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[Q] Help, fastboot loop stuck

hi, i need help with this.
QUick run down on my story, bought the phone and found out that it is rooted so wanted to go back to stock and ended up getting it stuck on fastboot loop.
Im only new to this and found the thread in developers area with guidance on how to fix this but im getting very confused as to what i need to do and what files i need downloaded including ruu, im from AU and there isnt many ruus for voda 021 floating around. I would be happy tho if i can flash it to same rooted state as it was as long i get it working again.
Can someone give me some pointers pls, the way that thread with instruction is written is very hard for me to understand because some basic steps are skipped prob because orger understand them but im very nooby and cant work with it
tx:crying:

deemoIII said:
hi, i need help with this.
QUick run down on my story, bought the phone and found out that it is rooted so wanted to go back to stock and ended up getting it stuck on fastboot loop.
Im only new to this and found the thread in developers area with guidance on how to fix this but im getting very confused as to what i need to do and what files i need downloaded including ruu, im from AU and there isnt many ruus for voda 021 floating around. I would be happy tho if i can flash it to same rooted state as it was as long i get it working again.
Can someone give me some pointers pls, the way that thread with instruction is written is very hard for me to understand because some basic steps are skipped prob because orger understand them but im very nooby and cant work with it
tx:crying:
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you need to give more info than what you have !! . can you access recovery volume down and power for about six seconds,remove when you get to fastboot screen- what is your hboot 3rd down are you locked unlocked, s-off s-on,select recovery and see if you are on stock recovery or custom ?

markb63 said:
you need to give more info than what you have !! . can you access recovery volume down and power for about six seconds,remove when you get to fastboot screen- what is your hboot 3rd down are you locked unlocked, s-off s-on,select recovery and see if you are on stock recovery or custom ?
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ok i got relocked and security warning
ship s-on
radio 2.1204.135.20
when i go to recovery phone goes to a red triangle o top of a phone after being green arrow for short time, then i have to shut down cus that does nothing. dont know what else i can tell u about recovery

deemoIII said:
ok i got relocked and security warning
ship s-on
radio 2.1204.135.20
when i go to recovery phone goes to a red triangle o top of a phone after being green arrow for short time, then i have to shut down cus that does nothing. dont know what else i can tell u about recovery
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ok, i think you've tried to flash a stock rom without flashing a stock recovery !!.
do you have fasboot adb on your pc ?
you need to unlock your bootloader and re flash a custom recovery
if not search the dev section for a tool that will unlock your boot and re-flash a custom recovery for you-all the instructions are on there.
once you have re unlocked and flashed a custom recovery,go into recovery and see if there are any backups of the previous rom (nand)
see if that works ..

markb63 said:
ok, i think you've tried to flash a stock rom without flashing a stock recovery !!.
do you have fasboot adb on your pc ?
you need to unlock your bootloader and re flash a custom recovery
if not search the dev section for a tool that will unlock your boot and re-flash a custom recovery for you-all the instructions are on there.
once you have re unlocked and flashed a custom recovery,go into recovery and see if there are any backups of the previous rom (nand)
see if that works ..
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If you wanna go back to stock and are stuck at bootloop you have to flash the boot.omg file for your stockrom .

markb63 said:
ok, i think you've tried to flash a stock rom without flashing a stock recovery !!.
do you have fasboot adb on your pc ?
you need to unlock your bootloader and re flash a custom recovery
if not search the dev section for a tool that will unlock your boot and re-flash a custom recovery for you-all the instructions are on there.
once you have re unlocked and flashed a custom recovery,go into recovery and see if there are any backups of the previous rom (nand)
see if that works ..
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im sorry champ, not getting this too good.
when you say " re flash a custom recovery" what do you mean with that and would i be able to get one from the net. I tried looking for the instructions without much luck

deemoIII said:
im sorry champ, not getting this too good.
when you say " re flash a custom recovery" what do you mean with that and would i be able to get one from the net. I tried looking for the instructions without much luck
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you need to read and study this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069904

Try this
markb63 said:
you need to read and study this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069904
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Try to do this from this guide : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZuAjz4PIjU

cool, so i follow this, tx Mark
markb63
you need to read and study this: [url said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2069904[/url]
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ytube vid as a guide, tx Omer
Omer Slomovic said:
Try to do this from this guide : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZuAjz4PIjU
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al tho this is the video i followed when i screwed it in the first place
and i need to do parts 1 and 2 ? did i screw up the ROM on my phone so i have to flash it, thing is a can only do same rooted rom as it was cus there is no stock available for download for Australias voda021
i hope you can tell me that i only need part 1.
Damn i shouldnt have even touched it
Post 1: How to unlock your bootloader, flash a recovery and root
Post 2: How to flash a custom ROM and kernel (boot.img)
ill be trying this after wk

the problem i have is that the pc doesnt see the phone, only for 3-4 secs when fastboot usb selected and ph says sd checking, then it gives an error and goes back to first screen and pc doesnt see it again.

