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[Q] htc desire brick, s-off, NO rooted, original Rom, howto recover contact data

Hello,
Everything work fine till that breakdown...
After a aborted sync of gmail i got a message from acore.google somthing and htc desire freeze. I release the batterry then it start to loop as it was brick...
I'am stuck between hboot and recovery.
MY PHONE IS S-OFF, WITH ORIGINAL ORANGE (FRANCE TELECOM) ROM, THE PHONE ISN'T ROOTED
I'm on mint olivia so i can play with terminal....
I succeed to talk to the phone with fastboot.
Code:
sudo fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 0.93.0001
(bootloader) version-baseband: 5.11.05.27
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: 051d
(bootloader) version-main: 2.22.73.6
(bootloader) serialno: SH096PL07475
(bootloader) imei: 353833047420705
(bootloader) product: bravo
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8x50
(bootloader) modelid: PB992****
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4182mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-365c78d6
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
I don't got enough skills to go further.
I'd like to mainly backup my contacts
But it seem that if i launch the below command
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
i'll loose all my data...
I DO like to know a way to recover my contacts, and more datas if it's possible...
With adb command i got
Code:
adb devices
List of devices attached
SH096PL07475 offline
I can have that in recovery mode and i only obtain a black screen with a red ! in middle.
If i insist i can enter another menu in blue on black but few option are there
factory reset
reboot
update from a zip on sd card
clear cache
It don't solve my problem
Thanks for help
Merci de m'eclairer
David

"fastboot oem unlock" is only for nexus devices I believe. This unlocks their bootloaders.
Do not use this on the Desire. You don't need to use this command anyway, not sure what you're trying to achieve by doing this.
You are already S-OFF, therefore your bootloader is already unlocked.
To get it back:
- Download the 4EXT recovery.zip from the 4EXT thread
- Unzip and find the recovery.img
- Flash the recovery.img with fastboot
- Boot into recovery
- Make a nandroid backup
- Backup your sd card to PC
- Use 4EXT to partition your sd card (max 2GB ext4 partition, no swap)
- Copy the backup back to the sdcard
- Copy a custom ROM.zip to the sdcard as well
- In recovery, full wipe (wipe all partitions except sd card)
- Flash the ROM
- Install something like Titanium Backup or Nandroid Manager, there should be an option to extract data from the nandroid backup. Hopefully you can extract 'Contacts' or 'Contacts Storage' restore your contacts.
If you manage to extract your contacts from the nandroid backup, B]please learn how to backup your contacts to your Gmail account[/B], that's the point of an Android phone
If you do this, it doesn't matter if you lose your phone, your contacts are synced and backed up safely. Do not store your contacts only on the SIM or phone.

remote not allowed error
Thanks eddiehk6....
So i get the recovery.img.
I put it (with md5 and another file) in the same folder as fastboot in sdk plateform tools.
I obtain an error : not allowed....
Code:
sudo fastboot flash recovery '/home/lepole/Documents/android sdk/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20140321/sdk/platform-tools/recovery.img'
[sudo] password for lepole:
sending 'recovery' (3784 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.551s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.551s
so how can i do to succeed to flash that recovery img ?
Thanks
David

Are you definitely S-OFF?
Can you boot to bootloader and write what it says?
Are you definitely trying to flash the recovery.img when it is booted into fastboot mode (the phone should say "fastboot usb")

S-off and fastboot usb on my screen...
hello,
i'm on fastboot usb it's write in red.
i got green lines upon where it's write:
bravo pvt3 ship s-off
hboot-0.93.0001
Microp-051d
touch panel-synt0101
radio-5.11.05.27
aug 10 2010.17:52:18
And yes i'm tryiong to make that command:
Code:
sudo fastboot flash recovery '/home/lepole/Documents/android sdk/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20140321/sdk/platform-tools/recovery.img'
sending 'recovery' (4042 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.588s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.589s
so maybe i'm not really s-off ?
Thanks for help

Is there anything written in pink at the top of ur bootloader details?

Maybe i can try this solution...
Hello,
i read a lot of post to find a solution but before to start i need advice, to avoid making mistakes.
So if I created a new zip file named "PB99IMG.zip " (seem to be that) or update.zip.
And if I put the recovery.img and a android-info.txt in it as seen there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226801&page=2.
BUT i don't really know the content of thatandroid-info.txt.
After it seem important to MID (how can i get it) and CID (how can i get it) in the txt-file have to match to my device.
After that, I put the zip file onto my sdcard into the root directory.
Then I started my device into bootloader and accepted the requested update. After that, I hope to get my new recovery...
What do you think... am i wrong...
Is there another way ?
AND No nothing at all...in pink/ no text
so...
Thanks for answer...

Lepole said:
Hello,
i read a lot of post to find a solution but before to start i need advice, to avoid making mistakes.
So if I created a new zip file named "PB99IMG.zip " (seem to be that) or update.zip.
And if I put the recovery.img and a android-info.txt in it as seen there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226801&page=2.
BUT i don't really know the content of thatandroid-info.txt.
After it seem important to MID (how can i get it) and CID (how can i get it) in the txt-file have to match to my device.
After that, I put the zip file onto my sdcard into the root directory.
Then I started my device into bootloader and accepted the requested update. After that, I hope to get my new recovery...
What do you think... am i wrong...
Is there another way ?
AND No nothing at all...in pink/ no text
so...
Thanks for answer...
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K. Thought it might of said relocked. Anyway i created 4ext recovery as PB99IMG check my sig.

