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Help Please : stuck on white htc screen after flash ( SOLVED )

Was running icecoldsandwich but decided to go back to stock
Downloaded ruu vivo .exe and flashed but now stuck on white htc screen
Cant get into recovery anymore as when i click on it just takes me to a picture of a phone with red triangle and exclamation mark
I put the rom.zip file and renamed to PG32IMG and flashed via fastboot but still stuck on white screen.
Been searching for fix for 5 hours but dont know what to do. Need phone for work tomorrow what a mess !!
Any help really really appreciated

If you unlocked using htcdev.com you still have to flash the boot.img manually, otherways it will be stuck at white screen with HTC in green letters.

MrSenne said:
If you unlocked using htcdev.com you still have to flash the boot.img manually, otherways it will be stuck at white screen with HTC in green letters.
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Can you please expand mate? i flashed via the ruu vivo .exe file

How did you unlock your phone? By Revolutionary or trough the www.htcdev.com way?

MrSenne said:
How did you unlock your phone? By Revolutionary or trough the www.htcdev.com way?
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revolutionary

So you have S-OFF?

MrSenne said:
So you have S-OFF?
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yes mate s off

Rerun the ruu.exe, but while you're still in the setup, find the rom.zip somewhere in your Temp folder on your computer.
Rename to PG32IMG.zip and put at the root of your SD card.
Now reboot in bootloader.
Maybe this works but I'm not sure, and don't blame me if something goes wrong, because I'm still new here.

MrSenne said:
Rerun the ruu.exe, but while you're still in the setup, find the rom.zip somewhere in your Temp folder on your computer.
Rename to PG32IMG.zip and put at the root of your SD card.
Now reboot in bootloader.
Maybe this works but I'm not sure, and don't blame me if something goes wrong, because I'm still new here.
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Already tried that , as i said in my first post but thanks tho

fishytale said:
Was running icecoldsandwich but decided to go back to stock
Downloaded ruu vivo .exe and flashed but now stuck on white htc screen
Cant get into recovery anymore as when i click on it just takes me to a picture of a phone with red triangle and exclamation mark
I put the rom.zip file and renamed to PG32IMG and flashed via fastboot but still stuck on white screen.
Been searching for fix for 5 hours but dont know what to do. Need phone for work tomorrow what a mess !!
Any help really really appreciated
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OK, since you are S-OFF using Revolutionary, you will not be able to install the latest Sense 3.0 RUU because Revolutionary is preventing the RUU from overwriting its HBOOT with the locked HBOOT 2.00. The reason you are getting stuck on the white screen is because the Sense 3.0 RUU requires the locked HBOOT 2.00 be present.
Look in the Development section This is a stock, rooted ROM based on the Sense 3.0 RUU that you can flash since you are S-OFF. First you will need to reinstall ClockworkMod recovery and then you can flash the stocked, rooted ROM or any custom ROM.
If you really want to return to stock using the Sense 3.0, then you need to search this forum for the way to return to S-ON and then you can flash the RUU.
Hope this helps.

tpbklake said:
OK, since you are S-OFF using Revolutionary, you will not be able to install the latest Sense 3.0 RUU because Revolutionary is preventing the RUU from overwriting its HBOOT with the locked HBOOT 2.00. The reason you are getting stuck on the white screen is because the Sense 3.0 RUU requires the locked HBOOT 2.00 be present.
Look in the Development section This is a stock, rooted ROM based on the Sense 3.0 RUU that you can flash since you are S-OFF. First you will need to reinstall ClockworkMod recovery and then you can flash the stocked, rooted ROM or any custom ROM.
If you really want to return to stock using the Sense 3.0, then you need to search this forum for the way to return to S-ON and then you can flash the RUU.
Hope this helps.
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great help thanks as thought I may somehow
Managed to mess up partitions
can't use USB as get a malfunction message when plug into pc
what will be best way to re install clockwork mod?

Extract the ROM and flash the boot.img using adb.

Amar-S said:
Extract the ROM and flash the boot.img using adb.
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Can't connect via usb. can I flash via fastboot or any other way than usb?

