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[SOLVED] [Q] [HELP!] Semi Bricked!

solved!

expertzero1 said:
So i have nothing on my system, adb push doesnt work because it doesnt recognize the device. Been at this for atleast 3 hours lol, need some assistance!
will do a donation for if i can get it back up and running
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Can we get a little more info. I'm guessing you have wiped everything so no boot. But is the bootloader unlocked? What flavor One are we doing tonight? Can you boot to recovery? Can you get to fastboot? What kind of computer and OS version?

nullkill said:
Can we get a little more info. I'm guessing you have wiped everything so no boot. But is the bootloader unlocked? What flavor One are we doing tonight? Can you boot to recovery? Can you get to fastboot? What kind of computer and OS version?
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Yep damn cwm wiped everything. Yes bootloader is unlocked and its the dev edition.
Yes i can boot to recover and fast boot.
Windows 7 64 bit.
I have adb and fastboot installed already. I havnt set up the android sdk yet, do i need that?
thnx for helping!
EDIT: just saw the ruu posted lol

expertzero1 said:
Yep damn cwm wiped everything. Yes bootloader is unlocked and its the dev edition.
Yes i can boot to recover and fast boot.
Windows 7 64 bit.
I have adb and fastboot installed already. I havnt set up the android sdk yet, do i need that?
thnx for helping!
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Android SDK will get you ADB driver so the phone should be recognized. You can also flash Team Win Recovery and the USB support is working just has to be plugged into the computer upon boot. You can then copy over a ROM and done.
Also ATT or Dev or Tmo version?
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This also has the driver faster than SDK http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942 all in one tool kit and will do team win as well

nullkill said:
Android SDK will get you ADB driver so the phone should be recognized. You can also flash Team Win Recovery and the USB support is working just has to be plugged into the computer upon boot. You can then copy over a ROM and done.
Also ATT or Dev or Tmo version?
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Its the dev edition, since the ruu is posted, i dont need to do fastboot anymore right? haha just a bit over my head, been at this for 3 hours lol

expertzero1 said:
Its the dev edition, since the ruu is posted, i dont need to do fastboot anymore right? haha just a bit over my head, been at this for 3 hours lol
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Correct the problem is my downloads are 8 days and I have a very good conection, the HTC servers are getting hammered might be a while like a day for another link or for them to calm down. It's 990 megs. Might be faster to do the all in one tool kit and install drivers and then install team win recovery and then just flash a ROM.

nullkill said:
Correct the problem is my downloads are 8 days and I have a very good conection, the HTC servers are getting hammered might be a while like a day for another link or for them to calm down. It's 990 megs. Might be faster to do the all in one tool kit and install drivers and then install team win recovery and then just flash a ROM.
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im almost done 90%

expertzero1 said:
im almost done 90%
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Not fair But that's good I have no need just in case for me

nullkill said:
Not fair But that's good I have no need just in case for me
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im going to try the adb stuff after im done playing league of legends lol
gotta learn this adb is a bit hard lol
are you dling straight from htc?

expertzero1 said:
im going to try the adb stuff after im done playing league of legends lol
gotta learn this adb is a bit hard lol
are you dling straight from htc?
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hey i cant find the adb thingy in the tool kit lol, are you talking about the htc drivers?

Yes the toolkit will install drivers for adb
just select install HTC drivers

nullkill said:
Yes the toolkit will install drivers for adb
just select install HTC drivers
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ok cool, the damn ruu failed while instaling

nullkill said:
Not fair But that's good I have no need just in case for me
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installing the drivers, its not recognizing it through adb, fastboot works though, kinda figured it out, gotta relock the bootloader for the ruu lol

expertzero1 said:
installing the drivers, its not recognizing it through adb, fastboot works though, kinda figured it out, gotta relock the bootloader for the ruu lol
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yeah cant get adb to recognize it, but fastboot works.
uninstalled and restainlled the drivers doesnt help,
relocked the bootloader to install the ruu, gets stuck on sending lol

expertzero1 said:
yeah cant get adb to recognize it, but fastboot works.
uninstalled and restainlled the drivers doesnt help,
relocked the bootloader to install the ruu, gets stuck on sending lol
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Sorry didn't see before I went to sleep. Still stuck? We need to get drivers working there is a guide around here for win 7 64 bit. Let me know where you are at.

