[Q] Restore Failed....NO MTP....NOW WHAT - Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I have unlocked, rooted, then used CWM to do a backup and then installed Cyanogen Rom. Decided to go back to my backup, so I went to CWM, selected RESTORE and chose my backup file. Everything was fine but when it rebooted the screen just stays blank. I would try to flash a ROM back on it to recover but my MTP driver will not install. I have no way of pushing over a new ROM. Tried putting it on an SD card but couldnt find it in CWM. So now what.....how do I pull this all back together. I cant even use FASTBOOT without MTP.......HELP!!!!!!

Have Fastboot working now....not sure how. So can I flash a rom on here using fastboot?

tccc143 said:
Have Fastboot working now....not sure how. So can I flash a rom on here using fastboot?
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Yes see Step 3 from the TF201 Recovery Part:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26925775
Though please keep Stock ROMs on the internal SD card as its easier to recover.

Northern-Loop said:
Yes see Step 3 from the TF201 Recovery Part:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26925775
Though please keep Stock ROMs on the internal SD card as its easier to recover.
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man oh man , thanks for this
i just got one and rooted it blah blah - tried to install sgt7 rom and its the wrong file in his folder (for the galaxy, not this) and was left with a wiped system, and no proper rom on the internal sdcard
this just saved me, thanks so much

minieod said:
man oh man , thanks for this
i just got one and rooted it blah blah - tried to install sgt7 rom and its the wrong file in his folder (for the galaxy, not this) and was left with a wiped system, and no proper rom on the internal sdcard
this just saved me, thanks so much
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No problem dude - Glad to be sharing the info

Northern-Loop said:
No problem dude - Glad to be sharing the info
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been rooting and all this for 3 years now
leave it to me to soft brick my tablet within 12 hours of purchase

minieod said:
been rooting and all this for 3 years now
leave it to me to soft brick my tablet within 12 hours of purchase
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Yeah need to be careful until we get some devs in here with some decent backups.
Tab is still very new

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[Q][A700]How to undo CWM and restore factory recovery

