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[SOLVED] Return to stock (unroot) without USB or without a computer (non-RUU method)?

Hey guys, please forgive me if I misuse my terminology here but I am still a padawan learner.
My wife's hero is rooted and running a cyanogen rom. All was well for months but now her usb plug is broken and NOT charging. I have not yet verified that the usb won't talk to the pc but I assume it's the case because I can't get the thing to charge. Of course i have tried 5 or 6 diff chargers, tried wiggling, etc. but i am convinced that there is a broken prong in the phones plug. The phone is under warranty for 2 more days but I understand that I need to flash it back to stock before trying warranty stuff.
I have searched and the answers I have found are to simply run the latest RUU from the htc website. I found it, no problem, but it is an .exe file and would require the usb to work, right? The phone is dead right now or i would test the usb>pc connection and I have arranged to briefly borrow a friend's battery later tonight. If i can't get the connection to work is there any other way to flash this thing back to stock? If I just download a stock rom and flash that then i will still be rooted right? Do they check that? and lastly what about running an OTA update? Any advice/ideas are greatly appreciated.

Come to think of it, I might have the original naandroid backup that i did of the phone back in the day. If i restore this, would it go back to stock?

Here's what you can do:
Go HERE and download the S-OFF bootloader.
Flash it
Download THIS - its the zip that gets uploaded/flashed when you run the RUU.
And..as per instructions on that page:
Simply rename this to HERCIMG.zip and place on the root of your SDCard.
Power your phone completely off.
Press and Hold VOL DOWN and POWER until your phone boots into HBoot mode.
Wait for it to verify the zip, then click <ACTION> (Trackball) to update, or <SEND> (Green Call) to cancel.
After it flashes you'll have a stock phone, with the stock bootloader
Its the same setup I have on my phone..Just in case I need to un-root on the fly Except I have two zips. One with the stock bootloader and one without so I can keep it unlocked.

Gotta love XDA, thanks so much. I may have found it if I had thought about searching for "stock sprint zip format". Hopefully the next guy will find this. I have been helped by your advice many times throughout the forums in my searches.

drumstyk1 said:
Gotta love XDA, thanks so much. I may have found it if I had thought about searching for "stock sprint zip format". Hopefully the next guy will find this. I have been helped by your advice many times throughout the forums in my searches.
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You should add "or computer" to the title as well For those that may search 'unrooting without a computer'
And you're welcome that's why I'm here

Not working (yet)
Hi, another noob here: SAKKA.
I also need to revert to stock. I already switched the phone number (just upgraded and giving Hero to daughter). So have to push everything from Mac via USB. Unable to d/l md5sum: a77a2dee8e903e8f1a18b28b5c5e0b40 b/c it won't connect (too old?) Have HERC in root, did steps 1-4. But no go. Is there someway I can chat and get some help? Or do you know where i can chat now that AOSP is no longer running an online chat room (as far as I know)?

do u have any idea how old this thread is

Oh.
D'oh. Thanks.
That being said. Know how I can find someone to talk me through this?

sethfriedman said:
Oh.
D'oh. Thanks.
That being said. Know how I can find someone to talk me through this?
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There is this help page :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13479613
I always unroot with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8551240
Then I root with the "one click method"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743289
Both never fail me....
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero
V's CDMA Hero

i tried this! it was on the updating part and when it was almost done, the htc screen appear and it started all over with s-off. so it said fail.

