[Q] Got phone into a highly awkward state - One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've got a 64GB HTC One, imported from HK. I (stupidly, in hindsight) accepted the OTA updates - then unlocked via HTCDev, and installed CWM and Cyanogenmod.
After some poking around, I decided to return to Sense, and followed one of the many guides.
I can flash via fastboot successfully (2.24.708.4). Unfortunately, the phone no longer appears in Windows Explorer or via ADB for me to push a ROM or backup image to be used by CWM.
I suspect that somehow I've got into a state where there is no USB debugging enabled on the device, and no system to boot into for me to enable USB debugging.
How can I get a ZIP like Cyanogen, Android Revolution, etc. onto the device without ADB or Windows Explorer?
Feeling somewhat stupid, and a bit helpless.

You should be able to send it through fastboot regardless of your phone state IF you can get to bootloader.
Download the drivers from htcdev, and make sure you have the most updated adb/fastboot. You'll need to get the phone into fastboot. You should be able to send a zip using---> fastboot oem rebootRUU
The send the zip by the cmd----> fastboot flash zip rom.zip (rom.zip being the actual name of the zip)
Let it send. It WILL FAIL. Press the arrow up key on your keyboard to repeat the command and send it a second time. It WILL be a success. Once the command window says success, type---> fastboot reboot
Personally I would use the ruu zip to go back to stock instead of flashing another custom Rom.
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InflatedTitan said:
You should be able to send it through fastboot regardless of your phone state IF you can get to bootloader.
Download the drivers from htcdev, and make sure you have the most updated adb/fastboot. You'll need to get the phone into fastboot. You should be able to send a zip using---> fastboot oem rebootRUU
The send the zip by the cmd----> fastboot flash zip rom.zip (rom.zip being the actual name of the zip)
Let it send. It WILL FAIL. Press the arrow up key on your keyboard to repeat the command and send it a second time. It WILL be a success. Once the command window says success, type---> fastboot reboot
Personally I would use the ruu zip to go back to stock instead of flashing another custom Rom.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2
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Hey,
Thanks for the reply. I can certainly flash a ROM via rebootRUU. I have a 2.24.708.4.zip file, taken from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182823, which contains IMG files (boot.img, recovery.img, etc). Are you saying that I should flash that, and reboot? If I do that, the phone either hangs at a 'HTC - Quietly Brilliant*' screen, or at a black screen.
I also have the larger OTA ZIP, taken from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393790. This is what I believe I need to get onto the phone, somehow - are you saying that I can do that via rebootRUU?
Cheers,
steve
* extremely quiet, in my case...

steve_barham said:
Hey,
Thanks for the reply. I can certainly flash a ROM via rebootRUU. I have a 2.24.708.4.zip file, taken from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182823, which contains IMG files (boot.img, recovery.img, etc). Are you saying that I should flash that, and reboot? If I do that, the phone either hangs at a 'HTC - Quietly Brilliant*' screen, or at a black screen.
I also have the larger OTA ZIP, taken from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393790. This is what I believe I need to get onto the phone, somehow - are you saying that I can do that via rebootRUU?
Cheers,
steve
* extremely quiet, in my case...
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Not sure if this will help but try fastboot erase cache after you flash the ruu
EDIT, also make sure you flash the RUU twice

Hmmm those are updates. I've never fastbooted an OTA, it's always been full ruu zips. Before we progress, can you share with me the hboot, are you s-off or s-on, type of M7 you have? (International, Google play, att, tmobile, etc...)
It would be awesome if you could actually snap a pic of your bootloader for me with a different phone and post it here
Also like the poster above me stated, make sure while in rebootRUU you type---> fastboot flash zip rom.zip (rom.zip being the actual zip file name that's in fastboot folder) let it try to send and it'll fail.
Without doing anything more, press the arrow up on your keyboard and it'll repeat the exact command. Let it send for the second time and it'll say success. Then --->fastboot reboot
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Help! Stuck at HBOOT, need ideas/help!

