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Let me start by saying this forum has provided me with a ton of support in the past. There is so much information available here that I rarely have to start my own thread. Unfortunately, I have spent the past 18 hours looking for a solution to my current problem and have come up empty handed. I'm hoping some of you are savvy enough to help me out. I will try to provide as much information as possible to help diagnose the issue.
Device
HTC One M8
Carrier: AT&T
CID: CWS_001
Unlocked HTC Bootloader
S-On
I was previously running the stock ROM rooted (based on the above) simply to disable the AT&T bloatware. As of last week, AT&T began pushing the 4.4.4 update and I made the mistake of trying to install it not realizing my custom recovery (TWRP 2.7.1.0) would prevent it. Ever since this occurred, my phone has been doing strange things, i.e. random reboots and the "AT&T" logo in the upper left corner of the task bar would flash and disappear. It eventually got to the point where my phone was stuck in a constant boot loop and the only thing that would fix it was a factory reset from TWRP recovery. The phone would then act normal for about 24 hours and then the boot loop would start again.
I decided to try solving the issue by installing the GPE 4.4.3 ROM. I performed a complete wipe in TWRP (including system) and installed the GPE ROM via ADB/Fastboot. Everything was fine from this point and all apps/data synced after I logged into my Google account. Shortly after the phone booted, I was asked to install the GPE 4.4.4 update. It was at this point that I decided to load the stock recovery image so I could simply install the OTA update. Once again, no problems. Stock recovery flashed fine and I downloaded the 4.4.4 OTA update and rebooted the phone. The phone appeared to finish the install, but failed to boot. Now I cannot get past the HTC splash screen and I do not have a custom recovery.
The factory reset option from stock recovery does not help (still gets stuck at the splash screen) and for some reason my device is no longer recognized in Fastboot which prevents me from flashing a custom recovery. I thought it may have been a driver issue so I uninstalled and reinstalled HTC Sync Manager. I also tried manually uninstalling the drivers from the USB Root Hub, pulled the battery on my laptop, and allowed Windows 7 to auto update the drivers automatically. In each case, the drivers were successfully installed, but the phone is still not recognized in Fastboot (no devices listed). I even did a system restore on my laptop to a few days before the issue and the phone still isn't recognized by HTC Sync Manager or Fastboot.
The stock recovery bootloader displays the following information:
*** TAMPERED ***
*** UNLOCKED ***
M8_UL_CA PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-3.18.0.0000
RADIO-INVALID_VER_INFO
OpenDSP-INVALID_VER_INFO
OS- (2.12..1700.1)
eMMC-boot 2048MB
Based on all of this, do I have any options or is my phone bricked?
1. Is there anything I can do so my device is recognized by ADB/Fastboot so I can flash a custom recovery?
2. Can I install a ROM from the SD card with the stock recovery? I currently have the GPE 4.4.3 ROM on my SD card, but the zip is not recognized by the stock recovery. Can I rename it to something else so it can be recognized and installed?
3. Because the phone is not recognized by Windows, I cannot use the RUU method. Are there any other ways to return my phone to stock without RUU?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Swazi Samurai said:
Let me start by saying this forum has provided me with a ton of support in the past. There is so much information available here that I rarely have to start my own thread. Unfortunately, I have spent the past 18 hours looking for a solution to my current problem and have come up empty handed. I'm hoping some of you are savvy enough to help me out. I will try to provide as much information as possible to help diagnose the issue.
Device
HTC One M8
Carrier: AT&T
CID: CWS_001
Unlocked HTC Bootloader
S-On
I was previously running the stock ROM rooted (based on the above) simply to disable the AT&T bloatware. As of last week, AT&T began pushing the 4.4.4 update and I made the mistake of trying to install it not realizing my custom recovery (TWRP 2.7.1.0) would prevent it. Ever since this occurred, my phone has been doing strange things, i.e. random reboots and the "AT&T" logo in the upper left corner of the task bar would flash and disappear. It eventually got to the point where my phone was stuck in a constant boot loop and the only thing that would fix it was a factory reset from TWRP recovery. The phone would then act normal for about 24 hours and then the boot loop would start again.
I decided to try solving the issue by installing the GPE 4.4.3 ROM. I performed a complete wipe in TWRP (including system) and installed the GPE ROM via ADB/Fastboot. Everything was fine from this point and all apps/data synced after I logged into my Google account. Shortly after the phone booted, I was asked to install the GPE 4.4.4 update. It was at this point that I decided to load the stock recovery image so I could simply install the OTA update. Once again, no problems. Stock recovery flashed fine and I downloaded the 4.4.4 OTA update and rebooted the phone. The phone appeared to finish the install, but failed to boot. Now I cannot get past the HTC splash screen and I do not have a custom recovery.
