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[Q] Stuck in bootloader mode. No wifi. Adb can't find devices

Okay so, I had a problem of having no OS and had my htc m8 on soft brick for a while but i finally got that resolved by flashing a new rom on it. ( Here it is if you want to read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/os-installed-transfer-files-t3018626)
Unfortunately, I wasn't getting wifi on it. I tried 2 other roms and still no dice. I read online that i needed to update my firmware to do that. To do that, I needed to relock my bootloader so I did and the firmware flashed successfully.
Now my hboot is 3.19 instead of 3.16 and my bootloader says RELOCKED.However, when i go into recovery mode, my phone shows a picture of the dead android. I can't get past the bootscreen either so my phone is stuck on bootloader mode.
I found this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2497712 to help me get my phone unlocked again cause the unlock code at htc dev wont work again.
However, when i write adb devices, no serial number shows up now. adb shell says no devices connected.
I tried pushing and flashing a new recovery and rom in cmd and it said it failed.
I'm really grasping at straws at this moment since I can't really do anything.

Are you sure you are updated? In the bootloader, what does it say for "os"?
And what roms are you trying to flash? 4.4.4 or Lollipop?

And to unlock bootloader, start over at HTC Dev. See what happens. Instead of trying old code.
You can't flash a recovery with a locked bootloader.

I'm pretty sure it updated because everything looks different. Bootloader's background is black instead of white now too. When I flashed the firmware, everything seemed to be okay as well. . .
my OS says 3.11.1700.5
and i tried it at dev and generated a code, but it gave me an error and didn't give me a file. I tried to use my old file but that didnt work.

Personally, in your situation now..... I'd flash the correct RUU for your device, then use Sunshine to s-off. Then you'll be bootloader unlocked also and can flash recovery, root and all that.
You'll need the same Android version RUU that matches your firmware now.
See this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Without Sunshine... I can't say why HTC Dev isn't helping.

Darth said:
Personally, in your situation now..... I'd flash the correct RUU for your device, then use Sunshine to s-off. Then you'll be bootloader unlocked also and can flash recovery, root and all that.
You'll need the same Android version RUU that matches your firmware now.
See this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Without Sunshine... I can't say why HTC Dev isn't helping.
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Which RUU do I download from here? I'm confused.

Shiverfire said:
Which RUU do I download from here? I'm confused.
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Read the whole first post. It tells you how to determine that.
Any help needed after trying, you can ask there. ?

I just asked. I'm too confused.
For reference:
version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
version-main: 3.11.1700.5
product: m8_ul_ca
modelid:0P6B12000
cidnum: CWS__001

Shiverfire said:
I just asked. I'm too confused.
For reference:
version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
version-main: 3.11.1700.5
product: m8_ul_ca
modelid:0P6B12000
cidnum: CWS__001
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Adb only works in custom recovery or OS.
If your phone shows bootloader, use fastboot to flash custom recovery

SaHiLzZ said:
Adb only works in custom recovery or OS.
If your phone shows bootloader, use fastboot to flash custom recovery
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I can't flash a recovery because the bootloader is Relocked. I can't unlock it cause my phone wont get detected in adb devices.
I tried manually updating drivers as well. :/

Shiverfire said:
I can't flash a recovery because the bootloader is Relocked. I can't unlock it cause my phone wont get detected in adb devices.
I tried manually updating drivers as well. :/
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Have you tried flashing a recovery using Hasoon2000 HTC one all in one ?. I had the same problem as you i flashed TWRP then I installed android revolution Hd Rom and it solved my problem but as I said try it may not work as your boot loader is locked..... You can also use the all in one too unlock boot loader might be worth a try
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mikem2273 said:
Have you tried flashing a recovery using Hasoon2000 HTC one all in one ?. I had the same problem as you i flashed TWRP then I installed android revolution Hd Rom and it solved my problem but as I said try it may not work as your boot loader is locked..... You can also use the all in one too unlock boot loader might be worth a try
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app
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Like I said, recoveries wont flash cause its stuck on Relocked mode. I cant fix that because adb devices wont see my phone.
All the other commands on the All-in-One root kit gives me this:" 'C:\Users\Admin' is not an internal or external command, operable program or batch file " regardless of where i do it. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong here.
I tried to put the 0p6bimg.zip file but it wont copy on to my sd card cause of some error saying not responding or disconnected.
I tried flashing it instead but it said the file was too large
I tried the latest firmware but it said Failed! verification error.
I tried using the RUU to update and it stopped on the 1/7 process saying Error 155: Unknown Error.
I think what i need to do and how to fix it but I just need adb devices to find my phone.
If i can do that I can unlock my bootloader, install a recovery, install a rom and be home free but I can't do that until it detects my phone. I've tried everything now including reinstalling my drivers three times now.
Please help :'(

You don't need adb devices to see the device. You need to put the phone in the bootloader and type fastboot devices.
Open the command prompt inside the folder where also the fastboot.exe file is located.

Like Mr Hofs said...The bootloader gets unlocked in bootloader/fastboot mode.
Last I remember the code to get the token was "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" and "fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin and not "adb oem get_identifier_token" or "adb flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin ...

