So I (foolishly) tried to root and flash the Android Revolution ROM onto my phone but as I should have expected, I failed.I have a plethora of problems, and I am not sure what my best course of action is:
so
1) I factory reset, so I have no recovery or ROM on my phone currently
2)My phone is in a bootloop (loads the HTC screen with a disclaimer saying "this build is for development... yadda yadda yadda" and then reboots
3)My phone will NOT powerdown, I have tried to power down my phone through bootloader, and it re"boots" and returns to bootloader once again.
4)I cannot flash any files from my PC to my phone, for example: When I try to flash boot_signed.img from the Rogers Evita Stock ROM, using
fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img, I get an error message saying "FAILED <remote: signature verify fail>" and this occurs for all files I have tried to flash
5)I have tried using ARUWizard to try and get the stock ROM onto my phone with no avail. From reading the forums I believe it is because my phone is using version 1.94.631.3 but the ARUWizard can only update to previous versions which is not allowed? (I am still very confused about this) one alternative I found on the forums was to create something called a goldcard but that required a microSD card which my phone does not have capabilities for.
So this is my dilemma, I think I am thoroughly screwed... any help or advice would be appreciated
You should still have twrp recovery even if you factory reset. Reboot into twrp, mount sd, transfer over a Rom that will work, wipe all and flash
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The_Zodiac said:
You should still have twrp recovery even if you factory reset. Reboot into twrp, mount sd, transfer over a Rom that will work, wipe all and flash
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I go to recovery, and it just goes immediately back to bootloader :s
I suggest starting with this thread and see what results you get.
You flashed a ROM for a different device that has a different partition layout, and that ROM installer may have possibly wiped out your partitions and left the device unrecoverable except through a JTAG brick repair
Have you tried flashing twrp again?
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If you're getting to the splash screen, you're not bricked. Don't start the unbricking stuff yet.
You need to get to bootloader and push a new recovery image. You probably screwed up your recovery partition when you flashed that Tegra 3 rom.
Once you've got recovery back, you just need to flash a correct rom.
If that doesn't work, try running a ruu from bootloader.
iElvis said:
If you're getting to the splash screen, you're not bricked. Don't start the unbricking stuff yet.
You need to get to bootloader and push a new recovery image. You probably screwed up your recovery partition when you flashed that Tegra 3 rom.
Once you've got recovery back, you just need to flash a correct rom.
If that doesn't work, try running a ruu from bootloader.
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Okay, Ive got recovery back, but I need help either flashing the rom or running a ruu from bootloader. I am unsure of how to do either.
I tried flashing my ROM using:
fastboot flash ROM PJ83IMG.zip
but then I got the FAILED <remote: signature verify fail> message again
paoul.sukii said:
Okay, Ive got recovery back, but I need help either flashing the rom or running a ruu from bootloader. I am unsure of how to do either.
I tried flashing my ROM using:
fastboot flash ROM PJ83IMG.zip
but then I got the FAILED <remote: signature verify fail> message again
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If you have recovery again why not try the method I listed?
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paoul.sukii said:
Okay, Ive got recovery back, but I need help either flashing the rom or running a ruu from bootloader. I am unsure of how to do either.
I tried flashing my ROM using:
fastboot flash ROM PJ83IMG.zip
but then I got the FAILED <remote: signature verify fail> message again
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Just go into your custom recovery, mount sdcard, move the rom over, and flash in recovery.
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If you have recovery again why not try the method I listed?
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Alright, well i tried installing the ZIP I had, and it said it failed...
Maybe I should try a different zip? could someone suggest a good ROM for me that is compatible with my phone? (dont want to make the same mistake again)
I just want a ROM that has Sense, and is running at least ICS. Stability and speed are my main concerns, thanks!
paoul.sukii said:
Alright, well i tried installing the ZIP I had, and it said it failed...
Maybe I should try a different zip? could someone suggest a good ROM for me that is compatible with my phone? (dont want to make the same mistake again)
I just want a ROM that has Sense, and is running at least ICS. Stability and speed are my main concerns, thanks!
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Before you do anything else, you should probably double check what phone you have.
Android Revolution HD (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603) is NOT for the AT&T/Rogers One X or the Telstra One XL.
If you have an international One X, then you're in the wrong place. If you do have one of the phones listed above, then you need to go here and download one of those roms. Then flash using what The_Zodiac suggested.
jeffwyeh said:
Before you do anything else, you should probably double check what phone you have.
Android Revolution HD (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603) is NOT for the AT&T/Rogers One X or the Telstra One XL.
If you have an international One X, then you're in the wrong place. If you do have one of the phones listed above, then you need to go here and download one of those roms. Then flash using what The_Zodiac suggested.
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If I have the HTC One X Evita with Rogers, will http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1868236&highlight=rogers work?
paoul.sukii said:
If I have the HTC One X Evita with Rogers, will http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1868236&highlight=rogers work?
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Yessir, that'll work. (I've heard good things about that ROM, though I haven't tried it myself).
