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[Tut] Preparing Your One X for Custom Roms (For Dummies)

There seems to be a lot of confusion in the air around either how to unlock your bootloader or how to install a new recovery.
I am writing this as a very easy step by step guide to do all the things necessary to get your new HTC One X ready to accept some custom fun so here goes nothing
Unlocking Your Bootloader
Words of warning - unlocking your boot loader will wipe your data partition
Things you have put on your internal memory will be fine but all of your apps etc will be gone.
Before we can even think about doing anything the first port of call is unlocking your bootloader.
As of the time of writing this there is currently no S-OFF method available so this is the only method of flashing a new recovery or boot image.
I'm going to keep this as simple as possible
1. Go Here "http://www.htcdev.com/" and create yourself an account on HTCDEV.
2. Download These Fastboot Files
3. Make a new folder on your C: drive called fastboot.
4. Extract The Zip downloaded in step 2 to the new folder
5. Go Here http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ and select "All Other Supported Models" and "then begin unlock bootloader"
6. Yes, Tick both Boxes, Proceed
7. Skip up to step 8 as we have all we need for the first 7 steps
8. Power off your phone by holding the power button down for 10 seconds
9. Power your phone on by holding power and volume down
8. Highlight Fastboot With Volume+or- then press Power
9. plug your phone into your PC and open a Command Prompt.
(windows XP - Click Start > Run > type CMD in box then press OK
(Windows 7 - Click Start > type CMD in search box then press Enter)
10. cd to your folder where we put fastboot files cd c:\fastboot
11. type this into your command prompt window fastboot oem get_identifier_token
12. select & copy the text as per step 9 on the HTCDev website
13. paste your identifier token into the box at the bottom and submit
You Will Very Shortly Receive an email from HTCDev with a link to the second part of the instructions and your "Unlock_code.bin" attached
14. download the "Unlock_code.bin" from the email and save it to the same folder that we extracted fastboot files to in step 2
15. type this into your command prompt window fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
16. The Display Will change on your phone, press Vol + to accept and power to confirm.
Note you may get an error on screen or on your cmd window (cant remember which now) that says something about too many links. It is nothing to worry about and your bootloader will still unlock
Congratulations You Have Successfully Unlocked Your Bootloader
Now to the good stuff
Installing A Recovery
This one is very simple to do once you have your bootloader unlocked.
A thing to note; at present there is no USB-Mass Storage in recovery so if you are planning to install a custom rom i would get it put on the internal memory of your phone now rather than messing things up later and been unable to install it
(if you have follwed my unlocking guide skip to step 4)
1. Download These Fastboot Files
2. Make a new folder on your C: drive called fastboot.
3. Extract The Zip downloaded in step 1 to the new folder
4. The Official Version of CWM has been released and is now capable of flashing all roms, you can grab it HERE
5. download the custom recovery and save it in the same folder as you did the fastboot files
6. Power Phone Off by Holding power button for 10 secs
7. select Fastboot with volume + or - then press power
8. plug your phone into your PC and open a Command Prompt.
(windows XP - Click Start > Run > type CMD in box then press OK
(Windows 7 - Click Start > type CMD in search box then press Enter)
9. cd to your fastboot files folder cd c:\fastboot
10. type in your command prompt fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery_image.img
in my case it was fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.2.7-endeavoru.img
Congratulations you now have a custom recovery
power off the phone by holding power for 10 seconds
power on the phone holding power+volumer down
choose recovery with volume +/- then power to select
You are now on your custom recovery
First Thing - Do A Nandroid Backup Of Your Current Rom In Case anything bad happens
Make sure you already have your new rom on your internal memory as you cannot enable mass storage in the current recovery builds.
Wipe then Flash your new Custom Rom
Or you can download the latest SuperSU binaries from HERE and install them Via Recovery to just root the stock rom
Hope this helps some of you

Thx !
Wasted a lot of time yesterday downloading entire Java, SDK, for a 2 minutes job...
Your package seems great !

fabulous guide buddy
thanks a million

Good idea such guide!
Sent from Samsung Galaxy Nexus

so freakin useful !

luminouche said:
Thx !
Wasted a lot of time yesterday downloading entire Java, SDK, for a 2 minutes job...
Your package seems great !
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to be fair i dont even think we need the 2 adb files in the package i uploaded as we are only using fastboot however the htcdev website said to have them so may aswell include it, only a small download

thank you
It was exactly what I was searching for... Thanks a lot

Nice tut
Wasted a lot of time yesterday downloading entire Java, SDK, for a 2 minutes job...
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No waste at all.....Watch u`ll need it one day
"adb reboot recovery" for start

Thank you you helped me a lot with such
A geest device:thumbup::thumbup:
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

nimoi62 said:
It was exactly what I was searching for... Thanks a lot
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+1!! It's easy once someone spells it out, lol.
Question (and I know it's probably been discussed elsewhere, but clearly I've only just noticed it), with this issue with not being able to enable mass storage...does this mean that once I've chosen a particular ROM, placed it onto SD and unlocked/flashed recovery, I won't be able to flash another different ROM? Can I not just flash through fastboot??

