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Help me fix BRICK

hi,
someone gave me a bricked HTC M8 and i wanna fix it for him. i don't know what got him to be bricked...
the situation is this:
- Boot Loop
- Fastboot working
- Unlocking Worked
- Able to flash TWRP and enter recovery mode
- mounting for all partition fails with unable to mount
- TWRP "Repair" fails: "E:/sbin/e2fck -fp /dev/block/mmcnlk0p47 proccess ended with ERROR=8 ; unable to repair /data ; Error repairing fail system"
- TWRP "Change File System" to ESX4 not working: "unable to mount /data ; Unknown MTP message type: 1 ; Error changing file system; unable to mount /system ; unable to mount /data ; unable to mount /devlog ; unable to mount storage"
fastboot getvar all:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.24.21331147A1.09G
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 4.17.1540.9
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: ****
(bootloader) imei: ****
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m8_ul_ca
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B12000
(bootloader) cidnum: BS_US001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 55eb39ab
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.077s
PLS HELP what doo?

Install the dev edition ruu.....

Mr Hofs said:
Install the dev edition ruu.....
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how?

omer323 said:
hi,
someone gave me a bricked HTC M8 and i wanna fix it for him. i don't know what got him to be bricked...
the situation is this:
- Boot Loop
- Fastboot working
- Unlocking Worked
- Able to flash TWRP and enter recovery mode
- mounting for all partition fails with unable to mount
- TWRP "Repair" fails: "E:/sbin/e2fck -fp /dev/block/mmcnlk0p47 proccess ended with ERROR=8 ; unable to repair /data ; Error repairing fail system"
- TWRP "Change File System" to ESX4 not working: "unable to mount /data ; Unknown MTP message type: 1 ; Error changing file system; unable to mount /system ; unable to mount /data ; unable to mount /devlog ; unable to mount storage"
fastboot getvar all:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.24.21331147A1.09G
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 4.17.1540.9
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: ****
(bootloader) imei: ****
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m8_ul_ca
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B12000
(bootloader) cidnum: BS_US001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 55eb39ab
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.077s
PLS HELP what doo?
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You CID number BS_US001 is developper edition M8. As @Mr Hofs suggested, Download Dev edition RUU, Boot into fastboot and install RUU.

Grab this RUU.exe (not OTA, RUU): https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AJ5pbUC2atPkSaA&id=8B8E71545D3D985B!1658&cid=8B8E71545D3D985B
Turn On phone and go to bootloader, connect it to PC, install drivers and run RUU.exe on PC.

omer323 said:
- Unlocking Worked
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I assume you mean bootloader unlock, as the term "unlock" is vague and can mean several things.
You will need to relock to run the RUU, since you are s-on. Do so with the command:
fastboot oem lock
Also, this isn't a brick. A brick by definition is not fixable. At least not without opening the phone, and JTAG, replacing motherboard, etc.
What you have is no boot, and you don't know how to recover. That isn't a brick.

WTF.
i did "fastboot oem lock" which resulted with:
[PGFS] partition_update_pgfs: pg1fs_security
TZ_HTC_SVC_ENC ret = 0
[PGFS] partition_update_pgfs: pg2fs_sec_recover
Lock successfully...
deinit_lcd
mipi display off
mdp_clock_off
turn off fd8c2308 failed 1 times. Try again...
disable_mmss_clk done
pll1_disable done
TZ_HTC_SVC_DISABLE ret = -1610744452 (0x9FFDFD7
[CRITICAL] SPMI write command failure:
= 4
[CRITICAL] SPMI write command failure:
= 4
[ERR] Cannot halt SPMI arbiter!!
[INFO] Rebooting device
us read failed (No such file or directory))
tal time: 1.227s
than i run RUU, which failed, i pressed recover, it told to me to unplug the device and shut it down.
and not it won't turn on no mather what!! not even battery logo....
WHAT HAVE I DONE

omer323 said:
WTF.
i did "fastboot oem lock" which resulted with:
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Was it unlocked before, or not? This wan't clear to me, from what you posted.
After the command, was it RELOCKED or UNLOCKED?
omer323 said:
than i run RUU, which failed
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What was the failure message and/or error number?
RUU failed before sending or writing anything?
You need to be specific, and provide as much detail as necessary.
omer323 said:
i pressed recover, it told to me to unplug the device and shut it down.
and not it won't turn on no mather what!! not even battery logo....
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What does that mean "no matter what"? I doesn't tell us anything about what you tried, or didn't try. Please be specific instead of vague statements, that tell us nothing.
Try holding power and vol up for 30 to 60 seconds, and see if there is any change.
I don't think you did anything serious, that wasn't already screwed up. You are s-on, and assuming the RUU failed before sending/writing anything, then a true brick is unlikely.

