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[TUT] Disaster Recovery - How to recover from nearly everything [Updated 28/04/2012]

Due to the lack of time, I cannot update this thread as frequently as I want to, so from now on, please refer to the HTC One X - XDA Developers Wiki
This guide is based on information found in leejames55 HBOOT loop thread and torxx tutorial, I just wanted to make thing clear, simple and consolidate all information in one place for non-dev users. So thanks to them and everyone who contributed.
After seeing alot of people having problem after flashing a rom, restoring RUU, re-locking bootloader, I've decided to make this guide in order to help everyone. If you follow this guide there's a good chance that you will manage to recover your phone
This is for people who have the following problem:
Cannot boot into ROM (e.g Stuck at the HTC Logo)
Boot Loop
Re-locked bootloader while having a non-working ROM
Cannot flash RUU because battery is below 30% - IMPORTANT: You must flash the new version of ClockWorkMod in order to be able to recharge the phone while off and from recovery
The most common problem is being stuck at the HTC Logo after flashing a ROM, try clearing the fastboot cache with these steps:
Power off your phone and hold the power button + volume down
Choose fastboot from bootloader
Connect the phone to your computer
On computer type:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
Choose "Reboot" in fastboot menu
If this doesn't work, try the rest of the guide
If you cannot flash RUU, go into recovery etc. because battery is below 30%
IMPORTANT: You must flash the new version of ClockWorkMod in order to be able to recharge the phone while off and from recovery. So, flash the new recovery and this problem will NOT happen.
ckpv5 said:
I don't think he can do that as more and more people have this problem as stated on OP:
Cannot flash RUU because battery is below 30%
But there is no explanation on how to to solve the problem. All the suggestions are good only when you have at least 20% battery.
So here I want to share on how I solve my problem to get the battery up to at least 20% so that you can fastboot flash anything, but to run RUU you need to have more than 30%. This works for me and hopefully it will work for others too.
Instead of plug in and plug out the usb cable to and from your phone when connected to PC (which actually not working for me), what I did was :
1) connect the phone to PC, your phone will boot into bootloader with red light flashing on and off or all the way red or no light at all.
2) use the vol button to scroll to power down and press power to off.
3) if the phone boot again to bootloader, repeat (2)
4) if the phone not booting, press the power button to on the phone, it will boot to bootloader again. Try the fastboot flash ** (whatever you want to do, either flash unlock.bin to unlock bootloader to flash CWM recovery or relock bootloader and flash stock recovery). If it fails due to low battery, repeat again (2) then (3) and (4). I did this less than ten times to have fastboot flash working.
What I notice is whenever we press power on, it will go to splash screen but unable to pass the bootanimation due to lack of battery, it will go back to bootloader. In the process, the battery get charging but stop when we are in bootloader. So restart again & again (power down in bootloader & power on again) will charge the battery until you have enough juice for fastboot flash.
Note: item (4), I did the fastboot flash ** before power on, it will say "waiting for device", once the phone is on and in fastboot mode, the command will runs. So once the battery reach about 20%, it will runs succesfully.
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wolfraim said:
Well, i discover it because i brick my phone haha now i share it to you.
IF YOU HAVE ANY UNSIGNED RECOVERY:
1.- GO TO RECOVERY
2.- FORMAT SYSTEM
3.- RESTART NORMALLY
4.- YOUR PHONE WILL STOPS IN "HTC QUIETLY BRILLIANT" SCREEN
5.- PUT YOUR PHONE TO CHARGE (no light notification appears)
6.- LET IT CHARGE FOR A COUPLE HOURS (i put mine to charge for a complete night)
7.- Now restore your RUU, Flash, etc...
IF YOU HAVE SIGNED RECOVERY:
1.- GO TO FASTBOOT
2.- HIT "SHUT DOWN"
3.- WITH THE POWER OFF PUT IT TO CHARGE
4.- RED LIGHT NOTIFICATION SHOWS THE CHARGING PROGRESS.
5.- NEXT DAY YOU WILL SEE A SOLID GREEN LIGHT NOTIFICATIONS FOR A COMPLETE CHARGE.
PD: Sorry for ortography, im from Chile, my native speaking is spanish but i want to share my knowledge with XDA COMMUNITY !
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If you re-locked the bootloader
Unlock with the same Unlock_code.bin file provided by HTC and follow this link: http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/unlock-instructions/page-4/
If you have stock recovery
Download a Custom Recovery (e.g http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594819)
Then flash it with the command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.2.7-endeavoru.img
If you have Custom ROM on or nandroid backup internal SD card
Reboot in recovery (If your still in fastboot, choose "Reboot Bootloader" and then go into recovery)
Restore a Nandroid Backup or flash Custom ROM
Reboot and go into fastboot
Clean cache in fastboot
If you DON'T have custom rom or Nandroid backup on internal SD card
torxx said:
So here a method which always works (many people have issues with flashing RUU's etc. having a bootlop.)
Download a RUU from here, thanks to Football!
Now open the .exe and make sure that it fully started.
Don't click anything, just go to windows icon and search for %temp%.
You will now find some folders, just search through these folders for the ROM.zip.
If you found it, you can copy it to your desktop or somewhere else.
Extract it with WinRar,7-zip or something like that and take the boot_signed.img and system.img.
Now copy the two files into the folder where the fastboot.exe is placed (if you have installed the Android SDK, it should be in platform-tools)
Plug in your One X, go into the bootloader and go into fastboot mode.
Navigate with the cmd in the folder with the fasboot.exe and the two .img's.
Now type in that:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
After that:
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
If everything worked, just reboot:
Code:
adb reboot
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If you want to restore to original HTC ROM or have new HBOOT/Radio, you will have to do the step above and then the following:
Flash a ROM and boot image based on 1.26 (e.g ARHD 2.1)
Clear fastboot cache
Code:
fastboot clear cache
Boot your phone
Charge you phone completely
Download stock recovery
Flash stock recovery
Code:
fastboot flash recovery endeavoru_recovery_signed.img
Relock bootloader
Code:
fastboot oem lock
Run 1.26 RUU
Useful Links
HTC One X - IRC - This is the best way for you to get answer to you questions and help if you have problems
HTC One X - XDA Q&A
Don't hesitate to contibute to this guide, as this is made to anwser alot of questions and resolve most common problem when flashing custom roms.
We are all here to learn, take from community and give back to community!

