hi everyone,
i think i am having a somewhat larger problem. i got the TD-LTE version of the m8 (called m8t) today, and i went ahead and unlocked the bootloader, and flashed a custom recovery WITHOUT doing a backup.
now, the initial splash screen gives a warning message (see pictures) message and i am stuck in the bootloader.
i was looking for a stock recovery ... but didn't find anything (yet)
the idea was to try to get the GPE rom onto this, and i was prepared to possibly see it bricked at that point, but forgetting S-OFF is a bit ... humiliating.
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i just realized: there isn't even a proper question in my post, so here it is:
can anyone help me out with this? what should i do?
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rm_2 said:
hi everyone,
i think i am having a somewhat larger problem. i got the TD-LTE version of the m8 (called m8t) today, and i went ahead and unlocked the bootloader, and flashed a custom recovery WITHOUT doing a backup.
now, the initial splash screen gives a warning message (see pictures) message and i am stuck in the bootloader.
i was looking for a stock recovery ... but didn't find anything (yet)
the idea was to try to get the GPE rom onto this, and i was prepared to possibly see it bricked at that point, but forgetting S-OFF is a bit ... humiliating.
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i just realized: there isn't even a proper question in my post, so here it is:
can anyone help me out with this? what should i do?
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Will your phone boot or not have you got recovery
If you are worried about the red writing don't be it's normal when you root if you get s-off you can remove it
Apologies - ignore
jaythenut said:
Will your phone boot or not have you got recovery
If you are worried about the red writing don't be it's normal when you root if you get s-off you can remove it
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it will not boot, because the s-on prevents it. i did:
Code:
$ fastboot erase cache
Code:
$ fastboot flash boot philz_touch_6.25.5-m8.img
Code:
$ fastboot reboot
and that's how i ended up there.
one question i would have is - do i need to flash the recovery back to whatever was on there before? or would a ruu stock do? could i run into trouble for flashing a "regular" LTE stock rom on a tdd LTE phone?
rm_2 said:
it will not boot, because the s-on prevents it. i did:
Code:
$ fastboot erase cache
Code:
$ fastboot flash boot philz_touch_6.25.5-m8.img
Code:
$ fastboot reboot
and that's how i ended up there.
one question i would have is - do i need to flash the recovery back to whatever was on there before? or would a ruu stock do? could i run into trouble for flashing a "regular" LTE stock rom on a tdd LTE phone?
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I believe there are no RUUs available yet!
seems like you soft "bricked" your M8 TD because you flashed the recovery as kernel so if you dont have a backup of your kernel you will have to send in your device for repair because no RUU is avaible for any M8 you can try to ask someone with unlocked bootloader and the same m8 type (china mobile) to make a backup of his kernel and send it to you !
crucky said:
seems like you soft "bricked" your M8 TD because you flashed the recovery as kernel so if you dont have a backup of your kernel you will have to send in your device for repair because no RUU is avaible for any M8 you can try to ask someone with unlocked bootloader and the same m8 type (china mobile) to make a backup of his kernel and send it to you !
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What weird advice is that.....
@ the OP.
Get the rom you wanted on it, reflash the custom recovery first :
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and flash the boot.img of the custom rom you want :
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
That sorts the partitions and then head over to the recovery and do a full wipe and install the rom.zip
To put the rom on the phone you can mount it as a usb disk drive in the recovery.
Mr Hofs said:
What weird advice is that.....
@ the OP.
Get the rom you wanted on it, reflash the custom recovery first :
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and flash the boot.img of the custom rom you want :
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
That sorts the partitions and then head over to the recovery and do a full wipe and install the rom.zip
To put the rom on the phone you can mount it as a usb disk drive in the recovery.
