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[SOLVED]What happen if I flash ROM using the not recommended recovery?

Hi there.
As the above title says, what happen if I do so?
I do not have recovery version 2.5.1.3 in my ROM Manager anymore(I have no idea know why). Also do not have 3.0.2.5.
The only recovery I have is 2.5.1.4, 3.0.0.5, 3.0.0.6 and 3.0.2.4. Plus I am unable to flash 2.5.1.4 version(it pops up an error)

Some have no issues, but some have experienced issues when trying to restore cwm backups.
Have a look in the LeeDrOiD 2.2.3 thread a few days ago. I have posted methods to manually flash it via a tool or adb commands. I have also provided dl links as well.
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Hi Upintheair
Thanks for the reply. Erm.. do you remember the exact date you post that in LeeDroid's thread? The thread is overloading. I cannot find them. =(

From Index of /cm/recoveries Download recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-ace.img
Try one of these 2 tools, instructions are on the threads;
1. Thread: [TOOL][All devices & OS] Fastboot Commander [v.1.1]
Download: Fastboot Commander v1.1
2. Thread: Android Flasher
Download: [UTILITY] Android Flasher(Recovery,splash1,Radio,HBOOT,bootanim)[V1.7.4]
OR
Manually through ADB:
1. Place the image in where fastboot.exe is located.
2. Connect phone to PC with Bootloader FASTBOOT USB
3. Using commands "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-ace.img", then "fastboot reboot", recovery

3. Using commands "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-ace.img", then "fastboot reboot", recovery
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I tried many threads and find no answer to my question.
On my ubuntu I installed adb and can't remember about fastboot.exe whether it was installed by default or I downloaded it. And know I lost it - deleted accidentally.
1.My ques is where can I find it I mean fastboot? I reconfigured my adb back but there is no fastboot.
2. Can I use fastboot-linux from CWM 3.0.2.8 Installer instead?
It flashed cwm perfectly. But I am not shure about flashing radios and stuff.
Thanks for the links to the Leedroid cwm version
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kgulruh said:
I tried many threads and find no answer to my question.
On my ubuntu I installed adb and can't remember about fastboot.exe whether it was installed by default or I downloaded it. And know I lost it - deleted accidentally.
1.My ques is where can I find it I mean fastboot? I reconfigured my adb back but there is no fastboot.
2. Can I use fastboot-linux from CWM 3.0.2.8 Installer instead?
It flashed cwm perfectly. But I am not shure about flashing radios and stuff.
Thanks for the links to the Leedroid cwm version
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Warning: Flashing wrong radios or incorrectly can result in a BRICK !!! Your own risk..........
Edit: I would advise flashing through a battery only powered notebook, don't want a power surge or cut 1/2 way through a flash . Also ensure notebook & phone batteries have near full charge.
Fastboot Commander v1.1 is compatabe with Linux, there is instruction how to install the tool in the Dev's thread. It has everything you need in the zip, and no need for the adb / fastboot commands in CMD.
...............The first result Mr. Google gave me with the search string "download fastboot.exe" Choice of platforms; Windoes, Mac, Linux
Once extracted, just copy the files into your SDK folder where adb.exe is located (maybe tools or platform-tools........)
To make sure fastboot is working ok, boot phone into FASTBOOT, connect to PC & it will change to FASTBOOT USB. Open up CMD and navigate (cd\......) to the folder where adb & fastboot.exe is now located. Now type "fastboot devices", if connected & communicating correctly using Fastboot commands -> HTxxxxxxxxx, giving the device serial number.
If you want to use CMD:
Place image inside SDK folder where fastboot & adb.exe are located.
Rename it to radio.img (unless you like to type the whole name again)
CMD type: " fastboot flash radio radio.img", then
"fastboot reboot"
I am not too sure about Linux PCs, always been Windows until Android.

It is strange that CWM is not available to update TO 3.0.2.6 in ROM MANAGER...
this version is compatible with leedroid. you must to have installed ROM manager ver.4.1.0.0 from the android market..

SERGI.3210 said:
It is strange that CWM is not available to update TO 3.0.2.6 in ROM MANAGER...
this version is compatible with leedroid. you must to have installed ROM manager ver.4.1.0.0 from the android market..
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You'll have to post that question to the ROM Manager Koush.
If you require a CWM Recovery version not listed in ROM Manager, flash through the methods I posted above. Links to Index of /cm/recoveries is there as well as xxxxxxx2.5.1.3-ace.img
OR
CMD: "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-ace.img"

Thanks UpInTheAir
I'll try it later tonight. Guess I will try to manually flash them.
It is exactly how we flash radio using the radio flash tool but this time change the "radio" to "recovery"?? this time im suppose to use back the same tool right?
I just recalled I read it somewhere last time when I was learning how to flash new radio. x)

superstick1 said:
It is exactly how we flash radio using the radio flash tool but this time change the "radio" to "recovery"?? this time im suppose to use back the same tool right?
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If you are referring to the "tool" as in the CMD (Command Prompt)?
If this is what you mean, the answer is Yes & Yes.
Most of the tools, some examples & links I've given, just save you time, not having to use the adb or fastboot commands, cd\ (navigate) to the location of adb.exe or fastboot.exe in the SDK folder etc. These tools can also do a lot more, particularly Fastboot Commander which can be run on Windows or Linux.

I just try it and it says "error: cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-ace.img" =(
This is what I do
1) Firstly when i was at the cmd window.. I type "adb reboot bootloader"
2) Then "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-ace.img"
and it pops up that error. =/

superstick1 said:
I just try it and it says "error: cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-ace.img" =(
This is what I do
1) Firstly when i was at the cmd window.. I type "adb reboot bootloader"
2) Then "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-ace.img"
and it pops up that error. =/
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Ensure Fastboot is OFF & USB debugging ON in phone settings
When in FASTBOOT, does it say FASTBOOT USB when phone is connected?
Did you test Fastboot communication by command "fastboot devices"?
Make sure the recovery image is copied to the SDK folder where fastboot.exe & adb.exe is located.
Make sure the name is exact. You could also rename it to recovery.img , and the change the command to "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (NO "quotes")
Edit: I see your signature is ENG S-off?, double check in HBOOT Bootloader. If the above still doesn't work, try the Fastboot Commander Tool, maybe your making a typo somewhere........

