My phone stopped reading SD cards and they're going to send me a replacement so I want to at LEAST flash the stock recovery but is this even possible without an SD card? or am I stuck?
i just found out you can flash recovery without an sdcard, using fastboot. you can grab a stock recovery image here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17384145&postcount=7, then fastboot flash it. you might even manage to flash a stock system this way too!
Thank you very much!
wait I just realized, doesn't my phone need to be connected to my computer as a "drive"? My phone won't let me do that unless I have an SD card
No, not for fastboot. The USB access is purely for sending fastboot commands; your phone won't show up as an accessible drive on your PC while in fastboot USB mode.
Hi. Please please can anybody help me rescue my htc one s? I had rooted my phone and last night i tried to flash cyanogenmod 10 onto it. I tried several times but it kept getting stuck on the cyanogenmod splash screen. To cut a long story short, i have now wiped my phone of everything, rom and all. All i can do on my phone is access bootloader menu and recovery. I can not even mount my sd card. I have read that i need to flash the stock recovery to remount my sd card but i can not find a stock recovery file anywhere on the net. Can somebody point me in the right direction? also, can somebody please explain (in very simple terms!) if i can flash a new rom on my phone from bootloader or recovery? And if so, how? As i can not 'see' my phone when i connect it to my laptop, and as i cannot access sd card, i can not copy the rom zip file to the sd card and install from there! I am well and truly stuck! Please could somebody help me save my phone??? Thanks in advance!
US or International? Need to give location info or CID to run the proper RUU.
Once you have the right RUU you have to connect phone in fastboot usb mode, relock boot loader using adb command prompt type...fastboot oem lock. Then you simply run ruu file while phone is connected in fastboot usb mode. You will be back to stock and unrooted.
Here is link to all RUUs...http://www.filefactory.com/f/cf061f69b5bf7878/
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I am in the UK. Thanks for the reply. Sorry to be such a noob, but i'm not sure what to do with the adb command part? Where do i type the command and what exactly do i type? I am in fastboot usb now.
Download this zip http://www.mediafire.com/?50baad8rykng2j0 credit to torxx @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427 and download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086156
Unzip and place the folder in C drive. Example: put all files c:\fastboot "folder"
In windows7, go to start-->Run and type cmd then right click on cmd and select run as admin
now follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086156
Thanks for the reply. I have managed to relock the bootloader (says that at top of bootloader screen) and i have now tried to run 2 different RUU files but both times it has stopped half way through saying it is not the correct version. How do i know which version i should use? My phone is a uk model which was not locked to a network when i bought it. Thanks.
You can try a goldcard method, or the PM66IMG or something else, dunno the name for the One S. Just search on how to bypass the CID check, or search for goldcard tutorials.
EDIT: sorry, didn't saw you don't have access to your sdcard. Do you have any other phone with an sd card slot? Or a sd OTG stick?
EDIT: sorry maybe that doesn't work, dunno if the one s has a sd card slot or not.
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MaartenXDA said:
You can try a goldcard method, or the PM66IMG or something else, dunno the name for the One S. Just search on how to bypass the CID check, or search for goldcard tutorials.
EDIT: sorry, didn't saw you don't have access to your sdcard. Do you have any other phone with an sd card slot? Or a sd OTG stick?
EDIT: sorry maybe that doesn't work, dunno if the one s has a sd card slot or not.
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Nope it doesn't have an sd slot, which sucks but yeah nope?
nottskopite said:
Hi. Please please can anybody help me rescue my htc one s? I had rooted my phone and last night i tried to flash cyanogenmod 10 onto it. I tried several times but it kept getting stuck on the cyanogenmod splash screen. To cut a long story short, i have now wiped my phone of everything, rom and all. All i can do on my phone is access bootloader menu and recovery. I can not even mount my sd card. I have read that i need to flash the stock recovery to remount my sd card but i can not find a stock recovery file anywhere on the net. Can somebody point me in the right direction? also, can somebody please explain (in very simple terms!) if i can flash a new rom on my phone from bootloader or recovery? And if so, how? As i can not 'see' my phone when i connect it to my laptop, and as i cannot access sd card, i can not copy the rom zip file to the sd card and install from there! I am well and truly stuck! Please could somebody help me save my phone??? Thanks in advance!
