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AT&T Htc One X - Bricked and need advice

One of my friends BRICK his phone and he has no idea how. He has a rooted HTC ONE X on AT&T network with Viper XL (Not even sure what version of the ROM) probably from last december.
It is now stuck on the Booting animation screen and won't get passed that. I am able to access TWRP recovery, but there is not zip files or backups any longer. When I originally flashed this phone for him I had a zip file on the root of the internal SD CARD. It no longer is there and i have not rooted/flashed a phone for almost a year and can't remember.
I tried to fastboot oem lock and it fails (was thinking i could some how get it to boot and install stock jelly bean)
I am able to mount the SD card via TWRP and throw a rom in there via zip, but when i unmount i and go to restore or install i do not see any zip. When I mount again the file i put in the phone no longer exists.
Is there a work around or another way to flash any custom room. I was thinking of CM10 nightly evita... I don't care what rom as long as i can get the phone working again for him.
Is there a way to flash a rom the way we flash boot.img via fastboot where the files can reside on the PC and not the phone? Any assistance/tips would be great. Again i don't care which rom I flash and i have TWRP recovery access. Currently i have CM10 downloaded if hat helps. Thank you in advanced

Is there anything showing up on the sd card at all in TWRP? You could try formatting the sd card in Windows and trying to move a ROM over again.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Is there anything showing up on the sd card at all in TWRP? You could try formatting the sd card in Windows and trying to move a ROM over again.
Sent from my Evita
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Im able to see folders and stuff like the typical android folders. So you are saying i should mount the SD card/try to format the sd card via windows then try to put a zip file in there to see if i can access it? Question.. All i would need to do is flash the boot.img first via fastboot then install the zip via twrp right?

Yeah that's what I mean. Most people flash the boot.img afterwards but I believe you can do it before flashing the ROM.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Yeah that's what I mean. Most people flash the boot.img afterwards but I believe you can do it before flashing the ROM.
Sent from my Evita
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When i format the sd card does it need to be FAT32? What format?

Yep, fat32 is the right format.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Yep, fat32 is the right format.
Sent from my Evita
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Weird i get the same results as before. I formatted the SD card via fat32, through the zip in there, then I unmount the sd card so i can get back to twrp menus to install and android folders are back, but no zip. I am able to successfully copy the cm10 zip there so i don't get it.

Which version of TWRP are you using? And what process are you following when wiping before the flash?
Sent from my Evita

Sounds similar to what happened to me when i did factory reset in bootloader. Others seem to be able to just format in pc and have it work in recovery but it didn't work for me so i just ruu'd to fix it. Since it might have been awhile since you setup his phone you might as well s-off the phone then run latest jb ruu so you have flash latest cm10.1 nightlies which also no longer needs touchscreen downgrade. Afterwards flash latest twrp 2.6.0.0 and copy rom of choice to sdcard and flash.

How will he s-off if he can't boot into the OS?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Which version of TWRP are you using? And what process are you following when wiping before the flash?
Sent from my Evita
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TWRP version 2.3.1.0
Weird I never had issues before and fyi this phone used to be mine so i did all the flashing originally then sold it to a friend of mine and he refused to go back to stock and preferred to stay with viper xl. Now i'm trying to help him out, any thoughts?

DvineLord said:
Sounds similar to what happened to me when i did factory reset in bootloader. Others seem to be able to just format in pc and have it work in recovery but it didn't work for me so i just ruu'd to fix it. Since it might have been awhile since you setup his phone you might as well s-off the phone then run latest jb ruu so you have flash latest cm10.1 nightlies which also no longer needs touchscreen downgrade. Afterwards flash latest twrp 2.6.0.0 and copy rom of choice to sdcard and flash.
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That's the problem I downloaded the latest RUU from HTC and I don't have a way to flash it or else I would have. Not sure what else I can do here. Anyone have any ideas what I can try next or is this consider a Permanently bricked phone? If it is then i don't want to spend time on it as I have already dedicated over 2 hrs, thanks.

