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Unbricking HTC One X... Pls Help Me

Hi Gentlemen,
I am new to rooting Androind phones since been using iphone all this years. Right now, I think my HTC One X is bricked. This is what I've done to cause it in this situation:
1) After installing Clockwork Recovery and Super SU. I installed the super wipe.
2) Run super wipe and proceeded to install Android Revolution ROM but the installation was unsuccessful. Not much reason was stated. So I proceeded to reboot the phone and now it just hang at the splash screen.
I've done alot of read up and research the forum how to unbrick my phone but I'm clueless and don't know what to do anymore. I can still get to bootloader screen and that's the furthest I can go.
Pleasse help me.

try to install a stock rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970

Did u do a backup first? Iff not
1) Flash stock recovery:
Grab it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579797
Then Boot in bootloader >> Fastboot and issue the following command (assuming that the offical recovery is named recovery.img): fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
2) Relock Bootloader:
Boot in bootloader >> Fastboot and issue the following command: fastboot oem lock
3) Find and run/flash the RUU for your device, find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543604
Mod or Die

snowwhite007 said:
Did u do a backup first? Iff not
1) Flash stock recovery:
Grab it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579797
Then Boot in bootloader >> Fastboot and issue the following command (assuming that the offical recovery is named recovery.img): fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
2) Relock Bootloader:
Boot in bootloader >> Fastboot and issue the following command: fastboot oem lock
3) Find and run/flash the RUU for your device, find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543604
Mod or Die
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After doing step 2, I receive this respond:
... INFOLock successfully...
ERROR: usb_read failed with status e00002ed
FAILED (status read failed (No such file or directory))
Is it something wrong?

amigo_s said:
try to install a stock rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
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I did try doing that but this error pops out:
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
Pls help me

I take it you did the right thing and made sure you have the right RUU for your phone before you attempted to root?

Hmmm managed to get myself stuck in the same situation here a well as wouldnt go back into recovery. Have relocked bootloader but whn I try to reflash RUU it wont recognise the phone even though it shows in device manager correctly and I can control via fastboot commands but doesnt show when using adb devices.
Any ideas whey RUU cant see the phone?

it defo the correct Ruu?
Mod or Die

Hi.My problem is when I want flash stock terminal give something like that sending 'recovery' (5786 KB)... FAILED (remote: (00120000))
whats the problem?
ps1
right now its
sending 'recovery' (5786 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: battery low)
MacBook-Pro-xxx:fastboot xxx$
when i try to charge phone automaticlly starts

snowwhite007 said:
it defo the correct Ruu?
Mod or Die
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I presume so as is EUROPE RUU of which I can only find 2, hav the other one downloading currently, but the dialogue it comes up with says about no connection via USB and surely even the incorrect RUU would dectect the phone but fail on authentication wouldn't it?

snowwhite007 said:
Did u do a backup first? Iff not
1) Flash stock recovery:
Grab it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579797
Then Boot in bootloader >> Fastboot and issue the following command (assuming that the offical recovery is named recovery.img): fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
2) Relock Bootloader:
Boot in bootloader >> Fastboot and issue the following command: fastboot oem lock
3) Find and run/flash the RUU for your device, find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543604
Mod or Die
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sounds awfully familiar... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24775692&postcount=3 lol

Remember to Flash Stock Recovery before relocking your bootloader.
wen you are done whit that enter bootloader and press Fastboot then run the RUU file...
DaDoctor!
ya i was one of the first to say that lol but i dont care anymore hehe im just trying to help ppl but sometimes ill get wen seeing ppl posting that exact same thing you have done to alot of pll

Managed to get the RUU to recognise my phone, needed HTC Sync installed even though everything else was working ok without, but although I can now flash RUU's I get a customer number error which I guess Im getting as my phone was a branded T-Mobile one.
Therefore am I correct in saying that unless I can get RUU 1.26.110.5, which is the RUU I need, or get recovery working again by some mircale then Im screwed and now have a rather expensive paper weight?

I manage to boot to cwm recovery. And now the question is, how can I transfer the stock rom or the android revo hd rom to my sdcard from fastboot since i cant boot up my phone cos it stuck at the flash screen. Since I had done the superwipe before all this and now its empty.
Thanks for all the tips given so far.