redpoint73 said:
Was it unlocked before, or not? This wan't clear to me, from what you posted.
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UNLOCKED
redpoint73 said:
After the command, was it RELOCKED or UNLOCKED?
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RELOCKED
redpoint73 said:
What was the failure message and/or error number?
RUU failed before sending or writing anything?
You need to be specific, and provide as much detail as necessary.
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i don't remember exactly what heppened, BUT i found RUU log file on my computer,
i attached the log.
redpoint73 said:
What does that mean "no matter what"? I doesn't tell us anything about what you tried, or didn't try. Please be specific instead of vague statements, that tell us nothing.
Try holding power and vol up for 30 to 60 seconds, and see if there is any change.
I don't think you did anything serious, that wasn't already screwed up. You are s-on, and assuming the RUU failed before sending/writing anything, then a true brick is unlikely.
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the screen is black.
every combination of buttons i try results NOTHING - nothing on screen, no vibrations...
i tried holding all the combinations for a long time...
the only thing i get - if i plug the device via USB, every ~20 seconds i see in device manager that it disconnect for a second and connected again as QHSUSB_BULK
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING~!!!

omer323 said:
every combination of buttons i try results NOTHING - nothing on screen, no vibrations...
i tried holding all the combinations for a long time...
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You shouldn't be trying "every" combination. You should be trying the one I specified.
Put the phone on wall charger (not connected to computer) or a few hours, and try again.
Then try the combo I specified. Try it with and without the wall charger connected.
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What RUU did you run exactly? Was it the one linked in Post #5 above? What was the exact file name?
I don't have any reason to be suspicious of this link, specifically. But on the other hand, this RUU is easily downloaded direct from HTC, and I don't see a reason to download from some other (unconfirmed) source. Or for all we know, the download was corrupt/damaged.

redpoint73 said:
You shouldn't be trying "every" combination. You should be trying the one I specified.
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tried it.... nothing...
redpoint73 said:
Put the phone on wall charger (not connected to computer) or a few hours, and try again.
Then try the combo I specified. Try it with and without the wall charger connected.
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ill try that...
redpoint73 said:
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redpoint73 said:
What RUU did you run exactly? Was it the one linked in Post #5 above? What was the exact file name?
I don't have any reason to be suspicious of this link, specifically. But on the other hand, this RUU is easily downloaded direct from HTC, and I don't see a reason to download from some other (unconfirmed) source. Or for all we know, the download was corrupt/damaged.
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yes, the link he gave me.
filename: RUU_M8_UL_L50_SENSE60_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_4.17.1540.9_Radio_1.24.21331147A1.09G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_446501_signed_2

omer323 said:
filename: RUU_M8_UL_L50_SENSE60_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_4.17.1540.9_Radio_1.24.21331147A1.09G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_446501_signed_2
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Well, the file name is right. Assuming the file is what it says it is, and not damaged or corrupt during download, it possible for the correct RUU to brick the phone. It doesn't happen often, but I have seen it happen a few times, even on completely stock (unmodified) M8 devices and the correct, official RUU.
Or its possible that it was messed up before, such as bad emmc, and the RUU just made it worse.
In any case, charging for a few hours, then trying power+vol up is about all you can do at this point.

QHUSB is Qualcomm emergency mode. Try to get out of it by pressing (for long) Vol UP + Power.
For me it looks like fried eMMC chip... Sometimes it happens. Some time ago my One M7 died at me because of this in exactly the same way.
eMMC chip was corrupted before running RUU - unable to mount partition and errors during "fastboot oem lock".
redpoint73 said:
I don't have any reason to be suspicious of this link, specifically. But on the other hand, this RUU is easily downloaded direct from HTC, and I don't see a reason to download from some other (unconfirmed) source.
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It's from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
I don't think it's suspicious or unconfirmed.
I'm pretty sure that this RUU.exe is correct, because I was flashing with it few times.
Please check MD5 checksum. My working RUU.exe (downloaded from thread linked above) checksum is: c661c073d368274c3137d5080c88a45c and file size of 1 548 439 552 bytes (on disk).

radkor said:
It's from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
I don't think it's suspicious or unconfirmed.
I'm pretty sure that this RUU.exe is correct, because I was flashing with it few times.
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As I said, I don't have any reason to doubt the source. But for lack of any other evidence (the subsequent report that you did use it a few times does count for something there) I have no reason to trust it more than the official source. The RUU is available for download direct from HTC, so I don't see a reason to use a mirror (unless its faster): http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8/news/
Again, I don't doubt the mirror. Mr Hofs has made valuable contributions here, so if he posted it; I trust it. But I was just trying to consider every possibility for the OP's issue.

redpoint73 said:
The RUU is available for download direct from HTC, so I don't see a reason to use a mirror (unless its faster): http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8/news/
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OK, but on HTC's site it's only newest MM update available for download.
I can't see a link for older LP ROM which OP was using. Best for him (as he has S-ON) was to reflash ROM version that he already have, basing on pasted "fastboot getvar all" result.
If he would flash newer version (MM) with S-ON, then he will be stuck on this newer version without possibility to downgrade, unless he's S-OFF.
As I said earlier, phone supposedly "bricked" earlier, what you can see during "fastboot oem lock" and resulting error messages after issuing this command.
QHSUSB_DLOAD mode is because of bad NAND.
I've had similiar issue with my M7: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one/help/bricked-device-swap-to-dev-ed-partially-t3015574/
I hope you're not blaming me for unsuccessful OP's phone flashing or earlier bricking?

