As you can see in this forum - many are having problem installing the latest lollipop OTA. What I did -
1 . Unlocked the boot loader
2. Installed custom recovery
3. rooted the phone
4. flashed back the stock recovery so I can install the OTA from HTC.
Nothing more nothing less. Now I am not able to install latest OTA - Phone downloads the OTA, boot in to recovery, starts installing the OTA and than it fails and recovery shows a deadly RED TRIANGLE.
I did thorough research across this forums to fix the issue and I see many people have similar issue.
Available OPTIONS - SINCE my phone is S-OFF so they are limited
1. Flashing the firmware - but coudln't find a firmware which matched my phone's cid and mid
2. RUU - Not sure if I can install it while being S-ON and if yes than which one should match my phone
3. I have lollipop OTA file downloaded and have firmware file inside it. some one suggested get the recovery from firmware zip and flash it. How can I get recovery from firmware zip, file doesnt even get unzipped.
I am currently on -
Software version - 3.29.166.9
cid: VODAP110
mid: 0P6B10000
Any help/suggesstions would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance
1. Use 7-zip to extract out recovery.img
2. When there is error, press and hold volume up and tap once power button to read the error log.
Mostly the errors are related to modified system files or wrong recovery.img
ckpv5 said:
1. Use 7-zip to extract out recovery.img
2. When there is error, press and hold volume up and tap once power button to read the error log.
Mostly the errors are related to modified system files or wrong recovery.img
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Thanks a lot for the suggestion. Was able to see error message now. It seems I've wrong recovery. I couldn't find exact match so I installed the near match but it did not seem to work.
I had 3.29.166.9 and I installed 3.29.161.5 from forums. Do you know which recovery should work with 3.29.161.9. Thanks for your help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58487757&postcount=4009
Awesome. It worked !!! I took the recovery from OTA and flashed it. Thanks a lot @ckpv5
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Hi
I haven't found anything exactly specific to my situation, I hope I haven't missed it and that someone can help.
I have rooted my M8 but haven't flashed a ROM so I'm still running HTC's original system but the recent update 1.54.401.10 won't update, it boots to clockwork mod, says installation aborted and to send the error file to Phil3759 (which I can't as he doesn't accept PMs). Is there a way around this, or can you not use updates if you're rooted even though you've not changed the ROM?
stevoh84 said:
Hi
I haven't found anything exactly specific to my situation, I hope I haven't missed it and that someone can help.
I have rooted my M8 but haven't flashed a ROM so I'm still running HTC's original system but the recent update 1.54.401.10 won't update, it boots to clockwork mod, says installation aborted and to send the error file to Phil3759 (which I can't as he doesn't accept PMs). Is there a way around this, or can you not use updates if you're rooted even though you've not changed the ROM?
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You need to flash your stock recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707877 Grab your recovery and
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
Then update and flash back your custom recovery when finished. If you have any apps frozen you need to unfreeze them before update.
stevoh84 said:
... it boots to clockwork mod,
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The portion I quoted is your problem. OTA's won't work with custom recoveries. You'll have to restore the stock recovery... There's a thread with a list of stock recoveries for almost every carrier/model you should reference.
Gary
None of the downloads on the recovery thread I've tried seem to work. I will leave it for now the update doesn't seem massively important. If it gets to that point I can always get into custom ROMS. Thanks though
Extract recovery.IMG from firmware.zip from ota file. Flash that and you should be good to go
stevoh84 said:
None of the downloads on the recovery thread I've tried seem to work. I will leave it for now the update doesn't seem massively important. If it gets to that point I can always get into custom ROMS. Thanks though
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http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.co.uk/p/android-revolution-hd-mirror-site-var.html
or try the recovery from there
stevoh84 said:
None of the downloads on the recovery thread I've tried seem to work. I will leave it for now the update doesn't seem massively important. If it gets to that point I can always get into custom ROMS. Thanks though
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What do you mean they don't work? In what way?
1. Download this recovery - 1.54.401.5 and rename it recovery.img (not recovery.img.img)
2. Boot phone into fastboot and connect to PC
3. Flash recovery using fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
4. Reboot phone
5. Apply OTA update
stevoh84 said:
Hi
I haven't found anything exactly specific to my situation, I hope I haven't missed it and that someone can help.
I have rooted my M8 but haven't flashed a ROM so I'm still running HTC's original system but the recent update 1.54.401.10 won't update, it boots to clockwork mod, says installation aborted and to send the error file to Phil3759 (which I can't as he doesn't accept PMs). Is there a way around this, or can you not use updates if you're rooted even though you've not changed the ROM?
