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First: Thanks to this great forum of developers and users, I have learned a lot in a short period of time. The HTC One S is my first Android handset, and I love it. All the wonderful tutorials and threads you guys created made learning the basics of rooting/flashing easy.
This is my second HTC One S handset, the previous one died from hardware failure. The previous handset had HBoot 1.06, and so I was able to flash the TWRP recovery and use the Trickdroid 9.1.0 flawlessly. The problem comes with this new handset, and I am not sure exactly what it is to troubleshoot. The current HBoot on the phone is 1.14 (which means I can't flash radios, etc.). After unlocking the bootloader, I flashed the latest TWRP recovery (2.4.1.0). After factory resetting the phone and installing the Trickdroid 9.1.0, the phone won't boot. If I hold the power for 5-10 seconds, the keys flash, that's it. I am able to get into the bootloader using the power + volume down method, and then I have to recover my phone back to factory settings using the RUU avaliable online. I have tried redoing this process 2-3 times now, and everytime I flash the JB rom, the phone won't boot. I am not sure if having a HBoot 1.14 prevents me from upgrading from ICS --> JB, recovery, or anything else. As I said, my knowledge of Android is very limited as I am a new user. I really would like to use the JB rom that is cleaned and optimized. If anyone has any suggestions on what I can do, I would greatly appreciate it. Right now, I just did the perm root to be able to get rid of some of the bloat (T-Mobile comes with so much garbage!). Thank you so much, once again, and any troubleshooting help will be returned with big kiss! :angel:
bombina said:
First: Thanks to this great forum of developers and users, I have learned a lot in a short period of time. The HTC One S is my first Android handset, and I love it. All the wonderful tutorials and threads you guys created made learning the basics of rooting/flashing easy.
This is my second HTC One S handset, the previous one died from hardware failure. The previous handset had HBoot 1.06, and so I was able to flash the TWRP recovery and use the Trickdroid 9.1.0 flawlessly. The problem comes with this new handset, and I am not sure exactly what it is to troubleshoot. The current HBoot on the phone is 1.14 (which means I can't flash radios, etc.). After unlocking the bootloader, I flashed the latest TWRP recovery (2.4.1.0). After factory resetting the phone and installing the Trickdroid 9.1.0, the phone won't boot. If I hold the power for 5-10 seconds, the keys flash, that's it. I am able to get into the bootloader using the power + volume down method, and then I have to recover my phone back to factory settings using the RUU avaliable online. I have tried redoing this process 2-3 times now, and everytime I flash the JB rom, the phone won't boot. I am not sure if having a HBoot 1.14 prevents me from upgrading from ICS --> JB, recovery, or anything else. As I said, my knowledge of Android is very limited as I am a new user. I really would like to use the JB rom that is cleaned and optimized. If anyone has any suggestions on what I can do, I would greatly appreciate it. Right now, I just did the perm root to be able to get rid of some of the bloat (T-Mobile comes with so much garbage!). Thank you so much, once again, and any troubleshooting help will be returned with big kiss! :angel:
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Did you flash the boot.img via fastboot after flashing the rom?
rustykwak said:
Did you flash the boot.img via fastboot after flashing the rom?
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That seemed to be the problem this whole time! Argh! Thanks! In the previous phone, I always flashed it after rebooting via FlashGUI. I guess the only looming problem now is that the Wifi doesn't work on this Trickdroid ROM for my HBoot (1.14). Blah.
bombina said:
That seemed to be the problem this whole time! Argh! Thanks! In the previous phone, I always flashed it after rebooting via FlashGUI. I guess the only looming problem now is that the Wifi doesn't work on this Trickdroid ROM for my HBoot (1.14). Blah.
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theres a thread in dev section wifi partions perhaps that will help you out!
rustykwak said:
theres a thread in dev section wifi partions perhaps that will help you out!
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Unfortunatly on that hboot I dnt think we can
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siqbudz said:
Unfortunatly on that hboot I dnt think we can
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Yes, that is right. I think any HBoot higher than 1.09 (I am 1.14) will not be able to flash WiFi partitions. Any way we can make WiFi work on JB? Would upgrading the HBoot to 2.x fix this Wifi problem? I still don't know why it doesn't work though and not having Wifi is kind of a big deal.
Hey guys,
After days of googling on how to fix my problem i finally found this awesome site here.
The problem is that i cant flash my device with the command :"fastboot flash boot boot.img" because i cant get into my normal android os
All i reach is the hboot menu and from there my pc wont recognize my device as device...
Did you guys had something similar already or a solution to install android firmware manually?
regards
You need to be in your fastboot setting. Power down with the volume down key held and power back up the same way. Navigate and click fastboot and make sure the red box says fastboot usb
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You may need to download HTC Sync Manager from the HTC site and install it so that the drivers for the phone are available in your system.
need more information on your device:
what did you do up to the point where it stopped working.
Is your phone recognized by your computer when plugged in, adb devices.
hboot version?
do you have TWRP or CWM recovery on the phone and can you boot to that as well as the bootloader, hboot menu, is what you called it
Also you are on the dual core version not the tegra 3 model, if you have the tegra 3 wrong forum
Wubbz said:
need more information on your device:
what did you do up to the point where it stopped working.
Is your phone recognized by your computer when plugged in, adb devices.
hboot version?
do you have TWRP or CWM recovery on the phone and can you boot to that as well as the bootloader, hboot menu, is what you called it
Also you are on the dual core version not the tegra 3 model, if you have the tegra 3 wrong forum
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I tried to encrypt it, but after the reboot it didnt show the normal login screen after waiting 1 day.