Is it worth collating the oem get_identifier_token calls and responses? As there may be an obvious correlation whereby HTVDev can be bypassed or the process simplified.

777ace said:
+1!! It's easy once someone spells it out, lol.
Question (and I know it's probably been discussed elsewhere, but clearly I've only just noticed it), with this issue with not being able to enable mass storage...does this mean that once I've chosen a particular ROM, placed it onto SD and unlocked/flashed recovery, I won't be able to flash another different ROM? Can I not just flash through fastboot??
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If the dev has released a set of fastboot images then you can install them through fastboot.
You can change roms as you still have USB mode in the custom Rom you have, the only real problem comes if you format your system partition and then realise you don't have a Rom to install on the sdcard, at this point you can't get to a position where you can put a new zip on so you would have to do the ruu and start from scratch
It's only when in the recovery that USB doesn't work, as soon as you flash your new Rom and boot it you can use USB as normal
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

Excellent
Hi
Thank you for taking the time to put this together.
I think your tutorial will save many people much sweat!!
Plus it will help reduce the "I've bricked my phone" threads also!!
Cheers
Aussie

f4flake said:
Is it worth collating the oem get_identifier_token calls and responses? As there may be an obvious correlation whereby HTVDev can be bypassed or the process simplified.
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It's highly unlikely that we will be able to learn anything by the identifier tokens, if anything is to be learned it would be finding what link your own identifier token has to the unlock_code.bin that they send you in the email, but we will probably never know
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

Great set of instructions.
Really looking forward to getting new HOX now ;-)
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium HD app

I cant download the boot file as modacos website catchpa image isnt working for me... any help here?

aussie1234 said:
Plus it will help reduce the "I've bricked my phone" threads also!!
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Hahahahahahahahaha....nice one!
Wait...you were kidding, yeah??

When I do the process of unlock from htcdev, I got this error:
Error Code: 122.
Error Reason: Email cannot be sent.
Anyone can help?

Same error Message for me, but it seems to be an error by HTCdevs Email sending like you see, i done same with my Sensation XL before 2 months and it works. Surely HTCdevs have any issues by sending mails from their system! Hope thats not generally when ONE X has Software: 1.26.401.2
But cool TUT! I`m impressed!

I have 1.26.707.4 getting the same 122 error interspersed with site unavailable. I think something is wrong on htcdev at the moment

[Q] htc phone stuck on htc logo

hi friends
i got htc desire HD a9191 phone but its stuck on htc logo
Ace pvt SHIP S-On RL
Hboot -2.00.0027
MICROP-0438
RAdio -26.14.04.28_M
Emmc-boot
Sep 7 2011 ,19:0:24
Even factory reset and recovery is not working
Factory reset : ON clicking factory phone gets stuck (i.e even menu gets unresponsive)
Recovry : clicking recovey phone vibrates 7 times:crying:

Bootloader
vippz said:
hi friends
i got htc desire HD a9191 phone but its stuck on htc logo
Ace pvt SHIP S-On RL
Hboot -2.00.0027
MICROP-0438
RAdio -26.14.04.28_M
Emmc-boot
Sep 7 2011 ,19:0:24
Even factory reset and recovery is not working
Factory reset : ON clicking factory phone gets stuck (i.e even menu gets unresponsive)
Recovry : clicking recovey phone vibrates 7 times:crying:
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Things that you forgot to mention is BOOT LOADER,is it locked Or unlocked?
it will written above your phone's Hboot -2.00.0027.
If it's unlocked that try locking it back and then run stock RUU the one you were using it in last working stat.
Thanks.

How would i get to know thats its unlocked
Because its not mentioned any where on screen. what I can tell u i its was working every sim card was working on this phone .
I am new to this please if possible explain me in detail :good:

No Worry Bro!
vippz said:
How would i get to know thats its unlocked
Because its not mentioned any where on screen. what I can tell u i its was working every sim card was working on this phone .
I am new to this please if possible explain me in detail :good:
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Don't get panic!
It's really easy.....as you may check that i am also new to xda infect i registered on December last month,ever since then i get to know things which i didn't know before so don't worry it will take time but you will know step by step.
As you have mention about S-On and some other detail by pressing volume down and power button.,the same way do it.
first phone should be switched off,and press volume down and power button together,once you see white background with several information regarding your phone's current status.
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
and some others but in that screen look for top on the list it should written locked or relocked,if not then you have to lock it back in order to run any stock RUU.
as you said that any sim card works which means that your phone is unlocked to network. but for now if there is no other issue in your phone than you have to relock the bootloader in order to run STOCK RUU.
without locked boot loader you won't be able to install RUU.
If it stats ***Locked*** than just flash any RUU by double clicking on it.,if not than just follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133336