Lepole said:
hello,
i'm on fastboot usb it's write in red.
i got green lines upon where it's write:
bravo pvt3 ship s-off
hboot-0.93.0001
Microp-051d
touch panel-synt0101
radio-5.11.05.27
aug 10 2010.17:52:18
And yes i'm tryiong to make that command:
Code:
sudo fastboot flash recovery '/home/lepole/Documents/android sdk/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20140321/sdk/platform-tools/recovery.img'
sending 'recovery' (4042 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.588s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.589s
so maybe i'm not really s-off ?
Thanks for help
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I think you have a rare device which shipped factory s-off, but is not the same as s-off which we use.
Otherwise it would say 'revolutionary' or 'alpharev' in pink at the top, and hboot would also be 6.93.001 instead of 0.93.001.
I still thought you'd be able to flash recovery though.
Try PB99IMG.zip method as above. Put it on the root of your sdcard (not any folder), and boot into bootloader. Forget about .txt files
If it doesn't work I think you'll have to flash RUU but you'd lose everything. (This is the exact reason why you backup your contacts to your Gmail account and not the phone)
Edit: search for guides on 'revolutionary', try to run it before trying RUU, not sure if it will work when booted into bootloader though.

eddiehk6 said:
I think you have a rare device which shipped factory s-off, but is not the same as s-off which we use.
Otherwise it would say 'revolutionary' or 'alpharev' in pink at the top, and hboot would also be 6.93.001 instead of 0.93.001.
I still thought you'd be able to flash recovery though.
Try PB99IMG.zip method as above. Put it on the root of your sdcard (not any folder), and boot into bootloader. Forget about .txt files
If it doesn't work I think you'll have to flash RUU but you'd lose everything. (This is the exact reason why you backup your contacts to your Gmail account and not the phone)
Edit: search for guides on 'revolutionary', try to run it before trying RUU, not sure if it will work when booted into bootloader though.
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Was thinking that too coz he has superCID (11111111) and u cant supercid the desire, well we cant anyway.

Success !!! anquestion for root the desire and read the content of data.img
Hello,
this morning i try with the zip from jmcclue link there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751258
And it work i got a brand new recovery...
so THANKS
Now is there a way to get back the contacts from the backup i made....
With sdk ?
I find a data.img but i can open it.
So if you know some tuto
Now i need some advice to maybe custom as better as possible this device.
So can i rooted the "desire" ?
and which ROM can you advice me...
Thanks
Dvaid

Lepole said:
Hello,
this morning i try with the zip from jmcclue link there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751258
And it work i got a brand new recovery...
so THANKS
Now is there a way to get back the contacts from the backup i made....
With sdk ?
I find a data.img but i can open it.
So if you know some tuto
Now i need some advice to maybe custom as better as possible this device.
So can i rooted the "desire" ?
and which ROM can you advice me...
Thanks
Dvaid
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I don't know how to extract or read the data.img, only the method I mentioned before may work.
Because your situation is more difficult and you want to get your contacts back, I first recommend trying a stock rooted sense ROM which is most similar to your original France telecom ROM.
Therefore find the stock rooted 2.2 or 2.3 ROM to match
Then:
eddiehk6 said:
- Backup your sd card to PC
- Use 4EXT to partition your sd card (max 2GB ext4 partition, no swap) <- this is for future use if you want to install more apps
- Copy the backup back to the sdcard
- Copy a custom ROM.zip to the sdcard as well
- In recovery, full wipe (wipe all partitions except sd card)
- Flash the ROM
- Install something like Titanium Backup or Nandroid Manager, there should be an option to extract data from the nandroid backup. Hopefully you can extract 'Contacts' or 'Contacts Storage' restore your contacts.
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I can't guarantee this will work, as have never tried it myself.
Get your contacts back first, then think about another custom ROM. You have to think about what you want, try a few before deciding.

Help!! destroyed my HTC one M8

My HTC one M8 system UI keeps crashing every time i boot up the phone
How i got to this position
For some reason i was not able to download anything to the phone (yes, there was space available), so i decided to factory reset the phone. unfortunately that was no help. From there i decided to use twrp recovery to wipe everything, Me being a smart guy wiped everything, including the system ( and no i did not make a back up anything ). After got a hold of a mirco sd card and flashed a version of a htc one system file i found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694994 . I got the phone to boot up ( not booting up from before without a system), but the system UI keeps crashing every time i boot up the phone. Found a thread in xda with the same problem, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694994, and the solution is to get a hold of the stock recovery (not sure if it will work for me). Finally i jump over to an other thead, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376, saying i need to find out my cidnum. I used fast boot to get it and my version of cidnum is BS_US001 which i could not find on the list.
Long story short
Couldnt download on my phone
wiped my system by mistake (no backs)
flash android revolution hd version of kitkat
system ui keeps crashing
think stock recovery will fix it
getting a random cidnum is BS_US001 and am not sure which stock recovery to flash
Please help !!!!
thank you