Just curious, if phone is already activated to her # then why go back to horrible stock.
If u want a stock ROM flash liquid sense or nfx.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=643
From either of those two ROMs u can do all that stock can.. like activation, PRL updates, etc.....
So unless its going for service under warranty there is no need to unroot to stock.
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero

[Q] Optimus black stuck on firmware update screen

The story so far...
Bought a new Optimus Black and gave it to my girlfriend for her birthday a couple of days ago. After playing with it for about an hour she put it down, I picked it up and decided to have a tinker. I installed Cyanogen mod 3.5.1 after rooting it with Gingerbreak. So far so good but I didn't really like the look of the ROM and the absence of a Market seemed like hassle so I used ClockworkMod to restore the backed up stock ROM.
It's still working fine but now I see there is an official update from inside the phone. I presume it's the upgrade to Android 2.3 so run it and reboot the phone. That's when it all goes wrong. I'm now stuck in the CWM recovery screen. I try all the options, following any online guides I can find that were supposed to have worked for people. I try restoring the backup, restoring cyanogen, clearing the cache, dalvik, everything but nothing happens and I keep booting back into the CWM recovery screen.
Next day I try the LGUnitedMobileDriver and the phone recovery option but despite trying several times I can get no further. A friend tried to use Odin to restore it but got no success. Finally, we tried restoring with a KDZ file with
KDZ_FW_UPD_EN, Windows Enabler and LG B2CTool and now the phone got stuck in yet another loop - a black screen with 'updating firmware'. The LEDs flash for a minute and it reboots and does the same again.
What's more, the phone will now no longer charge or turn on without being connected to the mains.
What are my options here?

Follow the tutorial given below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275315

Thanks, but I've already tried that and it doesn't work. I'm forever stuck in the firmware update screen.

pickarooney said:
Thanks, but I've already tried that and it doesn't work. I'm forever stuck in the firmware update screen.
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have you tried the CS_EMERGENCY option in R&D TOOLS? Wait I'll find the link..
Here >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18841596&postcount=8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18740082&postcount=45
The CS_EMERGENCY is the only thing worked, he used a german V10A ROM. If you managed to unbrick it, you can flash it again with your desired KDZ, or use CS_EMERGENCY and flash directly your desired KDZ. TRIAL AND ERROR.

Emergency c-section... nope, I will try that now!

Said that it will get stuck at 4% but it is still flashing. Just wait for the phone to reboot by itself.

It just crashes with a fatal error as soon as it gets to the second tab (downloading) on both PCs I tried it on. I tried several KDZ files with the same result.

Does anyone know if it's possible to physically change the ROM on this phone and if it would be worth trying that before binning the thing?

pickarooney said:
Does anyone know if it's possible to physically change the ROM on this phone and if it would be worth trying that before binning the thing?
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Does it have warranty? Why not RMA it, I think it has a hardware problem now since you mentioned it doesn't charge anymore. Also, have you tried a different USB cable?

The warranty gets voided as soon as you root or mod a phone and it's probably as expensive to get it fixed outside of warranty as to buy a new one.

pickarooney said:
The warranty gets voided as soon as you root or mod a phone and it's probably as expensive to get it fixed outside of warranty as to buy a new one.
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Most of the time they change the board right away if it can't boot (as many as I've read) board was changed and none just revived the OS. So they won't know you rooted it. Just specify that they should contact you first before making any changes.

gabwerkz said:
Most of the time they change the board right away if it can't boot (as many as I've read) board was changed and none just revived the OS. So they won't know you rooted it. Just specify that they should contact you first before making any changes.
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true.. you can just tell them that you received an update and upon getting it the phone wont boot anymore.. just dont tell them that you rooted it or tinkered it in any way.. i'm sure you'll be able to get your warranty that way..

darkzorn said:
true.. you can just tell them that you received an update and upon getting it the phone wont boot anymore.. just dont tell them that you rooted it or tinkered it in any way.. i'm sure you'll be able to get your warranty that way..
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Well, that's exactly what I did so we'll see in two weeks if I get a fixed phone free of charge

pickarooney said:
Well, that's exactly what I did so we'll see in two weeks if I get a fixed phone free of charge
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Fingers crossed for you !!!

pickarooney said:
Well, that's exactly what I did so we'll see in two weeks if I get a fixed phone free of charge
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IT will mostly work..Good luck though and please do reply here and let us know if it worked..