Just FYI, the One X on AT&T and Rogers is known internationally as the One XL, and as far as codenames go, is known as the Evita, as you pointed out. The international One X is the Endeavor, and ROMs are not cross-compatible. If you stay in the "AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL" sub-forums here, you should be alright.
What version of twrp are you using? Try rolling back to a 2.3.x version. 2.4.x seems to have some issues.
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What version of twrp are you using? Try rolling back to a 2.3.x version. 2.4.x seems to have some issues.
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Okay, I think I am going to go to bed, and try to approach this problem tomorrow.
I am running TWRP 2.4.x so I may try and downgrade that tomorrow. I used adb to push the ROM to my phone and it is on my sdcard
However, when I try to install the ROM, it tells me that it failed... I tried clearing all caches etc but i keep getting the same errors. The weirdest part is that when I reboot my phone, the ROM disappears...
The error that I am getting is:
E:Unable to mount '/sdcard'
E:Unable to recreate android secure folder.
E:Unable to mount '/sdcard'
E:unable to mount '/sdcard'
Updating partition details...
E:Unable to mount storage.
E:Unable to mount /sdcard during GUI startup.
Running boot script...
Finished running boot script.
E:Unable to mount /sdcard when trying to read settings file.
E:Unable to mount '/sdcard'
E:Unable to mount '/sdcard'
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This is the message that is displayed in recovery, to the letter, I'm not sure if this helps...
Obviously something to do with my sdcard is wrong, preventing connection between the sdcard and something else, but maybe you guys could dig deeper, past the elementary
Thank you guys for the help you've given me so far, the outlook for my phone is much brighter now, I will check back tomorrow and continue to try and fix my phone!
Your sdcard is indeed corrupted.
http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/sh...ountable-internal-storage-on-the-HTC-One-X-XL
Walk through that guide using the files for the Evita on that page, it should fix your sdcard. After that you can go ahead and push the rom to the sdcard again and then reflash and see if that does the trick!
jeffwyeh said:
Your sdcard is indeed corrupted.
http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/sh...ountable-internal-storage-on-the-HTC-One-X-XL
Walk through that guide using the files for the Evita on that page, it should fix your sdcard. After that you can go ahead and push the rom to the sdcard again and then reflash and see if that does the trick!
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Thank all of you so much! my problem is resolved! Phone is working great!
paoul.sukii said:
Thank all of you so much! my problem is resolved! Phone is working great!
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Awesome! Glad to hear it!
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I have HTC One X. unlocked bootloader, rooted. Stock version 2.20. Tried to flash CM10 nightly build 01042013 through TWRP. First copied the roms into internal storage. Then used fastboot flash boot boot.img, then entered TWRP to wipe everything, factory reset, then try to flash rom, says error and failed. Tried several times, didn't work. I tried to reboot, the phone enters endless bootloop. Tried to use power+vol to enter fastboot again. Select recovery, phone bootloop, never enters recovery. Then I tried to flash CWM touch to phone. Still cannot enter recovery.
What's worse is that when the phone is on, it cannot charge. When usb is not connected, I can turn the phone off by keep holding power. But once the usb is connected the phone will turn on by itself, and the charging stops -- this way the remaining battery is kept being drained.
Please help! Thanks!!!
Try installing TWRP again via adb.
There is no CWM Touch for our version of the One X (only the non-touch version of CWM, and its not recommended). So you may have flashed a recovery for the wrong device. It doesn't sound like that was the initial cause of your woes, but it may have made the issue worse.
You can also try to relock the bootloader, RUU and start over again (re-unlock, install TWRP and flash).
You sure you downloaded CM10 for our (Snapdragon S4) version, and not the Tegra3 version of the One X? There is no reason that flashing a ROM would mess with recovery, unless you flashed the wrong version.
redpoint73 said:
Try installing TWRP again via adb.
There is no CWM Touch for our version of the One X (only the non-touch version of CWM, and its not recommended). So you may have flashed a recovery for the wrong device. It doesn't sound like that was the initial cause of your woes, but it may have made the issue worse.
You can also try to relock the bootloader, RUU and start over again (re-unlock, install TWRP and flash).
You sure you downloaded CM10 for our (Snapdragon S4) version, and not the Tegra3 version of the One X? There is no reason that flashing a ROM would mess with recovery, unless you flashed the wrong version.
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I downloaded the ROM through this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786696
which brought me to the download site:
http://get.cm/?device=endeavoru
I guess my battery is well below 30% now. I saw people said if I relock it with such low battery, I may end up not able to do anything after. Will that happen? I'll try to flash TWRP first. Thanks
Also, I cannot do adb at this time since I cannot enter system and if I use adb command in cmd on my PC, it says cannot find device.
Do you have a AT&T one x or international? How many cores does it have?
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HTC One X = International
area51avenger said:
Do you have a AT&T one x or international? How many cores does it have?
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The one is AT&T HTC one x. I think that's the most standard ATT version, I don't know how many cores it has though ..
qb200210 said:
The one is AT&T HTC one x. I think that's the most standard ATT version, I don't know how many cores it has though ..
