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Successful root and unlock, can't get past splash screen :( Help

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong forum.
Today I successfully perm rooted my Doubleshot...
Then I tried to flash CM9 Alpha 5 using CW recovery.. downloaded the .zip...
Flashed it.. hit reboot... and it wont get past the mytouch splash screen.
I've tried flashing other roms, and other alphas.. but they all don't reboot into the rom.
I can still boot into recovery and get into ClockWork..
Any ideas on what I can flash or do to at least get any rom running on here... I'm not even picky at this point... I just wanted something like CM7 or some AOSP.
Thanks in advance.

sinistersai4d4d said:
Apologies in advance if this is the wrong forum.
Today I successfully perm rooted my Doubleshot...
Then I tried to flash CM9 Alpha 5 using CW recovery.. downloaded the .zip...
Flashed it.. hit reboot... and it wont get past the mytouch splash screen.
I've tried flashing other roms, and other alphas.. but they all don't reboot into the rom.
I can still boot into recovery and get into ClockWork..
Any ideas on what I can flash or do to at least get any rom running on here... I'm not even picky at this point... I just wanted something like CM7 or some AOSP.
Thanks in advance.
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when you say perm root you mean s-off right?

im assuming he's s on....remember to take the boot.img out of the cm9 zip and flash it using fastboot. You can find out more info on how to do it here. Also apology accepted (this should be in general)

Over 500 posts and people still don't know what threads to post questions in...
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Yes, perm root using the root tool. I believe that's S-off... but I'm not certain.

sinistersai4d4d said:
Yes, perm root using the root tool. I believe that's S-off... but I'm not certain.
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its not s-off, go here to get s-off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576672
my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide using Tapatalk 2

gtmaster303 said:
Over 500 posts and people still don't know what threads to post questions in...
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Badass
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using xda premium

Let me take advantage of this newb. I got my new device, S-On Unlocked. I restored my modded version of stock and using blues UV 5% kernel. Wifi wont work, and my camera has weird lines on it. But the pics are still good. I just needa fastboot the boot.img righ'?

sinistersai4d4d said:
Apologies in advance if this is the wrong forum.
Today I successfully perm rooted my Doubleshot...
Then I tried to flash CM9 Alpha 5 using CW recovery.. downloaded the .zip...
Flashed it.. hit reboot... and it wont get past the mytouch splash screen.
I've tried flashing other roms, and other alphas.. but they all don't reboot into the rom.
I can still boot into recovery and get into ClockWork..
Any ideas on what I can flash or do to at least get any rom running on here... I'm not even picky at this point... I just wanted something like CM7 or some AOSP.
Thanks in advance.
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1) This goes in General. I don't know why the mods can't just add a Q&A board to remove the n00b confusion.
2) Fastboot the ROM's boot.img before booting up.

blackknightavalon said:
1) This goes in General. I don't know why the mods just don't add a Q&A board to remove the n00b confusion.
2) Fastboot the ROM's boot.img before booting up.
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Ok, I'm def S-ON but unlocked and nperm rooted.
Can someone walk me through what to do? How can I fastboot the rom's boot.img?
I'm sorry I'm new to this, that's why I'm using my secondary device to learn. I've been googling anything I can find and it got me to through the root process but now I'm stuck.

xmc wildchild22 said:
im assuming he's s on....remember to take the boot.img out of the cm9 zip and flash it using fastboot. You can find out more info on how to do it here. Also apology accepted (this should be in general)
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This something I have to do with a PC (as opposed to Mac)? No way to unbrick this thing without methods like this? Just asking, before I try and commandeer a pc.

sinistersai4d4d said:
This something I have to do with a PC (as opposed to Mac)? No way to unbrick this thing without methods like this? Just asking, before I try and commandeer a pc.
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Did you not read the stickies?