Hi,
I'm in the situation of having a working tablet, but the dodgy version of CWM. The original thread has been deleted and I remember there was adb command at the end to stop the original update.zip from flashing the factory recovery, but not what it was so I can reverse it !
So if anyone can help me out, that would be great, so I can avoid a bricked device !
jpearn said:
Hi,
I'm in the situation of having a working tablet, but the dodgy version of CWM. The original thread has been deleted and I remember there was adb command at the end to stop the original update.zip from flashing the factory recovery, but not what it was so I can reverse it !
So if anyone can help me out, that would be great, so I can avoid a bricked device !
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go finding a original recovery dump,and flashing it in fastbootmode.
Has anybody been able to find a stock recovery for the A700? JP, I also flashed this broken CWM, thankfully I haven't used it but I want to put the stock one back on to avoid any issues.
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californiarailroader said:
Has anybody been able to find a stock recovery for the A700? JP, I also flashed this broken CWM, thankfully I haven't used it but I want to put the stock one back on to avoid any issues.
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reflashing the official update.zip
but,delete the first and the third comands in the updating list,this could avoid wiping/formating action to avoid damage to the /data partition.
lsnc said:
reflashing the official update.zip
but,delete the first and the third comands in the updating list,this could avoid wiping/formating action to avoid damage to the /data partition.
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Thanks! However, the US Version doesn't have an update for it, at least not yet, and I haven't been able to find a stock US A700 ROM.
So we would need to rename the install-recovery.old back to install-recovery.sh in /system as this was disabled in CWM ??
So has anyone managed to successfully put on the stock recovery ?? !!
jpearn said:
So has anyone managed to successfully put on the stock recovery ?? !!
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Take a little advice folks. If you don't know what you're doing, and your tab is running fine, don't be messing with anything. Just leave it alone til a better method comes.
My guess, if you rename your recovery.sh, is that when you boot, you will either get;
A. a "loading recovery kernel" message that just stays there
or
B. an "invalid recovery image", or something similar.
MD
Moscow Desire said:
Take a little advice folks. If you don't know what you're doing, and your tab is running fine, don't be messing with anything. Just leave it alone til a better method comes.
My guess, if you rename your recovery.sh, is that when you boot, you will either get;
A. a "loading recovery kernel" message that just stays there
or
B. an "invalid recovery image", or something similar.
MD
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That's what I'm doing, I'm just leaving the CWM on there until somebody comes up with a fixed version.
californiarailroader said:
That's what I'm doing, I'm just leaving the CWM on there until somebody comes up with a fixed version.
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Sounds like a plan I'll keep things working for now, thanks !
jpearn said:
Sounds like a plan I'll keep things working for now, thanks !
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View attachment updater-script.rar
use this attachment to replace the original file,then reflash update.zip via cmw.
'cos i delete the formating commands in the list,u could reflash the official package to restore the official recovery.
lsnc said:
View attachment 1190247
use this attachment to replace the original file,then reflash update.zip via cmw.
'cos i delete the formating commands in the list,u could reflash the official package to restore the official recovery.
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I don't understand these instructions. What original file is being replaced? What update.zip are you referring to?
EDIT
Well, I tried to swap out the update script that came in the ROM: SDs_Acer_A700_AV043.RV00RC00_AV043.RV07RC04_EMEA_CUS1, with the one provided above and seemed to have made some progress...I put on an external SD card and renamed to update and then flashed it through the CWM recovery and it completed. A random offset was noted and then the SD update completed note. However, when I rebooted the device it stuck at the Acer logo and never went any further.
EDIT
So, it then occurred to me that the flash through CWM was probably only partially successful - maybe the replacement of the recovery worked. So, I took the same ROM I noted above, unmodified, placed on the external SD card, renamed, etc. and flashed it and it worked - I never saw any signs of CWM during this process. I hope this helps others too.
EDIT
Looks like I spoke too soon...the flash never got past a 1/4 of the progress bar. Looks like I still have a non-functioning device.
lsnc said:
View attachment 1190247
use this attachment to replace the original file,then reflash update.zip via cmw.
'cos i delete the formating commands in the list,u could reflash the official package to restore the official recovery.
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Hi, I'm a A510 user. I used the CWM to wipe data/factory reset, after that i cant flash any zip, and even cant enter the system. When i turn on the tab, it stuck on 'iconia tab' LOGO, I tried to hard reset, then i got a 'Unrecoverable bootloader error (0x19000008)'
I enter the fastboot and flash the stock recovery back. next i use the recovery to flash update.zip as usual, but every time the flash will stuck in 1/5 of the whole progress bar, I changed it with other rom zip, or even change the SD card, it didn't work anyway!
every time the flash stuck in the same place of the whole progress bar, i guess it is not an accident! After read your solution, I check the script in my zip, then i delete 2 lines about 'format' command. I think this time will be ok! but to my surprise the green turtle fell down when flashing.
I think the idea is great, but it maybe make the script incomplete, so it cant be flash in.:crying:

[Q] HTC One S sd card mount issue!

