Hi all,
Been having problems with my DHD for ages now - got myself a GS3 after a while so had kind of given up on it but now I really want to get it back to life as a backup (and for a temp replacement for my gf who got her phone driven over yesterday!). I've seen loads of similar problems to mine, but after searching here for months and following several soutions to one point or another, I always seem to get some kind of error that no-one else is getting and from there it branches off into new problems/methods. Kind of getting sick of going in circles so here I am asking for some DHD justice!
The problem is this:
A few months back the DHD started freezing/restarting intermittently (something to do with Sense I think, but tried the goldcard method of rooting it a few weeks before which failed, not sure if this could have affected things but it didnt seem to have any noticable effect for a while anyway) then eventually got either stuck in a loop on the carriers logo animation or hanging at the white background/green HTC logo screen. Couldn't get any further. Did a factory reset but the problem persisted. After a few weeks I came back to it and found that very occasionally I could get the phone to start up and get on the home screen. I can do a few things (like enabling USB debugging luckily) there but get DOZENS of notifications that various processes are failing and eventually the phone reboots or jumps to the HTC logo screen again. Either this happens before I can do very much on the phone or some process fails and nothing happens. So really I need a solution thats mostly PC based - but pretty much every program or command line operation fails to actually see the phone. I'm assuming here what I need to do it flash a new ROM to replace what I also assume is a corrupt existing one? I've tried RUU .exe type fixes - which don't see the phone. Most of the command line instructions fail to see the phone either. The phone isn't rooted so I'm guessing this would need to be done to flash a new ROM (a working version of the stock one would be fine for what I need it for but having a custom one would be nice). I've got nowhere with trying to flash ROMs as is (not rooted, S-ON), and also nowhere with various root/s-off tools. TBH I'm not really sure which stage of the process I need to be trying first. The other day the phone suddenly booted ok without the notifications and worked for around 6 hours before something made it reboot and return to the boot loop.
On the HBOOT screen I have the following:
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.09.04.28_M2
eMMC-boot
Trying to boot into recovery just gets me the red triangle screen. Trying a new image from SD doesnt work as it doesnt see the card mounted.
Thanks for taking the time to read my tale of woe. Anyone got an idea where to start with this?
MerkyBlud said:
Hi all,
Been having problems with my DHD for ages now - got myself a GS3 after a while so had kind of given up on it but now I really want to get it back to life as a backup (and for a temp replacement for my gf who got her phone driven over yesterday!). I've seen loads of similar problems to mine, but after searching here for months and following several soutions to one point or another, I always seem to get some kind of error that no-one else is getting and from there it branches off into new problems/methods. Kind of getting sick of going in circles so here I am asking for some DHD justice!
The problem is this:
A few months back the DHD started freezing/restarting intermittently (something to do with Sense I think, but tried the goldcard method of rooting it a few weeks before which failed, not sure if this could have affected things but it didnt seem to have any noticable effect for a while anyway) then eventually got either stuck in a loop on the carriers logo animation or hanging at the white background/green HTC logo screen. Couldn't get any further. Did a factory reset but the problem persisted. After a few weeks I came back to it and found that very occasionally I could get the phone to start up and get on the home screen. I can do a few things (like enabling USB debugging luckily) there but get DOZENS of notifications that various processes are failing and eventually the phone reboots or jumps to the HTC logo screen again. Either this happens before I can do very much on the phone or some process fails and nothing happens. So really I need a solution thats mostly PC based - but pretty much every program or command line operation fails to actually see the phone. I'm assuming here what I need to do it flash a new ROM to replace what I also assume is a corrupt existing one? I've tried RUU .exe type fixes - which don't see the phone. Most of the command line instructions fail to see the phone either. The phone isn't rooted so I'm guessing this would need to be done to flash a new ROM (a working version of the stock one would be fine for what I need it for but having a custom one would be nice). I've got nowhere with trying to flash ROMs as is (not rooted, S-ON), and also nowhere with various root/s-off tools. TBH I'm not really sure which stage of the process I need to be trying first. The other day the phone suddenly booted ok without the notifications and worked for around 6 hours before something made it reboot and return to the boot loop.
On the HBOOT screen I have the following:
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.09.04.28_M2
eMMC-boot
Trying to boot into recovery just gets me the red triangle screen. Trying a new image from SD doesnt work as it doesnt see the card mounted.
Thanks for taking the time to read my tale of woe. Anyone got an idea where to start with this?
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1. S-off your device
2. Use android flasher
3. AND easily flash flash recovery thorough this software....
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
MaratabHashmi said:
1. S-off your device
2. Use android flasher
3. AND easily flash flash recovery thorough this software....
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
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S-off requires rooting it first, am I right? Not having much luck with that - HTC Quickroot claims its been done but none of the apps such as SuperUser are present when it reboots...
Suggestions anyone? efforts to S-OFF not working so far...:fingers-crossed:
You don't need to root if all you want to do is run a RUU. Are you trying to do it through ADB or fastboot? Is the RUU you're trying compatible with your phone's region?
bananagranola said:
You don't need to root if all you want to do is run a RUU. Are you trying to do it through ADB or fastboot? Is the RUU you're trying compatible with your phone's region?
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I'm trying running the .exe file from the pc, I'm 99.9% sure its the correct region (3UK stock). It gets as far as bringing up a screen with a grey HTC logo while the PC says 'waiting for bootloader' before I get an error message saying the USB connection is lost (tried 3 different cables and there is no issue with faulty cables, or either end being unplugged, ). ADB doesnt see the phone as connected. Fastboot doesnt seem to do much as usually when the phone reboots as part of the process it freezes or goes back into bootloop. I've tried putting ROMs on the sd card and updating from the recovery menu but the phone doesnt see the card as mounted in this mode (when it does boot and run ok for a few minutes it does eventually see the card).
I'm confused. You have a recovery menu? Is your phone's bootloader unlocked?
Sorry, I mean the menu accessed through power on + vol down. No, tried unlocking it through the HTC site but no joy.
That's the bootloader. What procedure are you using for fastboot?
Via ADB commands - havent tried with fastboot methods recently though so I forget which particular guide I was using. I'm sure there are all kinds of noob alarms and flashing lights going off somewhere
You cannot run a RUU from adb. Only fastboot.
Where do I start with this then? I have the fastboot pc files installed already but didn't get anywhere, seem to remember the phone rebooting from a command and then just going back to the logo bootloop before it could progress - very possibly doing something wrong though.