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Well if it says AT&T on the top of the phone it's most definitely a dual-core version, instead of the quad-core. But you downloaded a CM-endeavoru ROM which is the international. We here have the device codenamed "evita". It sounds to me that you've bricked your phone, unfortunately. However if it's still booting to the white HTC Screen there might be some hope.
I don't have the link handy, but if you wanna find the unbricking thread, it may help if you have knowledge of Linux
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Well if it says AT&T on the top of the phone it's most definitely a dual-core version, instead of the quad-core. But you downloaded a CM-endeavoru ROM which is the international. We here have the device codenamed "evita". It sounds to me that you've bricked your phone, unfortunately. However if it's still booting to the white HTC Screen there might be some hope.
I don't have the link handy, but if you wanna find the unbricking thread, it may help if you have knowledge of Linux
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I can still enter fastboot and can flash things into it using cmd from PC usb connection. It's just nothing worked: not able to boot pass htc white screen, keeps rebooting, turns on when usb connected, not able to charge, cannot enter recovery. Tried to re-flash TWRP, didn't work, still cannot enter recovery.
If you can get to fastboot, you're not bricked. Be sure you're pushing the right (Evita) version of TWRP; so far you've loaded your phone up with endeavour stuff.
Does adb devices show your phone? What are you seeing in Device Manager when it's plugged in? Are you sure you have all the HTC drivers installed? You might try switching USB ports and using a different cable.
HTC_Phone said:
Well if it says AT&T on the top of the phone it's most definitely a dual-core version, instead of the quad-core. But you downloaded a CM-endeavoru ROM which is the international. We here have the device codenamed "evita". It sounds to me that you've bricked your phone, unfortunately. However if it's still booting to the white HTC Screen there might be some hope.
I don't have the link handy, but if you wanna find the unbricking thread, it may help if you have knowledge of Linux
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Thanks for pointing it out. Now I flashed boot.img from evita version and it enters recovery. Now the only question is that how can I download the correct rom into my phone since I don't think I can enter the system? Thanks!
iElvis said:
If you can get to fastboot, you're not bricked. Be sure you're pushing the right (Evita) version of TWRP; so far you've loaded your phone up with endeavour stuff.
Does adb devices show your phone? What are you seeing in Device Manager when it's plugged in? Are you sure you have all the HTC drivers installed? You might try switching USB ports and using a different cable.
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Now I can enter TWRP, which I used to root this phone before without problems. Now I just need to push the right rom. However, if I choose Mount USB storage, my PC is asking me to format the disk. Should I do that or is there other ways I can push ROM into my phone? Thanks!
qb200210 said:
Now I can enter TWRP, which I used to root this phone before without problems. Now I just need to push the right rom. However, if I choose Mount USB storage, my PC is asking me to format the disk. Should I do that or is there other ways I can push ROM into my phone? Thanks!
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Now in TWRP, I'm able to use adb push update.zip / to push the CM10 evita ROM into the phone. But when I tried to install, it still reports error:
Updating partition details ...
E: Unable to mount '/sdcard'
E: Unable to mount storage.
E: Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/update.zip'
Error flashing zip '/update.zip'
Updating partition details...
E: Unable to mount '/sdcard'
E: Unable to mount storage.
This happens with or without USB cable connected to PC. Thanks!
Format the sdcard to fat32
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qb200210 said:
Should I do that or is there other ways I can push ROM into my phone? Thanks!
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As stated, go ahead and format. It's quite common when having these problems to corrupt your sdcard, esp. when using CWM on this phone.
iElvis said:
As stated, go ahead and format. It's quite common when having these problems to corrupt your sdcard, esp. when using CWM on this phone.
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Thanks for the tips! Now I formatted it into fat32, reboot into recovery, and I'm able to successfully install the CM10 evita ROM. However, after the reboot, the phone keeps the bootloop. The battery is 50% +. Is there something else I did wrong? Thanks!
qb200210 said:
Thanks for the tips! Now I formatted it into fat32, reboot into recovery, and I'm able to successfully install the CM10 evita ROM. However, after the reboot, the phone keeps the bootloop. The battery is 50% +. Is there something else I did wrong? Thanks!
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Did you remember to flash the boot.img separately?
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Did you remember to flash the boot.img separately?
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Yes, I did that. But CM10 didn't work whatever I tried. Then I flashed boot.img of CleanROM and installed CleanROM. Finally it works! Thanks a lot for all the help!
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HTC One X = International
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What??? Incorrect, and how can an AT&T user be saying this? The dual core S4 version is called the One X in US (AT&T) and Canada (Rogers), and called the One XL elsewhere.
Outside Canada and US, its true that One X refers to the quad core Tegra3 version. But the term "international" is a bit obsolete at this point, now that the S4 version has been released in some 6 or 7 countries.
The OP said he was on stock 2.20 firmware, which is AT&T. So I knew he had the AT&T version from the start.
To the OP, stick with ROMs and mods from this forum section to avoid the same mistake in the future: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
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qb200210 said:
Yes, I did that. But CM10 didn't work whatever I tried. Then I flashed boot.img of CleanROM and installed CleanROM. Finally it works! Thanks a lot for all the help!
