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Hi guys,
Hoping someone can help, have bricked my Australian Optus stock One X. I have tried to follow all threads related to loading stock or custom roms from fastboot and am unable to. I still have CWM recovery 5.8.2.7 touch installed.
I had previously rooted it and installed Android Revolution HD 5.1.0 and seemed to be fine but was unstable and would crash and reboot in certain apps. In trying to revert back to stock I stupidly formatted the SD card, DUMB ASS!
I have downloaded stock rom 1.29.401.7-DUO, all-in-one rootkit, and the ARHD ROM and have tried to either:
1) flash ARHD with bootloader still unlocked, doesn't work
2) follow reflashing stock process ie flash stock recovery, relock bootloader, then flash stock ROM, and am getting stuck on just reflashing the stock recovery. When I try to open stock recovery it takes me to a black screen with a red ! in a triangle, this is with the bootloader relocked.
If anyone is able to help an enthusiast noob like me I'd be very appreciative and would also be more than willing to donate for the trouble.
MAKE SURE you have exactly the right RUU for your phone, whatever the rom was on you were using, ie, 1.26, 1.28, 1.29, you need the same version of RUU, i discovered the problem trying to flash RUUs and after 2 days finally got the correct one, thats when i realised, unlike on other phones, you cant downgrade the One X and when recovering it seems to prefer the one that matches what you were using.
Also make sure youre cid is supported in that RUU, ie, HTC 001, TMOB 054, etc etc, mine can only accept 401 roms, so they must match exactly, until we can get S-Off this problem will remain, dont worry about recovery, so the guide on in case of disaster, you cant go wrong with it, relock your bootloader and get your RUU installed, from their update it to your latest ics version and then if you must reflash your cwm and root it.
Thanks for the info, graemeg. After downloading an RUU that was .exe file, I felt I was getting closer, as it was an AU Optus RUU. But it turns out that my current version is 1.28.980.10 and the RUU version was 1.26.980.3 and so yes I met with the non-downgrading issue.
It seems that there is not currently a stock 1.28.980.10 RUU at the moment, so might be using this as an ornament for much longer than I would have hoped/thought. Bummer.
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Thanks for the info, graemeg. After downloading an RUU that was .exe file, I felt I was getting closer, as it was an AU Optus RUU. But it turns out that my current version is 1.28.980.10 and the RUU version was 1.26.980.3 and so yes I met with the non-downgrading issue.
It seems that there is not currently a stock 1.28.980.10 RUU at the moment, so might be using this as an ornament for much longer than I would have hoped/thought. Bummer.
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You can get 1.28.980.10 from htcdev downloads. I would link but I'm a new user, just filter by One X, Optus, and it's there.
Thanks again for the help. I have seen those files on htcdev website, but don't know how to use them
I don't know how to load a RUU that is not a .exe file...if anyone is able to assist, again, I would really appreciate it and will donate once up and running again.
Edit: I just wanted to add that I have tried to follow the thread that explains how to load/flash recovery and boot images via fastboot in command prompt, and have not been able to. So I don't think I'm a complete dumb ass, but do need someone with the knowledge and patience to guide me through it. Please!
First thing first, do you have the right RUU with you ?
If not, maybe this is the one for you : http://hoxroms.serveftp.com/RUU_END...Radio_1.1204.103.14_release_258004_signed.exe
second: do you have fastboot directory set up on your pc ? and htc usb driver too ?
Just starting the download now, I think that could be the RUU I've been looking for. Yes I have the drivers and fastboot directory. Will give this RUU a go and let you know, thanks for the quick reply, ckpv5!
Most important before you run the RUU, you need to:
1) have a stock recovery flashed to you your device first (I believe you already have one)
2) relock the bootloader - fastboot oem lock
3) run RUU, it should work.
THANK YOU!
ckpv5, thank you for the link to the updated RUU. Phone is functioning again, stock. Donation coming your way. Thanks for all your help. agentorange82.
Hi I've been searching for days and have always been able to find answers but this one has got me.
My gf has a HTC Desire HD, pretty sure it's Vodafone since she works there. Tried to do a normal update a while ago and it never started since, just sits on the HTC logo. I can boot into fastboot hboot recovery and all that but I'm stuck as to what to do from here.
I have found a couple of WWE RUU's but the error out with a CID error, I've also found a Vodafone backup someone took from clockwork but this phone only has stock recovery and I don't know how to flash clockwork without being able to boot the phone.
Hoping someone might have an easy answer, please let me know if I need to provide more details.
Thanks.
If its rooted just place a rom on the sd and flash it with full wipe. You are not suppose to accept OTA updates if the phone is rooted if Im not mistaken. If not rooted then go to HTC websight and get the official RUU and install, instructions should be on websight.
http://www.htc.com/europe/help/htc-desire-hd/#download
primussw said:
Hi I've been searching for days and have always been able to find answers but this one has got me.
My gf has a HTC Desire HD, pretty sure it's Vodafone since she works there. Tried to do a normal update a while ago and it never started since, just sits on the HTC logo. I can boot into fastboot hboot recovery and all that but I'm stuck as to what to do from here.
