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failed to update marsgmallow OTA

hi
i am asking for your help guys as always
i have htc one m9 original stock rom, , s-on, rooted , CUSTOM TWRP RECOVERY. UNLOCKED BOOT LOADER
and my phone info is as this :
kernel: lk
(bootloader) product: htc_himauhl
(bootloader) version: 1.0
(bootloader) imei: 3572260xxxxxxxx
(bootloader) version-main: 2.10.401.1
(bootloader) boot-mode: download
(bootloader) version-baseband: 01.04_U11440601_71.02.50709G_F
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000
(bootloader) mid: 0PJA10000
(bootloader) cid: HTC__J15
My problem is: i can't update my m9 to the latest OTA marshmallow
recently, i received an OTA update marshmallow 6 ( part 1/2 )
version of OTA received is 2.10.401.108
to flash a stock recovery, i extracted the OTA zip file, and extracted its content firmware.zip to get the stock recovery, i fount 2 recoveies, 1) recovery.img 2 ) recovery_signed.img.
is this the right way to have the correct stock recovery ?
anyway, i flashed these 2 recoveries in order to update the new OTA, but no one succeeded, and i got this message on download mode ( attached pic )
is the problem because of incorrect stock recovery ?
how do i get a proper one ?
i tried also this
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZaiJ3F_f76sVa4daU5H62OYi5Bj23LEBBv4xDTQ8y-M/pubhtml
but didn't know which one to take exactly.
also, i tried to give it another shot, i renamed the OTA fzip file to 0PJAIMG.ZIP
and copied this file on both ext_sd & internal sd
but no luck.
please help

The problem is that your system partition is modified because you add su and related files for rooting. You must have an untouched system partition and restored in read only mode to prevent any modifications.
So you need to flash twrp again, restore an original untouched system partition, flash stock recovery and apply OTA.

Yea what he said.. System must be as stock and completely untouched. All evidence of root must be undone to get OTA.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

i see
so i have to unroot first ?
how do i restore an original untouched system partition, if i didn't backup my system !!

hello

Check flippys Google sheet in his thread.
A donated clean image may be there for your SKU and device version...
If not....you may need to RUU back to complete stock and take the OTA that way...g

+1, The only way if you haven't a clean system image ( take a time to read the post2 of Twrp thread) is to flash a Ruu.
It's a "new" Google limitation...

To flash the stock recovery you just need to get the stock recovery for 2.10.401.1 , flash like any other recovery, so with the command fastboot flash recovery *name of recovery*.img in download mode. It should work fine, but do that after you got complete stock system back up which is untouched. Just wipe system and restore the untouched, flash in download mode the stock recovery and you should be good to go
Gesendet von meinem HTC One M9 mit Tapatalk

i found this
http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m9/news/
if i downloaded this RUU, will it work on my device ? or it is only for USA ?
instead of downloading old RUU, then update to android 6, this will do the thing right ?
can anyone help me pls ?

also found this
http://androidruu.com/?developer=M9
i dont know which one to download, as there is 4 files for Europe
my OTA file name was:
OTA_HIMA_UHL_L51_SENSE70_MR_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.180-2.10.401.1_release_464143
can any one help me of any of these links work on my phone ?
or at least, suggest me old ORIGINAL RUU to install, then i will take OTA

also, found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...-1-40-401-5-android-5-0-t3122946/post61540143
i don't know which one to install !
as there is 3 MD5 files.
please help i am getting too much confused.

osamaxosama said:
also found this
http://androidruu.com/?developer=M9
i dont know which one to download, as there is 4 files for Europe
my OTA file name was:
OTA_HIMA_UHL_L51_SENSE70_MR_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.180-2.10.401.1_release_464143
can any one help me of any of these links work on my phone ?
or at least, suggest me old ORIGINAL RUU to install, then i will take OTA
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there is no latest RUU for 2.10.401.1

DeeZZ_NuuZZ said:
there is no latest RUU for 2.10.401.1
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Actually there is one. But there are no Android M RUUs, yet.