Hi,
I bought a faulty Nexus one from ebay, thought I can fix it, as I did buy a faulty desire from ebay and was able to fix it. This time im not so lucky I guess.
So here it is:
The phone is stuck at X when booting normally.
I can access HBoot (But not Hboot USB Plug, because USB debugging is not enabled) and Fastboot USB. I unlocked Hboot. Fastboot in PC recognizes the phone but ADB does not as usb debugging is not enabled.
The phone is not Rooted
Here are my ideas so far:
Get somehow debugging on with some commands (No luck from reshearching in google)
Reflash stock rom with PASSIMG.ZIP in sdcard, but my phone does not recognize the file from my sdcard (I'm pretty certain im doing something wrong or my idea is somehow wrong)
Flash new images through FASTBOOT, but every time Signature check fails (Shipped-roms.com).
Root with superboot, but signature check failed here too.
Flash a recovery, signature check fails.
I will reguraly update my tries
Please suggest correction to my ideas or suggest new ones!
Help will be much appreciated!
I admit it, the phone might be briked, but I want to make sure that I have tried everything before I abandon this project.
And ofcourse I have no Warranty.
What file are you using for passimg.zip? Make sure it's not a zip inside a zip.
What images are you using via the fastboot flash command?
Sent from my Nexus One
You didn't unlock the bootloader, it seems - because if you did, it wouldn't be checking signatures, and you'd be able to flash anything.
First of thanks to both of you for helping.
I'm pretty sure that i do not have zip inside zip and I downloaded them from shipped roms.com -> android -> Passion-> PASSIMG_Google .... .ZIP, (Then renamed it ofcourse) Is there a difference what version of android i use?
The issue with this is, it checks the SD CARD and does not find anything. I have seen from google that the most common issue is that it starts to check the .zip file but then aborts. Does the SDCARD have to be a goldcard (I do have a goldcard but it might be faulty, right?)
I tried fastboot flash PASSIMG_Google.... .ZIP; Fastboot Flashall ( With having boot, recovery, system in my fastboot folder)
Maybe I should try to flash everything the .zip has in it seperately because that succeded for boot, system and recovery but I was too afraid to flash every partitation (Like Radio which seems to be the scariest and the most easiest way to brick phone)
For the third answer, I have ***UNLOCKED*** in bootloader in purple and top on the screen.
Once again thanks and keep suggesting!
Unpack the ZIP and flash each image separately.
Leave the radio as is, if it's updated enough (5.08 or 5.12). In any case, fastboot won't allow you to flash bad radio - and the risk of bricking the phone using fastboot is near 0.
For passimg.zip, you need to download the FRG33 shipped ROM from shipped-roms.com then EXTRACT the zip file that is inside the zip that you downloaded. Rename that file to passimg.zip
For fastboot, flash boot and system seperately.
When you boot the device normally, do you see the lock icon below the four colored x?
Sent from my Nexus One
Okay,
Did it one by one (PASSIMG_Passion_Google_WWE_2.16.1700.1_FRG33_release_signed.zip):
Succeeded:
Boot, Recovery, System and Userdata (that was only 3Kb)
Failed with signature check (Remote:Signature check failed):
Splash1, spcustom,
Did not do:
Radio
I'm going to post more details:
When booting up, it displays the X normally with the unlocking badge on the bottom of the screen and vibrates once. Then it goes black for a second or even less, the same images comes on and then it vibrates 6-7 times.
now that you successfully flashed the stock recovery, cam you boot into it?
Sent from my Nexus One
Nope, it does that what I described on the previous post
Oh and what's more it randomly during no activity being in fastboot vibrates as well for 5 times or so. It does this rarely but it's there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710937
Thanks, Well thats it then for now, just have to figure out what to do now
Sounds like you need to get the PASSIMG.zip method to work, or unlock and flash a new recovery like amon ra, and flash a full rom with sig checks off.
siimplangi said:
Nope, it does that what I described on the previous post
Oh and what's more it randomly during no activity being in fastboot vibrates as well for 5 times or so. It does this rarely but it's there
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Ok, but can you boot into recovery? In other words, boot into the bootloader and select recovery.
any solution?
efrant said:
Ok, but can you boot into recovery? In other words, boot into the bootloader and select recovery.
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hi guys.i have exactly same situation.
does anyone have a solution fir this?
kobi_eidelman said:
hi guys.i have exactly same situation.
does anyone have a solution fir this?
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Did you try all the solutions suggested above (passimg, fastboot flash, etc)? If yes then no I don't think so.