radkor said:
OK, but on HTC's site it's only newest MM update available for download.
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You're right, I forgot we were talking about LP (OP's current state).
The direct HTC link for OP's current LP version is here: http://dl3.htc.com.s3.amazonaws.com/application/RUU_M8_UL_L50_SENSE60_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_4.17.1540.9_Radio_1.24.21331147A1.09G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_446501_signed_2.exe
radkor said:
I hope you're not blaming me for unsuccessful OP's phone flashing or earlier bricking?
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Of course not! I never stated any such thing. Just considering every possibility, like a corrupt RUU file. But as I already stated, the fact that you reported using it successfully (and more than once) tells me the file is good.

redpoint73 said:
The direct HTC link for OP's current LP version is here: http://dl3.htc.com.s3.amazonaws.com/application/RUU_M8_UL_L50_SENSE60_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_4.17.1540.9_Radio_1.24.21331147A1.09G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_446501_signed_2.exe
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I'm downloading it right now just to compare it with RUU.exe posted on Mr Hofs' thread.
EDIT:
OK, CRC is exactly the same. Everyone can check this. So I think we can exclude corrupted RUU.exe linked on Mr Hofs' thread. It's exactly the same as the file on HTC servers.

charged for hours, pressed VOL-UP+POWER for 2 minutes with or without charging, and..... NOTHING
the only response i get is the red led when charged and the QHUSB when plugged to computer
so i guess it's bricked for ever

omer323 said:
charged for hours, pressed VOL-UP+POWER for 2 minutes with or without charging, and..... NOTHING
the only response i get is the red led when charged and the QHUSB when plugged to computer
so i guess it's bricked for ever
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Most likely, yes.
I mentioned early in the thread that this wasn't a brick. As long as the screen comes on (as it did earlier), it almost never is. But this is the relatively uncommon exception, which can be caused by a bad emmc or radio brick.

omer323 said:
charged for hours, pressed VOL-UP+POWER for 2 minutes with or without charging, and..... NOTHING
the only response i get is the red led when charged and the QHUSB when plugged to computer
so i guess it's bricked for ever
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Try Power + Volume Up + Volume Down more that 2 minutes ... usually about to close 3 minutes, it should up. This is how I got out from QHUSD many times...
But a bad emmc is also possible .. if that is the reason, then only HTC can fix it.
Also after fastboot oem lock, did you do fastboot reboot-bootloader to confirm the bootloader is relocked then only run RUU ?
I don't see you mentioned that except after fastboot oem lock you ran the RUU right away.

HTC ONE M8 stuck in bootloop

Hey guys
I know there are similar posts out there but none who describe my exact problem^^
It's like this: Earlier today, I wanted to go back to stock, fully. Which means I downloaded the stock backup and put it on my phone with TWRP. Then, I changed to stock recovery by using the HTC ONE M8 toolkit from hasoon2000.
As far, as good, everything worked just fine. And to have it completely back to stock (except for the still unlocked bootloader) I came up with the glorious idea of restoring to factory settings using the options in the phone's settings... aaaand now I'm stuck in the bootloop.
I meanwhile figured out how to enter the bootloader (volume up + power til screen turns fully black, then volume down) and I'm also able to access stock recovery through that... I of course tried factory resetting it through the bootloader and the recovery, I also took the sim card out as somewhere was suggested... but ultimately, it always goes back to the bootloop.
When connecting to the PC I hear the connecting sound... but that's it. It doesn't show up and thus I also can't access it through fastboot/adb
I ran out of ideas myself, do you have any?^^
Thanks!

M4C00kie said:
Then, I changed to stock recovery by using the HTC ONE M8 toolkit from hasoon2000.
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Why you would you the toolkit for that? The toolkit is woefully obsolete (hasn't been updated in over a year, going on 2 years) and therefore causes more problems than it solves. Flashing stock recovery is really easy, its a single fastboot command. Don't over-complicate it.
M4C00kie said:
I also can't access it through fastboot/adb
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Are you sure you are in bootloader-fastboot mode when you try fastboot commands (this is required)?
adb requires being in OS or recovery (and I'm not sure if stock recovery supports adb). And for the most part, fastboot is what you need to recover.
Need more info to help further. What CID version of the phone? If OS version number is shown on hboot screen, post it here. What are the version numbers or the stock nandroid, and the stock recovery you installed? If you can get fastboot work, do fastboot getvar all, and post the output.

redpoint73 said:
Why you would you the toolkit for that? The toolkit is woefully obsolete (hasn't been updated in over a year, going on 2 years) and therefore causes more problems than it solves. Flashing stock recovery is really easy, its a single fastboot command. Don't over-complicate it.
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That's because I was using an older guide... good to know^^
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Are you sure you are in bootloader-fastboot mode when you try fastboot commands (this is required)?
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That's what's strange... on the phone, it's showing FASTBOOT USB and it even makes this sound when connecting... fastboot commands still don't work though: "error: device not found"
the CID number is HTC__102, he version number of the stock nandroid and recovery was 4.16.401.10
regarding the OS number: on the hboot screen there's just written OS- <- is this the place where it's supposed to be?
thanks a lot for helping!

