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Stuck in bootloader--no recovery or system

Hello Guys, I need your help.
I got this desire HD from a friend. When he gave it to me, he said it needed to be flashed.
The thing is, When you press the power button, it boots straight up into Fastboot.
Here Is my Hboot Info
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.09.04.11_M2
Emmc-boot
Apr 12 2011,00:55:45
In Fastboot, i can move around with the volume buttons and power buttons(so that means the phone booting straight into Fastboot isnt a result of one of the volume buttons being stuck.)
When i try to access recovery from the Bootloader, It vibrates 6 to 8 times then the screen becomes black,it stays that way until i do a battery pull.
When i select factory reset from the bootloader, it does nothing.
WHen i select Image CRC from the Bootloader,These is what is printed on the screen.
OSBL: 0xC2C4DD79
AMSS: 0x6CC260EB
HBOOT: 0xF9E06F63
BOOT: 0x0
RECOVERY: 0x0
SYSTEM: 0x0
As the digit are displayed, the first three look okay,but the last three which are BOOT RECOVERY and SYSTEM seem to have no digits, Which kinda looks like its empty.
THESE ARE THE SOLUTIONS I HAVE TRIED.
1. I tried flashing a recovery from Fastboot, but it gives an error like this:
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot devices
HT0BFRX06133 fastboot
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (3704 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.664s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.672s
I get the same errors when i try to flash,erase or format the rest of the partitions(BOOT,SYSTEM).
2. I have also tried the HTC RUU, it finds the device and then gets stuck when it tries to boot into Android.
I have also tried the HTC RUU Hboot update but it also fails like the RUU ROm update.
3. I have also tried to flash the STock rom as PD98IMG.zip via bootloader, but when it finds the file, it asks me to press volume up to start update, when i press volume up, it loads the file and when its suppose to flash it, it sort of skips it and move to the next. It does that until its done the asks me to press power to reboot. Since it skips the files it stays the same after reboot.
3.I have Also tried flashing Eng-Hboot as PD98IMG.zip, But it skips that also.
4. I also tried to use this command Fastboot oem boot
And this is what i get:
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>Fastboot oem boot
...
(bootloader) Error status=0x400008
(bootloader) [SD_HW_ERR] SD: read fail ..
(bootloader) DATA_TIMEOUT
(bootloader) [SD_HW_ERR] read data fail in CMD17
(bootloader) [SD_HW_ERR] SD: Read data fail..
(bootloader) [ERR] partition_read_emmc(453): error 13
(bootloader) [ERR] boot image does not exist!!!
OKAY [ 1.418s]
finished. total time: 1.418s
I am begining to think that some how the partitions are corrupt or something.
PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!

I am closing this thread since you have also opened a thread here (for the same thing): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49605686
Please only post threads once.

[Q] Stuck in Hboot, cannot go into recovery

Hi,
I have a serious problem. My phone for some reason was working fine, but all the sudden is now stuck in HBOOT.
i have tried recovery but the phone would just shut itself down. i couldn't not use adb even though before the phone went into this state, i turned the USB debugging mode on
this is the error message i got for trying to do fastboot flash recovery
target reported max download size of 1830727680 bytes
sending 'recovery' (14826 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.475s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image update error)
finished. total time: 1.544s
please help , many thanks

Bump, I'm having the same problem on my tmobile m8

mmmgosu said:
Hi,
I have a serious problem. My phone for some reason was working fine, but all the sudden is now stuck in HBOOT.
i have tried recovery but the phone would just shut itself down. i couldn't not use adb even though before the phone went into this state, i turned the USB debugging mode on
this is the error message i got for trying to do fastboot flash recovery
target reported max download size of 1830727680 bytes
sending 'recovery' (14826 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.475s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image update error)
finished. total time: 1.544s
please help , many thanks
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raphi809 said:
Bump, I'm having the same problem on my tmobile m8
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What versions of the M8 do you have?

