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[Q] stuck on htc quietly brilliant screen

Hello everyone, I made a mistake (I am a big noob) and I don't know how to fix it.
I wanted to have fresh phone (real factory reset) to back-up and start over, so in recovery mode (interim one from paul) I wiped data, cache partition and I also formated cache,data, sdcard and system.
Now, I am stuck on htc quietly brilliant screen, I have access to hboot, recovery etc. I have been looking for a solution for 2 days without succes, I am sad.
Can someone help please ? thanks guys.

You wiped the system so there is no android on there!
Eirher download a new Rom and flash or relock bootloader and use ruu
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

Thanks sir, I'll try.

sotirios said:
Thanks sir, what can I do ? Which part I did wrong ? thanks again
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The part you did wrong: It's true that you wipe (dalvik) cache and data before flashing a custom rom. That will perform a factory reset. Wiping system means deleting android itself, as stated before. That's what you did wrong.
Now, we can't know why you wanted to start all over again, but assuming you already flashed a custom recovery, you wanted to install a custom rom. Just go ahaed and do so, your problem will be fixed.

thanks, but I can't because this custom recovery doesn't allow me to mount usb and i have no rom on my sd card

sotirios said:
thanks, but I can't because this custom recovery doesn't allow me to mount usb and i have no rom on my sd card
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That's not actually a problem. I assume you aleady have the android SDK set up, if you don't, please use the search function or google. try the following command while in the platform-tools folder:
adb push path/to/custom/rom /sdcard
or for linux/mac:
sudo ./adb push path/to/custom/rom /sdcard
This will copy the file to the root of your sdcard, so you can flash it. Good luck!
P.S. there's a thanks button, too

dobbi10k said:
That's not actually a problem. I assume you aleady have the android SDK set up, if you don't, please use the search function or google. try the following command while in the platform-tools folder:
adb push pfad/zu/einer/custom/rom /sdcard
or for linux/mac:
sudo ./adb push pfad/zu/einer/custom/rom /sdcard
This will copy the file to the root of your sdcard, so you can flash it. Good luck!
P.S. there's a thanks button, too
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That wont work as ADB does not work on any of the custom recoveries at the moment. Im stuck in the same situtation at the mo and as phone is branded cant get the RUU to reflash so just playing the waiting game until either ADB/USB mount available in recovery or S-Off available.

See my thread in development thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599748
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

Hi lee james, thanks, I followed your thread but I don't know how to install ruu after relocking my bootloader, can you help me please ? thx again.

"Eirher download a new Rom and flash"
I can't flash, my ssd is wiped too and i can't mount usb with this custom recovery
"That's not actually a problem. I assume you aleady have the android SDK set up, if you don't, please use the search function or google. try the following command while in the platform-tools folder:
adb push pfad/zu/einer/custom/rom /sdcard"
It doesn't work, it doesn't find my device, even with the adb devices command

sotirios said:
Hi lee james, thanks, I followed your thread but I don't know how to install ruu after relocking my bootloader, can you help me please ? thx again.
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Go to development thread then shipped ruu ans download specific to ur phone. Follow and Job done
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

Same problem here! I unfortunatly erase everything from my one x and i can't restore anything!! How can i solve it?? My device is unlocked but stay in s-on mode! Why? From fastboot i can't flash anything! Help!!

Hello folks, problem solved by following leejames instructions :
flash stock recovery
relock bootloader
use ruu
I'm so happy. Thanks.

Mee too!! Thanks a lot!! I'm very very very very very very very very very very very very very very happy!!
1 flash stock recovery
2 relock bootloader
3 use ruu
It works fine!!

I do exactly the same thing , but half way through the RUU process it gives me an error saying i need the correct RUU. anyone can help ?

All you have to do is grab an RUU, run it. now on your pc search for %temp%in there locate ROM.zip. Extract the boot.img and system.img. and push them thru fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
Code:
adb reboot

i did that , but i get this error:
C:\ADB>fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
sending 'boot' (4278 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.741s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.942s
C:\ADB>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (979509 KB)...
FAILED (remote: (00000008))
finished. total time: 0.001s
I used the latest RUU uploaded 3 days ago in the filefactory folder.

mahdibassam said:
i did that , but i get this error:
C:\ADB>fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
sending 'boot' (4278 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.741s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.942s
C:\ADB>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (979509 KB)...
FAILED (remote: (00000008))
finished. total time: 0.001s
I used the latest RUU uploaded 3 days ago in the filefactory folder.
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Is your bootloader unlocked?

When I do it with an unlocked bootloader the error changes to this:
C:\ADB>fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
sending 'boot' (4278 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.741s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.942s
C:\ADB>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (979509 KB)...
FAILED (remote: (00000008))
finished. total time: 0.001s

Nobody can help me?!! ((

[Q] Fastboot isn't working, neither is recovery...

