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Hi all. Yesterday I tried to flash ARHD with TWRP and got an error that others seemed to experience with this ROM on TWRP: at 99% it sent me back into bootloader and I couldn't do anything, it was pretty much stuck there. I relocked my bootloader and tried to flash the stock RUU, but since I had already gotten the update from Sprint the versions were different and it wouldn't go through. I couldn't find another RUU for the newest version, so I re-unlocked my bootloader and took off TWRP to replace it with CWM. At this point, I am able to get back into recovery. I thought I would try to sideload a stock ROM but adb can't seem to find my device. I keep getting the error "device not found". I updated drivers with the All-In-One Toolkit (which may not be up to date, but I can't find any other sources) and I uninstalled and reinstalled HTC Sync Manager. I also tried every USB port and even unplugging every USB except for the one connected to my phone.
Does anybody have any other suggestions for solutions? I've been browsing similar topics but I can't seem to find a method that makes my phone usable yet. Thank you for your time!
If I'm not mistaken,ARHD is a GSM Rom,it messed up your partitions,search for the thread on 4.2 downgrade and there's files you have to move
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Oh, man. I am such a dolt. You're absolutely right. I'll see what I can find, thanks for pointing that out.
Hello, everyone, I'm in a bit of a bind here.
I own an HTC One on Sprint's network and have decided tonight to finally root it. I unlocked the bootloader and successfully installed TWRP Recovery v.2.6.3.0. (downloaded from here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7wls) I ran into a bit of an issue, though, when trying to install Paranoid Android (Which I had downloaded from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2315236); it was saying it couldn't mount my sd card. Note that the HTC One doesn't have any external storage, so it meant the internal one. And it also said something along the lines of "some symlinks failed," my apologies that I can't be more specific.
Anyway, I had my phone all backed up (Important files such as photos, audio files have already been backed up with Dropbox, so no concern there) and I read that it was a problem with TWRP after version 2.3.3.0. So I tried to install that recovery, but it didn't stick. So I tried switching to Clockworkmod Recovery, which I downloaded from here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager. I scrolled down to HTC One (Sprint) and selected the classic 6.0.3.6.
All was well, I backed up again, until I tried to install PA again. I had the same basic issue. Long-story short, in between the switching recoveries, I had forgotten to restore my data before I switched recoveries, so I lost the backup and I'm 99% there is no OS on my phone at the moment.
I've heard that I can, using TWRP (which I flashed back to), sideload a ROM onto my phone to flash. I tried this, however it had be check that my device was attached by typing "adb devices" in the command prompt (open in the folder where adb.exe is), and no devices are listed.
It appears that there's a loading bar on my phone when i click ADB Sideload, and it says "Starting ADB sideload feature...", however, nothing seems to be happening.
Any help would be super greatly appreciated, and I'm sorry if I left out any information.
Rooting my old Moto Droid was easy, but something was bound to get messed up i guess
The first problem I see is the link for PA is not from the Sprint forum.
Sen me a PM i can get you fixed up
If he does t get you fixed all up I can help you out also but he is a smart one so I'd imagine he will get you up and going. Either way, possibly the greatest partial thread title ever... "Mistakes may have been made"
bigdaddy619 helped me considerably, thank you He got me back to basically having a new, store-bought phone. Which was much better than I had!
Just time to start over, I suppose, and not make any mistakes. I definitely was using a Paranoid Android for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and didn't realize it (Though my main mistake was flashing a new recovery before restoring my backup. Rookie mistake!)
Uh oh, well all you need to know is what I have always said is if you root, ALWAYS S-Off in order to undo your mistakes no matter what and that will almost always kep you safe.
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I once ended up with wiped internal storage, could not get my computer to load correct driver for adb so I flashed ruu then redid rooting process, s-off, etc
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ok, so i was trying to root my sprint htc one, and everything was going, ok. i unlocked the bootloader simple enough. then i wanted to back up the data, before i tried putting roms on it. well twrp kept saying i only had about 34 mb of space which made no sense since i had formatted it, and only brought back things like contacts and texts. when i checked my phone it said that i had 24gbs. so i couldnt find an answer to this anywhere so while looking through twrp i saw the wipe function. not having seen anything about it, i said, maybe if i reformat it again, itl clear up. so i hit wipe all. well after it was done it only said i had 1.2 gbs, so still confused i went to load my normal os, well i cant. because wiping everything meant the system data the os is on. i spend hours trying to find a fix, as im only able to go between the bootloader and twrp, and i see a sideload option, and after following the steps, i attempt to sideload. everything is going well. Viper looks like its about to install, until at the last second it says install fail. but now i cant even access the recovery menu. literally stuck in the boot loader option. all my contacts and pictures and stuff are backed up, so i have no problem formatting my phone to scratch if it means fixing this, but can anyone point me in the right direction???? i cant find anything on this, ive been searching through this site, and some people with similar issues solve it by sheer luck, but i have no rom back up(since i was trying to do that when i got into this problem) please please help!!!
