hello
my htc wildfire is stucked in the fastboot (and sometimes the hboot) screen
i can't use up and down keys to enter recovery mode or other options
my bootloader is locked, so i can't flash any boot.img or recovery.img from the fastboot using
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
ti unlock it i need to go to:
http://www.htcdev.com
but i can't know now my phone's version to download the file i need (exe files), tried some of them, but the problem is that it can't find the phone! i think the phone needs to be powered up and not in fastboot mode (i think it uses adb)
and this command is not working: fastboot oem get_identifier_token
so i'm stuck in that sreen now
i've seen the thread in the forum, but can't find a solution, help please!
this is what i see in the scree:
buzz pvt ship s-on
hboot-1.01.0001
microp-0622
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-3.35.20.10
nov 17 2010.12:08:53
ARDV said:
hello
my htc wildfire is stucked in the fastboot (and sometimes the hboot) screen
i can't use up and down keys to enter recovery mode or other options
my bootloader is locked, so i can't flash any boot.img or recovery.img from the fastboot using
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
ti unlock it i need to go to:
http://www.htcdev.com
but i can't know now my phone's version to download the file i need (exe files), tried some of them, but the problem is that it can't find the phone! i think the phone needs to be powered up and not in fastboot mode (i think it uses adb)
and this command is not working: fastboot oem get_identifier_token
so i'm stuck in that sreen now
i've seen the thread in the forum, but can't find a solution, help please!
this is what i see in the scree:
buzz pvt ship s-on
hboot-1.01.0001
microp-0622
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-3.35.20.10
nov 17 2010.12:08:53
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Hi
Take the sdcard out of the phone and check and see if you have access to the volume buttons again. If so does your hoot have a factory reset option? Should be forth one down if it does.
Your hboot is not htcdev unlockable, but you can attain s-off if we can get it to boot. If the factory reset is not an option try booting into recovery, mash all the buttons until the recovery text options come up and factory reset from there, then report back here
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heavy_metal_man said:
Hi
Take the sdcard out of the phone and check and see if you have access to the volume buttons again. If so does your hoot have a factory reset option? Should be forth one down if it does.
Your hboot is not htcdev unlockable, but you can attain s-off if we can get it to boot. If the factory reset is not an option try booting into recovery, mash all the buttons until the recovery text options come up and factory reset from there, then report back here
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tried both with sd card and without it, the same problem.
i can't access recovery, and there is no factory reset option now, i can't click or choose anything.
i just can do 1 thing, which is writing prompting fastboot commands from pc.
i've searched in the fastboot commands but can't something to help
ARDV said:
tried both with sd card and without it, the same problem.
i can't access recovery, and there is no factory reset option now, i can't click or choose anything.
i just can do 1 thing, which is writing prompting fastboot commands from pc.
i've searched in the fastboot commands but can't something to help
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what condition did you get the device in? do you know how it ended up like this?
can you issue the command
Code:
fastboot gervar all
for me and see if it outputs. what we want to see if the cid of the device.
heavy_metal_man said:
what condition did you get the device in? do you know how it ended up like this?
can you issue the command
Code:
fastboot gervar all
for me and see if it outputs. what we want to see if the cid of the device.
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that's what i get:
getvar:all FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))
finished. total time: 0.002s
ARDV said:
that's what i get:
getvar:all FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))
finished. total time: 0.002s
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That is whole world's of not good. That means that the area in the bootloader holding the information about the phone, and more likely how to boot is corrupted. The only way to try get out of this at this point is going to need another android phone. You will need to make what's called a gold card, which will format your sdcard making it into a special sdcard which commands htc phones to ignore CID. Once you have this we can attempt to flash a ruu update with a bootloader update and hope that it fixes the issue. But if it fails your only other option aside from getting htc to fix it (unlikely for free) will be to pay to use an xtc clip, force the device to become s-off and them flash several bootloaders in the hope that one works. Let me know what you want to do next pal.
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heavy_metal_man said:
That is whole world's of not good. That means that the area in the bootloader holding the information about the phone, and more likely how to boot is corrupted. The only way to try get out of this at this point is going to need another android phone. You will need to make what's called a gold card, which will format your sdcard making it into a special sdcard which commands htc phones to ignore CID. Once you have this we can attempt to flash a ruu update with a bootloader update and hope that it fixes the issue. But if it fails your only other option aside from getting htc to fix it (unlikely for free) will be to pay to use an xtc clip, force the device to become s-off and them flash several bootloaders in the hope that one works. Let me know what you want to do next pal.
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this gold card, i need to buy or 'create '?
i found that link:
http://www.modaco.com/topic/305672-creating-a-goldcard/
ARDV said:
this gold card, i need to buy or 'create '?
i found that link:
http://www.modaco.com/topic/305672-creating-a-goldcard/
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You need to create one using an micro sdcard of 2-4 gb. (The one in the phone already should do ) you will need to place the phone into another android phone, or tablet, and download the app goldcard helper. Use it to determine the reverse CID of the sd card. Then go to this website link here and tell it the reverse CID. It will then let you Download a goldcard.img. once you have that you will need to go to this thread (link) and download this package. This will have a program called goldcard helper. Using this program you will combine the goldcard .img with the sdcard and then you will be good to go to run a ruu.
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heavy_metal_man said:
You need to create one using an micro sdcard of 2-4 gb. (The one in the phone already should do ) you will need to place the phone into android phone, or tablet, and download the app goldcard helper. Use it to determine the reverse CID of the sd card. Then go to this website (will edit a link in once I'm off my phone) and tell it the reverse CID. It will then let you Download a goldcard.img. once you have that you will need to go to this thread (insert link later) and download the package. This will have a program called goldcard helper. Using this program you will combine the goldcard .img with the sdcard and then you will be good to go to run a ruu.
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thanks for helping man, i'll wait for you.
post updated
well, so the first step is to put an external sd card in another android phone, and download this app, and get the code needed to put in that link u gave me?
the job in that thread requires:
5. A htcdev unlocked bootloader follow my previous guide here.
6. cwm recovery installed.
7. superuser installed.
and all of these don't exist in my case
the thread works with adb, and i don't have
and does a 8gb card work? 'not 2 or 4)
edit:
can i pass all the steps to GoldCardTool.exe?
and what comes after?
ARDV said:
well, so the first step is to put an external sd card in another android phone, and download this app, and get the code needed to put in that link u gave me?
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Yes that is the first step.
ARDV said:
the job in that thread requires:
5. A htcdev unlocked bootloader follow my previous guide here.
6. cwm recovery installed.