You have to take the bootimage from the rom that you are using and put in a folder and name it so you can reconize it. You follow the command prompt instructions they give in this thread. You have to have some knowlege of a PC in order to be successful. I had the same problems as you did. You can get it to work... Do you know how to use the command prompt for your PC?
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wesomatic said:
You have to take the bootimage from the rom that you are using and put in a folder and name it so you can reconize it. You follow the command prompt instructions they give in this thread. You have to have some knowlege of a PC in order to be successful. I had the same problems as you did. You can get it to work... Do you know how to use the command prompt for your PC?
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Not really. But I guess I'll start there...
And thanks for everyone's help. Here goes nothing.

sinistersai4d4d said:
Not really. But I guess I'll start there...
And thanks for everyone's help. Here goes nothing.
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You can just flash back to stock to fix it. Learn to fastboot, then run CM9.
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AgentCherryColla said:
You can just flash back to stock to fix it. Learn to fastboot, then run CM9.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks again for all your help...
Last question before I fastboot, is it necessary to have the SDK or ADB to fastboot? Can I fastboot/flash the kernel using Hasoon's all-in-one-kit (the app I used to attain root)? Or is it too late since now the device wont boot and Hasoon "can't find the device"?
I have the boot.img I want in a place where I can locate it. Can I use the command prompt without the SDK/ADB?

Interestingly enough I was able to mount using recovery, and boot a new kernal... phone won't boot but at least it's stuck at a different splash screen lol "mikroms"..
I'm calling this progress.
*UPDATE*
Ok, got it!
I mounted the phone to my computer using recovery and used the Hasoon kit to flash the CM boot image.. then I rebooted and got the mikroms splash screen. That was because the last zip i flashed wasn't CM.. it was the MikRom..
so I went back into recovery, flashed CM.. now I'm good!

sinistersai4d4d said:
Thanks again for all your help...
Last question before I fastboot, is it necessary to have the SDK or ADB to fastboot? Can I fastboot/flash the kernel using Hasoon's all-in-one-kit (the app I used to attain root)? Or is it too late since now the device wont boot and Hasoon "can't find the device"?
I have the boot.img I want in a place where I can locate it. Can I use the command prompt without the SDK/ADB?
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Of course not. 'Fastboot' is an 'ADB' command. BUT if Hasoon's tool 'can't find device'....that's an ADB error message and you probably don't have all the drivers installed that you need but he has the necessary files included for what you need for 'Unlocked" & recovering from a mess-up. You may as well go ahead & install ADB tho....you'll eventually need it.
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sinistersai4d4d said:
Interestingly enough I was able to mount using recovery, and boot a new kernal... phone won't boot but at least it's stuck at a different splash screen lol "mikroms"..
I'm calling this progress.
Ok, got it!
I mounted the phone to my computer using recovery and used the Hasoon kit to flash the CM boot image.. then I rebooted and got the mikroms splash screen. That was because the last zip i flashed wasn't CM.. it was the MikRom..
so I went back into recovery, flashed CM.. now I'm good!
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I believe what you did is 'Flash' a ROM from MikROMs but the kernel didn't go because you have S-On. Take that same '.zip' you just flashed, look inside it and put the file named 'boot.img' where you can find it in the windows 'path' and THEN
'fastboot flash boot boot.img' http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508556
You should boot up fine then.

[Q] Please Help! Phone Bricked (Noob Problems)

Hey all, sorry if this seems like other questions being posted, but I can not get my phone to work even after attempting the other fixes posted on the forums. I rooted my phone and was running the stock rom that came preloaded with it. I attempted to install CM10 through Rom Manager to no success, so I then tried to manually flash it as well as Gapps. My phone initially got stuck at the CM10 bootloader, but i could still go into CWM Recovery 5.8.3.1. After trying to get the rom to work more, it seems as if all I can access is CWM Recovery and nothing else. My phone wont even boot into the bootloader anymore and all i have access to is CWM Recovery.
I am not the most tech savvy individual when it comes to this since it has been ages since i tinkered with roms, but I would really like to fix this. So heres the facts since my post is so long (sorry!):
-Phone WILL NOT go into bootloader
-Can ONLY ACCESS ClockworkMod Recovery (5.8.3.1)
-SD Card wont mount (I get error "E:Unable to open ums lunfile (No such file or directory)")
I really just want to go back to stock and root again from scratch to reduce any errors like this from occurring in the future and ANY help would be appreciated because I am totally lost and without a phone now. To make things even more difficult, I only have access to a Mac running Lion....although i do have Windows 8 through the use of a bootcamp program, so I CAN run windows programs. Thank you all for any information you may have!

