Is there a way to flash radios without fastboot? - HTC 10 Questions & Answers

ADB and htc_fastboot will not recognize my phone while it is in Download or Bootloader mode (adb still recognizes when it is fully booted or in recovery though), and I need to flash the Verizon Radio onto my Unlocked device. I have tried redownloading both of these to get the latest versions, and have tried with multiple computers.
I have the latest TWRP, but no root installed. I am currently on Oreo, but am S-Off and could downgrade if needed.

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proper way to relock bootloader

i tried to relock the bootloader just now but it keeps on rebooting to hboot so i just unlock again and it booted fine albeit being factory reset.
so the question is, after i fastboot oem lock , what should i do to reboot it normally instead of reboot to hboot?
do i need to download RUU exe file and execute it?
i also re flash original recovery since i don't feel like using custom ROM for the time being, i just want to wait for official OTA.
If you want to go back totally stock, then yes just run the RUU again.
M.
It will not boot if you have custom rom installed and oem locked. Hence it keeps rebooting into bootloader with a some warning on the top.
Unlock it again to resume the boot and lose all the settings or run a ruu as suggested before me.
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beware if you have a 1.28 based rom (or updated OTA) i dont think a 1.26 based RUU will work. I didnt for me, i had to flash CWM recovery again and a .zip with 1.28.
so we need a new RUU to get back to stock if we have updated hboot.

HELP!

Hello, I am using a rooted htc one m8. I wanted to unroot it and reverted my device to android KitKat. I flashed stock recovery from the official OTA of 5.1.1. after that I tried to lock the bootloader using the command "fastboot oem lock" command using adb. then I tried to update the phone to Android lollipop. It installed and the phone shut down. now when I try to switch on the phone, It boots to stock recovery. even I cant get unlock code for bootloader to unlock it again. Please help me to solve this issue...
can you boot to bootloader ??
if yes then post the result of fastboot getvar all ( remove serialno and imei before posting )
Affanthegreat said:
Hello, I am using a rooted htc one m8. I wanted to unroot it and reverted my device to android KitKat. I flashed stock recovery from the official OTA of 5.1.1. after that I tried to lock the bootloader using the command "fastboot oem lock" command using adb. then I tried to update the phone to Android lollipop. It installed and the phone shut down. now when I try to switch on the phone, It boots to stock recovery.
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This is really confusing. In addition to the getvar data previously requested, you should outline step by step, what exactly you did (in detail, with file names, etc.). In particular, I'm very confused about:
1) What version number you started on (when you were rooted)?
2) How did you "revert to Kitkat", what files did you use, etc.
3) What stock recovery number you flashed
4) How/where you obtained the file to update after you flashed stock recovery and locked bootloader. Did it download automatically after you flashed stock recovery, or did you put it on the phone manually (if the latter, what version number and/or file name).
Also, the following should be kept in mind:
- You need a stock never rooted ROM/TWRP backup (unrooting won't work) and stock recovery in order to properly update by OTA.
- You do not need to lock the bootloader to install an OTA update, but you do need a locked bootloader to flash an RUU or firmware.zip. So depending on what exactly you used to try to update, locking the bootloader may not have been necessary; and may be causing you more trouble than good.

