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Using fastboot without ENG or S-OFF

As many of you may know, you are locked out of using fastboot commands unless you have an engineering SPL. But I made a little discovery last night about how the HTC Rom Update Utility actually installs ROMs. Turns out it uses... fastboot!
Here's how it works:
With phone powered on, do "adb reboot bootloader" to enter fastboot.
-OR- With phone powered down, power on phone while holding VOL DOWN. From there press VOL UP to enter fastboot.
Run the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU"
Now you should see a black screen with a silver HTC logo. Look familiar? This is the screen you'll see when using the RUU.
From here you can re-flash an original HTC ZIP, with "fastboot flash zip filename.zip", where filename is the name of your signed HTC image.
As an added bonus, if your phone is S-OFF (even if you're not using the ENG SPL), you can flash ANY fastboot-compatible ZIP from here, signed or not.
When you're done, "fastboot reboot" will boot the device.
Found this by accident trying to help someone on IRC who had screwed up both their ROM and recovery somehow. All they could get into was fastboot/hboot, and they were S-ON.

Thankyou!
Just wanted to say I'm the guy that messed up his phone and needed Jason's help. He got me into a Sense ROM and was able to then get clockwork running again and restore my Nand. Really save my bacon.
Also, I've followed your advice. I now have a rooted AND S-off hero running Gingerbread.
Thanks again!

jasonmaloney said:
As many of you may know, you are locked out of using fastboot commands unless you have an engineering SPL. But I made a little discovery last night about how the HTC Rom Update Utility actually installs ROMs. Turns out it uses... fastboot!
Here's how it works:
With phone powered on, do "adb reboot bootloader" to enter fastboot.
-OR- With phone powered down, power on phone while holding VOL DOWN. From there press VOL UP to enter fastboot.
Run the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU"
Now you should see a black screen with a silver HTC logo. Look familiar? This is the screen you'll see when using the RUU.
From here you can re-flash an original HTC ZIP, with "fastboot flash zip filename.zip", where filename is the name of your signed HTC image.
As an added bonus, if your phone is S-OFF (even if you're not using the ENG SPL), you can flash ANY fastboot-compatible ZIP from here, signed or not.
When you're done, "fastboot reboot" will boot the device.
Found this by accident trying to help someone on IRC who had screwed up both their ROM and recovery somehow. All they could get into was fastboot/hboot, and they were S-ON.
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Really? Thanks for the Info... Helpful, and Good to Know!!
Sent from my Hero using XDA App

wow, this is valuable information. couldnt this be put into the wiki or something? i tend to go to the wiki often, but i dont know how to properly edit a wiki.

jasonmaloney said:
As many of you may know, you are locked out of using fastboot commands unless you have an engineering SPL. But I made a little discovery last night about how the HTC Rom Update Utility actually installs ROMs. Turns out it uses... fastboot!
Here's how it works:
With phone powered on, do "adb reboot bootloader" to enter fastboot.
-OR- With phone powered down, power on phone while holding VOL DOWN. From there press VOL UP to enter fastboot.
Run the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU"
Now you should see a black screen with a silver HTC logo. Look familiar? This is the screen you'll see when using the RUU.
From here you can re-flash an original HTC ZIP, with "fastboot flash zip filename.zip", where filename is the name of your signed HTC image.
As an added bonus, if your phone is S-OFF (even if you're not using the ENG SPL), you can flash ANY fastboot-compatible ZIP from here, signed or not.
When you're done, "fastboot reboot" will boot the device.
Found this by accident trying to help someone on IRC who had screwed up both their ROM and recovery somehow. All they could get into was fastboot/hboot, and they were S-ON.
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I have a similar problem with my CDMA hero. I tried the "Run the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" and I get
<bootloader> [ERR] command error !!!
What am I doing wrong ? Probably everything.
Thanks.

