Possible Brick on International One M8/Boot Loop - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was trying to convert my 5.0.1 GPE (already converted a couple months ago) back to Sense using the MaximusHD ROM and following the Youtube guide below.
All went well until I flashed firmware 1.54.401.5, found in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733523). Now, the phone only reboots to the red exclamation mark every few minutes and the only thing I can do is Volume up + Power into the stock Android recovery. I'm not sure if it's possible to even power off since it only reboots to the red exclamation. ADB also does not detect the device in stock recovery, although the "device connected" tone plays through my PC speakers
Is there any solution to this? Any help would be appreciated.

Rango85 said:
I was trying to convert my 5.0.1 GPE (already converted a couple months ago) back to Sense using the MaximusHD ROM and following the Youtube guide below.
All went well until I flashed firmware 1.54.401.5, found in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733523). Now, the phone only reboots to the red exclamation mark every few minutes and the only thing I can do is Volume up + Power into the stock Android recovery. I'm not sure if it's possible to even power off since it only reboots to the red exclamation. ADB also does not detect the device in stock recovery, although the "device connected" tone plays through my PC speakers
Is there any solution to this? Any help would be appreciated.
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Red eclamation mark is stock recovery, volume up and power to access the menu, so its normal, complete the rest of returning to stock, just follow that guide, not the youtube video.
After firmware flash
Boot into stock recovery
Factory reset
Reboot into bootloader
Flash TWRP recovery - command = fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.2-m8.img (The must match exactly the name of the recovery you are flashing and remember the recovery file must be in your android folder)
Boot into TWRP
Go into Wipe menu
do a full factory reset wipe
Reboot back into recovery
Install rom
Profit

Seanie280672 said:
Red eclamation mark is stock recovery, so its normal, complete the rest of returning to stock, just follow that guide, not the youtube video.
After firmware flash
Boot into stock recovery
Factory reset
Reboot into bootloader
Flash TWRP - command = fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.2-m8.img (The must match exactly the name of the recovery you are flashing and remember the recovery file must be in your android folder)
Boot into TWRP
Go into Wipe menu
do a full factory reset wipe
Reboot back into recovery
Install rom
Profit
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How do I get into bootloader if the phone is constantly boot looping to a red exclamation?

Rango85 said:
How do I get into bootloader if the phone is constantly boot looping?
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just hold volume down + volume up + power until the phone goes off, takes about 15 to 20 seconds to go off, then quickly release all 3 buttons and hold volume down only until in the phone boots to the bootloader.

Seanie280672 said:
just hold volume down + volume up + power until the phone goes off, takes about 15 to 20 seconds to go off, then quickly release all 3 buttons and hold volume down only until in the phone boots to the bootloader.
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It worked! Now in bootloader, gonna flash recovery now and post an update.

Seanie280672 said:
just hold volume down + volume up + power until the phone goes off, takes about 15 to 20 seconds to go off, then quickly release all 3 buttons and hold volume down only until in the phone boots to the bootloader.
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Ok, I flashed the latest TWRP file (twrp-2.8.6.0-m8.img) in Fastboot but when I try to boot into TWRP, it stalls on the "Entering Recovery" screen. Any ideas as to what is causing this?

Rango85 said:
Ok, I flashed the latest TWRP file (twrp-2.8.6.0-m8.img) in Fastboot but when I try to boot into TWRP, it stalls on the "Entering Recovery" screen. Any ideas as to what is causing this?
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fastboot flash recovery recovery name.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now try enter recovery again.

Seanie280672 said:
fastboot flash recovery recovery name.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now try enter recovery again.
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Same problem . I can, however, browse my internal storage and micro sd card on my PC in the stalled "Entering Recovery" screen. I can try to flash a stock recovery and then re-try flashing TWRP?
Or are there any alternative methods I can use to get a working OS installed?

Rango85 said:
Same problem . I can, however, browse my internal storage and micro sd card on my PC in the stalled "Entering Recovery" screen. Should I flash a stock recovery and re-try flashing TWRP?
Or are there any alternative methods I can use to get a working OS installed?
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Did you factory reset in stock recovery ?