thanks man, great thread

+1
Nice u will be helping a lot of people with this....

Any tut for no boot no recovery formatted sdcard ?
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA Premium HD app

I have a problem that I cant find a way to recharge my phone...

neo-kamui said:
I have a problem that I cant find a way to recharge my phone...
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More information is needed, like which Recovery..
Anyway, good thread!

Help..
C:\Android>fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
sending 'boot' (4278 KB)... OKAY [ 0.562s]
writing 'boot'... INFOFormat partition LNX done
OKAY [ 0.468s]
finished. total time: 1.030s
C:\Android>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (960424 KB)... FAILED (remote: (00000006))
finished. total time: 0.016s
C:\Android>
Any Help would by nice.
My cid "None"
I have no backups on phone
No files on phone.
ruu will not run error
Iv been all over the forums and tried many ruu`s
I think i have a brick
more info.. Was t-mobile branded but i flashed custom rom, then tried to update (epic fail) i the went back into recovery and was no files on phone sd.
i have tried with locked bootloader and unlocked bootloader with stock recovery and CWM recovery, i think iv tried all..
i`v just found a ruu_endeavor for t_mobile uk 1.26.110.2 i will give that ago when it downloads in about 1hr haha

This is really an excellent guide for everyone! THX from munich

Any Help would by nice.
My cid "None"
I have no backups on phone
No files on phone.
ruu will not run error
Iv been all over the forums and tried many ruu`s
I think i have a brick
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SAME

Read my part..

I have a brick in 1.28
Have the newest CWM installed.
I only can go in the HBOOT or Recovery menu.
My device is S-off
Edit: sry i meant S-on

Raz0rX said:
I have a brick in 1.28
Have the newest CWM installed.
I only can go in the HBOOT or Recovery menu.
My device is S-off
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S-off???
If not, what u need to do is flash stock recovery and lock ur device. Then place it on the charger while its off (Fastboot > Power Off). Let it charge (higher than 30%) and download and run RUU for your device.

S-OFF, really?
BTW, your device is not bricked, if you can enter the bootloader..

Raz0rX said:
I have a brick in 1.28
Have the newest CWM installed.
I only can go in the HBOOT or Recovery menu.
My device is S-off
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No problem lucky guy.
With s-off you can supercid your Phone and flash every RUU.
How do you get s-off?