Flippy498 said:
Actually there is one. But there are no Android M RUUs, yet.
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totally forgot that there are new zips not .exe ;D

Flippy498 said:
Actually there is one. But there are no Android M RUUs, yet.
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thanks
i will download that zip file
and try to flash it

hima ul ruu to hima uhl
is there anyway i can make the hima ul ruu to run on a hima uhl? thanks in advance

Flippy498 said:
Actually there is one. But there are no Android M RUUs, yet.
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i tried
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
and that what i got
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
sending sparse 'zip' (83765 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.870s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#576582
(bootloader) ERR lzipv2_init : Cannot open file /dev/fastboot_download_m
(bootloader) Tsw4s
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] update_fb_ZIP_buf: can not find ZIP hea
(bootloader) der
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 22
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) ERR ZIP signature checking failed...
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 22
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 22: fail to flash via downloadzip)
finished. total time: 10.342s

osamaxosama said:
i tried
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
and that what i got
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
sending sparse 'zip' (83765 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.870s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#576582
(bootloader) ERR lzipv2_init : Cannot open file /dev/fastboot_download_m
(bootloader) Tsw4s
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] update_fb_ZIP_buf: can not find ZIP hea
(bootloader) der
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 22
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) ERR ZIP signature checking failed...
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 22
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 22: fail to flash via downloadzip)
finished. total time: 10.342s
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at first be on complete stock rom, i mean stock recovery and system img is restored to stock one from twrp with backup.
then you need to use the exact naming of the zip...like i said everything else have to be on stock settings... no custom recovery, no custom kernel yea everything else stock

I find myself in the same situation and followed all the steps described here...
The results are either Status 7 or Remote 14 or Remote 9
I had a original backup of the system img, restored via twrp, then flashed a signed stock recovery (S-ON), ensured i'm not rooted or modified. The result is always the same...
Maybe i am doing something wrong ?
LE: Managed to get a non corrupted archive (that was causing remote 14 or 9), now i get remote 99 all the time, no matter what i try

wracking my brain , bricked to hell

So iv manged to delete my os and recovery , the only progress I can make is flashing twrp 2.8.5.0 and that's all.
I looked through so many threads its not even funny , tried so many different files older and newer version of firmware just to see if i get an error to point me in the right direction.
this is my: getvar all
INFOkernel: lk
INFOproduct: htc_himauhl
INFOversion: 1.0
INFOversion-main: 2.9.710.4
INFOboot-mode: download
INFOversion-baseband: 01.04_U11440601_71.02.50709G_F
INFOversion-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000
INFOmid: 0PJA10000
INFOcid: OPTUS001
all:
finished. total time: 0.020s
I've been using this thread to get my stock files http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/stock-nand-backup-ota-update-collection-t3132698
No one else seems to be having problems like this
errors iv come across are.
remote 19
remote -2 ,19: failed to flash via download zip
iv tried using the sd card way and fastboot way
the sd card way has become a problem now since my pc wont let my copy files to it ""This device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected."
fastboot method seems to be the only way to get a response from the device or anything to work.
any help what so ever will be greatly appreciated since iv been trying to fix this for the past 5 days to no avail .

May I suggest you edit your original post to delete your IMEI? We don't need it to troubleshoot and it could be abused.
From the information you've given, it looks like your phone is a Europe WWE-based phone on the Optus Australia carrier network. Your OS version indicates that you're on the Lollipop firmware (2.9.710.4).
Windows driver issues are best solved by installed HTC's Sync Manager (link below). Alternatively, you could pull the sd card from the phone and copy files directly onto it - this may be the simplest way to avoid driver issues.
Since you can install (and access?) TWRP, probably the easiest thing to do will be to flash a compatible ROM. As you are on the Lollipop firmware, you can't flash any of the Marshmallow ROMs. Doing so will result in an endless boot or bootloop.
If you want to upgrade to the latest firmware, you could use the sd card method to install the latest RUU. Flippy498's Google Sheet (link below) has a guide & the files necessary to do this.
peace,
Computerslayer
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Useful references:
Flippy498's Google Sheet
SKU-, CID- and MID-List by Sneakyghost and Behold_this
HTC Sync Manager

