Hi everyone. I'm having some problems getting S-Off on my phone. I'm running CM10 and I'm trying to follow Facepalm's method. I've got the phone to the black htc screen from the bootloader by typing in "fastboot oem rebootRUU" but when I type in "fastboot flash zip PJ8312000-OneX.zip" I get a message that says "error: cannot load 'PJ8312000-OneX.zip': Unknown error". I've tried downloading and redownloading the file a bunch, but the error is still the same.
Now just to give you more info: I don't know too much about using adb or fastboot. I downloaded them as a package with SDK and just extracted it to my desktop. That's where I saved the PJ8312000-OneX file and the soffbin3 file too. Got the error. I tried moving the files to the "platform tools" folder in the SDK folder. Still got the error. I don't know if the SDK folder itself needs to go somewhere else or not.
Any help would be appreciated.
The files just need to be in the same directory as adb and fastboot.
Are you SuperCID?
iElvis said:
The files just need to be in the same directory as adb and fastboot.
Are you SuperCID?
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Yes, I'm SuperCID. The files are in the same directory as adb and fastboot, but I'm still getting the same error. Checking them with md5 shows that the files are good too.
I don't know if this is relevant or not, but adb won't recognize my device either. I have to get to fastboot either using Quick Boot or holding volume down. Fastboot recognizes my phone in the cmd prompt, but adb won't. Like I said, that might be irrelevant though.
Try this: Reboot your phone and start from the beginning. Create a folder on your desktop and put the adb and fastboot files in there, with the soffbin and PJ file. Then try again. This worked for some people, though I'm not sure why.
Someone else reported success by unzipping the PJ file then rezipping it.
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PatC87 said:
I don't know if this is relevant or not, but adb won't recognize my device either. I have to get to fastboot either using Quick Boot or holding volume down. Fastboot recognizes my phone in the cmd prompt, but adb won't. Like I said, that might be irrelevant though.
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I was having the same issue--adb devices returned nothing--but it made no difference. The commands still worked.
Sorry for dipping out earlier. Had to run out for a bit. Thanks for your help by the way.
Anyway, I've tried making the separate folder for adb and fastboot and that didn't work. I tried unzipping and rezipping the PJ file and its the same error.
Use a stockish sense Rom. Clean Rom or viperxl. That is what our phone is supposed to be running. Should help you out.
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Also for adb commands run it with phn booted into Rom when you get to reboot cmd it will take you into fastboot then when executed
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As suggested, I would try flashing one of the stock rooted roms and see if that helps.
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PatC87 said:
Hi everyone. I'm having some problems getting S-Off on my phone. I'm running CM10 and I'm trying to follow Facepalm's method. I've got the phone to the black htc screen from the bootloader by typing in "fastboot oem rebootRUU" but when I type in "fastboot flash zip PJ8312000-OneX.zip" I get a message that says "error: cannot load 'PJ8312000-OneX.zip': Unknown error". I've tried downloading and redownloading the file a bunch, but the error is still the same.
Now just to give you more info: I don't know too much about using adb or fastboot. I downloaded them as a package with SDK and just extracted it to my desktop. That's where I saved the PJ8312000-OneX file and the soffbin3 file too. Got the error. I tried moving the files to the "platform tools" folder in the SDK folder. Still got the error. I don't know if the SDK folder itself needs to go somewhere else or not.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Did you ever figure it out? im stuck at the same part
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Did you ever figure it out? im stuck at the same part
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On cm10 don't you have to give adb root access? I haven't run a cm Rom in ages but I think I've seen it discussed about allowing access in one of the setting screens.
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31ken31 said:
On cm10 don't you have to give adb root access? I haven't run a cm Rom in ages but I think I've seen it discussed about allowing access in one of the setting screens.
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Yeah that's right. In developer settings you must turn on usb debugging, and there is another option which is called root access I think. This option has apps only checked by default, you need to change it to apps and adb.
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also, if you're on 4.2 jellybean based rom, you will need to make sure that you have a newer version of adb, and that even after you have the debugging settings checked, that you check the checkbox on the phone when it tries to connect the first time. It was an added security "feature" (just double checked, has to be 1.0.31 of adb in this case)
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2013/02/security-enhancements-in-jelly-bean.html has some more technical information about it....
HELPP
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The files just need to be in the same directory as adb and fastboot.
Are you SuperCID?
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yes ive tried everything. idk if this is relevant but it says the zip file PJ8312000 is invalid. what can i do?
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31ken31 said:
On cm10 don't you have to give adb root access? I haven't run a cm Rom in ages but I think I've seen it discussed about allowing access in one of the setting screens.
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yeah but im curently on the viperxl rom im trying to get cyanogenmod 10 but i have to s off first then downgrade the touch panel cause i took the ota and my hboot is 2.14. and i keep getting stuck at the step of s-off where you have to upload the zip file PJ8312000-OneX.zip
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yes ive tried everything. idk if this is relevant but it says the zip file PJ8312000 is invalid. what can i do?
