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RAZR recovery on Droid 4?

Anyone tried using the RAZR recovery on the Droid 4? Lookin to do up the Arctic rom, but would feel much better if I could get a nandroid.
EDIT: This is the link to the RAZR recovery I was mainly thinking of: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385283

jgardner said:
Anyone tried using the RAZR recovery on the Droid 4? Lookin to do up the Arctic rom, but would feel much better if I could get a nandroid.
EDIT: This is the link to the RAZR recovery I was mainly thinking of: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385283
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Why not do the nandroid with safestrap?

I didn't think safestrap was working with the D4?

jgardner said:
I didn't think safestrap was working with the D4?
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I dont know whats going on lol.....everyone is coming with all these different stories. I used the root exploit that was out and used the safestrap for recovery. I dont think I did anything different than anyone else. And then i took a chance flashing a Razr rom

Oh yeah, the original utility had the safestrap didn't it? The latest utility doesn't anymore (although I think it works).
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jgardner said:
Oh yeah, the original utility had the safestrap didn't it? The latest utility doesn't anymore (although I think it works).
Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk
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I took it out until Hashcode brings it out for Droid 4. I've been corresponding with him and if the maker of Safestrap tells you it isn't safe to use on Droid 4 yet then you usually should listen.
All up to your risk though.

I made a nandroid using safestrap, or thought i did. I made my backup so i figured i would try that arctic rom so i followed the directions step by step. After i wiped cache and factory reset i went install from sd and the arctic rom that i know i put on it was not there. So i figured i would flash back to the backup i just made and try the process of putting the arctic on my sd. Some how i ended up bricking my phone and am now stuck in bootloader and my device is looked. Have you or anyone else made an sbf, oneclick recovery or a way to unbrick my D4?

Briteyez83 said:
I made a nandroid using safestrap, or thought i did. I made my backup so i figured i would try that arctic rom so i followed the directions step by step. After i wiped cache and factory reset i went install from sd and the arctic rom that i know i put on it was not there. So i figured i would flash back to the backup i just made and try the process of putting the arctic on my sd. Some how i ended up bricking my phone and am now stuck in bootloader and my device is looked. Have you or anyone else made an sbf, oneclick recovery or a way to unbrick my D4?
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Not yet. There is a reason we have warnings on these...
I hope we get fastboot yet. You cannot just "make them" they have to be leaked.
FYI Motorola does Fastboot files, not SBF now.

mattlgroff said:
Not yet. There is a reason we have warnings on these...
I hope we get fastboot yet. You cannot just "make them" they have to be leaked.
FYI Motorola does Fastboot files, not SBF now.
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Im new to root even though i have learned pretty quick. Finally after much pain and suffering got my X's bootloader unlocked and rooted some time in Nov. What does leaked mean and what is the difference between fastboot files and sbf?
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As far as the warnings i didnt see the warning to not use safestrap till i got on here and it was to late. I figured since i was able to boot into recovery and make a backup i would be ok

Briteyez83 said:
Im new to root even though i have learned pretty quick. Finally after much pain and suffering got my X's bootloader unlocked and rooted some time in Nov. What does leaked mean and what is the difference between fastboot files and sbf?
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You would be Man of the Year if you did that. You mean you bootstrapped it, right?
Leaked means they have to trickle out from Motorola/Verizon somehow.. either on purpose or by "accident" somebody on the inside putting them out there for use by our wonderful devs.
As for SBF vs fasboot, i dont know exactly the difference but think of them as different types of "recovery" that can be used to fully restore your phone to factory condition.

Briteyez83 said:
I made a nandroid using safestrap, or thought i did. I made my backup so i figured i would try that arctic rom so i followed the directions step by step. After i wiped cache and factory reset i went install from sd and the arctic rom that i know i put on it was not there. So i figured i would flash back to the backup i just made and try the process of putting the arctic on my sd. Some how i ended up bricking my phone and am now stuck in bootloader and my device is looked. Have you or anyone else made an sbf, oneclick recovery or a way to unbrick my D4?
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Which FASTBOOT error are you seeing? It should be referencing one of the partitions.
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greekchampion04 said:
You would be Man of the Year if you did that. You mean you bootstrapped it, right?
Leaked means they have to trickle out from Motorola/Verizon somehow.. either on purpose or by "accident" somebody on the inside putting them out there for use by our wonderful devs.
As for SBF vs fasboot, i dont know exactly the difference but think of them as different types of "recovery" that can be used to fully restore your phone to factory condition.
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Yes, i mean bootstrapped and you mean woman of the year, right? My bf said the difference between the two is SBF your makinga mirror image of everything and doing a complete system dump and fastboot is just cutting the power for a split sec. It will clear your immediate cache but some memory is still there.

