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[Q] Proper procedure to update the HBOOT

Can someone just confirm that this is the correct process for updating the HBOOT on my HTC One X from 0.95 to 1.3x (I'm unsure about step 5 & 6)
1. Determine the CID of my phone using
Code:
fastboot oem readcid
The phone reports
Code:
cid: HTC__001
which according to this means it is a HTC-WWE.
2. Download the latest HTC One X ROM from HTCdev which is endeavoru-jb-crc-3.1.10-e8d900a.zip
3. Copy the ROM to the phone
4. Relock the bootloader using
Code:
fastboot oem lock
5. Go into fastboot mode and type
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
6. Flash the new firmware using
Code:
fastboot flash zip endeavoru-jb-crc-3.1.10-e8d900a.zip
On first time running the command will report FAILED, don't panic and just run the command again.
7. Reunlock the bootloader via HTCDev.
8. Flash a custom recovery using
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
9. Download the CM10.1 ROM & extract the boot.img from the zip
10. Boot into recovery & install the ROM
11. Install the Google Addon
12. Boot into boot loader using
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
and use fastboot to flash the boot.img
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
.
13. Use
Code:
fastboot erase cache
14. Reboot and enjoy

Warning
At 2 step, you have to donwload the zip from here and not the source of kernel!!!
And in 6 step you have to use: "fastboot flash zip "name_of_zip.zip"

Don't forget that you will have to unlock your bootloader at the end of all this (assuming you want to do that) and this will probably erase all your data again so back it up, including the SD card.

There is a firmware flashing tool in the development section that makes it easy!

I've found a post here which describes the procedure step by step.
UPDATE HBOOT FOR JB
1. You need your Unlock_bin from htcdev.com to re-unlock ur bootloader so please before u
proceed make sure u have this. Then reboot bootloader, and fire up CMD on your PC (start ->
execute -> cmd) and cd to ur fastboot directory
2. fastboot getvar cid or if it fails fastboot oem readcid will give u the cid of your phone
3. fastboot getvar version-main will give u ur actually RUU version
4. Now we have software version and CID. Time to get our RUU ->
http://androidfiles.org/ruu/?dir=Endeavor
5. Download the RUU for ur Phone (u need a higher or equal version then getvar version-main
reported
6. Place the .exe on ur PC and now we will extract the .zip (the rom.zip what is known as the
RUU) out of the .exe
7. Follow this tutorial: http://www.freeyourandroid.com/guide/extract-rom-from-ruu to get
the .zip out of the .exe
8. rename the .zip to whatever u like and place it in the fastboot folder of ur pc
9. boot phone in bootloader
10. lock bootloader with fastboot oem lock
11. reboot bootloader, and fire up CMD on your PC (start -> execute -> cmd) and cd to ur
fastboot directory.
12. bring phone into RUU mode: fastboot oem rebootRUU
13. fastboot flash zip rom.zip (u extracted and placed it before in ur fastboot folder)
14. In most cases this fails the first time. So redo fastboot flash zip rom.zip (this step costed me
2 hours because i didn´t know that)
15. boot into system when finished and if the version of the RUU isn´t allready on Jellybean
make all necessary OTA updates until u reach latest hboot (1.36, 1.39)
16. place the Unlock.bin which u got long time ago from htcdev.com (and hopefully u haven´t
lost it) in fastboot folder
17. reboot into bootloader
18. fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
19. Ur bootloader is unlocked again
20. Congratz... u sucessfully updated ur hboot
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You can do as you described using the file I linked...
without use a ruu

Guich said:
You can do as you described using the file I linked...
without use a ruu
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Does that mean if you flash the exact matching cid file from your link you don't have to follow the steps above? re relocking the phone and unlocking etc?

