Ok, I have a rezound, unlocked and rooted with Amon Ra with the superuser binaries updated, all after installing the Global ICS RUU. I've been running this way pretty much since a few days after the Global RUU came out. Never had any problems or issues. Love this phone (except battery life but whatever). This morning before taking it off the charger I had it reboot (which I normally do every few days) and it did not reboot. It got stuck on the white HTC screen. The screen would come on, and then blink for a sec only to stay stuck on the HTC screen. No beats audio boot animation. I'm S-ON by the way. I use Mac so I was never able to get a windows computer to S-off, but I haven't wanted to flash any Roms since my days on the Dinc. I didn't have time to mess with it this morning so I just pulled the battery to shut it off. Now that I have a few minutes, I tried to see if it would boot, and same thing. Pulled the battery again, and powered up into the boot loader. Tried to enter recovery from there, and it just went blank. Pulled battery again, and tried it again. Same blank screen with no response from power button or anything. Now it is completely dead. Won't even go into bootloader. Won't even light up on the charger. SOME times when plugging it in it will light up for 5 seconds, but then turn off. Tried it with the battery out and pluggin it in to get into bootloader that way and nothing.
Is it completely fried? I bought it from VZW last April so it should be still under the 1 year manufacturer warranty. I'm hoping to find a fix as I haven't backed up in a while, but if not, hopefully they will replace it.
Even though I have a mac, it is set up to run adb commands, but everytime I try reboot or anything it just says "waiting for device". Clearly as it is not powered on.
Any ideas or help????
The symptoms sound like you need to flash the kernel. Could be your phone took the recent OTA...?
Try pulling the kernel out of the RUU and flashing it in fastboot:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I just tried to do that and I can't get into the RUU zip file. I attached the kernel from the nandroid I made right after I ran the global RUU (4.03.605.2). If that's the version you are on you can try flashing this kernel and see if that does it.
Ugh... having trouble uploading it. If you have a nandroid from your global RUU you can pull the boot.img from that and flash it.
feralicious said:
The symptoms sound like you need to flash the kernel. Could be your phone took the recent OTA...?
Try pulling the kernel out of the RUU and flashing it in fastboot:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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I don't know how to do that. I am not a newbie, but there is a lot I don't know. I follow directions well (being able to do the adb stuff with a mac) but pulling the kernel out of an RUU is not something I've ever read about doing.
I've read many threads about charging issues and what not, but I have the stock battery and the extended with a Seidio external charger so I know they both have plenty of juice in them. I know VZW will replace the thing, but I have stuff I'd rather not lose if I can fix it. If you could walk me through pulling the kernel out of the RUU.
I edited my post above while you posted.
Do you have a nandroid of your stock global RUU? If so, you'll easily find the boot.img file in there. If not I'll try to upload the kernel again, or put it on dropbox if I can get back into my account (I never use it).
Once you have the kernel, pull the battery and put it back then boot into bootloader and put phone in fastboot. Attach to Mac, then use fastboot and this command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img (I named the one I'm trying to upload to ruuglobal_boot.img, you can either rename it or just flash using that name instead of boot.img)
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I edited my post above while you posted.
Do you have a nandroid of your stock global RUU? If so, you'll easily find the boot.img file in there. If not I'll try to upload the kernel again, or put it on dropbox if I can get back into my account (I never use it).
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I hopefully have a nandroid backup on the SD card, but I will tell you it's been a long time since I installed the RUU. I've been out of the rom'ing rooting/ fiddling game for a long time. I haven't had the time recently and apparently it ain't like riding a bike. I've had to read a ton today to refresh myself.
My dinc was so easy, you didn't have to know a whole lot. Just download a zip, check the MD5, and flash it. Rezound was more complicated with the S-on, so I didn't even bother getting started....just the RUU to ICS before it was official, and then the RUU to Global. So yes, I am running the RUU you listed.
Anyway, I don't have a way of reading the SD card until I get home to find the nandroid.....and I've never looked at a nandroid made with Amon Ra....I only was used to CWM on the Dinc.
