Hello as suggested by ''Sawdoctor" (scary name btw.) I post my original from XDA Assist right here.
Okay guys I know this title isn't the best. But I don't want you to delete me because it has been already made. Because I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE HECK THE PROBLEM IS.
Alright Phone : HTC One M9 (1,5 years old)
After downloading an app from google play ''Spy Camera OS 3 (SC-OS3)'' , I guess someone from you guys developed it. No idea. I don't even know if it was this app that caused it. BUT - after I downloaded it and used for a while other apps started crashing ( for example : Facebook, Instagram). So I thought oh wow. I reset my phone and it will fix everything( dummy me) . Ye I did restart it and ended up in this funny screen ( maybe you would call it BOOTLOADER ? no idea)
It says tho :
***Software status : Modified***
*** LOCKED ***
*** S-ON ***
*** SECURITY WARNING***
/*<VOL UP> to previous item <VOL DOWN> to next item<POWER> to select item */
REBOOT
REBOOT TO BOOTLOADER
BOOT TO DOWNLOAD MODE
BOOT TO RECOVERY MODE
POWER DOWN
I have only tried those that are green colored and ended up back there where I started. Any ideas ? I am rookie. I have never done a root on my phones. No idea how to do it. So explain to me like to a kid. Thanks a lot.
Unfortunately just after 10 posts I can add pics. Hope you can help without seeing what I see.
Either a failed root attempt or a borked nand. The app didn't cause it.
Beamed in by telepathy.
shivadow said:
Either a failed root attempt or a borked nand. The app didn't cause it.
Beamed in by telepathy.
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Alright man, I am telling you I have never done root on my devices !! Because I know you can **** your phone up and I never wanted that.
I simply restarted phone. Turned on. This came up. Don't even know how to root.
I think (hopefully) the problem can be solved by re-flashing stock ROM. You just need to find correct RUU.zip file for your device. Rename this zip file as 0PJAIMG.zip and put zip file in your microSD card. Power off your phone. Put microSD card. Press and hold vol- and power button simultaneously (it will boot to download mode and try to install zip file in SD card). Let me know the result
oscar_ferreiro said:
I think (hopefully) the problem can be solved by re-flashing stock ROM. You just need to find correct RUU.zip file for your device. Rename this zip file as 0PJAIMG.zip and put zip file in your microSD card. Power off your phone. Put microSD card. Press and hold vol- and power button simultaneously (it will boot to download mode and try to install zip file in SD card). Let me know the result
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Hello, great suggestion. I am going to try it. One more question to it. Do I place it in specific folder in SD card so the phones reads the .zip file first ??
Let's try this ! Hopefully it works.
Btw. is there a difference restoring it from RUU.zip file and RUU.exe file ??
EDIT: Well I just realized, I don't have any USB connector for SD cards nor available android phone to put the file via that (only iPhones at home right now) . I am going to try it tommorow and hopefull it works.
YoYiXxX said:
Hello, great suggestion. I am going to try it. One more question to it. Do I place it in specific folder in SD card so the phones reads the .zip file first ??
Let's try this ! Hopefully it works.
Btw. is there a difference restoring it from RUU.zip file and RUU.exe file ??
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Well, place it on root folder. And better to have empty SD card. So there will be only that file
About second question, I think there is no difference. Have not found proper RUU.exe for mine, so have not experienced restoring from it
oscar_ferreiro said:
Well, place it on root folder. And better to have empty SD card. So there will be only that file
About second question, I think there is no difference. Have not found proper RUU.exe for mine, so have not experienced restoring from it
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Last question what exactly am I looking for in .ZIP file ? When my release date was Dec 17 2015, 0:40:10, can I use another ? With the same OS ( 3.35.161.12) and RADIO(01.01_U11440792_96.00.51201G_F) info, which I think is more important. I don't know what exactly has to be the same in the RUU file and what can difffer and is not that important. Thanks in advance
YoYiXxX said:
Last question what exactly am I looking for in .exe file ? When my release date was Dec 17 2015, 0:40:10, can I use another ? With the same OS ( 3.35.161.12) and RADIO(01.01_U11440792_96.00.51201G_F) info, which I think is more important. I don't know what exactly has to be the same in the RUU file and what can difffer and is not that important. Thanks in advance
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In order to succeed, you should chose by following criteria:
- RUU software version equal or higher than what's on the phone (as it is S-On in your condition)
- MID should match
- CID should match
- HTC Syncmanager (for drivers if you are going to use exe file)
- Some other miscellaneous things that are most of PC already have pre-installed (again for exe file)
oscar_ferreiro said:
In order to succeed, you should chose by following criteria:
- RUU software version equal or higher than what's on the phone (as it is S-On in your condition)
- MID should match
- CID should match
- HTC Syncmanager (for drivers if you are going to use exe file)
- Some other miscellaneous things that are most of PC already have pre-installed (again for exe file)
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my phone says following :
***LOCKED***
htc_himauhl PVT S-ON
LK-1.0.0.0000
RADIO-01.01_U11440792_96.00.51201G_F
OpenDSP-15.6.1.00522.8994_1026
OS-3.35.161.12
Dec 17 2015, 00:40:10(671447)
The matching file I downloaded says :
0PJAIMG_HIMA_UHL_M60_SENSE70_MR_Vodafone_UK_3.35.161.12_Radio_01.01_U11440792_96.00.51201G_F_release_464298_signed.zip
Cyan colored I see matches. Only release date, UK( I have the phone from Germany Vodafone) don't match. M60 I don't really understand, what that stands for.