Seanie280672 said:
Did you factory reset in stock recovery ?
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Yes, I'm afraid.

Rango85 said:
Yes, I'm afraid.
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Strange, try another version of twrp, like the one recommended 2.7.?.?

Thanks man, v2.7.0.2 worked Doing a full factory reset now and will keep you updated.
Ok, update: After a lengthy 1st reboot after the install, I'm finally running the ROM . However, the WiFi doesn't seem to work as well as the camera.
Any solutions to this?

Rango85 said:
Thanks man, v2.7.0.2 worked Doing a full factory reset now and will keep you updated.
Ok, update: After a lengthy 1st reboot after the install, I'm finally running the ROM . However, the WiFi doesn't seem to work as well as the camera.
Any solutions to this?
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First of all, looks like the newer twrp didn't work due to the old first edition firmware and I would say if you have flashed a lollipop rom, it's the same problem, the old 1xxxxx firmware, as your s-off, just update your firmware, I'd recommend flashing a 2xxxx package first, then a 3xxxxx then 4xxxxxx you will then have to flash the latest version of twrp as you'll have stock recovery back on your phone.
Firmware is here -
http://xda7.androidrevolution.org/db_mirror/Firmware/index.php?dir=HTC/HTC_One_M8/401/

Seanie280672 said:
First of all, looks like the newer twrp didn't work due to the old first edition firmware and I would say if you have flashed a lollipop rom, it's the same problem, the old 1xxxxx firmware, as your s-off, just update your firmware, I'd recommend flashing a 2xxxx package first, then a 3xxxxx then 4xxxxxx you will then have to flash the latest version of twrp as you'll have stock recovery back on your phone.
Firmware is here -
http://xda7.androidrevolution.org/db_mirror/Firmware/index.php?dir=HTC/HTC_One_M8/401/
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I ended up installing a stock rooted Lollipop 5.1 ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706441) instead of MaximusHD. Camera is now functional and everything appears to run fine EXCEPT for the WiFi which simply won't turn on to scan available networks. Might update the firmware to 4xxxxxxx a bit later, but wouldn't that wipe the OS again?

Rango85 said:
I ended up installing a stock Lollipop 5.1 ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706441) instead of MaximusHD. Camera is now functional and everything appears to run fine EXCEPT for the WiFi which simply won't turn on to scan available networks. Might update the firmware to 4xxxxxxx a bit later, but wouldn't that wipe the OS again?
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If you ran a stock ruu then your firmware should of gone to the latest, just noticed you ran a gpe ruu, I thought you were trying to get back to sense ?

Seanie280672 said:
If you ran a stock ruu then your firmware should of gone to the latest, just noticed you ran a gpe ruu, I thought you were trying to get back to sense ?
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I converted to GPE RUU w/ OTA updates from stock Sense back in January of this year. Only yesterday I've decided to convert back to Sense using a ROM based on it (MaximusHD in this case) and ran into these problems. I then installed a 5.1 ROM instead (not 5.1 RUU) from graffix's thread last night when I installed the TWRP 2.7.
So correct me if I'm wrong, the method is (in bootloader):
fastboot oem rebootRUU
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then
fastboot flash zip 4.16.401.10.zip
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Correct?

Rango85 said:
I converted to GPE RUU w/ OTA updates from stock Sense back in January of this year. Only yesterday I've decided to convert back to Sense using a ROM based on it (MaximusHD in this case) and ran into these problems. I then installed a 5.1 ROM instead (not 5.1 RUU) from graffix's thread last night when I installed the TWRP 2.7.
So correct me if I'm wrong, the method is (in bootloader):
then
Correct?
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Yes that's correct, but don't forget to run the flash command twice as the first time will fail, however, that is a sense firmware not a gpe firmware.
You were doing alright with your convert back to sense and just needed to flash the latest firmware to bring your phone up to speed.

Seanie280672 said:
Yes that's correct, but don't forget to run the flash command twice as the first time will fail, however, that is a sense firmware not a gpe firmware.
You were doing alright with your convert back to sense and just needed to flash the latest firmware to bring your phone up to speed.
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I understand, but if I want to use a 5.1 GPE ROM (like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706441); is it ok to use the 4.16.401.10 firmware or would I need another GPE specific firmware?