1. Ensure Fastboot is OFF & USB debugging ON in phone settings
Erm Im not sure about this, but I thought if we want to do anything such as flashing recovery we need to have Fastboot ON? Just to double confirm first before I do anything. ^^
2. When in FASTBOOT, does it say FASTBOOT USB when phone is connected?
How do I check this? =/
3. Did you test Fastboot communication by command "fastboot devices"?
Same as the above. How do I check this?
4. Make sure the recovery image is copied to the SDK folder where fastboot.exe & adb.exe is located.
Yes. Checked.
5. Make sure the name is exact. You could also rename it to recovery.img , and the change the command to "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (NO "quotes")
Tried. Did not work. Same error coming out.
I try flashing other recovery such as 3.0.2.6 but still the same error.

superstick1 said:
1. Ensure Fastboot is OFF & USB debugging ON in phone settings
Erm Im not sure about this, but I thought if we want to do anything such as flashing recovery we need to have Fastboot ON? Just to double confirm first before I do anything. ^^
2. When in FASTBOOT, does it say FASTBOOT USB when phone is connected?
How do I check this? =/
3. Did you test Fastboot communication by command "fastboot devices"?
Same as the above. How do I check this?
4. Make sure the recovery image is copied to the SDK folder where fastboot.exe & adb.exe is located.
Yes. Checked.
5. Make sure the name is exact. You could also rename it to recovery.img , and the change the command to "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (NO "quotes")
Tried. Did not work. Same error coming out.
I try flashing other recovery such as 3.0.2.6 but still the same error.
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1. Mine works fine with usb debugging on & fastboot off.
2. Power off phone. HOLD volume down (don't release) & press power button once. Phone will boot into HBOOT, you will see FASTBOOT. Connect to pc with usb cable. Wait a few seconds and HBOOT will change to FASTBOOT USB.
3. Use Cmd (command prompt) in Windows. Pc to navigate to the sdk tools or platform tools folder (where fastboot.exe is located). Now type "fastboot devices", if you are communicating in fastboot, you will get HTxxxxxx (device serial number), and can now proceed with "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
If it doesn't work, you have not setup properly, or typo, I would suggest using fastboot commander tool.
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I got my device number of HT0CCRX00128. Guess I've followed the steps you gave me correctly. Lol. But still the same results, error in flashing the recovery.
I will try that fastboot commander tool later tomorrow. It's getting late here and have to wake up early for work. Plus I havent read that thread properly yet. Lol.
Anyway thanks a lot ya.

UpInTheAir said:
You'll have to post that question to the ROM Manager Koush.
If you require a CWM Recovery version not listed in ROM Manager, flash through the methods I posted above. Links to Index of /cm/recoveries is there as well as xxxxxxx2.5.1.3-ace.img
OR
CMD: "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-ace.img"
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i know, and I understand you, only I say that there are CWM's versions you very validate for flash apart from the recommended ones that work perfectly, I am flashing with the current one (leedroid, coredroid, hd rev ..) and it me works to the perfection and the nandroid also.
Certainly .... which is the meaning of "koush"???

superstick1 said:
I got my device number of HT0CCRX00128. Guess I've followed the steps you gave me correctly. Lol. But still the same results, error in flashing the recovery.
I will try that fastboot commander tool later tomorrow. It's getting late here and have to wake up early for work. Plus I havent read that thread properly yet. Lol.
Anyway thanks a lot ya.
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Here are two zip files: Recovery 3.0.2.8 & 2.5.1.3.
3.0.2.8 doesn't show in ROM Manager, but version shows when boot into CWM Recovery, so no worries.
Reference Thread: [RELEASE][25/04/2011] ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.2.8
I downloaded 3.0.2.8 from the above thread, extracted replaced the 3.0.2.8 image with 2.5.1.3 image (renamed recovery.img), and zipped again to upload.
View attachment Recovery_Ace_v2.5.1.3.zip
View attachment Recovery_Ace_v3.0.2.8.zip
Installation:
1. Power off your DHD
2. Put it in bootloader mode; Power+Vol down and select Fastboot from menu.
3. Plug-in the USB cable. (FASTBOOT USB)
4. Extract xxxx.zip
5. Double click on install-recovery-windows.bat if you're using windows, execute install-recovery-linux.sh if you're on linux or install-recovery-mac.sh if MacOSX.
6. Done! The device will be automatically rebooted.
7. If the version doesn't show in ROM Manager, reboot into recovery to check version actually installed.
I tested the windows commands and worked perfect Linux should too!!
I do recommend you read up a bit yourself on adb & fastboot commands, and if you aren't able to do that, use the flashing tools provided by the various Devs, thanks to them, life is much easier.

Thanks UpInTheAir!
I actually managed to get 2.5.1.3 installed and now I can continue flashing ROMs! Lol.
Erm why wouldnt recovery version show in the ROM Manager? My ROM Manager still shows it is 3.0.0.6 but in the recovery it shows as 2.5.1.3. Thats pretty weird isnt it?
Oops. I am trying to flash ARHD now, but halfway through it "stuck" in recovery and says: /tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. please open ROM Manager to report the issue.
What happen here? Its getting complex. =/

UpInTheAir said:
Warning: Flashing wrong radios or incorrectly can result in a BRICK !!! Your own risk..........
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Thanks a lot man, used the one in cwm 3.0.2.8 update tool "fastboot-linux" and it works perfectly just need to rename it for consistency.
For me typing in linux is better then knowing nothing in windows

superstick1 said:
Thanks UpInTheAir!
I actually managed to get 2.5.1.3 installed and now I can continue flashing ROMs! Lol.
Erm why wouldnt recovery version show in the ROM Manager? My ROM Manager still shows it is 3.0.0.6 but in the recovery it shows as 2.5.1.3. Thats pretty weird isnt it?
Oops. I am trying to flash ARHD now, but halfway through it "stuck" in recovery and says: /tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. please open ROM Manager to report the issue.
What happen here? Its getting complex. =/
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I always boot into CWM Recovery menu to flash, and not through ROM Manager (wherever possible).
Try that way.

[GUIDE] Noob's Guide #6: I just HTC Unlocked, what now?

