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Softbrick (kinda) problem

Hi all,
So let me explain. I was given a HTC One for repair and the person just told me that her child did something wrong in the settings and the phone didn't boot anymore. The phone was on an older stock ROM and didn't get past the HTC One logo. Something was corrupted because the startup sound was cutting off before it had played like it should.
anyways: the phone is S-ON and I have unlocked the bootloader via HTCDev. I can install CWM, CWM Touch and TWRP but can't install any Sense rom because of the antique HBoot 1.56. I can however boot into CM 10.2.1 stable with no problems and ARHD 9.4 but with nou touch. On both ROMs firewather and rumrunner fail (usb debugging is on and root also for adb and apps).
Possible fixes I think off:
-Install an older ARHD version like 42 or 61 or 62 that is compitable with my firmware (but can't find them anywhere);
-install an insecure kernel compatible with CM10.2 (can't find one);
-Somehow just revert back to a Sense rom, wich I can't.
I just want S-off but every s-off tool fails. Is there another way to instal RUU exe or ZIP without S-OFF or at least upgrade the damn antique radio image that belongs in a museum ?
Thanks in advance

soulaiman said:
Hi all,
So let me explain. I was given a HTC One for repair and the person just told me that her child did something wrong in the settings and the phone didn't boot anymore. The phone was on an older stock ROM and didn't get past the HTC One logo. Something was corrupted because the startup sound was cutting off before it had played like it should.
anyways: the phone is S-ON and I have unlocked the bootloader via HTCDev. I can install CWM, CWM Touch and TWRP but can't install any Sense rom because of the antique HBoot 1.56. I can however boot into CM 10.2.1 stable with no problems and ARHD 9.4 but with nou touch. On both ROMs firewather and rumrunner fail (usb debugging is on and root also for adb and apps).
Possible fixes I think off:
-Install an older ARHD version like 42 or 61 or 62 that is compitable with my firmware (but can't find them anywhere);
-install an insecure kernel compatible with CM10.2 (can't find one);
-Somehow just revert back to a Sense rom, wich I can't.
I just want S-off but every s-off tool fails. Is there another way to instal RUU exe or ZIP without S-OFF or at least upgrade the damn antique radio image that belongs in a museum ?
Thanks in advance
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Hboot 1.56 is not that old the current is 1.57! You can install RUU being S-ON the RUU must be the same or higher version, signed and the bootloader has to be locked/relocked. For Sense ROMs you might try TWRP 2.6.3.3 it seems to work best. ARHD 81 should work with your phone you have to wipe in Aroma before you install it.

I couldn't get ARHD 81 to work, but if someone is in the same situation here is what I did:
1) Relock your bootloader with this command:
fastboot oem lock
2) download this signed radio file : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=file-thanks&fid=23622183712460395&mid=70&download_id=t0kvkiiupbv0r5gakftasij7d5&tid=1412801244&hc=731cbdd91c39e4104b17bb47e6236fd9614838fa88b158009a1006be6b2ec5ea
3) Place the file in the same platform-tools directory for ease of use and insert this command:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
4) Once the phone reboots into a black HTC screen enter:
fastboot flash zip <name_of_the_file_here_without_quotes>
5) Normally it should succeed and tell you to immediatly flush, if it fails reattempt to flash the zip and it will succeed.
6) Download your prefered Recovery, mine is CWM but TWRP is even better sometimes and enter:
fastboot reboot-bootloader and then fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>
6B) EDIT: to be able to flash a recovery IMG with S-On you need to unlock you bootloader again.
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlocktoken_bin or whatever your unlocktoken is called
Then accept the security warning on your phone with the volume keys and power key.
7) Once succeed enter recovery and flash Maximus HD
8) Once done please enter bootloader again by pressing vol- + power or bij selecting advanced, reboot bootloader in recovery.
9) Because we're S-On, we need to manually flash boot.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img and if you get bootloops fastboot erase cache
Once this is done you should be able to boot into the rom and everything should work. Flashing this has upgraded my hboot to 1.57. Now I will report if I succeed to get S-off.

Well I couldn't find an RUU that was signed and for my version. Also I don't know why but I couldn't get ARHD to work. Maybe I need s-off or another recovery but even with elemental X it didn't boot.

soulaiman said:
Well I couldn't find an RUU that was signed and for my version. Also I don't know why but I couldn't get ARHD to work. Maybe I need s-off or another recovery but even with elemental X it didn't boot.
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Okay so what I want to suggest you do is for starters go in unlock the bootloader as re locking it before doing anything is pointless when once everything is fixed is when you'd need to do it. Also I recommend that you install the custom recovery first and flash the rom from there rather than trying to flash it using fastboot as then at least we can get a standard recovery message which may be easier to find an answer for, I recommend using the very latest twrp recovery from their site as that should be able to flash all roms but make sure you install a stock sense 6 rom as the phone needs to be on the latest update with the kk radios and obviously that means having an hboot of 1.57 which would allow you to install custom roms that are running on kk otherwise you'll have issues and if you've followed what I suggest and it doesn't work a logcat and even a video of what is actually happening will help a lot to see what's going on but first things first is make sure that phone is on the latest hboot and the latest radio.
Also what version of phone is it? is it a m7ul? I'll send you an ruu link if I know what version we're looking at