BerndM14 said:
Like Mr Hofs said...The bootloader gets unlocked in bootloader/fastboot mode.
Last I remember the code to get the token was "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" and "fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin and not "adb oem get_identifier_token" or "adb flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin ...
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No, you guys. I already said this. I already used the htc dev the first time to get my phone unlocked. I had to relock it to flash a firmware. Now I can't unlock it again.The token isn't working. I already used the token once and its not working for the second time. I need adb devices to use adb shell. That way I can adb push revone and unlock my bootloader, but im not sure if that would work either.
Edit: I tried htc dev by generating a code 3 times. It generated different ones, the last one worked.

Ok something is still wrong.
I flashed cwm 6.0.4.8, did a full wipe, installed supersu and installed the android revolution rom. When I reboot, it says I am not rooted, root now? I pressed yes and it reboot.
The phone goes into htc bootscreen for 2 minutes, reboots again and then goes into recovery mode. What do I do now?

Shiverfire said:
Ok something is still wrong.
I flashed cwm 6.0.4.8, did a full wipe, installed supersu and installed the android revolution rom. When I reboot, it says I am not rooted, root now? I pressed yes and it reboot.
The phone goes into htc bootscreen for 2 minutes, reboots again and then goes into recovery mode. What do I do now?
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Try flashing the boot.img again.
Clear the Cache.
If it still doesn't work then it might be best to just flash the ROM again.

Is your bootloader still show GPE version no. ?
If yes, how do you expect to flash a Sense ROM on GPE partition ?

BerndM14 said:
Try flashing the boot.img again.
Clear the Cache.
If it still doesn't work then it might be best to just flash the ROM again.
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just flashed the boot.img and recovery.
cleared cashe and reinstalled super su.
same thing.

ckpv5 said:
Is your bootloader still show GPE version no. ?
If yes, how do you expect to flash a Sense ROM on GPE partition ?
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wait, how do i know if its GPE? (I didnt buy a GPE phone)
I was able to download skydragon and android revolution before, the former was stock lollipop.
So what do I do? how do i install sense roms??

HTC Desire 816 Dual SIM, only boots into Fastboot!

My HTC Desire 816 Dual SIM,
1. does not boot normally,
2. only boots 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 returns only to FASTBOOT page.
5. as the attachment shows, there is nothing written in front of "OS-"; it is blank.
Questions:
1. In these conditions, is it possible to flash the ZIP ROM from sdcard via Hboot?
2. Is it not necessary to flash stock recovery, wipe some partitions, etc first, and only then proceed to flashing ZIP ROM from sdcard via Hboot?

Hi
I have the same problem as you only my. HTC is the sIngle sim A5-UL Version.
So far I have not had any replies regarding the problem.
Hopefully we will get a resolution
sometime.
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

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Dr.Ghobar said:
My HTC Desire 816 Dual SIM,
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 returns only to Fastboot page.
5. as the attachment shows, the OS- is blank
Questions:
1. In these conditions, is it possible to flash the ZIP ROM from sdcard via Hboot?
2. Is it not necessary to flash stock recovery, wipe some partitions, etc first, and only then proceed to flashing ZIP ROM from sdcard via Hboot?
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It should be but you will need to have the stock recovery reinstalled by first unlocking your bootloader then flashing back your stock recovery then relock bootloader and then flash the RUU or stock zip file thru either ADB /fastboot on your computer or via SD card and renaming the image OP9CIMG and hboot should pick it up and flash it automatically. Did you accidentally wipe your system or try to flash something that corrupted it? In other words what happened before all this? We're you rooted with a custom recovery or still on stock?
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Stransky said:
Hi
I have the same problem as you only my. HTC is the sIngle sim A5-UL Version.
So far I have not had any replies regarding the problem.
Hopefully we will get a resolution
sometime.
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk
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Didn't nukaru's a5_ul forum link I gave you earlier this month help? Sorry your still having issues.

Stransky said:
Hi
I have the same problem as you only my. HTC is the sIngle sim A5-UL Version.
So far I have not had any replies regarding the problem.
Hopefully we will get a resolution
sometime.
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk
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Dr.Ghobar said:
My HTC Desire 816 Dual SIM,
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 returns only to Fastboot page.
5. as the attachment shows, the OS- is blank
Questions:
1. In these conditions, is it possible to flash the ZIP ROM from sdcard via Hboot?
2. Is it not necessary to flash stock recovery, wipe some partitions, etc first, and only then proceed to flashing ZIP ROM from sdcard via Hboot?
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Dwnload ur respective RUU zip file,rename the file to. "0P9CIMG.zip". put in ext.sd card ,put the phone in hboot mode..it will autimatically detect the file and will ask for permission

Stransky said:
Hi
So far I have not had any replies regarding the problem.
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Did you find ROM zip and did you try to flash it via sdcard and Hboot?
thoctor said:
It should be but you will need to have the stock recovery reinstalled by first unlocking your bootloader then flashing back your stock recovery then relock bootloader and then flash the RUU or stock zip file thru either ADB /fastboot on your computer or via SD card and renaming the image OP9CIMG and hboot should pick it up and flash it automatically. Did you accidentally wipe your system or try to flash something that corrupted it? In other words what happened before all this? We're you rooted with a custom recovery or still on stock?
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1. I tried to unlock bootloader but the last stage that asks Yes or No, did not appear on my phone and therefore no unlocking happened as the attachment shows. Can you help me with this problem?
2. I wiped nothing and flashed nothing. The phone was working normally and the battery finished. I plugged the charger but when I tried to turn on the phone it only booted to fastboot mode as I explained in the original post.
3. I was on the original ROM that came with phone. I never did any manipulation.
ajeshmanu said:
Dwnload ur respective RUU zip file,rename the file to. "0P9CIMG.zip". put in ext.sd card ,put the phone in hboot mode..it will autimatically detect the file and will ask for permission
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Because my phone has behaved abnormally (OS- is blank, as attachment shows; unlocking bootloader did not show Yes or No page; and other abnormalities), I am not sure whether to download a file over 1.20GB, or not? I am afraid about failure! Is not my phone in a situation that needs some preparations before doing what you said?

