Hey guys, I really hate to be the guy that asks these questions, but I've spent the past two days here looking for an answer but haven't found much that's quite like what I'm experiencing.
I have a google play edition of the htc one m8 and I was trying to get s-off and I installed insertcoin via philz recovery (I realize now this was probably a mistake since google play editions aren't compatible with sense based roms?). Ever since I've tried to boot up, it tries, then ends up restarting into recovery mode.
Things I've tried:
Installing the 4.4.4 gpe RUU, this failed with a (99 unknown fail) error.
Restoring a nandroid backup of the google play edition (gpe3.zip) from this thread. This fails with a set_perm issue (error 7).
I'm kinda at a loss. Anyone have any insight here?
GPE partitioning is different from Sense versions. So you can't flash a Sense ROM, unless you change to the Sense partitioning scheme.
I think trying to flash the Sense ROM borked up the partitions, and that is why restoring the GPE nandroid won't work.
GPE RUU should fix you up. You need to relock the bootloader to run the RUU, since you are s-on. That is the reason for the RUU error.
redpoint73 said:
GPE partitioning is different from Sense versions. So you can't flash a Sense ROM, unless you change to the Sense partitioning scheme.
I think trying to flash the Sense ROM borked up the partitions, and that is why restoring the GPE nandroid won't work.
GPE RUU should fix you up. You need to relock the bootloader to run the RUU, since you are s-on. That is the reason for the RUU error.
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Thanks so much man!
Unfortunately I'm now getting a "12 signature verify failure". I googled this and most of the results said it's because the phone has root (I think the nandroid I mentioned I tried to flash in the previous post comes with root...), so I downloaded the "unsuperuser.zip" from here and tried running it, and restoring the default recovery then locking and trying the ruu again, but still no luck! Any ideas?
technicaltonic said:
Unfortunately I'm now getting a "12 signature verify failure". I googled this and most of the results said it's because the phone has root (I think the nandroid I mentioned I tried to flash in the previous post comes with root...), so I downloaded the "unsuperuser.zip" from here and tried running it, and restoring the default recovery then locking and trying the ruu again, but still no luck! Any ideas?
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I forgot the GPE RUU is not an "official" signed RUU, so you can't run it with s-on.
What happens if you re-install custom recovery and try to flash a GPE based custom ROM (adb push ROM to the phone, or put on SD card with a USB card reader from your computer)?
technicaltonic said:
Thanks so much man!
Unfortunately I'm now getting a "12 signature verify failure". I googled this and most of the results said it's because the phone has root (I think the nandroid I mentioned I tried to flash in the previous post comes with root...), so I downloaded the "unsuperuser.zip" from here and tried running it, and restoring the default recovery then locking and trying the ruu again, but still no luck! Any ideas?
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redpoint73 said:
I forgot the GPE RUU is not an "official" signed RUU, so you can't run it with s-on.
What happens if you re-install custom recovery and try to flash a GPE based custom ROM (adb push ROM to the phone, or put on SD card with a USB card reader from your computer)?
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He can also try doing a factory reset from stock recovery ... that could get the partitions back in order
clsA said:
He can also try doing a factory reset from stock recovery ... that could get the partitions back in order
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Doubt that would help. All a factory reset does is wipe /data (user data) partition.
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Doubt that would help. All a factory reset does is wipe /data (user data) partition.
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As I understand it, a factory reset from the bootloader/phone does what you described .. however a factory reset from stock recovery actually reformats the data partition returning it to it's correct size. I could have it wrong but that's what works on the M7.
redpoint73 said:
I forgot the GPE RUU is not an "official" signed RUU, so you can't run it with s-on.
What happens if you re-install custom recovery and try to flash a GPE based custom ROM (adb push ROM to the phone, or put on SD card with a USB card reader from your computer)?
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I tried flashing the skydragon lollipop and it worked!!! Thanks so much man! I feel a bit like an idiot, cause this was my actual goal, and I got caught up thinking it wouldn't work because of the state of my phone.