I got into my dropbox account. Here's a link to the global RUU kernel.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/55641774/ruuglobal_boot.img
If it works, can you please post a screenshot of your kernel and baseband info?
I'm curious to see what it says, if there's a way to see if it was the OTA that caused this.
Settings > About > Software Info > More
feralicious said:
I got into my dropbox account. Here's a link to the global RUU kernel.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/55641774/ruuglobal_boot.img
If it works, can you please post a screenshot of your kernel and baseband info?
I'm curious to see what it says, if there's a way to see if it was the OTA that caused this.
Settings > About > Software Info > More
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Was there an OTA recently?
Yep. A week or two ago:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154288
You know, I apologize, but I somehow glossed over the end part of your first post where you are now dead. To be honest, that happened to me on my first Rez, and it happened a few days after the ICS OTA came out. I was never able to revive it and bought a used one which I'm using now. (Mine had a cracked screen so I couldn't get it replaced under warranty and had no insurance.)
I tried a new battery, had my old battery checked at Verizon to see if it would take a charge and it did but it wouldn't in my phone. Never was able to revive it. Hopefully you will be able to...
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Yep. A week or two ago:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154288
You know, I apologize, but I somehow glossed over the end part of your first post where you are now dead. To be honest, that happened to me on my first Rez, and it happened a few days after the ICS OTA came out. I was never able to revive it and bought a used one which I'm using now.
I tried a new battery, had my old battery checked at Verizon to see if it would take a charge and it did but it wouldn't in my phone. Never was able to revive it. Hopefully you will be able to...
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DAMN. Oh well. They will replace it most likely, and it seems like the easiest route to take. My wife's bootloader fried itself on here Moto D2 last year and it was LONG passed warranty and they replaced it......It was completely stock, but they had no way of knowing, so I'm sure they will send me a replacement phone. I just hope they still have Rezounds to send. I don't want to get stuck with something they determine for me because there are no more rezounds.
My wife's rezound is completely stock, never unlocked so I'll see if she got the update.
ok, the phone has life again..... I got home, tried the other batteries and I'm back to the white HTC screen but no boot. I CAN get into recovery now so I will download the kernel and try that.
Before I do that, do you think something could have happened to recovery since when I select recovery from the bootloader it goes blank? Do you think flashing a rom like Nils could work? or can I just run the RUU again?
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ok, the phone has life again..... I got home, tried the other batteries and I'm back to the white HTC screen but no boot. I CAN get into recovery now so I will download the kernel and try that.
Before I do that, do you think something could have happened to recovery since when I select recovery from the bootloader it goes blank? Do you think flashing a rom like Nils could work? or can I just run the RUU again?
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Ok, I loaded the boot.img and no dice. Still stuck at the white HTC screen. This is frustrating now. Now I do NOT want to go to the VZW store as my bootloader says tampered unlock. I guess I can always try to run the RUU again.
Well, don't give up just yet.
There was an unbrick thread in the dev section. It didn't help me and I'm not sure it applies to your situation, but it can't hurt to try it. I know it had [UNBRICK] in the title, so if you search for unbrick you should find it. You need to get a Linux live img and put in on a usb flash drive and boot into that and then see if it can find your device. It never found mine.
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Well, don't give up just yet.
There was an unbrick thread in the dev section. It didn't help me and I'm not sure it applies to your situation, but it can't hurt to try it. I know it had [UNBRICK] in the title, so if you search for unbrick you should find it. You need to get a Linux live img and put in on a usb flash drive and boot into that and then see if it can find your device. It never found mine.
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Well, if I can get into the bootloader I can relock to run the RUU correct? I hate to have to lose everything, but I do need the phone, and if it was toasted, I would have to start over with a replacement anyway. Nothing on there can't be replaced except some pictures, but it won't kill me. Just a hastle. Should I try to relock and run the RUU? or should I try to load a Rom like Nils business sense for S-ON? I was considering trying it.
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Well, don't give up just yet.
