[Q] Recovery wont open any ZIP files - Sprint HTC One (M8)

So , I have tried every version of TWRP I can find Including PHILZ , and none of them will open zips to flash everything fails,Also my nandroid backups fail to flash as well after i do a factory reset........ md5s are fine.. Ive also made sure they aren't ZIP.ZIP.. Ive done a fairly extensive search to no avail.Has anyone come across this problem? .. frustrating... Im on the hk firmware S-off rooted

In twrp settings did you make sure that Theme testing isn't on.. Even So on that screen press default settings tab and reset twrp flashing settings... Just in case you have a sticky setting..

ya tried that too .. unfortunately it didn't work..... i don't think its a TWRP only problem because PHILZ wont work either .. the recovery just wont open any zips

heliguide62 said:
ya tried that too .. unfortunately it didn't work..... i don't think its a TWRP only problem because PHILZ wont work either .. the recovery just wont open any zips
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Did you find a solution?

Nope still stuck.. got any ideas?

heliguide62 said:
Nope still stuck.. got any ideas?
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A while back on a different device i had the same issue. I relocked the bootloader, and then went through the whole process of unlocking again (at htc-dev) reflashed the recovery did fastboot erase cache and reinstalled SU. was kind of a hassle but it worked. Worth a shot maybe.
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actually makes a certain amount of sense .. it might be a bootloader problem ,.. I think im going to ruu.. start over and if that doesnt work i will definitely give that a shot... THANKS!!!...

heliguide62 said:
actually makes a certain amount of sense .. it might be a bootloader problem ,.. I think im going to ruu.. start over and if that doesnt work i will definitely give that a shot... THANKS!!!...
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Your welcome, i didnt go as far as an RUU, Just relocked the bootloader and did the unlock process over. but if you want to go all the way back i dont see any harm in it. Glad i was able to help man
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Or you can delete your TWRP folder from sdcard and reflash recovery...that has helped me before

Also what are you trying to flash somethings are not meant to be flashed in recovery some are fast boot/bootloader flash setups

heliguide62 said:
So , I have tried every version of TWRP I can find Including PHILZ , and none of them will open zips to flash everything fails,Also my nandroid backups fail to flash as well after i do a factory reset........ md5s are fine.. Ive also made sure they aren't ZIP.ZIP.. Ive done a fairly extensive search to no avail.Has anyone come across this problem? .. frustrating... Im on the hk firmware S-off rooted
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any solution figured out yet for this??
im having the same issue here. i wasnt able to flash zips either.. . thought it was solved but i tried restoring a backup recently and came to find this issue again..
did u get it figured out if so please share your solution. thanks
here is a link to the thread i started about this issue maybe something in it can help u out if ur still searching. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2754466

try putting the zip on the internal storage card instead of the external storage card. seems to be working for me but not sure bout backups tho.

Original T said:
try putting the zip on the internal storage card instead of the external storage card. seems to be working for me but not sure bout backups tho.
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Yeah that is because by default the m8 has external sdcard r/w protection I believe. So yeah moving it could work

