This is pretty much my first time doing such things in my phone. I rooted my phone and installed ARHD 11.2 without any trouble following the instructions. When ARHD released 21.0, I tried flashing the ROM but my WiFi stopped working which I did my research and found out that it requires a firmware update (3.28.xxxx) to work. So I tried FireWater which didn't work for some reason and bought SunShine which work out as expected and my M8 is now S-OFF & set my CID to 11111111.
Now, here comes the problem. I flashed 3.2.8.401.7 firmware downloaded from ARHD blog and it returns a SUCCESSFUL but with an ERROR 90, which I also did search and said that I just have to flash the firmware again without reboot in between. Now when I boot up my phone, it's stuck on the HTC Logo with an android text below it and doesn't boot up. I went into the bootloader and tried going into recovery but it went to a black screen with and phone with a red triangle and exclamation mark in between. I erased the cache with fastboot erase cache but still didn't work. Also, I noticed that on the top of my bootloader, it says "*** Software status: Modified ***". I don't know if that is supposed to be there. I remembered TAMPERED banner was supposed to be there. My M8 is unlocked as well.
TWRP 2.8.1.0
CID-11111111
HBOOT-3.19.0.0000
RADIO-1.21.21331147A1.19_2G
I followed this guide: VomerGuides [M8]: Bootldr Unlock, S-OFF, SuperCID, Firmware Upgrade & Custom Recovery
EDIT: Solved thanks to lukes91
Solution: Flash custom recovery and then flash ROM via ext_sd and you should be good to go.
Serenity13 said:
This is pretty much my first time doing such things in my phone. I rooted my phone and installed ARHD 11.2 without any trouble following the instructions. When ARHD released 21.0, I tried flashing the ROM but my WiFi stopped working which I did my research and found out that it requires a firmware update (3.28.xxxx) to work. So I tried FireWater which didn't work for some reason and bought SunShine which work out as expected and my M8 is now S-OFF & set my CID to 11111111.
Now, here comes the problem. I flashed 3.2.8.401.7 firmware downloaded from ARHD blog and it returns a SUCCESSFUL but with an ERROR 90, which I also did search and said that I just have to flash the firmware again without reboot in between. Now when I boot up my phone, it's stuck on the HTC Logo with an android text below it and doesn't boot up. I went into the bootloader and tried going into recovery but it went to a black screen with and phone with a red triangle and exclamation mark in between. I erased the cache with fastboot erase cache but still didn't work. Also, I noticed that on the top of my bootloader, it says "*** Software status: Modified ***". I don't know if that is supposed to be there. I remembered TAMPERED banner was supposed to be there. My M8 is unlocked as well.
TWRP 2.8.1.0
CID-11111111
HBOOT-3.19.0.0000
RADIO-1.21.21331147A1.19_2G
I followed this guide: VomerGuides [M8]: Bootldr Unlock, S-OFF, SuperCID, Firmware Upgrade & Custom Recovery
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it looks like you still have stock recovery... flash a custom one and try to boot, but you might need to reflash the rom... let me know
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it looks like you still have stock recovery... flash a custom one and try to boot, but you might need to reflash the rom... let me know
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Thanks lukes91, I noticed that some people said that the Red triangle with a ! mark on it means that it's Stock Recovery. I didn't know why my TWRP got wiped off when I flashed the firmware. I'll give it a try and update this post.
edit: I'm afraid that for some odd reason. I can't get my phone connected with ADB. It's just says device not found when bootloader says FASTBOOT USB. I reinstalled the drivers from HTC Sync and tried it with HTC Sync installed and uninstalled but I still can't get it to work. I'm plugged into USB 2.0 port.
edit2: I tried plugging in my phone while it's stucked on the HTC logo. My computer detects the Phone and opens up the Internal Storage from my Computer. I have bunch of folders inside which is empty and about 0.3GB storage are used. I'm afraid that it might have to do with the USB Debugging option is off which I do not know how to get it on in bootloader.
edit3: Okay I managed to get TWRP flashed finally. How do I get the ARHD 21.1 ZIP into the Phone? I tried ADB Sideload but it just gets stuck at "Starting ADB Sideload feature..." I tried entering the command in CMD and it said Cannot read file "rom.zip"
Serenity13 said:
Thanks lukes91, I noticed that some people said that the Red triangle with a ! mark on it means that it's Stock Recovery. I didn't know why my TWRP got wiped off when I flashed the firmware. I'll give it a try and update this post.
edit: I'm afraid that for some odd reason. I can't get my phone connected with ADB. It's just says device not found when bootloader says FASTBOOT USB. I reinstalled the drivers from HTC Sync and tried it with HTC Sync installed and uninstalled but I still can't get it to work. I'm plugged into USB 2.0 port.
edit2: I tried plugging in my phone while it's stucked on the HTC logo. My computer detects the Phone and opens up the Internal Storage from my Computer. I have bunch of folders inside which is empty and about 0.3GB storage are used. I'm afraid that it might have to do with the USB Debugging option is off which I do not know how to get it on in bootloader.
edit3: Okay I managed to get TWRP flashed finally. How do I get the ARHD 21.1 ZIP into the Phone? I tried ADB Sideload but it just gets stuck at "Starting ADB Sideload feature..." I tried entering the command in CMD and it said Cannot read file "rom.zip"
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put the rom zip inside ext_sd and flash from there
it's the easiest way...
lukes91 said:
put the rom zip inside ext_sd and flash from there
it's the easiest way...
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Best answer :good:
lukes91 said:
put the rom zip inside ext_sd and flash from there
it's the easiest way...
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Alright I'll give it a try. I did try it and placed it in the internal storage but the file went missing after I rebooted into recovery. I'll try your directory instead and give a reply asap.