Post your fastboot getvar all minus serial no. & imei no.
This will help to find the right ROM for you

ckpv5 said:
Post your fastboot getvar all minus serial no. & imei no.
This will help to find the right ROM for you
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Please see below.
I found that there is a nandroid back up, on the below thread but how can i flash it. cannot really do anything to the phone.
looking to go stock, if possible
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
version: 0.5
version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
version-baseband: 1.24.21331147A1.09G
version-cpld: None
version-microp: None
version-main: 4.16.1540.8
version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
imei2: Not Support
meid: 00000000000000
product: m8_ul_ca
platform: hTCBmsm8974
modelid: 0P6B12000
cidnum: BS_US001
battery-status: good
battery-voltage: 0mV
partition-layout: Generic
security: on
build-mode: SHIP
boot-mode: FASTBOOT
commitno-bootloader: 3aa067db
hbootpreupdate: 11
gencheckpt: 0

Just run RUU to have everything back to stock.
Download RUU : http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_...G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_411207_signed_2.exe
1. put your device in bootloader/fastboot mode and connect to PC
2. relock bootloader - command fastboot oem lock
2. Right click the RUU exe that you downloaded, select "run as administrator" .. wait for it to run, later there is a dialog box, accept, next, next, update, blablabla until it finish and your device rebooted... done.
Note : this will wipe everything on your internal storage. Make a backup of important files before you proceed

ckpv5 said:
Just run RUU to have everything back to stock.
Download RUU : http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_...G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_411207_signed_2.exe
1. put your device in bootloader/fastboot mode and connect to PC
2. relock bootloader - command fastboot oem lock
2. Right click the RUU exe that you downloaded, select "run as administrator" .. wait for it to run, later there is a dialog box, accept, next, next, update, blablabla until it finish and your device rebooted... done.
Note : this will wipe everything on your internal storage. Make a backup of important files before you proceed
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I will give this a try in the morning
I will let you know how it goes, thanks for the help

ckpv5 said:
Just run RUU to have everything back to stock.
Download RUU : http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_...G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_411207_signed_2.exe
1. put your device in bootloader/fastboot mode and connect to PC
2. relock bootloader - command fastboot oem lock
2. Right click the RUU exe that you downloaded, select "run as administrator" .. wait for it to run, later there is a dialog box, accept, next, next, update, blablabla until it finish and your device rebooted... done.
Note : this will wipe everything on your internal storage. Make a backup of important files before you proceed
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I tried running the program twice, but it failed both times.
it couldnt update the system after erasing eveyrthing.

What error ?
If RUU is not an option for you
you also can fastboot flash the RUU in zip format.
Download the RUU_M8_UL_L50_SENSE60_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_4.16.1540.8_Radio_1.24.21331147A1.09G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_411207_signed_2-decrypted.zip from here : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95897840722644595
Rename it to RUU.zip
Download the htc_fastboot.exe here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735235
Put device in bootloader mode, then run command:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
htc_fastboot flash zip RUU.zip[/COLOR]

ckpv5 said:
What error ?
If RUU is not an option for you
you also can fastboot flash the RUU in zip format.
Download the RUU_M8_UL_L50_SENSE60_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_4.16.1540.8_Radio_1.24.21331147A1.09G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_411207_signed_2-decrypted.zip from here : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95897840722644595
Rename it to RUU.zip
Download the htc_fastboot.exe here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735235
Put device in bootloader mode, then run command:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
htc_fastboot flash zip RUU.zip[/COLOR]
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"what error?" ------ not sure to be honest, it just failed while it was trying to write the system.
Tried your new suggestion and got this error
sending 'zip'... (1494067 KB) OKAY
sending time = 42.386 secs
writing 'zip'... (bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) zip info parsing...
FAIL99 unknown fail
FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail)
Execution time is 42(s)

hit a roadblock while trying to revert my 816 to stock. please help.

Hi guys.
I rooted my 816 using CWM and SuperSU months ago. Now, there's an OTA update to Android 6.0 which will hopefully render the usefulness of root obsolete, as I mostly need it for link2sd (they also cite better RAM management as a new feature, which should get rid of the horrible lag on Lollipop).
I know I have to go back to full stock, and I read a simple guide somewhere, and I thought, why don't I give it a crack. So, it said I should just "fastboot oem lock" the phone and flash the correct .zip RUU. After much trouble with connectivity and driver issues between my computer (adb server is out of date. killing...; device offline; errors etc.) I FINALLY (after hours of troubleshooting) managed to go into fastboot via USB and lock the bootloader. Great. But, when I tried to flash the .zip, it just says waiting for device, indefinitely. Tried to go into recovery via the power buttons on the phone, but it shows an error and simply refuses to. As a sidenote, root still works, but the phone displays this in fastboot: Relocked, Security Warning.
Basically, I'm afraid to proceed because I think I'm on the wrong track, and could end up f'ing up my device altogether. I'm from Croatia so I downloaded the 5.0.1 EU version .zip from here: (can't post link, just search htcdev downloads, it's the first one).
I hate opening new threads because I'm sure someone has already had the problems I'm having, but I just can't keep searching the web for hours on end trying to find a solution. Forgive me for this guys, and please help a poor noob in need if you can.