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I know in the past, at least one nightly build of CM10 had a faulty kernel that caused the phone to be stuck on the boot splash. Flashing an older kernel made the ROM boot right up. Maybe that is the case with the one you tried. Or maybe just a bad download.
qb200210 said:
I have HTC One X. unlocked bootloader, rooted. Stock version 2.20. Tried to flash CM10 nightly build 01042013 through TWRP. First copied the roms into internal storage. Then used fastboot flash boot boot.img, then entered TWRP to wipe everything, factory reset, then try to flash rom, says error and failed. Tried several times, didn't work. I tried to reboot, the phone enters endless bootloop. Tried to use power+vol to enter fastboot again. Select recovery, phone bootloop, never enters recovery. Then I tried to flash CWM touch to phone. Still cannot enter recovery.
What's worse is that when the phone is on, it cannot charge. When usb is not connected, I can turn the phone off by keep holding power. But once the usb is connected the phone will turn on by itself, and the charging stops -- this way the remaining battery is kept being drained.
Please help! Thanks!!!
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I had the same issue today, was trying to flash jellybam. I fastboot flash boot boot.img then entered TWRP and wiped then flashed the ROM and when I tried booting up I was in a boot loop. What I did is entered boot loader mode and factory reset ( which wiped my internal storage) and then I was able to enter recovery.
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qb200210 said:
Yes, I did that. But CM10 didn't work whatever I tried. Then I flashed boot.img of CleanROM and installed CleanROM. Finally it works! Thanks a lot for all the help!
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Glad to hear you got it working. Too many damn bricks around these parts for my taste.
Ive been trying to fix this for two days. This post is a last resort. Ive searched the forum and tried what little I found.
Ive trashed phones and had to fix them but never seen this.
I finally got root on this thing and was flashing CM10 but kept seeing "failed" using TWRP so decided id flash
CWM and give it a try. Once,still TWRP Twice,still TWRP. Third, Black recovery screen then skip to normal boot.
Fourth try it read "error: cannot load 'openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-evita'" and has since with both recoveries.
No access with volume/power method. No access from command prompt. No access through Quick Boot , Rom Toolbox,
etc.
If I posted this wrong Im sorry. I can usually fix these things myself but Im waving the white flag on this one.
I tried adb help but everything I tried said failed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ksflat43 said:
Ive been trying to fix this for two days. This post is a last resort. Ive searched the forum and tried what little I found.
Ive trashed phones and had to fix them but never seen this.
I finally got root on this thing and was flashing CM10 but kept seeing "failed" using TWRP so decided id flash
CWM and give it a try. Once,still TWRP Twice,still TWRP. Third, Black recovery screen then skip to normal boot.
Fourth try it read "error: cannot load 'openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-evita'" and has since with both recoveries.
No access with volume/power method. No access from command prompt. No access through Quick Boot , Rom Toolbox,
etc.
If I posted this wrong Im sorry. I can usually fix these things myself but Im waving the white flag on this one.
I tried adb help but everything I tried said failed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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First off stick with twrp cwm is not officially supported on our device and can blank your SD card...can you link me to the cm ROM you were trying to flash it was for our phone not the international one x right?
tactical kitten said:
First off stick with twrp cwm is not officially supported on our device and can blank your SD card...can you link me to the cm ROM you were trying to flash it was for our phone not the international one x right?
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Thanks for the reply. Ive got the link. first thing I see wrong is it says endeavoru and mine says evita I believe. The CM10 wouldnt install so I
tried flashing CWM recovery and here we are. Heres the link.
Thanks again.
Well, I cant send you the link. It says new users cant post outside links. Sorry. Its from the CM website. Dated 2012-01-07
ksflat43 said:
Thanks for the reply. Ive got the link. first thing I see wrong is it says endeavoru and mine says evita I believe. The CM10 wouldnt install so I
tried flashing CWM recovery and here we are. Heres the link.
Thanks again.
Well, I cant send you the link. It says new users cant post outside links. Sorry. Its from the CM website. Dated 2012-01-07
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Ok so corrct me if im wrong the cm10 you're trying to install says endeavoru? That's the intl one x not ours....we have the evita like you stated so you're lucky the build prop check is there or if it successfully flashed you'd be bricked...stay in our forum and you'll be fine...now here are your stepsinstall twrp through fastboot
Move the Rom of you're choice onto your phone(mount in twrp)
If you're on hboot 1.14 you have to flash boot.omg seperately
Wipe data system and cache install Rom enjoy...
You may have to format your sd if cwm corrupted it
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Ok so corrct me if im wrong the cm10 you're trying to install says endeavoru? That's the intl one x not ours....we have the evita like you stated so you're lucky the build prop check is there or if it successfully flashed you'd be bricked...stay in our forum and you'll be fine...now here are your stepsinstall twrp through fastboot
Move the Rom of you're choice onto your phone(mount in twrp)
If you're on hboot 1.14 you have to flash boot.omg seperately
Wipe data system and cache install Rom enjoy...