I want to return my at&t m8 back to stock (currently on stock rooted with one bad mod installed) so I can give the phone to my father. I dont have S-OFF and dont care about resetting the tamper flag. I have tried many methods to do so, the first being fastboot flashing the stock recovery, then fastboot oem lock, rebooting bootloader, then running the AT&T RUU. After i tried this several times, i noticed that the stock recovery never gets flashed even though it reports 'okay':
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1830723584 bytes
sending 'recovery' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.789s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.896s]
Fastboot reboot-bootloader (both the cli command and if you go select reboot fastboot on the phone) also doesn't work, it reboots the phone normally.
Seems weird that the flash doesn't happen and that reboot-bootloader doesnt work, but nonetheless i try another method restoring a stock nandroid from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376 . I followed the steps, fastboot erase cache --> fastboot flash boot boot.emmc.win --> fastboot erase cache --> reboot to recovery and restore nandroid --> reboot phone. ANNDDD.... somehow I'm still on the same System/ROM as I was before all this. Also worth noting, any files I push with adb are gone after a reboot. Not sure what is going on but any help would be appreciated.

So you have root permission right ?
Try downloading the stock recovery to the device and flash it with an app called "Flashify" or sense you know how to fastboot maybe try the "dd" method using Terminal emulator to push the stock recovery assuming you know the block where recovery lives [ mmcblk0p43 ]

jball said:
So you have root permission right ?
Try downloading the stock recovery to the device and flash it with an app called "Flashify" or sense you know how to fastboot maybe try the "dd" method using Terminal emulator to push the stock recovery assuming you know the block where recovery lives [ mmcblk0p43 ]
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Yes I have root.
Unfortunately anything that has to be done from the phone that isn't in the boot loader or recovery, is not an option at this point because it's in a boot loop (makes it to lock screen and then reboots). Sometimes it stops the loops and works for awhile, so if it does I'll give this a shot. However, is there any other method via adb/Fastboot over USB or TWRP?

Do you get the phone's ID (don't post it, just say yes or no) in response when you type: fastboot devices
If not, you have a fastboot connectivity issue. Try to re-install HTC Sync and HTC drivers.
You don't need to flash stock recovery to RUU. I think you might be mixing up your guides/methods. But if you don't have fastboot connectivity (which I suspect is the issue), you won't be able to relock the bootloader and RUU, anyway.
You can also use the bootable RUU here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/att-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486'
But again, you need to relock the bootloader first.

redpoint73 said:
Do you get the phone's ID (don't post it, just say yes or no) in response when you type: fastboot devices
If not, you have a fastboot connectivity issue. Try to re-install HTC Sync and HTC drivers.
You don't need to flash stock recovery to RUU. I think you might be mixing up your guides/methods. But if you don't have fastboot connectivity (which I suspect is the issue), you won't be able to relock the bootloader and RUU, anyway.
You can also use the bootable RUU here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/att-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486'
But again, you need to relock the bootloader first.
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Device id shows when i run fastboot devices . I am Positive the fastboot connectivity is not the issue here. So i am attempting to use the bootalble RUU. Since I am S-On though, I have to relock the bootloader first. When I run fastboot oem lock I get this:
Code:
(bootloader) [PGFS] partition_update_pgfs: pg1fs_security
(bootloader) Lock successfully...
(bootloader) deinit_lcd
(bootloader) mipi display off
(bootloader) mdp_clock_off
(bootloader) turn off fd8c2308 failed 1 times. Try again...
(bootloader) disable_mmss_clk done
(bootloader) pll1_disable done
(bootloader) TZ_HTC_SVC_DISABLE ret = 536739196 (0x1FFDFD7C)
(bootloader) [CRITICAL] SPMI write command failure: cmd_id = 0, error
(bootloader) = 4
(bootloader) [CRITICAL] SPMI write command failure: cmd_id = 0, error
(bootloader) = 4
(bootloader) [INFO] Rebooting device
ERROR: usb_read failed with status e00002ed
FAILED (status read failed (No such file or directory))
finished. total time: 1.126s
And then it reboots the phone normally, it goes into its loop, I go back to bootloader, and it still shows unlocked.
Just noticed that if i run "fastboot getvar all" the "version-main" is blank. Weird...?

cojomojo said:
Just noticed that if i run "fastboot getvar all" the "version-main" is blank. Weird...?
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This is very common, usually caused by older TWRP versions. Shouldn't effect anything you are trying to do, I don't think.
Its odd that fastboot devices works, but fastboot oem lock fails.
Try re-installing HTC drivers, and maybe re-installing your fastboot/adb package.