Rango85 said:
I understand, but if I want to use a 5.1 GPE ROM (like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706441); is it ok to use the 4.16.401.10 firmware or would I need another GPE specific firmware?
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I'd recommend the gpe firmware.

Seanie280672 said:
I'd recommend the gpe firmware.
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Is there any link to the GPE firmware? There's so many files when I do a search that I don't know which specific one is needed.
EDIT 1: 4.16.401.10 seemed to work fine and I also managed to update to the latest TWRP recovery.
EDIT 2: The OS took quite some time to reboot after the first install but I'm inside 5.1 now and WiFi seems to work

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{full proof method of not getting bricked cause of battery}

as i have seen many threads stating that in the custom recovery one cannot charge the phone, so i thought why not use the stock recovery after flashing the rom!!
1. i flashed a custom rom in the custom recovery
2. after the first boot, i went to the hboot and flashed the stock recovery
3.restarted the phone and booted back to the custom rom, no reboots, no hangs what so ever, rom booted normally
4. switched my phone off from the bootloader to check if it works and voila it is charging !!!!
5.to flash a custom Rom just flash a custom recovery in the fastboot
i do know that you have to flash a recovery every time you flash a custom rom but till a proper fix is found it is better to do this than depend on your luck
Edit: (credits to cpv5 for this info)Make sure you don't go to recovery when you're on stock recovery as it will wipe everything on your phone & virtual sdcard and you will be back to setup screen again.
gunswordx said:
as i have seen many threads stating that in the custom recovery one cannot charge the phone, so i thought why not use the stock recovery after flashing the rom!!
1. i flashed a custom rom in the custom recovery
2. after the first boot, i went to the hboot and flashed the stock recovery
3.restarted the phone and booted back to the custom rom, no reboots, no hangs what so ever, rom booted normally
4. switched my phone off from the bootloader to check if it works and voila it is charging !!!!
i do know that you have to flash a recovery every time you flash a custom rom but till a proper fix is found it is better to do this than depend on your luck
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I've done that now, ta for that.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA Premium HD app
gunswordx said:
as i have seen many threads stating that in the custom recovery one cannot charge the phone, so i thought why not use the stock recovery after flashing the rom!!
1. i flashed a custom rom in the custom recovery
2. after the first boot, i went to the hboot and flashed the stock recovery
3.restarted the phone and booted back to the custom rom, no reboots, no hangs what so ever, rom booted normally
4. switched my phone off from the bootloader to check if it works and voila it is charging !!!!
i do know that you have to flash a recovery every time you flash a custom rom but till a proper fix is found it is better to do this than depend on your luck
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even better is that once you have done the OTA update to 1.28 you get the new Hboot which can boot properly so you never have to replace the stock recovery. just fastboot boot recovery.img if you need to change rom or nandroid
I dont think that the 1.28 Hboot has fixed the fastboot boot commands...
You can fastboot boot a recovery? not just a boot.img?
broncogr said:
I dont think that the 1.28 Hboot has fixed the fastboot boot commands...
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it has because i have used it
flakz0r said:
You can fastboot boot a recovery? not just a boot.img?
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and yes, you can boot a recovery aswell as a boot.img
bagofcrap24 said:
it has because i have used it
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Very interesting, seems to be working for recoveries here as well (s-on unlocked hboot 0.94).
I'm really interested if this works properly for zImages as well. I thought PaulOBrein was working with htc for a solution for this "fastboot boot" though? Maybe some parts ain't working?
This is a great tip, thanks!
and is it just me, or does adb work when fastboot booting clockwork with the stock recovery flashed?!
bagofcrap24 said:
it has because i have used it
and yes, you can boot a recovery aswell as a boot.img
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Are you using windows to fastboot boot or linux?
broncogr said:
Are you using windows to fastboot boot or linux?
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Just tested it here, works on both host-machine types
It also lead to a nice find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594819&page=21
gunswordx said:
as i have seen many threads stating that in the custom recovery one cannot charge the phone, so i thought why not use the stock recovery after flashing the rom!!
1. i flashed a custom rom in the custom recovery
2. after the first boot, i went to the hboot and flashed the stock recovery
3.restarted the phone and booted back to the custom rom, no reboots, no hangs what so ever, rom booted normally
4. switched my phone off from the bootloader to check if it works and voila it is charging !!!!
i do know that you have to flash a recovery every time you flash a custom rom but till a proper fix is found it is better to do this than depend on your luck
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I just add further note on your question here
See the edit part.
Thanks a ton ckpv5
Has a question here, how do we flash stock recovery in hboot? I only know the way of flashing stock recovery via fastboot with the command of "fastboot flash recovery [recovery name].img*
Is my way wrong or there is some other way?
Where do I get stock recovery from? Tempted to do this until cwm supports charging....
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landwomble said:
Where do I get stock recovery from? Tempted to do this until cwm supports charging....
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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You can get it from the link below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24738635&postcount=1
Btw bro, wanna ask if you are able to guide me on flashing the stock recovery? Is it the same way as flashing custom recovery?
williamyi said:
You can get it from the link below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24738635&postcount=1
Btw bro, wanna ask if you are able to guide me on flashing the stock recovery? Is it the same way as flashing custom recovery?
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yes same thing. not a single change except from the name
fastboot flash recovery (stock name).img
gunswordx said:
Edit: (credits to cpv5 for this info)Make sure you don't go to recovery when you're on stock recovery as it will wipe everything on your phone & virtual sdcard and you will be back to setup screen again.
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ok so...when you mean this, you are saying that by simply going to hboot and afterwards "recovery", it will wipe it all?! wtf?!
any reason for it?
casca said:
ok so...when you mean this, you are saying that by simply going to hboot and afterwards "recovery", it will wipe it all?! wtf?!
any reason for it?
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Because the stock recovery doesn't have menu like the CWM recovery, so once you choose recovery, the recovery process will run. Not like the CWM recovery, you need to choose which function to run.
So two things can happens when you go to recovery when you're on stock recovery:
1) the recovery will runs and wipe everything on your phone (I tested this)
2) the recovery will runs and there is error where you see the phone logo with red triangle, then you need to shutdown and restart to your current ROM.
ckpv5 said:
Because the stock recovery doesn't have menu like the CWM recovery, so once you choose recovery, the recovery process will run. Not like the CWM recovery, you need to choose which function to run.
So two things can happens when you go to recovery when you're on stock recovery:
1) the recovery will runs and wipe everything on your phone (I tested this)
2) the recovery will runs and there is error where you see the phone logo with red triangle, then you need to shutdown and restart to your current ROM.
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ok, tks for explaining mate
What is the meaning of the error where you see the phone logo with red triangle