Phone stuck on HTC screen after repairs

Ok, so I had an HTC Salsa, and idk how but the screen somehow broke. I didnt drop it or anything but when i took the phone out of my pocket it was completely shattered. I sent it to the service center for repairs, and they sent it back to me saying they've done everything they could. The ****ty part is all the hardware is in place. They put in a new motherboard, new glass, new screen, everything, but the phone wont boot up it just keeps showing the white HTC screen. Its like a bootloop. I was hoping someone could help me, if this bootloop can be fixed or not somehow? Any answers? Please?

ok firstly welcome....
now then...you sya its stuck at htc screen, is this phone completely stock...untouched.
if it is...then you will have to get the ruu for your country and install it.
unless you have all the relevant updated software ie bootloader done then the process gets easier....
explain what u got mate

No it wasnt untouched. I unlocked bootloader, got cwm 5 from this thread's method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1478678
I didnt install data2sd, and I had the HTC Thing ROM, I re odexed it and was using links2sd with it. When i got my phone back my bootloader went back to the old S-ON version, lost my cwm 5 recovery and the phone doesnt boot up just stays stuck on the white HTC screen

Sccyther said:
No it wasnt untouched. I unlocked bootloader, got cwm 5 from this thread's method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1478678
I didnt install data2sd, and I had the HTC Thing ROM, I re odexed it and was using links2sd with it. When i got my phone back my bootloader went back to the old S-ON version, lost my cwm 5 recovery and the phone doesnt boot up just stays stuck on the white HTC screen
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ok....
reflash the recovery from bootloader
using adb cmds plug phone into computer
>adb reboot bootloader
now reflash recvoery using the method you did.
now recovery will be installed.
>adb reboot recovery
now your back into recovery reflash the rom u want.
Now word of warning....
what you tried to do will **** it up..i know i did it too. reodexing inst the wisest of options.
u can still use links2sd on deodexed version but would you want to....you dont get as much space even with a gb partition...it doesn't fully move the apps into that storage area...

Theres a PH11IMG file too should i install that zip too? Coz i have a little problem there. My phones battery is low and it keeps showing up in the bootloader. So it wont detect the zip file and give me an option to install the zip

Sccyther said:
Theres a PH11IMG file too should i install that zip too? Coz i have a little problem there. My phones battery is low and it keeps showing up in the bootloader. So it wont detect the zip file and give me an option to install the zip
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if your bootloaders unlocked like u say it is you won't need it...anyway the pm11img.zip is hboot not bootloader.
if u typed my cmd in then you wouldn't see that bit.
its easier using dos cmd for this...its quicker and can override what ever the phone wants to do.
charge your battery for half an hr.
min 30% is needed but 50% is recommended

Oh damn did I say unlocked? Its locked now. I had unlocked it before sending it for repairs, when it came back that pink strip that said unlocked it gone. Its locked now i guess. So I do need the PH11IMG thing but it wont prompt to install it in the hboot coz it keeps showing battery voltage too low

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Oh damn did I say unlocked? Its locked now. I had unlocked it before sending it for repairs, when it came back that pink strip that said unlocked it gone. Its locked now i guess. So I do need the PH11IMG thing but it wont prompt to install it in the hboot coz it keeps showing battery voltage too low
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ok....dont do anything........................
do u still have your unlock file u got from htcdev? if u do...rerun that program again and it will be unlocked then goto bootloader and do as instructed
and if that don't work then who ever u sent it redid the software....so then i need your software info from hboot mate

The unlock code.bin file? Yea i have it with me but i forgot what to do with that file. How do i run it again?

Sccyther said:
The unlock code.bin file? Yea i have it with me but i forgot what to do with that file. How do i run it again?
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ok asuming the token file is in c:\android still then use this (copy & paste cmd line)
>fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
that should unlock it again...

Ok thank you so much. Im gonna go get a battery from my friend as mine is completely drained for this job. Lets hope this works.

