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Hey guys,
fairly new to this all and it seems I have messed up at some point...
I managed to root my phone and i do have TWRP on it and wanted to install a rom (blade elite 1.1). went into bootloader and flashed the boot.img with the tool, then went into recovery, cleared all the caches/factory reset/system and flashed the rom which i had previously copied onto my sd card. then i pressed reboot. It didnt start up for a few minutes so i kind of panicked and went into recovery again. I had made a backup previously, which I then restored. But it's still stuck on the screen where it sais htc one on the white screen with the beats audio thing on the bottom... Waited for around 20 mins. I can still get into recovery, so I'm hoping not all hope is lost.
What do I do now? :/ Do I have to flash the stock kernel or something first before I can restore with twrp?
Please help :/ I kinda really need my phone...
Oh yeah I forgot one thing. The tool said "error: device not found" in the first cmd window when I flashed the kerel, but when I clicked it away a second one popped up and it said it flashed correctly. It did the same thing when I flashed twrp and thats definitely on my phone, so Im guessing it has flashed the kernel correctly. Just thought I'd mention that.
fastboot getvar version-main
gave me:
2.17.401.2
aaaalright.
I installed fastboot, found the correct ruu for my device, relocked the bootloader and installed the ruu and my phone is now up and running again! and i feel like a genius :S
however! something went wrong and I would like to know where my mistake was. i still want that custom rom!
since i installed the ruu, that means everything is gone again right? no unlocked bootloader, no root, no twrp? so ill just use the tool again to get that back?
quick question for that. will i need a new token id and register again, or can i use the old one?
its 5:30am here and i'll need to get some sleep now... maybe i can get it tomorrow. still appreciating any help !
Your hboot is to low, you need to update. Since you used the ruu, go into settings - about menu and update the phone with the software update utility.
You are still on ICS and need to update to JB.
You can also update your Hboot yourself by check your cid number using this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsIm9yZy50cml0b25zb2Z0LmNpZGdldHRlciJd
Finding the Hboot to match your cid number here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957376
And upgrade your Hboot manually or by using a tool like this one here (you'll need to put the correct Hboot in the relevent folder of the app first!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1924003
Read through the full guide and comments first before proceeding!
Hope this helps.
Easiest is to update with the official ota now as he already installed the ruu
And yes you can use the old unlock code again
StreamOfLife said:
aaaalright.
I installed fastboot, found the correct ruu for my device, relocked the bootloader and installed the ruu and my phone is now up and running again! and i feel like a genius :S
however! something went wrong and I would like to know where my mistake was. i still want that custom rom!
since i installed the ruu, that means everything is gone again right? no unlocked bootloader, no root, no twrp? so ill just use the tool again to get that back?
quick question for that. will i need a new token id and register again, or can i use the old one?
its 5:30am here and i'll need to get some sleep now... maybe i can get it tomorrow. still appreciating any help !
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You can use the original Token they sent you. No need to go through the whole HTCDev process again :good:
You guuuuuys, it worked !!
Thanks a bunch! Was totally easy with the ota update too, very smart!
Good ! Enjoy
CASE CLOSED !
Please can anybody help, i havent got a clue about flashing my phone and have searched all over but cant get my head round it, please could somebody explain all the steps i need to do to get my phone back to how i had it.
My htc m8 said that i could update my software from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3 so i did and now my camera has become rubbish, i am dissapointed with it, i have done a factory reset and it is still the same.
I have found the software on this site that i think i need which is stock recovery 1.54.401.10 recovery.img.
My phone is an unlocked uk model bought from phones4u.
Could someone please explain to me how to put this rom on my phone, i have had a real good search but cant make sense of it all. It would be great if someone could explain it to me in a simple form.
All help is much appreciated.
Regards
Mick..
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Please can anybody help, i havent got a clue about flashing my phone and have searched all over but cant get my head round it, please could somebody explain all the steps i need to do to get my phone back to how i had it.
My htc m8 said that i could update my software from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3 so i did and now my camera has become rubbish, i am dissapointed with it, i have done a factory reset and it is still the same.
I have found the software on this site that i think i need which is stock recovery 1.54.401.10 recovery.img.
My phone is an unlocked uk model bought from phones4u.
Could someone please explain to me how to put this rom on my phone, i have had a real good search but cant make sense of it all. It would be great if someone could explain it to me in a simple form.
All help is much appreciated.
Regards
Mick..
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so you have never unlocked the bootloader? got root? s-off? any of these things? its just a new untouched phone?
romy134 said:
so you have never unlocked the bootloader? got root? s-off? any of these things? its just a new untouched phone?
