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Rooted 2.20 now cant boot my phone

Hi Everyone,
So i followed all the steps to temp root 2.20 including successfully installing TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project). I then downloaded the CM10 rom and extracted the boot.img as per posts and rebooted into the bootloader and flashed the boot.img from CM10 via Fastboot. However after doing then rebooting to Recovery mode in order to flash the ROM, i get stuck in the red text where it gives you a warning about it being in development mode or something.
I am able to successfully boot into the bootloader via Power+down volume. Additionally I am able to boot into the TWRP recovery just fine, however I am lost and have no clue how to restore my phone to either the CM10 ROM or most importantly at least to stock working condition.
When i got to mount the SDCARD via twrp normally i would get a pop up on my screen and allow me to access my SD card, now i get a pop up just telling me that i need to format my SD card first. I'm afraid some how my SD card got wiped or something.
Can someone please walk me through the steps on how to restore my phone. Please if possible i would appreciate using LAME terms as i do not have any experience as you can tell i screwed up :/ Can you please listed step by step instructions including commands for Fastboot/adb etc etc if needed. Thank you very much for your help and support.

I've typed and retyped a response to help. I'm so tired and my brain is mush. (More so than normal) if you can't find any resolution by morning? Pm me and I'll try and help. Something about pluggin the USB in The back of your pc something something....... snore
Sent from my One X using xda premium

subarudroid said:
I've typed and retyped a response to help. I'm so tired and my brain is mush. (More so than normal) if you can't find any resolution by morning? Pm me and I'll try and help. Something about pluggin the USB in The back of your pc something something....... snore
Sent from my One X using xda premium
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I know you tried to help, but it appears now I have bricked the phone. Hopefully i can fix it as i still have access to Bootloader and TWRP recovery. I'll PM you in the morning, thank you.

dont factory reset in bootloader. only factory reset in twrp. sometimes evita has a hard time getting into recovery from bootloader. just keep trying to get into recovery from bootloader. also even if your phone doesn't boot all the way adb sometimes still works. so try "adb reboot recovery" while its trying to boot.
if you did corrupt your sdcard try this method to get it fixed without having to run ruu.
[How to] Fix corrupt/unmountable internal storage on the HTC One X/XL
when you get your sdcard fixed remember to wipe everything and then copy cm10 and gapps to your sdcard and flash. since boot.img is already flashed you shouldn't need to do it again.
you did flash boot.img as "fastboot flash boot boot.img"? i made the mistake of flashing boot.img to recovery instead of boot. i was freaking out. just to make sure flash recovery again "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-evita.img"

DvineLord said:
dont factory reset in bootloader. only factory reset in twrp. sometimes evita has a hard time getting into recovery from bootloader. just keep trying to get into recovery from bootloader. also even if your phone doesn't boot all the way adb sometimes still works. so try "adb reboot recovery" while its trying to boot.
if you did corrupt your sdcard try this method to get it fixed without having to run ruu.
[How to] Fix corrupt/unmountable internal storage on the HTC One X/XL
when you get your sdcard fixed remember to wipe everything and then copy cm10 and gapps to your sdcard and flash. since boot.img is already flashed you shouldn't need to do it again.
you did flash boot.img as "fastboot flash boot boot.img"? i made the mistake of flashing boot.img to recovery instead of boot. i was freaking out. just to make sure flash recovery again "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-evita.img"
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Yes i did fastboot flash boot boot.img from within the Bootlader. FYI that boot.img was from inside the CM10 zip file. I belive my SD card is corrupt i will check out that link. FYI I am able to get into Recovery mode form the Boatloader if i chooser recovery. However since the SD card seems messed up i can't access it currently. Also I tried to use the method to install the CM10.zip file using TWRP recovery. That recovery has a GUI and you can click on the INSTALL button and choose the zip file you want to install, however it errors out.
What is the proper way to flash a rom when i am in the TWRP recovery? Can you provide me with the commands/steps? Thanks for all your support guys.