stuck, failed ruu no os

flashed twrp the other night, didn't realize it was the wrong version... apparently sprint needs a special one.
flashed the right one. somehow have no os now.
ran ruu which failed. now it's stuck on black htc screen with exclamations in all four corners.
tried to run ruu again, just says usb error.... don't know what to do next.
Mud3 said:
flashed twrp the other night, didn't realize it was the wrong version... apparently sprint needs a special one.
flashed the right one. somehow have no os now.
ran ruu which failed. now it's stuck on black htc screen with exclamations in all four corners.
tried to run ruu again, just says usb error.... don't know what to do next.
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I recently had the same issue, you should be able to fix this by following these steps, keep in mind, continuing this process will unroot your device. Thus, you will loose all of your data on your phone.
first begin by booting into bootloader, then plugging in your device via usb cable to your computer, it should now say "fastbootusb" on the device's screen.
if you don't already have the the fastbooot files required for your computer, you can download them here: ftp.qbking77.(com)/Files/OneDrivers_Fastboot.zip
after that, extract the zip file somewhere on your computer, and open the fastboot folder. Now hold down shift and click on an empty space in the folder and choose open new command window here, or something along those lines.
Now that you've done this, type fastboot oem lock and press enter, this will relock your phones bootloader.
Now, unplug your phone from usb, and reboot back into fastboot, and once again, plug the device into the computer. Just as before, your phones screen should now say fastboot usb. You can now flash this file via fastboot by following the instructions below.
androidfilehost.(com)/?fid=23329332407568410
rename the file downlaoded to firmware.zip and copy it to the folder containing your fastboot.exe file
now in the command prompt window, type in Fastboot oem rebootRUU
you should now see a black screen with the HTC logo, type Fastboot flash zip firmware.zip,
once that is complete, type fastboot reboot and once more, reboot into fastboot
you can now download this RUU file from the following link: androidfilehost.(com)/?fid=23329332407573774
extract the zip folder somewhere on your computer
boot into bootloader, and once again choose fastboot,
plug in your usb cable to your phone and computer, and the phone should once again say fastboot usb.
now open the folder you extracted and run ARUWizard.exe, this will unroot your device and return you to stock.
now, if you wish, you may re root your device.
Hope this works, if none of this makes sense, mention it. I typed this up in a bit of a rush.
also, you will have to copy and paste the links, as I have not made 10 general posts, so I can't add direct links to my post. Sorry mate.
have issue with the first step there... can't boot into bootloader, i'm stuck on the black screen with silver htc letters in the middle, exclamation on all four corners. i'm able to turn off the phone using the flashlight trick, but when i boot back up it's to that screen every time. it's stuck there from a failed ruu, just don't know how to get un stuck...
okay, some more info here. I was running hboot 1.57 ( i did relock) trying to run ruu 5_03_651_3 i'm not even positive this is the ruu i should be trying to use. now when I try to run the ruu it starts going but every time eventually fails wtih windows bringing up an error that says htc_fastboot.exe has topped working. i hit close program and the rom update utility gives me error [171]: usb connection error
edit: and now after the sixth time of that failing i am able to boot into bootloader again! weird... and it says i have an os now... still wont boot up all the way, but it's no longer blank on the bootloader screen.
second edit: after getting the usb error again and again i remembered glossing over something about flashing roms not liking usb 3.0 or something... switched to a usb 2.0 port and ruu worked perfectly. now to try and get this thing rooted again.