7. superuser installed.
and all of these don't exist in my case
the thread works with adb, and i don't have
and does a 8gb card work? 'not 2 or 4)
edit:
can i pass all the steps to GoldCardTool.exe?
and what comes after?
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Yes skip all of it until it talks about gold cards. All you need to do is make the gold card and then run the ruu that's in the downgrade package. It's the same hboot that you are on but it should flash without any issue. If you get error 131 then the goldcard has failed. You can certainly try with a 8gb but personally I've found that the bootloader struggles with anything over 4gb.
So to recap.
Use the app to generate the reverse cid of the sdcard.
Then insert the reverse cid number into the website I linked and download the goldcard.IMG
Then follow the goldcard instructions in the guide where it refers to goldcard tool.exe
It is recommended to use an external micro USB card reader and not a phone when writing the goldcard.
Once done place goldcard into phone,
Then connect phone to PC and then double click the ruu.exe
If it runs without error then wait for reboot of the phone, hopefully all will be well.
If the phone is not picked up then issue the fastboot command fastboot OEM rebootRUU And then try again.
Any error codes from any program just post back here, sorry for my late reply
Edit here is a good tut with a more in depth explanation of goldcard tool. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145035
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well,
i got the reversed CID, then i got the goldcard.img from that site
now after i load it to that .exe tool, i get:
An error occured Object reference not set to an instance of an object. tool used: 0.0.5.
i found another version of that toll: 0.0.7, i got that problem:
object reference not set to an instance of an object
i used both files as admin,
and also tried compatibility mode (i'm using win8)
ARDV said:
well,
i got the reversed CID, then i got the goldcard.img from that site
now after i load it to that .exe tool, i get:
An error occured Object reference not set to an instance of an object. tool used: 0.0.5.
i found another version of that toll: 0.0.7, i got that problem:
object reference not set to an instance of an object
i used both files as admin,
and also tried compatibility mode (i'm using win8)
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Hmm. ive been re-reading my info on goldcard (its been a while) and it turns out goldcardtool.exe has been know To have issues with cardreaders, so keep the card in the working android phone and mount it to the pc as usb mass storage and try again.
also run it compatability mode windows xp sp3 if possible and if it still fails post your reverse cid to this thread, ask nicely and @matter1 may be able to help you with a new goldcard.img, just incase the one from the website is faulty.
oh and use version 0/0/7 pal
sorry the problem that i didn't enable usb mass storage, it worked now and said that the sd card now is a gold one
now the next step is putting it in the htc-not working phone, and run the ruu.
edit: at last the phone booted up
i used http://revolutionary.io/ to install the recovery and root the phone
thanks for the big assistance
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Edited the entire first post to make it clear what the issue *was* and what the solution is:
ISSUE:
1. Desire screen not switching on at all even though phone switches on.
2. Phone boots but doesn't go beyond bootloader/recovery/fastboot
3. Can get into recovery even though nothing comes on screen (test: press volume down and power. Wait for 10 seconds. Press volume down. Press power. Phone should vibrate. Wait 20 seconds. Phone should now be in recovery mode.)
4. Can get into fastboot (back+power)
5. No goldcard
CAUSE of MY ISSUE:
I had Aura Sense7.9+AlphaRev S-Off. Cause::Ran a very old RUU just because I wanted to bring things back to stock. The RUU overwrote my HBOOT from 0.93 to god knows what. Turned out, the RUU was for amoled screens and not for SLCD screen. So even though the phone turned on, the screen never did.
SOLUTION:
1. Make sure you have HTC Sync drivers installed. Install HTC Sync and then just remove the application and not the drivers. I also installed the unrevoked hboot drivers. Do the same.
2. Get Android SDK http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
3. Check that your phone is recognized in recovery and fastboot by your system once drivers are installed -- once you install the drivers, boot into recovery (point 3 of issue -- you should hear beeps in win7 signalling a device connection). Open android_sdk/tool directory in command line and type 'adb devices'. Your device should come up. Similarly take phone into fastboot, and then in command line type 'fastboot devices' your phone should come up.
4.Switch off phone after test. Next, take phone into recovery mode and create gold card. Follow http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/ or use the Gold Card Tool . The last part of the Gold Card Tool (Patch MMC) didn't work for me so I used the hex editor manually. Make sure you start with the SD Card that came with your phone. I tried 2 cards and it didn't work. Just the SD Card with the phone did!
5. After gold card is made, download 'RUU_Bravo_Froyo_hTC_Asia_WWE_2.13.707.1_Radio_32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_143921_signed' RUU from shipped-roms. This is the latest RUU that I could find for SLCD screen.
6. Run RUU and if your gold card is correct, you should sail right through. and be greeted by a working Desire.
Phew!
Thanks goes to:
1. To everyone who has taken the time and effort to look at this post and comment with ideas and possible answers. Vankooten, I'm heading out of town in just a little while and just couldn't wait for rom210.zip. But, thanks nonetheless. Thanks EVERYONE
2. Paul from modaco and the guys from the unlockr for giving precise instructions on how to make gold cards
3. GoldCard Tool (klutsh) http://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/
4. To all the forum entries that I went through and the people who answered.
If you'd like more help on this, post away here or PM me if the instructions are not clear. I'm not an Android Guru, but can certainly try to help.
are you able to go into recovery?
You know you need a goldcard or its going to fail the cid check .... make one, also search for the slcd brick for another solution
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CrimzonEyed said:
are you able to go into recovery?
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I'm not able to get into recovery. I just get to the bootloader -- I know this just because i can feel it vibrate once. volume down/power doesn't do anything. fastboot works because i can see it using adk. Screen doesn't come on at all so can't see whats going on.
AndroHero said:
You know you need a goldcard or its going to fail the cid check .... make one, also search for the slcd brick for another solution
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How do I make a goldcard at this stage? I can get into the adb shell but can't mount the sdcard in any way. mount /sdcard just throws up errors. Are all goldcards the same -- a goldcard made on one desire can run on another? (I might be wrong but I think not)...
really screwed aren't i?
When you plug in the phone to the comp is it still visible in the "hardware section" ??
( you must have HTC sync installed and after that unistall the sync part, but leave the driver)
vankooten said:
When you plug in the phone to the comp is it still visible in the "hardware section" ??
( you must have HTC sync installed and after that unistall the sync part, but leave the driver)
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When I plug in the phone, I get it as HTC Bootloader in Win7 hardware section...so yes, it is visible.
What do I need to uninstall the sync part but leave the driver for -- to mount /sdcard?