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elninjablanc said:
Hi guys ,
I'm french so if you don't understand excuse me..
Yesterday i downloaded a custom ROM for my HTC incredible s (Nik project X rebirth v3.6) on this website :
After the installation, the phone was good, but my network reception was not high, i received 1 time of 2 while normally i received very good in 3g (at home). So i wanted to change radio, so i followed this tutorial :
The installation began correctly but my computer dumped (blue screen) and reboot, after that the loading of the radio ended, my phone ask me to push power for reboot him, but he didn't boot...i test all things i can do take of the battery
Help me please ! I don't wan't to buy another phone..
Sorry i can't post links (To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!)
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Yes it is unfortunate that you cannot post links yet. What radio version did you attempt to flash? What method did you use to try to update the radio? Did you attempt to manually flash it in FASTBOOT USB mode or by using a PG32IMG.zip file on your SD card?
It is possible that if you attempted to flash an old version 1 radio, you have now radio bricked your phone and there is no way to recover from that.

tpbklake said:
Yes it is unfortunate that you cannot post links yet. What radio version did you attempt to flash? What method did you use to try to update the radio? Did you attempt to manually flash it in FASTBOOT USB mode or by using a PG32IMG.zip file on your SD card?
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elninjablanc said:
the original radio was *3831.19.00.19_M* ans i put this *20.74.30.0833U_383* is my phone brick ?
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Well you had a version 2 radio and it appears that you tried to flash a version 2 radio, so that version should not have radio bricked your phone. However, the fact that your PC blue screened during the process isn't a good thing to have happen.
So have you pulled the battery and tried to get the phone booted either normally or into the bootloader by holding VOLUME DOWN and pressing the POWER button?

tpbklake said:
Well you had a version 2 radio and it appears that you tried to flash a version 2 radio, so that version should not have radio bricked your phone. However, the fact that your PC blue screened during the process isn't a good thing to have happen.
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[Q] Bricked m7u

Hi guys, I have the non-lte One running on 2.24.707.3. Today, I restored my stock nandroid (4.2.2) and then tried the rumrunner s-off (rumrunner_m7_2.24.401.1). It worked, and I was successfully s-off, superCID on hboot 1.54. I then flashed a modified hboot(descenpet_HBOOT_1.54_2.24_MOD) to remove the red warning. All went well. Later, while I was recieving a call, the phone got hung up, so I did a reset (holding the power + vol down buttons). The phone got switched off, but never booted back up.. I tried holding the power + vol down buttons but even the buttons aren't flashing.. Connecting it to my pc makes no connection sounds, and again holding the combo makes no difference. The charging light also doesn't light up. Please tell me what I should do, and whether it is a hard brick or soft brick. Thanks in advance.

Just press and hold the power button on it's own and see if anything happens

EddyOS said:
Just press and hold the power button on it's own and see if anything happens
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Tried it, no avail. I think it's a hard brick, it's detected in my pc as in the screenshot. Any idea what to do?
Its not clear in the screenshot, it says Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008

n1234d said:
Tried it, no avail. I think it's a hard brick, it's detected in my pc as in the screenshot. Any idea what to do?
Its not clear in the screenshot, it says Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008
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why did you use modified hboot now you are in serious trouble. As you are supercid download any ruu and try flashing and if your pc can connect via fastboot you can fix your phone. To check you must type in adb fastboot devices. if results are positive tell me i can help you then

hapticc said:
why did you use modified hboot now you are in serious trouble. As you are supercid download any ruu and try flashing and if your pc can connect via fastboot you can fix your phone. To check you must type in adb fastboot devices. if results are positive tell me i can help you then
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I used a modded hboot to remove the red warning, have a look at this page (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316726)
To do an RUU, I need to reboot in fastboot, but I can't even get the phone to charge.. Of course adb doesn't detect it..
Another point to note is that I rebooted several times after flashing the modded hboot, and it worked all those times, so this is just random... :'(