[Q] Phone is Dead :(

Ok, first off i was soff unlocked.. i then updated my phone to the latest OTA sense 6. I then tried to install customs roms which ended up not booting and forcing my phone to have no OS. so not being able to access the OS or sideloading roms, i tried RUUing but couldnt get the side to side error fixed. so then i continued to try and downgrade my firmware so i can ruu the official htc 3.xx one. as soon as i downgraded to hboot 1.55, my phone isnt recognized in fastboot anymore. so i can not access my phone from either adb or fastboot. anyone have any suggestions?
here you are
firespitta said:
Ok, first off i was soff unlocked.. i then updated my phone to the latest OTA sense 6. I then tried to install customs roms which ended up not booting and forcing my phone to have no OS. so not being able to access the OS or sideloading roms, i tried RUUing but couldnt get the side to side error fixed. so then i continued to try and downgrade my firmware so i can ruu the official htc 3.xx one. as soon as i downgraded to hboot 1.55, my phone isnt recognized in fastboot anymore. so i can not access my phone from either adb or fastboot. anyone have any suggestions?
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I recently had the same issue, you should be able to fix this by following these steps, keep in mind, continuing this process will unroot your device. Thus, you will loose all of your data on your phone.
first begin by booting into bootloader, then plugging in your device via usb cable to your computer, it should now say "fastbootusb" on the device's screen.
if you don't already have the the fastbooot files required for your computer, you can download them here: ftp.qbking77.(com)/Files/OneDrivers_Fastboot.zip
after that, extract the zip file somewhere on your computer, and open the fastboot folder. Now hold down shift and click on an empty space in the folder and choose open new command window here, or something along those lines.
Now that you've done this, type fastboot oem lock and press enter, this will relock your phones bootloader.
Now, unplug your phone from usb, and reboot back into fastboot, and once again, plug the device into the computer. Just as before, your phones screen should now say fastboot usb. You can now flash this file via fastboot by following the instructions below.
androidfilehost.(com)/?fid=23329332407568410
rename the file downlaoded to firmware.zip and copy it to the folder containing your fastboot.exe file
now in the command prompt window, type in Fastboot oem rebootRUU
you should now see a black screen with the HTC logo, type Fastboot flash zip firmware.zip,
once that is complete, type fastboot reboot and once more, reboot into fastboot
you can now download this RUU file from the following link: androidfilehost.(com)/?fid=23329332407573774
extract the zip folder somewhere on your computer
boot into bootloader, and once again choose fastboot,
plug in your usb cable to your phone and computer, and the phone should once again say fastboot usb.
now open the folder you extracted and run ARUWizard.exe, this will unroot your device and return you to stock.
now, if you wish, you may re root your device.
Hope this works, if none of this makes sense, mention it. I typed this up in a bit of a rush.
also, you will have to copy and paste the links, as I have not made 10 general posts, so I can't add direct links to my post. Sorry mate.
as far as your fastboot issue, try re installing the htc and fastboot drivers.

[Q] Please help me get my HTC one back to stock.

To keep it short. I've bought a used HTC one with CM installed. I wanted to return it to stock and googled it. I found out I needed to run the RUU to completely revert it. My phone looks like this: imgur.com/v74yW6S now and this: imgur.com/A3qTtgU is the getvar all. I downloaded the RUU which corresponds with my cid_num and ran the program. I thought it went well until the program stuck at "checking headers" on 5 percent. And to make it even worse the phone doesn't turn on but returns to the bootloader whatever I do.
How do I fix this?
marcusabu said:
To keep it short. I've bought a used HTC one with CM installed. I wanted to return it to stock and googled it. I found out I needed to run the RUU to completely revert it. My phone looks like this: imgur.com/v74yW6S now and this: imgur.com/A3qTtgU is the getvar all. I downloaded the RUU which corresponds with my cid_num and ran the program. I thought it went well until the program stuck at "checking headers" on 5 percent. And to make it even worse the phone doesn't turn on but returns to the bootloader whatever I do.
How do I fix this?
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I guess you are using the 4.x.401.x RUU which is causing problem for many users here. You can use a reset rom instead of a ruu to restore your phone.