Do you have NANDROID backup,if yes do NANDROID restore and see what happens
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luxandroid said:
Do you have NANDROID backup,if yes do NANDROID restore and see what happens
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I do NOT have a nandroid backup. I dont even have access to my SD Card since my phone wont recognize it. I dont know where to even start in terms of fixing this. Any additional information anyone needs who thinks they can help me can be provided.

Porgress (Sort of)
I can now access my bootloader if this helps with anyone answering my issue! As I said before, any additional information from me about my phone that can help can and will be provided...just ask if you think you may be able to help!

fragkiller1 said:
I can now access my bootloader if this helps with anyone answering my issue! As I said before, any additional information from me about my phone that can help can and will be provided...just ask if you think you may be able to help!
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Well since you in bootloader flash TWRP and then boot.img and then reflash the rom just to make sure.

Progress!
Darknites said:
Well since you in bootloader flash TWRP and then boot.img and then reflash the rom just to make sure.
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Here is the inexperienced flasher in me asking this: How would I go about doing that? Is there a simplified way you could explain this to me, or even a guide? Thanks so much for the reply!

fragkiller1 said:
Here is the inexperienced flasher in me asking this: How would I go about doing that? Is there a simplified way you could explain this to me, or even a guide? Thanks so much for the reply!
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Sorry. Best would be the All-In-One Toolkit, TWRP is a recovery to replace CWM because its that what's messing you up and also TWRP is better. Toolkit will also flash the boot.img too.

Darknites said:
Sorry. Best would be the All-In-One Toolkit, TWRP is a recovery to replace CWM because its that what's messing you up and also TWRP is better. Toolkit will also flash the boot.img too.
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Okay, will do! Also, where would I find the Boot.img?
And on a side note; my phone says S-ON...I thought when rooted it was supposed to be S-OFF. Could that be causing problems as well?

fragkiller1 said:
Okay, will do! Also, where would I find the Boot.img?
And on a side note; my phone says S-ON...I thought when rooted it was supposed to be S-OFF. Could that be causing problems as well?
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Boot.img is in the rom zip. S-On is not the reason its CWM thats messing you up with getting into the bootloader but also not flashing boot.img is not helping too.

Darknites said:
Boot.img is in the rom zip. S-On is not the reason its CWM thats messing you up with getting into the bootloader but also not flashing boot.img is not helping too.
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The toolkit isnt working for me. Im not sure why... It seems like ill never get this phone up and running again

fragkiller1 said:
The toolkit isnt working for me. Im not sure why... It seems like ill never get this phone up and running again
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Does the bootloader say fastboot usb?

Darknites said:
Does the bootloader say fastboot usb?
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Yes it says fastboot USB, but i can not access it on my computer. Also, every time I try to run the toolkit you mentioned earlier... it says something along the line on "command not recognized" in CMD Prompt.

fragkiller1 said:
Yes it says fastboot USB, but i can not access it on my computer. Also, every time I try to run the toolkit you mentioned earlier... it says something along the line on "command not recognized" in CMD Prompt.
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Hmm not sure have you tried redownloading it or reinstalling the HTC drivers and if that dont work best ask in the toolkit thread.

Darknites said:
Hmm not sure have you tried redownloading it or reinstalling the HTC drivers and if that dont work best ask in the toolkit thread.
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That was the problem. the toolkit now works (in terms of doing what its supposed to do), but I can no longer access fastboot....just my recovery. any advice on how to get fix this?

fragkiller1 said:
That was the problem. the toolkit now works (in terms of doing what its supposed to do), but I can no longer access fastboot....just my recovery. any advice on how to get fix this?
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I see that you got the toolkit and bootloader working but did you end up using the RUU?

Success!
Darknites said:
I see that you got the toolkit and bootloader working but did you end up using the RUU?
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Yes, i ran the RUU and my phone reverted to its stock factory state, no problems at all! Im going to unlock the bootloader again as well as root and install CM10. Thank you for all your help!

fragkiller1 said:
Yes, i ran the RUU and my phone reverted to its stock factory state, no problems at all! Im going to unlock the bootloader again as well as root and install CM10. Thank you for all your help!
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Np but this time use TWRP as your recovery and once you up and running with CM10 you can use Flash Image GUI to flash the boot.img if you ever update the rom.

[Q] Soft brick?

So I attempted to flash viper onto my HTC One S. And screwed something up apparently, I can't load into anything besides hboot. Phone just continually reboots when I try to run anything else. What can I do? Thanks.