Houndog101 said:
I have a similar problem with my CDMA hero. I tried the "Run the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" and I get
<bootloader> [ERR] command error !!!
What am I doing wrong ? Probably everything.
Thanks.
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Which bootloader version do you have, and where did you get the fastboot binary?

jasonmaloney said:
Which bootloader version do you have, and where did you get the fastboot binary?
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HBOOT-1.47.0000 (HERO20000) is this what you mean ?
I got the fastboot off this site with SDK tools Android SDK updater ,revision 10. Is this what you need ?
Thanks for helping me..

hey Jason here's some background on his problem, I linked him this thread, hopefully you have more patience than me, but you know me, I don't really and I'm a dink http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984688

Houndog101 said:
HBOOT-1.47.0000 (HERO20000) is this what you mean ?
I got the fastboot off this site with SDK tools Android SDK updater ,revision 10. Is this what you need ?
Thanks for helping me..
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Not sure why it would be giving you issue. Make sure you're in fastboot mode and not hboot mode. You should see "Fastboot USB" on the screen if memory serves.
Alternatively, try the copy of fastboot.exe on my site. I pulled this directly from HTC's Rom Update Utility, so it might work better.

jasonmaloney said:
Not sure why it would be giving you issue. Make sure you're in fastboot mode and not hboot mode. You should see "Fastboot USB" on the screen if memory serves.
Alternatively, try the copy of fastboot.exe on my site. I pulled this directly from HTC's Rom Update Utility, so it might work better.
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Jason, Thanks a million times, That was a problem, I d/l your fast.boot and it got me to the Black with silver htc screen. I'll see what I can do from here. Just want to get it to where I can boot into recovery.. Thanks again for helping me.

I've followed all the instructions but with a slightly different problem. I can't get to bootloader at all, but if I plug my hero to my pc and turn it on then it will say "fastboot usb" in a red rectangle at the top left, but is still otherwise the white HTC screen. when I do "fastboot oem rebootRUU" the terminal says okay, but the phone reboots into the same state instead of the black and silver screen I am hoping to see. Is it a brick or is there another option?

I get to where I want to load the image and it says "error: cannot load 'HERCIMG.zip'". Is this because it is not signed. I have the zip on the root of my sd card. I'm trying to install just a stock ROM and unroot so I can sell my phone.

beand1p said:
I get to where I want to load the image and it says "error: cannot load 'HERCIMG.zip'". Is this because it is not signed. I have the zip on the root of my sd card. I'm trying to install just a stock ROM and unroot so I can sell my phone.
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If you look in the hero dev section you can find a thread called ruu in zip format. It will take you back to stock all the way no recovery no nothing just like fresh out the box. I've used it myself when I couldn't flash sense roms. And it works great. I would link you but I'm mobile. You might have to dig a little but its worth it. Good luck.
Yea It's Me Again With the
Modified Hero

laie1472 said:
If you look in the hero dev section you can find a thread called ruu in zip format. It will take you back to stock all the way no recovery no nothing just like fresh out the box. I've used it myself when I couldn't flash sense roms. And it works great. I would link you but I'm mobile. You might have to dig a little but its worth it. Good luck.
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I get the same error even with that zip. I am S-OFF also. I have HBOOT-1.47 with radio 2.42.01.04.27.
I've tried almost everything to unroot and get back to stock. I am about ready to throw in the towel.

Why not just leave it rooted and put a stock rooted rom? Seems at that point you could remove superuser permissions somehow if It's that important for them to not have root. That would essentially take away root for all intensive purposes I would think. I'm just thinking out loud here and definitely you may want another opinion, but having root on the phone won't really cause them any real problems as long as they have a stock rom. They can still activate it, it still has the same menu options for a hard reset...maybe I'm missing the point other than you should be able to do what you're trying?
[dpeeps74]

dpeeps74 said:
Why not just leave it rooted and put a stock rooted rom? Seems at that point you could remove superuser permissions somehow if It's that important for them to not have root. That would essentially take away root for all intensive purposes I would think. I'm just thinking out loud here and definitely you may want another opinion, but having root on the phone won't really cause them any real problems as long as they have a stock rom. They can still activate it, it still has the same menu options for a hard reset...maybe I'm missing the point other than you should be able to do what you're trying?
[dpeeps74]
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All the stock RUU's I have tried always give me the RUU Error [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR
EDIT
I was able to RUU after using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843544

I'm currently hitting a roadblock with this. Whenever i try the fastboot update zip command, and add the filename, i get an error saying that it cannot load said filename. i have no clue what i'm doing wrong.

zbach said:
I'm currently hitting a roadblock with this. Whenever i try the fastboot update zip command, and add the filename, i get an error saying that it cannot load said filename. i have no clue what i'm doing wrong.
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The zip file should be on your computer, not your phone. Make sure to specify an absolute path for the zip file if the fastboot.exe file is not in the same folder as the zip file.