The factory reset option from stock recovery does not help (still gets stuck at the splash screen) and for some reason my device is no longer recognized in Fastboot which prevents me from flashing a custom recovery. I thought it may have been a driver issue so I uninstalled and reinstalled HTC Sync Manager. I also tried manually uninstalling the drivers from the USB Root Hub, pulled the battery on my laptop, and allowed Windows 7 to auto update the drivers automatically. In each case, the drivers were successfully installed, but the phone is still not recognized in Fastboot (no devices listed). I even did a system restore on my laptop to a few days before the issue and the phone still isn't recognized by HTC Sync Manager or Fastboot.
The stock recovery bootloader displays the following information:
*** TAMPERED ***
*** UNLOCKED ***
M8_UL_CA PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-3.18.0.0000
RADIO-INVALID_VER_INFO
OpenDSP-INVALID_VER_INFO
OS- (2.12..1700.1)
eMMC-boot 2048MB
Based on all of this, do I have any options or is my phone bricked?
1. Is there anything I can do so my device is recognized by ADB/Fastboot so I can flash a custom recovery?
2. Can I install a ROM from the SD card with the stock recovery? I currently have the GPE 4.4.3 ROM on my SD card, but the zip is not recognized by the stock recovery. Can I rename it to something else so it can be recognized and installed?
3. Because the phone is not recognized by Windows, I cannot use the RUU method. Are there any other ways to return my phone to stock without RUU?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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There is 2 methods to do an RUU. one is by putting the RUU on your sdcard and booting into the bootloader and waiting a few minutes then accepting the prompt to do it and 2 is the fastboot method. Since you have an SD card you could attempt the first one I listed. Make sure you don't change the name of the RUU and make sure you get the proper one for your phone.
S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
There is 2 methods to do an RUU. one is by putting the RUU on your sdcard and booting into the bootloader and waiting a few minutes then accepting the prompt to do it and 2 is the fastboot method. Since you have an SD card you could attempt the first one I listed. Make sure you don't change the name of the RUU and make sure you get the proper one for your phone.
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Don't you have to be S-OFF or have a locked bootloader to run a RUU? I am unable to achieve either of those since my phone is not recognized by by ADB/Fastboot.
Also, because my most recent functioning ROM was GPE 4.4.3, would I still be able to run the stock AT&T RUU? I thought the partitions were different? I have the GPE RUU as well, but I don't think I can run that either without changing my CID and locking my bootloader.
Swazi Samurai said:
Don't you have to be S-OFF or have a locked bootloader to run a RUU? I am unable to achieve either of those since my phone is not recognized by by ADB/Fastboot.
Also, because my most recent functioning ROM was GPE 4.4.3, would I still be able to run the stock AT&T RUU? I thought the partitions were different? I have the GPE RUU as well, but I don't think I can run that either without changing my CID and locking my bootloader.
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S-OFF not so sure about, locked bootloader, no you can have it unlocked. But you can try it anyways, the SD card method.
Yes you would be able to run it, I'm quite sure all you did was flash a GPE ROM. I believe all flashing the ROM does is give you a GPE ROM where as the GPE RUU would change all that and give you GPE phones firmware too.
On the off hand you did do a GPE RUU then I'm not sure.
S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
S-OFF not so sure about, locked bootloader, no you can have it unlocked. But you can try it anyways, the SD card method.
Yes you would be able to run it, I'm quite sure all you did was flash a GPE ROM. I believe all flashing the ROM does is give you a GPE ROM where as the GPE RUU would change all that and give you GPE phones firmware too.
On the off hand you did do a GPE RUU then I'm not sure.
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I have heard it has to be one or the other. If S-OFF, the bootloader can be unlocked. If S-ON, the bootloader has to be locked.
I did not run the GPE RUU originally; I installed the ROM through custom recovery. I'm assuming that is a good thing based on your feedback.
Regardless, I haven't been able to try the SD method because the zip file I extracted from the RUU exe will not transfer to my SD card. I also tried downloading another user's bootable version and it won't transfer either. I have copied many other files to and from my SD card (even larger file sizes) without any issues. I have no clue what is going on now...
Swazi Samurai said:
I have heard it has to be one or the other. If S-OFF, the bootloader can be unlocked. If S-ON, the bootloader has to be locked.
I did not run the GPE RUU originally; I installed the ROM through custom recovery. I'm assuming that is a good thing based on your feedback.
Regardless, I haven't been able to try the SD method because the zip file I extracted from the RUU exe will not transfer to my SD card. I also tried downloading another user's bootable version and it won't transfer either. I have copied many other files to and from my SD card (even larger file sizes) without any issues. I have no clue what is going on now...
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I formatted my SD card and was finally able to transfer the RUU. The bootloader begins to run the 0P6BIMG file, but it fails right after it starts parsing. I tried running it several times and the results were the same.
I really wish I could get ADB to recognize my phone so I can flash a custom recovery... When I plug my phone into a USB port, my computer makes a noise, the phone says "USB" next to Fastboot, and HTC Sync Manager begins to load. When HTC Sync Manager comes up, it says "HTC Sync Manager couldn't connect to your phone." Windows Device Manager also does not have anything listed for an Android device.