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Yes that is correct, never touched it
deadclever said:
Yes that is correct, never touched it
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First of all if the only problem you have is the camera you may want to see if you can fix that with some tweeks to the camera app, or send it in to HTC for repair if you have a warranty before going down this road.
but if you rather give this a try there is a couple of post and youtube videos you can look at. most importantly you will need to know some information about your phone. cid number what versions hboot and stuff before you start trying stuff.
here is a link to stock backups
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
but first you will need to unlock you bootloader, root your phone, and get S-off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/vomerguides-m8-bootldr-unlock-s-off-t2800727
Here is a good video on how to do these if your a visual learner but watch it first and see if you feel comfortable doing all of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHFcGvUjwA
He doesn't need s-off, and also no need to root it......It's not mandatory.
Unlock the bootloader
Flash a custom recovery
Make a full nandroid backup
Restore the older stock backup that matches your main version number.
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He doesn't need s-off, and also no need to root it......It's not mandatory.
Unlock the bootloader
Flash a custom recovery
Make a full nandroid backup
Restore the older stock backup that matches your main version number.
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you only need s-off to change firmware if the cid# dosent match is that how it works?
romy134 said:
you only need s-off to change firmware if the cid# dosent match is that how it works?
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S-off like a god mode,you can read and write partitions that are normally locked, and indeed do things like you described above. But as you only want a lower version of your stock rom i would not take it that far.
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S-off like a god mode,you can read and write partitions that are normally locked, and indeed do things like you described above. But as you only want a lower version of your stock rom i would not take it that far.
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Hi everybody. Thanks for the info. My cid is htc__001
Managed to understand the flashing part just dont know now how to get s_off
What is ghe eaziest way for me.?
Its definitely not a fault with my camera it is the new firmware that i upgraded to that is my problem. I only did it cos i thiught the camera would be even better. Oh my god what a mistake. Uless i keep the phone super steady my pics and videos are a bit blurry. Before the update it took sharp pics and vids even if moving the phone. I could also take vids of fast moving stuff like fairground rides and when i played them back on phone i could pause them anywherep in the vid and the pause was always super sharp.
I have already had the issue with the coating coming off the camera lens but i took all that off and fixed that issue.
So yes thanks for your time guys and i would appreciate the bestest easiest way to take s off
Thanks
Look for firewater. When firewater fails you need sunshine. Those are the only 2 options to gain s-off !
Here is a video you can watch. make sure you watch the whole thing first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Hlms1BuPg
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Here is a video you can watch. make sure you watch the whole thing first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Hlms1BuPg
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Hi
Ive been doing some good searching and people are saying that i dont need s_off to flash a stock recovery rom to my phone and that i only need unlock.
I have unlocked it at htc dev and i have tried flashing the stock rom image using fastboot and clearing the cache but no changes on my phone.
Somebody also said that i needed to flash a nandroid backup first but when i download the philz touchwiz one i dont know what to do with it?
Any help please, this is a lot more complicated than i bargained for.
Cheers
Read my thread better, also post #2. It's described there what to do with a nandroid backup !
Mr Hofs said:
Read my thread better, also post #2. It's described there what to do with a nandroid backup !
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Hi Mr Hofs
I dont mean to contradict but in your first post you said i didnt need s_off and a bit later you said i needed firewater so i could get s_off.
Im really confused, do i need s_off to flash a stock rom to an earlier version, do i need to flash one of the nandroids first like you said and then flash the stock, if so i didnt see where your thread was telling me how to flash a nandroid rom.
Im sorry if i am coming across as a bit thick but the info i am getting from everyone on the net does loads of contradicting and makes it very confusing.
Cheers
Mick..
No you do not need S-OFF to flash a lower version of software. what you need in total is :
1: unlocked bootloader
2: the custom recovery which the nandroid is made with
3: the nandroid backup that matches your software but a lower version (probably the 1.54 base)
4: unpack the nandroid backup to the respective folder on the internal memory
5: perform a full wipe in the recovery (NOT the sdcard/internal memory of course)
6: restore the nandroid and reboot to check it works
7: flash back the stock htc recovery to enable OTA again (if you wish to upgrade in the future)
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No you do not need S-OFF to flash a lower version of software. what you need in total is :
1: unlocked bootloader
2: the custom recovery which the nandroid is made with
3: the nandroid backup that matches your software but a lower version (probably the 1.54 base)
4: unpack the nandroid backup to the respective folder on the internal memory
5: perform a full wipe in the recovery (NOT the sdcard/internal memory of course)
6: restore the nandroid and reboot to check it works
7: flash back the stock htc recovery to enable OTA again (if you wish to upgrade in the future)
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Oh dear, i know you are going to think im stupid but i don't fully understand what you mean, are you saying that the nandroid that i downloaded which is 2014-06-02.16.15.49_KOT49H_release-keys, that i put this folder on my sd card?