OK. fastboot commands ARE working (adb aren't, as predicted by you^^)
C:\Users\aaron_000\fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.25.2145000
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m8_ul
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B10000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__102
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 3aa067db
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
Update: as it was suggested to me on another thread, I downloaded an RUU (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=...c00ca09c7539be86640965d7bb19a1ad4a4f68918d819)
my version & radio number are matching the ones in this RUU
so...
what now?^^ before I flash the RUU, I have to relock my bootloader, have I? and is this possible with S-ON?
oh, and would doing this even help in my current situation?
Thanks for helping

M4C00kie said:
OK. fastboot commands ARE working (adb aren't, as predicted by you^^)
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Did you do anything different to get it working?
M4C00kie said:
Update: as it was suggested to me on another thread, I downloaded an RUU (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=f...4a4f68918d8199)
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Does this mean you are hopping around in other threads? Or you just read it elsewhere?
The above is not linking me to any specific file. Might be the same link as the on the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
M4C00kie said:
before I flash the RUU, I have to relock my bootloader, have I? and is this possible with S-ON?
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Relocking the bootloader is not just possible with s-on, its an absolute requirement to RUU.
Simple fastboot command: fastboot oem lock
M4C00kie said:
oh, and would doing this even help in my current situation?
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Most likely, yet. I'd say almost certainly.
Also, you should delete your IMEI and serial number from your getvar info, as these are personal data. I should have mentioned that, but I didn't know you'd get fastboot working so quickly!

redpoint73 said:
Did you do anything different to get it working?
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I might have confused adb and fastboot... pretty sure it was working all along
redpoint73 said:
Does this mean you are hopping around in other threads? Or you just read it elsewhere?
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I initially posted this on another forum... realised too late that this one here was more appropriate and posted it here xD
redpoint73 said:
The above is not linking me to any specific file. Might be the same link as the on the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
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fixed, should link to the correct one now... have a look again
(this is it: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=...c00ca09c7539be86640965d7bb19a1ad4a4f68918d819)
redpoint73 said:
Relocking the bootloader is not just possible with s-on, its an absolute requirement to RUU.
Simple fastboot command: fastboot oem lock
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done.
redpoint73 said:
Most likely, yet. I'd say almost certainly.
Also, you should delete your IMEI and serial number from your getvar info, as these are personal data. I should have mentioned that, but I didn't know you'd get fastboot working so quickly!
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deleted it. thanks for all your help so far!

M4C00kie said:
fixed, should link to the correct one now... have a look again
(this is it: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=...c00ca09c7539be86640965d7bb19a1ad4a4f68918d819)
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File name looks right. But can't personally vouch for the particular link or source. but it has plenty of downloads, so you should be fine.

redpoint73 said:
File name looks right. But can't personally vouch for the particular link or source. but it has plenty of downloads, so you should be fine.
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question: the exe file tells me to turn on my phone... is bootloader considered turning on?^^ or should I rather download a zip version of it?

M4C00kie said:
question: the exe file tells me to turn on my phone... is bootloader considered turning on?^^ ?
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As long as "fastboot" is selected in bootloader it will work.

redpoint73 said:
As long as "fastboot" is selected in bootloader it will work.
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it worked!!
never heard a sweeter sound before than the HTC boot sound^^
thank you so much for all your help!

Failed to boot download mode

Please help, very, very need firmware 4.16.118.3, or the file itself pulled "hosd.img".
Sorry for my english, but I read better than I write.

As far as I know HTC haven't released the nougat ruu for any M9's.
Beamed in by telepathy.

The 118 SKU doesn't seem to have a Nougat (4.x.xxx.xx) update. Where are you getting that version number?
If your goal is getting Android Nougat: Assuming your phone boots to Android, you may be able to achieve S-OFF via Sunshine, change your SKU and update to Nougat.
If your goal is fixing the download mode issue: a RUU associated with your SKU & OS version should set your phone straight. Could you post the output of the "fastboot getvar all" (be sure to remove the IMEI information)?

