Can't return to stock ? - One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I tried to return to stock using mike1986 instructions. ie, download stock Rom and put on sd and download stock recovery for fastboot flash.
Problem was, when I tried to fastboot flash the recovery I got a message that "appeared" to be sayin the recovery was to big in size.
Does that make any sense to anyone, if so, can anyone suggest anything ?
Thanks
Edit, I'm s-on
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10rdan said:
I tried to return to stock using mike1986 instructions. ie, download stock Rom and put on sd and download stock recovery for fastboot flash.
Problem was, when I tried to fastboot flash the recovery I
Does that make any sense to anyone, if so, can anyone suggest anything ?
Thanks
Edit, I'm s-on
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I was having problems before had encrypted ruu instead of decrypted,not sure if that helps but fixed my problem to return to stock.make sure you have wright ruu for carrier

10rdan said:
I tried to return to stock using mike1986 instructions. ie, download stock Rom and put on sd and download stock recovery for fastboot flash.
Problem was, when I tried to fastboot flash the recovery I got a message that "appeared" to be sayin the recovery was to big in size.
Does that make any sense to anyone, if so, can anyone suggest anything ?
Thanks
Edit, I'm s-on
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First off, Post a fastboot getvar all ( minus your imei no and serial no ).
Is your bootloader unlocked?
post links to recovery you were trying to flash and how you were trying to flash it?

bored_stupid said:
First off, Post a fastboot getvar all ( minus your imei no and serial no ).
Is your bootloader unlocked?
post links to recovery you were trying to flash and how you were trying to flash it?
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Was trying to flash stock, 4.19.401.11, recovery via fastboot command after flashing stock Rom via twrp. Wouldn't flash, question is why ?
Handset is "found" with "adb device", just wouldn't flash recovery.
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10rdan said:
Was trying to flash stock, 4.19.401.11, recovery via fastboot command after flashing stock Rom via twrp. Wouldn't flash, question is why ?
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Without a fastboot getvar all and a screenshot of your bootloader, and how you tried to flash it, i cant say

bored_stupid said:
Without a fastboot getvar all and a screenshot of your bootloader, and how you tried to flash it, i cant say
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I've gone back to, backed up, ARHD62 so can't give you what you're asking for. Thanks anyway.
Reason I wanted to go back to stock was to get latest firmware when it's released then re unlock bootloader etc and flash ARHD71. NOT s-off.
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10rdan said:
I've gone back to, backed up, ARHD62 so can't give you what you're asking for. Thanks anyway.
Reason I wanted to go back to stock was to get latest firmware when it's released then re unlock bootloader etc and flash ARHD71. NOT s-off.
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BTW, a getvar can be gotten no matter what ROM you are on... it would help identify your device, and if you do want to stay S-On, perhaps find a signed firmware.zip for your phone.

Related

{CLOSED}[FIRMWARE] [ICS] [4.0.3] STOCK & Rooted (3-3-2012)

I will keep everything to myself from now on.
RELOCK BOOTLOADER
Code:
fastboot oem lock
reboot to fastboot again, and it should say **RELOCKED** at the top
To re-unlock your bootloader, you will need to run:
Code:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
just like the first time you unlocked it
removed.
i am done. thank you
been through all the issues and sorted them out
will provide help if needed
I can't seem to remember how to unlock? i still have the .bin from the first time, just couldn't remember what to do. Sorry! lol
tennockey said:
I can't seem to remember how to unlock? i still have the .bin from the first time, just couldn't remember what to do. Sorry! lol
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make sure the unlock file is in the same folder as fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
tennockey said:
I can't seem to remember how to unlock? i still have the .bin from the first time, just couldn't remember what to do. Sorry! lol
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check out the second post now
Pirateghost said:
check out the second post now
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thank you!!
Hope this helps!
Alternate Mirrors
PH39IMG.zip - http://goo-inside.me/private/iomonster/htcvivid/roms/ics-ota/PH39IMG.zip
VIVID_ICS_OTA_ROOTED_CWM.zip - http://goo-inside.me/private/iomonster/htcvivid/roms/ics-ota/VIVID_ICS_OTA_ROOTED_CWM.zip
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Alternate Instructions
Please note: this will not work on the RAIDER / Holiday -- only the HTC Vivid for ATT.