I keep trying to flash from what i can tell is the right RUU and i keep getting this error
htc_fastboot v3.0.9.2 (2015-05-29)
found large-zip header, file count: 7
processing file 1/7...
sending 'zip' (130194 KB)...
OKAY [ 8.045s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#573756
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] Main version NOT ALLOWED
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 19
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) ERR ZIP signature checking failed...
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 19
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 19: fail to flash via downloadzip)
finished. total time: 13.803s
htc_fastboot finished. total time: 18.949s

Mechanicalz said:
I keep trying to flash from what i can tell is the right RUU and i keep getting this error
htc_fastboot v3.0.9.2 (2015-05-29)
found large-zip header, file count: 7
processing file 1/7...
sending 'zip' (130194 KB)...
OKAY [ 8.045s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#573756
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] Main version NOT ALLOWED
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 19
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) ERR ZIP signature checking failed...
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 19
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 19: fail to flash via downloadzip)
finished. total time: 13.803s
htc_fastboot finished. total time: 18.949s
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I can't help you with flashing via fastboot - perhaps others can.
On the flip side, you could use the sd card method outlined in Flippy498's Google Sheet. That should get you set.

Mechanicalz said:
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] Main version NOT ALLOWED
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Are you trying to downgrade with S-ON? That's not possible. S-ON phones can only use RUUs which have the same firmware version or a higher one. Besides you could flash the TWRP 2.x version I linked in my sheet and restore the 2.9.710.4 backup with my instructions to solve your "no system" problem. The TWRP version you mentioned in your first post is outdated and with the currently installed firmware you can't use TWRP 3.x since it requests the marshmallow firmware.
Sent from my HTC One S using XDA Labs

SO i managed to get candy5 installed , now im trying to flash back to stock
bootloader is relocked
tried flashing 2.9.710.5 and started getting
FAILED (status read failed (Unknown error))
after trying a couple times i got this
htc_fastboot v3.0.9.2 (2015-05-29)
target rom version: 2.9.710.5
found large-zip header, file count: 7
processing file 1/7...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "E:\largezip\htc_fastboot\htc_flashzip.py", line 160, in main
File "E:\largezip\htc_fastboot\htc_flashzip.py", line 320, in do_update
File "E:\largezip\htc_fastboot\htc_flashzip.py", line 241, in _do_update_internal
File "E:\largezip\htc_fastboot\htc_flashzip.py", line 278, in do_fastboot_command
File "E:\largezip\htc_fastboot\fastboot.py", line 133, in get_device_host
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 16: '2.9.710.4'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "htc_fastboot.py", line 187, in main
File "E:\largezip\htc_fastboot\htc_flashzip.py", line 172, in main
AttributeError: 'ValueError' object has no attribute 'message'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "htc_fastboot.py", line 215, in <module>
File "htc_fastboot.py", line 196, in main
AttributeError: 'AttributeError' object has no attribute 'message'
after that i tried once more and got this error
FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))

Try the SD card method outlined in Flippy498's Google sheet.