I've noticed when the phone is not powered on and simply charging from the USB port, an "HTC MTP Device" driver tries to install, but fails. Could this be the problem? I've tried plugging the phone into 3 different computers and they all get the MTP failure.
If you are coming from a GSM variant things get a little bit more complicated to install a GPE RUU, as the GPE HBoot is different from the GSM one and partition sizes are as well.
You have to be S-Off to install the proper firmware and prior to doing this, change the CID as well as the MID to a GPE one.
There is a full guide on this forum to convert your M8 from GSM to GPE, bit as I'm on the train at the moment I can't provide you the link right away.
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HTCNerdYoda said:
If you are coming from a GSM variant things get a little bit more complicated to install a GPE RUU, as the GPE HBoot is different from the GSM one and partition sizes are as well.
You have to be S-Off to install the proper firmware and prior to doing this, change the CID as well as the MID to a GPE one.
There is a full guide on this forum to convert your M8 from GSM to GPE, bit as I'm on the train at the moment I can't provide you the link right away.
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I'm not specifically trying to install the GPE RUU at the moment. I had the stock GSM recovery installed based on my original CID and I'm trying to load the associated RUU.
I originally loaded GPE 4.4.3 with TWRP and downloaded the 4.4.4 update OTA from Google. Before restarting my phone and installing the update, I flashed the stock GSM recovery for CID CWS_001. This may have been what caused the issue initially when the phone tried to apply the update if it was looking for a GPE recovery.
I know I cannot install the GPE RUU because I'm S-ON and ADB does not recognize my device so I cannot change the MID or CID. At this point, I'm really just trying to get back to stock so I can start fresh.
Is it possible that when the 4.4.4 update tried to run, it associated my recovery with GPE and now that's why it will not install the stock RUU due to a mismatch? I'm really just guessing at this point.
Look here at post #28 and #30. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717928&page=3 . Download that .zip template
I think you can put the TWRP recovery.img (it has to be renamed to recovery.img) inside the zip as directed, put it on the SD card and let the bootloader automatically detaect and flash it. Once its completed you would have to power down and remove it from the SD card otherwise it would try to update again next time you go into the bootloader. That should load a recovery from which you can flash a ROM.
3484jacks said:
Look here at post #28 and #30. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717928&page=3 . Download that .zip template
I think you can put the TWRP recovery.img (it has to be renamed to recovery.img) inside the zip as directed, put it on the SD card and let the bootloader automatically detaect and flash it. Once its completed you would have to power down and remove it from the SD card otherwise it would try to update again next time you go into the bootloader. That should load a recovery from which you can flash a ROM.
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I'll give that a try and report back. Thanks for the input.
3484jacks said:
Look here at post #28 and #30. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717928&page=3 . Download that .zip template
I think you can put the TWRP recovery.img (it has to be renamed to recovery.img) inside the zip as directed, put it on the SD card and let the bootloader automatically detaect and flash it. Once its completed you would have to power down and remove it from the SD card otherwise it would try to update again next time you go into the bootloader. That should load a recovery from which you can flash a ROM.
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You are the freakin man!!! I edited the template from the post you suggested, added my MID/CID, and packaged it with the TWRP image. Booted right from the SD and I now have custom recovery! I wish I could buy you a beer!
No problem mate. Glad I could help. :thumbup::thumbup::beer:
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Hey everyone, so I am pretty sure I bricked my HTC10.
To Start off my specs are the HTC 10 Unlocked version
htc_pmewl
CID: BS_US001/BS_US002
MID: 2PS650000
OS: 1.80.617.1
OpenDSP: 18.2.8996.00524_0321
(orignially Stock ROM)
I was trying to reset everything to stock settings before I returned the phone (Unrooting, Locked Bootloader, Stock Recovery, etc) and everything was going fine until after I rewrote the S-OFF flag to S-ON (I'm pretty sure it happened there, maybe when I relocked the bootloader?). Now I don't have a ROM, the CID and MID's are missing on the fastboot (download-mode) page. The Bootloader is relocked, and I have a stock recovery.
I tried going here to get the RUU's and everything to fix what I had done. However the RUU.exe gives me a error 120 Low Battery when I run it (Even though I have a fully charged battery). I tried going to a different PC to run the RUU, but the RUU never runs past the initial install.
I also tried re-unlock the bootloader so I could reinstall TWRP and flash that way. Unlocking went fine, but when I try to flash the twrp img via fastboot I get an error (9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL recovery and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKED).
I'm really at my wits end here. I haven't actually done anything this stupid in all of my customizing my M8, S6, Razr or all my tablets so I honestly don't know what to do. If you guys could throw me a lifeline I'd be grateful.
Thanks
Have you tried doing a factory reset using the stock recovery?
See if you can get a system.img to flash manually. If you can get an OS boot you should be able to fix your device.
tkoreaper said:
Have you tried doing a factory reset using the stock recovery?