The reason is that this requires a HBOOT update, which is specific to the phone, and is signed per carrier.
Copy VIVID_ICS_OTA_ROOTED_CWM.zip to your external SD card
From CWM, flash the VIVID_ICS_OTA_ROOTED_CWM.zip
Put the PH39IMG.zip on your SD card, then reboot to fastboot
Re-lock your bootloader with fastboot, then reboot back into HBOOT
Flash the PH39IMG.zip from HBOOT
Remove PH39IMG.zip from SD card (or remove the SD card so that you can enter fastboot)
Enter fastboot again, and re-unlock bootloader
To get CWM re-installed you can either: a) fastboot flash recovery again OR b) Head to my thread and download the update PH39IMG clockwork installer, put that on your external SD, and boot to HBOOT then install it.
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Going back to stock?
Right now, going back to stock Gingerbread or even ICS shouldn't be that hard.
There are two methods:
Restoring to Gingerbread
This can be accomplished by flashing a special PH39IMG.zip
It will restore system, boot, and recovery all back to factory shipping stock.
HBOOT will not be downgraded (not possible).
Go here for instructions/downloads: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23242239#post23242239
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Restoring to ICS
This can also be accomplished, but it will be a two-step process.
First, you would use CWM to install a (soon to be created) update.zip that would install an unrooted stock ICS rom.
Then you will install a PH39IMG.zip that will remove clockwork and flash boot back to stock also.
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EDIT: Updated a 10th time-- this time to allow for ease of installation for people who have no external SD reader
thecubed said:
Hope this helps!
EDIT: I HATE THIS 10CHAR CRAP!
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THIRD POST
thanks
WTF took you so long, PG?
And why is all this bloatware still on here? I bet you even added CIQ back. Thanks SOOOO much.
Just wanted to add that i finally deleted all the bloat from it 325mb on the ram instead of 385 on stock sense 3.5 :3
I'm very excited cant wait to see how battery life is!
And again thank you PG
And thank you every single person who helped make this possible
Is the boot image flashed when we flash the firmware or do we need to fastboot flash the boot.img that's in the Rom zip?
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kxhawkins said:
WTF took you so long, PG?
And why is all this bloatware still on here? I bet you even added CIQ back. Thanks SOOOO much.
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lol kx.... cough*douche*cough
so basically flash the stock rom through cwm, then follow the instructions from there?
kozmikkick said:
Is the boot image flashed when we flash the firmware or do we need to fastboot flash the boot.img that's in the Rom zip?
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Yes flash the boot IMG
Bilbox battery is excellent and its super fast.. on stock
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how can i update hboot?
dreezy1209 said:
how can i update hboot?
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Instruction to update hboot is In first post
Loving it all so far
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i updated hboot but now everytime i boot into hboot it keeps wanting to update and i cant get into fastboot to unlock bootloader :/

[Q] backingup stock recovery???

I would like to know as to how can i backup stock recovery? Bcoz, i wish to go S-off and unlocked via Revone method, then flash TWRP, flash a few mods, and then get back to stock recovery , s-off, locked bootloader. Is that all possible. Does a nandroid backup, backup's stock recovery as well???
Thanks in advance guys.
You can't do a nandroid without custom recovery so that is out of the picture. OTA zip files however contain the recovery file you need.
mathrania said:
I would like to know as to how can i backup stock recovery? Bcoz, i wish to go S-off and unlocked via Revone method, then flash TWRP, flash a few mods, and then get back to stock recovery , s-off, locked bootloader. Is that all possible. Does a nandroid backup, backup's stock recovery as well???
Thanks in advance guys.
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If you're still on stock recovery at the moment - go into fastboot and command:
fastboot boot name_of_your_custom_recovery.img
This will just boot into custom recovery without flashing it. Do a backup and it will backup your stock recovery.
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redbull123 said:
If you're still on stock recovery at the moment - go into fastboot and command:
fastboot boot name_of_your_recovery.img
This will just boot into recovery without flashing it. Do a backup and it will backup your stock recovery.
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Yes I am in stock recovery..
how do I know the name of the recovery?? Or do I need to name it by mnyself..... and after backup, which place do i need to find it in my phone to secure the backup copy....