I FOUND THE SOLUTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!
First Sorry for my French !
So, flash stock recovery first, lock the recovery.
Go to fastboot, and click on the Power Off, screen goes black and the phone is OFF.
Put the charger and the usb on the phone, WAIT 1 or 2hours, led still red, DON'T POWER ON !
When is done, go fastboot, launch RUU, IT'S DONE, battery is good !
Works for me

Swannsin said:
I manage to boot to cwm recovery. And now the question is, how can I transfer the stock rom or the android revo hd rom to my sdcard from fastboot since i cant boot up my phone cos it stuck at the flash screen. Since I had done the superwipe before all this and now its empty.
Thanks for all the tips given so far.
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Cool well done for getting back into recovery....how did you manage it? As for getting rom back did you not do a backup of the previous rom before wiping? If not you may be stumped for the time being as USB mount does not work on any of the custom recoveries so far.

I fastboot the boot.img and also flash the CWM recovery. This steps enable me to get back to recovery.
But my mistake was i did not any back up on the previous rom and now i cant do a normal boot up as it will stuck at the htc white screen. So i believe the reason it cant boot up is because there is no rom at all.
So now, the only way i can flash rom from recovery is to send file to my sdcard via fastboot. but i don't know the command needed for it, so I need help with the command. i have with me now is the stock rom and also ARHD rom. but i cant access my sdcard to transfer the file.
I have tried to download the stock RUU but unfortunately it says that my CID is imcompatible. My set is from Singapore and now I will try to download this RUU RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_hTC_Asia_HK_1.26.708.2_Radio_1.1204.90.13_release_251215_signed.exe.
If all else fails, final option is to send back my set to HTC service center and have it repaired and pay the charges

Swannsin said:
I fastboot the boot.img and also flash the CWM recovery. This steps enable me to get back to recovery.
But my mistake was i did not any back up on the previous rom and now i cant do a normal boot up as it will stuck at the htc white screen. So i believe the reason it cant boot up is because there is no rom at all.
So now, the only way i can flash rom from recovery is to send file to my sdcard via fastboot. but i don't know the command needed for it, so I need help with the command. i have with me now is the stock rom and also ARHD rom. but i cant access my sdcard to transfer the file.
I have tried to download the stock RUU but unfortunately it says that my CID is imcompatible. My set is from Singapore and now I will try to download this RUU RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_hTC_Asia_HK_1.26.708.2_Radio_1.1204.90.13_release_251215_signed.exe.
If all else fails, final option is to send back my set to HTC service center and have it repaired and pay the charges
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Ok managed to get mine booting back into CWM Recovery as well now but dont think about sending back to HTC as the CWM guys are working on USB Mount & ADB as we speak so dont think it will be to long. Ill look into fatboot commands now and see if there isnt soemthing we can use.
There's always a way..........

DaDoctor said:
sounds awfully familiar... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24775692&postcount=3 lol
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Yeah shud have a sticky ull notice the other 6 ppl that i copy pasted for i quoted ure username aha i really wonder why ppl want to flash stuff without fuly charging and then having audacity to not backup ahha
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snowwhite007 said:
Yeah shud have a sticky ull notice the other 6 ppl that i copy pasted for i quoted ure username aha i really wonder why ppl want to flash stuff without fuly charging and then having audacity to not backup ahha
Mod or Die
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Backups are only half of the story. When you cant get into recovery to restore the backups that you HAD made and then when trying to reflash the RUU to resotre your phone it then wipes the backups but then allows you back into recovery where you now have no backups nor the ability to mount USB or push anything to the SD so and still in the same siutation just with nice blue writing now thats just plain sods law......LOL!
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Swannsin said:
I fastboot the boot.img and also flash the CWM recovery. This steps enable me to get back to recovery.
But my mistake was i did not any back up on the previous rom and now i cant do a normal boot up as it will stuck at the htc white screen. So i believe the reason it cant boot up is because there is no rom at all.
So now, the only way i can flash rom from recovery is to send file to my sdcard via fastboot. but i don't know the command needed for it, so I need help with the command. i have with me now is the stock rom and also ARHD rom. but i cant access my sdcard to transfer the file.
I have tried to download the stock RUU but unfortunately it says that my CID is imcompatible. My set is from Singapore and now I will try to download this RUU RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_hTC_Asia_HK_1.26.708.2_Radio_1.1204.90.13_release_251215_signed.exe.
If all else fails, final option is to send back my set to HTC service center and have it repaired and pay the charges
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Think we are fairly screwed until either USB/ADB is working in recovery or S-Off is available in which case any RUU should work I believe. Worth hanging on rather than paying HTC in my opinion.