IT WORKED
Big thanks to user : oscar_ferreiro
Your suggestion worked. I am back in my phone. You're boss. Hopefully it won't stop working in following days.
Thanks a lot. Have a nice day. XDA forever.
-YoYiXxX
Very glad that could help you. Please don't forget to hit the "Thanks!" button under my post. Good luck and hope your phone will last long
YoYiXxX said:
Alright man, I am telling you I have never done root on my devices !! Because I know you can **** your phone up and I never wanted that.
I simply restarted phone. Turned on. This came up. Don't even know how to root.
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Then it's a borked nand. Before you flash anything blindly I suggest you spend a day or two reading about possible errors you may encounter and how to resolve them.
Good luck!.
Beamed in by telepathy.
F*ck this...
Alright listen, here we are 4 days later ... again out of nowhere !! my phone started crashing every single app.. EVERY single app, no app would work for me... I knew that if I do turn off my phone the same screen pops up with that ''Reboot'' stuff.. so I did turn the phone off ( IT DID VIBRATE BEFORE THE SCREEN COMPLETELY WENT OFF, if that's a trigger to someone) and the ''Reboot' white screen popped up as expected. WHAT THE F*CK ANDROID. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I don't know what kind of virus can that be or whatever. I know that if I use the file I used before to reload the Stock ROM it will somehow work, but as you can see only for couple days. I didn't do anything to cause it in terms of trying to root my phone. Trust me.
Anyone willing to help ?
shivadow said:
Then it's a borked nand. Before you flash anything blindly I suggest you spend a day or two reading about possible errors you may encounter and how to resolve them.
Good luck!.
Beamed in by telepathy.
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Yes I will do the research. Thought you just threw nonsense words with that ''borked nand".
Related
Because of my stupid mistakes of making my SD card failed the first time, I found a way to actually downgrade the system using HBoot mode even if you have a new HBoot system (i.e. Official Chinese version, Carrier Locked version, etc).
First thing to do, is to download the 2.73.405.5 official WWE RUU package (the exe);
Then, run that wizard, and while the wizard's program is running, search in your PC's %userprofile% folder, and look for "rom.zip"
Rename that rom.zip to HEROIMG.zip.
Put that file into your MicroSD card's root folder. Do not modify its contents.
put that SD card into your phone.
While the card is in, hboot the device (vol down + power).
it will pop up the HBOOT mode of the device. It will now check for a few files if they exist on your SD card. (HERODIAG.zip, etc)
in the last check, it will look for HEROIMG.zip, and tries to load it. Once the loading bar is complete on the top right side of the device, it will ask you to press home to continue the upgrade, or press other key to escape it. (i am not 100% sure if those are the keys, but you can read english so figure that part out).
Once the flashing is done (remember, this method will wipe everything. including radio, recovery, system, data, cache), you will now have a complete original ROM on your system. From there, use InstantRoot or any other rooting exploit, to root your device, put Cyanogen's recovery there, and start upgrading into custom roms!
Let me know if this method works or not. it worked on 3 of my friend's HTCs.
/* p.s. however i still have my unresolved issue about the SD card slot and USB device not recognized issue. */
Nope, I tried that before and it fails the CID check.
Guiness in a can? BRILLIANT!
yea, everyone has been jumping through their butts trying to figure out how to make goldcards and bypasses... why not just use hboot like htc probally uses it? Duh! Thanks for this!
edit..... oh snap....
does not work for me!
Once the loading bar is complete on the top right side of the device
go back to hboot...
and nothing to do
this won't work because the SPL is still checking the CID of the rom.zip you renamed to HEROIMG
for some people the flash will work, but thats because they have a hero with a CID thats in the range of the cid numbers (open the .zip file and check the android-info.txt to see the list.
changing topic is this is confusing people
nice try though
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Confirm ...works for me.After rooting...... and flashing couple images i try reflash back original rom - official ruu not want work ...stop on bootloader .....extracted rom not be a flashable trough sd card and amon ra loader....this way work like charm.Thnx.