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Unlock your bootloader (htcdev.com) and fastboot flash twrp recovery image..(rename the image "recovery" then place it in your fastboot directory. I use /android-sdk/platform-tools).don't do anything else posted. after you get to this point then follow links that cat gave you..if you want cm10 rom. You can mount your sd in that recovery. Your phone is not bricked
To flash the recovery after you download it (assuming you are unlocked at this point) place your phone in bootloader mode then select fastboot. Now in your command window type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img then press enter.. now reboot into recovery,.
In twrp recovery select MOUNT then select MOUNT USB STORAGE. Your sdcard should now be visible on your computer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677670
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If you still can't see your sd card after flashing custom recovery the sd card may be corrupted. In that case you could try following my post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36385593
But you would need root access for your phone so it may or may not work depending on how much of your phone you have wiped. You can access adb commands as well if your in twrp recovery.
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Thanks so much for the advice so far, i'm really beginning to think I might actually save my phone! I have done what you said (ie unlocked bootloader, done the steps to remount sd card, re flashed twrp recovery) and have now mounted usb storage and it is visable on my laptop (running windows 8). What should I do now? I don't mind which rom I put on at this point, just as long as my phone works again. Stock or CM10 are both fine for me.
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I placed the cm10 zip into the sdcard via laptop and then went into twrp recovery and chose install and clicked on the zip. Everything seemed to work but when I rebooted my phone gets stuck on the htc splash screen??
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Thanks so much for the advice so far, i'm really beginning to think I might actually save my phone! I have done what you said (ie unlocked bootloader, done the steps to remount sd card, re flashed twrp recovery) and have now mounted usb storage and it is visable on my laptop (running windows 8). What should I do now? I don't mind which rom I put on at this point, just as long as my phone works again. Stock or CM10 are both fine for me.
*UPDATE*
I placed the cm10 zip into the sdcard via laptop and then went into twrp recovery and chose install and clicked on the zip. Everything seemed to work but when I rebooted my phone gets stuck on the htc splash screen??
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Looks like you have to flash boot.img seperately. Extract boot.img from ROM zip and fast boot flash it with adb command prompt.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ial] How to flash a new boot.img via Fastboot
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Your One S is far from bricked if you can access bootloader and recovery.
EDIT INSERT: Re-unlock.
Just ADB push your ROM to the sd. (Don't worry about the sd mounting in recovery, it's not supposed to work)
Flash your rom's boot.img in fastboot.....and......well......done?
Let us know.
Thanks everybody so much, I now have my phone back!!!!! Such a relief! I have installed CM10 and I love the look of it. Just one last problem though and that is that I have no signal/service?? I looked on the net and could it be apn settings? Anybody know what I should do? Thanks.
Hello.
As I asked earlier in this thread, I am still stuck after trying to follow the steps the people here gave me.
The problem:
Can not boot into any ROM, and the few flashable ROMS that I have are all for the wrong bootloader.
I can not put new ROMS on the tablet: TWRP Mount does not work and I do not have an SD Card available.
The ROM I currently have installed is the one with Sony Small Apps, I think it is grimlock. It will boot, and after 30 seconds or something it will crash and stay in a bootloop.
I have fastboot and ADB on my PC, and when I run the command 'adb devices' while it is connected (in fastboot, or the usb icon thingy), it will not show up and the list is empty.
The data:
Bootloader: <1.00 e> released by "WW_epad-10.4.2.13-20120907" A03
TWRP Version: v2.2.1.5
Could someone help me with a more detailed guide than `install this and then this`? Thank you.
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I ran the command `fastboot flash recovery recovery.img` in fastboot, and it said it was done and successful, however I still have my old recovery installed.