jasonmaloney said:
The zip file should be on your computer, not your phone. Make sure to specify an absolute path for the zip file if the fastboot.exe file is not in the same folder as the zip file.
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I have the zip file in the android file along with the fastboot.exe program. I still get a "Cannot load" error message

thank you x100000.
I couldnt flash the original ruu because of the weird bootloader issue, but this worked like a charm and i was able to flash with a .zip of the ruu.
Thanks again.

stuck in bootloop help plz

Hello,
I'm really hoping you can help me out, for I have got myself into a bit of a pickle.
I have been eagerly awaiting ICS, and downloaded mrT69's PG58IMG.zip ics.
Now my phone is stuck in a loop of booting, I'll hear the music start up and quietly brilliant screen and it just keeps repeating. I've tried a system recovery from the hboot menu no dice, I've tried recopying pg58img.zip and receive an error wrong CID or similar, I'm a total plonker for bothering and now i'm just desperate to simply get my phone back working.
Anyway help would be great,
The details I got from my phone are
HBOOT 1.27 000
10.14.9035 01 M
Jan 13 2012 17:33
* My phone is totally stock, this was the first thing I've attempted on it, and will be my last.
Please oh please help you're my only hope.
Cheers

What software version were you on before attempting all this? This is the most important thing to know before you try anything as it helps you find the RUU for you phone

Thanks for your reply,
Is there an easy way to find out what software?, I backed up my sdcard, if the info is stored, but it was the latest gingerbread I think, totally stock and the phone is a white sensation from asia, z710e I beleive, as you can tell I'm pretty hopeless with this stuff.

If you have done the flash please reboot to RECOVERY and WIPE the CACHE partition. After this reboot again to RECOVERY and you will see that everything is on ext4.
I'm working on a solution but I can't provide this at the moment to cover this problem during the flash process.
I would try this if you haven't already!!

shanman-2 said:
If you have done the flash please reboot to RECOVERY and WIPE the CACHE partition. After this reboot again to RECOVERY and you will see that everything is on ext4.
I'm working on a solution but I can't provide this at the moment to cover this problem during the flash process.
I would try this if you haven't already!!
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When I select Recovery, I get the green circle arrow icon then a red triangle with exclamation mark, and nothing else.
*** I've now read up and now know that's normal, I've cleared the cache, same looping.

WatkinTench said:
Hello,
I'm really hoping you can help me out, for I have got myself into a bit of a pickle.
I have been eagerly awaiting ICS, and downloaded mrT69's PG58IMG.zip ics.
Now my phone is stuck in a loop of booting, I'll hear the music start up and quietly brilliant screen and it just keeps repeating. I've tried a system recovery from the hboot menu no dice, I've tried recopying pg58img.zip and receive an error wrong CID or similar, I'm a total plonker for bothering and now i'm just desperate to simply get my phone back working.
Anyway help would be great,
The details I got from my phone are
HBOOT 1.27 000
10.14.9035 01 M
Jan 13 2012 17:33
* My phone is totally stock, this was the first thing I've attempted on it, and will be my last.
Please oh please help you're my only hope.
Cheers
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Repeating means rebooting ?
Your device was S-OFF?
It happened to me as well (or something like that) when installing a theme not suitable for GB, i am not going to tell you that i have the right solution but here what i did (and it worked!!) to recover my Sensation:
Look for and store in you sdcard:
- PG58IMG.zip (i add the file, it converts HBOOT version into 1.17.000)
- ROM Real_Stock_Experience (can give you dropbox link to download when you do not find it, it is 354MB)
Flash HBOOT 1.17.0000 from Recovery (when your device enters in HBOOT should ask you to appy update automaticly) and after that flash that ROM (it is a zip file), device shuold start normally, after that you can flash latest RUU.
Hope it helps.
Rgds,

francescrm said:
Repeating means rebooting ?
Your device was S-OFF?
It happened to me as well (or something like that) when installing a theme not suitable for GB, i am not going to tell you that i have the right solution but here what i did (and it worked!!) to recover my Sensation:
Look for and store in you sdcard:
- PG58IMG.zip (i add the file, it converts HBOOT version into 1.17.000)
- ROM Real_Stock_Experience (can give you dropbox link to download when you do not find it, it is 354MB)
Flash HBOOT 1.17.0000 from Recovery (when your device enters in HBOOT should ask you to appy update automaticly) and after that flash that ROM (it is a zip file), device shuold start normally, after that you can flash latest RUU.
Hope it helps.
Rgds,
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thanks for replying,
I tried using the pg58img.zip you linked but I get the error
CID incorrect! Update fail! press Power to reboot.

