ok my problem is ive tried installing a few different roms VIPERONE being the one i want. when i go to recovery and try installing any custom Roms i get the Succesful FAILED instantly. i tried bad boyz rom based on the 1.54.654.9 version but still no luck. i cannot figure out why this is happening. ive tried with TWRP 2.7.0.0 revcovery as well and same thing happens. i really want ViperONE Rom as i have used it on my previous phones and its the best. anyone having this issue or know why its happening please help. thanks
i have the HTC ONE M8 Harman kardon edition with software version 1.54.654.9 i am htc unlocked, Captains Recovery, rooted, s-off', and SuperCID on stock Rom still
i searched for an answer already but did not find anything on it so sorry if i missed something.
Try to update your recovery to 2.7.0.2
Sent From My Sprint® HTC One M8™ Rooted Unlocked S-Offed TWRP 2.7.0.2
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Original T said:
ok my problem is ive tried installing a few different roms VIPERONE being the one i want. when i go to recovery and try installing any custom Roms i get the Succesful FAILED instantly. i tried bad boyz rom based on the 1.54.654.9 version but still no luck. i cannot figure out why this is happening. ive tried with TWRP 2.7.0.0 revcovery as well and same thing happens. i really want ViperONE Rom as i have used it on my previous phones and its the best. anyone having this issue or know why its happening please help. thanks
i have the HTC ONE M8 Harman kardon edition with software version 1.54.654.9 i am htc unlocked, Captains Recovery, rooted, s-off', and SuperCID on stock Rom still
i searched for an answer already but did not find anything on it so sorry if i missed something.
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Here install this and you can try multiple recoveries to see which one works for you. I think that is your problem. Just a side note...you have to use the volume and power buttons to navigate through aroma installer. Hope this helped man. Let me know
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743927
[AROMA][SPRINT]Recovery Switcher[2014-05-07]
Sent From My Sprint® HTC One M8™ Rooted Unlocked S-Offed TWRP 2.7.0.2
Just try capt throwbacks version, you'll find it on the mikmik website or in his signature.
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FYI, I posted in the other thread he made about the issue and it is indeed a problem with twrp recovery, it is not fully compatible with the hk version for some reason, I "solved" my issue by using philz touch recovery
I am currently running capt. Throwbacks recovery but I will give the other recoveries a try as u suggest. I'll let ya know if I get one to work.
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Try to update your recovery to 2.7.0.2
Sent From My Sprint® HTC One M8™ Rooted Unlocked S-Offed TWRP 2.7.0.2
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Here install this and you can try multiple recoveries to see which one works for you. I think that is your problem. Just a side note...you have to use the volume and power buttons to navigate through aroma installer. Hope this helped man. Let me know
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743927
[AROMA][SPRINT]Recovery Switcher[2014-05-07]
Sent From My Sprint® HTC One M8™ Rooted Unlocked S-Offed TWRP 2.7.0.2
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Sorry to thread jack if that's what I'm doing but his issue was probably fixed as he has not updated this and it's touching on an issue I have with Aroma installers....I've tried the Bad Boys, NVProject, Bad Seed (i think) and one or two other Sense ROMS and they all use Aroma installers. Even that Recovery Switcher that uses Aroma I can't get working properly. I believe in many cases the touch screen is supposed to be working but mine will not work nor do that arrow keys + power advance me down the list of options. I can SOMETIMES check the agreement boxes if I hold power and press a bunch of times on the screen while hitting the side buttons, lol. This 'technique' has gotten me almost all the way through an Aroma installation but, inevitably, I end up hitting back instead of finish or can't make anyting but the "about' to come up.
I have no problems installing AOSP and AOKP roms via Philz or the Twrp I was using its only the Sense ROMS/Aroma combo that are giving me trouble....
Currently I am S-OFF and have reverted back to the sense stock rom and taken the OTA which has me up to software version 1.54.654.13.
I am having issues with my 3G and getting stuck in 1xRTT or Roaming constantly but I think this may be a network issue as tens of thousands of acres have burnt to the ground as close as 1 mile from my house this week and Sprint said they had dispatched some technicians to examine some of their structures/tower in southern california......
