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Help phone stuck at boot screen

Hello. I just tried to unlock the bootloader on on Verizon Galaxy nexus. Now it's stuck at the bootscreen with the lock image. I did a search and couldn't find a exact answer for my issue. I hope I haven't bricked my phone. Anyway, any help would be appreciated.
I wasn't trying to root just unlock the bootloader. It appeared everything went ok but, now I'm stuck. I used the same method for unlocking the bootloader on my GSM G-nex and it worked.
I know I've done something wrong or this may be something simple. I just need help so I can use my phone.

are you able to boot into the bootloader? if so you should be able to recover and can't worry a little less.

same thing here... I posted a request for a LTE boot.img since can still get into the bootloader

Goat_For_Sale said:
are you able to boot into the bootloader? if so you should be able to recover and can't worry a little less.
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No I don't believe I can. When I type fastboot it just says "waiting on device" I can hold the volume down & power buttons and get to the screen were it says "start" at the top and below that "downloding"

Yea, that was what I was eluding too, The device just came out and google released the GSM image. I am sure that it will appear online in the near future.
if you are able to get into the bootloader does it say that its unlocked ? is your google splash screen showing the unlocked padlock ? you could also try fastboot flash recovery to get cwm on there and provide additional potential solutions.
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qnet said:
No I don't believe I can. When I type fastboot it just says "waiting on device" I can hold the volume down & power buttons and get to the screen were it says "start" at the top and below that "downloding"
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That is download mode used for odin.
hold BOTH volumn buttons and power to get into the bootloader/fastboot

Goat_For_Sale said:
Yea, that was what I was eluding too, The device just came out and google released the GSM image. I am sure that it will appear online in the near future.
if you are able to get into the bootloader does it say that its unlocked ? is your google splash screen showing the unlocked padlock ? you could also try fastboot flash recovery to get cwm on there and provide additional potential solutions.
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That is download mode used for odin.
hold BOTH volumn buttons and power to get into the bootloader/fastboot
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Yeah, when I did the procedure it said that it was unlocked. Everything looked ok , it booted show the unlock symbol under Google. It then went to the colorful animation and was stuck there. At that time I pulled the battery and, it's been stuck at the screen showing google and the unlock image.

qnet said:
Yeah, when I did the procedure it said that it was unlocked. Everything looked ok , it booted show the unlock symbol under Google. It then went to the colorful animation and was stuck there. At that time I pulled the battery and, it's been stuck at the screen showing google and the unlock image.
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you should have let the animation run for like 10 minutes the phone has to rebuild the first boot can take like 15 minutes sometimes.
try booting into the bootloader see if that works still

Sorry I wasn't paying attention and didn't read the part were you told me how to get to the fastboot screen. I'm there now. Can I just relock or fix the bootloader from problem there? It shows it unlocked at the fastboot screen.

qnet said:
Sorry I wasn't paying attention and didn't read the part were you told me how to get to the fastboot screen. I'm there now. Can I just relock or fix the bootloader from problem there? It shows it unlocked at the fastboot screen.
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you could try fastboot oem lock and see if that works but if the phone wasn't booting i don't know if that will fix it but worth a shot.
try it out and see. it shouldn't do any harm to try

I had the issue with the failure to boot up after doing the fastboot oem unlock (I had to use the pda net drivers to get my device recognized to get even that far). I did a lot of things like pulling the battery, locking again and then unlocking and nothing worked until I went here http://rootzwiki.com/topic/11732-galaxy-nexus-root-procedure-adb-method/, then downloaded the files following their directions and doing the fastboot boot boot.img command. It took a LONG time to boot up, but it did boot finally.

GirLuvsDroid said:
I had the issue with the failure to boot up after doing the fastboot oem unlock (I had to use the pda net drivers to get my device recognized to get even that far). I did a lot of things like pulling the battery, locking again and then unlocking and nothing worked until I went here http://rootzwiki.com/topic/11732-galaxy-nexus-root-procedure-adb-method/, then downloaded the files following their directions and doing the fastboot boot boot.img command. It took a LONG time to boot up, but it did boot finally.
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Thank you, I'll try that.

