the su , always good to do
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Got an issue, now that it's 4.2.2 there doesn't seem to be a way of rooting your device and I can't go back to the older version since I have stock recovery, and can't install CWM recovery either because I don't have root access ;/
I tried using this knowyourmobile.com/htc/htc-one/17426/how-root-your-htc-one-x
to root and now phone is stuck on boot loop, damn

Ok, so I have managed to get CWR back onto the phone but now I have no way of putting the old recovery image onto the phones because of the boot loop, so I can't restore the old nandroid.

Wait.....you got your stock backup ? Enter the recovery, make a full wipe and restore the nand.

Mr Hofs said:
Wait.....you got your stock backup ? Enter the recovery, make a full wipe and restore the nand.
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Right I got rid of everything and flashed the recovery img you linked too, but when I try to go into recovery through the bootloader I get a red triangle with an exclamation mark. I might just leave it like that or is that an issue ? OTA works fine.

What you see there is the warning sign of the stock recovery

Mr Hofs said:
What you see there is the warning sign of the stock recovery
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Once again thanks a lot for your help! Phone got picked up by the courier today, hopefully I'll get it fixed soon

Loruss said:
Once again thanks a lot for your help! Phone got picked up by the courier today, hopefully I'll get it fixed soon
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Hope it all will be fine ! time will tell.
Cheers

HTC One M8 Canadian RUU

I need an HTC One M8 Telus/Koodo RUU for my phone. I flashed GPE Rom and it works great but i want the 5.0 update of my carrier but i can't flash it because i am on a custom rom so i would like to revert back to stock in order to flash the 5.0 update.
Any help or suggestion would be appreciated

marawan31 said:
I need an HTC One M8 Telus/Koodo RUU for my phone. I flashed GPE Rom and it works great but i want the 5.0 update of my carrier but i can't flash it because i am on a custom rom so i would like to revert back to stock in order to flash the 5.0 update.
Any help or suggestion would be appreciated
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Go back to stock, and take the OTAs. Then re-root and enjoy your new firmware.
Visit this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
or this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710735

I cant do that because i am not s-off

marawan31 said:
I cant do that because i am not s-off
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Incorrect. This is the method that you use if you are not S-Off.
If you were S-Off, you would just update firmware manually, with no need to go back to stock.

thanks for your help!
ok the second link you posted led me to a canadian nandroid backup.
thanks a lot for your help man
Edit: my hboot is 3.18 and its the only one missing
what should i do?

marawan31 said:
thanks for your help!
ok the second link you posted led me to a canadian nandroid backup.
thanks a lot for your help man
Edit: my hboot is 3.18 and its the only one missing
what should i do?
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I would suggest asking if anyone has a link to one in that thread.
I'm on Telus too, but I am running WWE firmware. I ALWAYS have the new firmware before Telus. Just sayin.
S-Off is a good thing to have. I know it seems like $25 is a lot to pay to get it, but if you think of all the hassle it saves trying to update firmware, and the other freedom it gives you (I'm using the Sprint Harman/Kardon version's audio files and ADSP) it is very reasonably priced.

xunholyx said:
I would suggest asking if anyone has a link to one in that thread.
I'm on Telus too, but I am running WWE firmware. I ALWAYS have the new firmware before Telus. Just sayin.
S-Off is a good thing to have. I know it seems like $25 is a lot to pay to get it, but if you think of all the hassle it saves trying to update firmware, and the other freedom it gives you (I'm using the Sprint Harman/Kardon version's audio files and ADSP) it is very reasonably priced.
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i just flashed the one saying 3.x. its a 5.0 nandroid backup and all is working except wifi for some weird reason. looks like the firmware wasnt updated.
i have nothing against paying 25$ its just that sunshine never worked for me. It always said it didnt like my kernel and that i should try with a stock and i was too lazy tbh

marawan31 said:
i just flashed the one saying 3.x. its a 5.0 nandroid backup and all is working except wifi for some weird reason. looks like the firmware wasnt updated.
i have nothing against paying 25$ its just that sunshine never worked for me. It always said it didnt like my kernel and that i should try with a stock and i was too lazy tbh
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Use 3.34.661.4 backup for 4.4.4 but wifi will not work on your device yet because you have hboot 3.18.0000
Find the 2.23.661.2 -> 3.34.661.4 - thanks @shaboobla on this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Extract out firmware.zip from that OTA zip (with 7-zip)
then you can flash this firmware in RUU mode (but you need to relock bootloader because your device is S-On)
Later .. you can check software update and accept OTA to 4.20.661.2

ckpv5 said:
Use 3.34.661.4 backup for 4.4.4 but wifi will not work on your device yet because you have hboot 3.18.0000
Find the 2.23.661.2 -> 3.34.661.4 - thanks @shaboobla on this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Extract out firmware.zip from that OTA zip (with 7-zip)
then you can flash this firmware in RUU mode (but you need to relock bootloader because your device is S-On)
Later .. you can check software update and accept OTA to 4.20.661.2
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how would i flash a firmware in RUU mode? you mean like renaming it to some weird name like PG.... and placing it in root of sdcard and going in fasboot? or is it something else because tbh i have never heard of flashing something in RUU mode
thanks for your help, really appreciate it.
EDIT: I just found out i can go to RUU mode with "fastboot oem rebootRUU".
so i can flash the firmware with "fastboot flash zip firmware.zip"
thanks again for all your help guys

