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Semi bricked

Hi XDA
I have a problem.
I was gonna upgrade my HTCDEV unlocked Incredible S with CM7 to Ice Cold Sandwich.
So i tried flashing the ICS .zip and when i rebooted it was stuck on splash screen.
I figured this was because I was on an incompatible firmware version so I decide to flash the latest ICS RUU.
I start by relocking the bootloader and after that run the RUU.
About halfway through it stops with an error message.
Now I can only boot into bootloader, pressing the recovery tab just opens fastboot menu, if I try to run the RUU again it stops immediatly with error 170 and if I try to install a recovery manualy i get the error FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
Only thing that works is fastboot commands
How screwed am I?

frederikh said:
Hi XDA
I have a problem.
I was gonna upgrade my HTCDEV unlocked Incredible S with CM7 to Ice Cold Sandwich.
So i tried flashing the ICS .zip and when i rebooted it was stuck on splash screen.
I figured this was because I was on an incompatible firmware version so I decide to flash the latest ICS RUU.
I start by relocking the bootloader and after that run the RUU.
About halfway through it stops with an error message.
Now I can only boot into bootloader, pressing the recovery tab just opens fastboot menu, if I try to run the RUU again it stops immediatly with error 170 and if I try to install a recovery manualy i get the error FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
Only thing that works is fastboot commands
How screwed am I?
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The mistake you made was not manually flashing the boot.img file from the ICS ROM.zip since you had the unlocked bootloader.
Which RUU are you trying to install? You may just need to extract the ROM.zip from the RUU and copy that to your sd card and rename it PG32IMG.zip. Then when you reboot into the bootloader it will attempt to load it.

tpbklake said:
The mistake you made was not manually flashing the boot.img file from the ICS ROM.zip since you had the unlocked bootloader.
Which RUU are you trying to install? You may just need to extract the ROM.zip from the RUU and copy that to your sd card and rename it PG32IMG.zip. Then when you reboot into the bootloader it will attempt to load it.
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RUU_VIVO_ICS_35_S_HTC_WWE_4.10.405.1_Radio_20.74.30.0833U_3831.18.00.11_M_release_266013_signed

frederikh said:
RUU_VIVO_ICS_35_S_HTC_WWE_4.10.405.1_Radio_20.74.30.0833U_3831.18.00.11_M_release_266013_signed
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OK then just extract the ROM.zip from the %TEMP% directory as I previously suggested and you should be good to go.

tpbklake said:
OK then just extract the ROM.zip from the %TEMP% directory as I previously suggested and you should be good to go.
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Well...
The RUU shots down before the rom.zip is extracted to the temp folder.
But if you think this will work, would you then mind running the RUU yourself and upload the rom.zip somewhere where I can dl it?
If you have a compatible phone that is
Thank you

frederikh said:
Well...
The RUU shots down before the rom.zip is extracted to the temp folder.
But if you think this will work, would you then mind running the RUU yourself and upload the rom.zip somewhere where I can dl it?
If you have a compatible phone that is
Thank you
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Run the RUU without the phone connected. Just leave it sit on the first screen and then you can find the ROM.zip in the %TEMP% directory.

tpbklake said:
Run the RUU without the phone connected. Just leave it sit on the first screen and then you can find the ROM.zip in the %TEMP% directory.
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It's working!!
Thank you very much

Please help, possible brick after following guide to flash firmware

I was following Vomer's guide on my One, which has been working great. I had HBOOT 1.54, S-Off, SuperCID, and pushed the firmware twice, got the success message, and waited and when it says finished used adb to tell it to reboot. Now I get the splash, with the lock gone, as expected, and then the screen goes black. If I hold power, or power and down, the hardware keys start blinking and then nothing. A few seconds later I get the splash again, then blank again.
It appears to be communicating briefly over USB because my laptop starts trying to install a HTC MTP device (drive is already on the PC and has been fine) before it looses comms and drops out. I can't seem to get adb device to recognize it....
PLEASE tell me someone can help me recover my phone!!! I will be immensely grateful.

And what the HBOOT version you wanted to downgrade to?

