EDIT: After running this "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" the phone now boots up. The downloaded apps are still there but the userdata partition seems to have been wiped. I'm not sure how flashing a recovery partition wipes the userdata partition but I'm not looking for a way to get the phone to present itself as a Mass Storage Device so I can at least try and use recovery software retrieve as much of the lost data as I can.
Hey guys, long term reader of XDA, first time poster.
I have a friend's HTC One X which just stopped booting up past the HTC Quietly Brilliant logo screen. I am able to get into Recovery mode and doing a "fastboot devices" lists my device. However my friend has many photos on this phone, some of which are of a deceased relative and I'd really like to retrieve the photos if I can.
It's S-ON as I believe there isn't an exploit to go S-OFF yet so my options are likely limited. I've downloaded the most recent RUU file (RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.14.401.27_Radio_5.1204.162.29_release_298897_signed) but I'm pretty sure this will repartition the phone and delete the photos.
Is there any way I can retrieve the photos? Will the RUU wipe the photos? Is there any other way to get the phone to boot up again?
It would mean so much to me and my friend if there is a solution.
Many thanks,
Rob
Robula said:
Hey guys, long term reader of XDA, first time poster.
I have a friend's HTC One X which just stopped booting up past the HTC Quietly Brilliant logo screen. I am able to get into Recovery mode and doing a "fastboot devices" lists my device. However my friend has many photos on this phone, some of which are of a deceased relative and I'd really like to retrieve the photos if I can.
It's S-ON as I believe there isn't an exploit to go S-OFF yet so my options are likely limited. I've downloaded the most recent RUU file (RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.14.401.27_Radio_5.1204.162.29_release_298897_signed) but I'm pretty sure this will repartition the phone and delete the photos.
Is there any way I can retrieve the photos? Will the RUU wipe the photos? Is there any other way to get the phone to boot up again?
It would mean so much to me and my friend if there is a solution.
Many thanks,
Rob
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I dont know about ruu that it will wipe or not. But you can mount sd from the recovery and go to folder DCIM where you can find all photos.
manikdhir said:
I dont know about ruu that it will wipe or not. But you can mount sd from the recovery and go to folder DCIM where you can find all photos.
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Thank you for the suggestion. However, I can not find the option to mount SD card storage... Could you please elaborate?
My options in recovery made are:
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET (I assume this will wipe photos too?)
SIMLOCK
SHOW BARCODE
IMAGE CRC
Robula said:
Thank you for the suggestion. However, I can not find the option to mount SD card storage... Could you please elaborate?
My options in recovery made are:
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET (I assume this will wipe photos too?)
SIMLOCK
SHOW BARCODE
IMAGE CRC
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Can you plz tell me which recovery are you using.
manikdhir said:
Can you plz tell me which recovery are you using.
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HBOOT... Though just tried TWRP as suggested by this guy on another forum... I then went to Recovery and then moments later it just booted straight back into Android! I only intsalled TWRP and it's completely fixed the issue!
Download the TWRP recovery instead of clockworkmod one.
This recovery will let you mount the SD card to copy the ROM file to the phone.
Boot the phone into the Hboot, then go to fastboot.
If you downloaded the ARHD flash file, you have pretty much all you need when you unpack this. There should be a "Flash windows.bat" or something like that, simply run it, and it'll put the boot.img on your phone.
It just uses the command: "fastboot flash boot <filename>.img"
Now to put the TWRP recovery on your phone, use the following:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
(Obviously with whatever your version of the twrp.img file is called.)
Reboot the phone into recovery, and you should now be able to mount the SD card, copy the rom across, wipe the caches, and system, install the rom, wipe the caches again, and reboot into ARHD 9.7.2
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EDIT: The photos are gone... Gallery is completely empty... #%^£$$34!
Robula said:
HBOOT... Though just tried TWRP as suggested by this guy on another forum... I then went to Recovery and then moments later it just booted straight back into Android! I only intsalled TWRP and it's completely fixed the issue!
EDIT: The photos are gone... Gallery is completely empty... #%^£$$34!
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Did you check the DCIM folder?
manikdhir said:
Did you check the DCIM folder?
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I did. I have a feeling that my friend may have tried a Factory Reset from HBOOT herself. Although strangely, all her apps are installed. I guess there's no recovery method on this phone? Is there anything I can do?