But its says nothing locked or unlocked at the top
and how to enable USB Debgging
I tried the link above
and EasyUnlockTool.cmd says the following
***ERROR***ERROR**ERROR
Phone not plugged in
or
Driver not Installed
or
USB debugging not enbaled
***ERROR***ERROR**ERROR

vippz said:
How would i get to know thats its unlocked
Because its not mentioned any where on screen. what I can tell u i its was working every sim card was working on this phone .
I am new to this please if possible explain me in detail :good:
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unlocked network doesn't mean your bootloader is already unlocked..
@dr.patron99
sorry just wanna correct this...
unlocked network doesn't mean the bootloader is already unlocked..both are is separate different thing...
vippz said:
But its says nothing locked or unlocked at the top
and how to enable USB Debgging
I tried the link above
and EasyUnlockTool.cmd says the following
***ERROR***ERROR**ERROR
Phone not plugged in
or
Driver not Installed
or
USB debugging not enbaled
***ERROR***ERROR**ERROR
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you can try flashing RUU with the latest or same version as you know that you already using it..but firstly you must find the correct RUU that are suitable with you CIDnum (country ID) of you phone...or else you might using a goldcard method
to check the CIDnum of your phone..your pc must have the latest HTC driver (you can find it here ), and your must already had ADB/ SDK to running android debugging bridge (you can download it minimal ADB from here or download full SDK from here )
after that get your phone to the bootloader n select FASTBOOT then connecting your phone with your pc..then open cmd and change source to your ADB / SDK folder..then typing "fastboot devices" (this is to see connected of your phone to pc)
if success connected..the output will prompt it of your phone serial number..after that you can continue to typing "fastboot getvar all"
then see your CIDnum in the line of output "INFOCID.....XXXX"
hope this help..

JJeamy said:
unlocked network doesn't mean your bootloader is already unlocked..
@dr.patron99
sorry just wanna correct this...
unlocked network doesn't mean the bootloader is already unlocked..both are is separate different thing...
you can try flashing RUU with the latest or same version as you know that you already using it..but firstly you must find the correct RUU that are suitable with you CIDnum (country ID) of you phone...or else you might using a goldcard method
to check the CIDnum of your phone..your pc must have the latest HTC driver (you can find it here ), and your must already had ADB/ SDK to running android debugging bridge (you can download it minimal ADB from here or download full SDK from here )
after that get your phone to the bootloader n select FASTBOOT then connecting your phone with your pc..then open cmd and change source to your ADB / SDK folder..then typing "fastboot devices" (this is to see connected of your phone to pc)
if success connected..the output will prompt it of your phone serial number..after that you can continue to typing "fastboot getvar all"
then see your CIDnum in the line of output "INFOCID.....XXXX"
hope this help..
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Sir common,i know unlock to network doesn't mean his device unlock to bootloader as well
May be misspelled.:good:

dr.patron99 said:
Sir common,i know unlock to network doesn't mean his device unlock to bootloader as well
May be misspelled.:good:
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yap..just wanna correct misspelled..
because..you already suggest it to OP to relock his phone bootloader..that's mean you already assume that his bootloader is already unlocked just not show in the top of bootloader..
because of that...i just wanna correct that..because what i know until now is.. actually the bootloader of Ace..by default is indeed nothing showing state locked or unlocked on the top of bootloader.. that's why i suggest him to flashing RUU again..no needed to relock bootloader first..
i just wanna correct miss direction to the OP....nothing else..
anyway..i'm really glad and appreciated to see you wanna trying helping all people in this forum..mate

JJeamy said:
yap..just wanna correct misspelled..
because..you already suggest it to OP to relock his phone bootloader..that's mean you already assume that his bootloader is already unlocked just not show in the top of bootloader..
because of that...i just wanna correct that..because what i know until now is.. actually the bootloader of Ace..by default is indeed nothing showing state locked or unlocked on the top of bootloader.. that's why i suggest him to flashing RUU again..no needed to relock bootloader first..
i just wanna correct miss direction to the OP....nothing else..
anyway..i'm really glad and appreciated to see you wanna trying helping all people in this forum..mate
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Thanks buddy this is the information i got from cmd see attachment
please help me further on
could u provide me the link to which i should proceed (i.e what steps i should do next)
thanxxx

vippz said:
Thanks buddy this is the information i got from cmd see attachment
please help me further on
could u provide me the link to which i should proceed (i.e what steps i should do next)
thanxxx
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that's CID num is for RUU HTC India 3.13.720.2 , but i can't find it anywhere ...
so i think you must using goldcard to flashing another RUU with version above 3.13.720.2
here some of other RUU with version above than yours..:
RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HKCSL_CHT_3.13.832.4_R_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_234218_signed.exe
or
RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_TWM_TW_3.16.921.2_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_247385_signed.exe
you can make a goldcard with a tool from here..
hope this help..