I have found a couple of WWE RUU's but the error out with a CID error, I've also found a Vodafone backup someone took from clockwork but this phone only has stock recovery and I don't know how to flash clockwork without being able to boot the phone.
Hoping someone might have an easy answer, please let me know if I need to provide more details.
Thanks.
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Get me the CID and Iwill provide u with a ruu that works...VODAFONE from where? not all ruu's are available, but at least we can find one that makes your phone back to work...:good:
Unfortuanately it isn't rooted, I probably would've had more luck by now if it was.
I can't see the CID on the bootloader is there a command on fastboot or something to find this? I've been searching but can't find anything.
Sorry I thought of that afterwards, it's Vodafone Australia.
Thanks for the replies guys!
I just tried that European RUU thought I didn't have anything to loose but it came back with ERROR 132 Signature Error.
The Australian HTC site doesn't have a RUU to download that I can see.
primussw said:
I just tried that European RUU thought I didn't have anything to loose but it came back with ERROR 132 Signature Error.
The Australian HTC site doesn't have a RUU to download that I can see.
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Read up here and see if this can help you or not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
Also the other option is to go to the Ace Hack Kit forum IRC Chat room and speak to those guys there. They are Abolutely GREAT with any issues and they might be able to solve your issue. I would try them first. IRC chat towards the bottom of first main post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1259821
Good Luck
primussw said:
Unfortuanately it isn't rooted, I probably would've had more luck by now if it was.
I can't see the CID on the bootloader is there a command on fastboot or something to find this? I've been searching but can't find anything.
Sorry I thought of that afterwards, it's Vodafone Australia.
Thanks for the replies guys!
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yep, do the following: boot in hboot and choose fastboot. Then plug the phone (check that you see fastboot usb in red)
Open cmd as admin or a terminal as root and then, type fastboot getvar all. Get the INFOcidnum and paste it here. With that I will try to find a ruu that works. But stop trying flashing other things...you might mess the device.
Hi
Thanks again for the help. The cidnum: VODAP021
Hope this helps, I haven't checked out those other links yet though.
primussw said:
Hi
Thanks again for the help. The cidnum: VODAP021
Hope this helps, I haven't checked out those other links yet though.
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Ok, I will look for a RUU (to see if I can get one that works, and will send it over a PM)...:laugh:
No post it here in case someone else has the same problem so he too can get the file.
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
Solution!!
Ok firstly sorry it's taken me ages to post this but I finally came up with a solution to this problem using a few different guides and instructions on these forums.
So the problem was I had a Vodafone AU branded HTC Desire HD that had no root and a locked bootloader that was stuck in a bootloop after a failed official update. The main problem is that there is NO stock recovery ROM ANYWHERE for a Vodafone AU HTC Desire HD, trust me I looked and I am not new to looking for stuff like this. glevitan provided me with a WW ROM that I managed to get working with a bit of work, there are also many WW ROM's around that you should also be able to use. I'll try to explain as best I can as to how I got it to work (going from memory) so if anyone else has a similar problem they may be able to use this information.
1. Firstly find a suitable WW ROM to flash, it needs to be a PD98IMG.zip image to copy to an SD card. There is a Vodafone AU dump on this forum but that will not work if you are completely stock standard. I think you can get this zip from the RUU or maybe ask glevitan if he wouldn't mind helping in providing this again. I didn't want to link to his file but there are others around.
2. Create a goldcard. If you turn your SD card into a goldcard it will allow any ROM to be flashed, normally it would only accept the Vodafone AU one but by doing this it will accept the WW one. To do this I used a second phone to create the card.
I used the Ultimate multi tool which can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180639
You may have to do a bit of reading on getting it to work, from memory you have to put in a number to a website to generate a file, I think I ended up using a different website, there's a few options in getting this done, google is your friend for this
3. Once the goldcard is created copy the PD98IMG.zip to the root directory and put it back into the phone.
4. Turn on the phone and boot to hboot by holding vol up (I think) on power on. The phone should automatically check for a suitable PD98IMG.zip file and as long as the goldcard process worked and you have a suitable ROM on the root directory it should flash it fine.
This is basically what I did and it successfully booted after a lot of looking around. I hope this helps people in the future with similar problems. If you need to ask any questions about this process as I haven't provided every single detail please feel free to contact me and I will do my best to help you out.
Thanks again to glevitan for helping and providing a suitable ROM to flash.
Hello everyone, I know there is a bunch of topics about similar issues but I still can't get out of that trap.
Here we go, I initially wanted to flash my recovery back to stock to be able to install the HTC's OTA (I was using TWRP), I guess it went terribly wrong, because when I launched the update it crashed and now I only can access my bootloader (fastboot available). Everytime I try to access the OS or the recovery it just get stuck with the HTC logo. I tried to flash the boot.img (stock), went back and forth with TWRP and stock recovery (the flashing works, but I still can't boot any of those things, stuck). I am unlocked (still have the HTC .bin in case I have to relock). I am S-ON so I am not supposed to be able to brick it completely. Moreover I can't seem to find a RUU that fits my radio (1.16.2133156). Screenshot of my "allvars" in attachment.