Amar-S said:
Extract the ROM and flash the boot.img using adb.
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Please read the OP again. He has attempted to flash an official HTC RUU, not a custom ROM. The boot.img is not the issue, it is a HBOOT issue!
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fishytale said:
great help thanks as thought I may somehow
Managed to mess up partitions
can't use USB as get a malfunction message when plug into pc
what will be best way to re install clockwork mod?
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fishytale said:
Can't connect via usb. can I flash via fastboot or any other way than usb?
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OK, if you can't connect with USB then FASTBOOT USB mode isn't an option. You need to create a PG32IMG.zip with the CWM recovery.img file in it, copy it to your SD card and flash it from HBOOT mode.

tpbklake said:
Please read the OP again. He has attempted to flash an official HTC RUU, not a custom ROM. The boot.img is not the issue, it is a HBOOT issue!
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OK, if you can't connect with USB then FASTBOOT USB mode isn't an option. You need to create a PG32IMG.zip with the CWM recovery.img file in it, copy it to your SD card and flash it from HBOOT mode.
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Here is a PG32IMG.zip file that contains CWM 5.0.2 that you can copy to your SD card and flash from HBOOT.

fishytale said:
great help thanks as thought I may somehow
Managed to mess up partitions
can't use USB as get a malfunction message when plug into pc
what will be best way to re install clockwork mod?
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Double post. Please ignore.

tpbklake said:
Here is a PG32IMG.zip file that contains CWM 5.0.2 that you can copy to your SD card and flash from HBOOT.
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Class mate will update when I get home from work

Please read the OP again. He has attempted to flash an official HTC RUU, not a custom ROM. The boot.img is not the issue, it is a HBOOT issue!
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I am telling this from my experience , None other worked for me.
flash the boot.img and it will work.

Amar-S said:
I am telling this from my experience , None other worked for me.
flash the boot.img and it will work.
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This will not work with the official Sense 3.0 RUU/ROM that he is using!!!! You can flash that boot.img all you want, but if you do not have HBOOT 2.00 installed on the phone, this ROM and boot.img will not work! It will bootloop on the white screen.
That boot.img requires that HBOOT 2.00 be installed because it uses a new /LIB partition to be mounted and HBOOT 2.00 is the only one that supports it.

tpbklake said:
This will not work with the official Sense 3.0 RUU/ROM that he is using!!!! You can flash that boot.img all you want, but if you do not have HBOOT 2.00 installed on the phone, this ROM and boot.img will not work! It will bootloop on the white screen.
That boot.img requires that HBOOT 2.00 be installed because it uses a new /LIB partition to be mounted and HBOOT 2.00 is the only one that supports it.
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Thank you very much all systems go again , panic over
Really do appreciate you taking the time to help

[Q] Flashing boot.img?

Hey Guys,
I am a noob when it comes to Vivid rooting. I was able to unlock the bootloader and root my phone (S-On). I flashed Virtuous Inquisition and had some problems such as with the Wifi. I read that because I was S-On, I should have flashed boot.img (and that should fix the problem). I am completely stuck as to what I should do right now. I am not too sure how to flash the boot.img or what to do since the rom was already flashed.
I appreciate all of your help in advance

topcatzs13 said:
Hey Guys,
I am a noob when it comes to Vivid rooting. I was able to unlock the bootloader and root my phone (S-On). I flashed Virtuous Inquisition and had some problems such as with the Wifi. I read that because I was S-On, I should have flashed boot.img (and that should fix the problem). I am completely stuck as to what I should do right now. I am not too sure how to flash the boot.img or what to do since the rom was already flashed.
I appreciate all of your help in advance
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put the boot.img in the same folder as fastboot in a open area in the folder right click while holding the shift key pick command prompt at the prompt type fastboot flash boot boot.img then hit enter

jerrycoffman45 said:
put the boot.img in the same folder as fastboot in a open area in the folder right click while holding the shift key pick command prompt at the prompt type fastboot flash boot boot.img then hit enter
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Thanks for the quick response! I'm sorry, but where exactly would I find fastboot (which folder)?