There was an unbrick thread in the dev section. It didn't help me and I'm not sure it applies to your situation, but it can't hurt to try it. I know it had [UNBRICK] in the title, so if you search for unbrick you should find it. You need to get a Linux live img and put in on a usb flash drive and boot into that and then see if it can find your device. It never found mine.
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I gave up bro. This sounds way over my head. I relocked and am running the Global RUU again. I will unlock again and load amon ra, and run the su binary zip I have again. Not worth this much time. My 3 year old is tearing up the place while I bury my face in my computer.
Yeah, I would go with that, not sure you have any other options.
If you haven't done the RUU yet you can try just doing the recovery first and see if you can get into it to save your files.
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Yeah, I would go with that, not sure you have any other options.
If you haven't done the RUU yet you can try just doing the recovery first and see if you can get into it to save your files.
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I tried pushing the recovery again, I tried the boot (all three that were in the nandroid backup) and some other things on here I saw. Nothing worked. Just stayed at the white HTC screen. Relocking and running the RUU made the phone usable again. Thanks for your help, but my stuff is gone. After spending what feels like forever setting up the phone to make it usable again, it will all be gone when I unlock again. Don't have time to do that tonight, but this weekend I'll get to it.
Not everything is gone. I do have titanium but I haven't backed up in a while, so they will be old backups, but still backups. Lesson learned....schedule backups more frequently.....reset my dropbox to auto upload pics again. Turned it off Christmas day, and never turned it back on. The cloud is there for a reason right?
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So i would like to apologize first off by saying i am a complete and total noob in every sense of the word. This is the first time trying to root any phone. ok so heres the deal, the phone powers up... FINALLY... and will load to the homescreen but reboots the device. I used the BAMF ICS rom and put in a PGIMGnewfirmwarepeople.zip... ive tried to do the *#*# but as soon as i bring it up i can only get maybe the * or at best the *# but then it reboots itself. I mess with cars on a daily basis but unlike a car part i cant bang or heat up the phone to get the desired result. i attempted to do this since i saw the video on the rezound redifined 4.0.3 ICS with nova launcher.. it was a video by driodzero?
i have no idea where to go from here... i would greatly appreciate any help anyone can provide
If it is indeed a network bootloop, try booting with the backpate removed. As long as the network signal isn't overly strong it should be able to get you in.
i think that was one of the things i did... i tried to let it boot with the back off, then with the back off and SIM card out... but to no avail. is there a way to somehow cmd prompt the *#*# in order to switch the problem... i dont know if this helps but it is S-ON
No SIM means no signal, which means no network bootloop. Must be another cause. Looking at the Bamf ICS thread, did you upgrade your firmware to ICS properly first. Hmm.
i will go back and look.. the problem is it will not let be go back and down grade img file...
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i will go back and look.. the problem is it will not let be go back and down grade img file...
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Yeah, S-off is suggested eventually since it allows you to downgrade from the leaks. Risk of perma-brick in certain situations, like flashing a bad download of radios. But it helps more than hurts to have that freedom.
On S-on you also need to make sure the boot.img gets flashed seperate in the bootloader for a given ROM.
thanx i will try the wire trick to get it to S-OFF but right now i cant even get the phone to power up to the home screen
You can check the hboot/radio version in the bootloader to confirm firmware version. See what it says there.
Would attempt a clean reinstall of the ROM if it is indeed on ICS (hboot 2.21 or 2.25) firmware proper.
Then make sure to wipe system, davik-cache and cache, flash ROM twice, the patch Joelz has, and flash the boot.img as a PH98IMG.zip in bootloader. Then boot the ROM up.
i would definitely try that except i can not get it to power on, nor can i get it to charge... i think its bricked, since ive even gone to the standard battery as well as using different chargers. i greatly appreciate your insight
twd420 said:
i would definitely try that except i can not get it to power on, nor can i get it to charge... i think its bricked, since ive even gone to the standard battery as well as using different chargers. i greatly appreciate your insight
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Did you use ClockworkMod by any chance? My first Rezzy charging capability fried on its own eventually, but aside from hardware failure: that recovery has been reported to have issues when battery drains down...