Help, I need somebody! (Serious problems restoring original firmware)

Hey guys,
I'm really sorry to bother everyone but I just spent 10 hours straight trying to get my HTC One back to its original state.
I'm really frustrated as I have tried 15 different tutorials and have about 1 million tabs open right now.
- I tried the whole re-locking thing and tried flashing a RUU (tried so many different ones but always some signature error. And with exe's I should get the right utility because it's the wrong bootloader). I don't even know what's the right one. Here's the getvar version-main I get: 1.29.401.12
- I somehow wiped everything and can't even get my phone as an external flash drive.
- I read I should have S Off whatever that is, but for that I needed to re-flash a rom. I can't even get that to work anymore. I tried to sideload it. It worked...but there's nothing on the phone except an ever turning cyanogenmod wheel.
- I took a pic of my bootloader screen, maybe you guys can decipher what there's to be done.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p013md5fog7t4vn/2013-11-14%2017.34.07.jpg
Any help is SO appreciated! x/
Please go easy on me and speak english...not code lol
I know my way around googling the hell out of things but this is obviously my limit^^

ycianca said:
Hey guys,
I'm really sorry to bother everyone but I just spent 10 hours straight trying to get my HTC One back to its original state.
I'm really frustrated as I have tried 15 different tutorials and have about 1 million tabs open right now.
- I tried the whole re-locking thing and tried flashing a RUU (tried so many different ones but always some signature error. And with exe's I should get the right utility because it's the wrong bootloader). I don't even know what's the right one. Here's the getvar version-main I get: 1.29.401.12
- I somehow wiped everything and can't even get my phone as an external flash drive.
- I read I should have S Off whatever that is, but for that I needed to re-flash a rom. I can't even get that to work anymore. I tried to sideload it. It worked...but there's nothing on the phone except an ever turning cyanogenmod wheel.
- I took a pic of my bootloader screen, maybe you guys can decipher what there's to be done.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p013md5fog7t4vn/2013-11-14%2017.34.07.jpg
Any help is SO appreciated! x/
Please go easy on me and speak english...not code lol
I know my way around googling the hell out of things but this is obviously my limit^^
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Okay, your hboot is 1.44 (April 2013), so you should be able to achieve S-Off using revone.
can you please post a "fastboot getvar all" (remove IMEI and serialno), and confirm your bootloader is unlocked

sure, here you go:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56231439/Untitled-1.jpg

nkk71 said:
Okay, your hboot is 1.44 (April 2013), so you should be able to achieve S-Off using revone.
can you please post a "fastboot getvar all" (remove IMEI and serialno), and confirm your bootloader is unlocked
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as for the unlocked bootloader, i guess it's unlocked as it says unlocked in pink on the picture

ycianca said:
as for the unlocked bootloader, i guess it's unlocked as it says unlocked in pink on the picture
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my bad, i'll get back to you in a little while.....
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ycianca said:
as for the unlocked bootloader, i guess it's unlocked as it says unlocked in pink on the picture
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Sorry for having to rewind a little, but can you let me know your goal?
1- hboot -> OK
2- getvar -> OK
3- you can achieve S-Off using revone with a Sense 5 / Android 4.1.2 based ROM
I need to go now, and may not be back till Saturday, in the meantime, if you need to get you phone up & running just use: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_reset_m7_1-29-401-13-zip/ (unselect "stock recovery" during installer) or any other custom ROM out there.
If you think I've helped, hit the thanks button,
and please explain where you want to end up.

nkk71 said:
my bad, i'll get back to you in a little while.....
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Sorry for having to rewind a little, but can you let me know your goal?
1- hboot -> OK
2- getvar -> OK
3- you can achieve S-Off using revone with a Sense 5 / Android 4.1.2 based ROM
I need to go now, and may not be back till Saturday, in the meantime, if you need to get you phone up & running just use: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_reset_m7_1-29-401-13-zip/ (unselect "stock recovery" during installer) or any other custom ROM out there.
If you think I've helped, hit the thanks button,
and please explain where you want to end up.
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my goal, as stated in my initial post and title, is to get my original phone back (firmware and stuff). i had cm on it, now there's nothing on it except a "useless" fastboot and recovery. i just wish to get my original phone back so i can re-sell it.

ycianca said:
my goal, as stated in my initial post and title, is to get my original phone back (firmware and stuff). i had cm on it, now there's nothing on it except a "useless" fastboot and recovery. i just wish to get my original phone back so i can re-sell it.
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i just downloaded that zip and now i have absolutely no clue what to do...