[Q] Device won't boot past HTC logo, please help!

Hi, after attempting to flash a custom ROM to my phone I'm experiencing a big problem, the phone will not boot past the HTC screen. This is obviously very frustrating as the phone is pretty much rendered useless.
I am able to get into the HBOOT menu by holding the Power button and Volume Down and from there am able to select Recovery and enter the ClockWork Mod recovery screens. As you can tell I'm a 100% noob and I really just want to revert my phone to a working state. My network is Vodafone UK. I can't find an RUU above version 3.13 which is apparently what I have (so it tries updating 3.13 to 3.13 and obviously fails).
Any help on getting my phone to work again would be very very appreciated, thanks.
VBQ24 said:
Hi, after attempting to flash a custom ROM to my phone I'm experiencing a big problem, the phone will not boot past the HTC screen. This is obviously very frustrating as the phone is pretty much rendered useless.
I am able to get into the HBOOT menu by holding the Power button and Volume Down and from there am able to select Recovery and enter the ClockWork Mod recovery screens. As you can tell I'm a 100% noob and I really just want to revert my phone to a working state. My network is Vodafone UK. I can't find an RUU above version 3.13 which is apparently what I have (so it tries updating 3.13 to 3.13 and obviously fails).
Any help on getting my phone to work again would be very very appreciated, thanks.
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Download a ROM onto your computer, connect to your phone in recovery, mount the sdcard, move the ROM from your computer onto your phone's sdcard, and flash from recovery. No need for RUU.
Dont forget to wipe.
wipe data/factory reset and format all partitions (except sd card) from recovery.
Go to bananagranolas link in her signature, you'll find everything you need there.
Thanks a lot for your help! I was attempting to flash the JellyTime ROM which I understand must have failed to result in my phone not booting properly. Should I flash a stock ROM or will any ROM suffice?
VBQ24 said:
Thanks a lot for your help! I was attempting to flash the JellyTime ROM which I understand must have failed to result in my phone not booting properly. Should I flash a stock ROM or will any ROM suffice?
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As long as you are S-OFF and have a custom recovery (CMW or 4EXT) you are able to flash any custom rom you like. Just make sure that you make a full wipe before the flashing (wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, format system or in 4ext recovery just choose format all partitions except sdcard).
That should leave you up and running again.
Okay great!
I used the HTCDev tools to unlock my boot loader which I understand is different to S-OFF? Could that be while the ROM flashing failed originally?
EDIT: Upon trying to flash the JellyTime AKOP Rom I get a message saying install from SD card complete but it's still stuck at the HTC screen...
VBQ24 said:
Okay great!
I used the HTCDev tools to unlock my boot loader which I understand is different to S-OFF? Could that be while the ROM flashing failed originally?
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If you have an unlocked bootloder, then you have to flash the rom (previous full wipe of course) then reboot bootloader (from advanced options in CWM) and then in fastboot (you should see fastboot usb in red in the phone when plugged to the pc) you have to flash the boot.img inside the rom zip folder.
Extract that file only (not the whole rom) and from a cmd session or terminal as root (located where the boot.img file is) type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Once that is done (you will get OKAY. finished near the bottom) you can reboot normally by typing in cmd fastboot reboot or choosing reboot from hboot.
My bootloader now says RELOCKED, how can I unlock it again? (I'm really sorry about this)
VBQ24 said:
My bootloader now says RELOCKED, how can I unlock it again? (I'm really sorry about this)