EddyOS said:
What versions of the M8 do you have?
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I have a t-mobile m8, I actually started a thread over there http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-htc-one-m8/help/m8-bricked-soloution-t2818678 but so far no answers either

raphi809 said:
I have a t-mobile m8, I actually started a thread over there http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-htc-one-m8/help/m8-bricked-soloution-t2818678 but so far no answers either
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In which case stick to your thread as opposed to jumping on to others, makes it easier to follow

EddyOS said:
In which case stick to your thread as opposed to jumping on to others, makes it easier to follow
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Yes, if you have already started a thread asking for help, don't jump around.
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mmmgosu said:
this is the error message i got for trying to do fastboot flash recovery
target reported max download size of 1830727680 bytes
sending 'recovery' (14826 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.475s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image update error)
finished. total time: 1.544s
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What response do you get for:
fastboot devices
If it returns the device ID, than try:
fastboot erase cache
Then try to flash recovery again.
Did you by chance try to factory reset in bootloader (corrupts the internal memory on modded devices)?

when i tried fastboot devices it returns an ID
but when i tried
fastboot erase cache
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: erasing error!)
finished. total time: 0.006s
i have at&t

Maybe try to flash one of the modded hboots?
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Hawkysoft said:
Maybe try to flash one of the modded hboots?
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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how do i do that?

fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip name_of.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
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Hard to help you if you do not even bother to answer all the questions posed to you. As I asked earlier:
Did you by chance try to factory reset in bootloader (corrupts the internal memory on modded devices)?

redpoint73 said:
Hard to help you if you do not even bother to answer all the questions posed to you. As I asked earlier:
Did you by chance try to factory reset in bootloader (corrupts the internal memory on modded devices)?
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I tried factory reset but it doesn't seem to be doing anything, just a white screen with android picture.
what do you mean by " corrupts the internal memory on modded devices?"
i tried
fastboot oem rebootRUU
but it says ...
(bootloader) [DEBUG] Cmd18 polling status timed out, MCI_STATUS: 0x4C2000
(bootloader) [DEBUG] sdcc_command: sdcc_poll_status error, rc: 2
(bootloader) [SD_HW_ERR] read data fail in CMD18
(bootloader) CMD18: cmd failed
(bootloader) [SD_HW_ERR] SD: Read data fail..
(bootloader) [ERR] partition_read_emmc(560): error 2
(bootloader) Start Verify: 3
(bootloader) [DEBUG] Cmd25 polling status timed out, MCI_STATUS: 0x4C0000
(bootloader) [DEBUG] sdcc_command: sdcc_poll_status error, rc: 2
OKAY [ 0.018s]
finished. total time: 0.018s

question, can i flash TWRP with 0p6bimg.zip?
If yes, can anyone provide the file?
Thanks

mmmgosu said:
I tried factory reset but it doesn't seem to be doing anything, just a white screen with android picture.
what do you mean by " corrupts the internal memory on modded devices?"
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It means you should never ever do that (factory reset in bootloader) if bootloader unlocked, rooted, etc.. Only within the OS Settings or in recovery.
What this means, is that on a stock device, factory reset in bootloader works normally; but on a modded (rooted, etc.) device this corrupts the internal memory and renders it unable to be read or written to. This is probably why can't wipe cacher, install custom recovery, reboot RUU, etc (all are giving you errors reading data; and I think this is the reason why).
Connect the phone to a Windows PC (sorry if that is not what you use, its all I know) and use Device Manager to format the phone's internal memory. Once its formatted try again to wipe cache and flash custom recovery again.

This is great info to tuck away for future reference. How should the memory be formatted? FAT32 or exFAT?
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bruce7373 said:
How should the memory be formatted? FAT32 or exFAT?
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FAT32.

redpoint73 said:
It means you should never ever do that (factory reset in bootloader) if bootloader unlocked, rooted, etc.. Only within the OS Settings or in recovery.
What this means, is that on a stock device, factory reset in bootloader works normally; but on a modded (rooted, etc.) device this corrupts the internal memory and renders it unable to be read or written to. This is probably why can't wipe cacher, install custom recovery, reboot RUU, etc (all are giving you errors reading data; and I think this is the reason why).
Connect the phone to a Windows PC (sorry if that is not what you use, its all I know) and use Device Manager to format the phone's internal memory. Once its formatted try again to wipe cache and flash custom recovery again.
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How exactly does one format the phone's internal memory via Device Manager?

adriankeith said:
How exactly does one format the phone's internal memory via Device Manager?
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Couldn't actually tell you "exactly" myself as I haven't personally had to do it. But I know its been given as advice many times, and reported to work (at least for some instances of corrupted internal memory or can't mount memory).
In brief, open Device Manager, browse to the device/internal memory, and try to find the option to format FAT32.