No it isnt recognized by computer ;/
how do i know the hboot version?
whats TWRP or CWM?
thanks for your help!
is this a joke? why would you need to flash boot.img if you don't even know what any of this stuff is? if you encrypted your phone and it went bad, flashing boot.img wouldn't help a thing. sounds like a lame april fools joke.
how did you encrypt it, i think I've seen the option somewhere but i don't remember where it was.
were you rooted or stock before the encryption
do you have the latest htc sync manger installed
Hboot will be displayed on your bootloader, power button + volume down until soft buttons stop blinking then let go of the power button until but continue to hold volume down to boot into the bootloader
TWRP & CWM are recovery software used to flash custom roms and other mods
DvineLord said:
is this a joke? why would you need to flash boot.img if you don't even know what any of this stuff is? if you encrypted your phone and it went bad, flashing boot.img wouldn't help a thing. sounds like a lame april fools joke.
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No this is unfortunately not a joke :/
Wubbz said:
how did you encrypt it, i think I've seen the option somewhere but i don't remember where it was.
were you rooted or stock before the encryption
do you have the latest htc sync manger installed
Hboot will be displayed on your bootloader, power button + volume down until soft buttons stop blinking then let go of the power button until but continue to hold volume down to boot into the bootloader
TWRP & CWM are recovery software used to flash custom roms and other mods
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I followed some online instructions on how to encrypt the whole drive with a password and now here i am . I can only access the hboot menu which is version 1.12.0000 and i have no idea what i could do. I dont mind loosing the data, i just want to use it again :/
ineedhelpwithmyphone said:
No this is unfortunately not a joke :/
I followed some online instructions on how to encrypt the whole drive with a password and now here i am . I can only access the hboot menu which is version 1.12.0000 and i have no idea what i could do. I dont mind loosing the data, i just want to use it again :/
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You have the tegra3 version and should ask in those forums
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area51avenger said:
You have the tegra3 version and should ask in those forums
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what should i ask?
ineedhelpwithmyphone said:
what should i ask?
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I'm leaning towards this being a bad april fools joke too.
Same question you're asking in this thread but in the correct section, marked for your specific device. All devices are different so you will get better help in that section.
exad said:
I'm leaning towards this being a bad april fools joke too.
Same question you're asking in this thread but in the correct section, marked for your specific device. All devices are different so you will get better help in that section.
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once again this is NOT a joke.
This is the right forum, i have a htc one x and im in the helping section.
I think i said every detail of my phone now...is it even possible that i can use it again?
This forum is for the att hox or hoxl as its called. You have the international version there is a different forum for that phone
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ineedhelpwithmyphone, you have an endeavoru this forum is for the evita those codenames can be read from your hboot
A little foreshadow. I attempted to install the jellybean update on a rooted ATT phone. I ended up getting sent to the TWRT (?) screen on the install. I was silly and decided to clear the system... Which erased my OS completely.
For a while I was able to get to the TWRT(?) screen where I could mount my sd card, etc. While researching the problem I came across this:
a solution of fastbooting a recovery.img
I ran the fastboot recovery.img. The only problem is the only screen I can now access is the bootloader. I have bootloader 1.14.0002 loaded onto my phone if that helps.
Is there anyway to try to get a operating system or flash a rom onto this phone still or is it bricked for good? Also if I was able to put a rom onto it, what do you sugggest?
When I try to go to Recovery or Factory Reset, I get the HTC screen with the red text underneath it and it never goes any further.
Evita PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
Radio-0.19as 32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-V29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Jun 11 2012, 14:36:28
That is the information listed in my bootloader as of now. I am not showing it listed as a drive in my computer when connected to USB. Also when I 'power off' I am in a reset cycle that doesn't stop.
I really appreciate any help in advance. This was a big wake up call to myself about how I should be a lot more careful when messing with these things.
Thank you to everyone that answers!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38909732
[Public Service Announcement] Read before installing the AT&T Jellybean OTA or RUU
You might be hosed. Can you get into bootloader?
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Read before doing anything. Such a simple task. It's easy to read, it's hard to come back from a brick.
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You are not bricked, you are not even close to bricked... If you are already rooted, get the official jellybean update of your head. Clear your thoughts and lock it away. There are tons of custom jellybean ROMs available, a couple based on atts JB update... Flash one of those. If you can get to bootloader you're fine. If you can still access twrp, even better... Which version of twrp do you have IF you can still access? We'll start with that. If not You'll have to fastboot a recovery. 2.3.3.0 is your safest bet, I think the community will agree this is one of the most stable versions for our device.. Just in case you have to push it, download from here onto your computer. http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/evita/openrecovery-twrp-2.3.3.0-evita.img
Now drop that image file into your adb/fastboot folder. Right click your adb/fastboot folder and open a command prompt from there. Shoot this command.
Fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.3.0-evita.img
Now from bootloader choose to boot into recovery. Awwww yea now we on to something!
Now you can download the rom of choice onto your computer. Since you opted for official JB, take a look at Scotts CleanRom. It uses ATT firmware as base :thumbup: once downloaded, double click the zip file (rom) it'll show contents, and youll see a boot.img. simply drop the boot.img into your fastboot/adb folder.
Now on your phone. Choose "mount" in recovery. Make sure it mounts and shows files on your computer. From here drag the entire rom zip (cleanrom) onto your SD card. Now "unmount" hell yea we getting close. I can feel it!
Back out and choose "install" find cleanrom.zip, and swipe to flash. F*ckin rite, this is what android is all about.
Once its completed, DO NOT REBOOT SYSTEM. Since your s-on and have 1.14 hboot, you'll have to fastboot the boot.img you put in your adb folder. Choose to boot into bootloader! Make sure once again it says fastboot usb
Fire up command prompt inside that folder.