WatkinTench said:
When I select Recovery, I get the green circle arrow icon then a red triangle with exclamation mark, and nothing else.
*** I've now read up and now know that's normal, I've cleared the cache, same looping.
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wiggshome is having same problem on dev thread, keep an eye there as I have no other thoughts on your problem

WatkinTench said:
thanks for replying,
I tried using the pg58img.zip you linked but I get the error
CID incorrect! Update fail! press Power to reboot.
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That is probably because you have got an Asian ROM, i can only suggest you to make your device SuperCid (11111111), that will allow you to flash it. Look in ROM forum to find out how, now i remember i also had to do it, done it with device in HBOOT and connected to PC via USB, you need to enter certain commands in DOS.
Rgds,

well, I've tried for the last hour or so to get it going, and no luck, I'm more than likely going to throw the phone into the wall, at least I'll have some satisfaction.
i've tried using adb and adb devices in cmd, but it won't find the device, It also was a major pain to get the drivers to work, it seems to have but it doesn't want to cooperate, also it's mentioned to enable usd debugging, how on earth do I do this when the phone won't even boot?, I'm really running out of patience with the damn thing,
I reliase a solution could be changing to superCID and installing that fix, but I can't even get the phone to be recognized in windows to change it?
so I'll try and provide more info, it's an Unbranded white sensation from Hong Kong, I simply want to get it back again, can I find a firmware that is for the cid and flash it to accept?,
I just don't know what to do now, certainly didn't think this would be my evening tonight, lesson learnt,

It only uses adb when the phone is booted, so that won't work
Go into HBOOT and let us know what it says above 1.27.0000

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542555

Well I took a big punt and downloaded a ship rom i didn't know what ara meant but do now, my phone has turned a little middle eastern but I easily changed to english, which I remembered I had to do for my phone when I first purchased.
I made sure to get the same radio version, and have tested wifi and receiving calls, so as far as I can tell it functions again.
A very stressful evening,
but at least it's back and running,
appreciate everyones assistance

WatkinTench said:
I reliase a solution could be changing to superCID and installing that fix, but I can't even get the phone to be recognized in windows to change it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
IF it doesn't you can Manually put the phone in the bootloader/hboot mode
Did you follow Step 4 ?
Rgds,

WatkinTench said:
Well I took a big punt and downloaded a ship rom i didn't know what ara meant but do now, my phone has turned a little middle eastern but I easily changed to english, which I remembered I had to do for my phone when I first purchased.
I made sure to get the same radio version, and have tested wifi and receiving calls, so as far as I can tell it functions again.
A very stressful evening,
but at least it's back and running,
appreciate everyones assistance
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Which one did you download?

RUU_Pyramid_HTC_ARA_1.45.415.5_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_220005_signed
is the one I got, interesting enough, I tried the asian one afterwards and got a cannot update error, have tested phone and still works, so it didn't do anything but I must had some luck to download one that the phone liked.

Use 1.50.401.1 (latest unbranded EU RUU)

Fixing boot loop issue after "Incorrect CID" error
Thanks to "xl VipeR lx" for the SuperCID guide and Joaquinf's guide on How to flash ICS 3.32 firmware.
Okay. Here's a step-by-step guide to fixing this boot loop if you're in a confused state:
The issue is due to problems with your CID, which means we'll have to fix that. First, plug your SD card into the computer and delete the PG58IMG.zip file from your root, then put the SD card back into the phone and keep it turned off.
1) Download the ADB tool from http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=672540&stc=1&d=1312138079
2) Make a folder named "adb" on your C:\ drive, and unzip the file into this folder (the path should look like this: C:\adb)
3) Open command prompt and type: cd c:\adb (keep command prompt open)
4) Reboot the phone into fastboot and then connect it to your PC
(in a second, your fastboot screen should show "fastboot USB")
5) Enter the command "fastboot oem writecid 11111111" in command prompt
6) Enter the command "fastboot reboot-bootloader"
7) Enter the command "fastboot getvar cid" (make sure your CID is now 11111111)
8) Enter the command "fastboot reboot"
9) Turn off your phone, put the SD back in your PC and copy the v3.32 PG58IMG.zip back onto the root, then reinsert it into the phone.
10) Reboot back to fastboot and the firmware should now install without error.
11) Now you need to plug the SD back in the PC and delete the PG58IMG.zip from your root, then reinsert it into the phone again.
11) Finally, boot back into fastboot and you could now go on to Superwipe and then install your ICS ROM as you'd originally intended.