Related

[ROOT]The FLASHABLE zip file for ROOTing Atrix 2.3.4 HKTW

Hi, after test for some times, i made the flashable root package for 2.3.4 (That the device has flash the leaked HKTW 2.3.4 and unlocked the device)
NOTE:
Unlocked Atrix 4G with HKTW 2.3.4
Please flash the CWM recovery first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138541
You should have a external sd card in your device, because the recovery cann't recognize the internal card
DOWNLOAD:
PLEASE download from the attachment, I'm really sorry that my site was down.
I think all of you know how to flash zip from recovery, so I'll not give hint about this, LOL
MD5SUM:
986c5fe6bf0e8eeef5dd5235b2c57cb5
Original Post @: http://ligux.com/t-60-1-1.html
More infomation, please goto: http://LiGux.com
shafa,,
you rocks,, chinese rocks
Cool I needed this. Thanks
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vista1984 said:
shafa,,
you rocks,, chinese rocks
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LOL, you know the Chinese Pinyin: shafa? Cool
Anyone know how to get back to stock, or another rom like greyblur. I am stuck on a softbrick.
kleeman7 said:
Anyone know how to get back to stock, or another rom like greyblur. I am stuck on a softbrick.
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You can flash the official sbf file to restore to origin, like the 1.2.6 sbf
kleeman7 said:
Anyone know how to get back to stock, or another rom like greyblur. I am stuck on a softbrick.
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Did sbf rsd lite work for you?
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flzyup said:
You can flash the official sbf file to restore to origin, like the 1.2.6 sbf
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I was using a update sbf, not a full rom one. Up and running again. Thanks.
flzyup said:
lol, you know the chinese pinyin: Shafa? Cool
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哈哈 沙发我更懂了 跨国来支持
Works great! Thanks!
kleeman7 said:
I was using a update sbf, not a full rom one. Up and running again. Thanks.
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Yeah I think alot of people make that mistake. That's why when people ask I always say make sure to grab the "full" sbf not the service!
Thanks for the zip root method! Much appreciated!
Uses this and trying to flash with the newest CW build that is available with no avail.
Keeps being unable to mount SDcard ...
Will have to try the other way to do this for now but thank you for the work.
Worked perfect. Thanks
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how do i use this?? already have teh new cwm
now waht???
i HATE when pple leave out basic info, i got school work, i cant remember EVERYTHING EVERYTIME.
Hey, so, I ran into a slight problem.. It doesnt actually root the phone... Or so I've found. What happened to me is it worked perfectly, flashed via new cwm nicely, and I had SU in app drawer. I then decided to try and restore my apps via TB, and it doesnt let me batch anything, see anything, etc. It's like I don't have root. Then I tried getting root explorer and it FC's on opening the app. WTF?
jbrussee said:
Hey, so, I ran into a slight problem.. It doesnt actually root the phone... Or so I've found. What happened to me is it worked perfectly, flashed via new cwm nicely, and I had SU in app drawer. I then decided to try and restore my apps via TB, and it doesnt let me batch anything, see anything, etc. It's like I don't have root. Then I tried getting root explorer and it FC's on opening the app. WTF?
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try rebooting the device ( i had to do it a couple of times )
slowpc said:
Uses this and trying to flash with the newest CW build that is available with no avail.
Keeps being unable to mount SDcard ...
Will have to try the other way to do this for now but thank you for the work.
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This is because you didn't read my post carefully. You should have a EXTERNAL SDCARD in your device first! Because the recovery cann't mount the internal sdcard.
jbrussee said:
Hey, so, I ran into a slight problem.. It doesnt actually root the phone... Or so I've found. What happened to me is it worked perfectly, flashed via new cwm nicely, and I had SU in app drawer. I then decided to try and restore my apps via TB, and it doesnt let me batch anything, see anything, etc. It's like I don't have root. Then I tried getting root explorer and it FC's on opening the app. WTF?
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There is another way to check whether the root of your device work or not.
Run cmd in Windows or terminal in Linux.
execute the following cmd:
Code:
adb shell
su -
After you input the "su -" cmd, you should have a dialog to allow root access in your device. I.e, the root works. Otherwise, it doesn't work.
BTW, does your device unlocked and flash the HKTW android 2.3.4 rom?
jahizen said:
how do i use this?? already have teh new cwm
now waht???
i HATE when pple leave out basic info, i got school work, i cant remember EVERYTHING EVERYTIME.
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TOO bad, the zip file should be flashed as the normal way to flash rom.
GOTO recovery then choose this zip file to flash.
BTW, you should copy the zip file to the external sdcard first!
michael0619 said:
哈哈 沙发我更懂了 跨国来支持
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Fun!

