Hey everyone, here's the situation that I am in right now:
I rooted my phone and flashed an Insert Coin ROM but wanted to return it back to complete stock form.
I have a HTC One M8 thats currently locked to T-Mobile. The CID is T-MOB010 and the Build Number is 2.22.401.4
There is TWRP installed on this phone, version 2.8.1.0.
The problem that I am having is this: when I boot into TWRP recovery mode, I go to restore and look for the stock ROM, but it does not show up in the menu. I looked in both internal storage and SD Card storage, but it does not show up in either. I also tried moving the files manually through TWRP, but no luck.
I looked through the phones files using the File Manager App and I see the files are there, but once again I cannot see them when I use TWRP recovery mode.
Does anyone know why this is happening?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
read that all...hint 1 : your OFFICIAL build number is NOT 2.22.401 !
Not sure I follow. I checked the build number on my phone to confirm.
MW2 said:
Not sure I follow. I checked the build number on my phone to confirm.
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That's the ROM base (software build). What you need to know is your firmware version. Boot into your bootloader (turn off phone, then hold power + vol down). What it says under OS is your firmware version.
You can also hook up to your PC/ADB in fastboot, and issue the command fastboot getvar all. What it says under version-main is your firmware.
xunholyx said:
That's the ROM base (software build). What you need to know is your firmware version. Boot into your bootloader (turn off phone, then hold power + vol down). What it says under OS is your firmware version.
You can also hook up to your PC/ADB in fastboot, and issue the command fastboot getvar all. What it says under version-main is your firmware.
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I have done that and the OS version is not stated.
MW2 said:
I have done that and the OS version is not stated.
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That is caused by your recovery being out of date. It`is also reported to be caused with TWRP 2.8.1.0. Update to TWRP 2.8.0.3. There is another newer version, but 0.3 seems to be the most stable.
Updated TWRP, still no OS version listed.
In order to explain fully I need to show the process I tried using.
I followed the instructions from this site: http://theunlockr.com/2014/06/08/how-to-unroot-the-htc-one-m8-video/
I boot my phone into recovery mode and select the Restore option in TWRP. I try to find the Nandroid backup that I transferred to my phone but it does not show up. I try looking through both the internal storage and SD card but nothing shows up there either.
MW2 said:
Updated TWRP, still no OS version listed.
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[Recovery] [RUU 2.22.531.6] [TWRP Nandroid Backups] [Radio IMGs][ OTA 3.32.531.2
Just do an RUU and get back to stock, seeing as you are T-Mobile US yes? T-MOB010 is T-Mobile US...
There you'll get RUU, recoveries, radios, nand backups and OTA's (Which contains firmware already).
I don't get what the problem is?
The problem is when I boot into TWRP Recovery and go to the Restore option, the files are not showing. I checked both internal and SD Card storage but it does not show either. I am using TWRP 2.8.0.3
MW2 said:
The problem is when I boot into TWRP Recovery and go to the Restore option, the files are not showing. I checked both internal and SD Card storage but it does not show either. I am using TWRP 2.8.0.3
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Try making a backup of just the boot to either internal/sdcard, so that TWRP can create the directory for you. Maybe you didn't unpack it into the right directory.
Make sure you have your devices "serial number" folder and not the one from the person that backed it up(If you're using a downloaded nand). When it's unpacked you have to place just the backup folder into the directory, if they kept it "default" it'll start with the date--time--release for example: 2014-12-06--05-20-22-KTU84P release-keys The highlighted area can ofcourse change depending on the version it has backed up, as will date and time(Logically). Inside that folder you'll have plenty of files like boot.emmc.win, system.ext4.win000 (etc) data.ext4.win etc etc. You need to place that folder inside the TWRP Backups folder.
Like I said, make backup of boot so that TWRP can create the directory for you, then it'll end up something like:
/storage/ext_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/yourserialnumberfolder/2014-12-06--05-20-22-KTU84Prelease-keys/
Thanks for the advice.
I managed to fix the issue using RUU. I don't know why TWRP was acting this way, but my I'm ok now.