Android does not start, only works Bootloader and Recovery. Phone is T-mobile Poland.
First was Android 6.0 Marshmallow version number 3.35.118.12, then on February 25 she appeared update Android 7.0 Nougat version number 4.16.118.3.
After a week when I turn on the phone appeared application errors, then I made Wipe cache, after the phone hung up on the HTC logo and constantly reboot.
When I entered the Bootloader I saw that changed status ***Software status Modified**, phone all the time was ***Locked*** and ***S-ON***
C:\fastboot>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version:0.5
(bootloader) ramdump-mode:false
(bootloader) variant:MTP eMMC
(bootloader) secure:yes
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) version-bootloader:
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x20000000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache: 0x14000000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x5e0000000
(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system: 0x118000000
(bootloader) serialno:************
all:
finished. total time: 0.146s

That getvar all is the response from bootloader. You need to do that in download mode.
To save you the hassle I can tell you that your nand is corrupt and beyond repair. Only HTC can fix it.
"status modified" on a totally stock phone that wont boot means corrupt nand and as dead as a door stop.
Dead nands are becoming more and more popular it seems..
Beamed in by telepathy.

Thank you for your help, phone sent to the service.

shivadow said:
That getvar all is the response from bootloader. You need to do that in download mode.
To save you the hassle I can tell you that your nand is corrupt and beyond repair. Only HTC can fix it.
"status modified" on a totally stock phone that wont boot means corrupt nand and as dead as a door stop.
Dead nands are becoming more and more popular it seems..
Beamed in by telepathy.
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What about a stock m9 which shows "status modified", does boot to Android, but does not boot to download or recovery modes (black screen with red text - "Failed to boot to download mode ..."). Is this also the sign of a corrupt NAND?
-Tim

LindwurmPL said:
Thank you for your help, phone sent to the service.
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what problem about your phone? i have same problem too

TimR1 said:
What about a stock m9 which shows "status modified", does boot to Android, but does not boot to download or recovery modes (black screen with red text - "Failed to boot to download mode ..."). Is this also the sign of a corrupt NAND?
-Tim
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Yes Tim, it can very well be a corrupt nand. The problem you have there is without download mode you can't flash any stock firmware to reset the device to what i call "stock stock". Only htc would be able to repair that.

boot loops after battery replacement

so here's the deal :
have an m9, stopped using it because i wanted to change a battery, got a different phone meanwhile (xiaomi 4a)
before sending the phone to have the battery replaced, it booted into TWRP touch recovery without any issues.
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after the lab installed the new battery, i'm stuck in a loop.
https://image.ibb.co/gQC5sw/IMG_20171129_011920.jpg
software status : modified
Unlocked
s-on
security warning
the following options and their outcomes :
reboot - boot loops (no rom installed, so normal behavior.)
reboot to bootloader = reboots into bootloader normally.
boot to download mode = failed to boot into download mode
boot to recovery = boot loop with the htc logo on a black background
power down =
1. when plugged in, shuts the phone off for about 3 seconds, then boots immediatley into bootloader again.
2. when unplugged, turns phone off.
also, when the device is off and i plug in a charger (from wall or pc) it turns on by itself and boots into bootloader.
i've tried charging the device but it doesn't seem to help, even with the script that constantly boots into bootloader to try and remedy that issue.

These are symptoms for a dead nand.

lucyr03 said:
These are symptoms for a dead nand.
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is it worth repairing? or just getting a new phone?

kent4ro said:
is it worth repairing? or just getting a new phone?
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Flash the firmware. Find the zip of whatever firmware it is running now and flash via download mode. Eg if it is running 3.35.401.12 then flash 3.35.401.12. You'll be amazed what stock firmwares fix.

shivadow said:
Flash the firmware. Find the zip of whatever firmware it is running now and flash via bootloader. Eg if it is running 3.35.401.12 then flash 3.35.401.12. You'll be amazed what stock firmwares fix.
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once i'll get home i'll try to find out what version its currently running - hopfully you're right.

Mine did the same thing. I thought it was just an oddity but it appears to be quite common. If you have nfc issues let me know as mine is borked but I don't know if it is related or not yet.

shivadow said:
Flash the firmware. Find the zip of whatever firmware it is running now and flash via download mode. Eg if it is running 3.35.401.12 then flash 3.35.401.12. You'll be amazed what stock firmwares fix.
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From what he write in first post, he can't access download mode.

lucyr03 said:
From what he write in first post, he can't access download mode.
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but he can access TWRP and flash the zip there. ive never done adb side load, maybe thats a possibility also. i just know when flashing firmware through adb the system.img is too large and theres a tool that separates it or something like that, like i said im not too familiar, i tried it once and said forget that. i personally wouldnt give up on the phone, its worth learning how to fix the issue in case similar problems happen in the future with any phone, take it as a learning curve.