Ivanovic said:
And what the HBOOT version you wanted to downgrade to?
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I wasn't trying to downgrade HBOOT, just rather ensure my firmware was up to date. I'd had mine set up as a GPE and was flashing the DE (after supercid).
By way of an update, I've been able to get into bootloader and I'm a bit scared on what to do next so I dont screw this up. I notice that I still have S-OFF, but HBOOT is now showing 1.56 and it says RELOCKED at the top. My plan was to use rumrunner (just because of the HBOOT, but it is erroring anyway) to unlock bootloader, and then to look up the fastboot commands to push a ROM and recovery. Any advice?

Downgrade to 1.44 and change cid according to the Rom you want. Then unlock or set your bootloader to LOCKED
Here is the file for 1.44 http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/95229262/file.html
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

Can you help me with the adb commands to flash that boot zip? Also, should I run " fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin" to unlock my bootloader first?

vettejock99 said:
Can you help me with the adb commands to flash that boot zip? Also, should I run " fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin" to unlock my bootloader first?
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You can unlock if you want to flash custom recovery.
Place the file i gave you to the fastboot folder. Boot into bootloader and choose FASTBOOT.
Run the following : fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip filename.zip *where filaname the actual filename of the file i gave you
You will get FAILED or sth so do this command again to succesfully flash the firmware.

Ivanovic said:
You can unlock if you want to flash custom recovery.
Place the file i gave you to the fastboot folder. Boot into bootloader and choose FASTBOOT.
Run the following : fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip filename.zip *where filaname the actual filename of the file i gave you
You will get FAILED or sth so do this command again to succesfully flash the firmware.
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Awesome. So I've got HBOOT 1.44, S-OFF, bootloader unlocked, supercid, and TWRP 2.6.3.3 flashed again, and I tried sideloading ARHD rom. It all looked good but same thing for the moment, I get the splash and then black......I can't figure out why I can't boot into a rom right now. About to try flashing ROM again.
Okay, so didnt' work. After sideload flashing gets to 100% it just does nothing. Manually rebooting gets me back into the splash then blackness bootloop......

Can you issue fastboot clear cache in bootloader and see the outcome?
Also as you are Soff, you can run dev ruu

SaHiLzZ said:
Can you issue fastboot clear cache in bootloader and see the outcome?
Also as you are Soff, you can run dev ruu
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The former didn't get me anywhere, but I did follow your thinking and decided to use the RUU and start over. I'm happy to report that got me going, and then I was able to get AR HD on. I probably had to do that all along once I wiped the ROM and recovery, as sideloading clearly wasn't going to work (in retrospect) as it has an AROMA installer.
Thanks so much everyone!!

SaHiLzZ said:
Can you issue fastboot clear cache in bootloader and see the outcome?
Also as you are Soff, you can run dev ruu
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Nice that everything is solved now.
Verstuurd van mijn HTC One

[Q] I Have Completely Bork'd My Phone

After flashing updates regularly for over two years I do not know what I have done to mess my phone up this bad, but I did. There is no more file structure on the phone whatsoever. Nothing. At all.
Currently I can boot into Bootloader or I can boot into CWM Touch Recovery.
Whenever I go to "Install a Zip" using Recovery, there is no option to choose anything because there is no file structure.
Whenever I go to "Install a Zip from Sideload," and ROM file I send to it returns with a Status 7 error. I read online about removing the PROP comments from the update-script to fix the Status 7 error but that did not work, still got a Status 7 error.
I downloaded the RUU for the correct CID, there were two, and both of them fail with Error 155 Unknown Error.
I'm at my wit's end here and am pretty afraid I have bricked my phone. Would anybody here be willing to try to steer me out of the mess I have created?
Thank you,
Chris Williams

misterasset said:
After flashing updates regularly for over two years I do not know what I have done to mess my phone up this bad, but I did. There is no more file structure on the phone whatsoever. Nothing. At all.
Currently I can boot into Bootloader or I can boot into CWM Touch Recovery.
Whenever I go to "Install a Zip" using Recovery, there is no option to choose anything because there is no file structure.
Whenever I go to "Install a Zip from Sideload," and ROM file I send to it returns with a Status 7 error. I read online about removing the PROP comments from the update-script to fix the Status 7 error but that did not work, still got a Status 7 error.
I downloaded the RUU for the correct CID, there were two, and both of them fail with Error 155 Unknown Error.
I'm at my wit's end here and am pretty afraid I have bricked my phone. Would anybody here be willing to try to steer me out of the mess I have created?
Thank you,
Chris Williams
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You've had an htc one for two years?

