I have a bricked device because the SD-CARD was broken and now I want to know if there is any chance to recovery it.
The situation:
I stored the PD58IMG.zip on the SD-CARD and tried to flash it. The problem was that the SDCARD was broken, dead, not working - whatever because the card have had corrupt file system. I was able to copy the ZIP file without errors. The bootloader flash procedure was running until spl3 bootloader and it stuck there with error message. At this point you have only one chance to get out from the bootloader with power off the device which will kill it finaly.
After investigation the image and the SD-CARD i detected that the SD-CARD was not possible to format or erase or recover becaus there where to much defect sectors.
You can switch on the device but after a view seconds it automaticaly switch off. No message. No option. Nothing.
Is there any chance to recover the device or is it realy blown up and back to the HTC heaven?
What is your CID? Does your phone boot into HBOOT? Try re-flashing the CID specific firmware through the PG58IMG.zip method. Make sure it isn't called PG58IMG.zip.zip and put it onto the root of your SD card. After this, go into recovery and try flashing a good, stable ROM. (Recommend VI)
Thanks if I helped
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Does it go till the white HTC logo screen?
No! There is no chance to go into bootloader and also the HTC screen is not visible.
Power on - and after 4 or 5 sec the phone power off itself.
Currently I'm searching for a JTAG solution because I guess there is no other chance to get it back to live.
Damn!!
Can You get access to the recovery/fastboot using command via PC? (adb or fastboot)
adb reboot recovery or adb shell reboot reovery or others
Can't you run the RUU from fastboot?
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My phone stopped reading SD cards and they're going to send me a replacement so I want to at LEAST flash the stock recovery but is this even possible without an SD card? or am I stuck?
i just found out you can flash recovery without an sdcard, using fastboot. you can grab a stock recovery image here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17384145&postcount=7, then fastboot flash it. you might even manage to flash a stock system this way too!
Thank you very much!
wait I just realized, doesn't my phone need to be connected to my computer as a "drive"? My phone won't let me do that unless I have an SD card
No, not for fastboot. The USB access is purely for sending fastboot commands; your phone won't show up as an accessible drive on your PC while in fastboot USB mode.
Hi. Please please can anybody help me rescue my htc one s? I had rooted my phone and last night i tried to flash cyanogenmod 10 onto it. I tried several times but it kept getting stuck on the cyanogenmod splash screen. To cut a long story short, i have now wiped my phone of everything, rom and all. All i can do on my phone is access bootloader menu and recovery. I can not even mount my sd card. I have read that i need to flash the stock recovery to remount my sd card but i can not find a stock recovery file anywhere on the net. Can somebody point me in the right direction? also, can somebody please explain (in very simple terms!) if i can flash a new rom on my phone from bootloader or recovery? And if so, how? As i can not 'see' my phone when i connect it to my laptop, and as i cannot access sd card, i can not copy the rom zip file to the sd card and install from there! I am well and truly stuck! Please could somebody help me save my phone??? Thanks in advance!
US or International? Need to give location info or CID to run the proper RUU.
Once you have the right RUU you have to connect phone in fastboot usb mode, relock boot loader using adb command prompt type...fastboot oem lock. Then you simply run ruu file while phone is connected in fastboot usb mode. You will be back to stock and unrooted.
Here is link to all RUUs...http://www.filefactory.com/f/cf061f69b5bf7878/
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I am in the UK. Thanks for the reply. Sorry to be such a noob, but i'm not sure what to do with the adb command part? Where do i type the command and what exactly do i type? I am in fastboot usb now.
Download this zip http://www.mediafire.com/?50baad8rykng2j0 credit to torxx @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427 and download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086156
Unzip and place the folder in C drive. Example: put all files c:\fastboot "folder"
In windows7, go to start-->Run and type cmd then right click on cmd and select run as admin
now follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086156
Thanks for the reply. I have managed to relock the bootloader (says that at top of bootloader screen) and i have now tried to run 2 different RUU files but both times it has stopped half way through saying it is not the correct version. How do i know which version i should use? My phone is a uk model which was not locked to a network when i bought it. Thanks.
You can try a goldcard method, or the PM66IMG or something else, dunno the name for the One S. Just search on how to bypass the CID check, or search for goldcard tutorials.
EDIT: sorry, didn't saw you don't have access to your sdcard. Do you have any other phone with an sd card slot? Or a sd OTG stick?
EDIT: sorry maybe that doesn't work, dunno if the one s has a sd card slot or not.
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MaartenXDA said:
You can try a goldcard method, or the PM66IMG or something else, dunno the name for the One S. Just search on how to bypass the CID check, or search for goldcard tutorials.
EDIT: sorry, didn't saw you don't have access to your sdcard. Do you have any other phone with an sd card slot? Or a sd OTG stick?
EDIT: sorry maybe that doesn't work, dunno if the one s has a sd card slot or not.