Could you please post your device info? (Make sure to delete serialno. and imei!)
To get your device info, you'll need to make sure all drivers are up-to-date.(HTC Sync, Java and ADB)
After installing,
- Navigate to ADB folder and click on any free space while holding the shift Key
- Choose 'Open command window here'
- Once cmd is started use this command
Code:
fastboot devices
and check if your device is listed, then type
Code:
fastboot getvar all
and copy/paste code here.

nukaru said:
Could you please post your device info? (Make sure to delete serialno. and imei!)
To get your device info, you'll need to make sure all drivers are up-to-date.(HTC Sync, Java and ADB)
After installing,
- Navigate to ADB folder and click on any free space while holding the shift Key
- Choose 'Open command window here'
- Once cmd is started use this command
Code:
fastboot devices
and check if your device is listed, then type
Code:
fastboot getvar all
and copy/paste code here.
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Oh great, you're from Germany, so you have an EU 816 too. It's an a5ul just like yours. I'll send the full info text as soon as i install SDK tools completely.
I noticed that in your guide you first flash the stock ROM, and only then lock the bootloader. In the guide I found it said to first lock the bootloader, and then flash the stock ROM. So right now, I have a locked bootloader and CWM recovery I can't get into. Is this going to be a problem?

No, you first flash the stock recovery, then relock bootloader. And if your flashed recovery works you flash the RUU.

running fastboot devices does literally nothing, just sends me to the next line.
running adb devices, on the other hand, lists my device.
great, so I messed up there. do you know how I can fix it?

Are you able to boot into fastboot USB? Have you tried the fastboot getvar all comand?
If yes, first you need to flash the stock recovery and check if the flash was a success. If you can get into recovery without any errors, relock bootloader and place the RUU file on sd-card. Boot to bootloader again and the flashing should start on its own.

nukaru said:
Are you able to boot into fastboot USB? Have you tried the fastboot getvar all comand?
If yes, first you need to flash the stock recovery and check if the flash was a success. If you can get into recovery without any errors, relock bootloader and place the RUU file on sd-card. Boot to bootloader again and the flashing should start on its own.
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I managed to get the getvar command to work: here's the info
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb reboot bootloader
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.101.111011.20.0123
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: *
(bootloader) imei: *
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: a5_ul
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8226
(bootloader) modelid: 0P9C20000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__032
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 09813c97
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.054s

The files from my guide should work with your device.

so it doesn't matter that my bootloader is now locked? I can just follow your guide and it should work?

Have you flashed stock recovery BEFORE locking bootloader? You have to install stock recovery or the RUU won't flash. It's all in the guide.

No, i didn't. I locked the bootloader and then tried to flash the stock RUU. That's the problem.
I wish I'd seen your guide before I did anything. I assume trying to flash anything now won't work, and that I'll have to unlock the bootloader again?

edofot said:
No, i didn't. I locked the bootloader and then tried to flash the stock RUU. That's the problem.
I wish I'd seen your guide before I did anything. I assume trying to flash anything now won't work, and that I'll have to unlock the bootloader again?
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Did you type this before flashing the RUU?
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU

Nope. I tried to flash the RUU with fastboot flash ... .zip but it just said: waiting for device; and nothing happened. So I'll try the rebootRUU command when I get home from classes.

You need to flash the stock recovery, otherwise you won't be able to flash any official RUU.
Unlock bootloader, flash stock recovery, relock bootloader and flash RUU.
The command won't work, since you have a custom recovery. You need to get rid of that first.

nukaru said:
You need to flash the stock recovery, otherwise you won't be able to flash any official RUU.
Unlock bootloader, flash stock recovery, relock bootloader and flash RUU.
The command won't work, since you have a custom recovery. You need to get rid of that first.
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I unlocked the bootloader, and did everything your guide said. Everything worked perfectly.
I just have a problem right now flashing the 0P9CIMG.zip. I can't flash it over the computer (it says the data length is too large or something similar), and I can't move it to sd-card on my phone. I tried moving other files and other .zip files, and that works. I tried redownloading from mega.nz, nothing. I'm thinking the .zip gets corrupted when downloading. Can you maybe re-upload it or send it to me through a different medium?

edofot said:
I unlocked the bootloader, and did everything your guide said. Everything worked perfectly.
I just have a problem right now flashing the 0P9CIMG.zip. I can't flash it over the computer (it says the data length is too large or something similar), and I can't move it to sd-card on my phone. I tried moving other files and other .zip files, and that works. I tried redownloading from mega.nz, nothing. I'm thinking the .zip gets corrupted when downloading. Can you maybe re-upload it or send it to me through a different medium?
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Use this HTC mini-SDK

Gibz97 said:
Use this HTC mini-SDK
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Tried it.
Stumped by this:
Code:
C:\Users\Korisnik\Desktop\HTC mini SDK>fastboot flash zip 0P9CIMG.zip
sending 'zip'... (51060 KB) OKAY
sending time = 2.709 secs
writing 'zip'... (bootloader) adopting the signature contained in this image...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILnot allowed
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
Execution time is 7(s)

edofot said:
Tried it.
Stumped by this:
Code:
C:\Users\Korisnik\Desktop\HTC mini SDK>fastboot flash zip 0P9CIMG.zip
sending 'zip'... (51060 KB) OKAY
sending time = 2.709 secs
writing 'zip'... (bootloader) adopting the signature contained in this image...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILnot allowed
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
Execution time is 7(s)
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First type this. It will reboot phone into a black screen with a silver HTC logo:
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
then type:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
then type:
Code:
fastboot flash zip 0P9CIMG.zip

Sorry, I was looking for an sd-card adapter, I wasn't here.
Update: Moved the 09PCIMG.zip to the sd-card successfully this time and am flashing the img now from sd-card! Seems to be going well so far.