JJeamy said:
that's CID num is for RUU HTC India 3.13.720.2 , but i can't find it anywhere ...
so i think you must using goldcard to flashing another RUU with version above 3.13.720.2
here some of other RUU with version above than yours..:
RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HKCSL_CHT_3.13.832.4_R_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_234218_signed.exe
or
RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_TWM_TW_3.16.921.2_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_247385_signed.exe
you can make a goldcard with a tool from here..
hope this help..
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But trying creating goldCARD Says
error Device not contected
Please Help what should i do

vippz said:
But trying creating goldCARD Says
error Device not contected
Please Help what should i do
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sorry..forgot..your phone still can't booting normal..
so i suggest you to unlock bootloader via HTCdev unlock first..then installing custom recovery like 4ext or TWRP..then installing custom rom..
after that..if you still wanna back to the stock again...then you can do it with relock bootloader first then continued to process making a gold card..then flashing the RUU that i give it to you above..
just go to https://www.htcdev.com/ ..don't forget to sign up first..then select unlock bootloader..after that..you must download the latest hboot from there..then extracted the rom.zip from exe..copied to your adb/fastboot.exe folder then update your hboot via fastboot.. with command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" then continued "fastboot flash zip rom.zip" wait until finish..if doesn't automatic reboot just type "fastboot reboot bootloader" then cek your hboot that's already change to hboot 2.00.0029..then you can continued to FASTBOOT mode again..then type "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" ..after you get token...then you can continued to process submit token to htcdev unlock for request unlock.bin from htc to unlock your bootloader..
hope this can help..

JJeamy said:
sorry..forgot..your phone still can't booting normal..
so i suggest you to unlock bootloader via HTCdev unlock first..then installing custom recovery like 4ext or TWRP..then installing custom rom..
after that..if you still wanna back to the stock again...then you can do it with relock bootloader first then continued to process making a gold card..then flashing the RUU that i give it to you above..
just go to https://www.htcdev.com/ ..don't forget to sign up first..then select unlock bootloader..after that..you must download the latest hboot from there..then extracted the rom.zip from exe..copied to your adb/fastboot.exe folder then update your hboot via fastboot.. with command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" then continued "fastboot flash zip rom.zip" wait until finish..if doesn't automatic reboot just type "fastboot reboot bootloader" then cek your hboot that's already change to hboot 2.00.0029..then you can continued to FASTBOOT mode again..then type "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" ..after you get token...then you can continued to process submit token to htcdev unlock for request unlock.bin from htc to unlock your bootloader..
hope this can help..
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but HTC sycn says no Device connected
And i am not getting any HBOOT Files From HTC Website
please provide me the Latest Downloads here or the links and the process to proceed further on :

vippz said:
but HTC sycn says no Device connected
And i am not getting any HBOOT Files From HTC Website
please provide me the Latest Downloads here or the links and the process to proceed further on :
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you don't need HTC sync to do that...just download SDK from here.. and placed in C:\ drive on your pc.
then you continued to step :
1. download your hboot update from here..
2. after you already download your hboot.. running that exe file until next to second step..now you must hold at this point..don't close this..let open
3. open explorer then search the rom.zip file under C:\Users\"your username"\AppData\Local\Temp\ "you will see a lot of folder like this {5917E83E-C23B-491F-9D62-6AB7E6E87DC6} and you must try looking one by one by open it and see there is a file dotnetinstaller.exe inside that folder and had a folder like before too {5917E83E-C23B-491F-9D62-6AB7E6E87DC6}..then open it again that folder..now you can find the rom.zip file in there"
4. copying that rom.zip file to your SDK under platform-tools folder..and turn on your phone again with pressing and hold volume down+power until get inside bootloader then select FASTBOOT mode
5. open cmd change source to your SDK / platform-tools folder then typing "fastboot devices" enter to checking first that your phone is already connected properly
5. typing "fastboot oem rebootRUU" enter
6. "fastboot flash zip rom.zip" enter and wait until finish..
7. now if succes you can continued to the step unlocking your bootloader just following instruction from www.htcdev.com
8. if already success unlock your bootloader..then you can continued installing custom recovery like 4ext recovery (just try searching it on google how to do that)
9. download custom rom..then installing
10. done..enjoy it
all command without quote
hope this can help..

JJeamy said:
you don't need HTC sync to do that...just download SDK from here.. and placed in C:\ drive on your pc.
then you continued to step :
1. download your hboot update from here..
2. after you already download your hboot.. running that exe file until next to second step..now you must hold at this point..don't close this..let open
3. open explorer then search the rom.zip file under C:\Users\"your username"\AppData\Local\Temp\ "you will see a lot of folder like this {5917E83E-C23B-491F-9D62-6AB7E6E87DC6} and you must try looking one by one by open it and see there is a file dotnetinstaller.exe inside that folder and had a folder like before too {5917E83E-C23B-491F-9D62-6AB7E6E87DC6}..then open it again that folder..now you can find the rom.zip file in there"
4. copying that rom.zip file to your SDK under platform-tools folder..and turn on your phone again with pressing and hold volume down+power until get inside bootloader then select FASTBOOT mode
5. open cmd change source to your SDK / platform-tools folder then typing "fastboot devices" enter to checking first that your phone is already connected properly
5. typing "fastboot oem rebootRUU" enter
6. "fastboot flash zip rom.zip" enter and wait until finish..
7. now if succes you can continued to the step unlocking your bootloader just following instruction from www.htcdev.com
8. if already success unlock your bootloader..then you can continued installing custom recovery like 4ext recovery (just try searching it on google how to do that)
9. download custom rom..then installing
10. done..enjoy it
all command without quote
hope this can help..
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After doing what step 5 says that is putting in the command fastboot oem rebootRUU i get 3 dots and nothing happens...
I tried rebooting it manually but the hboot was stuck.

vippz said:
After doing what step 5 says that is putting in the command fastboot oem rebootRUU i get 3 dots and nothing happens...
I tried rebooting it manually but the hboot was stuck.
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what do you mean stuck..?
did you already see the screen white HTC text with black background after execute command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" ?
just try boot to bootloader again...then select FASTBOOT mode..connect it again with your pc..disable it all antivirus..then try running PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029.exe and following the step until finish..