Thank you everyone for the help
Here is the method I used just for future references: http://www.android.gs/downgrade-t-mobile-htc-one-m8-to-official-stock-firmware-with-ruu/
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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
Hello, I have a problem with my htc one m8. Its a vodafone de carrie branded ( not sim locked ) phone and I cant boot it up cause it keeps getting stuck at the screen with the green htc logo. I was on stock android 4.4.4 and wanted to enter recovery but a black screen with lines appeared and when I got it turned off it wouldnt boot back on. I can access the bootloader screen as well as my custom recovery. Im also getting a message in twrp saying no os installed. I´ve tried flashing an ota firmware with the commands
fastboot oem reboorRUU
fastboot flash zip ***.zip
With a relocked bootloader ut I always get Failed ( remote:12 signature fail)
I´ve tried relocking, unlocking the bootloader flashing stock recovery putting stock firmware files on to my ext sd card and flashing them through twrp. One file succeded but I still get stuck at the htc screen, another file keeps failing.
This is what the bootloader screen says.
***Software status: Modified***
***Relocked***(right now, have also tried everything with an unlocked bootloader)
M8_UL PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-3.19.0.0000
RADIO-1.21.21331147A1.19_2G
etc...
Any help is appreciated
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Hello, I have a problem with my htc one m8. Its a vodafone de carrie branded ( not sim locked ) phone and I cant boot it up cause it keeps getting stuck at the screen with the green htc logo. I was on stock android 4.4.4 and wanted to enter recovery but a black screen with lines appeared and when I got it turned off it wouldnt boot back on. I can access the bootloader screen as well as my custom recovery. Im also getting a message in twrp saying no os installed. I´ve tried flashing an ota firmware with the commands
fastboot oem reboorRUU
fastboot flash zip ***.zip
With a relocked bootloader ut I always get Failed ( remote:12 signature fail)
I´ve tried relocking, unlocking the bootloader flashing stock recovery putting stock firmware files on to my ext sd card and flashing them through twrp. One file succeded but I still get stuck at the htc screen, another file keeps failing.
This is what the bootloader screen says.
***Software status: Modified***
***Relocked***(right now, have also tried everything with an unlocked bootloader)
M8_UL PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-3.19.0.0000
RADIO-1.21.21331147A1.19_2G
etc...
Any help is appreciated
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Your best solution is to flash a custom ROM. Put the firmware and thew gapps on your sdcard and flash them through recovery. First the ROM, and after that the gapps.
GRAPHIKXS said:
Your best solution is to flash a custom ROM. Put the firmware and thew gapps on your sdcard and flash them through recovery. First the ROM, and after that the gapps.
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Ive searched for custom roms but I cant find any rom that is compatible with my device... ( CID VODAP102 , 1.54.161.10 )
Dominique96 said:
Ive searched for custom roms but I cant find any rom that is compatible with my device... ( CID VODAP102 , 1.54.161.10 )
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Unlock bootloader, download a custom recovery(TWRP), download a nandroid backup for your device from this thread: COLLECTION of Stock backup's
Boot into custom recovery through fastboot, make a backup of something small like "Boot" so that it creates the backup path for your device. Place the unzipped/unpacked nandroid backup in the backup folder(Last one in tree, i.e inside the serial number folder), restore the nandroid.
Could you tell me which folder exactly it is that I need to place the nandroid backup in ? And where it is located , I cant seem to find it even though I made a backup of boot
Dominique96 said:
Could you tell me which folder exactly it is that I need to place the nandroid backup in ? And where it is located , I cant seem to find it even though I made a backup of boot
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It'll be something along: TWRP/BACKUPS/serialnum*/unzipped-nandroid-folder
* serialnum folder will be the one with your serial number for your device. Check on internal storage OR if you selected external SD you should see it already named "TWRP" and the rest of the tree path. Inside the "unzipped folder" which will typically start with a date(if TWRP did it by default) you'll find things like "boot.img" or "boot.emmc.win" and system files etc.
Just make sure you select the correct path where you made the directory when you restore. If you made it on external SD then you have to select it from external SD when you restore.
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It'll be something along: TWRP/BACKUPS/serialnum*/unzipped-nandroid-folder
* serialnum folder will be the one with your serial number for your device. Check on internal storage OR if you selected external SD you should see it already named "TWRP" and the rest of the tree path. Inside the "unzipped folder" which will typically start with a date(if TWRP did it by default) you'll find things like "boot.img" or "boot.emmc.win" and system files etc.