redpoint73 said:
This is very common, usually caused by older TWRP versions. Shouldn't effect anything you are trying to do, I don't think.
Its odd that fastboot devices works, but fastboot oem lock fails.
Try re-installing HTC drivers, and maybe re-installing your fastboot/adb package.
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Tried reinstalling drivers and fastboot/adb AND tried installing it all on a Windows box (im on a mac) and the result is the same. I think its safe to rule out an issue with fastboot/adb connection. Any other ideas?
EDIT:
To clarify, I have tried this both natively on a Mac and on a PC.

cojomojo said:
Tried reinstalling drivers and fastboot/adb AND tried installing it all on a Windows box (im on a mac) and the result is the same. I think its safe to rule out an issue with fastboot/adb connection. Any other ideas?
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Try flashing the boot.img for your device from fastboot
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407584494

jball said:
Try flashing the boot.img for your device from fastboot
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407584494
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Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830707200 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.868s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.416s
Ok... looks good.... so I reboot, try to fastboot oem lock.... same issue as before. Tried to fastboot flash the stock recovery... says successful... still have TWRP. I went into TWRP, erased system, cache, etc. Reboot the phone, and its all there still. What the heck is going on.

cojomojo said:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830707200 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.868s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.416s
Ok... looks good.... so I reboot, try to fastboot oem lock.... same issue as before. Tried to fastboot flash the stock recovery... says successful... still have TWRP. I went into TWRP, erased system, cache, etc. Reboot the phone, and its all there still. What the heck is going on.
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After each flash "reboot bootloader"
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Than try booting to recovery from hboot
I don't think you can flash recoveries with the bootloader locked if its locking when you fastboot oem lock,I do believe you can lock the bootloader with a custom recovery flashed before hand.

jball said:
After each flash "reboot bootloader"
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Than try booting to recovery from hboot
I don't think you can flash recoveries with the bootloader locked if its locking when you fastboot oem lock,I do believe you can lock the bootloader with a custom recovery flashed before hand.
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Ok so, i followed that exactly. I ended up in TWRP still. Here is what I did:
Code:
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.855s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.402s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.011s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'recovery' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.621s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.897s]
finished. total time: 2.517s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.010s
Every fastboot reboot-bootloader booted the phone normally. Even tried the "reboot fastboot" option via the device. I still did the steps as you said despite this abnormality, and I ended up in TWRP still. somehow. Tried to wipe the System, Dalvik, Cache, and Data 5 times in TWRP... the phone still boots to its old system, and all the files reappear. I also tried reflashing Chainfire's SuperSU. It reported successful, tried all the fastboot and TWRP stuff again, and the same issue prevails.
Oh, and I have tried multiple USB cables for the hell of it.

cojomojo said:
Ok so, i followed that exactly. I ended up in TWRP still. Here is what I did:
Code:
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.855s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.547s]
finished. total time: 2.402s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.011s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'recovery' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.621s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.897s]
finished. total time: 2.517s
Cody-Macintosh:Downloads Cody$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.010s
Every fastboot reboot-bootloader booted the phone normally. Even tried the "reboot fastboot" option via the device. I still did the steps as you said despite this abnormality, and I ended up in TWRP still. somehow. Tried to wipe the System, Dalvik, Cache, and Data 5 times in TWRP... the phone still boots to its old system, and all the files reappear. I also tried reflashing Chainfire's SuperSU. It reported successful, tried all the fastboot and TWRP stuff again, and the same issue prevails.
Oh, and I have tried multiple USB cables for the hell of it.
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K you said you use a type of virtual machine right.
Try installing adb/fastboot directly to your Mac and run the fastboot-mac commands and hope for a better outcome

jball said:
K you said you use a type of virtual machine right.
Try installing adb/fastboot directly to your Mac and run the fastboot-mac commands and hope for a better outcome
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No, I dont use a virtual machine. I have adb/fastboot installed directly on my mac, and its failed. I also installed adb/fastboot on another computer I have, which runs Windows 8.1, and it fails with the same errors. I could see why you thought I meant virtual machine, so I added an edit to that post. But to clarify, I am not using a virtual machine.

cojomojo said:
No, I dont use a virtual machine. I have adb/fastboot installed directly on my mac, and its failed. I also installed adb/fastboot on another computer I have, which runs Windows 8.1, and it fails with the same errors. I could see why you thought I meant virtual machine, so I added an edit to that post. But to clarify, I am not using a virtual machine.
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One more ridiculous question I need to ask
Do you have fastboot unchecked through your battery/power settings
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@cojomojo
If nothing else works maybe try what I have over in here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586472

cojomojo said:
Tried reinstalling drivers and fastboot/adb AND tried installing it all on a Windows box (im on a mac) and the result is the same. I think its safe to rule out an issue with fastboot/adb connection. Any other ideas?
EDIT:
To clarify, I have tried this both natively on a Mac and on a PC.
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Strange, fastboot problems are most often a driver issue. But I agree, if you've tried it natively on Mac and PC, it would seem that drivers is not the cause.
Out of curiosity, what ROM is running on the phone currently?

