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HTC Thunderbolt Issues - Stuck at HTC Logo... Recovery not working, etc...

here is my issue.
2 weeks ago, i rooted my phone. all was well. flashed CWM Recovery 5.0.2.1 for my Thunderbolt. I made a backup just before i rooted so that in case ANYTHING went wrong, it would unroot me and fix any problems. So, here i am, backing up apps with Titanium Backup, and it backed up fine. The next thing i did was start to uninstall HTC Bloatware... I knew which ones were the ones i could remove, plus even if i removed the wrong one, i could just restore using my image backup. After removal, the phone instantly ran better. i had over 65% free memory space... This was all well and good, until i rebooted the phone. the instant i rebooted my phone, i was getting the flashing HTC Quietly Brilliant screen. i had done NOTHING to it to cause this. It would alternate from HTC splash to Thunderbolt animation.
So, knowing what was wrong, (UI not loading) i went to recover my image from CWM. that went fine. but things just got worse. After a successful recovery (according to CWM) i rebooted, but to my surprise, now its worse. its stuck at the HTC boot logo. ALL MANNER OF ROMS DO NOT WORK!!! recoveries, new OS, anything, all the same result. AT LEAST with the thunderstick full blown ROM, i can get back to the looping splash screen, but not any further. i DONT KNOW what is wrong but i am hoping one of you mad phone geniuses out there can get my phone working. i tried getting s-off with revolutionary, but it failed because the phone has to be booted up for it to work, and is something i obviously cant do at this point... relocking the phone made things worse too because i unlocked using the HTCdev method.
This is not a boot loop, as it doesnt loop. it just sits there. i have tried every available resource on this, and other sites. i must have read over 1,000 posts in the past week to try and gather what the devil happened to my phone... If its any help, i did accidently delete the settings storage APK file, but a restore should have fixed that. i want to lock up the phone to send it in for repair but i cant gain s-off to flash a new radio with the phone in its current state. i know how to do all if these things but the phone wont let me.

Reformat the sd card to fat32 and flash an RUU file to put you back to stock.
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Does your computer recognize your device?
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i am nearly pulling my hair out...
smtom said:
Reformat the sd card to fat32 and flash an RUU file to put you back to stock.
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any RUU downloads that would have been available on multiupload.com are disabled and redirects to to "the internet vs., holywood". besides, as i said, any attempt to flash any rom no matter what it is fails. Well, technically it FLASHES ok, but doesnt actually work. as far as i know, the phone has 2 bootloaders in any given android phone. There is the primary HTC Bootloader (Hboot) and a secondary ROM UI Bootloader. (Android Boot) i think what has happened is that this part has become corrupted and i wanted to know how to access this and reformat that. supposedly you cant because its partitioned, and formatting the partitions would fix my issue. problem is that i have done all of this. to answer the second reply, yes, i can get the phone to be recognized in any mode as long as its fastboot, or recovery. Fastboot.exe works, and adb recognizes it in recovery as being IN recovery mode. unfortunately, with my device still locked, i cannot flash a new bootloader, which might solve my problem. this is not like any issue currently on XDA so far as i read, so this is why i created a new thread.
I am sure the Moderators will agree that my problem seems to be unique. After reading what seems to be hundreds of forums, i cannot solve the issue. While technically i am a newbie here, i am no stranger to modding phones. i have been at it for over 4 years now. THIS problem is absolutely a first for me. At least before i could restore using CWM, but even that failed. i checked my MD5 Sum for CWM backup and it checked out.
If someone can provide me a link to an ORIGINAL, unmodded, RUU that shipped with the phone, (PRE OTA 2012) that ISNT that stupid file-factory corrupted crap, i would be extremely indebted to that person. last time i used File-factory, it took THREE hours and the download was corrupted according to CWM. it refused to flash the phone even though Chrome said it completely downloaded (Error: Bad - Installation Aborted). There was no MD5 SUM to compare with so thats also another problem. i absolutely need that info to properly flash the phone. All the other ROMS i downloaded like TSGB and Lightning Rom technically flashed fine after a full wipe, but refused to go past their own "Open Mobile" splash screen.
So you see, i am at a loss with this phone, as all i did was reboot after rooting it, and nothing i did could have possibly caused this kind of failure...

cyberkeeper1 said:
any RUU downloads that would have been available on multiupload.com are disabled and redirects to to "the internet vs., holywood". besides, as i said, any attempt to flash any rom no matter what it is fails. Well, technically it FLASHES ok, but doesnt actually work. as far as i know, the phone has 2 bootloaders in any given android phone. There is the primary HTC Bootloader (Hboot) and a secondary ROM UI Bootloader. (Android Boot) i think what has happened is that this part has become corrupted and i wanted to know how to access this and reformat that. supposedly you cant because its partitioned, and formatting the partitions would fix my issue. problem is that i have done all of this. to answer the second reply, yes, i can get the phone to be recognized in any mode as long as its fastboot, or recovery. Fastboot.exe works, and adb recognizes it in recovery as being IN recovery mode. unfortunately, with my device still locked, i cannot flash a new bootloader, which might solve my problem. this is not like any issue currently on XDA so far as i read, so this is why i created a new thread.
I am sure the Moderators will agree that my problem seems to be unique. After reading what seems to be hundreds of forums, i cannot solve the issue. While technically i am a newbie here, i am no stranger to modding phones. i have been at it for over 4 years now. THIS problem is absolutely a first for me. At least before i could restore using CWM, but even that failed. i checked my MD5 Sum for CWM backup and it checked out.
If someone can provide me a link to an ORIGINAL, unmodded, RUU that shipped with the phone, (PRE OTA 2012) that ISNT that stupid file-factory corrupted crap, i would be extremely indebted to that person. last time i used File-factory, it took THREE hours and the download was corrupted according to CWM. it refused to flash the phone even though Chrome said it completely downloaded (Error: Bad - Installation Aborted). There was no MD5 SUM to compare with so thats also another problem. i absolutely need that info to properly flash the phone. All the other ROMS i downloaded like TSGB and Lightning Rom technically flashed fine after a full wipe, but refused to go past their own "Open Mobile" splash screen.
So you see, i am at a loss with this phone, as all i did was reboot after rooting it, and nothing i did could have possibly caused this kind of failure...
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https://dl.dropbox.com/u/61129367/Stock-ROM.zip
013CBDD3A9B28BC894631008FA2148E2

will this really work??!? lol
trter10 said:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/61129367/Stock-ROM.zip
013CBDD3A9B28BC894631008FA2148E2
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If this works, i will be forever grateful. and something that mere Custom ROMS wont do, is repair any boot issues and lock up my phone again right? i hope at least it fixes the issue.

new problem... i think...
cyberkeeper1 said:
If this works, i will be forever grateful. and something that mere Custom ROMS wont do, is repair any boot issues and lock up my phone again right? i hope at least it fixes the issue.
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ok. so the download finished fine so far as i know, but now CWM says ITS bad too. i will try again but i cant seem to flash any stock rom no matter if its OTA or pre-OTA from CWM. is there a way to flash a rom from the PC via adb or something?

Ohh! They're not flashed through CWM. They're flashed through hboot. Just rename it to PG05IMG.zip and put on SD card and boot to hboot it will ask you to flash
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i will try that. previous hboot flashes always fail. it reads the archive, but never goes to "checking zip". it loads, checks, and then parses. i was successful with my evo shift earlier today, but that thing is ancient compared to my thunderbolt. With the Shift, i was able to gain root AND s-off with an old bootloader and i dont even need a new one.
i wanted to do the same with my bootloader in case another disaster hits because then i can flash whatever RUU i want with s-off. i will make sure the MD5 SUM matches before flashing. i forgot to do that anyhow.

Hboot flash failed. went through the motions of scanning it and it scanned the whole thing and then did nothing. it returned me to Boot Choices. Like Fastboot, recovery, etc... i tried twice. are you absolutely certain that is the shipping firmware that formats the entire phone, and not just updates it? i cant send it to verizon even though they know it was illegal to lock up my phone... Anyhow, i realy need this thing working and i have racked my brain enough to damage it already... lol. if it fails again i will try to redownload it. So far it loads and does NOT ask me to start the update. could be a version issue because it does not complain about anything else.

Have you tried following the instructions in the return to stock thread in the android development section stickies? This may help you.
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lemew said:
Have you tried following the instructions in the return to stock thread in the android development section stickies? This may help you.
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yes i have. i cannot do what it asks because it requires my phone to be functional to flash it using hboot. i need a signed copy of an older RUU. hboot doesnt do anything with it. its a valid copy, and i can see all the images and contents in windows and linux, but all i can get hboot to do is read it, then it doesnt ask me to update. i dont know what to do now.

I believe there is a ruu image without hoot download there.
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Try http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Mecha
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ok well i will literally try ALL of the signed images. i will see if hboot will update it.

If your hboot is flashed with revolutionary I believe you have to unlock it before anything thing else can be flashed over that. Hboot or emmc could be corrupted as well.
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How i fixed my tbolt stuck at the white HTC screen
I had this exact same problem literally yesterday (stuck at HTC screen) with some different cwm symptoms. I'm guessing my cwm was corrupted because the phone would reboot after about 30 seconds being in cwm, preventing me from flashing any roms. oh, and my backup image was corrupted as well. awesome. Flashing other CWMs did not fix the CWM problem.
Your problem sounds similar in the fact the CWM won't flash properly. You're trying to fix it by trying to flash a rom in HBOOT that isn't configured to be flashed that way. for example, i put the skyraider rom (named properly) in the root folder and tried to flash with HBOOT. it scanned and parsed but didn't give me the option to flash.
What I did was go here and grab a stock like image:
androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/418539-thunderbolt-root-unroot-thread.html
(won't let me make a link, i'm too new)
Go to the "Putting current stock firmware and s-on back onto the phone" section.
Download file 1 and flash it using HBOOT. I had to pull my sd card to get the file on there since cwm was crashing. Only flash that rom and nothing else. It flashed for me; if it doesn't flash for you then maybe your HBOOT is corrupted, and if so i don't know if you can fix it.
Once that flashes, reboot the phone and it should return to some level of functionality. You'll have S-off but no recovery or root tools installed. I ran revolutionary at this point, which recognized i already had S-off...then it offered to load CWM. This i did. in the meantime i deleted the unrooted image and put the image of the rom i wanted on the sd card. i then booted into recovery(it won't flash in HBOOT) and loaded that rom (skyraider zeus). That worked fine and the cwm didn't crash out.
I hope this works for you. I was getting ready to fire back up my OG droid before i did this.

mpcapps said:
I had this exact same problem literally yesterday (stuck at HTC screen) with some different cwm symptoms. I'm guessing my cwm was corrupted because the phone would reboot after about 30 seconds being in cwm, preventing me from flashing any roms. oh, and my backup image was corrupted as well. awesome. Flashing other CWMs did not fix the CWM problem.
Your problem sounds similar in the fact the CWM won't flash properly. You're trying to fix it by trying to flash a rom in HBOOT that isn't configured to be flashed that way. for example, i put the skyraider rom (named properly) in the root folder and tried to flash with HBOOT. it scanned and parsed but didn't give me the option to flash.
What I did was go here and grab a stock like image:
androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/418539-thunderbolt-root-unroot-thread.html
(won't let me make a link, i'm too new)
Go to the "Putting current stock firmware and s-on back onto the phone" section.
Download file 1 and flash it using HBOOT. I had to pull my sd card to get the file on there since cwm was crashing. Only flash that rom and nothing else. It flashed for me; if it doesn't flash for you then maybe your HBOOT is corrupted, and if so i don't know if you can fix it.
Once that flashes, reboot the phone and it should return to some level of functionality. You'll have S-off but no recovery or root tools installed. I ran revolutionary at this point, which recognized i already had S-off...then it offered to load CWM. This i did. in the meantime i deleted the unrooted image and put the image of the rom i wanted on the sd card. i then booted into recovery(it won't flash in HBOOT) and loaded that rom (skyraider zeus). That worked fine and the cwm didn't crash out.
I hope this works for you. I was getting ready to fire back up my OG droid before i did this.
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I have read that post you provided probably 100 times its not working for me. flashing a custom rom actually got me past the HTC white screen and into a splash screen loop (Open Mobile). Also, I havent even been able to use the REV tool because my phone is not recognized by it without it being fully functional. you have to be fully booted up for the REV tool to use adb and start the process. thats why i need a signed copy of an older ROM with hboot flashing capability so i can fully restore my phone. i am 100% sure its a corruption issue, but i am out of clues as to how to actually get it to flash over while being s-on. with the evo shift it worked perfectly. it only took me 20 minutes to root, s-off and flash a custom rom. this phone has been a thorn in my side ever since i accepted that STUPID FOTA... i regret not knowing before hand what that OTA was and what it prevented. Now i know, too little / too late.
without s-off, i cant unlock hboot to flash it, and the fastboot mw whatever command failed also because its locked tight.

lemew said:
If your hboot is flashed with revolutionary I believe you have to unlock it before anything thing else can be flashed over that. Hboot or emmc could be corrupted as well.
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thats what i thought. is there a way to change out that eMMC, or remove it to format it manually? i mean based on the description, its technically external which implies removable.

Yes you can format emmc I do not know if this will solve your problem. You wipe abd format through adb but need to see if it is being mounted first.
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lemew said:
Yes you can format emmc I do not know if this will solve your problem. You wipe abd format through adb but need to see if it is being mounted first.
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too bad i cannot repartition it to allow for more RAM instead of app space. i dont care about app space because i have a 32gb card... lol. i just want that phone to be faster than what it is currently once i finally get it running.

bricked after ace hack kit... htc boot screen

i tried to install the aahk and it ran through all the steps and loaded the pd98img and now all i get is the HTC boot screen. i cant do anything in the HBOOT menu with the memory card install. when i take it out the memory card, recovery and factory reset doesnt work.
please help
thanks

hkwong said:
i tried to install the aahk and it ran through all the steps and loaded the pd98img and now all i get is the HTC boot screen. i cant do anything in the HBOOT menu with the memory card install. when i take it out the memory card, recovery and factory reset doesnt work.
please help
thanks
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1. What does the HBOOT menu say at the top?
2. What was the AAHK output?

bananagranola said:
1. What does the HBOOT menu say at the top?
2. What was the AAHK output?
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ace pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-0.85.0024
microp-0438
radio-26.09.04.11_m2
emmc-boot
apr 12 2011,00:55:45
aahk output? the last screen i recall it stated this will be the last reboot. then nothing
thanks again

maybe
well i found this had anyone had any results using this method
http://gbatemp.net/threads/htc-inspire-4g-unbricking-guide.313759/
TC Inspire 4g Unbricking Guide
In this guide I will be showing you how to unbrick the HTC Inspire 4g for AT&T.
Requirements:
1. Your bricked phone (of-course)
2. HTC-Sync
3. USB Cable
4. HTC Inspire 4g Gingerbread RUU
5. S-ON
Steps:
1. Download HTC-Sync from: http://dl3.htc.com/application/HTCSyncv3.0.5579.exe
2. Download HTC Inspire Gingerbread RUU from: http://dl4.htc.com/RUU_Ace_Gingerbr...60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_200368_signed.exe
3. Install HTC-Sync
4. Boot into Bootloader mode and plug your phone into your pc
5. Run the RUU executable
6. It will take a moment to start, but when it does, go through the steps and it should start to flash the firmware
7. (Optional) Sometimes the process will freeze. It is ok though, open task manager, close the process, unplug your phone, pull the battery, and start over the process until you get it to work. (It worked first time for me.)
Then your phone should restart after it finishes flashing. Then your phone will be unbricked!
Thank you for looking and I hope this helps you in some way!
Original guide is from: http://answers.downloadatoz.com/q,14764,bricked-htc-inspire-4g-how-to-fix.html

You just need to flash a ROM. Doesnt matter how you do it, just do it.

ai6908 said:
You just need to flash a ROM. Doesnt matter how you do it, just do it.
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flashing the rom is the problem. it wouldnt let me into the recovery. the steps above actually help. now i just need to root the thing

I notice the bootlaoder step is vague. It needs to be in fastboot. So select fastboot from hboot so that you see fastboot USB on screen then run ruu.
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hkwong said:
i tried to install the aahk and it ran through all the steps and loaded the pd98img and now all i get is the HTC boot screen. i cant do anything in the HBOOT menu with the memory card install. when i take it out the memory card, recovery and factory reset doesnt work.
please help
thanks
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Your sdcard is corrupted and won't work as a goldcard. Get a NEW one or one that has not been improper dismounted. By the way, if you phone were bricked then you would have nothing to do. You just got stuck.
Get the new sdcard and then flash the PD98IMG.zip file that the Hack Kit downloaded (it is in the PD98IMG folder and it is usually called PD98IMG-GBx.zip, being x a number. Of course make sure that you rename it PD98IMG.zip once in the sdcard).
Then boot in hboot and wait to be prompted to update. After that, you will be downgraded, just re run the hack kit and you will be ready to go. SALUD!

glevitan said:
Your sdcard is corrupted and won't work as a goldcard. Get a NEW one or one that has not been improper dismounted. By the way, if you phone were bricked then you would have nothing to do. You just got stuck.
Get the new sdcard and then flash the PD98IMG.zip file that the Hack Kit downloaded (it is in the PD98IMG folder and it is usually called PD98IMG-GBx.zip, being x a number. Of course make sure that you rename it PD98IMG.zip once in the sdcard).
Then boot in hboot and wait to be prompted to update. After that, you will be downgraded, just re run the hack kit and you will be ready to go. SALUD!
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I suspect that I have issues with my sd card. Can these issues with corruption be corrected?

willieamm said:
I suspect that I have issues with my sd card. Can these issues with corruption be corrected?
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Not with the same card, as far as I know. You need to get a new one. The card tends to get corrupted when it's improperly unmounted.

Bricked?
Recently tried to return to stock RUU via ace advanced hack kit. During the return to stock there was an error and my phone attempted to reboot. I currently can't get past the htc boot up screen. It powers on, shows htc screen, then fades to black. Attempted to hold power and vol button with no luck. Anyone have any suggestions how to bypass this? Can't get my pc to recognize my device so not really sure if I can push a new rom to it or not.
Thanks,
Ryan

gumby2033 said:
Recently tried to return to stock RUU via ace advanced hack kit. During the return to stock there was an error and my phone attempted to reboot. I currently can't get past the htc boot up screen. It powers on, shows htc screen, then fades to black. Attempted to hold power and vol button with no luck. Anyone have any suggestions how to bypass this? Can't get my pc to recognize my device so not really sure if I can push a new rom to it or not.
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What do you mean by "no luck?" What happens exactly when you hold power and volume-down?

bananagranola said:
What do you mean by "no luck?" What happens exactly when you hold power and volume-down?
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The screen stays backlit but will not progress past that point. No recovery no anything.

gumby2033 said:
The screen stays backlit but will not progress past that point. No recovery no anything.
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What was the AAHK error? Which RUU? Was AAHK up to date? Were you S-OFF? ADB doesn't detect your device?

bananagranola said:
What was the AAHK error? Which RUU? Was AAHK up to date? Were you S-OFF? ADB doesn't detect your device?
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Radio downgrade failed. I attempted to use the froyo shipped ruu and was then going to upgrade from there. Yes I was S-Off and no can't get anything to recognize my device.

gumby2033 said:
Radio downgrade failed. I attempted to use the froyo shipped ruu and was then going to upgrade from there. Yes I was S-Off and no can't get anything to recognize my device.
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I have a hunch that you may have messed your bootloader. Wait for tomorrow and hope glevitan shows up to verify/denounce my hunch and help you out.

Didn't he update the guide to reflect how to fix that issue? Not sure, can't remember.... too sleepy to check. :screwy:
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gumby2033 said:
The screen stays backlit but will not progress past that point. No recovery no anything.
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Have you tried pulling the battery out for a few seconds then hold volume down and press power. Don't let go of volume down until you see hboot screen.
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You can flash this PD98IMG. It will take a long time to react to stuff though so you will have to be patient. It's the inspire gingerbread hboot.
PD98IMG
After that use this PD98IMG to install the gingerbread Rom. You will still be s off but on 2.47.502.7.
PD98IMG
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So any progress?
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gumby2033 said:
Radio downgrade failed. I attempted to use the froyo shipped ruu and was then going to upgrade from there. Yes I was S-Off and no can't get anything to recognize my device.
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Well, you failed to read and follow the manual and besides you even flashed a froyo Ruu when you are told not to so?
conclusion: messed bootloader. You will have to fix it yourself. I decided not to help lazy people anymore. What first happened to you was Normal and detailed in the effen manual. If you had read it you would be enjoying your phone now.
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[Q] Help, may have bricked

A little foreshadow. I attempted to install the jellybean update on a rooted ATT phone. I ended up getting sent to the TWRT (?) screen on the install. I was silly and decided to clear the system... Which erased my OS completely.
For a while I was able to get to the TWRT(?) screen where I could mount my sd card, etc. While researching the problem I came across this:
a solution of fastbooting a recovery.img
I ran the fastboot recovery.img. The only problem is the only screen I can now access is the bootloader. I have bootloader 1.14.0002 loaded onto my phone if that helps.
Is there anyway to try to get a operating system or flash a rom onto this phone still or is it bricked for good? Also if I was able to put a rom onto it, what do you sugggest?
When I try to go to Recovery or Factory Reset, I get the HTC screen with the red text underneath it and it never goes any further.
Evita PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
Radio-0.19as 32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-V29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Jun 11 2012, 14:36:28
That is the information listed in my bootloader as of now. I am not showing it listed as a drive in my computer when connected to USB. Also when I 'power off' I am in a reset cycle that doesn't stop.
I really appreciate any help in advance. This was a big wake up call to myself about how I should be a lot more careful when messing with these things.
Thank you to everyone that answers!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38909732
[Public Service Announcement] Read before installing the AT&T Jellybean OTA or RUU
You might be hosed. Can you get into bootloader?
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Read before doing anything. Such a simple task. It's easy to read, it's hard to come back from a brick.
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You are not bricked, you are not even close to bricked... If you are already rooted, get the official jellybean update of your head. Clear your thoughts and lock it away. There are tons of custom jellybean ROMs available, a couple based on atts JB update... Flash one of those. If you can get to bootloader you're fine. If you can still access twrp, even better... Which version of twrp do you have IF you can still access? We'll start with that. If not You'll have to fastboot a recovery. 2.3.3.0 is your safest bet, I think the community will agree this is one of the most stable versions for our device.. Just in case you have to push it, download from here onto your computer. http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/evita/openrecovery-twrp-2.3.3.0-evita.img
Now drop that image file into your adb/fastboot folder. Right click your adb/fastboot folder and open a command prompt from there. Shoot this command.
Fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.3.0-evita.img
Now from bootloader choose to boot into recovery. Awwww yea now we on to something!
Now you can download the rom of choice onto your computer. Since you opted for official JB, take a look at Scotts CleanRom. It uses ATT firmware as base :thumbup: once downloaded, double click the zip file (rom) it'll show contents, and youll see a boot.img. simply drop the boot.img into your fastboot/adb folder.
Now on your phone. Choose "mount" in recovery. Make sure it mounts and shows files on your computer. From here drag the entire rom zip (cleanrom) onto your SD card. Now "unmount" hell yea we getting close. I can feel it!
Back out and choose "install" find cleanrom.zip, and swipe to flash. F*ckin rite, this is what android is all about.
Once its completed, DO NOT REBOOT SYSTEM. Since your s-on and have 1.14 hboot, you'll have to fastboot the boot.img you put in your adb folder. Choose to boot into bootloader! Make sure once again it says fastboot usb
Fire up command prompt inside that folder.
Shoot the command ---> fastboot flash boot boot.img
Sending.......
Okay....
Finished.....
OMG success!!! Some people will say to ---> fastboot erase cache
I don't necessarily do this, but it definitely won't hurt. Now reboot system and enjoy Scotts hard work. They don't calls his ROMs the most stable ROMs on the planet for nothing
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Not only does fastboot erase cache not take long it avoids many stupid little issues. I would say it's a must when flashing a new recovery.
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sinkthehalffoot said:
I attempted to install the jellybean update on a rooted ATT phone. I ended up getting sent to the TWRT (?) screen on the install.
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The reason it went to recovery is very simple. The OTA needs to have stock recovery in order to install. You don't have stock recovery on your phone anymore, you have custom recovery (TWRP). So the OTA stalled there, when it didn't find stock recovery.
sinkthehalffoot said:
I was silly and decided to clear the system... Which erased my OS completely.
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Of course it did, what were you expecting to happen? Wiping the OS is the very definition of what happens when you wipe system. If you didn't know what wiping system would do, you shouldn't have done it. For that matter, you shouldn't be doing anything on your phone if you don't know what its for.
A lot of this points to a fundamental lack of reading and understanding:
- Don't know the name of the custom recovery installed on the system
- Wiping things without knowing what they are
- Basic rule (that many folks here seem to ignore, for reasons unknown): Don't install any OTA on a rooted device without first researching what will happen
Lack of basic understanding which spells almost certain doom when modding smartphones. I would highly suggest a few solid hours of research before messing with your phone anymore. I'm not saying this to be a jerk. I'm saying it so you don't brick your phone.
You aren't bricked. With very few exceptions (and this isn't one of those) if the screen turns on, and you can get into hboot, the phone is recoverable. And probably fairly easily so, with the right steps. But you need to do some homework before proceeding.

redpoint73 said:
Lack of basic understanding which spells almost certain doom when modding smartphones. I would highly suggest a few solid hours of research before messing with your phone anymore. I'm not saying this to be a jerk. I'm saying it so you don't brick your phone.
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+1000
This is exactly the kind of situation that occurs when people get in over their heads and start blundering around.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232141

InflatedTitan said:
You are not bricked, you are not even close to bricked... If you are already rooted, get the official jellybean update of your head. Clear your thoughts and lock it away. There are tons of custom jellybean ROMs available, a couple based on atts JB update... Flash one of those. If you can get to bootloader you're fine. If you can still access twrp, even better... Which version of twrp do you have IF you can still access? We'll start with that. If not You'll have to fastboot a recovery. 2.3.3.0 is your safest bet, I think the community will agree this is one of the most stable versions for our device.. Just in case you have to push it, download from here onto your computer.
Now drop that image file into your adb/fastboot folder. Right click your adb/fastboot folder and open a command prompt from there. Shoot this command.
Fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.3.0-evita.img
Now from bootloader choose to boot into recovery. Awwww yea now we on to something!
Now you can download the rom of choice onto your computer. Since you opted for official JB, take a look at Scotts CleanRom. It uses ATT firmware as base :thumbup: once downloaded, double click the zip file (rom) it'll show contents, and youll see a boot.img. simply drop the boot.img into your fastboot/adb folder.
Now on your phone. Choose "mount" in recovery. Make sure it mounts and shows files on your computer. From here drag the entire rom zip (cleanrom) onto your SD card. Now "unmount" hell yea we getting close. I can feel it!
Back out and choose "install" find cleanrom.zip, and swipe to flash. F*ckin rite, this is what android is all about.
Once its completed, DO NOT REBOOT SYSTEM. Since your s-on and have 1.14 hboot, you'll have to fastboot the boot.img you put in your adb folder. Choose to boot into bootloader! Make sure once again it says fastboot usb
Fire up command prompt inside that folder.
Shoot the command ---> fastboot flash boot boot.img
Sending.......
Okay....
Finished.....
OMG success!!! Some people will say to ---> fastboot erase cache
I don't necessarily do this, but it definitely won't hurt. Now reboot system and enjoy Scotts hard work. They don't calls his ROMs the most stable ROMs on the planet for nothing
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In case anyone ends up stumbling here with a similar issue, this solution worked to a 'T'. Thank you again InflatedTitan.
To everyone else, yes I know, I should of read more than I had. I saw the jellybean update and have been wanting it for a while and acted with haste. I learned a valuable lesson from it all.

Lol this "solution" was around before you posted. You just didn't read or search enough.
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F**kin right! That's what android is all about. Hahaha!
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Venomtester said:
F**kin right! That's what android is all about. Hahaha!
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Lol :beer:
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Venomtester said:
F**kin right! That's what android is all about. Hahaha!
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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Its almost like a high every time I slide to flash lol
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InflatedTitan said:
Its almost like a high every time I slide to flash lol
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I thought I was the only one. In fact I just rooted a nook tablet and installed twrp. Slides to flash... And I could swear I was on cloud 9.
But bravo on the explanation sir. Love a good write up. Even though i already know it, feels good to read it.
Sent from my Carbon-ize Evita using xda-developers app

[HELP] Not sure if bricked or hardware issue?
I know this is my first post, but I really need the help.
(Also, I'm sorry if this is a bit long)
I've have searched the HOX Evita and Android Q&A forums countless time in the past 3 days trying to figure this out. This thread and this one: "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156665&highlight=fastboot+usb+hangs", are the most similar to what I think is happening to my phone.
Just a little background:
- Bought a used HTC One X, but has a cracked digitizer which I'll be replacing this weekend. (Not sure if this is causing the problems, could it?)
- I was told that the OS was still stock, but I know that's not true now.
- During the first 12 hours I used it, I had no problems.
- Then while I was playing music it rebooted and went to the HTC boot up screen with the red text. Stopped then rebooted again to the normal HTC boot up screen but just hanged there and vibrated nonstop.
- I then used the power button to force a shut down and haven't been able to use it since then.
Here's where I'm at now:
- I'm able to get to the bootloader screen sometimes with the VOL DOWN+PWR method, but most of the time it goes to the QHSUSB mode.
- When I can get to the bootloader, I try to get to Fastboot or Recovery mode but once I press the power button it just stops and does nothing.
- The few times I have gotten into fastboot, and plug in an USB cable, it hangs.
- So far I have NOT gotten it to show "FASTBOOT USB" therefore I haven't been able to use a RUU or flash a boot.img.
- I have reinstalled the drivers almost 5 times now, and tried with different sources from here and HTC Sync. And also tried with 3 different cables and USB ports on my laptop. But still no signs of a connection with my laptop.
- And at one time I (before I knew I shouldn't have) I did try to Factory Reset from the bootloader, but nothing happened. I hope that won't become my downfall.
But yeah, sorry again for the long post, just trying to be thorough. If anyone has an idea of what I can do, please I need your help. It really doesn't matter to me whether my HOX goes back to stock, or use a ROM like CleanROM 6, as long as I can use it again.
Also here's the info at the bootloader screen.
***TAMPERED***
***LOCKED***
Evita PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
Radio-0.19as 32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-V29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Jun 11 2012, 14:36:28

pharrjw said:
I know this is my first post, but I really need the help.
(Also, I'm sorry if this is a bit long)
I've have searched the HOX Evita and Android Q&A forums countless time in the past 3 days trying to figure this out. This thread and this one: "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156665&highlight=fastboot+usb+hangs", are the most similar to what I think is happening to my phone.
Just a little background:
- Bought a used HTC One X, but has a cracked digitizer which I'll be replacing this weekend. (Not sure if this is causing the problems, could it?)
- I was told that the OS was still stock, but I know that's not true now.
- During the first 12 hours I used it, I had no problems.
- Then while I was playing music it rebooted and went to the HTC boot up screen with the red text. Stopped then rebooted again to the normal HTC boot up screen but just hanged there and vibrated nonstop.
- I then used the power button to force a shut down and haven't been able to use it since then.
Here's where I'm at now:
- I'm able to get to the bootloader screen sometimes with the VOL DOWN+PWR method, but most of the time it goes to the QHSUSB mode.
- When I can get to the bootloader, I try to get to Fastboot or Recovery mode but once I press the power button it just stops and does nothing.
- The few times I have gotten into fastboot, and plug in an USB cable, it hangs.
- So far I have NOT gotten it to show "FASTBOOT USB" therefore I haven't been able to use a RUU or flash a boot.img.
- I have reinstalled the drivers almost 5 times now, and tried with different sources from here and HTC Sync. And also tried with 3 different cables and USB ports on my laptop. But still no signs of a connection with my laptop.
- And at one time I (before I knew I shouldn't have) I did try to Factory Reset from the bootloader, but nothing happened. I hope that won't become my downfall.
But yeah, sorry again for the long post, just trying to be thorough. If anyone has an idea of what I can do, please I need your help. It really doesn't matter to me whether my HOX goes back to stock, or use a ROM like CleanROM 6, as long as I can use it again.
Also here's the info at the bootloader screen.
***TAMPERED***
***LOCKED***
Evita PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
Radio-0.19as 32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-V29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Jun 11 2012, 14:36:28
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You will have to get a proper fastboot connection before you can do anything. Then unlock the bootloader then you can flash a recovery on there. Is this an AT&T phone?

exad said:
You will have to get a proper fastboot connection before you can do anything. Then unlock the bootloader then you can flash a recovery on there. Is this an AT&T phone?
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, it is an AT&T phone. I understand that I need a fastboot connection, I'm just having difficulties timing it. Is it normally this difficult to get a FASTBOOT USB connection? Or is there something else that I could be missing, or any other method?
I have thought about booting Windows XP on my laptop from a flash drive then trying to connect from that. Does XP have a better record when it comes to unlocking and flashing with android?

If you did a factory reset from bootloader your sd is corrupted. When you can get into the bootloader what does it do if you click on recovery?
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pharrjw said:
Thanks for the reply. Yes, it is an AT&T phone. I understand that I need a fastboot connection, I'm just having difficulties timing it. Is it normally this difficult to get a FASTBOOT USB connection? Or is there something else that I could be missing, or any other method?
I have thought about booting Windows XP on my laptop from a flash drive then trying to connect from that. Does XP have a better record when it comes to unlocking and flashing with android?
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There's nothing to time. Drivers and fastboot/adb are all you need. HTC Sync can get in the way so kill or uninstall it if it's running. When you boot to Bootloader, select fastboot, plug in the phone, if you have the the drivers it should go into fastboot USB. I have seen people having issues before due to something interfering with the HTC drivers but it's not common. You can try creating a VM for a clean environment with less chance of anything interfering.

Thanks again for the replies guys.
31ken31 said:
If you did a factory reset from bootloader your sd is corrupted. When you can get into the bootloader what does it do if you click on recovery?
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I was just able to get back into Bootloader, and tried to go into recovery, but with no luck. It just hangs at the bootloader screen. :
EDIT: Not sure if relevant, but after that it eventually shut down, and when I checked it in the Device Manager it appeared again as QHSUSB-DLOAD.
exad said:
There's nothing to time. Drivers and fastboot/adb are all you need. HTC Sync can get in the way so kill or uninstall it if it's running. When you boot to Bootloader, select fastboot, plug in the phone, if you have the the drivers it should go into fastboot USB. I have seen people having issues before due to something interfering with the HTC drivers but it's not common. You can try creating a VM for a clean environment with less chance of anything interfering.
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I'm gonna try it again with HTC Sync uninstalled. But if I get the same results I'll probably will endup creating a VM, and hopefully get better results.
I would also like to add that when I do try to get to the bootloader I get various results. Sometimes it goes into QHSUSB like I said in my first post. Then sometimes just nothing but a blank screen and the LED light blinking like the battery is low, or it's solid as if it is charging even though my HOX isn't plugged in to anything. That's what I was referring to when I said I was having difficulties timing it.

pharrjw said:
Thanks again for the replies guys.
I was just able to get back into Bootloader, and tried to go into recovery, but with no luck. It just hangs at the bootloader screen. :
EDIT: Not sure if relevant, but after that it eventually shut down, and when I checked it in the Device Manager it appeared again as QHSUSB-DLOAD.
I'm gonna try it again with HTC Sync uninstalled. But if I get the same results I'll probably will endup creating a VM, and hopefully get better results.
I would also like to add that when I do try to get to the bootloader I get various results. Sometimes it goes into QHSUSB like I said in my first post. Then sometimes just nothing but a blank screen and the LED light blinking like the battery is low, or it's solid as if it is charging even though my HOX isn't plugged in to anything. That's what I was referring to when I said I was having difficulties timing it.
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factory reset in bootloader corrupts the SD card. We wont worry about that just yet as there's nothing we can do about it until we can get recovery on there.
You're going to have to be very careful because it sounds like your EMMC partitions might have some issues. if you can get it to bootlaoder KEEP IT AT THAT SCREEN. don't power it off or anything, leave it there. Because one wrong move could be a perma brick. If we can get a rom on there to S-OFF with, we can RUU to restore your emmc partitions.

[SOLVED] Flashing light, no screen...Help appreciated!

Hi All!
Recently i flashed TWRP and Cynogenmod 10.2.1 stable to my HTC Telestra One XL (evita)
I unlocked boot-loader
I successfully rooted
But I shut down once, and when i tried to boot, it got stuck in a boot-loop
Upon many retries, it suddenly wont turn on
when I charge it it only has a flashing red light but it wont even turn on, no screen not buttons; nothing!
And if I plug it in to my PC, the pc keeps sounding the USB Connected sound multiple times over a short period of 30 seconds to 2 minutes and then it gives off multiple shaky beeps
I hope this is enough info to let anyone help out!
Thank You in Advance
EDIT:
when connected to a pc it shows drivers is ready to use but tries to install QHUSB_DLOAD but fails and latest RUU does not detect
Thx again

What is the exact full filename of the ROM zip that you flashed? When a device is showing up as QHSUSB_DLOAD in Windows it usually means it's bricked.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
What is the exact full filename of the ROM zip that you flashed? When a device is showing up as QHSUSB_DLOAD in Windows it usually means it's bricked.
Sent from my Evita
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Just found out:
a friend of mine tried to flash a file named "cm-10.0.0-evita" and it gave off a message saying that this phone is not rooted or missing supersu/ something along those lines
before that he wiped sd card (whole thing)...
and then it went off from there
NOTE: its a phone with mess with, but still want to fix even though its just a side phone we barely use....help appreciated

So does it power on at all?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
So does it power on at all?
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nope
when plugged in it only has a red LED that flashes once every once in a while and thats it
pc recognises it but wants to install qhusb_dload (as mentioned) and it just sais no driver found
i am researching and i found something called a "RIFF Box" but unsure if its worth it, plus i dont know where to jtag it (if its possible at all)
PS: hi from sydney!

Al-Dazzlez said:
Just found out:
a friend of mine tried to flash a file named "cm-10.0.0-evita" and it gave off a message saying that this phone is not rooted or missing supersu/ something along those lines
before that he wiped sd card (whole thing)...
and then it went off from there
NOTE: its a phone with mess with, but still want to fix even though its just a side phone we barely use....help appreciated
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How did he try to flash it -_- these vague responses make it very hard to help. Bottom line is you can try pressing and holding power until the light goes off and then power and volume down to get the bootloader up, if that doesn't work you can try the evita jet tool to try to unbrick it. Bricks such as yours are not recoverable 9 times out of 10.

It looks like your only option is to get a jtag repair done. I wouldn't bother trying to do it yourself unless you're a fully experienced electronic engineer or the like. I'm not sure how many jtag repairers there are in Australia but I'm guessing Google should be able to reveal that information. Howdy from Melbourne.
Sent from my Evita

Hi from Canada!... I just wanted to be part of the greetings.. :laugh:

exad said:
How did he try to flash it -_- these vague responses make it very hard to help. Bottom line is you can try pressing and holding power until the light goes off and then power and volume down to get the bootloader up, if that doesn't work you can try the evita jet tool to try to unbrick it. Bricks such as yours are not recoverable 9 times out of 10.
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he placed the cyanogen mod on the phones sd card, then he wiped sd card, after that he used the install function on twrp it gave him a message that his phone is not rooted and if he would like to root it, he accepted, then it rebooted into twrp, and he tried again to install, same message appeared and then he gave up and shut it down...(sorry for vague terms, please bear with me, still trying to learn the ropes of talking on this forum)

I gotta say, this is all very odd :/ How did he install anything if he wiped the SD card after copying it over? :/ hmmmm In any case, you CAN try he jet tool as per my last post before getting a jtag. You'll need a linux install or Bootable USB stick/CD/DVD though.

My guess is that the only thing he installed was SuperSU. That'd be why it booted straight back into TWRP.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
It looks like your only option is to get a jtag repair done. I wouldn't bother trying to do it yourself unless you're a fully experienced electronic engineer or the like. I'm not sure how many jtag repairers there are in Australia but I'm guessing Google should be able to reveal that information. Howdy from Melbourne.
Sent from my Evita
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i researched..nothing..just some videos of people who do it (jtag)in the US and US only......
but still asking 'round the shops wont hurt i guess:laugh:
ill keep ya posted about using that tool you mentioned!
and exad; SUP!
and yeah.. it sounds weird to me too but i mainly play around with stuff like the galaxy series samsung's so the htc stuff is still new...and i have to admit...i am hating it so far.... but still experience cant hurt :laugh:

Hi guys!
im back
I JTAG'd the phone overseas, and it came back, surely enough, working, but now another problem arises,
the guy apparently unlocked the bootloader, S-Off, and installed CM with android 4.3.1. the phone boots, everything is well, but for times from 10 seconds to minutes of usage it just turns off, the Hboot shows
***tampered***
***relocked***
any idea wth is wrong with it now?
it does not reboot from power menu, and does not do anything really since I cant keep it on for more than a few minutes at most. I cannot keep it on long enough to unlock the bootlaoder anymore, and I cannot boot into TWRP (as the guy told me he put it on)
da hell do I Do now? any help appreciated

Try an RUU, any Evita RUU is fine if you have s-off.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Try an RUU, any Evita RUU is fine if you have s-off.
Sent from my Evita
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Thank you, tried but it did not pick up, but:
UPDATE:
I booted into teamwin, and flashed a CM11snapshot (latest one) everything seems fine so far (after 20 million dalvik and cache and factory restores) but now i am waiting for the problem to arise again, if not, ill have one problem left to fix....the back button does not work....
and now how the hell do i use an RUU on a custom frimware, ? (used it once on this phone but using a stock rom)
thanks again for your time timmaaa, seriously appreciated

Al-Dazzlez said:
Thank you, tried but it did not pick up, but:
UPDATE:
I booted into teamwin, and flashed a CM11snapshot (latest one) everything seems fine so far (after 20 million dalvik and cache and factory restores) but now i am waiting for the problem to arise again, if not, ill have one problem left to fix....the back button does not work....
and now how the hell do i use an RUU on a custom frimware, ? (used it once on this phone but using a stock rom)
thanks again for your time timmaaa, seriously appreciated
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There's only one way to run an RUU, and that's to connect your phone and initiate the program in Windows. You're s-off so all security checks are disabled.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
There's only one way to run an RUU, and that's to connect your phone and initiate the program in Windows. You're s-off so all security checks are disabled.
Sent from my Evita
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I Just ran one, Unlocked bootloader, on Cm11 snapshot after re-root and all that crap done, should be alright now

Stuck on hboot and recovery, internal/external storage not readable. Help!!!!

Here is my problem.
I have an HTC M8 with Verizon, was doing an upgrade in HTC Sync Manager
during the upgrade/update, it stopped. I was on android 4.4.3 I believe
I have never had this phone rooted, it is S-ON, Locked, bootloader is locked, HTC Dev does not let me get the token to unlock it. still shows official software in the HBOOT screen. never flashed anything to it.
when i first turn it on, goes to white screen with HTC logo. I can get to HBOOT, and recovery. Odd thing it, the recovery Doesn't read anything on the ext SD card or the internal storage. Already tried formatting the SD card multiple times, so i can't do anything from the recovery but wipe and factory reset.
when i plug the phone to a PC, HTC sync manager picks up the phone, but with no android verision, no Sense version, nothing, just the phone itself. In terminal, ADB does not recognize the device being attached, so can't do anything from ADB.
After researching, I am lead to believe it has something to do with the storage partition, not being partitioned properly or something along those lines. I can't write anything to the storage, my PC usb only picks the phone up as a CD Drive, so i can't add or remove anything from it.
I am willing to pay someone that can fix this for me PLEASE!!!
Again, I can get to HBOOT, Fastboot, and recovery,
recovery does not read the internal or external storage

syllamonster said:
Here is my problem.
I have an HTC M8 with Verizon, was doing an upgrade in HTC Sync Manager
during the upgrade/update, it stopped. I was on android 4.4.3 I believe
I have never had this phone rooted, it is S-ON, Locked, bootloader is locked, HTC Dev does not let me get the token to unlock it. still shows official software in the HBOOT screen. never flashed anything to it.
when i first turn it on, goes to white screen with HTC logo. I can get to HBOOT, and recovery. Odd thing it, the recovery Doesn't read anything on the ext SD card or the internal storage. Already tried formatting the SD card multiple times, so i can't do anything from the recovery but wipe and factory reset.
when i plug the phone to a PC, HTC sync manager picks up the phone, but with no android verision, no Sense version, nothing, just the phone itself. In terminal, ADB does not recognize the device being attached, so can't do anything from ADB.
After researching, I am lead to believe it has something to do with the storage partition, not being partitioned properly or something along those lines. I can't write anything to the storage, my PC usb only picks the phone up as a CD Drive, so i can't add or remove anything from it.
I am willing to pay someone that can fix this for me PLEASE!!!
Again, I can get to HBOOT, Fastboot, and recovery,
recovery does not read the internal or external storage
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Does hboot read sdcard?
You want to run RUU through hboot (not recovery), either using sdcard or fastboot method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/general/official-ruu1-55-605-2-t2883845

andybones said:
Does hboot read sdcard?
You want to run RUU through hboot (not recovery), either using sdcard or fastboot method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/general/official-ruu1-55-605-2-t2883845
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I thought you had to be S-Off to do that?
to run RUU, you naming it for hboot to reading when it first boots?

syllamonster said:
I thought you had to be S-Off to do that?
to run RUU, you naming it for hboot to reading when it first boots?
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You can RUU with s-on. Wouldn't have suggest it otherwise.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...zw-m8-master-ruu-firmware-collection-t2946473

andybones said:
You can RUU with s-on. Wouldn't have suggest it otherwise.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...zw-m8-master-ruu-firmware-collection-t2946473
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OK downloading it right now. Thank you for helping so fast, I'll keep you posted

syllamonster said:
OK downloading it right now. Thank you for helping so fast, I'll keep you posted
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Very welcome, my friend.

andybones said:
Very welcome, my friend.
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You are Freakin Awesome!!! I almost have tears in my eyes, you saved my butt. Sending appreciation

syllamonster said:
You are Freakin Awesome!!! I almost have tears in my eyes, you saved my butt. Sending appreciation
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More than welcome glad I could help. Very much appreciate the donation!

syllamonster said:
OK downloading it right now. Thank you for helping so fast, I'll keep you posted
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Best part is the s-on ones don't wipe /data. They can be flashed by both s-on and s-off devices.
The s-off ones do and are also pre-rooted and can only be flashed while s-off.
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Good to know it won't wipe data, unfortunately I had already tried so much crap, even HTC support had me wipe, factory reset,all with no resolution. I was screwed.
I was only trying to upgrade from 4.4 android to 5, using HTC own sync manager, and it failed.
I don't think I will be messing with anything software, Rom, firmware, recovery, RUU, adb and fastboot related any time soon. I shouldnt even know half this stuff, and I didn't until last night when my phone went to hell and back.

syllamonster said:
Good to know it won't wipe data, unfortunately I had already tried so much crap, even HTC support had me wipe, factory reset,all with no resolution. I was screwed.
I was only trying to upgrade from 4.4 android to 5, using HTC own sync manager, and it failed.
I don't think I will be messing with anything software, Rom, firmware, recovery, RUU, adb and fastboot related any time soon. I shouldnt even know half this stuff, and I didn't until last night when my phone went to hell and back.
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Ah...well seek out help sooner next time. These ruu make it easier. I have even packed some of these new ones up as exes to make it sorta hands free.
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