Shoot the command ---> fastboot flash boot boot.img
Sending.......
Okay....
Finished.....
OMG success!!! Some people will say to ---> fastboot erase cache
I don't necessarily do this, but it definitely won't hurt. Now reboot system and enjoy Scotts hard work. They don't calls his ROMs the most stable ROMs on the planet for nothing
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Not only does fastboot erase cache not take long it avoids many stupid little issues. I would say it's a must when flashing a new recovery.
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sinkthehalffoot said:
I attempted to install the jellybean update on a rooted ATT phone. I ended up getting sent to the TWRT (?) screen on the install.
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The reason it went to recovery is very simple. The OTA needs to have stock recovery in order to install. You don't have stock recovery on your phone anymore, you have custom recovery (TWRP). So the OTA stalled there, when it didn't find stock recovery.
sinkthehalffoot said:
I was silly and decided to clear the system... Which erased my OS completely.
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Of course it did, what were you expecting to happen? Wiping the OS is the very definition of what happens when you wipe system. If you didn't know what wiping system would do, you shouldn't have done it. For that matter, you shouldn't be doing anything on your phone if you don't know what its for.
A lot of this points to a fundamental lack of reading and understanding:
- Don't know the name of the custom recovery installed on the system
- Wiping things without knowing what they are
- Basic rule (that many folks here seem to ignore, for reasons unknown): Don't install any OTA on a rooted device without first researching what will happen
Lack of basic understanding which spells almost certain doom when modding smartphones. I would highly suggest a few solid hours of research before messing with your phone anymore. I'm not saying this to be a jerk. I'm saying it so you don't brick your phone.
You aren't bricked. With very few exceptions (and this isn't one of those) if the screen turns on, and you can get into hboot, the phone is recoverable. And probably fairly easily so, with the right steps. But you need to do some homework before proceeding.
redpoint73 said:
Lack of basic understanding which spells almost certain doom when modding smartphones. I would highly suggest a few solid hours of research before messing with your phone anymore. I'm not saying this to be a jerk. I'm saying it so you don't brick your phone.
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+1000
This is exactly the kind of situation that occurs when people get in over their heads and start blundering around.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232141
InflatedTitan said:
You are not bricked, you are not even close to bricked... If you are already rooted, get the official jellybean update of your head. Clear your thoughts and lock it away. There are tons of custom jellybean ROMs available, a couple based on atts JB update... Flash one of those. If you can get to bootloader you're fine. If you can still access twrp, even better... Which version of twrp do you have IF you can still access? We'll start with that. If not You'll have to fastboot a recovery. 2.3.3.0 is your safest bet, I think the community will agree this is one of the most stable versions for our device.. Just in case you have to push it, download from here onto your computer.
Now drop that image file into your adb/fastboot folder. Right click your adb/fastboot folder and open a command prompt from there. Shoot this command.
Fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.3.0-evita.img
Now from bootloader choose to boot into recovery. Awwww yea now we on to something!
Now you can download the rom of choice onto your computer. Since you opted for official JB, take a look at Scotts CleanRom. It uses ATT firmware as base :thumbup: once downloaded, double click the zip file (rom) it'll show contents, and youll see a boot.img. simply drop the boot.img into your fastboot/adb folder.
Now on your phone. Choose "mount" in recovery. Make sure it mounts and shows files on your computer. From here drag the entire rom zip (cleanrom) onto your SD card. Now "unmount" hell yea we getting close. I can feel it!
Back out and choose "install" find cleanrom.zip, and swipe to flash. F*ckin rite, this is what android is all about.
Once its completed, DO NOT REBOOT SYSTEM. Since your s-on and have 1.14 hboot, you'll have to fastboot the boot.img you put in your adb folder. Choose to boot into bootloader! Make sure once again it says fastboot usb
Fire up command prompt inside that folder.
Shoot the command ---> fastboot flash boot boot.img
Sending.......
Okay....
Finished.....
OMG success!!! Some people will say to ---> fastboot erase cache
I don't necessarily do this, but it definitely won't hurt. Now reboot system and enjoy Scotts hard work. They don't calls his ROMs the most stable ROMs on the planet for nothing
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In case anyone ends up stumbling here with a similar issue, this solution worked to a 'T'. Thank you again InflatedTitan.
To everyone else, yes I know, I should of read more than I had. I saw the jellybean update and have been wanting it for a while and acted with haste. I learned a valuable lesson from it all.
Lol this "solution" was around before you posted. You just didn't read or search enough.
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F**kin right! That's what android is all about. Hahaha!
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Venomtester said:
F**kin right! That's what android is all about. Hahaha!
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Lol :beer:
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Venomtester said:
F**kin right! That's what android is all about. Hahaha!
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Its almost like a high every time I slide to flash lol
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InflatedTitan said:
Its almost like a high every time I slide to flash lol
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I thought I was the only one. In fact I just rooted a nook tablet and installed twrp. Slides to flash... And I could swear I was on cloud 9.
But bravo on the explanation sir. Love a good write up. Even though i already know it, feels good to read it.
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[HELP] Not sure if bricked or hardware issue?
I know this is my first post, but I really need the help.
(Also, I'm sorry if this is a bit long)
I've have searched the HOX Evita and Android Q&A forums countless time in the past 3 days trying to figure this out. This thread and this one: "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156665&highlight=fastboot+usb+hangs", are the most similar to what I think is happening to my phone.
Just a little background:
- Bought a used HTC One X, but has a cracked digitizer which I'll be replacing this weekend. (Not sure if this is causing the problems, could it?)