:crying: I have not slept at all trying to fix my phone I decided to go and try to flash viper rom on my mac computer thus missing up my phone and m cwm recovery so i tried to put it to stock with RUU thing and didn't work because it would just stay in "sending" so after that i went ahead and tried to flash another rom I've always had but my cwm said my sd card was not mounted!!!!! and couldn't be mounted I've see other threads explaining how to fix it and NOOOOO it didn't work for me i already cleared storage factory reset and flashed over and over on fast boot cwm and still gives me the same message i have done literally everything possible someone plz help i need my phone back to life!!! :crying: main issue is the sd card mounting error! :/
Edgardo101510 said:
:crying: I have not slept at all trying to fix my phone I decided to go and try to flash viper rom on my mac computer thus missing up my phone and m cwm recovery so i tried to put it to stock with RUU thing and didn't work because it would just stay in "sending" so after that i went ahead and tried to flash another rom I've always had but my cwm said my sd card was not mounted!!!!! and couldn't be mounted I've see other threads explaining how to fix it and NOOOOO it didn't work for me i already cleared storage factory reset and flashed over and over on fast boot cwm and still gives me the same message i have done literally everything possible someone plz help i need my phone back to life!!! :crying: main issue is the sd card mounting error! :/
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Had the same issue a few hours ago. Flash TWRP. Mount your phone as USB drive in TWRP and on the PC should come up a pop up that asks you if you want to format your sd card. Press format and let it do its thing. Then your SD should work again (but the data ist lost).
Thnx a lot
.TanTien said:
Had the same issue a few hours ago. Flash TWRP. Mount your phone as USB drive in TWRP and on the PC should come up a pop up that asks you if you want to format your sd card. Press format and let it do its thing. Then your SD should work again (but the data ist lost).
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thnx so much now how do i put rom on sd card and flash the rom? i cant load anything because my phone is romless :/
Edgardo101510 said:
thnx so much now how do i put rom on sd card and flash the rom? i cant load anything because my phone is romless :/
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You can use the mount as usb drive function again to put the rom on your phone or you can adb push it onto your phone. I'd use the first method.
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ADB push
.TanTien said:
You can use the mount as usb drive function again to put the rom on your phone or you can adb push it onto your phone. I'd use the first method.
Sent from my HTC One S using Trickdroid v3.0.0
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I tried twrp usb mount and the file never transferred over it gace me a error but the sd card did come up on my pc but it never copied so i flashed cwm and tried to push rom and it dont go i press enter and it just goes and nothing happens
I haven't red comments above have u tried Adb pushing the rom?
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tried adb push
k1llacanon said:
I haven't red comments above have u tried Adb pushing the rom?
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tried it dude and it didnt work it dont transfer idk why in command window i put everything in right and press enter and literlly nothing happens
What command did u type have u used this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
Because normally if the commands wrong you should get an error something should happen...
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k1llacanon said:
What command did u type have u used this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
Because normally if the commands wrong you should get an error something should happen...
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yeah i used that thread... i put in this
adb push cm10.zip /sdcard/cm10.zip
(i renamed the file cm10)
Try push a basic rom onto the phone where u don't need to flash a boot. Img.... Like I think blue energy you don't need a boot. Img just check and try Cuz I had that problem
If u cant...
Don't worry if u can't flash a rom just run a ruu but ul have to start from scratch again unlock bootloader flash and root
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k1llacanon said:
Try push a basic rom onto the phone where u don't need to flash a boot. Img.... Like I think blue energy you don't need a boot. Img just check and try Cuz I had that problem
If u cant...
Don't worry if u can't flash a rom just run a ruu but ul have to start from scratch again unlock bootloader flash and root
Sent from a man, using a mobile phone
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i just want my phone alive again lol im running ruu tmob US 2.35 its running right now, i tried RUU before it didnt ever work just got stuck at sending but this time i put stock recovery on phone and tried it to see if it will woork now ill let u know what happen in like 15 min hopefully it works i just want my phone back to life i already lost everything on my sd card anyways :/ im an idiot i forgot to save restore file on my pc so i would have to start from scratch anyways. thnxx dude
How did it go? U could have mounted sd card and saved everything to pc
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SUCCESS
k1llacanon said:
How did it go? U could have mounted sd card and saved everything to pc
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I got into rom i wanted finally after three days of no sleep lol well first i flashed stock recovery and then "clear storage" on hboot after that i flashed twrp and mounted usb and this time it worked and simply flashed my rom via twrp. Part i was messing up was where I had to flash stock recovery.
but thnx alot your awesome

I believe I bricked my phone.. NEED HELP !