I actually felt embarrassed on that and my stupidity lol.
edit: Thanks very much! I flashed ARHD 21.1 and now it worked. Now I feel more embarrassed after the ext_sd incident...that actually works.
Serenity13 said:
Alright I'll give it a try. I did try it and placed it in the internal storage but the file went missing after I rebooted into recovery. I'll try your directory instead and give a reply asap.
I actually felt embarrassed on that and my stupidity lol.
edit: Thanks very much! I flashed ARHD 21.1 and now it worked. Now I feel more embarrassed after the ext_sd incident...that actually works.
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I noticed that some people said that the Red triangle with a ! mark on it means that it's Stock Recovery. I didn't know why my TWRP got wiped off when I flashed the firmware.
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If the firmware zip contains stock recovery, of course its going to overwrite TWRP with stock recovery. Sometimes, folks here will intentionally remove stock recovery from the firmware zip (for the express purpose of preventing custom recovery from being wiped when flashing the firmware). But as it comes with an OTA, it will contain stock recovery.
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Serenity13 said:
edit3: Okay I managed to get TWRP flashed finally. How do I get the ARHD 21.1 ZIP into the Phone? I tried ADB Sideload but it just gets stuck at "Starting ADB Sideload feature..." I tried entering the command in CMD and it said Cannot read file "rom.zip"
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I know you solved your issue another way. But the adb syntax needs to contain the actual file name, in place of "rom.zip" (with no quotes). This is assuming from the error message that you did not actually rename the file to "rom.zip"(which is another way to do it).
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If the firmware zip contains stock recovery, of course its going to overwrite TWRP with stock recovery. Sometimes, folks here will intentionally remove stock recovery from the firmware zip (for the express purpose of preventing custom recovery from being wiped when flashing the firmware). But as it comes with an OTA, it will contain stock recovery.
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I know you solved your issue another way. But the adb syntax needs to contain the actual file name, in place of "rom.zip" (with no quotes). This is assuming from the error message that you did not actually rename the file to "rom.zip"(which is another way to do it).
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Well I did rename the original name(Android_Revolution_HD-One_M8_21.1.zip) to rom.zip since it's way long and it didn't work the first time I entered adb side load Android_Revolution_HD-One_M8_21.1.zip. I renamed to rom.zip just to see whether if it works but I still received the same error. It could be something wrong with the ADB Sideload. It got stuck at "Starting ADB Sideload feature..." but "adb devices" listed the device with sideload tag on it. Thanks to lukes91, the method he posted above, which was the most simplest method that I should have done at the first place works perfectly.
Serenity13 said:
It could be something wrong with the ADB Sideload.
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Could be, I've found adb sideload to be finicky, and adb push to be more reliable. Although sideload is good to have in your bag of tricks "just in case". And of course the method you eventually used (putting it on the removable SD) works, as well.
The other common cause for the error message "cannot read file" is that the file is accidentally named rom.zip.zip due to the user not realizing they have the Windows option selected to hide file extensions (and erroneously adding ".zip" to the file name). But as you loaded and flashed the file successfully by putting it on the removable SD, this likely is not the case either.
You had the ROM zip in the same folder as your adb executable, right (when trying to sideload)? An obvious thing, probably. But just asking, since its sometimes the seemingly obvious things that trip us up.
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Could be, I've found adb sideload to be finicky, and adb push to be more reliable. Although sideload is good to have in your bag of tricks "just in case". And of course the method you eventually used (putting it on the removable SD) works, as well.
The other common cause for the error message "cannot read file" is that the file is accidentally named rom.zip.zip due to the user not realizing they have the Windows option selected to hide file extensions (and erroneously adding ".zip" to the file name). But as you loaded and flashed the file successfully by putting it on the removable SD, this likely is not the case either.
You had the ROM zip in the same folder as your adb executable, right (when trying to sideload)? An obvious thing, probably. But just asking, since its sometimes the seemingly obvious things that trip us up.
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Yep I had the ROM zip at the same folder as the adb executable. I did tried both rom.zip and rom.zip.zip in case it was the extension setting mistake. Still it was a happy ending. I got my firmware and ARHD updated. It feels so good to be updated. :good:
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hey guys,
once every serveal months i check for updates for my rom, my recovery, and some apps.
yesterday i wanted to update tp the latest recovery (1.52)
now, the phone connected, driver was installed correctly (windows 7 32-bit)
i used the adb commands as posted in the recovery topic.
now it updated it, but after a few minutes using and wiping the phone, the usb-connection will not come to live (in any way, not even a "unknown device") and when the phone booted it gave a message: "SD removed, please place sd-card." while it has a 8 gb on there. luckily i backed up all data i needed from the sd before i flashed. so i used recovery to recreate partitions and wipe sd. but nothing works anymore... when i select ANY option in recovery wich needs SD access it immediatly gives errors.
also tried a nother microsd of 1 gb which did also not work...
about the usb-connection, it also does not work in Recovery.
but in the bootloader, it installs without any problems the well known "My HTC" device. using fastboot to boot to recovery image works, but again: no usb connection
please guys... help me... without sd-card i find my phone completely useless. (because of many documents and pictures for my work.)
I've had this problem and I had to send my Hero for repair, but it could be difficult if you have custom software in there, thry to flash original rom. Not sure though if it can be done through fast boot.
Also if you have to send it back, pretend to be an idiot and say it just went wrong. "I didn't do anything" could work.