Ok, I'm in the same pickle as person above. Let me just post the state the phone was in before everything happened. Unlocked bootloader, s-on, Android revolution HD installed (4.4.3). Friend tried to get back to stock and now the phone is stuck in hboot. Things done to phone: bootloader relocked, tried to change tampered flag without success, flashed stock recovery and boot image. Fastboot devices returns Id, storage is not recognized, adb commands do not work. I think he also tried to do factory reset while in hboot. Just stumbled upon this format memory thing, will do it once I get home. What are the steps after, can I just flash the correct ROM.zip or some moded hboot? If you can just point me in right direction I would very much appreciate it, thanks. Also if you need any additional info just ask for it

Similar problem here also,
I could really use some help guys! The new GPE 6.0 images are out on XDA. http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc...uu-m8-google-play-edition-5-1-lmy470-t3226765
I did a full wipe then I put on the rom using the zip file first through TWRP and it did install but the radio drivers failed.
So I then downloaded the system img file ruu and renamed it to 0P6BIMG.zip and now it is just stuck in a loop and will not boot into the Operating system. It will just freeze at the White HTC logo.
I press the power button and the volume up button to reset the device then push the power button and volume down button to get into the bootloader the bootloader instantly selects Hboot and starts loading up the 0P6BIMG.zip. The phone then procedes to give me the highlighted HBoot option and the message "Press <POWER> to reboot." Which then reboots right into the White HTC loading screen.
The phone is unlocked and has s-on. I have tried using ADB commands but cannot get an ID with ADB devices command.
Can someone help a brotha out?

[Q] Fastboot isn't working, neither is recovery...

I want to return my at&t m8 back to stock (currently on stock rooted with one bad mod installed) so I can give the phone to my father. I dont have S-OFF and dont care about resetting the tamper flag. I have tried many methods to do so, the first being fastboot flashing the stock recovery, then fastboot oem lock, rebooting bootloader, then running the AT&T RUU. After i tried this several times, i noticed that the stock recovery never gets flashed even though it reports 'okay':
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1830723584 bytes
sending 'recovery' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.789s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.896s]
Fastboot reboot-bootloader (both the cli command and if you go select reboot fastboot on the phone) also doesn't work, it reboots the phone normally.
Seems weird that the flash doesn't happen and that reboot-bootloader doesnt work, but nonetheless i try another method restoring a stock nandroid from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376 . I followed the steps, fastboot erase cache --> fastboot flash boot boot.emmc.win --> fastboot erase cache --> reboot to recovery and restore nandroid --> reboot phone. ANNDDD.... somehow I'm still on the same System/ROM as I was before all this. Also worth noting, any files I push with adb are gone after a reboot. Not sure what is going on but any help would be appreciated.

So you have root permission right ?
Try downloading the stock recovery to the device and flash it with an app called "Flashify" or sense you know how to fastboot maybe try the "dd" method using Terminal emulator to push the stock recovery assuming you know the block where recovery lives [ mmcblk0p43 ]

jball said:
So you have root permission right ?
Try downloading the stock recovery to the device and flash it with an app called "Flashify" or sense you know how to fastboot maybe try the "dd" method using Terminal emulator to push the stock recovery assuming you know the block where recovery lives [ mmcblk0p43 ]
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Yes I have root.
Unfortunately anything that has to be done from the phone that isn't in the boot loader or recovery, is not an option at this point because it's in a boot loop (makes it to lock screen and then reboots). Sometimes it stops the loops and works for awhile, so if it does I'll give this a shot. However, is there any other method via adb/Fastboot over USB or TWRP?

Do you get the phone's ID (don't post it, just say yes or no) in response when you type: fastboot devices
If not, you have a fastboot connectivity issue. Try to re-install HTC Sync and HTC drivers.
You don't need to flash stock recovery to RUU. I think you might be mixing up your guides/methods. But if you don't have fastboot connectivity (which I suspect is the issue), you won't be able to relock the bootloader and RUU, anyway.
You can also use the bootable RUU here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/att-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486'
But again, you need to relock the bootloader first.