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Confirm ...works for me.After rooting...... and flashing couple images i try reflash back original rom - official ruu not want work ...stop on bootloader .....extracted rom not be a flashable trough sd card and amon ra loader....this way work like charm.Thnx.
Thank you, you are the man!
Thank you so much, i was about to eat my phone. it is htc hero and it worked. thank you so much...
since we have this thread i can ask as well...
is HEROIMG.ZIP signed, or why wouldn't one just alter the CID values in android-info.txt?
kendong2 said:
since we have this thread i can ask as well...
is HEROIMG.ZIP signed, or why wouldn't one just alter the CID values in android-info.txt?
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I believe it is signed using HTC's own personal keys, preventing us changing the RUU extract.
anon2122 said:
I believe it is signed using HTC's own personal keys, preventing us changing the RUU extract.
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Might be worth a test to do self signed ?
Jesterz said:
this won't work because the SPL is still checking the CID of the rom.zip you renamed to HEROIMG
for some people the flash will work, but thats because they have a hero with a CID thats in the range of the cid numbers (open the .zip file and check the android-info.txt to see the list.
changing topic is this is confusing people
nice try though
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hi, i have the same problem and my cid is in in the list.
what could be the problem?
How the hell did you came up with that?
It worked perfectly! Cannot thank you enough.
You're the man.
been looking for this for nearly a week.
got my wife a new phone and want to store it original, but couldnt get back to stock,all cid fails.
with this version no cid fail and stock htc hero again.
thanks, you tha man.
Hello,
I'm new to the forums, and have only just recently got a HTC Wildfire A3333 running 2.2.1.
I have tried to use " [GUIDE] Downgrade to HTC Froyo WWE for AlphaRevX (HBOOT 1.01.0001) " to downgrade the h boot as to start to gain root.
But when I have followed the instructions, it appears to complete ok, but when I reboot in to the system menu, it still shows as .002 hboot and does not install the rom supplied.
any help would be great
EDIT: IT TOLD ME I HAD SUCCESSFULLY CREATED GOLD CARD
GlennBrownie
same goes with me mate, i got the gold card and then i insert it, it all goes but when the cmd closes it still shows hboot 1.01.002
This happened to me on a Telstra wildfire (A3335). if you make it so the CMD window doesn’t close (I used an alternative shell) you will see that it actually gets some error before closing, which is why it doesn’t actually change the hboot.
I must have done it 20 times before I got it to work. I can't remember what I did differently the time I made it work, but it was something to do with which usb mode the phone was in for each step, and when I decided to change it from one mode to the other. Basically trying to make it so the phone wouldn’t say “preparing SD card” after I had made the goldcard.
Worst part was when I finally downgraded my Hboot, alphrev X still wouldn’t work for me. Continued to get the error of “Retrieving Caroline from certain doom...” and "mtd: not writing bad block at 0x00000000" I've since given up..
okays, thanks for the help, ill try that, but with alpharevx the problem they are tring to fix is the part where you need to restart into fastboot the second time, so in this case, ill give that a try. the thing is that im useing windows 7 enterprise, i have the hboot drivers all installed and etc, i used the intructions given to me and everyone else where you have to make the gold card. in that intruction it stated to put the sd card into the usb or sd port, the thing i did was switch my phone to mount the SD card and create it via there, i think the part where we all went wrong is unmounted it after we finished making the sd card. so try that, and with your problem i tghink you need to try and run the program in ADMIN mode (right click and run as admin) and then try and get the HBOOT drivers from Unrevoked installed. give that a try and hope it all works out
cheers
Well I managed to get step2.bat to run in a cmd so that it stayed open,
it came up with "FAILED <remote: 42 custom id check fail>".
when HTC booted in to bootloader it still showed same h.boot (.0002)
Please see attached screenshot.
Question!! / problem!!
GlennBrownie said:
Hello,
I'm new to the forums, and have only just recently got a HTC Wildfire A3333 running 2.2.1.
I have tried to use " [GUIDE] Downgrade to HTC Froyo WWE for AlphaRevX (HBOOT 1.01.0001) " to downgrade the h boot as to start to gain root.
But when I have followed the instructions, it appears to complete ok, but when I reboot in to the system menu, it still shows as .002 hboot and does not install the rom supplied.
any help would be great
GlennBrownie
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my question is, when i run alpharevx, it asks me for the beta key, note that it doesnt show my device name or anything like how i did it before i downgraded, any ideas why? and does anyone have a beta key for me to use? because the one i got with my phone when i entered it in said it was incorrect, when before before i downgraded it worked perfectly fine (except the rotting part).
what Beta key, I dont recall one?
