Database Info

[Q] Bricked my phone!!!! :(

Hi everyone,
yesterday I wanted to load a custom ICS rom on my HTC Sensation XE. I did S-off the phone, got root access. I downloaded the firmware, rom, and a super wipe zip file for the new rom. Put them all on my sd card and flashed them.
After I flashed the wipe file and the rom the phone was booting up and couldn't go further than boot screen, so I tried several times, wiped the phone and etc.
After few times trying when i went to the recovery, it gave me a message to update and I said yes! I think I shouldn't cause after that it tried to update something in recovery and it failed, system reboot and phone shut down.
since then i can't even turn on the phone!!!! I've got battery charged nearly 80% so the problem is not the battery. Can any of you guys please help me?

So to clarify, it wont start when you press Vol down and Power on at the same time?

No nothing happens!!! like i can't do anything with it or even make it work to a point that I can restore my backed up firmware etc...
device manager detects it though, but cant install the driver....

nbdelmore said:
No nothing happens!!! like i can't do anything with it or even make it work to a point that I can restore my backed up firmware etc...
device manager detects it though, but cant install the driver....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah it soundslikeyou have Becker it some how. You may want to check out this thread, that is if you want to Teutonic do it yourself. But be warned I annotated 100% sure this will work on your Sensation. The other option is to try for warranty exchange or find someone to JTAG your Sensation. I can put you in touch with someone that can JTAG it if all else fails and you don't mind sending your phone off for a two or three days.

did u flash a non xe rom, did u do the supercid

T-Macgnolia said:
Yeah it soundslikeyou have Becker it some how. You may want to check out this thread, that is if you want to Teutonic do it yourself. But be warned I annotated 100% sure this will work on your Sensation. The other option is to try for warranty exchange or find someone to JTAG your Sensation. I can put you in touch with someone that can JTAG it if all else fails and you don't mind sending your phone off for a two or three days.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks for your answer macgnolia, I will give it a try this arvo and I let u know later with my result. I might need you to hook me up with someone who can fix it for me later on if i couldn't fix it on my own in few hours though.

cazper210 said:
did u flash a non xe rom, did u do the supercid
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well I think i did. Im really not sure as of now cause i did so many things to fix the issue and finally i got it broken completely! but right now the problem is i cant even trun on the phone to go to recovery and check if it is spercid or not!

Most probably you didn't delete the PG58IMG (firmware) from sd card after flashing firmware. So each time you reboot into bootloader it asks to update in a never ending loop.
Delete any PG58IMG from sd card and reboot bootloader then go to recovery and flash the rom.
Also, what rom you were trying to flash and what firmware? what is the version of your Hboot? 1.27?
Hope it helps

kualmente said:
Most probably you didn't delete the PG58IMG (firmware) from sd card after flashing firmware. So each time you reboot into bootloader it asks to update in a never ending loop.
Delete any PG58IMG from sd card and reboot bootloader then go to recovery and flash the rom.
Also, what rom you were trying to flash and what firmware? what is the version of your Hboot? 1.27?
Hope it helps
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes true, i had the zip file on the sdcard and when it booted up the last time, it asked me to update and I selected yes (and I think I shouldn't) since then I cant turn on the device at all. I just took the sdcard out and deleted the PG58IMG.zip file but still nothing happened!
I was trying to flash revolution HD rom 6.6.1 if i'm not mistaken. is there any way that I can check the version of my HBOOT now? cause I'm not sure if it was 1.27 or not (as far as I remember, it was)

Pull out and reinsert the battery?
Power on while keeping pressed volume down + power button doesn't work? It should bring you to the bootloader.
It doesnt matter if you updated twice or three times the same PG58IMG. It is important that it was the right one.
All bootloader flashable zips are named PG58IMG but the content might be different (firmware, recoveries, spashscreen and even full roms etc etc).
Also, did you install a custom recovery or not? it is necessary to have a custom recovery to flash any custom rom

nbdelmore said:
No nothing happens!!! like i can't do anything with it or even make it work to a point that I can restore my backed up firmware etc...
device manager detects it though, but cant install the driver....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
what is it detected as?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21989107
follow this step by step, make sure u dont skip anything and when your phone is up and running dont forget to press the thanks button. if u need help along the way you can ask.
flashing file with bootloader is different from the custom rom.
flash 3.32 pg.. file approx 11-13 mb then without rebooting pull battery out and back in then reboot into recovery and flash the rom file and you are good to go.