First thing you need to know is that no matter what happens, even if your phone is abducted by rabid kittens, I am not responsible for your actions. Second is that you just voided your warranty, no doubt about it. HTC has your serial number with record that you unlocked your bootloader. Thanks to JAS_21 for the idea for making this guide. So, the next things you are going to want to do are to flash clockworkmod recovery, and then su. Then you can flash a ROM. Let's start with clockworkmod.
You want to get the android-sdk working, which you can find a guide to here.. Then you want to go to this thread. Download the file attached to the post. Use winzip if you have windows or just click on it on mac to unzip the file. Plug your phone into your computer and select "charge only" mode. Copy the cwm img file to the tools folder of the android SDK. Now, it's time to open up ADB. Open up a command prompt on windows or a terminal window on Mac/Linux. Follow these commands.
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot bootloader
You should now see Fastboot USB on your phone. Open a new command or terminal window. Type the following:
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/tools
fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img
fastboot reboot
Congrats, you have now flashed clockworkmod recovery. Now, onto installing root access. Next, grab the su zip attached to the OP of this thread. Plug your phone into your computer and select "disk drive" mode. Copy the su zip file to the root of your sd card. Unmount your sd card and select "charge only" mode on your computer. Reboot into recovery. The easiest way is probably to open up a command window and type:
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot recovery
When your phone is in recovery, click "install zip from sd card," then "choose zip from sd card," then the su zip file. Hit the back button once. Then select reboot system now. When your phone reboots, download superuser from the market. Now you are ready to use root apps! If you want to flash a ROM, continue on.
Download the ROM of your choice. If you want to, use my guide for choosing a ROM found here. Download the ROM zip file. Plug your phone into your computer and select "disk drive" mode. Copy the rom zip file to the root of your sd card. Don't unmount your sd card yet.Next, make a copy and put it on your desktop. Use winzip on windows or just click on mac/linux to unzip the rom file. In the root of the ROM, you should see a boot.img file. Copy that to your tools folder of your android-sdk folder. Now, unmount your sd card and select "charge only" mode on your computer. Next, follow the following steps.
Before installing the ROM...
1. Download Titanium Backup from the market, allow superuser permissions, then click menu>batch>backup all user apps.
2. Make sure fastboot is off in settings>power.
3. Put the ROM zip on the root of your SD Card
4. Download SMS Backup and Restore, and backup your SMS.
5. Back up your contacts by checking "back up my data" or something like that under settings/privacy.
How to install the ROM...
1. Turn off phone, and hold power and volume down until you get a white screen that says Hboot.
2.Volume down/up is for scrolling; power is for selecting.
3. Scroll down and select RECOVERY.
4. Scroll down and selected BACKUP AND RESTORE.
5. Select BACKUP and wait for it to finish.
6. Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
7. Scroll down and select WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET.
8. Scroll down and select WIPE CACHE PARTITION.
9.Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
10. Scroll down and select ADVANCED, then WIPE DALVIK CACHE.
11. Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
12. Scroll down and select INSTALL ZIP FROM SD CARD, then CHOOSE ZIP FROM SD CARD, then whatever the ROM zip is.
13. Let it do its thing. This may take 5-10 minutes. DON'T PULL THE BATTERY.
Next, it is time to flash your boot image. Follow these commands.
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot bootloader
You should now see Fastboot USB on your phone. Open a new command or terminal window. Type the following:
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/tools
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
You are done with flashing the ROM now, congrats. To get your data back, follow the steps!
1. Run the initial setup. When you're setting up your google account, make sure the "keep data backed up" or whatever box is checked. This will make sure to restore your/keep your contacts backed up.
2. Redownload Titanium Backup. Hit menu/batch/restore missing apps with data.
3. Redownload SMS B+R. Restore your SMS.
4. Enjoy your new ROM!
I hope this guide clears things up for some people. If you have ideas or suggestions for this guide or others, feel free to comment. If I helped you, please hit the thanks button. I would really appreciate it!

Excellent guide!!!

i keep getting an error when trying to flash the recovery. when i type in fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img it comes up saying cannot load cwm-recovery-vivow.img
also im s-on with hboot .98. could that be the problem?

reaper540 said:
i keep getting an error when trying to flash the recovery. when i type in fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img it comes up saying cannot load cwm-recovery-vivow.img
also im s-on with hboot .98. could that be the problem?
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Had the same issue but solved after looking over the instructions for doing this if you were downgrading. Instead of placing the image file on the root of your sd card, place it in the folder that contains fastboot in your android sdk. Do that and you will be able to flash it and continue with the instructions.

Oh wow. You guys are right. That's a typo. I'll fix that.
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Excellent post! Easy to follow, worked...what more could you ask for?

Yeh I thought that might have been the problem. But I ended up relocking the bootloader, downgraded using attn1s tool and after that it was all smooth sailing. Running mikrunny v1.01. But this is an excellent guide
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Excellent guide! Thanks!
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no boot.img?
When I try to flash the boot.img at the last step, it says error: Cannot load 'boot.img'. I tried to start the phone and it sticks as the htc splash screen ... any ideas?

Did you put it in the sdk tools folder?

just wondering...am i going to have to flash the su zip everytime i flash a new rom? Just flashed miui and when I superuser was not on the list of apps. I downloaded it, but have this feeling its not going to work until a flash su.zip

Nope, cuz most roms are already rooted.

I was having trouble getting my ADB to function correctly, so I went with the manual "update.zip" method to flash Clockwork. However, when HBOOT recognizes the PG32IMG.zip file, it just says its "Checking.." forever, and I don't know whether it's working or frozen up. How long is that part supposed to take? I'm so close!

Thanks for this post. Helpful and easy to follow!

frick frack and frick. Now my phone isn't recognized by my computer. Had zero issues with this before. I'm running the latest version of miui and cant get the phone recognized.

Noob question. Is it still possible to flash kernels on HTC sec unlock? Will the boot.img flash need to be done each time from now on? Great guide by the way.
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Every time you want to flash a Rom or kernel you need to flash the boot.img.
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Everytime I reboot the phone it gets stuck on the HTC logo. I have to rerun "flashboot boot boot.img" to get it to boot.
Please help.

ph1nn said:
Everytime I reboot the phone it gets stuck on the HTC logo. I have to rerun "flashboot boot boot.img" to get it to boot.
Please help.
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That's an issue with the unlock I'm assuming.
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It's unlocked via HTC's unlock tool.
Should i relock the phone, forget this guide, and use attn1's guide?
I already installed ClockworkMod 5.5 and CM7.2 nightlies, everything works unless i have to reboot then it loses the boot image. Any thoughts?
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edit: It was because of S-ON. I relocked my phone and used attn1's guide to bring the phone back to hboot 0.97 and then s-off. This guide is not useful it seems if you want to go AOSP.