How do I uninstall sync but leave driver -- isn't the driver part of the sync installation?
What ROM did the phone originally come with? If you know, and you can find it, flash that...
EddyOS said:
What ROM did the phone originally come with? If you know, and you can find it, flash that...
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And therein lies the mystery...i can't find it. i've gone through 100s of posts yesterday and tried flashing around 7 WWE and Asia roms, none of them work -- signatures just don't match!
i knew I should've created a goldcard!! since HBOOT has been overwritten and I can still erase system, data, and recovery using fastboot, should I just send it for service --- it is still under warranty... anyway of knowing if it's been HTCized again?
What software version was it on when you got it? This should be made clear before rooting to ALWAYS make a note of it so you can go back to stock if needed...without that you can try and send it to HTC but they may just turn around and say 'you rooted it, tough' and send it back
it was on 2.1 and upgraded it to 2.2 ota the day i got it.
i know.should've paid more attention and even created a goldcard for safe measure, but this is where I am at the moment
just wish things hadn't turned this bad...there's ought to be something else that I can do
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip
Ok. step by step.
Download de android SDK from here: http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
Unzip it to a place where you can easely find it back.
Download also http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip , no need to unzip this, just place it in the map "tools"in the unzipped file.
Open a command prompt and navigate to the map 'tools' from the unzipped file.
That is in "CMD".
1. get your microsd card out of the phone.
2. turn the phone onin FASTBOOT mode, press the "back"button (on the right-underside of your phone) and the power button at the same time..
3. Typ in je commandprompt:
code:
1 fastboot erase cache (enter)
2 fastboot oem rebootRUU (enter)
3 fastboot flash zip rom210.zip (enter)
maybe you get a HBOOT pre-update 'error', repeat immedeatly the last command.
when this is finnished (you got now HTC ROM 2.10, not rooted) - the progressbar is then full:
fastboot reboot
You should no have a clean HTC romand can put back your sd card
make sure that there is no more 'PB99IMG.zip' file on the sd-card.
If you go to "start" on the computer an d type "HTC" you will find the HTC sync and two seperate uninstall files.
Just uninstall htc sync and leave the driver.
You will need this otherwise the phone will not be detected in the hardwaresection.
I have had the same problem and a guy on a dutch forum showed me the way and it worked again.
So, plug in the phone, turn it on with "back" and "power" ( not the volume-buttons)
Press "start" on the computer and type "CMD".
navigate to the map "tools" by entering cd (name of the map where you placed it)
Good luck.
vankooten said:
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip
Ok. step by step.
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Thank you so much for such detailed steps. I will surely try this the moment I get home from work. I hope this works as I'm now desperate for a solution. Fingers crossed!!
vankooten said:
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
Good luck.
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Just had one question -- the steps you mentioned will work even if I don't have a goldcard?
yep,
No need for a goldcard.
Don't enter the numbers 1,2 and 3, just the commands.
your phone will be put back in its original state.
vankooten said:
yep,
No need for a goldcard.
Don't enter the numbers 1,2 and 3, just the commands.
your phone will be put back in its original state.
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That is a relief to hear! I will try this as soon as I get home. Will report back at the earliest.
go to work!!!
Take a look at this:
...forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748498
bhutanigaurav said:
That is a relief to hear! I will try this as soon as I get home. Will report back at the earliest.
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do you have s-off? because fastboot commands wont work unless you have an unlocked bootloader
vankooten said:
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip
Good luck.
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rom210.zip link no longer works.
AndroHero said:
do you have s-off? because fastboot commands wont work unless you have an unlocked bootloader
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had s-off before the ruu reflashed the hboot. now i dont know!
believe it or not, but now i'm at work and can't do anything in this.
As soon as i'm home i will be back.
Hey guys,
I'm in desperate need of some help here.
I tried to install the latest build of Coredroid today, installed all the way to start up screen, then saw safe mode sign.
Rebooted phone.
Straight to bootloader (Android skateboarder page).
In bootloader, volume keys do NOT work, thus, I cannot navigate.
I tried several things, my phone will NOT allow me to boot into Clockwork Recovery, no matter what I do.
I have tried renaming several different roms to PD98IMG and then rebooting, bootloader loads the file then takes me here:
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] BOOTLOADER
[2] BOOT
[3] RECOVERY
[4] SYSTEM
[5] SPLASH1
[6] SPLASH2
[7] USERDATA
[8] TP
[9] TP
[10] TP
[11] TP
[12] RADIO_V2
[13] RADIO_CUST
I can't select any of these since my volume keys are unresponsive.
Just so you know, the details at the top of my bootloader screen are as follows:
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD981000)
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26
Can you guys please offer some suggestions?
I'm in such desperate need of help!
Kind regards,
- Ric
My volume keys seem to work in boot loader. Strange that it isn't working for you.
What you can do is open up cmd and use adb shell reboot recovery It should reboot into recovery for you.
There's a fair few threads where people report similar things, although there doesn't seem to be a conclusive solution.
I just tried an adb shell reboot recovery in boot loader and it couldn't find the device. Will try a few other things and get back to you.
The command you want is 'fastboot reboot recovery'
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Mate I seriously appreciate your help!
Someone suggested downloading a RUU but that didn't work for me either?
I kept getting error 170 (usb connection)
philicibine said:
The command you want is 'fastboot reboot recovery'
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Sorry I don't know what this means!
Plug ur phone into ur pc while in bootloader mode... and then on ur pc command prompt type fastboot reboot recovery
Easy
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philicibine said:
Plug ur phone into ur pc while in bootloader mode... and then on ur pc command prompt type fastboot reboot recovery
Easy
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So I typed that and received the message:
'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
Could you please elaborate on that?
Kind regards,
- Ric
You have the android sdk?
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You have the android sdk?
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I've got it downloading the packages now, am I heading in the right direction?
Kind regards,
- Ric
Yes...
You need to get adb and fastboot working. There are plenty of tutorials on here. They both come with the sdk.
Once you have fastboot working its just a case of using that command.
I would use an ruu as a last resort. I don't know about your phone.. but with mine, I have to switch s-on first. So makes it complicated.
Hope u get it sorted. Simply by having bootloader on your phone it means you are recoverable.
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philicibine said:
Yes...
You need to get adb and fastboot working. There are plenty of tutorials on here. They both come with the sdk.
Once you have fastboot working its just a case of using that command.
I would use an ruu as a last resort. I don't know about your phone.. but with mine, I have to switch s-on first. So makes it complicated.