Then are you saying that i do a wipe using fastboot on my computer or fastboot on the phone?
Then how do i do restore the nandroid?
deadclever said:
Oh dear, i know you are going to think im stupid but i don't fully understand what you mean, are you saying that the nandroid that i downloaded which is 2014-06-02.16.15.49_KOT49H_release-keys, that i put this folder on my sd card?
Then are you saying that i do a wipe using fastboot on my computer or fastboot on the phone?
Then how do i do restore the nandroid?
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That's why i wrote all that in my thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
i am not repeating what's already written
Ok i will have a real good look at that link, i didn't realise that you had a thread detailing it all, obviousley i wouldn't expect you to repeat yourself so i will try and understand the stuff in the link, fingers crossed i might get somewhere.
Really wish i hadn't done the update, can't believe it knacked my camera, thats the main reason i got the htc m8 for the camera, and it was great before the bleeding update to 4.4.3.
I do appreciate you helping, dint realise it would be so daunting.
Cheers
Mick..
deadclever said:
Ok i will have a real good look at that link, i didn't realise that you had a thread detailing it all, obviousley i wouldn't expect you to repeat yourself so i will try and understand the stuff in the link, fingers crossed i might get somewhere.
Really wish i hadn't done the update, can't believe it knacked my camera, thats the main reason i got the htc m8 for the camera, and it was great before the bleeding update to 4.4.3.
I do appreciate you helping, dint realise it would be so daunting.
Cheers
Mick..
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it's all pretty logical, don't think to far outside the box. Getting the files in the correct place is the hardest part, flashing is easy
Mr Hofs said:
it's all pretty logical, don't think to far outside the box. Getting the files in the correct place is the hardest part, flashing is easy
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Hello Again
Ok i think im getting it, i can now boot the phone using phils touchwiz, comes up with the interface but for the life in me i cant make it backup or restore from where i want.
I did a backup and it saved it to the phones internal storage but i cant see the backup using any file managers but it is there if i try to restore the backup using the interface.
Long story short i cant make it find the files i want to restore, i have changed the path in the settings but just cant get it to work.
Please please help.
Cheers
Ok so real quick….I'm not tech savvy. I usually get the new HTC One, watch a youtube tutorial, and install ViperROM. This time around I get to the finish line and I keep getting the same "set_perm failed" …..I tried twrp hima 2.8.6.4 …still the same problem. I'm ready to give up. Please help me
We need more details.. Is your phone s-off? Also did you flash the correct firmware? And is your bootloader unlocked.
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Ok so real quick….I'm not tech savvy. I usually get the new HTC One, watch a youtube tutorial, and install ViperROM. This time around I get to the finish line and I keep getting the same "set_perm failed" …..I tried twrp hima 2.8.6.4 …still the same problem. I'm ready to give up. Please help me
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What exactly is "the finish line"? Like @bigp951 said, we need more details. Please list everything you've done to this point and exactly what you're doing that returns that error.
I'm no expert but the process i used was.
- Get phone, Unlock bootloader via htcdev, (hadnt realise the sunshine apk does both unlocking bootloader and s-off at the time >< doh!), then s-off using sunshine, flash custom recovery via fastboot, flash superSU and install superSU apk for root, flash 1.40.401.x firmware with fastboot, flash viper rom (i had to do this twice as the first time an error came up which was helpfully listed in the troubleshooting section of the dev's post for viper, boom, it was all done. Backed up for safety
hope that helps you get to the source of the error.
when you say you flashed supersu and then installed supersu apk, what does that mean? I ask because when you flash the beta-superSu it installs the apk for you. But then again you had to be rooted to get s-off (someone correct me if I am wrong). Also, did you check the md5 before you tried to flash? Did you file a ticket with team viper? What was the error that showed up on the first failed attempt? Did you post on the viperonem9 thread and ask them for help? what is your cid and mid? supercid may help... and what is the current state of the phone? Is it still working?? Can you go into recovery? Still lots of questions.
If you want a clean slate to start over with find the CORRECT RUU and run it. Then you will be stock all over again (disclaimer--Find the RUU thread and follow instructions completely).
Obviously I am no expert either. I just run through the troubleshooting list when problems arise. But I try to help or point you in the direction of someone who can.