Thanks much for your help guys!
technicaltonic said:
I tried flashing the skydragon lollipop and it worked!!! Thanks so much man! I feel a bit like an idiot, cause this was my actual goal, and I got caught up thinking it wouldn't work because of the state of my phone.
Thanks much for your help guys!
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Okay, I spoke too soon. It sorta works... Basically the first run works as long as I don't interrupt it but afterwords it reverts to a boot loop again. If I re-flash it and let it start uninterrupted again things are okay for the first run again but subsequent restarts start the bootloop again. I did notice that the sd card location seems to alternate between /sdcard and /sdcard/0 I assume this is the partitioning scheme thing you guys were talking about... Any idea what might be resetting the partitioning scheme, or causing subsequent restarts to fail?
EDIT: To anyone that may have the same problem, I ended up fixing this by installing the rom from this post. After that I was back to normal. Hallelujah.
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I've searched this whole forum (and learned a lot) but I'm still stuck!
I upgraded from Leedroid (Froyo) to InsertCoin (Gingerbread) but the upgrade failed and now all I get is the white HTC screen.
I have:
BRAVO PVT4 S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
Clockworkmod v2.5.07 (installed when I rooted with unrevoked earlier this year).
I can access HBOOT, fastboot, clockworkmod, but not the main system.
I tried restoring from Nandroid. Had MD5 errors, but once I fixed those it still doesn't work.
I've tried RUU to no avail (Got error 170).
Tried flashing Leedroid via Clockworkmod, says it's successful but it makes no difference.
So, no Nandroid, no RUU, no ability to flash new roms. What else should I try?
Your suggestions are GREATLY appreciated
go to mounts & storage, format boot, system, userdata, cache.
go to flash zip from sdcard, and choose your ROM. Should work.
Aye, it just worked then - with an older version of Leedroid.
Do newer ROMs require newer versions of Clockworkmod? Or S-off? Because I have an old clockworkmod and S-on. Those are the only things I can think of that might have broken my Gingerbread installation (and caused the Nandroid restore to fail).
S-OFF and try flashing RaDesire, it's probably the best recovery for the Desire.
Also being S-OFF makes the phone a lot easier to "fix".. e.g. if your recovery mysteriously died and so did your system then you'd have to use a RUU to return to stock, then re-root or S-OFF again.. however with this you could just flash a new recovery. Simples.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839621
they don't require a newer recovery.. it probably didn't boot because you didn't do a full wipe that's all.
My only hesitation with S-Off is that after screwing up this ROM upgrade I was thankful of that 'safety net'. But I agree that it would make things easier to fix. As long as I can get into the bootloader
Currently attempting to install AmonRa...
zouden said:
My only hesitation with S-Off is that after screwing up this ROM upgrade I was thankful of that 'safety net'. But I agree that it would make things easier to fix. As long as I can get into the bootloader
Currently attempting to install AmonRa...
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if you need help on how to do it just ask. (you need to be S-OFF first by the way..)
Oh, I didn't see that post until I already started the process via Unrevoked. It seemed to work though. I have AmonRa Desire v2.
It's late here now though, so I'll try installing InsertCoin in the morning. Thanks for all your advice, greatly appreciated
zouden said:
Oh, I didn't see that post until I already started the process via Unrevoked. It seemed to work though. I have AmonRa Desire v2.
It's late here now though, so I'll try installing InsertCoin in the morning. Thanks for all your advice, greatly appreciated
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There's a thank button ya know
AmonRa successfully installed InsertCoin
Though I had to disable signature verification. Is that normal?
zouden said:
AmonRa successfully installed InsertCoin
Though I had to disable signature verification. Is that normal?
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In short, yes.
zouden said:
AmonRa successfully installed InsertCoin
Though I had to disable signature verification. Is that normal?