Just make sure you select the correct path where you made the directory when you restore. If you made it on external SD then you have to select it from external SD when you restore.
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Thank you so much , my device just booted up :good:
Hi guys!
I'm selling my HTC one m8 Today, and i would like to sell it with the newest version of android, so i installed ARHD 34.0 for HTC one m8 through twrp v2.8.4.0, and it installs without any errors but i can't toggle wifi when it boots up.
i was using One_M8_2.22.401.4_odexed before and i didnt get any OTA's which was very annoying.
what would be easiest to completely unroot my phone delete twrp and find a Stock rom.
Or fix wifi on ARHD 34.0?
i have searched for hours for a fix for either one i beg of your assistance
my HTC one m8 is european, so i guess the international stuff works for me.
and i have S-on
Thanks in advance !
Bombi22 said:
Hi guys!
I'm selling my HTC one m8 Today, and i would like to sell it with the newest version of android, so i installed ARHD 34.0 for HTC one m8 through twrp v2.8.4.0, and it installs without any errors but i can't toggle wifi when it boots up.
i was using One_M8_2.22.401.4_odexed before and i didnt get any OTA's which was very annoying.
what would be easiest to completely unroot my phone delete twrp and find a Stock rom.
Or fix wifi on ARHD 34.0?
i have searched for hours for a fix for either one i beg of your assistance
my HTC one m8 is european, so i guess the international stuff works for me.
and i have S-on
Thanks in advance !
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Your firmwae is old and that's why wifi is not working.
You have 2 option either S-OFF or flash stock nand and do officail OTA upto 4.4.4 because 5.0 will arrive this week .
Post the result of "fastboot getvar all" and i will provide you backup link.
Hide imei and serial number before posting result of abve command,..
ahsan64 said:
Your firmwae is old and that's why wifi is not working.
You have 2 option either S-OFF or flash stock nand and do officail OTA upto 4.4.4 because 5.0 will arrive this week .
Post the result of "fastboot getvar all" and i will provide you backup link.
Hide imei and serial number before posting result of abve command,..
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where do i find stock nand ?
should i take the stock nandroid backup from here ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
and load it, would that do it ?
thanks alot for your response
Bombi22 said:
where do i find stock nand ?
should i take the stock nandroid backup from here ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
and load it, would that do it ?
thanks alot for your response
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Yes take nandroid form there and load it and update officially but remmeber to take backup of your own or any WWE base CID number .
ahsan64 said:
Yes take nandroid form there and load it and update officially but remmeber to take backup of your own or any WWE base CID number .
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i cant see that .rar file in twrp Restore, tried to open the rar file and put the folder on Sdcard too but cant see it in Restore :s
how do i use that backup file ?
Bombi22 said:
i cant see that .rar file in twrp Restore, tried to open the rar file and put the folder on Sdcard too but cant see it in Restore :s
how do i use that backup file ?
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You have to unpack it and place it inside the TWRP backup folder. If you can't see it then perhaps you're looking at the wrong storage location.
Check in both the internal and SD card. Else let TWRP "recreate" the directory for you, can easily do it by making a backup of just boot.
Make sure to copy the contents of the "serial number folder" into "your" own serial number folder(on device).
TWRP/Backups/serialnum/ serialnum is of course the serial number for your own device. Though the backups you download will have the serial number for a different device, which is why I said copy the contents of that folder and not the entire folder.
BerndM14 said:
You have to unpack it and place it inside the TWRP backup folder. If you can't see it then perhaps you're looking at the wrong storage location.
Check in both the internal and SD card. Else let TWRP "recreate" the directory for you, can easily do it by making a backup of just boot.
Make sure to copy the contents of the "serial number folder" into "your" own serial number folder(on device).
TWRP/Backups/serialnum/ serialnum is of course the serial number for your own device. Though the backups you download will have the serial number for a different device, which is why I said copy the contents of that folder and not the entire folder.