Hope u get it sorted. Simply by having bootloader on your phone it means you are recoverable.
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Ok, well thanks for the support.
I'll see what I can do.
Hey, So I think I've figured out how to fix your problem. Is your phone unbranded? And the RUU file you have. What steps did you try to get that to work? From what I've read around the forums you can either go into the bootloader. Plug in your USB, and it should come up something like "FASTBOOT USB" on the screen to confirm it. Run the exe and it should take you through the steps. You said you got an error so im assuming thats the steps you tried already.
Failing that, have you got a card reader? If so, you can drop an RUU's pb99img file onto the root of the sd card as Hboot looks for this file when it loads. This will then performs the same action without the need for USB connectivity.
So it's just "pb99img.zip" so delete everything between pb99img and .zip from the filename.
philicibine said:
Yes...
You need to get adb and fastboot working. There are plenty of tutorials on here. They both come with the sdk.
Once you have fastboot working its just a case of using that command.
I would use an ruu as a last resort. I don't know about your phone.. but with mine, I have to switch s-on first. So makes it complicated.
Hope u get it sorted. Simply by having bootloader on your phone it means you are recoverable.
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Hello mate, got everything downloaded.
fastboot reboot recovery
Doesn't do a great deal.
After I type it and press enter, the command prompt displays a list of commands and options.
Something along the lines of:
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>
update <filename>
flashall
flash <partition> [ <filename> ]
erase <partition>
and so on...
There doesn't appear to be any interaction with the device itself...
usmaanali said:
Hey, So I think I've figured out how to fix your problem. Is your phone unbranded? And the RUU file you have. What steps did you try to get that to work? From what I've read around the forums you can either go into the bootloader. Plug in your USB, and it should come up something like "FASTBOOT USB" on the screen to confirm it. Run the exe and it should take you through the steps. You said you got an error so im assuming thats the steps you tried already.
Failing that, have you got a card reader? If so, you can drop an RUU's pb99img file onto the root of the sd card as Hboot looks for this file when it loads. This will then performs the same action without the need for USB connectivity.
So it's just "pb99img.zip" so delete everything between pb99img and .zip from the filename.
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Yes, tried the first part, the RUU didn't detect my phone.
With the second part, how do I find the pb99img file?
Can I just download one?
Could you please point me in the right direction?
Kind regards,
- Ric
I'm still no further forward.
Could you please point me in the direction of one of the tutorials you're talking about?
I have searched extensively but I haven't found anything that seems relevant.
Desperately need my phone!
Kind regards,
- Ric
The RUU file you have, It should be about 150mb or something right? and make sure it is the correct RUU file. It should be zipped up and just rename it so it is "pb99img.zip" and make sure not to put it in any sort of folders onto your sd card.
I'm assuming you have the RUU already as you said you tried it already. If not try this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824357
usmaanali said:
The RUU file you have, It should be about 150mb or something right? and make sure it is the correct RUU file. It should be zipped up and just rename it so it is "pb99img.zip" and make sure not to put it in any sort of folders onto your sd card.
I'm assuming you have the RUU already as you said you tried it already. If not try this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824357
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the rom.zip found in an RUU is usually 250-290mb in size depending on carrier addons. This is what is renamed to PD98IMG.zip
AGAIN, PD98IMG
And why hasnt anyone asked him if HTC Sync has been installed?
If you plug in your USB cable while your DHD is powered off, does it go into offmode charging? (does the charging led turn on after a few seconds?)
If so, you should be able to "adb shell" into your phone
Dear all,
I have been looking around the forums and downloaded a few things and looked at various solutions, but I am stuck at the first hurdle.
I have been given an htc Desire Bravo that just will not boot. I do not know how it failed originally but I can only get it into the boot screens, either the fastboot/hboot logon ot the 5 buzzes and the htc logo lock. Also it takes about 30 minutes with the battery out after every failed boot attempt to restart the boot screen.
I have run adb but it cannot tell me a cid number, I have a micro sd card in it but it does not have the pb99diag.zip on it. When I put such a file on the sd card it does not find it. Communication via adb and the phone has varied success. I suspect it is drivers and what I read is an old adb bug where server is out of date.
I have never done this before this weekend so please be gentle with me!
If I can get it to work, even to use it like a wifi tablet without phone I would be happy. I am in the UK and if we have real success I would get it on tesco PAYG
I get the "cannot find pb99diag.zip etc" dialogue when going into hboot.
The logon says
BRAVO PVT-1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO 5.11.05.27
AUG 10 2010, 17:52.18
Can someone suggest where to start? I have tried a number of guides on the forum but no success so far. Even just getting an os running would be success. I will be looking at this each evening so apologies if I seem slow to respond
Thanks
Adrian
First make S-Off. I forgot how but if i think right, you must it do via revolutionary, If it success, then download 4ext recovery.IMG and flash it via fastboot and reboot in bootloader in your recovery
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battlekaier said:
First make S-Off. I forgot how but if i think right, you must it do via revolutionary, If it success, then download 4ext recovery.IMG and flash it via fastboot and reboot in bootloader in your recovery
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Thank you battlekaier, I will try this out tonight when I get home and will report back.
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ukubuntu said:
Thank you battlekaier, I will try this out tonight when I get home and will report back.
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After you s off u can flash hboot the easy way but first s off.
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If u phone does not boot then u can NOT s-off, ur phone needs to be booted.. also if ur s-on and not rooted then all u can do is flash a ruu.
Did u try factory reset from bootloader menu? Try that first, u never know but chances r ul prob need to ruu a ruu.
jmcclue said:
If u phone does not boot then u can NOT s-off, ur phone needs to be booted.. also if ur s-on and not rooted then all u can do is flash a ruu.
Did u try factory reset from bootloader menu? Try that first, u never know but chances r ul prob need to ruu a ruu.
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Hi jmcclue,
Thanks for the comments. I can boot to the HBoot and Fastboot screens, thats how I could find the S-ON and version data. If I get it to reboot, I get either a white screen with just "htc" on it, or 5 buzzes and a screen with no life at all. I am hopeful to get it to S-OFF as I have had some communication through the usb to pc connection. I am not sure if I can do an RUU update as I don't seem to have a CID. I do not have a factory reset option on the HBOOT screen. I have tried clear storage but that has no effect. Perhaps I need the S-OFF first.