So i guess I felt out of date and wanted to root my phone and use that cm10 rom or whatever everyone else is and i messed it up real bad. I keep getting this msg "this build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside of htc.." on the loading screen. At this point i just want to restore it back to normal , idc if i lose data , i just want my phone to WORK! I've flashed a clean recovery.img but whenever i try to access recovery , it brings me back to that screen with the red words. In addition , my phone is rogers so i can't even find a correct RUU to install. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get my phone to work again ? Any help is greatly welcomed !
P.S Wow i think it got worse , now it doesnt even loop again , it goes start into that menu bootloader, reboot , power down.. Omg i spent 5 hours looking into this. I NEED HELP!
Lasts3cond said:
So i guess I felt out of date and wanted to root my phone and use that cm10 rom or whatever everyone else is and i messed it up real bad. I keep getting this msg "this build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside of htc.." on the loading screen. At this point i just want to restore it back to normal , idc if i lose data , i just want my phone to WORK! I've flashed a clean recovery.img but whenever i try to access recovery , it brings me back to that screen with the red words. In addition , my phone is rogers so i can't even find a correct RUU to install. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get my phone to work again ? Any help is greatly welcomed !
P.S Wow i think it got worse , now it doesnt even loop again , it goes start into that menu bootloader, reboot , power down.. Omg i spent 5 hours looking into this. I NEED HELP!
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..... It says that on every One X, it's HTC telling whoever turns the phone on that you used HTCDev.com
Make Sure you have TWRP (recovery) flashed/installed ... then in the bootloader go into recovery and flash cm10 ... and since you probably have the newer hboot 1.14 that means that you HAVE to flash the kernel (boot.img) via fastboot
Which is simple,
flash cm10
then reboot into the bootloader > fastboot
extract the boot.img from the cm10.zip
and fastboot flash boot boot.img
then your done reboot and enjoy.... (anything else read threw the forum, all your answers have been asked by somebody else already)
On rogers he won't have the 1.14 hboot, which means all he has to do is install the rom.
Try flashing the recovery again (TWRP ONLY!)
And then reinstall CM10
Tachi91 said:
..... It says that on every One X, it's HTC telling whoever turns the phone on that you used HTCDev.com
Make Sure you have TWRP (recovery) flashed/installed ... then in the bootloader go into recovery and flash cm10 ... and since you probably have the newer hboot 1.14 that means that you HAVE to flash the kernel (boot.img) via fastboot
Which is simple,
flash cm10
then reboot into the bootloader > fastboot
extract the boot.img from the cm10.zip
and fastboot flash boot boot.img
then your done reboot and enjoy.... (anything else read threw the forum, all your answers have been asked by somebody else already)
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Can you post download to to what you're refering to ? I want to delete all my old files and redownload it all, starting fresh.
ugh crap im so lost , i don't get what to install like .. i flash CWM and it doesnt work and all that omg . Can we skype or somethng so we can do this step by step ? :$
Lasts3cond said:
i flash CWM and it doesnt work and all that omg
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That might be your problem. CWM isn't supported for this phone and has been known to corrupt data.
Links for all the files you need are in a sticky in the Development forum. Here's the link for TWRP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677447
Once you've got that, you can wipe your phone inside TWRP (don't do it in bootloader--you'll have to reformat your sd card), and reflash CM10.
That link requires me to use that GOO manager? Confused lol i have TWRP on my computer but not sure the steps to use it ..
Lasts3cond said:
That link requires me to use that GOO manager? Confused lol i have TWRP on my computer but not sure the steps to use it ..
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You can't use Goomanager if the phone doesn't boot. You need to push it over to your phone using adb, then you can flash it from recovery.
redpoint73 said:
You can't use Goomanager if the phone doesn't boot. You need to push it over to your phone using adb, then you can flash it from recovery.
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Lol yeah i understand that and adb? I can't even past the screen where it shows fastboot , factory rest , shut down .. etc
Lasts3cond said:
Lol yeah i understand that and adb? I can't even past the screen where it shows fastboot , factory rest , shut down .. etc
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754018
iElvis said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754018
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Beat me to it.
Read up, get adb working. Then you can install TWRP using adb.
So first i need to get adb working , then install TWRP to wipe my phone? To access that i flash TWRP and go into recovery right ?
EDIT: So .. i've downloaded that adb , and i got a bunch of files.. what do i do with this? I put them into my fastboot folder in my C drive.. Also i need to unlock my phone to do this right ? Cause i accidently relocked it .
EDIT: OKAY i rooted my phone , and got into TWRP , tried a factory rest under the wipe menu. http://i48.tinypic.com/13yklep.jpg It says fails.. what do i do ?
Go to mount usb storage (not sure which screen its on) while it's plugged into your computer
If windows says the card is corrupted, format it fat32, then copy over a rom onto your sd card
area51avenger said:
Go to mount usb storage (not sure which screen its on) while it's plugged into your computer
If windows says the card is corrupted, format it fat32, then copy over a rom onto your sd card
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Okay got into mount http://i47.tinypic.com/2cq085x.jpg then a screen pops up , is this the one? http://i45.tinypic.com/m7ur08.jpg
EDIT: Okay so i need to copy a rom onto my phone via usb. Do i copy over the boot.img,system and NETA-INF from cm10 ?
So i put the cm10 zip onto my sdcard (my phone) and i got this when i want to install .. should i proceed? http://i45.tinypic.com/28uts7n.jpg
WAIT NOOOOO
That is an international rom
Get CM10 from THIS FORUM ONLY
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790032
area51avenger said:
WAIT NOOOOO
That is an international rom
Get CM10 from THIS FORUM ONLY
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790032
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LOL okay ! But on that thread isnt that cm10 for AT&T HTC XL? :S I have a Htc one x rogers .
Lasts3cond said:
LOL okay ! But on that thread isnt that cm10 for AT&T HTC XL? :S I have a Htc one x rogers .
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The Rogers HTC One X IS a HTC One XL. Rogers just branded it. The OneX has the Tegra 3 Quad Core Processor, the One XL has the S4 Dual Core Processor. Your phone is the same as the ATT Version. Trust me
Okay got the evita one but it still says same msg , should i proceed? :S
lasts3cond said:
okay got the evita one but it still says same msg , should i proceed? :s
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omfg it works ty so much!
No problem. Just be glad you didn't flash an international Rom. They can render your device completely unusable. Remember only flash things from this forum and enjoy
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No problem. Just be glad you didn't flash an international Rom.
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After all that, lol. At least he had the sense to stop and ask.