htc 10 really deep in mess

I'm HAVING major problems with my HTC.
HTC Download mode
*** RELOCKED ***
htc_pmewl PVT S-ON
LK-1.0.0.0000
[email protected]
openDSP-v18.2.8996.00524_0321
OS-1.53.666.5
May 11 2016, 10:23:54(748430)
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I was able to root my phone with HTC Dev. After I flashed custom Recovery (newest). I started disabling apps in the stock room but however I deleted one that was for UI.
Error Home sense stopped
Reset the phone in the menu... same error. I have no backup the OS so I figured that RUU exe would help but the damn setup extracts than closes......
I tried fastboot oem lock because it was recommended to when using Stock rom RUU but that didn't change anything.
Now when I try to unlock my device again I get:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
sending 'recovery' (21992 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.867s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#748430
FAILED (remote: 9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL recovery and bootloader isn't BL_UNLOCKE)
finished. total time: 2.895s
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Now my device does not have ANY bootable ROM and Recovery doesn't load up. I'm LOST and this device doesn't work, what can I do?
When I redo the process on htc dev I get this error
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.000s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
(bootloader) flash unlocktoken
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] : /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/frp
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] Last Byte is 0X01, enable unlock
FAILED (remote: UnlockToken Verify Fail!!)
finished. total time: 1.031s
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Really, this should be in the Questions and Answers section.
Try changing the name of this file from to 2PS6IMG.zip, not 2PS6IMG.zip.zip, and placing it on the root of an Sdcard. Then boot into download mode. I'm not guaranteeing the file will work.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=385026487222272729

shortydoggg said:
Really, this should be in the Questions and Answers section.
Try changing the name of this file from to 2PS6IMG.zip, not 2PS6IMG.zip.zip, and placing it on the root of an Sdcard. Then boot into download mode. I'm not guaranteeing the file will work.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=385026487222272729
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sprry about that
The link doesn't work

matthewacbroad said:
sprry about that
The link doesn't work
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Try this one.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767098560

shortydoggg said:
Try this one.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767098560
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Thanks
however I'm getting this error
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash zip rom.zip
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 1064224853 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 264226901 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
sending sparse 'zip' 1/3 (781248 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 1064224853 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 1064224853 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 32.125s]
writing 'zip' 1/3...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#748430
(bootloader) ERR lzipv2_init : Cannot open file /dev/fastboot_download_R
(bootloader) J9pW7
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] update_fb_ZIP_buf: can not find ZIP hea
(bootloader) der
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 22
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) ERR ZIP signature checking failed...
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 22
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 22 RU_HEADER_ERROR )
finished. total time: 43.803s

matthewacbroad said:
Thanks
however I'm getting this error
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash zip rom.zip
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 1064224853 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 264226901 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
sending sparse 'zip' 1/3 (781248 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 1064224853 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 1064224853 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 32.125s]
writing 'zip' 1/3...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#748430
(bootloader) ERR lzipv2_init : Cannot open file /dev/fastboot_download_R
(bootloader) J9pW7
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] update_fb_ZIP_buf: can not find ZIP hea
(bootloader) der
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 22
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) ERR ZIP signature checking failed...
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 22
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 22 RU_HEADER_ERROR )
finished. total time: 43.803s
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What rom.zip file did you use? That's not the correct way to flash that anyway.

shortydoggg said:
What rom.zip file did you use? That's not the correct way to flash that anyway.
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Sorry I'm very new with this. I placed the zip folder in my SD Card and booted up the phone in download mode. It says
File /mnt/media_rw/ext_sd/2ps6img.zip
file NOT FOUND
nvm I had hide file extensions enabled. I renamed it to filename.zip

matthewacbroad said:
I'm HAVING major problems with my HTC.
I was able to root my phone with HTC Dev. After I flashed custom Recovery (newest). I started disabling apps in the stock room but however I deleted one that was for UI.
Error Home sense stopped
Reset the phone in the menu... same error. I have no backup the OS so I figured that RUU exe would help but the damn setup extracts than closes......
I tried fastboot oem lock because it was recommended to when using Stock rom RUU but that didn't change anything.
Now when I try to unlock my device again I get:
Now my device does not have ANY bootable ROM and Recovery doesn't load up. I'm LOST and this device doesn't work, what can I do?
When I redo the process on htc dev I get this error
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where is a rec. to run fastboot oem lock?
honest question, haven't looked, just curious.

matthewacbroad said:
Sorry I'm very new with this. I placed the zip folder in my SD Card and booted up the phone in download mode. It says
File /mnt/media_rw/ext_sd/2ps6img.zip
file NOT FOUND
nvm I had hide file extensions enabled. I renamed it to filename.zip
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This fastboot will work with the 10. That minimal version you have doesn't know how to handle the method HTC uses to pack their ruu. Unzip to a new folder. Copy ruu there. Open command prompt there. Use hfastboot as your fastboot syntax.
www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24545065934258327
Sent from my HTC6545LVW using Tapatalk