Hi
Thanks for reply. I was attempting to go back to stock and had installed stock recovery and then relocked the bootloader and when i tried to install the RUU it said it was the wrong one.
I then tried the Hboot way but received the same error. I need to find several RUUs to be able to find the correct version for my 816 which i believe is Asian but not sure where.
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

Stransky said:
Hi
Thanks for reply. I was attempting to go back to stock and had installed stock recovery and then relocked the bootloader and when i tried to install the RUU it said it was the wrong one.
I then tried the Hboot way but received the same error. I need to find several RUUs to be able to find the correct version for my 816 which i believe is Asian but not sure where.
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk
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Oh, ok I get it now. Think the forum I linked you to was for the European a5_ul. Here's a link to some a5_ul roms kitkat and lollipop. I see one of the lollipop versions is Asia. Try to match your CID and version ID or at least your radio ID's before flashing it. "fastboot getvar all" will give you most of that info but it looks like that might be your firmware. Also make sure you relocked your bootloader before flashing. Good luck
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f485/htc-desire-816-official-stock-roms-always-updated-1948682/

Dr.Ghobar said:
Did you find ROM zip and did you try to flash it via sdcard and Hboot?
1. I tried to unlock bootloader but the last stage that asks Yes or No, did not appear on my phone and therefore no unlocking happened as the attachment shows. Can you help me with this problem?
2. I wiped nothing and flashed nothing. The phone was working normally and the battery finished. I plugged the charger but when I tried to turn on the phone it only booted to fastboot mode as I explained in the original post.
3. I was on the original ROM that came with phone. I never did any manipulation.
Because my phone has behaved abnormally (OS- is blank, as attachment shows; unlocking bootloader did not show Yes or No page; and other abnormalities), I am not sure whether to download a file over 1.20GB, or not? I am afraid about failure! Is not my phone in a situation that needs some preparations before doing what you said?
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Sorry, I wasn't trying to accuse you of doing something to your phone but those pictures don't show me any of that. It just shows that you seem to no longer have an OS with your lack of a CID and something happened to cause this. It's not about finger pointing but getting the issue resolved for you I know. As for helping you unlock your bootloader the method is pretty straight forward and if it didn't work for whatever reason the only real advice I can give is to just try it again. That's how I unlocked mine so maybe it was just a glitch and another attempt will work. For now I'm more concerned that you didn't wipe anything yet your recovery and firmware seen too be missing or at least inaccessible from your bootloader. The factory reset was going to be my first suggestion but since your already done that have you tried to enter your recovery thru ADB/fastboot? (fastboot reboot recovery.) The other thing is what region are you in( India, Asia, European) and does " fastboot getvar all" work from using ADB? Also if your OS is wiped then any RUU flash will reformat your partitions for you and restore your rom. Also were you on kitkat or lollipop stock rom?

thoctor said:
Oh, ok I get it now. Think the forum I linked you to was for the European a5_ul. Here's a link to some a5_ul roms kitkat and lollipop. I see one of the lollipop versions is Asia. Try to match your CID and version ID or at least your radio ID's before flashing it. "fastboot getvar all" will give you most of that info but it looks like that might be your firmware. Also make sure you relocked your bootloader before flashing. Good luck
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f485/htc-desire-816-official-stock-roms-always-updated-1948682/
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Hi
Again thanks for the reply.
My 816 A5UL is Asia-HK-CHT
CID-622
I cannot find a RUU that matches.
I believe the Rom could be OPc21000
Which i cannot find anywhere.
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Stransky said:
Hi
Again thanks for the reply.
My 816 A5UL is Asia-HK-CHT
CID-622
I cannot find a RUU that matches.
I believe the Rom could be OPc21000
Which i cannot find anywhere.
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk
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Yeah I've never heard of that version before. I only found one link here below that even mentions that CID but no solution. If you haven't flashed the one I linked I'd try it anyway because as long as your S on the signed rom won't flash if it's the wrong one but if your sure it's wrong then save the data hit to your ISP cap. Sorry I wasn't of more help to you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/des...pop-a5dug-firmware-to-fix-wifi-t3126905/page5

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thoctor said:
Sorry, I wasn't trying to accuse you of doing something to your phone but those pictures don't show me any of that. It just shows that you seem to no longer have an OS with your lack of a CID and something happened to cause this. It's not about finger pointing but getting the issue resolved for you I know. As for helping you unlock your bootloader the method is pretty straight forward and if it didn't work for whatever reason the only real advice I can give is to just try it again. That's how I unlocked mine so maybe it was just a glitch and another attempt will work. For now I'm more concerned that you didn't wipe anything yet your recovery and firmware seen too be missing or at least inaccessible from your bootloader. The factory reset was going to be my first suggestion but since your already done that have you tried to enter your recovery thru ADB/fastboot? (fastboot reboot recovery.) The other thing is what region are you in( India, Asia, European) and does " fastboot getvar all" work from using ADB? Also if your OS is wiped then any RUU flash will reformat your partitions for you and restore your rom. Also were you on kitkat or lollipop stock rom?
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You are being kind to me by trying to resolve my problem.
1. I tried again but it did not help.
2. I will try "fastboot reboot recovery", and tell you about the result.
3. Through online chat I gave my IMEI to HTC middle east and they told me that my Software Version is 2.34.401.2.
4. " fastboot getvar all" works.
5. You said "if your OS is wiped then any RUU flash will reformat your partitions". Can we be sure that it is wiped? If we can not be sure, is it necessary to do wipes and formats?
6. I was on Lollipop. 5.0.2.