Briteyez83 said:
Yes, i mean bootstrapped and you mean woman of the year, right? My bf said the difference between the two is SBF your makinga mirror image of everything and doing a complete system dump and fastboot is just cutting the power for a split sec. It will clear your immediate cache but some memory is still there.
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I cant help unless I know what your error message says when you turn on the phone. :/
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Send me your email addy in a message and ill send you a pic of it

Briteyez83 said:
Send me your email addy in a message and ill send you a pic of it
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Ok, so it's WEBTOP that is behaving badly.
Let me see if I can get an RSD Lite file for you to try. Do you know how to use that?

Hashcode said:
Ok, so it's WEBTOP that is behaving badly.
Let me see if I can get an RSD Lite file for you to try. Do you know how to use that?
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No, i dont. Im new to root, just rooted in nov. If you give me something thst would fix it that would be awesome.

Unfortunately, the fix isn't exactly a simple one.
It comes in 3 parts (assuming you're on Windows):
1. You'll need to download and install RSD Lite which is what is used to flash the fastboot restore files from Motorola:
http://dev-host.org/ug07spima1mq/RSDLite5.5.rar
2. Download and install the Motorola USB drivers to recognize your phone in fastboot mode:
http://www.mediafire.com/?z5qpc8v3xza25e6
3. I'm setting up a mini WEBTOP fastboot restore file based on the latest RAZR fastboot files (I say small.. but it's still quite a large download). The version is slightly off from the D4's but it might be close enough, and I think it's worth a shot:
[ Getting this file setup will take me about an hour, but you can get steps 1 and 2 ready for now ]
ALSO KEEP THE PHONE POWERED OFF FOR NOW TO SAVE BATTERY. FASTBOOT WILL NOT PROGRAM WITH A LOW BATTERY.

Hashcode said:
Unfortunately, the fix isn't exactly a simple one.
It comes in 3 parts (assuming you're on Windows):
1. You'll need to download and install RSD Lite which is what is used to flash the fastboot restore files from Motorola:
http://dev-host.org/ug07spima1mq/RSDLite5.5.rar
2. Download and install the Motorola USB drivers to recognize your phone in fastboot mode:
http://www.mediafire.com/?z5qpc8v3xza25e6
3. I'm setting up a mini WEBTOP fastboot restore file based on the latest RAZR fastboot files (I say small.. but it's still quite a large download). The version is slightly off from the D4's but it might be close enough, and I think it's worth a shot:
[ Getting this file setup will take me about an hour, but you can get steps 1 and 2 ready for now ]
ALSO KEEP THE PHONE POWERED OFF FOR NOW TO SAVE BATTERY. FASTBOOT WILL NOT PROGRAM WITH A LOW BATTERY.
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Thank you so much. My bf is leaving his laptop here so that i can do this since he is building the main cpu right now. Ill makev sure i let you know if this works or not after ive finished. I was going to have verizon send me a new one since i just bought my D4 on the 17th and i have 14 days. But i just dont want to risk my warrenty getting voided. Once again thank you.

Briteyez83 said:
Thank you so much. My bf is leaving his laptop here so that i can do this since he is building the main cpu right now. Ill makev sure i let you know if this works or not after ive finished. I was going to have verizon send me a new one since i just bought my D4 on the 17th and i have 14 days. But i just dont want to risk my warrenty getting voided. Once again thank you.
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If it works, I'll create a new thread with the instructions as I believe there are a few in your situation.