BableMan said:
You've had an htc one for two years?
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No. Started out with my Nexus S, then moved to a Nexus 4, then gave that to my wife and got an HTC One. I love this phone so much I wish I'd had it for two years already, but no.
Do you have any idea of a new path I can try?

misterasset said:
After flashing updates regularly for over two years I do not know what I have done to mess my phone up this bad, but I did. There is no more file structure on the phone whatsoever. Nothing. At all.
Currently I can boot into Bootloader or I can boot into CWM Touch Recovery.
Whenever I go to "Install a Zip" using Recovery, there is no option to choose anything because there is no file structure.
Whenever I go to "Install a Zip from Sideload," and ROM file I send to it returns with a Status 7 error. I read online about removing the PROP comments from the update-script to fix the Status 7 error but that did not work, still got a Status 7 error.
I downloaded the RUU for the correct CID, there were two, and both of them fail with Error 155 Unknown Error.
I'm at my wit's end here and am pretty afraid I have bricked my phone. Would anybody here be willing to try to steer me out of the mess I have created?
Thank you,
Chris Williams
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Just to know.. Did you try to flash a RUU.exe or a RUU.zip? I had a lot of problems with the .exe files, while flashing the RUU.zip from command line usually work like a charm to me.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

Delgra said:
Just to know.. Did you try to flash a RUU.exe or a RUU.zip? I had a lot of problems with the .exe files, while flashing the RUU.zip from command line usually work like a charm to me.
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I have tried both actually. I used Hansoon2000's (I'm at work so hopefully I'm referencing that correctly) all in one toolkit to try to flash the RUU.zip file back to the device. It fails while transferring to the device every single time.
So next I tried to use the RUU.exe, both a newer and older version, for my CID and I get the mysterious Error 155 Unknown Error.
How do I flash the RUU.zip from the command line? I have tried using "Install zip from sideload" but I get a Status Error 7 when trying to flash ROM.zip files, and I have tried using ADB PUSH to push the ROM.zip over to the phone but since there's no file structure it doesn't really ever end up anywhere on the phone. (I'm using ROM.zip generically here for my CM ROMs, not RUU) Is there a command line or ADB function to flash the RUU.zip file that I'm not aware of?
Thanks,
Chris

misterasset said:
So next I tried to use the RUU.exe, both a newer and older version, for my CID and I get the mysterious Error 155 Unknown Error.
Thanks,
Chris
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Error 155 -> you're probably on hboot 1.55+, so you need to downgrade hboot separately first, (to hboot 1.44) then you can run the RUU. download here: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/1-29-401-12_hboot_1-44-zip/
then in bootloader/FASTBOOT USB:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip 1.29.401.12_hboot_1.44.zip
fastboot flash zip 1.29.401.12_hboot_1.44.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
-> confirm hboot is 1.44
and run RUU.
PS: you have to be s-off obviously.

nkk71 said:
Error 155 -> you're probably on hboot 1.55+, so you need to downgrade hboot separately first, (to hboot 1.44) then you can run the RUU. download here: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/1-29-401-12_hboot_1-44-zip/
then in bootloader/FASTBOOT USB:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip 1.29.401.12_hboot_1.44.zip
fastboot flash zip 1.29.401.12_hboot_1.44.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
-> confirm hboot is 1.44
and run RUU.
PS: you have to be s-off obviously.
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Thanks for the info. I'm actually on HBOOT 1.44 already luckily. But I am not S-Off. Is that why the RUU is not working? I tried to use the All-In-One Toolkit to achieve S-Off now, but without a file structure it didn't work.
Any direction on achieving S-Off while it's so messed up?
Thanks,
Chris

misterasset said:
Thanks for the info. I'm actually on HBOOT 1.44 already luckily. But I am not S-Off. Is that why the RUU is not working? I tried to use the All-In-One Toolkit to achieve S-Off now, but without a file structure it didn't work.
Any direction on achieving S-Off while it's so messed up?
Thanks,
Chris
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Please:
1- date of bootloader
2- a "fastboot getvar all" (remove IMEI and s/n)
3- link to the RUU you are trying to use.
Don't forget pressing the little thanks button for people who have helped

