Hi
Before starting I want you to know that I have been through 5-10 threads regarding the subject problem and still not know what to do. I am basically a layman to Flashing. The most adventurous thing I have done is downgrading a Sony Xperia Arc S from ICS to Gingerbread using a simple sofware sort of thing called "flashtool" and downloading ......... (i am leaving it blank cuz at the moment I am quite confused. Lets call it its original firmware)
And before I can explain the problem I am confused between the following terms: RECOVERY, ROM, KERNEL and RUU. Kernel i know is a software layer between H/w and OS. But then why we need to flash it seperately???? it should be a part of OS: which i think is called a ROM. RUU is the update to a recovery. but what exactly is the difference between ROM and RECOVERY. both seem to be like some sort of an image file that contains complete OS. Then there are bloody BOOTs that you have to unlock and keep lock at some times. God knows why
Now coming to the problem:
My HTC One X (bought here in Pakistan and should be containing the international firmware, i dont know for sure)
One fine morning a few days ago my phone showed up the update HTC released recently which changes the appearance of the GUI. I was quite happy to see it and immediately selected the option to install the update. The update ran and installed successfully. I used the new GUI for 2 days or so and then suddenly my phone got stoned (or brick or stuck). It turned off when i tried to use it and then started showing
*** LOCKED ***
*** Security Warning ***
ENDEAVORU PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.73.0000
CPLD-None
MI CROP-None
RADIO-5.1204.167.31
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW secure boot: enabled
MODEM PATH : OFF
Jun 21 2013, 18:24:41
Battery level is too low to flash
FASTBOOT USB
HBOOT
REBOOT
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
POWERDOWN
So I am screwed really badly. The USB debugging mode that i know is essential to install a firmware is not enabled. and my device is not rooted. The device is not charging up properly.
I have downloaded Hansoon all in one toolkit (which seems to be of no use since debugging mode is not enabled). I have android SKD downloaded in my pc. so is HTC Sync. But dont have any idea where to begin.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY I WANT TO SAVE THE DATA INSIDE THE PHONE THAT I CANT ACCESS.
..... i am trying to root the device using hansoon. but for that i need to generate some sort of a code. Now my device is showing up one option named barcode where i can see MB SN and IMEI of the device. is it possible to generate that code using these three???
Can anyone give me stepwise directions to deal with this problem???? please give me complete instructions. like i am not sure which firmware was there in my phone (asian, international ....) so give me detailed instructions please.
Learned about HTCDEV now following the instructions on that site to unlock the bootloader. this will enable me to root the device and ultimately flash a ROM. But i wish everything was as simple as 1 2 3
NOW THE QUESTION IS WILL I BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE BUILT IN MEMORY OF THE PHONE TO RECOVER MY DATA???
can't you just copy your data from your hox to pc, unlock bootloader and then copy them back?
lukes91 said:
can't you just copy your data from your hox to pc, unlock bootloader and then copy them back?
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thanks for the reply. it cant be done i think cause unlocking the bootloader will erase all data from the phone. And this is what is stopping me now to unlock it.
Any other way the data can be read???
nonikhan said:
thanks for the reply. it cant be done i think cause unlocking the bootloader will erase all data from the phone. And this is what is stopping me now to unlock it.
Any other way the data can be read???
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it will only erase personal data, after unlocking the phone will be just like after a factory reset... i still don't understand which data you want to read after unlocking bootloader...
lukes91 said:
it will only erase personal data, after unlocking the phone will be just like after a factory reset... i still don't understand which data you want to read after unlocking bootloader...
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pictures and files etc. some apps i was using to keep log of expenses and other stuff like that.
nonikhan said:
pictures and files etc. some apps i was using to keep log of expenses and other stuff like that.
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so you can copy the data from th hox to the computer before unlocking bootloader, then perform backup with titanium backup, then unlock bootloader, restore backup and then copy data back on the device
Hi,
I dont think you can backup your things without the rom booting.
You can backup if your using a custom recovery (not stock), but as you show the screen on bootloader tells that the HOX is S-ON and the bootloader is locked.
To change recovery you need to unlock the bootloader (that erases data partition, like the factory reset).
Another thing that i saw its the "Battery level is too low to flash".
Try to turn off and leave it changing for some hours and then try to boot again.
If the HOX boot you can make a backup of your apps (and data) with "adb backup ...".
Sorry for the bad english.
try to read one of these threads
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658084
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598336
One thing came to my mind..
are you sure this is the correct intl. version of HTC One X? (not X+)
seeing your hboot version is 1.73 while mine is 1.36..
you do that by checking either your device is "endeavoru" or "evita" or "endeavoru C2"
also by checking your box either it's dual core or quad core 1.5 or quad core 1.7
and by checking the beats logo on the back
One X intl. is "endeavoru" with quad core 1.5 and there's "beatsaudio" text on the back and not just big beats logo...