dc959 said:
Okay so what I want to suggest you do is for starters go in unlock the bootloader as re locking it before doing anything is pointless when once everything is fixed is when you'd need to do it. Also I recommend that you install the custom recovery first and flash the rom from there rather than trying to flash it using fastboot as then at least we can get a standard recovery message which may be easier to find an answer for, I recommend using the very latest twrp recovery from their site as that should be able to flash all roms but make sure you install a stock sense 6 rom as the phone needs to be on the latest update with the kk radios and obviously that means having an hboot of 1.57 which would allow you to install custom roms that are running on kk otherwise you'll have issues and if you've followed what I suggest and it doesn't work a logcat and even a video of what is actually happening will help a lot to see what's going on but first things first is make sure that phone is on the latest hboot and the latest radio.
Also what version of phone is it? is it a m7ul? I'll send you an ruu link if I know what version we're looking at
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Thanks for the info and help.
The phone is allready been returned to the owner, it was just a repair job because the phone was out of waranty and nobody in this town could fix it. in fact, some idiot that didn't know what he was doing flashed the wrong hboot version (other phone/model) on it somehow and it was a mess.
I did manage to repair it trough an RUU I found I think or I did install a custom sense 6 rom... I don' remember exactly but it had a mismatching hboot version that's all I remember

[Q] Bricked m7...help me please

i have htc m7, before this i root and unlock boot loader...i install kernell..i dont s-off my htc m7. It happen that i accidentally wipe everything dalvik cache, cache and system when im at fastboot.
now my htc m7 wotn turn on as it got no os installed. please i need help how to solve this issue. i try to find ruu zip or exe for my htc m7 but couldnt find anywhere. Im using asia firmware which cid o44..
4.20.707.6....i need to install firmware for mine...but coulnd find...please i need a help

sammy sebert said:
i have htc m7, before this i root and unlock boot loader...i install kernell..i dont s-off my htc m7. It happen that i accidentally wipe everything dalvik cache, cache and system when im at fastboot.
now my htc m7 wotn turn on as it got no os installed. please i need help how to solve this issue. i try to find ruu zip or exe for my htc m7 but couldnt find anywhere. Im using asia firmware which cid o44..
4.20.707.6....i need to install firmware for mine...but coulnd find...please i need a help
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Well, you could flash an HTC Sense based custom rom like Android Revolution HD, which is basically the same as the RUU ROM, just with more mods. I would recommend this because flashing an RUU is way more complicated with unnecessary steps.
To do that, you can simply download the rom from the Android Development section, and use adb sideload to flash the ROM in TWRP

sammy sebert said:
i have htc m7, before this i root and unlock boot loader...i install kernell..i dont s-off my htc m7. It happen that i accidentally wipe everything dalvik cache, cache and system when im at fastboot.
now my htc m7 wotn turn on as it got no os installed. please i need help how to solve this issue. i try to find ruu zip or exe for my htc m7 but couldnt find anywhere. Im using asia firmware which cid o44..
4.20.707.6....i need to install firmware for mine...but coulnd find...please i need a help
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there is a 4.20.707.6 nandroid backup you could use to restore your deleted system here: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/m7-twrp-nandroid-backup-cid-htc__044-_-4-20-707-6-asia-wwe-zip/

raghav kapur said:
Well, you could flash an HTC Sense based custom rom like Android Revolution HD, which is basically the same as the RUU ROM, just with more mods. I would recommend this because flashing an RUU is way more complicated with unnecessary steps.
To do that, you can simply download the rom from the Android Development section, and use adb sideload to flash the ROM in TWRP
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i try to flash rom but it keep fail. my htc is s-on

sammy sebert said:
i try to flash rom but it keep fail. my htc is s-on
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That's maybe because it's not a rom.zip it's a nandroid backup. You need to extract it and push the nandroid to your twrp backup folder.
Put the unzipped nandroid in your fastboot folder. Rename it something easy to type "nandroid" for example.
Boot the phone to twrp recovery and connect your usb. In the adb/fastboot command window type
Code:
adb push nandroid /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/YOURPHONESSERIALNO/nandroid
Replace "YOURPHONESSERIALNO" with your phone's serial number in caps
Wait for the push to complete then Use the "Restore" option in TWRP to restore the backup to your device :good:
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[Q] I've bricked my M7

Hi,
I had Android revolution installed on my M7. I've started to play with TWRP recovery and I've bricked my phone. It's now turning on straight to TWRP recovery, even if i will choose to boot system. Can you help me fix it?
CID: ORANG001

karoltom said:
Hi,
I had Android revolution installed on my M7. I've started to play with TWRP recovery and I've bricked my phone. It's now turning on straight to TWRP recovery, even if i will choose to boot system. Can you help me fix it?
CID: ORANG001
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What have you done exactly from TWRP? Wiped /system? Tried to flash a rom? Formatted /data?
download a rom and push it to you internal storage and then flash it using the "install" function in twrp recovery. You won't be able to flash lollipop rom on this phone because the firmware installed is to old.