Update: Tried the following:
Ran the RUU.exe until the wizard comes up. While the RUU wizard was open, found the temporary folder it created.Found ROM.zip. Opened it, extracted recovery.img. Put it in the location where Android SDK tools is installed. Booted the phone into bootloader, gone to FASTBOOT USB. Opened a command prompt, navigated to the folder with Android SDK tools. Entered:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
BUT still getting an error: "'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." :S
MerkyBlud said:
Where do I start with this then? I have the fastboot pc files installed already but didn't get anywhere, seem to remember the phone rebooting from a command and then just going back to the logo bootloop before it could progress - very possibly doing something wrong though.
Update: Tried the following:
Ran the RUU.exe until the wizard comes up. While the RUU wizard was open, found the temporary folder it created.Found ROM.zip. Opened it, extracted recovery.img. Put it in the location where Android SDK tools is installed. Booted the phone into bootloader, gone to FASTBOOT USB. Opened a command prompt, navigated to the folder with Android SDK tools. Entered:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
BUT still getting an error: "'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." :S
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You need to change to the correct folder on your PC where your fastboot.exe file is, thats why your getting your error.
Why you trying to flash stock recovery? Unless I missed it, From what I can see on your posts your still s-on, so you can't flash anything like that from fastboot anyway.
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The error you're getting is that your computer can't find the fastboot file. It's not an error from fast out itself. Open the folder with fastboot in it, shift-rightclick, and choose "open command window here." Also, I thought you were running a RUU, not actually using fastboot to flash images. If you want to flash stuff you need to unlock bootloader.
bananagranola said:
The error you're getting is that your computer can't find the fastboot file. It's not an error from fast out itself. Open the folder with fastboot in it, shift-rightclick, and choose "open command window here." Also, I thought you were running a RUU, not actually using fastboot to flash images. If you want to flash stuff you need to unlock bootloader.
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Yeah, I was initially trying to run the RUU.exe but that method wasn't working as I mentioned, so I tried extracting the rom it created and flashing that via fastboot.(Didn't know that shift/rightclick thing, thanks). As for s-off I haven't found a way of doing that without rooting, hence why I thought I couldn't get anywhere without rooting the phone first.
When I try and unlock the bootloader ( at http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ruu-downloads) , it wants to update the HBOOT first, this is how far I get with the process:
"BEFORE beginning the Unlock Bootloader process your product requires that you update the ROM to the version listed in the table below first, then download the RUU next to it to enable the unlocking capability.
To install the RUU, simply follow these instructions:
On your phone, enable USB debugging. (From the Home screen, MENU > Settings > Applications > Development > Check USB debugging)
Connect your phone to the computer using the USB cable that came with your phone. Wait a moment for your computer to identify your phone, this may take a few minutes. After your computer has found your phone, double click on the RUU to start the process"
I get as far as bringing up a screen with a grey HTC logo while the PC says 'waiting for bootloader' before I get an error message saying the USB connection is lost (so exactly the same problem trying to update the HBOOT as trying to run the RUU.exe) so I'm not sure how I'm going to unlock the bootloader if this method isn't working - direct .exe method doesnt work, and the process I need to unlock the bootloader so I can flash via fastboot doesnt work for the same reason.
Have you tried booting into bootloader and choosing fastboot before trying the RUU?
Yep. Same USB connection error despite having 'FASTBOOT USB' showing....
Type "fastboot devices." What does it say? Do you have your drivers from HTC Sync installed?
Hi all, had the phone working ok for a while, it wanted to do a software update which froze at 12%, however after cancelling it the phone seems to be problem free. Dont really get this as surely the incomplete update wouldnt take..? but something must have changed. The phones been ok for over a week now although I havent rebooted it or let the battery run flat...still dont trust it entirely!
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Hi All,
Sorry another n00b making a n00b thread.
I bought a second hand desire very cheap under the understanding that "stopped booting one day" - so first thing first, if it is bricked, so be it.
Currently it only gets as far as the white HTC screen.
Now, when booting with PWR + Vol Down:
-Revolutionary-
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
RADIO-5.17.05.23
Obviously the PO has been playing around given the unlocked bootloader. I can get into fastboot fine. fastboot devices shows the Serial of the device.
So following the Troubleshooting guide here I attempted to flash a Recovery image as per recommendation. It shows sending and writing recovery.img OK, and the two progress bars display on the phone in line with that. However, when rebooting (fastboot oem gencheckpt), I still can't get into recovery - it goes back to the HTC screen again. Same with fastboot reboot-bootloader if it matters.
***EDIT - kept looking on this forum and it seems as if this bootloader would be write protected against RUU updates? So you can probably disregard what was here. I'll keep looking around, but if anyone has advice feel free!
If I'm missing something silly here, feel free to abuse me while you tell me what it is. Just thought I'd check to see if I'm on the right track or I've failed miserably.
Thanks.
Download the HBOOT downgrader from alpharev.nl (and the stock HBOOT, too).
Flash the
1. stock HBOOT,
2. the downgrader
3. then the RUU of your choice (2.3.3/2.2 depends on you).
As you said, you can get to fastboot, it'll work.
You'll get a stock, unrooted device, but you can root it later on.
davebugyi said:
Download the HBOOT downgrader from alpharev.nl(and the stock HBOOT, too).
Flash the
1. stock HBOOT,
2. the downgrader
3. then the RUU of your choice (2.3.3/2.2 depends on you).
As you said, you can get to fastboot, it'll work.
You'll get a stock, unrooted device, but you can root it later on.
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Thanks for that - I flashed these in this order from fastboot and then rebooted - I can see that it has taken effect due to seeing "AlphaRev Unlock" now, however, can't get the RUU to go - gets to Rebooting to bootloader, phone reboots and gets stuck in a bootloop (I suppose - HTC screen, black screen, and so on). Eventually it gives up and gives [171] USB CONNECTION ERROR. "Reboot Bootloader" from the fastboot menu does the same thing.
I actually have an Atrix so this is not my daily driver, so nothing too urgent, or in fact tragic if it is a hardware issue. I do appreciate any help though all the same!
Hmm - can be the cable, the drivers.
Even some people said, that using win7 64Bit will get you this error.
I'd check first the drivers. Maybe you have USB Brick as well - search the Dev Thread for a fix - basically 2 commands.
I was just reading up on the USB brick actually, as you say doesn't seem like too much effort anyway.
I am using Win 7 x64 in fact... I will copy all the necessaries to a USB stick and use a WinXP box at work just to make sure. Thanks again!
OK, update -
Same result on a WinXP machine trying to flash via RUU.