Use fastboot to revert to a stock ROM (update.zip)
This sounds very similar to this issue on Modaco - http://android.modaco.com/content-page/299174/no-adb-no-sd/
Still ongoing, as I (pulser) am trying to guide the OP through making the goldcard (need to find another android phone to do this) and then we need to try an RUU somehow???
adwinp said:
Use fastboot to revert to a stock ROM (update.zip)
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ok, and how?
thanks for reply.
i was thinking of letting it be repaired, but as you all say, unlocked spl, recovery image, custom rom. it does not look so good when they disver that.
but i am a stupid guy, so pretending to be stupid should be easy for me
If you are just interested in getting it back to stock for returning under guarantee to HTC, here is what I would suggest.
(No guarantees, as I haven't had to try this, and won't, for obvious reasons)
Get the stock RUU file from the hero that you have. I would recommend the oldest one that is available for you. (eg. a 1.73 one).
DISCONNECT your phone, and run the exe file(Yes, sounds strange, but bear with me).
Wait till the splash screen for the RUU is up, asking you to accept the EULA etc.
Now browse in my computer to your temp directory (C:\Users\Username\AppData\Temp in Vista/7, C:\Documents And Settings\Username\Application Data\temp in XP)
Sort the folders/files by date modified, and the most recently modified (or one of the most recently modified) folder should contain the RUU stuff. Inside a subfolder is a file called rom.zip. Copy this file to the desktop or another safe place. Once file is copied, close the RUU.
Now get your phone plugged in and booted into fastboot. (hold back + power)
Then use the command
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fastboot flashall C:\Users\Username\Desktop\rom.zip
No guarantees, but it should get you back to the stock recovery, system and boot (NOT HBOOT or SPL, the actual boot.img that android uses to boot the kernel)
can i also flash custom rom with fastboot? to test if something is wrong with the rom?
That would depend on what version of SPL/HBOOT you have. If it is security off, then maybe. Otherwise I doubt it. You usually need an original, HTC signed file to flash using that method.
Feel free to give it a go, but I don't think it would work.
Hello there,
I'm slightly new to the forums, at least posting to them so if I'm in the wrong section or if I'm just not suppose to ask these questions... well... lend some expert advice and help me out!
I'm by no means an expert on rooting and flashing, pretty much every thing i have learned has been on my Optimus V, Nexus 7, and My latest device, HTC One V and i learned it all on these forums!
So my problem is... My HTC One V i have unlocked it and rooted it with a tool kit i found on here called "Hasoon2000's HTC One V All-In-One Kit" and all was well in the world. But now that i have rooted it I've grown bored with the device... after less than 24 hours of running stock rooted. And i've attempted to flash MIUI.us on my device as found on the developers website Now I've flashed many custom roms on my other devices, currently running Paranoid Android Beta 3 on my Nexus and Harmonia 2 (I believe) on my OV. But this phone has become quite the hassle. I'm running TWRP CDMA recovery and i Factory reset, wipe data, cache, dalvic (spelled correctly?) and it boots up to the MIUI boot logo then it goes to the usual Google start screen where you select language and set up your device... but... at that point it fails to do anything then boot loops back out and restarts the phone, and repeats... sometimes it won't even get out of the boot loop and it will just restart the phone... so i have used the RUU and reset the phone multiple times after this has occurred... If anyone could be of assistance or point me towards the correct forum it would be much appreciated!
I'm not totally sure what else could help anyone out there but it says S-OFF and i am unlocked and i have tried multiple roms and none of them have worked yet at all, the AOSP rom actually got to the home screen then restarted... this is getting quite frustrating and slightly irritating so if anyone could lend a helping hand I'd be much appreciative!
If you have a brand new phone it may have the ota already applied, which means none of the custom kernels will work, which means no JB roms.
robaho said:
If you have a brand new phone it may have the ota already applied, which means none of the custom kernels will work, which means no JB roms.
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Okay but when i do the RUU or even initially it always gives me the option to do system update OTA once i turn it on the first time... and on all the different ROM threads it says you have to extract the "boot.img" and flash in fastbot... so i extract the rom onto the SD card then once i flash the rom I've tried rebooting to bootloader and on my computer with SDK tools running command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and that never works, i've tried flashing the jellyboot5 kernel i've tried many many options and bricked my phone about 20 times in the first 24 hours of owning my device... Black Friday purchased!
Sorry i'm still getting used to these devices... this is my first HTC and it's been... very much a learning experience but i really wanna try out some new roms on better phones than the OV
the last OTA broke the Radio (-> v.0928) firmware
Basically you need to flash the pre-OTA RUU (radio version: 1.00.00.521_2) first...
Steps (on windoze):
1) Download the correct RUU for your device (available at tinyurl.com/dxrybx9)
2) Run the .exe, wait for it to open the first wizard screen.
3) Open a file explorer in c:\users\yourname\AppData\Local\Temp\New_Directory _With_Some_Hexadecimal_name
4) Locate `rom.zip`, copy to the root directory of your sd card, and rename it to PK76IMG.zip
5) Reboot to bootloader, connect usb, and `fastboot oem lock` in cmd shell, at which point it'll reboot
6) Get back to HBOOT, wait for it to notice PK76IMG, confirm, make a pot of coffee, check back in 5-10 minutes.
7) After reboot, phone should now show a 1.00.00.521_2 radio... re-unlock the bootloader in fastboot, re-flash TWRP or whatever, and you should be good to go.
mkgarrod said:
Okay but when i do the RUU or even initially it always gives me the option to do system update OTA once i turn it on the first time... and on all the different ROM threads it says you have to extract the "boot.img" and flash in fastbot... so i extract the rom onto the SD card then once i flash the rom I've tried rebooting to bootloader and on my computer with SDK tools running command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and that never works, i've tried flashing the jellyboot5 kernel i've tried many many options and bricked my phone about 20 times in the first 24 hours of owning my device... Black Friday purchased!