XsMagical posted a fix for corrupted sd cards on this forum a while back, you could give that a try.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
XsMagical posted a fix for corrupted sd cards on this forum a while back, you could give that a try.
Sent from my Evita
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So that's what it probably is a corrupted SD CARD? Thanks I will search his posts.

Yeah that's my best guess. It does seem odd that you can still view the Android folders from within recovery though. When you copy something from your pc across does it definitely succeed? I had a wild thought earlier that maybe it had been formatted as read only or something like that.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Yeah that's my best guess. It does seem odd that you can still view the Android folders from within recovery though. When you copy something from your pc across does it definitely succeed? I had a wild thought earlier that maybe it had been formatted as read only or something like that.
Sent from my Evita
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Yeah it successfully completes and I am able to see the file there. Even if i remove the USB cable without unmounting and then plug it back the file is still there. It's when I unmount from TWRP when it then vanishs. I found the article from the guy who wrote a tutorial on how to fix corrupted SD cards, but the link is now broken and no longer exists, doh!

Have you tried upgrading to TWRP 2.6? Not sure if it's gonna help, but anything is worth a try at this stage, right?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Have you tried upgrading to TWRP 2.6? Not sure if it's gonna help, but anything is worth a try at this stage, right?
Sent from my Evita
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Sure it's worth a try. How do i upgrade twrp? It's been a while. Is it just flashing via fastboot? BC if it's a zip remember I can't do that.

Download it from here. Put it in your fastboot folder. Issue these fastboot commands:
fastboot flash recovery "recovery.img"
(whatever the exact filename is, minus the talking marks)
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now you can enter recovery from your phone screen.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Download it from here. Put it in your fastboot folder. Issue these fastboot commands:
fastboot flash recovery "recovery.img"
(whatever the exact filename is, minus the talking marks)
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now you can enter recovery from your phone screen.
Sent from my Evita
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Great thanks.

I'm a super-noob at this

Hi, I'm new to this forum and I hope I'm posting this in the right section of the forum, apologize if not.
I'm just a super-noob at this overall cell-phone terminology for Rooting, ROMs and etc.
I want to root my phone and input the new Android Jelly Bean on it (I hope that's possible)
I have no idea where to start. When I search online I found some older threads on how to but I'm not sure if it's still viable.
I'll post my phone info and see where this will go.
HTC Sensation z710e
Android version 2.3.4
Software # 1.45.401.3
When I press "power" + "vol down" I see
-Revolutionary-
Pyramid PVT ship S-OFF RL
HBOOT 1.17.1111
Any help, hopefully step by step help will be most appreciated. Thank you for your patience and if you require more info let me know

megamonkey said:
Hi, I'm new to this forum and I hope I'm posting this in the right section of the forum, apologize if not.
I'm just a super-noob at this overall cell-phone terminology for Rooting, ROMs and etc.
I want to root my phone and input the new Android Jelly Bean on it (I hope that's possible)
I have no idea where to start. When I search online I found some older threads on how to but I'm not sure if it's still viable.
I'll post my phone info and see where this will go.
HTC Sensation z710e
Android version 2.3.4
Software # 1.45.401.3
When I press "power" + "vol down" I see
-Revolutionary-
Pyramid PVT ship S-OFF RL
HBOOT 1.17.1111
Any help, hopefully step by step help will be most appreciated. Thank you for your patience and if you require more info let me know
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firstly your device is already on S-OFF which makes things a lot easier
flash 3.33 universal from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
follow the instuctions to the letter
and before flashing check md5 sums(important)
after that flash the new rom from recovery
done:good:

rzr86 said:
firstly your device is already on S-OFF which makes things a lot easier
flash 3.33 universal from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
follow the instuctions to the letter
and before flashing check md5 sums(important)
after that flash the new rom from recovery
done:good:
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Great to know my phone's already S-OFF'd
Does that mean I'm rooted or not yet?
How do I check md5 sums?
I'm really bad at this stuff and I just want as much help as possible so i don't screw up
Thanks for your help and patience