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yeah but im curently on the viperxl rom im trying to get cyanogenmod 10 but i have to s off first then downgrade the touch panel cause i took the ota and my hboot is 2.14. and i keep getting stuck at the step of s-off where you have to upload the zip file PJ8312000-OneX.zip
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Press and hold power on your phone until it shuts off, then after it reboots, try again.
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Press and hold power on your phone until it shuts off, then after it reboots, try again.
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still the same problem is says no such directory exists for the s-off bin files and for the zip it just says cannot load and an error has occurred. but thank you. can you think of anything else i might try?
spinks420 said:
still the same problem is says no such directory exists for the s-off bin files and for the zip it just says cannot load and an error has occurred. but thank you. can you think of anything else i might try?
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Yeah they're not in the directory with ADB and fastboot.
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Yeah they're not in the directory with ADB and fastboot.
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they are in the same folder as adb and fastboot which ive named Android-adb and placed in the root of my C:\drive and i then went into my computer settings and added the folder path to the paths. so my adb and fastboot are working fine they issue commans correctly and everything but it wont flash those files.
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says no such directory exists for the s-off bin files
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That means they are not in your dirctory with ADB and fastboot. If you did not unzip them into that folder, that constitutes as not being in that folder.
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That means they are not in your dirctory with ADB and fastboot. If you did not unzip them into that folder, that constitutes as not being in that folder.
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i tried unzipping soffbin into the directory and it still didnt work and it wont open the pj8312000.zip it says the file is invalid. and ive downloaded it from multiple sites and it says the same thing for every one.
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i cant install no roms every rom i put in stay stuck at boot screen doesnt freeze just hangs on boot what can i do???????:crying::crying::crying:
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i cant install no roms every rom i put in stay stuck at boot screen doesnt freeze just hangs on boot what can i do???????:crying::crying::crying:
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are you s-on or s-off?
mattlowry said:
are you s-on or s-off?
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s-on
crimedave1987 said:
i cant install no roms every rom i put in stay stuck at boot screen doesnt freeze just hangs on boot what can i do???????:crying::crying::crying:
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Need more info. What ROM.....S-on, S-Off......what recovery......you know. As much of a description of what you're working with as you can think of. How are you flashing, what had you done right before this happened if anything, etc., etc......
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Need more info. What ROM.....S-on, S-Off......what recovery......you know. As much of a description of what you're working with as you can think of. How are you flashing, what had you done right before this happened if anything, etc., etc......
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i was trying to install rubix senceless 4.0 , cyanogen mod 9 , bulletproof 1.1 and i have cwm recovery 5.5.0.4 and im just flashing all thru cwm Recovery it will install okay then once i reboot bulletproof rom will hang on the t-mobile mytouch 4g slide other roms like rubix and cyanogen will hang at the boot animation screen prob i did something wrong cause when i wanted to install a new fresh rom i thought formatting everything wont damage the phone but here is what i format
on cwm-based recovery5.5.0.4
wipe data/factory reset - passed but with an error E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk1p2
wipe cache partition - passed
advanced/wipe dalvik cache wiped - passed
wipe battery stats - passed fix permissions - passed
This is why I have cwm v4.0.0.9
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K7Cobb said:
This is why I have cwm v4.0.0.9
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ok whyy?????
will this recovery fix my problem?
crimedave1987 said:
i cant install no roms every rom i put in stay stuck at boot screen doesnt freeze just hangs on boot what can i do???????:crying::crying::crying:
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damn this long no response is telling me i damaged my phone
crimedave1987 said:
ok whyy?????
will this recovery fix my problem?
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Have you by any chance tried out CWM 6.0 and decided to go back to 5.5.0.4? Did you extract the "boot.img" file from the ROM & fastboot flash boot boot.img thru ADB AFTER you flashed your ROM.zip file since you are S-On?
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K7Cobb said:
This is why I have cwm v4.0.0.9
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You won't be too happy with 4.0.0.9 if you ever let your phone go COMPLETLY dead. It will brick it.
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Have you by any chance tried out CWM 6.0 and decided to go back to 5.5.0.4? Did you extract the "boot.img" file from the ROM & fastboot flash boot boot.img thru ADB AFTER you flashed your ROM.zip file since you are S-On?
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You won't be too happy with 4.0.0.9 if you ever let your phone go COMPLETLY dead. It will brick it.
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well im using the aio toolkit by hansoon
and the latest cwm is 5.0.2.7 for mt4gs
crimedave1987 said:
well im using the aio toolkit by hansoon
and the latest cwm is 5.0.2.7 for mt4gs
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Hasoon's toolkit is for unlocking, installing CWM & superuser if my memory serves me though. You can flash your ROMs thu recovery (CWM) but with S-On you will have to extract the "boot.img" file and flash it seperately thru ADB because HBoot will stop an unsigned file it sees as a Radio from flashing if S-On.
There ARE a couple of other versions of CWM....5.5.0.4 & 6.0.0.0. (6.0 has some REAL issues though and has bricked several phones so IF you notice it....don't USE it.)