panjaby said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21989107
follow this step by step, make sure u dont skip anything and when your phone is up and running dont forget to press the thanks button. if u need help along the way you can ask.
flashing file with bootloader is different from the custom rom.
flash 3.32 pg.. file approx 11-13 mb then without rebooting pull battery out and back in then reboot into recovery and flash the rom file and you are good to go.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How can the OP do this, the device will not even turn on to boot into fastboot or the bootloader therefore the instructions in the thread you linked are pretty much useless to the OP. It seems that the OP has hard bricked the device somehow,maybe fried the processor Blythe back to back flashes or fried the NAND memory with the back to back flashes, who really knows at this point. But right now my money is on JTAG or replacing the mainboard willbe the only fix.

T-Macgnolia said:
How can the OP do this, the device will not even turn on to boot into fastboot or the bootloader therefore the instructions in the thread you linked are pretty much useless to the OP. It seems that the OP has hard bricked the device somehow,maybe fried the processor Blythe back to back flashes or fried the NAND memory with the back to back flashes, who really knows at this point. But right now my money is on JTAG or replacing the mainboard willbe the only fix.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
he mentioned nothing about trying it with adb/sdk fastboot using command prompt,
i was in similar situation with my friends phone last week, after 3 days of searching and reading i finally followed that thread and now the sensation is running ordroid 2.1 rom. the buttons on the phone got disabled somehow. had to manually install drivers in device manager, like he mentioned that comp detects the phone. so before giving up adb/sdk is worth a try atleast in my case it was.

Well, i'm sorry for you, man

[Q] Bootloop after rebooting

Well I've been having this problem for a while, my phone goes into a bootloop whenever I restart it. It shows the white HTC screen, goes black, then the white HTC screen...over and over again.
The only way I have found to get it to boot up normally is when I connect a USB cable to it
But if I remove the cable and reboot, I get the same problem again.
Any ideas? Has anyone had this happen before??

That may be a Hardware issue. They easiest way I can think of is to RUU back to Stock, and Reformat the SD Card. If it still does it, then it may be a Hardware related issue.

CNexus said:
Well I've been having this problem for a while, my phone goes into a bootloop whenever I restart it. It shows the white HTC screen, goes black, then the white HTC screen...over and over again.
The only way I have found to get it to boot up normally is when I connect a USB cable to it
But if I remove the cable and reboot, I get the same problem again.
Any ideas? Has anyone had this happen before??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've had that happen a couple times but it was because it was something I did/flashed, I agree with prboy, ruu back and format memory card (save your stuff to the computer first)- I've forgotten to save first a couple times

prboy1969 said:
That may be a Hardware issue. They easiest way I can think of is to RUU back to Stock, and Reformat the SD Card. If it still does it, then it may be a Hardware related issue.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll definitely try that, I don't know if this shed anymore light on it but my sdcard doesn't mount through my phone anymore either...happened around the same time as the restarting thing
But I'll tr and see what happens, if not I'll just take it in to sprint, I know it can't be something I flashed, I've been on stock for a while because of my utility
Sent from my PG06100 using xda premium

I would start by Formatting the SD Card. Then if that doesn't resolve issue. Format the SD Card again, and then RUU. If at that point the issue is still present, it's time to take it in to Sprint. Out of curiosity, are you using a custom Kernel ? Reason I ask is that I've run across something slightly similar after Flashing an Experimental Kernel Dirty. Meaning I did not wipe Cache, or Dalvik before Flashing. Mind you this was a very long time ago, in my HERO days. But I seem to remember it acting sort of like the symptoms you described.

prboy1969 said:
I would start by Formatting the SD Card. Then if that doesn't resolve issue. Format the SD Card again, and then RUU. If at that point the issue is still present, it's time to take it in to Sprint. Out of curiosity, are you using a custom Kernel ? Reason I ask is that I've run across something slightly similar after Flashing an Experimental Kernel Dirty. Meaning I did not wipe Cache, or Dalvik before Flashing. Mind you this was a very long time ago, in my HERO days. But I seem to remember it acting sort of like the symptoms you described.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope, no custom anything. 100% stock 2.2 with temproot, but since I can't reboot its really permroot lol
Sent from my PG06100 using xda premium

Then I would defiantly try what I stated above. See if it can resolve the issue.