[Q] Stuck on the white htc logo :(

Hello to everyone.
I was having custom ICS rom, when I found out that there is OTA to JB for my HOX. So I reverted to stock using RUU method and got the OTA update. I had the stock JB rom. I made the nandroid backup and wanted to flash custom JB rom (ViperX Rom). I unlocked my bootloader again, got custom recovery (CWM 5.8.4.0). Then I flashed the boot.img from the rom's zip package and erased cache. I made a full wipe using CWM. Then, using recovery I flashed the custom rom (Viper). The whole process went without any problems, but after rebooting I got stuck oh the white htc logo.
Reverting to stock using my backup ended up on the white logo again. I cannot flash any rom (tried Sense and CM roms) coz every time I got that f...g white screen.
My bootloader is unlocked, hboot 1.36, S-ON model. Custom recovery (CWM 5.8.4.0). I've been trying for four days to get my HOX back to life.
Can anyone, please help me with that.

I don't know what's wrong with your phone, but if you just want to revert back to your backed up ROM, try flash boot from your backup first, and then restore backup. Or try reinstall RUU, maybe...

Die you use the right command for flashing the boot.img ?
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
and NOT
Fastboot boot boot.img ?

TommY.KillER said:
I don't know what's wrong with your phone, but if you just want to revert back to your backed up ROM, try flash boot from your backup first, and then restore backup. Or try reinstall RUU, maybe...
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I tried to flash the stock boot.img before restoring backup - with no luck
I cannot reinstal RUU, coz I cannot find one, ie RUU 3.16.69.2 (if I am right).
@Mr Hofs
Yes, I used the proper command: fastboot flash boot boot.img and erased cache. It seems that I do everything right, but I still get the bootloop.

Oke, so now the bootloader is unlocked ?
Re-copy the boot.img file from the nandroid folder to the fastboot folder...just to be sure
Flash it with fastboot command and enter the recovery
Then
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Advanced - wipe dalvik cache
Mounts & storage - format cache, data, system
Then restore the nandroid again !
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

Mr Hofs said:
Oke, so now the bootloader is unlocked ?
Re-copy the boot.img file from the nandroid folder to the fastboot folder...just to be sure
Flash it with fastboot command and enter the recovery
Then
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Advanced - wipe dalvik cache
Mounts & storage - format cache, data, system
Then restore the nandroid again !
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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Did what you said. Still nothing

bartdeli said:
Did what you said. Still nothing
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hmmm so all the steps are covered, could you do me a favour ? flash a new custom ICS rom from scratch....sounds stupid but i had a case a while back that had the updated hboot but also got several errors ....

Mr Hofs said:
hmmm so all the steps are covered, could you do me a favour ? flash a new custom ICS rom from scratch....sounds stupid but i had a case a while back that had the updated hboot but also got several errors ....
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Hey, you are THE MAN. Seems to be working. I am on viper 2.6 now!!!
What now?

Give me your main version number
Fastboot getvar version-main
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Mr Hofs said:
Give me your main version number
Fastboot getvar version-main
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2.17.69.2 - I have that RUU if that's what you mean

Yes but the ruu is crap because you already have the 1.36 hboot. Try this
Do a full wipe again and get your 2.17.69 nandroid from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Restore it with its boot.img
Then flash back this 2.17 stock recovery
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
And start updating again and again .....

Mr Hofs said:
Yes but the ruu is crap because you already have the 1.36 hboot. Try this
Do a full wipe again and get your 2.17.69 nandroid from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Restore it with its boot.img
Then flash back this 2.17 stock recovery
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
And start updating again and again .....
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OK. Will start tomorrow (or today in the morning, coz it's after midnight )
Thank you for your help so far.