Thanks a lot, I don't really know what to do as I tried everything I found(except RUU, yet).
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My phone is not bound to any carrier and West Europe
Peace.
Relock your bootloader (fastboot oem lock) and run the 4.16.401.10 RUU and you should be sorted
EddyOS said:
Relock your bootloader and run the 4.16.401.10 RUU and you should be sorted
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Thanks, you're the man.
Sorry for double posting, I finally downloaded the RU (the same number as previously said) and I get an error (12 signature verify fail). My device is well relocked. As I understand I must be S-OFF for the RUU to work (European phone), which is problematic as I cannot load anything. I am trying to download the RUU again, in case I got a corrupted file...
You do't need to be S-OFF, only if you want to do some other things. You just need to be relocked and it should work fine
Here is what I get, I am re-downloading the RUU from xda's source. With the crap internet I have it takes a while... Thank you for your time.
I renamed a little the file for you to see the version I used (just in case)
When using RUU zip, you need htc_fastboot.exe instead the usual fastboot.exe
Get it here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52280888&postcount=1
fastboot oem rebootRUU
htc_fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
But when using RUU exe, just relocked and run RUU
Here is what I get, I am re-downloading the RUU from xda's source. With the crap internet I have it takes a while... Thank you for your time.
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Not the other guy, but I think you're using the file incorrectly. Did you enter the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" first?
Anyways you can try this method instead:
1-Rename the zip to 06PBIMG.zip
2-Place it on your sd card
3-Go into the bootlaoder and select hboot
It should detect the ruu automatically.
It's working and I am a dummy.
Thanks a lot!
Hi,good afternoon,my friend brought me his HTC one m9,because i have experience with these things, i have flashed many devices of different brands but this is my first HTC device.
Well the problem is this:
He unlocked the botloader,installed TWRP ,super SU.zip (via twrp) and a custom rom with s-on,after that he lost signal,the phone does not have imei and baseband is uknown.
I've searched trough xda ,before posting this,so i came across with a thread that said that the phone can recover signal flashing a custom rom and a kernel,did that with no success. And also i've read that returning the bootloader to locked status,will allow me to flash a RUU file in order to get back to stock.
So, i relocked the bootloader,using CMD, but now the phone just boots into bootloader ,i can enter download mode aswell,but its stucked there.
Phone is recognized by windows,via fastboot.
So,the phone status is bootloader relocked,and s-on.
i´ve tried flashing the RUU via sdcard on download mode and gives me error,also i tried using fastboot commands and the result is the same,i can not flash the RUU file.
Any suggestions are very apreciated. Thanks fot your time.
kalel29 said:
Hi,good afternoon,my friend brought me his HTC one m9,because i have experience with these things, i have flashed many devices of different brands but this is my first HTC device.
Well the problem is this:
He unlocked the botloader,installed TWRP ,super SU.zip (via twrp) and a custom rom with s-on,after that he lost signal,the phone does not have imei and baseband is uknown.
I've searched trough xda ,before posting this,so i came across with a thread that said that the phone can recover signal flashing a custom rom and a kernel,did that with no success. And also i've read that returning the bootloader to locked status,will allow me to flash a RUU file in order to get back to stock.
So, i relocked the bootloader,using CMD, but now the phone just boots into bootloader ,i can enter download mode aswell,but its stucked there.
Phone is recognized by windows,via fastboot.
So,the phone status is bootloader relocked,and s-on.
i´ve tried flashing the RUU via sdcard on download mode and gives me error,also i tried using fastboot commands and the result is the same,i can not flash the RUU file.
Any suggestions are very apreciated. Thanks fot your time.
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For download mode SD card method:
Make sure you're using an external SD card, not internal storage.
Make sure SD card is formatted properly.
Make sure file is named 100% correctly and is meant for that specific carrier /model.
No reason it shouldn't work.
Sent from my HTC6545LVW using Tapatalk
kalel29 said:
i´ve tried flashing the RUU via sdcard on download mode and gives me error,also i tried using fastboot commands and the result is the same,i can not flash the RUU file.
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Are you sure you flashed the correct one? Some basic information about firmware versions, RUUs and instructions how to flash them can be found in my sticky thread in the general section.
Concerning the reception problem: It's important whether you tried to use a sense-based custom rom or a non-sense-based one. The mono-kernel only works with non-sense roms like CM or Candysix. Moreover the reception problem has been covered in this thread some days ago. If you want to use a sense-based rom the re-flash boot.img "trick" might be working for you, too.
Sidenote: There is absolutely no need for flashing SuperSU if you are going to erase the system and to flash a custom com. It doesn't harm the device but it's a waste of time.
Flippy498 said:
Are you sure you flashed the correct one? Some basic information about firmware versions, RUUs and instructions how to flash them can be found in my sticky thread in the general section.
Concerning the reception problem: It's important whether you tried to use a sense-based custom rom or a non-sense-based one. The mono-kernel only works with non-sense roms like CM or Candysix. Moreover the reception problem has been covered in this thread some days ago. If you want to use a sense-based rom the re-flash boot.img "trick" might be working for you, too.