movadoevo8 said:
Yes i did fastboot flash boot boot.img from within the Bootlader. FYI that boot.img was from inside the CM10 zip file. I belive my SD card is corrupt i will check out that link. FYI I am able to get into Recovery mode form the Boatloader if i chooser recovery. However since the SD card seems messed up i can't access it currently. Also I tried to use the method to install the CM10.zip file using TWRP recovery. That recovery has a GUI and you can click on the INSTALL button and choose the zip file you want to install, however it errors out.
What is the proper way to flash a rom when i am in the TWRP recovery? Can you provide me with the commands/steps? Thanks for all your support guys.
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install/install from zip/browse to your zip/slide to flash (they really should patent that)
now most of us, to do a clean flash, we'd go into the "wipe" menu in TWRP before flashing , factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe system. then we flash our rom.
hope that cleared it up!
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You won't be able to flash anything until you fixed your sdcard using the method in that link.

Ptesmoke where have you been? DvineLord is the only one been helping here. The Q&A thread is a mess. where is edditsync chongo, rohan and the other superhero's. I feel like Hawkeye trying to shoot sh#@ down with a bow and arrow. Waiting for ironman, hulk, Thor and the other avengers to get real sh#@ done. I'm tired going to sleep now.
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ptesmoke said:
install/install from zip/browse to your zip/slide to flash (they really should patent that)
now most of us, to do a clean flash, we'd go into the "wipe" menu in TWRP before flashing , factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe system. then we flash our rom.
hope that cleared it up!
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I tried to fixed corrupted SD card as per video. however after flashing the recovery.img via fastboot when it wants me to do a factory reset instead of doing the factory reset it just goes back to the HTC brilliant screen with the red warning text and sits there. If i go to twpr recovery and click on install i can't access me zip currently due to sd card issues.
Is there a way to format via PC since it lets me as long as I am in twpr and just put stock files/folders onto the SD card? Or is it possible to install the 2.20 ruu again? I re-downloaded it form HTC's site while I am in twrp however I cannot install it won't detect my phone. Thanks for your help.

"fastboot oem lock" then run ruu. ruu gets run in fastboot.
after the ruu, reunlock bootloader and flash twrp, copy cm10 and gapps to your sdcard, flash boot.img in fastboot, wipe everything except for external storage in twrp, flash cm10 and gapps in twrp, then reboot.

If you can get into twrp and go to mount, mount usb storage and connect your phone windows should prompt you to format the SD card.
Once that's done you can drag and drop the rom you want to flash then boot into fastboot and flash the boot.img.
If you want to run the ruu you need to relock the bootloader first.
To do that you must go into fastboot usb and then type fastboot oem lock.
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DvineLord said:
"fastboot oem lock" then run ruu. ruu gets run in fastboot.
after the ruu, reunlock bootloader and flash twrp, copy cm10 and gapps to your sdcard, flash boot.img in fastboot, wipe everything except for external storage in twrp, flash cm10 and gapps in twrp, then reboot.
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I'm sorry i'm not too tech savy. Can you clarify how to Fastboot OEM lock. Assuming i just need to be in fastboot mode and run a command in command prompt?
Also once that is done how can i run RUU via fastboot? Right now i have HTC RUU for 2.20 from august that i downloaded from their site and not sure how i can have it detect my phone. If you could clarify and explain those steps in Lame terms i would greatly appreciate it, thanks in advance.

movadoevo8 said:
I'm sorry i'm not too tech savy. Can you clarify how to Fastboot OEM lock. Assuming i just need to be in fastboot mode and run a command in command prompt?
Also once that is done how can i run RUU via fastboot? Right now i have HTC RUU for 2.20 from august that i downloaded from their site and not sure how i can have it detect my phone. If you could clarify and explain those steps in Lame terms i would greatly appreciate it, thanks in advance.
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That's the command you do and the ruu is an exe file so get into fastnoot on your phone from bl and run the ruu after you've locked the bootloader

Thank you both will try that now.