Thanks guys! You really saved my phone
I placed the zip in the SD card (after installing one) and download mode asked me "flash file.zip". First 2 flashes failed, it detected all img files but bypassed most of them... Finally the third flash worked and I restored /recovery and my OS. Now I'm back with S-OFF and rooted...
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I know that OTA updates won't work with custom recovery and a major update came up for my stock rom which does improve camera and such. What would be the best way of installing it?
Some websites tell me I have to re-flash recovery partition but I have no idea how to do this. Is it simply finding the recovery.img and flashing it in download mode? than repeating the same command in CMD to re-flash custom recovery?

matthewacbroad said:
Thanks guys! You really saved my phone
I placed the zip in the SD card (after installing one) and download mode asked me "flash file.zip". First 2 flashes failed, it detected all img files but bypassed most of them... Finally the third flash worked and I restored /recovery and my OS. Now I'm back with S-OFF and rooted...
I know that OTA updates won't work with custom recovery and a major update came up for my stock rom which does improve camera and such. What would be the best way of installing it?
Some websites tell me I have to re-flash recovery partition but I have no idea how to do this. Is it simply finding the recovery.img and flashing it in download mode? than repeating the same command in CMD to re-flash custom recovery?
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(htc_)fastboot flash recovery recovery.img. be sure to get the right recovery for your device/CID.
if you already flashed a RUU and didn't use twrp, for example allow system modification, don't do it and just flash stock recovery, boot up and if you get the update it should install

DeeZZ_NuuZZ said:
(htc_)fastboot flash recovery recovery.img. be sure to get the right recovery for your device/CID.
if you already flashed a RUU and didn't use twrp, for example allow system modification, don't do it and just flash stock recovery, boot up and if you get the update it should install
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Not sure where to find the recovery.img
The ZIP file I flashed to my phone is working fine. Inside it has 1 to 24 zip files, the first one has recovery_signed.img but everytime I try to extract it I get a error both from winrar and 7-zip.

matthewacbroad said:
Not sure where to find the recovery.img
The ZIP file I flashed to my phone is working fine. Inside it has 1 to 24 zip files, the first one has recovery_signed.img but everytime I try to extract it I get a error both from winrar and 7-zip.
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yea you can't extract it without proper tools, but i don't need which tool exactly to use to extract it. and afaik winrar and 7zip are not capable of, because it is encrypted.
there are other locations where you can find it. either from a twrp backup in this forum or so

matthewacbroad said:
Thanks guys! You really saved my phone
I placed the zip in the SD card (after installing one) and download mode asked me "flash file.zip". First 2 flashes failed, it detected all img files but bypassed most of them... Finally the third flash worked and I restored /recovery and my OS. Now I'm back with S-OFF and rooted...
I know that OTA updates won't work with custom recovery and a major update came up for my stock rom which does improve camera and such. What would be the best way of installing it?
Some websites tell me I have to re-flash recovery partition but I have no idea how to do this. Is it simply finding the recovery.img and flashing it in download mode? than repeating the same command in CMD to re-flash custom recovery?
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twrp custom recovery can take ota, if on stock system.img i believe.
google will be more help than I.
or someone who has taken ota on the 10.
different than previous htc devices so toss those "guides".
I believe it used to be as easy as being on stock recovery.

matthewacbroad said:
Not sure where to find the recovery.img
The ZIP file I flashed to my phone is working fine. Inside it has 1 to 24 zip files, the first one has recovery_signed.img but everytime I try to extract it I get a error both from winrar and 7-zip.
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DeeZZ_NuuZZ said:
yea you can't extract it without proper tools, but i don't need which tool exactly to use to extract it. and afaik winrar and 7zip are not capable of, because it is encrypted.
there are other locations where you can find it. either from a twrp backup in this forum or so
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enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928

Verifying current system...
system partition has unexpected contents
E:Error in @/cache/recovery/block.map
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
OTA failed! Please power off the device to keep it in this state and file a bug report!
I flashed stock recovery.img and OTA failed.