:silly:
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Hello i have the tc one x and i have alot of problems. when i first bought the phone i rooted it and i was happy. i downloaded root apps and i was set. then i wanted to start flashing roms. so i downloaded a custom rom on my computer, followed all the instructions carefully and it did not work. i had installed clockworkmod and the whole 9 yards.When i would try to boot into recovery mode i would get a security warning and i was not allowed to. i tried many tutorials to install it on to my phone using my computer and command prompt and things like that but that did not work. So i came to the conclusion that i did not unlock my bootloader. so i went through the whole process on htcdev.com and my key was invalid. i had gotten the error 160 and mid not allowed. now i wanted to completely restore and unroot so i deleted superuser and the su files and did the whole thing with fastboot files and command prompt using a video to help me through it. When i was done my phone still said tampred on the bootloader and i got the same security warning error when i tried to restore the phone. so i cannot restore my phone to stock. now my phone cannot recieve att updates and when i try to manually update it is says htcdm has stopped and then after the button does nothing. and many apps stop unexspectedly and i am very upset about this. i have tried unrooting and unlocking bootloader at least 10 times now and nothing works!! PLEASE HELP!!! i really dont want do have to sell my phone and save up for a new one. thank you.
ewokiscool said:
Hello i have the tc one x and i have alot of problems. when i first bought the phone i rooted it and i was happy. i downloaded root apps and i was set. then i wanted to start flashing roms. so i downloaded a custom rom on my computer, followed all the instructions carefully and it did not work. i had installed clockworkmod and the whole 9 yards.When i would try to boot into recovery mode i would get a security warning and i was not allowed to. i tried many tutorials to install it on to my phone using my computer and command prompt and things like that but that did not work. So i came to the conclusion that i did not unlock my bootloader. so i went through the whole process on htcdev.com and my key was invalid. i had gotten the error 160 and mid not allowed. now i wanted to completely restore and unroot so i deleted superuser and the su files and did the whole thing with fastboot files and command prompt using a video to help me through it. When i was done my phone still said tampred on the bootloader and i got the same security warning error when i tried to restore the phone. so i cannot restore my phone to stock. now my phone cannot recieve att updates and when i try to manually update it is says htcdm has stopped and then after the button does nothing. and many apps stop unexspectedly and i am very upset about this. i have tried unrooting and unlocking bootloader at least 10 times now and nothing works!! PLEASE HELP!!! i really dont want do have to sell my phone and save up for a new one. thank you.
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Yup.
First, your not clear with what you actually did.
IS your Phone the AT&T version? If YES, then this is the wrong forum.
Also all you need to do to get a custom ROM running is this.. (in the respective order ) -
1- Unlock using HTC. Your error is probably because you did not clearly read on how to copy the UID part. even one extra character here or there can generate an invalid key.
Follow the instructions to the letter.
2- Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery using fastboot.
3- Before flashing the ROM, from CWM, make a backup of the stock ROM, by going to Backup and Restore - Backup.
4- Wipe Date/Factory reset option in the recovery. Then Goto Mounts section and format /system.
5- Now flash your ROM from the sdcard.
6- PROFIT?
If you are not confident enough to follow each and every instruction to the letter, then flashing custom ROM's is not for you.
From your post i can clearly see that you find the whole process a little too cumbersome. I can be wrong. But please at least be clear what you exactly did. Which ROM did you try to flash? And how did you go back to stock? Which RUU did you use? Was it the correct one?
If your HBOOT says ***LOCKED*** or ***RELOCKED*** then run an RUU and it will remove all warnings, and put your phone back to it's factory state.
how do you run an ruu
Rusty! said:
If your HBOOT says ***LOCKED*** or ***RELOCKED*** then run an RUU and it will remove all warnings, and put your phone back to it's factory state.
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how do you run an ruu?
Boot into bootloader then go into fastboot and run the ruu that's all but sure thing before doing this u have to flash the stock recovery and kernel and lock bootloader
Y U WANNA KNOW FROM WHERE SENT??
Just download one and run it, dead easy.
But he has to return the recovery and kernel and lock bootloader first
Y U WANNA KNOW FROM WHERE SENT??
His post is so disjointed it's impossible to figure out the state of his bootloader (hence mentioning it), but you don't need to replace kernel and recovery, that's the point of the RUU.
Rusty! said:
His post is so disjointed it's impossible to figure out the state of his bootloader (hence mentioning it), but you don't need to replace kernel and recovery, that's the point of the RUU.