jball said:
One more ridiculous question I need to ask
Do you have fastboot unchecked through your battery/power settings
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I am trying to check to see if maybe fast boot is on. I suppose it is a possibility, now I just need the phone to stay on long enough to check.
redpoint73 said:
Out of curiosity, what ROM is running on the phone currently?
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Running stock rooted, with one mod installed (wifi tethering). It is the 50% of the problem because it is causing the reboot loop i mentioned earlier.
******* Update **********
"Fast Boot" is turned on in battery/power settings. However, I turned it off, rebooted, and its back on. Tried multiple times and it won't stick. Thanks to all sticking with helping me out here, even as we approach 3 pages

@cojomojo
Post an update if and when you fix it and what you did to fix it so others might pass in and learn.
I'm still racking my brain thinking of any possibilities it could still be

jball said:
@cojomojo
Post an update if and when you fix it and what you did to fix it so others might pass in and learn.
I'm still racking my brain thinking of any possibilities it could still be
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Will do for sure. Thanks for your help! I'm thinking I might try and get the phone on long enough to try flashify or something. Maybe try and get s-off???

Are you absolutely sure the bootloader is currently unlocked and you didn't previously re lock it, does it state so in the bootloader screen?
If you can still get into twrp then try flashing a nandroid back to stock from the stock backup thread. I'd also be trying a different cable regardless of whether you think the one you're using is okay.

ashyx said:
Are you absolutely sure the bootloader is currently unlocked and you didn't previously re lock it? If you can still get into twrp then try flashing a nandroid back to stock from the stock backup thread. I'd also be trying a different cable regardless of whether you think the one you're using is okay.
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Bootloader says unlocked... so I assume it is unlocked. I suppose I could go through the unlock process again, but it definitely says "unlocked". Also TWRP flashing/restoring/anything does absolutely nothing. And I have tried 3 cables and 2 computers.
*** CLARIFICATION ****
I can get into TWRP fine, and I can restore, flash ROMS, whatever... BUT even though they report okay with 0 errors, everything stays the same, i.e. nothing in TWRP actually works. Same with Fastboot.

[GUIDE][FIX]Cant unlock bootloader? Read here for a Fix

Hey guys , here's a simple guide on how to unlock your bootloader without having to downgrade all the way back to 2.17, in my case i had 2.17 system since it was the most stable(2.18 is a cluster hell of bugs) with 2.18 bootloader and recovery(yes you can mix and match)and so i went to try the bootloader unlock with just flashing the 2.19 system.img, that dint do anything the "getprop ro.isn > /factory/asuskey" command would do nothing, the bootloader wasnt unlock and so i did the following:
1.Downloaded the2.19 ota manually here link
2. I extracted the droidboot.img(fastboot img) from the 2.19 ota zip
3.Rebooted to fastboot mode
4. Then ran this command "fastboot flash fastboot droidboot.img"
5,After this i rebooted back into system and rerun the unlock bootloader steps and viola the bootloader unlocked!( it wasn't before simply because the 2.18 fastboot does not have this unlock command)
6.After you unlock the bootloader your device will most likely get stuck at the bootanimation screen, at this time reboot back into fastboot mode and downloaded the black splashscreen here and run "fastboot flash splashscreen splashscreen.img". then reboot back to system and your device should boot all the way into your homescreen and your done =]
All credits go to ssj and shakalacas(ota links splashscreen link) for the bootloader unlock.
THIS WILL NOT WIPE ANYTHING ON YOUR DEVICE, if you mess up the commands thats on you follow the guide properly and everything will be fine.

That second link is trying to run some chrome extension, not download the file?
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I think this is the file you were trying to link to:
https://mega.co.nz/#!IlMGiZ7I!kepXRFda7cgNPWHQovkCZaMaD2zVF4UufAJT6YEDU3k

I'm on 2.18 and rooted. Problem is, I uninstalled or disabled a bunch of ASUS apps, will I have an issue if I use SuperSU to unroot and try to restore or upgrade my phone to 2.19?
Also, I have model number ASUS_Z00AD. Is this firmware OK to install on my phone?

cmendonc2 said:
That second link is trying to run some chrome extension, not download the file?
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I think this is the file you were trying to link to:
https://mega.co.nz/#!IlMGiZ7I!kepXRFda7cgNPWHQovkCZaMaD2zVF4UufAJT6YEDU3k
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Fixed.

edit: nvm...