**edit** i was able to get into twrp by using the recovery steps, though im just back to square 1. is there a guarenteed reliable sideloader that can work?
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Try the latest RUU first if it does not work follow the guide from the beginning it will get you fixed up.
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ok, so i was trying to root my sprint htc one, and everything was going, ok. i unlocked the bootloader simple enough. then i wanted to back up the data, before i tried putting roms on it. well twrp kept saying i only had about 34 mb of space which made no sense since i had formatted it, and only brought back things like contacts and texts. when i checked my phone it said that i had 24gbs. so i couldnt find an answer to this anywhere so while looking through twrp i saw the wipe function. not having seen anything about it, i said, maybe if i reformat it again, itl clear up. so i hit wipe all. well after it was done it only said i had 1.2 gbs, so still confused i went to load my normal os, well i cant. because wiping everything meant the system data the os is on. i spend hours trying to find a fix, as im only able to go between the bootloader and twrp, and i see a sideload option, and after following the steps, i attempt to sideload. everything is going well. Viper looks like its about to install, until at the last second it says install fail. but now i cant even access the recovery menu. literally stuck in the boot loader option. all my contacts and pictures and stuff are backed up, so i have no problem formatting my phone to scratch if it means fixing this, but can anyone point me in the right direction???? i cant find anything on this, ive been searching through this site, and some people with similar issues solve it by sheer luck, but i have no rom back up(since i was trying to do that when i got into this problem) please please help!!!
**edit** i was able to get into twrp by using the recovery steps, though im just back to square 1. is there a guarenteed reliable sideloader that can work?
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Do you still have the memory issue? If so, try running a RUU, and see if that fixes your problem.
If not, just use adb sideload to sideload a ROM. Then wipe everything except internal storage and install the ROM normally.
EDIT: Looks like @BD619 ninja'd me XD
BTW sideload very rarely works when you wipe your sdcard.
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Try the latest RUU first if it does not work follow the guide from the beginning it will get you fixed up.
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hey thanks for the reply. i followed the guide and after some effort, everything seemed good, but when i was trying to load 5.03 sense 6 rom, i got to the htc start up, then it defaulted back to the bootloader..i went with the deodex version of the download, should i try the odex? or a different version all together?
and now it doesnt want to boot into recovery mode either! going to try redoing the steps, but i just cant figure out what the problem is
**edit* i cant fix twrp. the title loads, but thats it. endless loop
ok i got it to seemingly work. restoring content now. sat in fron of my pc for 15 hours...not even sure where imat or if i got any closer to rooting..smh..thank you everyone who helped. if anyone comes across this
to get out of the endless cycle of recover/loading screen.. delete your twrp, or whatevs your using. even if you have the latest, just redownload it. worked for me. i guess there is a huge difference between the odex and the deodex.i had figured deodex was a more refined version, but maybe it had more complicated software. in any case, if you are at a point where you dont have a base os, and you make it this far, go with odex, it worked for me. htc is big on back up, so i was more worried about having to scrap my phone then i was regaining data, especially with most of my stuff backed up to google drive. hopefully you guys are careful.
now...about this backup issue i had in the first place. how can i fix the storage issue? i have a 32 gb phone minus partition leaves me with over 24gb..why is it going based off the separate phonememory slot? why cant i change it?
Hey guys, hoping you can offer me some fairly urgent help.
Basically, I was running ViperOne v7.0.0 on my M7, great ROM, never had any major problems with it. Recently, it started crashing a lot, so figured it was high time i reflashed it. Thought i'd give the Lollipop ROM's a try, so downloaded a couple, transferred them to my handset, and went ahead to wipe and reflash. However, due to having a lot of stuff in my "sdcard", I had to remove the ViperOne installer in order to get the two new ROM installers on the phone. It now transpires that one of the ROM's doesnt actually install an OS, and the second installs, but upon rebooting, just boots back into recovery.
At this point, i decided not to bother going for lollipop, and to stick with ViperOne, but upgrade to v7.0.1. Issue im having is that without an OS on the handset, I can't seem to get it to connect to the PC so i can transfer the ViperOne installer.
Anyone got any suggestions? Kinda stuck with an ornate paperweight at the moment! :laugh:
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Hey guys, hoping you can offer me some fairly urgent help.