Why the heck are you trying to flash the kernel source in fastboot? There are instructions everywhere and in none of them say that you must go near kernel source
If you just want to update Hboot:
1. relock bootloader 'fastboot oem lock'
2. check cid: fastboot getvar cidnum
3. download firmware.zip from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957376
4. in fastboot mode, type: fastboot oem rebootRUU
5. flash the firmware.zip using: fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
6. Reunlock your bootloader: fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_code.bin
7. reflash custom recovery: fastboot flash recovery <name of recovery.img>
If you want to install ROM after:
8. flash boot.img of ROM
9. go to recovery and flash ROM
10. done

det66 said:
Does that mean if you flash the exact matching cid file from your link you don't have to follow the steps above? re relocking the phone and unlocking etc?
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No.
You have to use this procedure, but whit the firmware.zip that you can found at the link i linked, and not whit kernel source.
If you see the OP, you can see that he want upgrade his hboot with kernel source, and he's wrong.
You have to use the firmware.zip that you can found at the link that i have linked.
All the rest of procedure is right

Managed it gents . Now on HBoot 1.39.0000 thank you very much for all your help. Really appreciated:good::good:

HTC One X - T-Mobile

I have a HTC One X which has a T-Mobile firmware, CID: T-MOB005. Several months ago it was not possible to flash this device, has this now changed?

yeah it has....i've got the same CID and the JB firmware has been released

Can you point me i the direction of the right tutorial?
Do I need to S-OFF or change me CID for custom roms?

S-off is not needed, its as we speak even impossible to obtain .....
But you can go here for your firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957376
Read it carefully !

afford ganisava
I found the right firmware, but can't find the instructions.

Rename the .zip to firmware.zip and place it in the fastboot folder
- Boot the phone to the bootloader and relock the bootloader :
Fastboot oem lock
- then put the phone in ruu mode with this command
Fastboot oem rebootRUU
(watch the capitals, this command will put the phone into a black screen with a silver HTC logo)
- then flash the firmware
Fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
- you see the text on the pc screen, when it says OKE you are good. If it failed you reflash the zip right away again.
Then reboot the bootloader, unlock it, flash the custom recovery, make a full wipe and install the new JB of ypur choice and don't forget to flash its boot.img too

[Q] Can I unlock my bootloader again as I have lost the unlock code to upgrade to JB

This is what I need to do to upgrade Hboot from 1.36 to 1.79, so I would get stuck on no 4
Even with the .zip method you'll need to relock/unlock the bootloader. It's NOT flashable in
recovery. Create a new account at htcdev.
Here's how to use the zip:
1. fastboot oem lock
2. fastboot oem rebootRUU
3. fastboot flash zip firmware.zip (do several times if it fails)
4. fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin.
Any help would be great, thanks in advance

lindsey80 said:
This is what I need to do to upgrade Hboot from 1.36 to 1.79, so I would get stuck on no 4
Even with the .zip method you'll need to relock/unlock the bootloader. It's NOT flashable in
recovery. Create a new account at htcdev.
Here's how to use the zip:
1. fastboot oem lock
2. fastboot oem rebootRUU
3. fastboot flash zip firmware.zip (do several times if it fails)
4. fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin.
Any help would be great, thanks in advance
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Htc sends unlock code via email, go searching old mail.
Or sign in at htcdev and follow the steps to have new unlock code.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

lindsey80 said:
This is what I need to do to upgrade Hboot from 1.36 to 1.79, so I would get stuck on no 4
Even with the .zip method you'll need to relock/unlock the bootloader. It's NOT flashable in
recovery. Create a new account at htcdev.
Here's how to use the zip:
1. fastboot oem lock
2. fastboot oem rebootRUU
3. fastboot flash zip firmware.zip (do several times if it fails)
4. fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin.
Any help would be great, thanks in advance
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Yes you can receive a lot of Unlock_token.bin from HTCDEV I take from them 3 for my phone and all of them working. Just go again in htcdev choice unlock bootloader enter with your username and pass fallow the instruction and you will receice new unlock_token.bin it is no problem to register again with the new acount and new mail and again fallow the instruction and you will receive your Unlok_token.bin

[Q]Installed Google Play Edition from RUU, now stuck at Fastboot?

Hi,
So after fighting for hours, I managed to successfully use fastboot flash zip command to RUU the google play edition rom to my phone. However, the tutorial I followed didn't say I needed to match my CID and MID, so now I am stuck at the GPE fastboot bootloader. I can flash a custom recovery (I put TWRP on after the RUU was finished). However, since my phone is stuck at fastboot, I can't transfer any files to it using adb.
What I have: Fastboot, and TWRP recovery. Booting normally brings up Fastboot. Booting to recovery brings up TWRP.
My goal: Change my CID and MID so I can properly RUU the GPE rom to my phone. I think I can change the CID from fastboot but I don't think I can change MID from there.
What do you think? Am I going in the right direction? Did I make a wrong assumption?