Yes there is quite a few. Ill let you know as soon as i can

[WIP][*POSSIBLE SOLUTION*] Restoring Missing Apps Post Unlock: Your Help is Needed

As reported by Modaco, it seems that unlocking the bootloader removes some system apps, among them are the Calculator, Flashlight, Ringtone Trimmer and Sound Recorder (and I've seen a report that the Teeter game is gone too).
Now, I haven't got my own One yet, however I do have access to a Canadian variant from work and we've got another one in America running an older build.
It was running 1.27, now it is running 1.28.
I cannot access the data partition, obviously, not even for read (it is not rooted), however using the pm command I managed to discover which packages are located in the preload directory (excluding the carrier specific apps from my variant):
com.android.calculator2
com.htc.flashlight
com.htc.pdfviewer
com.htc.ringtonetrimmer
com.htc.soundrecorder
Initially I thought ODEX files might be needed, but these are located in the data partition and as far as I know there are no ODEX files there (correct me if I'm wrong).
Using Carbon I've backed them up (see attached here), only thing left is to check whether they can be restored and work properly on unlocked Ones. It might not fit every variant, testing required. Perhaps it might even allow using OTA updates.
If you haven't unlocked your bootloader yet, I suggest trying this beforehand instead of the attached files:
Through ADB, use:
adb shell pm list packages -f | find "preload"
Backup these apps using Carbon.
Unlock bootloader.
Restore using Carbon.
Please let me know if this works.

Thank you so much. Flashlight and calculator is working. The Sound Recorder gives me a force close. But it is a beginning. :cyclops:

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MasterOfDesasters said:
Thank you so much. Flashlight and calculator is working. The Sound Recorder gives me a force close. But it is a beginning. :cyclops:
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If you keep getting a force close then pmease try settings-application manager-sound recorder-clear data.
This should help clear up any force closures.
Also fixing permissions will help but quicker to just go through settings
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Trekest said:
As reported by Modaco, it seems that unlocking the bootloader removes some system apps, among them are the Calculator, Flashlight, Ringtone Trimmer and Sound Recorder (and I've seen a report that the Teeter game is gone too).
Now, I haven't got my own One yet, however I do have access to a Canadian variant from work (running version 1.27), and we've got another one in America running an older build.
I cannot access the data partition, obviously, not even for read (it is not rooted), however I did spot some of the missing apps in the system partition. I think that if we pull these files from a locked One and push them after unlocking we might not have to rely on flashing a custom rom to get them back.
Edit: or not... I've seen the Camera and have mistaken it for the Calculator... Idiot...
However, and here's the catch, I'm not sure the files remain unaltered between builds. So, here's the to do list:
Identifying the exact list of missing files post-unlocking - there'd probably be odex files missing as well as APKs, which is why we can't just pull these from a custom rom.
Pulling them from locked Ones (assuming they are in the system partition).
Comparing MD5 changes between different builds.
Testing testing testing.
Update: Stupid... this could be even simpler. These are in the data partition, and ES File Explorer can backup the APKs. I'm grabbing them now. We'll still need to figure out how to get the odex files back.
Update 2: OK, I've got 3/4 of the missing apps, the trimmer could not be backed up (attached them). Will have to continue with it tomorrow.
Maybe this tool can help us:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844032
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Hi if you want the .odex files back then you could try just taking them out of the system dump or official firmware.
Just an idea mate
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Also if you unlock the phone wont accept OTAs. I hope this is a bug and HTC fix it.

OP updated, please try.

ste1164 said:
Also if you unlock the phone wont accept OTAs. I hope this is a bug and HTC fix it.
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Anyone who unlocks their phone would not take an ota. I have never taken an ota on the six unlocked htc phones I have had. They almost always have a new bootloader.
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wow that sucks.
i'm planning on getting the phone unlocked without modifying the bootloader or anything...
will just unlocking to use different sims have missing apps?

predation said:
wow that sucks.
i'm planning on getting the phone unlocked without modifying the bootloader or anything...
will just unlocking to use different sims have missing apps?
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No, completely different, unlocking sim and unlocking Bootloader are worlds apart.

fernando sor said:
Anyone who unlocks their phone would not take an ota. I have never taken an ota on the six unlocked htc phones I have had. They almost always have a new bootloader.
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Well, I have current an HTC Sensation, and up until the first ICS update I was stock and rooted, getting OTAs as usual.
Sure, I had to keep a backup of the original recovery and flash it through hboot each time before installing an OTA, however they did work.
I'm not planning on flashing a recovery this time around, I plan on just booting it to install Koush's Superuser and keep the stock one. And if it wouldn't work, just to root and go back to the stock recovery. Until I've had enough of stock :silly:

ste1164 said:
Also if you unlock the phone wont accept OTAs. I hope this is a bug and HTC fix it.
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Its not a bug, HTC has done this purposely so that you cannot update.
And for everyone who says that you wouldnt want to take OTAs anyway, just wait till a nice update rolls around and then you'll be saying different