I have searched the forums for a few hours and have not found a problem close to mine. here's the story:
phone was charged to just about 100% when this happened.
HTC Rezound, with Amon Ra recovery, unlocked, rooted, S-ON flashed with Sensless Chaos Red 2.0 and it was working fine.
So I wanted to flash a different kernel. This is where I may have made a mistake. Flashed Rezound Cubed ICS Kernel 2.3.9 and rebooted, it worked but WIFI didnt and the governors weren't available so obviously the kernel wasnt fully installed. Rebooted to fastboot, used fastboot to flash the boot.img for the kernel. This also seemed to work. Phone restarted, went into ROM no problem. Was messing with governors and the phone just shut off. Now it will not turn on, will not charge, won't do squat. Can't get adb to recognize it, nothing. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRICATED and all replies will be thanked!
First, take the battery out. Let it sit for about 10 minutes.
Put the battery back in and press the volume down and power button until you see the hboot screen. If you get there then go to recovery, wipe and reflash your ROM.
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First, take the battery out. Let it sit for about 10 minutes.
Put the battery back in and press the volume down and power button until you see the hboot screen. If you get there then go to recovery, wipe and reflash your ROM.
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did that. let it sit forever. tried to get to hboot. nothing. tried different battery in my phone, no luck.tried different charger. nope. tried my battery in a different phone and it worked fine. took to verizon and they are swapping. new one in the mail. lets hope they don't find out about the whole unlocking, tampering, rooting, flashing business lol.
Thats very odd especially since your s-on and its nearly impossible to brick your phone. Here are some links to 2 ways to unbrick your phone, I have never bricked before and so i have never tried them however. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833530&highlight=unbrick
and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711408 I hope these help. From what i know about S-ON it protects the essential partitions and files that allow the phone to boot such as the bootloader, radios, etc. so that the system doesnt become corrupted and fail to boot. So the only way i can think of your phone bricking is something in the hardware could have died for some odd reason. If you cant get it unbricked your gonna have to take it to verizon to get a replacement.
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Thats very odd especially since your s-on and its nearly impossible to brick your phone. Here are some links to 2 ways to unbrick your phone, I have never bricked before and so i have never tried them however. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833530&highlight=unbrick
and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711408 I hope these help. From what i know about S-ON it protects the essential partitions and files that allow the phone to boot such as the bootloader, radios, etc. so that the system doesnt become corrupted and fail to boot. So the only way i can think of your phone bricking is something in the hardware could have died for some odd reason. If you cant get it unbricked your gonna have to take it to verizon to get a replacement.
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i know exactly what you're saying. i think the phone just fried as in hardware malfunction not software. already took it in to verizon and they sent it off. waiting for new one in the mail
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i know exactly what you're saying. i think the phone just fried as in hardware malfunction not software. already took it in to verizon and they sent it off. waiting for new one in the mail
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Lol i just looked and i didnt see on your post above my previous one that you said you had already taken it to verizon. :silly:
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Lol i just looked and i didnt see on your post above my previous one that you said you had already taken it to verizon. :silly:
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it's all good. i already got my replacement.
About a month ago I rooted a HTC EVO 4G LTE, installed the recovery with touch screen and Cyanogenmod nighties.
It worked great, including tethering on Sprint.
Last week an update to latest Cyanogenmod was made. Phone worked normally, until today when screen stopped responding completely (physical buttons were working), including after rebooting. On a second reboot phone was stuck on a boot loop.
Went into bootloader mode and tried to go to recovery. It would boot loop again. Noted that it said UNLOCKED S-ON (I thought it was supposed to be S-OFF). I tried flashing the boot.img from latest Cyanogenmod. Nothing. Tried reseting from the menu. Tried more things. Nothing worked. So I downloaded and used the latest version of RUU after fastboot oem lock. RUU was successful (no error, phone no longer displays HTC developer message), however it's still stuck on the boot loop. I thought RUU would restore it completely.