Since you never unlocked the bootloader before, flashing the stock rom(ruu) should work. Give it a shot. Just make sure you flash the same Android version that you had before as downgrading might not work.

Dr.Ghobar said:
You are being kind to me by trying to resolve my problem.
1. I tried again but it did not help.
2. I will try "fastboot reboot recovery", and tell you about the result.
3. Through online chat I gave my IMEI to HTC middle east and they told me that my Software Version is 2.34.401.2.
4. " fastboot getvar all" works.
5. You said "if your OS is wiped then any RUU flash will reformat your partitions". Can we be sure that it is wiped? If we can not be sure, is it necessary to do wipes and formats?
6. I was on Lollipop. 5.0.2.
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1. That's fine. For now it's OK that it's locked. It's only if your stock recovery is gone that you would need to unlock the bootloader and reflash the stock recovery zip file that you would need to find and flash. Hopefully it's still there just inaccessible for now.
2. Just an idea to verify your recovery is still there
3. OK then that's the firmware you want to flash or higher version
4. From that it should have your CID and version ID but if it's corrupted or wiped it may not show. Those 2 are what you usually use to verify the firmware your flashing is the correct version for your region. You can also verify your radio ID as well as most firmware zips show those numbers as well.
5. It's OK an RUU file will reformat everything and bring it all back to stock. It has all the images in it (radio, system, recovery etc.)
6. That's good. Just make sure you flash that version or higher as going down in firmware isn't possible without S off. If you flash the wrong firmware then the signed RUU shouldn't flash.
Also what region are you in ( India, Asia, Europe?) your phones firmware (CID is your carriers region) that you flash needs to match you're CID.

thoctor said:
1. That's fine. For now it's OK that it's locked. It's only if your stock recovery is gone that you would need to unlock the bootloader and reflash the stock recovery zip file that you would need to find and flash. Hopefully it's still there just inaccessible for now.
2. Just an idea to verify your recovery is still there
3. OK then that's the firmware you want to flash or higher version
4. From that it should have your CID and version ID but if it's corrupted or wiped it may not show. Those 2 are what you usually use to verify the firmware your flashing is the correct version for your region. You can also verify your radio ID as well as most firmware zips show those numbers as well.
5. It's OK an RUU file will reformat everything and bring it all back to stock. It has all the images in it (radio, system, recovery etc.)
6. That's good. Just make sure you flash that version or higher as going down in firmware isn't possible without S off. If you flash the wrong firmware then the signed RUU shouldn't flash.
Also what region are you in ( India, Asia, Europe?) your phones firmware (CID is your carriers region) that you flash needs to match you're CID.
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1. How did you know that the stock recovery is "still there just inaccessible for now"?
2. I will try after 35 hours from now.
4. INFOmodelid: 0P9C70***
INFOcidnum: HTC__J15
The picture attached to original post shows: RADIO-INVALID_VER_INFO
In getvar: INFOversion-baseband: INVALID_VER_INFO
About region: my CID is HTC_J15. And as my search shows, 401 (in my Software Version 2.34.401.2) means Europe.

Dr.Ghobar said:
1. How did you know that the stock recovery is "still there just inaccessible for now"?
2. I will try after 35 hours from now.
4. INFOmodelid: 0P9C70***
INFOcidnum: HTC__J15
The picture attached to original post shows: RADIO-INVALID_VER_INFO
In getvar: INFOversion-baseband: INVALID_VER_INFO
About region: my CID is HTC_J15. And as my search shows, 401 (in my Software Version 2.34.401.2) means Europe.
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1. I don't know it's still there that's why I used the word "hopefully. " You should be glad that you can still get into your bootloader because without that access your phone is an expensive paper weight. Thanks for the other info. It's exactly what you need to know to find and flash your firmware.

ajeshmanu said:
Dwnload ur respective RUU zip file,rename the file to. "0P9CIMG.zip". put in ext.sd card ,put the phone in hboot mode..it will autimatically detect the file and will ask for permission
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You said rename the file to "0P9CIMG.zip".
As getvar shows, my phone's exact modelid is: 0P9C70***
So what is the principle according to which the file should be renamed? that is, what characters of MID should be mentioned before .zip?

thoctor said:
1. I don't know it's still there that's why I used the word "hopefully. " You should be glad that you can still get into your bootloader because without that access your phone is an expensive paper weight. Thanks for the other info. It's exactly what you need to know to find and flash your firmware.
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If "fastboot reboot recovery" cannot work, it means that I have lost stock recovery.
1. Am I right?
2. If it is not there, is it still possible to flash the rom? Or I must first flash the stock recovery?
3. Is possible lacking of stock recovery what prevents the phone from showing Yes or No page ("Unlocking bootloader?" page)
4. Is it possible just to flask stock recovery for now and leave flashing ROM to some time later?