CNexus said:
Its not a bug, HTC has done this purposely so that you cannot update.
And for everyone who says that you wouldnt want to take OTAs anyway, just wait till a nice update rolls around and then you'll be saying different
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If your unlocked you would flash that update as a rom. I'm having a hard time accepting that you wouldn't know that
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fernando sor said:
If your unlocked you would flash that update as a rom. I'm having a hard time accepting that you wouldn't know that
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You would. But sometimes people cant wait long enough for devs to update their roms to the new base

CNexus said:
You would. But sometimes people cant wait long enough for devs to update their roms to the new base
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And the same people that aren't patient enough and want instant gratification are also the ones that have the greatest tendency to hard-brick devices, who would've thought...

CNexus said:
You would. But sometimes people cant wait long enough for devs to update their roms to the new base
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Generally updates are anticipated and usually a stock version will be posted soon after the ota. Actually the fact that you can't receive an ota after unlocking will save a lot of noobs from installing a new locked down bootloader.
OTAs can easily be pulled from your cache. Someone would pull it and upload it.
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fernando sor said:
Generally updates are anticipated and usually a stock version will be posted soon after the ota. Actually the fact that you can't receive an ota after unlocking will save a lot of noobs from installing a new locked down bootloader.
OTAs can easily be pulled from your cache. Someone would pull it and upload it.
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I know, I'm not trying to say that it would be there thing to do or the right thing to do, I am only saying in general.
But yes, that is how you pull an OTA, and it definitely is helpful to not accidentally (or purposely) unroot your phone.

So, did anyone restore apps? If so, can someone attach the calculator.apk?
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MaartenXDA said:
So, did anyone restore apps? If so, can someone attach the calculator.apk?
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See my OP - it has a carbon backup of all the missing apps. Just get Carbon from the play store (free) and restore them.
If you could also later tell me where it pushed them? (data/app or data/preload)

Trekest said:
See my OP - it has a carbon backup of all the missing apps. Just get Carbon from the play store (free) and restore them.
If you could also later tell me where it pushed them? (data/app or data/preload)
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Yeah saw it, and found the apps in TrickDroid ROM zip. Thanks for the work here, but I can't test it cause I don't have the one.
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I just installed the apks within the zip file and all seems fine

Trekest said:
As reported by Modaco, it seems that unlocking the bootloader removes some system apps, among them are the Calculator, Flashlight, Ringtone Trimmer and Sound Recorder (and I've seen a report that the Teeter game is gone too).
Now, I haven't got my own One yet, however I do have access to a Canadian variant from work and we've got another one in America running an older build.
It was running 1.27, now it is running 1.28.
I cannot access the data partition, obviously, not even for read (it is not rooted), however using the pm command I managed to discover which packages are located in the preload directory (excluding the carrier specific apps from my variant):
com.android.calculator2
com.htc.flashlight
com.htc.pdfviewer
com.htc.ringtonetrimmer
com.htc.soundrecorder
Initially I thought ODEX files might be needed, but these are located in the data partition and as far as I know there are no ODEX files there (correct me if I'm wrong).
Using Carbon I've backed them up (see attached here), only thing left is to check whether they can be restored and work properly on unlocked Ones. It might not fit every variant, testing required. Perhaps it might even allow using OTA updates.
If you haven't unlocked your bootloader yet, I suggest trying this beforehand instead of the attached files:
Through ADB, use:
adb shell pm list packages -f | find "preload"
Backup these apps using Carbon.
Unlock bootloader.
Restore using Carbon.
Please let me know if this works.
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It works with a relocked bootloader

[Q] Bricked my HTC ONE - please help will reward

All,
New to htc and flashing, and try doing at 3am didn't help either. hope someone can help. Will paypal $50 to anyone that can help. Thanks in advance.
Here's what i did
using One_S_All-In-One_Kit_v3.5 for all my modding
got token
unlocked bootloaded
didn't flash any recovery
flash a new .img kernel, but i used a boot.img from a zip file (home2wake zip) - don't ask why, i wasn't thinking lol
phone rom was all black, keeps rebooting
i managed to flash recovery, recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.1-m7wls.img
then wanted to restore stock rom
so i downloaded, this rom, http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/p/android-revolution-hd-mirror-site-var.html
flashed zip using recovery
went through the rom custom installation of what i wanted installed.
After that it rebooted and stuck on green htc screen
i can get back into boot loader, but can't load recovery, can't factory reset, any option i select, the screen flash and sends me back to bootloader
rom won't load, can't get into recover, computer not detecting phone
Please help!!!