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This has to be done from to time to time for a few zips. Nothing to worry about.
help! lol
my dilemma, i updated to 4.4.3, rooted, created a nandroid backup.
then i installed viperone 2.5
all going well till phone stopped sending texts (ee update fault, common fault)
after checking solutions all say factory reset, did that, phone booted, but i couldnt log into google, kept saying could not connect to servers
thought ive had enough, restore my nand, and now its stuck on load screen, been left for 15 mins and no joy, i can still get into twrp but im at a loss at what i can do.
twrp wont let me mount internal storage so i can send another backup, only mounts sd card
s-on so limited options
houston33 said:
help! lol
my dilemma, i updated to 4.4.3, rooted, created a nandroid backup.
then i installed viperone 2.5
all going well till phone stopped sending texts (ee update fault, common fault)
after checking solutions all say factory reset, did that, phone booted, but i couldnt log into google, kept saying could not connect to servers
thought ive had enough, restore my nand, and now its stuck on load screen, been left for 15 mins and no joy, i can still get into twrp but im at a loss at what i can do.
twrp wont let me mount internal storage so i can send another backup, only mounts sd card
s-on so limited options
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If you can get into recovery, you can get into your bootloader. Flash a new ROM using ADB.
Also, only factory reset as a last resort. There's usually a way to fix stuff without resorting to that.
xunholyx said:
If you can get into recovery, you can get into your bootloader. Flash a new ROM using ADB.
Also, only factory reset as a last resort. There's usually a way to fix stuff without resorting to that.
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i thought flashing a new rom on the m8 required the firmware setup?
so i can just reinstall viperone 2.5 again?
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so from where i am now i can just go to twrp and install android rev 21? or do i have to use adb sideload?
is 21 even compatible?
i swore i wasnt gonna mess on with this phone.........
houston33 said:
i thought flashing a new rom on the m8 required the firmware setup?
so i can just reinstall viperone 2.5 again?
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You sure can. The newer firmware is needed for 4.4.4 ROMs. If you had 2.5, reflash it. It will work with the newest firmware as well. Just not the old stuff.
Here's a pointer: A dirty flash of the ROM you are currently running will reset your tweaks, and often fix problems you are having. When I start having glitches, I first reboot. If that didn't work; and I can't find a solution on XDA easily, I reflash my ROM; the dirty way. It really does help to clear up stuff, especially if you are using themes and tweaks.
Sadly didn't work.
Will have to use one of the stock na droid backups from the collection on here once the thread is up and running again
How do I access phone memory to copy the backup over? I only have boot loader and twrp
houston33 said:
Sadly didn't work.
Will have to use one of the stock na droid backups from the collection on here once the thread is up and running again
How do I access phone memory to copy the backup over? I only have boot loader and twrp
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In TWRP, you can manage files easily.
Click advanced > file manager
There you can copy files, move them and change permissions. Plus deleting and renaming them.
Right, so. Managed to unlock and root my M9 successfully, no problems, using a good guide, which included making a Nandroid backup prior to rooting.
So I decide to get rid of LeeDroid and restore my Nandroid backup. All went well. Then TWRP asks if I want to install SuperSU as my device isn't rooted. So swipe yes, and it goes through the usual list, and just as it gets to the last line my phone goes off, and reboots.
I've tried both the stable and beta and always get the same damn crash/reboot, tried the mounting methods, but NOTHING works!
Could anyone shed any light as to why? It's the GSM variant of the M9.
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Right, so. Managed to unlock and root my M9 successfully, no problems, using a good guide, which included making a Nandroid backup prior to rooting.
So I decide to get rid of LeeDroid and restore my Nandroid backup. All went well. Then TWRP asks if I want to install SuperSU as my device isn't rooted. So swipe yes, and it goes through the usual list, and just as it gets to the last line my phone goes off, and reboots.
I've tried both the stable and beta and always get the same damn crash/reboot, tried the mounting methods, but NOTHING works!
Could anyone shed any light as to why? It's the GSM variant of the M9.
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what exact version of twrp?
Is the backup a system IMAGE backup?
are you entering TWRP in read-only mode?