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mathrania said:
Yes I am in stock recovery..
how do I know the name of the recovery?? Or do I need to name it by mnyself..... and after backup, which place do i need to find it in my phone to secure the backup copy....
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You'll need to download either CWM or TWRP. You can rename the download if you want to something like cwm.img or twrp.img to make it easier.
Once the backup is done it will be on your phones internal storage in the clockworkmod or TWRP folder - depending which one you choose to boot. Just copy it to your PC.
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redbull123 said:
You'll need to download either CWM or TWRP. You can rename the download if you want to something like cwm.img or twrp.img to make it easier.
Once the backup is done it will be on your phones internal storage in the clockworkmod or TWRP folder - depending which one you choose to boot. Just copy it to your PC.
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I will comeback to thank you after my limit of 8 thanks per day get expired
redbull123 said:
You'll need to download either CWM or TWRP. You can rename the download if you want to something like cwm.img or twrp.img to make it easier.
Once the backup is done it will be on your phones internal storage in the clockworkmod or TWRP folder - depending which one you choose to boot. Just copy it to your PC.
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One question though... i bought this phone as a used, and it was Tampered and Relocked. When I selected the recovery option, it booted the phone to somewhat stock like recovery, and then after some process, the phone rebooted, and the phone was totally Factory Reset.... everything in the storage was gone too..... so is there an way to check if it is indeed a stock recovery, or this is the normal behaviour of stock recovery...?
You need to unlock your bootloader before doing anything with custom recovery. Use Revone or the official HTC Dev method
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redbull123 said:
If you're still on stock recovery at the moment - go into fastboot and command:
fastboot boot name_of_your_custom_recovery.img
This will just boot into custom recovery without flashing it. Do a backup and it will backup your stock recovery.
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Good tip
redbull123 said:
If you're still on stock recovery at the moment - go into fastboot and command:
fastboot boot name_of_your_custom_recovery.img
This will just boot into custom recovery without flashing it. Do a backup and it will backup your stock recovery.
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this method of just booting a custom recovery used to work with OLDER hboot versions. but it doesn't work with newer hboots. my hboot version is 1.54.0000 and when I use the command mentioned above, my bootloader menu just freezes!! guess I'll have to look for the OTA file then to find the stock bootloader!
pritam.paul.360 said:
this method of just booting a custom recovery used to work with OLDER hboot versions. but it doesn't work with newer hboots. my hboot version is 1.54.0000 and when I use the command mentioned above, my bootloader menu just freezes!!
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Yep, I know. It worked when I wrote it, over 6 weeks ago.
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redbull123 said:
Yep, I know. It worked when I wrote it, over 6 weeks ago.
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uh, I see! guess I didn't notice the date!
pritam.paul.360 said:
this method of just booting a custom recovery used to work with OLDER hboot versions. but it doesn't work with newer hboots. my hboot version is 1.54.0000 and when I use the command mentioned above, my bootloader menu just freezes!! guess I'll have to look for the OTA file then to find the stock bootloader!
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Not sure if it helps as I was still on 1.44 HBoot, but when I tried the command while the bootloader was locked, my bootloader would also freeze and I had to do a hard reset. Once I unlocked my bootloader, the boot command worked.
wckong said:
Not sure if it helps as I was still on 1.44 HBoot, but when I tried the command while the bootloader was locked, my bootloader would also freeze and I had to do a hard reset. Once I unlocked my bootloader, the boot command worked.
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first of all, you must have your bootloader unlocked in order to boot/flash a custom recovery. you can't do so if your bootloader is locked. and secondly, yeah, I also had the boot command worked out before I had the 1.54 Hboot. I guess this one doesn't allow 'just' booting a custom recovery!

S-ON bootloop, RUU won't work

I have a friend who tried flashing a rom on this HTC One with S-ON. The phone is now relocked and "tampered" but I have been trying to return it to stock so it will actually boot. It just hangs on the HTC screen for now. The version is 1.26.502.12 Hboot 1.44 but the RUU for ATT doesn't work at all; gives me the error 132 "signature error". I know this is the correct RUU, as when it says it will update to xxx version, it's the same exact version as what's on there (1.26.502.12).