i don't know how to do this. i can't find software for ORANG001. maybe i can install some custom ROM?
If the phone will be working fine i know how to do s-off, change cid and flash it with stock rom.
Is there any other way to gain s-off except rumrunner?

karoltom said:
i don't know how to do this. i can't find software for ORANG001. maybe i can install some custom ROM?
If the phone will be working fine i know how to do s-off, change cid and flash it with stock rom.
Is there any other way to gain s-off except rumrunner?
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Your on hboot 1.57. There is only one way to s-off 1.57 and thats Sunshine app. Which cost £25. But before you can s-off you need a functional rom on the device.
You can use this http://www.androidrevolution.org/downloader/download.php?file=Android_Revolution_HD-One_84.0.zip
Download the rom and put it in your fastboot folder and rename it something simple like rom.zip.
If you have twrp 2.8.5.x you should be able to enable MTP in recovery then just copy the rom strait to you internal storage from you pc and install it.
Older versions of twrp don't support MTP in which case you will need to adb push the rom to your device. Instructions below
With the rom.zip in your fastboot folder. Open a adb/fastboot command window. Boot the device to recovery and connect usb. Check adb is working by typing
Code:
adb devices
if you get the expected out put push the rom with
Code:
adb push rom.zip /sdcard
The command window will appear unresponsive until the push is complete. When it's done install the rom with TWRP.
Sent from my SM-T230 using Tapatalk

thank you for your help. I've managed to copy rom file using 'push' option Hopefully it will be working fine now

How to Export Stock Recovery HTC One M7 Android 5.0.2 Sense 6 ?

I'am Already Unlocked Device and How to Export Stock Recovery On HTC One M7 Android 5.0.2 Sense 6 ?
Thank You.

sopont said:
I'am Already Unlocked Device and How to Export Stock Recovery On HTC One M7 Android 5.0.2 Sense 6 ?
Thank You.
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If you mean how to backup the stock recovery actually installed on your phone, you can't unless you have s-off and its not an easy task. You need to downgrade hboot to 1.44 so you can boot a custom recovery without flashing it (fastboot boot recovery.img) so you can pull the stock recovery from the mmcblk0p34 partition using "dd" commands using an adb shell from the booted custom recovery.
Easiest solution is to extract the stock recovery from the ota update zip file of the same version your phone is actually running.
Maybe your stock recovery version is already available, what version do you need?

alray said:
If you mean how to backup the stock recovery actually installed on your phone, you can't unless you have s-off and its not an easy task. You need to downgrade hboot to 1.44 so you can boot a custom recovery without flashing it (fastboot boot recovery.img) so you can pull the stock recovery from the mmcblk0p34 partition using "dd" commands using an adb shell from the booted custom recovery.
Easiest solution is to extract the stock recovery from the ota update zip file of the same version your phone is actually running.
Maybe your stock recovery version is already available, what version do you need?
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Hi alray.
Thank you very much.

sprint M7 , its stuck in HTC logo , it doesn't have a Rom !

my HTC sprint m7 is stucked on the HTC logo because there is no Rom on it and i want to instal a new one
its already unlocked any one can help please

If you can get into recovery you can push a rom to your device.
adb push RomName.zip /sdcard/

khalil'o said:
my HTC sprint m7 is stucked on the HTC logo because there is no Rom on it and i want to instal a new one
its already unlocked any one can help please
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If you have t.w.r.p 2.8.7.0 or higher, your phone shows up and mounts as an MTP device and you can copy the rom zip from your PC, an then flash/install it and reboot. There are forums on how to flash recovery elsewhere on this site for the m7spr, and after that you should be able to boot it up with your rom and no problem

knightrider64 said:
If you have t.w.r.p 2.8.7.0 or higher, your phone shows up and mounts as an MTP device and you can copy the rom zip from your PC, an then flash/install it and reboot. There are forums on how to flash recovery elsewhere on this site for the m7spr, and after that you should be able to boot it up with your rom and no problem
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When I flash any recovery over my existing one, when I reboot it, the old recovery comes back. Ugh.

khalil'o said:
my HTC sprint m7 is stucked on the HTC logo because there is no Rom on it and i want to instal a new one
its already unlocked any one can help please
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first you should have the drive ,ensure your phone could be conected, then use adb language, to make your phone to oem(you flash ruu),then print adb language flash cwm recovery. then you can flash rom . adb language could be reserch on the internet.

new jashion said:
first you should have the drive ,ensure your phone could be conected, then use adb language, to make your phone to oem(you flash ruu),then print adb language flash cwm recovery. then you can flash rom . adb language could be reserch on the internet.
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Um...hope his bootloader is locked before flashing an ruu