What am I missing?
Read here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2084633
And here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2097150
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I followed the instructions.
Then I tried all RUU that I had and always got Error 140.
Finally, found in a rooting pack RUU_JEWEL_CL_JB_45_S_Sprint_WWE_3.15.651.16_Radio_1.12.11.1119_NV_2.87_003_25007_release_299302_signed.exe which worked to restore.
However, the phone is still in the same state. What do I do?
How long did you give the phone to boot.? Also did you flash the firmware zip after you relocked your boot loader?
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Phone is RELOCKED.
What I did:
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash zip jewel_jb_ota_firmware.zip
Then used that RUU to restore. After this I left the phone without touching it for about ten minutes, but it keeps restarting (never passes booting stage).
Try this. Remove your sd. Then back up all your data. Then format it threw your PC and return it to factory defaults. Then put it back in your phone and redo the steps. Also were did you get the ruu your using from ?? Also if that fails to work look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2045935
And try the firmware zip with the stock recovery. Then run the ruu. Hope this helps.
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Does it matter if the SD is in?
So, I took out the SD card, repeated those three steps and I should use RUU again.
The RUU is from 3.15_RUU_PLUS_ROOT.zip.
I'm going to try again now with no SD.
Same result after trying without SD card. Also I did flashboot flash zip
Code:
PJ75IMG_3.15.651.6-firmware.zip
from the link you provided without help.
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Does it matter if the SD is in?
So, I took out the SD card, repeated those three steps and I should use RUU again.
The RUU is from 3.15_RUU_PLUS_ROOT.zip.
I'm going to try again now with no SD.
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Yes the sd card should be in your phone. Also your trying to go back to stock so using the ruu that's stock with root might be the issue given your phones current state. I'll try and find you just the stock ruu with no root, unless you have one or if you know were one is download it and run it. Also when I posted about the SD card you were only supposed to remove it to "back up your data" and then "format" it. After you have formatted it then place it back into your phone. I'm not aware of any potential issues with running a ruu without the SD card being in the phone, however I would strongly suggest always running the ruu with the SD in the phone. Its what I've always done. Also make sure that your battery is over 75%. And did you flash the one with the stock recovery? There are several firmware zips on that thread but the one with the stock recovery is the one I suggested you try. And I'm not sure what the "without help" post is about. I'll help you as much as I can and I'm sure if I don't reply to you right away that there are more than enough knowledgeable members in this forum to help you as well. Take in mind that phones are so easy to screw up but it might take some time to get it back up and running. But troubleshooting is all part of the process.
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I'll try it again with the SD card in the phone. No, the RUU I'm using it's in a pack for rooting and updating. I don't think it's modified at all. I don't even think RUU can be altered and signed anyway. I'll search for another RUU again.
Yes, the one that I flashed is
Code:
PJ75IMG - Firmware zip with hBoot and stock recovery (signature intact)
http://d-h.st/sKO (MD5: 0d8f9d65e29c1c824654bf88b9438f15)
and I had enough battery. (It was supposed to be without luck not without help).
So, I'll flash the above mentioned PJ75IMG, then use the RUU (I'll search for one that's in no pack, but I'm confident it's not altered) - all this with the SD card inside.
Thanks for your help.
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Yes the sd card should be in your phone. Also your trying to go back to stock so using the ruu that's stock with root might be the issue given your phones current state. I'll try and find you just the stock ruu with no root, unless you have one or if you know were one is download it and run it. Also when I posted about the SD card you were only supposed to remove it to "back up your data" and then "format" it. After you have formatted it then place it back into your phone. I'm not aware of any potential issues with running a ruu without the SD card being in the phone, however I would strongly suggest always running the ruu with the SD in the phone. Its what I've always done. Also make sure that your battery is over 75%. And did you flash the one with the stock recovery? There are several firmware zips on that thread but the one with the stock recovery is the one I suggested you try. And I'm not sure what the "without help" post is about. I'll help you as much as I can and I'm sure if I don't reply to you right away that there are more than enough knowledgeable members in this forum to help you as well. Take in mind that phones are so easy to screw up but it might take some time to get it back up and running. But troubleshooting is all part of the process.