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Sorry dude but he has a M8_TL and our international HTC One M8 is M8_UL so i think he cant use our kernels and roms and recovery ! But if you know that it would work everything is fine
Mr Hofs said:
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and flash the boot.img of the custom rom you want :
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
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i did this. it's not great, it still doesn't go into recovery, and it also doesn't boot normally. HOWEVER: i am thrilled to report that at least SOMETHING changed.
i still have the "tampered" banner at the top, which is, i assume, because it STILL is a wrong kernel. but when i try to go into fastboot, it says "entering recovery" for a second, and then goes back into the bootloader. before that, it would take ages, then show a red triangle.
does anybody have other, "stock" recovery and/or boot images?
if i buy a second one (exactly the same, chinese version), how difficult is it to extract those from it? not that i am looking forward to spending another 800USD .... just weighing my options here.
The exact same issue
Hello bro, i have the exact same issue, i didnt know i had to have a TWRP (recovery flash thingy for china mobile) so i just used one i found online while following instructions and i got the same problem, my phone does start after i click reboot on the fastboot mode, but again i am stuck with the SINA WEIBO login which is what made me want to root it on the first place, i went ahead and talked to a chinese tech and he gave me a file that he said would install all the google apps which is what i want (I NEED GOOGLE PLAY AND GMAIL) but since the kernel i installed is wrong, then the phone just reboots and goes straight to fastboot mode, which doesnt let it complete the installation of the google apps!
have you been able to solve your issue?
rm_2 said:
i did this. it's not great, it still doesn't go into recovery, and it also doesn't boot normally. HOWEVER: i am thrilled to report that at least SOMETHING changed.
i still have the "tampered" banner at the top, which is, i assume, because it STILL is a wrong kernel. but when i try to go into fastboot, it says "entering recovery" for a second, and then goes back into the bootloader. before that, it would take ages, then show a red triangle.
does anybody have other, "stock" recovery and/or boot images?
if i buy a second one (exactly the same, chinese version), how difficult is it to extract those from it? not that i am looking forward to spending another 800USD .... just weighing my options here.
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i didnt erase anything but follow the guide in this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699065
and i found m8t recovery at http://bbs.anzhi.com/thread-8936202-1-1.html
hope useful
myfid said:
i didnt erase anything but follow the guide in this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699065
and i found m8t recovery at http://bbs.anzhi.com/thread-8936202-1-1.html
hope useful
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That thread isn't working right now - do you have a link to the M8t recovery file?
Thanks.
drflower said:
That thread isn't working right now - do you have a link to the M8t recovery file?
Thanks.
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I have the correct recovery.img for the M8t now - I have rooted my own China Mobile 4G phone. However, I don't know how to upload the file or how to get a backup of the original boot.img Happy to help if one of you can tell me what to do. The website with the recovery on is in China and is sometimes OK, somethimes not - AND you need to register on the forum to get the file - not easy for non Chinese people! (like me!)
Hi, It seems that you flashed a custom ROM on the htc one m8t without S-OFF!! You can only flash ROMs that are branded for M8T (China mobile TD), because the custom kernal will not be flashed and youll be stuck at bootloader screen.
If you need to add google apps to your handset you follow the instructions on the thread link below, until then you CAN NOT flash other custom ROMS until a solution to make the M8T S-OFF is discovered (I tried Firewater and it did not work, but the chinese has made a hardware solution for S-OFF of M8T:laugh.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc...4-1400-10-android-4-4-2-t2805146/post53906274
M8t RUU
rm_2 said:
i did this. it's not great, it still doesn't go into recovery, and it also doesn't boot normally. HOWEVER: i am thrilled to report that at least SOMETHING changed.
i still have the "tampered" banner at the top, which is, i assume, because it STILL is a wrong kernel. but when i try to go into fastboot, it says "entering recovery" for a second, and then goes back into the bootloader. before that, it would take ages, then show a red triangle.
does anybody have other, "stock" recovery and/or boot images?
if i buy a second one (exactly the same, chinese version), how difficult is it to extract those from it? not that i am looking forward to spending another 800USD .... just weighing my options here.