OH **** ... my brain was shortly off...
I mean S-ON, sry
The problem is .. there is no RUU for 1.28
So i can do nothing, this system and boot.img trick dont work for me

itswick said:
C:\Android>fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
sending 'boot' (4278 KB)... OKAY [ 0.562s]
writing 'boot'... INFOFormat partition LNX done
OKAY [ 0.468s]
finished. total time: 1.030s
C:\Android>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (960424 KB)... FAILED (remote: (00000006))
finished. total time: 0.016s
C:\Android>
Any Help would by nice.
My cid "None"
I have no backups on phone
No files on phone.
ruu will not run error
Iv been all over the forums and tried many ruu`s
I think i have a brick
more info.. Was t-mobile branded but i flashed custom rom, then tried to update (epic fail) i the went back into recovery and was no files on phone sd.
i have tried with locked bootloader and unlocked bootloader with stock recovery and CWM recovery, i think iv tried all..
i`v just found a ruu_endeavor for t_mobile uk 1.26.110.2 i will give that ago when it downloads in about 1hr haha
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OMG i did it... My x1 is now up and running,,,
You need to find the right ruu for your device,
mine was t-mobile uk 1.26.110.5
i download RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_TMO_UK_1.26.110.2_Radio_1.1204.90.13_release_251224_signed
and all flashed first time. with stock recovery and relocked bootloader.
I hope this will HELP you with your 1X..

woha nice ... i have an unbrandet device
i will search the right RUU
i used RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.26.401.2_Radio_1.1204.90.13_r and this will not work
The only difference is that i've CWM installed.. do you think this is the prob ?

Raz0rX said:
woha nice ... i have an unbrandet device
i will search the right RUU
i used RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.26.401.2_Radio_1.1204.90.13_r and this will not work
The only difference is that i've CWM installed.. do you think this is the prob ?
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Im not expert... but i had stock recovery and relocked bootloader and all work for me.

Raz0rX said:
woha nice ... i have an unbrandet device
i will search the right RUU
i used RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.26.401.2_Radio_1.1204.90.13_r and this will not work
The only difference is that i've CWM installed.. do you think this is the prob ?
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Yes, make sure u put ur device as stock, stock recovery, and locked bootloader.

Also you have flashed the boot_signed.img and the system.img?
I load a new RUU i hope this will work with it
Edit: How do i become a stock recovery ?

[Q] HTC One X Possibly Bricked

Hi all,
I think my friend and i bricked his phone last night.
Its the HTC one x and we used the Hasoon2000 method. I think the problem was the perm root part of the software said unable to connect to device.
I searched around and someone said to flash supersu and that should do it. However after flashing that we did a backup of the phone in clockwork recovery.
We then tried flashing the viperX rom which we did on another one X and worked fine, it got to 1% and restarted. It then stuck at the quietly brilliant page.
We can't get it to boot into recovery but can get it to go to the bootloader. We tried to do the fastboot command from the PC to erase fastboot cache but it couldnt connect to the device.
I have read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764421 and but it is about the AT&T version, what recovery image would i need?
Also how can i tell if it is hard bricked or soft bricked? As i'm worried it could be hard bricked cause i couldnt erase the fastboot cache.
Any help is appreciated, and sorry if this is answered somewhere else but i couldnt see an answer.

Bit more bootloader info:
Unlocked
S-On
Hboot 1.39.0000
If possible i'd like to help my friend finish rooting it but if its easier put it back to normal.
Again thanks if anyone can help me.

What does the bootloader say, EVITA or ENDEAVORU ?

It says endeavoru

Then stay away from the HTC one XL forum, its a different phone !!!
Do you have the HTC drivers installed and a folder on the pc with the fastboot files ?
Place these files in a folder like this
http://db.tt/ldx3qOOU
C:\fastboot\files i gave you
Then put the phone in the bootloader and open a command prompt inside the fastboot folder on the pc and type
Fastboot devices
If a serial comes up we are good to go !

Mr Hofs said:
Then stay away from the HTC one XL forum, its a different phone !!!
Do you have the HTC drivers installed and a folder on the pc with the fastboot files ?
Place these files in a folder like this
http://db.tt/ldx3qOOU
C:\fastboot\files i gave you
Then put the phone in the bootloader and open a command prompt inside the fastboot folder on the pc and type
Fastboot devices
If a serial comes up we are good to go !
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Well we installed the HTC drivers with the Hasoon tool so yes. Just meeting my friend now so i'll put these files in a folder and try that straight away.
Thanks, will let you know shortly.