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I'll try it again with the SD card in the phone. No, the RUU I'm using it's in a pack for rooting and updating. I don't think it's modified at all. I don't even think RUU can be altered and signed anyway. I'll search for another RUU again.
Yes, the one that I flashed is
Code:
PJ75IMG - Firmware zip with hBoot and stock recovery (signature intact)
http://d-h.st/sKO (MD5: 0d8f9d65e29c1c824654bf88b9438f15)
and I had enough battery. (It was supposed to be without luck not without help).
So, I'll flash the above mentioned PJ75IMG, then use the RUU (I'll search for one that's in no pack, but I'm confident it's not altered) - all this with the SD card inside.
Thanks for your help.
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You can't flash a PJ75IMG.zip unless you are S-OFF and the file you posted above is not an RUU it's just the updated firmware
It didn't work.
So I followed the steps from this link.
After using HTCDev to unlock the phone and I try to open RabiesShot, it reboots the phone but it's not able to connect. Sometimes the phone goes in a loop, sometimes the phone boots (it did boot twice). However, even when it booted, the screen didn't work at all, which is the original problem.
Right now the phone is ON but the only thing that works is the power and volume buttons (screen and soft buttons do not work). I've also noticed the phone reboots alone.
Any ideas left?
(This is my friend's phone. Anyway, I'll convince anyone to stay away from HTC. Nexus is so much better than this...)
Its not the phone its the user. I've never heard of a phone hacking itself. So usually the fault is the owner of the device and not the device itself. And In this case I'd say its user error. Also I'm lost as in what your doing at the moment. I thought you were trying to go back to stock? Now you post says your basically trying to obtain s-off. If this is the case then you make it extremely difficult to try and pin point what's actually the issue with your firends phone because you jump methods. So at this point exactly what are you trying to do ? Are you trying to go back to stock to gain s-off ?? Also if you come here to receive help with your issue you should always try the posted methods first so the member that's helping you is aware of what steps your taking and what your going to do. If not then it becomes difficult to help you.
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Its not the phone its the user. I've never heard of a phone hacking itself. So usually the fault is the owner of the device and not the device itself. And In this case I'd say its user error. Also I'm lost as in what your doing at the moment. I thought you were trying to go back to stock? Now you post says your basically trying to obtain s-off. If this is the case then you make it extremely difficult to try and pin point what's actually the issue with your firends phone because you jump methods. So at this point exactly what are you trying to do ? Are you trying to go back to stock to gain s-off ?? Also if you come here to receive help with your issue you should always try the posted methods first so the member that's helping you is aware of what steps your taking and what your going to do. If not then it becomes difficult to help you.
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Not hacked itself, just not working. At least, that's what I've been told. Right now I'm trying to make it stock, but since what you proposed didn't work I tried different things such as obtaining S-OFF (no success).
The comment regarding HTC wasn't necessarily related to this case but in general. Just look how miserably is the process to just obtain root and unlock the bootloader. And in many cases is not even possible until some exploit is found. Why...? HTC used to be great.
I'm just trying to get this phone work again. Initial idea was to go stock, since it seems logical that it should be straight forward.
So I tried everything you have posted, including the last instructions you left me (backup everything off SD, deleted everything and inserted SD in the phone, then repeated the process).
Thanks for your help.
I understand your frustration about the issues with the phone in its current state. However if done correctly gaining root/s-off can be achieved in less that an hour. I do realize the fact that even if guides are followed to the exact directions that issues still occur. But that's the risk you take when you modify you phone. Your aware of this I'm sure. However that's why xda is a great website. Not only can you get the software to modify your phone, you can also get help in case the process didn't go the way it should have. You can't dispute the fact that there are more than a few members with the evo-lte who had no problems at all with gaining root or s-off. As far as the steps I suggested there was no guarantee that they would work its just the process of trouble shooting to see what will work. If you don't mind can you post the exacts steps you took before you tried to achieve s-off ? Also can you post the links to the exact ruu and firmware you last used as well.? Also if the phone is on try powering it down and attempt to boot into the boot loader. If your successful then try factory reset.
