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[Q] Flashed EU HOX with AT&T stuff and BRICKED! Please help

I'm desparate, please help me!
I flashed the remove-3-dot for the AT&T HOX, but I have another one. Now I cannot go back, since the device doesn't completely boot.
It is stuck with the HTC figures showing up and halfway the music stops and the device hangs.
I can go to recovery, but since the Àll-In-One Kit from Hasoon2000 doesn't see the device when in recovery (CWM 5.8.2.7 Touch), I cannot even put anything to the SD card, so I cannot even flash anything else!
Please help me before the battery dies out!! (I cannot turn it off since lonng press of the power button only restarts the booting)

If you have CWM did you made a nondroid backup?

Bright.Light said:
I'm desparate, please help me!
I flashed the remove-3-dot for the AT&T HOX, but I have another one. Now I cannot go back, since the device doesn't completely boot.
It is stuck with the HTC figures showing up and halfway the music stops and the device hangs.
I can go to recovery, but since the Àll-In-One Kit from Hasoon2000 doesn't see the device when in recovery (CWM 5.8.2.7 Touch), I cannot even put anything to the SD card, so I cannot even flash anything else!
Please help me before the battery dies out!! (I cannot turn it off since lonng press of the power button only restarts the booting)
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THIS will help you

@muamers: Thanks!!
I already found out how to turn the device off, not draining the battery anymore.
I also flashed the new CWM 5.8.3.1 so it should have some ability to charge.
I am currently downloading the latest stock 1.29.401.11 and will try to flash that one.
I did search, but it's difficult currently. However, I made a permanent link to the Wiki - it's more than useful (the reason it exists, I know...)
Oh - it wasn't bricked (because it still did some stuff)
@jeyml: No, I did not do that (didn't know it was possible)
Does that mean that I could recover with the rom exactly as it was put on the device? (including installed ZIP files)

Bright.Light said:
@muamers: Thanks!!
I already found out how to turn the device off, not draining the battery anymore.
I also flashed the new CWM 5.8.3.1 so it should have some ability to charge.
I am currently downloading the latest stock 1.29.401.11 and will try to flash that one.
I did search, but it's difficult currently. However, I made a permanent link to the Wiki - it's more than useful (the reason it exists, I know...)
Oh - it wasn't bricked (because it still did some stuff)
@jeyml: No, I did not do that (didn't know it was possible)
Does that mean that I could recover with the rom exactly as it was put on the device? (including installed ZIP files)
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Yup.It is actualy quite simple,i always do a backup before i flash something or update my ROM and other stuff.You keep the volume down + power button.After that you enter recovery mode (you will need to have CWM) and you have an option there "backup and restore",enter there and make a backup.Next time if you have any problems just enter again in the CWM,go to "backup and restore" and restore the backup you've made.It saves everything you have (i mean the ROM setting and such.Apps and other stuff must be backed up with Titanium Backup).
The backups you made are saved in the SD card in the nandroid directory if i remember corectly,so if you update you're ROM to...1.29 for example and have a 1.28 backup just enter there and delete it and make a new backup of the 1.29 so you don't get confused in so many backups and if you ever have problems and restore a 1.28 backup on you'r 1.29..well...you realize that the phone isn't going to work anymore.So,be carefoul.

Didn't work... I downloaded this rom: RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.11_Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260491_signed
did everything this page told us: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609190
But I do not see anything change... It's still stuck in the boot process.
I don't know what I am doing wrong...
I also didn't find a clear guide for how to do things - it's all pieces which everyone has to put together, making it hard when there is a real problem.
If this can be solved, I will investigate the nand backup for certain!
For now I need my phone, but it does not work...
Oh - how does the charging with the new clockwork work? I don't see anything happen, so I am afraid the battery will be down soon.
edit: It was on power all night and when I looked it had the screen on. Unplugging and replugging and the gren light went on. Does that mean the battery is filled?
One important fact: the adb command cannot find the device and I don't know why!