No worries
Crowder HTC said:
So I attempted to flash viper onto my HTC One S. And screwed something up apparently, I can't load into anything besides hboot. Phone just continually reboots when I try to run anything else. What can I do? Thanks.
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You can try other images with fastboot. Don't worry. Check this out, Im new to. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599363&highlight=most+stable

LowCostComputerRepair said:
You can try other images with fastboot. Don't worry. Check this out, Im new to. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599363&highlight=most+stable
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Ya I just think he didn't fastboot the boot.img.

Darknites said:
Ya I just think he didn't fastboot the boot.img.
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How do I do this? Or is it too late at this point?

Crowder HTC said:
How do I do this? Or is it too late at this point?
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Use the All-In-One Toolkit but it calls it a Kernel and after doing that reflash the rom and it should boot up fine.

Darknites said:
Use the All-In-One Toolkit but it calls it a Kernel and after doing that reflash the rom and it should boot up fine.
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Thanks so much, I really appreciate it, I overlooked something so small yet screwed myself over. Thanks!

You shouldnt have to reinstall the rom after flashing the boot.img, as long as the boot.img is compatible with the rom.
Atleast, Ive always flashed the boot.img after the rom has been installed.

Goatshocker said:
You shouldnt have to reinstall the rom after flashing the boot.img, as long as the boot.img is compatible with the rom.
Atleast, Ive always flashed the boot.img after the rom has been installed.
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I know it works but I find flashing the boot.img first is the best way of going about it.

Well, I'm a little stuck. Help?

Okay, so I decided to do something stupid and forget to backup my HTC One S while rooting. I installed CM10, and it got stuck in a bootloop, so stupid me decided to also do a factory reset and basically delete everything I needed to get out of it. I've tried numerous things, including ADB sideloading a ROM, but whenever I do that, it also gets stuck in a boot loop. I have no idea how to use RUU's, and if anybody could help me to fix my phone, that'd be really really helpful. I'm also kindof a n00b towards this stuff, so step-by-step instructions would be much appriciated Thanks.
~MuZiiX

Is your device S-off and do you have supercid?
Then I believe you can just use any RUU file for your phone to get it back to stock.
A Ruu is basically a file that installs the stock ROM onto your device.
Find the Ruu you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094414
Just download it, connect your phone with a USB and run the Ruu file ( it's an .exe ) on your PC.
I hope this helps. Don't just listen to my advice. I'd wait till someone confirms my advice to be safe/correct. I'm still a bit of a noob after all who's trying to help and learn.

CuzCrostyPwns said:
Is your device S-off and do you have supercid?
Then I believe you can just use any RUU file for your phone to get it back to stock.
A Ruu is basically a file that installs the stock ROM onto your device.
Find the Ruu you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094414
Just download it, connect your phone with a USB and run the Ruu file ( it's an .exe ) on your PC.
I hope this helps. Don't just listen to my advice. I'd wait till someone confirms my advice to be safe/correct. I'm still a bit of a noob after all who's trying to help and learn.
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I think my device is s-off...i used the HTC One S all in one toolkit, and I have no idea what supercid is :s I've tried a couple RUU's before (don't know if i used them correctly, but i did relock the bootloader when i did it) but none of them helped. It just stayed at a black screen with "htc" in the middle. No error triangles or anything.

Did you run the RUU files like you would run an .exe file on your pc with your phone connected by USB?
I'm not sure how your PC will recognize your phone when you're not in fastboot (bootloader).. Or am I misunderstanding something.
Wait. Can you get into your recovery? Do you still have that installed?

CuzCrostyPwns said:
Did you run the RUU files like you would run an .exe file on your pc with your phone connected by USB?
I'm not sure how your PC will recognize your phone when you're not in fastboot (bootloader).. Or am I misunderstanding something.
Wait. Can you get into your recovery? Do you still have that installed?
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Yeah, the RUU's were .exe's with my phone connected through USB. I can get into recovery, I have CWM installed.

I'm not sure if CWM has this option, but maybe you can mount your phone through recovery.
Then just place a new ROM on your SD card and flash it.