The only other thing I can think of is that I had to fastboot oem writeCID 11111111 to get the RUU to work...was I supposed to change that to something else afterwards?
slimbrady said:
Sorry to thread jack if that's what I'm doing but his issue was probably fixed as he has not updated this and it's touching on an issue I have with Aroma installers....I've tried the Bad Boys, NVProject, Bad Seed (i think) and one or two other Sense ROMS and they all use Aroma installers. Even that Recovery Switcher that uses Aroma I can't get working properly. I believe in many cases the touch screen is supposed to be working but mine will not work nor do that arrow keys + power advance me down the list of options. I can SOMETIMES check the agreement boxes if I hold power and press a bunch of times on the screen while hitting the side buttons, lol. This 'technique' has gotten me almost all the way through an Aroma installation but, inevitably, I end up hitting back instead of finish or can't make anyting but the "about' to come up.
I have no problems installing AOSP and AOKP roms via Philz or the Twrp I was using its only the Sense ROMS/Aroma combo that are giving me trouble....
Currently I am S-OFF and have reverted back to the sense stock rom and taken the OTA which has me up to software version 1.54.654.13.
I am having issues with my 3G and getting stuck in 1xRTT or Roaming constantly but I think this may be a network issue as tens of thousands of acres have burnt to the ground as close as 1 mile from my house this week and Sprint said they had dispatched some technicians to examine some of their structures/tower in southern california......
The only other thing I can think of is that I had to fastboot oem writeCID 11111111 to get the RUU to work...was I supposed to change that to something else afterwards?
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The problem is the aroma installer hasn't been updated to be compatible with spirit as of yet. Use the volume up/down to highlight things and power to select. I think it's vol down 4 times and then up once to get to next. You will get the hang of it.
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ok sorry havent updated til now but i have tried all the recoveries in the zip to install multiple recoveries easily and not one of them would work to install viperone rom but i tried bady boyz with them all as well and i was able to get that installed using philz recovery but none of the others worked with it. when i try viperone with any recovery it wont even start up aroma intsaller at all just gives me failed right away in the recovery. so as of now im on bad boyz rom but i want viperone rom im not satisfied with any other. bad boyz is a good rom dont get me wrong i have just used viper since i began rooting my phones and i love it. anyways aroma works for the recovery install zip just fine (other then the touch not working) so i dont knopw if its a recovery issue or something with aroma or possibly viperone rom even i have no clue?. thanks for all ur replies and suggestions everyone ur a big help always. id love to get this solved so i can run viperone rom again as i had on my first H/K M8 that i exchanged for the current one i am using. sorry again took so long to update
Konfuzion said:
The problem is the aroma installer hasn't been updated to be compatible with spirit as of yet. Use the volume up/down to highlight things and power to select. I think it's vol down 4 times and then up once to get to next. You will get the hang of it.
Sent from my 831C using Tapatalk
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oh as to the volume/power buttons for selecting the options in aroma. i believe that there is no exact combo to get the selection on the next button. ive had 1 or 2 pages that i only hit down once and it selected next right away and then sometimes it didnt. so it varies on the up down number of times. ive had it not work using down so many times then up once a few times so its hard to really be certain . just my finding about that issue.
Original T said:
ok sorry havent updated til now but i have tried all the recoveries in the zip to install multiple recoveries easily and not one of them would work to install viperone rom but i tried bady boyz with them all as well and i was able to get that installed using philz recovery but none of the others worked with it. when i try viperone with any recovery it wont even start up aroma intsaller at all just gives me failed right away in the recovery. so as of now im on bad boyz rom but i want viperone rom im not satisfied with any other. bad boyz is a good rom dont get me wrong i have just used viper since i began rooting my phones and i love it. anyways aroma works for the recovery install zip just fine (other then the touch not working) so i dont knopw if its a recovery issue or something with aroma or possibly viperone rom even i have no clue?. thanks for all ur replies and suggestions everyone ur a big help always. id love to get this solved so i can run viperone rom again as i had on my first H/K M8 that i exchanged for the current one i am using. sorry again took so long to update
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Did you try formatting data, cache, and system partitions in any of the recoveries that worked? Or have you tried a RUU (if you are s-off)
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Did you try formatting data, cache, and system partitions in any of the recoveries that worked? Or have you tried a RUU (if you are s-off)
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i have not tried that in all the diff recoveries actually.
i am s-off and not sure about RUUing at all with this phone. i will give them ideas a try now and report back once done. hope that works.
which RUU would u suggest i try? i am on Bad Boyz Sprint ONE M8 Harman v1.1 rom with build 1.54.654.13. if that matters any.
