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[Q] "No boot or recovery img" & no USB

Rooted Nexus S w/ CyanogenMod7
Was playing Plants vs Zombies, when my phone froze and then rebooted. It was stuck on the Cyanogen graphic, so I pulled the battery and went to the bootloader. Tried to recover, but get the message, "Fastboot Mode - No boot or recovery img". The USB isn't recognised at all now. When I plug it in to my PC, it makes the usual USB recognition sound, but nothing happens.
Not sure where to go from here.... any suggestions? Cheers

Looks like you dont have a recovery image installed...
try this:
1. Grab a recovery image from one of the threads or here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Ne...de#Installing_the_ClockworkMod_Recovery_Image
2. Then, put it in your AndroidSDK tools folder, and go into terminal or command prompt and cd into that tools folder
3. fastboot flash recovery ____.img
(the ___ is the name of the recovery image file)
4. reboot ur phone into recovery and run a nandroid of some sort.
lemme know if that helps!

mathkid95 said:
Looks like you dont have a recovery image installed...
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That's the annoying thing. I don't remember ever removing it, so it's is a bit of a mystery.
Thanks for your suggestion. I'll give it a go and let you know.

No joy so far. Command prompt stuck on "Waiting for device".
My computer won't see the phone. I tried "abd shell" and got "error: device not found".... damn... it's looking like my phone may be bricked.

err...just make sure your phone is in bootloader mode before you put command "fastboot flash recovery ____.img"
try "adb devices" if it detects your phone

Got Clockworkmod Recovery working again. Ended up doing a factory reset. So am watching the phone put all the software back.
Thanks for the help

[Q] Nexus S not working...

I'm going to probably get a lot of hate for this because there are a ton of forums that might get me here. I did search for about 3 hours tonight and discovered some things but am still confused. I hope someone can help this be more simple. So a friend has a Nexus S that isn't working (I have a Nexus S by the by too). It's unlocked but no ClockWork on it. I can press volume up and power to get to fastboot mode. When I click on "reboot," the phone will just loop on the Google logo. If I click recovery, it starts to boot then shows the triangle with the exclamation mark. From there, I can press power and up or down on volume to get the blue screen which says reboot system now, apply update, wipe, wipe. You get it. I'm stuck...I can also turn off the phone, hold volume up/down and plug in the usb to get to "downloading..."
I want to get this phone working and back to stock. I have the SDK Manager (my phone isn't rooted so I use it to take screenshots) and pda net (which I still don't understand why or how to use with this) and two versions of Odin. It seems like Odin can get this working but I can't get it to work or find a clear guide on how to use it and which ones to use. This is a Tmob Nexus S, I think the i9020. Any help would be so greatly appreciated and I will give you all the credit. Oh, and i can pull up the device on ddms with the sdk manager and can explore the files but there is nothing. I can't find a way to drag a file on the phone to "apply update from /sdcard." Sorry again and thanks again!

callison.168 said:
I'm going to probably get a lot of hate for this because there are a ton of forums that might get me here. I did search for about 3 hours tonight and discovered some things but am still confused. I hope someone can help this be more simple. So a friend has a Nexus S that isn't working (I have a Nexus S by the by too). It's unlocked but no ClockWork on it. I can press volume up and power to get to fastboot mode. When I click on "reboot," the phone will just loop on the Google logo. If I click recovery, it starts to boot then shows the triangle with the exclamation mark. From there, I can press power and up or down on volume to get the blue screen which says reboot system now, apply update, wipe, wipe. You get it. I'm stuck...I can also turn off the phone, hold volume up/down and plug in the usb to get to "downloading..."
I want to get this phone working and back to stock. I have the SDK Manager (my phone isn't rooted so I use it to take screenshots) and pda net (which I still don't understand why or how to use with this) and two versions of Odin. It seems like Odin can get this working but I can't get it to work or find a clear guide on how to use it and which ones to use. This is a Tmob Nexus S, I think the i9020. Any help would be so greatly appreciated and I will give you all the credit. Oh, and i can pull up the device on ddms with the sdk manager and can explore the files but there is nothing. I can't find a way to drag a file on the phone to "apply update from /sdcard." Sorry again and thanks again!
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It seems your boot.img file either corrupted or missing.
Find a working copy of file, flash it via ADB interface or fastboot. Flash recovery file CWM. If that doesnt work, Try flashing CM7 Rom or someother ROM.
Did you check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545 ?
Odin should be your last resort, if nothing really works for you.
If you want to return to stock, simply flash the NAND backup found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093 .
Disclaimer : I take no responsibility of what so ever happens to your phone, however you should be good if you follow proper steps.