Robula said:
I did. I have a feeling that my friend may have tried a Factory Reset from HBOOT herself. Although strangely, all her apps are installed. I guess there's no recovery method on this phone? Is there anything I can do?
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Is there mp3 files in the music player?
manikdhir said:
Is there mp3 files in the music player?
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No. If I go into the MTP device in Windows Explorer I have Internal Storage saying "25.2GB free of 25.2GB" which is really not a good sign. I'm just wondering how I would at least run a recovery program on this such as Recuva in hope to retrieve the lost data.
EDIT: If I could just work out how to get the USB mode to Mass Storage then I'd be able to do a scan... Any idea how to do this?
Robula said:
No. If I go into the MTP device in Windows Explorer I have Internal Storage saying "25.2GB free of 25.2GB" which is really not a good sign. I'm just wondering how I would at least run a recovery program on this such as Recuva in hope to retrieve the lost data.
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I think that your frnd has done the factory reset.
manikdhir said:
I think that your frnd has done the factory reset.
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Well. Thanks for all your help. Too bad I have to be the bearer of bad news!
If anyone knows how to ADB to a One X or knows how to expose the internal storage as a Mass Storage Device then please reply! At least then I can try a recovery program. Thanks.
Was the phone already unlocked ? Or did you unlock the bootloader at the time you wanted to use a recovery to be able to retrieve the photos ?
A first time unlock of the bootloader will delete indeed everything, also sdcard. A factory reset does not delete the sdcard. Tried it myself a couple of weeks ago !
Robula said:
No. If I go into the MTP device in Windows Explorer I have Internal Storage saying "25.2GB free of 25.2GB" which is really not a good sign. I'm just wondering how I would at least run a recovery program on this such as Recuva in hope to retrieve the lost data.
EDIT: If I could just work out how to get the USB mode to Mass Storage then I'd be able to do a scan... Any idea how to do this?
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You will have to install a custom rom if you want UMS... If you want it on stock rom, then you need to have root access... There's a thread here on XDA but I don't know the link of it... tried searching but can't find it anywhere... strange!
Mr Hofs said:
Was the phone already unlocked ? Or did you unlock the bootloader at the time you wanted to use a recovery to be able to retrieve the photos ?
A first time unlock of the bootloader will delete indeed everything, also sdcard. A factory reset does not delete the sdcard. Tried it myself a couple of weeks ago !
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No. This was a complete stock phone. Nothing was ever done to with to modify it.
vin4yak said:
You will have to install a custom rom if you want UMS... If you want it on stock rom, then you need to have root access... There's a thread here on XDA but I don't know the link of it... tried searching but can't find it anywhere... strange!
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I can use fastboot to flash a custom firmware without S-OFF right? Is there even a method of enabling S-OFF and gaining root access on stock ROM? The UMS support would be what I need.
So you unlocked it and then tried to retrieve the pictures, am i right ?
Then its lost because unlocking the bootloader wipes everything including sdcard.
Mr Hofs said:
So you unlocked it and then tried to retrieve the pictures, am i right ?
Then its lost because unlocking the bootloader wipes everything including sdcard.
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Please excuse me for my lack of knowledge of HTC phones. When you say "unlock", I assume that means to root the phone; to root the phone you need to have S-OFF before you can even flash a new bootloader.
The only this I did was was "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" from http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/95. This didn't actually change my recovery from HBOOT, it still boots to HBOOT when holding Power+Volume Down (I realise why now because it says on that page "You must be S-OFF or have taken HTC's unlock to use a recovery on your device!"). The phone is S-ON so techinally it didn't really do anything...?
You can unlock the bootloader (not to s-off, not possible as if now) but in unlocked state you can flash recoverys and flashing a recovery with a locked bootloader will also fail.
Did you unlock the bootloader via the htcdev website ? And then flash a custom recovery ?
Mr Hofs said:
You can unlock the bootloader (not to s-off, not possible as if now) but in unlocked state you can flash recoverys and flashing a recovery with a locked bootloader will also fail.
Did you unlock the bootloader via the htcdev website ? And then flash a custom recovery ?
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I was actually going to do this so in hope that I could flash CWM and then mount the SD card via USB through the CWM recovery, but I got as far as typing "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" which failed with an error so I stopped there.