JJeamy said:
what do you mean stuck..?
did you already see the screen white HTC text with black background after execute command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" ?
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I mean the phone is in fastboot mode and stuck on the screen as shown below... and the command prompt is showing this screen

vippz said:
I mean the phone is in fastboot mode and stuck on the screen as shown below... and the command prompt is showing this screen
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just try boot to bootloader again...then select FASTBOOT mode again..and connect it again with your pc..disable it all antivirus..then try running PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029.exe and following the step until finish..
IF that's step above does'n success too..then you can try it..
rename it the rom.zip file that you are already tried to flashing it from fastboot command previously (rename it to PD98IMG.zip)..then copied the file to the root of your sd card..this mean copied just inside your sd card not inside any folder..just using card reader to copied that file..then put it in back again in your phone..then boot to bootloader again with pressing volume down+power then wait until bootloader check the zip file then ask you to update it..
then confirm it with volume UP..wait until finish and ask you to reboot the phone with pressing power button..
hope this can help..

JJeamy said:
what do you mean stuck..?
did you already see the screen white HTC text with black background after execute command "fastboot oem rebootRUU" ?
just try boot to bootloader again...then select FASTBOOT mode..connect it again with your pc..disable it all antivirus..then try running PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029.exe and following the step until finish..
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The PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029.exe Showed me Showed me screen Rebootiing to Bootloader .......................
noting elsee
What Should I Do v??

vippz said:
The PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029.exe Showed me Showed me screen Rebootiing to Bootloader .......................
noting elsee
What Should I Do v??
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just try what i said above..
IF .exe step does'n success too..then you can try it..
rename it the rom.zip file that you are already tried to flashing it from fastboot command previously (rename it to PD98IMG.zip)..then copied the file to the root of your sd card..this mean copied just inside your sd card not inside any folder..just using card reader to copied that file..then put it in back again your sd card in your phone..then boot to bootloader again with pressing volume down+power then wait until bootloader check the zip file then ask you to update it..
then confirm it with volume UP..wait until finish and ask you to reboot the phone with pressing power button..

No "Yes or No" page when Unlocking bootloader!

Hello,
I tried to unlock the bootloader of my HTC Desire 816 Dual SIM, but the last step does not occur; that is, the page that should appear on the phone's screen and ask me to choose Yes or No (the page you see in the first attachment below), does not appear on my screen.
1. What is wrong?
2. Please help me to unlock the bootloader.
(Some points about the conditions my phone is in:
1. does not boot normally,
2. boots directly into Fastboot page,
3. in fastboot page I can select and enter Hboot page,
4. in Hboot menu, when I select Recovery, or Factory Reset, it only returns to Fastboot page.
5. as the attachment shows, the OS- is blank)

If you connect your phone to pc and select Fastboot, is Fastboot usb written at the top? Does your pc recognize the phone?
Have you tried flashing your original RUU?
For flashing RUU bootloader won't need to be unlocked. Just place your RUU zip on sd-card and it should flash the file on its own.

nukaru said:
If you connect your phone to pc and select Fastboot, is Fastboot usb written at the top? Does your pc recognize the phone?
Have you tried flashing your original RUU?
For flashing RUU bootloader won't need to be unlocked. Just place your RUU zip on sd-card and it should flash the file on its own.
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1. Yes FASTBOOT USB is written at the top
2. I have installed HTC Sync Manager; when I connect the phone, HTC Sync Manager starts but it says "no device connected". I think this is because the phone is not in normal mode but in fastboot mode.
3. I downloaded an "0P9CIMG_A5_DUG,... 2.34.401.2..." zip and put it in sdcard; it started to update but at the stage [1] BOOTLOADER, -FAIL-PU appeared and at the bottom of the page "Device halted due to Large Image". (see attachment)
Now I want to download "RUU_A5_DUG,... 2.34.401.1...exe" and I will try it. But before downloading, Let me ask the following question:
If 'adb devices' command won't work even if FASTBOOT USB is written on the phone, what does this mean?
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Dr.Ghobar said:
1. Yes FASTBOOT USB is written at the top
2. I have installed HTC Sync Manager; when I connect the phone, HTC Sync Manager starts but it says "no device connected". I think this is because the phone is not in normal mode but in fastboot mode.
3. I downloaded an "0P9CIMG_A5_DUG,... 2.34.401.2..." zip and put it in sdcard; it started to update but at the stage [1] BOOTLOADER, -FAIL-PU appeared and at the bottom of the page "Device halted due to Large Image". (see attachment)
Now I want to download "RUU_A5_DUG,... 2.34.401.1...exe" and I will try it. But before downloading, Let me ask the following question:
If 'adb devices' command won't work even if FASTBOOT USB is written on the phone, what does this mean?
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http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f485/htc-desire-816-official-stock-roms-always-updated-1948682/
Plz select another ruu from the link