^replied already !

topcatzs13 said:
Thanks for the quick response! I'm sorry, but where exactly would I find fastboot (which folder)?
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remember when you unlocked you bootloader

jerrycoffman45 said:
remember when you unlocked you bootloader
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Okay I typed everything you said into the prompt and it is stuck on the following:
< waiting for device >.
Am I supposed to do something on my phone? (such as boot into recovery)?

topcatzs13 said:
Okay I typed everything you said into the prompt and it is stuck on the following:
< waiting for device >.
Am I supposed to do something on my phone? (such as boot into recovery)?
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oops sorry boot into bootloader then plug your phone into your computer fastbootusb will be highlighted then run the commands agian
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to get to bootloader you should be able to press power button pick restart then boot to bootloader if the rom you are using has that option if it does not shutdown pull battery puy it back in hold yhe down volume button and power button and it will boot into bootloader

jerrycoffman45 said:
oops sorry boot into bootloader then plug your phone into your computer fastbootusb will be highlighted then run the commands agian
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Okay....it was sent. Am I supposed to wipe data now in recovery and then flash the zip folder with the rom again?

shouldnt need too see if it fixed you problem first
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aaki_rocker said:
^replied already !
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its cool if everyone helps each other it will be a good community

jerrycoffman45 said:
shouldnt need too see if it fixed you problem first
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You are a lifesaver! Thank you so much!!!!!!!

topcatzs13 said:
You are a lifesaver! Thank you so much!!!!!!!
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your welcome

So if I want to flash the rom from scratch I have to flash boot.img, the kernel and then the .zip rom booting always in hboot? Can I flash the wcx recovery after all that?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
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Archector said:
So if I want to flash the rom from scratch I have to flash boot.img, the kernel and then the .zip rom booting always in hboot? Can I flash the wcx recovery after all that?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
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boot.img is the same thing as kernel kernel= boot.img
read this it is not my work i got it from wildchilds site challl80 is one who wrote it

jerrycoffman45 said:
boot.img is the same thing as kernel kernel= boot.img
read this it is not my work i got it from wildchilds site challl80 is one who wrote it
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Kernel is actually not the same thing. Boot.IMG=kernel(zimage) + ramdisk
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kozmikkick said:
Kernel is actually not the same thing. Boot.IMG=kernel(zimage) + ramdisk
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I stand corrected sir and thank you for teaching me something new
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I read the same post i think and so did as it said to extract the boot.img from the ROM and then follow the steps descrided as above however now i am stuck on the htc screen boot loop and cannot get out of it even by restoring my backup of the original rom that i made or installing the VI rom again?
How can I recover from this
Running a Sensation XE HBoot 1.27. everything went fine to root and install custom rom, only wanted to fix the Wifi issue on VI 4.0.2!!

you know this is for the vivid

Yeah I know I'm sorry for posting here but this is the only post that is talking about the same problem that I have been having, is the solution not similar?

to tell the truth i dont know have you tried asking in the sensation forum i am afraid i would cause more harm than good i dont know anything about your phone you didnt try to put a vivid rom on your phone did you

OK ,fe, was worth a try, will give the other forum a go. Thanks again

[Q] backingup stock recovery???

I would like to know as to how can i backup stock recovery? Bcoz, i wish to go S-off and unlocked via Revone method, then flash TWRP, flash a few mods, and then get back to stock recovery , s-off, locked bootloader. Is that all possible. Does a nandroid backup, backup's stock recovery as well???
Thanks in advance guys.

You can't do a nandroid without custom recovery so that is out of the picture. OTA zip files however contain the recovery file you need.

mathrania said:
I would like to know as to how can i backup stock recovery? Bcoz, i wish to go S-off and unlocked via Revone method, then flash TWRP, flash a few mods, and then get back to stock recovery , s-off, locked bootloader. Is that all possible. Does a nandroid backup, backup's stock recovery as well???
Thanks in advance guys.
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If you're still on stock recovery at the moment - go into fastboot and command:
fastboot boot name_of_your_custom_recovery.img
This will just boot into custom recovery without flashing it. Do a backup and it will backup your stock recovery.
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redbull123 said:
If you're still on stock recovery at the moment - go into fastboot and command:
fastboot boot name_of_your_recovery.img
This will just boot into recovery without flashing it. Do a backup and it will backup your stock recovery.
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Yes I am in stock recovery..
how do I know the name of the recovery?? Or do I need to name it by mnyself..... and after backup, which place do i need to find it in my phone to secure the backup copy....
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mathrania said:
Yes I am in stock recovery..
how do I know the name of the recovery?? Or do I need to name it by mnyself..... and after backup, which place do i need to find it in my phone to secure the backup copy....
Sorry, Limited to 8 thanks per day...
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You'll need to download either CWM or TWRP. You can rename the download if you want to something like cwm.img or twrp.img to make it easier.
Once the backup is done it will be on your phones internal storage in the clockworkmod or TWRP folder - depending which one you choose to boot. Just copy it to your PC.
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redbull123 said:
You'll need to download either CWM or TWRP. You can rename the download if you want to something like cwm.img or twrp.img to make it easier.
Once the backup is done it will be on your phones internal storage in the clockworkmod or TWRP folder - depending which one you choose to boot. Just copy it to your PC.
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I will comeback to thank you after my limit of 8 thanks per day get expired

redbull123 said:
You'll need to download either CWM or TWRP. You can rename the download if you want to something like cwm.img or twrp.img to make it easier.
Once the backup is done it will be on your phones internal storage in the clockworkmod or TWRP folder - depending which one you choose to boot. Just copy it to your PC.
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One question though... i bought this phone as a used, and it was Tampered and Relocked. When I selected the recovery option, it booted the phone to somewhat stock like recovery, and then after some process, the phone rebooted, and the phone was totally Factory Reset.... everything in the storage was gone too..... so is there an way to check if it is indeed a stock recovery, or this is the normal behaviour of stock recovery...?

You need to unlock your bootloader before doing anything with custom recovery. Use Revone or the official HTC Dev method
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redbull123 said:
If you're still on stock recovery at the moment - go into fastboot and command:
fastboot boot name_of_your_custom_recovery.img
This will just boot into custom recovery without flashing it. Do a backup and it will backup your stock recovery.
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Good tip

redbull123 said:
If you're still on stock recovery at the moment - go into fastboot and command:
fastboot boot name_of_your_custom_recovery.img
This will just boot into custom recovery without flashing it. Do a backup and it will backup your stock recovery.
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this method of just booting a custom recovery used to work with OLDER hboot versions. but it doesn't work with newer hboots. my hboot version is 1.54.0000 and when I use the command mentioned above, my bootloader menu just freezes!! guess I'll have to look for the OTA file then to find the stock bootloader!

pritam.paul.360 said:
this method of just booting a custom recovery used to work with OLDER hboot versions. but it doesn't work with newer hboots. my hboot version is 1.54.0000 and when I use the command mentioned above, my bootloader menu just freezes!!
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Yep, I know. It worked when I wrote it, over 6 weeks ago.
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redbull123 said:
Yep, I know. It worked when I wrote it, over 6 weeks ago.
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uh, I see! guess I didn't notice the date!

pritam.paul.360 said:
this method of just booting a custom recovery used to work with OLDER hboot versions. but it doesn't work with newer hboots. my hboot version is 1.54.0000 and when I use the command mentioned above, my bootloader menu just freezes!! guess I'll have to look for the OTA file then to find the stock bootloader!
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Not sure if it helps as I was still on 1.44 HBoot, but when I tried the command while the bootloader was locked, my bootloader would also freeze and I had to do a hard reset. Once I unlocked my bootloader, the boot command worked.

wckong said:
Not sure if it helps as I was still on 1.44 HBoot, but when I tried the command while the bootloader was locked, my bootloader would also freeze and I had to do a hard reset. Once I unlocked my bootloader, the boot command worked.
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first of all, you must have your bootloader unlocked in order to boot/flash a custom recovery. you can't do so if your bootloader is locked. and secondly, yeah, I also had the boot command worked out before I had the 1.54 Hboot. I guess this one doesn't allow 'just' booting a custom recovery!

Where did I go wrong?

Okay, so I have an HK m8 on sprint, FW 1.54.654.13.
I was originally on Viper 1.8.0, but wanted to upgrade to 2.0.0, so I went back to my stock backup, with the aforementioned software version.
After restoring that backup I realized I needed to also flash a stock recovery in order to take the OTA. So I flashed the 'Stock Recovery From 1.54.651.8 OTA' over adb from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2736048
So, since flashing that recovery my phone seems to not have a recovery anymore; infact, it constantly reboots after about 1 minute of being booted to system. When I boot into recovery, I get a symbol of a phone with an "!" in a triangle over it.
Where did I go wrong? What recovery should I be using? I can re-flash TWRP, but it seems I still get the bootloop, even though it does actually boot into system (which I've never seen happen from a bootloop). It's been like this for 12+ hours, and no amount of searching has helped me out thus far, so I'm hoping someone here could help me out a little.

xLoveHateLegend said:
Okay, so I have an HK m8 on sprint, FW 1.54.654.13.
I was originally on Viper 1.8.0, but wanted to upgrade to 2.0.0, so I went back to my stock backup, with the aforementioned software version.
After restoring that backup I realized I needed to also flash a stock recovery in order to take the OTA. So I flashed the 'Stock Recovery From 1.54.651.8 OTA' over adb from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2736048
So, since flashing that recovery my phone seems to not have a recovery anymore; infact, it constantly reboots after about 1 minute of being booted to system. When I boot into recovery, I get a symbol of a phone with an "!" in a triangle over it.
Where did I go wrong? What recovery should I be using? I can re-flash TWRP, but it seems I still get the bootloop, even though it does actually boot into system (which I've never seen happen from a bootloop). It's been like this for 12+ hours, and no amount of searching has helped me out thus far, so I'm hoping someone here could help me out a little.
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When I boot into recovery, I get a symbol of a phone with an "!" in a triangle over it.
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This is stock recovery
You could pull the stock recovery from the HK firmware...hopefully that will get you back to normal.
Worse comes to worse run the RUU.

I do not have the recovery.img in my backup. I'm also not S-off, so I think the only way I can upgrade my firmware is through OTA from what I understand, correct? If I could just flash the proper stock recovery I think I would be fine from there?

xLoveHateLegend said:
I do not have the recovery.img in my backup. I'm also not S-off, so I think the only way I can upgrade my firmware is through OTA from what I understand, correct? If I could just flash the proper stock recovery I think I would be fine from there?
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You can flash the full firmware while being s-on.

Alright, thanks! Can I go ahead and RUU 2.22.401.4 directly, or should I just RUU to my current stock firmware and just OTA from there?
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xLoveHateLegend said:
Alright, thanks! Can I go ahead and RUU 2.22.401.4 directly, or should I just RUU to my current stock firmware and just OTA from there?
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2.22.401.4 is not for Sprint.
I would go with the current HK RUU and start fresh.

BD619 said:
2.22.401.4 is not for Sprint.
I would go with the current HK RUU and start fresh.
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Damn. Alright, well from what I can see 2.16.654.4 is the latest for Sprint. After downloading O.M.J.'s RUU, would I be good to go straight to viper 2.0.0?
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xLoveHateLegend said:
Damn. Alright, well from what I can see 2.16.654.4 is the latest for Sprint. After downloading O.M.J.'s RUU, would I be good to go straight to viper 2.0.0?
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After you install TWRP recovery, yes.

For future reference Viper does OTA's which are not the same as Sprint OTA's...download the Viper OTA and flash in twrp.

Magnum_Enforcer said:
After you install TWRP recovery, yes.
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Yes of course, thank you.
BD619 said:
For future reference Viper does OTA's which are not the same as Sprint OTA's...download the Viper OTA and flash in twrp.
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Yes, I am aware. But on 1.8.0 I did not get an OTA. Maybe because I'll get it after I upgrade my FW. So after RUUing then reinstalling TWRP, if I restore my viper 1.8.0 backup, I can just OTA to 2.0.0?

xLoveHateLegend said:
Yes of course, thank you.
Yes, I am aware. But on 1.8.0 I did not get an OTA. Maybe because I'll get it after I upgrade my FW. So after RUUing then reinstalling TWRP, if I restore my viper 1.8.0 backup, I can just OTA to 2.0.0?
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Should be able to...
But if you are going to RUU why not just download the full rom and clean flash.

BD619 said:
Should be able to...
But if you are going to RUU why not just download the full rom and clean flash.
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I tried flashing the full Rom per your suggestion, but after flashing the 2.0.0 Rom, it's like my phone has no OS and can only boot to bootloader or recovery, not system at all.
I also tried extracting the latest hk ruu to the root of my external SD card and running it through bootloader to no avail.
I feel like I'm missing a vital part of information here. I've never really ruu'd before so I'm new to that but I'm pretty stumped on this whole thing.

xLoveHateLegend said:
I tried flashing the full Rom per your suggestion, but after flashing the 2.0.0 Rom, it's like my phone has no OS and can only boot to bootloader or recovery, not system at all.
I also tried extracting the latest hk ruu to the root of my external SD card and running it through bootloader to no avail.
I feel like I'm missing a vital part of information here. I've never really ruu'd before so I'm new to that but I'm pretty stumped on this whole thing.
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get the drivers for your phone + adb, rename the firmware update to firmware.zip, put it in /sdk/platform-tools
put the phone in fastboot, make sure it says fastboot USB and type fastboot devices in terminal to confirm it's connected.
then type in terminal Fastboot oem rebootRUU (capitalization matters.)
your screen will go black with a greyish HTC logo, then type in fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
once it's done doing it's thing type fastboot reboot
this method is pretty much failproof
EDIT: also, if you're flashing ONLY the sprint 2.0.0 update, you'll have to be on capt's twrp 2.7.0.7, otherwise you'll have to flash the full rom, boot into it, reboot into 2.7.1.0, and dirty flash the sprint viper ROM. Hope that helps, cheers >;3

yorisou said:
get the drivers for your phone + adb, rename the firmware update to firmware.zip, put it in /sdk/platform-tools
put the phone in fastboot, make sure it says fastboot USB and type fastboot devices in terminal to confirm it's connected.
then type in terminal Fastboot oem rebootRUU (capitalization matters.)
your screen will go black with a greyish HTC logo, then type in fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
once it's done doing it's thing type fastboot reboot
this method is pretty much failproof
EDIT: also, if you're flashing ONLY the sprint 2.0.0 update, you'll have to be on capt's twrp 2.7.0.7, otherwise you'll have to flash the full rom, boot into it, reboot into 2.7.1.0, and dirty flash the sprint viper ROM. Hope that helps, cheers >;3
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Thanks for the reply! From my understanding, you need to be S-Off for that method, which I am not.
The method I attempted to use is this one, from O.M.J's thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
using 7zip, extract 0P6BIMG.zip to ext sd card
-boot into bootloader
-make sure*hboot*is highlighted, press power button
-it will scan your ext_sd card, then ask if you want to start the update
-press volume up & let it do it's thing...
The problem is, it scans my external SD card just fine but never asks if I want to start the update, nor do I get the option to press volume up etc... I am on captains twrp 2.7.0.7, as I've seen many other users confirm success with this recovery.
Also, I don't see just an update, it seems the Sprint version of the Rom I downloaded is the full rom. I actually did get it to boot once and got this (see screenshot), but it was a dirty flash.
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xLoveHateLegend said:
Thanks for the reply! From my understanding, you need to be S-Off for that method, which I am not.
The method I attempted to use is this one, from O.M.J's thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
using 7zip, extract 0P6BIMG.zip to ext sd card
-boot into bootloader
-make sure*hboot*is highlighted, press power button
-it will scan your ext_sd card, then ask if you want to start the update
-press volume up & let it do it's thing...
The problem is, it scans my external SD card just fine but never asks if I want to start the update, nor do I get the option to press volume up etc... I am on captains twrp 2.7.0.7, as I've seen many other users confirm success with this recovery.
Also, I don't see just an update, it seems the Sprint version of the Rom I downloaded is the full rom. I actually did get it to boot once and got this (see screenshot), but it was a dirty flash.
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Did you re-lock your bootloader?

xLoveHateLegend said:
Thanks for the reply! From my understanding, you need to be S-Off for that method, which I am not.
The method I attempted to use is this one, from O.M.J's thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
using 7zip, extract 0P6BIMG.zip to ext sd card
-boot into bootloader
-make sure*hboot*is highlighted, press power button
-it will scan your ext_sd card, then ask if you want to start the update
-press volume up & let it do it's thing...
The problem is, it scans my external SD card just fine but never asks if I want to start the update, nor do I get the option to press volume up etc... I am on captains twrp 2.7.0.7, as I've seen many other users confirm success with this recovery.
Also, I don't see just an update, it seems the Sprint version of the Rom I downloaded is the full rom. I actually did get it to boot once and got this (see screenshot), but it was a dirty flash.
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http://venomroms.com/htc-one-m8/
download the full one and the sprint one, flash the first, reboot all the way (doubt you have to finish the automatic setup) then reboot into recovery and dirty flash the sprint one without wiping anything. It'll connect to the CDMA network instead of the GSM one with no problems, you don't even need to be on 2.7.0.7
And if it isn't working in HBOOT just go into recovery and adb sideload it, you shouldn't need to be s-off to do that. Enter adb sideload and just type in a terminal adb sideload (filename)
EDIT: idk why but that picture made me lol irl, KEEP CALM AND KANG AWAY

Alright giving that a shot now, thanks
That message is hilarious to me now, but it wasn't at the time xD
Edit: is it safe to dirty flash the first one, coming from 1.8.0? Also no, I haven't relocked my boot loader.

xLoveHateLegend said:
Alright giving that a shot now, thanks
That message is hilarious to me now, but it wasn't at the time xD
Edit: is it safe to dirty flash the first one, coming from 1.8.0? Also no, I haven't relocked my boot loader.
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RUU won't run unless you re-lock the bootloader since you are s-on

BD619 said:
RUU won't run unless you re-lock the bootloader since you are s-on
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Ahhh, okay makes sense now. My m7 was s-off and that was the first and last time I ever did a RUU. If I re-lock the boot loader, do I have to go through htcdev again to unlock once more, or will having it locked again not effect root?
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xLoveHateLegend said:
Ahhh, okay makes sense now. My m7 was s-off and that was the first and last time I ever did a RUU. If I re-lock the boot loader, do I have to go through htcdev again to unlock once more, or will having it locked again not effect root?
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fastboot oem relock
should do it

Need help installing original rom

I downloaded the stock rom awhile back and never had time to install it anyway can anyone assist me in getting this done. Just need to know how to get my phone back on stock.
Thanks.

Oh by the way I'm using the cricket stock rom

Silver5150 said:
I downloaded the stock rom awhile back...
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Silver5150 said:
Oh by the way I'm using the cricket stock rom
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By stock rom do you mean the Cricket (aka AIO Wireless) RUU?
If so:
1) (was reflash kernel... not needed as RUU will replace it)
2) If you're not on the stock recovery: reflash the stock recovery using fastboot
3) relock the bootloader fastboot oem lock
4)reboot phone in RUU mode : fastboot oem rebootRUU
5) Run the RUU application on your computer in administrator mode... it'll take about 15 minutes...
6) Your phone will restart and going into a factory reset(you'll lose all data) which can take awhile.
**Note:Removing the micro sdcard and sim are rumored to speed it up.
7)Let it do it's thing. Eventually it'll reboot with that familiar Cricket boot sound.
Or: If you mean the RAR file Kalisto2002 posted... it should just be a folder of TWRP backup files, put it in your microSD card under TWRP/Backups/*YourDeviceName*/

superceege said:
By stock rom do you mean the Cricket (aka AIO Wireless) RUU?
If so:
1) (was reflash kernel... not needed as RUU will replace it)
2) If you're not on the stock recovery: reflash the stock recovery using fastboot
3) relock the bootloader fastboot oem lock
4)reboot phone in RUU mode : fastboot oem rebootRUU
5) Run the RUU application on your computer in administrator mode... it'll take about 15 minutes...
6) Your phone will restart and going into a factory reset(you'll lose all data) which can take awhile.
**Note:Removing the micro sdcard and sim are rumored to speed it up.
7)Let it do it's thing. Eventually it'll reboot with that familiar Cricket boot sound.
Or: If you mean the RAR file Kalisto2002 posted... it should just be a folder of TWRP backup files, put it in your microSD card under TWRP/Backups/*YourDeviceName*/
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Most of your information is correct however, you don't have to flash the stock recovery if you're planning on using an RUU to repair/return the phone to stock settings because the RUU will do that anyway you just have to relock the bootloader

MrMike2182 said:
Most of your information is correct however, you don't have to flash the stock recovery if you're planning on using an RUU to repair/return the phone to stock settings because the RUU will do that anyway you just have to relock the bootloader
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how can i relock the bootloader??

landro2 said:
how can i relock the bootloader??
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Plug the phone into a computer and then make sure you're in fastboot mode and type fastboot oem lock
But be warned if you're not planning to use the RUU I wouldn't relock the bootloader if haven't read up on what you're doing because then you'll just get stuck on HBoot.

MrMike2182 said:
Plug the phone into a computer and then make sure you're in fastboot mode and type fastboot oem lock
But be warned if you're not planning to use the RUU I wouldn't relock the bootloader if haven't read up on what you're doing because then you'll just get stuck on HBoot.
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the thing is I was trying to unlock my phone (Sprint) to be able to use it with other sim--->but something went wrong .....my phone does not turn on.....it gets stuck... tried to enter into recovery.....but i couldn´t .....know it shows this relocked---->security warning--->can´t flash other rom

landro2 said:
the thing is I was trying to unlock my phone (Sprint) to be able to use it with other sim--->but something went wrong .....my phone does not turn on.....it gets stuck... tried to enter into recovery.....but i couldn´t .....know it shows this relocked---->security warning--->can´t flash other rom
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You need to download the Sprint RUU at this point and run it from a computer... One other thing, don't bother trying to use another carries SIM card in the phone, it's not going to happen. If the phone says Sprint you have to use Sprint.

MrMike2182 said:
You need to download the Sprint RUU at this point and run it from a computer... One other thing, don't bother trying to use another carries SIM card in the phone, it's not going to happen. If the phone says Sprint you have to use Sprint.
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i can not find sprint ruu ...could you give me a link or something??

landro2 said:
i can not find sprint ruu ...could you give me a link or something??
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Sprint, boost virgin mobile are all the same here..
http://www.htc.com/us/support/rom-downloads.html

MrMike2182 said:
Sprint, boost virgin mobile are all the same here..
http://www.htc.com/us/support/rom-downloads.html
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thanks for the help...downloading now .... any questions...WILL ASK YOU LATER

Ok I included a screen shot of the contents in the folder just not sure how to use it to restore stock rom. Any help would be appreciated

Silver5150 said:
Ok I included a screen shot of the contents in the folder just not sure how to use it to restore stock rom. Any help would be appreciated
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You need to boot the phone into recovery and tap restore in order to use those files.

And that's all I have to do is click restore, I'm using TWRP recovery.

Silver5150 said:
And that's all I have to do is click restore, I'm using TWRP recovery.
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Yes tap restore and then tap on that file but make sure it's in zip format.

Ok I just did what you said to do but when I click restore there's nothing to select. the. Zip doesn't even show up. Any ideas?

Silver5150 said:
Ok I just did what you said to do but when I click restore there's nothing to select. the. Zip doesn't even show up. Any ideas?
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Because you need to manually put that zip of files in the backup folder on your sd card and find the folder called TWRP then Backups then you'll see a folder called something similar to FA48X(and some numbers here) place the zip file in here then go try to restore.

Ok I figured it out I had to create a back up first before the backups fold could be found but everything seems to be in order thanks again.

Silver5150 said:
Ok I figured it out I had to create a back up first before the backups fold could be found but everything seems to be in order thanks again.
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No problem.