How do i figure out what RUU i need and can use safely? considering its got radio 2.1204.135.20 currently

ill post some screens, these are all i can manage to get into
its relocked and s-on
rooted atm radio 2.1204.135.20
phone cid is vodap021
first screen http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2215.jpg.html
i can get in here http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2219.jpg.html
but then when i hit power i get this http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2216.jpg.html and no connection to pc
and when i try recovery i can get this screen but i dont think i got the files the recovery is after
http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2220.jpg.html
help?:crying:

According to the hboot (1.12) you need a 2.17 based ruu .... but i can't find it !
Tthe basic steps now are
Unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery
http://db.tt/Krlm4dPs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Get your nandroid backup there,(the vodap021 2.17) you need to flash the boot.img file from that nandroid with fastboot commands, then do a full wipe in recovery and restore the nandroid.
But you still have to fix the fastboot part right ? You need to install android SDK/java SDK and the HTC drivers. Then you have to put the phone in the bootloader and open a commandprompt from inside the folder where the adb/fastboot files are located ...they are in a subfolder in the installed javaSDK install folder

Mr Hofs said:
According to the hboot (1.12) you need a 2.17 based ruu .... but i can't find it !
Tthe basic steps now are
Unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery
http://db.tt/Krlm4dPs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Get your nandroid backup there,(the vodap021 2.17) you need to flash the boot.img file from that nandroid with fastboot commands, then do a full wipe in recovery and restore the nandroid.
But you still have to fix the fastboot part right ? You need to install android SDK/java SDK and the HTC drivers. Then you have to put the phone in the bootloader and open a commandprompt from inside the folder where the adb/fastboot files are located ...they are in a subfolder in the installed javaSDK install folder
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Thanks, it is beginning to make some sense to me now.
So first bit I got to do is the fastboot issue, which is tha last bit you mentioned right?
And after unlock boot loader than flash the recovery with one you provided in the link, tx
So that means I will go back to stock right?

Yes unlock, flash custom recovery, flash boot.img, full wipe in recovery, restore the nandroid, flash back the stock recovery .....
And yes this way you go back to stock and i will also give you the download link for the stock recovery. This one is the last you flash after restoring everything
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
Then you are able to update to JB from within the phones software update menu :thumbup:
Ps you do not have to relock the bootloader anymore !

Mr Hofs said:
Yes unlock, flash custom recovery, flash boot.img, full wipe in recovery, restore the nandroid, flash back the stock recovery .....
And yes this way you go back to stock and i will also give you the download link for the stock recovery. This one is the last you flash after restoring everything
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
Then you are able to update to JB from within the phones software update menu :thumbup:
Ps you do not have to relock the bootloader anymore !
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Thanks for that, ill need to study some tuts on how to do some of this stuff and see ihow i go

deemoIII said:
Thanks for that, ill need to study some tuts on how to do some of this stuff and see ihow i go
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ugh, im really having hard time getting this done, any chance you can point me out towards some TUT pages for unlocking?

Ok, iwe made some progress, unlocked, flushed custom recovery, wiped
now im having trouble working out how to restoring the nandroid? iwe got the files but how do i restore them on the phone, is it through the cmd or over usb...is there any detailed tuts

deemoIII said:
Ok, iwe made some progress, unlocked, flushed custom recovery, wiped
now im having trouble working out how to restoring the nandroid? iwe got the files but how do i restore them on the phone, is it through the cmd or over usb...is there any detailed tuts
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Please guys, iWe spent all day trying to figure it out, after wipe phone reboots constantly and when if boot screen it's not charging so I'm prob going to run out of battery in a couple of hours

You restore through the custom recovery. Power+vol , choose recovery. If you flashed the recovery ok then you can do from in there. Ie mount usb, copy over your nand backup and restore it. You may have to flash the boot.img using fastboot.
Sent from my HTC One X

[Q] So after root bootloader?