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Use the token HTC sent you when u unlocked it. and typing in cmd the fastboot unlock command.
Okay done that, thanks a lot!
I'm now looking in the advanced options of CWM, I can see the option "Reboot Recovery" but no "Reboot Bootloader"?
VBQ24 said:
Okay done that, thanks a lot!
I'm now looking in the advanced options of CWM, I can see the option "Reboot Recovery" but no "Reboot Bootloader"?
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then just turn the phone off (power off option) and then boot with power + volume down
glevitan said:
then just turn the phone off (power off option) and then boot with power + volume down
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Okay, I wiped all partitions, installed JellyTime AOKP, restarted, went into fastboot, extracted/flash boot file and the rebooted phone.
The phone will now progress from the HTC screen but is now stuck on a black screen, Windows tried to install drivers but failed....
VBQ24 said:
Okay, I wiped all partitions, installed JellyTime AOKP, restarted, went into fastboot, extracted/flash boot file and the rebooted phone.
The phone will now progress from the HTC screen but is now stuck on a black screen, Windows tried to install drivers but failed....
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Was the boot.img file flashed successfully?
Yes it said so...
EDIT: Not sure if this is an issue with the ROM of if I'm doing something wrong? I went to the "mounts and storage" section of CWM and clicked all the format options accept sdcard. I then installed ROM, went into fastboot and flashed boot.img, it said OKAY twice then finished. Still stuck at black, backlit screen after HTC screen. ROM is JellyTime by randomblame.
VBQ24 said:
Yes it said so...
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that is weird. Try flashing a different rom then and see what happens. flash the boot image first and then the the rom in recovery.
glevitan said:
that is weird. Try flashing a different rom then and see what happens. flash the boot image first and then the the rom in recovery.
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I've just tried flashing the boot image first and then installing JellyTime AOKP, same black screen. Maybe I should try a Gingerbread ROM? That's the Operating system I had before, is there a known working ROM?
VBQ24 said:
I've just tried flashing the boot image first and then installing JellyTime AOKP, same black screen. Maybe I should try a Gingerbread ROM? That's the Operating system I had before, is there a known working ROM?
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Sorry, have You checked the md5sum of the file? Maybe You have a bad download...if that it Is ok, then try flashing a totally different rom and see what happens.
glevitan said:
Sorry, have You checked the md5sum of the file? Maybe You have a bad download...if that it Is ok, then try flashing a totally different rom and see what happens.
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No I haven't checked the md5sum of the file, how should I go about doing that?
VBQ24 said:
No I haven't checked the md5sum of the file, how should I go about doing that?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fab.md5
EDIT: well, don't I feel stupid. I knew full well from reading that your phone wasn't working, but posted a link to an app. Just not paying attention. Sorry about that.
VBQ24,
You can go back to stock by flashing a stock RUU from your PC.
(Edit: You should relock your bootloader first. you can do so from Hboot. There's an option that says relock bootloader or something like that)
The version of the RUU should be equal or greater to the version that came with your phone. Try this v3.13
However, if you want to flash a custom ROM:
You need to downgrade your device first, get s-off and root, then flash a custom ROM
You need to use the Advanced Ace Hack Kit (AAHK), get it from here.
Make sure to read the manual (called 'effin manual) word by word. There are instructions on how to downgrade.
Follow the instructions, and if you have any questions, ask here.