Ah I think I know what your problem is ... 1.29.401.12 doesnt have a full RUU file anywhere ... can u tell me the filename you tried running (RUU exe?) ..
So what you need is ...
1. TWRP/CWM Recovery installed and working
2. TWRP/CWM Backup ROM file for 1.29.401.12
I could only google and find CWM backup for your ROM so you need to flash CWM recovery first (I assume you know how)
Download your ROM backup from here -> http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/m7-cwm-nandroid-backup-cid-htc__102-1-29-401-12-2013-05-16-zip/
adb push this to your sdcard and use restore option from CWM... also best if you wipe data/factory reset first since you had CM on it

v-b-n said:
Ah I think I know what your problem is ... 1.29.401.12 doesnt have a full RUU file anywhere ... can u tell me the filename you tried running (RUU exe?) ..
So what you need is ...
1. TWRP/CWM Recovery installed and working
2. TWRP/CWM Backup ROM file for 1.29.401.12
I could only google and find CWM backup for your ROM so you need to flash CWM recovery first (I assume you know how)
Download your ROM backup from here -> http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/m7-cwm-nandroid-backup-cid-htc__102-1-29-401-12-2013-05-16-zip/
adb push this to your sdcard and use restore option from CWM... also best if you wipe data/factory reset first since you had CM on it
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thanks i will try that. do i need to re-lock it first?

ycianca said:
thanks i will try that. do i need to re-lock it first?
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No need to relock

i don't know how adb push works. i tried following a tutorial but it says to mount sdcard which i don't have. i only have system, data and cache.
i then re-locked, then tried to flash via fastboot oem reboot and flash zip.
that didn't work because of "signature verify fail".
i'd love to try adb push, if you could be so nice to tell me how i'd have to proceed.

It would be easier if you download a Custom ROM and then in CWM choose Install -> Sideload
And then from PC , adb sideload yourfile.zip
This should load the Custom ROM ... it will be easier to transfer and manage the nandroid backup files once the OS is loaded

v-b-n said:
It would be easier if you download a Custom ROM and then in CWM choose Install -> Sideload
And then from PC , adb sideload yourfile.zip
This should load the Custom ROM ... it will be easier to transfer and manage the nandroid backup files once the OS is loaded
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yes i tried that but it does not work. and i don't get why.
1. i sideloaded a cm stable file.
2. the file had been renamed sideload.zip
3. i started the install and it said successful.
4. when i boot the phone, the cm wheel turns and turns infinitely.
5. i tried a different rom (infection), it said succesful install, i re-booted but that darned cm wheel was still there turning and turning thinking "you like that huh?"

If you have nothing to save on sdcard , this is what I would do ...
1. Wipe System
2. Wipe Cache
3. Wipe Data
4. Wipe INternal Storage
And CWM Sideload should start the flashing immediately after transferring the zip file unless u r doing it some wrong way
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Here's another way ..
Download this -> http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_reset_m7_1-29-401-13-zip/
Sideload it and follow on screen steps

to save us some time. would you be open for a quick chat session with screen sharing?
we could resolve this in 5 minutes like that.
tell me what you think, thanks!

ycianca said:
to save us some time. would you be open for a quick chat session with screen sharing?
we could resolve this in 5 minutes like that.
tell me what you think, thanks!
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nevermind! it seriously finally worked.
- i had some issues on the way with guru reset but it finally worked.
i couldn't sideload it it said something about too many emulators...
i sideloaded it via a toolkit and it worked. guru reset gave me another version number than the getvar thought. strange isn't it?
anyways...thanks a lot for helping me out!

ycianca said:
nevermind! it seriously finally worked.
- i had some issues on the way with guru reset but it finally worked.
i couldn't sideload it it said something about too many emulators...
i sideloaded it via a toolkit and it worked. guru reset gave me another version number than the getvar thought. strange isn't it?
anyways...thanks a lot for helping me out!
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getvar shows your firmware version, settings -> about shows you the ROM version