Both download links link to the same file. splashscreen.img

Uh.. wtf? Since when has the boot loader been unlocked? I was under the impression that we were waiting for an unlock tool as has been discussed in a few threads.. is this legit?
Edit: nevermind.. I stop looking for a day or two and this device's boot loader is unlocked. I am very excited and glad that I picked this device as it seems like it is in for a lot of love

jpacleb85 said:
Uh.. wtf? Since when has the boot loader been unlocked? I was under the impression that we were waiting for an unlock tool as has been discussed in a few threads.. is this legit?
Edit: nevermind.. I stop looking for a day or two and this device's boot loader is unlocked. I am very excited and glad that I picked this device as it seems like it is in for a lot of love
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LOL... Gotta love the devs who tinker on here... Now we might actually get a recovery that will do nandroid backups in case of those "little" mistakes/problems that crop up from time to time...

MiCmAsTa said:
Both download links link to the same file. splashscreen.img
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Fixed.

This is probably a silly question, but I have the ZE550ML and the latest update is 2.18, meaning that unlocking the bootloader it is still not possible can I install droidboot.img(fastboot img) from the 2.19 ZE551ML on my device? Or that will just hard brick my device?
Let me know your thoughts on this.
Continue the great work XDA crew =)

I am on 2.18 and can't seem to find any way to update to 2.19, all the links are dead.
so I rooted and flashed droidboot, but when i run the adb commands it says unlock failed and restarts
any help would be greatly appreciated

PsychoKilla666 said:
I am on 2.18 and can't seem to find any way to update to 2.19, all the links are dead.
so I rooted and flashed droidboot, but when i run the adb commands it says unlock failed and restarts
any help would be greatly appreciated
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You need to flash the pre rooted 2.19 system.img, then you will be able to unlock, since 2.19 has the unlock files in system.

rafyvitto said:
You need to flash the pre rooted 2.19 system.img, then you will be able to unlock, since 2.19 has the unlock files in system.
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Link please? and how to?

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rafyvitto said:
Hey guys , here's a simple guide on how to unlock your bootloader without having to downgrade all the way back to 2.17, in my case i had 2.17 system since it was the most stable(2.18 is a cluster hell of bugs) with 2.18 bootloader and recovery(yes you can mix and match)and so i went to try the bootloader unlock with just flashing the 2.19 system.img, that dint do anything the "getprop ro.isn > /factory/asuskey" command would do nothing, the bootloader wasnt unlock and so i did the following:
1.Downloaded the2.19 ota manually here link
2. I extracted the droidboot.img(fastboot img) from the 2.19 ota zip
3.Rebooted to fastboot mode
4. Then ran this command "fastboot flash fastboot droidboot.img"
5,After this i rebooted back into system and rerun the unlock bootloader steps and viola the bootloader unlocked!( it wasn't before simply because the 2.18 fastboot does not have this unlock command)
6.After you unlock the bootloader your device will most likely get stuck at the bootanimation screen, at this time reboot back into fastboot mode and downloaded the black splashscreen here and run "fastboot flash splashscreen splashscreen.img". then reboot back to system and your device should boot all the way into your homescreen and your done =]
All credits go to ssj and shakalacas(ota links splashscreen link) for the bootloader unlock.
THIS WILL NOT WIPE ANYTHING ON YOUR DEVICE, if you mess up the commands thats on you follow the guide properly and everything will be fine.
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I follow this method and received the following error on CMD
writing 'fastboot'....
FAILED (remote: falsh_cmds error!
Finished. total time: 0.830

im on 2.20 and it wont let me do anything.. i get the white boot screen instead of black but bootloader doesnt exist and it wont download twrp any suggestions?