Please help: RUU GPE back to Sense

I followed greentu's guide and once flashing the sense stock rom from android revolution my M8 just gets stuck on the boot logo (HTC Powered By Android).
Also: following his guide, these steps don't work:
Once complete, type fastboot reboot-bootloader The hyphen is required.
Boot into stock recovery
Factory reset
Reboot into bootloader
When I boot into stock recovery, there is no option to factory reset. It just shows a small logo in the middle of the screen.
Instead of doing this step I proceeded to install TWRP which worked fine and did a factory reset from there and installed my rom.
Boots and get stuck at HTC logo.
BrandonPrice31 said:
I followed greentu's guide and once flashing the sense stock rom from android revolution my M8 just gets stuck on the boot logo (HTC Powered By Android).
Also: following his guide, these steps don't work:
Once complete, type fastboot reboot-bootloader The hyphen is required.
Boot into stock recovery
Factory reset
Reboot into bootloader
When I boot into stock recovery, there is no option to factory reset. It just shows a small logo in the middle of the screen.
Instead of doing this step I proceeded to install TWRP which worked fine and did a factory reset from there and installed my rom.
Boots and get stuck at HTC logo.
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Yeah because you skipped factory reset with stock recovery. When that image comes up you have to hold volume up and press power to see the recovery options.
exad said:
Yeah because you skipped factory reset with stock recovery. When that image comes up you have to hold volume up and press power to see the recovery options.
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It worked! Sideloading rom again, let you know how it goes.
BrandonPrice31 said:
I pressed volume up and power when I was in recovery with the image of the htc phone and it just restarted my phone?
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Hold volume up. Press and release power. Options will come up. You can even do it before the picture comes up. I've done it thousands of times, there's no magic to it.
exad said:
Hold volume up. Press and release power. Options will come up. You can even do it before the picture comes up. I've done it thousands of times, there's no magic to it.
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I did the factory reset this time in stock recovery and then in TWRP and flashed a rom and it still gets stuck at the HTC logo!
I followed all the instructions too!
It says to have ROM on SD Card if your SuperCID 111111. I sideloaded (although sucessful).
I'm going to go nuts! I cant get this working!
I would restart from the beginning and do it all over. missing or messing up one step can throw the whole thing off.
exad said:
I would restart from the beginning and do it all over. missing or messing up one step can throw the whole thing off.
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I did four times! Same results!
Can my super cid to 111111111 be the issue?
What rom should I sideload instead (maybe rom issue)
BrandonPrice31 said:
I did four times! Same results!
Can my super cid to 111111111 be the issue?
What rom should I sideload instead (maybe rom issue)
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Don't sideload any rom. Not sure why you're sideloading.
I have been superCID since day 1, never had issues.
Rom could be the issue. Make sure MD5 matches.
exad said:
Don't sideload any rom. Not sure why you're sideloading.
I have been superCID since day 1, never had issues.
Rom could be the issue. Make sure MD5 matches.
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Tried installing ROM off SD card and still stuck on HTC logo! I've followed all instructions!
This is so frusterating.
exad said:
Yeah because you skipped factory reset with stock recovery. When that image comes up you have to hold volume up and press power to see the recovery options.
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Weird - flashing ViperROM did the trick.
Every other ROM didn't work (Android Revolution).
BrandonPrice31 said:
Weird - flashing ViperROM did the trick.
Every other ROM didn't work (Android Revolution).
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Had this problem, only thing that worked for me was restoring a twrp backup
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Android The Greek said:
Had this problem, only thing that worked for me was restoring a twrp backup
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Weird - are you able to now flash other ROMS?