EDIT- there is also a newer official version of twrp for the m9. As @jollywhitefoot asked, you did not state what the finish line is nor what you were doing to return the error. If you installed the rom and made a backup than it sounds like the phone was working...
bigp951 said:
when you say you flashed supersu and then installed supersu apk, what does that mean? I ask because when you flash the beta-superSu it installs the apk for you. But then again you had to be rooted to get s-off (someone correct me if I am wrong). Also, did you check the md5 before you tried to flash? Did you file a ticket with team viper? What was the error that showed up on the first failed attempt? Did you post on the viperonem9 thread and ask them for help? what is your cid and mid? supercid may help... and what is the current state of the phone? Is it still working?? Can you go into recovery? Still lots of questions.
If you want a clean slate to start over with find the CORRECT RUU and run it. Then you will be stock all over again (disclaimer--Find the RUU thread and follow instructions completely).
Obviously I am no expert either. I just run through the troubleshooting list when problems arise. But I try to help or point you in the direction of someone who can.
EDIT- there is also a newer official version of twrp for the m9. As @jollywhitefoot asked, you did not state what the finish line is nor what you were doing to return the error. If you installed the rom and made a backup than it sounds like the phone was working...
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Seems like this was a waste of time drive by. For someone "screaming for help" you would think they would reply when someone tries to help them.
maybe he's asleep...lol
jollywhitefoot said:
Seems like this was a waste of time drive by. For someone "screaming for help" you would think they would reply when someone tries to help them.
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yeah, I know what you mean they ask a question and disappear for 2 days LOL
or he's thrown the phone under a bus and hates us all!!!! >< either way, there is a lot of helpful tips and tricks to be found in these forums. I think as mentioned above a good idea may be to try to return fully to stock and start again.... carefully following each step to the letter.
tomorio said:
or he's thrown the phone under a bus and hates us all!!!!
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Is that an "uh-oh" moment? lol gotta love that uh-oh protection
bigp951 said:
Is that an "uh-oh" moment? lol gotta love that uh-oh protection
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RIP OP
Hi
Please can anyone help please?
Got a HTC One M8 on o2. I installed a custom rom (Viper One) and used it fine for over a year.
I've since changed to a S6 edge and wanted to revert my old phone back to stock rom unrooted.
In doing so I messed up!!!
I'm now stuck with a handset, everything wiped (including the operating system and backups)
I have TWRP recovery and need to re-install stock rom.
Can anyone help?
Thank you
This section is absolutely filled with the same question.
Have a GOOD read here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3086860
Ah right sorry, thanks... Will check it out
bah77 said:
I'm now stuck with a handset, everything wiped (including the operating system and backups)
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If I'm understanding you correctly, you wiped the OS, not realizing it would cause your phone to be without . . . an operating system?
NO, the operating was wiped by accident
bah77 said:
NO, the operating was wiped by accident
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Well the easiest way without going through any hassle to fix your phone and make it Stock/Like Brand New is to run a RUU.
I will explain how to do this process with a PC and you should be good to go :good:
1. Download HTC drivers for your PC if you haven't already Here, install and uninstall HTC Sync Manager while KEEPING "HTC Driver Installer".
2. Download the RUU that best matches your phone Here, you can possibly find a O2 RUU on xda but I did not find one my self for you unfortunately, otherwise if your phone is a GSM variant phone you can flash the international RUU from Here (Instructions would be different in this case)
3. Get your phone into bootloader by TWRP or if your phone is off then hold down VOL DOWN and POWER BUTTON at the same time until HBOOT shows up.
4. Plug your device via USB into the computer and verify that you see "Fastboot USB" on your phone's screen.
5. Run the RUU .exe file, I recommend you "Run as Administrator".
6. Follow the on screen instructions and sit back 10-20 minutes as your phone becomes brand new, do not interupt the process or you could have a permanent phone brick.
bah77 said:
Ah right sorry, thanks... Will check it out
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Is your problem fixed ? Do you still need a RUU for this ? Or the TWRP backup that you found in that link is good enough ?
Sorry not had time to try yet but hoping to in the next day or two
Thanks for the help guys, will let you know how i get on
bah77 said:
wanted to revert my old phone back to stock rom unrooted.
In doing so I messed up!!!
I'm now stuck with a handset, everything wiped (including the operating system and backups)
I have TWRP recovery and need to re-install stock rom.
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Seems (from the vague description) that a few things went wrong:
1) You may have been proceeding without the proper knowledge of how to return to stock, and at least somewhat, "making it up" as you went along or "experimenting". This is not the proper way to go about things when modding (or in this case "unmodding") a phone. Stick to specific instructions and guides, as already pointed out the process to return to stock is well documented.