This will explain it much better to you...... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508556
is there anything i can do to fix this problem cause i really need the phone
okay just now i flashed cwm ver 5.0.2.7 and before when i had it i had the option (mounts and storage menu)
i formatted the cache/data/sd-ext/system is that what i did wrong?
crimedave1987 said:
is there anything i can do to fix this problem cause i really need the phone
okay just now i flashed cwm ver 5.0.2.7 and before when i had it i had the option (mounts and storage menu)
i formatted the cache/data/sd-ext/system is that what i did wrong?
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If you flashed your ROM and then the boot image after you did that it shouldn't be a problem. Did you read the post above yours and answer those question though? Did you check the link I provided and understand fully what it was talking about? That is VERY important.
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If you flashed your ROM and then the boot image after you did that it shouldn't be a problem. Did you read the post above yours and answer those question though? Did you check the link I provided and understand fully what it was talking about? That is VERY important.
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can you explain step by step cause its not giving me details
i extracted just the boot.img from the rom put it in a new folder then copied the rom.zip file to the same new folder im not doing the command prompt right? please help sorry im a noob
crimedave1987 said:
can you explain step by step cause its not giving me details
i extracted just the boot.img from the rom put it in a new folder then copied the rom.zip file to the same new folder im not doing the command prompt right? please help sorry im a noob
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do you have adb and fastboot setup?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370 - adb and fastboot the easy way
mattlowry said:
do you have adb and fastboot setup?
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i dont think so
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This will explain it much better to you...... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508556
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this is the step by step instructions
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i dont think so
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if you dont you need to do this ASAP because when you are on you have to fastboot .img files to make it work im not too familiar as i am s-off. follow my first link to set up adb and fastboot then go to the link weekend posted. (which is stickied in the development section).
Move your ROM.zip file to the root directory of your phone first. Then put the boot.img file in the root directory of your computer since it's already in the windows path. that's " C:\ " Since you already have Hasoon's toolkit installed we'll use that instead of putting you thru the ADB installation right now for time & simplicity's sake.
Go to Windows Explorer & navigate to the folder you have his toolkit in and copy the name of the folder down EXACTLY. Then you can pull up your command prompt window again. When it initiates it will say C:\ sumpthin....sumpthin...sumpthin. From there type CD\ and it will "change directory" back to C:\ THEN you can type cd\ "whatever you named the folder that has Hasoon's toolkit in it".
That will take you to that folder just like explorer will do. Just let it sit there for a second.
On your phone in Recovery you wipe user data/ factory reset 3 times then you can....
Wipe cache 3 times and toggle down to "Advanced"
That will take you to another screen where you will see "Dalvik Cache"
Wipe that 3 times as well.
Then hit "Go back" & return to the previous screen & select "install zip from SD card"
Once complete leave your phone sitting & still plugged in to the usb
NOW....go back to your computer and type....
reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
Once your phone reboots, leave it alone for 5 minutes to let everything settle in and you should be "good to go".
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Move your ROM.zip file to the root directory of your phone first. Then put the boot.img file in the root directory of your computer since it's already in the windows path. that's " C:\ " Since you already have Hasoon's toolkit installed we'll use that instead of putting you thru the ADB installation right now for time & simplicity's sake.
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the method for adb i posted is quick and easy. unzip to c: drive and you are done
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this is the step by step instructions
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if you dont you need to do this ASAP because when you are on you have to fastboot .img files to make it work im not too familiar as i am s-off. follow my first link to set up adb and fastboot then go to the link weekend posted. (which is stickied in the development section).
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If we can do it like this the first time it may keep him from going into sensory overload. LMAO!
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WeekendsR2Short said:
Move your ROM.zip file to the root directory of your phone first. Then put the boot.img file in the root directory of your computer since it's already in the windows path. that's " C:\ " Since you already have Hasoon's toolkit installed we'll use that instead of putting you thru the ADB installation right now for time & simplicity's sake.
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the method for adb i posted is quick and easy. unzip to c: drive and you are done
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You're right. It IS very easy. Either way should work but sometimes my mind doesn't go down the easiest path.
Try Matt's way first CrimeDave......
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WeekendsR2Short said:
Move your ROM.zip file to the root directory of your phone first. Then put the boot.img file in the root directory of your computer since it's already in the windows path. that's " C:\ " Since you already have Hasoon's toolkit installed we'll use that instead of putting you thru the ADB installation right now for time & simplicity's sake.
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the method for adb i posted is quick and easy. unzip to c: drive and you are done
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Mattlowery....I COMPLETLY forgot about the shortcut tool for setting up ADB!! My bad.
CrimeDave, I defer to Matt's way completly. I just now followed his link. I was trying to get you around something you didn't HAVE to get around in the first place. OH well..... LOL
Sorry if I confused you.....
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I just recently rooted my HTC One X and and now attempting to unlock the bootloader using HTC Dev. I've gotten my folder set up with all of the correct files (ADB and such) as well as gotten Android SDK installed. So far I've gotten into my command prompt and navigated to my file called "fastboot" that contains all of my adb files. I'm stuck at the fastboot unlock token stage. Whenever I enter that I get this error-
C:\fastboot>fastboot oem get_identifier_token
'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
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I've played around with it and tried different things, but still get this error. I am in bootloader/fastboot mode so that isn't the problem.