How did you flash the RUU? You have to connect the phone in FASTBOOT to the PC and then run it (with a locked bootloader) and it replaces the entire system

EddyOS said:
How did you flash the RUU? You have to connect the phone in FASTBOOT to the PC and then run it (with a locked bootloader) and it replaces the entire system
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with a LOCKED bootloader?
Mine is unlocked...
I will try to relock the boorloader (saw somewhere a snippet)

Tried with a locked one:
Code:
D:\One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0\Data>fastboot oem lock
... INFOLock successfully...
OKAY [ 0.143s]
finished. total time: 0.143s
D:\One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0\Data>fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
sending 'boot' (4288 KB)... OKAY [ 0.667s]
writing 'boot'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.874s
D:\One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0\Data>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (963584 KB)... FAILED (remote: (00000008))
finished. total time: -0.000s
The bootloader loocks relocked ok (as it shows on top of that screen)
But flashing is impossible and, of cause, I don't know why

Adb will work in recovery but only if you boot the recovery from fastboot.
Fastboot boot recovery recovery.img

ok, next approach:
- Booted to fastboot
- unlocked bootloader with the unlock .bin file
- fastboot boot Recoveries\CWM5.8.3.1.img
- adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
- waited 5 minutes until done
- in recovery: Install zip from sdcard
- manual selected the rom.zip (yes, it was actually on the SDcard, so adb did its job)
- got an error that the image was bad:
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1
-- Installing: /sdcard/rom.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/rom.zip
I think I will have to get another image, right?
This one was extracted from
RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.11_Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260491_signed.exe
I started the program and searched for the rom.zip in my temp folder. Was this ok?

Run .11 RUU, wait until load all completely, now go to %temp% in your pc and find a folder that contain a ROM.ZIP file... Unzip the files and flash the boot_signed.img and the recovery_signed.img, then relock your phone fastboot oem lock) do a factory reset (with the new recovery) and then try to run the .11 RUU.
THAT SHOULD WORK
pd: sorry for my poor english.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

Bright.Light said:
ok, next approach:
- Booted to fastboot
- unlocked bootloader with the unlock .bin file
- fastboot boot Recoveries\CWM5.8.3.1.img
- adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
- waited 5 minutes until done
- in recovery: Install zip from sdcard
- manual selected the rom.zip (yes, it was actually on the SDcard, so adb did its job)
- got an error that the image was bad:
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1
-- Installing: /sdcard/rom.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/rom.zip
I think I will have to get another image, right?
This one was extracted from
RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.11_Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260491_signed.exe
I started the program and searched for the rom.zip in my temp folder. Was this ok?
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You haven't a clue have you?
You don't flash an RUU from CWM, it's a Windows application!
1. Boot phone into FASTBOOT
2. Connect to the PC
3. Lock the bootloader
4. Run the RUU
Job done

@wolfraim: Yes, the factory reset was the one culprit, it seems!
EddyOS: Tried that so many times, but finally wolfraim added a crucial point: Factory reset!
Now the RUU install from the PC is working... (Have to wait for some time ...)
* I have to go for now, right after the flash is done.
When I've got the time, I will try to make some more notes and maybe another step-by-step story on how to make the device work again.
Thank you very much for your patience and help!
This is why I love the xda-developers site so much!
(and all possible ways included on XDA to brick my device is the reason why I hate xda sometimes... )
edit: Flashing has succeeded! Software number: 1.29.401.11, so it seems I also have the latest ROM update now.
I'll make a recovery backup asap and will try the titanium backup too.
Oh, this one is SU-locked of cause, so I will have to install the SU zip file again... Much work is to be done yet. Maybe I should look for a good ROM in the Android development area.

[Q] Help rooting Wildfire S please

Hi All
Spent most of today trying to root the good lady's phone, using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195275Much more difficult than I thought! I have got as far as having unlocked the bootloader but when I try Flashing the Custom Recovery UI, I get "CID incorrect" Could someone please explain what this means. I have tried searching for help but not found anything i understand sufficiently to proceed. What is a goldcard and what does it do please?
It has just stuck me that I have the PG76IMG.zip file and the root.zip on the sd card at the same time, should it just be PG76IMG.zip until the CWM recovery UI is installed? Many thanks for your help it is much appreciated.

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pompeyrodney said:
Hi All
Spent most of today trying to root the good lady's phone, using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195275Much more difficult than I thought! I have got as far as having unlocked the bootloader but when I try Flashing the Custom Recovery UI, I get "CID incorrect" Could someone please explain what this means. I have tried searching for help but not found anything i understand sufficiently to proceed. What is a goldcard and what does it do please?
It has just stuck me that I have the PG76IMG.zip file and the root.zip on the sd card at the same time, should it just be PG76IMG.zip until the CWM recovery UI is installed? Many thanks for your help it is much appreciated.
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There is already a post on this search around a bit more...wrong section too.
Don't forget to smash that thanks button down since its being a big meanie!