Ok so I followed 2 videos I cannor post since I am still new to root my phone. Weirdly enough it worked the first time (knowing how unlucky I am with these stuff).
So after this I learned that I have to unlock the bootloader. SO being the noob I am I went to actually check it out. What it was, not the process. I then found a rom I liked and the way to unlock the bootloader. So my questions:
1) Is there a possibility my bootloader is already unlocked?
2) In some posts I saw that the manufacturing date might make your phone hard brick. I think it was in some experia models. Does HTC Desire HD has any problem with that? Mine is : HT138RX... do I need to write the whole thing?
3) When you unlock the bootloader will the original rom work or it's just a step before you put the custom ROM?
4) once it is unlocked assuming I wanna change ROM do I have to unlock it again?
I already did my full back up so... Thanks in advance. I did a full search in the forum but couldn't find answers to these :/
The original post had also the links but since Its my first post I cant post em...

silverghost00 said:
Ok so I followed 2 videos I cannor post since I am still new to root my phone. Weirdly enough it worked the first time (knowing how unlucky I am with these stuff).
So after this I learned that I have to unlock the bootloader. SO being the noob I am I went to actually check it out. What it was, not the process. I then found a rom I liked and the way to unlock the bootloader. So my questions:
1) Is there a possibility my bootloader is already unlocked?
2) In some posts I saw that the manufacturing date might make your phone hard brick. I think it was in some experia models. Does HTC Desire HD has any problem with that? Mine is : HT138RX... do I need to write the whole thing?
3) When you unlock the bootloader will the original rom work or it's just a step before you put the custom ROM?
4) once it is unlocked assuming I wanna change ROM do I have to unlock it again?
I already did my full back up so... Thanks in advance. I did a full search in the forum but couldn't find answers to these :/
The original post had also the links but since Its my first post I cant post em...
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Boot into bootloader by rebooting while holding power and volume-down. What does it say?

bananagranola said:
Boot into bootloader by rebooting while holding power and volume-down. What does it say?
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*** LOCKED (OOW) ***
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-2.00.0029
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-boot
Dec 22 2011, 14:28:19
HBOOT
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select item
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC

You are S-Off. Do you have a recovery installed? To find out, navigate to "recovery" in the bootloader with the volume buttons, then select it with the power button. What does it show?

bananagranola said:
You are S-Off. Do you have a recovery installed? To find out, navigate to "recovery" in the bootloader with the volume buttons, then select it with the power button. What does it show?
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clockworkmod is that it? I remember installing it also when I did the root

silverghost00 said:
clockworkmod is that it? I remember installing it also when I did the root
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Then just flash a ROM from recovery.

bananagranola said:
Then just flash a ROM from recovery.
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I am confused... during root the bootloader got unlocked? So this is all I have to do now ?
Thanks a lot mate and sorry for using your time with noob questions :3

silverghost00 said:
I am confused... during root the bootloader got unlocked? So this is all I have to do now ?
Thanks a lot mate and sorry for using your time with noob questions :3
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Bootloader unlock and root are separate, and you can't root without unlock or S-Off. I don't know what you did, and I don't know what state your phone was in when you got it. If you tell me that I will know how to answer your question better. All I know right now is that your phone is S-Off, meaning that you can flash anything on it.

bananagranola said:
Bootloader unlock and root are separate, and you can't root without unlock or S-Off. I don't know what you did, and I don't know what state your phone was in when you got it. If you tell me that I will know how to answer your question better. All I know right now is that your phone is S-Off, meaning that you can flash anything on it.
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Honestly I don't know what I did. I just followed the instructions on this youtube video I found but cant post it because I am new here... I ll probably do so later. What do you mean what the state of my phone was? BEfore it was original. First time I rooted it. I used ace hack and ultimate warp drive. I didnt have to downgrade also because it was 2.3.5 android version.

silverghost00 said:
Honestly I don't know what I did. I just followed the instructions on this youtube video I found but cant post it because I am new here... I ll probably do so later. What do you mean what the state of my phone was? BEfore it was original. First time I rooted it. I used ace hack and ultimate warp drive. I didnt have to downgrade also because it was 2.3.5 android version.
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OK, I think I understand your confusion. You need EITHER bootloader unlock OR S-Off to flash a recovery and flash root. You have S-Off from AAHK (which is now unsupported), so you don't need to (and can't) unlock your bootloader.
Now, to have root, either flash a rooted custom ROM from recovery or flash a superuser zip on your current stock ROM.