No problem ! I hope to see some good news tomorrow
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

Mr Hofs said:
No problem ! I hope to see some good news tomorrow
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I cannot revert to stock recovery. I got an error: cannot load "recovery.img"
My command was fastboot flash recovery recovery.img. The file is in the fastboot folder.
When I was trying to get back to stock for the first time I also had that error. That is why I had to use the RUU to revert to stock.
What now?

did you rename my file to recovery.img ?

Mr Hofs said:
did you rename my file to recovery.img ?
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yes

are you hiding extensions in windows for the filenames, so that it's not called
recovery.img.img ? seen that problem also before !

Mr Hofs said:
are you hiding extensions in windows for the filenames, so that it's not called
recovery.img.img ? seen that problem also before !
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No, I do not hide the extensions. I can see the extensions for all the files.
My fastboot folder below.

Ow yeah i see, what could be the problem here ?!
Does the nandroid work ? Except for the stock recovery ?
Try this ... enter the recovery and wipe the cache partition and dalvik cache ....
Then reboot into the bootloader
Adb reboot bootloader (works when you are in recovery)
Keep the phone there and reboot the pc and try again .....

Mr Hofs said:
Ow yeah i see, what could be the problem here ?!
Does the nandroid work ? Except for the stock recovery ?
Try this ... enter the recovery and wipe the cache partition and dalvik cache ....
Then reboot into the bootloader
Adb reboot bootloader (works when you are in recovery)
Keep the phone there and reboot the pc and try again .....
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yes, I am on stock with custom recovery.
That "adb reboot bootloader" shall I write in cmd in fastboot usb?

[Q] Phone wont boot and looking for last resort fix

Right here goes!
I've scoured the threads and I think I've tried everything so far to solve my problem, but still to no avail!
I woke up one morning and my phone was in hboot, wasn't plugged in, and was unresponsive. I tried charging but it wouldn't take it. I'm running stock JB 4.1 via OTA from Vodafone (UK). I had a new battery, and managed to replace the old one. I checked the old one and it had 2.8v output with the new one being 3.8V. I then ran that .bat file to loop the phone in a sort of charge mode to make sure I had sufficient charge. Phone still wouldn't boot. I then tried to do various things listed on this forum, but still have same symptoms. I just need the damn thing to work!
My current version is 3.14.161.27, an I managed to find this RUU. Download consisted of boot.img, rcdata.img and recovery.img
I'm in CMD....with the phone in unlocked mode connected via fastboot usb. Clear chache, run the boot.img and then I run hboot_1.36.0000_.img but error comes up saying cannot load 'hboot_1.36.0000_.img' : unknown error
If i re-lock the phone and do the same thing I get access not allowed in cmd.
what am I doing wrong here? any ideas? I can't find a .exe file for my original ROM either.
recovery doesn't work...just hangs on the HTC screen. factory reset doesn't work wither, same thing happens
I would be happy to try a custom ROM or anything that might get the phone booting again.
Please point me in a 'direction' or offer some help, I will be very grateful!

Did you do the command
Fastboot erase cache
with the phone in the bootloader ?
And then try to enter the recovery.....but do it with unlocked bootloader
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Mr Hofs said:
Did you do the command
Fastboot erase cache
with the phone in the bootloader ?
And then try to enter the recovery.....but do it with unlocked bootloader
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Unlocked it again just now, erased cache but then just hangs in the HTC screen after selecting recovery. Eventually reboots.

Hmm did you reflashed the recovery ?
And also do these fastboot commands
Fastboot getvar version-main
Fastboot oem readcid
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Mr Hofs said:
Hmm did you reflashed the recovery ?
And also do these fastboot commands
Fastboot getvar version-main
Fastboot oem readcid
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I think I have, how would I flash it? By running fastboot flash recovery recovery.img?
version-main gives: 3.14.161.27
CID: VODAP001

gwyndavies said:
I think I have, how would I flash it? By running fastboot flash recovery recovery.img?
version-main gives: 3.14.161.27
CID: VODAP001
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Downloaded these files from the site earlier: the VODAP001
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33308420&highlight=vodap001#post33308420