Harsh Response
Thanks for the response even if it was a tad harsh. I only posted as I could not find the answers i need so you sent me off searching again? I have been reading around and still do not know why the CID error occurred and still do not know if I am doing something wrong by having the PG76IMG.zip file and the root.zip on the sd card at the same time. I found a better way of obtaining the SD card CID using an android app called Gold Card helper and I now have a page http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcardwhere I can input the cid to get an image downloaded to me. What I still fail to see is why this has become necessary. Can you tell me if this card created during this process then has to be in the phone when I attempt to flash the clockwork mod recovery image, as that is on another sd card. Please enlighten me and I shall give deserved thanks.

pompeyrodney said:
Thanks for the response even if it was a tad harsh. I only posted as I could not find the answers i need so you sent me off searching again? I have been reading around and still do not know why the CID error occurred and still do not know if I am doing something wrong by having the PG76IMG.zip file and the root.zip on the sd card at the same time. I found a better way of obtaining the SD card CID using an android app called Gold Card helper and I now have a page http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcardwhere I can input the cid to get an image downloaded to me. What I still fail to see is why this has become necessary. Can you tell me if this card created during this process then has to be in the phone when I attempt to flash the clockwork mod recovery image, as that is on another sd card. Please enlighten me and I shall give deserved thanks.
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Bro can you at least text format your posts?? You write everything in a single line without pressing enter.
It becomes creepy to read.
Anyways, Where is the prob?
Prob is in rooting or in flashing CWM(clockwork mod recover) ?
For CWM ,
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
find the device , and click on the version number to start downloading.. (its 5.0.8 as of now)
then paste it to desktop. And then with the fastboot command flash it to your mobile in fastboot mode.. you will be done. Then the root.zip that you have , flash it from recovery .

Hi Mihir
Thanks for your help, I had no idea there was a specific recovery image for each model of phone.
Now that I have downloaded the image can I substitute the image for the one I currently have and then I guess run
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.8-marvel.image
would that be correct as i guess the image need to be in the same directory as fastboot?

pompeyrodney said:
Thanks for your help, I had no idea there was a specific recovery image for each model of phone.
Now that I have downloaded the image can I substitute the image for the one I currently have and then I guess run
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.8-marvel.image
would that be correct as i guess the image need to be in the same directory as fastboot?
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ya that would be correct
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.8-marvel.img
should be .img rather than .image...

Thanks Mihir I will try that when my battery has recovered!

Please help
Hi
I have just managed to download the correct Recovery image as suggested and it appears to have installed correctly.
Code:
c:\WFS>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (4494 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.700s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.200s]
finished. total time: 3.900s
I have then removed the battery for a couple of minutes, restarted while holding down the volume minus.
I get the white screen showing hboot at the top highlighted in blue and fastboot highlighted in blue further down.
The sd card is then checked? and I can then select recovery and press the power button.
I then wait for the recovery options but all I am seeing is a white screen saying HTC followed by a black screen with all the four screen button lights on?
There is no mention of any recovery options at all.
Has something gone horribly wrong?

Delete the old download, download the recovery again, and flash it using a GOOD USB-cable. preferably the shortest and sturdiet you have. The image file has probably been corrupted somewhere from the interwebs to your computer, or from your computer to your phone.

Success at last
I finally got Recovery to work with the help of the Recovery provided by Operator3 at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997465&page=3
I used Recovery to install the root.zip and I now finally have a rooted phone, woo hoo!!:laugh:
Now all I need to do is free up some space at last.