I have another question. One of the selections on the fastboot screen is recovery mode. Can I try that or is this something were you have to have a rom stored on a sd-card?

qnet said:
I have another question. One of the selections on the fastboot screen is recovery mode. Can I try that or is this something were you have to have a rom stored on a sd-card?
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you could download the recovery image from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392336
then when connected in fast boot flash it with
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(rename the file from the linked thread to recovery.img)
this should write your custom recovery partition.
once you have that though you are still not going to be able to boot but it would allow you to flash a nandroid backup if someone made one for you or a LTE based rom
EDIT: you could also try a factory data reset and wipe dalvk cache from withing cwm. that may fix your boot problem

I had this problem, too.
I downloaded Clockwork Recovery and used 'fastboot boot LTErecovery_cwr.img' to boot into it, I wiped data and cache / factory reset and then rebooted. It rebooted twice, but after ten minutes or so I was back to the ICS Welcome screen. All of the files I'd put on my internal storage were wiped (during the oem unlock, I assume) but I'm in the stock rom but Superuser was installed and I have root access.
Hope it helps.
EDIT: looks like this is the same thing Goat_For_Sale posted above, but his command flashes CWM where mine temporarily boots into it. Since most of us will be installing CWM anyway I'd recommend using his command instead.

mixedlemon said:
I had this problem, too.
I downloaded Clockwork Recovery and used 'fastboot boot LTErecovery_cwr.img' to boot into it, I wiped data and cache / factory reset and then rebooted. It rebooted twice, but after ten minutes or so I was back to the ICS Welcome screen.
Hope it helps.
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where did you get the lterecovery_cwr.img ? could you link to it please

I linked to the thread in my post, but here's a link to the mediafire upload from that thread: http://www.mediafire.com/?mdf0mtacskob5yg

mixedlemon said:
I linked to the thread in my post, but here's a link to the mediafire upload from that thread: http://www.mediafire.com/?mdf0mtacskob5yg
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Thanks, my bad I didn't realize you were refering to the recovery image, thought it was the boot image for the LTE device.

Goat_For_Sale said:
Thanks, my bad I didn't realize you were refering to the recovery image, thought it was the boot image for the LTE device.
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Ahh no problem.
I got pretty worried for a second that I'd already broke my shiny new Nexus, so I'm really hoping I can help out someone else that had the same problem.

Solved
I believe it's fixed now. I use the method that GirLuvsDroid posted from the Rootzwiki forum. Once it rebooted, I stopped there and didn't root the phone. I was just happy to get it booted.
It's downloading all my apps and settings now. Thanks to everyone who tried to help me, I really appreciate. This was a good learning experience for me.

qnet said:
I believe it's fixed now. I use the method that GirLuvsDroid posted from the Rootzwiki forum. Once it rebooted, I stopped there and didn't root the phone. I was just happy to get it booted.
It's downloading all my apps and settings now. Thanks to everyone who tried to help me, I really appreciate. This was a good learning experience for me.
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So you were just able to go through the Rootzwiki method? Were you stuck at "Downloading...Do not turn off target !!" screen when you went to boot screen originally? My device still can't be detected :/

Sons HTC Desire HD stuck on white HTC Screen, Can Get into Bootloader HELP PLEASE

Hi, my son has just infromed me that his HTC DESIRE HD is stuck on the HTC white startup screen, if you take the battery out & put it back in & hold the volume key when pressing the on button you do get in to the Bootloader (i think its called that) screen but we cant go any further. The phone has been hacked & has a custom rom installed on it but he cant remember with one.
If someone could explain what i need to do to get it working again i would be very gratefull & not worried what rom goes onit.
Thanks All

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
Read post#7, it should have everything you need to know. If you have any questions just post them there since this is the development section.
Sent from a dream.

Insert a ROM into the SD Card! Go to the recovery through the bootloader. Full wipe and flash the new ROM! Tada
Sent from my Desire HD from Outer Space!!!

If you can get into the bootloader and the phone was on the stock ROM, you can pretty much reset it through the bootloader itself.
1. Reboot into Bootloader(Yes, the white screen with colorful text and options) by holding the Vol Down key while pressing the power button.
2. Navigate to the "Bootloader" option in that screen(Navigation can be done by pressing the Vol up/down keys) and select it(by pressing the power button).
3. You should see a screen with options like "Fastboot", "Recovery", etc.. Navigate to the "Factory Reset" option and select it by pressing the power button. Your phone should reset to factory setting and work fine(if it was on a stock ROM).
If it still doesn't work and you can get past the splashscreen into the bootanimation, I'm pretty sure you can flash an RUU. Its an executable file that installs the stock ROM on the phone. Get the appropriate one according to your region and carrier from here : http://www.filefactory.com/f/efa28fefafc4af9c/
Start your phone, connect it to pc via cable. Make sure you have HTC Sync installed on your pc and then run the executable RUU on the PC. The rest I think you'll be able to manage via on-screen instructions.
Hope you solve your problem.
Oh and yeah this is not the correct section though.. Please request the moderator to move it to the Q&A or the General Section. Helps keep the forum organized.

Responsibility
To be honest, if your son is old enough to have a smartphone and smart enough with a computer to unlock a locked boot loader, he should be able to use Google
If I was him, I would Google "unbrick desire HD" if i was stuck, but I think he could fix it by loading a ROM, maybe jelly time, that's a nice stableish ROM, onto the sdcard and try rebooting recovery by doing the power volume button combo. If he is in able to reboot recovery, only boot loader, he could try using the fast boot commands from the android SDK. If he doesn't know what they are, he shouldn't have rooted his phone, I don't recommend rooting unless you know what each piece of software you install on PC or android does.