Hey guys thanks for all your help and your support it worked. I had the wrong CM10 file instead of Evita i had the other one :/ That was the issue all along ugh... but all resolved could of not have done it without your support. Thanks!! I can now finally go to bed.. been at it since 10pm, now 3:11am

Maybe you can help me . I'm having the same problem. The problem is, everytime I try to use any fastboot commands, it'll say "waiting for device". I'm stressing out.

marcur12 said:
Maybe you can help me . I'm having the same problem. The problem is, everytime I try to use any fastboot commands, it'll say "waiting for device". I'm stressing out.
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Make sure you have the right drivers installed, download the latest htc sync from htc's website.
Install HTC sync connect phone and let the drivers install, then make sure you close htc sync from the system tray and try again.
Like DvineLord said below make sure you're in the bootloader then select Fastboot once selected it should say in red writing Fastboot USB.

fastboot only works in bootloader btw

Hit the thanks button for the people helping you fix your boo boos.
If you can type it, click it for them, least you can do in return.
WR
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Bricked my phone trying to update to 4.2! Help!

Hello, all. I've spent the last four hours trying update my AT&T HTC One X running Android 4.1.1 to 4.2.2 and I failed hard!
First, I used the all-in-one toolkit to unlock my bootloader, flash clockwork recovery, and root the phone. The first guide I was following gave me error status 7 when I tried to flash the ROM so I wen to this guide:
update-htc-one-x-cm101-android-422-jelly-bean-custom-firmware/2/ (from team android website)
I got to the step below using the SDK I downloaded from dev.android.com and now my phone is dead! The HTC logo appears and then it goes to a black screen. Luckily, I can still reach my fastboot and clockwork recovery menu but nothing I try makes the phone boot.
Step 8 - Type the following command and press Enter.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Step 9 - Then, type the following command and press Enter.
fastboot reboot
I just want my phone back to normal please! I don't care about rooting anymore. Thank you.

zenkix said:
Hello, all. I've spent the last four hours trying update my AT&T HTC One X running Android 4.1.1 to 4.2.2 and I failed hard!
First, I used the all-in-one toolkit to unlock my bootloader, flash clockwork recovery, and root the phone. The first guide I was following gave me error status 7 when I tried to flash the ROM so I wen to this guide:
update-htc-one-x-cm101-android-422-jelly-bean-custom-firmware/2/ (from team android website)
I got to the step below using the SDK I downloaded from dev.android.com and now my phone is dead! The HTC logo appears and then it goes to a black screen. Luckily, I can still reach my fastboot and clockwork recovery menu but nothing I try makes the phone boot.
Step 8 - Type the following command and press Enter.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Step 9 - Then, type the following command and press Enter.
fastboot reboot
I just want my phone back to normal please! I don't care about rooting anymore. Thank you.
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Alright, the ROMs you've been trying to flash are for the quad core One X... please stay in this forum and you should be good to go!
Any ROMs and kernels from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1541 and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1726. Try to flash something from there and report back (you'll still need to flash boot.img

RollTribe said:
Alright, the ROMs you've been trying to flash are for the quad core One X... please stay in this forum and you should be good to go!
Any ROMs and kernels from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1541 and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1726. Try to flash something from there and report back (you'll still need to flash boot.img
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Thank you very much for your help? Could you please point me to a ROM to flash? I looked through those links and have no idea which to pick/what to do. It doesn't even have to be 4.2...I just want a working phone again. Thanks again!

zenkix said:
Thank you very much for your help? Could you please point me to a ROM to flash? I looked through those links and have no idea which to pick/what to do. It doesn't even have to be 4.2...I just want a working phone again. Thanks again!
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Well... What would you like? Completely stock? Sense with tweaks? 4.2 with minor tweaks? 4.2 with a ton of tweaks?

RollTribe said:
Well... What would you like? Completely stock? Sense with tweaks? 4.2 with minor tweaks? 4.2 with a ton of tweaks?
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4.2 with minor tweaks sounds great! Although right now I kinda just want to the stock "boot.img" to verify that my phone is still usable and not totally bricked.

zenkix said:
4.2 with minor tweaks sounds great! Although right now I kinda just want to the stock "boot.img" to verify that my phone is still usable and not totally bricked.
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Alright then CM10.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064621 and AOKP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064724 will both suit you. These have the different boot.img than stock, but just extract and fastboot flash boot boot.img and you should be good to go!