bananagranola said:
OK, I think I understand your confusion. You need EITHER bootloader unlock OR S-Off to flash a recovery and flash root. You have S-Off from AAHK (which is now unsupported), so you don't need to (and can't) unlock your bootloader.
Now, to have root, either flash a rooted custom ROM from recovery or flash a superuser zip on your current stock ROM.
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I have superuser in my stock ROM and Root since I installed like 3 different root checker apps to check it and all said its rooted. So I am thinking of flashing Jellytime now since I did my backup. Will I be able to? Or do I need anything else? I already have the guide about the Jellytime and gapps.

silverghost00 said:
I have superuser in my stock ROM and Root since I installed like 3 different root checker apps to check it and all said its rooted. So I am thinking of flashing Jellytime now since I did my backup. Will I be able to? Or do I need anything else? I already have the guide about the Jellytime and gapps.
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You're all set. Just flash it from recovery.

bananagranola said:
You're all set. Just flash it from recovery.
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Thank you mate for all your help. Greatly appreciated!

silverghost00 said:
Thank you mate for all your help. Greatly appreciated!
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No problem. Have fun flashing!

Hmm just did a stock rom back up through clockwork mod recovery and now I am thinking of flashing jellytime. Do I need to install a kernel or just the rom / boot.img / gapps is ok? also is there a difference if i do it with clockworkmod or as others do it with 4ext?

silverghost00 said:
Hmm just did a stock rom back up through clockwork mod recovery and now I am thinking of flashing jellytime. Do I need to install a kernel or just the rom / boot.img / gapps is ok? also is there a difference if i do it with clockworkmod or as others do it with 4ext?
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Since you are S-Off you don't need the boot.img, just flash ROM and gapps from recovery. JellyTime is AOSP, not Sense, so you do need to flash gapps. If you ever flash a Sense ROM, you don't need gapps.

bananagranola said:
Since you are S-Off you don't need the boot.img, just flash ROM and gapps from recovery. JellyTime is AOSP, not Sense, so you do need to flash gapps. If you ever flash a Sense ROM, you don't need gapps.
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Done Jelly time looks awsome! Thanks again ^^

htc one x stuck on bootloop while rooting

hi all,
today i tried to root my htc one x. i unlocked its bootloader from htcdev. all went fine. i checked the bootloader unlocked.
then i tried to root my phone using this thread early published (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644167)
but the root.zip file was not downloadable.
then i tried other sites, same probs necessary files were not downloadable.
went to other site (http://www.knowyourmobile.com/htc/htc-one/17426/how-root-your-htc-one-x) downloaded the file, followed the instructions,
my phone stuck into bootloop. only i can switch off my phone using power+vol down, and can acess the fastboot menu... my phone is not
powering up. any help please. i don't know anything how to fix this. any help will be appreciated.
I THINK MY PHONE IS NOT GOING TO POWER UP, HELP PLEASE
my phone CID is:HTC_38
version-main: 4.19.720.1
HBOOT-1.73.0000

b2jeeet said:
hi all,
today i tried to root my htc one x. i unlocked its bootloader from htcdev. all went fine. i checked the bootloader unlocked.
then i tried to root my phone using this thread early published (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644167)
but the root.zip file was not downloadable.
then i tried other sites, same probs necessary files were not downloadable.
went to other site (http://www.knowyourmobile.com/htc/htc-one/17426/how-root-your-htc-one-x) downloaded the file, followed the instructions,
my phone stuck into bootloop. only i can switch off my phone using power+vol down, and can acess the fastboot menu... my phone is not
powering up. any help please. i don't know anything how to fix this. any help will be appreciated.
I THINK MY PHONE IS NOT GOING TO POWER UP, HELP PLEASE
my phone CID is:HTC_38
version-main: 4.19.720.1
HBOOT-1.73.0000
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as you have mention above the link of root.zip,its of HTC One XL(non-tegra device)
if you have htc one xl then you are in wrong place..

He has the quad-core. The XL variant has no 1.73 hboot and 4.19.720 software number. So he is in the right place
Easiest way now is to restore the nandroid backup you probably didn't make before messing around with the superuser.zip !