I think I've missed something here. I still have my CMD prompt open and looked up to see exactly what happened:
C:\Users\Rob\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>fas
tboot.exe flash recovery "..\..\..\openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-endeavoru.img"
sending 'recovery' (6788 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.955s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.161s
So it actually failed the flash (because the phone is S-ON I guess). Yet this somehow kickstarted the phone and it now boots up flawlessly.
Flashing fail is not due to s-off but because the bootloader is probably still locked. You can check that on the bootloader screen.
But unlocking wipes the whole phone so you lose the pictures at that point anyway
Mr Hofs said:
Flashing fail is not due to s-off but because the bootloader is probably still locked. You can check that on the bootloader screen.
But unlocking wipes the whole phone so you lose the pictures at that point anyway
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I took a picture to show the details (see attached).
So I'm not able to mount the SD as UMS to run recovery software without unlocking the bootloader, flashing a new recovery and then flashing a custom ROM?
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Upgrading to ARHD 6.1.0, it didn't like it, stuck on splash screen (waited 30 mins twice)
Tried to get ARHD 6.0.0 back onto my SD Card, wasn't recognised in windows from recovery.
Tried a few clockworkmod recoveries, modaco and finally out of sheer desperation I tried HTC Stock recovery. That was a mistake.
Now SD card says (No Files Found) when trying to access it and I can't get a recovery to mount it right for windows.
What are my options, can I use adb push to get a ROM onto my phone?
Bootloader is fine, recovery is fine except mounting the SD card.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ignition75 said:
Upgrading to ARHD 6.1.0, it didn't like it, stuck on splash screen (waited 30 mins twice)
Tried to get ARHD 6.0.0 back onto my SD Card, wasn't recognised in windows from recovery.
Tried a few clockworkmod recoveries, modaco and finally out of sheer desperation I tried HTC Stock recovery. That was a mistake.
Now SD card says (No Files Found) when trying to access it and I can't get a recovery to mount it right for windows.
What are my options, can I use adb push to get a ROM onto my phone?
Bootloader is fine, recovery is fine except mounting the SD card.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Ok best option is to download the RUU for your device, boot into Fastboot-USB and run the RUU.
Go back to stock and then start from scratch. If your device hangs at the boot screen again after flashing ARHD then run fastboot erase cache.
If you can get into fastboot just reflash the latest CWM and then use that to add the ROM file back to your phone
Or, relock the bootloader and flash the RUU you downloaded as a backup before flashing a custom ROM
SD card wiped and not being recognised by windows.
How do I get the RUU onto the sd card?
Or can I push it onto the device in fastboot?
dr9722 said:
Ok best option is to download the RUU for your device, boot into Fastboot-USB and run the RUU.
Go back to stock and then start from scratch. If your device hangs at the boot screen again after flashing ARHD then run fastboot erase cache.
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I use fastboot erase cache whenever I flash boot or recovery.
Ignition75 said:
SD card wiped and not being recognised by windows.
How do I get the RUU onto the sd card?
Or can I push it onto the device in fastboot?
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You run the ruu from your pc with you phone connected in fastboot usb
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
bogfather said:
You run the ruu from your pc with you phone connected in fastboot usb
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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Too easy, thanks.
Do I need to fastboot oem lock first?
Ignition75 said:
Too easy, thanks.
Do I need to fastboot oem lock first?
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As Eddy said...just go to the CWM Thread and download the lastest CWM recovery.
Since a few days its possible to mount the sd card in recovery, which wasnt before.
flash it then go to recovery->mounts and storage: mount usb mass storage
and windows should recognize your phone sd card.
No need to flash a RUU.
When you flash a rom, ensure that you always flash the provided boot.img and fastboot erase cache.
j4n87 said:
As Eddy said...just go to the CWM Thread and download the lastest CWM recovery.
Since a few days its possible to mount the sd card in recovery, which wasnt before.
flash it then go to recovery->mounts and storage: mount usb mass storage
and windows should recognize your phone sd card.
No need to flash a RUU.
When you flash a rom, ensure that you always flash the provided boot.img and fastboot erase cache.
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I've tried the latest CWM recovery, on more than one occasion.
I flashed the correct boot.img as well.
Yes I'm using fastboot erase cache.
Ignition75 said:
I've tried the latest CWM recovery, on more than one occasion.
I flashed the correct boot.img as well.
Yes I'm using fastboot erase cache.
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Your signature still shows the old version - latest is here and only came out last Saturday...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594819
EddyOS said:
Your signature still shows the old version - latest is here and only came out last Saturday...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594819
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I've tried the new version, just haven't updated my signature.