Success
My phone's recovery stopped working, and the bootloader was locked, but I found this thread. I think I was able to get it working.
I extracted the droidboot.img from the file in the OP.
I copied the droidboot.img to my working directory, and tried to flash it.
Code:
C:\myworkingdirectory>fastboot flash fastboot droidboot.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'fastboot' (14410 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.661s]
writing 'fastboot'...
FAILED (remote: Permission denied
)
finished. total time: 0.826s
Ok, I got the error. Maybe the "unlock" command will work.
Code:
C:\myworkingdirectory>fastboot oem shell_cmd "getprop ro.isn > /factory/asuskey"
...
OKAY [ 0.203s]
finished. total time: 0.204s
Same output as the last hundred times I tried to run it.
I rebooted the phone.
Code:
C:\myworkingdirectory>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.108s]
finished. total time: 0.109s
I put the phone into the bootloader mode. (For anyone reading, to get into the bootloader, turn the phone completely off. Hold the power button until it vibrates. Then hold the volume up key.)
I ran the unlock command twice.
Code:
C:\myworkingdirectory>fastboot oem shell_cmd "getprop ro.isn > /factory/asuskey"
...
OKAY [ 0.291s]
finished. total time: 0.326s
C:\myworkingdirectory>fastboot oem shell_cmd "getprop ro.isn > /factory/asuskey"
...
OKAY [ 0.216s]
finished. total time: 0.216s
Then I tried to flash the image again.
Code:
C:\myworkingdirectory>fastboot flash fastboot droidboot.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'fastboot' (14410 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.690s]
writing 'fastboot'...
OKAY [ 0.692s]
finished. total time: 1.384s
No error?! I have progress!
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I believe my bootloader is unlocked. Let me try to flash the recovery. (My recovery was corrupted longggg before doing this.)
Code:
C:\myworkingdirectory>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11676 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.579s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.571s]
finished. total time: 1.153s
No permission error! (Before this, I would usually have gotten an error that says "FAILED (remote: Permission denied".)
---- Important Notes ----
NO WHITE BACKGROUND IN BOOTLOADER.
Many people have reported seeing an inverted background in the bootloader. I don't have that.
TRIPLE DOTS IN COMMAND PROMPT
The triple dots you see when I run the unlock command are actually there. They are not placeholders.
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Right now I'm booting into recovery mode to flash a ROM to the phone. I'll update if I get the phone working.

Recovering Possibly Bricked OnePlus 3

Hi Everyone,
Does anyone have any instructions as of right now on how to recover a potentially bricked OnePlus 3? Doing some googling around yielded me to the conclusion that my OnePlus 3 bricked itself.
Thanks!

ManagerJosh said:
Hi Everyone,
Does anyone have any instructions as of right now on how to recover a potentially bricked OnePlus 3? Doing some googling around yielded me to the conclusion that my OnePlus 3 bricked itself.
Thanks!
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do you have fastboot on your device???
can u enter fast boot by key combination vol down and power???
if yes then just install twrp recovery or stock recovery with following command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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flash cm 13, beanstock,tipsy or RR rom if you use twrp
flash stock firmware if you use stock recovery

ManagerJosh said:
Hi Everyone,
Does anyone have any instructions as of right now on how to recover a potentially bricked OnePlus 3? Doing some googling around yielded me to the conclusion that my OnePlus 3 bricked itself.
Thanks!
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Contact support.... you're the first one with a bricked device....
And it would be great if you could share the support e-mail.... it would help me get unbrick files for this device
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i.snehal.kiran said:
do you have fastboot on your device???
can u enter fast boot by key combination vol down and power???
if yes then just install twrp recovery or stock recovery with following command
flash cm 13, beanstock,tipsy or RR rom if you use twrp
flash stock firmware if you use stock recovery
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Fastboot on op2 is already a mess and we don't have enough info of what could happen in op3... best avoid fastboot except for flashing twrp
Flash the stock ROM through twrp

ManagerJosh said:
Hi Everyone,
Does anyone have any instructions as of right now on how to recover a potentially bricked OnePlus 3? Doing some googling around yielded me to the conclusion that my OnePlus 3 bricked itself.
Thanks!
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Your oneplus bricked itself?
are you sure there wasn't a human involved in the process?
As other people says, you're the first one with a " bricked" device, so please tell everyone what your device status is, and how it got bricked.
did you unlock bootloader, did you have root? as much info as possible..

anupritaisno1 said:
Contact support.... you're the first one with a bricked device....
And it would be great if you could share the support e-mail.... it would help me get unbrick files for this device
---------- Post added at 22:17 ---------- Previous post was at 22:16 ----------
Fastboot on op2 is already a mess and we don't have enough info of what could happen in op3... best avoid fastboot except for flashing twrp
Flash the stock ROM through twrp
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I already have the link for that file. Someone shared. But, what next ?
Sent from my OnePlus2 using XDA Labs

anupritaisno1 said:
Fastboot on op2 is already a mess...
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Why a mess?
Fastboot itself is very simple.
fastboot flash <<partition you need to flash>> <<file patch>>.
Is it different from the "common" fastboot we can find on a Nexus?

When I try to do this I get the following message:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (18677 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.568s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.590s
Any way I can force this to happen?
Thanks in advance

CyberCROC said:
When I try to do this I get the following message:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (18677 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.568s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.590s
Any way I can force this to happen?
Thanks in advance
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You did 'fastboot oem unlock' first, correct?

I tried yes but that results in the following:
FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.011s

CyberCROC said:
I tried yes but that results in the following:
FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.011s
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And have you enabled OEM Unlocking in Developer Options ?
BTW Please reply to my PM ASAP if possible.
Thanks.
Best Regards,
Naman.

I can't OEM unlock in developer options as I no longer have access to my device
PM answered

Experiencing the same problem here.