When you try to restore now, what does the terminal output say?
TWRP version 2.8.7.0
The backup was made using TWRP after flashing it for the first time, which included the usual data, system, etc.
Not sure about TWRP entering read only mode. I read it only does this on unmodified software. Mine is still saying modified even after restoring my nandroid.
Also unsure of what the terminal says without copying the log. Can restore it as many times as I want.
Can't be much more help until I get to a PC.
I'm still S-On, etc. Have a feeling it's to do with the TWRP read only thing...
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TWRP version 2.8.7.0
The backup was made using TWRP after flashing it for the first time, which included the usual data, system, etc.
Not sure about TWRP entering read only mode. I read it only does this on unmodified software. Mine is still saying modified even after restoring my nandroid.
Also unsure of what the terminal says without copying the log. Can restore it as many times as I want.
Can't be much more help until I get to a PC.
I'm still S-On, etc. Have a feeling it's to do with the TWRP read only thing...
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well, when you go to restore twrp, does it say unable to wipe system/cache, etc?
If so, go into the mount menu and put a check mark in the system read only box, then uncheck it and try to restore again.
If that doesn't work, try updating to the latest twrp, which is 2.8.7.1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=8915#downloads
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well, when you go to restore twrp, does it say unable to wipe system/cache, etc?
If so, go into the mount menu and put a check mark in the system read only box, then uncheck it and try to restore again.
If that doesn't work, try updating to the latest twrp, which is 2.8.7.1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=8915#downloads
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I'll have to check, but don't think it does.
I'll try that new version of TWRP and report back.
Many thanks for the help, greatly appreciated.
jollywhitefoot said:
well, when you go to restore twrp, does it say unable to wipe system/cache, etc?
If so, go into the mount menu and put a check mark in the system read only box, then uncheck it and try to restore again.
If that doesn't work, try updating to the latest twrp, which is 2.8.7.1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=8915#downloads
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Flashed that latest TWRP. Then tried flashing SuperSU. Same thing. Just shuts off completely and reboots back to Android.
In the mount menu, system is unchecked. and the bottom "Only mount system read-only" is also unchecked.
The Terminal log gets to..
"Placing files..."
Restoring files..."
Then shuts off. I'm starting to think I'm going to have to flash a stock RUU and start from scratch.
BTW this is after checking system. It seems to do nothing at all.
EDIT: Would not having an external SD in it matter at all? I originally flashed SuperSU using the internal SD card.
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Flashed that latest TWRP. Then tried flashing SuperSU. Same thing. Just shuts off completely and reboots back to Android.
In the mount menu, system is unchecked. and the bottom "Only mount system read-only" is also unchecked.
The Terminal log gets to..
"Placing files..."
Restoring files..."
Then shuts off. I'm starting to think I'm going to have to flash a stock RUU and start from scratch.
BTW this is after checking system. It seems to do nothing at all.
EDIT: Would not having an external SD in it matter at all? I originally flashed SuperSU using the internal SD card.
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What happens when you restore your backup and reboot without installing supersu?
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What happens when you restore your backup and reboot without installing supersu?
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Will let you know soon. Just restoring again.
When I made the Nandroid backup, there's a new option to backup recovery too, which I did. Could this mean anything? I'm assuming it's backed up TWRP because stock obviously wasn't present when making the backup.
Will try and screenshot the log.
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Will let you know soon. Just restoring again.
When I made the Nandroid backup, there's a new option to backup recovery too, which I did. Could this mean anything? I'm assuming it's backed up TWRP because stock obviously wasn't present when making the backup.
Will try and screenshot the log.
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Yeah backing up recovery doesn't matter....as you suspected it just backs up twrp, so if you backed up the older version, then updated it, don't restore the old version
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Yeah backing up recovery doesn't matter....as you suspected it just backs up twrp, so if you backed up the older version, then updated it, don't restore the old version
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Interesting. There's nothing saying it couldn't write anything..