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I had the exact same situation as yours and I was also struggling through the same issue and this is how I resolved it.
Download the new OTA update zip file on your PC (1.54.401.10). You can download it from here:
https://www.hightail.com/download/ZUczc0w1MHdFc0lLSk5Vag
Then, from your PC, while your HTC ONE M8 is connected, run the following commands:
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <<-- change the name with the actual firmware filename
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <<-- yes, you'll have to do it twice, don't ask me why but this is what i've read on different forums
fastboot reboot
Now, once you reboot your phone, it'll still show you the old software revision. But, the good part is, now you'll be able to install the OTA using the pop-up you see on the notification bar.
Please let me know if this doesn't work and I'll be happy to help you further.
Good luck!
malikons said:
I had the exact same situation as yours and I was also struggling through the same issue and this is how I resolved it.
Download the new OTA update zip file on your PC (1.54.401.10). You can download it from here:
https://www.hightail.com/download/ZUczc0w1MHdFc0lLSk5Vag
Then, from your PC, while your HTC ONE M8 is connected, run the following commands:
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <<-- change the name with the actual firmware filename
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <<-- yes, you'll have to do it twice, don't ask me why but this is what i've read on different forums
fastboot reboot
Now, once you reboot your phone, it'll still show you the old software revision. But, the good part is, now you'll be able to install the OTA using the pop-up you see on the notification bar.
Please let me know if this doesn't work and I'll be happy to help you further.
Good luck!
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1. That's my link
2. That's only the firmware and not the full OTA
What I posted earlier on will do the job for the OP
EddyOS said:
1. Download this recovery - 1.54.401.5 and rename it recovery.img (not recovery.img.img)
2. Boot phone into fastboot and connect to PC
3. Flash recovery using fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
4. Reboot phone
5. Apply OTA update
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This worked a treat thanks!
malikons said:
I had the exact same situation as yours and I was also struggling through the same issue and this is how I resolved it.
Download the new OTA update zip file on your PC (1.54.401.10). You can download it from here:
https://www.hightail.com/download/ZUczc0w1MHdFc0lLSk5Vag
Then, from your PC, while your HTC ONE M8 is connected, run the following commands:
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <<-- change the name with the actual firmware filename
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <<-- yes, you'll have to do it twice, don't ask me why but this is what i've read on different forums
fastboot reboot
Now, once you reboot your phone, it'll still show you the old software revision. But, the good part is, now you'll be able to install the OTA using the pop-up you see on the notification bar.
Please let me know if this doesn't work and I'll be happy to help you further.
Good luck!
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I took EddyOS up on his advice as his post was first. thanks for the post though.
Hi all,
My m8 is flashed with Viper 1.6. I however decided to try to OTA update, to get the newest radio etc. I am however unable to flash this.
I flashed the stock recovery, however the update does not succeed via fastboot. Error 99 something.
Are you able to guide me how to do this update. Is it at all possible, when not running a stock rom?
malikons said:
I had the exact same situation as yours and I was also struggling through the same issue and this is how I resolved it.
Download the new OTA update zip file on your PC (1.54.401.10). You can download it from here:
https://www.hightail.com/download/ZUczc0w1MHdFc0lLSk5Vag
Then, from your PC, while your HTC ONE M8 is connected, run the following commands:
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <<-- change the name with the actual firmware filename
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <<-- yes, you'll have to do it twice, don't ask me why but this is what i've read on different forums
fastboot reboot
Now, once you reboot your phone, it'll still show you the old software revision. But, the good part is, now you'll be able to install the OTA using the pop-up you see on the notification bar.
Please let me know if this doesn't work and I'll be happy to help you further.
Good luck!
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i have HTC m8 Rooted on the stock ROM and i got the same update OTA
now , after i apply your method ,will this method remove the root ?
or it will just remove the Costume recovery ?
Hello All,
So I recently bought a M8 and I just need some help in getting the steps nailed down correctly. Be warned long post with lots of questions...
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
version-main: 3.32.111.3
fastboot oem readcid
(bootloader) cid: T-MOB101
That is basically my device, now due to it being 4.4.4 from factory I am unable to use Sunshine & Weaksauce. I could wait until the new year but why
bother .