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I am not sure if this is what you need. Just saw something in bbs.gfan.com about M8t RUU. I am newbie myself. Perhaps someone might be able to tell you if this can help you. I have a M8t and I couldnt get it S-off...
bbs[.]gfan[.]com
/android-7477742-1-1[.]html
ironore said:
I am not sure if this is what you need. Just saw something in bbs.gfan.com about M8t RUU. I am newbie myself. Perhaps someone might be able to tell you if this can help you. I have a M8t and I couldnt get it S-off...
bbs[.]gfan[.]com
/android-7477742-1-1[.]html
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in the meantime, a few weeks ago, i have found someone on taobao who had the stock ROM. this should by now be publicly available. and he also s-offed it for me. he claimed that (at that time) only very few other people would've been able to do that. he used a gold card.
but as we all know, this is just a matter of time - sooner or later, everything ends up in the open.
HTC_One_M8t_CWM_6.0.4.8
search at 4shared
riadh2002 said:
Hi, It seems that you flashed a custom ROM on the htc one m8t without S-OFF!! You can only flash ROMs that are branded for M8T (China mobile TD), because the custom kernal will not be flashed and youll be stuck at bootloader screen.
If you need to add google apps to your handset you follow the instructions on the thread link below, until then you CAN NOT flash other custom ROMS until a solution to make the M8T S-OFF is discovered (I tried Firewater and it did not work, but the chinese has made a hardware solution for S-OFF of M8T:laugh.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc...4-1400-10-android-4-4-2-t2805146/post53906274
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this thread is closed
Thread closed,
Soul roms are considered warez on XDA.
where do i get the links for twrp & Soul ROM ?
can anyone help ?
Thanks in Advance
anyone can help me ?????
aamszia said:
anyone can help me ?????
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With what ? You won't get support here in soul roms. And if you need TWRP check the thread.
Hey guys, my HTC M8 is stuck at bootlogo and it wont reboot into recovery or unable to unlock bootloader. Tried factory reset but still same problem. Currently downloading RUU_M8_UHL_L50_SENSE60_MR_hTC_Asia_India_4.18.720.8_Radio_1.24.21331147A1.09G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_417228_signed.exe but I dont know if it will work.. I am posting some screenshots, so I request you to please help.
and I also know how to carryout fastboot commands
also the phone is not getting detected using those htc_fastboot commands..
stuck at <waiting for device>
Sachin7843 said:
Hey guys, my HTC M8 is stuck at bootlogo and it wont reboot into recovery or unable to unlock bootloader. Tried factory reset but still same problem. Currently downloading RUU_M8_UHL_L50_SENSE60_MR_hTC_Asia_India_4.18.720.8_Radio_1.24.21331147A1.09G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_417228_signed.exe but I dont know if it will work.. I am posting some screenshots, so I request you to please help.
and I also know how to carryout fastboot commands
also the phone is not getting detected using those htc_fastboot commands..
stuck at <waiting for device>
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The RUU probably won't work. Try extracting the firmware.zip from the 4.18.720.10 ota and flash. That should work.
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
First you need to update the adb and fastboot drivers on your laptop for them to detect your HTC One M8.
There are multiple reasons they might not be working. I advise trying each solution you come across until one works for you and you are able to detect your phone through fastboot again.
After that follow with the official bootloader unlock way provided by HTC.
Hi everyone.
I 've just updated my Z008 to new MM beta build for this phone by this method. But I replaced the .184 droidboot with .69 one.
When I ran unlock.bat, it reboot and showed the white splash => it's unlocked. When I ran restore.bat to restore its droidboot to .69 one, the splash reverted to black (because it flashed the stock splash.img, i think). Then I fastboot flash recovery twrp.img, it downloaded to the phone and flashed, but when i use the reboot recovery in bootloader, it just reboot to bootloader. When I ran adb reboot bootloader in Android, it rebooted to stock bootloader. Can anyone help me?