I've had this issue as well when I installed a rom with a wrong md5 hash. It also wiped the recovery which was strange. Finally I got it working by placing the PD98IMG file on my sd card which it automatically installs when you go the bootloader. So that might fix it.

Fallon9111 said:
To be honest, if your son is old enough to have a smartphone and smart enough with a computer to unlock a locked boot loader, he should be able to use Google
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^^this^^… really though, if you're stuck, try getting into recovery from the bootloader... if he rooted his phone then more than likely he has a custom recovery installed, such as clockworkmod, twrp, 4ext, etc... from there he can flash a new ROM, wipe his device of the one causing problems, etc... just follow on screen instructions. If he doesn't have a nandroid backup made (or any kind of backup you can restore from whatsoever) then just wipe everything and install JellyTime... download the latest release (a .zip file) from the thread (search DHD, JellyTime)... transfer onto his SD card, use the custom recovery to install from the SD card, and there ya go...
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Melmac said:
Hi, my son has just infromed me that his HTC DESIRE HD is stuck on the HTC white startup screen, if you take the battery out & put it back in & hold the volume key when pressing the on button you do get in to the Bootloader (i think its called that) screen but we cant go any further. The phone has been hacked & has a custom rom installed on it but he cant remember with one.
If someone could explain what i need to do to get it working again i would be very gratefull & not worried what rom goes onit.
Thanks All
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ok, Just follow what Teichopsia said. Ignore the rest of the comments as they only troll and won´t solve your issue. The main thing to know is how the phone was hacked. In bootloader, in the top left corner you see something like ACE PVT.....just find if you are S-OFF or S-ON.
If you are S-ON, then tell me if it says *UNLOCKED* in the top. That will determine how you can sort your issue out. Follow the post Teichopsia suggested and you will be fine. If you have any doubts or get stuck just post your questions in that thread.

Melmac said:
Hi, my son has just infromed me that his HTC DESIRE HD is stuck on the HTC white startup screen, if you take the battery out & put it back in & hold the volume key when pressing the on button you do get in to the Bootloader (i think its called that) screen but we cant go any further. The phone has been hacked & has a custom rom installed on it but he cant remember with one.
If someone could explain what i need to do to get it working again i would be very gratefull & not worried what rom goes onit.
Thanks All
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Go into HTC inspire general. First thread click it. Read it follow it. I had to do this. I tried the first step. It didn't work for me. I had to do the last step. Which was run a RUU. Once I did that my phone was back up in 5 minutes
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Stuck on white HTC screen n bootloader is not working
my device got stick on white screen during rooting, i cant turn on my device n boot loader is not working....
how to connect to pc ? is there a way i can put some files on my SDcard externally n then inserting onto my phone....

kool8522 said:
my device got stick on white screen during rooting, i cant turn on my device n boot loader is not working....
how to connect to pc ? is there a way i can put some files on my SDcard externally n then inserting onto my phone....
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via a card reader if you have access to one, or any device you can connect to a pc that will show card contents, that you can write to and from.

kool8522 said:
my device got stick on white screen during rooting, i cant turn on my device n boot loader is not working....
how to connect to pc ? is there a way i can put some files on my SDcard externally n then inserting onto my phone....
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u can put the files on ur sdcard using a card reader. as for the PC to connect with ur phone u will need to either fully boot the phone or be able to enter fastboot without which not anyway ur phone will be recognized by the computer. but if ur phone is recognied throgh adb thn u can get it back working

please help me
glevitan said:
ok, Just follow what Teichopsia said. Ignore the rest of the comments as they only troll and won´t solve your issue. The main thing to know is how the phone was hacked. In bootloader, in the top left corner you see something like ACE PVT.....just find if you are S-OFF or S-ON.
If you are S-ON, then tell me if it says *UNLOCKED* in the top. That will determine how you can sort your issue out. Follow the post Teichopsia suggested and you will be fine. If you have any doubts or get stuck just post your questions in that thread.
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ermm. my phone is on S-ON, it says UNLOCKED.. n then how?? pleasse help me.. when i on my phone there just only show htc logo on screen.. :crying: for more.. please contact me on twitter @umarfarid_ufn or facebook UMar FarId.. please reply me as fast as you can..

umarfarid90 said:
ermm. my phone is on S-ON, it says UNLOCKED.. n then how?? pleasse help me.. when i on my phone there just only show htc logo on screen.. :crying: for more.. please contact me on twitter @umarfarid_ufn or facebook UMar FarId.. please reply me as fast as you can..
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Flash a ROM from recovery, then fastboot flash the ROM zip's boot.img. My signature has more detailed instructions.