If u know a link to the RUU thatd be great help and save me a lill time. thanks
Original T said:
i have not tried that in all the diff recoveries actually.
i am s-off and not sure about RUUing at all with this phone. i will give them ideas a try now and report back once done. hope that works.
which RUU would u suggest i try? i am on Bad Boyz Sprint ONE M8 Harman v1.1 rom with build 1.54.654.13. if that matters any.
If u know a link to the RUU thatd be great help and save me a lill time. thanks
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I know my issue was fixed by using philz recovery, wiping data, cache, and system and then installing a new rom. If the issue is what I think it is, then wiping all the partitions I mentioned should fix it. (I think the issue is related to some file system corruption and twrp not being able to properly handle the corruption, when other recoveries work just fine, so formatting the partition will get rid of the corrupted data)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
metalspring said:
I know my issue was fixed by using philz recovery, wiping data, cache, and system and then installing a new rom. If the issue is what I think it is, then wiping all the partitions I mentioned should fix it. (I think the issue is related to some file system corruption and twrp not being able to properly handle the corruption, when other recoveries work just fine, so formatting the partition will get rid of the corrupted data)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
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i noticed u didnt include the boot partition to wipe.. do i only wipe the partitions u suggested or include the boot as well? sorry just dont want to mess anything up if i can avoid it. thanks again tho for quick replies.
Original T said:
i noticed u didnt include the boot partition to wipe.. do i only wipe the partitions u suggested or include the boot as well? sorry just dont want to mess anything up if i can avoid it. thanks again tho for quick replies.
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You can wipe boot partition as well, just dont wipe anything you dont immediately recognize (I know philz touch has tons of options to wipe different partitions, and a lot of them probably would be bad to wipe lol)
metalspring said:
You can wipe boot partition as well, just dont wipe anything you dont immediately recognize (I know philz touch has tons of options to wipe different partitions, and a lot of them probably would be bad to wipe lol)
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ok i wiped said partitions and tried installing viper from philz recovery and twrp recovery and no go same thing happening. almost got worried when i tried rebooting and got the "no OS installed, r u sure?" but i just installed bad boyz again to get going again. im gonna try RUUing cause now i get a message after my phone starts saying something bout inconsistent partitions, u must wipe data partition or phone will be unstable. so gonna just RUU and start from there. do u know by chance if it is possible to create a backup with say twrp recovery and able to restore it with any of the recoveries such as philz or does a backup need to restored using the recovery it was created with? thanks again.
Here is a shot of what I received in philz after attempting viper install. http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums...s/2014-05/IMG_20140519_010012_zpsl8wwj5mi.jpg
ok so i RUUed with the RUU u suggested and then tried installing Viperone rom and still getting the same failed status. i tried restoring my backup i made before attempting these suggestions and it seems they do not restore completely either. errrrr so frustrating! my first M8 i had no problems with root soff recovery or installing viperone... this one is just not going so well. im gonna keep at it tho until i get viperone on my phone. lol
Good news.. I was able to install ViperONEm8 rom finally after all the hassle.
i went to TWRP recovery website and downloaded the TWRP recovery 2.7.0.2 and downnloaded ViperONEm8 1.5.0 version and flashed the recovery and installed the 1.5.0 version without a problem i tried 1.6.0 first but got the failed thing again but 1.5.0 installed no problem. YAYYY!!
Thank you all for your help
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I've been using TWRP ever since I have rooted mt ONE. Over the last few days its been crashing while trying to install any zips at all.I can do a nandroid restore but nothing else. When I try to install any file it just goes to a black screen and reboots the phone.
Any ideas of what could be causing this and how to repair it also.
Thanks
I've also just replaced TWRP with clockwork mod touch and that is doing the same thing. I am now at a stage where I cannot install anything via the recovery method.
What is my bet options for starting afresh as my phone is unlocked with HTC dev and rooted also.
I'd like to go back to the beginning and start again.
Thanks
potsykate said:
I've also just replaced TWRP with clockwork mod touch and that is doing the same thing. I am now at a stage where I cannot install anything via the recovery method.
What is my bet options for starting afresh as my phone is unlocked with HTC dev and rooted also.
I'd like to go back to the beginning and start again.
Thanks
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This seems to becoming a more and more recurrent event, though I cannot say for what the correct solution is, check these two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2435499
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2423817
one of them had to fix a corrupt partition, the other just reflashed and wiped again and again, and it worked.