All right. I figured out that running `fastboot devices` will return me a hash of random numbers and letters, and adb devices won't.
ADB won't because It requires your tablet to be booted into OS and connected via usb debugging. Obviously that is not an option, as I can not boot into my tablet OS.
Using `fastboot flash recovery recovery.img` with recovery.img as the latest twrp for my device, it will say it works, but it doesn't actually do anything.
I am really stuck here.
cant you borrow an sd card from your phone or digital camera or somewhere like that you will only need for half an hour at most?
you cant mount microsd card in twrp...
gd6noob said:
you cant mount microsd card in twrp...
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Well you can over adb and push
sbdags said:
Well you can over adb and push
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twrp doesnt recognize the microsd card..
I had placed the rom onto my microsd card before going into twrp and does doenst mount it, let alone see anything on the card...
Okay, so when trying to flash CM ROM, I stupidly ended up wiping EVERYTHING in the "wipe" option. Trying to recover it, I tried sideloading the file through ADB, but TWRP would disconnect off the PC and say failed (TWRP version 3.0.2-0). Pushing a ROM zip won't work, as the phone only connects to the PC as ADB Sideload mode ('error: closed' is what it would say), and nothing else would work except sideload. I no longer have a working OTG cable, as my last one broke on me a week ago. The PC will not connect to phone on the 'Mount USB' option from TWRP. Plz help! I'm running out of ideas. I did make a backup (using Online Nandroid Backup, no it wasn't a zip) on the SD card, but TWRP will not read the SD card on my device. Note that the only thing I have is TWRP; no bootloader, no Fastboot, no nothing. Just TWRP.
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Okay, so when trying to flash CM ROM, I stupidly ended up wiping EVERYTHING in the "wipe" option. Trying to recover it, I tried sideloading the file through ADB, but TWRP would disconnect off the PC and say failed (TWRP version 3.0.2-0). Pushing a ROM zip won't work, as the phone only connects to the PC as ADB Sideload mode ('error: closed' is what it would say), and nothing else would work except sideload. I no longer have a working OTG cable, as my last one broke on me a week ago. The PC will not connect to phone on the 'Mount USB' option from TWRP. Plz help! I'm running out of ideas. I did make a backup (using Online Nandroid Backup, no it wasn't a zip) on the SD card, but TWRP will not read the SD card on my device. Note that the only thing I have is TWRP; no bootloader, no Fastboot, no nothing. Just TWRP.
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You can connect to ADB but the adb push command isn't working when you try to move the ROM.zip to the device?
Get a new OTG cable.
The nandroid backup you made should have been done in TWRP and stored on extsdcard instead of the online backup, online backup is crap because it only works in certain conditions, it's useless when the device can't connect to a network.
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Yes. ADB commands other than sideload will say 'error:closed', and ADB Sideload will just end up making the phone disconnect. At this point, I may HAVE to end up getting a new OTG Cable.
Yes, I was trying to do the backup on TWRP, but as it couldn't read the SD Card, I used Online Nandroid Backup. Then I realized that everything I was doing was completely stupid while I wiped EVERYTHING....
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Yes. ADB commands other than sideload will say 'error:closed', and ADB Sideload will just end up making the phone disconnect. At this point, I may HAVE to end up getting a new OTG Cable.
Yes, I was trying to do the backup on TWRP, but as it couldn't read the SD Card, I used Online Nandroid Backup. Then I realized that everything I was doing was completely stupid while I wiped EVERYTHING....
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Yeah, new cable seems to be your only option.
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Alright then, I'm going to go see where I can buy one. Thanks for the confrirmation.
I cant even mount the ****ing usb flashdrive through OTG!!!!! On other devices, it works fine, but on this device it doesn't even show the frickin USB-OTG option.
TRiP_E said:
I cant even mount the ****ing usb flashdrive through OTG!!!!! On other devices, it works fine, but on this device it doesn't even show the frickin USB-OTG option.
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Try rooting the device and then use the Stick Mount app, if your device has the hardware to support OTG, that should enable it, but if your device does not have the hardware to support OTG then it doesn't matter what you do softwarewise or what you modify, it has to have the hardware or it can't do it at all.