You may have to format your sd if cwm corrupted it
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I cant install through fastboot. I get the "error cant load" message i talked about in the first post. It wont let me near recovery
if u can get in to fastboot but not in to twrp youll probly have to relock your bootloader and ruu back to stock
Reflash twrp 2.3.3.1 for evita in fastboot, also run fastboot erase cache. If your nandroid was made with cwm it wont work with twrp.
Hi All,
I know this might sound like a redundant topic to you all (since there are many discussions about this on here) but after having gone to MANY threads on forums, MANY different websites and trying MANY different things to correct this, to no avail, i'm still stuck!!! :crying:
I am on Evita...running:
S-ON
HBoot-1.14.0002
Radio-0.19as.32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
AT&T Stock RUU 2.20
I've relocked the device, flashed stock RUU (via fastboot), erased the cache, factory reset, wiping from TWRP recovery.....NOTHING is working!
All the phone does is boot to the "HTC quietly brilliant" screen, hang for a few moments then restart.
Any help someone can provide, would be greatly appreciated! This is my kid's phone and he's bugging about wanting to get it back. Thanks!:good:
Start with rooting step first.....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952038
And for further guide.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
Swyped from T3DRO1CS RedHoXence
Hang on. You'll need to provide more information, saying you've tried many things could mean anything. What exactly have you tried with this phone? I'm assuming it has been unlocked and rooted in the past? Does it have SuperCID?
Also, you said you flashed an RUU via fastboot, but an RUU is an exe file which runs by itself so flashing via fastboot isn't correct. Where did you get this alleged RUU and how did you run it?
@ted77usa
Just wait a minute, we need to properly identify what has been done to this device before going any further.
Sent from my Evita
timmaaa said:
Hang on. You'll need to provide more information, saying you've tried many things could mean anything. What exactly have you tried with this phone? I'm assuming it has been unlocked and rooted in the past? Does it have SuperCID?
Also, you said you flashed an RUU via fastboot, but an RUU is an exe file which runs by itself so flashing via fastboot isn't correct. Where did you get this alleged RUU and how did you run it?
@ted77usa
Just wait a minute, we need to properly identify what has been done to this device before going any further.
Sent from my Evita
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Thanks so much for taking your time to reply, guys.
Sorry, I didn't give full details. Yes, the phone has been rooted, unlocked and running CM10.1 fine for several months. All of a sudden, it got into this weird bootloop. So, I tried doing some of the tricks that people have posted about relocking the bootloader and flashing the stock rom via fastboot. That didn't work so I tried running the RUU...that didn't work. I went back in and tried a factory reset from the bootloader...nothing. I did a erase cache from fastboot and fastboot flashing the boot.img...still doing it. I went into TWRP recovery and wiping Delvik, Cache and Factory Reset....again, still stuck in bootloop.
Sorry to be lengthy but I'm trying to retrace as many steps as possible for you guys.
Ok, just to be clear, you ran the full RUU exe file?
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Stupid question.....
I just had a thought. I have the same exact HOX as my son. It's rooted, unlocked and running same CM10.1 rom as his was and it's running fine. Could I try backing up from my phone's clean nandroid file? So, it ends up just acting as a mirror of my phone?
Yes, you can create a backup on your son's phone using TWRP, copy the backup to a pc, copy it to your phone, and restore the backup. Being that you're s-on though you'll need to manually flash the boot.img from that ROM using fastboot. Do you still have a copy of the ROM zip?
Sent from my Evita
timmaaa said:
Yes, you can create a backup on your son's phone using TWRP, copy the backup to a pc, copy it to your phone, and restore the backup. Being that you're s-on though you'll need to manually flash the boot.img from that ROM using fastboot. Do you still have a copy of the ROM zip?
Sent from my Evita
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Yes, I do. I always keep a copy of the rom on my phone for emergencies. Now, the other question is, my phone is running 1.85. The messed up phone is running 2.20 (both S-ON). Will it not work or...coming from a nandroid backup, does that not matter? Never tried doing a mirror before...
The firmware version that either phone is on won't make a difference as the backup tool can't touch that partition.
Sent from my Evita
timmaaa said:
The firmware version that either phone is on won't make a difference as the backup tool can't touch that partition.
Sent from my Evita
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So, I need to just make sure the phone is back to being rooted, unlocked and running TWRP, then mount it and load the nandroid to the SD card. Should I do backup from fastboot or TWRP?
Do you think it will throw it out of that bootloop? I've spent two days on this and I'm ready to be done!
Add long as you have TWRP installed it should work just fine. You have to do the backup using the backup tool in TWRP. When you create the backup on your son's phone you will find it on the sd card at TWRP/backups/serial number, you need to put it in the same file tree on your sd card.
Whether or not it's going to solve your problem I'm not sure, but anything is worth a shot.
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Add long as you have TWRP installed it should work just fine. You have to do the backup using the backup tool in TWRP. When you create the backup on your son's phone you will find it on the sd card at TWRP/backups/serial number, you need to put it in the same file tree on your sd card.