[Q] Blue screen after attempting 4.4 update

I don't know what I did, but I now get a blue screen that I can't get out of after getting the 4.4 OTA update. I rooted and installed a GPE 4.3 RUU previously with CWM and when 4.4 came along, I just didn't be careful. I cannot even get to the bootloader to do anything. Help! What do I do? Everything I try just puts me back at the blue screen.

yitbos1 said:
I don't know what I did, but I now get a blue screen that I can't get out of after getting the 4.4 OTA update. I rooted and installed a GPE 4.3 RUU previously with CWM and when 4.4 came along, I just didn't be careful. I cannot even get to the bootloader to do anything. Help! What do I do? Everything I try just puts me back at the blue screen.
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Exact same issue, at first i couldn't get to bootloader, but after a couple attempts, you should be able to get to it... I literally did the exact same thing as you did, was it because you HTC wasn't google play edition? I flashed a custom rom for Google play 4.3 and did the O.T.A update, blue screen with pixels kind of floating around. Keep me updated

OK, I got back into bootloader (I'm an idiot and was holding down the wrong button). Just reinstalled the 4.3 file and everything was good from there.

yitbos1 said:
OK, I got back into bootloader (I'm an idiot and was holding down the wrong button). Just reinstalled the 4.3 file and everything was good from there.
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I'm in the same boat. How'd you reinstall 4.3?

illwon said:
I'm in the same boat. How'd you reinstall 4.3?
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Yeah???? I'm lost

If you have access to your bootloader, just go into recovery. From there you can install the old rom.

yitbos1 said:
If you have access to your bootloader, just go into recovery. From there you can install the old rom.
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Lost my old rom, pretty much hooped i think

grab the RUU here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358781
get to fastboot mode
then enter RUU mode with fastboot oem rebootRUU
then flash the RUU with fastboot flash zip RUUname.zip
do that command twice.
then reboot and you'll have a good clean GPE 4.4 install.

ipfreelytech is this the only way?
i have to flash again and erase every thing on my mobile?
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ipfreelytech is this the only way?
i have to flash again and erase every thing on my mobile?

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Mark please create a new thread..

it's the fastest, best and most reliable way.
You have no one to blame for this but yourself. it's your fault your phone is screwed up and your fault you don't have a backup.
After running that RUU if you don't screw with anything and don't load a custom recovery you will be able to get future OTA updates.
I've done the OTA so far on 3 One's that I had previously converted using the 4.3 conversion RUU. none of them failed catastrophically. I had to uninstall Xposed; and mine had a custom build.prop but those were minor hiccups that were easily fixed. I'll be doing the OTA on a 4th one later today so I guess we'll see if my luck holds up..
nobody850 said:
ipfreelytech is this the only way?
i have to flash again and erase every thing on my mobile?
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ipfreelytech is this the only way?
i have to flash again and erase every thing on my mobile?
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I have back up, i got the blue screen then i went to recovery and got every thing back. The link you posted tells me how to update but they also tell me that all the mobiles memory will be erased, is there any way i can update with out erasing the memory?

no. running the RUU will wipe /data. it's unavoidable.
if you can't boot normally you'll need to pull your stuff off via ADB and save to your PC. then after running the RUU you can copy files back. I would NOT recommend restoring data from a nandroid since it doesn't sound like you had a successful conversion to 4.4 with the OTA so you'd be restoring old 4.3 data structures.
nobody850 said:
I have back up, i got the blue screen then i went to recovery and got every thing back. The link you posted tells me how to update but they also tell me that all the mobiles memory will be erased, is there any way i can update with out erasing the memory?
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thank you
one more question, if i run the RUU and i get the 4.4 update will i get the blue screen when updating to a newer version?
why even did the blue screen in the first place? i have the build number: JWR66V.H10 and i know that it is the original GE.

you seem to be misunderstanding. the RUU is the 4.4 update. There might be slight ota updates but until 4.5 comes out there won't be another major update you'd install.
you flashed an ota update from a custom recovery Don't do that!
that should be JWR66Y.h10! you missed an update in between. not sure how the update ran at all with the wrong build. your recovery must not have been enforcing requirements.
nobody850 said:
thank you
one more question, if i run the RUU and i get the 4.4 update will i get the blue screen when updating to a newer version?
why even did the blue screen in the first place? i have the build number: JWR66V.H10 and i know that it is the original GE.
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thank you
i have just found out what may be the problem, s-on
i have tried to change it before but there was nothing for hboot1.54.
i tried Rumrunner, at first it gave me error but after installing the HTC drive twice it appeared to be working.
sadly it reaches a point after 2 fast boots then tells me: FATAL
I don't know what to do.