Bricked phone while upgrading to cm 10.1

Hi,
First of, I'm sorry if I overlooked a similar thread on XDA, but I'm really in a state of panic.
I bricked my HTC One X today, while I was trying to upgrade to CM 10.1. Please note I am a total noob here, so please don't rage at my stupid mistakes. I'll try to summarize what I did before my phone stopped working.
1. I rooted my phone via this method http://onexroot.com/one-x-root/how-to-root-one-x/
2. I tried installing cm 10.1 via this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786696&highlight=boot
3. Since I didnt get step 7 in that guide (about flashing boot), and because a bit further he says "boot.img included in the installer zip.", I thought I'd just skip it (I know, really stupid)
4. Obviously it didn't work, restored to where I was before step 2 (tested if I could start my phone, it worked), extracted the boot.img in the pack, and used a command prompt via pc to flash it. It said this
C:\Users\Lukas\Downloads\OneXRoot>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (4958 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.681s]
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Format partition LNX done
OKAY [ 0.507s]
finished. total time: 1.188s
I just put the boot.img in the OneXRoot folder, so I didn't have to rewrite the command.
5. Again, it didn't work. Restored again to same point as before, but now my phone gets stuck on the HTC screen.
I'd like to add that at this moment I haven't found out how to get in the internal storage of my phone, so I can't even download the stock rom, and work from there.
Again, I'm a big noob, this is about the max of my rooting/flashing-skills, so guide me as slowly as possible.
Please help!
Lukas

Oke.....
Go into the recovery and mount the sdcard as a mass storage device. Then you have acces to the sdcard.
What would you like to do in the first place now ? Het CM10.1 or stock ?
If you did a nandroid backup of the stock rom you do this
Mount the sdcard in the recovery
Copy the boot.img from the nandroid backup and flash it in the bootloader with the toolkit or manual commands
Then enter the recovery and perform a full wipe, then you restore the nandroid backup

Okè. You can access internal storage within recovery. Select mounts and storage > plug in usb cable > mount usb storage.
For booting the ROM, there's one thing you missed. Due to DMCA takedown the vendor blobs are missing from builds and that's why they don't boot.
You need to take a look at the cyanogenmod thread in original development and in the first post you can find a link for the vendor installer zip that you need.
Just flash it in recovery after flashing the rom.zip.
Sent from my One X using xda premium
Edit: what an epic ninja you are Hofs... Even started the post with the same word.

TToivanen said:
Okè. You can access internal storage within recovery. Select mounts and storage > plug in usb cable > mount usb storage.
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When I do this it says: E: Unable to open ums lunfile (No such file or directory)

Your CWM is outdated. DL this: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.0-endeavoru.img
Rename it recovery.img and flash like this: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Man you two are like everywhere...you guys beat me always when i try and help someone out..well done you guys

Goku80 said:
Man you two are like everywhere...you guys beat me always when i try and help someone out..well done you guys
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Yeah we secretly divide posts in gtalk so we don't get into a fight LOL ......
But its my night off so i have a lot of time. Busy weekend ahead of me .....

Goku80 said:
Man you two are like everywhere...you guys beat me always when i try and help someone out..well done you guys
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Too much free time that's all haha (i joke) I used to be the same till college got in the way
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

Re
It flashed the recovery like you said, and it gives me a new menu (Unmount or Go Back) but it still doesnt work properly. I restarted both my pc and my phone to make sure..
Can you help me any further?

You tap mount as mass storage device once ....then it should pop up in windows
Otherwise you can try this recovery
http://db.tt/iXT4t3NH

RE
Doesn't find it with that one either... Starting to think I messed this one up reaaaalll bad.
Maybe something with my pc settings?

Strange ..... sure you connected the usb cable ......try another port
One of these 2 recoverys must work ...... don't see why not

I wish I were that stupid But no, tried all my ports, doesn't connect. It does make the sound however, so I know it's not that.. In the mean time, I got a single step closer. I downloaded the most recent boot img, and flashed it.
It still doesn't start, but now it doesn't stop at the HTC screen, but the HTC One X screen.. Progress, I guess
Edit: Tried my roommates pc, it catches!!! I'll keep you posted on my progress, but for now, thank you so very much!

Try to push the file you need with adb.
adb push (pathofsourcefile) /sdcard/
For example
adb push C:\files\derp.zip /sdcard/
Sent from my One X using xda premium

Hmm you got a nandroid backup on the sdcard right ? You made that one with cwm ? Flash back cwm 5.8.4.0 now.....what nandroid was it ? stock jb rom ? Give me that info and i will provide a new stock boot.img file ! You can flash that one and restore the nandroid backup....but i need the info asap

FIXED
Guys, thank you so very much!
It is now fixed, although I still don't have cm10.1, I can at least use my phone again. For the people who want to know what I did:
1. Apparently, my pc can't identify the 'mount usb' from CWM, so I had to go to another pc.
2. I searched and found the boot.img that I used in my backup
3. Flashed that img.
And now it's fixed!
Again, thanks very much, it seems these things can make grown men cry...