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ok i am in boot loader
it says
***Tampered***
***locked***
when i go into fastboot there is no RUU selection
and when i press recovery or factory reset it says legal **** then brings me back to boot loader and says
***Tampered***
***locked***
security warning
ewokiscool said:
ok i am in boot loader
it says
***Tampered***
***locked***
when i go into fastboot there is no RUU selection
and when i press recovery or factory reset it says legal **** then brings me back to boot loader and says
***Tampered***
***locked***
security warning
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Then you haven't unlocked it properly.
Sent from my fauxed HOX running ParanoidAndroid JB
ewokiscool said:
ok i am in boot loader
it says
***Tampered***
***locked***
when i go into fastboot there is no RUU selection
and when i press recovery or factory reset it says legal **** then brings me back to boot loader and says
***Tampered***
***locked***
security warning
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OK that means you're good to go with the RUU if you want to return to stock and have everything working again.
Dude becareful if its saying security warning then your battery is very low,becareful because if the phone drains completely while using ruu the phone would get hard bricked also u can't select ruu you just have to go into fastboot
Y U WANNA KNOW FROM WHERE SENT??
Ok. Stop.
Where did you get your phone? Is it quad or dual core? What is the model number written on the case?
Before you do more damage, let's figure out what device you have, which forum you need to ask questions in, and what procedures you need to follow.
Defo sounds like an XL to me
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
Given AT&T updates were mentioned in the OP, that's a given
EddyOS said:
Defo sounds like an XL to me
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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Agreed. Not seen tampered on the intl x. Would also explain everything else not working.
M.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
BenPope said:
Ok. Stop.
Where did you get your phone? Is it quad or dual core? What is the model number written on the case?
Before you do more damage, let's figure out what device you have, which forum you need to ask questions in, and what procedures you need to follow.
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i have the usa version dual core
i bought it from radio shack
on the box it has a proof of purchase and says Model: Htc One X
imei: 359691041968911
sku:65383
Rusty! said:
If your HBOOT says ***LOCKED*** or ***RELOCKED*** then run an RUU and it will remove all warnings, and put your phone back to it's factory state.
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ok i downloaded the RUU now what do i do to run it on my phone?
ewokiscool said:
i have the usa version dual core
i bought it from radio shack
on the box it has a proof of purchase and says Model: Htc One X
imei: 359691041968911
sku:65383
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Right, well, I'm not sure what you've done to it, but this is the wrong sub forum.
If it is an AT&T phone, htcdev won't work.
Best bet is to visit the ONE XL forum. And post what you problems you have, and then what you tried to do before arriving where you are now.
Word of advice, your first post in this thread was awful. It's too long, too confusing and unreadable. Try to cut out as much as you can. I don't care how many yards, that you got instructions from a video, and that the video was hosted on YouTube. Just list what you did to the phone. Use spaces (including vertical spaces), punctuation and bullet points to good effect. End of the day, you want as wide an audience as possible.
Good luck.
Hello fellow TMO brethren....
I just got the M8 maybe a week ago... I was busy and had to wait before I could pull up XDA and start reading about this phone (getting root, etc.). Before this, I unfortunately allowed a few updates (2 maybe?) to install, which I believe will prevent me from using Firewater for S-Off... but no big deal....will get sunshine when I need it. However, though firewater won't work, I had no problem using HTCDev to unlock the bootloader (didn't know of towelroot at the time), flashing TWRP 2.8.0.1, and installing SuperSU....so I am currently rooted with stock Rom...
Further...I have not touched any applications. And although I have unlocked the bootloader using HTCDev, my calculator and flashlight are still available. I have read in this M8 general forum that the flashlight and calculator are deleted when you unlock the bootloader using HTCDev... This did not happen to me. Does anyone know if this is this just a T-Mobile thing? or has this changed for all carriers?
Anyway, I am now getting notice for yet another update...So I might as well install it. As we all know, I need to re-flash the stock recovery to get the OTA. Here is where I am confused. My current firmware is 2.22.531.5. I don't know what firmware I had a week ago when the phone was purchased.
This was the info on the bootloader screen yesterday, immediately prior to unlocking the BL or rooting the phone:
[btw, can someone tell me how to do a info dump from the bootloader?? is it just an option I missed?]
*** LOCKED ***
M8_UL PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-3.18.0.0000
Radio-1.19.213311491.03G
OpenDSP-v38.2.2-00542-M8974.0311
OS-2.22.531.5
eMMC-boot 2048MB
Jul 16 2014,03:33:24.0
1. My first question is what version of the stock recovery do I use?? On the page that contains the stock recoveries, it only shows these two:
Stock Recovery - 1.12.531.19
Stock Recovery - 1.57.531.7
2. Secondly, and I am really irritated about this.... but I never went and accepted the Google Drive free 65GB promo offered by HTC. When I start google drive it states it cannot determine the user (or something like that). I read elsewhere that this is because I unlocked the bootloader. I will do whatever it takes to get HTC to give me this because I think it is pretty low that they would invalidate the offer to anyone who has unlocked the bootloader pursuant to their website, their instructions, and their so-called "open atitude". Obviously I can re-lock the bootloader, but I do not know if that will matter. Plus... if they say that I requested a token .bin file to unlock, I can say that I changed my mind and decided not too. OR, I can get Sunshine, get s-off, and use the s-off ability to relock the bootloader. Does anyone have any advice on any of this?