you have to install htc sync to use adb commands

[Q] Problems with Leedroid 2.0

Hi,
i came to the screen install form zip on sdcard
but then it starts installation
and shows : installation aborted
now i cant start the phone i always get tothis screen
with the red text this build is for ....
what can i do?
edit: now i am again there where i can install zip from sdcard, but now it doesnt recognize the sdcard. What can I do, because i the phoen does not take a microsdcard where I could put a new rom.
how can i get access to the internela storage now wihtour a os?

How did this happen ? Selecting a ROM to flash in recovery cant really cause so much damage if it fails. They usually fail because of a md5 mismatch or something.
try to mount the sd card and you can use adb to push files to it..
you could also try a full wipe..

I did several things. I rooted and unlocked the device
and now it does not boot.
Everytime I tired to flash leedroid or stock rom with choosing install form zip
installation get aborted.
I am only able to get into the boolloader and into the recovery.
how can i restore the phone?
wipe and recovery is not possible i always end in this screen
with the red text.
edit: i think i try to get into booloader and copy another file version with adb to the sd card and hope it was a download error.
but why the hell then did both the leedroid 'AND the stock rom fail?

did you flash the boot.img BEFORE flashing leedroids ROM ??
If not i suggest trying that, If that fails, Just run an RUU and start from the beginning

Thanks for the Idea,
my problem is that i cant get access to the memory wihtout a working rom
on it And now i also dont get into the recovery CWMS.
I thouzhg power+vol up would do it but it doesnt work
I think i destroyed my brand new phone.
but thanks for helping.

It's not broken.
Try Power + Vol. down. Possibly you need to retry this several times to get into the bootloader.

its not destroyed dont worry..
Run an RUU and all will be good again. Whats your CID ?

That is the problem I cannot put up software on the device
so how should i run a ruu?
Where can i get the CID from wihtout starting the phone?
I hope you have a trick how I can save the device.

angeloski said:
That is the problem I cannot put up software on the device
so how should i run a ruu?
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You run it from your Windows desktop. Download your appropriate RUU here for example (as it takes a loooooong time).
Connect your phone to your computer via USB.
Double Click the RUU-file.
Answer the Questions and the update will start.
Remember: Your device will be reset to factory default and your data on sd card will be gone so.
Edit: You will still have to start it with power + vol. down buttons pressed (as far as I remember).

angeloski said:
That is the problem I cannot put up software on the device
so how should i run a ruu?
Where can i get the CID from wihtout starting the phone?
I hope you have a trick how I can save the device.
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To get into the bootloader try this.
Press and hold volume down, then power. Hold both down together for 5 secs, let go of the power button then press the power button several times. This always works for me.
If this works then your phone is easy to fix.

Maybe you could try to reflash the boot.img from leedroid via fastboot.
Then flash a proper recovery.img via fastboot (I use clockworkmod)
As I heard you could then push the rom.zip via Adb the sdcard while in recovery. Last step would be install zip from sdcard.
Sent from my HTC One S using XDA

Have you installed supersu via install ZIP from sdcard? I think this needs go be installed before installing the Rom. I Don't Know it exactly. But like this it worked for me when coming from stock rom. Thats how it worked for me:
1. Unlock bootloader via HTCDev
2. flash recovery image via fastboot
3. Install SuperSU from zipfile in recovery
4. Flash boot.img from Leedroid
5. Install Leedroid from sdcard
So maybe you missed one of the steps.
Sent from my HTC One S using XDA

to get CID go into fastboot and type in cmd window ''fastboot getvar cid''
If your phone is branded, you will need that branded RUU, So i assume you will need o2 Germany RUU