megamonkey said:
Great to know my phone's already S-OFF'd
Does that mean I'm rooted or not yet?
How do I check md5 sums?
I'm really bad at this stuff and I just want as much help as possible so i don't screw up
Thanks for your help and patience
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probably you aren't rooted
but consider this
every custom rom comes prerooted
so there is no point to root your current one
about md5 sums:
put the zip in your sdcard
navigate with any file manager you have to that zip
tap and hold on it until it pops up a menu
go to properties
somewhere it will say show checksum or calculate checksum
it will show you a row of letters and numbers
then compare it with the one from the download link and see if it matches
note: once you flash the 3.33 universal(ics firmware) your current rom won't boot because it is a gb one
so you have to flash the new rom after upgrading your firmware
and don't forget to backup your current rom just in case
by the way do you have sdk tools installed in your pc?(adb and fastboot files)

megamonkey said:
Great to know my phone's already S-OFF'd
Does that mean I'm rooted or not yet?
How do I check md5 sums?
I'm really bad at this stuff and I just want as much help as possible so i don't screw up
Thanks for your help and patience
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Google md5 generator for Windows. Use the first link that you find.
If you have 4ext recovery, you can check md5 there itself.
Happy to help.

Okay, I checked with an MD5 program suggested, and it codes match. Great!
How do I backup my current ROM? I've heard of Clockwork and 4Ext but doesn't it require a Root?
I plan to use to ROM. How do I flash a new ROM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115520

megamonkey said:
Okay, I checked with an MD5 program suggested, and it codes match. Great!
How do I backup my current ROM? I've heard of Clockwork and 4Ext but doesn't it require a Root?
I plan to use to ROM. How do I flash a new ROM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115520
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first you have to flash 3.33 universal
also tell me do you have sdk tools installed in your pc?

rzr86 said:
first you have to flash 3.33 universal
also tell me do you have sdk tools installed in your pc?
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Okay I'll flash the 3.33 universal
No I don't have SDK tools installed, I have no idea what that is.
Also how do I backup my current ROM?

megamonkey said:
Okay I'll flash the 3.33 universal
No I don't have SDK tools installed, I have no idea what that is.
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wait then!
edit: from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
use only the one click root tool to root your current rom
then use the 4ext updater app to download and install 4ext recovery
link in my signature
then follow with the 3.33
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megamonkey said:
Also how do I backup my current ROM?
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from recovery see my last post
since you don't have sdk tools installed start with the one click root tool

Okay so I downloaded the one click tool. I followed the steps, but when I double-click the "root" bat file. the command program pops up but it says repeatedly " 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"
any idea?

megamonkey said:
Okay so I downloaded the one click tool. I followed the steps, but when I double-click the "root" bat file. the command program pops up but it says repeatedly " 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"
any idea?
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i gave an answer in the other thread
check it and lets continue here

Doesn't look like the drivers links work anymore. they got removed. Do i just download htc sync from the main htc website? does that work?
edit: do the older ones work?
edit: I downloaded HTC sync manager...still doesn't work. Can't even get my phone to sync. I'm starting to lose hope doing this

megamonkey said:
Doesn't look like the drivers links work anymore. they got removed. Do i just download htc sync from the main htc website? does that work?
edit: do the older ones work?
edit: I downloaded HTC sync manager...still doesn't work. Can't even get my phone to sync. I'm starting to lose hope doing this
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try this one
http://www.mediafire.com/download/8dl8s3l9mr6ggr9/HTCDriver_4.1.0.001.exe
if it fails then you have to install sdk tools
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152148