[Q] Galaxy Nexus Root and Fastboot not working

My Sprint Galaxy Nexus Jellybean is not rooting and will not flash a recovery. Here is what i did before the problem
Installed the Samsung Drivers
Installed and set up ADB and SDK tools
unlocked my bootloader
flashed TWRP recovery
Made a Nandroid Backup
flashed a rooted rom that was apparently for ICS (but I didn't know at the time)
These were all per qbking77's root method for Sprint Galaxy Nexus. After I flashed the rom I waited for 20 minutes for my phone to reboot and it never did. So I pulled the battery and went back into the recovery. I restored my original backup and rebooted successfully. I decided to attempt flashing the rom (that I didn't know wasn't meant for my software) again. This time when i went into recovery mode, the picture of the android with the caution symbol appeared, meaning that there was no recovery found. Now when I attempt to reflash TWRP recovery or any recovery for that matter (Now using the Galaxy Nexus toolkit for Jellybean) the program says
sending 'recovery' <xxxx KB>
FAILED <remote: Invalid command>
finished. total time: 0.012s
An Error Occurred.
and on the phone side for TWRP it says FASTBOOT STATUS - download 0055d000
and for Clockwork mod touch it says FASTBOOT STATUS - download 004c8000
Before I do anything but plug my phone into the computer, the phone says FASTBOOT STATUS - FAILInvalid Command
Since this started happening I have tried
Re-Locking and unlocking the bootloader
Uninstalling and reinstalling the toolkit
uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers
Factory resetting my phone
Is my phone just unrootable now? Please someone help!

sonshadsil94 said:
My Sprint Galaxy Nexus Jellybean is not rooting and will not flash a recovery. Here is what i did before the problem
Installed the Samsung Drivers
Installed and set up ADB and SDK tools
unlocked my bootloader
flashed TWRP recovery
Made a Nandroid Backup
flashed a rooted rom that was apparently for ICS (but I didn't know at the time)
These were all per qbking77's root method for Sprint Galaxy Nexus. After I flashed the rom I waited for 20 minutes for my phone to reboot and it never did. So I pulled the battery and went back into the recovery. I restored my original backup and rebooted successfully. I decided to attempt flashing the rom (that I didn't know wasn't meant for my software) again. This time when i went into recovery mode, the picture of the android with the caution symbol appeared, meaning that there was no recovery found. Now when I attempt to reflash TWRP recovery or any recovery for that matter (Now using the Galaxy Nexus toolkit for Jellybean) the program says
sending 'recovery' <xxxx KB>
FAILED <remote: Invalid command>
finished. total time: 0.012s
An Error Occurred.
and on the phone side for TWRP it says FASTBOOT STATUS - download 0055d000
and for Clockwork mod touch it says FASTBOOT STATUS - download 004c8000
Before I do anything but plug my phone into the computer, the phone says FASTBOOT STATUS - FAILInvalid Command
Since this started happening I have tried
Re-Locking and unlocking the bootloader
Uninstalling and reinstalling the toolkit
uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers
Factory resetting my phone
Is my phone just unrootable now? Please someone help!
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The "picture of the android with the caution symbol" is the stock recovery. You booted into android after restoring your nandroid. During that boot, android automatically reflashed the stock recovery which overwrote TWRP. To prevent this, you need to rename or remove either the stock recovery image or the script that will flash it on boot. Look at the 101 & FAQ post linked in my signature to find out where these files are.
As for unable to flash a custom recovery, don't use a toolkit. Just use fastboot from the commandline.

Petrovski80 said:
The "picture of the android with the caution symbol" is the stock recovery. You booted into android after restoring your nandroid. During that boot, android automatically reflashed the stock recovery which overwrote TWRP. To prevent this, you need to rename or remove either the stock recovery image or the script that will flash it on boot. Look at the 101 & FAQ post linked in my signature to find out where these files are.
As for unable to flash a custom recovery, don't use a toolkit. Just use fastboot from the commandline.
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I know where the files are, but how am I supposed to remove or rename them without root access?

sonshadsil94 said:
I know where the files are, but how am I supposed to remove or rename them without root access?
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just remount /system on recovery, either by adb shell, either by the recovery menu after fastboot flash. boot the recovery directly from bootloader.
after /system is rw, through 'adb shell', custom recoveries have a pre-rooted/busyboxed environment, which allows you to do maintenance. this is the mount command to run in adb shell:
'mount -o rw /dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/system /system'
then just remove the files, 'umount /system' when you're done, reboot.
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bk201doesntexist said:
just remount /system on recovery, either by adb shell, either by the recovery menu after fastboot flash. boot the recovery directly from bootloader.
after /system is rw, through 'adb shell', custom recoveries have a pre-rooted/busyboxed environment, which allows you to do maintenance. this is the mount command to run in adb shell:
'mount -o rw /dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/system /system'
then just remove the files, 'umount /system' when you're done, reboot.
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When I try to flash a custom recovery using command prompt, it gives me the same error message as when using the toolkit. So, how do you do it with adb shell?

sonshadsil94 said:
When I try to flash a custom recovery using command prompt, it gives me the same error message as when using the toolkit. So, how do you do it with adb shell?
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What are you trying to do exactly? I've read the entire thread, and I'm confused. If you want to go back to stock, look at the "flash" link in my sig. If you want to root, look at the "root" link. If you want to know about mounting /system, look at the "basics" link.

sonshadsil94 said:
When I try to flash a custom recovery using command prompt, it gives me the same error message as when using the toolkit. So, how do you do it with adb shell?
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whats the exact fastboot command you're using to flash twrp?
problem was you made a backup of stock, which has files that restore, on boot, the stock recovery.
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efrant said:
What are you trying to do exactly? I've read the entire thread, and I'm confused. If you want to go back to stock, look at the "flash" link in my sig. If you want to root, look at the "root" link. If you want to know about mounting /system, look at the "basics" link.
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I tried your root method, and clockwork mod booted up, but the version of superuser that you linked to failed, so i rebooted my device and downloaded the jellybean version of superuser. When I tried to restart clockworkmod using the same method as before, I got the error message you see in the picture.

