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Problem with HBOOT 1.16.0000

Hi,
I used the procedure here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14693680) to root and install CWM v4.0.1.4 on my Incredible S and while I was trying to flash a custom ROM onto my phone during CWM recovery, I kind of screwed up by wiping everything and not doing Backup.. I've been trying to find the Stock ROM for my phone to at least resume normal phone usage but I have been unable to find any. I've tried installing a lot of Custom ROMs including Cyanogen mod 7.1, Virtuous Quattro rc3, BinDroid RUNMED2.5, RCMix.Energized 2.21, etc, etc but nothing works. I desperately need advice as my phone is super important for my work :\
Please advise!
Btw here's my HBOOT message:
VIVO PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.16.0000
RADIO-3805.09.03.27_M
eMMC-boot
Aug 26 2011, 12:28:53
My phone was on Android 2.3.4 and it was on HTC Sense 2.1..

Unlocked bootloader from htcdev.com? Need to know your region/carrier/cid.
Possible fix could be flashing boot.img from custom rom.zip in fastboot.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img

Nonverbose said:
Unlocked bootloader from htcdev.com? Need to know your region/carrier/cid.
Possible fix could be flashing boot.img from custom rom.zip in fastboot.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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I'm not sure how to find out my region. I bought this phone 2nd-hand so I'm not sure about the specific details. I have the box and it says it's made in Taiwan. Do I provide the IMEI, S/N or P/N?
Sorry but what's a boot.img? :|

heyitsmik said:
I'm not sure how to find out my region. I bought this phone 2nd-hand so I'm not sure about the specific details. I have the box and it says it's made in Taiwan. Do I provide the IMEI, S/N or P/N?
Sorry but what's a boot.img? :|
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EDIT:
I tried copying the boot.img from Cyanogen Mod 7.1.0 (File name: update-cm-7.1.0-RC1-IncS-signed) into C:/, then I typed "fastboot flash boot boot.img" into cmd after I 'cd' into C:/
Message:
C:\Android>fastboot flash boot boot.img
< waiting for device >
sending 'boot' (2178 KB)... OKAY [ 0.770s]
writing 'boot'... OKAY [ 0.598s]
finished. total time: 1.369s
Rebooting does nothing..
So I wiped (data/cache/Dalvik cache) and flashed the CM7.1.0 mod and now it works!! Amazing.. I spent 8 hours working previously and nothing worked. I shall try it on my real desired ROM later.
THANKS A LOT!

heyitsmik said:
I'm not sure how to find out my region. I bought this phone 2nd-hand so I'm not sure about the specific details. I have the box and it says it's made in Taiwan. Do I provide the IMEI, S/N or P/N?
Sorry but what's a boot.img? :|
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Ok so if you were able to follow the procedure you quoted to install CWM, then you have adb and fastboot installed on your PC, so reboot the phone into FASTBOOT USB mode and then enter the following command and then post the results:
fastboot getvar all
Also was your HBOOT 1.16 S-Off or simply UNLOCKED before you flashed CWM?

tpbklake said:
Ok so if you were able to follow the procedure you quoted to install CWM, then you have adb and fastboot installed on your PC, so reboot the phone into FASTBOOT USB mode and then enter the following command and then post the results:
fastboot getvar all
Also was your HBOOT 1.16 S-Off or simply UNLOCKED before you flashed CWM?
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Hi! Thanks for your input. Somehow the CM7.1.0 Mod was successfully flashed after I flashed the boot.img. No idea why though.. I am still on S-ON though, unlocked via HTCdev yeap..
Btw since I'm on the topic of custom ROMs on HBOOT 1.16.0000 with S-ON yet flashable, is it safe to say I can use the other ROMs that are available out there?

heyitsmik said:
Hi! Thanks for your input. Somehow the CM7.1.0 Mod was successfully flashed after I flashed the boot.img. No idea why though.. I am still on S-ON though, unlocked via HTCdev yeap..
Btw since I'm on the topic of custom ROMs on HBOOT 1.16.0000 with S-ON yet flashable, is it safe to say I can use the other ROMs that are available out there?
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Yes, but you will have to manually flash the boot.img file from each custom ROM's zip file with the unlocked bootloader.