Success
Finally! Did it, works like a charm.
I'm still amazed by how fast the phone really is when it's stock.
Viele Dank, @nukaru, du wärst eine sehr grosse hilfe. Wenn du nach Kroatien kommst, melde mich an, du hast ein Bier und/oder Kaffe von mich (at least I tried, even without google translate)
Thank you too @Gibz97, really appreciate the effort.
If anyone reading this has the same questions I had, just follow nukaru's guide, it has all you need to know. If you have an A5_UL, it's gonna work.

Htc one m8 unable to find correct firmware and rom

THANKS IN ADVANCE
hi being long period user of android phone still facing many problems to get OTA update on my phone. I was excited about my phone HTC one M8 and wanted to install OTA update there was not any software update option in my phone and than i ran for internet search spent regular three days to find correct firmware get back to stock which totally different from samsung phones. I gone through all the the threads and option provided on internet tried to get back to stock. I need help of professional
who can sort out this problem. HTC PHONE IS NOW BOOTLOADER LOCKED S-OFF KITKAT INSTALLED SUPERCID software number 1.54.651.8
PLEASE GIVE LINK TO GET STOCK RECOVERY AND HOW TO INSTALL OR FLASH IT.
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.05.20.0321_2
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 1.54.651.8
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: ***********
(bootloader) imei: ***********
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: **************
(bootloader) product: m8_whl
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B70000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 8a0f02ff
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.094s

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2729173
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THANKS ckpv5 I WILL GIVE YOU WHOLE INFO. ABOUT MY PROBLEM
As i changed my MID and flashed wrong zip of HTC europe rom on HTC SPRINT which drained everything including my custom TWRP. I was totally new to HTC totally messed up everything. its been more than five days my phone had stuck at hboot screen i know you guy are genius can save my hundard of BUCKs as its new phone bought 15 days ago it was rooted.
I WAS TRYING TO INSTALL SPRINT FIRMWARE TOO BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY FLASHED THAT FIRMWARE ACCORDING TO EUROPE ROM. NOW THE PROBLEM IS THAT I AM UNABLE TO FLASH FIRMWARE DUE TO CHANGED MID (talked earlier) CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO.

Do you still have TWRP installed ?
If no, install one
If yes,
Boot to TWRP recovery, select mount - system
open command prompt from your adb/fastboot folder then run command
adb shell
then this code
Code:
echo -ne '\x30\x00\x50\x00\x36\x00\x42\x00\x37\x00\x30\x00\x30\x00\x30\x00\x30' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 bs=1 seek=16384
Make sure you copy the code, not write it yourself
then exit
then select reboot - bootloader
then run
fastboot getvar mid
you should see your mid now read 0P6B70000
(you don't need "su" command)
Now you can install Sprint RUU - http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-sprint/news/
or check those in Sprint section that I linked above
Note : You will get your device running again but you maybe lost the 3G/4G and only can get 2G. Reason is you flashed wrong radio meant for GSM on your CDMA, this usually brick the radio. If you're lucky enough, this is not happening.

ckpv5 said:
Do you still have TWRP installed ?
If no, install one
If yes,
Boot to TWRP recovery, select mount - system
open command prompt from your adb/fastboot folder then run command
adb shell
then this code
Code:
echo -ne '\x30\x00\x50\x00\x36\x00\x42\x00\x37\x00\x30\x00\x30\x00\x30\x00\x30' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 bs=1 seek=16384
Make sure you copy the code, not write it yourself
then exit
then select reboot - bootloader
then run
fastboot getvar mid
you should see your mid now read 0P6B70000
(you don't need "su" command)
Now you can install Sprint RUU - http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-sprint/news/
or check those in Sprint section that I linked above
Note : You will get your device running again but you maybe lost the 3G/4G and only can get 2G. Reason is you flashed wrong radio meant for GSM on your CDMA, this usually brick the radio. If you're lucky enough, this is not happening.
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this is what now comes up when i try to flash TWRP
C:\Users\USER\Desktop\fastboot_adb\fastboot_adb>fastboot flash recovery "twrp-2.8.5.0-m8_whl.img."
target reported max download size of 1826418688 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16086 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.501s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.516s
i'm brain dead nothing works SUGGEST SOMETHING
EVEN UNABLE TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER NOW

You can't fastboot flash recovery while the bootloader is locked/relocked.
You need a microSD.
Download the 0P6BIMG.zip that I posted here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67526388&postcount=387
No need to worry what OS it is written for now, it will get fixed when you install RUU.
Place the 0P6BIMG.zip on root of microSD (means not in any folder)
Then put your phone on hboot, it will scan the file. Volume up to update (install). Once done, it will ask you to reboot but you know that your device is bootlooping, just put the device on bootloader (remove the microSD to delete the 0P6BIMG.zip)
Now you can boot to TWRP recovery and do the rest as described above.