Check out this maybe a RUU will help -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251800

Why did you use one s kit, I'm confused
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you can try to load ADB Fastboot on your PC, then connect your phone via usb, be sure to have all of the drivers.
in bootloader, if it reads FASTBOOT USB, then you can us
fastboot flash recovery (Name of recovery).img
once that is done you should be able to at least get back into recovery....
check the link for recovery file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236418

I am no expert, but my guess would be to go back to stock boot / recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236418
Relock your phone: fastboot oem lock
Install the RUU: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250904
And in the future don't use an All-In-One-Kit meant for another phone (The One S in your case)
p.s. Another thread that may help get you back to square one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251800

thanks all,
will try all the suggestions above tonight, will let you guys know how it goes. i used the all one s because it was gui and easy and lots of extra and functions. but i guess the extra made it worst.
Right now when i plug in my phone the computer doesn't detect anything, hopefully the adb can talk to it to flash a new recovery/rom/kernel.

Pm me
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It wasn't the extras that messed it up. It was the fact you were using an AIO that isn't for your device. That's a big no no.
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gu12u7 said:
thanks all,
will try all the suggestions above tonight, will let you guys know how it goes. i used the all one s because it was gui and easy and lots of extra and functions. but i guess the extra made it worst.
Right now when i plug in my phone the computer doesn't detect anything, hopefully the adb can talk to it to flash a new recovery/rom/kernel.
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Once you get back to stock with the RUU, use Hassoon2000's all in one kit...n00b proof!

P_M_G said:
Once you get back to stock with the RUU, use Hassoon2000's all in one kit...n00b proof!
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i was using this, all of the recovery on there were for samsung s3/s4/and special edition. so i couldn't get to the recovery. Then i started tweaking around with the extras and flashed a boot.img to a kernel. failed

Android Revolution ROM is not for the sprint htc one. fyi

First you'll need this file http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250904
Extract to someplace you can find it, maybe the desktop
if you power the phone down then hold the vol - button does it boot into bootloader?
if so make sure you have the htc fastboot drivers installed from htc sync
if your on a windows machine from command prompt navigate to the platform-tools folder
for example
mine is in C:/users/ray/downloads/adt-bundle-windows-x86_64/adt-bundle-windows-x86_64/sdk/platform-tools
in command prompt issue the command
fastboot oem lock
once the bootloader is re-locked
issue the command
fastboot oem rebootRUU
the phone should reboot into a black screen with greenish htc letters
find the setup.exe file from the ruu file and run it.
if all goes well you should be back to stock with a locked bootloader.
good luck

Awesome, unbricked it! Thank you wranglerray!!!!!!
Also thanks to everyone that replied, but it was wranglerray detailed step that helped me through it. awesome community.
as promised, send me your paypal account wranglerray, i'll send you the $50

Let this thread be a lesson that 1) don't mess with your phone if you don't know what you're doing and 2) don't flash a GSM ROM on your Sprint phone because it wipes your boot and recovery partition (on GSM phones, it wipes data and system but sprints partitions are different).
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-viperboy- said:
Let this thread be a lesson that 1) don't mess with your phone if you don't know what you're doing and 2) don't flash a GSM ROM on your Sprint phone because it wipes your boot and recovery partition (on GSM phones, it wipes data and system but sprints partitions are different).
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failing is learning. but more like read all the instructions before messing with your phone.

P_M_G said:
Once you get back to stock with the RUU, use Hassoon2000's all in one kit...n00b proof!
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Isn't that a One X only kit?

gu12u7 said:
Awesome, unbricked it! Thank you wranglerray!!!!!!
Also thanks to everyone that replied, but it was wranglerray detailed step that helped me through it. awesome community.
as promised, send me your paypal account wranglerray, i'll send you the $50
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That's what these forums are all about no need to send money. Glad I could help you.

gu12u7 said:
failing is learning. but more like read all the instructions before messing with your phone.
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Failing after making a bunch of random attempts to do something doesn't constitute learning. Next time you should make sure you actually understand what it is that you are trying to do before you do it, and maybe then you won't end up almost completely wiping your phone clean.
You're lucky that the international One's and Sprint Ones partitions aren't like the Sprint/international S3, or else you would've overrided your bootloader as well and had a brick on your hands.