Mr Hofs said:
He has the quad-core. The XL variant has no 1.73 hboot and 4.19.720 software number. So he is in the right place
Easiest way now is to restore the nandroid backup you probably didn't make before messing around with the superuser.zip !
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ok so far i have downloaded a nandroid back up from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
CID HTC__038 .. Nandroid Backup 3.14.720.24 CID HTC__038 thanks to aakash_hellyeah
and did restoring http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859714 using this as instructed
still didnt done. while restoring it said an error message.
any suggestion will be appreciated. thanks

The 3.14 ain't gonna help you as the touchscreen won't work ! You need a nand that matches your main.
If you can't find one then i suggest you install a clean new custom rom of your choice !

then cyangenmod?
Mr Hofs said:
The 3.14 ain't gonna help you as the touchscreen won't work ! You need a nand that matches your main.
If you can't find one then i suggest you install a clean new custom rom of your choice !
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if i install clean new cyangenmod? do i need to do anything extra? i mean any other installation!
do i need to follow any other method except installing using clockworkmod recovery?
sorry for asking many things, i never knew that tinkering with htc one x would cause me a brick device on my hand

You need to flash the boot.img via fastboot, make a full wipe in the recovery and install the CM.zip and the appropriate GAPPS......

thanks for your precious time
Mr Hofs said:
The 3.14 ain't gonna help you as the touchscreen won't work ! You need a nand that matches your main.
If you can't find one then i suggest you install a clean new custom rom of your choice !
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thanks for your precious time. i took your advice and just installed cyangenmod it has powered up
thanks friend

htc sense
Mr Hofs said:
You need to flash the boot.img via fastboot, make a full wipe in the recovery and install the CM.zip and the appropriate GAPPS......
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is there any way to go back to my original firmware? cause i really loved htc's own rom, it was really beautiful.
if possible pls give detailed instructions.
thanks for bring my phone back from dead

Well you need a stock nandroid backup that has the same main version number 4.19.720 and restore it. As long as you don't have that you can't go back to stock. But there are custom roms based on pure stock looks. You can install that too.

good roms based on htc sense
Mr Hofs said:
Well you need a stock nandroid backup that has the same main version number 4.19.720 and restore it. As long as you don't have that you can't go back to stock. But there are custom roms based on pure stock looks. You can install that too.
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pls suggest me some good custom roms based on pure stock looks. if i tri i feel that i might mess up again
thanks

b2jeeet said:
pls suggest me some good custom roms based on pure stock looks. if i tri i feel that i might mess up again
thanks
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These are close to stock :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2562616
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2410320
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027029

same nandroid for htc one x
Mr Hofs said:
These are close to stock :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2562616
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2410320
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027029
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i have a friend who has same version-main: 4.19.720.1, like mine. but the problem he has s-on in his phone
if i install clockworkmod recovery v5.8.4.0 in his phone without unlocking it, and then make a nandroid back up and transfer that to mine, would
that help me?
if not what should i do, pls give some detailed guide, cause i really dont like cyangenmod, and the other stock looking roms have the installation guide that is quite complex for me.
thanks

b2jeeet said:
i have a friend who has same version-main: 4.19.720.1, like mine. but the problem he has s-on in his phone
if i install clockworkmod recovery v5.8.4.0 in his phone without unlocking it, and then make a nandroid back up and transfer that to mine, would
that help me?
if not what should i do, pls give some detailed guide, cause i really dont like cyangenmod, and the other stock looking roms have the installation guide that is quite complex for me.
thanks
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You can't install anything like that via fastboot if phone is locked...you need to be unlocked and for the latest cm roms like cm 11 that recovery is too old... He can unlock too, flash a recovery make a nandroid backup without flashing another Rom and there is your backup
Gesendet von meinem HTC One X mit Tapatalk

Other roms installs the same way as CM. Flash the boot.img make a full wipe and install the rom.zip....done

Here is the nandroid backup for HTC 038 4.19 - https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B3ipMMzpaJW4bGpMVTRNRHFpOUk/edit
But they're seperate files and you need to download them all and place them in the right folder.
Sent from my HTC One X

did you try formatting cache, data and Dalvik in recovery??
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AhsonAli said:
did you try formatting cache, data and Dalvik in recovery??
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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That is considered in the term full wipe !?

flashed android revolution hd
Mr Hofs said:
Other roms installs the same way as CM. Flash the boot.img make a full wipe and install the rom.zip....done
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i have flashed the android revolution hd rom. this rom is the perfect one, just the same as htc stock rom.you guys were really helpful.i would like to know many things about kernel and kernel flasher. what kernels actually does? i tried search the forum but couldn't find a simple post about it.
i like using android, and i wanna know most of it if i can.......thanks

Simple explanation, the kernel and hboot function sort of as a bios of a pc. It interacts with the software.
A kernel flasher....you don't need that if you flash the boot.img (kernel) straight from fastboot. The flasher does the same.