Thanks so much for the quick reply. I think I've made some headway...I can "see" the device with cmd by typing adb devices. After that though, I don't understand how to get the stock nexus s rom on the phone. How do I move that file to my phone (what's the line of code I type)? I've tried "adb install <c:\grh78> but it says the syntax isn't correct. Any more help is so greatly appreciated and I appreciate the already prompt response. Thanks!!!

callison.168 said:
Thanks so much for the quick reply. I think I've made some headway...I can "see" the device with cmd by typing adb devices. After that though, I don't understand how to get the stock nexus s rom on the phone. How do I move that file to my phone (what's the line of code I type)? I've tried "adb install <c:\grh78> but it says the syntax isn't correct. Any more help is so greatly appreciated and I appreciate the already prompt response. Thanks!!!
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Download your rom of choice (stock, custom)
Flash Cwm via fastboot if you haven't already
Boot into recovery.
Use adb push to push your zipped rom to the sdcard (adb push file.zip /sdcard/file.zip)
Use cwm to flash this zip.
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

callison.168 said:
Thanks so much for the quick reply. I think I've made some headway...I can "see" the device with cmd by typing adb devices. After that though, I don't understand how to get the stock nexus s rom on the phone. How do I move that file to my phone (what's the line of code I type)? I've tried "adb install <c:\grh78> but it says the syntax isn't correct. Any more help is so greatly appreciated and I appreciate the already prompt response. Thanks!!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9866675
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093
These threads should be a complete solution to your issue.
Disclaimer : I take no responsibility of what so ever happens to your phone, however you should be good if you follow proper steps.

Wow fast responses. I bet it's annoying to help yet another person having issues (again, phone was given to me like this but yeah...) while you guys or gals already know how to do these things very well. Here's where I'm stuck. I enter this code in cmd:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo.img
and it just says < waiting for device >.
Here's a pic of the screen that I'm on with my phone when i enter the command.
http://imgur.com/Pey3W
If I'm just in the first screen by holding volume up and power, the computer won't read the phone. So I click recovery, the screen shows it's trying to install something then the triangle exclamation mark, i press volume up/down with power and get this screen and the computer can "see" my phone on cmd.
How do I get this flipping clockwork on this phone or get the stock image on my sd card? Thanks again for helping me out guys. I have taken a look at the links you have sent me and that's where i found the download as well as the code to enter. I will keep looking at them but if you find a faster solution, please let me know.

One more thing to be super clear on...when I'm on the screen on the Nexus S that says Fastboot Mode on top in red and Lock State - Unlocked...my computer won't read the phone, therefore I cannot fastboot the recovery img...

callison.168 said:
One more thing to be super clear on...when I'm on the screen on the Nexus S that says Fastboot Mode on top in red and Lock State - Unlocked...my computer won't read the phone, therefore I cannot fastboot the recovery img...
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So you already tried "fastboot devices" while in fastboot mode?
Edit: Actually it sounds you really want stock so download the complete stock OTA ROM (including boot.img etc.), rename it to update.zip and put it on the root of your sdcard. Boot into the stock recovery like you did already and hit apply update.
EDIT: Go here to download the correct OTA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056062
Find the correct 2.3.6 "Full ROM" for your phone model. Sounds like in those instructions you don't need to rename to update.zip. Haven't seen stock recovery for a while so I don't remember.
If there is a wipe option in the stock recovery then do that first.

Yes I have tried fastboot devices in fastboot mode but nothing because my computer doesn't read the phone in that mode. And yes, I want to put the stock rom on there but that's the key, I can't get access to the root of my sdcard. I can't push anything into the sdcard to flash it. Any ideas what to type or how to access the sdcard? Thanks a million, billion.