First step:
Get my factory firmware image after reading this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376 due to it being a T-Mobile and
Germany and 4.4.4 I am unable to run the command listed there to get the stock recovery, so how do I get the stock recovery for my device? @BerndM14
Has provided me with a link to download the latest firmware for my device but it has the TWRP recovery inside it, link is this one: http://www.handy-
faq.de/forum/htc_one_m8_custom_roms/304821-htc_one_m8_firmwaresammlung_ruus_otas_backups.html#post2832636. I should point out that I do have a OTA
waiting to download and install, should I download and install it? The version listed on the screen is 3.32.111.9 and is only 183.73MB. Would it have a
viable stock recovery? Can I downgrade to a older version for the stock recovery?
Second step:
Once the above is done and dusted my next step is getting root & S-OFF & custom recovery. This is relatively simple because all I need to do is visit
HTCDev, unlock and then S-OFF with Sunshine and then a custom recovery. Correct? Sounds and looks simple enough.
Third step:
Download ROM of choice and flash away. So I am going with InsertCoin due to user loyalty from the Desire days . However I see people in the thread
mentioning that they flashed the latest firmware to sort out a couple of issues, I take it they mean the ROM file and not HTC firmware?
Fourth and probably not needed step:
Changing the phone to WWE and SuperCID? Do I really need to do this? Benefit of changing to WWE is changing the HBOOT to a more universal one? The
reason why I am thinking of converting is because I would want to get rid of the red text on the boot screen as listed here: http://forum.xda-
developers.com/showpost.php?p=51744965&postcount=1 however for T-Mobile Dutch the HBOOT CIDS are T-MOB003, if I flash that would it cause a problem?
I would also be looking at running the commands to change the flags showing tampered and unlocked but that looks simple to do. Am I missing anything? For warranty purposes I would use the instructions from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710735 but download the recovery file for T-MOB Germany instead?
Thank you for reading the long post and I hope that I have made some sort of sense.
Yes it will have the firmware.zip with the recovery.img inside it. Even the small 47MB or so, OTA update for the WWE from 2.22.401.4 - 2.22.401.5 had the firmware.zip inside. So just download the OTA.zip copy to PC extract firmware.zip and grab the recovery.img.
Benefits to converting to WWE or even Developer edition also includes the fact that those devices will receive OTA updates before any carrier version, directly from HTC. It's a bonus if you're into the "latest & greatest" scene.
As for making a backup before flashing custom recovery, have you tried booting the custom recovery? Philz will probably be better if you want to use the booted custom recovery to make a backup of stock recovery. You could also try and boot either TWRP or Philz and see if you can root your device without flashing custom recovery, that way you can at least use the dd command to grab a copy of the recovery block. <My preferred method, though it's a terrible circle. Need to flash custom recovery to root, need root to make backup of stock recovery... So hopefully booting the custom recovery will work. That being said, easiest way still remains to grab it from the OTA.zip.
Perhaps you could even upload a copy of the OTA.zip and share it on here, I don't think the OP has a copy in the second post
ROM/Firmware. You need the latest firmware to run the latest ROM. For most it'll be firmware with 3.x. If you still run on 2.x(which you aren't) you'd have some problems with radio(bluetooth, gps, wifi, data etc)
Thank you for the reply .
To be honest I have not tried booting a custom recovery because I saw this in the first post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
fastboot boot recovery_filename.img (this does not work on the latest 3.xx firmwares !!! we need to get the stock recoveries from the OTA files)
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So I am not sure what to try to be honest. This toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51383278&highlight=ota#post51383278 mentions getting root without S-OFF but with a unlocked bootloader. So I am thinking that if I follow those steps, maybe when I get to the reboot phase I can execute a nandroid instead which might get me the files I want?
I won't bother with WWE then. I will rely on the dev's to give me the latest & greatest .
Anakha56 said:
Thank you for the reply .
To be honest I have not tried booting a custom recovery because I saw this in the first post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
So I am not sure what to try to be honest. This toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51383278&highlight=ota#post51383278 mentions getting root without S-OFF but with a unlocked bootloader. So I am thinking that if I follow those steps, maybe when I get to the reboot phase I can execute a nandroid instead which might get me the files I want?
I won't bother with WWE then. I will rely on the dev's to give me the latest & greatest .
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Hm, yeah I also had some problems booting a recovery, but I just tested it out again. I can at least boot TWRP version 2.8.3.0 so it still works for me. I'm on 3.28.1540.5 (Developer edition). Haven't tried Philz though, net a bit too slow to bother with even a small download
No problem. I am busy downloading the OTA.zip and once complete I will try the toolkit method and see what happens . Again, thank you for the reply.