If the command adb devices doesn't work, it's most likely not the snapdragon version. then the whole flashing process is completely different and most ruus you'll find won't work.

ajeshmanu said:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f485/htc-desire-816-official-stock-roms-always-updated-1948682/
Plz select another ruu from the link
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I have seen the link you gave. it does not contain A5_DUG, 401. it only contains 1402.

nukaru said:
If the command adb devices doesn't work, it's most likely not the snapdragon version. then the whole flashing process is completely different and most ruus you'll find won't work.
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My procssor kind is: Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7
The picture of the result of "adb devices" command I have attached.
1. You said "whole flashing process is completely different".
How is the flashing process for non-snapdragon version?
2. You said "most ruus you'll find won't work".
a. Do you know why? b. What kind of RUU might work for non-snapdragon version?

Dr.Ghobar said:
My procssor kind is: Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7
1. You said "whole flashing process is completely different".
How is the flashing process for non-snapdragon version?
2. You said "most ruus you'll find won't work".
a. Do you know why? b. What kind of RUU might work for non-snapdragon version?
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Sorry, I've had issues with my own phone the last few days( bad flash) and have been working to get it back to normal.
1. If you had the Mediatek processor like the 816g you would have to use the MTK toolkit to flash roms to your phone. Your device has a Snapdragon processor so that's not an issue. Nukaru was just saying if your phone wasn't responding to fastboot command then it might not be a Snapdragon but it is so your fine there.
2. No RUU you find will work unless it is the "exact" file for your version. These are signed files from the phone carrier/manufacture and they check your bootloader for the CID/version ID before allowing any rom to flash. Also trying to flash an older version of your rom than the one that was previously on the phone won't work. You can only flash either the last firmware version(401.2) or a newer version if available.
Your problem is twofold. Your phone's firmware is not readily available on the net and your OS seems to be either missing or corrupted with an unlockable bootloader. Unless you can either find or get your phone's carrier to find and give you the stock firmware zip/RUU so that you can restore your rom things aren't looking good and I don't ever like saying that trust me. Contact your carrier and request access to a flashable zip/RUU of your current rom. You haven't modified or changed anything on your phone so what can it hurt to ask? That's the best advice I've got without being able to unlock your bootloader.

Can my phone's lacking a ROM be the cause of non-appearance of "Yes or No" page (described in original post)?

Okay, was saving this for last. Please only post yes or no answers.
1. Are you a 100% sure your phone wasn't tampered with? Was the sealing intakt when you bought it?
2. Have you ever send your device to HTC to get it repaired?
3. Have you tried flashing another RUU before the error first popped up?
4. Did your device lag after you updated to lollipop?
5. Was this (drained battery) the first reboot after OTA update?
6. Have you installed all drivers correctly? HTC, java and adb? If you're not sure, try installing them again. After that try adb command again.
6. In which region did you buy this phone? Is it an Indian dual SIM version?

Dr.Ghobar said:
Can my phone's lacking a ROM be the cause of non-appearance of "Yes or No" page (described in original post)?
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Probably yes.

nukaru said:
Okay, was saving this for last. Please only post yes or no answers.
1. Are you a 100% sure your phone wasn't tampered with? Was the sealing intakt when you bought it?
2. Have you ever send your device to HTC to get it repaired?
3. Have you tried flashing another RUU before the error first popped up?
4. Did your device lag after you updated to lollipop?
5. Was this (drained battery) the first reboot after OTA update?
6. Have you installed all drivers correctly? HTC, java and adb? If you're not sure, try installing them again. After that try adb command again.
6. In which region did you buy this phone? Is it an Indian dual SIM version?
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1. Yes. I am sure. because it was sealed.
2. Yes.
3. No. I have tried only one 0P9CIMG.zip and got "Device halted due to Large Image".
4. I am not sure. It worked a long time with 5.0.2 before the problem.
5. No.
6. java and adb are good. I have installed HTC Sync Manager successfully and when I connect the phone to PC, HTC Sync Manager starts but cannot recognize the device.
7 (actully). It has been bought from Iran. HTC middle east chat, told me that its Carrier is "Paratel FZE" which is in United Arab Emirates.

Is there a method(s) or tool(s) for unlocking HTC Desire 816 Dual SIM which has no need to agreement from the user?

Dr.Ghobar said:
Is there a method(s) or tool(s) for unlocking HTC Desire 816 Dual SIM which has no need to agreement from the user?
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There's S off using the Sunshine app but you need to be rooted first and that means unlocking your bootloader thru HTCDEV first to root it then re locking your bootloader before running the Sunshine app which then unlocks it again. So basically the answer is no. Sorry.