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Nope it doesn't have an sd slot, which sucks but yeah nope?
nottskopite said:
Hi. Please please can anybody help me rescue my htc one s? I had rooted my phone and last night i tried to flash cyanogenmod 10 onto it. I tried several times but it kept getting stuck on the cyanogenmod splash screen. To cut a long story short, i have now wiped my phone of everything, rom and all. All i can do on my phone is access bootloader menu and recovery. I can not even mount my sd card. I have read that i need to flash the stock recovery to remount my sd card but i can not find a stock recovery file anywhere on the net. Can somebody point me in the right direction? also, can somebody please explain (in very simple terms!) if i can flash a new rom on my phone from bootloader or recovery? And if so, how? As i can not 'see' my phone when i connect it to my laptop, and as i cannot access sd card, i can not copy the rom zip file to the sd card and install from there! I am well and truly stuck! Please could somebody help me save my phone??? Thanks in advance!
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Unlock your bootloader (htcdev.com) and fastboot flash twrp recovery image..(rename the image "recovery" then place it in your fastboot directory. I use /android-sdk/platform-tools).don't do anything else posted. after you get to this point then follow links that cat gave you..if you want cm10 rom. You can mount your sd in that recovery. Your phone is not bricked
To flash the recovery after you download it (assuming you are unlocked at this point) place your phone in bootloader mode then select fastboot. Now in your command window type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img then press enter.. now reboot into recovery,.
In twrp recovery select MOUNT then select MOUNT USB STORAGE. Your sdcard should now be visible on your computer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677670
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If you still can't see your sd card after flashing custom recovery the sd card may be corrupted. In that case you could try following my post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36385593
But you would need root access for your phone so it may or may not work depending on how much of your phone you have wiped. You can access adb commands as well if your in twrp recovery.
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Thanks so much for the advice so far, i'm really beginning to think I might actually save my phone! I have done what you said (ie unlocked bootloader, done the steps to remount sd card, re flashed twrp recovery) and have now mounted usb storage and it is visable on my laptop (running windows 8). What should I do now? I don't mind which rom I put on at this point, just as long as my phone works again. Stock or CM10 are both fine for me.
*UPDATE*
I placed the cm10 zip into the sdcard via laptop and then went into twrp recovery and chose install and clicked on the zip. Everything seemed to work but when I rebooted my phone gets stuck on the htc splash screen??
nottskopite said:
Thanks so much for the advice so far, i'm really beginning to think I might actually save my phone! I have done what you said (ie unlocked bootloader, done the steps to remount sd card, re flashed twrp recovery) and have now mounted usb storage and it is visable on my laptop (running windows 8). What should I do now? I don't mind which rom I put on at this point, just as long as my phone works again. Stock or CM10 are both fine for me.
*UPDATE*
I placed the cm10 zip into the sdcard via laptop and then went into twrp recovery and chose install and clicked on the zip. Everything seemed to work but when I rebooted my phone gets stuck on the htc splash screen??
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Looks like you have to flash boot.img seperately. Extract boot.img from ROM zip and fast boot flash it with adb command prompt.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ial] How to flash a new boot.img via Fastboot
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Your One S is far from bricked if you can access bootloader and recovery.
EDIT INSERT: Re-unlock.
Just ADB push your ROM to the sd. (Don't worry about the sd mounting in recovery, it's not supposed to work)
Flash your rom's boot.img in fastboot.....and......well......done?
Let us know.
Thanks everybody so much, I now have my phone back!!!!! Such a relief! I have installed CM10 and I love the look of it. Just one last problem though and that is that I have no signal/service?? I looked on the net and could it be apn settings? Anybody know what I should do? Thanks.
Hello everyone,
FINAL Edit:
The device is stuck in bootloader, I can get it into recovery mode, and I have twrp installed. I noticed that I can use the abd sideloader option, as well as abd in my command prompt on my computer. Is there any way to push a rom onto the internal storage? I've tried using an SD Card, but the TWRP will not recognize the card, therefore I cannot flash from it. IF you know a solution to either of these issues, It will be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Drewster1028
Hi all,
Noticed there are 2 ways of flashing ROMs
By fastboot rebootruu, or sd card
What are the main difference in these 2 types of flashing ?
foosoomin said:
Hi all,
Noticed there are 2 ways of flashing ROMs
By fastboot rebootruu, or sd card
What are the main difference in these 2 types of flashing ?
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One is done with Windows PC the other withing download mode and sd card
is it just this only difference ?
Hi,
As Sirka says (or via TWRP and a backup)
Except for Pie where it's more complicated. Can not install by PC or SD! only from Oreo for the moment as there is no RUU.
alright, i assumed/thought flashing ROM via fastboot flash rebootRUU able to revert "relocked" bootloader, back to "locked" bootloader.
Now i realised there's now way to do it on our own.
To get back "Locked" bootloader, is only through HTC service centre
why can't i use htc_fastboot.exe on fastboot command ?