[Q] Help, Please

HTC One
Sprint
HBOOT 1.55
S [ON]
OS 3.04.651.2
Problem: Friend thought it would be cool to put Android Revolution HD on my HTC One since he did it on his and wanted to surprise me with it...
Long story short he did, and now I have a soft bricked device. I've tried pushing a stock and a custom ROM through ADB sideload and I end up with a phone that acts like it is going to work, gets to the lock screen and freezes. It has no service but that's irrelevant because I can't even get past the lock screen. I can however use my volume key to raise and lower volume.
Can anyone get me past this or am I screwed till a new RUU comes out/way to get S [OFF] after hitting 1.55?

You can try this I'm not sure if it will work but it's worth a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470569

bigdaddy619 said:
You can try this I'm not sure if it will work but it's worth a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470569
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Thanks so much for the reply, I'll give it a shot. I'm desperate right now willing to try anything.
Also forgot to mention the boot animation does fine, the phone acts like it's going to work fine then it just plain freezes where it would normally give you the "sign into google account" and name your phone. So I'm not sure what's missing if anything, if anyone has solved this and is willing to help I would greatly appreciate it.

Your partitions are messed up because he flashed a GSM rom on your CDMA device

bigdaddy619 said:
Your partitions are messed up because he flashed a GSM rom on your CDMA device
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Yeah, exactly. Is there any way I can go about fixing that? I'm checking out that guys thread, and it sounds promising... but I can't figure out how to get my drive to sync with my PC to transfer it to TWRP to install it. I'm going to try to ADB it but I doubt that will work. Starting to lose hope at the moment lol but trying to stay optimistic.

Asosaki said:
Yeah, exactly. Is there any way I can go about fixing that? I'm checking out that guys thread, and it sounds promising... but I can't figure out how to get my drive to sync with my PC to transfer it to TWRP to install it. I'm going to try to ADB it but I doubt that will work. Starting to lose hope at the moment lol but trying to stay optimistic.
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Only way to fix the partitions is to run an RUU which we don't have.
Is your phone seen by your PC when it's plugged in and booted to the rom? I know it doesn't boot correctly but maybe you can move the file to your phone.
You could also try adb push nameoffile.zip /sdcard/ most likely won't work because of the partitions

Format with TWRP first to get partitions clean, then adb push Rom/sideload
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I'm pretty sure the radio partition get overwritten as well so I would say format sd in twrp, flash a radio in fastboot then sideload your Rom and flash it
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18th.abn said:
I'm pretty sure the radio partition get overwritten as well so I would say format sd in twrp, flash a radio in fastboot then sideload your Rom and flash it
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Thanks for the replies guys, going to try that now. It feels like entire ROM would work fine and there was just "something missing" from my phone. It may very well be a radio. I know something got wiped that shouldn't have because I had to do partition reset due to... well I'm sure you know. Also had to side load TWRP. Learning experience for me, not frustrated at least I'm getting knowledge to help others with it if I can solve it on my own.

Okay so, reporting back that FIXED my no service issue, and it's bringing up updates in the notification bar, only problem is I can't use the touch interface. I don't think my phone is broken, I think it just lacks everything that makes it a smartphone.
Anyone have an idea as to what I can flash to get it back up and running? It feels like it's missing touch interface, and whatever is needed to initiate the "factory" setup screens. Shouldn't the ROM include all of that? I put Viper ROM 1 on there. Progress was made, but it's missing something lol.
The radio also stopped it from resetting and turning itself off after 30 seconds like it was doing previously. Is there a flash-able touch interface I can throw on it? Heh...
Also noticed after it was plugged in for a couple of minutes it's detected by my PC now so I don't need to side-load anymore. Not that it was hard to, just a step forward I think. Just need to figure out what's missing from the boot screen and what I need to put on it to be able to use the touch screen. Any ideas?