Need help - lost all internal SD files - Nothing to flash

I was stupid. Point blank.
How can I get a ROM zip back on so I can flash it again?
It just hangs at the boot screen when I try to start up, but I'm able to get into TWRP recovery. Please help..I'm kinda freakin out.
Nothing showing on the internal card to be able to flash.
Trying to figure out how to maybe sideload? In ADB, the device doesn't show up...
I need baby step - by step
Vinsane said:
Trying to figure out how to maybe sideload? In ADB, the device doesn't show up...
I need baby step - by step
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have you tried flashing the stock rom with fastboot?
crazynitro said:
have you tried flashing the stock rom with fastboot?
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No I havent - how would i go about that?
It needs something to read to be able to flash...right now there's nothing on internal and wont mount to ADB
If I could flash via fastboot, would I be able to flash back the custom rom instead of the stock rom?
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No I havent - how would i go about that?
It needs something to read to be able to flash...right now there's nothing on internal and wont mount to ADB
If I could flash via fastboot, would I be able to flash back the custom rom instead of the stock rom?
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you dont need any anything to be able to flash. you just need a laptop with the asus drivers installed and the latest fastboot. I'm pretty sure you cant flash a custom rom with fastboot. i havent tried it myself but i wont take the risk. you could just flash the stock rom and then later intall the custom recovery and then go ahead and install the custom rom.
I think I got it. Thank GOD for the NEW TWRP recovery.
This is what I did. I poked around TWRP and noticed that I was able to change the storage location on where it looks to install. I thought...if I can load the zip to a micro SD and flash it from there..gravy.
Of course the day as it is...the SD reader on my comp stopped working..been running around the office trying to find on that did. Finally did...placed rom zip on it..rebooted into recovery..flashing right now as we speak
Praying and crossing fingers!
It freakin WORKED! I'm baaaaaack.
The only bad part is I lost my stock backup...but that's a small price to pay to have it working again.