When I try fastboot oem enableqxdm 0, I get:
partition_read::Too many bad blocks(out of range)
It does say OK after that though?
If I try to flash a mtd0.img via fastboot (I assume I can't use an SD card given I can't boot) with SuperCID as the CID (either hex edited or with the script) I get:
sending 'misc' (640KB) OKAY
writing 'misc' (640KB) ... FAILED (remote: image update error)
It's late here so I'll search more in the morning, but any guidance would be appreciated.
Should I be erasing the misc partition before attempting to flash mtd0.img? If that's where I've gone wrong I'll kick myself, but thought I should confirm before I break the phone more.
Update:
I grabbed the rom.zip from the temp folder, renamed it to PB99IMG put it on a MicroSD and let the phone do its thing. It worked, in that it performed the update, but Radio_v2 failed - so I assume this means either I have a branded handset that has nothing on the outside (how do I check?) or there is a hardware fault?
Of course, I have S-ON now because everything else worked...
radio failure means you're kinda fu*cked IMO... I mean I know a user who kept trying a RUU who eventually undid the radio fail but ermm.. yeah usually it means a real brick
I figured that might be the case. Given the bootloader was already unlocked when I received the phone, one can assume the previous owner actually knew what they were doing and had already tried to fix it and come to the same conclusion.
I'll update the thread if I manage to fix it, but if anyone else stumbles across this due to similar circumstances, looks like you have your answer.
PS: bortak your troubleshooting thread was an amazing help.
Thanks to all!
yeah just try the RUU a couple of times (like 10 or something) and see what happens.. if you're lucky you might get a break..
or what you could do is flash the 2.3.3 RUU, hope it works, and if you do get stuck in splash HTC will cover you warranty!! just tell them you try to upgrade and it broke!
Incredible XD Ship S=On
Hboot- 0.92.0000
Microp-0417
Touch Panel- ATMEL224_16ab
Radio-2.15.10.07.07
July 23 2010, 18:06:51
Droid incredible turns on but stays on white incredible screen
there is no water damage
phone is not rooted and has not been tampered with ever
How can I fix this? Ive tried doing a search and downloading PB31IMG.zip but it tells me that it is too old..
Try this one. http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.06.605.3/PB31IMG.zip
If that dosent work you should try this ruu exe with a pc. http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Image...0_Incredible_C_hboot_1.02.0000_4.08.605.2.exe
cmlusco said:
Try this one. http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.06.605.3/PB31IMG.zip
If that dosent work you should try this ruu exe with a pc. http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Image...0_Incredible_C_hboot_1.02.0000_4.08.605.2.exe
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niether of those worked
keeps saying to old
and the ruu says the phone isnt plugged in is there some type of mode i have to put it in?
i can get into the fastboot menu so i hoping there is a waay to fix it.
sexykika said:
niether of those worked
keeps saying to old
and the ruu says the phone isnt plugged in is there some type of mode i have to put it in?
i can get into the fastboot menu so i hoping there is a waay to fix it.
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Phone should be in charge only mode, and you have to have htc sync installed on your pc to have the correct drivers.
Try this PB31IMG.zip http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.08.605.2/PB31IMG.zip
cmlusco said:
Phone should be in charge only mode, and you have to have htc sync installed on your pc to have the correct drivers.
Try this PB31IMG.zip http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.08.605.2/PB31IMG.zip
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how would i put it in charge only mode?
the phone doesnt fully turn on,
i know i have the correct drivers they installed correctly.
sexykika said:
how would i put it in charge only mode?
the phone doesnt fully turn on,
i know i have the correct drivers they installed correctly.
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Oh yeah i forgot you need to be able to boot to do an ruu exe, been a long time since ive done one. What about that last PB file i posted?
cmlusco said:
Oh yeah i forgot you need to be able to boot to do an ruu exe, been a long time since ive done one. What about that last PB file i posted?
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im still getting a bootloop it did accept the update but the phone stays on the htc incredible white screen
now when i go to the fastboot menu up on top highlighted in purple it says
*** LOCKED (OOW) ***
so i figured id try and root this phone
i got the bootloader unlocked no problem
i flashed the rcovery image as well but now when i'm in recovery and I try to mount the usb storage or sd card it says
E:Unable to write to ums lunfile (no such file or directory)
or
Error mounting /sdcard!
sexykika said:
so i figured id try and root this phone
i got the bootloader unlocked no problem
i flashed the rcovery image as well but now when i'm in recovery and I try to mount the usb storage or sd card it says
E:Unable to write to ums lunfile (no such file or directory)
or
Error mounting /sdcard!
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Try this.
Boot into the bootloader and make sure it says FASTBOOT in the middle highlighted in red.
Open command prompt and type
“fastboot oem enableqxdm 0″ without the quotation marks of course. That should resolve the sd card not being mountable.
Then follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506258 to get root and true s-off if desired. Just skip the parts you have already done.
yeah thats the tutorial i was following
by the way great write up really easy to understand
okay i will do that but in order to get s-off i need the phone to turn on?? Right??
So if i root and can get into cwm recovery and get the sd card to mount I should be able to flash a rom correct???
that is not working i'm in fastboot mode
but it says fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file
sexykika said:
that is not working i'm in fastboot mode
but it says fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file
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Do you have fastboot.exe installed on your pc, if so after opening the cmd prompt navigate to where fastboot.exe is and then trt the command.
I don't know whether this is still an option now that you've unlocked the bootloader but it is worth a try. This is a link to a guide I wrote for easily getting s-off and rooting your phone and if you would like, flashing a new ROM. Since you had this crash without having ever tampered with the phone, you might be in a tough situation but go ahead and start from the beginning of the guide and see where it gets you. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26146567&postcount=15
so i had a similar situation on my dinc. it would bootloop at the red droid snapdarogon processor screen and that is as far as it would go then just keep rebooting to that point. i did the htcdev website and got the bootloader unlocked. i got clockwork recovery installed and have a rom running on it now. but every app i try to open just force closes. the only thing i can do is text and make phone calls on it. the phone still says s-on but says unlocked on top. when i try to use onrevoked to gain root it fails and says "is your firmware to new?". anyone have any ideas on this? thanks. didn't mean to crowd someone elses post.
scoobntaz1996 said:
so i had a similar situation on my dinc. it would bootloop at the red droid snapdarogon processor screen and that is as far as it would go then just keep rebooting to that point. i did the htcdev website and got the bootloader unlocked. i got clockwork recovery installed and have a rom running on it now. but every app i try to open just force closes. the only thing i can do is text and make phone calls on it. the phone still says s-on but says unlocked on top. when i try to use onrevoked to gain root it fails and says "is your firmware to new?". anyone have any ideas on this? thanks. didn't mean to crowd someone elses post.