Did you use that to upgrade the hboot ! After upgrading the hboot you can reflash a custom recovery
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Fastboot erase cache
Enter recovery and perform a full wipe, then mount the sdcard as a usb mass storage device and copy the rom.zip over .... flash the boot.img in fastboot
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Enter recovery and install the rom.zip

Mr Hofs said:
Did you use that to upgrade the hboot ! After upgrading the hboot you can reflash a custom recovery
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Fastboot erase cache
Enter recovery and perform a full wipe, then mount the sdcard as a usb mass storage device and copy the rom.zip over .... flash the boot.img in fastboot
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Enter recovery and install the rom.zip
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my hboot was already version 1.36 so didn't need to. Flashed recovery, and erased cache. CMD...saying successful. Then I unplug usb and go into recovery...but still it just hangs on the HTC screen.
I'm honestly suspecting a hardware fault now tbh.

Hmm this is odd ! Do this
Fastboot erase recovery (if i recall the command)
Then flash this one
http://db.tt/Krlm4dPs

Mr Hofs said:
Hmm this is odd ! Do this
Fastboot erase recovery (if i recall the command)
Then flash this one
http://db.tt/Krlm4dPs
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I've tried a few commands now and get the same error. I did flash the recovery 5.8.4.0 anyway but got an 'unknown error'. I have to stay I'm stumped now! I've been scratching my head for a while. I did all this wile the phone was in *UNLOCKED* mode too.

The recovery has to be without spaces. Change it to just recovery.img
The remote not allowed seems in place when the bootloader is locked

Mr Hofs said:
The recovery has to be without spaces. Change it to just recovery.img
The remote not allowed seems in place when the bootloader is locked
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Flashed the recovery 5.8.4.0 and it seemed to take it fine...see PGN. However when I click recovery on my phone, it goes to the HTC screen again, and just hangs. It seems its just fed up of being a phone, wants to change its career path and become a paperweight

Also did a
Fastboot erase cache
Afterwards the flash ?

Mr Hofs said:
Also did a
Fastboot erase cache
Afterwards the flash ?
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still nothing I'm afraid.

Hmm I'm pretty out of answers at this point. What if you start all over.....install the RUU to get back to stock, or flash the right firmware again. And then reflash the custom recovery

gwyndavies said:
I've tried a few commands now and get the same error. I did flash the recovery 5.8.4.0 anyway but got an 'unknown error'. I have to stay I'm stumped now! I've been scratching my head for a while. I did all this wile the phone was in *UNLOCKED* mode too.
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try to update stock karnel and stock karnel mods

Nope won't help.....I was on teamviewer tonight with a similar issue ....in no way we could acces the recovery while flashing went fine ! He had to run the batt script to charge the phone and then perform the ruu. I hope to hear good news from him tomorrow.....

Mr Hofs said:
Nope won't help.....I was on teamviewer tonight with a similar issue ....in no way we could acces the recovery while flashing went fine ! He had to run the batt script to charge the phone and then perform the ruu. I hope to hear good news from him tomorrow.....
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Thank's for your time on this issue. I've tried every trick in the book and had to give up. I'm putting it down to some hardware issue. I have another phone on the way via insurance, but gutted I couldn't get my data back! learnt my lesson...back everything up regularly!
Thanks again

One X stuck in boot loader.

Hi all. I just bought this phone and for some reason it comes with the bootloader unlocked and a custom software. I was unable to update my phone so i was searching here and over there. Mr Hofs from this forum gave me some advices which i will quote.
My phone data is readcid: HTC__622
Fastboot getvar version-main : 3.14.708.28
He suggested me to: 1: download this RUU RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_JB_45_S_hTC_Asia_HK_3.14.708.28_Radio_5.1204.162.29_release_299865_signed.exe
2: charge the battery to 100%
3: put the phone in the bootloader and relock it (if it is unlocked)
Fastboot oem lock
4: keep the phone in the relocked bootloader
5: right click on the ruu and select "run as administrator"
6: follow on screen info (phone and pc)
7: fingers crossed
8: back to stock it is
But the procces failed, it said i had to dowload the proper version and signed. Now my phone is stuck in the bootloader which is relockked. Please help me getting this back to life.
Thanks in advanced.
By some reason I can't explain, the phone came with the software called Android Revolution 6 by mike1986 :/