CuzCrostyPwns said:
I'm not sure if CWM has this option, but maybe you can mount your phone through recovery.
Then just place a new ROM on your SD card and flash it.
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Well thats what I've been trying to do with the ADB sideloading, because it wont let me mount my sd card. It just says 'ERROR MOUNTING SD CARD" and when I've tryed flashing a new ROM from ADB sideloading, it just gets stuck in a bootloop again.

My best bet is to run the RUU file.
To know which one is the correct one is to see which RUU title fits your phone's Stock 'settings' the best (ie: provider, country, android version)
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Oh and this thread should be moved to the Q&A forum I just realized

CuzCrostyPwns said:
My best bet is to run the RUU file.
To know which one is the correct one is to see which RUU title fits your phone's Stock 'settings' the best (ie: provider, country, android version)
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Oh and this thread should be moved to the Q&A forum I just realized
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I've tried running multiple RUU files, and I have no idea what one to use. The phone when I got it was unlocked, and the android version was ICS I'm pretty sure.
I dunno how to find my stock settings because I cant get past the loading screen.

Did you try flashing the boot.IMG from adb. It sounds to me, that since every ROM you try results in a bootloop that you did not flash the boot.IMG
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did you flash boot.img? most of roms will bootloop without it

Roundtableprez said:
Did you try flashing the boot.IMG from adb. It sounds to me, that since every ROM you try results in a bootloop that you did not flash the boot.IMG
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Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s

MuZiiX said:
Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s
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the boot.img is located in the zip you downloaded from get.cm

NQNH said:
the boot.img is located in the zip you downloaded from get.cm
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So what command would I use while flashing the boot.IMG file? (again sorry for not getting this, I just wanna get my phone working again)

MuZiiX said:
Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s
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You failed to follow the instructions to install the rom. That is why you phone wouldn't boot.
Download or build from source
Download gapps
wipe unless you're upgrading from an earlier CM10 ROM
flash rom in recovery
flash gapps in recovery
unless you have s-off fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Take your CM10 Rom and open it up. Inside you'll find a file called boot.img. Copy that file to the location where you installed the toolkit. Place it in the data folder there. Then open the toolkit and press the "flash a kernel" button. Just follow the instructions to flash the file.
You phone should now be fixed just reboot it.
Next time, make sure you read the instructions and if you aren't sure what's going don't move forward. Or use the search button. Finally, questions like this one go in the Q&A forum. :good:

dc211 said:
You failed to follow the instructions to install the rom. That is why you phone wouldn't boot.
Take your CM10 Rom and open it up. Inside you'll find a file called boot.img. Copy that file to the location where you installed the toolkit. Place it in the data folder there. Then open the toolkit and press the "flash a kernel" button. Just follow the instructions to flash the file.
You phone should now be fixed just reboot it.
Next time, make sure you read the instructions and if you aren't sure what's going don't move forward. Or use the search button. Finally, questions like this one go in the Q&A forum. :good:
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Thanks, I'll try that and see how it goes. I totally forgot to do a backup, and I now know that I should do one...and sorry, I'm kinda new to the forum and went here as a last resort.

MuZiiX said:
Thanks, I'll try that and see how it goes. I totally forgot to do a backup, and I now know that I should do one...and sorry, I'm kinda new to the forum and went here as a last resort.
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It not really a big deal. Your problem is the most common one we see in Q&A. Also, once you finish flashing the boot.img keep in mind that CM10 can take a few minutes to boot the first time.
Also, just a heads up while the toolkits are helpful learning the command yourself actually lets do you a lot more things a lot faster.

heres how to do it using fastboot:
Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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CuzCrostyPwns said:
heres how to do it using fastboot:
Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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Thanks for the quick responses guys, I'm going to try that once I get home. Do I absolutely need USB debugging enabled? Because mine Isn't :s

MuZiiX said:
Thanks for the quick responses guys, I'm going to try that once I get home. Do I absolutely need USB debugging enabled? Because mine Isn't :s
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Nope, just gotta do it one of the three ways mentioned. If debugging isn't enabled use option 1.
This can either be done via
1 powering off and keeping volume up & the power-button pressed
2 the extended power-menu (If your ROM has it, just select "reboot" & then "bootloader")
3 via adb, connect your phone with the pc, make sure it says "USB debugging connected", go to Android/platform-tools/ & then press shift while you perform a right click with the mouse, then choose "open prompt here", type
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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.
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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.

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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?