CWM auto updated for me when it came out and I've done it in fastboot as well.
It's a real bugger this one, I'm trying new USB drivers.
Didn't realise HTC Stock recovery would wipe my SD card
It doesn't, you've done that yourself (or if you relocked and unlocked the bootloader it'll wipe it)
EddyOS said:
It doesn't, you've done that yourself (or if you relocked and unlocked the bootloader it'll wipe it)
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No I didn't relock the bootloader.
I don't remember formatting the SD card in CWM.
I thought I was being fairly careful.
I've just installed new USB drivers, I'll wait for the RUU to finish downloading before I reboot and try to mount one last time.
Thx for your help mate.
The RUU is the easiest way to reload everything, so long as you've got the right RUU
EddyOS said:
The RUU is the easiest way to reload everything, so long as you've got the right RUU
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Installed new drivers, rebooted, didn't help.
Still can't mount the SD card, this is a real nasty one.
Going down the RUU path.
Just waiting for battery to get to 30%, a bit worried the screen wont go off lol, charging may be slow.
Ignition75 said:
Installed new drivers, rebooted, didn't help.
Still can't mount the SD card, this is a real nasty one.
Going down the RUU path.
Just waiting for battery to get to 30%, a bit worried the screen wont go off lol, charging may be slow.
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I'd let the phone charge up more than 30% just incase.
Don't forget to install stock recovery before you use the ruu
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
bogfather said:
I'd let the phone charge up more than 30% just incase.
Don't forget to install stock recovery before you use the ruu
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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Ahhh, nice one, will do.
Thanks for that.
What's the total charge time you wreckon for the One X? Phone just died, plugged it in and the orange light stopped flashing and went to solid, so it's now accepting charge.
Ignition75 said:
Ahhh, nice one, will do.
Thanks for that.
What's the total charge time you wreckon for the One X? Phone just died, plugged it in and the orange light stopped flashing and went to solid, so it's now accepting charge.
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Leave it going for a couple of hours, that should charge it to about 70%
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bogfather said:
Leave it going for a couple of hours, that should charge it to about 70%
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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Oh man, the damn thing turned on again, wish these things would stay off when in bootloader mode.
Cheers for that.
Found the issue, I was installing ROM updates at the same time as the ROM.
Problem is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27133594&postcount=10750
Which I hadn't done an oem lock now lol...
Hi guys!
Some short questions, is it still necessary to use htvdev.com to unlock the bootloader? And is it already possible to flash the radio.img directly via fastboot?
Dr. MaRV said:
Hi guys!
Some short questions, is it still necessary to use htvdev.com to unlock the bootloader? And is it already possible to flash the radio.img directly via fastboot?
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I have the same question. My HTC ONE X is stuck on flight mode, it's stuck on : "Turning off". This happened after i updated the official phone software a couple of days ago. I have tried everything, even factory reset. But it's still doing the same thing. Do you think flashing the radio fixes this? Is it possible without unlocking the bootloader? Because if this doesn't work, i am going to send the phone back for warrantee. I have only got this phone for 5 days.
Dr. MaRV said:
Hi guys!
Some short questions, is it still necessary to use htvdev.com to unlock the bootloader? And is it already possible to flash the radio.img directly via fastboot?
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Yes, unlocking via htcdev is the only method at the moment if your device isn't already s-off.
And you can flash radio.zip files via a custom recovery.
hispan1c said:
I have the same question. My HTC ONE X is stuck on flight mode, it's stuck on : "Turning off". This happened after i updated the official phone software a couple of days ago. I have tried everything, even factory reset. But it's still doing the same thing. Do you think flashing the radio fixes this? Is it possible without unlocking the bootloader? Because if this doesn't work, i am going to send the phone back for warrantee. I have only got this phone for 5 days.
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I know it's a pain but, you should try a factory reset, if that doesn't work I'm afraid you don't really have much choice either root and try flashing a new rom and/radio or send it out for HTC to have q look at.
Sent from my HTC One X
I had a similar problem recently on my stock One X - I had no service and my radio wouldn't turn on. I resolved it by turning off Fast boot (Settings - Power)
Lady Android said:
Yes, unlocking via htcdev is the only method at the moment if your device isn't already s-off.
And you can flash radio.zip files via a custom recovery.