[Q] Xperia T lt30p root

i wanted to root my xperia T but unfortunately DooMLoRD's guide doesn't work for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327472, i tried it out but it didn't do anything after getting daemon started.
i got the phone with JB 4.3 already so i thought that might be the reason, the build is 9.2.A.0.295 so i want to ask how to root it
TowelRoot has been confirmed to work for the T on 4.3 firmware, see topic in the General section
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Mad Marty said:
TowelRoot has been confirmed to work for the T on 4.3 firmware, see topic in the General section
Sent from my LT30p using XDA Free mobile app
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thank you, i'll do that immediately
unexpected problem
the root really worked and i was excited for about half a day but now i noticed that i can't connect to google play, nor my account sync works, what should i do?
you could flash a recovery and then flash gapps?
matt4321 said:
you could flash a recovery and then flash gapps?
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i don't know, with i guide i should be able to but i've never done that, i only rooted the device i didn't flash any rom
i read somewhere on the forums that i can solve it by deleting etc/hosts but it tells me i don't have enough permissions to do so
dakuhonoo said:
i don't know, with i guide i should be able to but i've never done that, i only rooted the device i didn't flash any rom
i read somewhere on the forums that i can solve it by deleting etc/hosts but it tells me i don't have enough permissions to do so
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have a look at this for a recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657190
being on stock is fine,
then GApps have a look here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=14705
matt4321 said:
have a look at this for a recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657190
being on stock is fine,
then GApps have a look here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=14705
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i'm going to have to do that, i managed to delete the hosts file with root browser but it should have made a new one and it didn't, it also didn't solve the problem .. i'm trying this recovery now
ok i flashed it, probably, now what?
dakuhonoo said:
i'm going to have to do that, i managed to delete the hosts file with root browser but it should have made a new one and it didn't, it also didn't solve the problem .. i'm trying this recovery now
ok i flashed it, probably, now what?
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You need to reboot into the recovery and flash the GApps (Google Apps) which should have all the sync and play store files to work
matt4321 said:
You need to reboot into the recovery and flash the GApps (Google Apps) which should have all the sync and play store files to work
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i booted into recovery with quickboot and installed google core apps from sd card and wanted to reboot but it's telling me that "ROM may flash stock recovery on boot" choices : No | Yes - Disable recovery flash | No
what should i do?
dakuhonoo said:
i booted into recovery with quickboot and installed google core apps from sd card and wanted to reboot but it's telling me that "ROM may flash stock recovery on boot" choices : No | Yes - Disable recovery flash | No
what should i do?
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'disable recovery flash'
Though it shouldn't change anything since this is a LB recovery and done in a completely different way
matt4321 said:
'disable recovery flash'
Though it shouldn't change anything since this is a LB recovery and done in a completely different way
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funny, i'm so stressed out i messed up and chose No instead of Yes, thank you for you support so far
and it booted up and i'm still getting "Server error" on play store
do you think flashing the stock android over the mess i made would help? or factory reset?
dakuhonoo said:
funny, i'm so stressed out i messed up and chose No instead of Yes, thank you for you support so far
and it booted up and i'm still getting "Server error" on play store
do you think flashing the stock android over the mess i made would help? or factory reset?
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hmm, I think I'd start from scratch, not sure where you went wrong or if my idea would have worked.
Flash stock android (an FTF) and re-root this will definitely fix things up
EDIT: try clearing play store data in settings>apps>google play
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hmm, I think I'd start from scratch, not sure where you went wrong or if my idea would have worked.
Flash stock android (an FTF) and re-root this will definitely fix things up
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ok and could you be so kind to help me find a guide to do that as well? i don't feel too confident right now, i feel i would just mess up again
is this the right guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648320 ?
perhaps it didn't work because i actually deleted the hosts file in etc
dakuhonoo said:
ok and could you be so kind to help me find a guide to do that as well? i don't feel too confident right now, i feel i would just mess up again
is this the right guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648320 ?
perhaps it didn't work because i actually deleted the hosts file in etc
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ahh I must have missed that, deleting them was probably a bad idea
Yeah, that guide will be perfect
No worries, hope you get it sorted
matt4321 said:
ahh I must have missed that, deleting them was probably a bad idea
Yeah, that guide will be perfect
No worries, hope you get it sorted
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that guide doesn't mention wiping data and i vaguely recall people do that when flashing roms, should i do something like that?
dakuhonoo said:
that guide doesn't mention wiping data and i vaguely recall people do that when flashing roms, should i do something like that?
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It will wipe by default when using flashtool
Sent from my Nexus 7 2013 using Tapatalk
matt4321 said:
It will wipe by default when using flashtool
Sent from my Nexus 7 2013 using Tapatalk
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ok, i'm going a little crazy in here, i managed to flash the stock firmware but i still can't get into play store .. so should i now do the recovery thing?
one little thing, this damned xperia doesn't have any file manager so now i can't install the things from my sd card ... what on earth am i supposed to do? i'm almost crying, how incompetent i am
dakuhonoo said:
that guide doesn't mention wiping data and i vaguely recall people do that when flashing roms, should i do something like that?
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Many times developers don't specifically state that you must wipe data, but the fact that not doing so generally gives rise to so many errors, that I'm surprised people still "dirty flash" and complain about errors.
On the other hand, if clearing data for the play store/google framework/etc. didn't work as @matt4321 suggested, and you are still can't access the play store after flashing an FTF (and having wiped /data, obviously), then it's most likely a problem with the GAPPS that come with your FTF/ROM that you flashed (unlikely), or a problem with your internet connection.
If you have any .apk file you wish to install, and you have ADB installed on your computer, just enable USB debugging in developer settings, connect USB cable, connect to your phone through ADB (adb -d shell) and type:
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cd /storage/sdcard0 (or sdcard1, or wherever your .apk file is located)
pm install name-of-your-apk.apk
Something which can also be done with a terminal emulator, which I doubt you have since you don't have access to the Play Store.
Unbelievable
i did all those things, lost all the data, everything i did with that phone so far and now i solved it by simply setting time manually and forgetting and reconnecting to my wifi, i want to sincerely thank you all for you help, namely matt4321, for keeping my hopes up, i'll try towelroot again
i mean, would you believe it? something as simple as reconnecting my own wifi