Sorry i'm still getting used to these devices... this is my first HTC and it's been... very much a learning experience but i really wanna try out some new roms on better phones than the OV
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Basically you need to flash the pre-OTA RUU (radio version: 1.00.00.521_2) first...
Steps (on windoze):
1) Download the correct RUU for your device (available at tinyurl.com/dxrybx9)
2) Run the .exe, wait for it to open the first wizard screen.
3) Open a file explorer in c:\users\yourname\AppData\Local\Temp\New_Directory _With_Some_Hexadecimal_name
4) Locate `rom.zip`, copy to the root directory of your sd card, and rename it to PK76IMG.zip
5) Reboot to bootloader, connect usb, and `fastboot oem lock` in cmd shell, at which point it'll reboot
6) Get back to HBOOT, wait for it to notice PK76IMG, confirm, make a pot of coffee, check back in 5-10 minutes.
7) After reboot, phone should now show a 1.00.00.521_2 radio... re-unlock the bootloader in fastboot, re-flash TWRP or whatever, and you should be good to go.
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Okay so I just wanna make sure i understand all this... I'm basically doing the same thing that the RUU does? What does the RUU do outside of this? and i tried what you said and it never notices it and now when i boot up my phone it has no service and doesn't connect to the network....
master_c said:
Basically you need to flash the pre-OTA RUU (radio version: 1.00.00.521_2) first...
Steps (on windoze):
1) Download the correct RUU for your device (available at tinyurl.com/dxrybx9)
2) Run the .exe, wait for it to open the first wizard screen.
3) Open a file explorer in c:\users\yourname\AppData\Local\Temp\New_Directory _With_Some_Hexadecimal_name
4) Locate `rom.zip`, copy to the root directory of your sd card, and rename it to PK76IMG.zip
5) Reboot to bootloader, connect usb, and `fastboot oem lock` in cmd shell, at which point it'll reboot
6) Get back to HBOOT, wait for it to notice PK76IMG, confirm, make a pot of coffee, check back in 5-10 minutes.
7) After reboot, phone should now show a 1.00.00.521_2 radio... re-unlock the bootloader in fastboot, re-flash TWRP or whatever, and you should be good to go.
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Oh and when i type the fastboot oem lock command it gives me this
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C:\Fastboot>fastboot oem lock
... INFOLock successfully...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.271s
(Sorry for the awful format, I'm not used to actually taking part in a forum!) but regardless of the FAILED status it still says relocked... I'm not sure if that's a problem or not
You can ignore the error msg, I saw the same thing and the relock worked correctly. The RUU didn't flash the radio correctly when I ran the application, and I couldn't `fastboot flash radio` directly because of S-ON (or install the zip through TWRP), but when I copied the rom zip to PKIMG76 and installed it in hboot, I was able to flash the radio back to 0521_2, at which point I could run sick kernel and AOKP Jellybean without the bootloop (I originally documented it on this thread: tinyurl.com/cf2aq5n)
mkgarrod said:
Oh and when i type the fastboot oem lock command it gives me this
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C:\Fastboot>fastboot oem lock
... INFOLock successfully...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.271s
(Sorry for the awful format, I'm not used to actually taking part in a forum!) but regardless of the FAILED status it still says relocked... I'm not sure if that's a problem or not
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You can ignore the error msg, I saw the same thing and the relock worked correctly. The RUU didn't flash the radio correctly when I ran the application, and I couldn't `fastboot flash radio` directly because of S-ON (or install the zip through TWRP), but when I copied the rom zip to PKIMG76 and installed it in hboot, I was able to flash the radio back to 0521_2, at which point I could run sick kernel and AOKP Jellybean without the bootloop (I originally documented it on this thread: tinyurl.com/cf2aq5n)
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Okay so if i put that pk76img.zip into my fastboot folder on my PC then run "fastboot flash pk76img.zip' will it do the same thing? most of my devices when i rooted them and flashed custom images It's never been this difficult and i've never had to actually use CMD which i'm enjoying learning these commands and stuff but it's starting to get on my nerves that i can't get it to work when i boot by phone up into Boot loader here's what is says
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***UNLOCKED***
PRIMOC PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.53.0000
RADIO-1.00.00.0521_2
eMMC-boot
May 14 2012,20:27:38
I'm not sure if any of that will help at all.. but my Network is fine now but i really don't know what to do next... it says S-ON which i believe might be the problem but i AM rooted..
You wouldn't need to `fastboot flash...`; just copy the file to the root directory of your SD card, make sure it's named "PK76IMG.zip" (possibly case sensitive), and when you enter HBOOT it should say "searching for PK76IMG... blah blah" until it finds the file, at which point you'll see a blue progress bar, and it'll eventually ask you to confirm installation after it verifies the file(s).
All that said, it looks like you already have the correct version of RADIO, so I'm not sure this will help, but it's probably worth a try, unless you're flashing the wrong kernel for MIUI...
mkgarrod said:
Okay so if i put that pk76img.zip into my fastboot folder on my PC then run "fastboot flash pk76img.zip' will it do the same thing? most of my devices when i rooted them and flashed custom images It's never been this difficult and i've never had to actually use CMD which i'm enjoying learning these commands and stuff but it's starting to get on my nerves that i can't get it to work when i boot by phone up into Boot loader here's what is says
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***UNLOCKED***
PRIMOC PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.53.0000
RADIO-1.00.00.0521_2
eMMC-boot
May 14 2012,20:27:38
I'm not sure if any of that will help at all.. but my Network is fine now but i really don't know what to do next... it says S-ON which i believe might be the problem but i AM rooted..