If something works out for you do share!!
Thanks for that,I'll redownload my favourite Rom and try again without trying to update the Kernel,everything was fine as I remember before I tried the kernel update.
I'll let you know how I get on in a while.
potsykate said:
Thanks for that,I'll redownload my favourite Rom and try again without trying to update the Kernel,everything was fine as I remember before I tried the kernel update.
I'll let you know how I get on in a while.
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Though the reasons are still unclear (at least to me ), it seems that flashing a custom kernel while still in recovery immediately after the ROM does work. Of course, make sure you're flashing a compatible kernel to the ROM; the version numbers of the custom kernels do not correspond to the ROM versions, and I've seen some that flashed an incompatible kernel, just because the version numbers looked similar.
Good luck & keep us posted
PS: If you do solve it, please update the main thread title to include [SOLVED]. thanks
Thanks for the two links,after reading them and doing a fresh install off my rom. Wiping cache,delvick and data I seem to be able to install zips again from recovery without the black screen and reboots.
Yep, so far all the zips that failed earlier are now installing.
A BIG THANK YOU :good::good:
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Thanks for the two links,after reading them and doing a fresh install off my rom. Wiping cache,delvick and data I seem to be able to install zips again from recovery without the black screen and reboots.
Yep, so far all the zips that failed earlier are now installing.
A BIG THANK YOU :good::good:
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Excellent
Edit the main thread title to include [SOLVED] so that others can refer to it :victory:
Hello guys,
I'm in a bit of a pickle here....
I've got a HTC One which I've rooted and unlocked though not S-Off by the looks of things and I had SinLess rom installed fine, it started playing up so I though I'd update it. Bung the new one version on there via sideload and install... Marvelous.
Only now, it gets to the welcome screen as silly ol' me did a factory wipe as well as all cache and after about 5 seconds of Welcome - Choose language. It restarts.
I then decided to try a new rom, so grabbed Android Revolution. To no avail either....
On bootloader it shows as HBOOT - 1.54
S-On
**TAMPERED**
**UNLOCKED**
What can I do to actually get a working rom on this thing?
If there is any more details I need to give please say so as this is my first time flashing something as complicated as this. All my old android devices were far far simplar :crying:
- Here's the facepalm moment - I didn't do an nandroid backup due to it not working and I wanted to put a new ROM on there so I didn't look into getting it working. If I could injure myself I would.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. :good:
Kind regards, Ian.
Jeffaruni said:
Hello guys,
I'm in a bit of a pickle here....
I've got a HTC One which I've rooted and unlocked though not S-Off by the looks of things and I had SinLess rom installed fine, it started playing up so I though I'd update it. Bung the new one version on there via sideload and install... Marvelous.
Only now, it gets to the welcome screen as silly ol' me did a factory wipe as well as all cache and after about 5 seconds of Welcome - Choose language. It restarts.
I then decided to try a new rom, so grabbed Android Revolution. To no avail either....
On bootloader it shows as HBOOT - 1.54
S-On
**TAMPERED**
**UNLOCKED**
What can I do to actually get a working rom on this thing?
If there is any more details I need to give please say so as this is my first time flashing something as complicated as this. All my old android devices were far far simplar :crying:
- Here's the facepalm moment - I didn't do an nandroid backup due to it not working and I wanted to put a new ROM on there so I didn't look into getting it working. If I could injure myself I would.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. :good:
Kind regards, Ian.
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Hey your'e stuck in a boot loop, its usual
just download a good stable rom
clear data/ cache
flash the rom and you'll be out of it,
If this thing doesnt work out download the orignal RUU and get back to stock
Tech.Nik said:
Hey your'e stuck in a boot loop, its usual
just download a good stable rom
clear data/ cache
flash the rom and you'll be out of it,
If this thing doesnt work out download the orignal RUU and get back to stock
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Yeah, after attempting to install 3 different roms.
Sinless, ARHD and SkyDragon, I'm going to try a different recovery as I'm currently using TWRP 2.6.3.3 and I know there is an update but also I want to see if CWM can do anything with the 6.0.4.3 version....
Jeffaruni said:
Yeah, after attempting to install 3 different roms.
Sinless, ARHD and SkyDragon, I'm going to try a different recovery as I'm currently using TWRP 2.6.3.3 and I know there is an update but also I want to see if CWM can do anything with the 6.0.4.3 version....