Reflash recovery in fastboot, should give you access to sdcard back.
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium

i did the same thing to my one s yesterday... followed all the steps for leedroid n got same frustration u have...
theres a nandroid file in the dev section... fastboot the boot.img and the recovery.img
ya phone WILL boot back up

ok guys ty for cheeering me up.
i wil try it with a ruu, where can i find a ruu for my htc one s.
the link in the previuos post ist offline.
i think it was 1.78.407.x when i looked the last time in my handy.
thanks

so my cid is
C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot.exe getvar cid
cid: O2___102
finished. total time: 0.003s
Like i said it is a O2 i hope this helps finding the ruu

well check the Shipped ROM thread.. If its not there you can ask the OP Football if he has it or can get it..
Some RUU's cost $13 so if you know someone else who wants it, you could split the cost ?

so far, now am in the recovery flash but it is the same
count mount /sdcard
how can i put a file onto the sdcard when i have no access?
partionoing sdcard doesn't help
i was looking for this boot.img and recovery.img which was posted before
i dont find it can someone link me to it if he knows what was meant?
thanks
edit: i was desperate and tried:
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
fastboot oem eraseconfig
but the second order was not successful
ist there another way to fix this usb brick
and to get access to /sdcard
new edit: now i write also in the help thread (noob friendly) i hope that is ok.

Did you already try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
Or this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Sent from my HTC One S using XDA

[Q] Phone won't boot...

A friend has a Shift that no longer boots. She took it to Sprint and they told her they couldn't fix it. It is 3 months out of warranty. I can only select fastboot from the bootloader menu. All other options either send the phone in to an endless boot or gives a blank screen. I was able to UNLOCK the phone. I tried to load clockworkmod recovery using adb and fastboot and got an "ok" from the command prompt, but alas it just reboots constantly when choosing recovery from the bootloader.
***** UNLOCKED ******
SPEEDY XF SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0. 99. 0001
RADIO-1.08.01.0111
eMMC-BOOT
Dec 29,2011.10:29:48
Any luck on fixing this or was the Sprint employee correct?

Have you tried trouble use an ruu on it? It basically reinstalls everything.
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using Tapatalk 2

Since I can only access fastboot, I assumed I needed a a PG06IMG.zip file placed on the SD card, but that didn't work. All the RUU files seemed to be exe files and required the phone to actually boot, correct? Or at least require S=OFF.

RandyMP said:
Since I can only access fastboot, I assumed I needed a a PG06IMG.zip file placed on the SD card, but that didn't work. All the RUU files seemed to be exe files and required the phone to actually boot, correct? Or at least require S=OFF.
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When you're s-on you can flash everything except kernels (boot.img)
So extract the PG06IMG.zip, and move the boot.img to somewhere else
Now zip up the PG06IMG.zip (using "store" as your compression level)
Now put that on your sdcard and it should flash properly. Now to flash the kernel, put the phone into "fastboot" mode (select the "fastboot" option using the power button)
Now open a command prompt (you need the fastboot.exe and boot.img in the same folder) and change directory to where your fastboot.exe and boot.img are located
Then type this:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
And all should be good...if you need me to, i can upload the fastboot binary if you dont have it

Unfortunately, the PG06IMG.zip still doesn't work when I press power and vol down. Still says "no image".

RandyMP said:
Unfortunately, the PG06IMG.zip still doesn't work when I press power and vol down. Still says "no image".
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Backup your sdcard and reformat to FAT32

Thanks for all the help, but that didn't do it either. I've thrown in the white flag!

RandyMP said:
Thanks for all the help, but that didn't do it either. I've thrown in the white flag!
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Make sure the HTC Drivers are installed. Boot into Fastboot and run the .exe RUU from the desktop.

Unfortunately, when running the exe, it can't find the phone. Running fastboot commands, there is no problem finding the phone. I've returned the phone to my friend so I guess we can close this thread. Thanks for the help, though.