prboy1969 said:
Then I would defiantly try what I stated above. See if it can resolve the issue.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Will do
Sent from my PG06100 using xda premium

Getting the same issues. I've tried ruu through both the exe and pg06 img. Tried factory reset with no luck, in the stock recovery ive wiped everything with no luck also. It's read by fastboot and i can issue commands, flashing through fastboot just gives me a sig verification failure. I've tried every method i've found and none have worked. Happened after downgrading to 2.2. I got temproot and went to permroot to go into this. I used htcdev to unlock the bootloader and it was successful. I cant access my sdcard since flashing the 2.2 ruu reverted it to stock and i cant get into the system to disk drive it. It boots for about 3 seconds then reboots. If any of the mmcblk... commands were mistyped or something was done wrong, how would i go about checking or fixing them if thats even possible? Any help or leads would be amazing.
SPEEDY XF SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
RADIO-1.07.00.1129
eMMC-boot

KiDxNinja said:
Getting the same issues. I've tried ruu through both the exe and pg06 img. Tried factory reset with no luck, in the stock recovery ive wiped everything with no luck also. It's read by fastboot and i can issue commands, flashing through fastboot just gives me a sig verification failure. I've tried every method i've found and none have worked. Happened after downgrading to 2.2. I got temproot and went to permroot to go into this. I used htcdev to unlock the bootloader and it was successful. I cant access my sdcard since flashing the 2.2 ruu reverted it to stock and i cant get into the system to disk drive it. It boots for about 3 seconds then reboots. If any of the mmcblk... commands were mistyped or something was done wrong, how would i go about checking or fixing them if thats even possible? Any help or leads would be amazing.
SPEEDY XF SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
RADIO-1.07.00.1129
eMMC-boot
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So at this point your just trying to run the RUU ? Or do you still want to achieve Root ?

prboy1969 said:
So at this point your just trying to run the RUU ? Or do you still want to achieve Root ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had temp root and in between gaining perm root this happened. Root does me no good if I'm boot looped and can't even adb. I'm trying to get the phone to boot. Or read through adb. I can't fast boot any of the partitions either so I'm basically stuck in limbo

KiDxNinja said:
I had temp root and in between gaining perm root this happened. Root does me no good if I'm boot looped and can't even adb. I'm trying to get the phone to boot. Or read through adb. I can't fast boot any of the partitions either so I'm basically stuck in limbo
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried booting it up while connected to a USB cord? That works for me because my phone will otherwise go into a bootloop whenever I restart it
Sent from my PG06100 using xda premium

KiDxNinja said:
I had temp root and in between gaining perm root this happened. Root does me no good if I'm boot looped and can't even adb. I'm trying to get the phone to boot. Or read through adb. I can't fast boot any of the partitions either so I'm basically stuck in limbo
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you trying the PG06IMG , or the RUU.exe ? Have you tried doing the 2.2 RUU.exe through Fastboot ?

prboy1969 said:
Are you trying the PG06IMG , or the RUU.exe ? Have you tried doing the 2.2 RUU.exe through Fastboot ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes and Yes, read my first post -_-

KiDxNinja said:
Yes and Yes, read my first post -_-
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Must have missed that somehow. My bad . But on to the issue at hand. I'm wondering if maybe your SD Card went wonky. I would remove the SD Card, format it. Load the PG06IMG back onto the Card, reinstall. Then try to flash it. Of course backup your card to the PC first.
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11

prboy1969 said:
Must have missed that somehow. My bad . But on to the issue at hand. I'm wondering if maybe your SD Card went wonky. I would remove the SD Card, format it. Load the PG06IMG back onto the Card, reinstall. Then try to flash it. Of course backup your card to the PC first.
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tried this with same result. flashing through hboot works for the 2.2 ruu, but im still stuck in the bootloop.
I also tried flashing a custom recovery via hboot, but the pgo6img loads then doesnt ask me if i want to update or not. I have literally no idea where to go or what to check.

KiDxNinja said:
Tried this with same result. flashing through hboot works for the 2.2 ruu, but im still stuck in the bootloop.
I also tried flashing a custom recovery via hboot, but the pgo6img loads then doesnt ask me if i want to update or not. I have literally no idea where to go or what to check.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its not pgo6img. Its PG06IMG.zip. its a zero before the 6 not the letter "o". Idk if capitalized letters matter or not but I always capitalize all the letters
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
Its not pgo6img. Its PG06IMG.zip. its a zero before the 6 not the letter "o". Idk if capitalized letters matter or not but I always capitalize all the letters
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was just about to say that, if the name of the file isn't correct, the bootloader won't pick it up.

