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Soft Brick.

Hey guys its been a while since I've even tried to fix my phone cause everyone was saying its dead. But I've been reading stories of people coming back from the G1 logo. So i could really use your help.
Heres the problem, A while back I dropped my old G1 and had to get a new one. Upon looking for the video I used last time to root my phone, I couldn't find it. I searched high and low but to no avail. I figured any video would work as long as it rooted me. So I started up the video. however once i was "done" with it i noticed nothing had changed. So i figured the video was garbage and found another one and started it up. I know, STUPID. Well when i booted my phone after wiping and flashing. It stayed on the G1 logo. I knew the worst had happened. So now i don't know what to do. There have been one or two occasions that I've gotten it to boot loader. So i know i can get there. but what do i do when I get it?
Also, no, I never got to flashing raido's or anything like that. I thought I wasn't rooted so i didn't move on.
I know it was long but I'm getting all the info out there. Please help, I think its possible, and if it is I want my phone back!!!

What were you installing by the way?
EDIT: Made a mistake, thought you were able to boot into recovery.

He does not get to recovery, but into bootloader mode (cam + power on). This is good, as there is a good chance to recover from that.
Try the first section of this guide:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
You have to flash the correct dreamimg.nbh via bootloader. You might need a Goldcard to do so, in certain countries, but lets just hope that is not the case (would be more work...)
€: Some more Info on Bricking your device with Radio/SPL updates, so take care: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=655097
The guide on cyanogens wiki is considered dangerous at the optional update to HardSPL

[SOLVED] Return to stock (unroot) without USB or without a computer (non-RUU method)?

Hey guys, please forgive me if I misuse my terminology here but I am still a padawan learner.
My wife's hero is rooted and running a cyanogen rom. All was well for months but now her usb plug is broken and NOT charging. I have not yet verified that the usb won't talk to the pc but I assume it's the case because I can't get the thing to charge. Of course i have tried 5 or 6 diff chargers, tried wiggling, etc. but i am convinced that there is a broken prong in the phones plug. The phone is under warranty for 2 more days but I understand that I need to flash it back to stock before trying warranty stuff.
I have searched and the answers I have found are to simply run the latest RUU from the htc website. I found it, no problem, but it is an .exe file and would require the usb to work, right? The phone is dead right now or i would test the usb>pc connection and I have arranged to briefly borrow a friend's battery later tonight. If i can't get the connection to work is there any other way to flash this thing back to stock? If I just download a stock rom and flash that then i will still be rooted right? Do they check that? and lastly what about running an OTA update? Any advice/ideas are greatly appreciated.

Come to think of it, I might have the original naandroid backup that i did of the phone back in the day. If i restore this, would it go back to stock?

Here's what you can do:
Go HERE and download the S-OFF bootloader.
Flash it
Download THIS - its the zip that gets uploaded/flashed when you run the RUU.
And..as per instructions on that page:
Simply rename this to HERCIMG.zip and place on the root of your SDCard.
Power your phone completely off.
Press and Hold VOL DOWN and POWER until your phone boots into HBoot mode.
Wait for it to verify the zip, then click <ACTION> (Trackball) to update, or <SEND> (Green Call) to cancel.
After it flashes you'll have a stock phone, with the stock bootloader
Its the same setup I have on my phone..Just in case I need to un-root on the fly Except I have two zips. One with the stock bootloader and one without so I can keep it unlocked.

Gotta love XDA, thanks so much. I may have found it if I had thought about searching for "stock sprint zip format". Hopefully the next guy will find this. I have been helped by your advice many times throughout the forums in my searches.

drumstyk1 said:
Gotta love XDA, thanks so much. I may have found it if I had thought about searching for "stock sprint zip format". Hopefully the next guy will find this. I have been helped by your advice many times throughout the forums in my searches.
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You should add "or computer" to the title as well For those that may search 'unrooting without a computer'
And you're welcome that's why I'm here

Not working (yet)
Hi, another noob here: SAKKA.
I also need to revert to stock. I already switched the phone number (just upgraded and giving Hero to daughter). So have to push everything from Mac via USB. Unable to d/l md5sum: a77a2dee8e903e8f1a18b28b5c5e0b40 b/c it won't connect (too old?) Have HERC in root, did steps 1-4. But no go. Is there someway I can chat and get some help? Or do you know where i can chat now that AOSP is no longer running an online chat room (as far as I know)?

do u have any idea how old this thread is

Oh.
D'oh. Thanks.
That being said. Know how I can find someone to talk me through this?

sethfriedman said:
Oh.
D'oh. Thanks.
That being said. Know how I can find someone to talk me through this?
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There is this help page :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13479613
I always unroot with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8551240
Then I root with the "one click method"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743289
Both never fail me....
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero
V's CDMA Hero

i tried this! it was on the updating part and when it was almost done, the htc screen appear and it started all over with s-off. so it said fail.