RollTribe said:
Alright then CM10.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064621 and AOKP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064724 will both suit you. These have the different boot.img than stock, but just extract and fastboot flash boot boot.img and you should be good to go!
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Quick update...I flashed boot.img of the first link (CynogenMod) and my phone got passed the "HTC Quietly Brilliant" screen! But now it seems stuck on HTC One (Beats Audio at the bottom) screen. I'll give it a few minutes...
I'm really worried that I did major damage to my phone in the bootloader and clockwork recovery menus. I literally tried every single option there trying to get my phone to boot earlier.

Oh man...it seems stuck. Maybe I should just flash the completely stock boot.img file. If that works, I will factory reset my phone just to make sure everything is back to how it was before.

Dude it sounds like you're trying to flash a cm boot.img with a Sense ROM, that ain't gonna work. You can't just extract a boot.img and flash it with a different ROM.
You need to extract the boot.img from the ROM you're about to flash, then flash that ROM, then flash the boot.img you just extracted.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Dude it sounds like you're trying to flash a cm boot.img with a Sense ROM, that ain't gonna work. You can't just extract a boot.img and flash it with a different ROM.
You need to extract the boot.img from the ROM you're about to flash, then flash that ROM, then flash the boot.img you just extracted.
Sent from my Evita
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Thanks for your help man. If what you're saying is correct, does that mean my phone is hopeless? I deleted/wiped everything using the ClocworkMod Recovery menu. When I choose "install zip from sdcard" I get "E: Can't mount /sdcard/" and when I try to mount an sdcard I get "Error mounting /sdcard". I don't think I can flash any ROMs right now unless install zip from sideload is an option (I don't know how sideloading works).

Try using TWRP recovery instead, you'll find it here:
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/evita
Download it, check md5 is correct, then:
fastboot flash recovery filename.img
(Filename = exact TWRP recovery filename)
Then issue this command:
fastboot erase cache
Then:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now you should be able to select recovery on your phone screen and it should boot into TWRP. Next go to mount and mount usb storage. See if it comes up in Windows, it might need to be formatted from the sounds of it. If it doesn't show up as a usable drive, format it to fat32.
Once that's done you should be able to copy a ROM to your phone to flash. So copy it over, then extract the boot.img from the copy on your pc, then put the boot.img in your fastboot folder.
Do a full wipe in recovery (cache/dalvik/factory reset/system), then install the ROM, then reboot to bootloader, make sure phone is connected by usb, make sure fastboot usb comes up on your phone screen then issue the following command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Make sure it's the boot.img from the ROM you just flashed. Now once that's done you should be able to reboot into the ROM.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Try using TWRP recovery instead, you'll find it here:
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/evita
Download it, check md5 is correct, then:
fastboot flash recovery filename.img
(Filename = exact TWRP recovery filename)
Then issue this command:
fastboot erase cache
Then:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now you should be able to select recovery on your phone screen and it should boot into TWRP. Next go to mount and mount usb storage. See if it comes up in Windows, it might need to be formatted from the sounds of it. If it doesn't show up as a usable drive, format it to fat32.
Once that's done you should be able to copy a ROM to your phone to flash. So copy it over, then extract the boot.img from the copy on your pc, then put the boot.img in your fastboot folder.
Do a full wipe in recovery (cache/dalvik/factory reset/system), then install the ROM, then reboot to bootloader, make sure phone is connected by usb, make sure fastboot usb comes up on your phone screen then issue the following command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Make sure it's the boot.img from the ROM you just flashed. Now once that's done you should be able to reboot into the ROM.
Sent from my Evita
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This sounds like a good plan. I will give it a try tomorrow after work. Thank you guys for your help!

I couldn't sleep...so I followed your steps and my phone is now alive! Thank you!
I think now I need to flash GApps, right? I have this ---> gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip
Any chance that's the wrong zip file? Do I need a special one for CM10.1?