No offense but it sounds as if you simply aren't running an ruu.zip correctly. I'm not understanding all this hensonn2000 or toolkit talk that you have going on. You flash ruu.zip while the phone is in fastboot oem RUU mode. Not that complicated. Also the error 155 was the bootloader being unlocked if I recall correctly. You have to relock it before flashing or running the appropriate RUU. Specially if youre s-on.

Thanks guys. I ended up getting it all working. I did not have the Bootloader relocked and that was why the RUU kept failing.
Thanks again for the extra direction,
Chris

[SOLVED] [Q] HTC One Doesn't boot, Can't Get Into Bootloader, only Fastboot

Hi guys,
I've searched the entire web (including all the XDA links regarding the HTC One), tried every solution out there and still can't fix my problem. I don't know where else to turn, so I am creating a new thread in XDA Developers.
Originally, I had unlocked my bootloader and rooted the phone to use stock android. A couple days ago, I tried to re-lock the bootloader and change back to the original Sense UI; however, when I did this, I got stuck in a boot loop (the phone kept rebooting and didn't boot into the OS).
I then went back into fastboot and restored all the files and settings.
Now, the only things I can actually go into is fastboot and bootloader (cannot boot into OS or even see the boot screen). The only way the phone can connect to my PC is if I'm in fastboot. When I go into bootloader, the phone disconnects from my PC.
My phone is from Telus in Canada and I can find a couple .zip RUU files on the web for Telus, however when I try to flash the phone using the command "fastboot flash zip filename.zip", I get the error "signature verify fail."
When I tried to use the RUU.exe from BrightStar (developer version), the update failed and there was a message saying to download the original firmware.
The last thing I tried was the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" (I did this to change the CID and MID, so I could use the Google Play RUU). When I do this, it goes to a black boot screen that has the HTC logo in grey (this is the boot screen I got from trying to use the BrightStar RUU.exe. It was originally a white screen with the HTC logo in green.). When I'm at this screen, I can communicate with the phone using fastboot commands, however when I try to change the CID, I get the error: "status read failed (too many links)," and when I try to change the MID, I get the error: "Command error !!!"
Just to remind you guys, I can only communicate with the phone using fastboot commands. No adb.
I have officially given up and gone crazy! Please Help!!!
*UPDATE* - Sorry, forgot to mention that I've idiotically re-locked the bootloader. Unlocking the bootloader would probably get rid of the "signature verify fail" message. I'm unable to flash the recovery because the bootloader is locked and I can't get into the filesystem because the phone needs to go into the OS for that.
When I try to unlock the bootlader by using "fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin" it gives me the error: "cannot open 'Unlock_code.bin'."
I need to be able to access and make changes to the file system by using fastboot commands and I have no idea how to do this.
*UPDATE #2* - I've managed to re-unlock the bootlader (I didn't have the Unlock_code.bin file in the same directory as the current directory in my cmd window). I've re-flashed the recovery successfully. Now when I reboot, it goes into recovery mode (still can't boot into the OS). I'm using ClockWorks for the recovery.
Now I'm unable to root the phone. I'm trying to write SuperSU v1.65 to the phone by using the command: "fastboot flash zip UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zp" and I get the error message: "remote: not allowed."
I can flash the recovery.img and boot.img (can't flash system.img because there's "not enough space"), but I can't flash .zip files
When I try flashing another boot.img, I still get the same thing. The phone goes to the boot screen and can't boot. Then, it reboots and goes automatically into recovery (I can still get into the bootloader and recovery).
Any suggestions to get past these permissions?