3. Any general advice from anyone based on the info above??? (lI don't want to foreclose any other options by upgrading or whatever... ).
Thank you very much in advance!
P
NB: Wanted to mention that last night I was about to use Titanium to freeze and/or uninstall some crap software I didn't want, and to that end, disabled Amazon, Facebook, Facebook for HTC, and Kid Zone (and uninstalled Amazon MP3, which is not a system app). Just an FYI... disabling one (or more) of these apps (maybe Kid Zone?) prevented Wifi calling from functioning correctly...it would not let me call and every in-call received while on wifi calling went straight to VM. I have renabled the above apps to get wifi-calling working again, but also because I want to install this update and figured that disabling/freezing any original stock apps might cause problems. I will look around for a thread on safely deleting apps after I get this udpate...
Try this for getting your drive space.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
Its now 100GB so its definitely worth a shot. As for getting back to stock for an update you can always use a RUU since relocking your bootloader will drive space then unlocking it again after will cause a factory reset anyway. Back up everything that isnt already, relock with the instructions from the thread I linked, run a ruu to get back to stock, update the system, then unlock your bootloader again with your unlock code bin file.
phil.culler said:
Try this for getting your drive space.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
Its now 100GB so its definitely worth a shot. As for getting back to stock for an update you can always use a RUU since relocking your bootloader will drive space then unlocking it again after will cause a factory reset anyway. Back up everything that isnt already, relock with the instructions from the thread I linked, run a ruu to get back to stock, update the system, then unlock your bootloader again with your unlock code bin file.
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OK... that sounds like great info.... But to confirm though... I need S-off to relock bootloader. This is because I am essentially going back to factory default lock (without dealing with HTC at all). And by doing this, and then flashing the RUU (backing up everything first of course), I will be back to square one stock. For one, this will make it tough for HTC to claim I unlocked the bootloader (minimizing potentially any dispute over Google Drive promo). Then I would get any/all outstanding updates. I guess if I need S-off, then I would need to get sunshine, so I could just let that app re-unlock the bootloader. instead of using the .bin file (presuming I need s-off)?
Sorry... just confused as to when and for what specifically I need S-off (as your link emphasizes this).
Thanks a lot!!!!:good:
syntropic said:
OK... that sounds like great info.... But to confirm though... I need S-off to relock bootloader. This is because I am essentially going back to factory default lock (without dealing with HTC at all). And by doing this, and then flashing the RUU (backing up everything first of course), I will be back to square one stock. For one, this will make it tough for HTC to claim I unlocked the bootloader (minimizing potentially any dispute over Google Drive promo). Then I would get any/all outstanding updates. I guess if I need S-off, then I would need to get sunshine, so I could just let that app re-unlock the bootloader. instead of using the .bin file (presuming I need s-off)?
Sorry... just confused as to when and for what specifically I need S-off (as your link emphasizes this).
Thanks a lot!!!!:good:
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It looks like you will need S-Off to factory lock the bootloader. S-Off allows you to make changes to otherwise protected areas of the file system. To clarify, I haven't tried this method myself as I haven't had a need to factory relock my device yet. I ran full stock for months before I rooted. As for HTC knowing whether or not you unlocked your bootloader, if you used the HTCDEV method then they have record of you receiving an unlock token from them but if they go into bootloader for any reason and see Locked instead of Relocked they shouldnt give you any trouble I would think. I believe you can also reset it to S-On but again I've never tried and I'm not sure its entirely safe. You'll have to look into that.
Hello everyone
I've got a problem.. I've recently bought an M8 of my mate who tried to root it and what happened he messed something up and it was stuck in bootloader (until now), I kept reseting the device back to factory settings and it finally booted up and I managed to get to the main screen of the phone however, wherever I go it shows error messages, for example: 'Unfortunately, Messages has stopped' and it keeps popping up on every single app. I am able to get into the settings and access everything there but to me looks like the software has been corrupted (I guess I have not been told the actual truth what the person was doing with the phone).
Now, I need some good help here guys, I'm new to HTC, never had one so I don't really know how flash software on it. What I would like to do is get the root out of it for good and install clean, not modified software. Basically I would like to have the phone as it is from the box. Original, without any modifications on it. I will be really glad if somebody help me as I can't find my answer elsewhere..