sonshadsil94 said:
I tried your root method, and clockwork mod booted up, but the version of superuser that you linked to failed, so i rebooted my device and downloaded the jellybean version of superuser. When I tried to restart clockworkmod using the same method as before, I got the error message you see in the picture.
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Try using a different USB cable, and try using a different port on the back of your PC.

efrant said:
Try using a different USB cable, and try using a different port on the back of your PC.
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I tried both of those just now, with the same error message as before.

sonshadsil94 said:
I tried both of those just now, with the same error message as before.
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The only thing I can think of is flash the LC03 bootloader. Try flashing that first, and make sure you have the latest version of fastboot. Then try again.

would running terminal in windows with admin privileges help?
sent from my i9250

Use the command
fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
And not fastboot boot cwm.img as seen in the screenshots and see if it works this way.
If not try to do a fresh install of everything
Use fastboot erase.... to wipe everything and Fastboot install ...to install everything from scratch.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

deeren said:
Use the command
fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
And not fastboot boot cwm.img as seen in the screenshots and see if it works this way.
If not try to do a fresh install of everything
Use fastboot erase.... to wipe everything and Fastboot install ...to install everything from scratch.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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thanks deeren, i asked him what was the exact command he was using, that error had to be syntax error.
sent from my i9250

Thanks all you guys but what actually ended up happening was I successfully booted into clockworkmod touch recovery since that was the only one my phone hadn't blocked yet. While in recovery i flashed supersu (the right version) and rebooted. It asked if I wanted to remove the files that flash stock recovery on boot and I selected yes. Well that didn't do jack crap, so with my newly acquired superuser powers, I deleted the files i needed to. Then I tried to flash another recovery, but they were still giving me errors. So here is the process I took completely out of luck and hopefulness that I knew what I was doing. From the command prompt with my phone in fastboot, I typed "fastboot flash recovery cwmt.img". this gave me the same "fastboot <remote: invalid command>" error, so I typed the same command and it once again gave me the "sending xxxxkb" message where it would sit on that same line until I killed the program. So I did kill the program and opened another command prompt in the same folder. I typed the same command for the third time, and everything went smoothly from there. I'm currently rooted and running Cyanogenmod 10. Once again, thanks to everyone who helped I greatly appreciate it.

sonshadsil94 said:
Thanks all you guys but what actually ended up happening was I successfully booted into clockworkmod touch recovery since that was the only one my phone hadn't blocked yet. While in recovery i flashed supersu (the right version) and rebooted. It asked if I wanted to remove the files that flash stock recovery on boot and I selected yes. Well that didn't do jack crap, so with my newly acquired superuser powers, I deleted the files i needed to. Then I tried to flash another recovery, but they were still giving me errors. So here is the process I took completely out of luck and hopefulness that I knew what I was doing. From the command prompt with my phone in fastboot, I typed "fastboot flash recovery cwmt.img". this gave me the same "fastboot <remote: invalid command>" error, so I typed the same command and it once again gave me the "sending xxxxkb" message where it would sit on that same line until I killed the program. So I did kill the program and opened another command prompt in the same folder. I typed the same command for the third time, and everything went smoothly from there. I'm currently rooted and running Cyanogenmod 10. Once again, thanks to everyone who helped I greatly appreciate it.
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please edit the title of the thread to include the tag "[SOLVED]".

bk201doesntexist said:
please edit the title of the thread to include the tag "[SOLVED]".
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How do you edit the title?

I have same problem to...

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How do you edit the title?
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Edit first post?
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Help me with my HTC desire HD problem

I have a HTC Desire HD obviously and i tried to gain root the other day.
I tried to use this tutorial found on google : https://sites.google.com/site/mobileandcomputingtips/Downhome/HTC-Desire-HD/howtorootahtcdesirehd
It says for 2.3.3 but i had 2.3.5 when i initiated the process...I know i shouldn't have done that now...but it's too late and now I am stuck and asking for help.
I did all i had to so in that tutorial and now i get this on my phone: see pictures attached.
If i go into recovery i get what you see on the pictures, I can't select nothing it just try to update a missing file or image...
So..if i press "yes" it goes to a screen with a red triangle with exclamation point appears with E: can't open /cache/recovery/command
If i press "no" it goes to the same triangle screen.
Please someone help me.

You need to get a PD98IMG off the root of your SD card. Pop it into another phone or an SD card reader. Then follow the instructions in the guide in my signature for "S-Off no recovery."

asilviug said:
I have a HTC Desire HD obviously and i tried to gain root the other day.
I tried to use this tutorial found on google : https://sites.google.com/site/mobileandcomputingtips/Downhome/HTC-Desire-HD/howtorootahtcdesirehd
It says for 2.3.3 but i had 2.3.5 when i initiated the process...I know i shouldn't have done that now...but it's too late and now I am stuck and asking for help.
I did all i had to so in that tutorial and now i get this on my phone: see pictures attached.
If i go into recovery i get what you see on the pictures, I can't select nothing it just try to update a missing file or image...
So..if i press "yes" it goes to a screen with a red triangle with exclamation point appears with E: can't open /cache/recovery/command
If i press "no" it goes to the same triangle screen.
Please someone help me.
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Follow this tutorial it Helped me a lot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jou_jkCGYOM

bananagranola said:
You need to get a PD98IMG off the root of your SD card. Pop it into another phone or an SD card reader. Then follow the instructions in the guide in my signature for "S-Off no recovery."
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I have located the deleted the zip file : PD98IMG of my SD card.
Just to check with you , is this the post you were referring to earlier? http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=411
Also can you give me assistance over an instant message client or something similar? I am willing to "buy you a beer "

No. In my signature, post #7 has a PDF guide. In there is a section for when you have S-Off with no recovery.