Just tried opening SuperSU from my restored backup, and hits me with "There is no SuperSU binary installed!" This is a problem, blah, blah, etc.
Then tried check-boxing the 'system' box in the Mount section. Then tried flashing UPDATESuperSu.VsXX and just gave me the usual as said above. Crashed and reboots.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvkclw8xuzua4u3/2015-07-20 21.56.37.png?dl=0
Losing the will to live! Ha
What about trying to push SuperSU via ADB?
EDIT: Think I'm getting ahead of myself. Not possible to flash SuperSU via ADB is it..?
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What about trying to push SuperSU via ADB?
EDIT: Think I'm getting ahead of myself. Not possible to flash SuperSU via ADB is it..?
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The only way I ever do it is by swiping to install as I'm rebooting out of recovery.
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The only way I ever do it is by swiping to install as I'm rebooting out of recovery.
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Would you say the nuclear option would be to sit and bide my time until a decent RUU becomes available and start from scratch?
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Would you say the nuclear option would be to sit and bide my time until a decent RUU becomes available and start from scratch?
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What's your ultimate goal? Stock, rooted? What cid and firmware are you on?
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What's your ultimate goal? Stock, rooted? What cid and firmware are you on?
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Well I was going to sell the phone, since it's only 2 weeks old, and obviously for warranty reasons. So back to 100% stock, which includes it saying Software Status: Official and it saying "Locked" instead of re-locked.
CID is HTC__001
Firmware is Lollipop 5.0.2 - Software version 1.40.401.8 (CL549783 release-keys)
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Well I was going to sell the phone, since it's only 2 weeks old, and obviously for warranty reasons. So back to 100% stock, which includes it saying Software Status: Official and it saying "Locked" instead of re-locked.
CID is HTC__001
Firmware is Lollipop 5.0.2 - Software version 1.40.401.8 (CL549783 release-keys)
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Then yeah, just ruu back to stock and bobs your uncle. You don't have to wait, an ruu is available for 1.40.401
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Then yeah, just ruu back to stock and bobs your uncle. You don't have to wait, an ruu is available for 1.40.401
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What about stock recovery? Is that included I take it...?
Still getting used to all this in-depth flashing Android stuff. Managed to convert my M8 to the GP Edition without any trouble.
Vesten said:
What about stock recovery? Is that included I take it...?
Still getting used to all this in-depth flashing Android stuff. Managed to convert my M8 to the GP Edition without any trouble.
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Yeah. That's included. If you did that then you can get that thing back to stock.
Probably find the ruu here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/stock-nand-backup-ota-update-collection-t3132698
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Yeah. That's included. If you did that then you can get that thing back to stock.
Probably find the ruu here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/stock-nand-backup-ota-update-collection-t3132698
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Wow, thankyou! I've been Googling RUU's all night at work and found nothing like this. Think I'll do that and flash the RUU and start afresh!
Getting a killer 17.4 kbp/s though. 100mb connection wasted. Ha!
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Yeah. That's included. If you did that then you can get that thing back to stock.
Probably find the ruu here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/stock-nand-backup-ota-update-collection-t3132698
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Yay it worked! Using a stock image from that link. Something must of been really screwed up. I'm now re-rooted! Many thanks for your help!
Hey guys, hope someone can help me. A few days ago i've flashed the new android m gpe rom and everything was fine. Then somehow i lost root access and tried to fix it. Unfortunately, i'm not even able to flash the fixed rom that was posted a few days later, so i decided to come back to the skydragon sense rom. And for some reason i can't. I try to flash the .zip, it opens in aroma installer, everything goes fine until the installation itself starts. The rom starts to flash, comes to ~20% and then the system just reboots. I've tried both twrp and filz touch, nothing helps.Also supersu doesn't flash properly. I'm not really professional in this, so i might just do somethng wrong, hope someone can help:crying:
Btw i'm s-on.
UPD: I've made an advanced wipe and the everything works now, so if you have the same problem then just try to do the same, see if works.
Did you flash (via TWRP) the GPE ROM, or do the full conversion via RUU?