Back to Stock Recovery and Booload lock with S-ON

Hello,
so I got the HTC 10 from my brother but I can not get the latest updates via OTA. Reason: Bootload unlocked und TWRP Recovery.
Now I wanna relock the bootloader and back to the Stock Recovery in order to get the OTA upates. I found files in the thread but I do not really know how to proceed at all
Is there any step by step guide for this situation which a newbie would understand?
Some Info's to the phone itself:
Recovery: TWRP 3.03-10_Unofficial
S-On
Unlocked Bootloader
CID: HTC_034
Android 7.0, January Security update
Software: 2.41.401.4
Kernel: 3.18.31-perf-g9ec8cbc and @aabm#1 SMP PREEMPT
Baseband: [email protected]_79.07_F
Is there any way to simply flash the stock recovery again put the bootloader to locked and then get the OTA?
Any help is appreciated
(And no can not ask my brother as he is for several months abroad)
pyo[st said:
;73891974]Hello,
so I got the HTC 10 from my brother but I can not get the latest updates via OTA. Reason: Bootload unlocked und TWRP Recovery.
Now I wanna relock the bootloader and back to the Stock Recovery in order to get the OTA upates. I found files in the thread but I do not really know how to proceed at all
Is there any step by step guide for this situation which a newbie would understand?
Some Info's to the phone itself:
Recovery: TWRP 3.03-10_Unofficial
S-On
Unlocked Bootloader
CID: HTC_034
Android 7.0, January Security update
Software: 2.41.401.4
Kernel: 3.18.31-perf-g9ec8cbc and @aabm#1 SMP PREEMPT
Baseband: [email protected]_79.07_F
Is there any way to simply flash the stock recovery again put the bootloader to locked and then get the OTA?
Any help is appreciated
(And no can not ask my brother as he is for several months abroad)
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Bootloader status does not affect ability to take OTAs.
You need two things mainly to take the OTA:
1. Stock recovery matching your current software
2. An untouched backup image of the system partition matching your current software. This is needed if you're currently rooted.
Both can probably be found in the thread you linked. The backup image is flashed from twrp. The stock recovery is then flashed from download mode using this command:
Fastboot flash recovery yourrecoveryfile.img
But even after doing that, you might still get an error when trying to take the OTA. Easiest way to take it is to start from scratch, backup your phone's contents to your pc or sd card, and then run the latest ruu for your phone. This will bring you up to date, and will also allow you to make a backup system image from twrp before rooting so that you can easily take future OTAs. The ruu will also completely wipe your phone's contents.
So you can try the first method I mentioned, and if it doesn't work go with the ruu.
As your brother may root it before so the system may got modify, in this case the best and easiest way is flash a RUU.
Try this RUU, http://dl3.htc.com/application/[email protected]_79.07_F_release_495903_signed_2.exe
A RUU will restore your HTC 10 back to stock and wipe out everything. It require a match CID or super CID, if not it will not flash.
I tried to flash RUU via sd card method as well as fastboot method. Both got failed
sd card: Header Error
fastboot: load_file: could not allocate 1950335038 bytes
error: cannot load '2PS6IMG.zip'
Im running on venom rom , S ON with oem unlocked. How can i go back to stock rom??
Mine is 2.41.401.41
DummyPLUG said:
As your brother may root it before so the system may got modify, in this case the best and easiest way is flash a RUU.
Try this RUU, LINK
A RUU will restore your HTC 10 back to stock and wipe out everything. It require a match CID or super CID, if not it will not flash.
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This RUU worked perfectly. And no the phone was not rooted, just unlocked Bootloader and TWRP as Recovery.
After flashing the RUU I got the July Security Patch and that is what I wanted.
Thank you very much, Problem solved
$tark3 said:
I tried to flash RUU via sd card method as well as fastboot method. Both got failed
sd card: Header Error
fastboot: load_file: could not allocate 1950335038 bytes
error: cannot load '2PS6IMG.zip'
Im running on venom rom , S ON with oem unlocked. How can i go back to stock rom??
Mine is 2.41.401.41
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It is a EXE, you should run on windows instead of using the sdcard method, as for the not enough space I am not sure about
DummyPLUG said:
It is a EXE, you should run on windows instead of using the sdcard method, as for the not enough space I am not sure about
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Nah, i downloaded the exe and the zip file also.
Anyway fixed it. Just restored from a nandroid backup. Now back in stock
PS:In btw, anyone facing any battery drop issue??
So I run in another Problem. I got the latest OTA for Europe (July Security Patch) but now my Phone gets shown as uncertified in the google play app which means I can not download certain apps like Netflix via Appstore.
Now I already figured out why I get shown uncertified: the Bootload is still unlocked. I thought the RUU would fix this as well. And if I wanna go in to the recovery (there was an TWRP Recovery on it before) I just get a red triangle with an "!" in it. It wont boot into recovery. Had to hard reset the phone to be able to boot normally to android then.
Now I wanna flash the stock recovery and lock the Bootload again to get again the certified status from google again.
Now here I need help.
1. Can't find the matching recovery version (EU unlocked, July Securtiy Patch, 2.41.401.41). Can anyone help me find the recovery image I need?
2. How do I get the bootload locked again? My Brother unlocked it via HTCdev.com back then, that I know already. But the command fastboot oem lock does not work at all. It just does nothing.
So how can I lock the bootloader?
Thanks for the help.
If you ran the RUU you already have stock recovery...red triangle with an "!" in it.
Are you running the fastboot oem lock from bootloader or download mode?
Sloth said:
If you ran the RUU you already have stock recovery...red triangle with an "!" in it.
Are you running the fastboot oem lock from bootloader or download mode?
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Haha well then everything is ok with the recovery ^^
I tried both (download and bootloader mode), both times nothing happens. In download mode my PC does not even recognize the phone as the command "adb devices" does not list my phone and the command "fastboot oem lock" does nothing. HTCsnyc installed and ofc adb shell, worked even as when I normally checked with adb devices when my phone was on it was recognized.
pyo[st] said:
Haha well then everything is ok with the recovery ^^
I tried both (download and bootloader mode), both times nothing happens. In download mode my PC does not even recognize the phone as the command "adb devices" does not list my phone and the command "fastboot oem lock" does nothing. HTCsnyc installed and ofc adb shell, worked even as when I normally checked with adb devices when my phone was on it was recognized.
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Try fastboot devices
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Sloth said:
If you ran the RUU you already have stock recovery...red triangle with an "!" in it.
Are you running the fastboot oem lock from bootloader or download mode?
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Sloth said:
Try fastboot devices
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Alright this command works and shows my device.
Now I am in bootloader (Shows Software Status: Modified; Unlocked, S-ON). Then I type in "fastboot oem lock" and I get:
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.014s
Well at least now I get something, before just nothing happened. Any clue what I might do wrong here?
*edit*
So I am a big noob
Phone has to be in download mode then the command works and my phone shows me a message if I want to lock again. Unfortunately it will factory reset my phone as well (at least it says that) so I have to backup my data (again) first.
But thank you for your help, appreciate it.
Cheers!
So I did lock the phone again and flashed again the RUU.exe BUT again my Phone shows in Bootloader Software Status as Modified...and it shows as Relocked.
So how do I get it to official status again?
pyo[st said:
;74318325]So I did lock the phone again and flashed again the RUU.exe BUT again my Phone shows in Bootloader Software Status as Modified...and it shows as Relocked.
So how do I get it to official status again?
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By buying sunshine S-OFF. Only way to see the bootloader back to "locked" instead of "relocked"
Mr Hofs said:
By buying sunshine S-OFF. Only way to see the bootloader back to "locked" instead of "relocked"
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Ye found a thread to it. But seems I dont need it. My Phone gets shown as certified again at google play store so I assume just "relocking" the bootloader seems to be enough.
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Problems whith recovery partition