DannyBLOL said:
Well we installed the HTC drivers with the Hasoon tool so yes. Just meeting my friend now so i'll put these files in a folder and try that straight away.
Thanks, will let you know shortly.
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Just connected it to my laptop and the pc said fastboot drivers installed and made the noise of a device connecting and disconnecting.
Haven't tried what you said yet as it said battery is too low on the bootloader. I've now plugged it in a plug socket and have it on the htc quietly brilliant screen. I take it this should still charge it?

DannyBLOL said:
Just connected it to my laptop and the pc said fastboot drivers installed and made the noise of a device connecting and disconnecting.
Haven't tried what you said yet as it said battery is too low on the bootloader. I've now plugged it in a plug socket and have it on the htc quietly brilliant screen. I take it this should still charge it?
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Is it possible for you to turn the phone off?
IF so it should charge a bit quicker that way
Also just to clarify, how did you try to install Viper X on your phone?

Hmm no, if its bootlooping then yes. Is the bootloader unkocked and do you have a custom recovery installed yet ?
In case you have a custom recovery installed put the phone in the recovery it will charge the batt in there .....
Otherwise put the phone in the bootloader and run this file from within the fastboot folder
http://db.tt/aLqeTpPO
It will continuously reboot the phone and charge it little by little, leave it like this for an hour or so.

No, if i go into bootloader and fastboot then power down it turns itself back on if its plugged in.

Mr Hofs said:
Hmm no, if its bootlooping then yes. Is the bootloader unkocked and do you have a custom recovery installed yet ?
In case you have a custom recovery installed put the phone in the recovery it will charge the batt in there .....
Otherwise put the phone in the bootloader and run this file from within the fastboot folder
http://db.tt/aLqeTpPO
It will continuously reboot the phone and charge it little by little, leave it like this for an hour or so.
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The bootloader says unlocked, and we had CWM recovery installed it no longer loads up, it just reboots itself.
I'm confused by what you mean, what command would i use to run that file from the fastboot folder and after doing that do you mean i should leave it charging from the laptop?
Link to image of the bootloader if this helps - http://imgbin.org/index.php?page=image&id=11217

Just connect the phone to the pc and put the phone in the bootloader then execute the .bat file from the fastboot folder (download it and move it in there)
It should start rebooting the phone over and over again.
Edit : I see fastboot usb in the bootloader that's good ! :thumbup:
We need to get the batt charged so we can reflash the recovery, that will probably solve it all.

Mr Hofs said:
Just connect the phone to the pc and put the phone in the bootloader then execute the .bat file from the fastboot folder (download it and move it in there)
It should start rebooting the phone over and over again
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Ok this is working. It doesn't say about low battery anymore on the bootloader. But ill leave it charging for a bit. What is my next step?

Next step is to reflash the recovery, download this one
http://db.tt/Krlm4dPs
Rename it to recovery.img and Copy the file in the fastboot folder. Put the phone in the bootloader again and flash the recovery
All these commands are executed from the command prompt inside the fastboot folder.
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Fastboot erase cache
Then enter the recovery by pressing hboot one time (confirm with powerbutton) then press recovery

Ignore me Mr Hoffs beat me to it

Mr Hofs said:
Next step is to reflash the recovery, download this one
http://db.tt/Krlm4dPs
Rename it to recovery.img and Copy the file in the fastboot folder. Put the phone in the bootloader again and flash the recovery
All these commands are executed from the command prompt inside the fastboot folder.
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Fastboot erase cache
Then enter the recovery by pressing hboot one time (confirm with powerbutton) then press recovery
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YES! That has worked, we are in recovery. What can i do now? Should i try flashing ViperX or is the phone not permarooted?
Last time i tried to do permroot with the Hasoon2000 tool. That didnt work and i just flashed superSU, i think i must be missing something.
Thanks so much for your help!