Try running this RUU from a different PC, it should work if your bootloader is locked! This is the correct RUU for your phone!
However, if you still can't get to your OS, then restore a nandroid backup via recovery!
Download this nandroid backup : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwEZB8sRo0DSdTRrN3FSSk5fUE0/edit?pli=1
Recovery : http://htcfanboys.com/download/seadersn/?action=list&file=4944
Now firstly unlock your bootloader
Code:
fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_code.bin
Now flash the recovery you had just downloaded...(rename it to recovery.img)
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
Now boot into recovery and go to mounts and storage and mount USB. Copy the files of the nandroid backup zip to /clockworkmod/backup/ and paste it there...
Transfer the boot.img into the fastboot folder, boot into fastboot USB and flash the boot.img
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot erase cache
Now go back to recovery and wipe data/cache partition/dalvic
Now go to Back up and restore and restore the nandroid backup you had just copied to your phone! and then REBOOT!
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If you want to go full stock to receive OTA updates, then you also need to flash the stock recovery.. Download this : https://www.dropbox.com/s/ms7vd18vb9watr8/stock recovery 3.14.img
boot into fastboot mode and flash the recovery and then lock your bootloader!

Thanks for your reply, but which RUU? Seems like you forgot the link.
My bootloader doesnt say locked, it say relocked. Is the same?
Thanks so much for your help.
By the way. I have downloaded the Android SDK but it wont install at all.
Edited: I've tried with the same ruu in other PC and nothing.
Maybe its because it had a custom rom? It came with Android Revolution 6 or someting

CM17X said:
Thanks for your reply, but which RUU? Seems like you forgot the link.
My bootloader doesnt say locked, it say relocked. Is the same?
Thanks so much for your help.
By the way. I have downloaded the Android SDK but it wont install at all.
Edited: I've tried with the same ruu in other PC and nothing.
Maybe its because it had a custom rom? It came with Android Revolution 6 or someting
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I meant to say that the RUU given by Mr Hofs is correct one for your device! It should work...
Yes, relocked = locked bootloader...
Don't download the whole android sdk... you just need the fastboot folder and HTC Sync Manager (for the drivers) to run fastboot commands:
Here are the links:
Fastboot folder: http://d-h.st/8Jr
HTC Sync Manager: http://www.htc.com/www/support/software/htc-sync-manager.aspx
Nope, regardless of the rom your currently on, the RUU will work.. Don't know why your not able to finish it... Hmmm

I dont know. It just wont work
Im finishing downloading the files you suggestted me but i have a doubt in the step when you say to wipe the cache. How? From the phone or by deleting its contect on PC?
I'm a dumb, i know :/
Thanks for help me
vin4yak said:
I meant to say that the RUU given by Mr Hofs is correct one for your device! It should work...
Yes, relocked = locked bootloader...
Don't download the whole android sdk... you just need the fastboot folder and HTC Sync Manager (for the drivers) to run fastboot commands:
Here are the links:
Fastboot folder:
HTC Sync Manager:
Nope, regardless of the rom your currently on, the RUU will work.. Don't know why your not able to finish it... Hmmm
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CM17X said:
I dont know. It just wont work
Im finishing downloading the files you suggestted me but i have a doubt in the step when you say to wipe the cache. How? From the phone or by deleting its contect on PC?
I'm a dumb, i know :/
Thanks for help me
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Go to your custom recovery(CWM) and select
Wipe Cache Partion>Wipe Cache
Wipe Data/factory reset>Wipe data
Advanced>Wipe dalvic cache>Wipe dalvic

In the first step, it says "cant upload unlock_code.bin" Where is that file?
What i did was place the recovery.img into the fastboot folder

CM17X said:
In the first step, it says "cant upload unlock_code.bin" Where is that file?
What i did was place the recovery.img into the fastboot folder
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Oh ohkk You got your phone with bootloader unlocked right? Skip that step! Go on with the next one!
If your bootloader is locked then you will have to go to htcdev.com and register there and follow the steps to unlock your bootloader. You will get a file via email (unlock_code.bin)... flash that to unlock your bootloader!