Basically, I was running ViperOne v7.0.0 on my M7, great ROM, never had any major problems with it. Recently, it started crashing a lot, so figured it was high time i reflashed it. Thought i'd give the Lollipop ROM's a try, so downloaded a couple, transferred them to my handset, and went ahead to wipe and reflash. However, due to having a lot of stuff in my "sdcard", I had to remove the ViperOne installer in order to get the two new ROM installers on the phone. It now transpires that one of the ROM's doesnt actually install an OS, and the second installs, but upon rebooting, just boots back into recovery.
At this point, i decided not to bother going for lollipop, and to stick with ViperOne, but upgrade to v7.0.1. Issue im having is that without an OS on the handset, I can't seem to get it to connect to the PC so i can transfer the ViperOne installer.
Anyone got any suggestions? Kinda stuck with an ornate paperweight at the moment! :laugh:
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use adb to push the rom to your phone when booted in recovery.
Code:
adb push your_rom.zip /sdcard
then wait a few minutes (the command window will be unresponsive during the transfer.
Btw what recovery version are you using?
alray said:
use adb to push the rom to your phone when booted in recovery.
Code:
adb push your_rom.zip /sdcard
then wait a few minutes (the command window will be unresponsive during the transfer.
Btw what recovery version are you using?
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Yeah, that's just dawned on me! :laugh:
I'm using TWRP 2.6.3.3. Thanks for your input though!
So my computer bit the dust about two months ago so i found myself in a situation where yes, I had a PC back when i unlocked the bootloader, ran ADB fastboot commands and flashed the twrp recovery.img . But now, I have no access to computers whatsoever. So heres what I did:
Downloaded - Str8upx's TWRP backup found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67914526&postcount=43
Nightbreed813s flashable MM rom for Sprint Phones found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/des...m-flashable-stock-htc-626s-debloated-t3293602
After downloading the files, I extracted the TWRP backup from the .zip file, navigate with a file explorer past the folder with a Serial Number on it, copied the backup folder that comes next, moved it to my external sd cards TWRP backup folder .
Then I booted into TWRP, after backing up my current ROM, wiped everything and then flashed the sprint ROM
after that, I restored ONLY the System portion of Str8upx's backup. (this means i didn't flash the system image either, ONLY SYSTEM)
Rebooted phone and I was done. Still had SuperSU, but had to install busybox.
I'd like to note that from this point on everything works without any problems and I'm on the official Metro MM. The red letters show up every time I boot the phone now, instead of only when i boot into TWRP like it used to so please be aware of that. Also, my baseband and kernel appear to be different than the ones in Metro MM. I do intend on updating once somebody makes a TWRP flashable version of MM. But until then, i'll stay on this as my daily driver as again, everything does work. I figured I'd share what I learned and maybe we will see less threads about " i tried to install MM on my rooted 626s and it failed " feel free to ask any questions if there are any. All thanks goes to Nightbreed813 and Str8upx for uploading the files. If you have a second and you use these files, Click thanks on the linked posts to thank them.
I need to make all aware that wifi isn't going to work with this method. So if you plan on using wifi, you're gonna have to flash the ruu. Full disclosure I no longer stand behind this due to lack of wifi. I went ahead and flashed with the RUU and fastboot flashed twrp back. This solution was only a temporary fix for me. As it should be for anybody if its used at all
You reckon this'll work with Boost Mobile?
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You reckon this'll work with Boost Mobile?
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There's already a flashable MM ROM for the boost 626s, http://forum.xda-developers.com/des...m-flashable-stock-htc-626s-debloated-t3293602
Yeah. On boost that's all you need
Genius... Simply Genius
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So my computer bit the dust about two months ago so i found myself in a situation where yes, I had a PC back when i unlocked the bootloader, ran ADB fastboot commands and flashed the twrp recovery.img . But now, I have no access to computers whatsoever. So heres what I did:
Downloaded - Str8upx's TWRP backup found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67914526&postcount=43
Nightbreed813s flashable MM rom for Sprint Phones found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/des...m-flashable-stock-htc-626s-debloated-t3293602
After downloading the files, I extracted the TWRP backup from the .zip file, navigate with a file explorer past the folder with a Serial Number on it, copied the backup folder that comes next, moved it to my external sd cards TWRP backup folder .
Then I booted into TWRP, after backing up my current ROM, wiped everything and then flashed the sprint ROM
after that, I restored ONLY the System portion of Str8upx's backup. (this means i didn't flash the system image either, ONLY SYSTEM)
Rebooted phone and I was done. Still had SuperSU, but had to install busybox.