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Did you wipe everything before flashing the rom? If not that may be the cause of your problem.
To gain true s-off you must first fastboot flash a froyo misc img, then downgrade to froyo with an ruu, and then use unrevoked 3.22. Follow this guide here skipping the steps you have already done. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506258
Since you have clockwork you could flash superuser though clockwork to gain superuser and use unrevoked forever to gain s-off, if you so desire.
link to superuser: http://androidsu.com/superuser/
I'm guessing your ROM is gingerbread or ICS so you want to use Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
and unrevoked forever is here: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Similar Situation
I have a Dinc that is also unrooted and has never been tampered with. I did the recent software update and the phone has not started since then. It only gets to the white screen that says HTC Incredible. I have tried the solutions proposed in this thread. I don't mind rooting if i need to but I am having absolutely no luck. Any ideas?
EDIT: So after hours of messing with this stupid phone, I left the battery out for about 5 minutes and while putting it back in i accidentally turned the phone back on.... and magically it started up just fine. I'm not sure what fixed it... Weird.
Can you help me fix the boot loop...?
sexykika said:
so i figured id try and root this phone
i got the bootloader unlocked no problem
i flashed the rcovery image as well but now when i'm in recovery and I try to mount the usb storage or sd card it says
E:Unable to write to ums lunfile (no such file or directory)
or
Error mounting /sdcard!
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I have a droid incredible and having the same rebooting issue as you all have. I tried to use the image given but that did not solve the problem as well.The phone boots up goes to the HTC incredible white boot screen logo and continues rebooting.
I cannot go pass the white screen boot logo.
Could you please be able to tell me how you managed to unlock the boot loader?
prasannarupan said:
I have a droid incredible and having the same rebooting issue as you all have. I tried to use the image given but that did not solve the problem as well.The phone boots up goes to the HTC incredible white boot screen logo and continues rebooting.
I cannot go pass the white screen boot logo.
Could you please be able to tell me how you managed to unlock the boot loader?
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What is your phones current status?
S-on/off, hboot version, android version?
Download and place this file http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.08.605.15/PB31IMG.zip on your sdcard, in no folders. Then boot to hboot and it should find the file and prompt to press vol up to update. That should get you back to stock and working.
You can unlock the bootloader on the htcdev site. http://htcdev.com/bootloader
still rebooting
cmlusco said:
What is your phones current status?
S-on/off, hboot version, android version?
Hi,
Thank you very much for responding to my question. I tried to do the steps above but it ended up with the same result still after updating and rebooting to the stock image you gave above.
I also now see something like ******Locked ****** in the boot loader screen.
phone current status
S-ON
hboot version -1.07.0000
android version - i cannot figure that out yet since i cant fully bootup the os. i think i had froyo
prior to the update i had hboot version as something like 0.92.0000
why can't i still boot to the stock image and it still keeps rebooting?
I really appreciate your help.
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I've been trying to re-root my phone since late last night, and have had nothing but problems. I've searched all over the internet, and tried anything that I thought would apply to my situation in the slightest.
I originally downgraded from 2.3.4 to 2.3.3 and rooted my phone using the method in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1298990
I ran Revolutionary, ClockworkMod, and SuperUser. Everything worked perfect the first time around. Installed the Cyanogenmod 7.2 ROM and Tiamat v1.1.5 kernel. Then I started having issues with my battery, and Cyanogenmod seemed to be increasing the issues. At that time HTC announced they'd be releasing ICS, yada yada yada. I found a stock ROM online, and installed it, and updated as they were released OTA. Having finally gotten a new extended battery, I'd like to re-root & ROM my phone, but I've hit some road blocks.
I currently have the Android Version of 2.3.4 & Software Number of 5.10.605.9
I tried to re-do the entire process that had previously worked for me, but once I used the command hack-vivow.cmd, the phone would boot to the Revolutionary (of HBOOT ?) screen. Command line shows this, and just hangs:
c:\vwhk-12102011-c>fastboot oem rebootRUU
< waiting for device >
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Phone shows this:
-Revolutionary-
VIVO_W XB SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT -6.13.1002
RADIO -1.09.01.1111
eMMC -boot
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Phone gives me the options of "BOOTLOADER", "REBOOT", "REBOOT BOOTLOADER", & "POWER DOWN". "REBOOT BOOTLOADER" changes "FASTBOOT" briefly to "FASTBOOT USB", but changes back in about 15-20 seconds. When I select "BOOTLOADER", the screen freezes for a few seconds, and it won't let me select any options, "FASTBOOT" changes to "HBOOT", and I get this in green text:
SD Checking
Loading...[PG32DIAG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[PG32DIAG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading...[PG32IMG.zip]
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The next screen of green text says "Parsing...[SD ZIP]" followed by 9 things, and I'm only given an option to Update or No/Reboot. No/Reboot reboots my phone into an endless bootloop, until I remove the battery and power back on with Volume Down + Power Button. Update does a reset of my phone, and puts me right back to where I am now. While it is updating there is an error message at the bottom that says "Can not roll back hboot version".
I've tried multiple things to attempt to fix this... I ran the TacoRoot method from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751796
When the 8th line was completed
adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup
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, the phone rebooted, it got stuck in a bootloop.
So that's where I am now. I'm stuck with S-Off, the PG32DIAG/PG32IMG errors, an HBOOT that seems to be far too new of a version, and I haven't found a way to get back to 2.3.3. As you can see I'm a noob. I'm really not sure where I went wrong (other than going back to a stock ROM and allowing it to update). Unfortunately a lot of things are just way over my head, without seeing a step by step process. But I'm just stuck at the moment. If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this, or any ideas of things to try I GREATLY appreciate it.
Still looking for an answer, but I've done some more digging.
Would I be correct is assuming that I have to find a way to downgrade hboot (which Revolutionary won't allow) and get S-On, in order to do what I need to do? If so, does anyone know of an accurate way to accomplish this? All I've found are old threads that apparently are no longer relevant for newer Software & hboot updates.
Cleanincubus said:
Still looking for an answer, but I've done some more digging.
Would I be correct is assuming that I have to find a way to downgrade hboot (which Revolutionary won't allow) and get S-On, in order to do what I need to do? If so, does anyone know of an accurate way to accomplish this? All I've found are old threads that apparently are no longer relevant for newer Software & hboot updates.