One thing I find interesting is that if I do "adb devices" I get
C:\fastboot>adb devices
List of devices attached
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So as you can see, it doesn't say there are any devices connected. Is this normal?
Please, if you see what I'm doing wrong it'd be great if you could help me out!
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I just recently rooted my HTC One X and and now attempting to unlock the bootloader using HTC Dev. I've gotten my folder set up with all of the correct files (ADB and such) as well as gotten Android SDK installed. So far I've gotten into my command prompt and navigated to my file called "fastboot" that contains all of my adb files. I'm stuck at the fastboot unlock token stage. Whenever I enter that I get this error-
I've played around with it and tried different things, but still get this error. I am in bootloader/fastboot mode so that isn't the problem.
One thing I find interesting is that if I do "adb devices" I get
So as you can see, it doesn't say there are any devices connected. Is this normal?
Please, if you see what I'm doing wrong it'd be great if you could help me out!
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If I'm not mistaken you need to super Cid before doing that I'd suggest just using and following this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672284
Thank you so much! I got that done, unlocked the bootloader, and installed TWRP recovery. Now before I install CleanROM do I have to flash the boot.img using "fastboot flash boot boot.img" or am I good to just flash the whole .zip file through recovery?
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Thank you so much! I got that done, unlocked the bootloader, and installed TWRP recovery. Now before I install CleanROM do I have to flash the boot.img using "fastboot flash boot boot.img" or am I good to just flash the whole .zip file through recovery?
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Depends ...what firmware r u on 1.73 or 1.85
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If you're on 1.73 you don't have to do anything but on not sure about 1.85 ill get back to you :angel:
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1.85
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Unless you took the 2.20 update you dodon't have to do that so go ahead and flash clean rom and enjoy 99.7% ssure
Could I see where you found this?
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Could I see where you found this?
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A couple different threads now I'm 99.9 percent sure you isn't have to flash the boot img. U can post in the q and a section if you really must you'll get a straight answer there
First you do have adb files installed? If you do make sure you install the drivers. Just install HTC Sync and make sure that it's not running in the task bar. Then try again. I'm almost sure that the drivers are missing in this case.
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First you do have adb files installed? If you do make sure you install the drivers. Just install HTC Sync and make sure that it's not running in the task bar. Then try again. I'm almost sure that the drivers are missing in this case.
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Lol, thanks. If you read above you can see that I solved that. What I'm needing to know now is if I have to flash a boot.img before I flash a ROM, or if I can just download the .zip and flash it from recovery.
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Lol, thanks. If you read above you can see that I solved that. What I'm needing to know now is if I have to flash a boot.img before I flash a ROM, or if I can just download the .zip and flash it from recovery.
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Sorry I'm just incredibly lazy and forget to read sometimes , well since you never took the 2.20 RUU/OTA you just have to run the zip unless the instructions for the rom specificly says to flash the boot.img.
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Okay, so I decided to do something stupid and forget to backup my HTC One S while rooting. I installed CM10, and it got stuck in a bootloop, so stupid me decided to also do a factory reset and basically delete everything I needed to get out of it. I've tried numerous things, including ADB sideloading a ROM, but whenever I do that, it also gets stuck in a boot loop. I have no idea how to use RUU's, and if anybody could help me to fix my phone, that'd be really really helpful. I'm also kindof a n00b towards this stuff, so step-by-step instructions would be much appriciated Thanks.
~MuZiiX
Is your device S-off and do you have supercid?
Then I believe you can just use any RUU file for your phone to get it back to stock.
A Ruu is basically a file that installs the stock ROM onto your device.
Find the Ruu you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094414
Just download it, connect your phone with a USB and run the Ruu file ( it's an .exe ) on your PC.
I hope this helps. Don't just listen to my advice. I'd wait till someone confirms my advice to be safe/correct. I'm still a bit of a noob after all who's trying to help and learn.
CuzCrostyPwns said:
Is your device S-off and do you have supercid?
Then I believe you can just use any RUU file for your phone to get it back to stock.
A Ruu is basically a file that installs the stock ROM onto your device.
Find the Ruu you need here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094414
Just download it, connect your phone with a USB and run the Ruu file ( it's an .exe ) on your PC.
I hope this helps. Don't just listen to my advice. I'd wait till someone confirms my advice to be safe/correct. I'm still a bit of a noob after all who's trying to help and learn.
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I think my device is s-off...i used the HTC One S all in one toolkit, and I have no idea what supercid is :s I've tried a couple RUU's before (don't know if i used them correctly, but i did relock the bootloader when i did it) but none of them helped. It just stayed at a black screen with "htc" in the middle. No error triangles or anything.
Did you run the RUU files like you would run an .exe file on your pc with your phone connected by USB?
I'm not sure how your PC will recognize your phone when you're not in fastboot (bootloader).. Or am I misunderstanding something.
Wait. Can you get into your recovery? Do you still have that installed?
CuzCrostyPwns said:
Did you run the RUU files like you would run an .exe file on your pc with your phone connected by USB?
I'm not sure how your PC will recognize your phone when you're not in fastboot (bootloader).. Or am I misunderstanding something.