I'd like to note that from this point on everything works without any problems and I'm on the official Metro MM. The red letters show up every time I boot the phone now, instead of only when i boot into TWRP like it used to so please be aware of that. Also, my baseband and kernel appear to be different than the ones in Metro MM. I do intend on updating once somebody makes a TWRP flashable version of MM. But until then, i'll stay on this as my daily driver as again, everything does work. I figured I'd share what I learned and maybe we will see less threads about " i tried to install MM on my rooted 626s and it failed " feel free to ask any questions if there are any. All thanks goes to Nightbreed813 and Str8upx for uploading the files. If you have a second and you use these files, Click thanks on the linked posts to thank them.
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I downloaded the Metro pcs RUU onto a PC to install the update, then fast boot flashed twrp. (At this moment it didn't show the red warning letters In the bottom of the boot screen) I suspect it happened when I flashed the SuperSU.zip
i2andog said:
Genius... Simply Genius
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Thanks man. Lol....
Did you try? If so, any issues?
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I downloaded the Metro pcs RUU onto a PC to install the update, then fast boot flashed twrp. (At this moment it didn't show the red warning letters In the bottom of the boot screen) I suspect it happened when I flashed the SuperSU.zip
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I really don't know what causes the red letters. Personally speaking, I can still manage with or without them.
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Thanks man. Lol....
Did you try? If so, any issues?
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No I have a working PC... I just really admired your use of magiver like resources
Gotcha. . Yeah, it's not the first time. And not just phones. I Jimmy rig my way thru a lot of life haha. To be honest I'd probably still do this even if I had my PC. I'm just not a fan of fastboot and adb commands. And I don't want to lock my bootloader again
Yes.. those mother f'in boot loaders would burn in hell if I had any say ... in uh.. boot loaders souls or whatever... ... *crickets*.... hey check that out
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talksickisil said:
So my computer bit the dust about two months ago so i found myself in a situation where yes, I had a PC back when i unlocked the bootloader, ran ADB fastboot commands and flashed the twrp recovery.img . But now, I have no access to computers whatsoever. So heres what I did:
Downloaded - Str8upx's TWRP backup found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67914526&postcount=43
Nightbreed813s flashable MM rom for Sprint Phones found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/des...m-flashable-stock-htc-626s-debloated-t3293602
After downloading the files, I extracted the TWRP backup from the .zip file, navigate with a file explorer past the folder with a Serial Number on it, copied the backup folder that comes next, moved it to my external sd cards TWRP backup folder .
Then I booted into TWRP, after backing up my current ROM, wiped everything and then flashed the sprint ROM
after that, I restored ONLY the System portion of Str8upx's backup. (this means i didn't flash the system image either, ONLY SYSTEM)
Rebooted phone and I was done. Still had SuperSU, but had to install busybox.
I'd like to note that from this point on everything works without any problems and I'm on the official Metro MM. The red letters show up every time I boot the phone now, instead of only when i boot into TWRP like it used to so please be aware of that. Also, my baseband and kernel appear to be different than the ones in Metro MM. I do intend on updating once somebody makes a TWRP flashable version of MM. But until then, i'll stay on this as my daily driver as again, everything does work. I figured I'd share what I learned and maybe we will see less threads about " i tried to install MM on my rooted 626s and it failed " feel free to ask any questions if there are any. All thanks goes to Nightbreed813 and Str8upx for uploading the files. If you have a second and you use these files, Click thanks on the linked posts to thank them.
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But what i'm wanting to know is, did you flash the standard or the De -Bloated rom? I'm not clear on that. Also are there any differences in the UI or OS that you noticed in this mm update?
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But what i'm wanting to know is, did you flash the standard or the De -Bloated rom? I'm not clear on that. Also are there any differences in the UI or OS that you noticed in this mm update?
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As far as which sprint ROM you flash debloated version or regular it doesn't really matter, since once you restore the twrp backup you're going to be on the standard non debloated metro official MM. As far as UI differences, there's a few things here and there. Nothing mind blowing. What was advantageous for me is the expanded internal storage. I love it.
I tried installing with the RUU and always got error 155 all the time some I am trying this method out. I would like to know will this method still work on a phone with exposed binary, and for those with MetroPCS, does the service still work as well.
Hello I tried doing everything as followed installed the sprint now after every call or just randomly i get "SIM card has been inserted" "Select a carrier" which T-mobile is the only one to work. Then after a call and again randomly i get this message again and have to repeat the process. Does anyone know why and how can I fix this?
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Hello I tried doing everything as followed installed the sprint now after every call or just randomly i get "SIM card has been inserted" "Select a carrier" which T-mobile is the only one to work. Then after a call and again randomly i get this message again and have to repeat the process. Does anyone know why and how can I fix this?
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In my instructions you don't stay on the sprint rom. You're supposed to restore the backup after installing that rom. But I need to make all aware that wifi isn't going to work with this method. So if you plan on using wifi, you're gonna have to re lock your bootloader and flash the ruu