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I am by no means an expert, but my limited understanding would suggest this: try flashing a new recovery like clockworkmod with fastboot. If that is successful you can flash a superuser zip in clockwork. I don't recall the steps to flash the recovery, but I think since you are s-off you should be able to do it fairly easily.
gtdtm said:
I am by no means an expert, but my limited understanding would suggest this: try flashing a new recovery like clockworkmod with fastboot. If that is successful you can flash a superuser zip in clockwork. I don't recall the steps to flash the recovery, but I think since you are s-off you should be able to do it fairly easily.
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Sorry for my ignorance, I'm trying to understand exactly what you mean. From my very limited knowledge, there might be 2 ways of doing what you're saying.
First, rebooting the phone with Volume Down + Power button, with the the ClockworkMod file placed on the root of my SD card, and renamed PG32IMG.zip. Then selecting Bootloader, and allowing it to Update.
Second would be rebooting the phone (Volume Down + Power), and then "force" the flashboot via command, with the phone connected to the USB cable.
The 1st option I would love to try, if that has a chance of working. The 2nd option though, won't work, because the phone won't respond to any commands via command lines.
The reason I'm not immediately jumping on option #1 for a try, is that I might be on track to get things straightened out, with a possibility of critical failure. I found this thread:
rootzwiki.c om/topic/1579-how-to-restore-to-stock-from-alpharevx-incredible-2-vivow-only/
I'm currently using Revolutionary, but apparently Alpharevx is a previous incarnation of that, and some users in that thread claim that it worked for their Revolutionary S-Off phones. So far, I have gotten to the point where I now have Android Froyo/ Android version 2.2.1 (from the same way of doing things as Option #1 above). The rest of that thread is messing with the Bootloader, which I'd rather not risk if I don't have to (I do realize how serious the consequences are). If there's any other way to do it, I'll gladly give it a try, as long as it doesn't put me in a place much worse than I'm at now (bricking my phone by messing with the bootloader certainly would be.)
I apologize for being a pain in the ass, I just want to make sure I understand any recommendations fully before I do something wrong. Clearly I should have done a lot more research before "un-rooting" my phone. Had my original issues not been my battery, I'd still be out of warranty for having S-Off. :laugh: Thank you very much for the response, it is truly appreciated.
Cleanincubus said:
Sorry for my ignorance, I'm trying to understand exactly what you mean. From my very limited knowledge, there might be 2 ways of doing what you're saying.
First, rebooting the phone with Volume Down + Power button, with the the ClockworkMod file placed on the root of my SD card, and renamed PG32IMG.zip. Then selecting Bootloader, and allowing it to Update.
Second would be rebooting the phone (Volume Down + Power), and then "force" the flashboot via command, with the phone connected to the USB cable.
The 1st option I would love to try, if that has a chance of working. The 2nd option though, won't work, because the phone won't respond to any commands via command lines.
The reason I'm not immediately jumping on option #1 for a try, is that I might be on track to get things straightened out, with a possibility of critical failure. I found this thread:
rootzwiki.c om/topic/1579-how-to-restore-to-stock-from-alpharevx-incredible-2-vivow-only/
I'm currently using Revolutionary, but apparently Alpharevx is a previous incarnation of that, and some users in that thread claim that it worked for their Revolutionary S-Off phones. So far, I have gotten to the point where I now have Android Froyo/ Android version 2.2.1 (from the same way of doing things as Option #1 above). The rest of that thread is messing with the Bootloader, which I'd rather not risk if I don't have to (I do realize how serious the consequences are). If there's any other way to do it, I'll gladly give it a try, as long as it doesn't put me in a place much worse than I'm at now (bricking my phone by messing with the bootloader certainly would be.)
I apologize for being a pain in the ass, I just want to make sure I understand any recommendations fully before I do something wrong. Clearly I should have done a lot more research before "un-rooting" my phone. Had my original issues not been my battery, I'd still be out of warranty for having S-Off. :laugh: Thank you very much for the response, it is truly appreciated.
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So with Froyo on there can you get to the stock recovery?
Oh wow, yes I can. I just tried the fastboot clockworkmod flash, but it doesn't seem to be working, or even more likely, I don't know what I'm doing.
I booted the phone with Volume Down + Power, selected "Fastboot", which changed HBOOT to FASTBOOT USB. I used the command prompt and typed "fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivow.img". The command prompt stalls at "< waiting for device >" and FASTBOOT USB changed to FASTBOOT. Maybe I just don't know what to do after than. I tried "Recovery", which I thought would have booted ClockworkMod, had it been installed properly.
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Oh wow, yes I can. I just tried the fastboot clockworkmod flash, but it doesn't seem to be working, or even more likely, I don't know what I'm doing.
I booted the phone with Volume Down + Power, selected "Fastboot", which changed HBOOT to FASTBOOT USB. I used the command prompt and typed "fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivow.img". The command prompt stalls at "< waiting for device >" and FASTBOOT USB changed to FASTBOOT. Maybe I just don't know what to do after than. I tried "Recovery", which I thought would have booted ClockworkMod, had it been installed properly.
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I think you should be able to do 1B at this little how-to site:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery
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Oh wow, yes I can. I just tried the fastboot clockworkmod flash, but it doesn't seem to be working, or even more likely, I don't know what I'm doing.
I booted the phone with Volume Down + Power, selected "Fastboot", which changed HBOOT to FASTBOOT USB. I used the command prompt and typed "fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivow.img". The command prompt stalls at "< waiting for device >" and FASTBOOT USB changed to FASTBOOT. Maybe I just don't know what to do after than. I tried "Recovery", which I thought would have booted ClockworkMod, had it been installed properly.
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I also just noticed...did you do "fastboot devices" first to make sure it actually recognized your phone? I'm really guessing, but I figured it was worth asking.
Yes it does recognize my phone. I think you're exactly right, in the direction you're showing me. I think flashing CWM is the key to getting this all to work.
But I'm getting some strange stuff happening. When I was finally able to select the Fastboot section, I had CWM saved as PG32IMG.zip. I started getting an error (black screen with a little center image of my phone, with a red "!" on it), after rebooting. I had to press Volume Up + Power, which brought me to some kind of Android settings (Wipe Cache, & something about clearing or wiping partition). I selected to just reboot, and the phone rebooted fine. I changed the PG32IMG.zip file back to the Froyo, and I can no longer get past the "Recovery" and forcing to do the Update or Bootloop from declining.