Wait. Can you get into your recovery? Do you still have that installed?
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Yeah, the RUU's were .exe's with my phone connected through USB. I can get into recovery, I have CWM installed.
I'm not sure if CWM has this option, but maybe you can mount your phone through recovery.
Then just place a new ROM on your SD card and flash it.
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I'm not sure if CWM has this option, but maybe you can mount your phone through recovery.
Then just place a new ROM on your SD card and flash it.
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Well thats what I've been trying to do with the ADB sideloading, because it wont let me mount my sd card. It just says 'ERROR MOUNTING SD CARD" and when I've tryed flashing a new ROM from ADB sideloading, it just gets stuck in a bootloop again.
My best bet is to run the RUU file.
To know which one is the correct one is to see which RUU title fits your phone's Stock 'settings' the best (ie: provider, country, android version)
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Oh and this thread should be moved to the Q&A forum I just realized
CuzCrostyPwns said:
My best bet is to run the RUU file.
To know which one is the correct one is to see which RUU title fits your phone's Stock 'settings' the best (ie: provider, country, android version)
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Oh and this thread should be moved to the Q&A forum I just realized
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I've tried running multiple RUU files, and I have no idea what one to use. The phone when I got it was unlocked, and the android version was ICS I'm pretty sure.
I dunno how to find my stock settings because I cant get past the loading screen.
Did you try flashing the boot.IMG from adb. It sounds to me, that since every ROM you try results in a bootloop that you did not flash the boot.IMG
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did you flash boot.img? most of roms will bootloop without it
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Did you try flashing the boot.IMG from adb. It sounds to me, that since every ROM you try results in a bootloop that you did not flash the boot.IMG
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Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s
MuZiiX said:
Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s
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the boot.img is located in the zip you downloaded from get.cm
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the boot.img is located in the zip you downloaded from get.cm
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So what command would I use while flashing the boot.IMG file? (again sorry for not getting this, I just wanna get my phone working again)
MuZiiX said:
Pardon my stupidity, but what boot.IMG would I flash? As I stated before, I'm not that good at this kind of stuff :s
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You failed to follow the instructions to install the rom. That is why you phone wouldn't boot.
Download or build from source
Download gapps
wipe unless you're upgrading from an earlier CM10 ROM
flash rom in recovery
flash gapps in recovery
unless you have s-off fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Take your CM10 Rom and open it up. Inside you'll find a file called boot.img. Copy that file to the location where you installed the toolkit. Place it in the data folder there. Then open the toolkit and press the "flash a kernel" button. Just follow the instructions to flash the file.
You phone should now be fixed just reboot it.
Next time, make sure you read the instructions and if you aren't sure what's going don't move forward. Or use the search button. Finally, questions like this one go in the Q&A forum. :good:
dc211 said:
You failed to follow the instructions to install the rom. That is why you phone wouldn't boot.
Take your CM10 Rom and open it up. Inside you'll find a file called boot.img. Copy that file to the location where you installed the toolkit. Place it in the data folder there. Then open the toolkit and press the "flash a kernel" button. Just follow the instructions to flash the file.
You phone should now be fixed just reboot it.
Next time, make sure you read the instructions and if you aren't sure what's going don't move forward. Or use the search button. Finally, questions like this one go in the Q&A forum. :good:
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Thanks, I'll try that and see how it goes. I totally forgot to do a backup, and I now know that I should do one...and sorry, I'm kinda new to the forum and went here as a last resort.
MuZiiX said:
Thanks, I'll try that and see how it goes. I totally forgot to do a backup, and I now know that I should do one...and sorry, I'm kinda new to the forum and went here as a last resort.
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It not really a big deal. Your problem is the most common one we see in Q&A. Also, once you finish flashing the boot.img keep in mind that CM10 can take a few minutes to boot the first time.
Also, just a heads up while the toolkits are helpful learning the command yourself actually lets do you a lot more things a lot faster.
heres how to do it using fastboot:
Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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CuzCrostyPwns said:
heres how to do it using fastboot:
Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
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Thanks for the quick responses guys, I'm going to try that once I get home. Do I absolutely need USB debugging enabled? Because mine Isn't :s
MuZiiX said:
Thanks for the quick responses guys, I'm going to try that once I get home. Do I absolutely need USB debugging enabled? Because mine Isn't :s
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Nope, just gotta do it one of the three ways mentioned. If debugging isn't enabled use option 1.
This can either be done via
1 powering off and keeping volume up & the power-button pressed
2 the extended power-menu (If your ROM has it, just select "reboot" & then "bootloader")
3 via adb, connect your phone with the pc, make sure it says "USB debugging connected", go to Android/platform-tools/ & then press shift while you perform a right click with the mouse, then choose "open prompt here", type
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Hey guys, this isn't really a question, more of a problem I ran into that took me a long time to find a solution for so I figured I would post my answer incase anyone else runs into the same problem.
My problem was that all RUU files are .exe which ushually do not run properly even under WINE. If you are in a situation in which you do not have access to a Windows computer, but need to flash an RUU this is a very big problem.