Have been searching long and far for an answer, and have tried locating a ruu in the form of a .zip file, but have returned with no such luck.
xartic12 said:
I have a friend who tried flashing a rom on this HTC One with S-ON. The phone is now relocked and "tampered" but I have been trying to return it to stock so it will actually boot. It just hangs on the HTC screen for now. The version is 1.26.502.12 Hboot 1.44 but the RUU for ATT doesn't work at all; gives me the error 132 "signature error". I know this is the correct RUU, as when it says it will update to xxx version, it's the same exact version as what's on there (1.26.502.12).
Have been searching long and far for an answer, and have tried locating a ruu in the form of a .zip file, but have returned with no such luck.
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Its not the correct ruu for the phones cid, which will be CWS__001 or something similar. What's wrong with the phone that you need to ruu? You can either;
Find the correct RUU.
S-off the phone, change the cid, and flash any ruu of your choosing.
Re-unlock, re-flash custom recovery, and re-flash the rom.
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It won't boot because it's relocked with a custom recovery. Unlock again, flash the stock recovery from the RUU, and relock, and you'll be stock.
iElvis said:
It won't boot because it's relocked with a custom recovery. Unlock again, flash the stock recovery from the RUU, and relock, and you'll be stock.
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I have it unlocked and it had TWRP. I pulled the .zip from the RUU from the /local/temp/f3823848f (you get it), and tried running the fastboot commands:
fasboot erase cache
fastboot rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
This works up until the flashing of the zip, which results in "ERROR: could not clear input pipe; result -536870163< waiting for device >".
How would I go about getting the stock recovery from the RUU?
edit: I originally had it unlocked but relocked it so I could run the .exe for the RUU.
CoryTallman said:
Its not the correct ruu for the phones cid, which will be CWS__001 or something similar. What's wrong with the phone that you need to ruu? You can either;
Find the correct RUU.
S-off the phone, change the cid, and flash any ruu of your choosing.
Re-unlock, re-flash custom recovery, and re-flash the rom.
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Well the phone tried to install a custom rom (trick droid) without S-OFF, so now it completely won't boot past the HTC screen. I have problems with mounting the cache, but finally worked that kink out. I can't s-off the phone without it booting can I?
You do not need s-off to flash a rom on the one. He probably flashed a bad zip. Reflash TWRP, wipe everything. Adb push the ROM.zip and flash it.
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Also the stock recovery, if you wanna go that route, will be an .IMG file.
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.IMG
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CoryTallman said:
You do not need s-off to flash a rom on the one. He probably flashed a bad zip. Reflash TWRP, wipe everything. Adb push the ROM.zip and flash it.
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Also the stock recovery, if you wanna go that route, will be an .IMG file.
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.IMG
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Tried sideloading the RUU .zip rom and it wasn't able to mount cache and told me the .zip was corrupted. Where could I find the stock recovery?
Edit: Got the stock recovery on there now. Trying the RUU again.
xartic12 said:
Tried sideloading the RUU .zip rom and it wasn't able to mount cache and told me the .zip was corrupted. Where could I find the stock recovery?
Edit: Got the stock recovery on there now. Trying the RUU again.
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You can't sideload an ruu zip. Side load is for custom software, not official ruus
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CoryTallman said:
You can't sideload an ruu zip. Side load is for custom software, not official ruus
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I was reading where you could, as it's the stock .zip for your phone (assuming you had the correct one). My problem still is lingering. I have stock recovery installed and it's relocked, still can't manage to get the RUU to correctly read my model.
I posted some pictures, 1 containing the information about the device while the other is the window showing how it matches up.
Xartic, you should first read tutorials on how to flash something. Here on the forum are some. You can also sideload a custom Rom from the forum. Like Viper one
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xartic12 said:
Tried sideloading the RUU .zip rom and it wasn't able to mount cache and told me the .zip was corrupted. Where could I find the stock recovery?
Edit: Got the stock recovery on there now. Trying the RUU again.
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If you can't mount cache partition then the recovery will not work correctly.
I get the same problem few days ago when erasing all partitions.
Try to format cache partition from recovery. I've done it many times until it accept it.
It seems I format it in the wrong format.