In fastboot, you should be able to change you CID running this command:
Code:
fastboot oem writecid GOOGL001
If your MID doesn't start with 0P6B, you need to open the RUU file with a zip explorer program and modify the android-info.txt file inside and add your MID to the list. Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708589

hellhawk741 said:
In fastboot, you should be able to change you CID running this command:
Code:
fastboot oem writecid GOOGL001
If your MID doesn't start with 0P6B, you need to open the RUU file with a zip explorer program and modify the android-info.txt file inside and add your MID to the list. Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708589
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Well I changed my CID and MID according to the thread (I edited the android-info.txt). However when I ran fastboot flash zip it failed with
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
Any ideas? It worked before, which confuses me as to why it's not working now.
EDIT: Nevermind I am an idiot. FAILED (remote: not allowed) means you need to reboot into RUU mode by using fastboot oem rebootRUU. However now I am back to where I started.
I successfully RUUed the Google Play rom, but now my phone only boots to the bootloader and fastboot.

I'm confused by flashing the RUU, if you have an ext SD card you can copy the image there rename it, boot and it will install itself. There is a rooted image available in the Android Development forum by GrafxNYC. I followed his instructions there and it worked perfectly.

Assuming the RUU file is not an exe file, move it to your SD card and rename it to match your MID exactly and reboot into bootloader. It should flash without a problem.

Ive been wrestling with this since last Saturday but I've finally got the GPE rom working. I couldn't tell you what I did, because I've gotten sidetracked and backtracked a bazillion times. I need to make a new thread though, the GPE rom is *extremely* unstable and crashes very frequently

Help a Newbie to rid GPE RUU

Hi folks
I have recently bought a HTC One M8 on ebay which was converted to play edition by the seller using GPE RUU. I know very little about this but would like to attempt to return to stock whilst ensuring no flagged messages are left on.
I have searched and only come across guides that are specific to specific circumstances. Does anyone have or know of a general and safe guide that would work in my case?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks in Advance
Sid

Do you have any idea what version the phone was running before GPe? Can you see the model number at the bottom of the back of the phone?

EddyOS said:
Do you have any idea what version the phone was running before GPe? Can you see the model number at the bottom of the back of the phone?
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model: OP6B100
No idea what it was running before.

OK, going by that ID we can assume it's an EU unbranded handset. Or we can at least we can treat it as such. So, assuming you want to go back to 100% stock Sense (but keep S-OFF) do the following:
First, download the following to your fastboot folder:
4.16.401.10 RUU ZIP - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B17smFr95pleU2NqcVB3NWxoNnM/view (rename it ruu.zip - not ruu.zip.zip)
htc_fastboot.exe - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95897840722646249
1.54.401.5 FW ZIP - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407589439 (rename it firmware.zip)
TWRP - http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/m8/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-m8.img (rename it to recovery.img)
HTC Sync Manager (for the drivers) - http://www.htc.com/uk/support/software/htc-sync-manager.aspx (install it and then uninstall Sync Manager but leave the drivers)
1. First things first, change the CID to Super CID - fastboot oem writecid 11111111
2. Once done, reboot the bootloader to confirm it's showing the Super CID - fastboot reboot-bootloader
3. Once confirmed it's set, we now need to set the right MID in case this was changed by the seller. To do this, we can use TWRP. Flash TWRP (downloaded earlier) - fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
4. Once flashed, boot into TWRP and connect the phone to your PC
5. Once the drivers are installed, make sure the PC sees the phone by typing adb devices
6. So long as it's been shown as a connected device, type adb shell
7. We can now change the MID to the EU unbranded one by using the following command (copy/paste this as it has to be exact)
Code:
echo -ne '\x30\x00\x50\x00\x36\x00\x42\x00\x31\x00\x30\x00\x30\x00\x30\x00\x30' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 bs=1 seek=16384
8. Once done, we can now 'lock' the bootloader using the following command (whilst still in adb shell)
Code:
echo -ne '\x00\x00\x00\x00' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 bs=1 seek=33796
9. And we can also reset the tamper flag at the same time
Code:
echo -ne '\x00' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 bs=1 seek=5314564
10. Once all that is done, type exit to leave adb shell and then reboot the phone into the bootloader through the reboot menu in TWRP
11. Once back at the bootloader, you should find the phone is now 'LOCKED' and it shouldn't say 'TAMPERED' at the top either but should still have the black bootloader interface that the GPe has. We can now set it all back to Sense
12. Reboot the phone into RUU mode - fastboot oem rebootRUU
13. Once in RUU mode, flash the firmware ZIP - fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
14. The process will fail the first time and reboot. Run the same command again once it's rebooted - fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
15. Once finished, reboot the phone to the bootloader to confirm you now have the white 'Sense' bootloader - fastboot reboot-bootloader
16. Assuming it's correctly flashed, reboot back into RUU mode - fastboot oem rebootRUU
17. We can now flash the RUU using the htc_fastboot package - htc_fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
18. Once finished, reboot back to the bootloader one last time - fastboot reboot-bootloader
19. Once back in the bootloader, change the CID to HTC__001 - fastboot oem writecid HTC__001
20. Reboot the bootloader to confirm the change has been successful - fastboot reboot-bootloader
21. Once back at the boot loader, disconnect the phone and boot into recovery and do a factory reset
22. Once the reset finishes, reboot the phone
That should get it all working but any issues obviously let us know