So now I don't know what to do, when it comes to the PG32IMG.zip file. I even just changed the Froyo PG32IMG.zip to a 2.3.3 Gingerbread PG32IMG.zip, so now I'm at the correct ROM for rooting. I changed it because I wasn't sure if being at Froyo was preventing me from doing all of this from the beginning, similar to how the most up to date update did as well.
But back to the PG32IMG.zip, what would be the best thing to do with this situation? Should I change it back to the CWM, and deal with the Android error, while still allowing me to get into FASTBOOT. Or should I just keep it as the GB 2.3.3, as it is now? Can I just delete the PG32IMG.zip file altogether, or is it absolutely necessary? It just keeps trying to update to what the file already is, and prevents me from doing anything else.
I think I'm going to try the CWM.zip renamed to PG32IMG.zip and see if I can get it to work.
Cleanincubus said:
Yes it does recognize my phone. I think you're exactly right, in the direction you're showing me. I think flashing CWM is the key to getting this all to work.
But I'm getting some strange stuff happening. When I was finally able to select the Fastboot section, I had CWM saved as PG32IMG.zip. I started getting an error (black screen with a little center image of my phone, with a red "!" on it), after rebooting. I had to press Volume Up + Power, which brought me to some kind of Android settings (Wipe Cache, & something about clearing or wiping partition). I selected to just reboot, and the phone rebooted fine. I changed the PG32IMG.zip file back to the Froyo, and I can no longer get past the "Recovery" and forcing to do the Update or Bootloop from declining.
So now I don't know what to do, when it comes to the PG32IMG.zip file. I even just changed the Froyo PG32IMG.zip to a 2.3.3 Gingerbread PG32IMG.zip, so now I'm at the correct ROM for rooting. I changed it because I wasn't sure if being at Froyo was preventing me from doing all of this from the beginning, similar to how the most up to date update did as well.
But back to the PG32IMG.zip, what would be the best thing to do with this situation? Should I change it back to the CWM, and deal with the Android error, while still allowing me to get into FASTBOOT. Or should I just keep it as the GB 2.3.3, as it is now? Can I just delete the PG32IMG.zip file altogether, or is it absolutely necessary? It just keeps trying to update to what the file already is, and prevents me from doing anything else.
I think I'm going to try the CWM.zip renamed to PG32IMG.zip and see if I can get it to work.
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You shouldn't be flashing romantic zips as PG32IMG. That's what clockwork is for. If get it back to froyo, then go to the HTC recovery and follow the clockwork instructions I linked to. But maybe someone more knowledgeable than I can answer better.
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After you go onto bootloader and it flashes your IMG you either rename the file on your SD card or delete it from your SD card. You will be able to proceed after that has been done
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Your s-off so the hard part is done.
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You're right. The PG32IMG.zip was a problem. I removed them from the SD card's root, and it's working as it should.
Now the issue is the instructions in that link. I can't find any update.zip for the phone anywhere. I also can't find any options in the Recovery for "re-install package". I go to "BOOTLOADER" and then "RECOVERY". The Phone then boots to a small image of my phone with a red "!". I press Volume Up + Power button, and it loads the "Android system recovery <3e>". I have a Yellow error at the bottom stating"
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
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You need to flash a new recovery. Do you adb setup on your pc? If not, google it and get it setup.
Here is a link to CWM
http://goo.im/devs/aeroevan/cwm/recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img
Save it to your adroid-tools folder
You will need to navigate to your anroid tools folder in cmd before issuing the commands below
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img
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FYI cmd needs to be run as administrator.
sjpritch25 said:
You need to flash a new recovery. Do you adb setup on your pc? If not, google it and get it setup.
Here is a link to CWM
http://goo.im/devs/aeroevan/cwm/recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img
Save it to your adroid-tools folder
You will need to navigate to your anroid tools folder in cmd before issuing the commands below
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img
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FYI cmd needs to be run as administrator.
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screenshot for you
The version I have has the correct files in the "platform-tools" folder.
I get an error with the "adb remount" command, saying "remount failed: Operation not permitted"
When I use the command "fastboot devices", my phone doesn't show up, and it just skips to the next command line, showing nothing. My phone does say "FASTBOOT" though.
Then when I type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img" it just hangs at "< waiting for device >"
Maybe I didn't set it up the sdk stuff properly? I'll look more stuff up when I get home later tonight. But I figured, I'd at least post this up now, in case this is showing another issue.
Cleanincubus said:
The version I have has the correct files in the "platform-tools" folder.
I get an error with the "adb remount" command, saying "remount failed: Operation not permitted"
When I use the command "fastboot devices", my phone doesn't show up, and it just skips to the next command line, showing nothing. My phone does say "FASTBOOT" though.
Then when I type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img" it just hangs at "< waiting for device >"
Maybe I didn't set it up the sdk stuff properly? I'll look more stuff up when I get home later tonight. But I figured, I'd at least post this up now, in case this is showing another issue.
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I don't think it's going to work until you get fastboot devices and adb devices to recognize your phone. I wish I could point you in the right direction, but I'm not very experienced with it.
I'm assuming you have the drivers for our phone installed? Some people have to reboot the pc to get those to recognize the device...
Yeah, I'm going to have to do some more digging. ADB device does recognize my phone, at the 6th line on the screen cap I posted. I've restarted the pc multiple times since first trying to get all of this to work.
Cleanincubus said:
Yeah, I'm going to have to do some more digging. ADB device does recognize my phone, at the 6th line on the screen cap I posted. I've restarted the pc multiple times since first trying to get all of this to work.
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First of all make sure you have fastboot.exe in your tools folder
Code:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery***.img
Make sure you have the drivers and that you delete HTC sync from your computer. If you can get it to boot up into the phone make sure you have android debugging turned on.
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sjpritch25 said:
First of all make sure you have fastboot.exe in your tools folder
Code:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery***.img
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Yup, it's there.
Did those commands, and it ended in the same result. No errors or "waiting" messages at the flashboot devices command, but it didn't show my device either.
Jasonp0 said:
Make sure you have the drivers and that you delete HTC sync from your computer. If you can get it to boot up into the phone make sure you have android debugging turned on.
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Definitely installed driver. I originally tried to install the driver I previously used with my original s-off/root/rom, but it didn't work with Windows 8 (previous PC was WinXP), so I found the correct one for my OS. The "adb devices" command never found my phone, before installing the current driver.
I never installed HTC Sync. Just double checked the "Uninstall or change program" in the Win8 control panel (previously "Add/Remove Programs") to make sure it didn't get installed with out my knowledge, and it's not in there.