Cheers again,
A
Use the 2.3gb update ruu its wwe (world wide english) so dont worry bout cid. U can find it in bortaks troubleshooting guide in resources section and its naned 2.3.3 ruu. U will find it easy enough in google aswell. Search for "htc desire 2.3gb update" its a exe file so just boot ur phone into fastboot, plug in ur phone and run the ruu, hopefully it willvwork. Im a bit worried tho about the 5 vibrations u get, maybe a sign of hardware failure. But try that ruu anyway. And again u can not get s-off unless ur phone is fully working/booted.
jmcclue said:
Use the 2.3gb update ruu its wwe (world wide english) so dont worry bout cid. U can find it in bortaks troubleshooting guide in resources section and its naned 2.3.3 ruu. U will find it easy enough in google aswell. Search for "htc desire 2.3gb update" its a exe file so just boot ur phone into fastboot, plug in ur phone and run the ruu, hopefully it willvwork. Im a bit worried tho about the 5 vibrations u get, maybe a sign of hardware failure. But try that ruu anyway. And again u can not get s-off unless ur phone is fully working/booted.
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Many thanks
Well that was a bit wierd
If anyone can see where I went wrong, feel free to say.
I could not seem to get the link between the phone and the pc so I removed the htc sync and restarted the pc. I could then connect to the phone in some way as abd gave a command error when I sent a fastboot oem readcid which it normally does. So leaving it in fastboot with usb I ran the wwe~.exe file and it all seemed to be doing installing. There were tens of installations going to the phone I guess each reaching 100%. Suddenly I had a web page popup in my browser s.rev2pub.com/ul_cb/player.html?a=19471543&context=c23573548&size=800x600&rt=popunder&ci=10&cb=[CACHEBUSTER] recommending I download latest drivers. The wwe ruu vanished and I have no continuing processes in Task manager that I can see.
So, should I have installed in hboot? Thankfully I can still get the phone to power on. What should happen after the exe file installs?
I am able to get some response from the phone as adb devices returns the phone device number. So I hope I can try again.
Any thoughts?
Many thanks
Revolutionary S-OFF and recovery
ukubuntu said:
Dear all,
I have been looking around the forums and downloaded a few things and looked at various solutions, but I am stuck at the first hurdle.
I have been given an htc Desire Bravo that just will not boot. I do not know how it failed originally but I can only get it into the boot screens, either the fastboot/hboot logon ot the 5 buzzes and the htc logo lock. Also it takes about 30 minutes with the battery out after every failed boot attempt to restart the boot screen.
I have run adb but it cannot tell me a cid number, I have a micro sd card in it but it does not have the pb99diag.zip on it. When I put such a file on the sd card it does not find it. Communication via adb and the phone has varied success. I suspect it is drivers and what I read is an old adb bug where server is out of date.
I have never done this before this weekend so please be gentle with me!
If I can get it to work, even to use it like a wifi tablet without phone I would be happy. I am in the UK and if we have real success I would get it on tesco PAYG
I get the "cannot find pb99diag.zip etc" dialogue when going into hboot.
The logon says
BRAVO PVT-1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO 5.11.05.27
AUG 10 2010, 17:52.18
Can someone suggest where to start? I have tried a number of guides on the forum but no success so far. Even just getting an os running would be success. I will be looking at this each evening so apologies if I seem slow to respond
Thanks
Adrian
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Hey Adrian, I had the same problem as you did, hopefully I can be of help.
First, like everyone else is saying you will need S-OFF.
To do this head to this site on your PC revolutionary.io hit download for windows or Linux or whatever your pc is running, then you will need to fill out information about your device (see attached screenshot). Device, HBoot number, and serial number, (the serial number can be found behind the battery of your device). Once you have done that, click "Generate Key". it will give you a key, remember it or write it down.
Then, open the file that was downloaded, and extract the contents to your documents and Run the revolutionary( should look like the screenshot attached). Plug your device in (assuming you have the drivers) and it should ask you to enter the beta key we had before. Enter that and hit enter. it will then S-off your Desire and soon ask if you would like to install a custom recovery. hit Y and then enter, once that is finished, unplug your device and in HBoot go to "Recovery". Now you can flash a ROM of your choice.
Hopefully I made sense!
Best of luck
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Hey Adrian, I had the same problem as you did, hopefully I can be of help.
First, like everyone else is saying you will need S-OFF.
To do this head to this site on your PC revolutionary.io hit download for windows or Linux or whatever your pc is running, then you will need to fill out information about your device (see attached screenshot). Device, HBoot number, and serial number, (the serial number can be found behind the battery of your device). Once you have done that, click "Generate Key". it will give you a key, remember it or write it down.
Then, open the file that was downloaded, and extract the contents to your documents and Run the revolutionary( should look like the screenshot attached). Plug your device in (assuming you have the drivers) and it should ask you to enter the beta key we had before. Enter that and hit enter. it will then S-off your Desire and soon ask if you would like to install a custom recovery. hit Y and then enter, once that is finished, unplug your device and in HBoot go to "Recovery". Now you can flash a ROM of your choice.
Hopefully I made sense!
Best of luck
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Thank you Neibaf97
Can I confirm that I can do this from the HBOOT screen or the fastboot screen? Also where jmmclue said if I can't boot then I can't S-Off, does that mean boot to the HBOOT screen or into Android? Then if I want to load say WWE, do I put that on a microSD to get it to recover?
thanks again
A
ukubuntu said:
Thank you Neibaf97
Can I confirm that I can do this from the HBOOT screen or the fastboot screen? Also where jmmclue said if I can't boot then I can't S-Off, does that mean boot to the HBOOT screen or into Android? Then if I want to load say WWE, do I put that on a microSD to get it to recover?
thanks again
A
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He means into android.
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He means into android.
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Thanks lilsafbig, that was a little too ambiguous to understand, but I have a few developments.
I am able to communicate to some degree with adb between phone and pc. Before I was unable to get anything back but now with the right syntax I have got back the CID as HTC_001 and the device number. But when I run revolutionary from the fastboot USB screen the revolutionary continues to wait for the device to show. Is it likely that USB degugging was off prior to the failure, is there a way to get it on. I suggest this as when I connect it to my pc it recognizes the device and shows in the device manager as an htc unspecified device (this is progress). As I cannot boot android it does not show as an additional drive in file manger. when I try some of the fastboot oem commands I get bad command errors, whilst fastboot getvars is ok. Could this be why I cannot get revolutionary to S-OFF!
Thanks
additional info, when usb is in an in fastboot usb, the device manager sees it as android 1.0
ukubuntu said:
additional info, when usb is in an in fastboot usb, the device manager sees it as android 1.0
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also tried "fastboot oem writecid 11111111" and got "FAILED(remoteartition is not existed).."
ukubuntu said:
also tried "fastboot oem writecid 11111111" and got "FAILED(remoteartition is not existed).."