Whether or not it's going to solve your problem I'm not sure, but anything is worth a shot.
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Thanks, well..here goes nothing. I will report back the progress! I really appreciate the time for your advice. :good:
It's no problem at all, I'm always happy to help someone get their phone back on track.
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It's no problem at all, I'm always happy to help someone get their phone back on track.
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Well, I've got the phone loading into TWRP 2.5.0.0 and when I try to do a wipe Delvik, Cache and Factory Reset...it's telling me it can't find the SD Card.
"E: Unable to mount '/sdcard'
E: Unable to mount storage"
Phone says it's still CID: 11111111
Bootloader: Unlocked.
Any clue how to get the phone to read/write to the SD Card so I can back up to a nandroid?
Did you mention doing a factory reset from bootloader? If so, you'd corrupted the sd card and you'll need to format it using Windows before you can use it. Also, you'll need to flash TWRP 2.6 because 2.5 is full of bugs.
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timmaaa said:
Did you mention doing a factory reset from bootloader? If so, you'd corrupted the sd card and you'll need to format it using Windows before you can use it. Also, you'll need to flash TWRP 2.6 because 2.5 is full of bugs.
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I did! Thanks for remembering. :good:
Any special way I should format the sd card when I do it on Windows? Thanks for the tip on 2.6!
It should come up as fat32 as the default, if not just make sure you format it to fat32 and that's it. It'll probably take twenty minutes or so.
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It should come up as fat32 as the default, if not just make sure you format it to fat32 and that's it. It'll probably take twenty minutes or so.
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Got it! Flashed 2.6 in getting ready to back up from my phone's nandroid. Fingers crossed!:fingers-crossed:
After I back up from my nandroid in TWRP, should I flash the boot.img from fastboot?
Yes you'll need to flash the boot.img afterwards, good luck.
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Yes you'll need to flash the boot.img afterwards, good luck.
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How can I get it to see my nandroid backup? I have it installed inside the TWRP folder just like it would be on my phone but when I go to Restore, it shows nothing on my sd card. wtf?? I think I'm getting one step closer and another hurdle arrises!! ugh...
Thanks for your help btw, timmaaa!! :good:
I successfully rooted and achieved an unlocked bootloader with S-OFF on my Verizon HTC One M8 and also flashed TWRP 2.7.0.2. I downloaded a rom (without an SD card). I booted into recovery and i made a backup (not noticing that one of the lines read "unable to mount '/system". I then wiped and attempted to flash the rom only to find out that i can't find it in my file system. So i put the rom on an SD card and mounted it and tried to flash it, i get this message:
E: Unable to mount '/system'
E: Unable to open zip file.
Error Flashing zip '/external_sd/Roms?ViperOneM*_1.2.0.zip'
Updating partition details...
E: Unable to mount '/system'
So i'm stuck with a boot loader, an unmountable file system, and unable to flash a rom.
I've tried Fix permissions, I've tried mounting the "system" but all that mounts is 'cache' 'data' and 'micro SDcard'.
I hope my nerves are getting the best of me and i can't see something that's right in front of me!
Edit: Flashed CWM Recovery. Trying to install ROM from SD Card results in "Installation Aborted". When i try to side load it hangs at 81%.
Did you flash TWRP using terminal emulator mode as described on the official website for 2.7.0.2? If so you overwrote the system partition. Try flashing the recovery using the fastboot method as this will put the recovery in the right place. Then boot into the bootloader, choose recovery. I think this will get you TWRP in the recovery partition. Once there try flashing a ROM (although o would suggest something closer to stock like Skyfall).
I think what is happening is since the instructions for flashing TWRP via terminal emulator list the wrong partition, when you boot up to system it seems like you are booting to recovery because TWRP shows up. But you're actually on the system partition so when you try to flash a ROM you get an error because you can't mount the partition you're in.
I'm far from an expert in any of this so anyone who is please correct me.
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Did you flash TWRP using terminal emulator mode as described on the official website for 2.7.0.2? If so you overwrote the system partition. Try flashing the recovery using the fastboot method as this will put the recovery in the right place. Then boot into the bootloader, choose recovery. I think this will get you TWRP in the recovery partition. Once there try flashing a ROM (although o would suggest something closer to stock like Skyfall).
I think what is happening is since the instructions for flashing TWRP via terminal emulator list the wrong partition, when you boot up to system it seems like you are booting to recovery because TWRP shows up. But you're actually on the system partition so when you try to flash a ROM you get an error because you can't mount the partition you're in.
I'm far from an expert in any of this so anyone who is please correct me.
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I did flash TWRP as described. I used Terminal from my Macbook. I did some researching and i did try flashing using the fast boot method. I'm just so stumped!
First of all you aren't bricked. Have you tried using side load to flash the ROM? Try flashing another recovery too.
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I did flash TWRP as described. I used Terminal from my Macbook. I did some researching and i did try flashing using the fast boot method. I'm just so stumped!