Dr.Ghobar said:
If "fastboot reboot recovery" cannot work, it means that I have lost stock recovery.
1. Am I right?
2. If it is not there, is it still possible to flash the rom? Or I must first flash the stock recovery?
3. Is possible lacking of stock recovery what prevents the phone from showing Yes or No page ("Unlocking bootloader?" page)
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1. Or it's corrupted but it could still be there.
2. Usually you need to flash back the stock recovery but I've heard of people flashing over their custom recovery with an RUU(rom utility upgrade) and the RUU replaced everything including the stock recovery which is in the file.
3. Not 100% sure on that one. The bootloader is a separate kernel provided with every Android OS so the recovery is separate from it. That one I can't figure out as when you were trying to unlock your bootloader you're firmware was fine at that time I assume. That's the strange part.

thoctor said:
That one I can't figure out as when you were trying to unlock your bootloader you're firmware was fine at that time I assume. That's the strange part.
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You seem to mean I have had problem with unlocking bootloader when my phone was normal.
No. I did not try then. Only after problem I tried unlocking. Please read my post: No "Yes or No" page when Unlocking bootloader! http://forum.xda-developers.com/des...via-htcdev-t3316781/post65371393#post65371393

Stransky said:
Hi
Again thanks for the reply.
My 816 A5UL is Asia-HK-CHT
CID-622
I cannot find a RUU that matches.
I believe the Rom could be OPc21000
Which i cannot find anywhere.
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk
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What is your "getvar all" information?
(Perhaps I can be able to give you some points.)

No recovery.... ?

Is it possible to have a working phone without a recovery installed ?
Unlocked bootloader, flashed twrp 3.0.1.0, phone wouldn't boot into recovery.
Relocked bootloader cause phone is s-on, ran 401 ruu but can't get into stock recovery but otherwise phone works ok
:banghead:

There is always a recovery installed. Either the stock one or the custom one. What does it do when you go to the recovery?

10rdan said:
Is it possible to have a working phone without a recovery installed ?
Unlocked bootloader, flashed twrp 3.0.1.0, phone wouldn't boot into recovery.
Relocked bootloader cause phone is s-on, ran 401 ruu but can't get into stock recovery but otherwise phone works ok
:banghead:
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Just fyi, but I'm pretty sure you can flash RUU in RUU mode with bootloader unlocked.
Phone works fine without recovery, but you can't take an ota, flash roms (custom recovery) or wipe data/cache.
I'd unlock again, and flash either stock recovery, run the RUU again, or flash TWRP 3.0.2-2. Why were you using such an old version in the first place? That's likely the cause of your issue in getting the phone to boot to TWRP.

jollywhitefoot said:
Just fyi, but I'm pretty sure you can flash RUU in RUU mode with bootloader unlocked.
Phone works fine without recovery, but you can't take an ota, flash roms (custom recovery) or wipe data/cache.
I'd unlock again, and flash either stock recovery, run the RUU again, or flash TWRP 3.0.2-2. Why were you using such an old version in the first place? That's likely the cause of your issue in getting the phone to boot to TWRP.
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With s-on you need to relock the bootloader to use official signed ruu files. When he flashed the ruu he could be seeing the exclamation mark that is normal as a warning before entering the stock recovery for which you need to push a volume and power button combo (don't know them heads up)
A possibility is to clear the cache and try to enter again (as this was a thingy on older HTC devices) or indeed as suggested at least to use the latest twrp available

Mr Hofs said:
With s-on you need to relock the bootloader to use official signed ruu files. When he flashed the ruu he could be seeing the exclamation mark that is normal as a warning before entering the stock recovery for which you need to push a volume and power button combo (don't know them heads up)
A possibility is to clear the cache and try to enter again (as this was a thingy on older HTC devices) or indeed as suggested at least to use the latest twrp available
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It doesn't get as far as red exclamation mark, that's what I was waiting for. I'll try the newer version of twrp tomorrow after I've unlocked bootloader again. Do you think the same unlock code will work again?

10rdan said:
It doesn't get as far as red exclamation mark, that's what I was waiting for. I'll try the newer version of twrp tomorrow after I've unlocked bootloader again. Do you think the same unlock code will work again?
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Yes i think it does work again. But that's a try and find out. There is always the possibility i could be wrong.
Edit :
This is why i love s-off....no more relocking / unlocking the BL with also an increased chance of bricks. The BL isn't made to be relocked and unlocked over and over.

Mr Hofs said:
With s-on you need to relock the bootloader to use official signed ruu files.
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Sorry, but I believe this is misinformation, possibly residual to older HTC devices. I've heard this going back to the M7.
You need to be s-off to flash in download mode, but s-on can flash signed firmware and ruu's in RUU mode. I'm s-off so I can't test at the moment, but I'm about 99% that my information is correct.
S-on, you can only flash same or newer, though. You can't flash older firmware.
See post 19 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/unlocked-official-ruu-t3378540/page2
I'm 100% that you can flash signed firmware package in ruu mode with bootloader unlocked and s-on.

jollywhitefoot said:
Sorry, but I believe this is misinformation, possibly residual to older HTC devices. I've heard this going back to the M7.
You need to be s-off to flash in download mode, but s-on can flash signed firmware and ruu's in RUU mode. I'm s-off so I can't test at the moment, but I'm about 99% that my information is correct.
S-on, you can only flash same or newer, though. You can't flash older firmware.
See post 19 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/unlocked-official-ruu-t3378540/page2
I'm 100% that you can flash signed firmware package in ruu mode with bootloader unlocked and s-on.
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That's new to me. Hopefully it isn't just tied to the developers edition then.
Thanks for the information