HTC One M8 bricked

Hi, a friend as a joke decided to go into TWRP and do an advanced wipe and ticked every single partition and wiped my phone.
Now there is no OS/USB port etc and when i turn my phone on normally it gets onto the HTC bootup screen but is stuck so I'm unable to turn it off until the battery runs out, however, im still able to enter TWRP which is running v2.7.0.2.
I live in Australia and am with Optus, how can i re-install my OS? IDM if it's still rooted or it's back to factory state.
Thanks

Because destroying $700+ devices that doesn't belong to you is "funny", he's an idiot. Already costing you plenty.
Hopefully you made a backup and try to restore from your backup. The only one I saw in the backup folder was an old one.
Else you could probably flash a custom ROM but you probably won't go back to stock again unless you can find a nandroid for your device. If it was me, I'd make him give me the money for a new phone, afterwards he can forget about this "illusion of friendship". Anyone that destroys your property for a so-called "joke" isn't worth the effort and definitely not a friend, period.
Good luck.

I never bothered to back up the hardware so I really can't go back to factory default?
If not can you recommend to me any custom ROMs? and yeah i don't think he knew what he was doing exactly but I'll make him pay me back.

You can always restore back to stock if you want to.
There's a backup of earlier version 1.22.980.1 here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
But you need Philz recovery for that.
Then after restore, you can do multiple OTA updates to get to the latest stock ROM
You also can seek if there is a newer backup here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2703789

fandam said:
I never bothered to back up the hardware so I really can't go back to factory default?
If not can you recommend to me any custom ROMs? and yeah i don't think he knew what he was doing exactly but I'll make him pay me back.
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Suppose it depends what software version you had on your device before he wiped it. If it was the 1.x then you can probably use that nandroid backup, if it's any later then I don't see any backups for that in that thread. Might try the Australian thread in general section or maybe even hop by at http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/140?g=245 and see if someone there has it. It's an Australian forum so who knows...
ROMs, I used Viper before and it was good, if you're more into the stock experience than maybe try MaximusHD or ARHD. Just make sure you download a ROM version compatible with the firmware version you have i.e if you were on 2.x before being wiped download an older ROM version for 2.x, if you download the newest custom ROM and you don't have the latest firmware you'll end up having problems with radio(bluetooth, wifi, data, gps etc).
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ckpv5 said:
You can always restore back to stock if you want to.
There's a backup of earlier version 1.22.980.1 here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
But you need Philz recovery for that.
Then after restore, you can do multiple OTA updates to get to the latest stock ROM
You also can seek if there is a newer backup here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2703789
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To be honest, I was wondering if he'll be able to use an old nandroid backup if he wasnt S-OFF. If you reckon it's ok then he can just restore that one then :good:

fandam said:
Hi, a friend as a joke decided to go into TWRP and do an advanced wipe and ticked every single partition and wiped my phone.
Now there is no OS/USB port etc and when i turn my phone on normally it gets onto the HTC bootup screen but is stuck so I'm unable to turn it off until the battery runs out, however, im still able to enter TWRP which is running v2.7.0.2.
I live in Australia and am with Optus, how can i re-install my OS? IDM if it's still rooted or it's back to factory state.
Thanks
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I would slap that "friend" with an oversized trout !

BerndM14 said:
To be honest, I was wondering if he'll be able to use an old nandroid backup if he wasnt S-OFF. If you reckon it's ok then he can just restore that one then :good:
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I see your point and I can't confirm it will work 100% as I never try on a S-On device and no S-Off means that no firmware downgrade but always a firmware upgrade.
But restoring a lower nandroid backup doesn't affect firmware. So in next OTA, it will update the software version no. but not the firmware when the firmware is older than the one installed. Until it reach the OTA which carry the newer firmware then only the system will be updated to the newer firmware.
A lower version software can run on a newer version firmware but the newer version software may not run perfectly on older version firmware.
As he has a S-On device, no harm trying as it won't affect anything when it comes to hboot/bootloader and partitions.

as known up til now i know indeed a lower nandroid can be used without issue. the only problem arises when the touchpanel drivers are being updated as example. when that happens the older will restore but you can't be able to use the touchscreen so its useless at that point.