bananagranola said:
Flash a ROM from recovery, then fastboot flash the ROM zip's boot.img. My signature has more detailed instructions.
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how to do that.. can give me some instruction..
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umarfarid90 said:
how to do that.. can give me some instruction..
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ohh.. i did it .. i can get out from the stuck htc logo screen.. but after the phone showing htc logo screen then turn to black screen... now im waiting for that.. but still no response..please help me ... :crying:

What ROM did you use and what procedure did you use?

help me
bananagranola said:
What ROM did you use and what procedure did you use?
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I use this rom cm-JellyTime_42_R10 for my desire hd.. is it not okay for my phone?
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bananagranola said:
What ROM did you use and what procedure did you use?
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i use this procedure..
androidforums.com/desire-hd-all-things-root/702090-how-unlock-install-recovery-root-htcdev.html

umarfarid90 said:
I use this rom cm-JellyTime_42_R10 for my desire hd.. is it not okay for my phone?
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i use this procedure..
androidforums.com/desire-hd-all-things-root/702090-how-unlock-install-recovery-root-htcdev.html
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Ok, just to be sure... Did you check the md5 sum on the JellyTime-R10 zip to make sure it downloaded correctly?
And when flashing the ROM, did you follow the instructions exactly in post #7 on the procedure thread you followed to root (flashing the boot.img separately)?
If you did both of those, try downloading a different ROM and flashing it, just to see if you can get it to work. If not, try going through the root process again step by step and make sure you didn't miss anything... At this point, you make also want to consider going through one of the guides to manually s-off after unlocking with htcdev, since flashing ROMs is easier if you're s-off.
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[Q] [LG G3 F400S] Can't boot anything

Hi Guys!
Today I was getting to rooting the device, until I ran into a problem
I accidentally flashed Android KK aboot and the rest on Android L versions.
The result was inability to boot ANYTHING (System/Download/Recovery)
It also showed an error message saying to following
ERROR : boot certification verify
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[630]
[630] Secure booting Error!
[630] Cause : boot certification verify
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Shortly following that is a black screen with red and blue flashing LED. (Vol. Down leads to restart and Vol.Up seems to stop the flashing, however still on black screen)
Is it possible for me to get out of this problem? Or have I hard bricked my phone?

Its bricked, there is a version mismatch between your android bootloader and your phone's bootloader meaning that it prevents you from going into download or recovery mode

KuHaKu said:
Hi Guys!
Today I was getting to rooting the device, until I ran into a problem
I accidentally flashed Android KK aboot and the rest on Android L versions.
The result was inability to boot ANYTHING (System/Download/Recovery)
It also showed an error message saying to following
ERROR : boot certification verify
[630]-----------------------------------------------
[630]
[630] Secure booting Error!
[630] Cause : boot certification verify
[630]
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Shortly following that is a black screen with red and blue flashing LED. (Vol. Down leads to restart and Vol.Up seems to stop the flashing, however still on black screen)
Is it possible for me to get out of this problem? Or have I hard bricked my phone?
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I HAVE YOUR SOLUTION flash this patched boot img which is used for phones when you downgrade the aboot and laf to kk to get twrp working http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/orig-development/recovery-twrp-touch-recovery-2-8-2-0-t2966129

Quote100 said:
I HAVE YOUR SOLUTION flash this patched boot img which is used for phones when you downgrade the aboot and laf to kk to get twrp working http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/orig-development/recovery-twrp-touch-recovery-2-8-2-0-t2966129
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If you bothered to read properly he cant boot anything

itsbighead said:
If you bothered to read properly he cant boot anything
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if you bothered to android properly he doesn't need to boot into anything if the computer can recognize it
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Also ever since i flashed twrp on mine, whenever i click reboot my phone doesn't reboot and i just get a black screen with no led and i have to remove the battery for it to boot again. I'm not sure if this will work in your situation but it couldn't hurt to try

Quote100 said:
if you bothered to android properly he doesn't need to boot into anything if the computer can recognize it
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Also ever since i flashed twrp on mine, whenever i click reboot my phone doesn't reboot and i just get a black screen with no led and i have to remove the battery for it to boot again. I'm not sure if this will work in your situation but it couldn't hurt to try
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If you bothered to read properly he cant boot anything
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Yep, I cannot get my computer to recognize my phone in anyway (i tried going into TWRP and Download) and both did not work.
Any ideas?

KuHaKu said:
Yep, I cannot get my computer to recognize my phone in anyway (i tried going into TWRP and Download) and both did not work.
Any ideas?
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did you try to boot into the factory reset mode? (hold volume down and power to turn it on and stop when you see the lg logo and then hold them again after stopping)

Quote100 said:
did you try to boot into the factory reset mode? (hold volume down and power to turn it on and stop when you see the lg logo and then hold them again after stopping)
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That would be what i would of noted as TWRP or Recovery - No

KuHaKu said:
That would be what i would of noted as TWRP or Recovery - No
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ah i have no idea then you might just have a permanent brick but i have one last idea that may or may not help, (probably not) you said you stop the flashing by pushing the volume up button im not at all sure what that mode is supposed to be but does the computer recognize it in that mode?