unlock your bootloader
flash twrp recovery 2.6.3.3
push and flash this reset rom: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_reset_m7_2-24-401-1-zip/ using twrp recovery
Select yes when asked to flash stock recovery and radio and select no when asked to root
boot your phone and go through the setup
take all ota updates to latest version
then flash twrp recovery again if your need to root your phone
marcusabu said:
To keep it short. I've bought a used HTC one with CM installed. I wanted to return it to stock and googled it. I found out I needed to run the RUU to completely revert it. My phone looks like this: imgur.com/v74yW6S now and this: imgur.com/A3qTtgU is the getvar all. I downloaded the RUU which corresponds with my cid_num and ran the program. I thought it went well until the program stuck at "checking headers" on 5 percent. And to make it even worse the phone doesn't turn on but returns to the bootloader whatever I do.
How do I fix this?
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Try flashing the firmware first then the RUU
marcusabu said:
To keep it short. I've bought a used HTC one with CM installed. I wanted to return it to stock and googled it. I found out I needed to run the RUU to completely revert it. My phone looks like this: imgur.com/v74yW6S now and this: imgur.com/A3qTtgU is the getvar all. I downloaded the RUU which corresponds with my cid_num and ran the program. I thought it went well until the program stuck at "checking headers" on 5 percent. And to make it even worse the phone doesn't turn on but returns to the bootloader whatever I do.
How do I fix this?
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Download the 3.62.401.1.zip from here http://xda7.androidrevolution.org/db_mirror/Firmware/index.php?dir=HTC/HTC_One/401/ Rename the file " firmware.zip"
And put it in your fastboot folder.
Boot the phone to the bootloader and connect fastboot usb. In the command window type.
Code:
fastboot erase cache
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
<--- case sensitive.
The phone will reboot to a black screen with a Silver HTC LOGO. This is RUU mode. Now we're going to flash the firmware.
Code:
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
The first flash will be short. It's just a preupdate preparing the hboot for the new firmware. So we need to do the same command again.
Code:
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
The second flash will take a little longer and this time it will flash the full firmware. The progress bar on the phone screen will not reach 100% this is normal as long as the command window has completed its output the flash is done.
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Make sure fastboot usb is connected then run this ruu exe on your pc.
http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu_m7_...0-38r-1157-04l_release_353069_signed_2-1-exe/
Then you can unlock and reroot. If you want to update to the latest take the last few ota updates before you root the phone.
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Danny201281 said:
Download the 3.62.401.1.zip from here http://xda7.androidrevolution.org/db_mirror/Firmware/index.php?dir=HTC/HTC_One/401/ Rename the file " firmware.zip"
And put it in your fastboot folder.
Boot the phone to the bootloader and connect fastboot usb. In the command window type.
Code:
fastboot erase cache
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
<--- case sensitive.
The phone will reboot to a black screen with a Silver HTC LOGO. This is RUU mode. Now we're going to flash the firmware.
Code:
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
The first flash will be short. It's just a preupdate preparing the hboot for the new firmware. So we need to do the same command again.
Code:
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
The second flash will take a little longer and this time it will flash the full firmware. The progress bar on the phone screen will not reach 100% this is normal as long as the command window has completed its output the flash is done.
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Make sure fastboot usb is connected then run this ruu exe on your pc.
http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu_m7_...0-38r-1157-04l_release_353069_signed_2-1-exe/
Then you can unlock and reroot. If you want to update to the latest take the last few ota updates before you root the phone.
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This worked! Thank you so much!!
marcusabu said:
This worked! Thank you so much!!
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Connection issues between computer and Nexus6