If you do this, you will be good. Maybe you van skip some steps because you already did them before but I mention them anyway
Download the viper x JB rom, open it with an unpack program and copy the boot.img and place it in the fastboot folder. Copy the rom.zip to the phone (mount as usb drive in the mounts & storage part of the recovery)
Now put the phone back in the bootloader and flash the boot.img
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash boot boot img
Fastboot erase cache
Enter the recovery again and do a full wipe , also wipe the dalvik cache under the advanced tab. Then install the rom.zip with the
Install zip from sdcard menu !
Install the viper and choose in the aroma installer of the rom FULL WIPE and the question you get about the custom kernel you answer with NO !
Don't worry about root, the rom is standard rooted
Good to go mate

Mr Hofs said:
If you do this, you will be good. Maybe you van skip some steps because you already did them before but I mention them anyway
Download the viper x JB rom, open it with an unpack program and copy the boot.img and place it in the fastboot folder. Copy the rom.zip to the phone (mount as usb drive in the mounts & storage part of the recovery)
Now put the phone back in the bootloader and flash the boot.img
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash boot boot img
Fastboot erase cache
Enter the recovery again and do a full wipe , also wipe the dalvik cache under the advanced tab. Then install the rom.zip with the
Install zip from sdcard menu !
Install the viper and choose in the aroma installer of the rom FULL WIPE and the question you get about the custom kernel you answer with NO !
Don't worry about root, the rom is standard rooted
Good to go mate
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Thanks so much mate!
Worked flawlessly. Seriously can't thank you enough!

Nice :thumbup:
Have fun with it !
CASE CLOSED !

[Q] help a noob

Hi all,
Apologies i have read numerous threads and have tried to look at what i can but im gettign rather confused, any help would be great!
After 6 months have had the time to root my htc one x after allot of reading...
I successfully did this with the help of Hasoon2000's HTC ONE X All in one kit.I unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP 2.4.1.0
After i did this i decided to make a backup in TWRP and then try to install a custom ROM, since rooting the HTC One X was pretty simple...
So i downloaded the fastboot files to my desktop, extracted the 4 files in a subfolder, with the boot.img of VIPER, then i mounted my phone to the laptop and stored the VIPER.zip to the root of the SDCard, i then went into Recovery, wiped the cache, etc and went to install and chose the VIPER.zip and it went through the install.
I managed to install VIPER but upon reboot it just showed the HTC logo (white screen) with a snake slithering across the bottom and then hangs there forever..
I decided to go back and restore to the standard ROM but upon checking i dont have any backup??!! Im not sure if i deleted it by accident???
I can boot back into recovery and fastboot but i cant load any ROMS, i have tried numerous, some fail and the others just hang upon boot up...
How do i get my phone working?!!! Does anyone have any advice as to what im doing wrong please or what my options are????
I have looked at going back to stock ROM by checking what my RUU is and CID is but i cant find my version....
C:\Users\310058494\Desktop\flash\Fastboot>fastboot getvar version-main
version-main: 2.17.161.4
C:\Users\310058494\Desktop\flash\Fastboot>fastboot oem readcid
... INFODEBUG: cid: VODAP001
OKAY [ 0.102s]
finished. total time: 0.102s

You mentioned boot.img but did you flash it ?
Sent from my IceCold One X

TToivanen said:
You mentioned boot.img but did you flash it ?
Sent from my IceCold One X
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hi there, yes i flashed it, i did the following:
I wiped pretty much everything.
Pressed install. Went to the folder where the ROM i downloaded, is located in. Selected the ROM and slide the screen to flash it.
After it flashed, i pressed the back button. Pressed Reboot and Reboot into bootloader. Then opened the ROM i downloaded from my computer and extracted boot.ig it to my computer. Opened hansoons toolkit and pressed Flash a Kernel. Locate the boot.img and flashed it.
Then rebooted, just tried again and the phone has again just hung upon white HTC logo and a snake i the bottom right hand corner...

So the kernel is flashed ! Try this now
Make a full wipe in the recovery again. Wipe all caches,dalvik caches,system,data,android secure......all except external storage !
UNHOOK THE USB CABLE !
install the rom again

Wait a min you are on one of the low hboot versions.
stand by for guide

Mr Hofs said:
So the kernel is flashed ! Try this now
Make a full wipe in the recovery again. Wipe all caches,dalvik caches,system,data,android secure......all except external storage !
UNHOOK THE USB CABLE !
install the rom again
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do i need to flash boot.img after installing viperx3.4.0?

