Going back to completely stock? - Verizon HTC One (M8)

I was wondering if there's a way to flash back to completely stock? I need to send the phone back for warranty? If someone could post the link that would be awesome. Thanks
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I forgot to do a backup before I changed some things in the system. Big mistake
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There is no RUU yet.
I think you could grab a stock nandroid from the forum and flash it.
Then flash stock recovery, boot.img, and hboot.
After that lock with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
Then there is a fastboot command to go back to S-On.

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Cant make a nandroid in recovery

Yesterday I rooted my 8013 note with UEALGB software and tried to make a nandroid in high on android cwm. It would reboot recovery everytime i started the backup process. So i flashed TWRP through goo manager app then tried to make a nandroid and the same thing would happen. Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
Edit: I just tried to flash the stock recovery and it seems like I am stuck with cwm or twrp. I flashed stock recovery through Odin and it said it was successful but when I reboot into recovery I still have custom recovery.
Edit: Seems to only happen when I try to backup the system partition.
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I get the same problem, my device will reboot about a third of the way through the backup on both cwm and twrp.
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Glad I am not the only one
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What method did you use to root your Note 10.1?
darksabre_x said:
What method did you use to root your Note 10.1?
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Zeodmaxs root without recovery first then I went back and flashed high on android cwm through Odin later in the night because I wanted to start playing around with stuff.
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The root injected image causes problems. I think you're gonna have to ODIN the original image back on it to fix it. Search around, it's here somewhere.
Go for method #2 next time. Roots without an issue.
Did you flash the the Superuser.zip file after flashing Zedomaxs cwm.tar fie in odin? This is needed to get true root priveleges.
Not sure why you can't reflash a stock rom though, that's how I've always gotten rid of root access to revert back to stock...
ultramag69 said:
Did you flash the the Superuser.zip file after flashing Zedomaxs cwm.tar fie in odin? This is needed to get true root priveleges.
Not sure why you can't reflash a stock rom though, that's how I've always gotten rid of root access to revert back to stock...
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I didn't flash the superuser.zip. I have root while in android though. I will try to flash it and see if that helps.
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Flashed super user zip and its still a no go, still rebooting when trying to make a nandroid
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unroot and relock?

I might have to bring my phone in for an exchange, does odin flashing a stock unrooted rom, also re-lock the bootloader?
It should relock and set everything back to stock . I would also do a factory reset:thumbup:
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What I did was follow the guide for beginners that's stickies, steps say use the app to re lock but do not reboot the phones simply power it down and turn on to go into download mode then Odin back to stock. I'm getting my replacement tomorrow so this one is ready to go and I'll factory reset before sending it back just to be safe.
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bc760 said:
What I did was follow the guide for beginners that's stickies, steps say use the app to re lock but do not reboot the phones simply power it down and turn on to go into download mode then Odin back to stock. I'm getting my replacement tomorrow so this one is ready to go and I'll factory reset before sending it back just to be safe.
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He is exactly correct. Flashing the stock ROM through Odin does NOT re-lock the bootloader.
The only possible exception to this may be the new HD baseband ROM, which I haven't tested yet. And you don't want that on your phone anyways because thats a leak and wouldn't be on someones "stock" phone