Some one please help!!!!

i ahve tried to install a custom rom but it didnt flash properly, and i tried to do a restore of my stock rom but its not on my phone anymore all i can do is put the phone into bootloader and recovery, i have my stock rom backed up on my pc, but i cant find a way of getting my pc to recognise the phone to enable me to get the stock rom installed, my 400pound htc one might as well be a paperweight at this rate!!
surly there is a way i can get acess to the internal sd card??

Search for: adb sideload

BenPope said:
Search for: adb sideload
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will that work even tho i only have acess to boot loader and recovery?
also will i loose root?

nottys4 said:
will that work even tho i only have acess to boot loader and recovery?
also will i loose root?
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It depends on the recovery, but it works in TWRP.
It is the ROM that is rooted, so if you sideload a non-rooted ROM and flash it, you will lose root. It seems you don't have a working ROM, so you don't "have" root.

BenPope said:
It depends on the recovery, but it works in TWRP.
It is the ROM that is rooted, so if you sideload a non-rooted ROM and flash it, you will lose root. It seems you don't have a working ROM, so you don't "have" root.
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i had root and a custom rom on my phone but i reflashed a differnt rom and it wouldnt load only to realise i didnt have the working rom on my phone, ive tried adb side load and its not working, i followed the tutorial step by step???
any suggestions

nottys4 said:
i had root and a custom rom on my phone but i reflashed a differnt rom and it wouldnt load only to realise i didnt have the working rom on my phone, ive tried adb side load and its not working, i followed the tutorial step by step???
any suggestions
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Let me correct you. You had a custom ROM that was rooted.
My suggestion is to fix the problem.
I can't help you because:
1) I don't know what recovery you have
2) I don't know what tutorial you followed
3) I don't know in which way it is "not working"
I suggest you flash TWRP 2.6.3.4 and use adb sideload.

BenPope said:
Let me correct you. You had a custom ROM that was rooted.
My suggestion is to fix the problem.
I can't help you because:
1) I don't know what recovery you have
2) I don't know what tutorial you followed
3) I don't know in which way it is "not working"
I suggest you flash TWRP 2.6.3.4 and use adb sideload.
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i have twrp 2.6.3.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559200
thats the tutorial
it wont load any rom says it cant read the rom

Post your commands which you used to copy files
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SaHiLzZ said:
Post your commands which you used to copy files
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all the commands that i sent are in the tutoruial that i shared

Get hold of a OTG cable. Put the ROM from the PC onto a USB stick and then flash it through your recovery using the OTG cable
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Get hold of a OTG cable. Put the ROM from the PC onto a USB stick and then flash it through your recovery using the OTG cable
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fanstastic idea but i need my phone to be able to boot back up to install super su and it cant because i dont have a rom installed on it, any idea of where i can get a stock unrooted rom from my m7 international?

i am completly stuck!!!!! is someone willing to connect to me via skype and help me out as i need my phone bacl on asap and dont know how to do it!!!

nottys4 said:
i am completly stuck!!!!! is someone willing to connect to me via skype and help me out as i need my phone bacl on asap and dont know how to do it!!!
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You need to get adb working on your PC or you could try what bored_stupid is suggesting. You are a long why from requiring supersu at this point.

mb_guy said:
You need to get adb working on your PC or you could try what bored_stupid is suggesting. You are a long why from requiring supersu at this point.
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are you able to have a chat with me on skype please and explain this in more detail, i've done so much in the past few days i dont even know where i am anymore

nottys4 said:
i had root and a custom rom on my phone but i reflashed a differnt rom and it wouldnt load only to realise i didnt have the working rom on my phone, ive tried adb side load and its not working, i followed the tutorial step by step???
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Try to be more precise! Which rom are your trying to flash? Give a link!
nottys4 said:
all the commands that i sent are in the tutoruial that i shared
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If you have posted a screenshot of your cmd prompt maybe we could pinpoint why its failing.
nottys4 said:
fanstastic idea but i need my phone to be able to boot back up to install super su and it cant because i dont have a rom installed on it, any idea of where i can get a stock unrooted rom from my m7 international?
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You don't even have a working rom so why are you still talking about root??? You don't need root to use a usb otg cable to flash a rom.
Make sure you have the latest android sdk installed on your computer and latest htc drivers.
Post the output of fastboot getvar all minus imei/sn