marawan31 said:
how would i flash a firmware in RUU mode? you mean like renaming it to some weird name like PG.... and placing it in root of sdcard and going in fasboot? or is it something else because tbh i have never heard of flashing something in RUU mode
thanks for your help, really appreciate it.
EDIT: I just found out i can go to RUU mode with "fastboot oem rebootRUU".
so i can flash the firmware with "fastboot flash zip firmware.zip"
thanks again for all your help guys
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You found it
1. Make sure you restore the 3.34.661.4 backup first and reboot
2. Boot to bootloader
3. relock bootloader - fastboot oem lock
4. flash the firmware in RUU mode
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <---- again for the 2nd time
fastboot reboot
5. check software update
6. accept, download, install
7. done
Flash TWRP 2.8.5.0 if you want to flash a custom ROM

ckpv5 said:
You found it
1. Make sure you restore the 3.34.661.4 backup first and reboot
2. Boot to bootloader
3. flash the firmware in RUU mode
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip hbootMOD3.zip
fastboot flash zip hbootMOD3.zip <---- again for the 2nd time
fastboot reboot
4. check software update
5. accept, download, install
6. done
Flash TWRP 2.8.5.0 if you want to flash a custom ROM
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You renamed the firmware to hbootMOD3.zip? or do i also need to flash the hboot? if so which hboot do i flash?
lol sorry im easily confused

marawan31 said:
You renamed the firmware to hbootMOD3.zip? or do i also need to flash the hboot? if so which hboot do i flash?
lol sorry im easily confused
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Ahh.. sorry ... I was in a hurry ... just copy paste from my own note that meant for my personal modded firmware. Edited the post.
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <---- again for the 2nd time
fastboot reboot

ckpv5 said:
Ahh.. sorry ... I was in a hurry ... just copy paste from my own note that meant for my personal modded firmware. Edited the post.
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <---- again for the 2nd time
fastboot reboot
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oh ok thanks man!!
ill post back with the result

marawan31 said:
oh ok thanks man!!
ill post back with the result
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Just don't forget to relock bootloader before flashing firmware.zip
fastboot oem lock

ckpv5 said:
Just don't forget to relock bootloader before flashing firmware.zip
fastboot oem lock
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yea i was going to do it and also for the sake of completeness flashing the stock recovery(3.34.661.4) after the restore, just in case someone else has the same problem

You can do that but not really needed because the signed firmware.zip will restore stock recovery.

ckpv5 said:
You can do that but not really needed because the signed firmware.zip will restore stock recovery.
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oh didnt know that, i guess i wont then

I just wanted to thank you guys for helping me out!
I did everything and now i am on android 5.0.1 (although i ran into a small problem: process com.android.phone is not responding, factory reset from recovery fixed it)
Hope this thread helps someone else with similar problems

https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNmb1q2tT6uldWZLHQSLD1fsauQYRMlkHmA5y1g/photo/AF1QipPXGvhZ063BpX0f30U4O7d6ZYQgTkgeowCWDywd
Sorry for reviving such an old thread, but I'm trying to get my htc one m8 up and running again. It was functioning on lineage os but wasn't very stable, couldn't find any other roms that would successfully flash on it, I decided to try and go back to stock after a few beers one night night, now the phone has been sitting in a drawer with no os or recovery on it. There doesn't seem to be any still functioning links to any Canadian RUU's that I can use. I'm not s-off, bootloader is "relocked". I'd like to go back to stock marshmallow because I only use this thing to play music and as a tv remote. I'm hoping someone might have an old RUU lying around.
I guess if not my best option is just to unlock the bootloader again and try flashing the same lineage os again. Since I relocked does that mean I have to go through the htc website to get the unlock token again like I did ages ago? They probably don't even have this phone on there anymore. Hopefully I didn't actually turn this thing into a brick.

Please see my comments in red font below:
350Rocket said:
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNmb1q2tT6uldWZLHQSLD1fsauQYRMlkHmA5y1g/photo/AF1QipPXGvhZ063BpX0f30U4O7d6ZYQgTkgeowCWDywd
Photo link is coming up with 404 error for me. Better to do fastboot getvar all, then post the results (cut and paste from command prompt), so we can see all the info on the phone (delete IMEI and serial number before posting).
Sorry for reviving such an old thread, but I'm trying to get my htc one m8 up and running again. It was functioning on lineage os but wasn't very stable, couldn't find any other roms that would successfully flash on it,
If you can be more specific about which ROMs you tried (plus info about your device from getvar as noted above), then we might be able to advise why they did not flash. Did you get error messages, and if so, what exactly were they?
I decided to try and go back to stock after a few beers one night night, now the phone has been sitting in a drawer with no os or recovery on it.
What exactly did you do (step by step, with any relevant file names, etc. - more detail is better).
I presume you intentionally relocked the bootloader in attempt to run some RUU. But would like clarification on this (and where that happened in the sequence of events)
There doesn't seem to be any still functioning links to any Canadian RUU's that I can use. I'm not s-off, bootloader is "relocked". I'd like to go back to stock marshmallow because I only use this thing to play music and as a tv remote. I'm hoping someone might have an old RUU lying around.
Far as I know, Canadian versions don't have RUU.
I guess if not my best option is just to unlock the bootloader again and try flashing the same lineage os again. Since I relocked does that mean I have to go through the htc website to get the unlock token again like I did ages ago? They probably don't even have this phone on there anymore. Hopefully I didn't actually turn this thing into a brick.
One option (maybe the best one) is to restore a stock TWRP back from the collection: https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
You will need to unlock the bootloader to do this. You can either reuse the unlock bin code you used originally (if you still have it). Otherwise, you should be able to request a new bin code from HTCDev.com. Far as I know, that still works for this phone.
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