Also, I can't get the phone to boot at all, like I can't get passed the Google Logo if I reboot so I can't access the sdcard in the traditional way.

callison.168 said:
Yes I have tried fastboot devices in fastboot mode but nothing because my computer doesn't read the phone in that mode. And yes, I want to put the stock rom on there but that's the key, I can't get access to the root of my sdcard. I can't push anything into the sdcard to flash it. Any ideas what to type or how to access the sdcard? Thanks a million, billion.
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Connect with adb and type this:
adb shell mount /sdcard
Then type:
adb push rom.zip /sdcard/update.zip

callison.168 said:
Yes I have tried fastboot devices in fastboot mode but nothing because my computer doesn't read the phone in that mode. And yes, I want to put the stock rom on there but that's the key, I can't get access to the root of my sdcard. I can't push anything into the sdcard to flash it. Any ideas what to type or how to access the sdcard? Thanks a million, billion.
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If fastboot devices returns NOTHING then this is most likely a driver issue. Remove the device through device manager, make sure you have a recent SDK (for the USB driver) and let it re-detect.
callison.168 said:
Also, I can't get the phone to boot at all, like I can't turn on the phone so I can't access the sdcard in the traditional way.
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If you can get into the boot loader and get a proper USB driver you should be able to flash a recovery.
Once you've flashed Clockwork Mod (recovery) you'll be able to push to the sdcard using ADB or possibly mount the sd card through the CWM menu (although I've yet to have that work).
In order to get a recovery flashed though you need to get fastboot to see your device (unless you can already boot into recovery, then just use ADB).

irishrally said:
Connect with adb and type this:
adb shell mount /sdcard
Then type:
adb push rom.zip /sdcard/update.zip
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If he's stuck at the Google logo and has a trash boot.img it's not likely he'll be able to get a shell via ADB. Now, if the system is hanging starting a device or looping during boot then that's possible.

krohnjw said:
If he's stuck at the Google logo and has a trash boot.img it's not likely he'll be able to get a shell via ADB. Now, if the system is hanging starting a device or looping during boot then that's possible.
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He said he can access stock recovery and has connected with adb, unless I read wrong.

irishrally said:
He said he can access stock recovery and has connected with adb, unless I read wrong.
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Indeed - I saw no clockwork and figured he'd toasted his recovery image as well, but it does look like stock recovery is there. ADB should push fine to the sdcard from recovery then.

More...so if i type in adb reboot bootloader in the recovery screen, it does just that...great. But then my computer makes a noise, a double tap if you will...like a dun dun, like something didn't work. When you plug in something to the computer it usually goes like dun na...but the phone clearly won't read when I'm in bootloader/fastboot mode. So when I type a command, nothing will work...

callison.168 said:
More...so if i type in adb reboot bootloader in the recovery screen, it does just that...great. But then my computer makes a noise, a double tap if you will...like a dun dun, like something didn't work. When you plug in something to the computer it usually goes like dun na...but the phone clearly won't read when I'm in bootloader/fastboot mode. So when I type a command, nothing will work...
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That noise is that it detects a device has been connected (assuming a recent version of windows). If you want to flash CWM you need to get the driver sorted for the device. No amount of plugging/unplugging is going to fix it.
If you have the stock recovery you can boot into the stock recovery, use adb to push the full OTA package to the sd card and then just flash that from the stock recovery.

callison.168 said:
More...so if i type in adb reboot bootloader in the recovery screen, it does just that...great. But then my computer makes a noise, a double tap if you will...like a dun dun, like something didn't work. When you plug in something to the computer it usually goes like dun na...but the phone clearly won't read when I'm in bootloader/fastboot mode. So when I type a command, nothing will work...
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Go to the stock recovery like you have done before and type the adb command I wrote above.

Thanks is all I can say. Okay so when I type in the command, this is what I get:
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -
the "stock recovery" I can get into is the picture I posted a link for. That's what I can access as well as the fastboot mode when I first turn on the phone with volume up/power. But when my computer makes the noise that it's connected (using Windows 7 64bit) it makes a different sound then the normal "device connected." Like it's corrupted.

by the way...if we can get this working, I'll post a picture of me holding the fixed phone!

Bricked :(

All im getting is the TWRP menu, even after holding the vol down & power. Wont get to the rck screen. Any ideas?

spooky71 said:
All im getting is the TWRP menu, even after holding the vol down & power. Wont get to the rck screen. Any ideas?
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What happened?
This is a common result if you flash a non-4.2 twrp on a 4.2 bootloader, which will cause a fastboot flash brick.
You will need adb drivers installed on pc, then while in recovery connect your tab to pc, open a command prompt and cd to you android-sdk/platform-tools folder and type
Code:
adb devices
if adb is setup correctly you will get a response with your devices s/n. If this is ok then type
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
which will reboot your tab to the bootloader screen.