bananagranola said:
No. In my signature, post #7 has a PDF guide. In there is a section for when you have S-Off with no recovery.
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I found what you were talking about but the dropbox file is not there anymore...can you help me out with an alternative?
"S-OFF no custom recovery:
You need to re flash a custom recovery to be able to flash a custom rom again. Follow these steps:
1) Boot in hboot and choose fastboot.
2) Plug the phone to the pc (you have to see fastboot usb in red in the phone)
3) Open a cmd as admin or terminal as root in the PC.
4) Type (case sensitive):
5) wget http://db.tt/YV7fTEx7 --no-check-certificate (wait until the download is ready)
6) Fastboot oem rebootRUU (that will put your phone in RUU mode, with a black screen with silver HTC)
7) Fastboot flash zip cwm-5.0.2.7-ace.zip (it will send the file first and then flash it)
8) When you see OKAY. Finished (near the bottom in the cmd session even if the green bar in the phone is at half way)
9) Fastboot reboot-bootloader.
10) VOILÁ…check and you should have CWM again. "

All you need is to flash a recovery and any of the superuser programs.
In that same thread bananagranola mentioned, in the thread index (second post) there is a recovery image you can flash. With that you'll have a recovery. Once flashed, make a backup of your rom and then you can fiddle around. To get su rights, install any of the superuser apps.
Edit: of course, all of this is under your own risk. The above method is 'safer', however, the file mentioned has been tested by myself and others.
2nd edit: you could also extract the image and use the above method.
Sent from a dream.

Teichopsia said:
All you need is to flash a recovery and any of the superuser programs.
In that same thread bananagranola mentioned, in the thread index (second post) there is a recovery image you can flash. With that you'll have a recovery. Once flashed, make a backup of your rom and then you can fiddle around. To get su rights, install any of the superuser apps.
Edit: of course, all of this is under your own risk. The above method is 'safer', however, the file mentioned has been tested by myself and others.
Sent from a dream.
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I tried to flash a zip file containing the latest recovery image but after entering in RUU mode it failed to open/update/flash the .zip file.
This is as far as I could go.
If you could help me with a good tutorial where I can flash the recovery image it would be much appreciated.
I found some on google but it say that I need to have a rooted phone and ENG S-Off. My phone is only S-off and i don't think I'm rooted...yet.

asilviug said:
I tried to flash a zip file containing the latest recovery image but after entering in RUU mode it failed to open/update/flash the .zip file.
This is as far as I could go.
If you could help me with a good tutorial where I can flash the recovery image it would be much appreciated.
I found some on google but it say that I need to have a rooted phone and ENG S-Off. My phone is only S-off and i don't think I'm rooted...yet.
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Then maybe you shouldn't be messing with your phone.
Here it is nonetheless
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33421701
Sent from a dream.

Teichopsia said:
Then maybe you shouldn't be messing with your phone.
Here it is nonetheless
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33421701
Sent from a dream.
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OK. What should I do now with this file? : https://www.dropbox.com/s/9fcnd46yqlc8bu0/4extTouchRecovery.zip
Copy it on the sd card and power on the phone? or try to flash it in RUU mode using fastboot line ?

asilviug said:
OK. What should I do now with this file? : https://www.dropbox.com/s/9fcnd46yqlc8bu0/4extTouchRecovery.zip
Copy it on the sd card and power on the phone? or try to flash it in RUU mode using fastboot line ?
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sorry about that, it was actually a reply to your original message. the quote changed as you edited the post.
you can either just flash it the way it is:
which is place it in the root of your sd card, reboot into hboot, wait, follow instructions.
or, extract the .img and continue with:
"S-OFF no custom recovery:
You need to re flash a custom recovery to be able to flash a custom rom again. Follow these steps:
1) Boot in hboot and choose fastboot.
2) Plug the phone to the pc (you have to see fastboot usb in red in the phone)
3) Open a cmd as admin or terminal as root in the PC.
4) Type (case sensitive):
5) wget http://db.tt/YV7fTEx7 --no-check-certificate (wait until the download is ready)
6) Fastboot oem rebootRUU (that will put your phone in RUU mode, with a black screen with silver HTC)
7) Fastboot flash zip cwm-5.0.2.7-ace.zip (it will send the file first and then flash it)
8) When you see OKAY. Finished (near the bottom in the cmd session even if the green bar in the phone is at half way)
9) Fastboot reboot-bootloader.
10) VOILÁ…check and you should have CWM again. "

Teichopsia said:
sorry about that, it was actually a reply to your original message. the quote changed as you edited the post.
you can either just flash it the way it is:
which is place it in the root of your sd card, reboot into hboot, wait, follow instructions.
or, extract the .img and continue with:
"S-OFF no custom recovery:
You need to re flash a custom recovery to be able to flash a custom rom again. Follow these steps:
1) Boot in hboot and choose fastboot.
2) Plug the phone to the pc (you have to see fastboot usb in red in the phone)
3) Open a cmd as admin or terminal as root in the PC.
4) Type (case sensitive):
5) wget http://db.tt/YV7fTEx7 --no-check-certificate (wait until the download is ready)
6) Fastboot oem rebootRUU (that will put your phone in RUU mode, with a black screen with silver HTC)
7) Fastboot flash zip cwm-5.0.2.7-ace.zip (it will send the file first and then flash it)
8) When you see OKAY. Finished (near the bottom in the cmd session even if the green bar in the phone is at half way)
9) Fastboot reboot-bootloader.
10) VOILÁ…check and you should have CWM again. "
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I placed the file on the sd card but nothing happened when i entered in hboot.
I tried to flash it the method above but i get this error/message:
"C:\Users\!\Desktop>Fastboot flash zip 4extTouchRecovery.zip
sending 'zip' (6072 KB)... OKAY [ 1.045s]
writing 'zip'... INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 24 parsing android-info fail)
finished. total time: 6.490s
C:\Users\!\Desktop>

asilviug said:
I placed the file on the sd card but nothing happened when i entered in hboot.
I tried to flash it the method above but i get this error/message:
"C:\Users\!\Desktop>Fastboot flash zip 4extTouchRecovery.zip
sending 'zip' (6072 KB)... OKAY [ 1.045s]
writing 'zip'... INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 24 parsing android-info fail)
finished. total time: 6.490s
C:\Users\!\Desktop>
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not the zip file, the image file inside the zip file.