redpoint73 said:
Do you get the phone's ID (don't post it, just say yes or no) in response when you type: fastboot devices
If not, you have a fastboot connectivity issue. Try to re-install HTC Sync and HTC drivers.
You don't need to flash stock recovery to RUU. I think you might be mixing up your guides/methods. But if you don't have fastboot connectivity (which I suspect is the issue), you won't be able to relock the bootloader and RUU, anyway.
You can also use the bootable RUU here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/att-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486'
But again, you need to relock the bootloader first.
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Device id shows when i run fastboot devices . I am Positive the fastboot connectivity is not the issue here. So i am attempting to use the bootalble RUU. Since I am S-On though, I have to relock the bootloader first. When I run fastboot oem lock I get this:
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(bootloader) [PGFS] partition_update_pgfs: pg1fs_security
(bootloader) Lock successfully...
(bootloader) deinit_lcd
(bootloader) mipi display off
(bootloader) mdp_clock_off
(bootloader) turn off fd8c2308 failed 1 times. Try again...
(bootloader) disable_mmss_clk done
(bootloader) pll1_disable done
(bootloader) TZ_HTC_SVC_DISABLE ret = 536739196 (0x1FFDFD7C)
(bootloader) [CRITICAL] SPMI write command failure: cmd_id = 0, error
(bootloader) = 4
(bootloader) [CRITICAL] SPMI write command failure: cmd_id = 0, error
(bootloader) = 4
(bootloader) [INFO] Rebooting device
ERROR: usb_read failed with status e00002ed
FAILED (status read failed (No such file or directory))
finished. total time: 1.126s
And then it reboots the phone normally, it goes into its loop, I go back to bootloader, and it still shows unlocked.
Just noticed that if i run "fastboot getvar all" the "version-main" is blank. Weird...?

cojomojo said:
Just noticed that if i run "fastboot getvar all" the "version-main" is blank. Weird...?
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This is very common, usually caused by older TWRP versions. Shouldn't effect anything you are trying to do, I don't think.
Its odd that fastboot devices works, but fastboot oem lock fails.
Try re-installing HTC drivers, and maybe re-installing your fastboot/adb package.

redpoint73 said:
This is very common, usually caused by older TWRP versions. Shouldn't effect anything you are trying to do, I don't think.
Its odd that fastboot devices works, but fastboot oem lock fails.
Try re-installing HTC drivers, and maybe re-installing your fastboot/adb package.
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Tried reinstalling drivers and fastboot/adb AND tried installing it all on a Windows box (im on a mac) and the result is the same. I think its safe to rule out an issue with fastboot/adb connection. Any other ideas?
EDIT:
To clarify, I have tried this both natively on a Mac and on a PC.

cojomojo said:
Tried reinstalling drivers and fastboot/adb AND tried installing it all on a Windows box (im on a mac) and the result is the same. I think its safe to rule out an issue with fastboot/adb connection. Any other ideas?
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Try flashing the boot.img for your device from fastboot
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407584494

jball said:
Try flashing the boot.img for your device from fastboot
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407584494
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Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830707200 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.868s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.416s
Ok... looks good.... so I reboot, try to fastboot oem lock.... same issue as before. Tried to fastboot flash the stock recovery... says successful... still have TWRP. I went into TWRP, erased system, cache, etc. Reboot the phone, and its all there still. What the heck is going on.

cojomojo said:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830707200 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.868s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.416s
Ok... looks good.... so I reboot, try to fastboot oem lock.... same issue as before. Tried to fastboot flash the stock recovery... says successful... still have TWRP. I went into TWRP, erased system, cache, etc. Reboot the phone, and its all there still. What the heck is going on.
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After each flash "reboot bootloader"
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Than try booting to recovery from hboot
I don't think you can flash recoveries with the bootloader locked if its locking when you fastboot oem lock,I do believe you can lock the bootloader with a custom recovery flashed before hand.

jball said:
After each flash "reboot bootloader"
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Than try booting to recovery from hboot
I don't think you can flash recoveries with the bootloader locked if its locking when you fastboot oem lock,I do believe you can lock the bootloader with a custom recovery flashed before hand.
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Ok so, i followed that exactly. I ended up in TWRP still. Here is what I did:
Code:
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.855s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.402s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.011s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'recovery' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.621s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.897s]
finished. total time: 2.517s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.010s
Every fastboot reboot-bootloader booted the phone normally. Even tried the "reboot fastboot" option via the device. I still did the steps as you said despite this abnormality, and I ended up in TWRP still. somehow. Tried to wipe the System, Dalvik, Cache, and Data 5 times in TWRP... the phone still boots to its old system, and all the files reappear. I also tried reflashing Chainfire's SuperSU. It reported successful, tried all the fastboot and TWRP stuff again, and the same issue prevails.
Oh, and I have tried multiple USB cables for the hell of it.