I need some help... My phone seems to be stuck in fastboot mode and is not picked up in Device Manager of Windows. I can touch the fastboot screen and it vibrates but it does not nothing. I have held down the power button for 20 seconds with no result. I had just unlocked the bootloader and then tried pushing the Philz recovery image to the device with the command line:
Code:
C:\android\sdk\android\platform-tools>fastboot boot philz_touch_6.57.8-m8.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.541s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 1.547s
*edit*
Holding volume up + power for 10 seconds helped *whew*...
Anakha56 said:
Thank you for the reply .
To be honest I have not tried booting a custom recovery because I saw this in the first post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
So I am not sure what to try to be honest. This toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51383278&highlight=ota#post51383278 mentions getting root without S-OFF but with a unlocked bootloader. So I am thinking that if I follow those steps, maybe when I get to the reboot phase I can execute a nandroid instead which might get me the files I want?
I won't bother with WWE then. I will rely on the dev's to give me the latest & greatest .
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You don't need S-Off to root, just the unlocked bootloader, custom recovery, and superuser.
@xunholyx Thanks for the post . I am trying to get an image of my stock recovery file first, so I am trying to avoid flashing the custom recovery right now . BTW Does anyone know if TWRP makes a backup of the stock recovery before overwriting it like Philz does?
Anakha56 said:
@xunholyx Thanks for the post . I am trying to get an image of my stock recovery file first, so I am trying to avoid flashing the custom recovery right now . BTW Does anyone know if TWRP makes a backup of the stock recovery before overwriting it like Philz does?
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http://www.handy-faq.de/forum/htc_o...resammlung_ruus_otas_backups.html#post2832635
oops sorry.. i see you already been their
your hboot 3.19 will prevent booting to recovery ... and no TWRP doesn't backup stock recovery
you just need to find the OTA.zip for your version it must be out their somewhere
@clsA I have the file
3.32.111.3 - TWRP
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From that site but its recovery is TWRP. I am trying to grab the stock recovery currently on the device before going forward. When I unzip that file it has 6 items:
boot.emmc.win
boot.emmc.win.md5
system.ext4.win000
system.ext4.win000.md5
system.ext4.win001
system.ext4.win001.md5
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I have downloaded the OTA that is ready for my phone but I had hit a snag. The file was corrupt, on redownload I have the small OTA but the recovery version number has incremented past mine, I don't know if it will be still useable with the ROM file from the link?
Anakha56 said:
@clsA I have the file
From that site but its recovery is TWRP. I am trying to grab the stock recovery currently on the device before going forward. When I unzip that file it has 6 items:
I have downloaded the OTA that is ready for my phone but I had hit a snag. The file was corrupt, on redownload I have the small OTA but the recovery version number has incremented past mine, I don't know if it will be still useable with the ROM file from the link?
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it should work, recovery does not have to be exact just close
and the file you have doesn't include TWRP .. it was created with twrp ... big difference
Anakha56 said:
@clsA I have the file
From that site but its recovery is TWRP. I am trying to grab the stock recovery currently on the device before going forward. When I unzip that file it has 6 items:
I have downloaded the OTA that is ready for my phone but I had hit a snag. The file was corrupt, on redownload I have the small OTA but the recovery version number has incremented past mine, I don't know if it will be still useable with the ROM file from the link?
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You can use any 3.32 based stock recovery for your phone. There are plenty of backups for that on this thread. No need to backup your own.
Thank you guys! That helps me a lot! Off I go to flash a custom recovery .
Hello Everyone,
Firstly, what I'm trying to do is get to the latest official version firmware/rom for my phone.
Details : I want to get to firmware 5.0.x in order to flash Viper 4.5.0
My last official update was for 4.4.4
My current HBOOT is 3.19
other details in the Picture.
What files I have:
1. The correct OTA file (OTA_M8_UHL_L50_SENSE60_MR_hTC_Asia_India_4.18.720.8-3.35.720.1_R_release_41722946zyvelqcdj4jx6t).
2. The correct stock recovery Image (3.35.720.1_recovery)
3. Stock 4.4.4 nandroid Backup i made myself using TWRP.
How i did it:
1.Flashed nandroid backup
2. Flashed Stock Recovery.
3. Relocked Bootloader.
4. Pasted the OTA File in the root on the internal storage and in the download folder.
5. booted in stock recovery and selected apply from phone storage.
But everytime i did it gave me error Check_CID failed.
I have never gone s-off, hence obviously i cannot change my CID.
So this is what i'm not able to understand.... Y the CID Mismatch
I could really use some help... i tries everything i know... bt i cant update ...