- I was told that the OS was still stock, but I know that's not true now.
- During the first 12 hours I used it, I had no problems.
- Then while I was playing music it rebooted and went to the HTC boot up screen with the red text. Stopped then rebooted again to the normal HTC boot up screen but just hanged there and vibrated nonstop.
- I then used the power button to force a shut down and haven't been able to use it since then.
Here's where I'm at now:
- I'm able to get to the bootloader screen sometimes with the VOL DOWN+PWR method, but most of the time it goes to the QHSUSB mode.
- When I can get to the bootloader, I try to get to Fastboot or Recovery mode but once I press the power button it just stops and does nothing.
- The few times I have gotten into fastboot, and plug in an USB cable, it hangs.
- So far I have NOT gotten it to show "FASTBOOT USB" therefore I haven't been able to use a RUU or flash a boot.img.
- I have reinstalled the drivers almost 5 times now, and tried with different sources from here and HTC Sync. And also tried with 3 different cables and USB ports on my laptop. But still no signs of a connection with my laptop.
- And at one time I (before I knew I shouldn't have) I did try to Factory Reset from the bootloader, but nothing happened. I hope that won't become my downfall.
But yeah, sorry again for the long post, just trying to be thorough. If anyone has an idea of what I can do, please I need your help. It really doesn't matter to me whether my HOX goes back to stock, or use a ROM like CleanROM 6, as long as I can use it again.
Also here's the info at the bootloader screen.
***TAMPERED***
***LOCKED***
Evita PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
Radio-0.19as 32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-V29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Jun 11 2012, 14:36:28
pharrjw said:
I know this is my first post, but I really need the help.
(Also, I'm sorry if this is a bit long)
I've have searched the HOX Evita and Android Q&A forums countless time in the past 3 days trying to figure this out. This thread and this one: "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156665&highlight=fastboot+usb+hangs", are the most similar to what I think is happening to my phone.
Just a little background:
- Bought a used HTC One X, but has a cracked digitizer which I'll be replacing this weekend. (Not sure if this is causing the problems, could it?)
- I was told that the OS was still stock, but I know that's not true now.
- During the first 12 hours I used it, I had no problems.
- Then while I was playing music it rebooted and went to the HTC boot up screen with the red text. Stopped then rebooted again to the normal HTC boot up screen but just hanged there and vibrated nonstop.
- I then used the power button to force a shut down and haven't been able to use it since then.
Here's where I'm at now:
- I'm able to get to the bootloader screen sometimes with the VOL DOWN+PWR method, but most of the time it goes to the QHSUSB mode.
- When I can get to the bootloader, I try to get to Fastboot or Recovery mode but once I press the power button it just stops and does nothing.
- The few times I have gotten into fastboot, and plug in an USB cable, it hangs.
- So far I have NOT gotten it to show "FASTBOOT USB" therefore I haven't been able to use a RUU or flash a boot.img.
- I have reinstalled the drivers almost 5 times now, and tried with different sources from here and HTC Sync. And also tried with 3 different cables and USB ports on my laptop. But still no signs of a connection with my laptop.
- And at one time I (before I knew I shouldn't have) I did try to Factory Reset from the bootloader, but nothing happened. I hope that won't become my downfall.
But yeah, sorry again for the long post, just trying to be thorough. If anyone has an idea of what I can do, please I need your help. It really doesn't matter to me whether my HOX goes back to stock, or use a ROM like CleanROM 6, as long as I can use it again.
Also here's the info at the bootloader screen.
***TAMPERED***
***LOCKED***
Evita PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
Radio-0.19as 32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-V29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Jun 11 2012, 14:36:28
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You will have to get a proper fastboot connection before you can do anything. Then unlock the bootloader then you can flash a recovery on there. Is this an AT&T phone?
exad said:
You will have to get a proper fastboot connection before you can do anything. Then unlock the bootloader then you can flash a recovery on there. Is this an AT&T phone?
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, it is an AT&T phone. I understand that I need a fastboot connection, I'm just having difficulties timing it. Is it normally this difficult to get a FASTBOOT USB connection? Or is there something else that I could be missing, or any other method?
I have thought about booting Windows XP on my laptop from a flash drive then trying to connect from that. Does XP have a better record when it comes to unlocking and flashing with android?
If you did a factory reset from bootloader your sd is corrupted. When you can get into the bootloader what does it do if you click on recovery?
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pharrjw said:
Thanks for the reply. Yes, it is an AT&T phone. I understand that I need a fastboot connection, I'm just having difficulties timing it. Is it normally this difficult to get a FASTBOOT USB connection? Or is there something else that I could be missing, or any other method?
I have thought about booting Windows XP on my laptop from a flash drive then trying to connect from that. Does XP have a better record when it comes to unlocking and flashing with android?
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There's nothing to time. Drivers and fastboot/adb are all you need. HTC Sync can get in the way so kill or uninstall it if it's running. When you boot to Bootloader, select fastboot, plug in the phone, if you have the the drivers it should go into fastboot USB. I have seen people having issues before due to something interfering with the HTC drivers but it's not common. You can try creating a VM for a clean environment with less chance of anything interfering.
Thanks again for the replies guys.
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If you did a factory reset from bootloader your sd is corrupted. When you can get into the bootloader what does it do if you click on recovery?
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I was just able to get back into Bootloader, and tried to go into recovery, but with no luck. It just hangs at the bootloader screen. :
EDIT: Not sure if relevant, but after that it eventually shut down, and when I checked it in the Device Manager it appeared again as QHSUSB-DLOAD.