Hey rzr86, I've been away for more than a week so I wasn't able to work on the phone.
Funny thing I found out about my phone, it seems it was already rooted. Good thing because less of a hassle for me now.
So I need to download a ROM backup program, which one do you recommend? I don't seem to have one installed

megamonkey said:
Hey rzr86, I've been away for more than a week so I wasn't able to work on the phone.
Funny thing I found out about my phone, it seems it was already rooted. Good thing because less of a hassle for me now.
So I need to download a ROM backup program, which one do you recommend? I don't seem to have one installed
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since you are rooted install 4ext updater app
from that app download and install 4ext recovery touch
link in my signature
then boot to the recovery
go to backup/restore->backup
then you can backup your current rom
after that format all partitions except sdcard from 4ext
flash the new rom
done

rzr86 said:
since you are rooted install 4ext updater app
from that app download and install 4ext recovery touch
link in my signature
then boot to the recovery
go to backup/restore->backup
then you can backup your current rom
after that format all partitions except sdcard from 4ext
flash the new rom
done
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I still need to flash a 3.33 kernal but need a nandroid ROM backup. Does 4EXT work?

megamonkey said:
I still need to flash a 3.33 kernal but need a nandroid ROM backup. Does 4EXT work?
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yeap 4ext works and in my previous post i was talking about nandroid backup
use first the app for 4ext and then go for 3.33 firmware

rzr86 said:
yeap 4ext works and in my previous post i was talking about nandroid backup
use first the app for 4ext and then go for 3.33 firmware
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I got 4EXT recovery on my phone but when I went into to bootloader (power + vol down) OMG I ****ed something up...I forgot I had the firmware 3.33 zip file on my SD card and I updated so now I have firmware 3.33 and I can't boot my phone.
Can't believe I ****ed this up...any idea how to go back?
Edit: Can I use 4EXT to access my sd card and delete the PG58IMG zip from my sd card, then put in the firmware 1.17 zip and flash that?

megamonkey said:
I got 4EXT recovery on my phone but when I went into to bootloader (power + vol down) OMG I ****ed something up...I forgot I had the firmware 3.33 zip file on my SD card and I updated so now I have firmware 3.33 and I can't boot my phone.
Can't believe I ****ed this up...any idea how to go back?
Edit: Can I use 4EXT to access my sd card and delete the PG58IMG zip from my sd card, then put in the firmware 1.17 zip and flash that?
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Eject sd card let the phone boot up than insert the sd and delete the zip, or use sd card adapter to pc and delete the zip
Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app

Mile_zdr said:
Eject sd card let the phone boot up than insert the sd and delete the zip, or use sd card adapter to pc and delete the zip
Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app
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I can't boot up my phone because I accidentally flashed 3.33 when I'm still using gingerbread.

[Q] OS lost :(

Hello guys,
I didn't make any save, and it seems I lost my OS by playing with TWRP
Has anyone a save that I could use ?
Or else is there any stock ROM available ?
If some one has any idea how to boot my phone again, I'll be very grateful.
Best regards

jojolapatate_xda said:
Hello guys,
I didn't make any save, and it seems I lost my OS by playing with TWRP
Has anyone a save that I could use ?
Or else is there any stock ROM available ?
If some one has any idea how to boot my phone again, I'll be very grateful.
Best regards
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You can download RUU from here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u...251.00_release_381279_combined_signed_2_4.zip

can someone test it out does htc one e8 support mhl? although some website claim that it dosnt but do say it did. can someone with the device test it out. i really need this info.

kiwiandy said:
You can download RUU from here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u...251.00_release_381279_combined_signed_2_4.zip
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Hello and than you for your reply.
Did you test it ? Cause I downloaded the same file several times from chineese sites and the zip is now working.
At the end I found a smaller rom (HTC_One_E8_m8sw_v1.0) but it's "customized" and "optimized" and I'm not fan of it as I don't know who did what on it.
Anyway, thank you very much, I'm downloading your file and I will try it.