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You wouldn't need to `fastboot flash...`; just copy the file to the root directory of your SD card, make sure it's named "PK76IMG.zip" (possibly case sensitive), and when you enter HBOOT it should say "searching for PK76IMG... blah blah" until it finds the file, at which point you'll see a blue progress bar, and it'll eventually ask you to confirm installation after it verifies the file(s).
All that said, it looks like you already have the correct version of RADIO, so I'm not sure this will help, but it's probably worth a try, unless you're flashing the wrong kernel for MIUI...
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Well I'm not really sure on the rules of forums... about posting links to other things like that... but i think my problem is a kernel issue... I have the JellyBoot5.zip... that everyone was talking about and even someone on that other forum you posted said something about it... but... maybe i'm just doing that wrong... do i go into TWRP recovery... flash the Jellyboot5.zip then reboot to bootloader, and on CMD run "fastboot flash boot boot.img" (which i extract the boot.img from the jellyboot5.zip...) is that correct? I'm really trying to NOT be illiterate on these things but i'm at a total loss... i may just stick with root and stock if i can't figure this out soon.
I would try the v2.0.0 kernel (tinyurl.com/d8xknzb) ... I actually had a (different) bootloop problem after installing the jellyboot5.zip in TWRP, so maybe this kernel will do the trick.
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Well I'm not really sure on the rules of forums... about posting links to other things like that... but i think my problem is a kernel issue... I have the JellyBoot5.zip... that everyone was talking about and even someone on that other forum you posted said something about it... but... maybe i'm just doing that wrong... do i go into TWRP recovery... flash the Jellyboot5.zip then reboot to bootloader, and on CMD run "fastboot flash boot boot.img" (which i extract the boot.img from the jellyboot5.zip...) is that correct? I'm really trying to NOT be illiterate on these things but i'm at a total loss... i may just stick with root and stock if i can't figure this out soon.
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master_c said:
I would try the v2.0.0 kernel (tinyurl.com/d8xknzb) ... I actually had a (different) bootloop problem after installing the jellyboot5.zip in TWRP, so maybe this kernel will do the trick.
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Okay so i wanna make sure i'm doing this right... I put that zip i just downloaded into my sd card on the root of the drive... then go into recovery... and flash it? do i wipe anything? anything at all? do i need to flash the boot.img? if i DON'T flash a custom rom right now also... will that mess up my phone since stock is running ICS?
It's a JB kernel so it probably won't work with an ICS rom, but I can't say I've tried it. And yeah, you need to flash the boot.img, and also install the zip in recovery, but you shouldn't need to wipe anything if you're just changing kernels (although there isn't much point unless you're installing a JB rom at the same time...)
mkgarrod said:
Okay so i wanna make sure i'm doing this right... I put that zip i just downloaded into my sd card on the root of the drive... then go into recovery... and flash it? do i wipe anything? anything at all? do i need to flash the boot.img? if i DON'T flash a custom rom right now also... will that mess up my phone since stock is running ICS?
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It's a JB kernel so it probably won't work with an ICS rom, but I can't say I've tried it. And yeah, you need to flash the boot.img, and also install the zip in recovery, but you shouldn't need to wipe anything if you're just changing kernels (although there isn't much point unless you're installing a JB rom at the same time...)
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Well as soon as i get back to my house I'm going to try this out and try reflashing the MIUI rom which is JB i believe and hope it works! if not... I'll be using that RUU tool again... I think i've been on that more than i have my new phone!
Why did no one report this thread? Obviously I'll see it eventually, but come on guys/gals!
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okay so heres what happened.
I have an international htc one x that is indeed rooted with no roms installed.
I did create a back up and then tried to install the MIUI rom (but I dont really know where that is on my phone. I know I made one with rom manager. I dont have any backups on my computer though)
It worked, however, it didnt have wifi or data signals so i went back to try again.
I opened my bootloader screen. For the record, it is unlocked and hboot is version 1.73 if that helps.
I wiped cashe/data/delvic everything and even factory reset and installed the MIUI RD rom now hoping it would have a difference.
The darn thing got stuck on the MIUI bootloader for hours.
I did the same thing again a few times, sometimes in different orders and then it passed on and another screen came saying 'starting apps'. That got stuck for hours too.
Now I don't have any other roms on my phone, just the MIUI RD. The original miui just vanished too, i dont see it anymore. Also, when I put my USB wire to the phone and connect it to the pc, I cant transfer newer files into it. So this is all I have access to on my phone apparently.
I tried flashing a boot.img and a couple kernels but no luck. I've been trying to do this for all day and this is my first time so I don't know much about it.
I've been googling and somethings say to open cmd and type but i keep getting 'fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command'
Currently, its not stuck at either the MIUI screen or the Starting Apps. but just the HTC logo screen and not going past.
I don't really want to install any new roms considering i've worked really hard to get this to work and I really want it now more so.
How do i fix this? I want to use this rom.
flash philz recovery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240646), usb mounting should work on that, then:
steps to install ROM
1. bootloader version should be 1.3x
2. copy ROM to SD Card
3. copy boot.img INCLUDED in the ROM zip to fastboot folder
4. flash the boot.img in fastboot
5. in recovery, wipe system/data/cache/everything
6. flash rom
7. restart
but how exactly do i put it on my phone? my computer isnt detecting my phone when i connect it? im sorry im not exactly an expert on this.