If you have "cache mount error" when in recovery, then I don't think flashing a ROM will work (and when it works, the ROM will not boot anyway).
Get rid of this problem first.
Tecardo said:
Xartic, you should first read tutorials on how to flash something. Here on the forum are some. You can also sideload a custom Rom from the forum. Like Viper one
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Actually I did read and know how to flash roms, but the problem isn't that I didn't read, that my friend jumped the gun on flashing without knowing HTC and their s-on situation . The problem is that security still remains on and the phone won't accept the RUU to return it to stock.. I understand the phone is unlocked now but when I attempt the RUU I relock it with no positive results. I resorted to the stock recovery to see if that would help with the RUU, but it doesn't.
truc007 said:
If you can't mount cache partition then the recovery will not work correctly.
I get the same problem few days ago when erasing all partitions.
Try to format cache partition from recovery. I've done it many times until it accept it.
It seems I format it in the wrong format.
If you have "cache mount error" when in recovery, then I don't think flashing a ROM will work (and when it works, the ROM will not boot anyway).
Get rid of this problem first.
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You should use cwm not twrp. that normally works
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Tecardo said:
You should use cwm not twrp. that normally works
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I've noticed cwm has to be used to erase and mount cache. I still can't get anywhere though even being able to boot into any recovery.
Any other ideas on how to fix this problem?
Have you tried;
Unlock
Reflash TWRP or CWM
Redownload custom rom
Wipe everything
"adb push rom.zip /sdcard/"
Allow it to complete
Flash custom rom
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CoryTallman said:
Have you tried;
Unlock
Reflash TWRP or CWM
Redownload custom rom
Wipe everything
"adb push rom.zip /sdcard/"
Allow it to complete
Flash custom rom
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i messed my partitions with touch cwm. I solved the problem from twrp.
but really I don't know how, I played with Parted until I realize i can't find the name of the cache partition. I tried few time until it accept to format the cache. Then that was ok.
I create my problem by erasing all the partitions one by one from cwm (touch version)
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Have you tried;
Unlock
Reflash TWRP or CWM
Redownload custom rom
Wipe everything
"adb push rom.zip /sdcard/"
Allow it to complete
Flash custom rom
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I did all of that, and when it reboots it shows the HTC quietly brilliant screen with "This build is for development purposes only..." and will just hang there. I wiped everything before I pushed the Android Revolution Rom.
truc007 said:
i messed my partitions with touch cwm. I solved the problem from twrp.
but really I don't know how, I played with Parted until I realize i can't find the name of the cache partition. I tried few time until it accept to format the cache. Then that was ok.
I create my problem by erasing all the partitions one by one from cwm (touch version)
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Yeah I had to do that to be able to get the right locations mounted. Still am having difficulties though.
xartic12 said:
I did all of that, and when it reboots it shows the HTC quietly brilliant screen with "This build is for development purposes only..." and will just hang there. I wiped everything before I pushed the Android Revolution Rom.
Yeah I had to do that to be able to get the right locations mounted. Still am having difficulties though.
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And when you flashed android revolution there were no errors? The install went as it should? And how long are you letting it sit on that screen before rebooting?
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CoryTallman said:
And when you flashed android revolution there were no errors? The install went as it should? And how long are you letting it sit on that screen before rebooting?
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No errors whatsoever, I let it sit on the screen for about 5 minutes then waited on the HTC screen for about 15-20.
I just now flashed a stock odexed rom and it's doing the same thing, except it doesn't show "This build is for...." at the bottom. I sideloaded it and had no errors.
Also, after I sideload these roms, I have to reflash the recovery each time.
CoryTallman said:
Have you tried;
Unlock
Reflash TWRP or CWM
Redownload custom rom
Wipe everything
"adb push rom.zip /sdcard/"
Allow it to complete
Flash custom rom
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I am having a similar problem right now as I seem to have accidentally deleted my OS at some point
I tried this but the ADB cant find my device but fastboot can.
Any help?

Where did I go wrong?

Okay, so I have an HK m8 on sprint, FW 1.54.654.13.
I was originally on Viper 1.8.0, but wanted to upgrade to 2.0.0, so I went back to my stock backup, with the aforementioned software version.