To get a new beta key just follow this link, click download and then enter your phone's SN.
http://alpharev.nl/x/beta/
GlennBrownie said:
Well I managed to get step2.bat to run in a cmd so that it stayed open,
it came up with "FAILED <remote: 42 custom id check fail>".
when HTC booted in to bootloader it still showed same h.boot (.0002)
Please see attached screenshot.
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Make sure you properly created a working gold card. Retry with gold card.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
technolust109 said:
my question is, when i run alpharevx, it asks me for the beta key, note that it doesnt show my device name or anything like how i did it before i downgraded, any ideas why? and does anyone have a beta key for me to use? because the one i got with my phone when i entered it in said it was incorrect, when before before i downgraded it worked perfectly fine (except the rotting part).
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If it doesn’t show your device properly just reboot your phone. Basically every time the program fails it won’t show your device properly until you reboot again (This will also fix the issue where it thinks you have the wrong beta key). People suggesting to go get a new beta key have no idea. Have they not noticed that it doesn’t matter which HBoot version you select on the site you still get the same key based on your serial number.
yes, i used mt wildfire SN and i use the code it gives me still getting the same problem,
nejc121 said:
To get a new beta key just follow this link, click download and then enter your phone's SN.
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currently running windows so cannot download as windows version under review.
bharatgaddameedi said:
Make sure you properly created a working gold card. Retry with gold card.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
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completed program and it had a pop up saying something like, "success, you now have a gold key"....
GlennBrownie said:
Well I managed to get step2.bat to run in a cmd so that it stayed open,
it came up with "FAILED <remote: 42 custom id check fail>".
when HTC booted in to bootloader it still showed same h.boot (.0002)
Please see attached screenshot.
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in other words, your goldcard is not created correctly.
ieftm said:
in other words, your goldcard is not created correctly.
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done it twice and it still come up with success message?
even did it through hex editor....
I tried to do it again to show screenshots.
firstly, I ran step one and it says "cannot stat" followed by file name and says "no such file or directory". see image1.jpg
I then checked the buzzdowngrade folder, and all files are there. see image4.jpg
I then attempted the goldcard, and I clicked get cid, and it loaded a CID with a lot of 0's in it so I dont think its showing correct CID, possibly hiding real CID?
image2.jpg
when I clicked patch MMC, it came up with an error message. see image3.jpg
Have you installed the HTC driver 3.0.0.007. If not, install it first before even going with step1.
And regarding step2, creating a working gold card is important. If you still get custom id errors, try with a different memory card. And run the gold card tool as administrator. And in that you will see mmc0 and mmc1 options. Try creating with the other if one fails.
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GlennBrownie said:
I tried to do it again to show screenshots.
firstly, I ran step one and it says "cannot stat" followed by file name and says "no such file or directory". see image1.jpg
I then checked the buzzdowngrade folder, and all files are there. see image4.jpg
I then attempted the goldcard, and I clicked get cid, and it loaded a CID with a lot of 0's in it so I dont think its showing correct CID, possibly hiding real CID?
image2.jpg
when I clicked patch MMC, it came up with an error message. see image3.jpg
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Just downgraded and i think i know what is the problem.
You have to change the connection status from charge only to Mass storage
then click refresh and the memory card will be available.
HTC MMC : select you sd card.
And now patch.
right, got an update.
managed to succeed with the dmisc.img and others that failed - thanks to Mattyyey, cheers Matt
We then got to flashing the rom and it failed, any suggestions?
we recreated the gold card and formated the microSD card and patched and it told us that it had succeeded.
please see screenshot.
bharatgaddameedi said:
And regarding step2, creating a working gold card is important. If you still get custom id errors, try with a different memory card...........Try creating with the other if one fails.
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its probably your fake SD card! I was able to run the commands in step 1 and 2 from the cmd, all but the final ROM flash. I think after we create it we should confirm its been put on the SD card via hex workshop.... I did think of this last night but I was getting tired and you dont have it installed. I suspect its just the goldcard isn't done, everything else works when typed manually into cmd.
Unless anyone else has another reason for the custom ID check failing?
MATTYYEY was correct, it was due to fake microSD card, completed gold card with authentic SD card and it worked.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire android 2.3.4 Cyanogen V7.1 ROM using XDA App, GREAT rom running perfect.
I'm quite sure having a goldcard will allow me to RUU and unbrick my phone. If anyone can possibly make, lend or sell me a DHD goldcard i would be so grateful. Thank you.
jinjamal said:
I'm quite sure having a goldcard will allow me to RUU and unbrick my phone. If anyone can possibly make, lend or sell me a DHD goldcard i would be so grateful. Thank you.