So it was the pc ! ..... :thumbup:
---------- Post added at 10:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:22 PM ----------
If you want cm10.1 you need the rom.zip, gapps.zip and the vendors file too
Make a full wipe in the recovery and install the rom, gapps, vendors ...don't reboot
Reboot to the bootloader
Adb reboot bootloader
And flash the boot.img from cm10.1

RE
Allright, I will do that, have the files on my phone now. But not until tomorow, I really have to rest from this 4 hour panic-attack

Fair ! And charge the phone to 100% before you start .... may save you from trouble if it doesn't work for some reason. Then you always have plenty battery to restore a nand

Phone stuck on HTC quietly brilliant

Hey my phone is stuck on the loading screen after i tried to root my phone, if im honest i had no idea what i was doing i was just following a guide i found online and just thought it would all go alright but sadly it went terribly wrong. what i did was unlock the boot loader uses the htc website that the guide directed me to which went smoothly then i went into fastboot mode and ran the file install-insecure-windows from the folder i downloaded called r3-endeavor-insecurebootandroot. my phone restarted and the just froze at the loading screen. i have tried to run recovery and i just get a red triangle and i have also tried a factory reset and that just starts to load and then resets and is still stuck on the loading screen.
my HBOOT-1.39.0000
version-main: 3.14.401.31
Ive looked around alot for solutions to my problem but not found one that works.
I really need help but if im honest i dont know alot about what im doing and i know i should have just left it all alone
any help would be greatly appreciated

Relock your bootloader by fastboot oem lock
Download this file and run it with administrative rights - http://bugsylawson.com/files/file/1...-r-radio-5120416229-release-302015-signedexe/
You'll be back to stock.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

simonw89 said:
Hey my phone is stuck on the loading screen after i tried to root my phone, if im honest i had no idea what i was doing i was just following a guide i found online and just thought it would all go alright but sadly it went terribly wrong. what i did was unlock the boot loader uses the htc website that the guide directed me to which went smoothly then i went into fastboot mode and ran the file install-insecure-windows from the folder i downloaded called r3-endeavor-insecurebootandroot. my phone restarted and the just froze at the loading screen. i have tried to run recovery and i just get a red triangle and i have also tried a factory reset and that just starts to load and then resets and is still stuck on the loading screen.
my HBOOT-1.39.0000
version-main: 3.14.401.31
Ive looked around alot for solutions to my problem but not found one that works.
I really need help but if im honest i dont know alot about what im doing and i know i should have just left it all alone
any help would be greatly appreciated
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Since you have already unlocked your bootloader, you can try installing a custom recovery Like CWM or TWRP. You can then download any custom rom posted in the xda thread and flash it. I personally recommend ViperX. Your phone will be better than ever. It seems like you are new to this so if you need my help flashing then simply ask.
You can also follow the instructions on torxx detailed thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182792
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED!!
:good::good::good::good:

yes you are right i am very new to all this very pleased to hear that i haven't ruined my phone i would love to have a go at installing a recovery and a new rom. ill have alook at your thread guide you linked and see how i get on if i get stuck ill try the relocking way thank you all for the help

well i had alook at the tutorial and i managed to use the fastboot flash recovery and it seemed to work in cmd as it said
writing 'recovery'... INFOFormat partition SOS done.
what i don't understand is step 3 the actual rooting when i go to the bootloader and press power when on recovery it now just loads the HTC quietly brilliant screen again and i dont understand how to flash from recovery

simonw89 said:
well i had alook at the tutorial and i managed to use the fastboot flash recovery and it seemed to work in cmd as it said
writing 'recovery'... INFOFormat partition SOS done.
what i don't understand is step 3 the actual rooting when i go to the bootloader and press power when on recovery it now just loads the HTC quietly brilliant screen again and i dont understand how to flash from recovery
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The recovery will start after the HTC screen. In the recovery, press install and select whichever zip you want to flash.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

i have managed to get the recovery page open but how do i get the superuser.zip file to appear on the list how do i get it onto the phone

simonw89 said:
i have managed to get the recovery page open but how do i get the superuser.zip file to appear on the list how do i get it onto the phone
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Have you copied it from the computer??
If you have, then tap install and navigate to the folder to which you have copied it.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