Hey thx for the help, i flashed ViperOneM8 3.2.1 onto the phone but I can't turn the wi-fi on. I can turn mobile data on but just not wi-fi as when i press it it's simply greyed out.
Im currently running the latest firmware 3.28.401.9, any help/

fandam said:
Hey thx for the help, i flashed ViperOneM8 3.2.1 onto the phone but I can't turn the wi-fi on. I can turn mobile data on but just not wi-fi as when i press it it's simply greyed out.
Im currently running the latest firmware 3.28.401.9, any help/
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If you are only unlocked and not s-off you will need to pull the boot.img out of the viper zip and fastboot flash that boot.img.

dottat said:
If you are only unlocked and not s-off you will need to pull the boot.img out of the viper zip and fastboot flash that boot.img.
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sorry but how can i do that?

extract boot.img from Viper zip.
boot phone into fastboot mode (power off, then press volume down + power and you should get a menu, navigate to fastboot oprion using volume keys and power button to select).
once in fastboot mode, connect phone to pc/mac using usb cable
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
this is assuming you have fastboot installed on your pc/mac.
Code:
fastboot devices
can be used to check if device is connected or not.

fandam said:
sorry but how can i do that?
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On your pc you must unzip the viper zip. In there will be a bunch of folders and a boot.img. Take that boot.img and place it in your working fastboot/adb directory.(if you need a copy of fastboot see below-simply unzip the download) Boot phone into fastboot USB mode and connect to your pc. Holding shift right click the mouse while in the fastboot/adb folder and select open cmd prompt from here.
Then type
Htc_fastboot flash boot boot.img
If successful reboot phone and check WiFi.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001612150

fandam said:
Hey thx for the help, i flashed ViperOneM8 3.2.1 onto the phone but I can't turn the wi-fi on. I can turn mobile data on but just not wi-fi as when i press it it's simply greyed out.
Im currently running the latest firmware 3.28.401.9, any help/
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Are you sure you are on the proper firmware (this is not the main version or software version)? What are your hboot and radio numbers?

redpoint73 said:
Are you sure you are on the proper firmware (this is not the main version or software version)? What are your hboot and radio numbers?
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I have no idea, sry but
H boot 3.18.0.0000
Radio 1.19.21331147A1.16G

fandam said:
I have no idea, sry but
H boot 3.18.0.0000
Radio 1.19.21331147A1.16G
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3.18 is still on 2.x firmware. 3.19 is 3.x.

BerndM14 said:
3.18 is still on 2.x firmware. 3.19 is 3.x.
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Yup, as suspected, OP needs to update firmware.
Also its not necessary to manually extract and flash boot.img on the M8, even when s-on. The previous folks giving this advice may be carrying over knowledge from an older HTC device.

Softbrick or sth else? Ideas welcome

Hi guys,
I tried to make a custom rom on my new HTC10 - something goes wrong (no it wasnt my first one )
But now I am a little bit stucked:
First the data:
** UNLOCKED **
htc_pmeuhl PVT S-OFF
CID-11111111
MID-2PS620000
ColorID-WHT00
LK-1.0.0.0000
[email protected]
OpenDSP-v20.0.8996.00007_0809
OS-2.41.401.41
Aug 2 2017,12:18:15(857212)
The Error happend after "updating" the firmware cause the Lee-Rom suggested the newst one. After the first "Loop" I tried the next one and the next and the next... I dont know how much Firmwares I tried honestly...
I am able to boot into TWRP and I am able to come back to Stock Recovery... So that will work... Maybe my partition crasehd with the Rom?
Any Idea or a little step by step suggestion?
I did the "How to root and TWRP" - Youtube tutorial by Rootjunky and until than everything worked fine... after that the failed Firmware-Update...
I have an EU-Phone, based in Germany
Hope anyone can help and thanks a lot for any ideas!
Cheers
majo

majomathes said:
Hi guys,
I tried to make a custom rom on my new HTC10 - something goes wrong (no it wasnt my first one )
But now I am a little bit stucked:
First the data:
** UNLOCKED **
htc_pmeuhl PVT S-OFF
CID-11111111
MID-2PS620000
ColorID-WHT00
LK-1.0.0.0000
[email protected]
OpenDSP-v20.0.8996.00007_0809
OS-2.41.401.41
Aug 2 2017,12:18:15(857212)
The Error happend after "updating" the firmware cause the Lee-Rom suggested the newst one. After the first "Loop" I tried the next one and the next and the next... I dont know how much Firmwares I tried honestly...
I am able to boot into TWRP and I am able to come back to Stock Recovery... So that will work... Maybe my partition crasehd with the Rom?
Any Idea or a little step by step suggestion?
I did the "How to root and TWRP" - Youtube tutorial by Rootjunky and until than everything worked fine... after that the failed Firmware-Update...
I have an EU-Phone, based in Germany
Hope anyone can help and thanks a lot for any ideas!
Cheers
majo
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You are on the latest firmware for you phone. Did you try flash a US Unlocked firmware? Best thing to do is to flash the latest WWE RUU. Thanks @Kisakuku
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634797504
Download and rename the zip to 2PS6IMG. zip
Place on external sdcard
Boot to download mode and press volume uo to flash. The RUU will erase EVERYTHING but you will be completely stock.