bkhosh2 said:
Hi guys,
I've searched the entire web (including all the XDA links regarding the HTC One), tried every solution out there and still can't fix my problem. I don't know where else to turn, so I am creating a new thread in XDA Developers.
Originally, I had unlocked my bootloader and rooted the phone to use stock android. A couple days ago, I tried to re-lock the bootloader and change back to the original Sense UI; however, when I did this, I got stuck in a boot loop (the phone kept rebooting and didn't boot into the OS).
I then went back into fastboot and restored all the files and settings.
Now, the only things I can actually go into is fastboot and bootloader (cannot boot into OS or even see the boot screen). The only way the phone can connect to my PC is if I'm in fastboot. When I go into bootloader, the phone disconnects from my PC.
My phone is from Telus in Canada and I can find a couple .zip RUU files on the web for Telus, however when I try to flash the phone using the command "fastboot flash zip filename.zip", I get the error "signature verify fail."
When I tried to use the RUU.exe from BrightStar (developer version), the update failed and there was a message saying to download the original firmware.
The last thing I tried was the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" (I did this to change the CID and MID, so I could use the Google Play RUU). When I do this, it goes to a black boot screen that has the HTC logo in grey (this is the boot screen I got from trying to use the BrightStar RUU.exe. It was originally a white screen with the HTC logo in green.). When I'm at this screen, I can communicate with the phone using fastboot commands, however when I try to change the CID, I get the error: "status read failed (too many links)," and when I try to change the MID, I get the error: "Command error !!!"
Just to remind you guys, I can only communicate with the phone using fastboot commands. No adb.
I have officially given up and gone crazy! Please Help!!!
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Try command "fastboot erase cache", then try to re-flash an other recovery (recommended : twrp 2.6.3.3)

superbellefleche said:
Try command "fastboot erase cache", then try to re-flash an other recovery (recommended : twrp 2.6.3.3)
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I'm sorry, but I'm kind of a noob. How exactly do I re-flash a recovery. do I do this using the command: "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" or should I try "fastboot flash zip filname.zip" (RUU.zip) again?
*UPDATE* - I've tried erasing the cache and re-flashing the recovery and I still get the error message: "signature verify fail."

I'm still waiting for someone to help me. Is anyone going to help me fix my problem or is my HTC One doomed?

If you are on Telus
Download http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu-zip...157-04_release_336571_signed_2_decrypted-zip/
Relock your bootloader
Then
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip RUU_ZIP_M7_UL_JB43_SENSE50_MR_TELUS_WWE_3.22.661.1_R3_Radio_4A.20.3263.16_10.38k.1157.04_release_336571_signed_2_decrypted.zip
May have to run the flash zip command twice..

SaHiLzZ said:
If you are on Telus
Relock your bootloader
Then
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip RUU_ZIP_M7_UL_JB43_SENSE50_MR_TELUS_WWE_3.22.661.1_R3_Radio_4A.20.3263.16_10.38k.1157.04_release_336571_signed_2_decrypted.zip
May have to run the flash zip command twice..
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I've already tried that. When the bootloader is locked, I get the error: "signature verify fail."

OK.. Unlock bootloader, flash custom recovery, adb push this file: http://www.htc1guru.com/2013/11/guru-reset-3-22-661-1/, and install it from recovery.

SaHiLzZ said:
OK.. Unlock bootloader, flash custom recovery, adb push this file
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I can't use adb commands...
I have all kinds of USB drivers installed (including the one from SDK Manager). When I type in the command "adb devices", I get nothing.

bkhosh2 said:
I can't use adb commands...
I have all kinds of USB drivers installed (including the one from SDK Manager). When I type in the command "adb devices", I get nothing.
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adb commands will work if your in twrp recovery
and the reason your ruu.zip failed is because you were not in fastboot oem rebootRUU when you tried them, seems you mixing and matching different forums of flashing .. it don't work like that.

Just to re-iterate..
1. fastboot oem rebootRUU (this will show a gray HTC logo on black screen)
2. fastboot flash zip RUU_ZIP_M7_UL_JB43_SENSE50_MR_TELUS_WWE_3.22.661.1 _R3_Radio_4A.20.3263.16_10.38k.1157.04_release_336 571_signed_2_decrypted.zip
May have to run #2 again if it shows flush error..

clsA said:
adb commands will work if your in twrp recovery
and the reason your ruu.zip failed is because you were not in fastboot oem rebootRUU when you tried them, seems you mixing and matching different forums of flashing .. it don't work like that.
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I Installed the TWRP recovery instead of the ClockWorkMod and adb command work! Never using ClockWork ever again!