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Hello,
To no avail, after trying different recoveries, nothing.
Looks like I've got a metal slab...
It just keeps restarting itself at the welcome screen, the only other thing I can think of would be to fully wipe EVERYTHING on the phone but I'm not sure that's too good of a move either...
Argh.
You have to be s-off to run these Roms
Hi everyone,
Spent two days trying different things and not sure where to post this. I started off with ViperOne ROM, 5.8 and TWRP Recovery. I have S-OFF and my CID is all 1's.
I installed Android Revolution 71.1 using TWRP and it installed but I kept getting constant dialer force closes during setup. So I tried installing the latest ViperOne ROM with the same result. I tried wiping data, cache, dalvik-cache, same result. I ran Disable System Write Protection 1.29.651.10 and tried installing again and now it won't get past a blank HTC screen that comes up after the boot animation. Now after trying 3 different ROMs (Android Revolution, Adroid Revolution Stock, and ViperOne, I'm getting the same screen and the phone won't turn on. I was sideloading on my Mac but now it won't even detect sideload mode in my TWRP.
I have no idea what else to try, and after having no phone for a couple days, I really need help.
ARHD is not compatible with Sprint One(M7) devices...you messed up your partitions
The only fix is to RUU and start fresh.
silverdye97 said:
Hi everyone,
Spent two days trying different things and not sure where to post this. I started off with ViperOne ROM, 5.8 and TWRP Recovery. I have S-OFF and my CID is all 1's.
I installed Android Revolution 71.1 using TWRP and it installed but I kept getting constant dialer force closes during setup. So I tried installing the latest ViperOne ROM with the same result. I tried wiping data, cache, dalvik-cache, same result. I ran Disable System Write Protection 1.29.651.10 and tried installing again and now it won't get past a blank HTC screen that comes up after the boot animation. Now after trying 3 different ROMs (Android Revolution, Adroid Revolution Stock, and ViperOne, I'm getting the same screen and the phone won't turn on. I was sideloading on my Mac but now it won't even detect sideload mode in my TWRP.
I have no idea what else to try, and after having no phone for a couple days, I really need help.
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If you are lucky at least only radio partition is screwed up which can be taken care of by radio from Sprint radio thread else RUU is the only option
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
smokin901 said:
If you are lucky at least only radio partition is screwed up which can be taken care of by radio from Sprint radio thread else RUU is the only option
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
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Amazing! All I needed was the radio from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406330. :laugh:
Thanks so much! I also remembered I could simply use USB OTG rather than trying to flash things before the phone restarted. I'm surprised this happened, though, because the new Android Revolution says clearly that it now supports Sprint models.
silverdye97 said:
Amazing! All I needed was the radio from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406330. :laugh:
Thanks so much! I also remembered I could simply use USB OTG rather than trying to flash things before the phone restarted. I'm surprised this happened, though, because the new Android Revolution says clearly that it now supports Sprint models.
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But installation script mounts mmcblk33 as system which is actually radio partition on Sprint m7.
If you modify installation script to match Sprint and use kernel meant for Sprint m7 then Rom can be flashed safely but I guess it will work only in gsm mode
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
silverdye97 said:
Amazing! All I needed was the radio from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406330. :laugh:
Thanks so much! I also remembered I could simply use USB OTG rather than trying to flash things before the phone restarted. I'm surprised this happened, though, because the new Android Revolution says clearly that it now supports Sprint models.
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read the op only from a certian build is compatible it tells you all there.the latest one is not/.
Got an interesting issue. Interesting as in annoying the **** outta me ha ha
My phone accepts and installs any custom ROM (Tried Maximus, ViperOne and Revolution so far) it says successfully installed, press here to reboot - all good to that point. I then reboot and it sticks at the HTC screen forever - left it overnight just in case it was doing something funky and just needed time. Some of the ROM issues I've read about suggest clearing cache etc. No luck so far.
If I then hard reboot, go to recovery and clear cache or factory reset it doesn't change the result. The only ROM that doesn't have this issue is CM 11 via their installer program.
Any ideas what I'm missing?
I thought about finding a RUU and going back to the start but of course I can't find a RUU for my area (Australia) nearest one is Asia - and I'm not sure if I can just use another RUU and cant find anything to say either way.
Can anyone give me any pointers?? Ideally I'd like to be left with the Revolution ROM BTW
Thanks
Did you try to update your custom recovery?