Yeah i know, i was just too lazy to type it out. I know what im doing as far as general modding and flashing, and I actually managed to fix it. I'm not positive how but I used the unroot back to stock guide for the stock locked bootloader. After flashing it through hboot I tried the 2.3.4 RUU. Still bootlooped but I was at stock with locked bootloader. I then used htcdev to reunlock the bootloader and I was then able to flash partitions through fastboot. I flashed cwm and was able to adb through it. I basically just reran through the rooting phase and gained temproot. From here I redid the steps to engineer hboot and finally received s-off. After this it booted normally. I might be leaving steps out but if anyone needs specifics, just pm me and maybe I can figure it out again for you.
Sent from my PG06100 using Tapatalk 2

help with boot loop loop loop
hi
someone can help whit phone?
in summer i restart phone and it stuck in loop htc logo in white over and over agen
till batrtery go down and nothing happen when trying to charg only led was flashing
no to long ago i plug to charger ad phone torn back on, sd card was out
I turn it off put sd card back on phone turn back on, try to software update one and second time it go back to loop agen=[
rand battery down agen and it does not torn back on, to hboot
well it does if i play whit it holding power bottom volume down longer time
speed xe ship s-on
hboot-0.99.0001
radio-1.08.01.0111
emmc-boot
can some one give me step by step instruction?

May have just bricked my phone

So I've been using the stock rom but I'm unlocked and rooted. I was thinking of waiting it out for the official jelly bean release but I know how slow HTC is so I decided to try out CM10 today.
I downloaded the newest CM10 mod (nightlies) and flashed it. Upon rebooting I ended up in an endless loop at the boot image. I thought, 'hmm, perhaps not so bad. Maybe I need to look up trying out a new kernel'. I never got around to this and upon doing some other idiotic things (clearing all data, reformatting the SD card), I am realizing I'm stuck. I can't reinstall anything because there's nothing on the SD card. I also can't mount because there seems to be a problem with Team Win's Recovery (2.1.7) in that I get this error: unable to mount /sdcard
Then it says "unable to open ums lunfile..."
So, I'm stuck with an empty SD and seemingly no way to mount. I am able to boot into recovery but I don't know what to do from that point.
Can anyone think of a way to get this phone back on its feet?
And once that is done, is there a clear cut tutorial on how to correctly install CM10?

I had the same problem. You have to extract the boot image from the CM10 zip, and flash that through the SDK.

dgwphotography said:
I had the same problem. You have to extract the boot image from the CM10 zip, and flash that through the SDK.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
But didn't I ruin that possibility by formatting the SD? I can't seem to find anything on the SD

I know I don't need to say this, but you need to read a lot through the forum before doing anything to your phone. Also, read the OP pages and first/last 20 pages of any thread. The OP or many posts would have mentioned you need to flash boot.img separate if your hboot is .13 or higher. Or, you can get Flash Image GUI from Market. I would also get a newer TWRP. Recommend 2.2.2.0. There are threads on TWRP/Flash Image GUI.
Some things to look into and read up on before trying:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
If that works, maybe push "adb" a rom zip to card
And maybe run an ruu if you get sdcard fixed
As soon as possible get and keep rom and sdcard backups on pc as well as rom bu's on phone.
There may also be a stock sdcard card back up floating around or maybe someone has one to post. There was a thread with one but link is dead. Had the basic stuff the phone came with.
There are some programs that can retrieve data from formatted/wiped drives. May be of some help.
Not sure what else to suggest--you are not lost and someone smarter than me will get you working--good luck--

I have had my sd card corrupt before. There is a thread that talks about how you can re flash the original HTC recovery through fast boot. Then do a factory reset through the bootloader and it will reformat your sd card through a proprietary HTC process. There is a thread about this somewhere. I think you can find the original recovery on MoDaCo (Google it) and somewhere in his posts on rooting. Let me know if you can't find the threads on this.
AKToronto
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium

stock recovery
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yhrq0tia8512rj9/go28kc1NeP/ville_recovery_signed.img