Teichopsia said:
not the zip file, the image file inside the zip file.
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just to check before i proceed the line would be like : Fastboot flash recovery.img ?

asilviug said:
just to check before i proceed the line would be like : Fastboot flash recovery.img ?
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Seems to be right.
I'm about to cook dinner.....
The link I sent where you got the file from says how to flash it.
You place the pd98img,zip in the root of your sd card (outside of any folders), reboot into hboot which is while phone is off, press and hold the down volume button and then the power button. It will boot into hboot, make a check for the pd98img.zip automatically, then it will ask you if you want to flash it, it will tell you to press such and such button, it will go through the process and then you will be done. Once finished, delete or move the pd98img file from the root of your sd card to where ever you want as long as it's inside a folder or off your sd card.
In that same link you will find the cwm version, the one that you were missing. After a while you will end up flashing the one I gave since it is better than cwm.
So, if for whatever reason doing the above command doesn't work, then you can try with the cwm or simply do the above step with hboot.
If you get stuck on what to do next, you can re-read this very thread or you can read the guide glevitan wrote, the one bananagranola mentioned. The guide was designed to get people started.
Good luck.
Edit: remember to extract/ take recovery.img out from the zip file.

Teichopsia said:
Seems to be right.
I'm about to cook dinner.....
The link I sent where you got the file from says how to flash it.
You place the pd98img,zip in the root of your sd card (outside of any folders), reboot into hboot which is while phone is off, press and hold the down volume button and then the power button. It will boot into hboot, make a check for the pd98img.zip automatically, then it will ask you if you want to flash it, it will tell you to press such and such button, it will go through the process and then you will be done. Once finished, delete or move the pd98img file from the root of your sd card to where ever you want as long as it's inside a folder or off your sd card.
In that same link you will find the cwm version, the one that you were missing. After a while you will end up flashing the one I gave since it is better than cwm.
So, if for whatever reason doing the above command doesn't work, then you can try with the cwm or simply do the above step with hboot.
If you get stuck on what to do next, you can re-read this very thread or you can read the guide glevitan wrote, the one bananagranola mentioned. The guide was designed to get people started.
Good luck.
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successfully installed recovery
successfully installed custom rom
thank you very much my friend , can i buy you a beer?

asilviug said:
successfully installed recovery
successfully installed custom rom
thank you very much my friend , can i buy you a beer?
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If you are married, buy your wife some flowers and take her out to dinner and tell her how much you love her.
If you have kids take them out.
If it's a girlfriend, same as above.
Parents, samething.
:beer:
Sent from a dream.

Teichopsia said:
If you are married, buy your wife some flowers and take her out to dinner and tell her how much you love her.
If you have kids take them out.
If it's a girlfriend, same as above.
Parents, samething.
:beer:
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i will, please recommend me a custom rom for DHD

asilviug said:
i will, please recommend me a custom rom for DHD
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39573494
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[Q] No compatible RUU, phone possibly soft bricked. Help?

I have an international One x, I don't know what I did wrong but my phone never gets past the ROM's logo screen. I've tried flashing about 6 different ROMs that all worked before but the boot.img file never flashes. When I type the command in fastboot, it says it flashed successfully on the pc but the phone just shuts down. When I open it again, it doesn't boot. I also tried restoring to a stock nandroid backup (from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1975140 ) and. I tried restoring to a backup I'd made a month ago but neither worked.
I tried looking for a RUU to run but none worked or are compatible because I can't find one higher than 3.16 and I have S-ON so can't flash anything below that. I looked on the internet in general and here http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Endeavor
Info about the phone:
It's S-ON with an unlocked bootloader
hboot 1.39.0000
CID HTC__J15
Software version 3.16.415.4
radio-5.1204.162.29
Posting here is a last resort, I've tried everything I can think of over the past 3 weeks and I don't know what to do

Hadya said:
I have an international One x, I don't know what I did wrong but my phone never gets past the ROM's logo screen. I've tried flashing about 6 different ROMs that all worked before but the boot.img file never flashes. When I type the command in fastboot, it says it flashed successfully on the pc but the phone just shuts down. When I open it again, it doesn't boot. I also tried restoring to a stock nandroid backup (from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1975140 ) and. I tried restoring to a backup I'd made a month ago but neither worked.
I tried looking for a RUU to run but none worked or are compatible because I can't find one higher than 3.16 and I have S-ON so can't flash anything below that. I looked on the internet in general and here http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Endeavor
Info about the phone:
It's S-ON with an unlocked bootloader
hboot 1.39.0000
CID HTC__J15
Software version 3.16.415.4
radio-5.1204.162.29
Posting here is a last resort, I've tried everything I can think of over the past 3 weeks and I don't know what to do
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Wow what a poem first thing as you may know, flashing the boot.img is a really important step to do if you want your rom to work... I see that you can't do it but i have just a question, does your phone shuts down immediately after you type the command or at the end of the flashing process?
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matt95 said:
Wow what a poem first thing as you may know, flashing the boot.img is a really important step to do if you want your rom to work... I see that you can't do it but i have just a question, does your phone shuts down immediately after you type the command or at the end of the flashing process?
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Shuts down the second I press enter.
The only other thing I can think of is trying to flash the ROM whose boot.img last successfully flashed but I don't know which one that is. Is there a way to find out?

Hadya said:
Shuts down the second I press enter.
The only other thing I can think of is trying to flash the ROM whose boot.img last successfully flashed but I don't know which one that is. Is there a way to find out?
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That could be a solution but there's no way to find out the Rom you've installed previously...

matt95 said:
That could be a solution but there's no way to find out the Rom you've installed previously...
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Okay. Do you have any suggestions then?

Is there a way that I can change the files inside the RUU?

Hadya said:
Is there a way that I can change the files inside the RUU?
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Don't think so, and it would be very dangerous for your phone

matt95 said:
Don't think so, and it would be very dangerous for your phone
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So I should just give up for now and wait for a suitable RUU?