The solution is to find and run this program: https://github.com/kmdm/unruu there are even precompiled snapshots availible in a link on that page aswell. Simply ./unruu <RUU-blah.exe> and in our case for the HTC One S two rom_01.zip and rom_02.zip will be extracted out of the RUU.exe. Then use fastboot to get to oem flashing mode:
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip rom_01.zip
fastboot flash zip rom_02.zip
for me the first rom's zip signature check failed but I ran the rom_02 anyway and it seemed to have the same effect as running a normal RUU.
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Hey guys, this isn't really a question, more of a problem I ran into that took me a long time to find a solution for so I figured I would post my answer incase anyone else runs into the same problem.
My problem was that all RUU files are .exe which ushually do not run properly even under WINE. If you are in a situation in which you do not have access to a Windows computer, but need to flash an RUU this is a very big problem.
The solution is to find and run this program: https://github.com/kmdm/unruu there are even precompiled snapshots availible in a link on that page aswell. Simply ./unruu <RUU-blah.exe> and in our case for the HTC One S two rom_01.zip and rom_02.zip will be extracted out of the RUU.exe. Then use fastboot to get to oem flashing mode:
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip rom_01.zip
fastboot flash zip rom_02.zip
for me the first rom's zip signature check failed but I ran the rom_02 anyway and it seemed to have the same effect as running a normal RUU.
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this sounds great! i just starting using linux so i am kinda lost. how do you run this program?
Itbelikedat said:
this sounds great! i just starting using linux so i am kinda lost. how do you run this program?
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Navigate to the directory where unruu is located using the terminal make sure the RUU is in the same folder and type
Code:
sudo ./unruu RUU.exe
You can change you location in the terminal using
Code:
cd /enter/desired/path/here
thanks! does anyone know where to get the latest ruu.exe? i've been looking around, but haven't been able to locate one. only a bunch of dead links were found.i'm running hboot 2.16 after doing moonshine s-off so earlier ruus wont work.
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nevermind. i found one here. http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Ville
this one should work for the t-mobile people
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...02.16_10.08e.50.04L_release_279577_signed.exe
Here's the latest official Tmobile US RUU: www.htc.com/us/support/news.aspx?p_id=463&p_name=htc-one-s-t-mobile
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Here's the latest official Tmobile US RUU: http://www.htc.com/us/support/news.a...one-s-t-mobile
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it says, "sorry, the page that you are looking for could not be found."
dead links everywhere.
Itbelikedat said:
it says, "sorry, the page that you are looking for could not be found."
dead links everywhere.
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http://www.androidruu.com/
Edit: I see you found it. never mind
BTW I could click on the other link, maybe it is your browser.
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http://www.androidruu.com/
Edit: I see you found it. never mind
BTW I could click on the other link, maybe it is your browser.
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you're right! lol
i was using chrome on windows 7 when the link didn't work.
i just tried it with firefox in unbuntu 13.10 and it worked!
are you running maximus hd on a htc one s?
it's an awesome rom, but i had no wifi, and and problems with my 4g so i flashed back to stock.
have you encountered any similliar issues? if so, how did you fix them?
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Navigate to the directory where unruu is located using the terminal make sure the RUU is in the same folder and type
Code:
sudo ./unruu RUU.exe
You can change you location in the terminal using
Code:
cd /enter/desired/path/here
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this is what i'm getting
i also get a bootstrap error saying that there is no such file or directory, even though i can see bootstrap in the folder using ls.
what could be the issue here? this is a fresh ubuntu install.
is there any way to get around this?
Itbelikedat said:
this is what i'm getting
i also get a bootstrap error saying that there is no such file or directory, even though i can see bootstrap in the folder using ls.
what could be the issue here? this is a fresh ubuntu install.
is there any way to get around this?
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It looks like you downloaded the source code which is what I linked to because I thought most people would know how to compile the unruu progru themselves
I don't however so I just downloaded the binary following the links from the page I posted to here
HTML:
psi.kennynet.co.uk/software/unruu/snapshots/
extracting that will give you the binary. if th want to compile your own binary follow the make and install commands on the site I linked to
Itbelikedat said:
you're right! lol
i was using chrome on windows 7 when the link didn't work.
i just tried it with firefox in unbuntu 13.10 and it worked!
are you running maximus hd on a htc one s?
it's an awesome rom, but i had no wifi, and and problems with my 4g so i flashed back to stock.
have you encountered any similliar issues? if so, how did you fix them?
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Yes, I'm on a One S, I did have problems like you described when I first installed it. But I knew why, when I flashed the firmware it showed an error. That was before the original post was updated with new instructions on flashing the firmware. After manually flashing the firmware it worked fine.
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It looks like you downloaded the source code which is what I linked to because I thought most people would know how to compile the unruu progru themselves
I don't however so I just downloaded the binary following the links from the page I posted to here
HTML:
psi.kennynet.co.uk/software/unruu/snapshots/
extracting that will give you the binary. if th want to compile your own binary follow the make and install commands on the site I linked to
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I tried one of the snapshots that were linked the original page. Is that considered source code?
Thanks. I'll go to the link and try it out.