AKToronto said:
I have had my sd card corrupt before. There is a thread that talks about how you can re flash the original HTC recovery through fast boot. Then do a factory reset through the bootloader and it will reformat your sd card through a proprietary HTC process. There is a thread about this somewhere. I think you can find the original recovery on MoDaCo (Google it) and somewhere in his posts on rooting. Let me know if you can't find the threads on this.
AKToronto
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ah, thank you guys so much. I figured it out using this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459

glad you got it--that was my first link if you used it--

I did! Thanked your post.
I now have a working version of CM10 with a few bugs which I will have to look into.
They are: Device doesn't recognize the SD card. Apps like Dropbox, the Camera, etc. aren't working because they need to save to the SD. I'm guessing that the file structure is just a little off on the device but I'm having trouble with this because I also can't seem to mount my device properly (I can still push things via ADB)

disordered1 said:
I did! Thanked your post.
I now have a working version of CM10 with a few bugs which I will have to look into.
They are: Device doesn't recognize the SD card. Apps like Dropbox, the Camera, etc. aren't working because they need to save to the SD. I'm guessing that the file structure is just a little off on the device but I'm having trouble with this because I also can't seem to mount my device properly (I can still push things via ADB)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You best off running a RUU and then reset in bootloader if its still not working.

Darknites said:
You best off running a RUU and then reset in bootloader if its still not working.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm new to this whole thing so I'm not exactly sure what that means

I am not really up on them, you can google/search. RUU=Rom Upgrade Utility. But, they are like the latest OS from your carrier with radio and everything. You need to relock bootloader and "maybe" flash stock recovery prior to running them. They do not flash thru recovery, you just run the ruu while phone is connected to pc and phone is booted into OS. There is a thread in Dev Section on different ruu downloads. Need to make sure you get correct one. Not sure that will repopulate your sdcard. Assume it is still empty? I was trying to pair down a stock sdcard backup I made before/right after rooting and remove my personal stuff. If you are still having issues, maybe I can upload to dropbox and post. May take a few days--very busy. Plenty of posts on ruu's throughout forum also--

disordered1 said:
I'm new to this whole thing so I'm not exactly sure what that means
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
rugmankc has it right and is the only sure thing to get you SD back.

Okay, just to clarify before trying this out. This will undo everything I just did so that I'll be back on stock? I'll have to unlock and root it and install the CM10 rom again?

yes--backup whatever you can first, if anything

rugmankc said:
yes--backup whatever you can first, if anything
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just to add to this, there is no need to root if you going to flash a rom after flashing TWRP.

Darknites said:
Just to add to this, there is no need to root if you going to flash a rom after flashing TWRP.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
correct, sorry, missed that
the custom rom you flash will have root--

[Q] HTC One X: Stock, stuck in bootloop, need to recover pics please!

Hello, newb here with a problem...
My girlfriend's phone (HTC One X) randomly reboots today and gets stuck in a bootloop, HTC screen and then black, over and over... seems like it won't load the OS. I do a little research and manage to time it just right to get it into HBOOT and just shut it down so I can try and figure out the problem later.
I have no experience rooting phones, minimal experience with Linux and Java coding. Her phone is new, bought unlocked with GSM carrier bands. She lives in Romania and will be taking the phone home with her in a week, so no SIM card yet, just airplane mode and wifi. This does mean I'm on a timetable to get it fixed though, it needs to work before she leaves as I'm not sure of the support she may get back home.
The boot screen shows the following:
***LOCKED***
EVITA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
CID-11111111
HBOOT- 1.14.0002
RADIO- 0.19as.32.09.11_2
OpenDSP- v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Jun 11 2012, 14:36:28
HBOOT
<VOL UP>...
....
<POWER>...
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
POWER DOWN
Now, from what I've read, I may be able to fix the problem with a reset, but here is the hiccup... I need to save the pics and video that are on the phone. Is there any way to do this with a phone that is only stable powered on in HBOOT? Normal boot ALWAYS responds with a loop, HBOOT can sit for hours with no issue. I have my GF's laptop with Win 8 Pro and could do cmds if there is a way to get the phone recognizable by the computer.
I have searched for hours this afternoon/evening to try and find a similar problem, but it always seemed to be with rooting the phone. If anyone has ANY ideas how to save the pics and get this phone stable, I would be incredibly grateful. Thanks in advance! :laugh:

jkalbin said:
Hello, newb here with a problem...
My girlfriend's phone (HTC One X) randomly reboots today and gets stuck in a bootloop, HTC screen and then black, over and over... seems like it won't load the OS. I do a little research and manage to time it just right to get it into HBOOT and just shut it down so I can try and figure out the problem later. BTW picture and video are save on your SD card ....and make sure u don't wipe SD card during factory wipe from recovery......
I have no experience rooting phones, minimal experience with Linux and Java coding. Her phone is new, bought unlocked with GSM carrier bands. She lives in Romania and will be taking the phone home with her in a week, so no SIM card yet, just airplane mode and wifi. This does mean I'm on a timetable to get it fixed though, it needs to work before she leaves as I'm not sure of the support she may get back home.
The boot screen shows the following:
***LOCKED***
EVITA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
CID-11111111
HBOOT- 1.14.0002
RADIO- 0.19as.32.09.11_2
OpenDSP- v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Jun 11 2012, 14:36:28
HBOOT
...
....
...
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
POWER DOWN
Now, from what I've read, I may be able to fix the problem with a reset, but here is the hiccup... I need to save the pics and video that are on the phone. Is there any way to do this with a phone that is only stable powered on in HBOOT? Normal boot ALWAYS responds with a loop, HBOOT can sit for hours with no issue. I have my GF's laptop with Win 8 Pro and could do cmds if there is a way to get the phone recognizable by the computer.
I have searched for hours this afternoon/evening to try and find a similar problem, but it always seemed to be with rooting the phone. If anyone has ANY ideas how to save the pics and get this phone stable, I would be incredibly grateful. Thanks in advance! :laugh:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Firstable ......u might want to erase your IMEI and SN......u do not want to share it. Secondable.....u need to go to www.htcdev.com to unlock your bootloader & u would be able to install custom rom that more stable or u can flash beastmode kernel if u are on Android 4.2.2 sense 5 rom right now or u can just upgrade your firmware to 2.15 since u S-off and supercid
Swyped From BlueICESense_JBE

ted77usa said:
Firstable ......u might want to erase your IMEI and SN......u do not want to share it. Secondable.....u need to go to htcdev.com to unlock your bootloader & u would be able to install custom rom that more stable or u can flash beastmode kernel if u are on Android 4.2.2 sense 5 rom right now or u can just upgrade your firmware to 2.15 since u S-off and supercid
Swyped From BlueICESense_JBE
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have deleted those two from my post, but unfortunately you quoted them in your post and I can't delete that... do me a favor? Thanks.
I should have mentioned in the first post that I don't want to root her phone if I don't have to, first priority is to get it running. Second priority is to save the pictures that are on the phone. Everything I have read tells me that the SD contents will be deleted during a factory reset or when rooting, so I am saving those for a last resort.
Is there a way to upgrade the firmware without doing any resets?
btw- I am not the one who turned S-off, it came from the factory like that... fairly confusing to me. Thanks again!

jkalbin said:
I have deleted those two from my post, but unfortunately you quoted them in your post and I can't delete that... do me a favor? Thanks.
I should have mentioned in the first post that I don't want to root her phone if I don't have to, first priority is to get it running. Second priority is to save the pictures that are on the phone. Everything I have read tells me that the SD contents will be deleted during a factory reset or when rooting, so I am saving those for a last resort.
Is there a way to upgrade the firmware without doing any resets?
btw- I am not the one who turned S-off, it came from the factory like that... fairly confusing to me. Thanks again!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ERASED my quote....... Well if u like to mod your phone S-off is a good think u can just pretty much do anything with ur phone cuz it by passed security check point..... S-off......I see what u saying....Do not do factory reset from bootloader......try click on recovery by pressing vol up or down to navigate and see what comes up.......if twrp team win comes up.....u good to go.....choose back up ......and u can back all your files .....or connect ur phone to PC using USB cable and choose mount>USB mass storage and save all your files to pc
PS.....BTW if I somehow help you please hit thanks button.....
Swyped From BlueICESense_JBE