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I may be wrong here, but I believe the goldcard is hardware specific so someone else's goldcard wont work for your DHD
can anybody confirm this? it may be my only chance to unbrick..
very simple, look http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180639
does that program create goldcard without working phone??
jinjamal said:
does that program create goldcard without working phone??
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don't think so you need a working phone
thats unfortunate
what is wrong with your phone and how did you brick it??
jinjamal said:
I'm quite sure having a goldcard will allow me to RUU and unbrick my phone. If anyone can possibly make, lend or sell me a DHD goldcard i would be so grateful. Thank you.
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Check out my guide... It has a number of ways of finding your CID in order to generate the code req for goldcard img file. Look in the comments as well. Pm me if you need help
Also I'm from Melbourne
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post the CID of your microSD...
Here is all relevant info i can give, also I dont know my card's CID and am not sure how to find out. I am not familiar with making a goldcard or anything so please explain in detail if you could, thank you.
My DHD is stuck on the black screen with HTC logo and an error symbol in each corner. This happened after trying to install an unbranded stock RUU on my DHD which is branded and is on Vodafone AU with 2.2 and 1.32.178.5. I read that somebody else fixed this problem by reinstalling the original software with RUU. However i can only find my exact software in a zip, not RUU...Also i don't have a gold card.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as i have no idea what to do now.
When I unplug from usb i see this:
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.85.0007
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Oct 11 2010,12:47:02
RUU
...also, i am able to install RUU onto the phone but as i dont have a goldcard and my original rom doesnt exist in RUU format, i get the error saying i am using the wrong RUU.
I take it you don't have a recovery?.. maybe take your SDCard out.. put it in an adapter and place it in you computer.. from there extract the PB98.img and flash it through bootloader?
There's a guide somewhere XDA showing how to retrieve the PB98.img.. I could be talking crap here and possible you have tried this and somewhere in my mind its saying CID error.. but maybe get your old branded RUU instead of the unbranded and try that?
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hey thanks for ur interest. There is nothing on my sd card. and how do you flash an img file through bootloader? anyway Im fairly sure my branded ruu is not available online, i really have searched everywhere.
If you can get the original software in .zip form, here are the steps you should take:
1: Somehow get your memory card on your computer.
2: Put that zip file in the root directory, making sure it is called PD98IMG.zip
3: Put the memory card back in the phone
4: Take out and reinsert the battery
5: Hold the volume down button and then hold down the power button until you get to the bootloader screen.
6: Wait. The bootloader will automatically check for the presence of a PD98IMG.zip. It may look like its frozen but there is a status bar at the top right of the screen.
7: It will ask you if you want to flash that zip file. Select yes.
This should install the stock ROM back on your DHD.
If you have any problems with these steps just say and we will do our best to help.
thanks raze. ill try that now, although what is the root directory? my sd card is completely wiped so there are no folders on it. could u tell me what folders to create and where to put the zip file? thanks
Also, as I said, pressing buttons is completely unresponsive. If i put the battery in the phone i get the logo screen with the error symbols. Then if i remove the phone from the USB cable i get that bootscreen with what appears to be an option to RUU. Hopefully this info helps.
well I've just tried it with the zip on the memory card and nothing happens
Hi jinjamal
jinjamal said:
thanks raze. ill try that now, although what is the root directory? my sd card is completely wiped so there are no folders on it. could u tell me what folders to create and where to put the zip file? thanks
Also, as I said, pressing buttons is completely unresponsive. If i put the battery in the phone i get the logo screen with the error symbols. Then if i remove the phone from the USB cable i get that bootscreen with what appears to be an option to RUU. Hopefully this info helps.
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The Root Directory is the SD Card, no other folder [directory].
You say you have no other folders on the SD Card, that fine as you can not make a mistake and put it in the wrong place. [directory]
Take Care
TheQuest
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Hi jinjamal
jinjamal said:
well I've just tried it with the zip on the memory card and nothing happens
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Make sur you are not connected to you computer by the USB after you have put the .zip on your SD card,
Then follow the advice by raze599:-
raze599 said:
If you can get the original software in .zip form, here are the steps you should take:
1: Somehow get your memory card on your computer.
2: Put that zip file in the root directory, making sure it is called PD98IMG.zip
3: Put the memory card back in the phone
4: Take out and reinsert the battery
5: Hold the volume down button and then hold down the power button until you get to the bootloader screen.
6: Wait. The bootloader will automatically check for the presence of a PD98IMG.zip. It may look like its frozen but there is a status bar at the top right of the screen.