The problem is that whenever I boot up, all i get is the TWRP menu, not letting the pc see the pad. On device manager I get Transformer under other devices. Ive downloaded the drivers, but its not installing them. When I run adb reboot-bootloader, I get device not found.

Have a look here, scroll down and follow on from the where you see the device manager image - this worked for me to get adb working from recovery.
So did this happen after you flashed twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2? or did you flash another twrp or cwm?
Heading out now for a few hours but will be back later

pjc21 said:
Have a look here, scroll down and follow on from the where you see the device manager image - this worked for me to get adb working from recovery.
So did this happen after you flashed twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2? or did you flash another twrp or cwm?
Heading out now for a few hours but will be back later
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Still nothing. Whats killing me is that it cant detect different sd cards.

[Q] Stuck at Boot/Starting Apps

Hey folks!
Again a problem with my little phone.
Today I got similar reboots, after about 5 it got stuck at the bootscreen.
Tried to wipe cache+dalvik, booting it up again, but after it prepared all apps it stucks at the "Starting Apps" window..
Also flashed another kernel and recovery. Nothing worked so far..
Any help, because I don't want to wipe data because I made some important photos today and I don't wanna miss then..
Thanks in advance,
RS

RestlessScreams said:
Hey folks!
Again a problem with my little phone.
Today I got similar reboots, after about 5 it got stuck at the bootscreen.
Tried to wipe cache+dalvik, booting it up again, but after it prepared all apps it stucks at the "Starting Apps" window..
Also flashed another kernel and recovery. Nothing worked so far..
Any help, because I don't want to wipe data because I made some important photos today and I don't wanna miss then..
Thanks in advance,
RS
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First of all you connect your phone to PC and try to copy all the content of /sdcard to your PC. If it doesn't work reboot your phone to fastboot and connect it to your PC with CMD (in fastboot folder) running and enter the command "adb pull /sdcard C:/" without quotes, Also you can replace C:/ to any address where you would like to copy all your SD data.
After that you can flash any ROM to get your device in working condition.
If you have any query do ask or you may end up losing all your data.

forgotter said:
First of all you connect your phone to PC and try to copy all the content of /sdcard to your PC. If it doesn't work reboot your phone to fastboot and connect it to your PC with CMD (in fastboot folder) running and enter the command "adb pull /sdcard C:/" without quotes, Also you can replace C:/ to any address where you would like to copy all your SD data.
After that you can flash any ROM to get your device in working condition.
If you have any query do ask or you may end up losing all your data.
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Thanks for your tips, but like I said it's stuck in bootloop and I can't access it through pc.
Also adb won't work an yes, I've installed all drivers :b

RestlessScreams said:
Thanks for your tips, but like I said it's stuck in bootloop and I can't access it through pc.
Also adb won't work an yes, I've installed all drivers :b
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Why don't you try the fastboot method.
Put your phone into Fastboot by pressing volume down+power button. Connect it to your PC, fastboot would recognize it for sure. You then enter the command. You can even use adb from fastboot.

forgotter said:
Why don't you try the fastboot method.
Put your phone into Fastboot by pressing volume down+power button. Connect it to your PC, fastboot would recognize it for sure. You then enter the command. You can even use adb from fastboot.
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It just says "device not found" when using adb.
with fastboot I can flash things but can't pull or?

RestlessScreams said:
It just says "device not found" when using adb.
with fastboot I can flash things but can't pull or?
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Is your boot loader unlocked, if not you'll have to unlock it first (but doing so will void your warranty).
Assuming that you have a unlocked device follow the steps below to get all your data. (I myself tried and it worked, so it must work on your device also)
1. Make sure you have installed drivers for your Moto G, if not then do it.
2. Download the adb file to access your phone during fast boot.
3. Download the TWRP recovery 2.7.0.0 by dhacker for falcon (Moto G) on your PC and copy it in the adb folder.
4. Rename the downloaded file to "recovery.img" without quotes.
5. Connect you phone in fastboot mode to your PC and flash the recovery by command "fastboot flash recovery recovery. img" without quotes.
7. On your phone then go to recovery option and press volume up key until phone vibrates. The phone will then go to recovery mode.
8. On your PC, in command prompt(adb) enter command "adb pull /data/media/0/ C:\Moto" without quotes. The process will start and may take hours depending on no's of file and their size.
P.S. I won't be able to answer any more of your question as I won't have data connection any more. I'm sure if you will follow all the steps properly, you will get all your data. If you can't understand anything then just Google it.