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Using the adb shell command (recovery --wipe_data)? Yeah I've tried that, but I get a device not found error. adb isn't working right now, however I am still able to get fastboot commands, and the phone recognizing them at least. Otherwise, no I haven't what would I need to do?
@tw1tch175 is right. Try to find an untouched system image first and try to flash it in download mode.
Could you in addition tell a bit more about what you did to reset the device to stock instead of flashing a RUU in the first place prior to writing secureflag 3!? And further more what did you do prior to it, did you flash unsigned firmware, or one of the "no red text on boot" aboot provided here!?
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Are you making sure you are in download mode for fastboot commands. Also double check your driver in the device manager.
Edit: woops re-read, and he meant use the UI in the factory recovery to reset
5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
@tw1tch175 is right. Try to find an untouched system image first and try to flash it in download mode.
Could you in addition tell a bit more about what you did to reset the device to stock instead of flashing a RUU in the first place prior to writing secureflag 3!? And further more what did you do prior to it, did you flash unsigned firmware, or one of the "no red text on boot" aboot provided here!?
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Sure. I originally ran the factory wipe/reset via the ROM (Which was the stock rom). Then after that I booted up into the download mode, tried relocking the bootloader with fastboot oem lock. I also flashed the stock recovery for my model. Once I saw that I had the stock recovery on, the bootloader was locked, and everything else, I tried to do a twrp restore and relock it, but it wasn't working so I said "Screw it" and rewrote the secureflag, rebooted and...yeah everything was gone.
The only thing I did before all of this was when I got the phone unlock the bootloader, SOFF, Custom Recovery, and sideload super SU for root. The only "unofficial" radios/firmware/etc I had was the Verizon Radio on my phone.
Other than that I kept it clean. I'm looking for an image now to try that.
tw1tch175 said:
Are you making sure you are in download mode for fastboot commands. Also double check your driver in the device manager.
Edit: woops re-read, and he meant use the UI in the factory recovery to reset
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Yes. I just figured that out while searching haha. I did go through and use the UI, but I had no luck. I am looking for an img like you said but I am not having luck so far. Is there one of the Stock guide on my original post?
Ok so for ALL HTC the only proper way to s-on is to use fastboot/download and for oem writesecureflag 3, you should NEVER EVER EVER us echo/dd /hexeditor to go s-on.
For 2016+ phones, you should use sunshine or another tool to go from unlock/relocked to lock, do NOT use anything not designed for the phone in question, or attempt to do it manually. I can only vouch for SunShine's capability to safely change the bootloader status, I can't vouch for any other method or tool. I know SunShine does it right.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/psa-htc-10-s-off-s-lock-unlock-t3371264 for my PSA on the subject.
If the phone won't flash with a proper RUU, well you need to find someone with a EMMC write tool to rewrite all your firmware, this is probably going to run $100-200.
bob3rt said:
Hey everyone, so I am pretty sure I bricked my HTC10.
To Start off my specs are the HTC 10 Unlocked version
htc_pmewl
CID: BS_US001/BS_US002
MID: 2PS650000
OS: 1.80.617.1
OpenDSP: 18.2.8996.00524_0321
(orignially Stock ROM)
I was trying to reset everything to stock settings before I returned the phone (Unrooting, Locked Bootloader, Stock Recovery, etc) and everything was going fine until after I rewrote the S-OFF flag to S-ON (I'm pretty sure it happened there, maybe when I relocked the bootloader?). Now I don't have a ROM, the CID and MID's are missing on the fastboot (download-mode) page. The Bootloader is relocked, and I have a stock recovery.
I tried going here to get the RUU's and everything to fix what I had done. However the RUU.exe gives me a error 120 Low Battery when I run it (Even though I have a fully charged battery). I tried going to a different PC to run the RUU, but the RUU never runs past the initial install.
I also tried re-unlock the bootloader so I could reinstall TWRP and flash that way. Unlocking went fine, but when I try to flash the twrp img via fastboot I get an error (9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL recovery and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKED).
I'm really at my wits end here. I haven't actually done anything this stupid in all of my customizing my M8, S6, Razr or all my tablets so I honestly don't know what to do. If you guys could throw me a lifeline I'd be grateful.
Thanks
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bob3rt said:
Sure. I originally ran the factory wipe/reset via the ROM (Which was the stock rom). Then after that I booted up into the download mode, tried relocking the bootloader with fastboot oem lock. I also flashed the stock recovery for my model. Once I saw that I had the stock recovery on, the bootloader was locked, and everything else, I tried to do a twrp restore and relock it, but it wasn't working so I said "Screw it" and rewrote the secureflag, rebooted and...yeah everything was gone.
The only thing I did before all of this was when I got the phone unlock the bootloader, SOFF, Custom Recovery, and sideload super SU for root. The only "unofficial" radios/firmware/etc I had was the Verizon Radio on my phone.
Other than that I kept it clean. I'm looking for an image now to try that.