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i have installed Stock Recovery and and done a factory reset but it didnt install the Stock rom that i thought it would do..
what do i do now ? how can i install this stock rom : 0P6BIMG_M8_UL_K444_SENSE60_MR_HTC_Europe_3.28.401.9_R_Radio_1.22.21331147A1.29G_20.67.4196.01_release_402839_signed-decrypted
with stock recovery and fastboot ? :s
Hey again, im still stuck with this issue
how do i flash twrp, with Fastboot ?, i have S-on. and it says that no devices is found in cmd when i run fastboot.exe
Bombi22 said:
Hey again, im still stuck with this issue
how do i flash twrp, with Fastboot ?, i have S-on. and it says that no devices is found in cmd when i run fastboot.exe
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cmd you'll need to change directory to fastboot/adb folder. It'll be faster though to just open the adb folder, hold shift and right click anywhere in the white area of the folder(not on the files) and select open command prompt here. The command to check for the device isn't fastboot.exe, it's fastboot devices <<<Only if you're in fastboot mode, while in recovery or running Android system it'll be adb devices
You'll have to go to HTCDev.com and follow instructions on how to unlock your bootloader(I saw the other thread you made locking the bootloader ).
You can't flash a custom recovery if the bootloader is locked. So follow on screen instructions at http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
On a side note to original question, the command to flash a custom recovery is fastboot flash recovery name_of_the_recovery.img <<<Recovery image file must be placed inside directory cmd is in, in this case, adb/fastboot folder.
BerndM14 said:
cmd you'll need to change directory to fastboot/adb folder. It'll be faster though to just open the adb folder, hold shift and right click anywhere in the white area of the folder(not on the files) and select open command prompt here. The command to check for the device isn't fastboot.exe, it's fastboot devices <<<Only if you're in fastboot mode, while in recovery or running Android system it'll be adb devices
You'll have to go to HTCDev.com and follow instructions on how to unlock your bootloader(I saw the other thread you made locking the bootloader ).
You can't flash a custom recovery if the bootloader is locked. So follow on screen instructions at http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
On a side note to original question, the command to flash a custom recovery is fastboot flash recovery name_of_the_recovery.img <<<Recovery image file must be placed inside directory cmd is in, in this case, adb/fastboot folder.
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Hey again mate !
i just unlocked my bootloader again and flashed latest version of twrp, installed the latest Android revolution 34.0 but the result is the same, wifi doesnt work. and i have the .401 firmware.zip but for some reason it doesnt want to flash it, i still have S-on but the Firmware might be really old too im not sure ?
Bombi22 said:
Hey again mate !
i just unlocked my bootloader again and flashed latest version of twrp, installed the latest Android revolution 34.0 but the result is the same, wifi doesnt work. and i have the .401 firmware.zip but for some reason it doesnt want to flash it, i still have S-on but the Firmware might be really old too im not sure ?
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Yeah it's because you still didn't update the firmware for your device, so it won't work!
Download the TWRP nandroid backup(like mentioned before) and place it inside the TWRP backup folder and restore it. After it's restored, flash back the stock recovery and let it do OTA updates.
will it get the OTA's if i install .401 odexed and stock recovery ?
Bombi22 said:
will it get the OTA's if i install .401 odexed and stock recovery ?
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I suppose your first post here probably answered that question for you already...
i was using One_M8_2.22.401.4_odexed before and i didnt get any OTA's which was very annoying.
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Why try and make things more complicated than it needs to be. Download a nandroid backup, restore it, flash stock recovery and do OTA's. That's it...
yea but i didnt have stock recovery might be therefor i could'nt install the OTA's
i have deleted ARHD 34.0 now, im gonna find another nandroid backup now and figure out where to put it
should the nandroid backup be in zip ?
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i found a backup named 2014-10-25--04-09-42 KTU84L release-keys
where should i put it ?
Bombi22 said:
yea but i didnt have stock recovery might be therefor i could'nt install the OTA's
i have deleted ARHD 34.0 now, im gonna find another nandroid backup now and figure out where to put it
should the nandroid backup be in zip ?
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No...I said it in post 6 already, unpack it(in other words, unzip it).