Please guide me step by step what to do in this situastion, what software do I use, where do I get the latest non branded genuine, not modified software and how do I wipe the root off the device so it is like new.
Also when I was in bootloader it said this:
*** Software status: MODIFIED ***
***Locked ***
*** Security Warning ***
Any answers will be very much appreciated.
Thank you, Matt.
matex112 said:
Hello everyone
I've got a problem.. I've recently bought an M8 of my mate who tried to root it and what happened he messed something up and it was stuck in bootloader (until now), I kept reseting the device back to factory settings and it finally booted up and I managed to get to the main screen of the phone however, wherever I go it shows error messages, for example: 'Unfortunately, Messages has stopped' and it keeps popping up on every single app. I am able to get into the settings and access everything there but to me looks like the software has been corrupted (I guess I have not been told the actual truth what the person was doing with the phone).
Now, I need some good help here guys, I'm new to HTC, never had one so I don't really know how flash software on it. What I would like to do is get the root out of it for good and install clean, not modified software. Basically I would like to have the phone as it is from the box. Original, without any modifications on it. I will be really glad if somebody help me as I can't find my answer elsewhere..
Please guide me step by step what to do in this situastion, what software do I use, where do I get the latest non branded genuine, not modified software and how do I wipe the root off the device so it is like new.
Also when I was in bootloader it said this:
*** Software status: MODIFIED ***
***Locked ***
*** Security Warning ***
Any answers will be very much appreciated.
Thank you, Matt.
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Read all of this
There is guides to remove root and such but if your phone is S-OFF I recommend never going back S-ON, why?? because S-OFF is impossible to get on the latest firmwares if you ever change your mind.
So alternatively I recommend running a RUU instead, find out what version you have, is it a GSM (AT&T Straight-talk) or CDMA(Sprint/Verizon)?
Then you can get a RUU from the HTC Official Site, its so simple, run the program as Administrator in Windows with your phone plugged in and it will do all the work for you, and your phone will reboot like a brand new phone with no root, in the background will you keep S-OFF of course if you have it already, you should be able to receive OTA updates as well.
Also an extra little hint, if your device is S-OFF and IS GSM then you can run the "developer/unlocked" RUU only if you wish, giving you a more stock HTC experience with no Carrier junk apps.
But how do you check if you have S-OFF or not? an easy way to check currently is to turn off your phone, then hold down VOLUME DOWN and POWER button at the same time until the bootloader screen appears.
If your device is S-ON then from what I believe you can only run the RUU made for your phone "AT&T for example, carrier RUU only"
Troubleshoot RUU: "My phone is not proceeding with the RUU keeps giving me error" put your phone in bootloader mode by the instructions above and make sure you see "FASTBOOT USB" on the screen, if not use the power button to select the "FASTBOOT" button on the screen.
"My phone won't go into bootloader" unplug your USB cable then try doing it.
This entire method should help you without needing any ADB or fastboot knowledge or files, if you simply wish to go back to a stock day 1 experience.
EDIT: Also I forgot to mention you must install the "HTC Sync Manager" from the top of the screen link I sent you, simply install it and then UNINSTALL the HTC Sync Manager app while KEEPING the HTC Driver Installer app... so avoid removing that from your Programs and Features list on Windows, you simply need the drivers without the software but that's the only way I know of how to get the drivers.
Viper4713 said:
Read all of this
There is guides to remove root and such but if your phone is S-OFF I recommend never going back S-ON, why?? because S-OFF is impossible to get on the latest firmwares
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Sunshine works fine to s-off latest firmwares, it's not impossible.
@ O.P
Just do the fastboot command :
fastboot getvar all
And post that outcome here WITHOUT your serial and imei number in it (these are personal so delete those lines) then we can check what you need before jumping conclusions to install a certain random ruu ! And check the OS number in the bootloader and tell what it's saying.
Here is also a guide to fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
Hey everyone, so I am pretty sure I bricked my HTC10.
To Start off my specs are the HTC 10 Unlocked version
htc_pmewl
CID: BS_US001/BS_US002
MID: 2PS650000
OS: 1.80.617.1
OpenDSP: 18.2.8996.00524_0321
(orignially Stock ROM)
I was trying to reset everything to stock settings before I returned the phone (Unrooting, Locked Bootloader, Stock Recovery, etc) and everything was going fine until after I rewrote the S-OFF flag to S-ON (I'm pretty sure it happened there, maybe when I relocked the bootloader?). Now I don't have a ROM, the CID and MID's are missing on the fastboot (download-mode) page. The Bootloader is relocked, and I have a stock recovery.