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So as I thought. You indeed flashed - at least parts - of an unofficial firmware. Prior to relocking the bootloader with SunShine, as well as setting S-ON you should've taken care that ALL its stock. A simple factory reset in the ROM settings wasn't enough.
I'd guess that the wrong radio led to a problem when booting with stock recovery of your ROM, relocked bootloader and secureflag set to S-ON.
If I saw it correctly all RUUs for your device are *.exe files. Best would be to extract the ROM.zip from this exe, using 7zip, rename it to 2PS6IMG.zip, place it on an external SDCard (formatted extFAT or FAT32) and reboot to download mode, to give it a shot.
Hope this will help.
Edit: ... nvm... @jcase ninja'd me. Wanted to post the exact same link.
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5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
So as I thought. You indeed flashed - at least parts - of an unofficial firmware. Prior to relocking the bootloader with SunShine, as well as setting S-ON you should've taken care that ALL its stock. A simple factory reset in the ROM settings wasn't enough.
I'd guess that the wrong radio led to a problem when booting with stock recovery of your ROM, relocked bootloader and secureflag set to S-ON.
If I saw it correctly all RUUs for your device are *.exe files. Best would be to extract the ROM.zip from this exe, using 7zip, rename it to 2PS6IMG.zip, place it on an external SDCard (formatted extFAT or FAT32) and reboot to download mode, to give it a shot.
Hope this will help.
Edit: ... nvm... @jcase ninja'd me. Wanted to post the exact same link.
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Ah gotcha. That makes sense. Wouldn't have been the only thing that slipped my mind. I lost access to my Steam authenticator too. I was able to get the zip from the exe file like you said, after I put that on an SD card and boot to download mode do I just fastboot flash zip?
If there's one thing I remember when using Sunshine to go S-OFF on two different HTC 10's it was that it mentioned something about going S-ON and how something wasn't guaranteed, I forget what exactly, but if I remember correctly I understood it as you shouldn't go back to S-ON because it wasn't guaranteed to work or something like that. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
tkoreaper said:
If there's one thing I remember when using Sunshine to go S-OFF on two different HTC 10's it was that it mentioned something about going S-ON and how something wasn't guaranteed, I forget what exactly, but if I remember correctly I understood it as you shouldn't go back to S-ON because it wasn't guaranteed to work or something like that. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
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That is in regards to wiping data, earlier versions of sunshien wiped data on all htc 10 going s-off, thats not the issue here. Issue here is he improperly set the phone lock/s-on. Gotta use sunshine to set it locked, and fastboot to set s-on.
Hey Everyone just wanted to give an update since yesterday evening.
Just wanted to give out some props to @5m4r7ph0n36uru . Following his advice of extracting the Rom.zip from RUU .exe I was able to run it in download mode and loaded up an OS on the phone. So Now I am unbricked! Yay. I had to find out how to do that using process monitor and everything, but it was a success. and I can breathe easy. Thankfully doing that was easier that doing the Database call handler stuff from today at work XD
Thankfully my lesson is learned and I'll flash correctly to full stock next time. Thank you all for your help in the matter.
bob3rt said:
Hey everyone, so I am pretty sure I bricked my HTC10.
To Start off my specs are the HTC 10 Unlocked version
htc_pmewl
CID: BS_US001/BS_US002
MID: 2PS650000
OS: 1.80.617.1
OpenDSP: 18.2.8996.00524_0321
(orignially Stock ROM)
I was trying to reset everything to stock settings before I returned the phone (Unrooting, Locked Bootloader, Stock Recovery, etc) and everything was going fine until after I rewrote the S-OFF flag to S-ON (I'm pretty sure it happened there, maybe when I relocked the bootloader?). Now I don't have a ROM, the CID and MID's are missing on the fastboot (download-mode) page. The Bootloader is relocked, and I have a stock recovery.
I tried going here to get the RUU's and everything to fix what I had done. However the RUU.exe gives me a error 120 Low Battery when I run it (Even though I have a fully charged battery). I tried going to a different PC to run the RUU, but the RUU never runs past the initial install.
I also tried re-unlock the bootloader so I could reinstall TWRP and flash that way. Unlocking went fine, but when I try to flash the twrp img via fastboot I get an error (9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL recovery and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKED).
I'm really at my wits end here. I haven't actually done anything this stupid in all of my customizing my M8, S6, Razr or all my tablets so I honestly don't know what to do. If you guys could throw me a lifeline I'd be grateful.
Thanks
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Hello,
Just to inform that if I try to run RUU.exe from PC when the phone is in bootloader menu, I get battery low error. However, if I "boot to download mode" in the bootloader menu, I can run the RUU.exe from the computer without any error.
I have an HTC One M9 that up until yesterday had an unlocked bootloader and had S-Off.
It was running a pretty old ROM so I decided to update it. My first attempt was Viper.
After installing through TWRP recovery it would only take me to the TWRP boot screen after rebooting.
I attempted another ROM, this time Revolution and got the same results.
I’ve been messing with it for hours and somehow I have S-ON and the bootloader is locked. Actually it says RELOCKED.