1. Is it possible to flash bootloader?
2. My 0P9CIMG.zip fails at the stage "[1] BOOTLOADER". (look at attachment)
Why it stops at this particular stage?

Dr.Ghobar said:
1. Is it possible to flash bootloader?
2. My 0P9CIMG.zip fails at the stage "[1] BOOTLOADER". (look at attachment)
Why it stops at this particular stage?
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1. Not unless your bootloader is first unlocked and the phone is rooted and you have the proper bootloader image to flash
2. Are you using an SD card that is formatted fat32( 32gb/64gb?) The larger 128gb cards are formatted exfat I believe. The file your trying to flash was never unzipped after download correct? If your transferring the file to your phone via your USB from your computer you might try using an SD card reader and remove your card and put it in the reader and transfer it from your computer to your card that way to ensure it got transferred ok(not corrupted in the MTP transfer.)

nukaru said:
Okay, was saving this for last. Please only post yes or no answers.
1. Are you a 100% sure your phone wasn't tampered with? Was the sealing intakt when you bought it?
2. Have you ever send your device to HTC to get it repaired?
3. Have you tried flashing another RUU before the error first popped up?
4. Did your device lag after you updated to lollipop?
5. Was this (drained battery) the first reboot after OTA update?
6. Have you installed all drivers correctly? HTC, java and adb? If you're not sure, try installing them again. After that try adb command again.
6. In which region did you buy this phone? Is it an Indian dual SIM version?
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thoctor said:
1. Not unless your bootloader is first unlocked and the phone is rooted and you have the proper bootloader image to flash
2. Are you using an SD card that is formatted fat32( 32gb/64gb?) The larger 128gb cards are formatted exfat I believe. The file your trying to flash was never unzipped after download correct? If your transferring the file to your phone via your USB from your computer you might try using an SD card reader and remove your card and put it in the reader and transfer it from your computer to your card that way to ensure it got transferred ok(not corrupted in the MTP transfer.)
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I think the bootloader of my device is ill or damaged, because rom zips or ruu.exe's stop just at bootloader stage.
How can I fix bootloader?

Dr.Ghobar said:
I think the bootloader of my device is ill or damaged, because rom zips or ruu.exe's stop just at bootloader stage.
How can I fix bootloader?
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It's probably not because you've had no access to it as it is still locked. Even if it was damaged it can't be flashed over unless its unlocked and you'd need the correct bootloader image and that might be hard to find. Might be getting close to the time to consider getting another phone as your operating system is gone or damaged and can't find the correct ffirmware to flash back.

thoctor said:
It's probably not because you've had no access to it as it is still locked. Even if it was damaged it can't be flashed over unless its unlocked and you'd need the correct bootloader image and that might be hard to find. Might be getting close to the time to consider getting another phone as your operating system is gone or damaged and can't find the correct ffirmware to flash back.
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I have found the correct ruu.exe. The problem is that when the ruu.exe reaches the stage of "Rebooting to bootloader.........." (attachment 1) and sends the command to the phone, the phone is so slow in booting to bootloader that ruu.exe stops and says usb connection error.

I extracted rom.zip from ruu.exe.
Should I rename "rom.zip" to "0P9CIMG.zip" before putting it in sdcard?

No fastboot option in Download Mode

So I'm trying to unlock bootloader using this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/guide-root-install-twrp-htc-one-m9-t3061133
But I get stuck when typing the "fastboot" line, since there is no fastboot option in my Download Mode.
M9 with Marshmallow update.
Any help will be appreciated.

tetruper said:
So I'm trying to unlock bootloader using this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/guide-root-install-twrp-htc-one-m9-t3061133
But I get stuck when typing the "fastboot" line, since there is no fastboot option in my Download Mode.
M9 with Marshmallow update.
Any help will be appreciated.
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You need to be in download mode for the instructions to work.
There is a video of the procedure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R6iZ3GtVnQ
Good luck!

That's my actual problem
The procedure shown in the video is made for devices that already have bootloader unlocked, but mine isn't, and the reason is step 2 shown in htcdev.com:
I don't have any fastboot option to highlight.
Also, when typing the "fastboot" command in terminal, I get the "unknown command" message.

tetruper said:
That's my actual problem
The procedure shown in the video is made for devices that already have bootloader unlocked, but mine isn't, and the reason is step 2 shown in htcdev.com:
I don't have any fastboot option to highlight.
Also, when typing the "fastboot" command in terminal, I get the "unknown command" message.
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U do have fastboot.exe in the folder where u start the command prompt?
Here is another guide:
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-htc-one-m9/

Oh dear, now another problem since I'm on a Mac. :silly:
I'll get a windows laptop and do as you say, hopefully I'll do it right, otherwise please guide through the process.
It was a lot easier back in the One X days...
Fain11 said:
U do have fastboot.exe in the folder where u start the command prompt?
Here is another guide:
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-htc-one-m9/
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So I'm stuck in bootscreen with the red text "this build is... bla bla...", the phone powers off, and then again to the same screen with the same message.
What did I miss?
Also, I was following the steps in the video without reading, and accepted that TWRP root my phone, despite the code saying not to. Maybe that's the problem?
Installed TWRP 2.8.5.0 and SuperSU 2.76
I've already managed to unlock bootloader, because it says: System modified, *unlocked*, s-on