2) No degree of wiping or factory resets is going to restore a stock ROM, if you have a custom ROM installed (if that is what you were trying to do); which is a somewhat common misconception. Also, wiping things without understanding the result is a bad idea. The Wipe options are called "Advanced" for a reason. If you don't understand what it is (or the results of wiping it) than don't do it.
The process to return to working stock has been outlined by others. But if you want more specific help, you will need to do a getvar all and post the output (being sure to delete your IMEI and serial number, as those are personal info) so we can better determine the way forward. But in summary, you have 2 choices:
a) Relock the bootloader and run the proper RUU, of one exists for your CID version.
b) Restore the stock nandroid that corresponds to your CID and main version (firmware), then flash the correct corresponding stock recovery.
Been stuck like this for 40 minutes
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Been stuck like this for 40 minutes
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What did you do ?
Do you have right RUU ? Can you give the RUU name that you are using ?
I saw you use a ROM.zip .. AFAIK your O2 RUU is an exe file.
You also need USB 2.0 and latest HTC USB Drivers installed.
Do i need to re lock the bootloader first?
Discussion has resumes here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/htc-one-m8-brick-t3243115
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Hi members , I have an HTC one M8 , which I believe is bricked after a system update , I have spent hours on this forums and have
understood lot of things but still unable to get my phone back to Stock state (I'm happy with that)....Please help me any help appreciated
I can get into fastboot via my macbook , I had unlocked my bootloader now it's relocked....I'm new to this so please bear with me..
cid id TELST001
Mid 0P6B11000
Thanks in advance
Help with Stock ROM
Bumping the thread , Hi members more detailed description of the issue if it helps....please any advice is appreciated
after the update last week the phone HTC one M8 got stuck on HTC screen but I can do into bootloader and can access phone through fastboot
I tried several steps from thread by member ckpv5 (thank you!!)but still nothing , I did flash the firmware and it was successful but still..I think i'll need a ROM flashed...
Phone has S-ON..is there a way now to do S-OFF ? I was able to unlock bootloader. I tried following steps from following thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
but I am unable to flash twrp-xxxxxx.img from fastboot , I get an error verification failed..
cid TELST001
MID 0P6B11000
Thanks
gbin1979 said:
Bumping the thread , Hi members more detailed description of the issue if it helps....please any advice is appreciated
after the update last week the phone HTC one M8 got stuck on HTC screen but I can do into bootloader and can access phone through fastboot
I tried several steps from thread by member ckpv5 (thank you!!)but still nothing , I did flash the firmware and it was successful but still..I think i'll need a ROM flashed...
Phone has S-ON..is there a way now to do S-OFF ? I was able to unlock bootloader. I tried following steps from following thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
but I am unable to flash twrp-xxxxxx.img from fastboot , I get an error verification failed..
cid TELST001
MID 0P6B11000
Thanks
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If you tell the firmware version which you flashed, it is easy to tell the way to stock. s-off is not a problem, if you can spend 25$. if your expectation is only go to a updated stock, it is not necessary to s-off. If your bootloader is not unlocked, twrp can't be installed. If your firmware is up to date, it is okay to make bootloader unlocked.
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If you tell the firmware version which you flashed, it is easy to tell the way to stock. s-off is not a problem, if you can spend 25$. if your expectation is only go to a updated stock, it is not necessary to s-off. If your bootloader is not unlocked, twrp can't be installed. If your firmware is up to date, it is okay to make bootloader unlocked.
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Thanks for your reply , I have managed to fix the phone and to take it to stock state...I was trying to install twrp with bootloader locked , once I unlocked it everything else was smooth...many thanks to ckpv5 for the thread below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-...-twrp-t3086860
i need mmcblk0.img of this model. can anyone please extract it and upload. tyvm
Jbazt_katuforzs said:
i need mmcblk0.img of this model. can anyone please extract it and upload. tyvm
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What you are asking for sounds kinda sketchy. If someone were to backup and share their mmcblk0 partition with you, you would have everything written to their internal storage in there.
I might be wrong with this, but I don't think I am.
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What you are asking for sounds kinda sketchy. If someone were to backup and share their mmcblk0 partition with you, you would have everything written to their internal storage in there.
I might be wrong with this, but I don't think I am.
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Ikr but I'm not after the personal files. My M8 died and recognized as usb qdloader 9008. No fastboot, no recovery, black screen no signs of life. I need the dumped mmcblk and try to kickstart hboot via SD or linux so I can flash its RUU. And if it'll be a success I will post the procedure how i revived it that can serve as a reference for others who may encounter same problem.
if its with privacy issue then i dont mind a dump of a fresh factory reset phone.