Seems like flashing to stock rom zip file than keep updating until it's done THAN re-flashing trwp.img and rooting works best
I have updated to 1.90.666.4
However if another update comes out and it fails I'll have to re-flash to stock and repeat the process

matthewacbroad said:
Seems like flashing to stock rom zip file than keep updating until it's done THAN re-flashing trwp.img and rooting works best
I have updated to 1.90.666.4
However if another update comes out and it fails I'll have to re-flash to stock and repeat the process
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Since you're using fastboot and rooting and you've unlocked bootloader, is it possible to just run a stock rooted type custom rom, along with TWRP and not have to worry about the OTA? I know it can be done now with custom recovery after devices have been rooted, but it seems like a big pain in the rear.
I understand if you need or want to keep the stock rom, and I think some users can help with the OTA stuff. I just thought I'd mention now that you're this far into it.

It's been interesting using the stock rom. Did some mods to the rom
AcoustiX_Audio_ZeroInfinity_v30
ElementalX-HTC10-0.25-Sense (Plus $3.00 EX Kernal Manager Paypal)
Tweaked_pnp_thermal_ivicask_v19

M9 Nougat Invalid sparse file format at header magi

I come from MaximusHD and I'm very eager to install the new stock rom, BUT:
No matter if I download the extracted zip or extract it my self from RUU_HIMA_UL_N70_SENSE80_ATT_MR_NA_Gen_Unlock_4.14.617.6.exe, both my M9 and my W10 box insists that the zip-file is corrupt. I'm not able to copy the file to my device, and if i fastboot it I get this error:
fastboot.exe flash zip D:\Downloads\0PJAIMG.zip
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
sending sparse 'zip' (87173 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.679s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#669696
(bootloader) ERR lzipv2_init : Cannot open file /dev/fastboot_download_b
(bootloader) zWXOR
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] update_fb_ZIP_buf: can not find ZIP hea
(bootloader) der
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 22
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 22
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 22 RU_HEADER_ERROR )
finished. total time: 7.872s
I tried extracting the rom.zip from 2 different machines with the same result. 7-zip just says invalid zip archive.
Even if I download older roms like the ones found on http://www.androidruu.com/ I get corrupt zip file error.
Furthermore I have investigated the CID om my device and have found, that the cidvar is not set:
fastboot.exe getvar cid
cid:
Please help

I had the same issue. I had to ruu back to 3.35.617.31 and then take to ota.

I had the same issue , this did it for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70018851&postcount=134

verloren22 said:
I had the same issue. I had to ruu back to 3.35.617.31 and then take to ota.
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Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately that did not work either - same zip-error.

osametto said:
I had the same issue , this did it for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70018851&postcount=134
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Thanks!
New Firmware gave me a CID.
Unfortunately step 2 (with the file from the link you posted) still generates this error:
fastboot.exe flash zip D:\Downloads\0PJAIMG.zip
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
sending sparse 'zip' (89626 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.861s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#836547
(bootloader) ERR lzipv2_init : Cannot open file /dev/fastboot_download_e
(bootloader) 0flyn
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] update_fb_ZIP_buf: can not find ZIP hea
(bootloader) der
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 22
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 22
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 22 RU_HEADER_ERROR )
finished. total time: 6.978s

Unfortunately GSM does not work after firmware update :crying:

THE FOLLOWING WILL WIPE ALL PHONE DATA INCLUDING THINGS ON INTERNAL SD CARD
I downloaded the ota and then the ruu , installed stock recovery and put cid and mid of developer edition.
I pulled out the firmware from the ota , flashed it .
Then i used the ruu normally , and it worked without any problem.
That's how i got it to work coming from custom rom.

Bricked M9, Impossible to flash any firmware? Any suggestion?