Once it's unzipped you'll probably see a folder named something like yyyy-mm-dd--hh-mm-ss BASENAME release-keys - for example 2014-10-15--23-07-49 KTU84L release-keys... Dates, Time and "BASE"(KTU84L) will obviously change. Inside that folder you'll find files like boot.emmc.win , system.ext4.win000 , recovery.log etc.
That entire folder "2014 [...] release-keys" must be placed inside your serial number folder. If you don't have one yet, create a backup of "Boot" only so that TWRP can create the directory for you. So when it's finished the directory will look something like this:
/storage/ext_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/SH41RMW18761/2014-10-15--23-07-49 KTU84L release-keys/
Storage location might change depending on whether you use SD Card or not. Better to use it anyways. Of course Serial Number SH41RMW18761 is a made up serial number, your devices serial number WILL be different.
Once you placed it in the correct serial folder, you can go into TWRP, select the storage location(Like I said it'll be better to do SD Card) and TWRP should pick up the nandroid backup from there. Select it and swipe to restore.
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No...I said it in post 6 already, unpack it(in other words, unzip it).
Once it's unzipped you'll probably see a folder named something like yyyy-mm-dd--hh-mm-ss BASENAME release-keys - for example 2014-10-15--23-07-49 KTU84L release-keys... Dates, Time and "BASE"(KTU84L) will obviously change. Inside that folder you'll find files like boot.emmc.win , system.ext4.win000 , recovery.log etc.
That entire folder "2014 [...] release-keys" must be placed inside your serial number folder. If you don't have one yet, create a backup of "Boot" only so that TWRP can create the directory for you. So when it's finished the directory will look something like this:
/storage/ext_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/SH41RMW18761/2014-10-15--23-07-49 KTU84L release-keys/
Storage location might change depending on whether you use SD Card or not. Better to use it anyways. Of course Serial Number SH41RMW18761 is a made up serial number, your devices serial number WILL be different.
Once you placed it in the correct serial folder, you can go into TWRP, select the storage location(Like I said it'll be better to do SD Card) and TWRP should pick up the nandroid backup from there. Select it and swipe to restore.
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Thanks ill try that out !
should i change KTU84L to the BASENAME of the backup i made ?
my backup basename is LRX22C should i change the nandroid backup name from KTU84L to LRX22C ?
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should i change KTU84L to the BASENAME of the backup i made ?
my backup basename is LRX22C should i change the nandroid backup name from KTU84L to LRX22C ?
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No just copy the folder in the serial number folder. Then go to TWRP, Select Restore, If you must select SD Card / Internal depending where you place nandroid, then Select the nandroid and swipe to restore.
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No just copy the folder in the serial number folder. Then go to TWRP, Select Restore, If you must select SD Card / Internal depending where you place nandroid, then Select the nandroid and swipe to restore.
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the backup restoration went smooth but..
can i reset phone in Backup & reset under phone settings ? cause there is so tonz of crap apps that i cant delete in my menu :s
would it delete everything if i reset phone from settings ?
Bombi22 said:
the backup restoration went smooth but..
can i reset phone in Backup & reset under phone settings ? cause there is so tonz of crap apps that i cant delete in my menu :s
would it delete everything if i reset phone from settings ?
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Yeah you can do a factory reset. It won't get rid of any "system" apps though. Facebook, Twitter and crap like that will stay there.
Hello XDA, hello M9 users!
So, i rooted my phone back in September just to use some simple apps like Greenify, AdAway, etc. Yesterday the official Android 6.0 update arrived and I wanted to update. So I flashed the stock recovery and relocked my bootloader aaaand that was it. Everything was going ok untill the phone got in to the recovery. When it started to update the loading bar filled like 1/4. After that the red sign appeared on my screen. After that i just hard reseted my phone and everything was working ok and tried again but the same problem persisted. I started looking here on forums but i didn't find exact answeres except one. The guy sad: "The problem was solved. It took me 6 hours to manage this. All you need to do is re flash the stock backup with TWRP. ". Sadly I don't have the stock backup from my phone. And I'm thinking to reinstall TWRP recovery and flash version 1.32.401.8* from the thread called "HTC ONE M9 Stock File Collection (RUUs, Backups, etc.) - with linked Instructions" because I think that's the most stock version of this phone. So i have this question: should I do this or not? I am kinda noob, I am definetly not a pro with these things. I only know the basics and I am kindly asking for help. I will attach photos with phone info and everything that I mentioned here in the text. (sorry for my english, I'm trying my best)
If you guys find any solution I will be pleased to hear them!