It has no OS and it will no longer go to Recovery mode. I think the TWRP I tried to install is too new for it.
I’ve performed the HTC bootloader unlock procedure a few times and although it says successful, after reboot, its still relocked.
Am I screwed, or is there something more I can try?
If bootloader is looked, the only solution is to try to flasher the latest ruu according to the model of your M9. It goes into downloading mode??
Dark Stranger said:
If bootloader is looked, the only solution is to try to flasher the latest ruu according to the model of your M9. It goes into downloading mode??
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Yes, it goes into download mode. I've tried the only Telus ruu I could find (RUU_HIMA_UL_M60_SENSE70_ATT_MR_NA_Gen_Unlock_3.35.617.31.exe)
and I get a Error 131 Customer ID Error.
I just tried a Sprint ruu (RUU_HIMA_WHL_M60_SENSE70_SPCS_MR_Sprint_WWE_3.41.651.21.exe) and I got Error 155 Unknown Error. They both fail right after it displays Updating Signatures.
I'm in Canada and it's a Telus phone but it's carrier unlocked.
Do I need to use a Telus RUU or should any Canadian RUU work on it?
are you sure yours already s-off?
1. re flash lastest TWRP
2. flash required lastest firmware (s-off)
Firmware 3.35.401.12 is required for proper installation! Download (S-OFF ONLY)
3. flash your fav lastest custom rom
Yes, it's definitely S-On.
Any Canadians out there? After some reading I realize I need an RUU of a specific sku. In my case 661.
I need a Telus RUU of 2.11.661.5 or higher for the M9. I'm hoping that will resolve my issue.
Hi everyone,
It would appear that my phone is stuck in a permanent boot loop. I'm still on the latest official rom from my carrier, it's not rooted nor have I made any changes to the bootloader.
The only thing that I did was restart my phone from within the OS after I couldn't launch the official SMS app (some MMS process error).
Now I'm stuck in a boot loop where the phone doesn't get past the first "HTC" logo page. I also notice that there are two thin dark horizontal lines on the top and middle of the screen that weren't there before. They look like clusters of dead pixels and are across the whole screen.
I've tried using the official bootloader to do a factory reset and wipe cache but I'm still having the same issue.
What else can I try? Is it safe for me to unlock the bootloader and try flashing a custom ROM while the phone is in this state?
I'd try to look for an RUU that matches your firmware before trying anything else.
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squ89r97 said:
I'd try to look for an RUU that matches your firmware before trying anything else.
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I've tried to find it but I'm not having luck.
Since I'm S-ON I can only flash the ROM with the same firmware and I've figured that I need:
version: 3.35.166.12 for CID: VODAP120 (A1 Telekom Austria).
Now in case I can't find it, I would need to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery.
However, since there is no way to go S-OFF without actually booting into the phone is there a risk of bricking the phone when trying to flash a custom ROM?
P$YCH0 said:
I've tried to find it but I'm not having luck.
Since I'm S-ON I can only flash the ROM with the same firmware and I've figured that I need:
version: 3.35.166.12 for CID: VODAP120 (A1 Telekom Austria).
Now in case I can't find it, I would need to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery.
However, since there is no way to go S-OFF without actually booting into the phone is there a risk of bricking the phone when trying to flash a custom ROM?
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If everything is official, I'd send it back and get a replacement.
P$YCH0 said:
I've tried to find it but I'm not having luck.
Since I'm S-ON I can only flash the ROM with the same firmware and I've figured that I need:
version: 3.35.166.12 for CID: VODAP120 (A1 Telekom Austria).
Now in case I can't find it, I would need to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery.
However, since there is no way to go S-OFF without actually booting into the phone is there a risk of bricking the phone when trying to flash a custom ROM?
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If your phone has a warranty send it back. For it to bork the way it has it was probably faulty, unless you know something we don't..
You could revive the phone but it may still have a fault.
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squ89r97 said:
If everything is official, I'd send it back and get a replacement.
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shivadow said:
If your phone has a warranty send it back. For it to bork the way it has it was probably faulty, unless you know something we don't..
You could revive the phone but it may still have a fault.
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Hi guys,
Thank you very much for the friendly help. I've found the RUU file and it revived it. Wasn't free though (ir-file.com).
When I get the time I'll re-upload it and make available in one of the RUU threads.
Anyway, the first thing I did was to unlock the bootloader, install TWRP, root and finally S-OFF. If I had TWRP to start with I could have avoided all this hassle and just restore the boot partition for example.
However it does worry me a bit that such a thing occurred out of the blue. Are there any ways of checking if there is storage corruption, bad sectors in memory ect?
P$YCH0 said:
I've tried to find it but I'm not having luck.
Since I'm S-ON I can only flash the ROM with the same firmware and I've figured that I need:
version: 3.35.166.12 for CID: VODAP120 (A1 Telekom Austria).
Now in case I can't find it, I would need to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery.