FIXED
I have a solution to your problem..
Heres a solution to your problem... http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...y-download-t3053985/post60106965#post60106965

brick
it bricks bro

Quote100 said:
ah i have no idea then you might just have a permanent brick but i have one last idea that may or may not help, (probably not) you said you stop the flashing by pushing the volume up button im not at all sure what that mode is supposed to be but does the computer recognize it in that mode?
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BINGO!
Currently working on finding a way of throwing over the system, but other than that, i got my computer to recognize it, if any progress is made, I'll post it here .
THX TO QUOTE100 ))))

Celly624 said:
I have a solution to your problem..
Heres a solution to your problem... http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...y-download-t3053985/post60106965#post60106965
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Fastboot doesnt work for any variant with a locked bootloader
OP can try the old LG Flash Tool guide but i doubt that will work

KuHaKu said:
BINGO!
Currently working on finding a way of throwing over the system, but other than that, i got my computer to recognize it, if any progress is made, I'll post it here .
THX TO QUOTE100 ))))
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Alright! that's great, glad i could help

Help!!!! Bricked one m9! No fastboot commands, no adb, just a blue screen!

Please help urgently! So I just S-OFF'd my phone (right after unlocking my bootloader via htcdev) and I was excited to finally manually flash a 5.1 update to my EE UK One m9. I sort of made it a European version by changing one of its update numbers to [BLANK].401.[BLANK]. I then spent the whole night booting my phone into download mode and using fastboot commands: "htc_fastboot flash zip...".
Each zip was the previous update to the other, I.e. I was already on 1.32.401.6, so I used fastboot to get to 1.32.401.8 as the cmd. prompt said that it was successfully installed on my phone (p.s. I didn't have an sd card big enough to exfat 32 and put the update zips on it). I then repeated the steps again, but then fastboot flashed "2.10.401.", this was the update that would hopefully bring my phone to 5.1 . The cmd. prompt said that it was a success so I booted my phone up as normal, but I went to the settings to check software information and it was still on 1.32.401.6! It then said an update was ready to install so I just installed it as normal. Once it went into the bootloader it flashed it without any problems and tried to boot back up again. It then lit up a blue screen for 10 seconds and then went into the black HTC RUU screen with the grey htc logo. My phone has now, for the last hour, been stuck in this infinite loop of blue screen, vibrate, ruu screen and REPEAT. I've tried pressing vol. down and power as well as up to get into other modes like download mode, but it doesn't work. I CAN'T EVEN TURN IT OFF! I HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO RUN OUT OF BATTERY! MORE IMPORTANTLY, ADB DOESNT RECOGNISE IT, NOR DOES FASTBOOT!!!! SO I CAN'T EVEN FLASH A STOCK RECOVERY, SYSTEM IMG, ETC! PLEASE IF ANYONE CAN, HELP ME. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO BUY A NEW ONE AND PAY S-OFF AGAIN!

Louis118 said:
Please help urgently! So I just S-OFF'd my phone and I was excited to finally manually flash a 5.1 update to my EE UK One m9. I sort of made it a European version by changing one of its update numbers to [BLANK].401.[BLANK]. I then spent the whole night booting my phone into download mode and using fastboot commands: "htc_fastboot flash zip...".
Each zip was the previous update to the other, I.e. I was already on 1.32.401.6, so I used fastboot to get to 1.32.401.8 as the cmd. prompt said that it was successfully installed on my phone (p.s. I didn't have an sd card big enough to exfat 32 and put the update zips on it). I then repeated the steps again, but then fastboot flashed "2.10.401.", this was the update that would hopefully bring my phone to 5.1 . The cmd. prompt said that it was a success so I booted my phone up as normal, but I went to the settings to check software information and it was still on 1.32.401.6! It then said an update was ready to install so I just installed it as normal. Once it went into the bootloader it flashed it without any problems and tried to boot back up again. It then lit up a blue screen for 10 seconds and then went into the black HTC RUU screen with the grey htc logo. My phone has now, for the last hour, been stuck in this infinite loop of blue screen, vibrate, ruu screen and REPEAT. I've tried pressing vol. down and power as well as up to get into other modes like download mode, but it doesn't work. I CAN'T EVEN TURN IT OFF! I HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO RUN OUT OF BATTERY! MORE IMPORTANTLY, ADB DOESNT RECOGNISE IT, NOR DOES FASTBOOT!!!! SO I CAN'T EVEN FLASH A STOCK RECOVERY, SYSTEM IMG, ETC! PLEASE IF ANYONE CAN, HELP ME. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO BUY A NEW ONE AND PAY S-OFF AGAIN!
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hold power and vol up and vol down all at the same time will get you to bootloader, we hope

Aldo101t said:
hold power and vol up and vol down all at the same time will get you to bootloader, we hope
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That helped thanks, but I still can't boot into anything else... I'm pretty sure I can't install anything through fastboot without download or run mode...