Phone status:
-Rooted
-Bootloader: Relocked
-S ON
-Stock recovery (recovery version 2.10.401.1)
-SD Card capacity: 8GB only (i don't know if this helps)
-Stock 5.1 HTC Sense 7.0 (Software nr. 2.10.401.1)
-CID number: HTC__102
Thank you in advance!
Remember any changes with system such as root will cause OTA not work well.All you need to do is flash a RUU with right version.Or you can restore from TWRP with stock backup and flash stock recovery then you can get OTA.
If you want to install that update you either need the 2.10.401.1 backup or the corresponding RUU. As soon as you flash anything via TWRP your system gets mount as read/write. OTAs check the status of your system and fail if it's modified (=uninstalled system apps, root, etc.) and/or not mounted as read-only. Unrooting is not enough. You need to reflash an untouched system image (either via RUU or TWRP). Instructions can be found in my google sheet which is linked in post #5 of the thread where you found the 1.32.401.8 backup or in my signature.
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If you want to install that update you either need the 2.10.401.1 backup or the corresponding RUU. As soon as you flash anything via TWRP your system gets mount as read/write. OTAs check the status of your system and fail if it's modified (=uninstalled system apps, root, etc.) and/or not mounted as read-only. Unrooting is not enough. You need to reflash an untouched system image (either via RUU or TWRP). Instructions can be found in my google sheet which is linked in post #5 of the thread where you found the 1.32.401.8 backup or in my signature.
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So the only thing i need to do is download "2.10.401.1.zip" RUU from your google sheet, copy it to my SD Card and enter in download mode and just wait untill it's done? Is this working with S-On?
It needs to be renamed correctly and the SD card needs to be formatted to fat32 (as stated in the instructions above the download links ). With S-ON you can use RUUs that have the same or a higher version than your phone. You only need S-OFF if you want to flash RUUs with a lower version (=downgrade) or one with a different SKU (the three numbers behind the second dot of the firmware version) than the one your phone got shipped with.
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It needs to be renamed correctly and the SD card needs to be formatted to fat32 (as stated in the instructions above the download links ). With S-ON you can use RUUs that have the same or a higher version than your phone. You only need S-OFF if you want to flash RUUs with a lower version (=downgrade) or one with a different SKU (the three numbers behind the second dot of the firmware version) than the one your phone got shipped with.
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I am S-On and i don't want to S-Off. I don't want a lower version of RUU and i just want to simply upgrade to Android 6.0. So am I doing the right thing?
strikercs said:
I am S-On and i don't want to S-Off. I don't want a lower version of RUU and i just want to simply upgrade to Android 6.0. So am I doing the right thing?
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With S-ON you can use RUUs that have the same or a higher version than your phone.
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Your version is 2.10.401.1 and the RUU has version 2.10.401.1, too.
Re-read my last post. I never said that you should S-OFF. You wanted to know whether you can use a RUU with S-ON and I explained why S-OFF is not needed in your situation.
Flippy498 said:
Your version is 2.10.401.1 and the RUU has version 2.10.401.1, too.
Re-read my last post. I never said that you should S-OFF. You wanted to know whether you can use a RUU with S-ON and I explained why S-OFF is not needed in your situation.
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I have downloaded and copied the file on my SD Card using an SD Card reader because it wouldn't let me copy it using USB. The SD Card is FAT32 and i renamed the file to "0PJAIMG.zip". When i boot into the download mode it just enters download mode. It doesn't ask me if i want to flash the file. Any ideas what could be wrong?
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Your version is 2.10.401.1 and the RUU has version 2.10.401.1, too.
Re-read my last post. I never said that you should S-OFF. You wanted to know whether you can use a RUU with S-ON and I explained why S-OFF is not needed in your situation.
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I have downloaded and copied the file on my SD Card using an SD Card reader because it wouldn't let me copy it using USB. The SD Card is FAT32 and i renamed the file to "0PJAIMG.zip". When i boot into the download mode it just enters download mode. It doesn't ask me if i want to flash the file. Any ideas what could be wrong? I attached a screesnshot.