cojomojo said:
Ok so, i followed that exactly. I ended up in TWRP still. Here is what I did:
Code:
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.855s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.402s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.011s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'recovery' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.621s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.897s]
finished. total time: 2.517s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.010s
Every fastboot reboot-bootloader booted the phone normally. Even tried the "reboot fastboot" option via the device. I still did the steps as you said despite this abnormality, and I ended up in TWRP still. somehow. Tried to wipe the System, Dalvik, Cache, and Data 5 times in TWRP... the phone still boots to its old system, and all the files reappear. I also tried reflashing Chainfire's SuperSU. It reported successful, tried all the fastboot and TWRP stuff again, and the same issue prevails.
Oh, and I have tried multiple USB cables for the hell of it.
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K you said you use a type of virtual machine right.
Try installing adb/fastboot directly to your Mac and run the fastboot-mac commands and hope for a better outcome

jball said:
K you said you use a type of virtual machine right.
Try installing adb/fastboot directly to your Mac and run the fastboot-mac commands and hope for a better outcome
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No, I dont use a virtual machine. I have adb/fastboot installed directly on my mac, and its failed. I also installed adb/fastboot on another computer I have, which runs Windows 8.1, and it fails with the same errors. I could see why you thought I meant virtual machine, so I added an edit to that post. But to clarify, I am not using a virtual machine.

cojomojo said:
No, I dont use a virtual machine. I have adb/fastboot installed directly on my mac, and its failed. I also installed adb/fastboot on another computer I have, which runs Windows 8.1, and it fails with the same errors. I could see why you thought I meant virtual machine, so I added an edit to that post. But to clarify, I am not using a virtual machine.
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One more ridiculous question I need to ask
Do you have fastboot unchecked through your battery/power settings
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@cojomojo
If nothing else works maybe try what I have over in here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586472

cojomojo said:
Tried reinstalling drivers and fastboot/adb AND tried installing it all on a Windows box (im on a mac) and the result is the same. I think its safe to rule out an issue with fastboot/adb connection. Any other ideas?
EDIT:
To clarify, I have tried this both natively on a Mac and on a PC.
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Strange, fastboot problems are most often a driver issue. But I agree, if you've tried it natively on Mac and PC, it would seem that drivers is not the cause.
Out of curiosity, what ROM is running on the phone currently?

jball said:
One more ridiculous question I need to ask
Do you have fastboot unchecked through your battery/power settings
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I am trying to check to see if maybe fast boot is on. I suppose it is a possibility, now I just need the phone to stay on long enough to check.
redpoint73 said:
Out of curiosity, what ROM is running on the phone currently?
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Running stock rooted, with one mod installed (wifi tethering). It is the 50% of the problem because it is causing the reboot loop i mentioned earlier.
******* Update **********
"Fast Boot" is turned on in battery/power settings. However, I turned it off, rebooted, and its back on. Tried multiple times and it won't stick. Thanks to all sticking with helping me out here, even as we approach 3 pages

@cojomojo
Post an update if and when you fix it and what you did to fix it so others might pass in and learn.
I'm still racking my brain thinking of any possibilities it could still be

jball said:
@cojomojo
Post an update if and when you fix it and what you did to fix it so others might pass in and learn.
I'm still racking my brain thinking of any possibilities it could still be
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Will do for sure. Thanks for your help! I'm thinking I might try and get the phone on long enough to try flashify or something. Maybe try and get s-off???

Are you absolutely sure the bootloader is currently unlocked and you didn't previously re lock it, does it state so in the bootloader screen?
If you can still get into twrp then try flashing a nandroid back to stock from the stock backup thread. I'd also be trying a different cable regardless of whether you think the one you're using is okay.

ashyx said:
Are you absolutely sure the bootloader is currently unlocked and you didn't previously re lock it? If you can still get into twrp then try flashing a nandroid back to stock from the stock backup thread. I'd also be trying a different cable regardless of whether you think the one you're using is okay.
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Bootloader says unlocked... so I assume it is unlocked. I suppose I could go through the unlock process again, but it definitely says "unlocked". Also TWRP flashing/restoring/anything does absolutely nothing. And I have tried 3 cables and 2 computers.
*** CLARIFICATION ****
I can get into TWRP fine, and I can restore, flash ROMS, whatever... BUT even though they report okay with 0 errors, everything stays the same, i.e. nothing in TWRP actually works. Same with Fastboot.