Sidenote: There is absolutely no need for flashing SuperSU if you are going to erase the system and to flash a custom com. It doesn't harm the device but it's a waste of time.
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Yes I flashed the one for my operator. Can I flash another RUU?
About your links, I'll check them when I get back from work. Thanks.
Is your phone branded by your carrier? (Can be checked by looking at the SKU of the currently installed firmware.) If not then it's the wrong RUU. Is the RUU made for the same firmware version as the one that is currently installed on the phone or does the RUU even have a newer version? If not then it's the wrong RUU.
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Is your phone branded by your carrier? (Can be checked by looking at the SKU of the currently installed firmware.) If not then it's the wrong RUU. Is the RUU made for the same firmware version as the one that is currently installed on the phone or does the RUU even have a newer version? If not then it's the wrong RUU.
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Hi again, the phone is giving me this error :
im still lost ,hope this helps to point me in the right direction.
Code:
D:\Francisco\Desktop\HTC\fastboot_adb\fastboot_adb>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) kernel: lk
(bootloader) product: htc_himaulatt
(bootloader) version: 1.0
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) version-main: 3.44.600.1
(bootloader) boot-mode: RUU
(bootloader) version-baseband: 01.01_U11440801_97.04.60111G_F
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000
(bootloader) mid: 0PJA11000
(bootloader) cid: HTC__332
all:
finished. total time: 0.033s
Thanks
You still didn't mention the name of the RUU you wanted to flash. However a quick search for your SKU (Telcel Mexico) showed me that there is no RUU available you could use. The only one I could find is linked in my thread and that one is too old for your phone since you can't downgrade the firmware with S-ON. You either need to re-unlock the bootloader, flash a sense-based custom rom and buy the sunshine app or try to find someone who has a java card. Both solutions would set the phone S-OFF so that you would be able to use that old RUU. Alternatively you could contact Llabtoofer (a link can be found in my thread and in my google sheet). He has a RUU service with RUUs that are not available publicly*. Neither the sunshine app, nor a java nor the RUU service are for free. Llabtoofer and the sunshine app cost nearly the same. I don't know how much you need to pay for java card services. Be aware that even if it's OK if the phone is running a custom right now** and you don't want to use any of these solutions that you still lack a way back to stock if a new OTA (like the one for Android N) gets distributed and therefore you won't be able to install it.
If you use the old RUU all OTAs that got installed on your phone will need to get re-installed.
However you choose you should read the tab "make your own backup" of my sheet after the phone got recovered and all available OTAs got installed but before anyone starts flashing anything, again. This way you will learn how to create a backup that will help you out if you face such a situation, again. Instructions how to restore such a backup correctly can be found in the tab "twrp backups".You'll always need to create a new backup when a new OTA got installed on your phone and you want to re-root it. Besides if you're willing you could upload the backup (and any upcoming ones) and share it(/them) with the xda community by posting the download link(s) in my thread.
* He wants to know the hboot version of your phone of you request his help. Since the One M9 has no hboot but an aboot and that one never got updated you can enter version 1.0.0.0000. That's the current aboot version.
** Possible solutions for recovering the reception can be found in my first post in this thread. There is no need to flash a RUU since your IMEI and your baseband are still intact but the boot.img of the rom you tried to use was/is incompatible.
Flippy498 said:
You still didn't mention the name of the RUU you wanted to flash. However a quick search for your SKU (Telcel Mexico) showed me that there is no RUU available you could use. The only one I could find is linked in my thread and that one is too old for your phone since you can't downgrade the firmware with S-ON. You either need to re-unlock the bootloader, flash a sense-based custom rom and buy the sunshine app or try to find someone who has a java card. Both solutions would set the phone S-OFF so that you would be able to use that old RUU. Alternatively you could contact Llabtoofer (a link can be found in my thread and in my google sheet). He has a RUU service with RUUs that are not available publicly*. Neither the sunshine app, nor a java nor the RUU service are for free. Llabtoofer and the sunshine app cost nearly the same. I don't know how much you need to pay for java card services. Be aware that even if it's OK if the phone is running a custom right now** and you don't want to use any of these solutions that you still lack a way back to stock if a new OTA (like the one for Android N) gets distributed and therefore you won't be able to install it.
If you use the old RUU all OTAs that got installed on your phone will need to get re-installed.
However you choose you should read the tab "make your own backup" of my sheet after the phone got recovered and all available OTAs got installed but before anyone starts flashing anything, again. This way you will learn how to create a backup that will help you out if you face such a situation, again. Instructions how to restore such a backup correctly can be found in the tab "twrp backups".You'll always need to create a new backup when a new OTA got installed on your phone and you want to re-root it. Besides if you're willing you could upload the backup (and any upcoming ones) and share it(/them) with the xda community by posting the download link(s) in my thread.
* He wants to know the hboot version of your phone of you request his help. Since the One M9 has no hboot but an aboot and that one never got updated you can enter version 1.0.0.0000. That's the current aboot version.