causality ctrybor
i have copied it to the cd card and i have just worked out how to find that within recovery at last im slowly working things out the only problem now is when i run the superuser.zip from the recovery i get
installing: /sdcard/superuser.zip
finding update package...
opening update package ...
verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
installation abourted

simonw89 said:
i have copied it to the cd card and i have just worked out how to find that within recovery at last im slowly working things out the only problem now is when i run the superuser.zip from the recovery i get
installing: /sdcard/superuser.zip
finding update package...
opening update package ...
verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
installation abourted
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Maybe a bad download?
Try downloading again. If it still doesn't work, try a different recovery. Personally, I used TWRP while rooting.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

If redownloading doesn't fix it.. use this SuperSU.zip
http://d-h.st/B2K

ahh you are golden ! that was exactly right i went and found another copy of super user and it downloaded perfectly thank you
just trying to install the viperX rom now see how this goes

am i right in thinking that once i have downloaded the viperX i just place it on my sdcard the same way i did the superuser and then just install it the same way from the recovery?

simonw89 said:
am i right in thinking that once i have downloaded the viperX i just place it on my sdcard the same way i did the superuser and then just install it the same way from the recovery?
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Yes... However, you have to flash the boot.img from fastboot..
and before installing the rom.zip.. you have to wipe data/cache/dalvic from recovery.... Or use Super Wipe script : http://d-h.st/kG0

simonw89 said:
i have copied it to the cd card and i have just worked out how to find that within recovery at last im slowly working things out the only problem now is when i run the superuser.zip from the recovery i get
installing: /sdcard/superuser.zip
finding update package...
opening update package ...
verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
installation abourted
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I think I have found a workaround for your problem.
If you have installed TWRP recovery then you will notice that their is a check box labeled 'toggle signature verification'. Make sure it is unchecked(whichever works).
If this works then great.
Otherwise I suggest that you download a custom ROM and flash it.(My personal suggestion)
Everything will be fine. Don't worry.
Steps are as follows-
•Download the ROM you want to flash
•Open the ROM zip with an archive manager and extract the boot.img file out of it and place it in your fastboot directory
•Copy the ROM to your sdcard
•Now boot into bootloader and choose recovery with your volume keys and power button
•In recovery wipe data and cache, dalvik cache, factory reset,etc
•Now flash your ROM by installing zip from sdcard
•If this is finished, reboot and reboot into bootloader again
•Connect your phone to your PC in fasboot mode (choose in bootloader with power button)
•Open a cmd in your fastboot folder with your boot.img and type these two commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot erase cache
Then simply reboot your phone.
You can download ROMs from the development section.
PM me if you encounter any problems or need any help.
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Finally
i got superuser from another source which worked like a dream and got it installed at last, then managed to flash the boot.img in the fastboot. then deleted all the data/cashe and installed venomX can finally turn on my phone after 3 days
thank you all so much for the help its been all really appreciated dont know what i would have done with out it

[Q] TWRP Help! Unable to open zip, no OS installed!

Hi guys, I was changing Roms and accidentally hit wipe internal storage in TWRP.
I've tried to flash a Sinless ROM, an insert coin ROM and also looked on htcdev website to get an RUU to try and put it back to stock, yet every time I try and install a zip file through twrp it says "unable to open zip file".
I've also taken a shot at trying to add sideload the rom on there, no progress is made and eventually fails again... I've got no backups saved or anything...
Is there anything else I can try to make my phone work again? I was possibly thinking trying to get my brother to do a backup on his M8, put his SD in my phone, then restore from his back up, will this work?
Is there anything else I can try in the mean time? Really don't know what to do next...
Many thanks in advance guys
Oli