Asosaki said:
Okay so, reporting back that FIXED my no service issue, and it's bringing up updates in the notification bar, only problem is I can't use the touch interface. I don't think my phone is broken, I think it just lacks everything that makes it a smartphone.
Anyone have an idea as to what I can flash to get it back up and running? It feels like it's missing touch interface, and whatever is needed to initiate the "factory" setup screens. Shouldn't the ROM include all of that? I put Viper ROM 1 on there. Progress was made, but it's missing something lol.
The radio also stopped it from resetting and turning itself off after 30 seconds like it was doing previously. Is there a flash-able touch interface I can throw on it? Heh...
Also noticed after it was plugged in for a couple of minutes it's detected by my PC now so I don't need to side-load anymore. Not that it was hard to, just a step forward I think. Just need to figure out what's missing from the boot screen and what I need to put on it to be able to use the touch screen. Any ideas?
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Looks like you just need to flash a 4.3 rom

bigdaddy619 said:
Looks like you just need to flash a 4.3 rom
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Really? That's the only problem you think? I'mma try that out I'll give you a message as soon as I do. Thanks again.
Also, is there any way I can get a MOD or someone to un-lock my account? This 5 minute wait is for the birds lol I got hardware on the line here :angel: Need all the posts/help I can get hahaha.

bigdaddy619 said:
Looks like you just need to flash a 4.3 rom
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You are the MAN my phone's fixed now. BoO YaH. Now I can go beat my buddy up with peace of mind knowing my phone is in good working order.
Now running Stock with goodies, guess the other custom ROMs I put on it were just lacking 4.3 stability. You rock broski.

Asosaki said:
guess the other custom ROMs I put on it were just lacking 4.3 stability.
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New firmware had updated touch drivers. That's why your touch screen wasn't working right.

bigdaddy619 said:
You can try this I'm not sure if it will work but it's worth a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470569
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Your the man bigdaddy, good to know there is a glimmer of hope for those with 4.3 and s-on.
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Since you're on the newest firmware you can only flash 4.3 sprint roms..the touchscreen firmware has been updated. You can't downgrade or s-off because you're on hboot 1.55. Just sideload a 4.3 Rom and you'll be up and running fine
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[Q] Gs5 active soft break

I recently rooted my s5 acttive and eveythign was workign great so I tried out he s5 tool kit to remoe the bloatware it froze up and now I can not my phone reboots into the att flash screen then freezes half way I treid to use this guid
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785185
but odin keeps failing can anyone offer any help?

levytheman91 said:
I recently rooted my s5 acttive and eveythign was workign great so I tried out he s5 tool kit to remoe the bloatware it froze up and now I can not my phone reboots into the att flash screen then freezes half way I treid to use this guid
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785185
but odin keeps failing can anyone offer any help?
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what error/where does it hang at? are the active and retail s5 the same firmware? more details please
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elliwigy said:
what error/where does it hang at? are the active and retail s5 the same firmware? more details please
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When trying to reboot theres no error just gets stuck on att loadup screen. In odin fails after nand write start
on the phone it says sys recovery check fail :no version
SECURE MAGICCODE CHECK FAIL : boot
my guess is I need the gs5 active firmware but I cant find it anywhere any suggestions?
Im guessing the phone isnt letting the firmware go through because its meant for a different mode.
thank you for the quick response

levytheman91 said:
When trying to reboot theres no error just gets stuck on att loadup screen. In odin fails after nand write start
on the phone it says sys recovery check fail :no version
SECURE MAGICCODE CHECK FAIL : boot
my guess is I need the gs5 active firmware but I cant find it anywhere any suggestions?
Im guessing the phone isnt letting the firmware go through because its meant for a different mode.
thank you for the quick response
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i would look on sammobile or try kies
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Unfortunately, the active is not compatible with that tutorial's firmware.

Neither have the firmware yet
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i would look on sammobile or try kies
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Is it safe to assume that the product name shown in download mode is the same name as the firmware because if so, the firmware is sm-g870a and I can not find that anywhere.
Also would it be reasonable to request the firmware in the general android section?

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Is it safe to assume that the product name shown in download mode is the same name as the firmware because if so, the firmware is sm-g870a and I can not find that anywhere.
Also would it be reasonable to request the firmware in the general android section?
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That's the name, but you may have a difficult time finding that firmware, if at all.

Im in the same boat, hangs on the ATT logo. tried the download booster mod and i think I'm screwed.

Ill asume they will get the stock firmware soon
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Im in the same boat, hangs on the ATT logo. tried the download booster mod and i think I'm screwed.
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Ya thats what happens when wedicide to be guinea pigs. I assume the in the coming weeks someone will upload the firmware to kies or sammobile soon then it'll be just a odin flash away. So hang in there also if you find something before me please post it here id really appreciate it.

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That's the name, but you may have a difficult time finding that firmware, if at all.
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Is it safe to assume that eventually the firmware will be extracted and available on sammobile or keis?