Help!!! Possible Brick m8 VZW

I'm fairly new to the modding area, I'm familiar with the VZW S3 and S4, but upgraded to an M8...I rooted, got S OFF with firewater, and booted into twrp...BUT somehow the main factory image was deleted, and I can only boot into twrp..it stays at the HTC logo if I just let it boot...help!!
Is there something similar to Samsung's ODIN mode that I can just reflash a factory image?
roadblock217 said:
I'm fairly new to the modding area, I'm familiar with the VZW S3 and S4, but upgraded to an M8...I rooted, got S OFF with firewater, and booted into twrp...BUT somehow the main factory image was deleted, and I can only boot into twrp..it stays at the HTC logo if I just let it boot...help!!
Is there something similar to Samsung's ODIN mode that I can just reflash a factory image?
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I'm not sure if this will help but try reading this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2718562
Hope this will help.
Dragbike Racer said:
I'm not sure if this will help but try reading this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2718562
Hope this will help.
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Tried..doesnt work for me
I can get it to boot past the recovery area, but only stays on the white screen with the green HTC logo...
EDIT:::
I want to try it again, but now somehow I have S ON....and it says TAMPERED, below that UNLOCKED in fastboot..
Really frustrated..
Dragbike Racer said:
I'm not sure if this will help but try reading this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2718562
Hope this will help.
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When I try this again, it keeps telling me it cannot open the file...i copy the fastboot text so that it is correct...
How can I get S OFF back if I can't boot to any rom??
You can get into recovery...it won't let you restore a back up or nothing ?
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roadblock217 said:
When I try this again, it keeps telling me it cannot open the file...i copy the fastboot text so that it is correct...
How can I get S OFF back if I can't boot to any rom??
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Maybe sonic can get you s-off if all else fails with his java card. I'm not sure in your situation but I know he can do it as I used it. But I would use that as last resort
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roadblock217 said:
When I try this again, it keeps telling me it cannot open the file...i copy the fastboot text so that it is correct...
How can I get S OFF back if I can't boot to any rom??
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So you were S-OFF and you somehow got turned to S-ON...??
I would say flash the RUU and call it a day, but we don't have one and the one we do have you need S-OFF..
best bet?
get into fastboot/bootloader, and put on a custom recovery.
then, get the TWRP nandroid of the OTA, restore to that.
then, weaksauce/S-OFF
and then you should be back to normal.
If adb/fastboot is not working, I suggest you re-install your drivers, worked for me when I didn't think it would.
opion 2
get TWRP on with fastboot
then
adb sideload any ROM to it and then get back to S-OFF
since you are unlocked you should be ok to do this without being htc dev unlocked.
you could also try htc dev, but i think that is locked.
sorry trying to think of anything else.
andybones said:
So you were S-OFF and you somehow got turned to S-ON...??
I would say flash the RUU and call it a day, but we don't have one and the one we do have you need S-OFF..
best bet?
get into fastboot/bootloader, and put on a custom recovery.
then, get the TWRP nandroid of the OTA, restore to that.
then, weaksauce/S-OFF
and then you should be back to normal.
If adb/fastboot is not working, I suggest you re-install your drivers, worked for me when I didn't think it would.
opion 2
get TWRP on with fastboot
then
adb sideload any ROM to it and then get back to S-OFF
since you are unlocked you should be ok to do this without being htc dev unlocked.
you could also try htc dev, but i think that is locked.
sorry trying to think of anything else.
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I got TWRP back on, but where can I find a nandroid of the OTA? I tried doing a regular backup before things got weird but would not let me...Now I see the bug that doesnt allow to mount system...
roadblock217 said:
I got TWRP back on, but where can I find a nandroid of the OTA? I tried doing a regular backup before things got weird but would not let me...Now I see the bug that doesnt allow to mount system...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725001
andybones said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725001
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Thanks...just downloaded and am going to try...
What I'm concerned about is not being able to mount /system now...this is so weird
roadblock217 said:
Thanks...just downloaded and am going to try...
What I'm concerned about is not being able to mount /system now...this is so weird