SmudgeSmith said:
Got an interesting issue. Interesting as in annoying the **** outta me ha ha
My phone accepts and installs any custom ROM (Tried Maximus, ViperOne and Revolution so far) it says successfully installed, press here to reboot - all good to that point. I then reboot and it sticks at the HTC screen forever - left it overnight just in case it was doing something funky and just needed time. Some of the ROM issues I've read about suggest clearing cache etc. No luck so far.
If I then hard reboot, go to recovery and clear cache or factory reset it doesn't change the result. The only ROM that doesn't have this issue is CM 11 via their installer program.
Any ideas what I'm missing?
I thought about finding a RUU and going back to the start but of course I can't find a RUU for my area (Australia) nearest one is Asia - and I'm not sure if I can just use another RUU and cant find anything to say either way.
Can anyone give me any pointers?? Ideally I'd like to be left with the Revolution ROM BTW
Thanks
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Which recovery are you using ?
Seanie280672 said:
Which recovery are you using ?
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Have tried CWM and TWRP both latest releases
smudge01 said:
Have tried CWM and TWRP both latest releases
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Use twrp 2.6.3.3 or 2.6.3.4
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Use twrp 2.6.3.3 or 2.6.3.4
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Is that better for this type of thing than the latest? Thanks for the pointer - will give it a try
smudge01 said:
Is that better for this type of thing than the latest? Thanks for the pointer - will give it a try
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most compatible to date with the least issues.
A friend has asked me to try and fix there M7 ul. It was. Completely stock on O2 UK. They got a notification for system update (4.4.2 Sense6.0). While installing they left the phone and when they came back it was off. After some fiddling they managed to get it to come on but it would only boot to the bootloader which had Tampered and Locked flags.
This is where I came in so I tried booting to stock recovery to see if the OTA would complete but it was a no go. The screen just stayed black for ages then eventually would show the phone picture with red exclamation. Using volume up+power to get the recovery menu to reset cache returned it to the normal picture with green arrows. But reboot and repeat So I tried fastboot erase cache and attempted ota again with same results.
At this point I told them that anything more I tried may void the warranty so better to send it in but there is no warranty so asked me to do whatever I can. Naturally for me the next step was to unlock the bootloader to regain some control. First I just let the phone boot this time no bootloader screen but it just looped on the HTC splash screen.(i kind of expected that). So next I reboot bootloader and flash twrp2.6.3.3 erase cache and boot recovery. ARHD rom was already in my android folder so pushed it strait over. Ran into some pitfalls trying to flash the rom like instant reboots when flashing started and disappearing zip files fixed with e2fsck, zip failed message fixed with Format data and eventually got the rom installed. I know first boot normally takes a while but this seemed longer than expected but eventually booted the rom and everything seemed to be working fine.
After setting up the basics and testing a few things (installing and running apps. Playing music and so on) I rebooted the phone but again it bootloops on HTC splash screen. Tried everything to get it to boot like wipeing cache/dalvik, dirty flash, clean install even fix permissions nothing worked except Format Data in Twrp Full wipe, re-push rom re-flash rom. Phone took a while but booted and again worked perfectly while setting up and using the phone. So tried restart and again bootloop on HTC splash
So I'm now at a point where I think I've narrowed it down to the Kernel or Ramdisk or atleast the partition there installed on. Since if I use the Superwipe script to wipe only the boot partition cache/dalvik then refresh the boot.img or flash a kernel from recovery (i've been using bulletproof kernel) the phone will boot with the rom and settings intact.
If there is a problem with this partition I do not know how to fix it. I know mmcblk0p33 is the boot partition but is it where the boot.img actually lives or is that the bootloader partition?
If it is the boot.img partition can I repair it with mke2fs or e2fsck or some other tool?
There is an ruu available for the device so if I can just stop the bootloop I could s-off and then ruu and return it to stock. But firewater won't work and I think it's because of the procedure involved in getting the phone to boot is interfering with the push somehow. Firewater will push ok and chmod works but when I try to run firewater nothing happens and then the firewater file disappears and I have to push it again which means re-wipeing and flashing the kernel. I'm really not sure where to go from here any help or suggestions would be most appreciated thanks in advance :fingers-crossed:
Ok so s-off is out of the question since this phone has emmc cid 9001 best I can hope for now is a firmware.zip. I did keep trying firewater and eventually got it to run but sure enough I got Whelp this sucks!!