Axcelctw said:
can someone test it out does htc one e8 support mhl? although some website claim that it dosnt but do say it did. can someone with the device test it out. i really need this info.
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I don't have the right cable. Sorry !

kiwiandy said:
You can download RUU from here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u...251.00_release_381279_combined_signed_2_4.zip
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Same problem with thiz .zip.
Archive seems to be corrupted. Impossible to dearchive it !
Did you try it ?
Maybe I missed something.

jojolapatate_xda said:
Same problem with thiz .zip.
Archive seems to be corrupted. Impossible to dearchive it !
Did you try it ?
Maybe I missed something.
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i didnt try it, I just downloaded for insurance in case anything went wrong when I was trying to get a custom recovery onto my phone.
Did you try to flash it?
I dont think that RUU files can be unzipped using normal windows zip tools?

jojolapatate_xda said:
I don't have the right cable. Sorry !
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can anyone else test mhl for me? planning on buying this phone.

kiwiandy said:
i didnt try it, I just downloaded for insurance in case anything went wrong when I was trying to get a custom recovery onto my phone.
Did you try to flash it?
I dont think that RUU files can be unzipped using normal windows zip tools?
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What's the procedure to flash it ?
I tried by using TWRP and Install.
I tried also by renaming the rom 0PAJIMG.zip and use HBOOT, but each time I get an error saying that the image is not valid.
I'll try again with your file.
But if you fear that something will go wrong, then make your own backup using TWRP

jojolapatate_xda said:
What's the procedure to flash it ?
But if you fear that something will go wrong, then make your own backup using TWRP
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this was before TWRP for the E8 was available, and I was trying other different recoveries

kiwiandy said:
this was before TWRP for the E8 was available, and I was trying other different recoveries
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I finally succeeded in installing this ROM. Quite strange, but working now.
I did now 3 or 4 updates ! Quite boring

jojolapatate_xda said:
I finally succeeded in installing this ROM. Quite strange, but working now.
I did now 3 or 4 updates ! Quite boring
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i'm glad to hear your successfully installed the ROM. may i know the procedure ?
i tried many times to install ROM but no luck until now. renaming the ROM zip file to 0PAJIMG.zip to /sdcard but HBOOT always said no found or wrong image
Appreciate your help. Thanks.

aromli said:
i'm glad to hear your successfully installed the ROM. may i know the procedure ?
i tried many times to install ROM but no luck until now. renaming the ROM zip file to 0PAJIMG.zip to /sdcard but HBOOT always said no found or wrong image
Appreciate your help. Thanks.
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After i re-lock my HTC boot loader, i was managed to recover my phone using Stock ROM.
Thanks all.

First off yes RUU zip files are encrypted so you can't open them like normal zip files. Not sure about the OTA for E8 as I don't have one yet. OTAs used to be unencrypted but there was talk HTC may start encrypting them also.
To flash an RUU zip with it on the SD card you probably need similar pre-requisites to the HTC One M7 Dual SIM I am familiar with such as: Locked bootloader, zip on external SD FAT32 formatted, not sure if you need to be S-Off if you are flashing the same region/CID version (i.e. x.xx.1402.x for China Unicom).
You probably can flash the RUU using fastboot: fastboot flash zip name_of_zip.zip
again must be same region RUU unless you are S-Off
I must start a new thread and try and collect the different region variations etc and any RUUs and see if it is possible to swap regions like you can on the HTC One M7 - obviously only between RUUs for the same hardware MID. I understand there are single and dual sim E8s in China (M8Sw and M8St respectively??) and the dual sim is also available in Taiwan and Russia. Hopefully the Russian ROM is x.xx.401.x and is a Europe wide ROM. If the MID is the same on all the handsets in different regions swapping ROMs should be possible.

is that ROM for E8 dual sim M8Sw? thx

[MOD][5.0.1 hboot][no red writing]

sense vzw 5.0.1 firmware is posted..i figure I would share this its a modified hboot.img where I removed the red writing you see on boot..This has been tested an tested both with fastboot an sdcard method. flash the same way you flash firmware
Downloads
5.0.1 hboot.img (most current)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934537623
I want to shout out to my man @DucatiMon for testing sdcard method for me.
Also you can grab santods faux hboot as he now has them posted. I will link here if I get the OK but he did post link to his normal thread just q few post down.
Directions
once in bootloader
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip nameoffile.zip
once all is good on your end
fastboot reboot-bootloader
that should take you to bootloader then boot to os from there an profit..

amazing
PERFECT!!! THANKS!!! No issues!! Would expect nothing less!!