** Possible solutions for recovering the reception can be found in my first post in this thread. There is no need to flash a RUU since your IMEI and your baseband are still intact but the boot.img of the rom you tried to use was/is incompatible.
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Ok,thanks, and yes,the RUU I was trying to flash I the telcel one.
I'm going to tell my fiend that he needs to pay in order to get his phone working.
Thanks again for everything. Have a nice day.
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I managed to unlock the bootloader again, the phone boots, but it has no signal.
Do I need sunshine and then flash any ruu?
Or what can I do? BTW my friend agreed to pay for sunshine.
kalel29 said:
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I managed to unlock the bootloader again, the phone boots, but it has no signal.
Do I need sunshine and then flash any ruu?
Or what can I do? BTW my friend agreed to pay for sunshine.
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Is it a sense-based rom? If yes, did you reflash the stock boot.img? Or is it a non-sense-based rom? In that case the mono kernel which is linked above needs to be flashed for recovering the reception.
If you're currently using a sense-based rom (which is not an HTC 10 port - e.g. Viper one m9 4.3) then you can install the sunshine app and start it. The app will explain the rest of the procedure. Just google "sunshine s-off" and you'll find it. After your phone got S-OFF you simply need to try reflashing the RUU.
Flippy498 said:
Is it a sense-based rom? If yes, did you reflash the stock boot.img? Or is it a non-sense-based rom? In that case the mono kernel which is linked above needs to be flashed for recovering the reception.
If you're currently using a sense-based rom (which is not an HTC 10 port - e.g. Viper one m9 4.3) then you can install the sunshine app and start it. The app will explain the rest of the procedure. Just google "sunshine s-off" and you'll find it. After your phone got S-OFF you simply need to try reflashing the RUU.
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The phone has the ICE rom,Twrp and superSU,I think it's a sense-based rom, sorry I can't give you more info, as I said I'm new in flashing HTC, but I'm learning thanks to you.
ICE is sense-based. It's using HTCs own launcher and framework which is called Sense. Examples for non-sense-based roms are CM, CandySix or other AOSP roms.
Depending on the version of ICE that got flashed on the phone you might need to revert back to an older version*. The newest ICE rom is based on an HTC 10 port and I've read several posts of users reporting that they couldn't use sunshine with an HTC 10 port.
* I don't know which version that would be. I've never used ICE so you would need to figure that out on your own.
Flippy498 said:
ICE is sense-based. It's using HTCs own launcher and framework which is called Sense. Examples for non-sense-based roms are CM, CandySix or other AOSP roms.
Depending on the version of ICE that got flashed on the phone you might need to revert back to an older version*. The newest ICE rom is based on an HTC 10 port and I've read several posts of users reporting that they couldn't use sunshine with an HTC 10 port.
* I don't know which version that would be. I've never used ICE so you would need to figure that out on your own.
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So basically, no matter what rom I flash,sense or no sense based, I will need sunshine in order to have a working baseband?
No. Sunshine is needed for getting back to stock for installing upcoming OTAs. And in case you want to use a sense-based roms it's needed for being able to backup the stock boot.img. As explained before, you need to re-flash that one after you flashed the custom rom. The boot.img of 3.35.y (y is a placeholder for any possible number) custom roms isn't compatible with 3.x firmware if x is not equal to 35 (as in your case). At the moment your only option for not having to use sunshine would be flashing a non-sense-based rom and the kernel I linked in an earlier post. But as explained before you wouldn't be able to install upcoming updates like the one for Android N if you choose not to use sunshine.
Flippy498 said:
No. Sunshine is needed for getting back to stock for installing upcoming OTAs. And in case you want to use a sense-based roms it's needed for being able to backup the stock boot.img. As explained before, you need to re-flash that one after you flashed the custom rom. The boot.img of 3.35.y (y is a placeholder for any possible number) custom roms isn't compatible with 3.x firmware if x is not equal to 35 (as in your case). At the moment your only option for not having to use sunshine would be flashing a non-sense-based rom and the kernel I linked in an earlier post. But as explained before you wouldn't be able to install upcoming updates like the one for Android N if you choose not to use sunshine.
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Finally i have signal again,flashed slim 6 and monokernel. Thank you so much,i've learned something new about HTC now im going to return the phone to my friend,also i explained what you told me in order to have a sense based rom.
My phone is having a bowl of bootloops right now lol.
I have a unlocked htc 10, i unlocked the bootloader (S-on since leedroid thread didn't say it was necessary), flashed the latest TWRP formatted data part, rebooted recovery again, swiped allow modifications, flashed the marshmallow version of the ROM and nothing but bootloops. what am i missing? thanks
first time HTC owner here coming from a 6p so show mercy
drago10029 said:
My phone is having a bowl of bootloops right now lol.
I have a unlocked htc 10, i unlocked the bootloader (S-on since leedroid thread didn't say it was necessary), flashed the latest TWRP formatted data part, rebooted recovery again, swiped allow modifications, flashed the marshmallow version of the ROM and nothing but bootloops. what am i missing? thanks
first time HTC owner here coming from a 6p so show mercy
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Are you on MM firmware or N?