ted77usa said:
ERASED my quote....... Well if u like to mod your phone S-off is a good think u can just pretty much do anything with ur phone cuz it by passed security check point..... S-off......I see what u saying....Do not do factory reset from bootloader......try click on recovery by pressing vol up or down to navigate and see what comes up.......if twrp team win comes up.....u good to go.....choose back up ......and u can back all your files .....or connect ur phone to PC using USB cable and choose mount>USB mass storage and save all your files to pc
PS.....BTW if I somehow help you please hit thanks button.....
Swyped From BlueICESense_JBE
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks button hit, and I would gladly hit it a dozen times if I can get this phone to work long enough to recover pictures and then try a factory reset. On another forum someone had suggested putting the phone in a fridge for 5 minutes or so and that would somehow let it boot long enough to get the pics via USB. Idk about putting her phone in a fridge though... :silly:
I also forgot to mention I had tried recovery as well, I don't recall seeing TWRP, just 3 or 4 yellow lines of "cache error", then eventually a blue menu. From there I had tried "reboot", same problem. Got back to that screen and tried "clear cache", still the same thing.
Just got to recover again, looks like this:
Android system recovery <3e>
Use volume key to highlight;
click power key to select.
Reboot system now
Apply update from external storage
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Apply update from cache
Apply update from internal storage
________________________________________
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)
I have already tried the Reboot option and Clear cache option... should I next be trying to apply an update via external storage? If so, which update? I obviously can't update from internal since I can't send/receive files to the phone in its current state and I never put an update in the phone storage. Thanks again!

Unlock bootloader via HTC dev, install twrp 2.6 recovery then mount usb in recovery and you will have access to sd card
Sent from my HTC One XL using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

31ken31 said:
Unlock bootloader via HTC dev, install twrp 2.6 recovery then mount usb in recovery and you will have access to sd card
Sent from my HTC One XL using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Appreciate the help, I am still new to rooting and the like...
Won't unlocking the bootloader wipe the SD? Or will it just wipe the apps and data? I don't much care if I have to reinstall apps, but losing the SD contents I would like to avoid.
I'm also trying to avoid voiding the warranty as the phone is only a month old, is there any way to get the computer to "see" the sd contents through the bootloader without unlocking it? Perhaps a software that the computer could force the phone to show the sd?
Thanks again all!

I thought it wiped the sd until I did it some stuff was gone but my music and pics remained but that's just my experience, maybe someone else can chime in.
Sent from my HTC One XL using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Ah, ok. I'll use that as a last resort then, not voiding the warranty has become a higher priority than recovering the pics. Unless someone suggests another option, I think a factory reset will happen tonight.
Thanks for the help guys, and any other suggestions are gratefully accepted!
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda app-developers app

The unlock process only wiped my text messages but my images and music were untouched.
Sent from my Evita

Anyone have any experience with CPR? I don't know if it's worth it to wait until Monday to get them to try and fix it, if they could even do anything.
If it was my phone, I would root and reboot, but I don't want to risk messing up my gfs phone more than it is. Still open to suggestions, thanks a lot for the help everyone.
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda app-developers app

Run RUU...
Sent from my HTC One XL using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2

Morning all
I'm in a similar situation...can anyone help?
Stock HTC with no mods, water damaged, had screen/cable replaced, after two days back with me screen went multi coloured, exclamation mark appeared on battery icon, phone stayed on at 1% battery with mains charger plugged in...now in bootloop and until until its run flat can I plug it into Mac to charge... Won't charge from mains
If there's a step by step guide to getting it stable enough to extract data (android file transfer doesn't work) that would be v helpful
Currently this is like death by a thousand cuts

Was there a conclusion? My wife has similar situation, but her contacts and notes are more important than pics. The phone froze on the updating of the software (trying to use HTC Syn).... Please let me know if there is a private solution as well. Pay to fix. my email: [email protected]
Peace,
Steven Chao

Stuck on hboot and recovery, internal/external storage not readable. Help!!!!

Here is my problem.
I have an HTC M8 with Verizon, was doing an upgrade in HTC Sync Manager
during the upgrade/update, it stopped. I was on android 4.4.3 I believe
I have never had this phone rooted, it is S-ON, Locked, bootloader is locked, HTC Dev does not let me get the token to unlock it. still shows official software in the HBOOT screen. never flashed anything to it.
when i first turn it on, goes to white screen with HTC logo. I can get to HBOOT, and recovery. Odd thing it, the recovery Doesn't read anything on the ext SD card or the internal storage. Already tried formatting the SD card multiple times, so i can't do anything from the recovery but wipe and factory reset.
when i plug the phone to a PC, HTC sync manager picks up the phone, but with no android verision, no Sense version, nothing, just the phone itself. In terminal, ADB does not recognize the device being attached, so can't do anything from ADB.
After researching, I am lead to believe it has something to do with the storage partition, not being partitioned properly or something along those lines. I can't write anything to the storage, my PC usb only picks the phone up as a CD Drive, so i can't add or remove anything from it.
I am willing to pay someone that can fix this for me PLEASE!!!
Again, I can get to HBOOT, Fastboot, and recovery,
recovery does not read the internal or external storage