That's the right gapps zip, it's the most recent one so yeah you're good to flash it.
And no problems, you're welcome
Sent from my Evita

cm10.1 kernal?

ok so i have a htc sensation and i installed clockwork mod touch recovery.
i then flashed cm10.1 and wiped data and dalvik but it stayes at the spinning cyanogenmod boot animation
am i using the wrong kernal as i couldent find one on the jellybean post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115520

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
ok so i have a htc sensation and i installed clockwork mod touch recovery.
i then flashed cm10.1 and wiped data and dalvik but it stayes at the spinning cyanogenmod boot animation
am i using the wrong kernal as i couldent find one on the jellybean post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115520
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why did you wipe data and dalvik after rom's installation?
follow these steps
full wipe from recovery
flash the rom
flash gapps
reboot
done
note:the initial boot takes a while

rzr86 said:
why did you wipe data and dalvik after rom's installation?
follow these steps
full wipe from recovery
flash the rom
flash gapps
reboot
done
note:the initial boot takes a while
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ok will try now sorry for multiple post btw
edit nope still stuck spinning anything else i could have done wrong. i didnt root the stock os before installing cm10 could this be why

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
ok will try now sorry for multiple post btw
edit nope still stuck spinning anything else i could have done wrong. i didnt root the stock os before installing cm10 could this be why
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no it doesn't matter if you didn't root the stock one
cm10 comes already pre-rooted
do this
connect your device in fastboot mode to pc(in bootloader must say fastboot usb)
extract the boot.img from the rom.zip and place it in your adb and fastboot folder(i assume you have installed sdk tools)
open in that folder a cmd window and do fastboot flash boot boot.img
then do fastboot reboot

rzr86 said:
no it doesn't matter if you didn't root the stock one
cm10 comes already pre-rooted
do this
connect your device in fastboot mode to pc(in bootloader must say fastboot usb)
extract the boot.img from the rom.zip and place it in your adb and fastboot folder(i assume you have installed sdk tools)
open in that folder a cmd window and do fastboot flash boot boot.img
then do fastboot reboot
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i already have but the boot.img from the rom zip has no recovery if i press recovery it continues to boot cm10

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
i already have but the boot.img from the rom zip has no recovery if i press recovery it continues to boot cm10
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actually you flash the boot.img from pc
you misunderstood me
edit:wait do you have a problem for booting to the recovery?

rzr86 said:
actually you flash the boot.img from pc
you misunderstood me
edit:wait do you have a problem for booting to the recovery?
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i did flash from pc using (fastboot flash recovery boot.img) command it flashes sucsessfully but when i enter recovery via bootloader it just starts booting instead of entering recovery but itf i flash cwm recovery it enters recovery fine. if you want i can upload a video showing whats happening.

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
i did flash from pc using (fastboot flash recovery boot.img) command it flashes sucsessfully but when i enter recovery via bootloader it just starts booting instead of entering recovery but itf i flash cwm recovery it enters recovery fine. if you want i can upload a video showing whats happening.
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let me put it simple
for flashing recovery ->fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
for flashing boot.img ->fastboot flash boot boot.img
do you see your mistake now?

rzr86 said:
let me put it simple
for flashing recovery ->fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
for flashing boot.img ->fastboot flash boot boot.img
do you see your mistake now?
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OOOOhh okay i see now i feel dumb just did it and its booting well see what happens
edit still stuck at cm boot animation ;\ sorry if im really noobish i have never modified a htc before

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
OOOOhh okay i see now i feel dumb just did it and its booting well see what happens
edit still stuck at cm boot animation ;\ sorry if im really noobish i have never modified a htc before
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still stuck at cm logo?
did you wait enough?
can you post again your bootloader details?

rzr86 said:
still stuck at cm logo?
did you wait enough?
can you post again your bootloader details?
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its the se as the other post details nothing has changed

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
its the se as the other post details nothing has changed
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what recovery do you have installed?

rzr86 said:
what recovery do you have installed?
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cwm touch recovery

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
cwm touch recovery
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change it to 4ext recovery
link in my signature
somewhere it says If you somehow lost those files, there's a direct download for a version you can flash via fastboot.
click on download,extract the recovery.img and place it in your adb and fastboot folder
you know the rest
don't make any mistake while entering fastboot command hehe
after that flash again cm rom

rzr86 said:
change it to 4ext recovery
link in my signature
somewhere it says If you somehow lost those files, there's a direct download for a version you can flash via fastboot.
click on download,extract the recovery.img and place it in your adb and fastboot folder
you know the rest
don't make any mistake while entering fastboot command hehe
after that flash again cm rom
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ok will try