help..... ish

so after years of playing with my m8 and flashing different roms and recoveries, it seems to have had enough. maybe not tho, maybe someone can help. if i turn on my m8 it will show splash screen with red writing on bottom as disclaimer then shuts off... it will only stay on if i hold power and volume down to bring up loader, fom there i can still access fastboot but nothing else, cant get to recovery. it just shuts off.. i figured i would try reflashing a new recovery and try again. nothing, just powers down device. i grabbed one ofthe all in one toolkits to try and push a recovery , says it works but still wont boot into it tried pushing a new rom zip and i get this message target reported max download size of 1826414592 bytes
sending 'zip' (662028 KB)...
OKAY [ 22.063s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 22.063s any ideas?

spantch101 said:
so after years of playing with my m8 and flashing different roms and recoveries, it seems to have had enough. maybe not tho, maybe someone can help. if i turn on my m8 it will show splash screen with red writing on bottom as disclaimer then shuts off... it will only stay on if i hold power and volume down to bring up loader, fom there i can still access fastboot but nothing else, cant get to recovery. it just shuts off.. i figured i would try reflashing a new recovery and try again. nothing, just powers down device. i grabbed one ofthe all in one toolkits to try and push a recovery , says it works but still wont boot into it tried pushing a new rom zip and i get this message target reported max download size of 1826414592 bytes
sending 'zip' (662028 KB)...
OKAY [ 22.063s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 22.063s any ideas?
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Run the appropriate RUU for your device.

spantch101 said:
so after years of playing with my m8 and flashing different roms and recoveries
i figured i would try reflashing a new recovery and try again. nothing, just powers down device.
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Proper recovery version depends on your current firmware. I can advise more, if you do fastboot getvar all, and post the results (delete IMEI and serial number before posting) and what recoveries you tried.
Also, you may try fastboot erase cache, and then fastboot flash the proper recovery version.

redpoint73 said:
Proper recovery version depends on your current firmware. I can advise more, if you do fastboot getvar all, and post the results (delete IMEI and serial number before posting) and what recoveries you tried.
Also, you may try fastboot erase cache, and then fastboot flash the proper recovery version.
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cant tell you much other than says hboot 3.19.0.0000 radio1.25.2131147A1.06G open Dsp v48.2-00564-m8974_FO.1211
OS- (blank) its a bell canada one m8

spantch101 said:
cant tell you much other than says hboot 3.19.0.0000 radio1.25.2131147A1.06G open Dsp v48.2-00564-m8974_FO.1211
OS- (blank) its a bell canada one m8
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the result of ( fastboot getvar all ) will gave us more info as requested above
post it after removing serialno and imei
also what recovery version you tried to flash
any detail could help to help
Sent from my HTC M8 using XDA Labs