[Q] [HELP THREAD] HTC One M8 seems to be bricked (Deviced not recognized)

Hi guys and thanks in advance for any answers.
1. I have bought an HTC One M8 and tried to flash the Venom ROM, so here are the facts.
2. Initially I tried to install lollipop but it was failing because of firmware version. it required 3.18 or 3.19.
So instead i tried to install Venom ROM. everything went fine
2. So, firmware 3.16 was installed and when i in stalled the ROM wifi was not working properly. So i tried to update the firmware.
step 1. was to update the cid to "1111111".
3. Copied the new firmware zip
4. reboot in hboot and installed the new firmware. in the meantime i had disabled (unticked) the fastboot option in the setting.
5. when the phone rebooted it got stuck in the HTC screen and has a lock st the bottom.
6. I waited untill the battery drains and connected it to my laptop. I get the message device is not recognized. i tried several drivers.
7. once i managed to boot in hboot (i really dont know how i did this since power and volume combo does not work) but accidentally clicked to install the firmware. so had to reboot and wait until the battery drains again. I cannot send any commands from the laptop to my phone and i cannot. Power and volume button combo will not work.
any help much appreciated, i willing to donate/pay to anyone who can really helps. thanks
issavvas said:
Hi guys and thanks in advance for any answers.
1. I have bought an HTC One M8 and tried to flash the Venom ROM, so here are the facts.
2. Initially I tried to install lollipop but it was failing because of firmware version. it required 3.18 or 3.19.
So instead i tried to install Venom ROM. everything went fine
2. So, firmware 3.16 was installed and when i in stalled the ROM wifi was not working properly. So i tried to update the firmware.
step 1. was to update the cid to "1111111".
3. Copied the new firmware zip
4. reboot in hboot and installed the new firmware. in the meantime i had disabled (unticked) the fastboot option in the setting.
5. when the phone rebooted it got stuck in the HTC screen and has a lock st the bottom.
6. I waited untill the battery drains and connected it to my laptop. I get the message device is not recognized. i tried several drivers.
7. once i managed to boot in hboot (i really dont know how i did this since power and volume combo does not work) but accidentally clicked to install the firmware. so had to reboot and wait until the battery drains again. I cannot send any commands from the laptop to my phone and i cannot. Power and volume button combo will not work.
any help much appreciated, i willing to donate/pay to anyone who can really helps. thanks
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if you have the padlock you seem to be stuck somewhere between GPE and Sense ... The last time you saw the bootloader was it black ?
Explain in detail flashing the firmware and the link to the firmware might help.
in the mean time hold power + volume up for 10 seconds or so, till the phone shuts off and then change to volume down and power to enter the bootloader, when in the bootloader just wait for further instructions
Hi, I didn't know about the power + volume up thingy. Now I'm in boot loader but can't really do much. The boot loader screen is black. Can't go to recovery or anything else. When it reboots goes to the screen with the padlock. And the device still not recognized in wondows. Thanks for the advice through it's a step forward. I will try to downgrade the firmware if possible...
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If you can get to the bootlooader/hboot than you can fastboot flash recovery
(twrp/philz) custom recovery like you most likely did after unlocking the bootlooader initially.
Do you still have the "0P6BIMG.zip" on the root of the external sdcard ?
Are you S-OFF by chance?
issavvas said:
Hi, I didn't know about the power + volume up thingy. Now I'm in boot loader but can't really do much. The boot loader screen is black. Can't go to recovery or anything else. When it reboots goes to the screen with the padlock. And the device still not recognized in wondows. Thanks for the advice through it's a step forward. I will try to downgrade the firmware if possible...
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If you got to the bootloader your phone is fixable. you still need to tell me what file you used and how you flashed it.
I also need your carrier info and possibly what your phone said in the bootscreen before you flashed the first RUU.
A fastboot getvar all is always helpful in figuring what files you need to flash next
jball said:
If you can get to the bootlooader/hboot than you can fastboot flash recovery
(twrp/philz) custom recovery like you most likely did after unlocking the bootlooader initially.
Do you still have the "0P6BIMG.zip" on the root of the external sdcard ?
Are you S-OFF by chance?
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Great Point, if you have the "0P6BIMG.zip" on the root of the external sdcard Delete it ! or rename it.
Also it's hard to see in the picture is the padlock locked ? is the bootloader relocked or unlocked ?
Have you tried flashing TWRP to the phone yet?
Hi there guys. Thanks, I have managed to boot in recovery and all that. It was unlocked in relocked it and unlocked it again and tried to install again the rom again.
So, current status:
1. HBOOT 3.19 (black screen)
2. Recovery clockworkmod v6.0.4.8
3. S-Off
4. Tried to install viper mod from team venom and get the error set_perm: some changes failed
I tried the same wIth twrp and I get the sym_link error.
Next thing I'll try to install the latest twrp and try again.
Thanks for the your responses so far!
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issavvas said:
Hi there guys. Thanks, I have managed to boot in recovery and all that. It was unlocked in relocked it and unlocked it again and tried to install again the rom again.
So, current status:
1. HBOOT 3.19 (black screen)
2. Recovery clockworkmod v6.0.4.8
3. S-Off
4. Tried to install viper mod from team venom and get the error set_perm: some changes failed
I tried the same wIth twrp and I get the sym_link error.
Next thing I'll try to install the latest twrp and try again.
Thanks for the your responses so far!
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No ...Stop, your bootloader is black you can not use any Sense roms because your system partition is the wrong Size
You need to go here and fix your partition layout .. flashing recovery's is not going to fix your phone
Go here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733523
you can also try @nkk71 fix posted here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57631284&postcount=7
Note this fix is not intended for your situation but it should work to get your phone booting up until you can do the partition size fix
Thanks mate! What I actually did is copy the 3.16 rim file in my as card update hboot and flash twrp recovery and I managed to install herbivore rom.
But in really need to update to hboot 3.19. But now what condoning case of problems. Thanks a lot guys!!
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Help getting stock recovery back