I tried going here to get the RUU's and everything to fix what I had done. However the RUU.exe gives me a error 120 Low Battery when I run it (Even though I have a fully charged battery). I tried going to a different PC to run the RUU, but the RUU never runs past the initial install.
I also tried re-unlock the bootloader so I could reinstall TWRP and flash that way. Unlocking went fine, but when I try to flash the twrp img via fastboot I get an error (9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL recovery and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKED).
I'm really at my wits end here. I haven't actually done anything this stupid in all of my customizing my M8, S6, Razr or all my tablets so I honestly don't know what to do. If you guys could throw me a lifeline I'd be grateful.
Thanks
Have you tried doing a factory reset using the stock recovery?
See if you can get a system.img to flash manually. If you can get an OS boot you should be able to fix your device.
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Have you tried doing a factory reset using the stock recovery?
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Using the adb shell command (recovery --wipe_data)? Yeah I've tried that, but I get a device not found error. adb isn't working right now, however I am still able to get fastboot commands, and the phone recognizing them at least. Otherwise, no I haven't what would I need to do?
@tw1tch175 is right. Try to find an untouched system image first and try to flash it in download mode.
Could you in addition tell a bit more about what you did to reset the device to stock instead of flashing a RUU in the first place prior to writing secureflag 3!? And further more what did you do prior to it, did you flash unsigned firmware, or one of the "no red text on boot" aboot provided here!?
Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA Labs
Are you making sure you are in download mode for fastboot commands. Also double check your driver in the device manager.
Edit: woops re-read, and he meant use the UI in the factory recovery to reset
5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
@tw1tch175 is right. Try to find an untouched system image first and try to flash it in download mode.
Could you in addition tell a bit more about what you did to reset the device to stock instead of flashing a RUU in the first place prior to writing secureflag 3!? And further more what did you do prior to it, did you flash unsigned firmware, or one of the "no red text on boot" aboot provided here!?
Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA Labs
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Sure. I originally ran the factory wipe/reset via the ROM (Which was the stock rom). Then after that I booted up into the download mode, tried relocking the bootloader with fastboot oem lock. I also flashed the stock recovery for my model. Once I saw that I had the stock recovery on, the bootloader was locked, and everything else, I tried to do a twrp restore and relock it, but it wasn't working so I said "Screw it" and rewrote the secureflag, rebooted and...yeah everything was gone.
The only thing I did before all of this was when I got the phone unlock the bootloader, SOFF, Custom Recovery, and sideload super SU for root. The only "unofficial" radios/firmware/etc I had was the Verizon Radio on my phone.
Other than that I kept it clean. I'm looking for an image now to try that.
tw1tch175 said:
Are you making sure you are in download mode for fastboot commands. Also double check your driver in the device manager.
Edit: woops re-read, and he meant use the UI in the factory recovery to reset
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Yes. I just figured that out while searching haha. I did go through and use the UI, but I had no luck. I am looking for an img like you said but I am not having luck so far. Is there one of the Stock guide on my original post?
Ok so for ALL HTC the only proper way to s-on is to use fastboot/download and for oem writesecureflag 3, you should NEVER EVER EVER us echo/dd /hexeditor to go s-on.
For 2016+ phones, you should use sunshine or another tool to go from unlock/relocked to lock, do NOT use anything not designed for the phone in question, or attempt to do it manually. I can only vouch for SunShine's capability to safely change the bootloader status, I can't vouch for any other method or tool. I know SunShine does it right.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/psa-htc-10-s-off-s-lock-unlock-t3371264 for my PSA on the subject.
If the phone won't flash with a proper RUU, well you need to find someone with a EMMC write tool to rewrite all your firmware, this is probably going to run $100-200.
bob3rt said:
Hey everyone, so I am pretty sure I bricked my HTC10.
To Start off my specs are the HTC 10 Unlocked version
htc_pmewl
CID: BS_US001/BS_US002
MID: 2PS650000
OS: 1.80.617.1
OpenDSP: 18.2.8996.00524_0321
(orignially Stock ROM)
I was trying to reset everything to stock settings before I returned the phone (Unrooting, Locked Bootloader, Stock Recovery, etc) and everything was going fine until after I rewrote the S-OFF flag to S-ON (I'm pretty sure it happened there, maybe when I relocked the bootloader?). Now I don't have a ROM, the CID and MID's are missing on the fastboot (download-mode) page. The Bootloader is relocked, and I have a stock recovery.
I tried going here to get the RUU's and everything to fix what I had done. However the RUU.exe gives me a error 120 Low Battery when I run it (Even though I have a fully charged battery). I tried going to a different PC to run the RUU, but the RUU never runs past the initial install.
I also tried re-unlock the bootloader so I could reinstall TWRP and flash that way. Unlocking went fine, but when I try to flash the twrp img via fastboot I get an error (9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL recovery and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKED).