Fastboot folder? I did say i was a newbie! thanks

OK, perhaps it might be worth reading up on fastboot/adb before doing anything as the above isn't for the faint-hearted!
EDIT: I've attached my 'fastboot' folder. Extract it to the root of your C: drive so it's easy to get to. All the commands in my guide are done through a command prompt in Windows starting in that folder, e.g. C:\platform-tools\fastboot oem rebootRUU
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8L4pkbzdlR3Z3dsNGZfSWhCeTA/view

ok, I have installed fastboot adb andi have a folder called adb in my c:. I am now downloading all the items listed above and renaming as appropriate and moving to the folder named adb. am I on the right track?

Getting there. You could've just downloaded/extracted the folder I linked to on your C: drive but as long as the contents is somewhere you can easily find you should be OK

i have the same problem but mine is in a loop.... my htc m8 is an 0P6B700, ive tried to convert it to a lollipop GOOGL001 but it didnt work... and i am stuck in bootloader.... i have already installed the twrp 2.8... and i have the working the fastboot in my pc... but i dont know what to do....
i want to install a lollipop rom.. but its ok if i need back to stock.
Any help will be appreciated
thanks.

tonytdc1000 said:
i have the same problem but mine is in a loop.... my htc m8 is an 0P6B700, ive tried to convert it to a lollipop GOOGL001 but it didnt work... and i am stuck in bootloader.... i have already installed the twrp 2.8... and i have the working the fastboot in my pc... but i dont know what to do....
i want to install a lollipop rom.. but its ok if i need back to stock.
Any help will be appreciated
thanks.
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Please start your own thread rather than hijacking someone else's, and also post your output from fastboot getvar all so we can work out what's best to get you back up and running

I know your getting help here, but...Can I ask..
When you bought the One M8 on eBay, did the ad or photos say you were buying an M8 unlocked and Converted from Sense to GPE.
If Not, you do know youve been sold an incorrect product and you have a case against the seller for false advertising, so save yoursewlf the issues, exersize your rights and send it back.
Plus, you say you are new to flashing / unlocking, so if you brick this M8, you dont have any returns room.
Just wanted to say that and hope it helps. Good Luck

EddyOS said:
Please start your own thread rather than hijacking someone else's, and also post your output from fastboot getvar all so we can work out what's best to get you back up and running
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Ok i will... thanks

EddyOS said:
Getting there. You could've just downloaded/extracted the folder I linked to on your C: drive but as long as the contents is somewhere you can easily find you should be OK
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Hi Eddy
Thanks for all your support, i have successfuly completed step 1, 2 and 3. Now I need some assistance in flashing TWRP. How do i do this and what do i use?
regards

3 was flashing TWRP so if you've done that you now enter recovery via the bootloader.