bootloop HTC One M9, Original, Locked, S-ON

Good day everyone.
After two weeks of trying and searching the web for an answer I have finally given up and decided to post my question here, perhaps someone has an idea that can help.
I have an HTC One M9 that was stashed away in a cupboard, I decided that I am going back to it as my current phone is just not working for me, however, I LOVE the hardware on the One M9 but I do not like the HTC Sence UI and decided that I will flash it with a custom ROM. Needless to say I completely stuffed it up. (I probably should have S-OFF and unlocked before I tried flashing. (Also didn't enable developer options or USB debugging - stupid stupid me)
Herewith the symptom. I can boot into download mode but not recovery, when i boot into recovery the black HTC logo appears and then disappears, appears, disappears etc etc so ABD does not work.
I have tried the RUU route but as soon as the installer reboots the phone it does the whole black logo loop thing. the get_identifier_token command also returns bank (see output below) so can't even use the htcdev procedure.
I have tried manually flashing zip and img files and get a 9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL boot and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCK also tried flashing stock recovery.img rom.
Rom:
M9_3.35.401.12_FullStock_wipe.zip
M9_3.35.401.12_NoWipe_TWRP2871b1.zip
0PJAIMG_HIMA_UHL_M60_SENSE70_HTC_Europe_3.35.401.1 2_Radio_01.01_U11440792_97.00.51203G_F_release_sig ned.zip
RUU_HIMA_UHL_L50_SENSE70_HTC_Europe_1.32.401.17_Ra dio_01.01_U11440261_56.02.50306G_2_F_release_42934 0_signed_2_4.exe
Manually flashing with extracted rom in RUU file
hima_uhl_n70_hosd_signed.img
HTC_One_M9_1.32.401.8_recovery_signed.img
twrp-3.2.1-0-hima.img
Used the SDCARD option
I did the fastboot erase cache process
At some point I was able to htc_fastboot flash zip rom.zip and it sent up to 50% but just remained there
Original Software
LOCKED
S-ON
htc_fastboot "works"
D:\Desktop\HTC\HTC One M9 Toolkit 2 1.6.1\adb>htc_fastboot.exe getvar all
(bootloader) kernel: lk
(bootloader) product: htc_himauhl
(bootloader) version: 1.0
(bootloader) imei: XXXXXXXXXXXX
(bootloader) version-main: 3.35.401.12
(bootloader) boot-mode: download
(bootloader) version-baseband: 01.01_U11440792_97.00.51203G_F
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000
(bootloader) mid: 0PJA10000
(bootloader) cid: HTC__016
all:
finished. total time: 0.004s
htc_fastboot finished. total time: 1.143s
flash example:
D:\Desktop\HTC\HTC One M9 Toolkit 2 1.6.1\adb>htc_fastboot.exe flash zip d:\roms\M9_3.35.401.12_FullStock_wipe.zip
htc_fastboot.exe v3.0.7 (2015-03-30)
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
sending 'zip' (134610 KB)...
OKAY [ 8.962s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#671758
FAILED (remote: 9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL zip from usb command in download mode)
finished. total time: 10.121s
htc_fastboot finished. total time: 12.576s
D:\Desktop\HTC\HTC One M9 Toolkit 2 1.6.1\adb>htc_fastboot.exe oem get_identifier_token
...
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] : /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/frp
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] Last Byte is 0X00, disable unlock
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] oem unlock Turn Off!
OKAY [ 0.162s]
finished. total time: 0.162s
htc_fastboot finished. total time: 1.335s
Please help or even tell me I am doing something wrong.
Thank you

The only ruu you can flash with s-off is this: 0PJAIMG_HIMA_UHL_M60_SENSE70_HTC_Europe_3.35.401.1 2_Radio_01.01_U11440792_97.00.51203G_F_release_sig ned.zip
So, don't try another ruu, they will never work.
You just need to rename the zip to 0PJAIMG.zip and put in the root of your fat32 formatted sdcard.
Then boot in download and follow on-screen instructions.
The second method is with htc_fastboot.
Boot in download and do "htc_fastboot flash zip 0PJAIMG_HIMA......zip" - do the same command again when it asks(phone reboots itself in download mode).
After the process is complete do "fastboot reboot".

lucyr03 said:
The only ruu you can flash with s-off is this: 0PJAIMG_HIMA_UHL_M60_SENSE70_HTC_Europe_3.35.401.1 2_Radio_01.01_U11440792_97.00.51203G_F_release_sig ned.zip
So, don't try another ruu, they will never work.
You just need to rename the zip to 0PJAIMG.zip and put in the root of your fat32 formatted sdcard.
Then boot in download and follow on-screen instructions.
The second method is with htc_fastboot.
Boot in download and do "htc_fastboot flash zip 0PJAIMG_HIMA......zip" - do the same command again when it asks(phone reboots itself in download mode).
After the process is complete do "fastboot reboot".
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Hi, thanks, however, I did that previously no luck, problem is that S is on and I never enabled USB Debug before I started

neetekweet said:
Hi, thanks, however, I did that previously no luck, problem is that S is on and I never enabled USB Debug before I started
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Neither being S-ON nor not having enabled the USB debugging prevents you from flashing a RUU that has the same firmware version as your phone.
If flashing the RUU that lucyr03 mentioned fails then you need to check whether the MD5 checksum of the downloaded file is correct and whether your SD card is broken.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Labs

Probably wrong firmware. You need a stock signed zip of 3.35.401.12 and use the sdcard method.

shivadow said:
Probably wrong firmware. You need a stock signed zip of 3.35.401.12 and use the sdcard method.
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Hi
Thank you kindly, tried with Lucy's and a few others on the sdcard method.
Its starts the process "updating_ui" it reboots and then it just starts looping again.
I have basically given up, I am going to try one more thing and that is to take it to a repair shop and see if they can fix it.

neetekweet said:
Hi
Thank you kindly, tried with Lucy's and a few others on the sdcard method.
Its starts the process "updating_ui" it reboots and then it just starts looping again.
I have basically given up, I am going to try one more thing and that is to take it to a repair shop and see if they can fix it.
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I can tell you now the phone is bricked.