Louis118 said:
That helped thanks, but I still can't boot into anything else... I'm pretty sure I can't install anything through fastboot without download or run mode...
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you can't boot into download mode from bootloader?
or boot into recovery and restore a backup,

Aldo101t said:
you can't boot into download mode from bootloader?
or boot into recovery and restore a backup,
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nope, NOTHING. THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS IS THE POWER OFF OPTION.

Aldo101t said:
you can't boot into download mode from bootloader?
or boot into recovery and restore a backup,
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what you should do is if you can restore a backup, put a 5.1 rom on your sd card and after you flash the latest firmware 2.10.401.xx. then boot to recovery and install the 5.1 rom.
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Louis118 said:
nope, NOTHING. THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS IS THE POWER OFF OPTION.
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you still have TWRP INSTALLED, do you have a backup.

Aldo101t said:
what you should do is if you can restore a backup, put a 5.1 rom on your sd card and after you flash the latest firmware 2.10.401.xx. then boot to recovery and install the 5.1 rom.
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you still have TWRP INSTALLED, do you have a backup.
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How do you expect me to boot into it? I told you, pressing any other mode besides power off, causes the blue screen loop

Louis118 said:
nope, NOTHING. THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS IS THE POWER OFF OPTION.
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try powering it off then go back to bootloader and try to get to recovery again

Aldo101t said:
try powering it off then go back to bootloader and try to get to recovery again
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Nope, still does the blue loop.

Louis118 said:
Nope, still does the blue loop.
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well, that's the sh^ts, I don't know at this point.maybe someone else can chime in here that can help.

I've seen this before, and there is no fix that I'm aware of. You've corrupted something important in your firmware, probably by flashing all those firmware packages.
You made several mistakes here, the first in thinking you needed to flash every firmware for your phone. All you needed was the last one. The other mistake was confusing your OS version with your firmware version. You were still on 1.32 base but your firmware was updated.
The last mistake, and the one that probably did the damage, was trying to take an OTA after all that. You were stock enough for it to run, but since your firmware was already updated, the OTA broke something.
As far as I know, the only thing you can do is return it to HTC for service.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

iElvis said:
I've seen this before, and there is no fix that I'm aware of. You've corrupted something important in your firmware, probably by flashing all those firmware packages.
You made several mistakes here, the first in thinking you needed to flash every firmware for your phone. All you needed was the last one. The other mistake was confusing your OS version with your firmware version. You were still on 1.32 base but your firmware was updated.
The last mistake, and the one that probably did the damage, was trying to take an OTA after all that. You were stock enough for it to run, but since your firmware was already updated, the OTA broke something.
As far as I know, the only thing you can do is return it to HTC for service.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk
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Thanks for trying to help anyway. Also, I got this under contract from EE, so do I have UH OH protection automatically from htc? Or will it cost me to get it serviced?

Louis118 said:
Thanks for trying to help anyway. Also, I got this under contract from EE, so do I have UH OH protection automatically from htc? Or will it cost me to get it serviced?
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Uh Oh protection isn't available in the UK.
As you unlocked your bootloader and got S-OFF, they will almost certainly charge you for repairs as this isn't a hardware issue and was actually caused by you flashing your phone.
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Questions............
Did u install any recovery like twrp?
Did you root?
Post pictures of bootloader/try to post any other screen you may be able to enter

LLegion said:
Questions............
Did u install any recovery like twrp?
Did you root?
Post pictures of bootloader/try to post any other screen you may be able to enter
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I'm able to enter the boot loader menu (with the options to reboot, power down, download mode and bootloader). Unfortunately, clicking any of the options (apart from power down) causes the blue screen boot loop to continue.

This wasn't really Crazy you now All You have to do is go to the bootloader menu and from there Ashley you can actually flash the Recovery ebusiness Leave me and if you don't believe me godaddy redirect link to the Team Win recovery project Website Just follow the instructions to flash recovery as they say
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You can flash recovery from bootloader menu i did that way when by mistake did erease all my internal card including system.img.....i was lost my phone didnt boot line yours also getting the bluescreen and voilaaa!!! I did flash on bootloader menu but download the 2.8.7.1 beta here the proof link....https://twrp.me/devices/htconem9.html

LLegion said:
This wasn't really Crazy you now All You have to do is go to the bootloader menu and from there Ashley you can actually flash the Recovery ebusiness Leave me and if you don't believe me godaddy redirect link to the Team Win recovery project Website Just follow the instructions to flash recovery as they say
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You can flash recovery from bootloader menu i did that way when by mistake did erease all my internal card including system.img.....i was lost my phone didnt boot line yours also getting the bluescreen and voilaaa!!! I did flash on bootloader menu but download the 2.8.7.1 beta here the proof link....https://twrp.me/devices/htconem9.html
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I flashed the recovery file successfully (according to the command window) but when I click the "reboot recovery mode" option it brings up the red development text and then goes back into the bluescreen loop.