Phone doesn't proceed from boot animation!
Guys!
This would be my 1st time here. I've never faced any sort of problem with any of my android devices but this one.
My phone got lost a week back. So, I used "android device manager" to wipe/lock the phone but I think it didn't as the phone was switched off all this while.
So, some gentleman found my phone and returned it to me just today. I put it up for charging. It popped up 0% battery screen and turned on after 10-15min.
As soon as the boot animation(earth/buildings) finished it jumped to a black screen.
It has been on charging for last 3 hours.
So my questions are
1) Can I make back up of the data without turning it on/formatting it?
2) How can I make it to work?
Thanks a lot in advance!

vjsharma89 said:
Guys!
This would be my 1st time here. I've never faced any sort of problem with any of my android devices but this one.
My phone got lost a week back. So, I used "android device manager" to wipe/lock the phone but I think it didn't as the phone was switched off all this while.
So, some gentleman found my phone and returned it to me just today. I put it up for charging. It popped up 0% battery screen and turned on after 10-15min.
As soon as the boot animation(earth/buildings) finished it jumped to a black screen.
It has been on charging for last 3 hours.
So my questions are
1) Can I make back up of the data without turning it on/formatting it?
2) How can I make it to work?
Thanks a lot in advance!
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@vjsharma89 :I have posted the answer in your thread.
And after you had backuped your data, factory reset your phone from fastboot by choosing factory option and then reboot it. Or should work fine.

delete this pls, wrong thread

[Q] Switching from CWM to TWRP: How to?

I am really confused since having to use ADB and flashboot. I am thoroughly confused that someone has not simply written step by step instructions for this in a sticky so newbies like myself can follow. With that in mind I am trying to change from CWM to TWRP. I have the files but completely oblivious on how to get things to work again. I go into a command propt and start adb or flashboot but cant seem to get it to find the device. Now I cannot find the instructions I used to install CWM. Can somoene kindly help with either a link or instructions to make this change so I can be good and flash some ROM's?
Thanks,

crazysane said:
I am really confused since having to use ADB and flashboot. I am thoroughly confused that someone has not simply written step by step instructions for this in a sticky so newbies like myself can follow. With that in mind I am trying to change from CWM to TWRP. I have the files but completely oblivious on how to get things to work again. I go into a command propt and start adb or flashboot but cant seem to get it to find the device. Now I cannot find the instructions I used to install CWM. Can somoene kindly help with either a link or instructions to make this change so I can be good and flash some ROM's?
Thanks,
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1) Power your phone off and once its off hold down power + volume down until its booted into HBOOT/Fastboot mode (bootloader).
2) Place your TWRP img file in the platform-tools folder where your adb/fastboot files are.
3) Shift + Right click inside of the platform-tools folder and open as a command prompt.
4) If you're not already, switch to fastboot mode and assure it says "Fastboot USB" or just fastboot at the top (don't remember if it says USB or not) and then in the command window type the following command and press enter: 'fastboot flash recovery name.img'. Replace "name" with the file name of your TWRP img.
5) It should say "successful" and then from there you can navigate to your new TWRP recovery via the bootloader by navigating with the volume keys and selecting the "Recovery" option by pressing the power button once its selected.
Download links for latest TWRP: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/226
Direct download link for latest TWRP can be found here