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Did you flash (via TWRP) the GPE ROM, or do the full conversion via RUU?
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I just flashed the GPE ROM, i'm s-on as i said.
Would this ROM work on Verizon HTC One M8
Hi all,
I've tried to just flash the 6.0 mm rom on my Verizon device, it is s-off with latest firmware, but it just bootloops to the bootloader, then I tried installing the 6.0 firmware and re-flashing the rom but still the same, after that I tried the full conversion and it did not work got same issue, after that just tried to go back to sense installing back the sense firmware and a different rom and I got same problems as fellow above,
My solution was to install RUU from external sd-card from bootloader by renaming the zip file to 0p6bimg.
If someone made this Rom to work with a verizon device I would appreciate the help
Are you still able to go into TWRP recovery and are you also rooted?
crispinsaro said:
Are you still able to go into TWRP recovery and are you also rooted?
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Who was this question adreed to? If you asked me, then i am able to get into recovery, but the supersu doesn't seem to flash, at least i don't get the root.
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Hi all,
I've tried to just flash the 6.0 mm rom on my Verizon device, it is s-off with latest firmware, but it just bootloops to the bootloader, then I tried installing the 6.0 firmware and re-flashing the rom but still the same, after that I tried the full conversion and it did not work got same issue, after that just tried to go back to sense installing back the sense firmware and a different rom and I got same problems as fellow above,
My solution was to install RUU from external sd-card from bootloader by renaming the zip file to 0p6bimg.
If someone made this Rom to work with a verizon device I would appreciate the help
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Well, the problem is that i'm s-on, so i hope there is any other solution for this
Just read your edited post, this is a weird issue, I am sure you factory reset through recovery before installing the new ROM, I normally go on advanced wipe and tick all the boxes and my installs go through perfectly, I also installed GPE 6.0 but I realised it wasn't rooted so I just went back to 5.1- sky dragon, does TWRP say anything just before it reboots? e.g. Failed or something else?
paulmartyn said:
I've tried both twrp and filz touch, nothing helps.
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This is a big red flag here. Philz hasn't been updated in ages, and older versions of TWRP won't work on Lollipop firmware (if you tried an older recovery like Philz, it occurs to me you may be using an old version TWRP as well).
What is your hboot number and baseband number?
You said "can't flash any other ROMs" in your title; but then only reference Skydragon. Did you try any other ROMs; if so, which ones?
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Miramontes said:
I've tried to just flash the 6.0 mm rom on my Verizon device, it is s-off with latest firmware, but it just bootloops to the bootloader, then I tried installing the 6.0 firmware and re-flashing the rom but still the same, after that I tried the full conversion and it did not work got same issue
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ROMs won't work on Verizon, unless they specifically support Verizon (or else you need to change kernel and jump through some other hoops to get it to work).
The partitioning on the Verizon M8 is different from all the others. You're lucky you didn't brick the phone with the GPE RUU.
crispinsaro said:
Just read your edited post, this is a weird issue, I am sure you factory reset through recovery before installing the new ROM, I normally go on advanced wipe and tick all the boxes and my installs go through perfectly, I also installed GPE 6.0 but I realised it wasn't rooted so I just went back to 5.1- sky dragon, does TWRP say anything just before it reboots? e.g. Failed or something else?
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Will try to erase everything later,maybe tomorrow. Twrp says everything's fine, and aroma doesn't say about any issues, just reboots. Well, when i try to flash supersu for example, it goes fine, but the part when twrp places files(or what it does i don't remember), goes just a few secs, when usually it takes much longer on that stage, so i don't know what the problem is. Anyway, thanks for an advice, will try that and tell if it helps or not
redpoint73 said:
This is a big red flag here. Philz hasn't been updated in ages, and older versions of TWRP won't work on Lollipop firmware (if you tried an older recovery like Philz, it occurs to me you may be using an old version TWRP as well).
What is your hboot number and baseband number?