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There's nothing to time. Drivers and fastboot/adb are all you need. HTC Sync can get in the way so kill or uninstall it if it's running. When you boot to Bootloader, select fastboot, plug in the phone, if you have the the drivers it should go into fastboot USB. I have seen people having issues before due to something interfering with the HTC drivers but it's not common. You can try creating a VM for a clean environment with less chance of anything interfering.
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I'm gonna try it again with HTC Sync uninstalled. But if I get the same results I'll probably will endup creating a VM, and hopefully get better results.
I would also like to add that when I do try to get to the bootloader I get various results. Sometimes it goes into QHSUSB like I said in my first post. Then sometimes just nothing but a blank screen and the LED light blinking like the battery is low, or it's solid as if it is charging even though my HOX isn't plugged in to anything. That's what I was referring to when I said I was having difficulties timing it.
pharrjw said:
Thanks again for the replies guys.
I was just able to get back into Bootloader, and tried to go into recovery, but with no luck. It just hangs at the bootloader screen. :
EDIT: Not sure if relevant, but after that it eventually shut down, and when I checked it in the Device Manager it appeared again as QHSUSB-DLOAD.
I'm gonna try it again with HTC Sync uninstalled. But if I get the same results I'll probably will endup creating a VM, and hopefully get better results.
I would also like to add that when I do try to get to the bootloader I get various results. Sometimes it goes into QHSUSB like I said in my first post. Then sometimes just nothing but a blank screen and the LED light blinking like the battery is low, or it's solid as if it is charging even though my HOX isn't plugged in to anything. That's what I was referring to when I said I was having difficulties timing it.
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factory reset in bootloader corrupts the SD card. We wont worry about that just yet as there's nothing we can do about it until we can get recovery on there.
You're going to have to be very careful because it sounds like your EMMC partitions might have some issues. if you can get it to bootlaoder KEEP IT AT THAT SCREEN. don't power it off or anything, leave it there. Because one wrong move could be a perma brick. If we can get a rom on there to S-OFF with, we can RUU to restore your emmc partitions.
So my AT&T HTC One X is bootloader unlocked, super CID and was rooted. I installed a copy of Viper XL 4.2.0 that had issues with the radio turning off so I thought I'd try Maximus HD. I flashed the boot.img and went to install the rom only to find that the rom was for the international version of the HTC One X only (this was conveniently overlooked in the thread). I backed out of installation, went to restore with my TWRP backup and it had been deleted. I reinstalled the Viper XL rom and my phone booted up to the HTC developers screen (red text) and went black. This now happens every time I try to boot the phone up.
I have access to fastboot and clockwork recovery. I can't get ADB to work as I don't have access to enable USB debugging. I have flashed a few roms since with their respective boot.img to no avail. The phone still just boots to the HTC screen and blacks out.
I don't have S-off and, from my research, I can't get it without ADB so I can't RUU and return to stock without bricking (apparently). I've been at this for about a month and this soft brick is starting to look a whole lot like a hard brick.
Any suggestions, or am I out of business?
Thanks in advance!
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So my AT&T HTC One X is bootloader unlocked, super CID and was rooted. I installed a copy of Viper XL 4.2.0 that had issues with the radio turning off so I thought I'd try Maximus HD. I flashed the boot.img and went to install the rom only to find that the rom was for the international version of the HTC One X only (this was conveniently overlooked in the thread). I backed out of installation, went to restore with my TWRP backup and it had been deleted. I reinstalled the Viper XL rom and my phone booted up to the HTC developers screen (red text) and went black. This now happens every time I try to boot the phone up.
I have access to fastboot and clockwork recovery. I can't get ADB to work as I don't have access to enable USB debugging. I have flashed a few roms since with their respective boot.img to no avail. The phone still just boots to the HTC screen and blacks out.
I don't have S-off and, from my research, I can't get it without ADB so I can't RUU and return to stock without bricking (apparently). I've been at this for about a month and this soft brick is starting to look a whole lot like a hard brick.
Any suggestions, or am I out of business?
Thanks in advance!
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Not sure if I can help you much but I did notice an important clue by what you said. It looks like you flashed the boot.img before flashing the Rom. This is backwards. You are supposed to flash the Rom first and then the boot.img. If you are not S-Off this will indeed cause problems. If you are still able and have the files on the phone, try flashing in that order and see if that clears it up. Oh and P.S. I'm sure you already are kicking yourself but yes, stick to Roms made for our phone in this forum.
Just noticed something else:
you said you had access to fastboot? Connect the phone and open a CMD prompt, navigate to your ADB/Fastboot folder (Where ever you keep your adb/fastboot tools) and then type "fastboot devices" to see if your computer is talking to your phone. If it is, you said you can flash Viper. you will just need to unzip the Viper zip and get the boot.img. Put that file in your ADB/Fastboot folder. open a CMD prompt again and navigate once again to you ADB/Fastboot folder, then type "fastboot flash boot boot.img and that should get you back on the road.
This is assuming you have a folder with the required ADB/Fastboot resources (if you don't I recommend you learn how) and knowledge on how to navigate to that folder with DOS commands.
roycedavies said:
So my AT&T HTC One X is bootloader unlocked, super CID and was rooted. I installed a copy of Viper XL 4.2.0 that had issues with the radio turning off so I thought I'd try Maximus HD. I flashed the boot.img and went to install the rom only to find that the rom was for the international version of the HTC One X only (this was conveniently overlooked in the thread). I backed out of installation, went to restore with my TWRP backup and it had been deleted. I reinstalled the Viper XL rom and my phone booted up to the HTC developers screen (red text) and went black. This now happens every time I try to boot the phone up.