vin4yak said:
Oh ohkk You got your phone with bootloader unlocked right? Skip that step! Go on with the next one!
If your bootloader is locked then you will have to go to htcdev.com and register there and follow the steps to unlock your bootloader. You will get a file via email (unlock_code.bin)... flash that to unlock your bootloader!
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Kinda late. I managed to get the unlocker.bin file and i unlocked it again and my phone is back to life. HOW CAN I KISS YOU?
I will wait for it to charge at 100 and then i will follow the steps.
What should i do next? THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP (Also Mr Hofs)

CM17X said:
Kinda late. I managed to get the unlocker.bin file and i unlocked it again and my phone is back to life. HOW CAN I KISS YOU?
I will wait for it to charge at 100 and then i will follow the steps.
What should i do next? THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP (Also Mr Hofs)
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ah! Great! Your phone is booting to OS now right? ARHD? or have you back on stock??

vin4yak said:
ah! Great! Your phone is booting to OS now right? ARHD? or have you back on stock??
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Is into the OS right now. Ill follow the steps for put it back to stock with the nandroid backup. May i?

Hi guys ! Don't know what's happening with the ruu's these days. Getting a lot of issues with people who run them. Its a driver/HTC sync problem somewhere !
But yeah try the nandroid backup thing. That should work

Say a prayer for me, please, gonna try!
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Hi guys ! Don't know what's happening with the ruu's these days. Getting a lot of issues with people who run them. Its a driver/HTC sync problem somewhere !
But yeah try the nandroid backup thing. That should work
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CM17X said:
Say a prayer for me, please, gonna try!
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Burning a candle

CM17X said:
Is into the OS right now. Ill follow the steps for put it back to stock with the nandroid backup. May i?
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Yes you may... :silly:
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Burning a candle
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loolllllllll

Something is wrong.
I have placed the files which are into the nadroid backup into clockwork/backup, not the package itself, and after wip the cache and stuff, i tried to restore but nothing happens, it just put me back in the sme menu.
Now the phone is locked in the Android logo :/ What should i do?
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Hi guys ! Don't know what's happening with the ruu's these days. Getting a lot of issues with people who run them. Its a driver/HTC sync problem somewhere !
But yeah try the nandroid backup thing. That should work
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Yes you may... :silly:
loolllllllll
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The folder on the sd should look like this
Clockworkmod\backup\*time and date folder*\all separate backup files

By time and date you mean 2013-01-08.00.15.16 3.14.708.28_cwm_root ?
I messed it up, i did Clockworkmod\backup\all separate files.
Now the phone is stuck in android logo. What should i do?
Mr Hofs said:
The folder on the sd should look like this
Clockworkmod\backup\*time and date folder*\all separate backup files
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Ah go back into the recovery
Factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Advanced - wipe dalvik cache
Mounts & storage - format cache,data,system
Then restore the nandroid

Haha, sorry for the noob questions, I had to learn android stuff in 2 hours due the rush thinking I was getting a brick.
The phone is working now, thank you so much, guys.
Only strange things are that I don't have more languages than Taiwanese and English, not Spanish (system language); also the nandroid was rooted and I have root now, and the splash screen says "HTC one" lol
Again, you're the best. Thanks for help me out, ill see you around while learning
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[Q] Question: Stock Rom, Unlocked Bootloader, TWRP - How to update?

I've unlocked my Three (3) branded M8, installed TWRP and rooted my device (I've also tried out MaximusHD Rom, but decided to restore my original ROM from recovery as I couldn't get some software to load with it).
Three are now pushing out the updates for the M8 and I've tried to install it but it fails. Could someone tell me what I need to do? Back on my One X i needed to re-install stock recovery and re-lock the bootloader. Will I need to do this also?

Only flash the stock recovery if you can get one. Relocking the bootloader is not needed.....

Mr Hofs said:
Only flash the stock recovery if you can get one. Relocking the bootloader is not needed.....
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Thanks. I'll try that now. So I am guessing once, I've completed doing that. I can then re-flash the TWRP and I'll probably need to root the phone again. Will let you know how it goes. There is a stock recovery that someone posted previously.