7: It will ask you if you want to flash that zip file. Select yes.
This should install the stock ROM back on your DHD.
If you have any problems with these steps just say and we will do our best to help.
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3 to 7, especially numbers 5, 6 7.
Take Care
TheQuest
Yes, you have to keep the volume down button pressed before you press the power button. This will get you to a white screen with some green robots on it. This is where it checks for the zip file.
Unfortunately the buttons don't do anything. I've followed exactly what you both said, and nothing happens...thanks alot for ur detailed comments though, I do appreciate it.
I think you have fastboot enabled in your settings "/.. I'd look up a guide on setting adb up and do an adb reboot bootloader which might work.. I cannot be sure as I don't know how far it can go.. I'm not at my PC, so I can't test it for you
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I have posted a tutorial to unbrick a wfs, and i also posted how to get out of the three vibe brick. I don't know if it really works (because i don't have a marvelc) but a user has reported it working.
vbhtt said:
I have posted a tutorial to unbrick a wfs, and i also posted how to get out of the three vibe brick. I don't know if it really works (because i don't have a marvelc) but a user has reported it working.
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I apologize. I heard that in some cases, not even that could fix it. I meant to say that there is not a fix that works in 100% of scenarios (my three-vibe could not be rectified without the use of JTAG, which I did not want to get into here.)
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I apologize. I heard that in some cases, not even that could fix it. I meant to say that there is not a fix that works in 100% of scenarios (my three-vibe could not be rectified without the use of JTAG, which I did not want to get into here.)
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There's no need to apologise my friend I was not trying to tell you that you are wrong, i was trying to help you!!!!
vbhtt said:
There's no need to apologise my friend I was not trying to tell you that you are wrong, i was trying to help you!!!!
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Oh! I understand that! I was just trying to provide a common method that I had read. I understand you weren't saying I was wrong. I was actually about to add something about your tutorial, but I had another project I was working on.
Yes, my goal is that this can be a place to help most Marvelc users solve most of their problems with as many alternatives as possible while still being fairly noob-friendly.
Thank you for reminding me of your tutorial as it slipped my mind while I was writing this in the beginning!
Hi I read your thread and I can some what understand it Hopefully you can shed some light on my situation My marvelc htc wfs is stuck at the white htc screen and won't go any farther I've flashed and reflashed roms ive always formatted data and other necessary items like I should. I did flash one rom that worked but wasn't happy with it, it worked fine but was going for cm7 now that I've read at least 100 posts I come to understand its not to reliable anyway and was just wanting anything to work stock rom would be great I understand I may need to update my CWM my current version is 5.0.2.6 I've read 5.0.2.8 was more stable for the wfs but I have no clue how to flash it when I currently have no rom on my phone. this is what my hboot says currently
***unlocked***
marvelc evt1 ship s-off RL
HBOOT-1.09.0000
Microp-0354
Radio-0.94.00.0824
Hopefully the info will help you out. any help would be so grateful thanks
CoLlisiionZz said:
Hi I read your thread and I can some what understand it Hopefully you can shed some light on my situation My marvelc htc wfs is stuck at the white htc screen and won't go any farther I've flashed and reflashed roms ive always formatted data and other necessary items like I should. I did flash one rom that worked but wasn't happy with it, it worked fine but was going for cm7 now that I've read at least 100 posts I come to understand its not to reliable anyway and was just wanting anything to work stock rom would be great I understand I may need to update my CWM my current version is 5.0.2.6 I've read 5.0.2.8 was more stable for the wfs but I have no clue how to flash it when I currently have no rom on my phone. this is what my hboot says currently
***unlocked***
marvelc evt1 ship s-off RL
HBOOT-1.09.0000
Microp-0354
Radio-0.94.00.0824
Hopefully the info will help you out. any help would be so grateful thanks
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What you need to do is download ClockWork Mod 5.0.2.8 from http://download.clockorkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.8-marvelc.img and then rename it to recovery.img. If you're on Windows, put it into the same directory as your ADB and fastboot commands. Next, you'll need to put your phone in fast boot mode. Go into HBOOT and choose "Fastboot" by scrolling with the volume keys and selecting with the power key.
Connect your phone to your computer.
Next, depending on the OS of your computer, launch Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Linux/Mac). Navigate to the directory with recovery.img. Now type: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and then power off your phone when it's done.
Now boot into recovery. Go to HBOOT and choose recovery. Now, get on your computer and find a ROM that you like (something fairly stable). Download it. Find Simon's super wipe. Download it.
Connect your phone to your computer (if you removed it earlier).
In recovery, scroll to Mounts and Storage. Go to USB Connect or something similar (it will be near the bottom). Then on your computer, place your desired rom and the super wipe. Remove the phone from your computer and choose "Go back" on your phone. Go back to the main menu.