Go to recovery - mounts and storage - hook up the usb cable - tap the last option in the mounts and storage list and wait a few minutes. It won't be mounted instantly
ok i flashed the philtz recovery but when i flash the boot.img it says:
Finding update package
Opening update package
Installing update
installation aborted
for reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957490
thats the rom i used and i flashed the boot.img flasher thats right above the download link
edit: also i tried just flashing the rom again and im still stuck on the HTC screen.
its not even going to the miui screen or starting apps anymore. :[
Boot.img must be flashed via fastboot. Not via recovery !
ok, i looked up how to fastboot, downloaded sdk files and i moved the boot.img into the fastboot folder and i opened command prompt there and wrote fastboot flash boot boot.img but i keep getting:
'fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command'
what did i miss?
EDIT: ok, so the fastboot folder i got from the page didnt work so i used a different fastboot folder, dragged the .boot there and now it worked! finally passed the screen and wifi is connecting!
thank you!
Good, thanks to @tomascus. He summed it up real nice
Cheers
Hi guys, I was changing Roms and accidentally hit wipe internal storage in TWRP.
I've tried to flash a Sinless ROM, an insert coin ROM and also looked on htcdev website to get an RUU to try and put it back to stock, yet every time I try and install a zip file through twrp it says "unable to open zip file".
I've also taken a shot at trying to add sideload the rom on there, no progress is made and eventually fails again... I've got no backups saved or anything...
Is there anything else I can try to make my phone work again? I was possibly thinking trying to get my brother to do a backup on his M8, put his SD in my phone, then restore from his back up, will this work?
Is there anything else I can try in the mean time? Really don't know what to do next...
Many thanks in advance guys
Oli
Hi,
In my ignorance, i think the failed flashes could be caused by two things:
1- the recovery you are using is not updated. Try to flash the lastest TWRP recovery or change recovery version.
2- corrupted ROM zips. Maybe there are problems while downloading the ROMS or while you copy them to your external sd card. Try to download them on another computer AND using a different browser. And maybe put the zips on a different SD card if you can. But, MOST IMPORTANT thing, check the MD5 after you've finished to download the zips.
About the nandroid backup... I think it could work BUT be sure that your brother M8 has the same brand, firmware and Android version of your M8 (before you wiped everything).
However, about this last part w8 maybe for somone else more expert the me w
oli3107 said:
Hi guys, I was changing Roms and accidentally hit wipe internal storage in TWRP.
I've tried to flash a Sinless ROM, an insert coin ROM and also looked on htcdev website to get an RUU to try and put it back to stock, yet every time I try and install a zip file through twrp it says "unable to open zip file".
I've also taken a shot at trying to add sideload the rom on there, no progress is made and eventually fails again... I've got no backups saved or anything...
Is there anything else I can try to make my phone work again? I was possibly thinking trying to get my brother to do a backup on his M8, put his SD in my phone, then restore from his back up, will this work?
Is there anything else I can try in the mean time? Really don't know what to do next...
Many thanks in advance guys
Oli
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Get into fastboot and type in fastboot: fastboot erase cache
Than reflash your recovery with with fastboot: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Than make sure that your downloaded zip isn't corrupted by trying to unzip it. If its successful, place the rom into the SD card and insert it into your M8 and flash from there.
Set up everything and voila, all done!
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OmniSlyfer said:
Hi,
In my ignorance, i think the failed flashes could be caused by two things:
1- the recovery you are using is not updated. Try to flash the lastest TWRP recovery or change recovery version.
2- corrupted ROM zips. Maybe there are problems while downloading the ROMS or while you copy them to your external sd card. Try to download them on another computer AND using a different browser. And maybe put the zips on a different SD card if you can. But, MOST IMPORTANT thing, check the MD5 after you've finished to download the zips.
About the nandroid backup... I think it could work BUT be sure that your brother M8 has the same brand, firmware and Android version of your M8 (before you wiped everything).
However, about this last part w8 maybe for somone else more expert the me w
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My apologies, didn't notice your reply. If his is s-on, he can try his brother's nandroid and if it fails, nothing will happen so its possible for him to restore his brother's nandroid if they are based on the same firmware
I unlocked my boot loader by htcdev, phone is s-on though.
I've downloaded each file twice, and also downloaded the insertcoin rom on another computer, made no difference. I'm using twrp 2.7.0.2 I believe...
Where would I get a new recovery.img file from? Sorry to sound stupid but I'm not sure and don't wanna mess my phone up more. Also when you download the file do you have to have it in the same directory as adb.exe, so when you run the adb command it will get it from that directory?
Bobbi lim said:
Get into fastboot and type in fastboot: fastboot erase cache
Than reflash your recovery with with fastboot: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Than make sure that your downloaded zip isn't corrupted by trying to unzip it. If its successful, place the rom into the SD card and insert it into your M8 and flash from there.
Set up everything and voila, all done!
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My apologies, didn't notice your reply. If his is s-on, he can try his brother's nandroid and if it fails, nothing will happen so its possible for him to restore his brother's nandroid if they are based on the same firmware
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Just tried doing this fastboot method, I typed in adb devices to see if the phone was recognised, didn't show up, I typed in fastboot erase cache and it still did so. I then pushed the latest TWRP recovery.img file on to the phone, it's now running the latest version of TWRP, but still won't let me flash anything, still keeps saying unable to open zip...
oli3107 said:
I unlocked my boot loader by htcdev, phone is s-on though.
I've downloaded each file twice, and also downloaded the insertcoin rom on another computer, made no difference. I'm using twrp 2.7.0.2 I believe...
Where would I get a new recovery.img file from? Sorry to sound stupid but I'm not sure and don't wanna mess my phone up more. Also when you download the file do you have to have it in the same directory as adb.exe, so when you run the adb command it will get it from that directory?
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Have you made sure the insertcoin rom that you have downloaded is compatible with your device? Your device needs to be running the lastest firmware as all the roms are updated to 4.4.4
As for the recivery, the lastest is 2.8.1.0
Here's the link to the recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717932
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oli3107 said:
I unlocked my boot loader by htcdev, phone is s-on though.