Hello,
I try to install Lineage OS on my HTC One M9 with Android 7.0.
There should be no vendog lock and the bootloader is already unlocked.
I tried to flash TWRP but it fails because my phone is still s-on.
So i tried to use the Sunshine app. That also failed because it can't get temproot.
The app says i should root my phone to make the sunshine app able to run.
But my problem is, i only find tutorials where the 2. step is flashing TWRP on the root partition.
Have anybody a tutorial to gain root without TWRP or knows how to solve my problem?
Thank you in advance!
Edit:
Can i flash with
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot erase boot
fastboot update <LinageOS.img>
The system and add the root extension?
Rooting without TWRP is only possible if you are willing some nasty malware on your PC and/or smartphone (depends on which version you use). There are many one-click-rooting apps. None of them is recommended by XDA, though.
Are you trying to flash TWRP while your phone is booted to the bootloader? (That's when you'll face the error that you described.) Like all phones that have a download mode (among devices of other OEMs all HTC devices that are as old as the M9 or younger) you need to boot to download mode if you want to flash TWRP.
Thank you very much!
That was the problem.
I really doesn't knowed that.

Can't access to fastboot bootloader and recovery / HARD BRICK?

I was triying to downgrade from Oreo 3.16.401.2 EU variant. I was S-on and reading threads I saw that it was possible to downgrade. After following the steps I was having problems to flash the Nougat RUU. So I try with MM (Correct versions for my device) I try flash hosd image from a MM Firmware to then flash the RUU and then never could return to fastboot, download and recovery mode. What can I do? My phone boots normally (with red letters) when tried to access fastboot and it still have oreo andworks fine. Its rooted and have TWRP installed. Any solution? adb reboot recovery, fastboot, etc dont work. Flashing backups with the TWRP app should work? Im so disappointed

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