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So..... does this mean I am bricked?
BUMP!
ukubuntu said:
So..... does this mean I am bricked?
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If you can still get to bootloader / fastboot screen, then you are rarely ever bricked.
1. Ignore anything and everything to do with revolutionary and fastboot for now. I'm afraid the first few posts while trying to be helpful have been misleading. Get your phone booting up into Android OS first, i.e. into a stock ROM using an RUU
2. Use the 2.3.3. GB RUU, nothing else, it doesn't need a goldcard or care about CID etc.
3. Download it from the bottom here, then use Bortak's troubleshooting guide stickied to the top of Q&A, Point [7] to run it as a PB99IMG.zip from the root of your sdcard. That way you don't need to run it through USB or care about what drivers are installed.
Thank you Eddie, I will try that. I did try flash a PB99IMG.zip before with no success but I will try again.
I found it here Official Stock Sense Gingerbread_v1.2 GB-2.3.3_A2SD – http://androidba.se/J7 for desire (neophyte)
I hope it can work out ok. I guess I format the sd card to fat32 not ext4
Will let you know how it goes.
Thanks,
A
ukubuntu said:
Thank you Eddie, I will try that. I did try flash a PB99IMG.zip before with no success but I will try again.
I found it here Official Stock Sense Gingerbread_v1.2 GB-2.3.3_A2SD – http://androidba.se/J7 for desire (neophyte)
I hope it can work out ok. I guess I format the sd card to fat32 not ext4
Will let you know how it goes.
Thanks,
A
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That's a custom rom.
Here's the link for the 2.3.3 ruu.
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/downl...uu-now-to-update-to-to-the-latest-android-os/
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ukubuntu said:
I did try flash a PB99IMG.zip before with no success but I will try again.
I found it here Official Stock Sense Gingerbread_v1.2 GB-2.3.3_A2SD – http://androidba.se/J7 for desire (neophyte)/
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That did not work because the file is not an RUU...it is a stock rooted custom ROM with A2SD (the clue is in the name). It is designed to flashed in recovery like any other ROM. Renaming it to PB99IMG.zip won't do anything.
Use the actual shipped roms RUU link provided.
Reformat your sdcard to a single FAT32 partition if necessary, then follow Method [7] of the guide, place only the PB99IMG.zip on the root of the sdcard (not in any folder)
Hi
This is the first time I'm using a HTC device, before this I had some Nexus devices which were really easy for modification. I'm a little confused with HTC methods.
I'm a GNU/Linux user and I wish to do everything without using Windows. as I see RUU files at least for HTC 10 are .exe files and a Windows machine is needed to flash them. I have found this tool that extracts all the files from RUU file.
1- If I wanna flash exe RUU, can I just download the file from here and run it ? should I consider CID and MID before downloading a RUU file?
2- Considering that I have the right RUU file, can I just use "Universal HTC RUU/ROM Decryption Tool" and make a zip file and flash it?
Use the decrypt tool to get pull the ROM.zip from the RUU.exe, rename the ROM.zip to 2PS6IMG.zip and place that on the root of your sdcard. Boot to download mode and it will find the renamed zip and ask you to press vol up to confirm the flash. When it's done it'll prompt you to press power to reboot.
That's it. Super easy.
After the flash delete the zip or rename it to something else, otherwise every time you boot to download mode, it'll try to update again.
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Use the decrypt tool to get pull the ROM.zip from the RUU.exe, rename the ROM.zip to 2PS6IMG.zip and place that on the root of your sdcard. Boot to download mode and it will find the renamed zip and ask you to press vol up to confirm the flash. When it's done it'll prompt you to press power to reboot.
That's it. Super easy.
After the flash delete the zip or rename it to something else, otherwise every time you boot to download mode, it'll try to update again.
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Thank you.
Forgive me if I ask without any testing by myself, My device hasn't been arrived yet. (I'm preparing myself)
Will it wipe anything?
Will it re-encrypt data partition and solve the radio problem? (is flashing the zip exactly like running RUU.exe or it's just something like an OTA upate?)
Will It solve OTA problem? (not being able to receive OTA)
The exact question is
How can I flash the RUU like a factory reset
and how can I flash the RUU like an OTA
(ALL in Linux not Windows)
Thank you so much
Sir-Shadow said:
Hi
This is the first time I'm using a HTC device, before this I had some Nexus devices which were really easy for modification. I'm a little confused with HTC methods.
I'm a GNU/Linux user and I wish to do everything without using Windows. as I see RUU files at least for HTC 10 are .exe files and a Windows machine is needed to flash them. I have found this tool that extracts all the files from RUU file.
1- If I wanna flash exe RUU, can I just download the file from here and run it ? should I consider CID and MID before downloading a RUU file?
2- Considering that I have the right RUU file, can I just use "Universal HTC RUU/ROM Decryption Tool" and make a zip file and flash it?
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do you not have an sd-card?
why not just use that method?
If you do a full RUU that way, is he going to get a full wipe with radio and firmware update is his question I think, I know it can so that with renaming the zip.
Are you going to s-off your phone first? Have you decided on that yet, because it's a preference but if you use Linux half decent I would recommend s-off with locked bootloader (when it's s-off, its a higher level permission so it works like unlocked but the locked flag is still there)
I'm not really familiar with the RUU method from the beginning, I know there's a lot of options though. My suggestion would be s-off (choose to keep bootloader locked during sunshine process) and then install recovery with fastboot and firmware with fastboot (sneakyghost thread for firmware/radio updates s-off), which works from Linux I believe because I had to learn how to use fastboot and adb with iOS when I remoted in to straighten out a phone on teamviewer. So I think "fastboot reboot oemRUU" method works in Linux, you just do ./ if I remember correctly.
Can some Linux guys help me out?
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do you not have an sd-card?
why not just use that method?
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I have and I will use, but this is my first time with HTC and I'm still learning the way HTC works.
CharliesTheMan said:
If you do a full RUU that way, is he going to get a full wipe with radio and firmware update is his question I think, I know it can so that with renaming the zip.