However, since there is no way to go S-OFF without actually booting into the phone is there a risk of bricking the phone when trying to flash a custom ROM?
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P$YCHO, How did you find the version number and CID code, I can't see those anywhere on the bootloader of recovery?
Thanks
templer59 said:
P$YCHO, How did you find the version number and CID code, I can't see those anywhere on the bootloader of recovery?
Thanks
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Hold the power button and volume down while booting. The OS line will show you the ROM version that you have to look for when trying to find the RUU. You need to install ADB and Fastboot and run a special command to read the CID and other device data. Something like allvars, can't remember exactly, did it a year ago when I got the phone
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P$YCH0 said:
Hold the power button and volume down while booting. The OS line will show you the ROM version that you have to look for when trying to find the RUU. You need to install ADB and Fastboot and run a special command to read the CID and other device data. Something like allvars, can't remember exactly, did it a year ago when I got the phone
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You mean "connect it to a pc while in download mode, install a copy of fastboot.exe and type: fastboot getvar.
P$YCH0 said:
Hi guys,
Thank you very much for the friendly help. I've found the RUU file and it revived it. Wasn't free though (ir-file.com).
When I get the time I'll re-upload it and make available in one of the RUU threads.
Anyway, the first thing I did was to unlock the bootloader, install TWRP, root and finally S-OFF. If I had TWRP to start with I could have avoided all this hassle and just restore the boot partition for example.
However it does worry me a bit that such a thing occurred out of the blue. Are there any ways of checking if there is storage corruption, bad sectors in memory ect?
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If you need permanent storage for the ruu you got let me know as i have plenty of gdrive space.
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Hi guys, I am in the exact same situation and don't seem to be able to find the appropriate RUU file for my phone. Can you please give me some indication regarding how to find it.
So far I managed to unlock the bootloader, install TWRP and attempted flashing several RUU files without any success whatsoever.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Cheers!
Hi guys,
Got a phone a need to revive. I received unusable. Mother gave it to my sisters friend and she said it doesnt work. I now see why cause he was trying to mod it.
I managed to once get into TWRP but cant anymore. It was UNLOCKED but now RELOCKED which I possibly made it a little harder for me.
So currently "fastboot getvars" reports back all the info. It's showing version-main 6.13.206.5 and I just want official O2 stock so can use the phone. Ideally sim unlocked but could hassle O2 for that later since it was my mother's contract.
Basically just want to get a working recovery image on and then flash stock. CID is 02__001
Any suggestion to revive this welcomed, please.
So it still have twrp on it ? If yes, boot to twrp recovery then restore the stock backup.
You can find all you need in my thread - https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
Post #1 - how-to
Post #3 - you'll find the O2 stock backup
Post #5 - you'll find O2 firmware, install firmware after you restore the backup
ckpv5 said:
So it still have twrp on it ? If yes, boot to twrp recovery then restore the stock backup.
You can find all you need in my thread - https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
Post #1 - how-to
Post #3 - you'll find the O2 stock backup
Post #5 - you'll find O2 firmware, install firmware after you restore the backup
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No, I cannot get into it. When I select HBOOT, then select recovery it just shows white screen, ANDROID and then back to the menu. TWRP no longer works. That's what I'm trying to fix or put on a stock recovery image and then stock OS/firmware.
Just wondering if I need to UNLOCK it again and also do I need USB debug on. I cannot boot into OS so unable to set USB debug.
To UNLOCK bootloader can that be done if you can only get into bootloader menu? S-ON is enabled but not 100% that will stop recovering it? That's just for signed rom/firmware and I just need something stock.
You don't need usb debugging on to unlock the bootloader as it is done on fastboot mode (bootloader).
First I suggest you install the O2 firmware only then see whether you can boot to OS (assuming the OS is still stock base)
Second, re unlock bootloader with unlock_code.bin that you can get from htcdev.com, install twrp 3.x and restore the stock backup and relock bootloader and reflash firmware. This will get your device to fully stock.
So far, I don't see any RUU for your device version that you can get for free, only paid site has it.
Tainted said:
I managed to once get into TWRP but cant anymore. It was UNLOCKED but now RELOCKED which I possibly made it a little harder for me.
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Relocking the bootloader renders the phone unable to boot into OS by definition, as it expects RUU to be run (but as mentioned, RUU is not available for your CID unless you pay - but it's not needed).
Also, you can't flash TWRP with a locked bootloader, again by definition. The primary limitation of an unlocked bootloader, is that it prohibits flashing unsigned recovery images.
So as suggested, simply unlock the bootloader again (with existing unlock bin code, or get a new one using the HTCDev.com process again). Then flash TWRP and a stock TWRP backup using ckpv5's backup collection (linked in his signature).
redpoint73 said:
Relocking the bootloader renders the phone unable to boot into OS by definition, as it expects RUU to be run (but as mentioned, RUU is not available for your CID unless you pay - but it's not needed).