Things like this are why I'd never buy or own a ZTE device of any kind. Relatively soeakibg, they are all junk.
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Only thing is, I dont HAVE any system to boot in order to check that. I guess I'm out of luck, no wonder why others said this phone was crap.
TRiP_E said:
Only thing is, I dont HAVE any system to boot in order to check that. I guess I'm out of luck, no wonder why others said this phone was crap.
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If you can use adb shell or fastboot, you can try getting a copy of system.img from someone with your exact device and dd or fastboot flash the img.
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Any ADB commands other than Sideload will just respond as error:closed, as the computer only reads the system when in ADB Sideload mode. However, when trying to sideload a ROM, the phone will disconnect and say failed, while the computer stays on xfer: 0.00. Maybe I could get some instructions to fix that? Maybe a bad TWRP version? If so, I'm ****ed...
After reading other pols forums, it seems that I didn't have to delete the internal storage........
TRiP_E said:
Any ADB commands other than Sideload will just respond as error:closed, as the computer only reads the system when in ADB Sideload mode. However, when trying to sideload a ROM, the phone will disconnect and say failed, while the computer stays on xfer: 0.00. Maybe I could get some instructions to fix that? Maybe a bad TWRP version? If so, I'm ****ed...
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Sideloading a ROM won't work.
Try
adb reboot bootloader
If you can boot to bootloader or fastboot you can try finding the firmware for another device that has all of the exact same hardware components that your device has then try fastboot flashing it or extract the separate .imgs from the firmware and use the fastboot commands to flash the boot.img and system.img.
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can't get into fastboot, ADB command says error: closed, while doing the command in terminal in the TWRP menu keeps me on ZTE screen (only reboot recovery works, not as ADB command but in terminal).
TRiP_E said:
Any ADB commands other than Sideload will just respond as error:closed, as the computer only reads the system when in ADB Sideload mode. However, when trying to sideload a ROM, the phone will disconnect and say failed, while the computer stays on xfer: 0.00. Maybe I could get some instructions to fix that? Maybe a bad TWRP version? If so, I'm ****ed...
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I have most, if not all the. Img files for this I managed to successfully root, TWRP, and deKingoCrap my n817
I also have a nandroid of this phone, though mine is the qlink one
help.
equitube said:
I have most, if not all the. Img files for this I managed to successfully root, TWRP, and deKingoCrap my n817
I also have a nandroid of this phone, though mine is the qlink one
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dude i need the twrp backup of the qlink variant. i formatted the system and got bootloop at zte screen
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dude i need the twrp backup of the qlink variant. i formatted the system and got bootloop at zte screen
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Did you ever get the TWRP for this? I have it in my dropbox pm me.
The issue were running into is that the TWRP on this model can't see the ext sd. The backup is 1.5 or 2gb which is usually too large to fit on the internal SD
Slacker is working hard at modding the Fstab file to make TWRP see that storage. Any ideas please let him or I know([email protected] or here )
I'm also working on an EquiMods custom ROM for this. Bare bones battery saver, switchable to performance when needed.
Anyone know if and how these can be overclocked?
I have a deodex rom done for this phone and also should have the working twrp recovery by morning. The cm11.0 ive been working on is almost done. I hope Everytime i flash it to phone i get white screen. Also im going to install xposed on it in the morning. I think i found the fix for that to work
Any news on this? I can't find anything that works with this phone. I have adb sideload working, but that's pretty useless from what I understand.
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Any news on this? I can't find anything that works with this phone. I have adb sideload working, but that's pretty useless from what I understand.
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They obviously got something to work since there are members in this thread that have TWRP installed on their devices, that means they can at least root the device but I doubt there are any ROMs for this device.
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I've rooted my N817 but never made an Nandroid backup. I still have TWRP up and working but I've tried to flash the 2 roms I know of....they both "install" but when I try to boot It stays in the ZTE screen...Help!