After restoring that backup I realized I needed to also flash a stock recovery in order to take the OTA. So I flashed the 'Stock Recovery From 1.54.651.8 OTA' over adb from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2736048
So, since flashing that recovery my phone seems to not have a recovery anymore; infact, it constantly reboots after about 1 minute of being booted to system. When I boot into recovery, I get a symbol of a phone with an "!" in a triangle over it.
Where did I go wrong? What recovery should I be using? I can re-flash TWRP, but it seems I still get the bootloop, even though it does actually boot into system (which I've never seen happen from a bootloop). It's been like this for 12+ hours, and no amount of searching has helped me out thus far, so I'm hoping someone here could help me out a little.
xLoveHateLegend said:
Okay, so I have an HK m8 on sprint, FW 1.54.654.13.
I was originally on Viper 1.8.0, but wanted to upgrade to 2.0.0, so I went back to my stock backup, with the aforementioned software version.
After restoring that backup I realized I needed to also flash a stock recovery in order to take the OTA. So I flashed the 'Stock Recovery From 1.54.651.8 OTA' over adb from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2736048
So, since flashing that recovery my phone seems to not have a recovery anymore; infact, it constantly reboots after about 1 minute of being booted to system. When I boot into recovery, I get a symbol of a phone with an "!" in a triangle over it.
Where did I go wrong? What recovery should I be using? I can re-flash TWRP, but it seems I still get the bootloop, even though it does actually boot into system (which I've never seen happen from a bootloop). It's been like this for 12+ hours, and no amount of searching has helped me out thus far, so I'm hoping someone here could help me out a little.
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When I boot into recovery, I get a symbol of a phone with an "!" in a triangle over it.
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This is stock recovery
You could pull the stock recovery from the HK firmware...hopefully that will get you back to normal.
Worse comes to worse run the RUU.
I do not have the recovery.img in my backup. I'm also not S-off, so I think the only way I can upgrade my firmware is through OTA from what I understand, correct? If I could just flash the proper stock recovery I think I would be fine from there?
xLoveHateLegend said:
I do not have the recovery.img in my backup. I'm also not S-off, so I think the only way I can upgrade my firmware is through OTA from what I understand, correct? If I could just flash the proper stock recovery I think I would be fine from there?
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You can flash the full firmware while being s-on.
Alright, thanks! Can I go ahead and RUU 2.22.401.4 directly, or should I just RUU to my current stock firmware and just OTA from there?
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xLoveHateLegend said:
Alright, thanks! Can I go ahead and RUU 2.22.401.4 directly, or should I just RUU to my current stock firmware and just OTA from there?
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2.22.401.4 is not for Sprint.
I would go with the current HK RUU and start fresh.
BD619 said:
2.22.401.4 is not for Sprint.
I would go with the current HK RUU and start fresh.
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Damn. Alright, well from what I can see 2.16.654.4 is the latest for Sprint. After downloading O.M.J.'s RUU, would I be good to go straight to viper 2.0.0?
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xLoveHateLegend said:
Damn. Alright, well from what I can see 2.16.654.4 is the latest for Sprint. After downloading O.M.J.'s RUU, would I be good to go straight to viper 2.0.0?
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After you install TWRP recovery, yes.
For future reference Viper does OTA's which are not the same as Sprint OTA's...download the Viper OTA and flash in twrp.
Magnum_Enforcer said:
After you install TWRP recovery, yes.
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Yes of course, thank you.
BD619 said:
For future reference Viper does OTA's which are not the same as Sprint OTA's...download the Viper OTA and flash in twrp.
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Yes, I am aware. But on 1.8.0 I did not get an OTA. Maybe because I'll get it after I upgrade my FW. So after RUUing then reinstalling TWRP, if I restore my viper 1.8.0 backup, I can just OTA to 2.0.0?
xLoveHateLegend said:
Yes of course, thank you.
Yes, I am aware. But on 1.8.0 I did not get an OTA. Maybe because I'll get it after I upgrade my FW. So after RUUing then reinstalling TWRP, if I restore my viper 1.8.0 backup, I can just OTA to 2.0.0?
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Should be able to...
But if you are going to RUU why not just download the full rom and clean flash.
BD619 said:
Should be able to...
But if you are going to RUU why not just download the full rom and clean flash.