Also, you can't flash TWRP with a locked bootloader, again by definition. The primary limitation of an unlocked bootloader, is that it prohibits flashing unsigned recovery images.
So as suggested, simply unlock the bootloader again (with existing unlock bin code, or get a new one using the HTCDev.com process again). Then flash TWRP and a stock TWRP backup using ckpv5's backup collection (linked in his signature).
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ok, well made some progress.
unlocked the bootloader the official way. Very quick which I was surprised.
This then repoened up the recovery menu working.
then used fastboot to install latest twrp
then installed S.Team-JW-7.5.0.zip !!!
The install and everything looked good, no errors and now just not turning on. I think now it's a brick? Does not seem to be coming back to the bootloader menu and certainly does not try to boot.
Wondering if end of the line. Any suggestions? I assume need to get into TWRP and flash stock update from ckpv5.
Must say thanks for replies guys. ckpv5 you done some good work on here.
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The install and everything looked good, no errors and now just not turning on. I think now it's a brick? Does not seem to be coming back to the bootloader menu and certainly does not try to boot.
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It's really hard to brick this phone (especially with s-on) just flashing TWRP and flashing ROMs. Probably not a brick.
At what point exactly did it shut down/not reboot? ROM installed with no errors, and when you tried to reboot, it went dark? You aren't specific on this point.
How much charge was on the battery when you were flashing the ROM? Did you leave it a long time flashing the ROM, or rebooting, that simply may have drained the battery to shutdown?
Try leaving the phone on charger for several hours, then hold power+vol up for a minute or so, and see if any change (even if just stuck on HTC logo screen).
redpoint73 said:
It's really hard to brick this phone (especially with s-on) just flashing TWRP and flashing ROMs. Probably not a brick.
At what point exactly did it shut down/not reboot? ROM installed with no errors, and when you tried to reboot, it went dark? You aren't specific on this point.
How much charge was on the battery when you were flashing the ROM? Did you leave it a long time flashing the ROM, or rebooting, that simply may have drained the battery to shutdown?
Try leaving the phone on charger for several hours, then hold power+vol up for a minute or so, and see if any change (even if just stuck on HTC logo screen).
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Hi there,
Well I expect the bootloader to be separate from the rest so we can get into TWRP and normally get out of this situation?
The ROM install finished, battery was at about 80% and everything looked good and I let it reboot the phone. And then it went dead. Right now the PC keeps beeping as a device has just connected and then again as though it's disconnected. I'm watching the device manager and dont see it listed during the connect but device manager tree refreshes. My S7 edge shows up. It flash an orage dot twice, so appears to be a in loop.
I charged the phoned and no luck with any of the power+ vol +/- keys. No response from any of those? I let the phone sit till flat and no orange light and then charged it today and still nothing. Not sure if it's a bad battery but it was up at 83% showing in the TWRP menu and working plugged or unplugged.
It's become a challenge now to make it work, I havent had to mod phones since my HTC One which got heavily modded and then back to stock. I stopped doing that after modding every phone I had since HTC Desire Android 2.3. So been about 4 years since doing all this again. Never had one that was totally bricked.
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Well I expect the bootloader to be separate from the rest so we can get into TWRP and normally get out of this situation?
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You are correct that bootloader (AKA hboot) is a separate partition, isn't touched by TWRP, and in fact is "protected", and can't be modified with s-on. Only an official signed zip (RUU, OTA, zip) can write to hboot when s-on, which is one of the reasons why I say this phone is hard to brick with s-on, just by flashing TWRP and flashing ROMs.
Tainted said:
Right now the PC keeps beeping as a device has just connected and then again as though it's disconnected. I'm watching the device manager and dont see it listed during the connect but device manager tree refreshes.
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You won't connect to the phone by PC in any way, unless you can get the phone to power on, at least to bootloader.
A few additional suggestions/comments I made to another user (in another thread) who by strange coincidence has a very similar condition (apparent brick after flashing a ROM): https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73062871&postcount=10
But to be honest, it's not looking too good, since the condition hasn't changed after charging and trying the button combos.
redpoint73 said:
You are correct that bootloader (AKA hboot) is a separate partition, isn't touched by TWRP, and in fact is "protected", and can't be modified with s-on. Only an official signed zip (RUU, OTA, zip) can write to hboot when s-on, which is one of the reasons why I say this phone is hard to brick with s-on, just by flashing TWRP and flashing ROMs.
You won't connect to the phone by PC in any way, unless you can get the phone to power on, at least to bootloader.
A few additional suggestions/comments I made to another user (in another thread) who by strange coincidence has a very similar condition (apparent brick after flashing a ROM): https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73062871&postcount=10
But to be honest, it's not looking too good, since the condition hasn't changed after charging and trying the button combos.
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Cheers for that. Not getting much except for the 2 brief flashes of orange light.
Any chance the battery is totally messed and this is the problem?
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Any chance the battery is totally messed and this is the problem?
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It's possible. Or it might be something else like motherboard or emmc. It's impossible to say for sure.