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It looks like you downloaded the source code which is what I linked to because I thought most people would know how to compile the unruu progru themselves
I don't however so I just downloaded the binary following the links from the page I posted to here
HTML:
psi.kennynet.co.uk/software/unruu/snapshots/
extracting that will give you the binary. if th want to compile your own binary follow the make and install commands on the site I linked to
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this is what i did
downloaded the ruu from http://www.htc.com/us/support/news.aspx?p_id=463&p_name=htc-one-s-t-mobile
renamed it ruu
downloaded this http://psi.kennynet.co.uk/software/unruu/snapshots/unruu-0.3.0-beta-44bfd31-STATIC-BINARY.gz
etracted it in my home folder and renamed it unruu
opened up the terminal and entered chmod +x unruu
then entered ./unruu
the terminal printed out Usage: ./unruu RUU.exe
i entered ./unruu ruu.exe
the terminal printed out
Extracting temporary files...
Extracting rom zip files...
Extracting rom_02.zip...done.
Extracting rom_01.zip...done.
Cleaning up...
Done!
and now, i have rom_01.zip and rom_02.zip sitting in my home folder
as soon as i backup my phone, i will flash and confirm.
zdog, you are the man!
Itbelikedat said:
this is what i did
downloaded the ruu from http://www.htc.com/us/support/news.aspx?p_id=463&p_name=htc-one-s-t-mobile
renamed it ruu
downloaded this http://psi.kennynet.co.uk/software/unruu/snapshots/unruu-0.3.0-beta-44bfd31-STATIC-BINARY.gz
etracted it in my home folder and renamed it unruu
opened up the terminal and entered chmod +x unruu
then entered ./unruu
the terminal printed out Usage: ./unruu RUU.exe
i entered ./unruu ruu.exe
the terminal printed out
Extracting temporary files...
Extracting rom zip files...
Extracting rom_02.zip...done.
Extracting rom_01.zip...done.
Cleaning up...
Done!
and now, i have rom_01.zip and rom_02.zip sitting in my home folder
as soon as i backup my phone, i will flash and confirm.
zdog, you are the man!
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confirmed! that's awesome!!!
itstead of seeing a blue progress bar, you can actually see what's going on in terminal!
i had to flash rom_01.zip twice, as you had to zdog.
i flashing rom_02.zip once and got an error saying FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately)
i tried flashing rom_01.zip again, then tried flashing rom_02.zip, and got the same error.
i'm thinking that i got that error everytime because i upgraded my h.boot in order to run stock jellybean on the one s before it was officially released, then i ran moonshine s-off to get s-off after the one s toolkit s-off method became obsolete.
i entered fastboot reboot-bootloader in the terminal, flashed rom_01.zip twice, flashed, rom_02.zip, and both said [OKAY!] at the end.
i entered fastboot reboot into terminal, the phone rebooted, and it was just as if i ran the ruu.exe!
i think that flashing rom_01.zip twice, then flashing rom_02.zip twice, then fastboot reboot would have ha the same effect with less trouble.
thanks again zdog!
the rom.zip stock flash still takes a little while, but not as long as running the ruu.exe
because of you, that's one less reason to need to use windows.
since i decided to give linux a real chance, i prefer using ubuntu and lubuntu (light weight ubuntu) a lot more than windows.
Cheers!
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Itbelikedat said:
confirmed! that's awesome!!!
itstead of seeing a blue progress bar, you can actually see what's going on in terminal!
i had to flash rom_01.zip twice, as you had to zdog.
i flashing rom_02.zip once and got an error saying FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately)
i tried flashing rom_01.zip again, then tried flashing rom_02.zip, and got the same error.
i'm thinking that i got that error everytime because i upgraded my h.boot in order to run stock jellybean on the one s before it was officially released, then i ran moonshine s-off to get s-off after the one s toolkit s-off method became obsolete.
i entered fastboot reboot-bootloader in the terminal, flashed rom_01.zip twice, flashed, rom_02.zip, and both said [OKAY!] at the end.
i entered fastboot reboot into terminal, the phone rebooted, and it was just as if i ran the ruu.exe!
i think that flashing rom_01.zip twice, then flashing rom_02.zip twice, then fastboot reboot would have ha the same effect with less trouble.
thanks again zdog!
the rom.zip stock flash still takes a little while, but not as long as running the ruu.exe
because of you, that's one less reason to need to use windows.
since i decided to give linux a real chance, i prefer using ubuntu and lubuntu (light weight ubuntu) a lot more than windows.
Cheers!
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holy crap! i just realized that this method leaves the bootloader unlocked! i don't remember if i left the bootloader unlocked or not, before attempting to stock flash using this method, but the bootloader is unlocked now!
thank you sooooo much zdog!
if any of you use this method successfuly, hit the thanks button for zdog. he deserves it!
This is the hboot ONLY from the latest OTA (4.4.3/2.21.605.2) update 9/11/14 with red warning text removed!
flash from bootloader via fastboot commands:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip VZW_2.21.605.2_NoRedText_hboot.zip
fastboot reboot
*profit*
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2yDp308YPB8YlJTLTN0QW84WG8/edit?usp=sharing
hungsolow said:
This is the hboot ONLY from the latest OTA (4.4.3/2.21.605.2) update 9/11/14 with red warning text removed!
flash from bootloader via fastboot commands:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip VZW_2.21.605.2_NoRedText_hboot.zip
fastboot reboot
*profit*
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2yDp308YPB8YlJTLTN0QW84WG8/edit?usp=sharing
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Thanks man!
So this is okay to flash if I am running Venom 2.40?
can I rename this as 0P6BIMG.zip and flash it through hboot?
when I tell fastboot to flash the file.. it says error: cannot open (filename)
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hungsolow said:
This is the hboot ONLY from the latest OTA (4.4.3/2.21.605.2) update 9/11/14 with red warning text removed!
flash from bootloader via fastboot commands:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip VZW_2.21.605.2_NoRedText_hboot.zip
fastboot reboot
*profit*
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2yDp308YPB8YlJTLTN0QW84WG8/edit?usp=sharing
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good looks
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OdinValknir said:
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you can always try renaming to something easier, but it looks right, i renamed mine so its not a mess to type
OdinValknir said:
when I tell fastboot to flash the file.. it says error: cannot open (filename)
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Zip file in the same folder as fastboot.exe? If not there's ur problem lol
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Side note: Drive is the crappiest place to host a file, ever. F*ck drive.
Ah.. I was not aware the zip had to be in the same file... See I knew there was something missing... Now I know what the ???? Are before profit lol
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OdinValknir said:
when I tell fastboot to flash the file.. it says error: cannot open (filename)
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it can't find the file.
1 or 2 things is going on here.
1) you have the file named differently and there was a mis-type thus, not finding the file to fastboot flash.
2) you do not have the file in the same folder as your CMD prompt.
Hmmm ok so put file into folder where fastboot etc is... Still no joy
Still getting error cannot open
EDIT: ohwell.. having the red text didnt bother me too much before.. I guess until i can figure this out i will deal with it some more
Edit: figured it out... Was opening the cmd from the start menu... Had to open from the platform tools folder..
Tnx for help
Works great.
Thanks
OdinValknir said:
Hmmm ok so put file into folder where fastboot etc is... Still no joy
Still getting error cannot open
EDIT: ohwell.. having the red text didnt bother me too much before.. I guess until i can figure this out i will deal with it some more
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it's your user error, the OP did a great job making this.
I suggest doing some reading on fastboot, adb, etc....
this is like 1st grade stuff for rooting, and can cause serious issues if you don't know what you're doing and I def wouldn't want to see that. ESP with hboot, flashing hboot is dangerous as it is.
here is what I do..
I have a folder name "ADB"
I have this in my C; drive
I suggest doing the same.
This you put all your files needed for adb, fastboot, etc.
you put the file you download from this threads OP into said ADB folder.
Go to the top of the folder like the internet bar, type in CMD
and it will open a CMD prompt in the folder, and I don't see how it wouldn't work.
I attached my ADB folder for you, if you want to play with it..
andybones said:
it's your user error, the OP did a great job making this.
I suggest doing some reading on fastboot, adb, etc....
this is like 1st grade stuff for rooting, and can cause serious issues if you don't know what you're doing and I def wouldn't want to see that. ESP with hboot....
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No I finally got it... Just had to open my cmd prompt from platform tools folder.... I've only messed w this stuff once back when I first got the phone... I'm just relearning is all
OdinValknir said:
No I finally got it... Just had to open my cmd prompt from platform tools folder.... I've only messed w this stuff once back when I first got the phone... I'm just relearning is all
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I hope my post didn't come off rude, that was not my intention. (but yes it was user error, )
I just wouldn't want to see you damage your device.
Flashing hboot.img can be dangerous
(Also, like I said, 1 or 2 things.. the file wasn't in the correct folder, or was named wrong. it was in the correct folder, you just weren't opening the CMD prompt for that folder)
Always good learning without hurting phone.
Thanks to the OP for his efforts. :good:
For those wanting the Faux Locked version, I have both the No Red Text and Faux Locked versions made and posted in my m8 hboot thread: HERE
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Thanks to the OP for his efforts. :good:
For those wanting the Faux Locked version, I have both the No Red Text and Faux Locked versions made and posted in my m8 hboot thread: HERE
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the Faux Hboot worked like a charm. I would have hit the thanks button but I reached my max of 8 thanks for the day.
Is there any way to make this so I can put it on my sd card and flash it with hboot
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jaymccoubrey said:
Is there any way to make this so I can put it on my sd card and flash it with hboot
sent from my thumbs
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Yeah you can do it just like the firmware method.
Rename to 0P6BIMG.zip and put it on root of SD card.
Then boot to hboot and follow the prompts to update.
Irish Cream said:
So this is okay to flash if I am running Venom 2.40?
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I don't think anyone responded to you, but it's not the ROM/version you are running, but the firmware. You will want to download/flash the 4.4.3 firmware file first, then this file. Here's a link for the new firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ent/ruu-m8vzw-4-4-3-s-off-onlynewest-t2873144
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BTW, thank you OP for this... worked flawlessly!