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The above suggestion to try and Sideload the ROM install is a good idea. Basically, put the ROM zip file in your platform-tools folder of adb. Then boot to TWRP recovery, choose "sideload" and then issue the command "adb sideload [filename.zip]" (Instructions are found HERE.)
If that doesn't work, have you tried flashing Clockwork Recovery? You may have better luck with that in regards to mounts and/or flashing the ROM...
There's always USB OTG as well
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I found THIS thread (for ASUS Transformer though).
What may have happened (if I'm reading the above thread correctly) is that your /system doesn't exist.
Taking a complete stab at a fix, you may be able to use fastboot to flash a working "system.img" file. (Anyone with more expertise, please confirm or refute this...)
EDIT: Found THIS post in the "Official" TWRP release 2.7.0.0 thread I wonder if perhaps this is what happened to you?
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I found THIS thread (for ASUS Transformer though).
What may have happened (if I'm reading the above thread correctly) is that your /system doesn't exist.
Taking a complete stab at a fix, you may be able to use fastboot to flash a working "system.img" file. (Anyone with more expertise, please confirm or refute this...)
EDIT: Found THIS post in the "Official" TWRP release 2.7.0.0 thread I wonder if perhaps this is what happened to you?
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That does seem like it could be the problem. I just flashed CWM recovery instead but it's still the sam problem. Still can't flash a rom, i also tried using sideboot.
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That does seem like it could be the problem. I just flashed CWM recovery instead but it's still the sam problem. Still can't flash a rom, i also tried using sideboot.
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You might have to find a factory image, an RUU I am not sure if one exists but it will write the partitions. I think somehow your actual system partition was erased which is why it cannot be mounted. Pretty much, your only hope is an RUU or a zipped factory image.
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You might have to find a factory image, an RUU I am not sure if one exists but it will write the partitions. I think somehow your actual system partition was erased which is why it cannot be mounted. Pretty much, your only hope is an RUU or a zipped factory image.
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I wouldn't be able to get that from the system dump located http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2695171 ? Is there any other possible explanation??
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I wouldn't be able to get that from the system dump located http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2695171 ? Is there any other possible explanation??
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no because it is not a flashable zip. Factory image or RUU means the bootloader will literally write the partition. Recovery will mount the partition and write information to it. It cannot create the partition itself which I think is your issue.
Assuming your recovery is fine..this is what I did to fix my self inflicted "soft brick" on Saturday...I mistakenly hit format system instead of just data and cache while trying to start over.
I am running cwm 6047..and for whatever reason the sideload failed with an error trying to sideload flash sky fall.
So I did an adb push skyfall.zip /sdcard/0 and was then able to flash the zip from internal storage.
Hope that helps with your situation.
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Assuming your recovery is fine..this is what I did to fix my self inflicted "soft brick" on Saturday...I mistakenly hit format system instead of just data and cache while trying to start over.
I am running cwm 6047..and for whatever reason the sideload failed with an error trying to sideload flash sky fall.
So I did an adb push skyfall.zip /sdcard/0 and was then able to flash the zip from internal storage.
Hope that helps with your situation.
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Yep. You have a bad download. Download a new ROM on your computer...boot to recovery and do a adb sideload or push
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Just had a thought... did you flash the insecure Kernel (found HERE) ever? You may not have a writeable /system?
Flash the Kernel, then reflash the official TWRP (both in Fastboot) and see if that works...
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Just had a thought... did you flash the insecure Kernel (found HERE) ever? You may not have a writeable /system?
Flash the Kernel, then reflash the official TWRP (both in Fastboot) and see if that works...
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Kernel runs inside the rom and the system becomes writeable in the ROM so that won't do anything. I'm pretty convinced he is missing the partition.
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Hi did you manage to sort this issue out as i'm having the same issue. it won't install backups or open zip files of the rom's. no matter what i do it won't flash the rom's. i've tried side loading on both cwm and TWRP - as i just said swapped from both recoveries. Managed to mount the sd card and put a new rom on it but won't flash from there and I've tried to move it to internal but fails.
I can't find my stock recovery an a nandroid back up either. Any help would be great
thanks
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Oh it does let me flash a Kernal zip tho?
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Hi did you manage to sort this issue out as i'm having the same issue. it won't install backups or open zip files of the rom's. no matter what i do it won't flash the rom's. i've tried side loading on both cwm and TWRP - as i just said swapped from both recoveries. Managed to mount the sd card and put a new rom on it but won't flash from there and I've tried to move it to internal but fails.
I can't find my stock recovery an a nandroid back up either. Any help would be great
thanks
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Oh it does let me flash a Kernal zip tho?
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did you try formatting internal yet?
Just for anyone withthe same issue. It ended up being not dnough memory to flash the recovery or the new rom....deerrrrrrr!!!
Haha, cant believe it had me stumped for 5 days trying everything and anything. Formatting would have helped aswell So thanks for the suggestion
jerico9 said:
Just for anyone withthe same issue. It ended up being not dnough memory to flash the recovery or the new rom....deerrrrrrr!!!
Haha, cant believe it had me stumped for 5 days trying everything and anything. Formatting would have helped aswell So thanks for the suggestion
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I have an HTC version of fastboot/adb that will work on a low memory pc. It's posted in my ruu thread.
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I have an HTC version of fastboot/adb that will work on a low memory pc. It's posted in my ruu thread.
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I mean the device memory was low, so couldn't flash as no room on the device
I had a rooted htc one mini then i tried changing the firmware to ViperOne but I forgot to boot the boot.img before installing ViperOne through Clorckworkmod recovery. I continued the install then now im always stuck on the booting screen, I tried restoring my backup in Clockworkmod recovery but it always says "E: can't mount sdcard", it kept on saying "can't mount sdcard" on everything in clockworkmod. I also cant access the internal storage thourgh my pc. I have no idea what to do now, tried fixing with RUU but i cant find the one the matches my phone, please help give me the easiest way cause im still a beginner, i dont mind if its rooted or not when its fixed i just want it to work again
Thank you in advance
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I had a rooted htc one mini then i tried changing the firmware to ViperOne but I forgot to boot the boot.img before installing ViperOne through Clorckworkmod recovery. I continued the install then now im always stuck on the booting screen, I tried restoring my backup in Clockworkmod recovery but it always says "E: can't mount sdcard", it kept on saying "can't mount sdcard" on everything in clockworkmod. I also cant access the internal storage thourgh my pc. I have no idea what to do now, tried fixing with RUU but i cant find the one the matches my phone, please help give me the easiest way cause im still a beginner, i dont mind if its rooted or not when its fixed i just want it to work again
Thank you in advance
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How did you get Viper for the Mini???
These are likely the instructions for you, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-mini/help/help-installing-stock-rom-htc-one-mini-t2959490
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How did you get Viper for the Mini???
These are likely the instructions for you, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-mini/help/help-installing-stock-rom-htc-one-mini-t2959490
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tried adb push the zip file but it kept saying adb is out of date, device not found.
UPDATE!
made it work kept loading foe a long time then protocol failure, what does that mean?
radster12795 said:
tried adb push the zip file but it kept saying adb is out of date, device not found.
UPDATE!
made it work kept loading foe a long time then protocol failure, what does that mean?
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I think you have usb issues. You should either try working from a fresh install of Windows or Ubuntu from disc.
Here are instructions for booting to Ubuntu from disc:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55070544&postcount=22
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I think you have usb issues. You should either try working from a fresh install of Windows or Ubuntu from disc.
Here are instructions for booting to Ubuntu from disc:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55070544&postcount=22
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Finally made it work, went to sdcard installed the zip it said successful then i rebooted it but it is still stuck in the booting screen -_-
and when i opened the bootloading screen it still says no OS
TAMPERED
UNLOCKED
M4_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.21.0000
RADIO-1.27.40e.00.11
OpenDSP-v19.2.0268.0927
OS-
eMMC-boot 1024mb
i think my phone doesnt have the firmware cause it said successful but it also said cant moutn /system at the end, any idea?
Thank you very much btw, for helping me, learned so much stuff
followed the other comments to install the sense6 firmware, my phone needs to be S-OF and superCID, finished superCID but i cant run rumrunner cause my phone dont have OS, is there a way to run rumrunner thourgh fastboot or recovery?
Dude. You have to use files intended for the mini. Install a recovery for the mini from here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m4ul and then flash the Rom again
jollywhitefoot said:
Dude. You have to use files intended for the mini. Install a recovery for the mini from here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m4ul and then flash the Rom again
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oaky, i have installed twrp 2.7.1.1 and now adb pushing the rom and ill try to recovery install the rom again
Finished the zip install
Updating partition details...
E:Unable to mount '/system'
Full SELinux support is present.
Installing 'sdcard/Stock_Sense6M4_Deodexed-Rooted.zip'...
Checking for MD5 file..
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
->Mounting System & Data
->Extracting System
->Extracting Data
->Creating toolbox symlinks
->Creating additional symlinks
->Installing busybox
->Setting permissions
->Extracting kernel
Updating partition detail...
E: Unable to mount '/system'
It said successful but still no OS installed
sorry the problems just keep coming and coming
First, you can try wiping system and data partitions prior to installing (don't wipe sd card), but I think you need to update your firmware to install sense 6 Roms.
To do that you'll need to s-off first. Revone might work for you and rumrunner should work.
Or you can try installing this sense 5.5 rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50715903
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First, you can try wiping system and data partitions prior to installing (don't wipe sd card), but I think you need to update your firmware to install sense 6 Roms.
To do that you'll need to s-off first. Revone might work for you and rumrunner should work.
Or you can try installing this sense 5.5 rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50715903
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Thank you for the past 2 days of helping, i have finally fixed it :highfive:
radster12795 said:
Thank you for the past 2 days of helping, i have finally fixed it :highfive:
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No problem. Did flashing the ROM in post 8 work?
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No problem. Did flashing the ROM in post 8 work?
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YES!! it worked perfectly, Thank you very much
thinking about upgrading to sense 6 now