Mr Hofs said:
This is why i love s-off....no more relocking / unlocking the BL with also an increased chance of bricks. The BL isn't made to be relocked and unlocked over and over.
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I'll bare that in mind, will unlock tomorrow again and try newer twrp. Only reason I relocked was to run ruu to get phone running again.

jollywhitefoot said:
Just fyi, but I'm pretty sure you can flash RUU in RUU mode with bootloader unlocked.
Phone works fine without recovery, but you can't take an ota, flash roms (custom recovery) or wipe data/cache.
I'd unlock again, and flash either stock recovery, run the RUU again, or flash TWRP 3.0.2-2. Why were you using such an old version in the first place? That's likely the cause of your issue in getting the phone to boot to TWRP.
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Where can I find 3.0.2.2, can only see 3.0.2.0 on twrp site?
Cheers
Edit.... Found it. ?

@jollywhitefoot
I've got stock recovery back on phone. Can you think of any reason, other than old version, as to why twrp wouldn't boot after flashing it ?
Will try again tomorrow.

10rdan said:
@jollywhitefoot
I've got stock recovery back on phone. Can you think of any reason, other than old version, as to why twrp wouldn't boot after flashing it ?
Will try again tomorrow.
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I'm not exactly sure, but up until 3.0.2.2 Captain Throwback didn't even have the device and was working blind. I know he was trying different things to make it compatible with different variants, too, so in my mind that was a test build. I'm not sure why they have it on the downloads page. For me, I always download it from the download section of the twrp thread.

help me to revive my mothers m8

About two weeks ago an OTA update bricked my mothers m8, every time I power up the phone it enters in fastboot mode, can't enter in recovery mode, if I try it shows a red triangle -
I've tried to flash a RUU in fastboot mode but the problem is that the phone is S-ON and locked, can't change CID because of that and I can't find a VODAP304 CID rom.
I've tried to flash stock recovery but I think I can't because S-ON.
Is there any way to make the phone S-OFF in fastboot mode?
can somebody helpme find a VODAP304 rom?
any ideas how to fix the phone?
TIA

My responses below in red font:
Also, is the phone fully stock (not been bootloader unlocked before)?
EduMonzter said:
About two weeks ago an OTA update bricked my mothers m8, every time I power up the phone it enters in fastboot mode, can't enter in recovery mode, if I try it shows a red triangle -
Red triangle is stock recovery. Although I don't think you should be getting this when installing an OTA update. Try holding vol up, and press and release the power button. This should bring up a menu or the stock recovery options. You can try the option to wipe cache, and to apply update from phone storage, see if that helps. Of course, you can try the factory reset option, as long as you understand this will wipe all data on the phone (might be a last resort, if your mom want to keep anything.
I've tried to flash a RUU in fastboot mode but the problem is that the phone is S-ON and locked, can't change CID because of that and I can't find a VODAP304 CID rom.
I don't think Vodaphone has RUUs. And as you've seemed to have figured out, you can't flash another version RUU, unless you modify the phone to be s-off and change the CID.
I've tried to flash stock recovery but I think I can't because S-ON.
S-on isn't the problem here. You can't flash an unsigned recovery image (which is likely what you are trying to flash) with a locked bootloader. But stock recovery probably isn't going to help, as already mentioned you are on stock recovery. So I do not recommend going through any steps in order to install stock recovery at this time.
Is there any way to make the phone S-OFF in fastboot mode?
No
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fristly I want to thank you for your answers
redpoint73 said:
Red triangle is stock recovery. Although I don't think you should be getting this when installing an OTA update. Try holding vol up, and press and release the power button. This should bring up a menu or the stock recovery options. You can try the option to wipe cache, and to apply update from phone storage, see if that helps. Of course, you can try the factory reset option, as long as you understand this will wipe all data on the phone (might be a last resort, if your mom want to keep anything.
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If I do vol up + power bring me to fastboot mode, if I go to HBOOT option and then recovery shows the red triangle,
I can't get to recovery mode.
I've already tried to doa factory reset in fastboot mode but when finishing I enters in fastboot mode again.
do you think is there any way to find and flash a correct recovery for the phone?
redpoint73 said:
S-on isn't the problem here. You can't flash an unsigned recovery image (which is likely what you are trying to flash) with a locked bootloader. But stock recovery probably isn't going to help, as already mentioned you are on stock recovery. So I do not recommend going through any steps in order to install stock recovery at this time.
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I've tried to flash recovery extrated from RUU.exe and it gives signature verify fail, is there any signed versions of recovery images?
I think my only chance is to extract android-info.txt from rom.zip and add my CID to it, but I just can't find the way to extrat the protected file, I found this https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928 and now I am trying to flash or make a signed zip file to flash with the modified android-info.txt
do you have any more ideas how to fix the phone? Thanks!