Wifi Connection Issue .108 + .118

So as Im sure everyone here knows, new firmware updates have rolled out...
For some odd reason, though, I cannot enjoy them. I came from iHackers 4.1 ROM and attempted to update to the Criskelo .118 ROM. All went okay, except the wifi kept saying "turning on."
Then, amongst other problems, I tried to go to just a stock .108 by downgrading... Still, "turning on wifi."
I'm not sure if there is any relevance, but I had Phil/TWRP dual recovery installed. The Criskelo ROM instructions said I had to have CWM if on a locked bootloader, but I am unlocked. Perhaps I misunderstood and it has to be CWM for both? I did notice that despite many efforts to get my dual recovery back, I was stuck with CWM (I did get dual back though eventually).
So could the problem have been with the conflicting recoveries? And perhaps it didn't install the kernel or ROM properly?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
ShadowTech13 said:
So as Im sure everyone here knows, new firmware updates have rolled out...
For some odd reason, though, I cannot enjoy them. I came from iHackers 4.1 ROM and attempted to update to the Criskelo .118 ROM. All went okay, except the wifi kept saying "turning on."
Then, amongst other problems, I tried to go to just a stock .108 by downgrading... Still, "turning on wifi."
I'm not sure if there is any relevance, but I had Phil/TWRP dual recovery installed. The Criskelo ROM instructions said I had to have CWM if on a locked bootloader, but I am unlocked. Perhaps I misunderstood and it has to be CWM for both? I did notice that despite many efforts to get my dual recovery back, I was stuck with CWM (I did get dual back though eventually).
So could the problem have been with the conflicting recoveries? And perhaps it didn't install the kernel or ROM properly?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
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The recovery has nothing to do with the functionality of wifi or anything in the ROM for that matter. Did you do a full wipe before installing the Criskelo ROM?
Other than that, make sure you're using the right baseband for .118. (if it even has changed)
If that all fails, make a backup of everything on your phone (also your internal 'sdcard') and do a full re-install of the official .118 ROM using flashtool.
B1nny said:
The recovery has nothing to do with the functionality of wifi or anything in the ROM for that matter. Did you do a full wipe before installing the Criskelo ROM?
Other than that, make sure you're using the right baseband for .118. (if it even has changed)
If that all fails, make a backup of everything on your phone (also your internal 'sdcard') and do a full re-install of the official .118 ROM using flashtool.
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Yup, I made sure to do a full wipe before I installed it. I did do a backup of my internal and external SD cards just in case something managed to go wrong somehow... Im pretty sure I used the correct baseband, but I will double-check and also try your suggested method using flashtool. I'll let you know how it goes, and thanks for the response!
ShadowTech13 said:
Yup, I made sure to do a full wipe before I installed it. I did do a backup of my internal and external SD cards just in case something managed to go wrong somehow... Im pretty sure I used the correct baseband, but I will double-check and also try your suggested method using flashtool. I'll let you know how it goes, and thanks for the response!
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Still nothing... I did more wipes/factory resets with this phone than I have ever done. lol
ShadowTech13 said:
Still nothing... I did more wipes/factory resets with this phone than I have ever done. lol
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You had better bring your phone to the service if you don't want WiFi module dies.
Forgive me for asking, but what would be wrong with the module? Wouldn't it not work at all of that were the case? It's working right now...
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ShadowTech13 said:
Forgive me for asking, but what would be wrong with the module? Wouldn't it not work at all of that were the case? It's working right now...
Sent from my C6903 using xda premium
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Alright so it's definitely not the module. I just flashed PAC's 4.4.4 Beta ROM. The wifi successfully turns on and I am able to view networks, as well as connect to them. So why then, can I not seem to get wifi working on stock based 4.4.4 or .108/.118 ROMs? Any ideas?