I'm really at my wits end here. I haven't actually done anything this stupid in all of my customizing my M8, S6, Razr or all my tablets so I honestly don't know what to do. If you guys could throw me a lifeline I'd be grateful.
Thanks
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bob3rt said:
Sure. I originally ran the factory wipe/reset via the ROM (Which was the stock rom). Then after that I booted up into the download mode, tried relocking the bootloader with fastboot oem lock. I also flashed the stock recovery for my model. Once I saw that I had the stock recovery on, the bootloader was locked, and everything else, I tried to do a twrp restore and relock it, but it wasn't working so I said "Screw it" and rewrote the secureflag, rebooted and...yeah everything was gone.
The only thing I did before all of this was when I got the phone unlock the bootloader, SOFF, Custom Recovery, and sideload super SU for root. The only "unofficial" radios/firmware/etc I had was the Verizon Radio on my phone.
Other than that I kept it clean. I'm looking for an image now to try that.
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So as I thought. You indeed flashed - at least parts - of an unofficial firmware. Prior to relocking the bootloader with SunShine, as well as setting S-ON you should've taken care that ALL its stock. A simple factory reset in the ROM settings wasn't enough.
I'd guess that the wrong radio led to a problem when booting with stock recovery of your ROM, relocked bootloader and secureflag set to S-ON.
If I saw it correctly all RUUs for your device are *.exe files. Best would be to extract the ROM.zip from this exe, using 7zip, rename it to 2PS6IMG.zip, place it on an external SDCard (formatted extFAT or FAT32) and reboot to download mode, to give it a shot.
Hope this will help.
Edit: ... nvm... @jcase ninja'd me. Wanted to post the exact same link.
Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA Labs
5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
So as I thought. You indeed flashed - at least parts - of an unofficial firmware. Prior to relocking the bootloader with SunShine, as well as setting S-ON you should've taken care that ALL its stock. A simple factory reset in the ROM settings wasn't enough.
I'd guess that the wrong radio led to a problem when booting with stock recovery of your ROM, relocked bootloader and secureflag set to S-ON.
If I saw it correctly all RUUs for your device are *.exe files. Best would be to extract the ROM.zip from this exe, using 7zip, rename it to 2PS6IMG.zip, place it on an external SDCard (formatted extFAT or FAT32) and reboot to download mode, to give it a shot.
Hope this will help.
Edit: ... nvm... @jcase ninja'd me. Wanted to post the exact same link.
Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA Labs
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Ah gotcha. That makes sense. Wouldn't have been the only thing that slipped my mind. I lost access to my Steam authenticator too. I was able to get the zip from the exe file like you said, after I put that on an SD card and boot to download mode do I just fastboot flash zip?
If there's one thing I remember when using Sunshine to go S-OFF on two different HTC 10's it was that it mentioned something about going S-ON and how something wasn't guaranteed, I forget what exactly, but if I remember correctly I understood it as you shouldn't go back to S-ON because it wasn't guaranteed to work or something like that. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
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If there's one thing I remember when using Sunshine to go S-OFF on two different HTC 10's it was that it mentioned something about going S-ON and how something wasn't guaranteed, I forget what exactly, but if I remember correctly I understood it as you shouldn't go back to S-ON because it wasn't guaranteed to work or something like that. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
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That is in regards to wiping data, earlier versions of sunshien wiped data on all htc 10 going s-off, thats not the issue here. Issue here is he improperly set the phone lock/s-on. Gotta use sunshine to set it locked, and fastboot to set s-on.
Hey Everyone just wanted to give an update since yesterday evening.
Just wanted to give out some props to @5m4r7ph0n36uru . Following his advice of extracting the Rom.zip from RUU .exe I was able to run it in download mode and loaded up an OS on the phone. So Now I am unbricked! Yay. I had to find out how to do that using process monitor and everything, but it was a success. and I can breathe easy. Thankfully doing that was easier that doing the Database call handler stuff from today at work XD
Thankfully my lesson is learned and I'll flash correctly to full stock next time. Thank you all for your help in the matter.
bob3rt said:
Hey everyone, so I am pretty sure I bricked my HTC10.
To Start off my specs are the HTC 10 Unlocked version
htc_pmewl
CID: BS_US001/BS_US002
MID: 2PS650000
OS: 1.80.617.1
OpenDSP: 18.2.8996.00524_0321
(orignially Stock ROM)
I was trying to reset everything to stock settings before I returned the phone (Unrooting, Locked Bootloader, Stock Recovery, etc) and everything was going fine until after I rewrote the S-OFF flag to S-ON (I'm pretty sure it happened there, maybe when I relocked the bootloader?). Now I don't have a ROM, the CID and MID's are missing on the fastboot (download-mode) page. The Bootloader is relocked, and I have a stock recovery.