Also S-OFF is the way to go.
andybones said:
Are you on MM firmware or N?
Also S-OFF is the way to go.
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I was on latest stock nougat before I started the process. since the I have tried flashing both leedroid marshmallow zip and the nougat magisk zip also. and what's the deal with s-off?
Everywhere i look they're all how to's about s-off lol. seems hard to find a thread on what s-off is, if it's needed to for a specific ROM or not :/ that being said leedroid it wasn't needed as quoted below. thanks!
If you wish to s-off first, please follow >> THIS GUIDE << by @jcase & return when your device is back up and running.
First boot will take approximately 15 minutes due to Art optimization
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UPDATE: things have gotten worse.... I was attempting to relock the bootloader since RUU was failing with error 155, someone in a diff HTC thread said locked bootloader was needed for RUU. now phone flashes HTC logo then powers off. buttons pressed not going to recovery right now anyone wanna chime in? please...
@defcomg you know anything about HTC phones? I am currently stuck in the sunken place lol
drago10029 said:
I was on latest stock nougat before I started the process. since the I have tried flashing both leedroid marshmallow zip and the nougat magisk zip also. and what's the deal with s-off?
Everywhere i look they're all how to's about s-off lol. seems hard to find a thread on what s-off is, if it's needed to for a specific ROM or not :/ that being said leedroid it wasn't needed as quoted below. thanks!
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1680928
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1680928
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hmmmm according to that post the TWRP i flashed should have reverted on reboot and that hasn't been the case at all since it has survived multiple reboots... any thoughts on that?
"...Basically, all changes made to these partitions while the phone is running is not permanent, and will be reset upon a reboot..."
EDIT: also does that mean unless I have S-off none of the custom ROMs will flash? so what's the point of unlocking a bootloader is that needs to be disabled also
drago10029 said:
hmmmm according to that post the TWRP i flashed should have reverted on reboot and that hasn't been the case at all since it has survived multiple reboots... any thoughts on that?
"...Basically, all changes made to these partitions while the phone is running is not permanent, and will be reset upon a reboot..."
EDIT: also does that mean unless I have S-off none of the custom ROMs will flash? so what's the point of unlocking a bootloader is that needs to be disabled also
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Keep in mind the date on that post is from a few years back (2012). You can't put all your eggs into one basket, so to speak. I was just giving you 1 article I found from a simple Google Search. Encryption and TWRP have changed quite a lot, especially since Nougat.
From my small amount of time, I think you may be confused about what the difference is between an unlocked bootloader and S-OFF, which I'd need to even go back and read that article, but thought it touched a little on it
The 10 has changed quite a bit too from past phones. Before you'd need to be S-OFF and unlocked bootloader. Now S-OFF unlocked and S-OFF locked are basically the same, but that can be found in threads if you'd like to find more info on that.
Most the info is there, you just need to search. If you need help finding articles, I can try and help with that. I've been surprised with the great info I've found after awhile of coming up empty.
I'm just now seeing all the new posts that came from before I posted and have been on my phone and don't have the time to catch up on it all right now.
Hope things get squared away for you soon, I'll check in when I can.
It seemed you were in a simple bootloop, but I'm not 100%. I think your issue was flashing MM ROM on N firmware. Can't do that.
Also, Verizon doesn't allow us to unlock bootloader on Htc-dev. So if we want to root, we must S-OFF.
andybones said:
Keep in mind the date on that post is from a few years back. You can't put all your eggs into one basket, so to speak. I was just giving you 1 article I found from a simple Google Search. Encryption and TWRP have changed quite a lot, especially since Nougat.
I'm just now seeing all the new posts that came from before I posted and have been on my phone and don't have the time to catch up on it all right now.
Hope things get squared away for you soon, I'll check in when I can.
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gotcha and thanks! so for anyone else who wants to help. I have regained access to download mode and bootloader. when attempting to run latest official RUU.exe from HTC's site, i get error 155. via HTC the error means I'm using the wrong update but my phone reports SW 2.48.617.1 and I'm trying to update it to SW 2.48.617.3.
also i have relocked the bootloader and have s-off.
drago10029 said:
gotcha and thanks! so for anyone else who wants to help. I have regained access to download mode and bootloader. when attempting to run latest official RUU.exe from HTC's site, i get error 155. via HTC the error means I'm using the wrong update but my phone reports SW 2.48.617.1 and I'm trying to update it to SW 2.48.617.3.
also i have relocked the bootloader and have s-off.
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What method have you tried for the SW?
is it an RUU or just firmware?
I suggest the sdcard method.
Make sure to have the correct htc_fastboot.exe over the standard fastboot.exe, this could be the cause of your failure.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24545065934258327
Either remove your current fastboot.exe and rename this one to it, or keel it as htc_fastboot.exe and use the correct, htc_fastboot flash, over fastboot flash
andybones said:
What method have you tried for the SW?
is it an RUU or just firmware?
I suggest the sdcard method.