I have access to fastboot and clockwork recovery. I can't get ADB to work as I don't have access to enable USB debugging. I have flashed a few roms since with their respective boot.img to no avail. The phone still just boots to the HTC screen and blacks out.
I don't have S-off and, from my research, I can't get it without ADB so I can't RUU and return to stock without bricking (apparently). I've been at this for about a month and this soft brick is starting to look a whole lot like a hard brick.
Any suggestions, or am I out of business?
Thanks in advance!
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You said you flashed the boot.img from Maximus before flashing the ROM (which is ok, the previous member is incorrect in saying that it must be afterwards, it can be either), but did you flash the boot.img from the Viper XL ROM when you flashed that? If not your phone is trying to boot Viper while the Maximus boot.img is still installed, obviously this won't work.
One thing. The fact that Maximus ROM is only for the Endeavoru wasn't "conveniently overlooked" as you sarcastically put it. You were in the wrong forum. The ROM itself is in the Endeavoru forum and you have the Evita so you shouldn't be in the Endeavoru forum in the first place. The ROM is in the correct forum, it doesn't need to be labelled "Endeavoru only" because the user should be aware of which device they have and be aware of which forum they are in. The fact that you're bouncing around both forums is a bit of a worry. You have no reason to be in that forum.
Our forum is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
Our two development sections are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1541
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1726
Stay within our device forum, you don't ever need to be anywhere else. You're pretty lucky you haven't actually bricked your phone by flashing that ROM. By the way, there's no such thing as a soft brick. A brick is when your phone will not power on at all. It's either bricked or it isn't.
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You said you flashed the boot.img from Maximus before flashing the ROM (which is ok, the previous member is incorrect in saying that it must be afterwards, it can be either), but did you flash the boot.img from the Viper XL ROM when you flashed that? If not your phone is trying to boot Viper while the Maximus boot.img is still installed, obviously this won't work.
One thing. The fact that Maximus ROM is only for the Endeavoru wasn't "conveniently overlooked" as you sarcastically put it. You were in the wrong forum. The ROM itself is in the Endeavoru forum and you have the Evita so you shouldn't be in the Endeavoru forum in the first place. The ROM is in the correct forum, it doesn't need to be labelled "Endeavoru only" because the user should be aware of which device they have and be aware of which forum they are in. The fact that you're bouncing around both forums is a bit of a worry. You have no reason to be in that forum.
Our forum is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
Our two development sections are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1541
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1726
Stay within our device forum, you don't ever need to be anywhere else. You're pretty lucky you haven't actually bricked your phone by flashing that ROM. By the way, there's no such thing as a soft brick. A brick is when your phone will not power on at all. It's either bricked or it isn't.
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Thanks for the reply. I believe the reason I'm not bricked is because I backed out of the installation of Maximus HD during the setup screen progression. The actual ROM was never flashed. However, I have flashed the boot.img and ROMs for Viper, Xylon, and Cyanogenmod with no success. The result is the same every time (HTC screen, then black). I extract the boot.img from each of the roms, flash it, and then flash the ROM. The ROM I flash is a copy of the the original with the boot.img still inside. Perhaps I should be removing the boot.img if I am going to flash it separately in fastboot? And I realize that the threads are specific for certain phones now. It's all kind of a mess to get into at first.
I understanding that it can be a bit confusing at first, especially with the phones betting similarly named. But you know now so you shouldn't have this problem again. I believe you will probably need to run an RUU to get out of this mess, but I'll need to see your bootloader details first, just the first five lines.
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Not sure if I can help you much but I did notice an important clue by what you said. It looks like you flashed the boot.img before flashing the Rom. This is backwards. You are supposed to flash the Rom first and then the boot.img. If you are not S-Off this will indeed cause problems. If you are still able and have the files on the phone, try flashing in that order and see if that clears it up. Oh and P.S. I'm sure you already are kicking yourself but yes, stick to Roms made for our phone in this forum.
Just noticed something else:
you said you had access to fastboot? Connect the phone and open a CMD prompt, navigate to your ADB/Fastboot folder (Where ever you keep your adb/fastboot tools) and then type "fastboot devices" to see if your computer is talking to your phone. If it is, you said you can flash Viper. you will just need to unzip the Viper zip and get the boot.img. Put that file in your ADB/Fastboot folder. open a CMD prompt again and navigate once again to you ADB/Fastboot folder, then type "fastboot flash boot boot.img and that should get you back on the road.
This is assuming you have a folder with the required ADB/Fastboot resources (if you don't I recommend you learn how) and knowledge on how to navigate to that folder with DOS commands.
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Dude, you are a golden-freaking genius. Your suggestion to flash the boot.img second did the trick! I'm currently running Uxylon! Hopefully things continue to work. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Oh, that's great. Usually it shouldn't matter which order you flash in, but at least it got you out of trouble this time.
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Dude, you are a golden-freaking genius. Your suggestion to flash the boot.img second did the trick! I'm currently running Uxylon! Hopefully things continue to work. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Actually I can't take credit for this. Timmaaa pointed out something I didn't know. You can flash them in either order (mind blown!) I've only see it one way. I learn a ton every day. @timmaaa pointed out you had the Maximus boot.img loaded. I think you just flashed over it and now you have the correct boot.img for the Rom you are running. Glad everything worked out for you and I learned something in the process too. Cheers!
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Actually I can't take credit for this. Timmaaa pointed out something I didn't know. You can flash them in either order (mind blown!) I've only see it one way. I learn a ton every day. @timmaaa pointed out you had the Maximus boot.img loaded. I think you just flashed over it and now you have the correct boot.img for the Rom you are running. Glad everything worked out for you and I learned something in the process too. Cheers!