I know it's a pain but, you should try a factory reset, if that doesn't work I'm afraid you don't really have much choice either root and try flashing a new rom and/radio or send it out for HTC to have q look at.
Sent from my HTC One X
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I'm wondering a similar thing; can a radio be flashed via Fastboot like you used to on older HTCs?
I have an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery but my SDcard doesn't want to mount in TWRP.
V_N said:
I'm wondering a similar thing; can a radio be flashed via Fastboot like you used to on older HTCs?
I have an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery but my SDcard doesn't want to mount in TWRP.
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No. What problem are you trying to solve with a new radio?
TWRP and CWM 5.8.4.0 should both be able to mount SD card, are you unable to find the option? Is there an error?
BenPope said:
No. What problem are you trying to solve with a new radio?
TWRP and CWM 5.8.4.0 should both be able to mount SD card, are you unable to find the option? Is there an error?
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Thought it was a bad flash. After a fresh radio + ROM via TWRP my phone wouldn't boot. Waited 30 or so minutes before performing a hard reset. After rebooting into recovery my SDcard refused to mount no matter what I tried with no way to fix it (wouldn't even wipe).
Kind of a long story but after numerous failed attempts to format it after mounting the SDcard via USB storage on different Windows and Linux machines, I used ADB to push the ROM to the data partition, mounted it as the SDcard and installed it that way. Worked like a charm and after the first boot I was able to format the corrupted SDcard and all was solved.
Hi, after attempting to flash a custom ROM to my phone I'm experiencing a big problem, the phone will not boot past the HTC screen. This is obviously very frustrating as the phone is pretty much rendered useless.
I am able to get into the HBOOT menu by holding the Power button and Volume Down and from there am able to select Recovery and enter the ClockWork Mod recovery screens. As you can tell I'm a 100% noob and I really just want to revert my phone to a working state. My network is Vodafone UK. I can't find an RUU above version 3.13 which is apparently what I have (so it tries updating 3.13 to 3.13 and obviously fails).
Any help on getting my phone to work again would be very very appreciated, thanks.
VBQ24 said:
Hi, after attempting to flash a custom ROM to my phone I'm experiencing a big problem, the phone will not boot past the HTC screen. This is obviously very frustrating as the phone is pretty much rendered useless.
I am able to get into the HBOOT menu by holding the Power button and Volume Down and from there am able to select Recovery and enter the ClockWork Mod recovery screens. As you can tell I'm a 100% noob and I really just want to revert my phone to a working state. My network is Vodafone UK. I can't find an RUU above version 3.13 which is apparently what I have (so it tries updating 3.13 to 3.13 and obviously fails).
Any help on getting my phone to work again would be very very appreciated, thanks.
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Download a ROM onto your computer, connect to your phone in recovery, mount the sdcard, move the ROM from your computer onto your phone's sdcard, and flash from recovery. No need for RUU.
Dont forget to wipe.
wipe data/factory reset and format all partitions (except sd card) from recovery.
Go to bananagranolas link in her signature, you'll find everything you need there.
Thanks a lot for your help! I was attempting to flash the JellyTime ROM which I understand must have failed to result in my phone not booting properly. Should I flash a stock ROM or will any ROM suffice?
VBQ24 said:
Thanks a lot for your help! I was attempting to flash the JellyTime ROM which I understand must have failed to result in my phone not booting properly. Should I flash a stock ROM or will any ROM suffice?
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As long as you are S-OFF and have a custom recovery (CMW or 4EXT) you are able to flash any custom rom you like. Just make sure that you make a full wipe before the flashing (wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, format system or in 4ext recovery just choose format all partitions except sdcard).
That should leave you up and running again.
Okay great!
I used the HTCDev tools to unlock my boot loader which I understand is different to S-OFF? Could that be while the ROM flashing failed originally?
EDIT: Upon trying to flash the JellyTime AKOP Rom I get a message saying install from SD card complete but it's still stuck at the HTC screen...
VBQ24 said:
Okay great!
I used the HTCDev tools to unlock my boot loader which I understand is different to S-OFF? Could that be while the ROM flashing failed originally?
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If you have an unlocked bootloder, then you have to flash the rom (previous full wipe of course) then reboot bootloader (from advanced options in CWM) and then in fastboot (you should see fastboot usb in red in the phone when plugged to the pc) you have to flash the boot.img inside the rom zip folder.