Make sure to have the correct htc_fastboot.exe over the standard fastboot.exe, this could be the cause of your failure.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24545065934258327
Either remove your current fastboot.exe and rename this one to it, or keel it as htc_fastboot.exe and use the correct, htc_fastboot flash, over fastboot flash
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bear in mind I'm still learning all this HTC stuff lol
is it an RUU or just firmware? It's an RUU.exe for HTC 10 unlocked edition that i got from there website
I suggest the sdcard method. you mean installing custom ROM zip from sd card? otherwise i'm not sure what you mean.
Make sure to have the correct htc_fastboot.exe over the standard fastboot.exe, this could be the cause of your failure. hmmm well I used fastboot.exe from minimal adb & fasboot to unlock bootloader and that worked fine, and should i still i just replace fastboot in platform tools folder with fastboot.exe from htc website?
also so s-off shouldn't be needed to install the ROMs? just bootloader unlock?
drago10029 said:
bear in mind I'm still learning all this HTC stuff lol
is it an RUU or just firmware? It's an RUU.exe for HTC 10 unlocked edition that i got from there website
I suggest the sdcard method. you mean installing custom ROM zip from sd card? otherwise i'm not sure what you mean.
Make sure to have the correct htc_fastboot.exe over the standard fastboot.exe, this could be the cause of your failure. hmmm well I used fastboot.exe from minimal adb & fasboot to unlock bootloader and that worked fine, and should i still i just replace fastboot in platform tools folder with fastboot.exe from htc website?
also so s-off shouldn't be needed to install the ROMs? just bootloader unlock?
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Keep in mind this is me helping in my free time.
Use the linked htc_fastboot.. It's made for htc, it's why I mentioned it..
I've seen many ppl have RUU fail by not using this.
Also an RUU/firmware have 3 methods to install.
I suggest the sd-card method. Safest.
Search. Search. Search. ...
Option 1
Copy 2PS6IMG.zip (THIS IS FOR VERIZON, YOUR CARRIER WILL NEED TO BE RENAMED CORRECTLY) to root of a physical SD formatted to fat32. No exfat! No internal storage! Must be external SD formated to fat32!
Reboot phone to download mode and follow prompts once RUU is detected by phone.
Option 2
EXE option. Download EXE file below (for windows) and simply double click to start. You can either be booted to OS with USB debugging enabled OR booted into download mode for this to start.
Option 3
Fastboot RUU mode . This method assumes you have a working ADB/Fastboot directory on your PC. Download RUU zip file and place in your working fastboot/adb directory. Boot your phone to download mode and connect to PC. Issue the following commands.
htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU
###while in this mode your phone will display an HTC logo on the screen
htc_fastboot flash zip 2PS6IMG.zip
##while in this mode you will see an HTC logo on the screen and a green status bar across the bottom of the screen. When command output ##completes it may say reboot required to flush etc... if that's the case issue a "htc_fastboot reboot-bootloader" command and restart option 1 again.
## assuming flash completes and no further flushing/reboots are requested from the cmd output you can now reboot IF you simply wish to reboot the system you can issue "htc_fastboot reboot" which will reboot system.
## expect a good 5 minute plus first boot!
--Taken from
Also read here. This is a great thread.
There's a lot of info out there.
Just search and do your homework.
It's easy to turn that device into a useless brick.
Especially being S-OFF... Secuirty-off..
I know it can be overwhelming, but the info is out there, and if not, just ask, as others most likely have the same question and this will help them.
And correct, with S-OFF isn't needed to flash ROMs. Only bootloader unlock.
andybones said:
Keep in mind this is me helping in my free time.
Use the linked htc_fastboot.. It's made for htc, it's why I mentioned it..
I've seen many ppl have RUU fail by not using this.
Also an RUU/firmware have 3 methods to install.
I suggest the sd-card method. Safest.
Search. Search. Search. ...
Option 1
Copy 2PS6IMG.zip (THIS IS FOR VERIZON, YOUR CARRIER WILL NEED TO BE RENAMED CORRECTLY) to root of a physical SD formatted to fat32. No exfat! No internal storage! Must be external SD formated to fat32!
Reboot phone to download mode and follow prompts once RUU is detected by phone.
Option 2
EXE option. Download EXE file below (for windows) and simply double click to start. You can either be booted to OS with USB debugging enabled OR booted into download mode for this to start.
Option 3
Fastboot RUU mode . This method assumes you have a working ADB/Fastboot directory on your PC. Download RUU zip file and place in your working fastboot/adb directory. Boot your phone to download mode and connect to PC. Issue the following commands.
htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU
###while in this mode your phone will display an HTC logo on the screen
htc_fastboot flash zip 2PS6IMG.zip
##while in this mode you will see an HTC logo on the screen and a green status bar across the bottom of the screen. When command output ##completes it may say reboot required to flush etc... if that's the case issue a "htc_fastboot reboot-bootloader" command and restart option 1 again.
## assuming flash completes and no further flushing/reboots are requested from the cmd output you can now reboot IF you simply wish to reboot the system you can issue "htc_fastboot reboot" which will reboot system.
## expect a good 5 minute plus first boot!
--Taken from
Also read here. This is a great thread.