I had the same in other thread. OEM unock was disabled. Do You have working stock recovery or TWRP? If stock works You can flash stock rom by ADB sideload.

My bootloader is locked so it's showing FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed) and cannot get into recovery.

cepheid46e2 said:
My bootloader is locked so it's showing FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed) and cannot get into recovery.
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I am experiencing the same problem right now. Cannot boot into recovery mode or flash something...stuck in fastboot mode. .
Any ideas?

I have the same problem too
sino84 said:
I am experiencing the same problem right now. Cannot boot into recovery mode or flash something...stuck in fastboot mode. .
Any ideas?
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Only can acces to fastboot,i can´t write anything ,flash rom,flash recovery
FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed)
I have TWRP Recovery and my device unlocked and rooted and i want to lock my device and retunrn to stock OS but i make a mistake before flashing stock recovery i lock my OP3 this is the result
I tried
fastboot boot recovery.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash TWRP_recovery TWRP_recovery.img
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash zip ota.zip
fastboot format userdata
I tried too to decrypt my op3 with OnePlus3-ToolKit with the same result
FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed)
I can´t enter to recovery or system
How we can solve it
Thanks

x___treme said:
Only can acces to fastboot,i can´t write anything ,flash rom,flash recovery
FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed)
I have TWRP Recovery and my device unlocked and rooted and i want to lock my device and retunrn to stock OS but i make a mistake before flashing stock recovery i lock my OP3 this is the result
I tried
fastboot boot recovery.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash TWRP_recovery TWRP_recovery.img
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash zip ota.zip
fastboot format userdata
I tried too to decrypt my op3 with OnePlus3-ToolKit with the same result
FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed)
I can´t enter to recovery or system
How we can solve it
Thanks
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try this:
http://www.androidbrick.com/unbrick-oneplus-one-two-3-qualcomm-hs-usb-qdloader-9008/

you need the OnePlus3_Unbrick_Tool_Full.rar to unbrick your phone, i was also in your situation,
you need also the Qualcomm_Diag_QD_Loader_2016_driver.exe with this two tools you can flash to restore the OP3
me helped al lot this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/onep...icked-t3405700
a had a success with this part How to Make the device show as Qualcomm 9008
it is important that you have the correct driver installed on your pc that the phone will be recognized as Qualcomm 9008

I did the exact same stupid thing... locked bootloader before flashing stock recovery.
This post saved me:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/guide-mega-unbrick-guide-for-a-hard-bricked-oneplus-3.452634/
I used method 2 in the post which wiped everything but at least i got the phone back.
x___treme said:
Only can acces to fastboot,i can´t write anything ,flash rom,flash recovery
FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed)
I have TWRP Recovery and my device unlocked and rooted and i want to lock my device and retunrn to stock OS but i make a mistake before flashing stock recovery i lock my OP3 this is the result
I tried
fastboot boot recovery.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash TWRP_recovery TWRP_recovery.img
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash zip ota.zip
fastboot format userdata
I tried too to decrypt my op3 with OnePlus3-ToolKit with the same result
FAILED (remote: Partition flashing is not allowed)
I can´t enter to recovery or system
How we can solve it
Thanks
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ManagerJosh said:
Hi Everyone,
Does anyone have any instructions as of right now on how to recover a potentially bricked OnePlus 3? Doing some googling around yielded me to the conclusion that my OnePlus 3 bricked itself.
Thanks!
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Since im a new member I cannot post links so ill have to give you directions.
Search google for Hard Bricked OnePlus 3 and it will be the first one called Mega Unbrick guide.
Use method 2. Ive used it multiple times when flashing goes wrong on my oneplus 3.
Another step, download the latest stock recovery from OnePlus and name it recovery.img and replace the one in the folder. You should understand more when you have all of the files.
You can download the latest recovery from OP at the bottom of the page linked here:
Google OnePlus 3 beta download and it should be the first one saying community build.

Clean Dump for Mate SE

Been asking around for this in multiple threads and have gotten nothing. So I decided to just make a new one. If ANYONE has a backup I can use in order to restore it via TWRP, then PLEASE share it with me. Whether it's a Mate SE backup or an Honor 7x US variant backup, I'll take either.

That makes 2 of us

Any ideas why I can't seem to boot a recovery? Used to do this all the time in the Motorola world:
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot oem get-bootinfo
...
(bootloader) unlocked
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.711s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.714s

chrisn812 said:
Any ideas why I can't seem to boot a recovery? Used to do this all the time in the Motorola world:
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot oem get-bootinfo
...
(bootloader) unlocked
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.711s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.714s
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Can you not use the hardware keys to get into the recovery? Also, what is the status of the recovery partition? Alive and well?