Extract that file only (not the whole rom) and from a cmd session or terminal as root (located where the boot.img file is) type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Once that is done (you will get OKAY. finished near the bottom) you can reboot normally by typing in cmd fastboot reboot or choosing reboot from hboot.
My bootloader now says RELOCKED, how can I unlock it again? (I'm really sorry about this)
VBQ24 said:
My bootloader now says RELOCKED, how can I unlock it again? (I'm really sorry about this)
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Use the token HTC sent you when u unlocked it. and typing in cmd the fastboot unlock command.
Okay done that, thanks a lot!
I'm now looking in the advanced options of CWM, I can see the option "Reboot Recovery" but no "Reboot Bootloader"?
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Okay done that, thanks a lot!
I'm now looking in the advanced options of CWM, I can see the option "Reboot Recovery" but no "Reboot Bootloader"?
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then just turn the phone off (power off option) and then boot with power + volume down
glevitan said:
then just turn the phone off (power off option) and then boot with power + volume down
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Okay, I wiped all partitions, installed JellyTime AOKP, restarted, went into fastboot, extracted/flash boot file and the rebooted phone.
The phone will now progress from the HTC screen but is now stuck on a black screen, Windows tried to install drivers but failed....
VBQ24 said:
Okay, I wiped all partitions, installed JellyTime AOKP, restarted, went into fastboot, extracted/flash boot file and the rebooted phone.
The phone will now progress from the HTC screen but is now stuck on a black screen, Windows tried to install drivers but failed....
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Was the boot.img file flashed successfully?
Yes it said so...
EDIT: Not sure if this is an issue with the ROM of if I'm doing something wrong? I went to the "mounts and storage" section of CWM and clicked all the format options accept sdcard. I then installed ROM, went into fastboot and flashed boot.img, it said OKAY twice then finished. Still stuck at black, backlit screen after HTC screen. ROM is JellyTime by randomblame.
VBQ24 said:
Yes it said so...
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that is weird. Try flashing a different rom then and see what happens. flash the boot image first and then the the rom in recovery.
glevitan said:
that is weird. Try flashing a different rom then and see what happens. flash the boot image first and then the the rom in recovery.
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I've just tried flashing the boot image first and then installing JellyTime AOKP, same black screen. Maybe I should try a Gingerbread ROM? That's the Operating system I had before, is there a known working ROM?
VBQ24 said:
I've just tried flashing the boot image first and then installing JellyTime AOKP, same black screen. Maybe I should try a Gingerbread ROM? That's the Operating system I had before, is there a known working ROM?
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Sorry, have You checked the md5sum of the file? Maybe You have a bad download...if that it Is ok, then try flashing a totally different rom and see what happens.
glevitan said:
Sorry, have You checked the md5sum of the file? Maybe You have a bad download...if that it Is ok, then try flashing a totally different rom and see what happens.
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No I haven't checked the md5sum of the file, how should I go about doing that?
VBQ24 said:
No I haven't checked the md5sum of the file, how should I go about doing that?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fab.md5
EDIT: well, don't I feel stupid. I knew full well from reading that your phone wasn't working, but posted a link to an app. Just not paying attention. Sorry about that.
VBQ24,
You can go back to stock by flashing a stock RUU from your PC.
(Edit: You should relock your bootloader first. you can do so from Hboot. There's an option that says relock bootloader or something like that)
The version of the RUU should be equal or greater to the version that came with your phone. Try this v3.13
However, if you want to flash a custom ROM:
You need to downgrade your device first, get s-off and root, then flash a custom ROM
You need to use the Advanced Ace Hack Kit (AAHK), get it from here.
Make sure to read the manual (called 'effin manual) word by word. There are instructions on how to downgrade.
Follow the instructions, and if you have any questions, ask here.
Hi guys
Seems I have failed quite epicly. Forgot the first rule of backing up first.
I fastboot oem lock'ed my One X. Then of course I had to flash a stock RUU. Which was all fine. It was then that I fastboot flashed zip PJ46IMG.zip.
Next step would be to unlock the bootloader again etc so that I can start the process of moving onto a JB rom. But I forgot unlocking a relocked bootloader will still wipe /sdcard/ right? Obviously I cannot boot into Android, it just loops. And I cannot seem to be able to mount my sdcard now using adb shell so that I can backup my sdcard contents before unlocking and getting wiped again?
Anyone got any advice?
Cheers
cloakt said:
Hi guys
Seems I have failed quite epicly. Forgot the first rule of backing up first.