I bought a Nexus6 about a month ago. I wasn't planning on rooting it, but I have rooted a number of devices in the past so am reasonably comfortable doing that. I bought the phone from Amazon but I am on T-mobile's network.
After I fired up the phone and used it for a while, I got a message asking me to update to software version 5.1. When I go to the about on my phone, it says it has 5.1.1 but it says the build number is LRX22C which when I looked that up indicates that it is actually running 5.0. I told the phone to update, but it fails every time (android guy with the red exclamation mark over his belly). I did a factory reset and repartition and still the same thing. At this point, I figured I would just root and and force it to 6.0.
After installing drivers, ADB-tools, etc. my computer recognizes the phone. When I connect by a USB cable and the phone is on, it shows under devices. However, when I boot into fastboot mode, my laptop no longer recognizes the Nexus. The fastboot screen shows that the phone is unlocked, and it recognizes that it is getting power from the laptop. However, it says to connect via usb. Running the command prompt and using SDK-Windows, when I type fastboot devices it shows nothing.
Interestingly, I see that Superuser is on the phone and working. I don't think I rooted my phone at any point in the process of trying a lot of different things, although anything is possible. I have been thrashing around a bit trying to get this to get the phone on 6.0 so might have rooted accidentally although I doubt it. My suspicion is that I was given a previously used phone that someone rooted and returned.
Any suggestions/help out there?
When in Fastboot Mode, what does Device Manager show? Does it see the device correctly, or is it showing a yellow triangle w/ exclamation point over the device?
RMarkwald said:
When in Fastboot Mode, what does Device Manager show? Does it see the device correctly, or is it showing a yellow triangle w/ exclamation point over the device?
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It shows Other Devices > Fastboot Shamu S with the yellow triangle and exclamation point. I have motorolla device manager installed and I thought that had my drivers covered but perhaps not?
These devices do have driver issues. Try downloading the correct drivers and it should fix it, a lot of people have had similar issues.
@LSquared
Download Wugfresh Nexus Root Toolkit. It has a long button on the top right "Install and test drivers" - a really helpful guide in clearing out any old drivers and installing and testing the new ones.
It can also perform many other functions, but after a lot of persuasion(!) in these forums I decided that learning to do everything manually is not only simple but safer, because you know at exactly which point an error occurs. The driver setup part of NRT is a brilliant help in setting your PC up once to get you started.
If you don't have anything valuable on your device yet, install the MMB29S factory image, then TWRP, and from there install SuperSU v2.66, and you're as up to date as you can possibly be.
Spend a few hours doing research and you will be fine. Just stay away from root kits. They only make things worse and lessen the experience of owning a nexus. As well as stops any help you may get in the forums as no one will help those that use the root kits.
Thanks for all the help/suggestions. After a lot of poking around, I realized that I had the right driver hiding in a folder (inside SDK I think) and had to just manually point to them and that got rid of the connection issue. Now I seem to be stuck on flashing the latest stock OS. I have been trying to flash via Minimal ADB and Fastboot but it isn't pushing the image there correctly. I don't want a custom rom, just stock 6.0.
LSquared said:
Thanks for all the help/suggestions. After a lot of poking around, I realized that I had the right driver hiding in a folder (inside SDK I think) and had to just manually point to them and that got rid of the connection issue. Now I seem to be stuck on flashing the latest stock OS. I have been trying to flash via Minimal ADB and Fastboot but it isn't pushing the image there correctly. I don't want a custom rom, just stock 6.0.
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How are you trying to push the files, I assume Fastboot, are you getting an error? Is your Android SDK up-to-date?
LSquared said:
I have been trying to flash via Minimal ADB and Fastboot but it isn't pushing the image there correctly. I don't want a custom rom, just stock 6.0.
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Google updated fastboot a little over a year ago to allow flashing the very large system.img files. Minimal ADB & Fastboot does not have this update (I believe). Download the latest Android SDK and you'll be good to go.
cam30era said:
Google updated fastboot a little over a year ago to allow flashing the very large system.img files. Minimal ADB & Fastboot does not have this update (I believe). Download the latest Android SDK and you'll be good to go.
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I just downloaded Android SDK so it has the latest files (I believe). Android SDK doesn't connect to the phone, it just keeps an updated set of firmwear, right? If I am not using minimal ADB and fastboot to push files from my computer to the phone, what program should I be using? It seemed a lot easier on my older phones that had a micro SD card because I could just drop the new Rom on there and install that from the bootloader.
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If I am not using minimal ADB and fastboot to push files from my computer to the phone, what program should I be using?
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Use the ADB and fastboot that are included with the Android SDK that you downloaded. They are in the Platform-Tools folder.
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Use the ADB and fastboot that are included with the Android SDK that you downloaded. They are in the Platform-Tools folder.
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If I click on either of those to run the application, it flashes a box for a split second and then nothing. I guess I am missing a step?
LSquared said:
If I click on either of those to run the application, it flashes a box for a split second and then nothing. I guess I am missing a step?
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I would suggest reading and following this guide >http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/noob-read-adb-fastboot
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I would suggest reading and following this guide >http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/noob-read-adb-fastboot
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That guide is great and helped me get the bootloader unlocked and the phone rooted. I downloaded the image file just fine, but when I go to run root-windows.bat I get the message "fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command." I am guessing I don't have some file in the right location?
LSquared said:
That guide is great and helped me get the bootloader unlocked and the phone rooted. I downloaded the image file just fine, but when I go to run root-windows.bat I get the message "fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command." I am guessing I don't have some file in the right location?
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The flash_all scripts don't work. Flash each img file individually, after you've extracted them all from the ,zip.
Yup, flash the .img files individually, the batch command doesn't work.
Here's the guide I always use: How to manually flash img files to your Nexus device
Basically, with phone connected to computer and booted to the bootloader, open Command Prompt window, change directories to where your sdk/platform-tools directory is with your Shamu files, then:
Code:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
Code:
fastboot flash bootloader "name of bootloader"
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Code:
fastboot flash radio "name of radio"
fastboot reboot-bootloader
NOTE: You'll have to extract the files from the image-shamu-mmb29s.zip file in this case to flash MMB29S.
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
Code:
fastboot reboot
I'm aware, it may be overkill, but I've never had any issues performing all of these steps to get back to 100% stock so if it "isn't broken, don't fix it". Also this will wipe your internal SD area, so any files you want to save you should save them prior to starting this.
Good summary!
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Also this will wipe your internal SD area, so any files you want to save you should save them prior to starting this.
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To avoid wiping your internal user storage, just skip the step that flashes userdata img (and the step at the beginning that erases usedata)

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