Why do people care about the red writing? Unless you're sending it to HTC for repair it makes no difference! It just leads to complications such as this

EddyOS said:
Why do people care about the red writing? Unless you're sending it to HTC for repair it makes no difference! It just leads to complications such as this
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Well, 2 things
1: The process worked, ok? It's a perfect process to remove the red text, and the modded hboot also worked, I rebooted several times after flashing it.
2: The matter of the fact is that I am actually sending it in for camera replacement.. I guess I'll just tel them to replace the mobo along with it..
So, lets stop fighting like losers and find a way to get out of this situation! It'll help many people in the future
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C'mon anybody? I can give more info if required, I'd prefer to know how to solve this myself, rather than relying on htc...
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If it's not booting up , and you're stuck in that QDLOAD thing, it's usually the mainboard that's fried and HTC replaced the mainboard in my Sensation under the warranty when it happened to me. I was S-OFF at the time as well, and it came back 100% stock and working

n1234d said:
Well, 2 things
1: The process worked, ok? It's a perfect process to remove the red text, and the modded hboot also worked, I rebooted several times after flashing it.
2: The matter of the fact is that I am actually sending it in for camera replacement.. I guess I'll just tel them to replace the mobo along with it..
So, lets stop fighting like losers and find a way to get out of this situation! It'll help many people in the future
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good luck buddy btw to remove tampered i just ran indian ruu

n1234d said:
C'mon anybody? I can give more info if required, I'd prefer to know how to solve this myself, rather than relying on htc...
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I think most of the time, that's not something fixable unless by a service center. You may wanna check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2331454
For one guy the phone "magically" just started again, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Sorry mate.

Ok, thanks for the info.. Maybe I'll make a strong case. My phone was originally replaced with a new one within a week because of battery problems, and scratch marks that I didn't make.. Then the second one had its mobo replaced for that same battery problem, and now I was going to send this in for replacement because my lower speaker is louder than the upper, and my camera has the dreaded pink tint and my phone has a big gap on its side where the service center guys hadn't closed the phone properly..and now this.. Oh boy, am I gonna make a strong case!!
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nkk71 said:
I think most of the time, that's not something fixable unless by a service center. You may wanna check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2331454
For one guy the phone "magically" just started again, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Sorry mate.
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Yeah, I haven't got any alarms to save me now ;'/
But mine did get bricked randomly..
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How about I try this?
http://unlimited.io/qhsusbdload.htm

As it doesn't mention the One I'd say no

EddyOS said:
As it doesn't mention the One I'd say no
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Oh well, I went ahead and tried it anyways, but nothing happened.. So back to my good ol Nokia for now.. Btw, does rumrunner work with hboot 1.55??
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Not yet, no

I bet we'll be seeing a lot more of these threads now...

Okay, although I've read a lot and I've learnt quite some bit, I want to know that if it wasn't the phone that unexpectedly died, was it my mistake somewhere? So I'll start with what I did, step by step, please have a look and tell me if I did anything wrong
1. Originally on ViperOne, tampered and unlocked on hboot 1.54
2. Restored stock nandroid 4.2.2 (2.24.707.3)(India) unrooted
3. Downloaded rumrunner (the version that I previously mentioned)
4. Started the exe
5. Phone reboots 2-3 times, process completes at pouring(3)
6. Reboot to verify s-off
7. Restore ViperOne nandroid
8. Run Revone to reset tampered flag
9. Flash modified hboot to remove warning.. Succeeds, reboot to verify warning gone
10. Reboot like 5-6 times to admire at the bootloader
11. I got a call and my phone hung
12. Reset the phone by holding power+vol down
Aaand the phone never booted again..
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crixley said:
I bet we'll be seeing a lot more of these threads now...
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Lol yeah.. I wouldn't think of myself as a total douche though, maybe I missed something..
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