I fastboot oem lock'ed my One X. Then of course I had to flash a stock RUU. Which was all fine. It was then that I fastboot flashed zip PJ46IMG.zip.
Next step would be to unlock the bootloader again etc so that I can start the process of moving onto a JB rom. But I forgot unlocking a relocked bootloader will still wipe /sdcard/ right? Obviously I cannot boot into Android, it just loops. And I cannot seem to be able to mount my sdcard now using adb shell so that I can backup my sdcard contents before unlocking and getting wiped again?
Anyone got any advice?
Cheers
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i went back to stock today just testing to see if i could do it case i need to for the official jb update i relocked bootloader flashed ruu and then unlocked it again my sd contents was not touched
cloakt said:
Hi guys
Seems I have failed quite epicly. Forgot the first rule of backing up first.
I fastboot oem lock'ed my One X. Then of course I had to flash a stock RUU. Which was all fine. It was then that I fastboot flashed zip PJ46IMG.zip.
Next step would be to unlock the bootloader again etc so that I can start the process of moving onto a JB rom. But I forgot unlocking a relocked bootloader will still wipe /sdcard/ right? Obviously I cannot boot into Android, it just loops. And I cannot seem to be able to mount my sdcard now using adb shell so that I can backup my sdcard contents before unlocking and getting wiped again?
Anyone got any advice?
Cheers
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It wont wipe your SD
it probably loops because you have a custom kernel
Just unlock your bootloader =)
strikerdj2011 said:
i went back to stock today just testing to see if i could do it case i need to for the official jb update i relocked bootloader flashed ruu and then unlocked it again my sd contents was not touched
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Thanks strikerdj2011!
Before I try.. Can anyone else reading this, or anyone following these steps, confirm that running running fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin wont wipe /mnt/sdcard storage? Sorry if I sound untrusting, just got some really important stuff on my internal sdcard
cloakt said:
Thanks strikerdj2011!
Before I try.. Can anyone else reading this, or anyone following these steps, confirm that running running fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin wont wipe /mnt/sdcard storage?
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I have done the same thing, relocked the bootloader and now I can't load anything such boot.img or any img in that matter of fact, I am stuffed and not sure what to do! try re-running the token unlock_bin but that says " sending "boot" 5242kb ..... FAILED " with any img i try and load.
Any idea's?
cheers
all!
Nevermind.
I went ahead to unlock my relocked bootloader. Lost everything
Hello,
My HTC Desire (Original) was showing insufficient memory and after installing an app. and restarting, it just keeps cycling through a boot loop even after replacing the battery numerous times.
I have tried accessing the recovery menu and clearing the cache, however, it still says there is no space free on the internal memory.
The Clockwork Mod zip file would not install from the microSD card either?
I also attempted to use the Windows GUI version of ADB so that I could delete some apps/data off the phone memory. However, the phone (device) doesn't appear in the list on Windows ADB. It does however show an additional blank entry in the devices list on ADB when I select Recovery mode on the phone.
I have tried using Revolutionary on two separate computers however, it just remains on the 'waiting for phone to connect' message. This is with the phone in Fastboot mode and Recovery.
I can't remember if the phone has USB debug enabled or not as I cannot boot into Android to check?
I don't want to wipe all the data off the phone memory and reset back to factory settings as there are some important text messages which I require.
Thanks.
Post the details from your bootloader. You have clockworkmod recovery installed?
Chromium_ said:
Post the details from your bootloader. You have clockworkmod recovery installed?
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Hi Chromium, I haven't managed to install any third-party bootloader. The current one is HBOOT-0.93.0001
&r01d said:
Hi Chromium, I haven't managed to install any third-party bootloader. The current one is HBOOT-0.93.0001
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Ok, thats not really what i was asking for, but anyways...have you unlocked the bootloader? And do you have a custom recovery installed?
Custom bootloader
Chromium_ said:
Ok, thats not really what i was asking for, but anyways...have you unlocked the bootloader? And do you have a custom recovery installed?
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No, unfortunately I haven't been able to successfully load a custom recovery. How do I unlock the bootloader?
Chromium_ said:
Ok, thats not really what i was asking for, but anyways...have you unlocked the bootloader? And do you have a custom recovery installed?
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It seems you had spent too much time in the Nexus forums
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&r01d said:
No, unfortunately I haven't been able to successfully load a custom recovery. How do I unlock the bootloader?