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Is it safe to assume that eventually the firmware will be extracted and available on sammobile or keis?
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yes.. or if you know anyone with knowledge of phones they might b able to pull it from there device.. i kno how to decompile a tar n create a zip but this wouldnt help you.. im sure theyll hafta have a tar eventually for situations like yours.. at least now you know that you have a different phone than the att s5 and a completely different model number..
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yes.. or if you know anyone with knowledge of phones they might b able to pull it from there device.. i kno how to decompile a tar n create a zip but this wouldnt help you.. im sure theyll hafta have a tar eventually for situations like yours.. at least now you know that you have a different phone than the att s5 and a completely different model number..
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could you maybe direct me to a tutorial on how its done? I know one other person with a gs5 active. thank you for the response.

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Im in the same boat, hangs on the ATT logo. tried the download booster mod and i think I'm screwed.
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Alright so I just called samsung this morning and the representative told me that its just a reflash and they will do it....personally I think she's wrong but I recorded the call and she sent me a free shipping label and everything so ya. try to call att you never know what might just happen. As soon as I get it back though i'm having someone/anyone help me pull the firmware off the phone.

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Alright so I just called samsung this morning and the representative told me that its just a reflash and they will do it....personally I think she's wrong but I recorded the call and she sent me a free shipping label and everything so ya. try to call att you never know what might just happen. As soon as I get it back though i'm having someone/anyone help me pull the firmware off the phone.
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yea youd hafta search around on how to do it.. it is just a software reflash thats needed.. you should have asked where the odin tar for your device is at so u could reflash yourself using odin n saw if they had one anywhere
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I recent purchased the sm-870a (ATT S5 Active). I'd be happy to dump my firmware if anyone still needs it. My only request is that someone who is a mod point me to the preferred tool/procedure and also verify the dump does not have any personally identifiable information on it. Id hate to find out that I dumped private keys or passwords or some other tid bit that allowed someone to screw up my account. (FIRST POST):laugh: I do infosec for a living so I'm pretty sure I can handle whatever instructions you guys recommend, Just trying to give back a little to the site that has taught me Android.

quick4321 said:
I recent purchased the sm-870a (ATT S5 Active). I'd be happy to dump my firmware if anyone still needs it. My only request is that someone who is a mod point me to the preferred tool/procedure and also verify the dump does not have any personally identifiable information on it. Id hate to find out that I dumped private keys or passwords or some other tid bit that allowed someone to screw up my account. (FIRST POST):laugh: I do infosec for a living so I'm pretty sure I can handle whatever instructions you guys recommend, Just trying to give back a little to the site that has taught me Android.
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Ahh if only I saw this 6 hours ago I just sent my phone into samsung to get it fixed. I think that many many people would appreciate you if you were to do so. you should probably make your own thread for this, there's definitely someone who will be willing to help you. if you manage to do it thank you.

I have the G870A as well. I got stuck on the boot logo after root but held the power button to force a reboot. You could have also forced a reboot to recovery and tried to wipe cache and reboot. If I get into this problem again I'll let everyone know how I got out of it.

quick4321 said:
I recent purchased the sm-870a (ATT S5 Active). I'd be happy to dump my firmware if anyone still needs it. My only request is that someone who is a mod point me to the preferred tool/procedure and also verify the dump does not have any personally identifiable information on it. Id hate to find out that I dumped private keys or passwords or some other tid bit that allowed someone to screw up my account. (FIRST POST):laugh: I do infosec for a living so I'm pretty sure I can handle whatever instructions you guys recommend, Just trying to give back a little to the site that has taught me Android.
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Hey, not sure if this will help, but it looks to be a start...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...mctr=(not provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=264947724
It'll allow us to basically dump the partitions in our phones. However, there's no way I can think of to turn this into an Odin tar file (unless its as easy as compressing as tar?) but this might still be useful If I see anything else, I'll let you guys know

quick4321 said:
I recent purchased the sm-870a (ATT S5 Active). I'd be happy to dump my firmware if anyone still needs it. My only request is that someone who is a mod point me to the preferred tool/procedure and also verify the dump does not have any personally identifiable information on it. Id hate to find out that I dumped private keys or passwords or some other tid bit that allowed someone to screw up my account. (FIRST POST):laugh: I do infosec for a living so I'm pretty sure I can handle whatever instructions you guys recommend, Just trying to give back a little to the site that has taught me Android.
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Yes please if you could extract the firmware that would be awesome!