Hi,
In my ignorance, i think the failed flashes could be caused by two things:
1- the recovery you are using is not updated. Try to flash the lastest TWRP recovery or change recovery version.
2- corrupted ROM zips. Maybe there are problems while downloading the ROMS or while you copy them to your external sd card. Try to download them on another computer AND using a different browser. And maybe put the zips on a different SD card if you can. But, MOST IMPORTANT thing, check the MD5 after you've finished to download the zips.
About the nandroid backup... I think it could work BUT be sure that your brother M8 has the same brand, firmware and Android version of your M8 (before you wiped everything).
However, about this last part w8 maybe for somone else more expert the me w

oli3107 said:
Hi guys, I was changing Roms and accidentally hit wipe internal storage in TWRP.
I've tried to flash a Sinless ROM, an insert coin ROM and also looked on htcdev website to get an RUU to try and put it back to stock, yet every time I try and install a zip file through twrp it says "unable to open zip file".
I've also taken a shot at trying to add sideload the rom on there, no progress is made and eventually fails again... I've got no backups saved or anything...
Is there anything else I can try to make my phone work again? I was possibly thinking trying to get my brother to do a backup on his M8, put his SD in my phone, then restore from his back up, will this work?
Is there anything else I can try in the mean time? Really don't know what to do next...
Many thanks in advance guys
Oli
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Get into fastboot and type in fastboot: fastboot erase cache
Than reflash your recovery with with fastboot: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Than make sure that your downloaded zip isn't corrupted by trying to unzip it. If its successful, place the rom into the SD card and insert it into your M8 and flash from there.
Set up everything and voila, all done!
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OmniSlyfer said:
Hi,
In my ignorance, i think the failed flashes could be caused by two things:
1- the recovery you are using is not updated. Try to flash the lastest TWRP recovery or change recovery version.
2- corrupted ROM zips. Maybe there are problems while downloading the ROMS or while you copy them to your external sd card. Try to download them on another computer AND using a different browser. And maybe put the zips on a different SD card if you can. But, MOST IMPORTANT thing, check the MD5 after you've finished to download the zips.
About the nandroid backup... I think it could work BUT be sure that your brother M8 has the same brand, firmware and Android version of your M8 (before you wiped everything).
However, about this last part w8 maybe for somone else more expert the me w
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My apologies, didn't notice your reply. If his is s-on, he can try his brother's nandroid and if it fails, nothing will happen so its possible for him to restore his brother's nandroid if they are based on the same firmware

I unlocked my boot loader by htcdev, phone is s-on though.
I've downloaded each file twice, and also downloaded the insertcoin rom on another computer, made no difference. I'm using twrp 2.7.0.2 I believe...
Where would I get a new recovery.img file from? Sorry to sound stupid but I'm not sure and don't wanna mess my phone up more. Also when you download the file do you have to have it in the same directory as adb.exe, so when you run the adb command it will get it from that directory?

Bobbi lim said:
Get into fastboot and type in fastboot: fastboot erase cache
Than reflash your recovery with with fastboot: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Than make sure that your downloaded zip isn't corrupted by trying to unzip it. If its successful, place the rom into the SD card and insert it into your M8 and flash from there.
Set up everything and voila, all done!
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My apologies, didn't notice your reply. If his is s-on, he can try his brother's nandroid and if it fails, nothing will happen so its possible for him to restore his brother's nandroid if they are based on the same firmware
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Just tried doing this fastboot method, I typed in adb devices to see if the phone was recognised, didn't show up, I typed in fastboot erase cache and it still did so. I then pushed the latest TWRP recovery.img file on to the phone, it's now running the latest version of TWRP, but still won't let me flash anything, still keeps saying unable to open zip...

oli3107 said:
I unlocked my boot loader by htcdev, phone is s-on though.
I've downloaded each file twice, and also downloaded the insertcoin rom on another computer, made no difference. I'm using twrp 2.7.0.2 I believe...
Where would I get a new recovery.img file from? Sorry to sound stupid but I'm not sure and don't wanna mess my phone up more. Also when you download the file do you have to have it in the same directory as adb.exe, so when you run the adb command it will get it from that directory?
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Have you made sure the insertcoin rom that you have downloaded is compatible with your device? Your device needs to be running the lastest firmware as all the roms are updated to 4.4.4
As for the recivery, the lastest is 2.8.1.0
Here's the link to the recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717932
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oli3107 said:
I unlocked my boot loader by htcdev, phone is s-on though.
I've downloaded each file twice, and also downloaded the insertcoin rom on another computer, made no difference. I'm using twrp 2.7.0.2 I believe...
Where would I get a new recovery.img file from? Sorry to sound stupid but I'm not sure and don't wanna mess my phone up more. Also when you download the file do you have to have it in the same directory as adb.exe, so when you run the adb command it will get it from that directory?
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Make sure you have HTC drivers installed. if you don't, download HTC Sync and uninstall HTC Sync leaving the drivers in your computer than type in: adb devices.
Boot into fastboot and flash the recovery: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img ( or you can just directly drag the "recovery.img" into cmd and press enter)
Load the rom into a external SD card and insert the SD card into your device and flash the rom from there

Also, do you check MD5 after downloading the ROM????

