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[Q] Im partially bricked

OK, I rooted my phone and everything tonight. It went perfect. Until I tried to flash the ViperX on my device. Now I am in a boot loop. Well I booted into recovery and my sdcard is completly wiped, No operating system what so ever on my phone. I can get to the boot loader screen and that is all. Can I save my phone or do I have to smash it and do a warranty claim? I downloaded the stock ruu and it fails halfway thru the install. It says Error: 155 Ant ideas what I can do?

mcnaught82 said:
OK, I rooted my phone and everything tonight. It went perfect. Until I tried to flash the ViperX on my device. Now I am in a boot loop. Well I booted into recovery and my sdcard is completly wiped, No operating system what so ever on my phone. I can get to the boot loader screen and that is all. Can I save my phone or do I have to smash it and do a warranty claim? I downloaded the stock ruu and it fails halfway thru the install. It says Error: 155 Ant ideas what I can do?
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You can try downloading a Rom with aroma installer like Scotts Clean Rom. Put zip on phone in download folder and flash with twrp. If you have hboot 1.14 make sure you get the right one so you don't have to flash boot image via gui.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL

Venomtester said:
You can try downloading a Rom with aroma installer like Scotts Clean Rom. Put zip on phone in download folder and flash with twrp. If you have hboot 1.14 make sure you get the right one so you don't have to flash boot image via gui.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL
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Do you have a link to do this? I can boot up into recovery, but I cant access my phone from my PC. I downloaded a RUU for my phone and it gets half way thru and it crashes. So I need something with a .exe file to install from my computer that will access my phone to install the software

Venomtester said:
You can try downloading a Rom with aroma installer like Scotts Clean Rom. Put zip on phone in download folder and flash with twrp. If you have hboot 1.14 make sure you get the right one so you don't have to flash boot image via gui.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL
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yes i have hboot 1.14...thats what killed my damn phone!

mcnaught82 said:
Do you have a link to do this? I can boot up into recovery, but I cant access my phone from my PC. I downloaded a RUU for my phone and it gets half way thru and it crashes. So I need something with a .exe file to install from my computer that will access my phone to install the software
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http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f8/adb-fastboot-for-rookies-18124/
http://www.scottsroms.com/content.p...Performance-and-Stability-are-not-Optional!-★
http://developer.android.com/sdk/dow...ows-1.5_r2.zip
http://android-roms.googlecode.com/f...boot-win32.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...6&d=1230965195.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=512319
Hope This Helps.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL
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mcnaught82 said:
yes i have hboot 1.14...thats what killed my damn phone!
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Yes it will lol.
I have it to.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
VierXL
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If you cannot get the computer to recognize the phone then you may have to take a crash course in ABD and Fastboot.
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-flash-a-recovery-to-an-android-device-without-sd-card/
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL

My computer can now see my sd card and I can add programs to it. im logged into recovery under TWRP. What do I do now to flash a recovery onto my phone?

mcnaught82 said:
My computer can now see my sd card and I can add programs to it. im logged into recovery under TWRP. What do I do now to flash a recovery onto my phone?
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Find a rom with aroma installer for hboot 1.14. Download and place zip file in sd downloads. Reboot into recovery and use twrp to flash the zip. Reboot and aroma should start. It will guide you through.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL
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Talk to me man. The suspense is killing me. Lol.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL

mcnaught82 said:
My computer can now see my sd card and I can add programs to it. im logged into recovery under TWRP. What do I do now to flash a recovery onto my phone?
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TWRP is recovery. You don't need to flash a recovery.
Also, you are not even remotely bricked. If the screen turn on, the phone is not bricked, and is usually easily recoverable. Not knowing what to do is not being "bricked" or "partially bricked". It just means you need to read more.
You may just need to flash boot.img using fastboot. ViperXL is supposed to flash boot.img within the AROMA installer (even on hboot 1.14), but it doesn't always work for everyone.
Also, be sure to factory reset (within TWRP, not in hboot) and also wipe Dalvik and cache (also in TWRP) before installing the any new ROM, as failure to do so can also result in bootloops. Don't ever factory reset in hboot, since it will corrupt the SD card, and you will have to reformat using your computer if that happens.
No offense, but it seems you lack some understanding of basic concepts (what recovery is, how to run RUU), and it would probably be a good idea to read and learn more before flashing anymore ROMs or doing any more mods. Failure to fully understand the things you are doing to your phone can result in a real brick (which you do not have).

I stayed up till late this morning trying to help him and last I heard he installed a Rom without flashing g apps package. I have tried to correct the issue but have not heard anything else. Please take the time to research what you are doing before flashing a Rom. Soft bricks are really tricky.
AT&T HTC OneX
Android 4.1.1
ViperXL
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redpoint73 said:
TWRP is recovery. You don't need to flash a recovery.
Also, you are not even remotely bricked. If the screen turn on, the phone is not bricked, and is usually easily recoverable. Not knowing what to do is not being "bricked" or "partially bricked". It just means you need to read more.
You may just need to flash boot.img using fastboot. ViperXL is supposed to flash boot.img within the AROMA installer (even on hboot 1.14), but it doesn't always work for everyone.
Also, be sure to factory reset (within TWRP, not in hboot) and also wipe Dalvik and cache (also in TWRP) before installing the any new ROM, as failure to do so can also result in bootloops. Don't ever factory reset in hboot, since it will corrupt the SD card, and you will have to reformat using your computer if that happens.
No offense, but it seems you lack some understanding of basic concepts (what recovery is, how to run RUU), and it would probably be a good idea to read and learn more before flashing anymore ROMs or doing any more mods. Failure to fully understand the things you are doing to your phone can result in a real brick (which you do not have).
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I know the ViperXL 3.1.0 will install with aroma on hboot 1.14. Any newer version will need to a flash boot image using fastboot or gui just to be safe.

[Q] Cannot find the resources to undo this soft brick.

I have an AT&T HTC One x. Its ***Tampered*** ***Unlocked*** HBOOT 1 .09. 0000 S-ON
I had been running an older version of TWRP, and decided I was going to clear my phone and do a fresh start. I know, I know, I should have made a backup, but I felt pretty confident in what I was doing, and was in too much of a hurry to rationalize this.
I wiped both the OS and previous version of TWRP in order to update to the new ones. While in fastboot I flashed CLEANrom and the new version of TWRP, and my administrative command prompt confirmed that they were installed successfully. Even cleared the cache afterwards. Now is the difficult part. I've researched, and researched, and cannot find a solution for this problem. I keep having a Boot Loop.... I'm stumped guys... I need some sort of help, be it technical, or something to drink lol
Previous ROM was CM 10, with TWRP and PA GAPPS :good:

Check the Evita FAQ thread in my signature, your answer probably lies within.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Check the Evita FAQ thread in my signature, your answer probably lies within.
Sent from my Evita
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I don't see anything in your FAQ that I haven't already tried unfortunately.....

Exactly which version of TWRP is currently installed? Did you flash the boot.img via fastboot?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Exactly which version of TWRP is currently installed? Did you flash the boot.img via fastboot?
Sent from my Evita
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It's the newest version of TWRP that is out, and yes, I flashed it via Fastboot, and it says successful on both the recovery install and ROM install.

Have you tried flashing another ROM? I asked for the exact recovery version for a reason, please provide that information.
Sent from my Evita
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Also it isn't completely clear to me that you're flashing the boot.img from the ROM zip via fastboot after flashing the ROM in TWRP. Are you extracting the boot.img from the ROM zip and doing that or not?
Sent from my Evita

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timmaaa said:
Have you tried flashing another ROM? I asked for the exact recovery version for a reason, please provide that information.
Sent from my Evita
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TWRP 2.7. And yes, I have flashed about 4 Roms all succeeded according to fastboot and still getting the boot sequence.:good:
Yes I have extracted the boot.img

timmaaa said:
Have you tried flashing another ROM? I asked for the exact recovery version for a reason, please provide that information.
Sent from my Evita
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Also it isn't completely clear to me that you're flashing the boot.img from the ROM zip via fastboot after flashing the ROM in TWRP. Are you extracting the boot.img from the ROM zip and doing that or not?
Sent from my Evita
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yes the boot.img file was extracted. I get a confirmation that it was successful when I flash it on fastboot

Exactly which ROMs have you tried to flash?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Exactly which ROMs have you tried to flash?
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CM 10.2, CM 11, CLEANrom 7.0. all via fastboot with confirmations.

outcold32 said:
CM 10.2, CM 11, CLEANrom 7.0. all via fastboot with confirmations.
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Why are you flashing roms via fastboot? -_- You're making your life difficult. Wipe everything in TWRP then flash in TWRP. ALso, you should really s-off and update your firmware/hboot. via RUU. You will likely encounter issues running a newer software on an such an old firmware.

exad said:
Why are you flashing roms via fastboot? -_- You're making your life difficult. Wipe everything in TWRP then flash in TWRP. ALso, you should really s-off and update your firmware/hboot. via RUU. You will likely encounter issues running a newer software on an such an old firmware.
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If you would have read the thread, you would have noticed, that I am in bootloop, therefor I cannot access the recovery. And I have to have access to the ROM on my phone in order to flash anything via TWRP so this is moot. My question isn't how to flash roms, it's why am I getting a loop when I am successful on a clean partition and clean flash of both the recovery and ROM? And to me, fastboot is way easier than TWRP. I guess I could get a UART and try to debug the sequence myself, but I have more important things to do than that. I was posting to see if anyone had any similar problems. And this phone is an original model and I haven't really bothered with the security off, since I only wanted to get rid of sense in the first place. It was unlocked well before any commercial unlocker was available for the evita(Literally no stable CM10 at all at the time), so it's a little finicky in the first place. I ran the RUU after I re-locked the bootloader, and I'm at least out of the loop. I'm just going get to a more stable version so that this process will be more streamline when I re do my unlock and stuff.
So I guess the only solution at this point I have for any problem like this is to use the proper RUU. I tried a couple of times with no success, and it seemed the charm was to re lock the bootloader ( Fastboot oem lock) in order to properly and successfully get the RUU to work.:good:

Wth are you even on about? Of course you can access recovery in a bootloop. How are you getting to fastboot without accessing the bootloader? from the bootloader you can access recovery. If recovery isn't loading SCREW flashing a rom, reflash your recovery, 2.7 TWRP preferably. and then boot to recovery, mount your USB, copy the rom and flash it. Recovery is more important than having a ROM.
I know what I am talking about, do you know what you're talking about?
FFS I am trying to help you, there's no reason for you to be an ass. You're having issues BECAUSE you're flashing your rom via fastboot. You cannot flash a rom via fastboot.

exad said:
Wth are you even on about? Of course you can access recovery in a bootloop. How are you getting to fastboot without accessing the bootloader? from the bootloader you can access recovery. If recovery isn't loading SCREW flashing a rom, reflash your recovery, 2.7 TWRP preferably. and then boot to recovery, mount your USB, copy the rom and flash it. Recovery is more important than having a ROM.
I know what I am talking about, do you know what you're talking about?
FFS I am trying to help you, there's no reason for you to be an ass. You're having issues BECAUSE you're flashing your rom via fastboot. You cannot flash a rom via fastboot.
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You didn't read the thread. I'm not being an ass. The information is already there.I can not access the recovery at all. That's why I am in in this situation. And again, if you had read the whole thread, or the even the original post, you would know that I cannot access the recovery. The only reason I'm being as detailed as I am is so I don't have to repeat myself, as well as for other people who may encounter this problem. And Yes I know what I am talking about. If I didn't I probably wouldn't have gotten to this point, right?

Okie dokie. No point in arguing. You're right. I'm wrong. Glad it's all working now.
Sent from my One XL using xda app-developers app

outcold32 said:
You didn't read the thread. I'm not being an ass. The information is already there.I can not access the recovery at all. That's why I am in in this situation. And again, if you had read the whole thread, or the even the original post, you would know that I cannot access the recovery. The only reason I'm being as detailed as I am is so I don't have to repeat myself, as well as for other people who may encounter this problem. And Yes I know what I am talking about. If I didn't I probably wouldn't have gotten to this point, right?
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Exad is right in saying that the reason you're having problems is because you're attempting to flash ROMs with fastboot. That isn't how it's done. The correct way is to flash your ROM with recovery. You're barking up the wrong tree, not only that but you're arguing with experienced people who are only attempting to help get you out of the mess that you've gotten yourself into. You came here for advice, but there's no point in asking for advice if you're just going to argue and dismiss what you're being told to do.
You said you can't access your ROM so you can't flash anything, that makes absolutely no sense, which leads me to believe you don't really know what you're doing. Get out of the mindset that you need to use fastboot, it's wrong. You're dealing with people who have extensive and intimate knowledge of this device, trust us, we know what we're talking about.
Exactly why can't you access recovery? If you can issue fastboot commands that means you can access your bootloader, if you can access your bootloader that means you can use your volume keys to scroll through the options and the power button to select recovery. What happens when you do that? Exactly which recovery have you flashed to your device? I need to the full filename of the recovery that you've flashed.
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outcold32 said:
And this phone is an original model and I haven't really bothered with the security off, since I only wanted to get rid of sense in the first place. It was unlocked well before any commercial unlocker was available for the evita(Literally no stable CM10 at all at the time), so it's a little finicky in the first place.
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S-on is a downright dangerous place to be, if the phone is also SuperCID (which is very likely, since its the AT&T variant). exad is right in recommending s-ff, as he is about a good many things.

[Q&A] EXE/ZIP RUU M8_VZW 5.0.1 (s-off only)(newest)

Q&A for EXE/ZIP RUU M8_VZW 5.0.1 (s-off only)(newest)
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Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for EXE/ZIP RUU M8_VZW 5.0.1 (s-off only)(newest). If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.
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billblack said:
Long time lurker. I read and can use Google . Regardless, it failed and scared the crap out of me as it wouldn't boot. Got back into boot loader, fired up EXE again and it seems to have finished the 2nd time. A few more grey hairs, but all is good my friend. Thanks.
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Same thing happened to me! Failed the first time around, worked the second. Booting now and it appears to be working (Android is upgrading...)

So when I use the ruu for sdcard and I reboot after I get send to recovery and can't boot system. Why is that?

EXE/ZIP RUU M8_VZW 5.0.1 Help
I installed the RUU zip via SD last night. I was running Dottat's EXE/ZIP RUU M8_VZW 4.4.4 (s-off only) with stock recovery. When I flashed the 5.0.1 RUU zip, I have a couple Partition Fails (unfortunately, I don't remember exactly which ones). However, in the time since I installed it, I saw all the new messages in the thread about others having the same Partition Fail errors. Even with the errors, my phone booted fine. I am having some weirdness though (major lag after sending a message in Facebook Messenger app....a reboot resolves the lag for a little while, then it returns; Verizon Caller ID app won't load; logging in to Swiftkey keyboard's cloud with my Google account fails with an error). So I see the new zip to flash the L Hboot BEFORE flashing the RUU. Obviously too late for that. Also, I installed TWRP recovery in place of the stock recovery.
So my question is: How should I proceed with trying to get the 5.0.1 to flash with no errors? Should I install Dottat's 4.4.4 (s-off), which will get me back to stock recovery...then let it boot up. Then flash the L hboot, and then finally flash the 5.0.1 RUU? Or are there other alternatives?
Thanks!

mbarcus said:
I installed the RUU zip via SD last night. I was running Dottat's EXE/ZIP RUU M8_VZW 4.4.4 (s-off only) with stock recovery. When I flashed the 5.0.1 RUU zip, I have a couple Partition Fails (unfortunately, I don't remember exactly which ones). However, in the time since I installed it, I saw all the new messages in the thread about others having the same Partition Fail errors. Even with the errors, my phone booted fine. I am having some weirdness though (major lag after sending a message in Facebook Messenger app....a reboot resolves the lag for a little while, then it returns; Verizon Caller ID app won't load; logging in to Swiftkey keyboard's cloud with my Google account fails with an error). So I see the new zip to flash the L Hboot BEFORE flashing the RUU. Obviously too late for that. Also, I installed TWRP recovery in place of the stock recovery.
So my question is: How should I proceed with trying to get the 5.0.1 to flash with no errors? Should I install Dottat's 4.4.4 (s-off), which will get me back to stock recovery...then let it boot up. Then flash the L hboot, and then finally flash the 5.0.1 RUU? Or are there other alternatives?
Thanks!
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Run it once more. The failed PU was for the data partition. If you run it once more it will be successful. I think the root cause here is the changes to partitions that occurred with this OTA and that the likely solution is to flash the L hboot first before doing the RUU to L. Once on L firmware/OS you can use the RUU again with no issues.
One big dang speed bump in all the fun.

dottat said:
Run it once more. The failed PU was for the data partition. If you run it once more it will be successful. I think the root cause here is the changes to partitions that occurred with this OTA and that the likely solution is to flash the L hboot first before doing the RUU to L. Once on L firmware/OS you can use the RUU again with no issues.
One big dang speed bump in all the fun.
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Can I run the RUU again using TWRP? Or do I need to be on Stock Recovery? And thank you for your help!!

mbarcus said:
Can I run the RUU again using TWRP? Or do I need to be on Stock Recovery? And thank you for your help!!
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recovery doesnt' weigh in here. You can install it from bootloader using the SD card method.

How do I flash L Hboot? with twrp? do I have to flash it or can I just use the ruu to get to the new 5.0.1 firmware? thanks

So you asked to report our experience ...
First, let me say thanks. I am now on 5.0.1 and back to root thanks to your work and willingness to share.
Background:
I was stock 4.4.4, unlocked, s-off with TWRP recovery when the VZW 5.0.1 OTA hit. I had a number of bloatware apps frozen through Titanium Backup and probably due to a combination of all that I couldn't load the update. Reflashing boot, system and recovery still wouldn't let me take the OTA, so I ended up using HTC SyncManager repair to make Verizon happy. I got the update, kept unlocked and s-off, but lost root.​
Recovering Root:
After finding your stuff, I first tried loading through the bootloader with your zips in the root of my SD card (128 GB, single partition, exFAT). No go for either the hboot or the RUU. both gave me a "Wrong image" message and only allowed reboot to system.
So the next step was to try flashing with TWRP. I flashed TWRP 2.8.5.0 via fastboot and then let it do all it's stuff (Busybox, SuperSU, SD Card Fix, etc.) , rebooted to system just to have everything catch up to itself, and then rebooted to TWRP recovery. I then flashed the hboot and the RUU through TWRP, rebooted, and I'm back to full root.​
So again, thanks! A happy camper backing everything up with Titanium again and hoping that you really wanted to hear a real-world experience.

A_Levis said:
First, let me say thanks. I am now on 5.0.1 and back to root thanks to your work and willingness to share.
Background:
I was stock 4.4.4, unlocked, s-off with TWRP recovery when the VZW 5.0.1 OTA hit. I had a number of bloatware apps frozen through Titanium Backup and probably due to a combination of all that I couldn't load the update. Reflashing boot, system and recovery still wouldn't let me take the OTA, so I ended up using HTC SyncManager repair to make Verizon happy. I got the update, kept unlocked and s-off, but lost root.​
Recovering Root:
After finding your stuff, I first tried loading through the bootloader with your zips in the root of my SD card (128 GB, single partition, exFAT). No go for either the hboot or the RUU. both gave me a "Wrong image" message and only allowed reboot to system.
So the next step was to try flashing with TWRP. I flashed TWRP 2.8.5.0 via fastboot and then let it do all it's stuff (Busybox, SuperSU, SD Card Fix, etc.) , rebooted to system just to have everything catch up to itself, and then rebooted to TWRP recovery. I then flashed the hboot and the RUU through TWRP, rebooted, and I'm back to full root.​
So again, thanks! A happy camper backing everything up with Titanium again and hoping that you really wanted to hear a real-world experience.
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There's just one problem with this all.... lol...
you can't flash the RUU or hboot zips through TWRP.

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dottat said:
There's just one problem with this all.... lol...
you can't flash the RUU or hboot zips through TWRP.
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Well, XDA does call me a "Junior Member". Probably a good reason for that.
Looking back at the TWRP log, it seems you are right and my attempts to flash hboot and RUU from TWRP failed (but any indication of that flashed by so fast that I couldn't tell). So does that mean that my fastboot flash of TWRP recovery opened up everything that I needed to get root directly from TWRP (installation of BusyBox and SuperSU)?

A_Levis said:
Well, XDA does call me a "Junior Member". Probably a good reason for that.
Looking back at the TWRP log, it seems you are right and my attempts to flash hboot and RUU from TWRP failed (but any indication of that flashed by so fast that I couldn't tell). So does that mean that my fastboot flash of TWRP recovery opened up everything that I needed to get root directly from TWRP (installation of BusyBox and SuperSU)?
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Most recoveries will offer to flash su on an unrooted rom. You can either do that or manually flash the newest supersu.zip After you boot up you can install busybox from an app like this... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox
So what rom/firmware are you currently on?

After using the RUU, it finished with a successful update. I booted into recovery to create a backup, but now when I try to boot back into the OS, it goes back into TWRP like it would if I were booting into recovery. Anyone have any ideas?
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Nickchapstick said:
So when I use the ruu for sdcard and I reboot after I get send to recovery and can't boot system. Why is that?
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After looking for a little bit, it appears I'm having a similar issue.

klw7890 said:
After using the RUU, it finished with a successful update. I booted into recovery to create a backup, but now when I try to boot back into the OS, it goes back into TWRP like it would if I were booting into recovery. Anyone have any ideas?
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After looking for a little bit, it appears I'm having a similar issue.
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You were able to boot up the OS successfully the first time right?

dottat said:
You were able to boot up the OS successfully the first time right?
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Yes. It booted to OS the first time, after the RUU completed, but now it just boots back into recovery.

klw7890 said:
Yes. It booted to OS the first time, after the RUU completed, but now it just boots back into recovery.
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Stock recovery?

dottat said:
Stock recovery?
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Initially, yes. I flashed the latest TWRP. I think I might have flashed the wrong version. I'm rerunning the RUU. I really appreciate the help.
If it was the right version by chance, do you have any idea what could've caused that?

klw7890 said:
Initially, yes. I flashed the latest TWRP. I think I might have flashed the wrong version. I'm rerunning the RUU. I really appreciate the help.
If it was the right version by chance, do you have any idea what could've caused that?
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Did you use flashify? Reason I ask is that app still thinks it's a Sprint phone. Use the twrp I have posted in the op.

dottat said:
Did you use flashify? Reason I ask is that app still thinks it's a Sprint phone. Use the twrp I have posted in the op.
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"That app" being TWRP Manager?

[Q] Is my Maxx bricked?

Greets,
I think I may have bricked my Droid Maxx but I'm hoping someone can verify before I deem it a paperweight. I was on SU-2-3.3 and used Sunshine on it to unlock it and then TWRP to root it. After fully booting up the phone and verifying root, I rebooted into TWRP and ran a full back up w md5. After that, I booted up the phone and used supersu survival mode and then took the OTA update. Now the phone boots to fastboot, but says "boot failed" under any of the options. It won't go into recovery nor will it normally boot up. I tried to use RSD to reflash to the latest version but it just said flash failed at the first file and says something about downgraded security, etc. So now, I can get into fastboot mode and the phone connects and is detected but won't let me flash anything... it was unlocked via Sunshine, but I may have borked it up somehow. Thoughts?

Try a more recent firmware but check your recovery
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I took the OTA... is there something more recent? Also, I've tried to flash other recoveries but I get "boot failed" at the fastboot menu.

ohhhh you must mean try and use a more recent firmware via RSD. I'll give that a shot

Ok i tried a newer firmware via RSD, now the fastboot mode shows "failed to read signatures for partition aboot" RSD fails at flashing partition gpt.bin

Since I seem to have a partition related error, would this LINK help my situation at all?

Does anyone know of a way I can restore or rewrite the partitions via fastboot?

t3knokon said:
Does anyone know of a way I can restore or rewrite the partitions via fastboot?
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Okay, So if you think you device is completely bricked, and I mean "NOT RECOVERABLE AT ALL" , you can try this: This may be a long shot, you might want to try uploading 'sbl2.mbn' file. If you are able to flash that, then you can try flashing a "Broken" sbl2 file and try uploading the ROM using Qualcomm emergency downloader. This method is very dangerous, and not for the faint hearted. It is used to root the droids which cannot be rooted by sunshine (post SU4-21) and you may lose your rooting capabilities all together, as this method uploads a non rootable bootloader (SU6-7). If you can get your hands on a copy of the bootloader you already have ( SU-2-3.3) , you should use that to unbrick from the bootloader mode. Try to refer this post for further details.

crack.mech said:
Okay, So if you think you device is completely bricked, and I mean "NOT RECOVERABLE AT ALL" , you can try this: This may be a long shot, you might want to try uploading 'sbl2.mbn' file. If you are able to flash that, then you can try flashing a "Broken" sbl2 file and try uploading the ROM using Qualcomm emergency downloader. This method is very dangerous, and not for the faint hearted. It is used to root the droids which cannot be rooted by sunshine (post SU4-21) and you may lose your rooting capabilities all together, as this method uploads a non rootable bootloader (SU6-7). If you can get your hands on a copy of the bootloader you already have ( SU-2-3.3) , you should use that to unbrick from the bootloader mode. Try to refer this post for further details.
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well he's not a hardbrick as he can get into fastboot so I don't think he needs to use THIS method just yet.
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t3knokon said:
Since I seem to have a partition related error, would this LINK help my situation at all?
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If you can get into fastboot then I don't think you need to go that route just yet. You can try flashing the individual images via fastboot i.e. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img etc. It's been a while but I'd skip flashing the motoboot.img and gpt.bin and flash the boot.img, recovery.img and system.img.

BladeRunner said:
well he's not a hardbrick as he can get into fastboot so I don't think he needs to use THIS method just yet.
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If you can get into fastboot then I don't think you need to go that route just yet. You can try flashing the individual images via fastboot i.e. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img etc. It's been a while but I'd skip flashing the motoboot.img and gpt.bin and flash the boot.img, recovery.img and system.img.
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Ok to clarify, after I unlocked via sunsine on 2-3.3, I rooted and I took the over the air so now I'm on the newer bootloader. Post those events I started to receive "failed to erase partition xxxx" I also just tried reflashing individual images from 4.4.4 su6-7 release and I still receive back "failed to erase... failed to flash... etc." I can get into fastboot mode but it seems crippled somehow.

crack.mech said:
Okay, So if you think you device is completely bricked, and I mean "NOT RECOVERABLE AT ALL" , you can try this: This may be a long shot, you might want to try uploading 'sbl2.mbn' file. If you are able to flash that, then you can try flashing a "Broken" sbl2 file and try uploading the ROM using Qualcomm emergency downloader. This method is very dangerous, and not for the faint hearted. It is used to root the droids which cannot be rooted by sunshine (post SU4-21) and you may lose your rooting capabilities all together, as this method uploads a non rootable bootloader (SU6-7). If you can get your hands on a copy of the bootloader you already have ( SU-2-3.3) , you should use that to unbrick from the bootloader mode. Try to refer this post for further details.
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This sounds like a promising method. If I attempt this method, will I be able to recover root since I was previously unlocked via sunshine prior to bricking/soft-bricking?

t3knokon said:
This sounds like a promising method. If I attempt this method, will I be able to recover root since I was previously unlocked via sunshine prior to bricking/soft-bricking?
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I don't think you can downgrade from SU6-7 to SU2-3.3. But I guess trying won't hurt. If you are able to flash a new sbl1.mbn and sbl2.mbn files, you might want to try rsd lite / mfastboot to flash the ROM image before you try the more dangerous path (CrashXXL's protocol, intentionally flash the broken bootloader and the using the qualcomm emergency mode to access the partitions) .
And answering your question:This WILL revoke your rooting capabilities and you will no longer have root. Though you can then use CrashXXL's method (same post linked above) to get root. But your bootloader will be locked, so no custom ROMs for you..
Good luck!
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BladeRunner said:
well, he's not a hardbrick as he can get into fastboot so I don't think he needs to use THIS method just yet
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I think his bootloader is in a conflict as it might be looking for the certificates that are allowed, and sunshine is messing with the new installations. That is why I recommended a clean install of the device. But this is just guess work, I might be completely wrong!

crack.mech said:
I don't think you can downgrade from SU6-7 to SU2-3.3. But I guess trying won't hurt. If you are able to flash a new sbl1.mbn and sbl2.mbn files, you might want to try rsd lite / mfastboot to flash the ROM image before you try the more dangerous path (CrashXXL's protocol, intentionally flash the broken bootloader and the using the qualcomm emergency mode to access the partitions) .
And answering your question:This WILL revoke your rooting capabilities and you will no longer have root. Though you can then use CrashXXL's method (same post linked above) to get root. But your bootloader will be locked, so no custom ROMs for you..
Good luck!
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I think his bootloader is in a conflict as it might be looking for the certificates that are allowed, and sunshine is messing with the new installations. That is why I recommended a clean install of the device. But this is just guess work, I might be completely wrong!
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Bummer. I'm not able to flash anything. All I get back is "Failed to erase partition." I did some extensive reading on the BLBroke/Qualcomm method and attempted that and still the bootloader replies back "failed to erase partition." I don't know what I should try next. Thoughts? Is the partitioning or memory bad on the phone?

t3knokon said:
Bummer. I'm not able to flash anything. All I get back is "Failed to erase partition." I did some extensive reading on the BLBroke/Qualcomm method and attempted that and still the bootloader replies back "failed to erase partition." I don't know what I should try next. Thoughts? Is the partitioning or memory bad on the phone?
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sent you a PM directing you to a different site. Not sure they can help but it's worth a try.

BladeRunner said:
sent you a PM directing you to a different site. Not sure they can help but it's worth a try.
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Thanks for that. I posted there as well... from a software standpoint, I'm curious to know what would be denying access to the partitions...

I messaged jcase and he looked at logs for the sunshine preinstall and they were clean. It's possibly a hardware failure unless someone else with bootloader knowledge, knows how to get around the partition permissions access. thoughts?

I've tried a myriad of different methods... i just seems the partitions are locked down... "Access Denied" "Flash Failed" I have no idea what else to try. What do ya'll think? Brick city?

t3knokon said:
I've tried a myriad of different methods... i just seems the partitions are locked down... "Access Denied" "Flash Failed" I have no idea what else to try. What do ya'll think? Brick city?
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the prognosis is not good.

VBlack messaged me about shorting a pin to put the phone in Qualcomm Downloader mode... and then pushing software onto it to at least try to the partitions set up and get the bootloader in a manner which will allow for writing. If that doesn't work, there's nothing else to do. I read up on it extensively, and it's now a last ditch effort. I've never take apart a phone in that manner before, so it'll be a first for me.

Similar boat, here...using a programmer cord, I can flash a ROM onto the Maxx, but it stumble-boots into BP Tools mode after 3 or so failed 0-battery/unlocked bootloader warning screen loops. I can get it into bootloader with program cord, or first thing with factory cord. It won't charge at all, battery is new. Izzit hosed?
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[HELP PLEASE!] Magisk update 17.1 and then couldn't boot + /vendor issue

Hello,
i need your help with my htc u 12+., please (
What happened
While I was happily using the phone a pop up from Magisk manager showed up, asking if I wanted to update. I said ok.
Magisk manager updated. Then it asked to update Magisk itself to 17.1. Checked on XDA if it was stable. It was. I chose the suggested method and tapped ok.
Here's where the nightmare begins. The installation seemed successful but the phone couldn't boot properly. The HTC animation stopped suddenly on the three green dots and the phone didn't react at all. It was not really a bootloop, it was like it couldn't boot any more.
What I did
Tried not to freak out and managed to boot into bootloader and then recovery. Tried to uninstall magisk through the magisk uninstaller, couldn't do it.
I didn't know if I could install Magisk 16.0 over a newer version, and I preferred not to try by luck. So I decided to restore a previous NAND Back up I had made. The NAND backup could restore everything but the /vendor partition.
Now, the phone successfully reboots but:
- I have no root (Magisk is gone)
- when I plug my USB cable, it only charges. No communication between the phone and the PC, unless I boot into bootloader (then the connection is there again and I can use fastboot commands). When I go to Developer options, no matter what communication protocol I choose for USB, it sticks to "Charge". Debug USB is ON, of course.
Tried to install Magisk again through a temporary TWRP, but the issue is still there: I can't mount /vendor partition and it fails.
I've looked for a solution here and there; what I found out is that I should use a treble-enabled TWRP, but my limited knowledge doesn't help me with that.
Please could you help me? It's crazy how messy can be just tapping ok on a notification :crying:
EDIT - FIXED:
To restore the USB communication, flashing the RUU solved the problem.
Using the patched boot.img method to install Magisk could succesfully work around the /vendor issue.
Huge thanks to the guys who helped, that was essential.

Easy fix. Flash the RUU and be on your marry way.
Thatll flash EVERYTHING back to stock. Then restore your data via TWRP that you had saved on a USB or microsdcard.
I also updated to the latest magisk, but everything is working just fine for me. (64Gig US unlocked version)
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https://www.htc.com/us/support/updates.aspx

I had the same issue this morning and finally figured it out. Just use the new uninstaller from the magisk thread. Once you flash that in twrp you will be able to install the new magisk without any problems!

MNoisy said:
I had the same issue this morning and finally figured it out. Just use the new uninstaller from the magisk thread. Once you flash that in twrp you will be able to install the new magisk without any problems!
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Unfortunately, the new uninstaller is the one that doesn't work for me due to the /vendor partition, that my TWRP is not able to mount..

Tachi91 said:
Easy fix. Flash the RUU and be on your marry way.
Thatll flash EVERYTHING back to stock. Then restore your data via TWRP that you had saved on a USB or microsdcard.
I also updated to the latest magisk, but everything is working just fine for me. (64Gig US unlocked version)
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https://www.htc.com/us/support/updates.aspx
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Thank you, maybe this one will help me.
Should I check something before trying ? (like CID.. or.. something else?)
And can I launch the RUU when I'm in bootloader mode? It's the only way I have to make the PC recognize the device.
EDIT: trying to launch the RUU, but after a few clicks it closes.. maybe my PC can't find a device, even in bootloader mode, and the software is shut down.

Tachi91 said:
Easy fix. Flash the RUU and be on your marry way.
Thatll flash EVERYTHING back to stock. Then restore your data via TWRP that you had saved on a USB or microsdcard.
I also updated to the latest magisk, but everything is working just fine for me. (64Gig US unlocked version)
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https://www.htc.com/us/support/updates.aspx
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sbiricuda said:
Unfortunately, the new uninstaller is the one that doesn't work for me due to the /vendor partition, that my TWRP is not able to mount..
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I was having the same issue with error 2 and 255 (Maybe 225?) with the vendor mount problem. I think I rebooted/changed from slot a to slot b then back again. Then I was able to run uninstaller and the new installer. System and vendor were both unchecked and automatically mounted with the magisk script during the new install.
I actually recommend flashing the stock boot image before you do any of this to. You should not have to RUU. I had the identical problems today.

MNoisy said:
I was having the same issue with error 2 and 255 (Maybe 225?) with the vendor mount problem. I think I rebooted/changed from slot a to slot b then back again. Then I was able to run uninstaller and the new installer. System and vendor were both unchecked and automatically mounted with the magisk script during the new install.
I actually recommend flashing the stock boot image before you do any of this to. You should not have to RUU. I had the identical problems today.
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So basically I should give:
fastboot --set-active=a
fastboot --set-active=b
(or vice versa if i'm on A)
right?
And where can i get the stock boot? The NAND-restore restored the /boot I had just after unlocking the bootloader, it's a very early nand-backup. Should I still flash the stock boot image?
Anyway, if only I could connect my phone stuck on "just charge" USB option, I wouldn't mind to RUU and start over again. The phone only has two days, it won't take long to set it up again.

sbiricuda said:
So basically I should give:
fastboot --set-active=a
fastboot --set-active=b
(or vice versa if i'm on A)
right?
And where can i get the stock boot? The NAND-restore restored the /boot I had just after unlocking the bootloader, it's a very early nand-backup. Should I still flash the stock boot image?
Anyway, if only I could connect my phone stuck on "just charge" USB option, I wouldn't mind to RUU and start over again. The phone only has two days, it won't take long to set it up again.
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I did mine through a temporary boot of twrp
Stock boot images can be found in the spreadsheet linked in the second post of the image/firmware/boot/OTA thread here
Boot to download mode
temporary boot twrp
install stock boot image only (From thread linked above)
After the boot image is installed, to be safe, you might want to reboot again to download mode and then temporary boot twrp again just to ensure the boot image installation completed fully and is recognized (Just a guess based on my experience)
Now that you are back in twrp with the stock boot image installed, run the new magisk uninstaller (You should not need to worry about mounting anything since the magisk script does it automatically if not mounted)
Once uninstaller is complete, install the new magisk 17.1 through twrp and you should be good to go.
If you have issues with errors, try the process again. If still having issues, use the reboot menu in TWRP to switch slots back and forth and then try again.
It took me a good 30 min to find the combination that worked but it consisted of the steps above. 7 minutes of it was trying to get the damn phone to stop boot looping but my finger kept double tapping or screwing up the pressure to hold down power!

MNoisy said:
I did mine through a temporary boot of twrp
Stock boot images can be found in the spreadsheet linked in the second post of the image/firmware/boot/OTA thread here
Boot to download mode
temporary boot twrp
install stock boot image only (From thread linked above)
After the boot image is installed, to be safe, you might want to reboot again to download mode and then temporary boot twrp again just to ensure the boot image installation completed fully and is recognized (Just a guess based on my experience)
Now that you are back in twrp with the stock boot image installed, run the new magisk uninstaller (You should not need to worry about mounting anything since the magisk script does it automatically if not mounted)
Once uninstaller is complete, install the new magisk 17.1 through twrp and you should be good to go.
If you have issues with errors, try the process again. If still having issues, use the reboot menu in TWRP to switch slots back and forth and then try again.
It took me a good 30 min to find the combination that worked but it consisted of the steps above. 7 minutes of it was trying to get the damn phone to stop boot looping but my finger kept double tapping or screwing up the pressure to hold down power!
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Seems that I have no luck. The provided boot.img in the spreadsheet is for US unlocked variant, while I have the european version. Maybe it's the same, but the point is that when I open the AFH page to download, it says "for HTC U11".

Did you try extracting the boot image from the RUU that corresponds your current firmware version? The needed decryption tool is linked in the same thread in which you found the spreadsheet.
Flashing a US RUU on a European phone without S-OFF isn't possible, btw. That's why you faced those errors, earlier.
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The U11 is just a typo, it is the right stuff. You have a couple options since there is no signed stock boot available on the spreadsheet. Simply download the RUU and decrypt the payload using the instructions in the OP of the post I already provided or go to here and find yours (It is there, I checked )

Tachi91 said:
Easy fix. Flash the RUU and be on your marry way.
Thatll flash EVERYTHING back to stock. Then restore your data via TWRP that you had saved on a USB or microsdcard.
I also updated to the latest magisk, but everything is working just fine for me. (64Gig US unlocked version)
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https://www.htc.com/us/support/updates.aspx
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Good news and bad news.
The good news is that I managed to flash the RUU through TWRP. That flashed everything to stock, as you said.
This is particularly good because it also fixed the USB problem.
I have now a working stock device.
The bad news is: I can't flash Magisk any more.
I did just the same I did two days ago, when everything worked perfectly.
This time I keep getting the same error (photo: https://s8.postimg.cc/b6plbphx1/20180902_182259.jpg).
If I try to restore a NAND back up, I always get the /vendor error and I can't restore. The device then bootloops (meaning that I have to flash the RUU again to make it work).
So the main problem is now this one:
how can I deal with this /vendor error and install Magisk?
Thank you (to Mnoisy as well, of course, for his help in the previous post!).

sbiricuda said:
Good news and bad news.
The good news is that I managed to flash the RUU through TWRP. That flashed everything to stock, as you said.
This is particularly good because it also fixed the USB problem.
I have now a working stock device.
The bad news is: I can't flash Magisk any more.
I did just the same I did two days ago, when everything worked perfectly.
This time I keep getting the same error (photo: https://s8.postimg.cc/b6plbphx1/20180902_182259.jpg).
If I try to restore a NAND back up, I always get the /vendor error and I can't restore. The device then bootloops (meaning that I have to flash the RUU again to make it work).
So the main problem is now this one:
how can I deal with this /vendor error and install Magisk?
Thank you (to Mnoisy as well, of course, for his help in the previous post!).
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Have you tried switching to slot A in TWRP? Since it can't mount /system_B maybe it'll mount system A?

Flippy498 said:
Did you try extracting the boot image from the RUU that corresponds your current firmware version? The needed decryption tool is linked in the same thread in which you found the spreadsheet.
Flashing a US RUU on a European phone without S-OFF isn't possible, btw. That's why you faced those errors, earlier.
Sent from my HTC U12+ using XDA Labs
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Since I was facing USB issues (no communication via USB betwenn the device and the PC), I flashed the whole RUU. I'm now completely stock 1.21.
As I mentioned, the problem is now that I can't root again.

Tachi91 said:
Have you tried switching to slot A in TWRP? Since it can't mount /system_B maybe it'll mount system A?
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I have read that this is very dangerous, and in fact I have no clue about what the consequences may be.
Do you suggest to switch to slot A and flash magisk?

You might want to try going through my steps to ensure you have a stock signed boot image on there and proceed through the steps listed.

sbiricuda said:
I have read that this is very dangerous, and in fact I have no clue about what the consequences may be.
Do you suggest to switch to slot A and flash magisk?
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It's not dangerous. You'll get stuck on a bootloop since more often than not most phones don't have anything on there. If you did have an OTA you end up on the older system. Which would cause issues since your data partition would be cached to newer software.
Either way you have an RUU that will fix the phone. S-OFF isn't permanent and I'm assuming you don't have it. With S-ON the odds of a bricking is minimal.
MNoisy said:
You might want to try going through my steps to ensure you have a stock signed boot image on there and proceed through the steps listed.
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I'm not sure TWRP does a good job since RUU when done correctly puts the phone in OEM RUU mode. TWRP possibly doesn't flash all the partitions since it might not have access to them. I'm surprised the zip worked in TWRP.
Full RUU zip is about 2gigs. (Single Sim)

MNoisy said:
You might want to try going through my steps to ensure you have a stock signed boot image on there and proceed through the steps listed.
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Tachi91 said:
It's not dangerous. You'll get stuck on a bootloop since more often than not most phones don't have anything on there. If you did have an OTA you end up on the older system. Which would cause issues since your data partition would be cached to newer software.
Either way you have an RUU that will fix the phone. S-OFF isn't permanent and I'm assuming you don't have it. With S-ON the odds of a bricking is minimal.
I'm not sure TWRP does a good job since RUU when done correctly puts the phone in OEM RUU mode. TWRP possibly doesn't flash all the partitions since it might not have access to them. I'm surprised the zip worked in TWRP.
Full RUU zip is about 2gigs. (Single Sim)
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I have installed the RUU through TWRP. I had to use the 1.15 because the 1.21 gave me an error about the CID that was not coincident (but I'm sure I picked the right RUU in the spreadsheet, for my CID, the HTC__034).
So i restored the 1.15, and then installed the OTA update to 1.21. This is my current situation. And yes, I'm S-ON.
What I could do is either:
- I try to decrypt the boot.img from the RUU in the spreadsheet (but using the tool seems sooo complicated, I'm reading the thread over and over not understanding much), or
- I use the .exe version of the 1.21 RUU, from the HTC official website. If I do that, can we be sure that I have a signed boot.img? And can this work around the TWRP limits about partitions?

Oh, something I forgot to mention: I did try the switching trick MNoisy suggested (switching the slots and then switiching back), but it didn't work.