Warwick555 said:
but he can access TWRP and flash the zip there. ive never done adb side load, maybe thats a possibility also. i just know when flashing firmware through adb the system.img is too large and theres a tool that separates it or something like that, like i said im not too familiar, i tried it once and said forget that. i personally wouldnt give up on the phone, its worth learning how to fix the issue in case similar problems happen in the future with any phone, take it as a learning curve.
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I don't think he can access recovery
Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

kent4ro said:
so here's the deal :
have an m9, stopped using it because i wanted to change a battery, got a different phone meanwhile (xiaomi 4a)
before sending the phone to have the battery replaced, it booted into TWRP touch recovery without any issues.
=====
after the lab installed the new battery, i'm stuck in a loop.
https://image.ibb.co/gQC5sw/IMG_20171129_011920.jpg
software status : modified
Unlocked
s-on
security warning
the following options and their outcomes :
reboot - boot loops (no rom installed, so normal behavior.)
reboot to bootloader = reboots into bootloader normally.
boot to download mode = failed to boot into download mode
boot to recovery = boot loop with the htc logo on a black background
power down =
1. when plugged in, shuts the phone off for about 3 seconds, then boots immediatley into bootloader again.
2. when unplugged, turns phone off.
also, when the device is off and i plug in a charger (from wall or pc) it turns on by itself and boots into bootloader.
i've tried charging the device but it doesn't seem to help, even with the script that constantly boots into bootloader to try and remedy that issue.
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lucyr03 said:
I don't think he can access recovery
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he states in his first post "it booted into TWRP touch recovery without any issues."

Warwick555 said:
he states in his first post "it booted into TWRP touch recovery without any issues."
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Yeah, before battery replacement, after that he only can access the bootloader, read it again...
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lucyr03 said:
Yeah, before battery replacement, after that he only can access the bootloader, read it again...
Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk
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snaps, my bad. i guess i should have read that better

Warwick555 said:
he states in his first post "it booted into TWRP touch recovery without any issues."
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that was before the battery replacement, now my recovery is inaccessible
however i managed to pull these details :
C:\adb>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version:0.5
(bootloader) ramdump-mode:false
(bootloader) variant:MTP eMMC
(bootloader) secure:yes
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) version-bootloader:
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x20000000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache: 0x14000000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x5e0000000
(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system: 0x118000000
(bootloader) serialno:FA57FYJ00151
all:
Also, can anyone please link me to a good RUU in a zip format? i'm looking for this version :
RUU_HIMA_UL_N70_SENSE80_ATT_MR_NA_Gen_Unlock_4.23.617.1
i have the EXE one, but need a zip version to flash the img's or at least try.

kent4ro said:
that was before the battery replacement, now my recovery is inaccessible
however i managed to pull these details :
C:\adb>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version:0.5
(bootloader) ramdump-mode:false
(bootloader) variant:MTP eMMC
(bootloader) secure:yes
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) version-bootloader:
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x20000000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache: 0x14000000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x5e0000000
(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system: 0x118000000
(bootloader) serialno:FA57FYJ00151
all:
Also, can anyone please link me to a good RUU in a zip format? i'm looking for this version :
RUU_HIMA_UL_N70_SENSE80_ATT_MR_NA_Gen_Unlock_4.23.617.1
i have the EXE one, but need a zip version to flash the img's or at least try.
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You can't flash any ruu on a dead nand, ruu can be flashed only from download(sdcard method) or RUU mode("fastboot oem rebootRUU" from download).

so to try and conclude, is there really a possibility of reimaging the device with its original software via fastboot? or should i just scrap it and get a new one?

lucyr03 said:
From what he write in first post, he can't access download mode.
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My bad, you're right. I've been suffering from a migraine for the last 5 days after an eye test so I mustn't have been concentrating enough. Today is the first day I've felt reasonably normal.
No download mode means no ruu. No recovery means no custom rom.
If it was booting fine before the battery replacement then I suggest taking it back to whoever did the replacement and ask them to double check the connections. Ask if the phone booted up correctly after they did the repair.
My battery took a whole weekend to respond to even the original htc charger. Picked the phone up on friday and it wouldn't accept a charge til sunday. It was connected to the charger the whole time. Turns out li-on batteries don't like sitting at 0% and it needs a balanced input to jolt it to life. The phone simply refused to do anything until the battery was fully charged and then it was as normal.
If anything but the above occured then I would have to say it's not right.

HTC 10 - Bricked

So I'm trying to restore a HTC 10 of a friend of mine which is in a boot loop.
I can enter bootloader mode (white background with four options), but I cannot enter download mode.
Bootlocker is locked and S-ON, i also think USB debugging is still disabled.
I want to try to follow these steps: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72992391&postcount=26
However, ADB does not even seem to detect the device in bootloader mode even though Windows recognizes it as being a HTC device.
I'm at the stage of just throwing the device away, as I think it is bricked. Anyone has any ideas left?

PirateNL said:
So I'm trying to restore a HTC 10 of a friend of mine which is in a boot loop.
I can enter bootloader mode (white background with four options), but I cannot enter download mode.
Bootlocker is locked and S-ON, i also think USB debugging is still enabled.
I want to try to follow these steps: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72992391&postcount=26
However, ADB does not even seem to detect the device in bootloader mode even though Windows recognizes it as being a HTC device.
I'm at the stage of just throwing the device away, as I think it is bricked. Anyone has any ideas left?
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im in the same situation ,i'm currently looking at data recovery option from gillware since apparently they literally go the extra mile physically to extract data. but im hoping there is options for me to unbrick it before deciding on that option

venom55521 said:
im in the same situation ,i'm currently looking at data recovery option from gillware since apparently they literally go the extra mile physically to extract data. but im hoping there is options for me to unbrick it before deciding on that option
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Well at least the data on the device is not worth much to my friend. Let me know if you find were able to unbrick it