This is my device situation so far:
Bottloader: LOCKED
Oem Unlocked: NO (Can't flash any recovery)
Security: S-ON
Main version: 3.36.709.9
CID: HTC__621
Recovery: STOCK
Impossible to boot into OS even after wiping data through recovery.
When trying to flash OTA zip corresponding to the same main version or higher I always get Error 22. I've tried SDCard method, adb sideload and flashing zip through fastboot (rebootRUU, flash zip, etc).
Is there any other way to flash an official firmware for this device? It'd be great to have an official RUU for my version or higher. Or maybe some software from HTC to "restore upgrade errors"?
Thanks in advance!

Check the md5 hash of the file you downloaded and cross reference it on Google. You need to make sure the file you have is complete.
Beamed in by telepathy.

Monrad said:
This is my device situation so far:
Bottloader: LOCKED
Oem Unlocked: NO (Can't flash any recovery)
Security: S-ON
Main version: 3.36.709.9
CID: HTC__621
Recovery: STOCK
Impossible to boot into OS even after wiping data through recovery.
When trying to flash OTA zip corresponding to the same main version or higher I always get Error 22. I've tried SDCard method, adb sideload and flashing zip through fastboot (rebootRUU, flash zip, etc).
Is there any other way to flash an official firmware for this device? It'd be great to have an official RUU for my version or higher. Or maybe some software from HTC to "restore upgrade errors"?
Thanks in advance!
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What firmware are you attempting to flash? Recall that the final number in the RUU (xx.xx.xx.yy) does not have to match your phone's OS version.
The 709 SKU has a compatible RUU available in the readme thread (3.36.709.3). Since the file is hosted on Android File Host, the MD5 is posted there (look under download information). On your computer, you can install a MD5 checker (I use File Hasher) to verify that they match.

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What firmware are you attempting to flash? Recall that the final number in the RUU (xx.xx.xx.yy) does not have to match your phone's OS version.
The 709 SKU has a compatible RUU available in the readme thread (3.36.709.3). Since the file is hosted on Android File Host, the MD5 is posted there (look under download information). On your computer, you can install a MD5 checker (I use File Hasher) to verify that they match.
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I've tried that file, hash is ok but file will not get flashed. This is the log:
Code:
fastboot flash zip 0PJAIMG_HIMA_UHL_L50_SENSE70_hTC_Asia_TW_1.40.709.4_Radio_01.02_U11440261_60.03.50505G_F_release_431851_signed.zip
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 2322433715 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
sending sparse 'zip' 1/1 (0 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 2322433715 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 2322433715 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 1.031s]
writing 'zip' 1/1...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#676746
(bootloader) ERR lzipv1_init : Cannot read header len bytes
(bootloader) ERR lzipv2_init : Cannot open file /dev/fastboot_download_m
(bootloader) ar4HL
FAILED (remote: 99 RU_UNKNOWN_FAIL terrible mishap )
finished. total time: 2.083s
I downloaded the file more than 4 times and it's always the same result.
I'm downloading another fastboot version because maybe the one I'm using is not compatible.

Same problem with htc fastboot...
Code:
htc_fastboot.exe flash zip 0PJAIMG_HIMA_UHL_L50_SENSE70_hTC_Asia_TW_1.40.709.4_Radio_01.02_U11440261_60.03.50505G_F_release_431851_signed.zip
htc_fastboot v3.0.9.2 (2015-05-29)
found large-zip header, file count: 7
processing file 1/7...
sending 'zip' (261353 KB)...
OKAY [ 15.207s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#676746
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] Main version NOT ALLOWED
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 19
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) ERR ZIP signature checking failed...
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 19
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 19 RU_MAIN_VER_FAIL os-version in android-info missing or i)
finished. total time: 23.551s
htc_fastboot finished. total time: 43.310s
EDIT: I've beenf lashing the wrong image, I'll try with the right one, sorry!
EDIT: it worked, problem was fastboot version!!! Use HTC FASTBOOT and everyithing is fine Thanks! You've inspired me into the solution