To update your hboot, do this:
1. DL this firmware package http://goo.gl/4X9YI
2. Put it to your fastboot folder (the folder with fastboot.exe etc. etc.) and rename the file "firmware" if it already isn't named so.
3. Hold SHIFT and RIGHT click anywhere in the folder. Select "open command window here"
4. Type the following stuff
fastboot oem lock (this will lock your bootloader so that you know)
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash firmware.zip (do several times if fails)
Unlock the bootloader using the toolkit
Flash a recovery using the toolkit
Then re-do everything you already did (also boot.img)

i did steps 1-4 but it failed on the fastboot flash firmware, it said cannot determine image filename firmware.

Do you mind if I do it remotely? Download an application called TeamViewer. When you're ready, send me you ID and password via PM.
We can chat as well.

Reverting to stock issue

Hey ,I have been around the forum and not only for trying to find a way to get back to stock. What I did was I used my Nandroids boot.img and recovery.img and the phone started normally on 4.1.1 as it was when I backed it up. But when I downloaded OTA and tried to install I had the internalstorage issue ,I tried extracting it manually from Downloads app and at it stucks with the note that "This file is corrupted". I then installed another recovery named -endeavoru.recovery.signed.img and when I try to get into recovery a red exlamation mark appears .And checking for software updated says that I am running newest version of android.. Help will be much appreciated
Thanks
Dan

twnc said:
Hey ,I have been around the forum and not only for trying to find a way to get back to stock. What I did was I used my Nandroids boot.img and recovery.img and the phone started normally on 4.1.1 as it was when I backed it up. But when I downloaded OTA and tried to install I had the internalstorage issue ,I tried extracting it manually from Downloads app and at it stucks with the note that "This file is corrupted". I then installed another recovery named -endeavoru.recovery.signed.img and when I try to get into recovery a red exlamation mark appears .And checking for software updated says that I am running newest version of android.. Help will be much appreciated
Thanks
Dan
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You can try downloading latest ruu and extracting boot.img and system.img from there, here's the instructions https: //sites.google.com/site/ androidbyyorzua/home/tutorials/extracting-rom-files-from-htc-ruu (remove spaces)
You have to flash them with fastboot

twnc said:
Hey ,I have been around the forum and not only for trying to find a way to get back to stock. What I did was I used my Nandroids boot.img and recovery.img and the phone started normally on 4.1.1 as it was when I backed it up. But when I downloaded OTA and tried to install I had the internalstorage issue ,I tried extracting it manually from Downloads app and at it stucks with the note that "This file is corrupted". I then installed another recovery named -endeavoru.recovery.signed.img and when I try to get into recovery a red exlamation mark appears .And checking for software updated says that I am running newest version of android.. Help will be much appreciated
Thanks
Dan
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Let me know what CID you have.
fastboot getvar cid

It is CID-032

twnc said:
It is CID-032
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1. Download this file:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2JsLtD098mdUlJmbzBfT0J5R3c/edit?usp=sharing
2. Copy the file to your Folder where fastboot is located and rename it to rom.zip
3. Connect your Phone within fastboot mode
4. Revert to OEM lock
fastboot oem lock
4. Flash your Phone with this command
fastboot oem rebootRUU fastboot flash zip rom.zip
5. Enter recovery and give a short press on POWER & VOL UP
- wipe Cache
- wipe data/factory Default
6. Flash the unlock token again to unlock your phone
7. Flash TWPR or CWR recovery
8. Search for a NANDROID Backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
9. Copy this to your SDCard and flash this via CWM/TWPR Recovery
10. Start you phone and wait
11. Ignore the first setup and skip this
12. fastboot again and
fastboot oem lock
13. fastboot again and flash the firmware file again
fastboot oem rebootRUU fastboot flash zip rom.zip
14. Boot the device and within SENSE do a factory Default reset
15. The device will boot and jump in recovery to restore some files from the Cache which will take 10 to 20 sec.
16. After this the device will boot again.
17. DONE!

Thanks I will follow your guide carefully. So this will revert my phone to stock right?

twnc said:
Thanks I will follow your guide carefully. So this will revert my phone to stock right?
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Full stock!
But within the boot loader you will always see the Information "RELOCKED"
Currently it is not possible to remove this because there would be S-OFF required.

MrT69 said:
Full stock!
But within the boot loader you will always see the Information "RELOCKED"
Currently it is not possible to remove this because there would be S-OFF required.
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Thanks a LOT. Been struggling for a week now .Downloading nandroid in progress.