S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
1) Power your phone off and once its off hold down power + volume down until its booted into HBOOT/Fastboot mode (bootloader).
2) Place your TWRP img file in the platform-tools folder where your adb/fastboot files are.
3) Shift + Right click inside of the platform-tools folder and open as a command prompt.
4) If you're not already, switch to fastboot mode and assure it says "Fastboot USB" or just fastboot at the top (don't remember if it says USB or not) and then in the command window type the following command and press enter: 'fastboot flash recovery name.img'. Replace "name" with the file name of your TWRP img.
5) It should say "successful" and then from there you can navigate to your new TWRP recovery via the bootloader by navigating with the volume keys and selecting the "Recovery" option by pressing the power button once its selected.
Download links for latest TWRP: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/226
Direct download link for latest TWRP can be found here
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Really appreciate what you said but I am running into the issue in the command prompt. When I type the commands it says
error: device not found
I have rebooted both phone and computer but it never seems to find the device now and not sure what to do.
Do you have any suggestions on do I start adb and run any commands, SU, fastboot, or what? I know its working because the computer sees the devices by an external drive. The phone is able to go into fastboot on reboot as well. I just do not know where my dilemma is.

Do you have USB debugging enabled under developer options?

adavit said:
Do you have USB debugging enabled under developer options?
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yes I do and as I said it sees the device as other storage.

crazysane said:
Really appreciate what you said but I am running into the issue in the command prompt. When I type the commands it says
error: device not found
I have rebooted both phone and computer but it never seems to find the device now and not sure what to do.
Do you have any suggestions on do I start adb and run any commands, SU, fastboot, or what? I know its working because the computer sees the devices by an external drive. The phone is able to go into fastboot on reboot as well. I just do not know where my dilemma is.
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I'd assume this means you haven't installed the proper drivers? Well actually I'm not really sure these even relate to the fastboot drivers BUT worth a shot to fix your problem!
Download HTC Sync Manager from here and install it and let it install the proper drivers for your M8 (with phone powered on of course) and once they are installed and it's done make 100% sure you UNINSTALL HTC Sync Manager after, only the program, not the drivers themselves.
After that re-attempt it and also as the other guy said, enable USB debugging all though I don't think it will do anything unless the phones booted into Android(may be wrong).
Also see if you can get ADB to work while the phone is running. Instructions for testing ADB would be turn the phone on, enable USB debugging and in the command prompt type
Code:
adb devices
and if it pops up your device then you should be good. If it doesn't then it's most likely related to the drivers and I would recommend you uninstall all drivers and remove every trace of them. My prefered method of uninstalling them is using Device Manager (windows tool) to uninstall the drivers and then use USBDeview to remove the rest/traces/etc.

S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
I'd assume this means you haven't installed the proper drivers? Well actually I'm not really sure these even relate to the fastboot drivers BUT worth a shot to fix your problem!
Download HTC Sync Manager from here and install it and let it install the proper drivers for your M8 (with phone powered on of course) and once they are installed and it's done make 100% sure you UNINSTALL HTC Sync Manager after, only the program, not the drivers themselves.
After that re-attempt it and also as the other guy said, enable USB debugging all though I don't think it will do anything unless the phones booted into Android(may be wrong).
Also see if you can get ADB to work while the phone is running. Instructions for testing ADB would be turn the phone on, enable USB debugging and in the command prompt type
Code:
adb devices
and if it pops up your device then you should be good. If it doesn't then it's most likely related to the drivers and I would recommend you uninstall all drivers and remove every trace of them. My prefered method of uninstalling them is using Device Manager (windows tool) to uninstall the drivers and then use USBDeview to remove the rest/traces/etc.
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OK finally found the phone and flashed putting TWRP on it for recovery. Thank you very much. Using the ADB and FASTBOOT are things I guess I truly need to learn. So, with that I thank you and now I feel good about beginning my ROM flashing.

crazysane said:
OK finally found the phone and flashed putting TWRP on it for recovery. Thank you very much. Using the ADB and FASTBOOT are things I guess I truly need to learn. So, with that I thank you and now I feel good about beginning my ROM flashing.
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May I ask what you did to get it working? Was it the developer options? HTC Sync Manager drivers? something else?
& you're welcome!

crazysane said:
yes I do and as I said it sees the device as other storage.
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Sorry, I was kinda skimming your reply and watching TV at the same time (big mistake lol). I'm glad that you were able to get everything work.

S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
May I ask what you did to get it working? Was it the developer options? HTC Sync Manager drivers? something else?
& you're welcome!
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I basically went in and did the adb devices. Once it seemed to see it I had to do the adb reboot bootloader then do the flashboot flash recovery twrp img. Now I have it working and about to flash santod's NuSense ROM since I used it on my thunderbolt that was recently replaced by this. Wish me luck LOL.