[Q] HELP: Messed up my kernel and boot.img

I know, two very bad mistakes. I was excited. First thing I did wrong was install a GE kernel when I should have installed a sense one..then I used fast boot to write TWRP to my boot image by accident instead of recovery. I tried to update RUU using fastboot, but I keep getting errors. I cant mount my internal storage, can't side load either.
Whenever I reboot, I boot into TWRP instead of system now. I probably have to restore, but not being able to RUU or side load, I dont know what to do. Please help!

j2sun said:
I know, two very bad mistakes. I was excited. First thing I did wrong was install a GE kernel when I should have installed a sense one..then I used fast boot to write TWRP to my boot image by accident instead of recovery. I tried to update RUU using fastboot, but I keep getting errors. I cant mount my internal storage, can't side load either.
Whenever I reboot, I boot into TWRP instead of system now. I probably have to restore, but not being able to RUU or side load, I dont know what to do. Please help!
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Just boot into fastboot and flash a new boot.img which matches your ROM

Thanks! But where do I get a boot.img file? I tried looking but couldn't find one. I could just find ZIP ROMs and RUUs

j2sun said:
Thanks! But where do I get a boot.img file? I tried looking but couldn't find one. I could just find ZIP ROMs and RUUs
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Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316726
Choose the 2.24 firmware file, this one which includes the kernel
https://mega.co.nz/#!iVJEWLBD!T3fwwlKNRTq_f1ls50jicDMQ5ysOG_Y6iMhO78zwrSA
Extract boot.img, flash it, then reflash TWRP correctly also

EddyOS said:
Just boot into fastboot and flash a new boot.img which matches your ROM
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dgtiii said:
Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316726
Choose the 2.24 firmware file, this one which includes the kernel
https://mega.co.nz/#!iVJEWLBD!T3fwwlKNRTq_f1ls50jicDMQ5ysOG_Y6iMhO78zwrSA
Extract boot.img, flash it, then reflash TWRP correctly also
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Thanks a lot!
Is this the boot.img that I should flash:
hboot_signedbyaa.img
Also, after that, should I RUU?
Thanks!

j2sun said:
Thanks a lot!
Is this the boot.img that I should flash:
hboot_signedbyaa.img
Also, after that, should I RUU?
Thanks!
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Yes. You also should flash stock recovery before you flash the RUU, just to make sure everything goes right.

kibmikey1 said:
Yes. You also should flash stock recovery before you flash the RUU, just to make sure everything goes right.
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The RUU flashes the stock recovery so you don't need this. You don't even need the boot.img if you're going to flash an RUU. Just connect the phone in fastboot mode and then run the RUU. So long as you're S-OFF it should run fine

Your phone doesn't need a kernel to boot to recovery or fastboot, recovery has its own kernel built in... Just goto fastboot and flash a new boot.img
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Hboot_signedbyaa.img isn't a boot.img it's a hboot
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how did a do that?
EddyOS said:
The RUU flashes the stock recovery so you don't need this. You don't even need the boot.img if you're going to flash an RUU. Just connect the phone in fastboot mode and then run the RUU. So long as you're S-OFF it should run fine
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Hi mate, in your signature I red OS 2.24.4018 / HBoot 1.54.0000 and now "tadaaaa" S-OFF and so on.
How did you do that? I've damaged my brain and gnawn down my nails but nothing works ....
Have you installed the 1.54.0000 on top of the 1.44.0000 (unlocked + S-OFF) and your HBOOT is still unlocked and S-OFF?
Or are u using the black&beauty ONE?
Then ou are a lucky man I guess.
God bless you.

I was S-OFF on 1.44 and then did the OTA so I kept S-OFF - sorry to get your hopes up!