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
ok will try
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OMG IT BOOTED THANK YOU SO MUCH I THOUGHT I WAS F*D.
i clicked the thanks button for you

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
OMG IT BOOTED THANK YOU SO MUCH I THOUGHT I WAS F*D.
i clicked the thanks button for you
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but wifi dosent seem to work

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
but wifi dosent seem to work
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and now it works

SamzWorldOfMusic said:
and now it works
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just to know
if you ever face wifi error the first thing we are doing is flashing the boot.img via fastboot
glad for you mate:good:

[Q] AT&T HTC One X Unable to get past hboot/fastboot

Hi - first time posting, but I've benefited from many a XDA thread in the past. I'm hopeful that someone can help me.
I tried to put CyanogenMod on my AT&T HTC One X, and was able to unlock the bootloader and put a new boot/recovery image on it. After that, I got into a boot loop and haven't been able to get into recovery since. I've tried flashing new boot.img, new recovery (CyanogenMod and TWRP) and even though I can pause the boot loop to get to the bootloader, it won't let me into recovery.
HBOOT is 2.14, and I can get fastboot connectivity from my computer.
Any ideas/help?

Try flashing TWRP recovery again via fastboot, then I've that's finished flashing give this command:
fastboot erase cache
Then:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now try to enter recovery.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Try flashing TWRP recovery again via fastboot, then I've that's finished flashing give this command:
fastboot erase cache
Then:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now try to enter recovery.
Sent from my Evita
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Just tried that, and no dice. Just keeps on rebooting. If I select the RECOVERY option, it just reboots again - never enters recovery.

You might need to RUU, are you s-off?
Also, where are you downloading TWRP from?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
You might need to RUU, are you s-off?
Sent from my Evita
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No, not s-off. I tried that, but I can't get it to boot into Android (after I flash the RUU zip and try to boot, it shows "FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))".

jwallaceks said:
No, not s-off. I tried that, but I can't get it to boot into Android (after I flash the RUU zip and try to boot, it shows "FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))".
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An RUU isn't a zip, it's an exe program. If you don't have s-off you shouldn't do it anyway.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
An RUU isn't a zip, it's an exe program. If you don't have s-off you shouldn't do it anyway.
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Yes, if you are s-on and try to run the 3.18 RUU, you will brick. You can't run an older RUU, due to your hboot version (2.14) and s-on.

timmaaa said:
Also, where are you downloading TWRP from?
Sent from my Evita
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So, I downloaded a fresh version of TWRP per the Evita guide on CyanogenMod, and was able to get into recovery. Thanks for the tip!
Problem is, now I'm unable to flash a ROM because I can't mount /sdcard. I've tried other recoveries, but none of them will mount it, either. Tips?

jwallaceks said:
So, I downloaded a fresh version of TWRP per the Evita guide on CyanogenMod, and was able to get into recovery. Thanks for the tip!
Problem is, now I'm unable to flash a ROM because I can't mount /sdcard. I've tried other recoveries, but none of them will mount it, either. Tips?
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Did you do a factory reset from bootloader? If so, you've corrupted it and it'll need to be formatted. Go into TWRP recovery, connect to pc, select mount, then mount usb storage. Now you'll need to format it in Windows to fat32 format.
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timmaaa said:
Did you do a factory reset from bootloader? If so, you've corrupted it and it'll need to be formatted. Go into TWRP recovery, connect to pc, select mount, then mount usb storage. Now you'll need to format it in Windows to fat32 format.
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That did it! I'm up and running, now! Thanks for all your help!

Cool, no worries. Just remember never to do a factory reset from bootloader, only do that in recovery.
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Weird Soft-Brick, Need Help!!!