There's a lot of info out there.
Just search and do your homework.
It's easy to turn that device into a useless brick.
Especially being S-OFF... Secuirty-off..
I know it can be overwhelming, but the info is out there, and if not, just ask, as others most likely have the same question and this will help them.
And correct, with S-OFF isn't needed to flash ROMs. Only bootloader unlock.
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my bad, i hope i didn't come off rude or anything. i do appreciate all your help and i understand it. I do the same here when i have the free time.
I will ask some question's on both those threads you linked. I came across one of them but no s-off and didn't wanna pay for sunshine app. also topjohnwu thread about stock and guides would be helpful if it listed which phones the code names correlate to.
in the end I see your point, keep researching and asking. and I do that very often and promise. today was different since a bunch of PC failed to install updates at work (post wannacry) lol and dealing with my bootlooping phone, my mind was scattered. iv'e bricked before but never on a phone this expensive *__*
thanks again andy!
JUST AN UPDATE: i restored via twrp after i got the bootlooping to stop. I completely forgot I had made one -__- (more scatter brains) so I'm good to go now.... kinda.
drago10029 said:
my bad, i hope i didn't come off rude or anything. i do appreciate all your help and i understand it. I do the same here when i have the free time.
I will ask some question's on both those threads you linked. I came across one of them but no s-off and didn't wanna pay for sunshine app. also topjohnwu thread about stock and guides would be helpful if it listed which phones the code names correlate to.
in the end I see your point, keep researching and asking. and I do that very often and promise. today was different since a bunch of PC failed to install updates at work (post wannacry) lol and dealing with my bootlooping phone, my mind was scattered. iv'e bricked before but never on a phone this expensive *__*
thanks again andy!
JUST AN UPDATE: i restored via twrp after i got the bootlooping to stop. I completely forgot I had made one -__- (more scatter brains) so I'm good to go now.... kinda.
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You didn't come off rude at all, I was actually hoping you didn't take my response as being rude. S-OFF and sunshine is completely worth the $25. However, for a normal user like yourself, you don't need it.
Glad to hear that you're somewhat good to go, lol.
You can always pm me or tag me in a post if needed and I'll do my best to help.
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You didn't come off rude at all, I was actually hoping you didn't take my response as being rude. S-OFF and sunshine is completely worth the $25. However, for a normal user like yourself, you don't need it.
Glad to hear that you're somewhat good to go, lol.
You can always pm me or tag me in a post if needed and I'll do my best to help.
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glad no guns are being drawn here
and since no you offered lol.... how do i get my CID and MID? using the fastboot you kindly spotted me...
fastboot getvar all and fastboot oem readcid: both return nothing but fastboot not recognized..... etc. etc. I am in download mode (unlocked and s-on if that matters)
drago10029 said:
glad no guns are being drawn here
and since no you offered lol.... how do i get my CID and MID? using the fastboot you kindly spotted me...
fastboot getvar all and fastboot oem readcid: both return nothing but fastboot not recognized..... etc. etc. I am in download mode (unlocked and s-on if that matters)
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Fastboot isn't recognized? As in it's not working?
drago10029 said:
gotcha and thanks! so for anyone else who wants to help. I have regained access to download mode and bootloader. when attempting to run latest official RUU.exe from HTC's site, i get error 155. via HTC the error means I'm using the wrong update but my phone reports SW 2.48.617.1 and I'm trying to update it to SW 2.48.617.3.
also i have relocked the bootloader and have s-off.
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2.48.617.3? I don't think there is such a thing. Do you mean 2.41.617.3?
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Fastboot isn't recognized? As in it's not working?
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2.48.617.3? I don't think there is such a thing. Do you mean 2.41.617.3?
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1st things 1st, SOS is no more. was trying to flash leedroid magisk file, thinking it was a ROM until i noticed the file size so I went back to stock via TWRP backup (i forgot I made) since RUU was giving 155 error.
2nd the HTC fastboot wasn't working for some reason.. adb devices cmd detected nothing, it worked at my job though since i have android studio/platform tools there (shrug) so used that fastboot instead.
3rd I did mean SW 2.48.617.1 that's the exact OS version # that download mode reports currently and was the last official update i took several days before going custom route.
drago10029 said:
1st things 1st, SOS is no more. was trying to flash leedroid magisk file, thinking it was a ROM until i noticed the file size so I went back to stock via TWRP backup (i forgot I made) since RUU was giving 155 error.
2nd the HTC fastboot wasn't working for some reason.. adb devices cmd detected nothing, it worked at my job though since i have android studio/platform tools there (shrug) so used that fastboot instead.
3rd I did mean SW 2.48.617.1 that's the exact OS version # that download mode reports currently and was the last official update i took several days before going custom route.
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Okay. Cool that you got it fixed. But you did say you were trying to update from 2.48.617.1 to 2.48.617.3, so that's why I said there was no .3
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Okay. Cool that you got it fixed. But you did say you were trying to update from 2.48.617.1 to 2.48.617.3, so that's why I said there was no .3
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oooh i see lol.. too many numbers.