You said "can't flash any other ROMs" in your title; but then only reference Skydragon. Did you try any other ROMs; if so, which ones?
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ROMs won't work on Verizon, unless they specifically support Verizon (or else you need to change kernel and jump through some other hoops to get it to work).
The partitioning on the Verizon M8 is different from all the others. You're lucky you didn't brick the phone with the GPE RUU.
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I tried filz just to check, because on skydragon everything was fine.
I use twrp 2.8.7.0
hboot 3.19.0.0000
radio 1.25.21331147a1.o6g(if that's what baseband is)
tomorrow i'll try everything you guys advised, see if there is a solution. thanks for the support man
Yeah, it is normally recommended to do a full wipe or factory reset through TWRP before installing a new ROM (back up your stuff through google), never led me into any issues.
I don't know if this is related but when I was on 6.0 GPE, TWRP notified me to install SUPERSU, i had a test to see if it would work, but ended up with boot loop, a simple factory reset fixed it and I went back to 5.1.
Let me know how it goes when you wipe or reset and then try installing!
crispinsaro said:
Just read your edited post, this is a weird issue, I am sure you factory reset through recovery before installing the new ROM, I normally go on advanced wipe and tick all the boxes and my installs go through perfectly, I also installed GPE 6.0 but I realised it wasn't rooted so I just went back to 5.1- sky dragon, does TWRP say anything just before it reboots? e.g. Failed or something else?
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well, i've tried to make an adwanced wipe as you advised and it worked thanks man, i thought i'll stay on that rom 4ever.
flashing skydragon now:victory:
crispinsaro said:
Yeah, it is normally recommended to do a full wipe or factory reset through TWRP before installing a new ROM (back up your stuff through google), never led me into any issues.
I don't know if this is related but when I was on 6.0 GPE, TWRP notified me to install SUPERSU, i had a test to see if it would work, but ended up with boot loop, a simple factory reset fixed it and I went back to 5.1.
Let me know how it goes when you wipe or reset and then try installing!
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guess the problem was caused by different android versions
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This is a big red flag here. Philz hasn't been updated in ages, and older versions of TWRP won't work on Lollipop firmware (if you tried an older recovery like Philz, it occurs to me you may be using an old version TWRP as well).
What is your hboot number and baseband number?
You said "can't flash any other ROMs" in your title; but then only reference Skydragon. Did you try any other ROMs; if so, which ones?
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ROMs won't work on Verizon, unless they specifically support Verizon (or else you need to change kernel and jump through some other hoops to get it to work).
The partitioning on the Verizon M8 is different from all the others. You're lucky you didn't brick the phone with the GPE RUU.
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So i've tried to make a FULL wipe and finally it worked, everithing works fine now, installin' skydragon and waiting for a better 6.0 ROM
Guess i can close the thread now as my problem is resolved.
paulmartyn said:
Guess i can close the thread now as my problem is resolved.
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Happy that solved your issue, it is normally said that to install a new rom you have to do a full wipe before hand, glad it worked for you though
paulmartyn said:
Well, when i try to flash supersu for example, it goes fine, but the part when twrp places files(or what it does i don't remember), goes just a few secs, when usually it takes much longer on that stage, so i don't know what the problem is.
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You mean flashing SuperSU after Skydragon (you don't specify)? If so, its not necessary, as all custom ROMs are pre-rooted unless explicitly noted.
Also, older versions of SuperSU won't work on Lollipop, so depending on what version SuperSU you tried (again, you don't specify), that may have been the reason for failure.
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crispinsaro said:
I am sure you factory reset through recovery before installing the new ROM
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I wouldn't be so sure, if the OP didn't state it.
crispinsaro said:
I normally go on advanced wipe and tick all the boxes
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I would caution users about following this device literally. It is not necessary to wipe internal storage and/or SD card when flashing a ROM (although particular users may have reason to do so for specific reasons). And if the user has their nandroid or ROM.zip on that partition (and they must have the ROM on one of those, unless they intend to sideload it), its going to get wiped out; causing some confusion and probably panic.