PirateNL said:
So I'm trying to restore a HTC 10 of a friend of mine which is in a boot loop.
I can enter bootloader mode (white background with four options), but I cannot enter download mode.
Bootlocker is locked and S-ON, i also think USB debugging is still disabled.
I want to try to follow these steps: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72992391&postcount=26
However, ADB does not even seem to detect the device in bootloader mode even though Windows recognizes it as being a HTC device.
I'm at the stage of just throwing the device away, as I think it is bricked. Anyone has any ideas left?
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ADB won't detect it if USB debugging is turned off.
Can you boot to RUU mode? If so you could restore it perhaps that way. If you are booted to that you can run an RUU.exe
The command is:
fastboot oem rebootRUU

xunholyx said:
ADB won't detect it if USB debugging is turned off.
Can you boot to RUU mode? If so you could restore it perhaps that way. If you are booted to that you can run an RUU.exe
The command is:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
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Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure on how I can execute that command without ADB/USB debugging being enabled? Any advice there?

PirateNL said:
Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure on how I can execute that command without ADB/USB debugging being enabled? Any advice there?
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You don't have to have USB debugging on to use fastboot commands, only ADB commands. For many fastboot commands, you need an unlocked bootloader. For this one you don't. Or at least you didn't on the M8 before HTC introduced download mode. I'm pretty sure it will still work.

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You don't have to have USB debugging on to use fastboot commands, only ADB commands. For many fastboot commands, you need an unlocked bootloader. For this one you don't. Or at least you didn't on the M8 before HTC introduced download mode. I'm pretty sure it will still work.
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So I only had time to test this today. And you were right i was able to trigger this command:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
The phone then rebooted showed the grey HTC boot screen and soon after it started the boot loop sequence again. What am I suppose to do now? Is there anything I can flash in this RUU mode? Thanks again for your help.

PirateNL said:
So I only had time to test this today. And you were right i was able to trigger this command:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
The phone then rebooted showed the grey HTC boot screen and soon after it started the boot loop sequence again. What am I suppose to do now? Is there anything I can flash in this RUU mode? Thanks again for your help.
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You can flash an RUU in RUU mode. An RUU is HTC's "ROM Update Utility". It's a full system image. You would need to know his model type, like Sprint, AT&T, US Unlocked, etc Then you could download the appropriate RUU for it.
Does it boot to RUU mode with the red security warning at the bottom? If so, enter fastboot getvar all, and you can find the firmware version the phone is on now. It's listed under "version-main". Get the RUU with the same version number as that, and flash it in RUU mode.
If you can get the firmware version and you post it here, I can direct you to the proper RUU to download.

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You can flash an RUU in RUU mode. An RUU is HTC's "ROM Update Utility". It's a full system image. You would need to know his model type, like Sprint, AT&T, US Unlocked, etc Then you could download the appropriate RUU for it.
Does it boot to RUU mode with the red security warning at the bottom? If so, enter fastboot getvar all, and you can find the firmware version the phone is on now. It's listed under "version-main". Get the RUU with the same version number as that, and flash it in RUU mode.
If you can get the firmware version and you post it here, I can direct you to the proper RUU to download.
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Unfortunately I do not see the red security warning, it just a grey HTC logo for a few seconds, then it reboots and then shows a white HTC logo + "powered by android" and then its stuck in the boot loop again.
The phone is an EU-model, this is the output you requested:
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot.exe getvar all
(bootloader) version:0.5
(bootloader) ramdump-mode:false
(bootloader) variant:Surf eMMC
(bootloader) secure:yes
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) version-bootloader:
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x20000000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache: 0xe000000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x61e000000
(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system: 0xef000000
(bootloader) serialno:FA69KBN01219
all:
finished. total time: 0.360s
The version-main variable does not seem to be there

xunholyx said:
You can flash an RUU in RUU mode. An RUU is HTC's "ROM Update Utility". It's a full system image. You would need to know his model type, like Sprint, AT&T, US Unlocked, etc Then you could download the appropriate RUU for it.
Does it boot to RUU mode with the red security warning at the bottom? If so, enter fastboot getvar all, and you can find the firmware version the phone is on now. It's listed under "version-main". Get the RUU with the same version number as that, and flash it in RUU mode.
If you can get the firmware version and you post it here, I can direct you to the proper RUU to download.
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Hey man, if you have some time today. Could you please look at the output I sent? Im not sure what to do next.
Thanks in advance

PirateNL said:
Hey man, if you have some time today. Could you please look at the output I sent? Im not sure what to do next.
Thanks in advance
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The readout doesn't really say anything. With the HTC 10, and starting with the M9 I believe (I never owned one), you can only get a proper getvar from download mode or RUU mode. You can't get one from bootloader anymore like you used to be able to.
You said it was a EU model, so I would suspect it's WWE. The RUUs for that are available, but you can't flash it in bootloader, only download or RUU mode.