Are you going to s-off your phone first? Have you decided on that yet, because it's a preference but if you use Linux half decent I would recommend s-off with locked bootloader (when it's s-off, its a higher level permission so it works like unlocked but the locked flag is still there)
I'm not really familiar with the RUU method from the beginning, I know there's a lot of options though. My suggestion would be s-off (choose to keep bootloader locked during sunshine process) and then install recovery with fastboot and firmware with fastboot (sneakyghost thread for firmware/radio updates s-off), which works from Linux I believe because I had to learn how to use fastboot and adb with iOS when I remoted in to straighten out a phone on teamviewer. So I think "fastboot reboot oemRUU" method works in Linux, you just do ./ if I remember correctly.
Can some Linux guys help me out?
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I really like to s-off my phone, but as the only way for s-off is Sunshine and I do live in f*ing country, it's not easy for me to pay.
Why do you recommend s-off and keeping bootloader lock? I know s-off is more powerful but why keeping bootloader lock?
Sir-Shadow said:
I have and I will use, but this is my first time with HTC and I'm still learning the way HTC works.
I really like to s-off my phone, but as the only way for s-off is Sunshine and I do live in f*ing country, it's not easy for me to pay.
Why do you recommend s-off and keeping bootloader lock? I know s-off is more powerful but why keeping bootloader lock?
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The bootloader lock serves no purpose on preventing you from installing things we flash after s off. It's basically a false flag, like a deadbolt on a door but to get in, you can just move the door to the side and walk in.
To unlock bootloader you have to go through HTC and agree to waive your warranty rights. S off unlocks everything, but certain apps looking for a locked bootloader, see a locked bootloader is just a fake sign on the door basically, with benefits to being locked and s off, for apps that require locked bootloaders.
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Sir-Shadow said:
I have and I will use, but this is my first time with HTC and I'm still learning the way HTC works.
I really like to s-off my phone, but as the only way for s-off is Sunshine and I do live in f*ing country, it's not easy for me to pay.
Why do you recommend s-off and keeping bootloader lock? I know s-off is more powerful but why keeping bootloader lock?
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***On the HTC 10, S-OFF Locked = S-OFF Unlocked (Strange I know, this isn't how it was on previous M9, M8 or M7 etc,,, the HTC 10 is a bit different), Sunshine suggests that you choose S-OFF Locked (you will see this in the disclaimer when you run the application)***
There are several methods to flash RUU (Option 2 isn't viable since you are on Linux, but you still have 2 options) - I don't see why you would have any issues using adb on Linux, but I use Windows mainly, so I've never flashed an RUU on Linux, but I do know that Option 1 (SD-Card) is the safest method, IMO. (No worry of power going out and bricking device or something while it's flashing)
Taken from this thread found here
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Option 1
Copy 2PS6IMG.zip (this is the RUU you rename to 2PS6IMG.zip) to root of a physical SD formatted to fat32. No exfat! No internal storage! Must be external SD formated to fat32!
Reboot phone to download mode and follow prompts once RUU is detected by phone.
Option 2
EXE option. Download EXE file below (for windows) and simply double click to start. You can either be booted to OS with USB debugging enabled OR booted into download mode for this to start.
Option 3
Fastboot RUU mode . This method assumes you have a working ADB/Fastboot directory on your PC. Download RUU zip file and place in your working fastboot/adb directory. Boot your phone to download mode and connect to PC. Issue the following commands.
htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU
###while in this mode your phone will display an HTC logo on the screen
htc_fastboot flash zip 2PS6IMG.zip
##while in this mode you will see an HTC logo on the screen and a green status bar across the bottom of the screen. When command output ##completes it may say reboot required to flush etc... if that's the case issue a "htc_fastboot reboot-bootloader" command and restart option 1 again.
## assuming flash completes and no further flushing/reboots are requested from the cmd output you can now reboot IF you simply wish to reboot the system you can issue "htc_fastboot reboot" which will reboot syst
andybones said:
***On the HTC 10, S-OFF Locked = S-OFF Unlocked (Strange I know, this isn't how it was on previous M9, M8 or M7 etc,,, the HTC 10 is a bit different), Sunshine suggests that you choose S-OFF Locked (you will see this in the disclaimer when you run the application)***
There are several methods to flash RUU (Option 2 isn't viable since you are on Linux, but you still have 2 options) - I don't see why you would have any issues using adb on Linux, but I use Windows mainly, so I've never flashed an RUU on Linux, but I do know that Option 1 (SD-Card) is the safest method, IMO. (No worry of power going out and bricking device or something while it's flashing)
Taken from this thread found here
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Option 1
Copy 2PS6IMG.zip (this is the RUU you rename to 2PS6IMG.zip) to root of a physical SD formatted to fat32. No exfat! No internal storage! Must be external SD formated to fat32!
Reboot phone to download mode and follow prompts once RUU is detected by phone.
Option 2
EXE option. Download EXE file below (for windows) and simply double click to start. You can either be booted to OS with USB debugging enabled OR booted into download mode for this to start.
Option 3
Fastboot RUU mode . This method assumes you have a working ADB/Fastboot directory on your PC. Download RUU zip file and place in your working fastboot/adb directory. Boot your phone to download mode and connect to PC. Issue the following commands.
htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU
###while in this mode your phone will display an HTC logo on the screen
htc_fastboot flash zip 2PS6IMG.zip
##while in this mode you will see an HTC logo on the screen and a green status bar across the bottom of the screen. When command output ##completes it may say reboot required to flush etc... if that's the case issue a "htc_fastboot reboot-bootloader" command and restart option 1 again.
## assuming flash completes and no further flushing/reboots are requested from the cmd output you can now reboot IF you simply wish to reboot the system you can issue "htc_fastboot reboot" which will reboot syst
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Sir, thank you for this clarification.
Now I'm happy that I can use this device without needing a Windows machine. And I think I have to find a way to S-OFF.
andybones said:
Option 1
Copy 2PS6IMG.zip (this is the RUU you rename to 2PS6IMG.zip) to root of a physical SD formatted to fat32. No exfat! No internal storage! Must be external SD formated to fat32!
Reboot phone to download mode and follow prompts once RUU is detected by phone.
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FAT32 isn't needed anymore with the 10. ExFAT works just fine now. :good:
Sir-Shadow said:
Sir, thank you for this clarification.
Now I'm happy that I can use this device without needing a Windows machine. And I think I have to find a way to S-OFF.
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Sunshine app is the only possible way for most of us to S-OFF our devices.. unless you live somewhere where java cards are prevalent and you are able to find a local business that has java cards and offers S-OFF service.. dunno if that is still a thing or not..
I remember reading that if you ever want to be able to take an OTA, you have to do a RUU flash using the Windows method... that shouldn't be an issue, though. Updates don't really need to be taken over the air, though. They will be available for download very shortly after the OTA.