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Hey, you should take the credit, I believe flashing it afterwards was what got his phone booted :thumbup:
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Actually I can't take credit for this. Timmaaa pointed out something I didn't know. You can flash them in either order (mind blown!) I've only see it one way. I learn a ton every day. @timmaaa pointed out you had the Maximus boot.img loaded. I think you just flashed over it and now you have the correct boot.img for the Rom you are running. Glad everything worked out for you and I learned something in the process too. Cheers!
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thanks again for your help and this might be a total shot in the dark but I am still having the boot to black issue after installing uxylon. the room is running well enough (4g won't turn on but one problem at a time) but every time I turn the phone off or rent I have to get into fastboot and flash the boot.img to get the phone on again. is that normal? the only other ROM I have ever had working is viper but I haven't seen any indication that having to use fastboot to turn the phone on every time is normal. is there a way to fix this possibly?
timmaaa said:
I understanding that it can be a bit confusing at first, especially with the phones betting similarly named. But you know now so you shouldn't have this problem again. I believe you will probably need to run an RUU to get out of this mess, but I'll need to see your bootloader details first, just the first five lines.
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Thanks for the reply! I will get the bootloader info ASAP bit don't I need to be s-of in order to RUU? from what I've read, if you don't have unlocked bootloader, root access, and s-off, you'll end up bricking your phone with RUU. I'd really like to do it but I have tried to get s-off to no avail.
No, that isn't normal at all, there's definitely something screwy there. I think you're gonna need to run an RUU, so you'll need to get s-off. Try this:
Http://Rumrunner.us
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roycedavies said:
thanks again for your help and this might be a total shot in the dark but I am still having the boot to black issue after installing uxylon. the room is running well enough (4g won't turn on but one problem at a time) but every time I turn the phone off or rent I have to get into fastboot and flash the boot.img to get the phone on again. is that normal? the only other ROM I have ever had working is viper but I haven't seen any indication that having to use fastboot to turn the phone on every time is normal. is there a way to fix this possibly?
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Definitely not normal. A few recommendations:
1. Back up all your stuff, wipe everything except the SD card, Flash a fresh copy of the Rom, Flash the boot.img (you really should consider S-Off), Wipe the cache and DALVIK cache one more time, boot up the system.
2. Same as above except choose another Rom. There are plenty to choose from. The 4.4 Roms are getting a lot better now that the new Kernel fix got rid of the boot loops/reboots.
Sorry about the delay, it's been a heavy week at work. Hope things work out for you.
I don't think flashing another ROM is going to fix the problem at hand. There's very possibly something much deeper wrong here, which a ROM flash won't fix. I honestly think it's better to run an RUU which will bring everything back to the way it's meant to be and the user can start with a blank slate.
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timmaaa said:
No, that isn't normal at all, there's definitely something screwy there. I think you're gonna need to run an RUU, so you'll need to get s-off. Try this:
Http://Rumrunner.us
Sent from my Evita
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Sometimes is pays to see if there is a page 2 to the thread...Sorry about that! lol
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timmaaa said:
I don't think flashing another ROM is going to fix the problem at hand. There's very possibly something much deeper wrong here, which a ROM flash won't fix. I honestly think it's better to run an RUU which will bring everything back to the way it's meant to be and the user can start with a blank slate.
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You have no idea how much I have vicariously learned from your posts. Thanks Timmaa! I keep thinking if more of these folks would go ahead and get S-Off they would have waaaaaaaaaay less issues.
Flashing another ROM could be worth a try, but the fact that the boot.img seems to be disappearing whenever the screen is off suggest something has gone wrong at a lower level.
I'm glad to help, I'm still learning something new just about every day too from XDA.
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timmaaa said:
Flashing another ROM could be worth a try, but the fact that the boot.img seems to be disappearing whenever the screen is off suggest something has gone wrong at a lower level.
I'm glad to help, I'm still learning something new just about every day too from XDA.
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I totally agree now because after rereading the post, there is a radio issue in addition to the boot issue. Is it possible that the Endeverou boot.img messed something up?
Yeah, that's exactly what I'm thinking. An RUU will hopefully fix that right up.
Sent from my Evita.
timmaaa said:
No, that isn't normal at all, there's definitely something screwy there. I think you're gonna need to run an RUU, so you'll need to get s-off. Try this:
Http://Rumrunner.us
Sent from my Evita
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That sounds like a good plan. (I'm really appreciating all your input by the way! Thanks so much!) One question though, upon checking out the rumrunner website, there isn't specific mention of the HTC One X Evita. Call me paranoid, but after what I've been through I want to make 100% sure I'm compatible before moving forward. Have you or anyone used this specific method for S-Off on the One X Evita?
For the Evita you use the universal HTC method. I've created a thread for it if you want to make sure it's worked for other Evita owners.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540232
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Hi All!
Recently i flashed TWRP and Cynogenmod 10.2.1 stable to my HTC Telestra One XL (evita)
I unlocked boot-loader
I successfully rooted
But I shut down once, and when i tried to boot, it got stuck in a boot-loop
Upon many retries, it suddenly wont turn on
when I charge it it only has a flashing red light but it wont even turn on, no screen not buttons; nothing!
And if I plug it in to my PC, the pc keeps sounding the USB Connected sound multiple times over a short period of 30 seconds to 2 minutes and then it gives off multiple shaky beeps
I hope this is enough info to let anyone help out!
Thank You in Advance
EDIT:
when connected to a pc it shows drivers is ready to use but tries to install QHUSB_DLOAD but fails and latest RUU does not detect
Thx again
What is the exact full filename of the ROM zip that you flashed? When a device is showing up as QHSUSB_DLOAD in Windows it usually means it's bricked.
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timmaaa said:
What is the exact full filename of the ROM zip that you flashed? When a device is showing up as QHSUSB_DLOAD in Windows it usually means it's bricked.
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Just found out:
a friend of mine tried to flash a file named "cm-10.0.0-evita" and it gave off a message saying that this phone is not rooted or missing supersu/ something along those lines
before that he wiped sd card (whole thing)...
and then it went off from there
NOTE: its a phone with mess with, but still want to fix even though its just a side phone we barely use....help appreciated
So does it power on at all?
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So does it power on at all?
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nope
when plugged in it only has a red LED that flashes once every once in a while and thats it
pc recognises it but wants to install qhusb_dload (as mentioned) and it just sais no driver found
i am researching and i found something called a "RIFF Box" but unsure if its worth it, plus i dont know where to jtag it (if its possible at all)
PS: hi from sydney!
Al-Dazzlez said:
Just found out:
a friend of mine tried to flash a file named "cm-10.0.0-evita" and it gave off a message saying that this phone is not rooted or missing supersu/ something along those lines
before that he wiped sd card (whole thing)...
and then it went off from there
NOTE: its a phone with mess with, but still want to fix even though its just a side phone we barely use....help appreciated
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How did he try to flash it -_- these vague responses make it very hard to help. Bottom line is you can try pressing and holding power until the light goes off and then power and volume down to get the bootloader up, if that doesn't work you can try the evita jet tool to try to unbrick it. Bricks such as yours are not recoverable 9 times out of 10.
It looks like your only option is to get a jtag repair done. I wouldn't bother trying to do it yourself unless you're a fully experienced electronic engineer or the like. I'm not sure how many jtag repairers there are in Australia but I'm guessing Google should be able to reveal that information. Howdy from Melbourne.
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Hi from Canada!... I just wanted to be part of the greetings.. :laugh:
exad said:
How did he try to flash it -_- these vague responses make it very hard to help. Bottom line is you can try pressing and holding power until the light goes off and then power and volume down to get the bootloader up, if that doesn't work you can try the evita jet tool to try to unbrick it. Bricks such as yours are not recoverable 9 times out of 10.
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he placed the cyanogen mod on the phones sd card, then he wiped sd card, after that he used the install function on twrp it gave him a message that his phone is not rooted and if he would like to root it, he accepted, then it rebooted into twrp, and he tried again to install, same message appeared and then he gave up and shut it down...(sorry for vague terms, please bear with me, still trying to learn the ropes of talking on this forum)
I gotta say, this is all very odd :/ How did he install anything if he wiped the SD card after copying it over? :/ hmmmm In any case, you CAN try he jet tool as per my last post before getting a jtag. You'll need a linux install or Bootable USB stick/CD/DVD though.
My guess is that the only thing he installed was SuperSU. That'd be why it booted straight back into TWRP.
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timmaaa said:
It looks like your only option is to get a jtag repair done. I wouldn't bother trying to do it yourself unless you're a fully experienced electronic engineer or the like. I'm not sure how many jtag repairers there are in Australia but I'm guessing Google should be able to reveal that information. Howdy from Melbourne.
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i researched..nothing..just some videos of people who do it (jtag)in the US and US only......
but still asking 'round the shops wont hurt i guess:laugh:
ill keep ya posted about using that tool you mentioned!
and exad; SUP!
and yeah.. it sounds weird to me too but i mainly play around with stuff like the galaxy series samsung's so the htc stuff is still new...and i have to admit...i am hating it so far.... but still experience cant hurt :laugh:
Hi guys!
im back
I JTAG'd the phone overseas, and it came back, surely enough, working, but now another problem arises,
the guy apparently unlocked the bootloader, S-Off, and installed CM with android 4.3.1. the phone boots, everything is well, but for times from 10 seconds to minutes of usage it just turns off, the Hboot shows
***tampered***
***relocked***
any idea wth is wrong with it now?
it does not reboot from power menu, and does not do anything really since I cant keep it on for more than a few minutes at most. I cannot keep it on long enough to unlock the bootlaoder anymore, and I cannot boot into TWRP (as the guy told me he put it on)
da hell do I Do now? any help appreciated
Try an RUU, any Evita RUU is fine if you have s-off.
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timmaaa said:
Try an RUU, any Evita RUU is fine if you have s-off.
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Thank you, tried but it did not pick up, but:
UPDATE:
I booted into teamwin, and flashed a CM11snapshot (latest one) everything seems fine so far (after 20 million dalvik and cache and factory restores) but now i am waiting for the problem to arise again, if not, ill have one problem left to fix....the back button does not work....
and now how the hell do i use an RUU on a custom frimware, ? (used it once on this phone but using a stock rom)
thanks again for your time timmaaa, seriously appreciated
Al-Dazzlez said:
Thank you, tried but it did not pick up, but:
UPDATE:
I booted into teamwin, and flashed a CM11snapshot (latest one) everything seems fine so far (after 20 million dalvik and cache and factory restores) but now i am waiting for the problem to arise again, if not, ill have one problem left to fix....the back button does not work....
and now how the hell do i use an RUU on a custom frimware, ? (used it once on this phone but using a stock rom)
thanks again for your time timmaaa, seriously appreciated
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There's only one way to run an RUU, and that's to connect your phone and initiate the program in Windows. You're s-off so all security checks are disabled.
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timmaaa said:
There's only one way to run an RUU, and that's to connect your phone and initiate the program in Windows. You're s-off so all security checks are disabled.
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I Just ran one, Unlocked bootloader, on Cm11 snapshot after re-root and all that crap done, should be alright now