I am having problems with a HTC 10 running stock Oreo. After unlocking the bootloader, installing TWRP and creating a backup I attempted and failed to install LOS 14.1 so restored my backup.
Everything seems to be fine however I cannot seem to flash a stock recovery zip successfully, I tried it once with a file I believed to be correct and it removed TWRP and now going into recovery mode just bootloops on a black screen with small HTC logo until I press Power+Volume Down. This obviously means I can no longer do a factory reset from within Android.
This is my first HTC so am unsure of how to continue or what file(s) I actually need.
My cid is htc__001, I have S-ON and running 3.16.401.2 I think.
nimicitor said:
I am having problems with a HTC 10 running stock Oreo. After unlocking the bootloader, installing TWRP and creating a backup I attempted and failed to install LOS 14.1 so restored my backup.
Everything seems to be fine however I cannot seem to flash a stock recovery zip successfully, I tried it once with a file I believed to be correct and it removed TWRP and now going into recovery mode just bootloops on a black screen with small HTC logo until I press Power+Volume Down. This obviously means I can no longer do a factory reset from within Android.
This is my first HTC so am unsure of how to continue or what file(s) I actually need.
My cid is htc__001, I have S-ON and running 3.16.401.2 I think.
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This is the stock recover you need:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850503886
Is that what you flashed?
Tarima said:
This is the stock recover you need:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850503886
Is that what you flashed?
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I think it was 1.30.401.1_rec.img
nimicitor said:
I think it was 1.30.401.1_rec.img
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That's definitely not the correct one. Use the one linked above
Mr Hofs said:
That's definitely not the correct one. Use the one linked above
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Worked perfectly and removed the red text, thank you!

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