[Q] Rooted my verizon s3 with instructions on this forum and now I'm am stuck

Everything was fine with the root however I used a font app installer that got the phone stuck in a boot loop (on the rainbow screen). How do I get back to rooted JB?
Did you do a back up of your original rom? You need to get back into recovery...
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No I didn't. I didn't see that in the instructions or I missed it. Any thoughts on how to get back to rooted JB?
Well if the font app got you into the boot loop then I don't think you lost root, I would get back into recovery wipe cache and hit reboot... See if that works... Good luck
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Unfortunately, I tried that. I think I did an accidental factory reset too but nothing has brought it back from the boot rainbow screen.
Did you unlock using EZ Unlock v1.2? You only mentioned that you rooted.
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No, I didn't use that. I followed the instructions to root found here (worked no problem until I met that $&#^%#& app) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439 I think I can reset using Odin I just don't know what to use
Aight, well did you unlock the bootloader? Your response dictates the suggested route to resolve this.
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I did follow the instructions to unlock the bootloader
If that's the case then you just need to boot into recovery and flash a rom. If you were running just stock rooted & unlocked VRBLK3, it's easier to just flash a rooted stock rom like the official VRBLK3 leak here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2034118
Try just flashing that, without wiping, then boot into the rom.
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If you were on a custom rom, just reflash that rom via recovery and you'll be fine. Unfortunately you lose all your settings of you wipe data in recovery so try reflashing either option without wiping if you absolutely need to try recovering whatever data already exists in your current rom. If this doesn't work, format data, wipe cache then flash the rom.
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I will give it a shot and let you know. Thanks so much! I was on stock ROM btw.
Cool, this should work
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Ok, this is a zip file. Does it have to be on the phone? If so, how do I put it there?
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Ok, this is a zip file. Does it have to be on the phone? If so, how do I put it there?
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Yes it does need to be there. If you have an sdcard just drag and drop onto it directly then flash in your custom recovery. Conversely, you should be able to boot into recovery and try connecting your phone to the laptop then dragging the zip over.
The longer method will be to Odin flash VRBLK3 and start all over from there.
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I am in Clockwork Mod recovery and my comp is not recognizing my phone as it did earlier.
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I am in Clockwork Mod recovery and my comp is not recognizing my phone as it did earlier.
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I don't use CWM but did you go to Mounts and Storage and select "Mount /sdcard"? Does it connect now?
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I went there but it didn't seem to do anything when I selected mount sdcard and conversely didn't connect either
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I went there but it didn't seem to do anything when I selected mount sdcard and conversely didn't connect either
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Aight well since that failed, you have to do this the long way: Odin flash the VRBLK3 rooted image from your laptop onto your phone. Choose one of the two images for VRBLK3 and follow the directions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984436
Edit: I realize I didn't ask but do you have an sd card?
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That worked! Thanks so much. Now, what is the best practice for backing things up so that I don't have this problem again? Should I root first then backup? Do I still have to unlock bootloader? Just wanting to handle this properly from this point forward.
It should be rooted already if you installed the Odin files from MrRobinson thread. It should come with either SuperSU or SuperUser correct? You also should still be unlocked but you can re-unlock using EZ Unlock v.1.2 from the following thread and you're undeniably unlocked. You'll hear a brief audio message if it worked.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32456-app-920-ez-unlock-14-easiest-way-to-unlock-your-bootloader/
Also, please perform a nandroid back in CWM so you have something stable to return to if something goes awry in the future. That backup would have cut all this down to one simple step. You don't need to be unlocked to perform a nandroid however you do need to be rooted with a custom recovery.
Lastly, perform an IMEI backup using the "Comprehensive IMEI Backup" thread in the dev section. Do this and save the resulting Synergy zip from backup methods A and B in more than one place not on your phone. This is more so a precaution because flashing things in recovery can and may result in a complete loss of connection with Verizon.
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Any way to flash or RSD to the OTA update?

My phone is completely hosed. It froze last night so I rebooted it. Once I did it gave me a message about UID being inconsistant and to wipe my data partition. I figured I'd just flash back to stock. Turns out I can't because you can't downgrade from the OTA. So I reflashed the stock recovery and tried to flash the OTA again. It errored out because of some APK. Now I can't boot to normal because the flash failed and recovery is no help. i just want to return to stock
Look into house of moto to FXZ to stock then take the update. Make sure you're not rooted.
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bc760 said:
Look into house of moto to FXZ to stock then take the update. Make sure you're not rooted.
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I can't go back to stock. It gives me an error saying it's impossible to downgrade.
You can't do a wipe in recovery? You can get into the recovery right?
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Swapping recoveries...

So when I unlocked my phone the other day I went to flash twrp but the website was having issues and wouldn't let me download the file. Thus i was forced to install cwm. I can't stand cwm since it bricked my m7. My question is, how do I go about changing to twrp? What files do I need?
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Anthony825 said:
So when I unlocked my phone the other day I went to flash twrp but the website was having issues and wouldn't let me download the file. Thus i was forced to install cwm. I can't stand cwm since it bricked my m7. My question is, how do I go about changing to twrp? What files do I need?
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CWM bricked your m7.... K
What you need is the recovery itself, which can be found in the original development section. Then just install the same way you did with cwm, or use flashify.. Make sure you hit recovery instead of boot.. It'll cause problems.
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Ok I should rephrase that. I had cwm when it bricked. I was making a nandroid backup and it froze in the middle of the process. Sat there hanging on the same screen for 3 hours So I was forced to hard shut off the phone. When I rebooted, it wouldn't mount to anything and is now a beautiful brushed aluminum brick. M7 aside, I can just flash twrp right over cwm? I don't have to revert to a stock recovery first?
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Ok I should rephrase that. I had cwm when it bricked. I was making a nandroid backup and it froze in the middle of the process. Sat there hanging on the same screen for 3 hours So I was forced to hard shut off the phone. When I rebooted, it wouldn't mount to anything and is now a beautiful brushed aluminum brick. M7 aside, I can just flash twrp right over cwm? I don't have to revert to a stock recovery first?
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Correct, you can just flash one recovery over another

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