syllamonster said:
Here is my problem.
I have an HTC M8 with Verizon, was doing an upgrade in HTC Sync Manager
during the upgrade/update, it stopped. I was on android 4.4.3 I believe
I have never had this phone rooted, it is S-ON, Locked, bootloader is locked, HTC Dev does not let me get the token to unlock it. still shows official software in the HBOOT screen. never flashed anything to it.
when i first turn it on, goes to white screen with HTC logo. I can get to HBOOT, and recovery. Odd thing it, the recovery Doesn't read anything on the ext SD card or the internal storage. Already tried formatting the SD card multiple times, so i can't do anything from the recovery but wipe and factory reset.
when i plug the phone to a PC, HTC sync manager picks up the phone, but with no android verision, no Sense version, nothing, just the phone itself. In terminal, ADB does not recognize the device being attached, so can't do anything from ADB.
After researching, I am lead to believe it has something to do with the storage partition, not being partitioned properly or something along those lines. I can't write anything to the storage, my PC usb only picks the phone up as a CD Drive, so i can't add or remove anything from it.
I am willing to pay someone that can fix this for me PLEASE!!!
Again, I can get to HBOOT, Fastboot, and recovery,
recovery does not read the internal or external storage
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Does hboot read sdcard?
You want to run RUU through hboot (not recovery), either using sdcard or fastboot method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/general/official-ruu1-55-605-2-t2883845

andybones said:
Does hboot read sdcard?
You want to run RUU through hboot (not recovery), either using sdcard or fastboot method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/general/official-ruu1-55-605-2-t2883845
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I thought you had to be S-Off to do that?
to run RUU, you naming it for hboot to reading when it first boots?

syllamonster said:
I thought you had to be S-Off to do that?
to run RUU, you naming it for hboot to reading when it first boots?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can RUU with s-on. Wouldn't have suggest it otherwise.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...zw-m8-master-ruu-firmware-collection-t2946473

andybones said:
You can RUU with s-on. Wouldn't have suggest it otherwise.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...zw-m8-master-ruu-firmware-collection-t2946473
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK downloading it right now. Thank you for helping so fast, I'll keep you posted

syllamonster said:
OK downloading it right now. Thank you for helping so fast, I'll keep you posted
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Very welcome, my friend.

andybones said:
Very welcome, my friend.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You are Freakin Awesome!!! I almost have tears in my eyes, you saved my butt. Sending appreciation

syllamonster said:
You are Freakin Awesome!!! I almost have tears in my eyes, you saved my butt. Sending appreciation
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
More than welcome glad I could help. Very much appreciate the donation!

syllamonster said:
OK downloading it right now. Thank you for helping so fast, I'll keep you posted
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Best part is the s-on ones don't wipe /data. They can be flashed by both s-on and s-off devices.
The s-off ones do and are also pre-rooted and can only be flashed while s-off.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Good to know it won't wipe data, unfortunately I had already tried so much crap, even HTC support had me wipe, factory reset,all with no resolution. I was screwed.
I was only trying to upgrade from 4.4 android to 5, using HTC own sync manager, and it failed.
I don't think I will be messing with anything software, Rom, firmware, recovery, RUU, adb and fastboot related any time soon. I shouldnt even know half this stuff, and I didn't until last night when my phone went to hell and back.

syllamonster said:
Good to know it won't wipe data, unfortunately I had already tried so much crap, even HTC support had me wipe, factory reset,all with no resolution. I was screwed.
I was only trying to upgrade from 4.4 android to 5, using HTC own sync manager, and it failed.
I don't think I will be messing with anything software, Rom, firmware, recovery, RUU, adb and fastboot related any time soon. I shouldnt even know half this stuff, and I didn't until last night when my phone went to hell and back.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ah...well seek out help sooner next time. These ruu make it easier. I have even packed some of these new ones up as exes to make it sorta hands free.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk