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Link to Stock HTC Hero ROM

In case you've experiencing the frustration of your inquiries being met with "search for blah blah blah" here is the direct link to avoid frustration.
ftp://xda:[email protected]_Hero_C_Sprint_1.29.651.1_signed_release.exe

If anyone can help me get this installed I'd appreciate it. It times out at the waiting for booatloader screen. I have the recovery ROM installed.

Try this:
Pull your battery
Put it back in
Hold down the Volume down arrow and press power
Press Volume Up, screen should say FASTBOOT USB in red
Start your RUU

If I'm in Fastboot USB Mode when I run the RUU, it fails at Verifying. If I boot into Fastboot while it's waiting to boot into recovery, it still times out.

Hmm, do you have the correct driver installed? Check your device manager under Android devices and see if the ADB driver is installed. If it is, install the driver from HTC Sync. Its called My HTC when it is installed

Yup, I definitely have the driver installed. I can use ADB just fine foe shell and push and so forth.
It connects initially to verify the info on the phone, but the RUU process reboots the phone and seems to expect it to boot into a certain bootloader. But it doesn't. I imagine the recovery ROM I flashed doesn't work with the RUU.
Does anyone have the original recovery ROM?

Had the same situation. I was able to get it to work by messing with the volume keys right after the reboot (pressed up and down a couple times.)

Gah, Windows. =/
Gonna see if I can do it in Parallels.

Having the same problem. It restarts the phone waiting for bootloader and then errors out.
Not sure what's going on. 100% positive I've got the adb driver. I've got HTC Sync working.
Using Win 7 64bit.
So it errors out and says a connection could not be made error 170.
I then disconnect the usb cable and the screen shows RUU but of course it's already disconnected.
No idea what to do.

Not sure why it is not working for you guys. My RUU would not update using the adb driver. I put it into fastboot usb mode. My pc then detected the phone. I went into device manager and checked under android devices. Make sure it says something like 'My HTC' and not 'HTC Dream' or something like that.

Hmm, worked fine for me under Vista. Installed HTC Sync update from the HTC site and all was good afterwards. Updating now.

I installed HTC Sync and now it works (that's with the custom recovery ROM).
Cool.

Yeah, the damned thing wouldn't work unless I installed HTC Sync. Back in business.

what OS are you guys using? I'm using w7 and i'm having absolutely no luck, i think i've tried everything possible...

I'm on Win7. You installed HTC Sync?
There's really no reason to flash the stock ROM anyway,,,

yes i have sync installed.
basically what happened was I lost my recovery backup image, i dunno how where i can get another one and how to apply it to my phone...this RUU thing is not working either, i tried fastboot and reinstalled all the phone drivers

Where is it getting hung up?

By the way, Byggun posted his recovery backup image:
http://rapidshare.com/files/308999685/recovery-backup.img.html

the RUU just says that my phone is not connected, i've checked the drivers and all are up to date.
i dont know exactly what to do to use the recovery image, i've never had to use one before, only had to create one.

it connects to my phone then waits for boot loader, then it says that its not connected anymore

[Q] Mango Crashed, Can't Restore!

Hi, I recently updated MangoB2, and it was working fine, but I tried to play a video and it froze and went off, and came to connect to PC screen, and when I try to restore, it shuts the phone off and it restarts the phone. Plus, it also can't recover using windows phone support tool, please help!!!

CoffeeM said:
Hi, I recently updated MangoB2, and it was working fine, but I tried to play a video and it froze and went off, and came to connect to PC screen, and when I try to restore, it shuts the phone off and it restarts the phone. Plus, it also can't recover using windows phone support tool, please help!!!
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My first question is, is there any ROM's available for your device. If so, boat into the tri-color screen & try flashing a ROM. Also, have you tried Hard resetting your device.

Yes I did try to hard reset, but it does it quickly, and says to restart my phone, and my phone is HTC T8788, also when i try to restore in Zune it stops at 16%,

CoffeeM said:
Yes I did try to hard reset, but it does it quickly, and says to restart my phone, and my phone is HTC T8788, also when i try to restore in Zune it stops at 16%,
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Did you try booting into the Tri-Color Screen & flashing one of the ROM's from here?
Hold Volume down & press power, keep holding volume down until you see the tri-color screen (red/blue/green/white), when connected to PC it'll say USB at the bottom & windows should install a new driver. Than you run the flashing program from one of those threads.

I can't do it, it doesn't work, now it freezes on HTC white screen, and doesn't connect to restore either,

Nobody is going to help you if you aren't trying suggestions.... It should most definatly go into bootloader... It won't even have a chance to freeze nothing loads at that point.
Sent from my HD7 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

I did try to flash, but this only works, RUU_Mondrian_Cingular_US_1.03.502.07_5.51.09.06_22.30.50_RELEASE other ones I get [error] 208, but still it get stuck at HTC screen, is it because I have to have nk.nbf file, if so can anyone tell me where and how I can get it working, I tried all night and still trying to fix, I really need it working!

The phone still gets stuck at HTC screen, even after flash, I tried everything, could it be because I have Windows Phone 7.5 Beta 2 in there.

CoffeeM said:
The phone still gets stuck at HTC screen, even after flash, I tried everything, could it be because I have Windows Phone 7.5 Beta 2 in there.
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If it's still getting stuck, maybe you have a faulty SD Card or the ROM chip got corrupted somehow. You may have to send it in under warranty. My only other suggestion would be to try RSPL or HSPL (HSPL void warranty) & than try flashing a ROM again if RSPL/HSPL supports your model of the HTC Surround. I'd suggest RSPL as it's temporary & won't cause any warranty issues.
Instructions:
1) Boot into Tri-Color Screen with Volume down feature.
2) Connect to USB to PC.
3) Wait for Windows to install new hardware driver. (Should be done already as you tried flashing already)
4) Run DFT_RSPL_WP7FG1_LAUNCH.exe from ZIP attachment in thread linked below.
5) Wait for your device to reboot back into Tri-Color Screen on it own.
6) Flash ROM. Optionally, flash HSPL with DFT_HSPL_WP7FG1_INSTALL.exe from same zip, than flash the ROM.
NOTE: Using HSPL flashes it to ROM & if you are having hardware issue, this could completely brick the device. So, proceed with caution!
[DFT] HSPL / RSPL for HTC WP7 First Generation
It wouldn't be because of the Mango Beta, flashing the ROM should of reformatted the ROM chip & SD Card, erasing Mango.

I have the same problem, still gets stuck on HTC screen, could it be the SD card is not working, I try to put in restore so I can restore it starts normally but when it restarts the phone to continue to restore it gets stuck at HTC screen, and is there a way to check to see if the SD card is OK.

CoffeeM said:
I have the same problem, still gets stuck on HTC screen, could it be the SD card is not working, I try to put in restore so I can restore it starts normally but when it restarts the phone to continue to restore it gets stuck at HTC screen, and is there a way to check to see if the SD card is OK.
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To check the SD Card, you need a Nokia device. Nokia devices can format WP7 SD Cards. Nothing else will recognize the format WP7 uses. Plus, you have to open the device up to get it out, which in most cases will void your warranty. One of the screws has a void sticker on it & if your try removing that screw, your warranty is void as they can see you tried removing the screw by the sticker being missing or damaged.

If possible, list all software I can try to restore or fix, or tweak to make work or reset something in the phone to work! Anything at all!

That's no problem for me, I bought from a friend! I have nothing to lose. And do you know the software to format the SD disk!

Oh wait, are you trying to restore after successfully installing a new ROM?
If so, don't restore, the restore isn't compatible anymore. You can reinstall all apps by finding them in the marketplace again (on device, not ZUNE PC). As long as you use same live ID on setup, the apps should be read as purchased.

CoffeeM said:
That's no problem for me, I bought from a friend! I have nothing to lose. And do you know the software to format the SD disk!
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In order to format the SD Card, you need a Nokia Cell. I believe it's their meego/Symbian OS that can find the card. Hopefully you or a friend has one. Lucky for me my roommate has a Nokia Nuron if I ever needed to do this.

So I can't restore it anymore since I install new boot loader. Or it doesn't matter.

CoffeeM said:
So I can't restore it anymore since I install new boot loader. Or it doesn't matter.
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Bootloader doesn't matter, if you flash a new ROM, it does as the restore won't be compatible with the new ROM. The restore must be made from the current ROM at least to my knowledge. It could be that maybe the restore is corrupt even.

There is also a tool that lets you do it in Windows. It was by Samsung or something. I'll try to find it and post it in here.
drkfngthdragnlrd said:
In order to format the SD Card, you need a Nokia Cell. I believe it's their meego/Symbian OS that can find the card. Hopefully you or a friend has one. Lucky for me my roommate has a Nokia Nuron if I ever needed to do this.
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Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App

drkfngthdragnlrd said:
In order to format the SD Card, you need a Nokia Cell. I believe it's their meego/Symbian OS that can find the card. Hopefully you or a friend has one. Lucky for me my roommate has a Nokia Nuron if I ever needed to do this.
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a sony psp will also do this, provided you have the microsd to mspd converter.

But, why doesn't it work after flash, after many attempt still gets stuck at HTC screen, the phone is probable not repairable right, or there still may be a chance for me to get it back again!

RUU Error 171 Stuck on waiting for boot loader

As the title says, RUU attempts booting my phone but it never comes back on. Even selecting restart boot loader in fastboot or a command it doesn't power itself back on. I have read through other forums and nothing has worked for me yet.
EDIT: I should probably clarify fastboot usb WORKS. Ruu must see my phone considering it detects the ROM version and turns the phone off in attempt to reboot. Anything that I do that requires a reboot doesn't work. I have tried unlocking the bootloader again, everything is fine until it comes to rebooting then I must turn the phone on myself and nothing changes...... IT DOESN'T REBOOT ITSELF therefore seemingly nothing wants to work. And the HTC boot screen is gone??
More background information: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39046436#post39046436

What we're your steps exactly? Did you relock your bootloader

a box of kittens said:
What we're your steps exactly? Did you relock your bootloader
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Yes I did through fast boot with the oem lock command. I've tried installing RUU with a Windows 7 laptop (has HTC sync software) and Windows 8 desktop (basic drivers). Both failed, tried using Windows XP/Vista in compatibility modes and running as an admin with the same results.

Error 171 is a connection error, meaning the RUU can't connect to/find your phone.
Try uninstalling HTC Sync, rebooting your pc, and installing it again. If you've got the Android SDK installed, be sure it's also fully updated.

iElvis said:
Error 171 is a connection error, meaning the RUU can't connect to/find your phone.
Try uninstalling HTC Sync, rebooting your pc, and installing it again. If you've got the Android SDK installed, be sure it's also fully updated.
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No luck. And I believe it does see the phone in the beginning of the installation. It makes it reboot to the boot loader and that's where it loses the connection. The phone just isn't booting itself back up. I appreciate the reply, if you have anymore ideas please let me know.

Could be something got corrupted. Try redownloading the ruu. Does adb see the phone?

iElvis said:
Could be something got corrupted. Try redownloading the ruu. Does adb see the phone?
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Re-downloaded RUU and still no go. And adb doesn't see my phone, will it on the fastboot menu? I'm not to familiar with it.

Does anybody else have some more ideas?

Okkoto said:
And adb doesn't see my phone, will it on the fastboot menu? I'm not to familiar with it.
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No. If adb doesn't see it, fastboot won't either. Does the command "adb devices" (no quotes) show the device as connected?
It sounds like the connection might be working for a few things (like rebooting the phone, as you mentioned). But I still think a connection issue is the main problem.

redpoint73 said:
No. If adb doesn't see it, fastboot won't either. Does the command "adb devices" (no quotes) show the device as connected?
It sounds like the connection might be working for a few things (like rebooting the phone, as you mentioned). But I still think a connection issue is the main problem.
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Fastboot does see it but adb does not. And what I mean by rebooting the phone in my last post is RUU attempts rebooting it from the boot loader which does turn the phone off but it stays turned off. I've used other commands to reboot the phone from the fastboot screen and those too turn off the phone then again it doesn't come back on like a reboot should do.

I have about completely gave up and going back to using a regular feature phone. I have watched a video about a jtag repair service and was wondering about that or just selling the phone as bricked on ebay.

Okkoto said:
I have about completely gave up and going back to using a regular feature phone. I have watched a video about a jtag repair service and was wondering about that or just selling the phone as bricked on ebay.
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don't sell it as bricked since it is obviously not bricked. you could get more money just saying you dont wtf your doing and gave up on it. but ill buy it as a bricked phone =) ill give you 50 bucks.

DvineLord said:
don't sell it as bricked since it is obviously not bricked. you could get more money just saying you dont wtf your doing and gave up on it. but ill buy it as a bricked phone =) ill give you 50 bucks.
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Well if it's not bricked then I sure wish somebody would lead me to the right direction. I have tried 5 different PCs (which all show as connected through fastboot) and they all came with the same error. I've tried everything I could possibly think of and I haven't seen anyone else with quite the same problem I'm having.
I still have not completely gave up and have already decided against selling it as "bricked". The bootloader still comes up so there is at least some hope.

i just had the same problem. the solution was simple - i switch usb-port from front one to the backside one which is directly on motherboard.

Okkoto said:
Well if it's not bricked then I sure wish somebody would lead me to the right direction. I have tried 5 different PCs (which all show as connected through fastboot) and they all came with the same error. I've tried everything I could possibly think of and I haven't seen anyone else with quite the same problem I'm having.
I still have not completely gave up and have already decided against selling it as "bricked". The bootloader still comes up so there is at least some hope.
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when you say it shows connected through fastboot what do you mean?
how are you getting the device into fastboot - through recovery??
oh, and what was on your device before you tried loading the RUU?

kkm68 said:
i just had the same problem. the solution was simple - i switch usb-port from front one to the backside one which is directly on motherboard.
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Yes this + if you're on a usb3 port try usb2. Also make sure you're using the cable that came with the phone as I understand other cables may cause issues like this. Also, avoid using a hub or usb extension.

Solution to error 171
I had the same problem and after many attempts I finally got it to work!
-Uninstall anything HTC related from your computer such as HTC Sync Manager and Drivers. Also delete any HTC folders from your program files.
-Make sure you leave the sdk and adb stuff that you downloaded.
-Connect your device via USB to your computer and let it recognize it. It will automatically install default drivers.
-A pop-up asking to install HTC Sync will appear, just ignore it.
-Make sure you set Fast Boot OFF on your phone, and Debugging ON.
-Leave your phone ON and run the RUU set up.
-Then follow the steps on the wizard and everything should work just fine!

diegoyabishh said:
I had the same problem and after many attempts I finally got it to work!
-Uninstall anything HTC related from your computer such as HTC Sync Manager and Drivers. Also delete any HTC folders from your program files.
-Make sure you leave the sdk and adb stuff that you downloaded.
-Connect your device via USB to your computer and let it recognize it. It will automatically install default drivers.
-A pop-up asking to install HTC Sync will appear, just ignore it.
-Make sure you set Fast Boot OFF on your phone, and Debugging ON.
-Leave your phone ON and run the RUU set up.
-Then follow the steps on the wizard and everything should work just fine!
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I have a similar problem with my HTC One. I am stuck in the bootloader and any action I take leads straight into a boot loop. If I try to reboot, reboot-bootloader, go into recovery (twrp), or factory reset it goes into a boot loop. Also I can't lock the bootloader and flashing my recovery doesn't help, even though it says its a success. I've tried three computers and deleted and reinstalled drivers but still the computers only find my phone in fastboot usb and can't find it using adb.
This solution above won't help me since I can't get my phone on for the life of me. I tried running RUU and All-in-One Toolkit but no luck. RUU fails finding the bootloader since my phone gets stuck in its boot loop. I am fresh out of ideas so any other ways to fix this issue would be greatly appreciated.
BTW I found my phone is this condition when I pulled it out of my pocket. I never installed custom ROMs on it. It is unlocked and rooted though running 4.2.2 (3.05.651.6) hoot 1.55. The only thing I can think of is that an OTA update got pushed to my phone and bricked it. That or for some strange reason something went wrong with phone from the rooting process after two weeks of it working perfectly.

jondon156 said:
I have a similar problem with my HTC One. I am stuck in the bootloader and any action I take leads straight into a boot loop. If I try to reboot, reboot-bootloader, go into recovery (twrp), or factory reset it goes into a boot loop. Also I can't lock the bootloader and flashing my recovery doesn't help, even though it says its a success. I've tried three computers and deleted and reinstalled drivers but still the computers only find my phone in fastboot usb and can't find it using adb.
This solution above won't help me since I can't get my phone on for the life of me. I tried running RUU and All-in-One Toolkit but no luck. RUU fails finding the bootloader since my phone gets stuck in its boot loop. I am fresh out of ideas so any other ways to fix this issue would be greatly appreciated.
BTW I found my phone is this condition when I pulled it out of my pocket. I never installed custom ROMs on it. It is unlocked and rooted though running 4.2.2 (3.05.651.6) hoot 1.55. The only thing I can think of is that an OTA update got pushed to my phone and bricked it. That or for some strange reason something went wrong with phone from the rooting process after two weeks of it working perfectly.
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Nobody here can help you as we don't have any experience with your device. You'd be much better off asking in the HTC One forum which you'll find here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one
Sent from my Evita

Heisenberg said:
Nobody here can help you as we don't have any experience with your device. You'd be much better off asking in the HTC One forum which you'll find here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one
Sent from my Evita
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hi all..
facing same problem with HTC Desire 816 n 4g... have anyone got any solution??
plz pass it..
thank you

[Q] HOX will not boot up or turn on or have LED response

Hey everyone. So everything was good for the last couple of days as I was on JellyBAM 6.6.0 evita. This morning after charging my phone I go to open it, view some websites etc. Phone reboots by itself, goes to lockscreen. I try unlocking my lockscreen everything good for about 10 seconds. Try to open facebook up, and boom phone goes black and will not turn on. I know for a fact that is 100% charged as when I woke up I checked the battery as I usually do to see if it charged or not.
I am pretty sure I am on Hboot 1.09 or less as I bought the phone close to the release date. Any thoughts because its weird how I cant turn even turn it on or have a LED light show up when it charges.
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Ok somehow my phone just turned on by itself and I took the opportunity to go into TWRP. Tried restoring but to a previous backup. Became stuck in boot screen. Went back into twrp tried to wipe the system and factory reset but somehow it says failed and that its not able to mount storage or anything. All of my data is gone now for some reason and it says no OS is installed. Do I have to RUU back again?

have you tried getting into bootloader by holding volume down and power? or a hard reset by holding power button for like 30 seconds
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

NerdFurgison said:
have you tried getting into bootloader by holding volume down and power? or a hard reset by holding power button for like 30 seconds
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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Yeah I forgot to mention I have tried getting into bootloader using the volume down + power process along with holding the power button. Nothing is working.

This phone has well-known power management issues. Sometimes the battery stats get corrupted and the phone thinks the battery is dead when it isn't. Unfortunately, this sometimes results in a brick.
Plug into your PC and see what pops up in Device Manager. If you get QHUSB_DLOAD, you've been bricked. However, this may be fixable since you're on 1.09.

Ok somehow my phone just turned on by itself and I took the opportunity to go into TWRP. Tried restoring but to a previous backup. Became stuck in boot screen. Went back into twrp tried to wipe the system and factory reset but somehow it says failed and that its not able to mount storage or anything. All of my data is gone now for some reason and it says no OS is installed. Do I have to RUU back again?
Additionally, under device manager it comes up as unknown. I am going to install the ADB drivers for Windows 8 and see if that does anything

Zobabe said:
Ok somehow my phone just turned on by itself and I took the opportunity to go into TWRP. Tried restoring but to a previous backup. Became stuck in boot screen. Went back into twrp tried to wipe the system and factory reset but somehow it says failed and that its not able to mount storage or anything. All of my data is gone now for some reason and it says no OS is installed. Do I have to RUU back again?
Additionally, under device manager it comes up as unknown. I am going to install the ADB drivers for Windows 8 and see if that does anything
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Well, wiping /system and factory reset means the OS is erased. Could be the sdcard got corrupted. You'll need to reformat it.
Good news is you're not bricked; its just a matter of getting the software in order.

iElvis said:
Well, wiping /system and factory reset means the OS is erased. Could be the sdcard got corrupted. You'll need to reformat it.
Good news is you're not bricked; its just a matter of getting the software in order.
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Ok so should I follow like this.
Download HTC drivers
Download 1.71 RUU
Done?
Because right now my computer does not recognize my phone. Installing the htc sync and the drivers hasnt made my computer (windows 8) to recognize my phone.

Zobabe said:
Ok so should I follow like this.
Download HTC drivers
Download 1.71 RUU
Done?
Because right now my computer does not recognize my phone. Installing the htc sync and the drivers hasnt made my computer (windows 8) to recognize my phone.
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Did you try formatting in twrp? Ruu'ing might be overkill here. Can adb see the phone even if windows can't?

Zobabe said:
Ok so should I follow like this.
Download HTC drivers
Download 1.71 RUU
Done?
Because right now my computer does not recognize my phone. Installing the htc sync and the drivers hasnt made my computer (windows 8) to recognize my phone.
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I had a similar problem last night with a "missing" SDcard in TWRP. Thankfully, I found a utility that you can run through fastboot that will restore the SDcard without ruu.
HOWEVER...that utility and website link that I found it on are on my computer at home...and I'm not at home
Although, I did find the utility through a google search.
Let me know if you find it. If not - I'll find the link when I get home.

iElvis said:
Did you try formatting in twrp? Ruu'ing might be overkill here. Can adb see the phone even if windows can't?
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I am having trouble downloading ADB drivers atm. Trying to find an article that explains it. Kind of a noob at this type of stuff. As for formatting, I dont see an option in TWRP.

razorc03 said:
I had a similar problem last night with a "missing" SDcard in TWRP. Thankfully, I found a utility that you can run through fastboot that will restore the SDcard without ruu.
HOWEVER...that utility and website link that I found it on are on my computer at home...and I'm not at home
Although, I did find the utility through a google search.
Let me know if you find it. If not - I'll find the link when I get home.
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If you could please link it to me, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I dont know if this matters but I factory resetted from bootloader in the beginning after I was able to turn on my phone. Maybe everything got wiped because I did that?
Does anyone know how I can get windows to recognize my phone because I have looked at several guides on google and nothing is working for me.
Thanks

Zobabe said:
If you could please link it to me, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Here is that link I was telling you about.
Follow the instructions in the cmd. There should be only two steps.
Good luck!
http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/sh...ountable-internal-storage-on-the-HTC-One-X-XL

razorc03 said:
Here is that link I was telling you about.
Follow the instructions in the cmd. There should be only two steps.
Good luck!
http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/sh...ountable-internal-storage-on-the-HTC-One-X-XL
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in order to this though, my computer has to be able to recognize my htc one x. I cant even get it to recognize. any tips?

Zobabe said:
I dont know if this matters but I factory resetted from bootloader in the beginning after I was able to turn on my phone. Maybe everything got wiped because I did that?
Does anyone know how I can get windows to recognize my phone because I have looked at several guides on google and nothing is working for me.
Thanks
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yea, factory reset in bootloader is bad. never do it again unless you are completely stock.

DvineLord said:
yea, factory reset in bootloader is bad. never do it again unless you are completely stock.
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haha yeah I realized that once I did it and read it in the sticky in the android development section. Do you have any idea of how I could get windows 8 to recognize my htc one x?

windows 8 is the last thing in the world i would let touch my computer. windows xp for life.
i heard alot of people having issues with win8 and usb 3.0 ports.

[Q] [S4] Can't reach bootloader, can't flash new rom, can't mount data partition

Hi,
My dad has a One S (S4, no C2) with S-OFF and the Viper rom on it. It has been working perfectly for months until two nights ago. After one night it asked for a decryption password when trying to use the phone. Even after a reboot.
It looks like the whole data partition has been encrypted. But nobody did that, not my dad, not me, not someone else. Just before he went to sleep he used to phone and it was working fine, then the morning after it suddenly asked for a decryption password.
I have no idea what happened, after a lot of Googling I found out there might be some datacorruption or even physical damage. I went to recovery, he has TWRP 2.6.3.0, did a factory reset and rebooted. Nothing at all, still asks for password. Tried manually wiping System, cache, dalvik-cache, data, and android-secure and installing the latest CM nightly. It said it cannot mount the data partition.
At this moment I really did know what to do, I entered bootloader and tried relocking the device and running an RUU. But I can't even reach the bootloader. The phone goes to fastboot but reacts very late to the plugged in USB cable to my PC. Once it says Fastboot USB on the phone, my (Win8.1) computer reports the device caused problems and Windows can't use it anymore. I don't think it is a driver problem because I have a One M8 myself and the same (My HTC) drivers work perfectly for fastboot and ADB. ADB does work when the phone is in recovery.
Right now I am out of options and I really do not know what do, do you know anything I can try? Any help is greatly appreciated.

QUBiCA said:
Hi,
My dad has a One S (S4, no C2) with S-OFF and the Viper rom on it. It has been working perfectly for months until two nights ago. After one night it asked for a decryption password when trying to use the phone. Even after a reboot.
It looks like the whole data partition has been encrypted. But nobody did that, not my dad, not me, not someone else. Just before he went to sleep he used to phone and it was working fine, then the morning after it suddenly asked for a decryption password.
I have no idea what happened, after a lot of Googling I found out there might be some datacorruption or even physical damage. I went to recovery, he has TWRP 2.6.3.0, did a factory reset and rebooted. Nothing at all, still asks for password. Tried manually wiping System, cache, dalvik-cache, data, and android-secure and installing the latest CM nightly. It said it cannot mount the data partition.
At this moment I really did know what to do, I entered bootloader and tried relocking the device and running an RUU. But I can't even reach the bootloader. The phone goes to fastboot but reacts very late to the plugged in USB cable to my PC. Once it says Fastboot USB on the phone, my (Win8.1) computer reports the device caused problems and Windows can't use it anymore. I don't think it is a driver problem because I have a One M8 myself and the same (My HTC) drivers work perfectly for fastboot and ADB. ADB does work when the phone is in recovery.
Right now I am out of options and I really do not know what do, do you know anything I can try? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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About data encrypted i really dont know, sorry . But, the adb and fastboot on ville or ville c2 dont work on win8. Try in Windows 7. Or search the win8 fix in the Forum.

JavierG123 said:
About data encrypted i really dont know, sorry . But, the adb and fastboot on ville or ville c2 dont work on win8. Try in Windows 7. Or search the win8 fix in the Forum.
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But ADB works in recovery...

QUBiCA said:
But ADB works in recovery...
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The problem in win8 its fastboot. Search in the Forum....

JavierG123 said:
The problem in win8 its fastboot. Search in the Forum....
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Okay so I applied the win8.1 fix by replacing two .sys files. Still no fastboot. I tried installing cm12.1 and another rom. Both didn't work. I wiped literally everything, tried installing them from usb otg.
As a final try I tried to install Maximus 10, also from usb otg. But somehow Maximus worked. So the phone is now working correctly, but still no fastboot, while it uses the same fastboot driver as my One M8, which works.
But I guess it's solved as there is a working installation on the phone now.
Thanks Javier anyways.

@QUBiCA You can try fastboot in another computer. To see if is the phone or your computer . And yourwelcome

I would if we had a Windows 7 computer. The problem is we don't haha
My PC doesn't even have USB2 ports, only 3

Or....Try using Wubi. Google it. Install linux on your w8 disk in a 10GByte file. It realy works. google it/search forum to install adb+fastboot on linux.
Does not have to be hard since you ve come to flashing a phone already.
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