Hadya said:
So I should just give up for now and wait for a suitable RUU?
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That's your only option as long as i know

Maybe you can try on a different pc or reinstall drivers?
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

Stefan0vic said:
Maybe you can try on a different pc or reinstall drivers?
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I've tried re-installing the drivers but I don't see how a different pc would help since there are no compatible RUUs

You can use a nandroid backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

Hi Hadya!
I guess you should start from scratch. U will lost all data on your device but after all it is working again.
!!! IMPORTANT !!!
1. Make sure your device is fully charged for this. Otherwise it will be a big stress to get it back to work.
2. Copy all data from the SDCard away because you will loose EVERYTHING!!!
3. You need your unlock_token.bin to unlock your device again. If you don't have it available please request this from the HTC web site.
Now, let's recover your device...
1. Download this file and extract it.
http://ul.to/j4j1cpft
2. Enter fastboot
Press POWER & VOLUME DOWN KEY and enter the bootloader
3. Connect your device to PC for the 1st Recover
Test if your device is available via fastboot and use this command:
fastboot devices
You should see your device with Serial number
Now lock your device back with command:
fastboot oem lock
You will see a short message and your bootloader is locked. You should see the message on top of the bootloader with RELOCKED.
That's fine.
Now start the ARUWIZARD from the downloade ZIP file and flash your device as you know it.
There is a ROM file inside which is same as your current hboot. This flash procedure will allign your partitions on the device and it might be that you will loose all SDCard files. I'm pretty sure that you will loose it.
The ROM contains only hboot, recovery and boot Images but it will "RECOVER" your device.
4. Unlock your device
After this procedure you are ready to unlock your device again. Enter fastboot and flash your unlock token again.
fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_token.bin
After the device is unlocked flash boot and recovery image of your choice within this way:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase Cache
After this you have a half running device.
5. Second Recover Step
Now you need to do a final repair for the device. For this you need to download Android Revolution HD 31.x ROM.
1. Put this ROM on your SDCard
2. Enter recovery and flash this ROM
3. Flash the boot.img to your device
4. Start your device and ignore the 1st Setup steps.
5. Now go to:
SETTINGS > Backup & reset > Reset phone (touch this)
6. On the next page scroll down to the bottom and select:
"Erase Music, Picture... on the storage"
7. Press "OK" and wait
When the phone is back again device is fully recovered. The SDCard is reformated and all partitons are back again.
Now you can do everything you want with your device again.
Best regards!

MrT69 said:
Hi Hadya!
I guess you should start from scratch. U will lost all data on your device but after all it is working again.
!!! IMPORTANT !!!
1. Make sure your device is fully charged for this. Otherwise it will be a big stress to get it back to work.
2. Copy all data from the SDCard away because you will loose EVERYTHING!!!
3. You need your unlock_token.bin to unlock your device again. If you don't have it available please request this from the HTC web site.
Now, let's recover your device...
1. Download this file and extract it.
http://ul.to/j4j1cpft
2. Enter fastboot
Press POWER & VOLUME DOWN KEY and enter the bootloader
3. Connect your device to PC for the 1st Recover
Test if your device is available via fastboot and use this command:
fastboot devices
You should see your device with Serial number
Now lock your device back with command:
fastboot oem lock
You will see a short message and your bootloader is locked. You should see the message on top of the bootloader with RELOCKED.
That's fine.
Now start the ARUWIZARD from the downloade ZIP file and flash your device as you know it.
There is a ROM file inside which is same as your current hboot. This flash procedure will allign your partitions on the device and it might be that you will loose all SDCard files. I'm pretty sure that you will loose it.
The ROM contains only hboot, recovery and boot Images but it will "RECOVER" your device.
4. Unlock your device
After this procedure you are ready to unlock your device again. Enter fastboot and flash your unlock token again.
fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_token.bin
After the device is unlocked flash boot and recovery image of your choice within this way:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase Cache
After this you have a half running device.
5. Second Recover Step
Now you need to do a final repair for the device. For this you need to download Android Revolution HD 31.x ROM.
1. Put this ROM on your SDCard
2. Enter recovery and flash this ROM
3. Flash the boot.img to your device
4. Start your device and ignore the 1st Setup steps.
5. Now go to:
SETTINGS > Backup & reset > Reset phone (touch this)
6. On the next page scroll down to the bottom and select:
"Erase Music, Picture... on the storage"
7. Press "OK" and wait
When the phone is back again device is fully recovered. The SDCard is reformated and all partitons are back again.
Now you can do everything you want with your device again.
Best regards!
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I'm facing a tiny problem with running the ARUWizard. It says my phone's battery is below 30% and won't flash every time although I fully charged it till the light turned green.

Hmmm... this seems to be a tricky thing.
Try this:
1. Copy the rom.zip into the same Folder where your fastboot.exe is located
2. Enter bootloader and go to fastboot.
3. Flash the file with this command:
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
4. Enter the original recovery
5. When you see the red triangle than do a short press on the power button and vol up and you will see the menue as same as you know it from the CWM Recovery
6. Wipe Cache
7. Wipe data/factory
8. unlock the bootloader
9. Flash the rom.img from AHD Image
fastboot flash boot boot.img
10. Flash CWM recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
11. enter Recovery and Mount USB
12. Copy the AHD ROM to your device & flash it
13. Boot the ROM, wait up to 10 minutes bevore you use it & ignore the setup
14. Within the Phone enter Settings and do a FACTORY RESET

MrT69 said:
Hmmm... this seems to be a tricky thing.
Try this:
1. Copy the rom.zip into the same Folder where your fastboot.exe is located
2. Enter bootloader and go to fastboot.
3. Flash the file with this command:
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
4. Enter the original recovery
5. When you see the red triangle than do a short press on the power button and vol up and you will see the menue as same as you know it from the CWM Recovery
6. Wipe Cache
7. Wipe data/factory
8. unlock the bootloader
9. Flash the rom.img from AHD Image
fastboot flash boot boot.img
10. Flash CWM recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
11. enter Recovery and Mount USB
12. Copy the AHD ROM to your device & flash it
13. Boot the ROM, wait up to 10 minutes bevore you use it & ignore the setup
14. Within the Phone enter Settings and do a FACTORY RESET
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I tried that but it just says this in cmd when I try to flash the rom.zip
sending 'zip' (12882 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.654s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.864s

Hadya said:
I tried that but it just says this in cmd when I try to flash the rom.zip
sending 'zip' (12882 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.654s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.864s
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Sorry!!!!!
This is the wrong way. Use this command:
fastboot oem rebootRUU fastboot flash zip rom.zip

MrT69 said:
Sorry!!!!!
This is the wrong way. Use this command:
fastboot oem rebootRUU fastboot flash zip rom.zip
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Okay. It worked! Thank you!

Hadya said:
Okay. It worked! Thank you!
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Is everything now working again?

Yes! All working. Thanks.