I've downloaded each file twice, and also downloaded the insertcoin rom on another computer, made no difference. I'm using twrp 2.7.0.2 I believe...
Where would I get a new recovery.img file from? Sorry to sound stupid but I'm not sure and don't wanna mess my phone up more. Also when you download the file do you have to have it in the same directory as adb.exe, so when you run the adb command it will get it from that directory?
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Make sure you have HTC drivers installed. if you don't, download HTC Sync and uninstall HTC Sync leaving the drivers in your computer than type in: adb devices.
Boot into fastboot and flash the recovery: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img ( or you can just directly drag the "recovery.img" into cmd and press enter)
Load the rom into a external SD card and insert the SD card into your device and flash the rom from there
Also, do you check MD5 after downloading the ROM????
My device was running 4.4.4 prior to this happening. I did download the latest recovery and push it to the phone, it did work, but upon trying to flash a new rom, it still says failed.
The phone is being detected in adb, when it's in recovery it says so, sideload it says so, just not fast boot?
Oli
Forgive me for beimg stupid but how do I check the md5?
oli3107 said:
Forgive me for beimg stupid but how do I check the md5?
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http://www.guidingtech.com/9800/what-is-md5-checksum-how-to-verify-it/
Compare it with the MD5 given in the ROM topic
I had the same problem where I couldn't flash anything and it wouldn't mount my storage. I had to adb flash RUU though that only works for s-off users
So if the md5 was to be fine and matched up, what would you try next?
Thanks
Oli
Try unzipping the .zip file on your pc with 7zip and then re-zipping it and try to flash again. I've also had some .zip files that can't be read and it wouldn't even open on the pc itself(giving errors) until I unzipped it with 7zip and re-zipped it.
BerndM14 said:
Try unzipping the .zip file on your pc with 7zip and then re-zipping it and try to flash again. I've also had some .zip files that can't be read and it wouldn't even open on the pc itself(giving errors) until I unzipped it with 7zip and re-zipped it.
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Also a fail to unzip will point towards a bad download.
Hi guys.
So I tried a new SD card, matched up the md5s, tried flashing a new recovery.img file (which worked, I'm running the latest twrp now), unzipped and rezipped using 7zip, yet when I try and flash it still fails! I've tried flashing on the phone and sideloading it, both still fail.
Sideload failure says:
"installing '/external_sd/sideload.zip'
checking for md5 file
skipping md5 check:no md5 found" - that's where it gives up...
Phone flash failure says exactly the same except another line after sayi ping "error flashing zip '/external_sd/ROM.zip"
I really don't know what to try anymore... I've tried so much and I just can't see anything working now
Thanks for your help so far guys
Oli
oli3107 said:
Hi guys.
So I tried a new SD card, matched up the md5s, tried flashing a new recovery.img file (which worked, I'm running the latest twrp now), unzipped and rezipped using 7zip, yet when I try and flash it still fails! I've tried flashing on the phone and sideloading it, both still fail.
Sideload failure says:
"installing '/external_sd/sideload.zip'
checking for md5 file
skipping md5 check:no md5 found" - that's where it gives up...
Phone flash failure says exactly the same except another line after sayi ping "error flashing zip '/external_sd/ROM.zip"
I really don't know what to try anymore... I've tried so much and I just can't see anything working now
Thanks for your help so far guys
Oli
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Did you try flashing from Internal memory instead of sdcard?
No I havent. How can I get the rom to the internal memory mate? the phone has no OS on, so it's stuck in recovery or bootloader, how can I transfer the file to internal rather than the sd card?
Twrp 2.8.1.0 has MTP working.
oli3107 said:
No I havent. How can I get the rom to the internal memory mate? the phone has no OS on, so it's stuck in recovery or bootloader, how can I transfer the file to internal rather than the sd card?
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Since your device only boots into the bootloader menu, all you'll have to do is highlight the Recovery option using the Volume Down button and select it with the Power button. If you do not see the Recovery option, just select Bootloader with the Power button and it should pop up.
Once in TWRP, tap the Advanced option and select ADB Sideload.
From there, you will be given the option to Wipe Cache and Wipe Dalvik Cache partitions, so go ahead and do so by checking the boxes and Swipe to Start Sideload. After it starts, you will be ready to start your ROM flash.
With your device connected to your computer and your ROM file already on your desktop, you are ready to flash.
Kill ADB using the adb kill-server command, then restart it with adb usb.
Make sure your computer can identify your device with the adb devices command.
Flash your ROM with adb sideload Desktop/ROM.zip (be sure to change "desktop" to "downloads" or where ever your ROM is stored, and change "ROM.zip" to the name of your ROM file).
Sorry mate I didn't understand your previous post but I tried this method already, tried flashing Roms using sideload and they still fail, I've posted the error message in one of my previous posts if that helps?
Oli
Need some help on how to get the download mode back.
so i have HTC 10, Nougat. S-off and unlocked bootloader,
had some issues with my phone so i formatted the user data from TWRP, the went to flash the original stock ROM, something went wrong obviousely so now i lost the ability to get into download mode.
if i press the power and volume down the phone just gets stuck in boot screen, i can get into the bootloader and recovery (not the TWRP) by pressing power and both volume buttons, bot from recovery I seem to fail flashing the ROM again, it fails on the signature check and even via ADB i cannot boot to download mode.
Any advice on how to get this issue sorted. i want to get the twrp or reinstall the rom again.