Nice flashing now. Everything went smoothly nps on my end. Good looking @Tigerstown[emoji106]
Sent from my Insanely powered M8 using Tapatalk

Thank you for this. Just flashed the new vzw firmware and it worked great using SD card method in hboot.
To be clear on the red text removal, I first flash the file linked in the your main firmware thread and then after the firmware is updated I flash the file in this op? Two flashes?

bacon612 said:
Thank you for this. Just flashed the new vzw firmware and it worked great using SD card method in hboot.
To be clear on the red text removal, I first flash the file linked in the your main firmware thread and then after the firmware is updated I flash the file in this op? Two flashes?
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I did it like that, worked really well.

Very nice

bacon612 said:
Thank you for this. Just flashed the new vzw firmware and it worked great using SD card method in hboot.
To be clear on the red text removal, I first flash the file linked in the your main firmware thread and then after the firmware is updated I flash the file in this op? Two flashes?
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Yes I was going to post a modified firmware with this but dottat hooked me up with firmware link so I just posted a standalone modified hboot

works as described, thanks! Will an official-spoof be coming in the future as well? I like having the **Locked** and Status: official texts on there just in case I find myself in a verizon store in bootloader

lazyboy0172 said:
works as described, thanks! Will an official-spoof be coming in the future as well? I like having the **Locked** and Status: official texts on there just in case I find myself in a verizon store in bootloader
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Both options are available here, as per usual.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710503
If that helps any...

santod040 said:
Both options are available here, as per usual.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710503
If that helps any...
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Helps me as I can't change the status like you can an i use your faux hboot. I have tried to figure it out no luck I give up. I'll link your thread for faux hboot if you like just let me know.

lazyboy0172 said:
works as described, thanks! Will an official-spoof be coming in the future as well? I like having the **Locked** and Status: official texts on there just in case I find myself in a verizon store in bootloader
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Sorry not in this thread. Check out santod's an grab his..

How do you flash this mod from the sd card?

What is the benefit to flashing this latest Hboot?

godhamba said:
What is the benefit to flashing this latest Hboot?
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It only removed the red writing warning you get when booting.

Thanks!

hi
i got no image found?

Tigerstown said:
It only removed the red writing warning you get when booting.
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Sorry, I meant the benefit to this latest HBoot version that was released with Lollipop. To me, it seems like there seems to be no functional differences to Hboots. I end up flashing the latest one for the hell of it, but always wondered what improvements it brought.

For whatever reason, I was always afraid to flash this mod, because it was unnecessary. I got tired of that red text and finally flashed it today. I'm not even uncomfortable with fastboot at this point, having flashed a few updated radios and having to reflush them. Oh, not to mention firewater.
That was probably the easiest fastboot flash. And totally worth it to get the red text gone. Thanks!

question
Is it possible to flash this using the sd card metho??

Guessphx said:
Is it possible to flash this using the sd card metho??
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Sure...if you like that way. Rename to proper file an give it a go..

Custom VZW Marshmallow firmware/nand/recovery/RUU etc

Will be adding files as my work progresses today...
OTA zips
DO NOT USE these unless s-off and willing to risk needing to RUU.
Part 1 of 2
- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911973175
Part 2 of 2
- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911973228
Custom firmware zip that includes all M firmware and TWRP 3.0.0.1
Rename to 0P6BIMG.zip and flash via hboot or fastboot flash this zip. (htc_Fastboot oem rebootRUU then htc_fastboot flash zip m8MfirmwareTWRP3_0_0_1.zip)
- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911973227
No boot or recovery custom firmware zip...
- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911973412
RUU mode (sd or fastboot) flashable TWRP zip
- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24457741883933189
Stock Recovery IMG included with Marshmallow
- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911973341
Stock unrooted nand (unzip, copy into TWRP/backups/serialnumberofphone/) Then install custom firmware zip...
- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911973388
Custom s-off only RUU (includes TWRP, has amazon apps removed+htc speak+OTA updater removed)
Will wipe internal storage !
Flash either by renaming zip to 0P6BIMG.zip and flashing from ext sd via hboot -or- flash via fastboot manually
- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911973442
Then simply flash supersu 2.65 attached to this post for root.
HTC version of fastboot (for those who like to flash manually USE THIS).
- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001612150

Thank you for the quick work, I'm headed off to work or I would be attempting this now. Hopefully when I get back tonight I can update to MM with no problems. Thanks again for this

Possible to get the firmware w/o twrp? I'm running multirom.
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Are these incremental updates from 4.17.605.9 or can they be flashed clean? Thanks for getting this up so fast :good:
EDIT: I'm sure they're incremental. Time to RUU...