exactly the same problem here
PirateNL said:
Unfortunately I do not see the red security warning, it just a grey HTC logo for a few seconds, then it reboots and then shows a white HTC logo + "powered by android" and then its stuck in the boot loop again.
The phone is an EU-model, this is the output you requested:
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot.exe getvar all
(bootloader) version:0.5
(bootloader) ramdump-mode:false
(bootloader) variant:Surf eMMC
(bootloader) secure:yes
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) version-bootloader:
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x20000000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache: 0xe000000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x61e000000
(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system: 0xef000000
(bootloader) serialno:FA69KBN01219
all:
finished. total time: 0.360s
The version-main variable does not seem to be there
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I have exactly the same problem with my HTC10, i don't have access to download mode, recovey, system, i even tried to boot to an image of twrp and i can't.
Code:
D:\Android\platform-tools>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version:0.5
(bootloader) ramdump-mode:false
(bootloader) variant:Surf eMMC
(bootloader) boot-mode:FASTBOOT
(bootloader) secure:yes
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) version-bootloader:
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x20000000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache: 0xe000000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x61e000000
(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system: 0xef000000
(bootloader) serialno:FA661BN06728
all:
Finished. Total time: 0.393s
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xunholyx said:
The readout doesn't really say anything. With the HTC 10, and starting with the M9 I believe (I never owned one), you can only get a proper getvar from download mode or RUU mode. You can't get one from bootloader anymore like you used to be able to.
You said it was a EU model, so I would suspect it's WWE. The RUUs for that are available, but you can't flash it in bootloader, only download or RUU mode.
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OK that makes sense. But as you know I cannot get into RUU nor download mode. I guess it really is bricked then. Oh well thanks for your time and help.

PirateNL said:
OK that makes sense. But as you know I cannot get into RUU nor download mode. I guess it really is bricked then. Oh well thanks for your time and help.
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It might not be. A friend reminded me of a method in a conversation about something else. I'm at work right now, but I'll reply again later on when I'm home

Here's how you may be able to fix it. If you flash all of the parts of the firmware.zip included in the RUU, you essentially are flashing the RUU (mostly, but not exactly).
You can flash the individual parts in bootloader.
Here is a link to the instructions
Here is a link to the firmware you will need.
And as I've already stated, I assume he has WWE firmware. This firmware is not carrier branded. You said he had the European model so I'm going with that.
You can already boot to bootloader, so obviously you can skip that part of the instructions.
Good luck! Hopefully you can bring it back to life.

no luck
xunholyx said:
Here's how you may be able to fix it. If you flash all of the parts of the firmware.zip included in the RUU, you essentially are flashing the RUU (mostly, but not exactly).
You can flash the individual parts in bootloader.
Here is a link to the instructions
Here is a link to the firmware you will need.
And as I've already stated, I assume he has WWE firmware. This firmware is not carrier branded. You said he had the European model so I'm going with that.
You can already boot to bootloader, so obviously you can skip that part of the instructions.
Good luck! Hopefully you can bring it back to life.
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D:\Android\platform-tools>fastboot flash radio radio.img
Sending 'radio' (54629 KB) OKAY [ 1.341s]
Writing 'radio' FAILED (remote: 'cannot flash
this partition in s-on state')
fastboot: error: Command failed
it says that because it is in S-On state, any ideia ohow can i change the S state?
thank you mate

xunholyx said:
Here's how you may be able to fix it. If you flash all of the parts of the firmware.zip included in the RUU, you essentially are flashing the RUU (mostly, but not exactly).
You can flash the individual parts in bootloader.
Here is a link to the instructions
Here is a link to the firmware you will need.
And as I've already stated, I assume he has WWE firmware. This firmware is not carrier branded. You said he had the European model so I'm going with that.
You can already boot to bootloader, so obviously you can skip that part of the instructions.
Good luck! Hopefully you can bring it back to life.
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Tried to revive it today. Unfortunately getting the same error as our friend in the post above me:
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot flash radio radio.img
< waiting for device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (54629 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.366s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state)
finished. total time: 1.456s
So to summarize:
- Not able to boot into download/recovery/RUU mode
- Cannot flash images using fastboot due to S-ON
I guess that's it, RIP HTC 10.

PirateNL said:
Tried to revive it today. Unfortunately getting the same error as our friend in the post above me:
Code:
C:\adb>fastboot flash radio radio.img
< waiting for device >
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio' (54629 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.366s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state)
finished. total time: 1.456s
So to summarize:
- Not able to boot into download/recovery/RUU mode
- Cannot flash images using fastboot due to S-ON
I guess that's it, RIP HTC 10.
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costum rom was installed on my phone I deleted everything with trwp normally I should have installed a new rom file but I didn't now the htc logo is stuck, there is twrp unlocked but I can't access it the boot loader does not open, because there is no rom, it does not open normally, there is only htc logo and red warning, maybe I can open the security mode or something else I am very tired