If you mean on the phone: "Settings" > "Applications" > "Development" > check box for "USB debugging", then yes. If it's a command of some sort, then no & I don't know how to do it.
I'm also making sure to run these commands by right-clicking the Command Prompt and selecting "Run as administrator", before doing these commands.
firstly i want to say im using a macbook, so when going through my unlock/root procedure i was using terminal...
I unlocked and rooted my htc one x yesterday following the instructions on this youtube video ****http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y3VbFJIwWU****
It went well however afterwards i went to Rom-manager and tried to flash a stable cyanogenmod build.
The rom was faulty though. it didnt recognise my simcard. its wifi didnt work. and my phone stopped being recognised by my computer's device drivers.
in order to fix this i was told to flash the boot.img
Now my phone will only boot to the htc boot page and freeze here.
I can still put my phone into bootloader mode, and recovery mode so i think i can still save my phone but i just need simple instructions. Because my macbook htc drivers dont recognise the phone, i have no idea what to do and i need very simple instructions...I've been told a lot of times today to just download things and flash things, but when the phone WONT pair with my computer i am lost.
my htc one x is unlocked and the first line of bootloader says ENDEAVORU PVT SHIP S-ON RL
pls pls help.
tekkr said:
firstly i want to say im using a macbook, so when going through my unlock/root procedure i was using terminal...
I unlocked and rooted my htc one x yesterday following the instructions on this youtube video ****http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y3VbFJIwWU****
It went well however afterwards i went to Rom-manager and tried to flash a stable cyanogenmod build.
The rom was faulty though. it didnt recognise my simcard. its wifi didnt work. and my phone stopped being recognised by my computer's device drivers.
in order to fix this i was told to flash the boot.img
Now my phone will only boot to the htc boot page and freeze here.
I can still put my phone into bootloader mode, and recovery mode so i think i can still save my phone but i just need simple instructions. Because my macbook htc drivers dont recognise the phone, i have no idea what to do and i need very simple instructions...I've been told a lot of times today to just download things and flash things, but when the phone WONT pair with my computer i am lost.
my htc one x is unlocked and the first line of bootloader says ENDEAVORU PVT SHIP S-ON RL
pls pls help.
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Don't open new thread I answare on your question.
And now again:
1. Install Philz 5.15.x recovery fastboot-mac flash recovery recovery.img
2. Go in bootloader after this choice Recovery mount your SD Card have menu in recovery and you will see your sd card on the computer
3. copy your rom to SD card
4. Unmount the SD Card, WIPE data,system and dalvik cache and install your rom from recovery
5. Restart the phone again in bootloader
6. flash the boot.img with command fastboot-mac flash boot boot.img
7. run the command fastboot-mac erase cache
8. Only restart the phone
9. DON'T DO FACTORY RESET ON CUSTOM ROM
The fastboot-mac is from my zip where you downloaded!
Like @Mr Hofs say something really smart READING IS A GIFT
i have raised my problem on various threads on xda and am yet to find a solution. People have been very helpful but seem to overlook the fact my phone is not being recognised by the drivers on the computer. Yes, i can manipulate the phone through terminal which allows me to copy the recovery.img to the phone, but even when i go into recovery and mount the sd card nothing indicates it's a driver on my mac OS. so therefore can not place a working rom onto the phone. this has been my problem all along, if i could find a way to physically place a rom onto the phone I'm sure i could fix this. i dropped the phone into a shop sometime last week who sent it off to htc, but as i suspected they've sent it back seeing as the bootloader is unlocked and thus the warranty void. If anyone has any clue how to get a rom onto my phone using terminal commands could they post the process here. or any other ideas for getting the rom onto a phone that wont open htc sync manager or the program 'android file transfer' or seem to even allow me to mount the sd......
tekkr said:
i have raised my problem on various threads on xda and am yet to find a solution. People have been very helpful but seem to overlook the fact my phone is not being recognised by the drivers on the computer. Yes, i can manipulate the phone through terminal which allows me to copy the recovery.img to the phone, but even when i go into recovery and mount the sd card nothing indicates it's a driver on my mac OS. so therefore can not place a working rom onto the phone. this has been my problem all along, if i could find a way to physically place a rom onto the phone I'm sure i could fix this. i dropped the phone into a shop sometime last week who sent it off to htc, but as i suspected they've sent it back seeing as the bootloader is unlocked and thus the warranty void. If anyone has any clue how to get a rom onto my phone using terminal commands could they post the process here. or any other ideas for getting the rom onto a phone that wont open htc sync manager or the program 'android file transfer' or seem to even allow me to mount the sd......
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Try with other PC wit XP or W7 and install what you want
I've been trying to install TWRP and Magisk to the Razer phone for upwards of 3 days now. I cannot get anything to flash through fastboot to the phone no matter what I try. At one point I even said screw it and tried flashing the stock boot image back over to re-lock my bootloader, but no luck, still won't flash.
I was originally following this tutorial here but during the flashing of the boot image it kept failing. Then I tried following the "foolproof" guide found here
I either ended up with the error of "no such file or directory" or "too many links" or "unable to identify current slot". Did a ton of Googling but ultimately came up with no solutions.
I have Android SDK and development studio installed. I have the google drivers installed. I have the Razer phone drivers installed and I have ADB and Fastboot installed.
I have all the files I need on the SD card, and when I'm flashing everything I have the files I need placed in the same folder as the ADB\Fastboot files.
I have my bootloader unlocked, developer mode on and USB debugging enabled. I am using a USB Type A to Type C cable as recommended (made by Anker if it matters). I've tried all 3 USB ports on my laptop. I've even disabled Antivirus.
I have flashed many Android devices in the past and none have given me such a headache as this one. I'm even more ticked off that I can't even get the factory boot image back over to re-lock the bootloader after now realizing that I can't install Netflix anymore because they wen't and blocked installations for Rooted android users (for whatever ridiculous reason).
I will say that for whatever reason that when I go to open command prompt by using the shift+right click I only get the option to use Windows Powershell, not Command Prompt. I also have to put a .\ in front of every command I send. I'm unsure why, but I found no work around for it.
I'd like to try to get the TWRP and Magisk installed. I'm sure I can force Netflix to install over to the phone using another method.
Open to any suggestions!
FireGuy0723 said:
I've been trying to install TWRP and Magisk to the Razer phone for upwards of 3 days now.