The advice I normally give is: Its called "Advanced" for a reason, and don't wipe it unless you know what the result will be; and you have a legitimate reason to do so.
For instance, I've lost count of the times folks have posted that they wiped system, and don't understand why the phone will no longer boot into OS. Or they wiped internal storage or SD card; and didn't know that it would wipe out their nandroids.
The TWRP default wipe (data, cache and Dalvik) says "most of the time, this is the only wipe you will ever need" and it says that for a reason. If one runs into problems flashing a ROM, they might elect to wipe system. So like I said, a legitimate reason to wipe a particular partition.
But on the other hand, I've done a countless number of ROM flashes on a number of devices (including Skydragon), and never wiped any partition outside the "default wipe", and never had any such issues. Even wiping system (which many swear by) I suspect is often a placebo. When you flash a ROM, system will be wiped by definition, so doing it manually is redundant.
I suspect the failure by the OP was not wiping data and/or cache (they never specified they did that originally or not).
Thats true yes, i dont think I made it clear to do the default TWRP wipe first to see if it would solve anything and then try advanced wipe if all fails, but again with caution.
After reading a litte I've got one question...So if I want GPE rom do I need to convert my phone to GPE or just to flash the rom ?!
Helloes ^^
I was trying to root HTC One M8 following a guide. I managed to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP 2.7.0.2 but I accidentally deleted the system partition :SS I hope I left everything else intact..
I downloaded OTA_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_HTC_Europe_6.12.401.4_R-4.16.401.13 and tried flashing it but Im getting
mount failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata
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Package expects build fingerprint of htc/htc_europe/htc_m8:5.0.1./LRX22C/448934. 13:user/release-keys...
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I also downloaded RUU_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_6.12.1540.4 and tried to update but it fails with error 155(I tried locking the bootloader and running it again but it still gives me the same error
My bootloader is unlocked atm and S-on...
Is it possible to recover the os in any way?
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After trying to flash like 5 roms flashing InsertCoin worked somehow...
Qitsch said:
Helloes ^^
I was trying to root HTC One M8 following a guide. I managed to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP 2.7.0.2 but I accidentally deleted the system partition :SS
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Why did you flash such an old version TWRP? That one is from about 3 years ago, and will cause lots of problems!
Couple simple rules to live by, when modding these phones:
1) Do not wipe things in TWRP willy-nilly, without knowing what they are, or what the result will be. The option to wipe "system" is in the Advance wipe section. It's called "Advanced" for a reason. That alone would have been a warning to be careful, and not mess with things, unless you know what you are doing. It also clearly says in TWRP wipe screen, that most of the time, the default wipe (cache, Dalvik/ART and data) is all you ever need. It says that for a reason.
2) Right after you install TWRP, and before messing around with anything, you should make a TWRP backup of your current stock ROM. Definitely do that, before trying to flash root, ROMs, or any other mods. That way, if anything goes wrong (or you simply screw up, and wipe system) you have a backup, that you can easily restore.
Qitsch said:
I downloaded OTA_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_HTC_Europe_6.12.401.4_R-4.16.401.13 and tried flashing it but Im getting
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In general, you should never flash a file named "OTA" unless you know exactly what you are doing. The requirements for an OTA on this device are steep:
a) Must currently have the version number directly before the OTA number (you can't skip or flash the same number OTA)
b) Must have stock recovery installed (not TWRP)
c) Must match your version (CID, MID). Do you have the Euro version? You never stated this info.
Qitsch said:
I also downloaded RUU_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_6.12.1540.4 and tried to update but it fails with error 155(I tried locking the bootloader and running it again but it still gives me the same error
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This RUU is only for the US Developer's Edition version M8. Will not work on any other version.
Even if you had the US Dev Ed (which is unlikely) this RUU would require the firmware being flashed, before the RUU will install (thus, Error 155).
In short, it seems like you are just guessing at solutions. Not a good idea.