Me again... Followed the steps but when I tried to recover the backup it said that there was a problem with the system recovery and now I'm stuck at bootloop .Anyone any ideas please
EDITk managed to push stock ruu but whenever I try to restore it it gets me to the same error -error while installinng system .I happen to think it's from the recovery ..any1?

MrT69 said:
1. Download this file:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2JsLtD098mdUlJmbzBfT0J5R3c/edit?usp=sharing
2. Copy the file to your Folder where fastboot is located and rename it to rom.zip
3. Connect your Phone within fastboot mode
4. Revert to OEM lock
fastboot oem lock
4. Flash your Phone with this command
fastboot oem rebootRUU fastboot flash zip rom.zip
5. Enter recovery and give a short press on POWER & VOL UP
- wipe Cache
- wipe data/factory Default
6. Flash the unlock token again to unlock your phone
7. Flash TWPR or CWR recovery
8. Search for a NANDROID Backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
9. Copy this to your SDCard and flash this via CWM/TWPR Recovery
10. Start you phone and wait
11. Ignore the first setup and skip this
12. fastboot again and
fastboot oem lock
13. fastboot again and flash the firmware file again
fastboot oem rebootRUU fastboot flash zip rom.zip
14. Boot the device and within SENSE do a factory Default reset
15. The device will boot and jump in recovery to restore some files from the Cache which will take 10 to 20 sec.
16. After this the device will boot again.
17. DONE!
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Do not listen to this guy,wrong guide.This will soft brick your phone (stuck at bootloop). After flashing rom.zip you have to flash unlocktocken in order to flash recovery and wipe cache and factory reset. AND DO NOT flash CWM or TWRP recovery as they will soft brick your phone giving you error while reverting system while restoring nandroid backup, instead flash the recovery located in the nandroid back up!

[q] help!!! Htc one x failed to install rom

I recently unlocked the bootloader of my phone and wanted to install the official sense 5.0 upate for my htc one x ,however I fail to do ,so I decided to install a custom rom for my phone. When I installed the custom rom through clockwork mod recovery, I forgot to backup , and now when i turn on my phone it is stuck in the htc logo, any solutions which can let me unbrick my phone? ( i cant access my sdcard )

sphee2014 said:
I recently unlocked the bootloader of my phone and wanted to install the official sense 5.0 upate for my htc one x ,however I fail to do ,so I decided to install a custom rom for my phone. When I installed the custom rom through clockwork mod recovery, I forgot to backup , and now when i turn on my phone it is stuck in the htc logo, any solutions which can let me unbrick my phone? ( i cant access my sdcard )
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extract the boot.img from the rom.zip and place it in your fastboot folder, then flash it via fastboot command fastboot flash boot boot.img then fastboot erase cache and reboot your phone

nogotaclue said:
extract the boot.img from the rom.zip and place it in your fastboot folder, then flash it via fastboot command fastboot flash boot boot.img then fastboot erase cache and reboot your phone
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Tried but it still brings me to the booting htc screen? any other solutions?

sphee2014 said:
Tried but it still brings me to the booting htc screen? any other solutions?
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more info please, which rom did you try to flash and what method did you use to flash rom etc?

nogotaclue said:
more info please, which rom did you try to flash and what method did you use to flash rom etc?
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Well, I think I actually screwed up the whole thing...actually, what I installed is NOT a ROM..! firstly, I downloaded the official asia sense 5.0 for my one x,then i installed the official update zip file through clockwork mod recovery, and then it is stuck in the boot screen.....== is there still any fixes...? btw thx for replying,i really appreciate it....

nogotaclue said:
more info please, which rom did you try to flash and what method did you use to flash rom etc?
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also, i think i deleted all the system, boot and userdata.img in my phone...i just deleted all the things in my phone...including the orginal os...what i can do now is only go to the fastboot menu or stuck in the green htc logo....please help...