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I have the HTC One X Plus International and recently recovered from it only being able to go into Bootloader Mode because of the System being erased without a backup. I finally was able to learn how to find the correct RUU for my make and model to bring it back to life. Before accomplishing this, this current problem still existed.
Each time now when I boot-up, it starts perfectly well, no problem. But when I try going into Bootloader Mode and choose Recovery, it shuts itself down. So, since I am unable to Root it, or at least I don't know how to do so under these circumstances, how do I get around this obstacle? Thanks.
Jussi31 said:
I have the HTC One X Plus International and recently recovered from it only being able to go into Bootloader Mode because of the System being erased without a backup. I finally was able to learn how to find the correct RUU for my make and model to bring it back to life. Before accomplishing this, this current problem still existed.
Each time now when I boot-up, it starts perfectly well, no problem. But when I try going into Bootloader Mode and choose Recovery, it shuts itself down. So, since I am unable to Root it, or at least I don't know how to do so under these circumstances, how do I get around this obstacle? Thanks.
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I don't know if this is too obvious.. but have you flashed the recovery again??
When you run the RUU, it is overwritten. You need to download a recovery and flash it through fastboot:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Actually, around six or seven times now, with no luck. Now when attempting to get into Recovery, it hangs on the white screen. The thing is, I successfully had TWRP 2.5.0.0 on it. (Long story.) I am now trying to figure out how to root it through Fastboot, if that's even possible. Otherwise, I am out of ideas.
Through trial-and-error, I finally was able to get it rooted. However, no matter how many times I try flashing TWRP-Touch (various versions), it maintains its inability to boot into Recovery Mode. Go figure.
I use twrp venom without any issues, maybe try that one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37300312
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Oh wow, it actually worked! God love you. Thanks much.
No problem
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When you were hanging on the white screen, did it say anything on the screen?
I can't recite it exactly, HTC, something. But know that it is the first screen you would see upon rebooting.
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00mpollard said:
No problem
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Hey 00mpollard, I just wanted to thank you for both recommending a working Recovery IMG (that works great) for my HTC One+, and as well as introducing me to the corresponding Viper One X+ ROM, that I also decided to install, and I couldn't be happier. Thanks again.
No problem, glad i could help!
I love Viper rom, very stable & lots of customizations Can't go wrong!
Jussi31 said:
I can't recite it exactly, HTC, something. But know that it is the first screen you would see upon rebooting.
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I was just curious because if it said something about waiting on SD card or SDdata, something along those lines, I get that issue when the phone is plugged in. Unplugging the cable allowed me to enter hboot with no issues.
So today, i went to load up a book in kindle and it crashed a couple times in a row. I figured no biggy, and rebooted the phone (which I can't remember the last time I did, weeks ago).
Upon reboot, for some reason, I'm stuck in a boot loop. I get the white screen with the HTC logo for about 15-30 seconds, it shuts down, repeat. I figured no biggy, everything is stock, I don't care about anything on it, I'll just use the RUU to fix it.
That is where my problem begins. Unforunately, I am updated to 2.95, and the last release RUU is 2.89, so it won't let me install. I can get into hboot, I can use fastboot, so I used fastboot to erase the cache. Anything I select (factory reset, recovery, etc) in hboot just sends me back into the reboot loop. Manually flashing errors out because of the mainver discrepancy. I can't use the low version fix because I'm not rooted, so sure, let's try that... I started the process and unlocked successfully. Now the problem is, any recovery I've installed (4ext from the root thread, CWM5.8 from the boot loop thread) installs fine, but whenever I reboot recovery, again, boot loop. It doesn't matter whether the reboot comes from a fastboot command or selecting recovery reboot from inside hboot.