My device was running 4.4.4 prior to this happening. I did download the latest recovery and push it to the phone, it did work, but upon trying to flash a new rom, it still says failed.
The phone is being detected in adb, when it's in recovery it says so, sideload it says so, just not fast boot?
Oli

Forgive me for beimg stupid but how do I check the md5?

oli3107 said:
Forgive me for beimg stupid but how do I check the md5?
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http://www.guidingtech.com/9800/what-is-md5-checksum-how-to-verify-it/
Compare it with the MD5 given in the ROM topic

I had the same problem where I couldn't flash anything and it wouldn't mount my storage. I had to adb flash RUU though that only works for s-off users

So if the md5 was to be fine and matched up, what would you try next?
Thanks
Oli

Try unzipping the .zip file on your pc with 7zip and then re-zipping it and try to flash again. I've also had some .zip files that can't be read and it wouldn't even open on the pc itself(giving errors) until I unzipped it with 7zip and re-zipped it.

BerndM14 said:
Try unzipping the .zip file on your pc with 7zip and then re-zipping it and try to flash again. I've also had some .zip files that can't be read and it wouldn't even open on the pc itself(giving errors) until I unzipped it with 7zip and re-zipped it.
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Also a fail to unzip will point towards a bad download.

Hi guys.
So I tried a new SD card, matched up the md5s, tried flashing a new recovery.img file (which worked, I'm running the latest twrp now), unzipped and rezipped using 7zip, yet when I try and flash it still fails! I've tried flashing on the phone and sideloading it, both still fail.
Sideload failure says:
"installing '/external_sd/sideload.zip'
checking for md5 file
skipping md5 check:no md5 found" - that's where it gives up...
Phone flash failure says exactly the same except another line after sayi ping "error flashing zip '/external_sd/ROM.zip"
I really don't know what to try anymore... I've tried so much and I just can't see anything working now
Thanks for your help so far guys
Oli

oli3107 said:
Hi guys.
So I tried a new SD card, matched up the md5s, tried flashing a new recovery.img file (which worked, I'm running the latest twrp now), unzipped and rezipped using 7zip, yet when I try and flash it still fails! I've tried flashing on the phone and sideloading it, both still fail.
Sideload failure says:
"installing '/external_sd/sideload.zip'
checking for md5 file
skipping md5 check:no md5 found" - that's where it gives up...
Phone flash failure says exactly the same except another line after sayi ping "error flashing zip '/external_sd/ROM.zip"
I really don't know what to try anymore... I've tried so much and I just can't see anything working now
Thanks for your help so far guys
Oli
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Did you try flashing from Internal memory instead of sdcard?

No I havent. How can I get the rom to the internal memory mate? the phone has no OS on, so it's stuck in recovery or bootloader, how can I transfer the file to internal rather than the sd card?

Twrp 2.8.1.0 has MTP working.

oli3107 said:
No I havent. How can I get the rom to the internal memory mate? the phone has no OS on, so it's stuck in recovery or bootloader, how can I transfer the file to internal rather than the sd card?
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Since your device only boots into the bootloader menu, all you'll have to do is highlight the Recovery option using the Volume Down button and select it with the Power button. If you do not see the Recovery option, just select Bootloader with the Power button and it should pop up.
Once in TWRP, tap the Advanced option and select ADB Sideload.
From there, you will be given the option to Wipe Cache and Wipe Dalvik Cache partitions, so go ahead and do so by checking the boxes and Swipe to Start Sideload. After it starts, you will be ready to start your ROM flash.
With your device connected to your computer and your ROM file already on your desktop, you are ready to flash.
Kill ADB using the adb kill-server command, then restart it with adb usb.
Make sure your computer can identify your device with the adb devices command.
Flash your ROM with adb sideload Desktop/ROM.zip (be sure to change "desktop" to "downloads" or where ever your ROM is stored, and change "ROM.zip" to the name of your ROM file).

Sorry mate I didn't understand your previous post but I tried this method already, tried flashing Roms using sideload and they still fail, I've posted the error message in one of my previous posts if that helps?
Oli