Backup.
Flash the super wipe. Then flash your ROM.
Go back to the main menu and reboot.
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Great!! thanks this seems legit I will try this as soon as I get to my PC uhm I have windows btw and have no clue how to put the cwm into my adb / fastboot directory but I will search more about it when possible thanks for your help
Well, if you're on Windows, you should have a directory like C:\Android\ or something like that.
If you're on a Mac just do:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/recovery.img
If you want to have the file anywhere on Windows, you still need to have fastboot somewhere and then do the same command I just typed above.
For more instructions, follow the instructions in the guide under "I can't flash a custom recovery"
Ok In your tutorial you say "go to the folder "tools" and launch "android". Download "Android SDK Platform-Tools" " when I try to launch android nothing happens only a black cmd: box will appear for a split second then goes away. The android I'm trying to launch in the tools folder is a Windows Batch File is this the correct file?
CoLlisiionZz said:
Ok In your tutorial you say "go to the folder "tools" and launch "android". Download "Android SDK Platform-Tools" " when I try to launch android nothing happens only a black cmd: box will appear for a split second then goes away. The android I'm trying to launch in the tools folder is a Windows Batch File is this the correct file?
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Do you have Java installed? http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
Also, you should get the JDK: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1637583.html
See if that works.
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Do you have Java installed? http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
Also, you should get the JDK: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1637583.html
See if that works.
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I downloaded java and the JDK file installed etc
Tried unzipping the sdk file again then went to the android tried to launch and same result I'm on (windows 7 64x bit).
I downloaded something when I was searching forums that kind of sounded like the file I'm suppose to be downloading the platform tools but there called android tools instead here's the files in it below
adb
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbWinUsbApi.dll
fastboot
Do you think this is the same thing? I've flashed roms on the Optimus V before so I am a little familiar with the platform tools but when i downloaded them last time I just have to go into SDK manager.
CoLlisiionZz said:
I downloaded java and the JDK file installed etc
Tried unzipping the sdk file again then went to the android tried to launch and same result I'm on (windows 7 64x bit).
I downloaded something when I was searching forums that kind of sounded like the file I'm suppose to be downloading the platform tools but there called android tools instead here's the files in it below
adb
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbWinUsbApi.dll
fastboot
Do you think this is the same thing? I've flashed roms on the Optimus V before so I am a little familiar with the platform tools but when i downloaded them last time I just have to go into SDK manager.
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That's what you want. Move them into a folder at the root of your hard drive (C:\) called "Android". (C:\Android\)
Okay great!! I went ahead and tried doing some command prompts and this is what I typed
I'm in the android file it currently says
C:\Android>
I tried typing "adb reboot bootloader" and it says
*daeon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
*daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
now my phone is connected to my PC its in fastboot mode it says in red on my phone FASTBOOT USB so I know for sure it's connected is there something wrong?
CoLlisiionZz said:
Okay great!! I went ahead and tried doing some command prompts and this is what I typed
I'm in the android file it currently says
C:\Android>
I tried typing "adb reboot bootloader" and it says
*daeon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
*daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
now my phone is connected to my PC its in fastboot mode it says in red on my phone FASTBOOT USB so I know for sure it's connected is there something wrong?
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You're already in the bootloader. Fastboot is the bootloader, or at least part of it. You have use fastboot commands in fastboot.
kalaker said:
You're already in the bootloader. Fastboot is the bootloader, or at least part of it. You have use fastboot commands in fastboot.
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Okay that's what I kind of thought so I tried typing fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and it says
error: cannot load 'recovery.img'
it is placed in the same directory as the tools are too.
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Okay nvm I tried something and it worked!!!
I went and re downloaded your CWM on your tutorial and deleted the one I renamed and didn't rename it this time just kept it the way it was I then tried flashing it and success I'm now going to reboot my hboot and see if it worked but also I was searching forums and google but could not come across simmons super wipe... I will keep looking though but if you have time maybe throw a link on a post for me but thanks for helping me I hope it goes smooth from now on
CoLlisiionZz said:
Okay that's what I kind of thought so I tried typing I was searching forums and google but could not come across simmons super wipe... I will keep looking though but if you have time maybe throw a link on a post for me but thanks for helping me I hope it goes smooth from now on
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598143
I'm glad to hear you got it working!
A thought just occured that I may have overlooked in my many (unsuccessful) attempts of curing a sent-to-me 3 vibe...
Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but sd needs to be made a goldcard; so that PG76IMG.zip will auto-load...