PS : Also attaching the androidinfo.txt file that is in the firmware.zip of the ota
pyroblazer said:
Hello Everyone,
Firstly, what I'm trying to do is get to the latest official version firmware/rom for my phone.
Details : I want to get to firmware 5.0.x in order to flash Viper 4.5.0
My last official update was for 4.4.4
My current HBOOT is 3.19
other details in the Picture.
What files I have:
1. The correct OTA file (OTA_M8_UHL_L50_SENSE60_MR_hTC_Asia_India_4.18.720.8-3.35.720.1_R_release_41722946zyvelqcdj4jx6t).
2. The correct stock recovery Image (3.35.720.1_recovery)
3. Stock 4.4.4 nandroid Backup i made myself using TWRP.
How i did it:
1.Flashed nandroid backup
2. Flashed Stock Recovery.
3. Relocked Bootloader.
4. Pasted the OTA File in the root on the internal storage and in the download folder.
5. booted in stock recovery and selected apply from phone storage.
But everytime i did it gave me error Check_CID failed.
I have never gone s-off, hence obviously i cannot change my CID.
So this is what i'm not able to understand.... Y the CID Mismatch
I could really use some help... i tries everything i know... bt i cant update ...
PS : Also attaching the androidinfo.txt file that is in the firmware.zip of the ota
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relock bootloader
flash the ruu for your build number from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Thank you mate...Will try this and let you know.
Finally after 2 days of trial and error... this worked... thanks mate..
Hey mate... thanks for the tip... finally got it working.... but now i have another problem.... i decided to stay on stock..
so i am now stock rooted(superSU), busybox installed but i cant seep to give write access to 3rd party apps on ext SD card.
I tried various SDfix apps from the store, manually changed the platform.xml file in system/etc/permissions folder, tried a zip file i found on youtube.. that did more damage than good (it broke my root).. I've searched and searched.. but cant seem to find a solution...
Any help regarding this mate??
Hi,
So here's the thing, I wanted to flash the cyanogenmod rom to my HTC One M8 using the TWRP 3.0.2.0. So I wiped the entire phone, including the internal storage and the system. Unfortunately, every time I tried flashing it I received this error:
Updater process ended with ERROR: 7.
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So I was like ''Ok then I'll just flash a stock ROM'', but I couldn't find any that was matching my firmware since I'm stuck on FW 2.22.401.4 and I am S-ON so I can't flash any other firmware. I've searched literally everywhere and eventually ended up on a german (I think?) forum, and got to download a Nand stock rom (I don't even know the NAND stands for what tbh, but I guess it's the right one?) for my firmware, but now every time I try flashing it I get this error:
Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file.
Error installing zip file 'my file'
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I've also heard that you could flash stock roms based on lower firmwares and it would work, but I still get the same error. So yeah, I'm kind of stuck with no OS and no way to flash one. I could really need some help right now.
Thank you!
Your low version firmware is the problem ... S-On doesn't stop you to flash firmware.
Post here fastboot getvar all without serial & imei no. then we'll see what you need.
There you go
https://postimg.org/image/7kyadqsif/
RafiKhalil said:
There you go
https://postimg.org/image/7kyadqsif/
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Your firmware is 2.22.707.3 as shown in the getvar, not x.xx.161.x
You need to update your firmware to the latest in order to install most of the available custom ROMs. Your current firmware is not compatible.
You have 2 options :
1. Read all steps on post #1, restore 2.22.707.4 and 2.22.707.4 stock recovery then do OTA up to the latest 6.14.707.1
Here is the thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
2. Install RUU_M8_UL_L50_SENSE60_MR_hTC_Asia_WWE_4.19.707.2_Radio_1.25.21331147A1.06G_20.69.4196.01_F_release_414204_signed.exe then do OTA to the latest 6.14.707.1
To run RUU, you need : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64926362&postcount=4
You also need to relock bootloader with commands
fastboot oem lock
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Note : this RUU procedure will wipe everything in your internal storage, make backup first of important files like musics, photos & etc.
You can get the RUU here : http://androidruu.com/?developer=M8
Hi guys i'll explaine what happened:
1. I was on nougat rom rooted trying to get back to stock.
2. I run an old lollipop ruu.exe from my computer but it reboots the phone to bootloader mode without going on.
3. I manually reboot to bootloader to see it if does move on but nothing.
4. I disconnect the phone.
Now there's no OS and recovery and flashing TWRP succeeds but when I try to reboot to recovery it say that's not possible.