Just FYI, for anyone who doesn't have an external SD, make sure you don't try to use the Marshmallow recovery to install the update... It's missing the "Apply update from phone storage option". Flash the 5.0.1 recovery found in dottat's RUU, and you'll be able to apply it from the internal phone storage.

garywojdan81 said:
Possible to get the firmware w/o twrp? I'm running multirom.
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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911973412

dante020 said:
Are these incremental updates from 4.17.605.9 or can they be flashed clean? Thanks for getting this up so fast :good:
EDIT: I'm sure they're incremental. Time to RUU...
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Also posted a stock nand you can move into your backup folder and "restore" after flashing the custom firmware zip.

I havent done this in a while, but I am S-off and TWRP, do we start with the "Custom firmware zip that includes all M firmware and TWRP 3.0.0.1 " ? to keep twrp? Or start at the beginning and flash from there?
(I have downloaded all the files. Hoping for MM to work better then lollipop on my M8 before I throw it down the street.)

Used the custom firmware and flashed it through hboot.
Worked like a charm.
Thank you.
Now just need to remove that red text.
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Looks like there will be a little bit of debloating necessary in order to make our custom RUU. Also, since this one is meant for s-off users only i'm not going to include stock recovery. I will include TWRP. This will enable users to fix stuff remotely and be ready to flash immediately after.
I am tossing the OTA updater, the amazon crapware, htc speak.

My phone is S-OFF and Rooted with TWRP
How wud you suggest me to proceed with this MM update (files you posted)
My requirement - It should be rooted and no Bloatware at all.

Nitinsaraf said:
My phone is S-OFF and Rooted with TWRP
How wud you suggest me to proceed with this MM update (files you posted)
My requirement - It should be rooted and no Bloatware at all.
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Do you mind if internal is wiped during the process? If so, you might like the RUU that i'm getting ready to upload

dottat said:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911973412
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YOU ARE AWESOME!
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dottat said:
Do you mind if internal is wiped during the process? If so, you might like the RUU that i'm getting ready to upload
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Dont need any Data so RUU must be fine for me but it should be rooted and no bloatware please.
Am i going to get that in your RUU ????

Nitinsaraf said:
Dont need any Data so RUU must be fine for me but it should be rooted and no bloatware please.
Am i going to get that in your RUU ????
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It will be rooted, include the latest twrp, and have a good amount of bloaty crap ware removed.
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dottat said:
It will be rooted, include the latest twrp, and have a good amount of bloaty crap ware removed.
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Then I am waiting like never before (hope "Internet Pass Through" is there)
post it as soon as its ready.
Thanks in Advance

Nitinsaraf said:
Then I am waiting like never before (hope "Internet Pass Through" is there)
post it as soon as its ready.
Thanks in Advance
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I'm waiting for mine to boot back up and then i can take a look. The RUU is posted in the OP.

dottat said:
It will be rooted, include the latest twrp, and have a good amount of bloaty crap ware removed.
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Thanks for your work, dottat. Can't wait to give this a try.

Allright gang.. had to attach the supersu.zip to the OP... this new systemless root will probably take some playing with to make work on an RUU. Since the RUU itself includes TWRP, simply download the supersu.zip attached to the OP and flash it normally in TWRP.
And BTW, you guys got the new emoji.

dbrits said:
Thanks for your work, dottat. Can't wait to give this a try.
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Downloaded, now tell me how should I install this (method/Command)
Also, if your phone is up now then does it has "Internet Pass through" ?