Louis118 said:
I flashed the recovery file successfully (according to the command window) but when I click the "reboot recovery mode" option it brings up the red development text and then goes back into the bluescreen loop.
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You said before that fastboot wasn't working. It's working now? Does it show up in fastboot devices?
If so, you might try running a RUU from bootloader.

The trixk is to flash and just after reboot press power and down vol to wnter immediatly into rexovery twrp just as it says in the link...just do it and will go into twrp once you have entered justflash any nandroid or flash a zip ruu from sd card in a sexond boot

I'm not able to enter RUU mode...

TWRP 3.1.1-0

TWRP for U Play
WARNING: SOME USERS ARE EXPERIENCING BOOTLOOP AFTER OTA UPDATING WITH TWRP.
DO NOT FLASH THIS RECOVERY INSTEAD USE FOR TEMPORARY BOOT IF YOU WANT OTA UPDATE
For direct booting without installation use
"fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-0-alpine.img" in the bootloader menu (white screen )
If you want permanent installation follow these steps
NOTE: Please Check the partition table for your model and flash recovery to that block,
using wrong block can brick your device
use this command in terminal emulator or adb to check partition table
Code:
cat proc/emmc
for me its mmcblk0p39
Boot twrp from bootloader
Code:
fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-0-alpine.img
now that your booted into twrp open adb and use these commands
Push Recovery Image to phone
Code:
adb push twrp-3.1.1-0-alpine.img /data/local/tmp
Set permission for recovery image
Code:
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/twrp-3.1.1-0-alpine.img
Backup Current Recovery Image (in case you want to go back or failed)
Code:
adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p39 of=/sdcard/backup.img
Copy recovery to block
Code:
adb shell dd if=/data/local/tmp/twrp-3.1.1-0-alpine.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p39
Download
Source
Github

Can someone of devs create roms for our htc u play??

dranzer006 said:
TWRP for U Play
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Has this been tested? I tried another twrp recovery and it's left my phone in a bootloop after trying to do a system update

Dutty106 said:
Has this been tested? I tried another twrp recovery and it's left my phone in a bootloop after trying to do a system update
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yes i have used it however you need to have s off to install it. Else you can just boot it temporary ( fastboot boot )
OTA updates might crash the system

dranzer006 said:
yes i have used it however you need to have s off to install it. Else you can just boot it temporary ( fastboot boot )
OTA updates might crash the system
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Thanks for that, how do you recover after OTA crashes the system? I wish I'd known, I'm trying to see if I leave it off for about 72 hours if it will switch back on as advised in another forum. How do you get S-OFF on HTC U Play? I've only managed to unlock bootloader

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Thanks for that, how do you recover after OTA crashes the system? I wish I'd known, I'm trying to see if I leave it off for about 72 hours if it will switch back on as advised in another forum. How do you get S-OFF on HTC U Play? I've only managed to unlock bootloader
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try connecting the phone to pc and see if adb/fastboot reboot commands work Also try holding power key for 10-15secs.
you will have to flash stock rom zip back to get OTAs
For now there isn't any s off available

htc u play
installing twrp on installing twrp then black scren and vibrates around.can you help me please thanx

dranzer006 said:
try connecting the phone to pc and see if adb/fastboot reboot commands work Also try holding power key for 10-15secs.
you will have to flash stock rom zip back to get OTAs
For now there isn't any s off available
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I've tried all of that I'm afraid as soon as it gets a bit of power the cycle happens and the PC doesn't have time to recognize the device before it reboots, it doesn't respond to the power key or any combination of key pressing, just keeps on in the boot loop. From what I've learned I'm assuming the problem is that 52MB TWRP image, it doesn't work on this phone, the update will be trying to boot the phone into recovery but because the recovery doesn't work it creates a bootloop..so far it's been 48hrs, will try switch it back on on monday as suggested here https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...g-failures-t3596427/post74189767#post74189767 . In the meantime we need to spread the word and shame whoever uploaded that TWRP image, evil!!!
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martinsimir said:
installing twrp on installing twrp then black scren and vibrates around.can you help me please thanx
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You're another victim of this TWRP image, sorry mate. Check this out..https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...g-failures-t3596427/post74189767#post74189767