The reason I posted here is that thread doesn't respond me, so I posted because i hope some one would help me.
Thanks in advance!
If you read the whole thread, you could have read that flashing the beta relocks the boot-loader and that there is no way to unlock, besides following the procedure for unbricking the phone. As that is written several times, people get bored of answering questions that are already answered and be totally superfluous if you had read the thread.
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Hello;
So, i got a HTC M8 On 6.20.531.5, and currently is is S-ON with Unlocked Bootloader, sadly, each time the battery dies, the settings reset, i do know this is a problem with this device, but i read that flashing another rom might fix it.
So i found ViperRom and Xenon HD, already got a Nandroid Backup, however, yesterday i tried to flash the same RUU that the device is currently. 6.20.351.5, and it got stuck at Sending,
<T103747><DEBUG><OUT>sending 'zip' (53953 KB)...</OUT>
after that, nothing happened so i re-unlocked the device and everything was the same, TWRP was there, among everything.
My questions are:
What do i need to do, in order to flash the RUU without issues?
What do i need to flash the RUU correctly?
Is there a fix for the "Reset Issue"?
It also happens once the device is turned on agian after a battery drain, it always get the "Sense has stopped working + Gapps has stopped working", so i always have to factory reset, is there a known fix for this?
Flashing a Custom Rom, do i need to flash first boot.img then flash the rom via TWRP? or i can do it all on TWRP?
Can i flash the RUU in case something happen on the Custom Rom?
Can i flash the Same RUU that the device is currently on?
Will tag @redpoint73 since i have seen that you are pretty much on the HTC section those days.
Sorry I am just now responding. Was out of the country for work, and working 12+ hours a day (and therefore not on xda).
My responses below in red font:
ScarletDreamz said:
So i found ViperRom and Xenon HD, already got a Nandroid Backup, however, yesterday i tried to flash the same RUU that the device is currently. 6.20.351.5, and it got stuck at Sending,
Pretty sure you mean 6.20.531.5, and the above is just a typo.
I am confused about why you are trying to RUU, if you intend to flash a custom ROM. The 2 things do not really have anything to do with each other. Fastboot flash TWRP, make a nandroid backup (which you did) then flash the custom ROM.
<T103747><DEBUG><OUT>sending 'zip' (53953 KB)...</OUT>
This doesn't look right. Are you trying to use adb to flash the RUU zip? Post your entire set of commands, so I can take a look. If you are trying to flash by adb, that isn't correct, you need to use fastboot, and the htc_fastboot version at that. I can give more details. But I'm not even sure RUU is what you really need to do (per my response above).
after that, nothing happened so i re-unlocked the device and everything was the same, TWRP was there, among everything.
My questions are:
What do i need to do, in order to flash the RUU without issues?
What do i need to flash the RUU correctly? Already addressed this above.
Is there a fix for the "Reset Issue"? I never suffered this issue personally. Haven't dug too deep into it, myself.
It also happens once the device is turned on agian after a battery drain, it always get the "Sense has stopped working + Gapps has stopped working", so i always have to factory reset, is there a known fix for this? Same response as #2 above.
Flashing a Custom Rom, do i need to flash first boot.img then flash the rom via TWRP? or i can do it all on TWRP? Never need to flash boot.img separately from the ROM. Folks need to stop implying or thinking that you do. This never applied to the M8 (only to older HTC devices).
Can i flash the RUU in case something happen on the Custom Rom? You can. Or just restore the nandroid you made of the stock ROM. Which is the reason you made the nandroid in the first place, right?
Can i flash the Same RUU that the device is currently on? Yes. That is the only one that will work. "Newer" RUUs are typically allowed. But for the M8, there are no newer version RUU (since device is EOL). So like I said, that RUU is the only one that will work.
Will tag @redpoint73 since i have seen that you are pretty much on the HTC section those days.
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