XandeR180 said:
Been asking around for this in multiple threads and have gotten nothing. So I decided to just make a new one. If ANYONE has a backup I can use in order to restore it via TWRP, then PLEASE share it with me. Whether it's a Mate SE backup or an Honor 7x US variant backup, I'll take either.
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I am wiping my wifes phone today and I will do a clean backup via twrp and upload it to drive later today for ya

Ultraman666 said:
I am wiping my wifes phone today and I will do a clean backup via twrp and upload it to drive later today for ya
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Thank you so much

XandeR180 said:
Thank you so much
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Ok man here you go, hope this helps!! Its the least I can do since you helped me with all my questions
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1X2oB98XYngybIZpPPc7B51VMW8ID6F1c

chrisn812 said:
Any ideas why I can't seem to boot a recovery? Used to do this all the time in the Motorola world:
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot oem get-bootinfo
...
(bootloader) unlocked
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.711s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.714s
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1-first got to fastboot mode in phone(vol down+ power) then connect phone to pc doesn't matter if the hisuite pops up in pc or not.
2-after connecting open adb shell from the directory where you have installed it in your pc(go to the folder and press shift+ right click of mouse then select open command prompt option).
3- type - fastboot devices , if some number appears then it confirms that the device is connected, if it doesn't appear then close everything in pc and disconnected your phone then power off the phone and then connect it to pc then open adb and type adb reboot bootloader - this should restart your phone into fastboot mode.

chrisn812 said:
Any ideas why I can't seem to boot a recovery? Used to do this all the time in the Motorola world:
~/Downloads/Huawei$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.711s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.714s
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It doesn't look like this is supported (at least not on MY L24 variant). I don't know if the mount points are identical from one variant to another but they are posted here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/development/mount-partition-layout-profile-xml-t3727990 (Nougat) and https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/development/mount-partition-layout-oreo-t3764506 (Oreo). (The TWRP versions in the Multitool are from the OP of these two threads.) And some other posts showed the adb shell commands (and batch file) to backup stock recovery to the external SD card. I think for Nougat, they are:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p29 of=/external_sd/recovery.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22 of=/external_sd/recovery2.img
Stock recovery for the L24(?) can also be found in one of the threads here. And finally, the 7X has dual recovery so I ended up flashing TWRP to eRecovery (fastboot flash recovery2 TWRP.img) leaving the stock recovery in recovery1 for OTA updates. Then I use "adb reboot recovery2" whenever I need TWRP.

XandeR180 said:
Thank you so much
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So did that work for you?

Ultraman666 said:
So did that work for you?
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For the most part, yeah. Booted up and everything but for some reason I couldn't install Magisk ?

XandeR180 said:
For the most part, yeah. Booted up and everything but for some reason I couldn't install Magisk ?
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FYI, I installed supersu from https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/how-to-root-honor-7x-international-t3716056 using the TWRP from MultiTool on my L24 and it appears to be working okay.

iammudd said:
FYI, I installed supersu from https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/how-to-root-honor-7x-international-t3716056 using the TWRP from MultiTool on my L24 and it appears to be working okay.
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Hmm. I'm more of a fan of Magisk, personally but I'll try SuperSU

XandeR180 said:
For the most part, yeah. Booted up and everything but for some reason I couldn't install Magisk ?
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Sweet glad to help!!

Didnt work on my SE L34. Still boots into EMUI eRecovery. Oh well. I'll wait a bit longer.

I had to overwrite the recovery2 partition with TWRP to do it, but here's an almost complete backup of the stock firmware for my Mate SE: BND-L34C567B130.zip

Magendanz said:
I had to overwrite the recovery2 partition with TWRP to do it, but here's an almost complete backup of the stock firmware for my Mate SE: BND-L34C567B130.zip
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By almost complete, what exactly is it missing?

XandeR180 said:
By almost complete, what exactly is it missing?
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The original contents of the recovery2 partition, which had to be overwritten with TWRP to do the backup. I believe it was identical to the recovery partition, but I was never able to confirm.

Magendanz said:
The original contents of the recovery2 partition, which had to be overwritten with TWRP to do the backup. I believe it was identical to the recovery partition, but I was never able to confirm.
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Pretty sure it is. I'd flashed the same honor 7x stock recovery image for both my partitions in the past. Regardless, both my partitions use TWRP at the moment, so this doesn't bother me. Thanks a ton!

Magendanz said:
The original contents of the recovery2 partition, which had to be overwritten with TWRP to do the backup. I believe it was identical to the recovery partition, but I was never able to confirm.
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So restoring your backup was successful. However, for some reason the updater is completely missing. Therefore, I can't check for updates anymore. Also, in the "About Phone" section at the bottom it says, "Custom Version - CUSTC567D001" which I don't recall ever seeing before. Does this have to do with your recovery partitions being modified?