SaHiLzZ said:
Just to re-iterate..
1. fastboot oem rebootRUU (this will show a gray HTC logo on black screen)
2. fastboot flash zip RUU_ZIP_M7_UL_JB43_SENSE50_MR_TELUS_WWE_3.22.661.1 _R3_Radio_4A.20.3263.16_10.38k.1157.04_release_336 571_signed_2_decrypted.zip
May have to run #2 again if it shows flush error..
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I Installed TWRP and went into the TWRP recovery and noticed the adb commands work.
That file didn't work, however the Guru file you mentioned earlier did (with the "adb push" command)! Thanks so much for your help! Everything is working perfectly again!

Thanks for posting back. Edit your title to [SOLVED]! and enjoy!

RUU.exe giving error 155

hi all.
need help.
i wanted to revert back to stock.
followed htc1guru tutorial.
downloaded ruu.exe.
i downgraded to hboot 1.44 write my cid back to htc__044 and on s-off
but after executing .exe im getting error 155.
googled it most of the people posted because they having hboot 1.55, so couldnt find any solution for my case.
any help? thanks a lot.
good day

shdin271 said:
hi all.
need help.
i wanted to revert back to stock.
followed htc1guru tutorial.
downloaded ruu.exe.
i downgraded to hboot 1.44 write my cid back to htc__044 and on s-off
but after executing .exe im getting error 155.
googled it most of the people posted because they having hboot 1.55, so couldnt find any solution for my case.
any help? thanks a lot.
good day
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try this method
This is the instructions posted by Scotty85
I'm just re-posting it for you
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http://androidforums.com/t-one-all-t...ml#post5864243
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here is how you extract rom.zip:
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the .exe utilities can be finicky,so if you have trouble getting it to run, you can extract "rom.zip" in the following manner:
-start the utility
-check the "i understand" box to move on to the next screen
-hide the utility temporarily out of site
-search your C drive for "rom.zip". you will find it in a temporary location(it will be in a different spot each time you run the utility)
-open the folder location,and transfer rom.zip to a safe location on your PC.
-unhide and cancel the utility,your done with it.
-rom.zip can be flashed using
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
fastboot flash zip rom.zip (yes do this 2 times)
fastboot reboot
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here are some directions to flash "rom.zip"
if you're working with a booted,operational phone,you can flash the file in the following manner:
-open a cmd window
-change to adb/fastboot directory
-place the zip file you want to flash into adb/fastboot directory
-enable usb debug,disable fastboot,plug in phone
-check for connectivity
adb devices (should return serial number)
-boot to fastboot
adb reboot bootloader
-check for connectivity again
fastboot devices
-flash the file
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU (will put you in ruu mode,black screen silver htc letters)
fastboot flash zip zipfilename.zip (will send and flash the file. don't interrupt it while the cmd window shows its writing's,and the green status bar is moving on the phone screen)
*sometimes a file will fail with a pre-update error. this is normal,just enter again:
fastboot flash zip zipfilename.zip
and this time it will finish
-when you get "finished" and "OK"
fastboot reboot-bootloader (takes you back to fastboot)
-reboot back to the OS
fastbooot reboot
you can use this if you don't have an operational phone as well. you just need to manually put the phone in fastboot(select from hboot menu) then skip the "adb" commands and start with fastboot devices
to answer your other question,yes,you will need to re-unlock and re-install recovery after running the RUU. an ruu is designed as an "unroot" solution, or emergency fix,if other attempts have not made the phone operational.
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clsA said:
try this method
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thanks for the reply. i think i missed something in bootloader status (relocked locked)
according to this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2541082, my bootloader should be locked not relocked. i tried it with relocked.
havent tried it yet, but ill hold on for a few days testing my new radio. if the problem persists, ill use this method. again thanks bro.

shdin271 said:
thanks for the reply. i think i missed something in bootloader status (relocked locked)
according to this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2541082, my bootloader should be locked not relocked. i tried it with relocked.
havent tried it yet, but ill hold on for a few days testing my new radio. if the problem persists, ill use this method. again thanks bro.
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locked and relocked are the same thing