Are you sure you didn't rename it to "0PJAIMG.zip.zip". Looking at the "nmdsdcid" file I assume that file extensions aren't visible on your pc which could be the reason for your mistake.
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Are you sure you didn't rename it to "0PJAIMG.zip.zip". Looking at the "nmdsdcid" file I assume that file extensions aren't visible on your pc which could be the reason for your mistake.
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I told you that I'm a noob. That's exactly what happened..
strikercs said:
I told you that I'm a noob. That's exactly what happened..
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Thank you @Flippy498! Succesfully updated to Android 6.0!
So @Flippy498 saved my day with #3.
After getting to his really nice collection which can be found here and here I downloaded a TWRP Backup for my CID.
Remember fastboot getvar cid ?
Then I followed his nice tutorial until Step 5, but skipped 1 - 3.
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01. Format your SD card with a PC to exfat and put it back into your phone.
02. Boot to TWRP.
03. Create a backup on your external SD card. (Backing up "Boot" is more than enough. We only want TWRP to create the needed directories on your SD card.)
04. Download the correct backup for your firmware version. (It is stated in the line with "OS" at the beginning when you boot to download mode. The "firmware version" in "settings>about>software information>more" is only the base of the rom you are running.)
05. Unzip the downloaded backup.
06. Copy the unzipped backup folder to "TWRP/BACKUPS/<YourSerialnumber>/"on your SD card. Sometimes this is only possible if the SD card is directly connected to your PC and not put into your phone. I don't know why some M9s refuse the copy process.
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So here was my problem, I have no external sd-card in my phone and trying to copy the 4.2 GB File via "Android Transfer" brought up the error, that files largen then 4GB are not supported to copy.
So I first made sure I prepared the following steps:
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07. I recommend wiping everything except "Micro SDcard", "USB-OTG" and "SD-Ext".
08. Check the "Mount system as read-only" box in the Mount menu.
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Now make a folder structure like in Step 6 (if you are still in TWRP, no problem use the "mkdir <foldername>" command via the advanced tools tab. (read on, I tell you where it is)
So then, instead I copied the 2GB zip file in that folder and went to advanced tools in TWRP. There I chose the "execute command" tool, went inside the folder with the serialnumber and clicked select.
Now a command line appears and I entered "unzip" and the name of the zipfile ... well that took some time ... dont tend to klick kill ... you can make 3 coffees in that time (I advise you to drink only two :silly: otherwise you get overexcited)
After that another folder with the name of the zipfile shows up. Go back and click restore - then check that folder and three X Marks will appear, showing you that these mounts will be overwritten.
Now swipe to restore and go on:
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09. Restore the backup.
10. Boot to system (ignore the warning that no OS is installed). This process may actually take a while!
11. Congrats! Your system is now stock and able to receive and install official OTAs, again.
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and thats's it. Worked like a charm. Thanks again @Flippy498 :highfive: !!
SuperSU told me that my SU binary was out of date and so i tried to update it through TWRP like it recommended. Well that ended up failing in the middle of it (I don't have logs) and it seems like the backup I had is missing from my SD card. Whenever I load android it goes black screen, it'll show the back button and the status bar but none of that will be interactive. I can power it down but if i wait too long the buttons won't work. Anyways I was hoping someone had a backup for the a5_chl phone.
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SuperSU told me that my SU binary was out of date and so i tried to update it through TWRP like it recommended. Well that ended up failing in the middle of it (I don't have logs) and it seems like the backup I had is missing from my SD card. Whenever I load android it goes black screen, it'll show the back button and the status bar but none of that will be interactive. I can power it down but if i wait too long the buttons won't work. Anyways I was hoping someone had a backup for the a5_chl phone.