ckpv5 said:
You can't fastboot flash recovery while the bootloader is locked/relocked.
You need a microSD.
Download the 0P6BIMG.zip that I posted here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67526388&postcount=387
No need to worry what OS it is written for now, it will get fixed when you install RUU.
Place the 0P6BIMG.zip on root of microSD (means not in any folder)
Then put your phone on hboot, it will scan the file. Volume up to update (install). Once done, it will ask you to reboot but you know that your device is bootlooping, just put the device on bootloader (remove the microSD to delete the 0P6BIMG.zip)
Now you can boot to TWRP recovery and do the rest as described above.
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:fingers-crossed: Thanks man you are really great now these are the outcomes
C:\Users\USER\Desktop\fastboot_adb\fastboot_adb>fastboot getvar mid
mid: 0P6B70000
finished. total time: -0.000s
Now it want follow your command give me further steps. Thanks Again
Moreover, i made mistake that i also had flashed firmware file according to htc europe rom. Now which one should choose.

Doesn't matter about the firmware now .. just install RUU.
That was the guide written above.
1. Change MID
2. Install RUU exe that is linked above.
Make sure you have windows PC with usb2.0 and the latest htc usb drivers are installed.
HTC USB drivers - Install HTC Sync Manager - http://www.htc.com/us/support/software/htc-sync-manager.aspx
- it will install the needed drivers then uninstall the HTC Sync Manager but leave the drivers.
Or you can use RUU zip
0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_6.20.651.3_RUU.zip that you can get in Sprint thread.
Rename it to 0P6BIMG.zip and install the same way as you installed TWRP above (microSD method)

ckpv5 said:
Doesn't matter about the firmware now .. just install RUU.
That was the guide written above.
1. Change MID
2. Install RUU
Make sure you have windows PC with usb2.0 and the latest htc usb drivers are installed.
HTC USB drivers - Install HTC Sync Manager - http://www.htc.com/us/support/software/htc-sync-manager.aspx
- it will install the needed drivers then uninstall the HTC Sync Manager but leave the drivers.
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0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_6.20.651.3_RUU
sorry it could be silly but which one is right one in both of it or give the link to particular one because i am afraid don't mess anything again. Thanks man
RUU_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_6.12.1540.4

What's this RUU_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_6.12.154 0.4 got do with your device ?
All my links are referred to RUU 6.20.651.3 on post #2, #4 & #8

ckpv5 said:
What's this RUU_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_6.12.154 0.4 got do with your device ?
All my links are referred to 6.20.651.3 on post #2, #4 & #8
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Sorry bro i sent you by mistake i got it i will flash 0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_6.20.651.3_RUU file through HBOOT and i will post the outcome whatever there will be but you are great. You saved me. Thanks a lot bro
It says that Device halted due large image update file
What do you suggest now.

Then install 6.20.651.3 Signed Full Firmware first, see whether it can be installed.
Rename it to 0P6BIMG.zip and install it microSD method. If successful then install RUU.
(This is the problem .. I don't have Sprint device, unable to test)

ckpv5 said:
Then install 6.20.651.3 Signed Full Firmware first, see whether it can be installed.
Rename it to 0P6BIMG.zip and install it microSD method. If successful then install RUU.
(This is the problem .. I don't have Sprint device, unable to test)
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There is another problem occured i flashed signed firmware now phone only shows the HTC logo and unable to restart what should do now???

Was the firmware installation successful ? This is important.
When you reboot, there is no OS, you need to put back to bootloader then install RUU.
(Same way after you installed TWRP before)
I think this is easier.. instead of going to Marsmallow, install the lollipop first just to get your phone up & running.
Install this 0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_4.25.651.18_RUU.zip, for this you don't need to install firmware.
Once successful, then you can try again to install Marshmallow 0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_6.20.651.3_RUU.zip but
you need to install 6.20.651.3 Firmware first.

ckpv5 said:
Was the firmware installation successful ? This is important.
When you reboot, there is no OS, you need to put back to bootloader then install RUU.
(Same way after you installed TWRP before)
I think this is easier.. instead of going to Marsmallow, install the lollipop first just to get your phone up & running.
Install this 0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_4.25.651.18_RUU.zip, for this you don't need to install firmware.
Once successful, then you can try again to install Marshmallow 0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_6.20.651.3_RUU.zip but
you need to install 6.20.651.3 Firmware first.
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Thanks man we made it IT IS FINALLY WORKING you are really great Man this info will HELP SOMEONE AS WELL..

Great ..
Now I can sleep well.. it's 1.00 am here... good night

ckpv5 said:
Great ..
Now I can sleep well.. it's 1.00 am here... good night
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Thanks you spent much time to solve my problem rest of the phone is working fine and it shows one error of something that attached a screenshot also attached screenshot of networks please tell there is 3g and 4g Thank you great man
There is also portable wifi hotspot is missed. Need help where to find it.

karamghumaan said:
There is also portable wifi hotspot is missed. Need help where to find it.
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Did you find it? And how did you changed WiFi and signal status bar icon? Which htc theme did you use?
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Zile995 said:
Did you find it? And how did you changed WiFi and signal status bar icon? Which htc theme did you use?
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Hello mate No it is till missing and official theme and i also want change that icon but i couldn't find that option too. Are you able to give me that solution how i can do it. More there is activating device window at start up how can i remove that?

karamghumaan said:
Thanks you spent much time to solve my problem rest of the phone is working fine and it shows one error of something that attached a screenshot also attached screenshot of networks please tell there is 3g and 4g Thank you great man
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SO you have no cell data access?
What bands does your carrier uses for 3G and LTE (what band for each of those - they are 2 different things).
karamghumaan said:
There is also portable wifi hotspot is missed. Need help where to find it.
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Hotspot is locked out on most US carrier versions. If you don't see Hotspot as an available "tile" in the notification quick settings, and no Hotspot widget, than the feature has been disabled on your stock ROM.
Easiest way to enable Hotspot is with the proper custom ROM (supports Sprint version M8).