alray said:
Try to be more precise! Which rom are your trying to flash? Give a link!
If you have posted a screenshot of your cmd prompt maybe we could pinpoint why its failing.
You don't even have a working rom so why are you still talking about root??? You don't need root to use a usb otg cable to flash a rom.
Make sure you have the latest android sdk installed on your computer and latest htc drivers.
Post the output of fastboot getvar all minus imei/sn
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many thanks guys for your help i managed to get my phone back online again!! but i now have another problem...
hi there after completely messing my phone up i managed to get this rom back on and working!! but my phone gives this error message:
There was a problem communicating with google servers.
try again later.
does anyone know why this is??
anybody else having issues with thier google account??

nottys4 said:
anybody else having issues with thier google account??
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It is problem globally! Google is experiencing major error with sync servers.
or try this: go to accounts.google.com and in security (left panel) go to the list of 3rd party applications that are using your Google credentials and start revoking the applications that you no longer use.

Softor4pda said:
It is problem globally! Google is experiencing major error with sync servers.
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bugger!!! i really wanna get my phone set up too, any ideas of how long they will be down?

Misc Rooting Questions

Can you flash ROMs without root?
What twrp version is best for this device? Thanks

Tmobilefan906 said:
Can you flash ROMs without root?
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Yes. You do have to have your bootloader unlocked though. Most custom ROMs come rooted once you flash them.
Tmobilefan906 said:
What twrp version is best for this device? Thanks
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I'm using 2.8.7.0 and haven't had any issues.

coal686 said:
Yes. You do have to have your bootloader unlocked though. Most custom ROMs come rooted once you flash them.
I'm using 2.8.7.0 and haven't had any issues.
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I'm no stranger to this....just making sure. Lol. How can I sideload a ROM? There's no o.s on mine. Do I go to a cmd prompt and type su...then adb push.....? I've always had issues with adb side loading. Thanks.
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Tmobilefan906 said:
I'm no stranger to this....just making sure. Lol. How can I sideload a ROM? There's no o.s on mine. Do I go to a cmd prompt and type su...then adb push.....? I've always had issues with adb side loading. Thanks.
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And is facepalm still working for s off? I heard they stopped deving for it. Thanks again.

Tmobilefan906 said:
I'm no stranger to this....just making sure. Lol. How can I sideload a ROM? There's no o.s on mine. Do I go to a cmd prompt and type su...then adb push.....? I've always had issues with adb side loading. Thanks.
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And is facepalm still working for s off? I heard they stopped deving for it. Thanks again.
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No problem. I moved this conversation into its own Q&A thread.
I've never had to ADB sideload before. If I remember right, the one time I had that issue, I was able to copy the ROM file over through the custom recovery. So, you'd put TWRP on first, boot into it, and then copy it over that way.
Since you have no OS, you could also run the RUU to completely reset the phone back to stock. Then unlock the bootloader, flash TWRP, copy the new ROM over, and then wipe and flash in TWRP.
I don't think Facepalm still works. If the phone has an older bootloader, one of the older methods might work, but the only s-off method that works on newer bootloaders is called Sunshine.

You can also adb push a rom while in recovery.
1. Download said rom, place it in your adb/fastboot folder.
2. Open a cmd window from said folder.
3. type adb push RomName.zip /sdcard/
It will take a few minutes to complete so be patient.
4. Wipe data/cache/dal cache/system
5. Flash rom.
6. Profit.