yldlj said:
You are on the latest firmware for you phone. Did you try flash a US Unlocked firmware? Best thing to do is to flash the latest WWE RUU. Thanks @Kisakuku
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634797504
Download and rename the zip to 2PS6IMG. zip
Place on external sdcard
Boot to download mode and press volume uo to flash. The RUU will erase EVERYTHING but you will be completely stock.
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I didnt know which one I all tried to flash - I think an US had a try
Do you have any other wink? Or is it just the WWE RUU? Can you explain what RUU stands for? I thought its a Russian version
Thank you a lot, Ill try it later :good:
edit: I always flashed Xiaomi & Sony devices, yet

majomathes said:
I didnt know which one I all tried to flash - I think an US had a try
Do you have any other wink? Or is it just the WWE RUU? Can you explain what RUU stands for? I thought its a Russian version
Thank you a lot, Ill try it later :good:
edit: I always flashed Xiaomi & Sony devices, yet
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RUU = Rom Update Utility. It flashes the phone completely as if it came out of the box. Firmware, software.... the whole thing.

Mr Hofs said:
RUU = Rom Update Utility. It flashes the phone completely as if it came out of the box. Firmware, software.... the whole thing.
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Thanks for explain =)
So I just have to flash the RUU - after that if the bootloader is still unlocked I can go ahead to flash a custom rom - right?
Thank you very much guys!

majomathes said:
Thanks for explain =)
So I just have to flash the RUU - after that if the bootloader is still unlocked I can go ahead to flash a custom rom - right?
Thank you very much guys!
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Yes flash ruu to get the phone working again then reflash twrp then flash ROM. the bootloader will stay unlocked.

majomathes said:
Thanks for explain =)
So I just have to flash the RUU - after that if the bootloader is still unlocked I can go ahead to flash a custom rom - right?
Thank you very much guys!
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Yup, flash the RUU, the bootloader will indeed remain unlocked. Flash TWRP and install the desired custom rom

Mr Hofs said:
Yup, flash the RUU, the bootloader will indeed remain unlocked. Flash TWRP and install the desired custom rom
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Ok after flashing the RUU in download mode via sd-card with the volume up ... phone still not booting (hanging on the htc powered by android logo)
didnt flash twrp and custom rom,yet ... just want to test if its booting, seems to be not
sorry all good

majomathes said:
Ok after flashing the RUU in download mode via sd-card with the volume up ... phone still not booting (hanging on the htc powered by android logo)
didnt flash twrp and custom rom,yet ... just want to test if its booting, seems to be not
sorry all good
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So is it working? Might take a while on first boot.

yldlj said:
So is it working? Might take a while on first boot.
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No it doesnt work.
After flashin RUU I can boot into system (with the red warning for htc developement) but I cant install any custom rom ... bootloop is the result
and if i had the highest frustrationg, my "its really the last try" - worked... god damn it.. thank you guys. I dont know what the problem was... I did 10 times exactly the same thing
Thanks a lot... for people who stucking around like me:
1. use the link in post 2 and install
2. flash twrp ( https://twrp.me/htc/htc10.html) explained there
3. go into twrp do a data format or wipe ... or both and flash rom - gapps - supersu
4. reboot and wait sth like 5 minutes

majomathes said:
No it doesnt work.
After flashin RUU I can boot into system (with the red warning for htc developement) but I cant install any custom rom ... bootloop is the result
and if i had the highest frustrationg, my "its really the last try" - worked... god damn it.. thank you guys. I dont know what the problem was... I did 10 times exactly the same thing
Thanks a lot... for people who stucking around like me:
1. use the link in post 2 and install
2. flash twrp ( https://twrp.me/htc/htc10.html) explained there
3. go into twrp do a data format or wipe ... or both and flash rom - gapps - supersu
4. reboot and wait sth like 5 minutes
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You mention flash gapps, for sense roms you don't have to do that, for aosp roms yes. But most of the time it's mentioned in the OP of aosp roms that you have to flash it twice, or flash the boot.img seperatly via fastboot to make it work. The correct gapps will do wonders too...... so i guess one of those things were the issue.