PS placing the rom.zip on the SD card is not doing anything as the phone bypasses that step automatically
thanks in advance
Avo_GH said:
Need some help on how to get the download mode back.
so i have HTC 10, Nougat. S-off and unlocked bootloader,
had some issues with my phone so i formatted the user data from TWRP, the went to flash the original stock ROM, something went wrong obviousely so now i lost the ability to get into download mode.
if i press the power and volume down the phone just gets stuck in boot screen, i can get into the bootloader and recovery (not the TWRP) by pressing power and both volume buttons, bot from recovery I seem to fail flashing the ROM again, it fails on the signature check and even via ADB i cannot boot to download mode.
Any advice on how to get this issue sorted. i want to get the twrp or reinstall the rom again.
PS placing the rom.zip on the SD card is not doing anything as the phone bypasses that step automatically
thanks in advance
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Go into download mode from bootloader.
yldlj said:
Go into download mode from bootloader.
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I cannot, when i pick download mode it goes straight into a boot loop and gets stuck on the HTC logo screen nothing else happens
push vol down vol up and power
Since the computer can talk to the phone, I would try the RUU executable.
(hard to help troubleshoot not knowing what you did but flashing "original stock ROM" via TWRP is a problem)
If you're getting a signature check fail, investigate that. What file are you flashing? How are you trying to flash it? Does downloading it again and comparing the two show any differences (if there isn't a hash to verify it)?
Rolo42 said:
Since the computer can talk to the phone, I would try the RUU executable.
(hard to help troubleshoot not knowing what you did but flashing "original stock ROM" via TWRP is a problem)
If you're getting a signature check fail, investigate that. What file are you flashing? How are you trying to flash it? Does downloading it again and comparing the two show any differences (if there isn't a hash to verify it)?
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thanks for your comment,
I will try the RUU method tonight and see if that makes any difference.
I was flashing the Original Stock ROM, but i did that from SD card not TWRP, but during the flashing the phone rebooted multiple times and then i ended up with this issue. i am pretty sure I am trying to flash the same file, but will check the Hash just to be sure.
the issue the annoys me is that i cannot access the download mode, if i could then i will flash TWRP again and restore from backup images i have.
I want to say there's a condition where you have to flash twice but I'm not certain on that but it wouldn't hurt.
The signature fail is a concern; hence getting a new file. Are you exctracting 2PS6IMG.zip from the RUU via the decrypt tool? That's what I've always done to ensure I have the correct file and intact.
Rolo42 said:
I want to say there's a condition where you have to flash twice but I'm not certain on that but it wouldn't hurt.
The signature fail is a concern; hence getting a new file. Are you exctracting 2PS6IMG.zip from the RUU via the decrypt tool? That's what I've always done to ensure I have the correct file and intact.
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oh thanks for that tip, I used a zip file downloaded from easy-firmware.com
but tonight will try to extract from the RUU. will see how that goes.
really appreciate you taking time to respond
Avo_GH said:
oh thanks for that tip, I used a zip file downloaded from easy-firmware.com
but tonight will try to extract from the RUU. will see how that goes.
really appreciate you taking time to respond
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Yeah, there's a lot that can go wrong there, like downloading the wrong one, the poster making a mistake, not to mention its an unknown source--especially since you're S-OFF.
Ensure you get the correct version from htc.
Rolo42 said:
Yeah, there's a lot that can go wrong there, like downloading the wrong one, the poster making a mistake, not to mention its an unknown source--especially since you're S-OFF.
Ensure you get the correct version from htc.
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ok here is the latest development, wondering if anyone has any advise,
firstly extracting the file from the RUU and flashing it did not work. however i managed to find a little app called Windroid that allowed me to flash TWRP from the bootloader (without the need to go to download mode)
but I soon found out that the phone lost all its partitions. so i cannot wipe, format, install anything, but i can see a bunch of folders and filed via the TWRP file manager.
used ADB fdisk -lu I only see one single partition end was only able to remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1.
any advice will be highly appreciated I am not sure how to proceed here
thanks in advance
Avo_GH said:
ok here is the latest development, wondering if anyone has any advise,
firstly extracting the file from the RUU and flashing it did not work. however i managed to find a little app called Windroid that allowed me to flash TWRP from the bootloader (without the need to go to download mode)
but I soon found out that the phone lost all its partitions. so i cannot wipe, format, install anything, but i can see a bunch of folders and filed via the TWRP file manager.
used ADB fdisk -lu I only see one single partition end was only able to remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1.
any advice will be highly appreciated I am not sure how to proceed here
thanks in advance
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If you're still in this trouble: -Search for your actual installed ROM (the firmware zip with a lot of other zips inside), deRUU it (search on google how to decompress a RUU) and flash via BOOTLOADER the hosd_signed.img image (this is "download" and "RUU" modes). You can boot to BOOTLOADER holding both volume buttons and power together (try more times if it wont boot).
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If you're still in this trouble: -Search for your actual installed ROM (the firmware zip with a lot of other zips inside), deRUU it (search on google how to decompress a RUU) and flash via BOOTLOADER the hosd_signed.img image (this is "download" and "RUU" modes). You can boot to BOOTLOADER holding both volume buttons and power together (try more times if it wont boot).
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thanks for the response, I want to try this method too, just wondering do you have any idea how to flash the file form bootloader, given i donot have fastboot, or more precisely fastboot would not see my device, but adb does. (but if I try to reboot to download/fastboot from adb the phone just goes to sleep)
thanks in advance
Avo_GH said:
thanks for the response, I want to try this method too, just wondering do you have any idea how to flash the file form bootloader, given i donot have fastboot, or more precisely fastboot would not see my device, but adb does. (but if I try to reboot to download/fastboot from adb the phone just goes to sleep)
thanks in advance
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Flash in bootloader the hosd image for your actual firmware and you should be able to use fastboot/download