Oh don't worry it can be fixed easily.
Go get this rom its as about as close as you can get to stock>>>>>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
next get this recovery>>>>>https://db.tt/Y82XOdb0
Now go into bootloader and select fastboot by pressing the power button, plug in the phone and go to next step
copy the twrprecovery file into your fastboot folder then open a cmd window from fastboot folder, "hold shift and right click then open command window here". now type fastboot flash recovery twrprecovery.img
now unplug phone and press power button once and then select second option down recovery and press power button.
when recovery loads press wipe then advanced wipe and tick ALL of the boxes and then swipe to wipe at the bottom.
plug phone back in and now go back to first screen and press "mount" then press "mount usb storage", now copy the rom, that I told you to download, onto your sdcard, when it is copied press "unmount"
now extract the boot.img from the rom zip on your pc and copy it to your fastboot folder.
in recovery press "reboot" then "bootloader.
now in command window type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and then "fastboot erase cache". unplug phone and now press power button again and select recovery again.
press "install" and then select the rom that you copied over and swipe at the button to flash it, then reboot.

nogotaclue said:
Oh don't worry it can be fixed easily.
Go get this rom its as about as close as you can get to stock>>>>>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
next get this recovery>>>>>https://db.tt/Y82XOdb0
Now go into bootloader and select fastboot by pressing the power button, plug in the phone and go to next step
copy the twrprecovery file into your fastboot folder then open a cmd window from fastboot folder, "hold shift and right click then open command window here". now type fastboot flash recovery twrprecovery.img
now unplug phone and press power button once and then select second option down recovery and press power button.
when recovery loads press wipe then advanced wipe and tick ALL of the boxes and then swipe to wipe at the bottom.
plug phone back in and now go back to first screen and press "mount" then press "mount usb storage", now copy the rom, that I told you to download, onto your sdcard, when it is copied press "unmount"
now extract the boot.img from the rom zip on your pc and copy it to your fastboot folder.
in recovery press "reboot" then "bootloader.
now in command window type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and then "fastboot erase cache". unplug phone and now press power button again and select recovery again.
press "install" and then select the rom that you copied over and swipe at the button to flash it, then reboot.
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Brother....you are my life savior...thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )))))))))))))))))))))))))))

all ok now ?

nogotaclue said:
all ok now ?
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hey, I was wondering if you could help me aswell.
I had the old HBOOT installed and my phone was rooted so I wanted to unroot and install stock rom.
I updated hboot to 1.36.0000 and tried a factory reset but every time I press it reboots to the boot screen, if I press recovery it gives me a red triangle with an exclamation mark, if i press +vol and power I can enter recovery but I cannot install the stock rom I downloaded from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
I already the right CID which is T-MOB101 any help is greatly appreciated

nogotaclue said:
all ok now ?
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Yes running good

tiberius77 said:
hey, I was wondering if you could help me aswell.
I had the old HBOOT installed and my phone was rooted so I wanted to unroot and install stock rom.
I updated hboot to 1.36.0000 and tried a factory reset but every time I press it reboots to the boot screen, if I press recovery it gives me a red triangle with an exclamation mark, if i press +vol and power I can enter recovery but I cannot install the stock rom I downloaded from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
I already the right CID which is T-MOB101 any help is greatly appreciated
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you need a custom recovery like cwm or twrp to install the rom, then when the rom has installed you can reinstall the stock recovery if you wish.

nogotaclue said:
you need a custom recovery like cwm or twrp to install the rom, then when the rom has installed you can reinstall the stock recovery if you wish.
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Roger. this is what it presented me
C:\Users\AB\Desktop\Stockrom\fastboot>fastboot-windows flash recovery twrprecovery.img
sending 'recovery' (6972 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
any idea how to fix the fail?

tiberius77 said:
Roger. this is what it presented me
C:\Users\AB\Desktop\Stockrom\fastboot>fastboot-windows flash recovery twrprecovery.img
sending 'recovery' (6972 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
any idea how to fix the fail?
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that usually happens because your bootloader is locked, it needs to be unlocked, and just leave it unlocked unless you need to send it for repair

nogotaclue said:
that usually happens because your bootloader is locked, it needs to be unlocked, and just leave it unlocked unless you need to send it for repair
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How am I supposed to unlock it when I can't access the recovery or restore to stock? I really appreciate your help.

tiberius77 said:
How am I supposed to unlock it when I can't access the recovery or restore to stock? I really appreciate your help.
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you unlock it via fastboot, not recovery
Go here>>>>>http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader and create an account and read it all then follow instructions to unlock bootloader. and leave the browser window open until you are finished. once its unlocked install your twrp recovery. the guide i posted earlier can be used after you have unlocked, just use the stock rom you already have instead of the arhd one I linked to

Nevermind. It works. Thanks a ton nogotaclue. been working on this from midnight last night.

tiberius77 said:
Nevermind. It works. Thanks a ton nogotaclue. been working on this from midnight last night.
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jolly good, press the thanks button