Hi all,
I started out on TWRP version 2.7.1.0, and I wanted to flash the latest TWRP recovery (2.8.7.0), so I used the app that was linked by the TWRP site (TWRP Manager). So I tried to flash the latest update, and then a message pops up telling me to check if this was the right partition. I was careless and I didn't check it, and went ahead and installed it. It said it failed, but next thing I know, every time I tried to reboot(into the system/OS) I just boot right into TWRP (version 2.8.7.0). Then from TWRP (2.8.7.0) I tried to reboot into recovery, and it rebooted into TWRP, except that it was version 2.7.1.0, where I started.
So, when I hit boot into system, I got TWRP (2.8.7.0), and when I hit boot into recovery, I got TWRP 2.7.1.0. I was completely confused, so I wiped the OS, and then booted into fastboot to fastboot flash TWRP(2.8.7.0) in my recovery (It worked). Right now, I'm soft-bricked so I don't have an OS, but I have TWRP(2.8.7.0) as my recovery. Except now, I still get TWRP when I try to boot into system, and fastboot flashing, adb sideloading, and regular TWRP flashing is not working...
Any help is very appreciated, I need my phone to just be working!!! Except, if anyone can help me update it to 5.1 while they're at it, that would be awesome!

akn4497 said:
Hi all,
I started out on TWRP version 2.7.1.0, and I wanted to flash the latest TWRP recovery (2.8.7.0), so I used the app that was linked by the TWRP site (TWRP Manager). So I tried to flash the latest update, and then a message pops up telling me to check if this was the right partition. I was careless and I didn't check it, and went ahead and installed it. It said it failed, but next thing I know, every time I tried to reboot(into the system/OS) I just boot right into TWRP (version 2.8.7.0). Then from TWRP (2.8.7.0) I tried to reboot into recovery, and it rebooted into TWRP, except that it was version 2.7.1.0, where I started.
So, when I hit boot into system, I got TWRP (2.8.7.0), and when I hit boot into recovery, I got TWRP 2.7.1.0. I was completely confused, so I wiped the OS, and then booted into fastboot to fastboot flash TWRP(2.8.7.0) in my recovery (It worked). Right now, I'm soft-bricked so I don't have an OS, but I have TWRP(2.8.7.0) as my recovery. Except now, I still get TWRP when I try to boot into system, and fastboot flashing, adb sideloading, and regular TWRP flashing is not working...
Any help is very appreciated, I need my phone to just be working!!! Except, if anyone can help me update it to 5.1 while they're at it, that would be awesome!
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I would flash the new RUU.

andybones said:
I would flash the new RUU.
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Thanks for the reply!
I have already tried to flash the RUU for 4.4.4 but the recovery flash method gave me an error, and the fastboot flash method gave me
FAILED...(remote: not allowed)
I will try again in the morning and let you know how it goes, but I have a feeling it will end the same way.

akn4497 said:
Thanks for the reply!
I have already tried to flash the RUU for 4.4.4 but the recovery flash method gave me an error, and the fastboot flash method gave me
FAILED...(remote: not allowed)
I will try again in the morning and let you know how it goes, but I have a feeling it will end the same way.
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Why not use the new 5.0.1 RUU?

andybones said:
I would flash the new RUU.
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andybones said:
Why not use the new 5.0.1 RUU?
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Yup that's what I meant I'll try 5.0.1 in the morning. Just wondering, will I need the firmware for it? Because I am coming from 4.4.4

akn4497 said:
Yup that's what I meant I'll try 5.0.1 in the morning. Just wondering, will I need the firmware for it? Because I am coming from 4.4.4
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The firmware is apart of the RUU, did you use cmd
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Then flash RUU? Fastboot flash zip nameofRUU.zip

andybones said:
The firmware is apart of the RUU, did you use cmd
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Then flash RUU?
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Oh shoot, I feel dumb. I'll let you know, thanks!

The RUU worked! I used the exe and I'm up and running. Thanks!!

akn4497 said:
The RUU worked! I used the exe and I'm up and running. Thanks!!
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When you go to flash your custom recovery, use fastboot rather than twrp manager. If you MUST use such a shortcut, I might recommend flashify.

cntryby429 said:
When you go to flash your custom recovery, use fastboot rather than twrp manager. If you MUST use such a shortcut, I might recommend flashify.
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Yeah I think I'll just stick with fastboot flashing recoveries from now on! Thanks

akn4497 said:
Yeah I think I'll just stick with fastboot flashing recoveries from now on! Thanks
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Glad to hear you're up and running my friend.