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because of this, it most likely will not flash the nandroid then as system is a big part of the ROM and needs to be mounted.
you may have to do what was explained earlier and wipe the Internal, and then you may be able to re-do these steps.
so first try it out.
if it doesnt work, I would then wipe the 5 things instead of the 4
1) data
2) cache
3) dalvik cache
4) system
5) Internal storage (this will remove all your internal storage!)
then reboot from recovery into bootloader, then back into recovery and see if system is mounted, if it is, you can go ahead and either do the nandroid backup or an adb sideload. -- your choice
now,
if NONE of that works,
download the "RUU" that was put together and that *should* fix you right up.
andybones said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725001
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Nope won't work. I think it's because there is no marker folder for the m8 in my SD card where I store my backups. I tried making one, and it won't register that there is a folder there...
roadblock217 said:
Nope won't work. I think it's because there is no marker folder for the m8 in my SD card where I store my backups. I tried making one, and it won't register that there is a folder there...
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yes.. yes it most certainly will work as my ROM is based off that precise nandroid backup...
this is something you should have had backed up..
but, make yourself a dummy nand backup to create the folder..
just don't backup anything except.. data or cache, just pick one thing. and it'll create the folder for you (tip: backup EVERYTHING (Internal., SD-Card, anything important, etc) when playing with beta ROMs. ESP AOSP beta ROMs..
the folder that gets created will be the same throughout your entire stay on the M8 using TWRP, it will never change (well that phone anyway, if you get a refurb or w.e. obv it will be different, but that phones folder markers will never change within TWRP, so it's to your benefit to have this backed up and ready to go...)
andybones said:
yes.. yes it most certainly will work as my ROM is based off that precise nandroid backup...
this is something you should have had backed up..
but, make yourself a dummy nand backup to create the folder..
just don't backup anything except.. data or cache, just pick one thing. and it'll create the folder for you (tip: backup EVERYTHING (Internal., SD-Card, anything important, etc) when playing with beta ROMs. ESP AOSP beta ROMs..
the folder that gets created will be the same throughout your entire stay on the M8 using TWRP, it will never change (well that phone anyway, if you get a refurb or w.e. obv it will be different, but that phones folder markers will never change within TWRP, so it's to your benefit to have this backed up and ready to go...)
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Tried it again and again...used a different computer and it WORKED...Thank you so much for your help andybones!
roadblock217 said:
Tried it again and again...used a different computer and it WORKED...Thank you so much for your help andybones!
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Awesome!
Very welcome.
So what was the result fix?
Did you have to wipe Internal from system not mounting?
Or did the adb sideload work?
Also once it flashed it loaded up if you did not have to wipe Internal, was your storage still there?
Glad that your back up and running.
andybones said:
Awesome!
Very welcome.
So what was the result fix?
Did you have to wipe Internal from system not mounting?
Or did the adb sideload work?
Also once it flashed it loaded up if you did not have to wipe Internal, was your storage still there?
Glad that your back up and running.
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I had to flash the RUU but it finally worked and was applied..I'm honestly thinking of holding off on doing more to it until I learn more!
Had to wipe pretty much all except my sd card, rebooted to bootloader and back to twrp and it allowed me to write to system. BUT I couldnt get any rom to flash (when I did, it hung on the HTC logo as usual, but the aroma installer said that it was successful..so I gave up on that and did the RUU on a different computer and its back to normal.
roadblock217 said:
I had to flash the RUU but it finally worked and was applied..I'm honestly thinking of holding off on doing more to it until I learn more!
Had to wipe pretty much all except my sd card, rebooted to bootloader and back to twrp and it allowed me to write to system. BUT I couldnt get any rom to flash (when I did, it hung on the HTC logo as usual, but the aroma installer said that it was successful..so I gave up on that and did the RUU on a different computer and its back to normal.
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It's possible after so long you didn't give the ROM long enough to boot up?
Sounds like RUU might be a cause from flashing AOSP, threads like this are good to warn people, and for when it happens to others, they can read this and know what to do. Maybe think of a new title that could help those in a search to find this thread?

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