RandyMP said:
Unfortunately, when running the exe, it can't find the phone. Running fastboot commands, there is no problem finding the phone. I've returned the phone to my friend so I guess we can close this thread. Thanks for the help, though.
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Sorry we couldn't get you sorted
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RandyMP said:
Unfortunately, when running the exe, it can't find the phone. Running fastboot commands, there is no problem finding the phone. I've returned the phone to my friend so I guess we can close this thread. Thanks for the help, though.
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You can flash ruu zipa through adb if you wanna give it another go
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Stuck in bootloop/No ROM boots

So long story short, I got my One x today (AT&T) & since this is my 2nd One x (my first won got destroyed in a car crash) I decided to root/flash it. I'm assuming just like all the other new comers to this forum, I used the Toolkit by Hasoon. I was able to unlock the phone along with flashing Clockworks touch recovery. Now here's where things got all ugly and just fustrating; I flashed a ROM (Carbon's most recent ROM) and then rebooted just like you would any other ROM, but it didn't boot. I Tried flashing another ROM (Scrosler Clean ROM) & the same thing. Now my phone isnt bricked; I can mount my sd via recovery & whatnot & also use the bootloader menu (fastboot). Now I've been trying to bring my phone back to life via the RUU's, but idr what version I had. I just tried 2.20 & it failed.
Heres my Bootloader info
****TAMPERED****
****UNLOCKED****
EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
RADIO-0.19AS.32.09.11_
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
June 11 2012, 14:36:28
Any help would be appreciated!
thanks :good:

Extract boot.IMG from ROM and flash in fastboot. I highly recommend s-off to negate that issue altogether.
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How would I flash the boot.img in flashboot? & I'm not sure I'm rooted

Boot Image Flashing
Hey man I had the same problem..I'm kinda new too this as well. I used the boot image flashing tool from Team Win. You extract the ROM somewhere like your download dir into it's own folder. Then I copy and paste the boot image into the folder of the team win flashing tool, You'll see it's really self explanatory. Put the phone in fastboot usb and the click where it says "run me from fastboot" it will flash the boot img for you. then go back into recovery and flash the rom. or the other way around. Pretty sure I've done it both ways on accident. I just recently did the facepalm s-off, and that wasnt too hard just copy and paste. I havent tried flashing anything since the s-off but I cant wait to see how it goes! Hope this helped. You probably got it all figured out by now. Good luck.

Edit; Ok, so attached to this post is the zip file you will need. I downloaded the 2.3.3 twrp img file, since that is the most stable for me. If you want to upgrade to 2.5, then be my guess, but others say it is a problem. i have flashed sense roms and aosp roms with no problems. also, pleae read both paragraphs before attempting to do something. if you do not understand, feel free to comment or pm me. i tried to make it as simple as possible.
So first off download the zip, and extract the folder to a simple location (desktop or c:\). i am going to assume you extracted it to c:\. open up a command prompt by going to Start and typing in "cmd" a black window should pop up. type in "cd c:\rootevita." you are already rooted, but it was already the name of my folder. anywho, turn your phone completely off, and go into the bootloader. i assume you know how to do this, since you were able to read off your hboot details. it is the white screen with colorful text. then select fastboot in red. once a usb connection is plugged in, it should turn to fastboot usb. now in the command prompt (black window on the pc), you need to type fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.3.0-evita.img (hint: you can type open and hit tab, and it will finish it for you). now you have twrp installed. now boot into recovery, and start flash a rom.
if you were on hboot 1.14 or higher, then you also need to flash the boot.img file. the boot.img is found within the zip rom file that you download. just drag that out, and put it in the rootevita folder. repeat above steps to get into fastboot usb, but this time, type in fastboot flash boot boot.img and once it says OKAY, then just reboot into the system, and it should boot up. the initial start up is ALWAYS long, so don't panic. also, I recommend flashing some gapps. can't remember which rom you wanted, but im pretty sure you need gapps.
DollarStrawz said:
Hey man I had the same problem..I'm kinda new too this as well. I used the boot image flashing tool from Team Win. You extract the ROM somewhere like your download dir into it's own folder. Then I copy and paste the boot image into the folder of the team win flashing tool, You'll see it's really self explanatory. Put the phone in fastboot usb and the click where it says "run me from fastboot" it will flash the boot img for you. then go back into recovery and flash the rom. or the other way around. Pretty sure I've done it both ways on accident. I just recently did the facepalm s-off, and that wasnt too hard just copy and paste. I havent tried flashing anything since the s-off but I cant wait to see how it goes! Hope this helped. You probably got it all figured out by now. Good luck.
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That's what I'm talking about. A new person helping another new person. With correct info.
Any who, to op. You may want to download twrp. Or team win. Don't have a link at the moment, but I'm sure its somewhere on this forum. Then go back to your boot loader select fastboot, and go to the tool and flash the recovery IMG. Then like everyone says, fast boot the boot image as well. When I get to my PC, I will upload a zip for you that helped me out
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