EddyOS said:
I was S-OFF on 1.44 and then did the OTA so I kept S-OFF - sorry to get your hopes up!
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EddyOS said:
The RUU flashes the stock recovery so you don't need this. You don't even need the boot.img if you're going to flash an RUU. Just connect the phone in fastboot mode and then run the RUU. So long as you're S-OFF it should run fine
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Uhm...I don't have S-OFF. I tried pushing it in recovery , but when I do ./revone -P but I'm stuck with error code = 1

j2sun said:
Uhm...I don't have S-OFF. I tried pushing it in recovery , but when I do ./revone -P but I'm stuck with error code = 1
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I know, I was replying to another post in this thread...

EddyOS said:
I was S-OFF on 1.44 and then did the OTA so I kept S-OFF - sorry to get your hopes up!
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Oh yeah, I got it. I decided to buy a new ONE and wait for the exploid to fix my device. Then I'll give it to my wife. I know she will be happy about this....
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[Q] How do you update OTA with Team Win Recovery?

Hi,
I downloaded the 4.3 update OTA and when I try to install it, the phone boots into TWRP. I don't know where the OTA update saves.
Does anyone know where I can find the file or how to not restart into TWRP when trying to do the update?
Thanks

Which file you've donwloaded?
Are you using the stock rom with only root and you get the notification of the ota?

Guich said:
Which file you've donwloaded?
Are you using the stock rom with only root and you get the notification of the ota?
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Yes I am rooted on my stock ROM. I received the notification and have downloaded the file.
Found the file under downloads, however it won't install with TWR....

This is normal.
You must have the stock recovery and a bootloader locked/relocked for install OTA...

Ah man....
wanna direct me in the right direction on how to do all that? :laugh:

Guich said:
This is normal.
You must have the stock recovery and a bootloader locked/relocked for install OTA...
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Hi @Guich, couldn't he just pull the firmware package from the zip file and flash it in fastboot RUU mode, I was wondering, cause I may need to this for a friend, cause he can't get S-Off atm.
tase25 said:
Ah man....
wanna direct me in the right direction on how to do all that? :laugh:
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need to know your version, post a "fastboot getvar all" but remove IMEI and serial number before posting.

nkk71 said:
Hi @Guich, couldn't he just pull the firmware package from the zip file and flash it in fastboot RUU mode, I was wondering, cause I may need to this for a friend, cause he can't get S-Off atm.
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The firmware will upgrade the hboot etc, not the OS
And, however, in s-on you can flash only the zip signed by HTC.

Guich said:
This is normal.
You must have the stock recovery and a bootloader locked/relocked for install OTA...
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I just flashed the stock recovery and installed the OTA, left the bootloader unlocked. Then flashed TWRP and re rooted. Locked bootloader was fine.

nkk71 said:
Hi @Guich,
need to know your version, post a "fastboot getvar all" but remove IMEI and serial number before posting.
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Hi, not sure what that means. Sorry.

tase25 said:
Hi, not sure what that means. Sorry.
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To be able to apply an OTA, unless I'm mistaken, you need three prerequisites:
1- go back to "stock rom"
2- go back to "stock recovery"
3- lock/relock your bootloader
then you will be able to apply the OTA successfully. Using a "custom recovery" (TWRP or CWM) will not allow the OTA to install.
from you're initial post, it looks like you are already on "stock rom" but with "custom recovery" (TWRP). you need to replace TWRP with "stock recovery" (note that this will wipe your internal storage)
in order to find out which recovery is stock for you, running a "fastboot getvar all" (removing IMEI and s/n before posting pls) will show which firmware version you are on, so that we can point you to the correct "stock recovery"
the command is run when your phone is in bootloader/FASTBOOT USB, connected to your PC, and then from your PC you type something like "C:\ADB\fastboot getvar all" depending where you saved the adb sdk.

mb_guy said:
I just flashed the stock recovery and installed the OTA, left the bootloader unlocked. Then flashed TWRP and re rooted. Locked bootloader was fine.
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Hi, how do you flash stock recovery?
If I do that, would I lose all of my information on the phone?

tase25 said:
Hi, how do you flash stock recovery?
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fastboot flash recovery <name of recovery>.img
tase25 said:
If I do that, would I lose all of my information on the phone?
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Most probably yes, last time I flashed stock recovery it wiped my internal storage.

Stuck on recovery

i have the 802w model
i accidentally flashed the recovery as "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
so now i have the CWM as my system
i tried to flash an ruu ( PN07IMG_M7C_DUG_K44_SENSE55_MR_HTCCN_CHS_CU_4.21.1 402.3_Radio_1237.28.34.0106_release_309439.zip ) using different methods
but always the "signature verfi faild " pops up
im s-on btw with Hboot 2.27
the attachment is the out of the box build
please it urgent
its not my device

PHOENIX-9 said:
i have the 802w model
i accidentally flashed the recovery as "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
so now i have the CWM as my system
i tried to flash an ruu ( PN07IMG_M7C_DUG_K44_SENSE55_MR_HTCCN_CHS_CU_4.21.1 402.3_Radio_1237.28.34.0106_release_309439.zip ) using different methods
but always the "signature verfi faild " pops up
im s-on btw with Hboot 2.27
the attachment is the out of the box build
please it urgent
its not my device
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boot.img is the kernel, not the system.
have you tried the fastboot flash command with a valid boot.img (not revcovery)?
or if you were trying to flash recovery and not boot.img have you tried again using the right command?
sounds like it should be easier to fix than go back to stock with ruu....

Surely flashing a Rom in recovery would fix that?
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im already on the stock ruu but its rooted
where can i find this boot.img for my build (mentioned in the pic )

nateboi81 said:
Surely flashing a Rom in recovery would fix that?
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app
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im s-on so im not sure if that's gonna make any difference
and my biggest problem is the signature verification (in recovery and boot-loader )

You cab disable signature verification in cwm. And as you are s on you can only flash newer versions or RUU not old ones. Flashing a Rom any Rom would flash the boot image and should be all good
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i tried both methods
cwm signature is disabled but still cant flash
i tried the 4.4.2 ruu but the same problem even when im using bootloader

PHOENIX-9 said:
i tried both methods
cwm signature is disabled but still cant flash
i tried the 4.4.2 ruu but the same problem even when im using bootloader
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you trying to flash an ruu or custom rom?

cr1960 said:
you trying to flash an ruu or custom rom?
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RUU

PHOENIX-9 said:
i have the 802w model
i accidentally flashed the recovery as "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
so now i have the CWM as my system
i tried to flash an ruu ( PN07IMG_M7C_DUG_K44_SENSE55_MR_HTCCN_CHS_CU_4.21.1 402.3_Radio_1237.28.34.0106_release_309439.zip ) using different methods
but always the "signature verfi faild " pops up
im s-on btw with Hboot 2.27
the attachment is the out of the box build
please it urgent
its not my device
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Open the ruu zip that you downloaded, extract the boot.img and flash it with fastboot flash boot boot.img.

cschmitt said:
Open the ruu zip that you downloaded, extract the boot.img and flash it with fastboot flash boot boot.img.
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yah for some reason im getting the .zip file is corrupted :\
this happened in 2 ruus

PHOENIX-9 said:
yah for some reason im getting the .zip file is corrupted :\
this happened in 2 ruus
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rom.zip is encrypted you can't extract from it
find your stock recovery here >> http://d-h.st/users/guich/?fld_id=29380#files
If it's not their you'll need a decrypted RUU to extract the boot.img

PHOENIX-9 said:
yah for some reason im getting the .zip file is corrupted :\
this happened in 2 ruus
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The ruu is probably encrypted, so you can't open it. Find someone with the same firmware and ask them to make a backup of their boot partition, you can then flash the boot image backup in fastboot.

[Q] Is it possible to update OTA while rooted?

I'm on android 4.4.2 (stock htc one firmware s-off) unlocked bootloader and rooted. I got on OTA update but when I click install, it reboots and goes into twrp. I'm guessing I cant install the OTA update without relocking bootloader and unrooting?
Or can I just unroot it (without relocking the bootloader) and try again?

uzman1243 said:
I'm on android 4.4.2 (stock htc one firmware s-off) unlocked bootloader and rooted. I got on OTA update but when I click install, it reboots and goes into twrp. I'm guessing I cant install the OTA update without relocking bootloader and unrooting?
Or can I just unroot it (without relocking the bootloader) and try again?
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you need stock recovery

uzman1243 said:
I'm on android 4.4.2 (stock htc one firmware s-off) unlocked bootloader and rooted. I got on OTA update but when I click install, it reboots and goes into twrp. I'm guessing I cant install the OTA update without relocking bootloader and unrooting?
Or can I just unroot it (without relocking the bootloader) and try again?
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You need the stock recovery and stock ROM to run the OTA. You can use this tool to Guru Bootloader Reset Tool to LOCK before the update since you are S-OFF. Then after you update the phone you can UNLOCK it again.

majmoz said:
You need the stock recovery and stock ROM to run the OTA. You can use this tool to Guru Bootloader Reset Tool to LOCK before the update since you are S-OFF. Then after you update the phone you can UNLOCK it again.
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Oh no, I made a mistake, Im on S-on. Can you tell me what I can do now?

uzman1243 said:
Oh no, I made a mistake, Im on S-on. Can you tell me what I can do now?
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You can get the stock recovery from the OTA. If you were to unzip it on your computer, then find the firmware.zip file and open it. Extract the recovery.img out of it. This is your stock recovery. Place it in the same folder as your ADB & Fastboot files.
In bootloader/FASTBOOT USB, flash stock recovery:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
I don't know for sure if you have to relock your bootloader, I would try it first and see. I know that RUU.exe need it LOCK.

majmoz said:
You can get the stock recovery from the OTA. If you were to unzip it on your computer, then find the firmware.zip file and open it. Extract the recovery.img out of it. This is your stock recovery. Place it in the same folder as your ADB & Fastboot files.
In bootloader/FASTBOOT USB, flash stock recovery:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
I don't know for sure if you have to relock your bootloader, I would try it first and see. I know that RUU.exe need it LOCK.
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I tiried that, and once i enter fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, the last line in the CMD says verification failed

uzman1243 said:
I tiried that, and once i enter fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, the last line in the CMD says verification failed
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I think the best thing to do is to get S-OFF. This would turn security off and allow you to bypass some of the verification. http://firewater-soff.com/ is the most popular for hboot 1.5X. Once you get S-OFF, then try to flash the stock recovery after you lock your bootloader.

majmoz said:
I think the best thing to do is to get S-OFF. This would turn security off and allow you to bypass some of the verification. http://firewater-soff.com/ is the most popular for hboot 1.5X. Once you get S-OFF, then try to flash the stock recovery after you lock your bootloader.
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I just flashed the RUU and its back to stock.
You know, I was on 4.2.2 and I got the sense 6 OTA update today. I couldn't install it because bootloader was unlocked. I went through the whole process and returned my phone back to stock.
Currently, I am back on 4.2.2 (with bootloader relocked) but this time it says no updates available. How does that work? Because I checked and my MID /CID hasnt changed

uzman1243 said:
I just flashed the RUU and its back to stock.
You know, I was on 4.2.2 and I got the sense 6 OTA update today. I couldn't install it because bootloader was unlocked. I went through the whole process and returned my phone back to stock.
Currently, I am back on 4.2.2 (with bootloader relocked) but this time it says no updates available. How does that work? Because I checked and my MID /CID hasnt changed
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What RUU did you flash? Or what OTA do you need?

majmoz said:
What RUU did you flash? Or what OTA do you need?
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The sense 5.5 Europe ruu. The ota I got to say was sense 6 but I don't get it anymore. But the update is not available anymore. Weird

uzman1243 said:
The sense 5.5 Europe ruu. The ota I got to say was sense 6 but I don't get it anymore. But the update is not available anymore. Weird
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Go to @TeHashX thread [Full Stock Backup] | 5.11.401.10 | Twrp_Backup | Ota | M7_U & M7_UL. He has a link to the OTA which you can download. I would copy it to your /sdcard/download/ file then boot into stock recovery and install it.