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I feel for you as when things don't work, like someone says they do, it's frustrating. I personally wouldn't be doing everything through power shell but would instead press Windows Key+R to bring up the "Run" dialog box then type "cmd" for command prompt. Trying to restore "command prompt here" to Windows 10 seems stupidly hidden. I'm just not sure if using powershell is messing with your progress.
Second thought is that your Razer phone drivers may not be installed correctly. For me I spent days/hours with my main PC, I then tried another PC and got my phone flashed in minutes. What would happen is that I could send "adb" commands without issue but some of the "fastboot" commands were not working. So at the critical times when it's trying to flash the different portions of our phone, some of them were successful while the others were giving little errors here and there.
I spent a lot of time updating my adb and fastboot commands to newer ones because it seems every time you download someones resources you get a different version. Also the more phones you have owned the more times you have installed specific USB drivers for those phones and they are now hanging around messing things up. There are programs such as USBDeview that will allow you to uninstall those old drivers. For me I had HP drivers from an old tablet, OnePlus drivers, LG drivers, etc.
Munk0 said:
I feel for you as when things don't work, like someone says they do, it's frustrating. I personally wouldn't be doing everything through power shell but would instead press Windows Key+R to bring up the "Run" dialog box then type "cmd" for command prompt. Trying to restore "command prompt here" to Windows 10 seems stupidly hidden. I'm just not sure if using powershell is messing with your progress.
Second thought is that your Razer phone drivers may not be installed correctly. For me I spent days/hours with my main PC, I then tried another PC and got my phone flashed in minutes. What would happen is that I could send "adb" commands without issue but some of the "fastboot" commands were not working. So at the critical times when it's trying to flash the different portions of our phone, some of them were successful while the others were giving little errors here and there.
I spent a lot of time updating my adb and fastboot commands to newer ones because it seems every time you download someones resources you get a different version. Also the more phones you have owned the more times you have installed specific USB drivers for those phones and they are now hanging around messing things up. There are programs such as USBDeview that will allow you to uninstall those old drivers. For me I had HP drivers from an old tablet, OnePlus drivers, LG drivers, etc.
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I've been messing with it today a bunch. I am back to following the "foolproof" guide and this time I have completely uninstalled all my old drivers for anything android or USB or ADB related and reinstalled everything.
All commands work, I am using command prompt now.
What I am getting hung up on now is even after pushing all three files to the SD card, I run the command "fastboot flash boot twrp-3.2.1-0-cheryl.img && fastboot reboot" and it bounces back with " Failed: Write to device failed (no such file or directory)"
I've double checked the file names numerous times. I have no idea what I am doing wrong now. I have tried the command "fastboot boot twrp-3.2.1-0-cheryl.img" as stated in the other tutorial and it bounces back with "failed to identify current slot".
So I'm making progress at least. I'm trying to follow the first set of instructions listed in the fool proof guide but still no luck. I also tried the "clean method" listed below on that guide and that one doesn't work either. Apparently the Fool Proof guide thinks I'm a fool!
FireGuy0723 said:
What I am getting hung up on now is even after pushing all three files to the SD card, I run the command "fastboot flash boot twrp-3.2.1-0-cheryl.img && fastboot reboot" and it bounces back with " Failed: Write to device failed (no such file or directory)"
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I believe that when you run "fastboot flash boot twrp-3.2.1-0-cheryl.img" you are pushing the file called "twrp-3.2.1-0-cheryl.img" that is sitting on your PC's C: or whichever drive you are currently sitting in to the Razer Phone. So make sure the file is in the same directory as where you are running that command. This will then transfer it to the Razer and will reboot into TWRP.
But after you reboot into TWRP you will want to flash the version you have sitting within your SD card to the "recovery" partition. That way it is permanent.
Munk0 said:
I believe that when you run "fastboot flash boot twrp-3.2.1-0-cheryl.img" you are pushing the file called "twrp-3.2.1-0-cheryl.img" that is sitting on your PC's C: or whichever drive you are currently sitting in to the Razer Phone. So make sure the file is in the same directory as where you are running that command. This will then transfer it to the Razer and will reboot into TWRP.
But after you reboot into TWRP you will want to flash the version you have sitting within your SD card to the "recovery" partition. That way it is permanent.
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I was finally able to get the phone to accept a flash! I ended up saying screw it and dug a old laptop out, fresh install of windows and installed all the proper drivers onto it.
It worked almost flawlessly. It was able to correctly send the twrp.img file and the phone was able to boot into twrp which is about as far as I got. As it was attempting to load twrp it would "crash" the screen would flash twice and try rebooting back to TWRP.
What ended up happening was it got stuck in a boot loop trying to boot into TWRP. (I haven't even installed TWRP.zip yet, just tried booting the .img file).
I couldn't get the phone to boot to the system anymore. I thought I had a nice $600 paperweight on my hands.
I finally got the phone to go back into the boot loader and flashed all the factory stuff back on and relocked the bootloader. So right now I'm 100% back to stock.
I'm not sure what went wrong in the boot up of the twrp.img file. I'd like to try again but I'm kinda getting sick of wiping the phone Everytime something goes wrong.
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I'm wanting to get TWRP / Magisk on my Razer too, but see too many bootloop stories after attempting to flash TWRP.... making me nervous ha ha.
Sorry, not much help, but hope you get it sorted...
Peace
chris5s said:
I'm wanting to get TWRP / Magisk on my Razer too, but see too many bootloop stories after attempting to flash TWRP.... making me nervous ha ha.
Sorry, not much help, but hope you get it sorted...
Peace
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I had mine in boot loop, I was able to get it out pretty easily. If your able to get the phone into the bootloader (I did using a fastboot command while it was in a boot loop) you can just execute the script provided by Razer and it does the rest. Took about 10 minutes and I had factory everything back on the phone. Relocked the bootloader after and done, phone fixed.
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I had mine in boot loop, I was able to get it out pretty easily. If your able to get the phone into the bootloader (I did using a fastboot command while it was in a boot loop) you can just execute the script provided by Razer and it does the rest. Took about 10 minutes and I had factory everything back on the phone. Relocked the bootloader after and done, phone fixed.
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In my case I actually had to flash the stock boot.img from the May 2018 stock OS. Then I was able to use Razers guide to flash stock again. I haven't locked my bootloader since I still want to give it a try again. But I want to find a reliable way of rooting and then unrooting in case I want to do so in the feature.
So far I haven't found said documentation.
Installed Magisk v17.1 via TWRP loaded in fastboot boot (not fastboot flash boot ie not permanently installed) and so far all seems well. No boot loops when restarting...
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