Would using cwm to format boot be any different to what superwipe dose? It says Format Boot but dose it actually format it or just wipe the data from it? I haven't used cwm since my galaxy ace days.
Danny201281 said:
Ok so s-off is out of the question since this phone has emmc cid 9001 best I can hope for now is a firmware.zip. I did keep trying firewater and eventually got it to run but sure enough I got Whelp this sucks!!
Would using cwm to format boot be any different to what superwipe dose? It says Format Boot but dose it actually format it or just wipe the data from it? I haven't used cwm since my galaxy ace days.
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you could try a full wipe firmware.zip and HBOOT, you will have to use the one you currently have on the device or the next newer one due to s-on, it will / should re-write your partitions, try looking here:
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Seanie280672 said:
you could try a full wipe firmware.zip and HBOOT, you will have to use the one you currently have on the device or the next newer one due to s-on, it will / should re-write your partitions, try looking here:
(searching for link)
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Thanks for reply.
Yep I've been looking for a firmware.zip it on 5.12.206.3 all I can find is an ruu.exe but it's the version before. I searched the updates thread and no one seems to have captured the OTA file so can't even extract from there.
Danny201281 said:
Thanks for reply.
Yep I've been looking for a firmware.zip it on 5.12.206.3 all I can find is an ruu.exe but it's the version before. I searched the updates thread and no one seems to have captured the OTA file so can't even extract from there.
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trouble is, you will need the full firmware, not just an OTA, and the wipe version, usually I see the page with the HBOOTs and firmwares everywhere, do you think I can find it now I need it...........
found it finally, check see if yours is in there, full wipe section: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LQDLpVZYyUpXPgC2sh1BvAS9Oo8B-fTiZU_JhpIH-fU/pubhtml#
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trouble is too, you cant s-off without a working rom on it, unless you can find someone who can do it by java card for you which is all done from the bootloader.
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trouble is, you will need the full firmware, not just an OTA, and the wipe version, usually I see the page with the HBOOTs and firmwares everywhere, do you think I can find it now I need it...........
found it finally, check see if yours is in there, full wipe section: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LQDLpVZYyUpXPgC2sh1BvAS9Oo8B-fTiZU_JhpIH-fU/pubhtml#
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Thanks for looking I'll start searching for it now. I hope there's something out there. :fingers-crossed:
Danny201281 said:
Thanks for looking I'll start searching for it now. I hope there's something out there. :fingers-crossed:
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is it the HTC one ? or the HTC one Mini ?
Danny201281 said:
Thanks for looking I'll start searching for it now. I hope there's something out there. :fingers-crossed:
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I can get a working rom no problem but it will only boot if I superwipe the boot partition and reflash kernel. Other wise it just bootloops.
But I've already had the whelp this sucks message so no s-off that's why's I need a matching firmware.
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is it the HTC one ? or the HTC one Mini ?
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HTC one M7_UL
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HTC one M7_UL
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The only RUU I could find is 4.xx.206.xx, you really need s-off to sort it, as you cant use that RUU, there is no RUU for your current version as its all ota's to get to that point, you may have some luck if you can find the next one up which will be 6.06.206.xx.
however, if you are in the UK and can live without your phone for a few days, then give these guys a call, book your phone in with them, and send it to them, they will s-off it by java card and send it back the same day, overall it takes about 3 or 4 days, its who I used, they were very helpful and friendly bunch of guys, best £15 quid ive ever spent.
http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/Unlocking/htc_s-off_service.htm
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actually, im over thinking things, have you tried this, it should also re-write your partitions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2770684
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actually, im over thinking things, have you tried this, it should also re-write your partitions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2770684
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Yes I remember this thread starting up I had considered this but not sure it would work as phone isn't in qhusb dload plus no evidence so far (i've still got some posts to read) it works with s-on. But I'll definitely give it a try if all else fails. Thanks again
Well I don't know if it's from the repeated wiping and flashing of the kernel or what but the phone seems to boot every time without the need to reflash the kernel now. Only it takes about 20mins looping once or twice on the splash screen. Once it gets past that from the boot animation onwards it works flawlessly. I can't get my head around it.
Just to put some closure to this. It's determined to be a hardware problem. Possibly a damaged memory chip. I did manage to return it to stock before handing it back to the owner with the bad news. But it will not boot the stock Rom at all just loops endlessly on the HTC LOGO splash screen.
Case closed
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