Good Day, first time posting so here is the huge problem i have.
1 - My power button no longer works
2 - No ROM installed
3 - Vol buttons work
So due to an error on my part i wiped my system , data, delv/cache , and because i was rushing i rebooted the phone before installing the new rom. Now normally i would just boot into recovery and flash a rom, but my power button no longer works. I can get into download mode if the phone dies by holding vol down and plugging into a pc, and such can use fastboot commands, but with no Rom i cant get USB debugging to use "adb reboot recovery" . Is there anyway that i can get into recovery or a way to flash stock recovery, system and such. thanks in advance.
Bloodx32 said:
Good Day, first time posting so here is the huge problem i have.
1 - My power button no longer works
2 - No ROM installed
3 - Vol buttons work
So due to an error on my part i wiped my system , data, delv/cache , and because i was rushing i rebooted the phone before installing the new rom. Now normally i would just boot into recovery and flash a rom, but my power button no longer works. I can get into download mode if the phone dies by holding vol down and plugging into a pc, and such can use fastboot commands, but with no Rom i cant get USB debugging to use "adb reboot recovery" . Is there anyway that i can get into recovery or a way to flash stock recovery, system and such. thanks in advance.
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Have tried an ruu? I suggest using the sdcard method. Safest.
andybones said:
Have tried an ruu? I suggest using the sdcard method. Safest.
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i havent tried that, i thought i need stock recovery and to relock the bootloader for RUU, can you explain "SD card method" .
Bloodx32 said:
i havent tried that, i thought i need stock recovery and to relock the bootloader for RUU, can you explain "SD card method" .
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No you don't need to lock bl. Or need stock recovery, That's outdated info.
Sure:
Download the RUU.zip file. Rename the zip file to 2PS6IMG.zip (being careful that you have file extensions turned on, or are aware that it could be renamed to 2PS6IMG.zip.zip, which is bad) Copy 2PS6IMG.zip to root of a physical SD formatted to fat32 or exfat! No internal storage!
Reboot phone to download mode and follow prompts once RUU is detected by phone.
andybones said:
No you don't need to lock bl. Or need stock recovery, That's outdated info.
Sure:
Download the RUU.zip file. Rename the zip file to 2PS6IMG.zip (being careful that you have file extensions turned on, or are aware that it could be renamed to 2PS6IMG.zip.zip, which is bad) Copy 2PS6IMG.zip to root of a physical SD formatted to fat32 or exfat! No internal storage!
Reboot phone to download mode and follow prompts once RUU is detected by phone.
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thanks alot, i will give this a try. i can just get the latest RUU from HTC website and be fine right?
Bloodx32 said:
thanks alot, i will give this a try. i can just get the latest RUU from HTC website and be fine right?
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Absolutely. Are you soff or son?
If son Id have to double check about locking bl but I'm quite sure that's very old info, and ruu has the stock recovery and just overwrites w.e you have
And soff you 100% don't need to mess w anything.
I'm soff/locked bl and flash ruu all the time. :good:
HTC website may even have directions but not sure.
RUU wiil wipe internal ste
andybones said:
Absolutely. Are you soff or son?
If son Id have to double check about locking bl but I'm quite sure that's very old info, and ruu has the stock recovery and just overwrites w.e you have
And soff you 100% don't need to mess w anything.
I'm soff/locked bl and flash ruu all the time. :good:
HTC website may even have directions but not sure.
RUU wiil wipe internal ste
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i am s-on
Bloodx32 said:
i am s-on
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Oh shoot I was thinking backwards, sorry. You need be stock ruu to turn from soff to son.
You can flash ruu np son, but it must match your cid/mid - Carrier ID / Mosel ID.
well its like a brick now anyway, im not sure if i did the CID "111111" , something like that a long time ago. well ill see what i can do, thanks for all your help
Bloodx32 said:
well its like a brick now anyway, im not sure if i did the CID "111111" , something like that a long time ago. well ill see what i can do, thanks for all your help
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That's "SuperCID" and iirc you need soff to achieve, I have it as well set to that. It allows you to flash any ruu to your device.
Very welcome, mention me if you are in need of anything else.
andybones said:
That's "SuperCID" and iirc you need soff to achieve, I have it as well set to that. It allows you to flash any ruu to your device.
Very welcome, mention me if you are in need of anything else.
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so i just tried "fastboot flash zip ruu.zip" and got security error , so i did "fastboot oem lock" but now i cant lock the bootloader cuz i cant press power to confirm, i will try to put it on the SD card and try to see if it'll auto flash. but other than that any other ideas? just for educational know how, im planning on ordering new a new power/vol flex cable anyway.
Bloodx32 said:
so i just tried "fastboot flash zip ruu.zip" and got security error , so i did "fastboot oem lock" but now i cant lock the bootloader cuz i cant press power to confirm, i will try to put it on the SD card and try to see if it'll auto flash. but other than that any other ideas? just for educational know how, im planning on ordering new a new power/vol flex cable anyway.
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Dang yea I think you did f need the vol for SD method... Shoot.
But you don't need to lock bl..
That's not correct line: you need to be in rebootRUU mode.
I'm just gunna copy and paste this from vzw thread, applies to all.
"Option 1
Download the RUU.zip file. Rename the zip file to 2PS6IMG.zip (being careful that you have file extensions turned on, or are aware that it could be renamed to 2PS6IMG.zip.zip, which is bad) Copy 2PS6IMG.zip to root of a physical SD formatted to fat32 or exfat! No internal storage!
Reboot phone to download mode and follow prompts once RUU is detected by phone.
Option 2
EXE option. Download EXE file below (for windows) and simply double click to start. You can either be booted to OS with USB debugging enabled OR booted into download mode for this to start.
Option 3
Fastboot RUU mode . This method assumes you have a working ADB/Fastboot directory on your PC. Download RUU zip file and place in your working fastboot/adb directory. Boot your phone to download mode and connect to PC. Issue the following commands.
htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU
###while in this mode your phone will display an HTC logo on the screen
htc_fastboot flash zip 2PS6IMG.zip
##while in this mode you will see an HTC logo on the screen and a green status bar across the bottom of the screen. When command output ##completes it may say reboot required to flush etc... if that's the case issue a "htc_fastboot reboot-bootloader" command and restart option 1 again.
## assuming flash completes and no further flushing/reboots are requested from the cmd output you can now reboot IF you simply wish to reboot the system you can issue "htc_fastboot reboot" which will reboot system.
## expect a good 5 minute plus first boot!"