Just curious, if phone is already activated to her # then why go back to horrible stock.
If u want a stock ROM flash liquid sense or nfx.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=643
From either of those two ROMs u can do all that stock can.. like activation, PRL updates, etc.....
So unless its going for service under warranty there is no need to unroot to stock.
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero

Black htc screen four triangles

I am smart enough apparantly to get myself into trouble with flashing and rooting...I thought i had a pretty good grip on this till this happened.
I know you guys are working hard and my problems are small and silly in the grand scheme of things, if I missed something in my searches I apologize, I looked for hours and found one other post, but that persons issue was slightly different than mine. I own a Htc vivid ( holiday, raider) I was originally running the stock ICS ruu, I reflashed to the Pre-rooted ICS rom, it froze due to my "fiddling" with the font settings. I tried to flash back to the original ICS RUU, when the Prerooted version would not take on my phone. Everything seemed great until it froze at 34%. I have attempted to boot into recovery (volume - and power) and get nothing but the black screen with four triangles in the corners and the HTC logo in the middle, I am using the original USB cord, I have tried rerunning this from a few different computers with it only to get stuck at the 34% mark again and again. I would love to get back to ICS pre rooted again, but at this point I am close to tossing it in the microwave for a few seconds and warrantying the phone out. Advice? Suggestions?
I appreciate any help thrown my way, as I said I know you guys are busy making awesome stuff happen, and my problems are small by comparison.
Thank you ahead of time!

Another member was (could still be) having what sounds identical (RUU stopping at 34%). Not sure if he's gotten it fixed, I do believe TheCubed is helping him with it still, you might hop on IRC (Freenode, #htc-holiday) and talk to TheCubed when he gets on.

If you manage to get back into the hboot try to re lock your bootloader and it'll reset everything if memory serves me right.

Brand New said:
If you manage to get back into the hboot try to re lock your bootloader and it'll reset everything if memory serves me right.
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other user with same issue - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1581902
might want to follow that. I don't have any suggestions at this point other than the last suggestion in that thread. IF you can get to bootloader, try relocking bootloader and running the ph39img that thecubed posted to restore to GB, then try running the RUU.
Did you try to run the RUU while you were unlocked???? You need to be locked to run the RUU

Could it also be a bad RUU download? I would try downloading the RUU again, from another server if possible, and see if it gets stuck at the 34%.
S7

[Q] Computer won't recognize device after flash

I am a beginner at this, so bear with me. I had an old HTC One lying around that was somewhat in a non-working state. Not as a phone anyway as it constantly lost service. Someone told me that it might perhaps be a software issue and if I rooted it and used a different ROM, it could fix my problem. So, for the first time, I gave it a shot. I tried a bunch of things, followed many tutorials, but I couldn't gain s-off on the device. Finally, someone said since my hboot was version 1.57, I would need to use sunshine to accomplish my goal. I did so and it worked. So now I followed another tutorial which showed how to make it a google play edition device. So I flashed the RUU and it failed the first time around. I tried again as the tutorial said I would have to only to get another error. My computer said it was waiting for a device. Basically my problem is that now when I'm in fastboot mode, my computer won't recognize it. When I boot it normally however, it acts like usual. I've visited other suggested threads on these forums, but to no avail. I've tried other chords, I've updated drivers, I've gone into the device manager and did just about everything suggested. So I've come here for one last try. If anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated.

Sir,
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Good luck

Thank you for your assistance in moving my thread to the correct location. I'd also like to note that I read quite a few articles where people seem to have the same problems as I have or have had, but none of them seem to help. Just so you know I didn't run straight for the post option and actually put some effort into finding my solution before hand.

[Q] Sprint One M8 died due to hardware issue

My charging port has become unstable and phone does not charge. I'm running the Viper One M8 rom for the past 8 months or so and was wondering... should i flash the stock rom back to the phone before returning to Sprint?
I've tried to read several forums to determine the easiest way to do this, but its been a long time since I've messed with flashing, and I can't seem to find the latest update. I have a non-HK device.
I was hoping there's an RUU for my device that I can flash from recovery/fastboot, but I'm unsure which to use.
I received delivery of a replacement device today, so want to get this done ASAP (if it is even necessary)
Please point me in the right direction for the most up to date RUU.

If you made a claim through Asurion, I would not worry about returning the device to stock. I've sent back rooted devices in the past, as have many other users here, without issue.