I tried going here to get the RUU's and everything to fix what I had done. However the RUU.exe gives me a error 120 Low Battery when I run it (Even though I have a fully charged battery). I tried going to a different PC to run the RUU, but the RUU never runs past the initial install.
I also tried re-unlock the bootloader so I could reinstall TWRP and flash that way. Unlocking went fine, but when I try to flash the twrp img via fastboot I get an error (9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL recovery and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKED).
I'm really at my wits end here. I haven't actually done anything this stupid in all of my customizing my M8, S6, Razr or all my tablets so I honestly don't know what to do. If you guys could throw me a lifeline I'd be grateful.
Thanks
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Hello,
Just to inform that if I try to run RUU.exe from PC when the phone is in bootloader menu, I get battery low error. However, if I "boot to download mode" in the bootloader menu, I can run the RUU.exe from the computer without any error.
I have a european One M8. I turned it off when I got in the plane and after landing it never started back
It gets stuck in the HTC logo.
Some times it moves on and says that "android is updating 165 applications"...and when that finishes it says that Sense Home has crashed and shows the HTC logo again (strangely I can change the volume at that stage ).
I tried to enter Recovery and did a Factory Reset but still nothing. When I select the Recovery option inside that menu I only see an icon of a phone with a red icon, no options to wipe cache etc...
The phone is STOCK, S-ON, no root nothing.
Any suggestions? Can I just reflash the stock rom?
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Can I just reflash the stock rom?
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Possibly. What does it say for OS number on the bootloader screen?
Also, please confirm near the top of the bootloader screen, it says LOCKED (versus UNLOCKED or RELOCKED).
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Possibly. What does it say for OS number on the bootloader screen?
Also, please confirm near the top of the bootloader screen, it says LOCKED (versus UNLOCKED or RELOCKED).
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Hello, thanks for the reply. What I see are the following:
LOCKED
HBOOT - 3.19.0.0000
RADIO-1.29.214500021.12G
OpenDSP-v51.2.2-00593-M8974_F0.1015
OS-6.12.61.4
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Did you find solution/fix pls ?
I seem to have similar problem.
After Factory Reset phone went into White HTC Screen and stopped. I'm only able to access Bootloader and Stock Recovery now. There is no OS.
OS.1.21.401.1
HTC___001
HBOOT 3.19.0.0000
S-ON
LOCKED
Software Status: Official
I tried to Unlock bootloader. I used Hasoon's tool. I confirmed YES to unload bootloader. But after restart Bootloader is still locked.
I tried to flash boot.img and recovery.img but all FAILS.
I can access the phone via ADB but anything flashing always fails. Tried sideload via ADB in Phone's recovery. But always Fails.
I can't access SD via Recovery, says E: mount fail. Tried to re-format the SD but no result
To me it seems like bootloader is corrupt and seems that without proper hardware I won't be able to do anything...
I spent many hours now and about to give up. Please let me know if I missed anything before I will, sadly, have to try professionals.
Vash
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Hey, thanks for the reply. I haven't managed to do anything neither did I spend a lot of time on this. I was waiting in case someone could help. Such a shame if the phone is bricked. I do not know if it is worth taking to professionals as its value as a used phone is quite low at the moment...
panagath said:
OS-6.12.61.4
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Unfortunately, I don't think your version has an RUU (or from a free source, anyway) that would restore your phone fairly easily (assuming the problem is software, and not hardware).
That being the base (no RUU) you can restore by unlocking the bootloader, installing custom recovery TWRP, and restore a stock TWRP backup (stock ROM).
So it is possible to recover (again, as long as it's not a hardware problem). But it's not a short/simple procedure, if you aren't familiar with these terms and methods.
I fixed it by unlocking the bootloader from HTC's website, installed TWRP and then flashed the LineageOS Rom...
panagath said:
I fixed it by unlocking the bootloader from HTC's website, installed TWRP and then flashed the LineageOS Rom...
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Nice work. It was hard to tell from your post, your level of knowledge. Did you have to learn how to do this, or had prior experience unlocking bootloader, TWRP, etc?
I was on vacation/holiday last week, and not on XDA. So sorry it took so long to get back to you.
redpoint73 said:
Nice work. It was hard to tell from your post, your level of knowledge. Did you have to learn how to do this, or had prior experience unlocking bootloader, TWRP, etc?
I was on vacation/holiday last week, and not on XDA. So sorry it took so long to get back to you.
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Thanks for the help. I have had previous experience installing custom ROMs on HTCs
(HTC Diamond, Wildfire, Desire, Desire HD, Desire S, One S, One X and now the One M8 )
I was just hopping I could get an easy solution without having to go through the whole process