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I tried flashing the full Rom per your suggestion, but after flashing the 2.0.0 Rom, it's like my phone has no OS and can only boot to bootloader or recovery, not system at all.
I also tried extracting the latest hk ruu to the root of my external SD card and running it through bootloader to no avail.
I feel like I'm missing a vital part of information here. I've never really ruu'd before so I'm new to that but I'm pretty stumped on this whole thing.
xLoveHateLegend said:
I tried flashing the full Rom per your suggestion, but after flashing the 2.0.0 Rom, it's like my phone has no OS and can only boot to bootloader or recovery, not system at all.
I also tried extracting the latest hk ruu to the root of my external SD card and running it through bootloader to no avail.
I feel like I'm missing a vital part of information here. I've never really ruu'd before so I'm new to that but I'm pretty stumped on this whole thing.
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get the drivers for your phone + adb, rename the firmware update to firmware.zip, put it in /sdk/platform-tools
put the phone in fastboot, make sure it says fastboot USB and type fastboot devices in terminal to confirm it's connected.
then type in terminal Fastboot oem rebootRUU (capitalization matters.)
your screen will go black with a greyish HTC logo, then type in fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
once it's done doing it's thing type fastboot reboot
this method is pretty much failproof
EDIT: also, if you're flashing ONLY the sprint 2.0.0 update, you'll have to be on capt's twrp 2.7.0.7, otherwise you'll have to flash the full rom, boot into it, reboot into 2.7.1.0, and dirty flash the sprint viper ROM. Hope that helps, cheers >;3
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get the drivers for your phone + adb, rename the firmware update to firmware.zip, put it in /sdk/platform-tools
put the phone in fastboot, make sure it says fastboot USB and type fastboot devices in terminal to confirm it's connected.
then type in terminal Fastboot oem rebootRUU (capitalization matters.)
your screen will go black with a greyish HTC logo, then type in fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
once it's done doing it's thing type fastboot reboot
this method is pretty much failproof
EDIT: also, if you're flashing ONLY the sprint 2.0.0 update, you'll have to be on capt's twrp 2.7.0.7, otherwise you'll have to flash the full rom, boot into it, reboot into 2.7.1.0, and dirty flash the sprint viper ROM. Hope that helps, cheers >;3
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Thanks for the reply! From my understanding, you need to be S-Off for that method, which I am not.
The method I attempted to use is this one, from O.M.J's thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
using 7zip, extract 0P6BIMG.zip to ext sd card
-boot into bootloader
-make sure*hboot*is highlighted, press power button
-it will scan your ext_sd card, then ask if you want to start the update
-press volume up & let it do it's thing...
The problem is, it scans my external SD card just fine but never asks if I want to start the update, nor do I get the option to press volume up etc... I am on captains twrp 2.7.0.7, as I've seen many other users confirm success with this recovery.
Also, I don't see just an update, it seems the Sprint version of the Rom I downloaded is the full rom. I actually did get it to boot once and got this (see screenshot), but it was a dirty flash.
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xLoveHateLegend said:
Thanks for the reply! From my understanding, you need to be S-Off for that method, which I am not.
The method I attempted to use is this one, from O.M.J's thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
using 7zip, extract 0P6BIMG.zip to ext sd card
-boot into bootloader
-make sure*hboot*is highlighted, press power button
-it will scan your ext_sd card, then ask if you want to start the update
-press volume up & let it do it's thing...
The problem is, it scans my external SD card just fine but never asks if I want to start the update, nor do I get the option to press volume up etc... I am on captains twrp 2.7.0.7, as I've seen many other users confirm success with this recovery.
Also, I don't see just an update, it seems the Sprint version of the Rom I downloaded is the full rom. I actually did get it to boot once and got this (see screenshot), but it was a dirty flash.
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Did you re-lock your bootloader?
xLoveHateLegend said:
Thanks for the reply! From my understanding, you need to be S-Off for that method, which I am not.
The method I attempted to use is this one, from O.M.J's thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
using 7zip, extract 0P6BIMG.zip to ext sd card
-boot into bootloader
-make sure*hboot*is highlighted, press power button
-it will scan your ext_sd card, then ask if you want to start the update
-press volume up & let it do it's thing...