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I've tried all of that I'm afraid as soon as it gets a bit of power the cycle happens and the PC doesn't have time to recognize the device before it reboots, it doesn't respond to the power key or any combination of key pressing, just keeps on in the boot loop. From what I've learned I'm assuming the problem is that 52MB TWRP image, it doesn't work on this phone, the update will be trying to boot the phone into recovery but because the recovery doesn't work it creates a bootloop..so far it's been 48hrs, will try switch it back on on monday as suggested here https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...g-failures-t3596427/post74189767#post74189767 . In the meantime we need to spread the word and shame whoever uploaded that TWRP image, evil!!!
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You're another victim of this TWRP image, sorry mate. Check this out..https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...g-failures-t3596427/post74189767#post74189767
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52mb ???? the image i have posted is around 14mb only.
if your able to restart the device then press the volume down key while booting (you will feel the vibration )

Brick htc u play
I know what i did. I just wanted to know what happened to the phone.thank you for your help, even if it's going to happen, so there's nothing going on, on Monday comes a new htc at play.people are learning mistakes.
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52mb ???? the image i have posted is around 14mb only.
if your able to restart the device then press the volume down key while booting (you will feel the vibration )
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black screen and vibrating all the time .can not even connect to the PC

martinsimir said:
I know what i did. I just wanted to know what happened to the phone.thank you for your help, even if it's going to happen, so there's nothing going on, on Monday comes a new htc at play.people are learning mistakes.
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black screen and vibrating all the time .can not even connect to the PC
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I won't recommend you this but you can try pulling off the back panel and removing the battery cable (its the black one)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcNNGpsn7JY

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52mb ???? the image i have posted is around 14mb only.
if your able to restart the device then press the volume down key while booting (you will feel the vibration )
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i feel vibration but black screnn
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dranzer006 said:
I won't recommend you this but you can try pulling off the back panel and removing the battery cable (its the black one)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcNNGpsn7JY
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thanx mate on Monday I will see a new htc at play.but am try this

I dismantled it, but it does not help the same problem again black screen and vibrating .I put it in the garbage can

dranzer006 said:
52mb ???? the image i have posted is around 14mb only.
if your able to restart the device then press the volume down key while booting (you will feel the vibration )
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Hi, I'm refering to this one "twrp-3.0.3-1_UNOFFICIAL-U Play.img" Not yours.. I flashed twrp-3.0.3-1_UNOFFICIAL-U Play.img and I'm now stuck and panicking, I hope I can have me phone back again .. The device tries to reboot itself into recovery repeatedly after you try a system update, no combination of button pressing etc works, the PC doesn't even have time to pick up the phone..Like I've said in previous posts, I'm trying to see if I leave it off for some days and then recharge and try to switch it back on if it will work..So far that's the only solution I've seen from anyone.. I hope this clears up my problem and suggestions..

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Hi, I'm refering to this one "twrp-3.0.3-1_UNOFFICIAL-U Play.img" Not yours.. I flashed twrp-3.0.3-1_UNOFFICIAL-U Play.img and I'm now stuck and panicking, I hope I can have me phone back again .. The device tries to reboot itself into recovery repeatedly after you try a system update, no combination of button pressing etc works, the PC doesn't even have time to pick up the phone..Like I've said in previous posts, I'm trying to see if I leave it off for some days and then recharge and try to switch it back on if it will work..So far that's the only solution I've seen from anyone.. I hope this clears up my problem and suggestions..
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i am not sure what problem your having but if you try to press the volume up or down key while booting up you will boot into download mode. or else try pressing volume up and down both while the phone starts

Is there a possibility that comes out a working version.?

Dutty106 said:
Hi, I'm refering to this one "twrp-3.0.3-1_UNOFFICIAL-U Play.img" Not yours.. I flashed twrp-3.0.3-1_UNOFFICIAL-U Play.img and I'm now stuck and panicking, I hope I can have me phone back again .. The device tries to reboot itself into recovery repeatedly after you try a system update, no combination of button pressing etc works, the PC doesn't even have time to pick up the phone..Like I've said in previous posts, I'm trying to see if I leave it off for some days and then recharge and try to switch it back on if it will work..So far that's the only solution I've seen from anyone.. I hope this clears up my problem and suggestions..
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Hi, did you have any luck? I'm stuck in the same boot loop.. I even took off the case and removed the black battery cable over night but still same boot loop, did running down battery help?

Hi, don't dismantle it or any of that other stuff suggested above, let it bootloop til the battery is flat, leave it, do not charge it or do anything to it for 11+ days, then charge it and it will switch back on, no problem, you'll have your phone back.

Ok thanks, it's been about 5 days off so far from dying from the boot loop, I'll give it another 10 days before charging it and see how it goes..
Thanks again for your response..

online4yourmind said:
Ok thanks, it's been about 5 days off so far from dying from the boot loop, I'll give it another 10 days before charging it and see how it goes..
Thanks again for your response..
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No problem :good: it will definitely work