So, desperate (and somewhat ignorant), I booted up into Linux and tried the unbrick post, and of course, the device never shows up with the battery out, cause it ain't bricked. I was hoping somehow that I could use it to replace hboot, figuring that might be corrupt or something crazy like that (grasping at straws really).
What I really need is a 2.95 RUU, but that hasn't been released, and I figured if that didn't work, something is probably fried hardware wise.
I restored a stock signed recovery, so more or less, right now I'm back exactly where I'm started (other then the fact that my phone is now unlocked) and just not sure where to go from here. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!
EDIT: I'm a moron, and I forgot to specify, but the phone is sprint. I also don't have any service on it (mainly used as an mp3 player) so I don't have any recourse through them.
I'm almost considering bricking the thing to change the hboot (I haven't done my homework on it yet) any thoughts there? Or is it not something I can do because of my problem?
Sounds like you didn't flash a ROM after getting into recovery.
You need to make sure you're unlocked, and flash a recovery...4ext recovery is highly recommended as it has a setting just to help s on users.
To start and get you up and going, i suggest downloading butterz sense ROM and placing it on your SD card.
Then you need to wipe everything except your SD card
Now flash a new rom, like butterz sense.
Reboot and you should be good
If not you may need to flash boot.IMG in fast boot.
to run an old ruu, you will need to get s off and for that you need a booting ROM.
Good luck!
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hossman said:
Sounds like you didn't flash a ROM after getting into recovery.
You need to make sure you're unlocked, and flash a recovery...4ext recovery is highly recommended as it has a setting just to help s on users.
To start and get you up and going, i suggest downloading butterz sense ROM and placing it on your SD card.
Then you need to wipe everything except your SD card
Now flash a new rom, like butterz sense.
Reboot and you should be good
If not you may need to flash boot.IMG in fast boot.
to run an old ruu, you will need to get s off and for that you need a booting ROM.
Good luck!
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Well, the problem is that I can't get into a recovery after I install it, I'm still caught in the boot loop... but I will try flashing the boot img. Thanks!
If you would like a quicker response/fix check your pm....i can try to help
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Well, I did reflash boot.img with no success. I went to relock the phone and was just gonna throw it on the shelf for a couple weeks (as I do have another one), and when I did that using fastboot, it sent the command over and the phone received it, but it gave me a failure message. So now, it doesn't turn on, when I hook it up to the charger, I get the red charging light for about 10 seconds, and very occasionally when I remove the battery and put it back in the HTC logo appears for about 3-5 seconds before the phone cuts off again.
I'm starting to think there was some hardware issue. Since it had a screwy digitizer anyways (and I chose to get another evo for 65 rather then paying 30-35 for the ldc/dig combo), I'm just going to keep it around for parts and maybe play with it another time.
Your offer of help is greatly appreciated however, thank you.
EDIT: It doesn't seem to be truly bricked, or it isn't a recoverable brick... not really seeing the dim red light and the unbrick script doesn't detect it... the phone isn't in emmc mode... but I'm not hugely concerned with it now like I said.
LOL I'm a moron... my battery went dead during the whole recovery thing. Slapped another battery in and I am back to the original problem. Ignore my last post, basically.
At this point, I think that I might be possible that I can't get into recovery because, to the best of my knowledge, the "fast boot" option is ticked in the settings. Unfortunately, I can't get into the phone to change it, so even more chicken/egg stuff. Bleh. I'm still chugging along, any input appreciated. Maybe I can call HTC or Sprint and beg for an RUU?
thatdumbguy said:
LOL I'm a moron... my battery went dead during the whole recovery thing. Slapped another battery in and I am back to the original problem. Ignore my last post, basically.
At this point, I think that I might be possible that I can't get into recovery because, to the best of my knowledge, the "fast boot" option is ticked in the settings. Unfortunately, I can't get into the phone to change it, so even more chicken/egg stuff. Bleh. I'm still chugging along, any input appreciated. Maybe I can call HTC or Sprint and beg for an RUU?
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Good luck!
So pull the battery, and put it back in.
Hold volume up and then press power.
Does that bring you to boot loader?
Does it say unlocked?
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