The problem is, it scans my external SD card just fine but never asks if I want to start the update, nor do I get the option to press volume up etc... I am on captains twrp 2.7.0.7, as I've seen many other users confirm success with this recovery.
Also, I don't see just an update, it seems the Sprint version of the Rom I downloaded is the full rom. I actually did get it to boot once and got this (see screenshot), but it was a dirty flash.
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http://venomroms.com/htc-one-m8/
download the full one and the sprint one, flash the first, reboot all the way (doubt you have to finish the automatic setup) then reboot into recovery and dirty flash the sprint one without wiping anything. It'll connect to the CDMA network instead of the GSM one with no problems, you don't even need to be on 2.7.0.7
And if it isn't working in HBOOT just go into recovery and adb sideload it, you shouldn't need to be s-off to do that. Enter adb sideload and just type in a terminal adb sideload (filename)
EDIT: idk why but that picture made me lol irl, KEEP CALM AND KANG AWAY
Alright giving that a shot now, thanks
That message is hilarious to me now, but it wasn't at the time xD
Edit: is it safe to dirty flash the first one, coming from 1.8.0? Also no, I haven't relocked my boot loader.
xLoveHateLegend said:
Alright giving that a shot now, thanks
That message is hilarious to me now, but it wasn't at the time xD
Edit: is it safe to dirty flash the first one, coming from 1.8.0? Also no, I haven't relocked my boot loader.
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RUU won't run unless you re-lock the bootloader since you are s-on
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RUU won't run unless you re-lock the bootloader since you are s-on
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Ahhh, okay makes sense now. My m7 was s-off and that was the first and last time I ever did a RUU. If I re-lock the boot loader, do I have to go through htcdev again to unlock once more, or will having it locked again not effect root?
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Ahhh, okay makes sense now. My m7 was s-off and that was the first and last time I ever did a RUU. If I re-lock the boot loader, do I have to go through htcdev again to unlock once more, or will having it locked again not effect root?
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fastboot oem relock
should do it

Help needed

I've posted this in the sprint m7 forums with no help so far. Going fishing here to see if i can get some help
I was updating my m7spr to the latest cm12 nightly, which i've been doing about once a week, and all of a sudden I cannot update apps from the play store or install any apks from my storage. I go to factory reset or uninstall some apps to make some room, and the apps won't uninstall and my recovery, TWRP, is gone. It flashes the TWRP logo and then restarts. I am currently at the bootloader screen unlocked s-on and have been trying to fastboot flash everything i can think of from a cm12 rom zip, a stock sense zip, a twrp recovery zip and img. nothing is working. I have tried to relock my bootloader and run a RUU, from the latest RUU_M7_WL_L50_SENSE60_SPCS_MR_Sprint_WWE_6.23.651.6_Radio_1.01.20.1225_CNV_CNV_SPCS_4.38_003_release_425282_signed_2 to an earlier version Sprint_HTC_One_m7wls_1.29.651.10_RUU and that didn't work either. sat at the htc/ruu screen for a half hour with no result.
I am at a loss as to what to do next and what will work to get my damn phone back to working order.
My h-boot is 1.56.0000 and again i am S-ON
Thanks in advance for your assistance
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bullfrog527 said:
I've posted this in the sprint m7 forums with no help so far. Going fishing here to see if i can get some help
I am at a loss as to what to do next and what will work to get my damn phone back to working order.
My h-boot is 1.56.0000 and again i am S-ON
Thanks in advance for your assistance
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flash same version firmware as now you have then flash TWRP again
yatindroid said:
flash same version firmware as now you have then flash TWRP again
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So, flash a ruu? Or something else
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bullfrog527 said:
So, flash a ruu? Or something else
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my answer was for twrp issues
After that flash whatever you like
RUU need locked bootloader cid mid match flash same or higher version ruu
I can't flash TWRP, it says it flashed but when I reboot recovery it just flashes the TWRP splash screen then goes to the.bootloader
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bullfrog527 said:
I can't flash TWRP, it says it flashed but when I reboot recovery it just flashes the TWRP splash screen then goes to the.bootloader
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did yoy flashed firmware ?
yatindroid said:
did yoy flashed firmware ?
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Found a ruu that finally worked from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2363516
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