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You can't. You have to boot into Android for revolutionary to work.
The most straightforward solution is a RUU, but that will wipe all your internal data.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
You can't. You have to boot into Android for revolutionary to work.
The most straightforward solution is a RUU, but that will wipe all your internal data.
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Is there no way I can delete some apps from the internal memory without wiping the entire phone? Can I not upgrade HBOOT or use ADB some other way?
Is it not possible to install a custom bootloader such as Revolutionary or CWM without losing all data?
When you say I need to boot into Android, do you mean the operating system itself with a GUI or just the phone's recovery mode (Volume Down + Power buttons)? I can do the latter.
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It seems you had spent too much time in the Nexus forums
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&r01d said:
Is there no way I can delete some apps from the internal memory without wiping the entire phone? Can I not upgrade HBOOT or use ADB some other way?
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No not really. Since you are s-on its quite difficult to do anything. Like andu said, you will need to run an ruu to get the phone up and working again. This will wipe everything off the phone.
&r01d said:
Is there no way I can delete some apps from the internal memory without wiping the entire phone? Can I not upgrade HBOOT or use ADB some other way?
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Well, you could have done that if you were s-off. To be s-off, you must boot in Android. To boot in Android, you must delete some apps. To delete some apps, you must be s-off.
And here we have an infinite loop.
Unless... Try this:
When your phone is bootlooping, try connecting it to your PC. Does adb work?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Well, you could have done that if you were s-off. To be s-off, you must boot in Android. To boot in Android, you must delete some apps. To delete some apps, you must be s-off.
And here we have an infinite loop.
Unless... Try this:
When your phone is bootlooping, try connecting it to your PC. Does adb work?
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I've just been reading on the HTCdev site - could I not unlock the bootloader the official way? This would unlock the NAND memory even though S-On is still displayed and allow apps to be deleted? It says I need to update HBOOT first for the HTC Desire though?
Do I need to have USB debugging enabled in Android for ADB to work? I can't remember if I enabled it or not?
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I've just been reading on the HTCdev site - could I not unlock the bootloader the official way? This would unlock the NAND memory even though S-On is still displayed and allow apps to be deleted? It says I need to update HBOOT first for the HTC Desire though?
Do I need to have USB debugging enabled in Android for ADB to work? I can't remember if I enabled it or not?
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You have to update your bootloader to 1.03.0001, which implies using a RUU anyways, to unlock your bootloader with HTCdev.
Yes, you have to have usb debugging enabled.
sorry for jumping in on this thread seemingly late, OP sent me a PM
&r01d, not sure what else to suggest apart from those already.
I want to clarify that you can't enter recovery at all? What happens when you try?
Wonder if it's possible to install your current ROM.zip through fastboot somehow without wiping anything.
Else RUU is the last resort, but I know you don't want to wipe anything
Recovery
eddiehk6 said:
sorry for jumping in on this thread seemingly late, OP sent me a PM
&r01d, not sure what else to suggest apart from those already.
I want to clarify that you can't enter recovery at all? What happens when you try?
Wonder if it's possible to install your current ROM.zip through fastboot somehow without wiping anything.
Else RUU is the last resort, but I know you don't want to wipe anything
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I can access the standard HTC HBOOT recovery with the option of Fastboot or Bootloader?
When I select Recovery, the phone reboots and then I see a red triangle and exclamation mark on the screen.
Where would I get the current ROM.zip
Thanks.
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I can access the standard HTC HBOOT recovery with the option of Fastboot or Bootloader?
When I select Recovery, the phone reboots and then I see a red triangle and exclamation mark on the screen.
Where would I get the current ROM.zip
Thanks.
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Ah I'm afraid you may be stuck. RUU is the only way I can think of to get it booting.
Ignore what I was talking about the ROM.zip. I was trying to think of a way to flash your current ROM.zip over the top without going into recovery (seen it done somewhere I believe). However this method requires careful modding of the zip, and you also need to be s-off to even attempt it
HTC Unlock Bootloader
I just downloaded the HTC Unlock Bootloader. After placing the phone in Fastboot, the Unlock Bootloader software found the phone but then a message came up stating that I have to upgrade to the 2.33 ROM first.
If I choose to upgrade, is there a way to force a backup of the internal memory before the upgrade?
Otherwise, are there any custom ROMs which allow for the internal memory to be backed up first?