Getting back to stock for OTA update

Hello fellow XDA users!
I just bought my m8 and it came with Software status modified, bootloader unlocked, philz touch, S-on but Super CID.
The problem now is that i can't OTA and it is still in kitkat
So I started to work on it tonight, and I can't get it back to stock :
I have flashed TWRP, made a boot backup to create necessary folders, and downloaded a stock nandroid backup for my main version, 3.28.401.6.
Wiped the phone, restored the rom, flashed stock recovery and here in bootloader my software status is still modified, so no OTA possible.
Suppose it has something to do with superCID, but i can't modify it anymore as I'm not s-off and I don't know what is the stock CID for the phone, just bought it.
Sorry to create another boring thread about OTA updates btw, but I just can't understand what I'm doing wrong here (coming from a samsung device, but I've been reading a lot here, and still no luck about my situation.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376 this is the thread where I downloaded the Nandroid, if it has any importance... It is the one rooted but which has apparently no effect on OTA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/general/official-ruu1-55-605-2-t2883845 this seems interesting as I could maybe flash a RUU of same version to become unmodified but i'll ask you before doing anything stupid
Thank you all for your future answers
EDIT : Here are info from getvar all if you need (removed serialno and imei)
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.21.21331147A1.19_2G
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 3.28.401.6
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m8_ul
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B13000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: df77f8b7
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.007s

WoBble12 said:
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B13000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) security: on
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With the above current CID/MID ... you can only update to Marshmallow either with T-MOB US RUU or Developer Edition RUU as both work on MID 0P6B13000
You current software 3.28.401.6 won't do any good as that is workable for OTA when your MID is 0P6B10000
So if you want a EU version, you need to spend USD25 to S-Off the device, else just go for Developer Edition RUU.
Step 1 : install 6.12.1540.4 firmware
You can get the firmware and how-to : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60218734&postcount=5
Step 2 : install 6.12.1540.4 RUU
Download : http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8/news/

Ok, thank you for the quick reply!
I was mistaken by the back plate of the device saying OP6B100, so didn't verify the mid in the adb log...
Now for a few questions, what are the differences between the dev version and the European one? Anything related to getting signal or something?
If I just update fw and rom with your two links, it will work even with my software status says "modified"? And Will it change back to official status?
Are updates going to be better if I go s-off and european again or is it the exact same version?

1. I don't see any significant difference with EU and Dev Ed except the obvious radio config.
But both worked fine for me in Asia region.
2. You should get the official status.
3. I don't see a point to S-Off as there is no more further OTA offered by HTC.
Once you updated to Marshmallow, you can always unlock the bootloader and install any custom ROM that you like. Most important is to have Marshmallow firmware (or at least Lollipop), doesn't matter whether it is EU or Dev Ed.

Ok, thanks again for the replies! Will try dev software, and if it doesn't work I'll pay for s-off

Ok so... I tried to update firmware, followed the tutorial, but i'm stuck at flashing the RUU. I went to the link you sent me, downloaded the 1.4 GB file, and now I have a zip file and a .exe file. The .exe will just start, say me it installs installshield, ask me to agree with the terms of licence, and close.
So I searched a bit, and i tried to flash the RUU as I did for the firmware, but now rebooting just leads me to a black screen, and the RUU fails.
please tell me what I did wrong so I can fix it.
Here is the ADB output :
C:\adb>fastboot flash zip RUU.zip
target reported max download size of 1826418688 bytes
sending 'zip' (1217690 KB)...
OKAY [ 34.178s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 79.165s

You can't use generic fastboot.exe to flash the RUU.zip, you need to use htc_fastboot.exe
Read this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64926626&postcount=6
but use your RUU.zip (not the one in the guide)

sorry to bother for this but what is my RUU.zip you are talking about?
And i've tried with HTC fastboot and no luck neither...

You mentioned these above
C:\adb>fastboot flash zip RUU.zip
target reported max download size of 1826418688 bytes
sending 'zip' (1217690 KB)...
OKAY [ 34.178s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 79.165s​
So I thought that you have a RUU zip.
Since you can't run RUU.exe (due to either USB2.0 is not available or lack of HTC USB Drivers and some Microsoft files in your PC), you can do this :
Run the RUU.exe, when it opens where you can see the dialog box for you to accept agreement ..
Open your windows temp folder ( in windows run dialog, type %temp% )
You'll see two newly created folder, one of them has a file named rom.zip
Copy this rom.zip to your fastboot folder ... this is your RUU.zip
Can you post your current fastboot getvar result ? Need to see that you successfully installed the firmware.zip