EduMonzter said:
If I do vol up + power bring me to fastboot mode, if I go to HBOOT option and then recovery shows the red triangle,
I can't get to recovery mode.
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No, you are misunderstanding. While you are on the red triangle screen hold vol up and press and release power. Doing so should bring up the menu shown in the 2nd photo on the following link: http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one-m8-rooting-roms-hacks/384542-guide-how-reboot-into-stock-recovery-htc-one-m8.html
The red triangle is the stock recovery. Flashing the stock recovery will just get you back to where you are now.
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EduMonzter said:
now I am trying to flash or make a signed zip file to flash with the modified android-info.txt
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You are never going to be able to make a signed zip file, unless you have the HTC encryption tools, which from all I've seen, are not public.
You are creating solutions which are much more complicated than the problem.

redpoint73 said:
No, you are misunderstanding. While you are on the red triangle screen hold vol up and press and release power. Doing so should bring up the menu shown in the 2nd photo on the following link: http://forums.androidcentral.com/ht...ow-reboot-into-stock-recovery-htc-one-m8.html
The red triangle is the stock recovery. Flashing the stock recovery will just get you back to where you are now.
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You are never going to be able to make a signed zip file, unless you have the HTC encryption tools, which from all I've seen, are not public.
You are creating solutions which are much more complicated than the problem.
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yes I was thinking too much [emoji28]
finally I managed to fix the phone, had to unlock bootloader, flash twrp, restore nandroid backup and reflash stock recovery.
I returned the phone to my mother without testing any sim card, now she said that she can't get any call or data without WiFi, seems that phone have a radio issue.
do you think if I restore again the nandroid backup should it work? factory reset?
all the radios I found to flash needs to be s-off phone still s-on
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You can install radio with it's full signed firmware on S-On.
What's the OS no. on bootloader ? Is it 6.12.161.4 ?

EduMonzter said:
finally I managed to fix the phone, had to unlock bootloader, flash twrp, restore nandroid backup and reflash stock recovery.
I returned the phone to my mother without testing any sim card, now she said that she can't get any call or data without WiFi, seems that phone have a radio issue.
do you think if I restore again the nandroid backup should it work? factory reset?
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Need more info. In addition to the OS number requested above; also what version number TWRP backup did you restore?

ckpv5 said:
You can install radio with it's full signed firmware on S-On.
What's the OS no. on bootloader ? Is it 6.12.161.4 ?
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bootloader is 3.19.0.0000
baseband 1.29.214500021.12G
version-main 6.12.161.4
thanks!
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redpoint73 said:
Need more info. In addition to the OS number requested above; also what version number TWRP backup did you restore?
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I restored the nandroid backup for Vodafone uk.
6.12.161.4
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EduMonzter said:
bootloader is 3.19.0.0000
baseband 1.29.214500021.12G
version-main 6.12.161.4
thanks!
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In my stock backup thread linked in my signature on post #5 you can find the signed firmware and how to install it.
Most of the time this usually fix the radio issue as long as there is no hardware issue.

ckpv5 said:
In my stock backup thread linked in my signature on post #5 you can find the signed firmware and how to install it.
Most of the time this usually fix the radio issue as long as there is no hardware issue.
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I restored latest nandroid from your thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70964344&postcount=2197
phone calls do and receive aren't working but 4g data is working fine, will try signed zip, thanks
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after flashing signed firmware radio worked again, thanks for your help!

Error when updating to Android Oreo

Good evening, please request your help. My mobile came the update ota a android oreo and at the end of the installation came out an encryption error and the mobile only restarted but if I can enter the recovery twrp, or fastboot or download mode.
Previously I had unlocked the bootloader and installed twrp but it was not rooted or installed any rom.
The errors that I get are the following:
If I want to restore system with a backup in the sd deploy, I can not restore system mounted in read mode.
If I try to install the ota it comes out invalid zip format.
The configuration is as follows:
Unlocked
S-ON
htc-pmeuhl pvt s-on
lk-1.0.0.0000
os-2.41.400.51
Cid HTC-060
Mid 2PS620000
Twrp version: 3.2.1-1
If someone can tell me what to do, thank you very much.

raintrooper said:
Good evening, please request your help. My mobile came the update ota a android oreo and at the end of the installation came out an encryption error and the mobile only restarted but if I can enter the recovery twrp, or fastboot or download mode.
Previously I had unlocked the bootloader and installed twrp but it was not rooted or installed any rom.
The errors that I get are the following:
If I want to restore system with a backup in the sd deploy, I can not restore system mounted in read mode.
If I try to install the ota it comes out invalid zip format.
The configuration is as follows:
Unlocked
S-ON
htc-pmeuhl pvt s-on
lk-1.0.0.0000
os-2.41.400.51
Cid HTC-060
Mid 2PS620000
Twrp version: 3.2.1-1
If someone can tell me what to do, thank you very much.
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I think you need the original recovery, cause the firmware would also be upgraded. teach me if I am wrong but TWRP can t handle this

The TWRP instructions have the answer to your predicament.

wiQbold said:
I think you need the original recovery, cause the firmware would also be upgraded. teach me if I am wrong but TWRP can t handle this
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These are the images of the error.
Thanks.

Rolo42 said:
The TWRP instructions have the answer to your predicament.
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Please teach me to repair my phone.
Where I find the information?
Thank you.

raintrooper said:
Please teach me to repair my phone.
Where I find the information?
Thank you.
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I assumed you got TWRP from the xda TWRP thread but perhaps you didn't.
Upper right, click on "HTC 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Development" subforum, then click on the TWRP thread.