What you said worked perfectly, and funny enough I got the original stock recovery from your Thread. Can I ask how I would go about getting a backup of my current recovery now that I've updated my phone?
I tried what you mentioned in your thread about fastboot boot recovery recovery-name.img (yes i did put the recovery name in) but just got an error stating "cannot load 'recovery'".
Thanks for all your help.
Update: I notice that I can still boot into the system and have root even though I'm on the stock recovery, as if I go into Recovery I end up with the HTC Phone and red triangle. Does this mean there is no real reason for me to re-install TWRP? As all I really cared about was having Root.

What you have now is the stock rom and recovery + root. No reason to flash a custom one if you don't want to flash any mods or themes.
To create a new backup you can put the custom recovery in the fastboot folder and indeed perform the command :
Fastboot boot recovery recoveryname.img
If it can't load the recovery you either typed the wrong recovery name or it's not in the fastboot folder. And the f you have a stock nand to share in my thread would be awesome !

Mr Hofs said:
What you have now is the stock rom and recovery + root. No reason to flash a custom one if you don't want to flash any mods or themes.
To create a new backup you can put the custom recovery in the fastboot folder and indeed perform the command :
Fastboot boot recovery recoveryname.img
If it can't load the recovery you either typed the wrong recovery name or it's not in the fastboot folder. And the f you have a stock nand to share in my thread would be awesome !
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Note that the command is fastboot boot recovery.img
The 'recovery' command will not register. I did it last night
Also, for future reference, I can perform a factory reset with the stock recovery and it will return me to stock even if I have rooted my device? I elected not to install TWRP, but instead just run it temporarily so that I could root leaving my stock recovery intact. Seems like a pretty straightforward answer which is 'yes' but just want to clarify. I have the stock ROM installed (AT&T)

Fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
Yes that's what i wrote right ?
Can you elaborate more on the not registered part ?
And yes factory reset will set it back to stock. Not sure if it will delete root. But all accounts and data will be gone !

Mr Hofs said:
Fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
Yes that's what i wrote right ?
Can you elaborate more on the not registered part ?
And yes factory reset will set it back to stock. Not sure if it will delete root. But all accounts and data will be gone !
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You wrote: fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
The command is: fastboot boot recovery.img (You do not need to specify the 'recovery' before 'recovery.img')
And by not register I suppose I just mean its an unknown command if you specify a partition/kernel before the 'recovery.img' portion. I'm not sure if I'm using the vocabulary correctly

TheEmpyre said:
You wrote: fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
The command is: fastboot boot recovery.img (You do not need to specify the 'recovery' before 'recovery.img')
And by not register I suppose I just mean its an unknown command if you specify a partition/kernel before the 'recovery.img' portion. I'm not sure if I'm using the vocabulary correctly
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Ah i see the mistake, thank you....was overlooking that part !

Mr Hofs said:
Ah i see the mistake, thank you....was overlooking that part !
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No problem I meant no disrespect! I was actually surprised you don't need to specify the partition for a temporary image....From my research it looks like they have may have changed that fastboot command from Android 4.3

TheEmpyre said:
No problem I meant no disrespect! I was actually surprised you don't need to specify the partition for a temporary image....From my research it looks like they have may have changed that fastboot command from Android 4.3
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haha disrespect ? no no all oke, i was wrong and you where right....you corrected me and thats great ! I also have to learn :good:

Mr Hofs, in my scenario where I have returned to stock recovery, installed the update from three. How would I go about backing up my current recovery? I've tried what you have done in your thread but there is no recovery file in the back up.
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Yeah that's a strange thing. The backup from fisha21 didn't have a recovery either yet the ones made by guywithdesire1992 did have ?! I'm confused about that ! Can you check certain options in twrp maybe ?

Okay, will make a back up over to my computer and then try again. Will report back.
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gaiden0000 said:
Okay, will make a back up over to my computer and then try again. Will report back.
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If it doesn't work you can also try philz touch, see if there is a difference ?

Mr Hofs said:
If it doesn't work you can also try philz touch, see if there is a difference ?
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Yep did it with Philz touch and it now includes a recovery.img although it's filesize is 21MB compared to the regular ones. But now at least I have a backup of the recovery. Will upload to a location and post on your thread soon.

Thats awesome ! Really appreciate it
So to be clear, you booted philz and made a nandroid. So the recovery should be the stock HTC one ?
One way to check is to flash the recovery.img that's in the backup folder and enter it. If it gives a phone icon its stock