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Sorry your having problems. Why not just get the stock RUU file directly from HTC/downloads and flash back your stock recovery by running the RUU on your computer and before hitting start type %temp% into the search box and go to the RUU's running files and in one of the numbered files will be the rom.zip and within that file will be the recovery image. Copy that to your ADB/fastboot folder then flash it over your TWRP recovery but first I'd wipe the system and data in advanced wipe in TWRP to get your system partition clean( THIS WIPES THE WHOLE PHONE SO BE AWARE OF THAT AND MOVE FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER ACCORDINGLY OR BACK UP USING GOOGLE STOCK BACKUP IN SETTINGS IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY FOR CONTACTS AND NUMBERS ETC). Then relock your bootloader with the stock recovery flashed back and run the RUU or put it in your ext SD and rename the file to OP9CIMG and reboot into your bootloader and it should automatically pick up the file and start flashing it. I have this same model phone and I keep my stock RUU that I got from HTC on my computer for just such a problem. I got a stock recovery zip from somewhere else but i can't remember where but it's also within the RUU itself. Try to find the link for you in a bit.
EDIT: here's a link to someone I know who had a whole tutorial for the a5_ul version of our phone on how to flash back a stock RUU from your computer or from within your ext SD card. Obviously the links with the files aren't valid for our phone but the steps are . Also has instructions for restoring using a TWRP backup but I wouldn't use someone else's TWRP backup if my hair was on fire. Especially since we have access to the pure stock RUU with our version why not take advantage of it. That's all I'm saying.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-816/help/guide-how-to-flash-stock-recovery-ruu-t3308502
And here's the HTC RUU downloads link below
http://www.htc.com/us/support/rom-downloads.html
And lastly a link to a tutorial on extracting the stock recovery from the RUU .
http://androidforums.com/threads/guide-re-flash-stock-rom-ruu-after-bricking-a-rooted-device.565203/
Well not lastly I guess because here is a link to the stock recovery provided by FoxyDrew. Don't use the RUU link it's to kitkat but the recovery link below it is the same for lollipop as it's for the a5_chl
http://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-816/general/ruu-t2952058/post57019175#post57019175
thoctor said:
Sorry your having problems. Why not just get the stock RUU file directly from HTC/downloads and flash back your stock recovery by running the RUU on your computer and before hitting start type %temp% into the search box and go to the RUU's running files and in one of the numbered files will be the rom.zip and within that file will be the recovery image. Copy that to your ADB/fastboot folder then flash it over your TWRP recovery but first I'd wipe the system and data in advanced wipe in TWRP to get your system partition clean( THIS WIPES THE WHOLE PHONE SO BE AWARE OF THAT AND MOVE FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER ACCORDINGLY OR BACK UP USING GOOGLE STOCK BACKUP IN SETTINGS IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY FOR CONTACTS AND NUMBERS ETC). Then relock your bootloader with the stock recovery flashed back and run the RUU or put it in your ext SD and rename the file to OP9CIMG and reboot into your bootloader and it should automatically pick up the file and start flashing it. I have this same model phone and I keep my stock RUU that I got from HTC on my computer for just such a problem. I got a stock recovery zip from somewhere else but i can't remember where but it's also within the RUU itself. Try to find the link for you in a bit.
EDIT: here's a link to someone I know who had a whole tutorial for the a5_ul version of our phone on how to flash back a stock RUU from your computer or from within your ext SD card. Obviously the links with the files aren't valid for our phone but the steps are . Also has instructions for restoring using a TWRP backup but I wouldn't use someone else's TWRP backup if my hair was on fire. Especially since we have access to the pure stock RUU with our version why not take advantage of it. That's all I'm saying.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-816/help/guide-how-to-flash-stock-recovery-ruu-t3308502
And here's the HTC RUU downloads link below
http://www.htc.com/us/support/rom-downloads.html
And lastly a link to a tutorial on extracting the stock recovery from the RUU .
http://androidforums.com/threads/guide-re-flash-stock-rom-ruu-after-bricking-a-rooted-device.565203/
Well not lastly I guess because here is a link to the stock recovery provided by FoxyDrew. Don't use the RUU link it's to kitkat but the recovery link below it is the same for lollipop as it's for the a5_chl
http://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-816/general/ruu-t2952058/post57019175#post57019175
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My thread has the KitKat and Lollipop RUU, which is the latest one from HTC, and should work fine for his issue
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My thread has the KitKat and Lollipop RUU, which is the latest one from HTC, and should work fine for his issue
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Cool. You're the man.