Been a long time since I attempted but I don't remember if I checked the sd to make sure it was goldcard'd. I will go charge it up and test this new theory tomorrow (still sitting in a side-basket at work). Sometimes my mind takes a minute to put ALL the pieces together
Rob
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insink71 said:
A thought just occured that I may have overlooked in my many (unsuccessful) attempts of curing a sent-to-me 3 vibe...
Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but sd needs to be made a goldcard; so that PG76IMG.zip will auto-load...
Been a long time since I attempted but I don't remember if I checked the sd to make sure it was goldcard'd. I will go charge it up and test this new theory tomorrow (still sitting in a side-basket at work). Sometimes my mind takes a minute to put ALL the pieces together
Rob
Sent from my Marvelc using Tapatalk 2
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Right, a Goldcard (unless one is S-OFF or ENG) will be required. However, achieving a goldcard requires ADB access to your phone. (The Simple GoldCard tool reads a file in /proc/*/*/ I believe to get the CID required for goldcard.) Now, ADB access is quite difficult with a bricked phone as you cannot boot into Android (or recovery) and to get S-OFF you would need to borrow the HTC Wildfire S (it MUST be a Wildfire S) to get the goldcard required.
Even with what I just said, depending on how bad your phone is bricked (Flashing a GSM RUU, for example), you may have a 100% bricked radio, thus resulting in an entirely bricked HBOOT not allowing you flash a PG76IMG.zip.
Another idea I have is that the Marvel is a PG761**** for the model number, and an incorrect RUU is the most common brick for Marvelc. What may be an issue is that the Marvelc is a PG762**** model number. The current files we have for un-bricking are Marvelc, but the android-info.txt for modelid says PG762000, therefore a GSM HBOOT (especially a locked, RUU HBOOT) would not take that file as it is for Marvelc.
What I think would be necessary is: a goldcard + a PG76IMG.zip with a GSM android-info.txt, but Marvelc radio, ROM, HBOOT, etc.
This is my idea on how we may need to do this. However, as the GSM HBOOT cannot get S-OFF without XTC-Clip which we can't use due to a lack of SIM card slot.
To get a 100% working-in-all-methods 3-Vibe Brick Recovery Method, we are waiting for the people in the S-OFF thread to get a full software S-OFF. However, even with that, we may still have issues...
I have spent a lot of time thinking about this, actually. (I'm a planner; not a dev :crying: so I can't be of much help with the dev part.) However, if it ever becomes a Team BlueRidge project to fix this type of brick (or a project by any group) I will be happy to plan (but not test just yet).
Since now we're moving into a very difficult and not-so-noob-friendly as I am intending for this thread to be, it may be a good idea to either start a new brainstorming thread or to PM or IRC or something.
Anyway, those are my thoughts.
Hi guys
My story is funny. I was on the subway listening to something via streaming. Because my internet connection was bad i decided to restart my phone. While it was restarting I put it in my pocket as i had to get of the train. I pick it up again and I get a white screen with the message:
software status: modified
locked
security warning
and other details
I contact htc support and they say they can t help because they say that some one tried to root my phone!
now I am stuck with a phone that apparently is useless.
I found a file named 0p6bimg on the net which apparently is called a ruu file and might help to re install android but each time I try to download it winzip says it is corrupted.
I am located in sweden if that is of any importance.
hope someone can help.
Thanks guys
dude831 said:
While it was restarting I put it in my pocket as i had to get of the train. I pick it up again and I get a white screen with the message:
software status: modified
locked
security warning
and other details
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That is called the bootloader (or hboot) screen.
Did you simply try to reboot? Using vol down to scroll down to the "fastboot" option (its probably already highlighted in the selections, so you may not need to even scroll down), then power button to select it. Once in fastboot mode, you can pick the "reboot" option and see what happens. Do not pick any other options on these screens unless you know what you are doing, and what is going to happen.
dude831 said:
I found a file named 0p6bimg on the net which apparently is called a ruu file and might help to re install android but each time I try to download it winzip says it is corrupted.
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Are you trying to unzip the file (or double-click on the file to cause WinZip to try to open it)? If so, you shouldn't be. Otherwise, I don't see how winzip would give you that message when downloading a file.
RUU is encrypted, which will cause it to show up as "corrupt" by unzipping programs. But again, you shouldn't be trying to open or unzip it.
But more importantly, how did you find this RUU file? Be aware that the RUU file needs to be signed, and match your CID and MID. If you don't know what those are, its very likely you don't have the right RUU and it won't run.
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dude831 said:
software status: modified
I contact htc support and they say they can t help because they say that some one tried to root my phone!
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The software status: modified message goes in fact mean the phone was rooted (or tried to root) at some point. So if you did not do that, a previous owner did.
Does the bootloader screen say s-on or s-off?