I tried to flash via sdcard the OPJAIMG but it seems like it doesn't see it (screenshot in attachements).
I can access download mode
I'm S-OFF on Nougat firmware.. what can i do?
EDIT: I tried to live-boot TWRP but it stays forever on booting in cmd and flashing in phone
@Flippy498 maybe you have an idea? You have so much knowledge on this!
I haven't seen a 4.x RUU for the SKU 401, yet. You therefore would need to flash one of Sneakyghost's 3.x firmware packs before you're able to use a 3.x RUU, again. The encryption key changed between firmware 3.x and 4.x. Therefore you can't use 4.x RUUs on firmware 1.x to 3.x and vice versa.
In contrast to the flashing command the command for booting TWRP via fastboot needs to be used while the phone is booted to the bootloader instead of the download mode. However, since I haven't seen a publicly available TWRP backup for the latest 401 firmware, yet, TWRP won't help you much in your situation. (Or do you have your own backup?)
That means on the other hand that you currently need to downgrade to 3.35.401.12 and to re-install the OTAs for 3.35.401.32 and 4.14.401.7 since the latest RUU is for version 3.35.401.12.
Edit: Oh, and the only RUU.exe for SKU 401 that I know is for that 1.x firmware wird the 17 at the end. You shouldn't use that one. The corresponding OTA only got distributed for one single CID (I forgot which one it was). That means that you won't receive OTAs if you aren't using that specific CID on your phone. That means you would need to flash another RUU afterwards for getting away from that firmware version. And instead of flashing two RUUs you could save some time and directly flash the second one.
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mrsmtt said:
Hi guys i'll explaine what happened:
1. I was on nougat rom rooted trying to get back to stock.
2. I run an old lollipop ruu.exe from my computer but it reboots the phone to bootloader mode without going on.
3. I manually reboot to bootloader to see it if does move on but nothing.
4. I disconnect the phone.
Now there's no OS and recovery and flashing TWRP succeeds but when I try to reboot to recovery it say that's not possible.
I tried to flash via sdcard the OPJAIMG but it seems like it doesn't see it (screenshot in attachements).
I can access download mode
I'm S-OFF on Nougat firmware.. what can i do?
EDIT: I tried to live-boot TWRP but it stays forever on booting in cmd and flashing in phone
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1 - Try 0(zero)PJAIMG and not O
2 - Restore to stock recovery
3 - Start phone in download mode and push volume UP
benshoes said:
1 - Try 0(zero)PJAIMG and not O
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Oh, I missed that typo.
benshoes said:
2 - Restore to stock recovery
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That's actually not needed. The RUU will flash the stock recovery by its own. You only need a working download mode.
Flippy498 said:
Oh, I missed that typo.
That's actually not needed. The RUU will flash the stock recovery by its own. You only need a working download mode.
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Tried to live-boot TWRP from bootloader since I have my own backup but it fails with the following message:
FAILED (remote: dtb not found)
About 0PJAIMG it is named correctly in SD it's just me that made a mistake writing here.
So last chance for me is to head to Sneakyghost's thread and flash the 3.35.401.32 fullstock firmware then head to your google sheet and pick the 3.35.401.12 RUU and flash it right?
mrsmtt said:
Tried to live-boot TWRP from bootloader since I have my own backup but it fails with the following message:
FAILED (remote: dtb not found)
About 0PJAIMG it is named correctly in SD it's just me that made a mistake writing here.
So last chance for me is to head to Sneakyghost's thread and flash the 3.35.401.32 fullstock firmware then head to your google sheet and pick the 3.35.401.12 RUU and flash it right?
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Correct. Although you can use the 3.35.401.12 firmware pack, as well. It doesn't matter which one of the two firmware versions you choose.
Flippy498 said:
Correct. Although you can use the 3.35.401.12 firmware pack, as well. It doesn't matter which one of the two firmware versions you choose.
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Thanks for your support! Anyway i'm going to do the whole thing tomorrow.. I was reading the instructions on Sneakyghost's thread and he recommend to use his tool because it contains the htc_fastboot that works better than google's one but I don't see any option to lunch the flash zip firmware command from the tool so I decided to get the htc_fastboot.exe file and move it inside another folder (a new one) in wich i'll put both firmware and rom zip to flash. I'm saying this because i'm not 100% sure this is correct so just to clear all doubts..
Once again @Flippy498 you saved me and I say thank you a million times I promise i'll take a break at trying to destroy my m9 so you'll definitely not hear me / see me here anymore hehe