U are already unlocked.
Now, restore a backup, if u did one in TWRP.
If not, try installing a custom ROM, ARHD or Maximus are closest to stock.
Good luck!

phone is dead. only access to fastboot

phone is dead
when plug in for charging it shows charging logo then restart and restart again. loop
second when i try to go in recovery , again it restart never go to recovery.
i can only access fastboot option.
i never try to root or unlock bootloader.
my phone is locked.

arixeon said:
phone is dead
when plug in for charging it shows charging logo then restart and restart again. loop
second when i try to go in recovery , again it restart never go to recovery.
i can only access fastboot option.
i never try to root or unlock bootloader.
my phone is locked.
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i had the same problem please some one answer

arixeon said:
phone is dead
when plug in for charging it shows charging logo then restart and restart again. loop
second when i try to go in recovery , again it restart never go to recovery.
i can only access fastboot option.
i never try to root or unlock bootloader.
my phone is locked.
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1. What phone model? What version of firmware 5.0.2 or 6.0.1?

Yes, same this with me. 6.0. I tried reset, but reset is not working. So I unlocked device , installed twrp, but twrp sometimes starts and only for few seconds. Mostly phone is either stuck in logo, or just shuts down after boot vibration. No luck in recovery. My phone crashed suddenly and got into this situation.

gSingh05 said:
Yes, same this with me. 6.0. I tried reset, but reset is not working. So I unlocked device , installed twrp, but twrp sometimes starts and only for few seconds. Mostly phone is either stuck in logo, or just shuts down after boot vibration. No luck in recovery. My phone crashed suddenly and got into this situation.
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you unlocked your device after it was dead or before
because mine 820 is locked and i cant do anything

arixeon said:
you unlocked your device after it was dead or before
because mine 820 is locked and i cant do anything
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After it was dead. I got into fastboot. And from linux , using tutorial from HTC unlocked the device.

gSingh05 said:
After it was dead. I got into fastboot. And from linux , using tutorial from HTC unlocked the device.
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please share the link or method to unlock bootloader while phone is dead. in current situation im unable to write or update the firmware .

arixeon said:
please share the link or method to unlock bootloader while phone is dead. in current situation im unable to write or update the firmware .
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http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
You have to register.
For Windows: Install HTC drivers, HTC Sync Manager(optional), fastboot, adb.
For linux: Install android-tools
Put phone into Hboot -> Fastboot.
Connect to PC and from cmd/terminal you have to execute commands as told by HTC site.
> fastboot oem get_identifier_token
This will give you a string , copy paste from '<<Identifier Token start>>' to '<<Token End>>' , only this column, no prefix.
Paste this into website. There will be text box while following steps.
You will get a file in email attachment. It will be something like this 'Unlock_code.bin'
And also the link to further steps will be provided.
> fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
You will get option on phone screen. 'Yes' 'No'. Use volume button and select Yes.
and its done.
It hardly takes a minute

gSingh05 said:
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
You have to register.
For Windows: Install HTC drivers, HTC Sync Manager(optional), fastboot, adb.
For linux: Install android-tools
Put phone into Hboot -> Fastboot.
Connect to PC and from cmd/terminal you have to execute commands as told by HTC site.
> fastboot oem get_identifier_token
This will give you a string , copy paste from '<<Identifier Token start>>' to '<<Token End>>' , only this column, no prefix.
Paste this into website. There will be text box while following steps.
You will get a file in email attachment. It will be something like this 'Unlock_code.bin'
And also the link to further steps will be provided.
> fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
You will get option on phone screen. 'Yes' 'No'. Use volume button and select Yes.
and its done.
It hardly takes a minute
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thanks
now i unlocked the bootloader abd installed recovery but unable to enter in the recovery.. it shows that entering recovery and then restart loop .

arixeon said:
thanks
now i unlocked the bootloader abd installed recovery but unable to enter in the recovery.. it shows that entering recovery and then restart loop .
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Yes it happens sometimes.
Make sure the recovery step was complete. For win: The .exe cmd should exit on clicking enter or automatic, till then don't remove the phone.
Try some combinations:
- turn phone OFF from Hboot then start recovery
- if screen shows 'entering recovery' let it be , wait for reboot or shutdown
- try alternative options of 'reset' and 'recovery' both will get you to twrp
- remove sdcard then try
- check charging
- don't try if overheating, let the phone be in normal temperature.
I had similar problem, but trying combos started twrp.
The mistake I did was to wipe everything. Don't do that, try to wipe cache, the first default option provided by twrp and start phone. (no sdcard/sim)
I was able to install Tomal's Discovery ROM but after some time phone again rebooted and stuck in loop.
For any restore/flash use internal memory. SDcard failed to work for me ( i tried many different sdcards).