Rolo42 said:
I assumed you got TWRP from the xda TWRP thread but perhaps you didn't.
Upper right, click on "HTC 10 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Development" subforum, then click on the TWRP thread.
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I have read the thread but it is still not clear to me how to repair the phone.
Can you help me please?

raintrooper said:
Good evening, please request your help. My mobile came the update ota a android oreo and at the end of the installation came out an encryption error and the mobile only restarted but if I can enter the recovery twrp, or fastboot or download mode.
Previously I had unlocked the bootloader and installed twrp but it was not rooted or installed any rom.
The errors that I get are the following:
If I want to restore system with a backup in the sd deploy, I can not restore system mounted in read mode.
If I try to install the ota it comes out invalid zip format.
The configuration is as follows:
Unlocked
S-ON
htc-pmeuhl pvt s-on
lk-1.0.0.0000
os-2.41.400.51
Cid HTC-060
Mid 2PS620000
Twrp version: 3.2.1-1
If someone can tell me what to do, thank you very much.
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you need stock recovery to install the OTA. please download it from: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71743759&postcount=524. Reboot to download mode and flash it with fastboot, before trying to install the OTA again.

raintrooper said:
I have read the thread but it is still not clear to me how to repair the phone.
Can you help me please?
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Help? Yes. Do it for you? No.
What, specifically, were you not clear on?

simplex19 said:
you need stock recovery to install the OTA. please download it from: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71743759&postcount=524. Reboot to download mode and flash it with fastboot, before trying to install the OTA again.
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Install the recovery stock, but when wanting to enter the recovery I get a screen with an exclamation sing.

raintrooper said:
Install the recovery stock, but when wanting to enter the recovery I get a screen with an exclamation sing.
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That is stock recovery. Press vol up and down to enter it.

yldlj said:
That is stock recovery. Press vol up and down to enter it.
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By pressing volume up and down on the black screen, it does not display any message or menu, only if I press down volume and power send me to the bootloader.

raintrooper said:
By pressing volume up and down on the black screen, it does not display any message or menu, only if I press down volume and power send me to the bootloader.
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I'm not sure if the recovery that I installed is the right one for my phone.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72475229&postcount=534

raintrooper said:
Install the recovery stock, but when wanting to enter the recovery I get a screen with an exclamation sing.
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That's the stock recovery that you just flashed. Now boot normally and the stock recovery will be able to attempt to flash the OTA update.
Edit: Power button + Vol Up to see recovery options IIRC.

raintrooper said:
I'm not sure if the recovery that I installed is the right one for my phone.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72475229&postcount=534
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It is definitely the right one, extracted from a 2.41.400.5 RUU by the user who shared this. As mentioned you should power up your phone normally and let the ota install.
If it's not happening that way then your ota file might be corrupted and I would suggest that you RUU back to stock if you can't boot into Android or your backup cannot be restored somehow.

simplex19 said:
It is definitely the right one, extracted from a 2.41.400.5 RUU by the user who shared this. As mentioned you should power up your phone normally and let the ota install.
If it's not happening that way then your ota file might be corrupted and I would suggest that you RUU back to stock if you can't boot into Android or your backup cannot be restored somehow.
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The stock recovery can not start the phone, try to flash the ota that is in the sd card and deploy signature error.
I read the related threads but it is not very clear to me, if I can restore the phone to nougat or oreo without brick or without using ninja root sunshine.
I also found this RUU https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/india-htc-10-india-users-t3357288/page60 https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72475229&postcount=534 but I do not know if it is the correct one or if there is already an Oreo RUU for the Indian version.
I thank you very much for your help

raintrooper said:
The stock recovery can not start the phone, try to flash the ota that is in the sd card and deploy signature error.
I read the related threads but it is not very clear to me, if I can restore the phone to nougat or oreo without brick or without using ninja root sunshine.
I also found this RUU https://forum.xda-developers.com/ht...ers.com/showpost.php?p=72475229&postcount=534 but I do not know if it is the correct one or if there is already an Oreo RUU for the Indian version.
I thank you very much for your help
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That is the Nougat RUU for your device. You should be able to use this to get back to stock nougat and take OTAs to Oreo. Currently no Oreo RUU is available for the Indian version so this is the only route.
Just download the file and rename it 2PS6IMG.zip, place it in the root directory of your SD card and flash it in download mode.

simplex19 said:
That is the Nougat RUU for your device. You should be able to use this to get back to stock nougat and take OTAs to Oreo. Currently no Oreo RUU is available for the Indian version so this is the only route.
Just download the file and rename it 2PS6IMG.zip, place it in the root directory of your SD card and flash it in download mode.
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Thanks, I was able to install the RUU and restart the phone. The problem that now I do not have imei or baseband or mobile data. In this case I should try to install the ota oreo or follow this tutorial:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/solution-imei-signal-downgrade-oreo-8-0-t3748999

raintrooper said:
Thanks, I was able to install the RUU and restart the phone. The problem that now I do not have imei or baseband or mobile data. In this case I should try to install the ota oreo or follow this tutorial:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/solution-imei-signal-downgrade-oreo-8-0-t3748999
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Just take ota to Oreo and your imei and baseband problem will be solved, unless you want to stay on nougat. In that case you follow the steps listed in the thread you linked in your previous post.

simplex19 said:
Just take ota to Oreo and your imei and baseband problem will be solved, unless you want to stay on nougat. In that case you follow the steps listed in the thread you linked in your previous post.
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In this case I must get the ota via wifi or do I have to install it in another way? Thank you