ckpv5 said:
You mentioned these above
C:\adb>fastboot flash zip RUU.zip
target reported max download size of 1826418688 bytes
sending 'zip' (1217690 KB)...
OKAY [ 34.178s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 79.165s​
So I thought that you have a RUU zip.
Since you can't run RUU.exe (due to either USB2.0 is not available or lack of HTC USB Drivers and some Microsoft files in your PC), you can do this :
Run the RUU.exe, when it opens where you can see the dialog box for you to accept agreement ..
Open your windows temp folder ( in windows run dialog, type %temp% )
You'll see two newly created folder, one of them has a file named rom.zip
Copy this rom.zip to your fastboot folder ... this is your RUU.zip
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Ok, just saw this at the moment on another thread, was going to try with the %temp% method, the command you made bold was the RUU_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_6.12.1540.4.zip file that I renamed to be able to flash it more easily lol, what a noob I am ^^ so i'm going to extract this rom.zip and flash it, hope it works now! all fastboot commands have to be replaced with "htc fastboot" now, or only the flashing one?
Once again, thank you! (Using the thanks button at each of your posts too, don't worry )
yes, I verified in bootloader it says OS-6.12.1540.4 !!! Win! now just estracting the Rom from the temp folder!

htc_fastboot only when flashing RUU.zip
Another method to install the RUU.zip once you copied out the rom.zip from Windows Temp folder.
1. rename the rom.zip to 0P6BIMG.zip
2. place it on root of your microsd (which is formatted to fat32)
3. boot to bootloader and select hboot
4. it will scan the file and ask whether you want to update
5. volume up to update and leave it to do its stuff until it is completed and ask you to reboot
6. after reboot, remove that 0P6BIMG.zip from your microsd (so it won't ask you again to update whenever you boot to bootloader/hboot)

ckpv5 said:
htc_fastboot only when flashing RUU.zip
Another method to install the RUU.zip once you copied out the rom.zip from Windows Temp folder.
1. rename the rom.zip to 0P6BIMG.zip
2. place it on root of your microsd (which is formatted to fat32)
3. boot to bootloader and select hboot
4. it will scan the file and ask whether you want to update
5. volume up to update and leave it to do its stuff until it is completed and ask you to reboot
6. after reboot, remove that 0P6BIMG.zip from your microsd (so it won't ask you again to update whenever you boot to bootloader/hboot)
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I've done the 1st method, and now after a flash that went well, i'm stuck in bootloader, with os version bein written in red and showing two times the version number, second one in parenthesis.
Instead of having options to power down etc, I only have a orange RUU option which is selected but I can't validate with power button, and in ADB I did command to reboot to bootloader but not doing anything now...

When in RUU mode, you don't use adb .. use fastboot
fastboot reboot-bootloader
When you have OS written in red, that's usually means the firmware is not correctly installed.
Try to get to fastboot with the above command then reinstall firmware.zip

ckpv5 said:
When in RUU mode, you don't use adb .. use fastboot
fastboot reboot-bootloader
When you have OS written in red, that's usually means the firmware is not correctly installed.
Try to get to fastboot with the above command then reinstall firmware.zip
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C:\adb>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 8.033s
that's what I get...
And in bootloader actually I only have the variables and the "RUU" option highlighted in orange :/

Connect to PC so you can hear the connect/disconnect sound
Press & hold both power & volume up till you hear the disconnect sound
Release both button and press & hold volume down button, this should get you to hboot
(remove the microsd first as you have the RUU zip there)
that's what I get...
And in bootloader actually I only have the variables and the "RUU" option highlighted in orange​
Can you use the power button to select it to get to RUU mode then fastboot reboot-bootloader or press & hold buttons method ?

ckpv5 said:
Connect to PC so you can hear the connect/disconnect sound
Press & hold both power & volume up till you hear the disconnect sound
Release both button and press & hold volume down button, this should get you to hboot
(remove the microsd first as you have the RUU zip there)
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I don't have the rom on micro sd for the moment, but just disconnected and reconnected to PC, now I'm on the RUU screen with the green bar being completed but not doing anything. Should I try to re launch a command line and reflash the rom.zip?

WoBble12 said:
I don't have the rom one micro sd for the moment, but just disconnected and reconnected to PC, now I'm on the RUU screen with the green bar being completed but not doing anything. Should I try to re launch a command line and reflash the rom.zip?
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Run command fastboot reboot-bootloader
to get to bootloader
check the OS now written in red or green
if red, reflash firmware.zip not rom/RUU.zip
if green .. just reboot and wait for awhile and see how it goes.
if it is stuck after 10 minutes .. reflash RUU/rom zip

I'm now on marshmallow! Tastes sweet lol!
Can't test the signal at the moment as I have to cut my micro SD to the right size, and I have no time for it. I will do this tomorrow , and reply back here to say if it worked. Anyway, couldn't have done this without you so big thanks for this and big thanks to all the XDA community!

WoBble12 said:
....I have to cut my micro SD to the right size....
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Hehe .. I believe you wanted to say to cut SIM card, not microSD
Great to know you managed to update.

Yes of course, simcard ^^
So I can now say that the phone is working and I have signal through my card.
Only weird thing is that after installing a few apps, system is taking up 8+ gig's of storage, which seems really big to me. But hey, it's a 32gig's one so I'm not afraid