Sloth said:
You can also adb push a rom while in recovery.
1. Download said rom, place it in your adb/fastboot folder.
2. Open a cmd window from said folder.
3. type adb push RomName.zip /sdcard/
It will take a few minutes to complete so be patient.
4. Wipe data/cache/dal cache/system
5. Flash rom.
6. Profit.
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OK. Every time I tried that, it kept saying error. All drivers were installed..drivers for while in BL, normal mode and recovery were installed on my PC. Maybe I typed it wrong. After .zip, there is a space then /sdcard/...right?

coal686 said:
No problem. I moved this conversation into its own Q&A thread.
I've never had to ADB sideload before. If I remember right, the one time I had that issue, I was able to copy the ROM file over through the custom recovery. So, you'd put TWRP on first, boot into it, and then copy it over that way.
Since you have no OS, you could also run the RUU to completely reset the phone back to stock. Then unlock the bootloader, flash TWRP, copy the new ROM over, and then wipe and flash in TWRP.
I don't think Facepalm still works. If the phone has an older bootloader, one of the older methods might work, but the only s-off method that works on newer bootloaders is called Sunshine.
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Yea, the phone has 2.6.4 twrp already on it. I bought it with no o.s

coal686 said:
No problem. I moved this conversation into its own Q&A thread.
I've never had to ADB sideload before. If I remember right, the one time I had that issue, I was able to copy the ROM file over through the custom recovery. So, you'd put TWRP on first, boot into it, and then copy it over that way.
Since you have no OS, you could also run the RUU to completely reset the phone back to stock. Then unlock the bootloader, flash TWRP, copy the new ROM over, and then wipe and flash in TWRP.
I don't think Facepalm still works. If the phone has an older bootloader, one of the older methods might work, but the only s-off method that works on newer bootloaders is called Sunshine.
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I hear rumrunner and firewater still work...true?

Tmobilefan906 said:
Yea, the phone has 2.6.4 twrp already on it. I bought it with no o.s
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You'll definitely want to update that as I've heard older versions can have issues with newer ROMs. Not sure about that particular one.
Tmobilefan906 said:
I hear rumrunner and firewater still work...true?
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@Sloth might have kept up with this better. AFAIK, those Rumrunner will still work if you are on an older firmware, but I'm not sure.
EDIT: Fixed due to Sloth's answer below.

coal686 said:
You'll definitely want to update that as I've heard older versions can have issues with newer ROMs. Not sure about that particular one.
@Sloth might have kept up with this better. AFAIK, those will still work if you are on an older firmware, but I'm not sure.
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Update what? My twrp? I was thinking flashing 3.8.7 like u suggested. Its been a while since I tinkered with htcs. I've hacked quite a few in my days. Thanks again!!

coal686 said:
You'll definitely want to update that as I've heard older versions can have issues with newer ROMs. Not sure about that particular one.
@Sloth might have kept up with this better. AFAIK, those will still work if you are on an older firmware, but I'm not sure.
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RumRunner might work if it is still on one of the earlier updates, Firewater has been discontinued, if RR does not work you will have to use SunShine to s-off.

Tmobilefan906 said:
Update what? My twrp? I was thinking flashing 3.8.7 like u suggested. Its been a while since I tinkered with htcs. I've hacked quite a few in my days. Thanks again!!
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Yeah, TWRP. 2.6.x is pretty old. Since you've hacked a few HTC devices in the past, this device isn't much different except without an SD card, you can't use a specially named zip (like PGxxxx.zip) to flash firmware. It must be done with fastboot.

coal686 said:
Yeah, TWRP. 2.6.x is pretty old. Since you've hacked a few HTC devices in the past, this device isn't much different except without an SD card, you can't use a specially named zip (like PGxxxx.zip) to flash firmware. It must be done with fastboot.
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Why is recovery m7lw and roms zips are m7spr?

Sloth said:
You can also adb push a rom while in recovery.
1. Download said rom, place it in your adb/fastboot folder.
2. Open a cmd window from said folder.
3. type adb push RomName.zip /sdcard/
It will take a few minutes to complete so be patient.
4. Wipe data/cache/dal cache/system
5. Flash rom.
6. Profit.
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It says no such directory

Tmobilefan906 said:
It says no such directory
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I had to put .zip in the cmd prompt. Thanks.

Tmobilefan906 said:
It says no such directory
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Ugh. Stuck at 5%

Every time I flash recovery, it won't stick. I've tried button combos, multiple flashing recoveries. I need help

I think my bootloader is locked. Ugh

On my bootloader it says m7wls. Where can I find ROMs for that? I need to adb push it..I tried the RR ROM named m7spr, and it won't work. Please help!! Lol

Tmobilefan906 said:
Why is recovery m7lw and roms zips are m7spr?
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Does ".zip" have to be in ROM name to flash? This is my first sprint HTC. Ugh.