[SOLVED] System.img ROM RUU TWRP BKP request

i have deleted my OS and now im stuck with cynemod(witch i hate) can anyone post a link for images when avaiable or extract a system.img from the phone.
Many thanks
decisionif it will work in other devices.
it seems it might take a while until ROMs are available so i decided to send my phone to HTC to put the system back on.
Ill do a TWRP backup first thing and share but not sure it will work in other devices.
If anybody knows out to extract the ROM, please post it here.
thank you
I have posted a complete mini 2 system dump here in another thread, if it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-mini-2/help/request-dump-t2808555
gibihr said:
I have posted a complete mini 2 system dump here in another thread, if it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-mini-2/help/request-dump-t2808555
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yeah i saw that and got the dump but i cannot compile for a rom.
Yeah, it bad when this happens.. Been there, done that.. Currently waiting for RUU because in Croatia service they still don't have new version.. So i wait and wait... Will try again in a few days.
Finnaly
OK so i finally got my phone from HTC and here is the TWRP from original Stock.
My CID is HTC_UK001
Not sure if it work on others but just try.
Just unpack>send to phone or memory card and restore backup using TWRP
[URL="https://mega.nz/#!H8MhFLLY!WF5r4CwkXOg3Xda1YP_ESAKRNeY7AC5jkA_tIW65PwU[/URL]
Hope it helps
BTW inside the backup theres a image file. Wondering if we can change the file name to .IMG and flash
kativiti said:
OK so i finally got my phone from HTC and here is the TWRP from original Stock.
My CID is HTC_UK001
Not sure if it work on others but just try.
Just unpack>send to phone or memory card and restore backup using TWRP
https://mega.co.nz/#!msthgIJB!WF5r4CwkXOg3Xda1YP_ESAKRNeY7AC5jkA_tIW65PwU
Hope it helps
BTW inside the backup theres a image file. Wondering if we can change the file name to .IMG and flash
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Great man, it worked on my HTC_032. Thanks!!
mad_wings said:
Great man, it worked on my HTC_032. Thanks!!
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That sounds great guys.
How about a quick "how-to" for the rest of us. TWRP, root etc. if used, or at least how you went about flashing the stock ?
dbxoneA said:
That sounds great guys.
How about a quick "how-to" for the rest of us. TWRP, root etc. if used, or at least how you went about flashing the stock ?
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just search in the forum you'll find loads of tutorial in how to do it.
Install TWRP
download file from link above
send to phone via sd card or TWRP adb push (google it)
use twrp to install from backup.
Need more help? come back and we'll try again.
kativiti said:
just search in the forum you'll find loads of tutorial in how to do it.
Install TWRP
download file from link above
send to phone via sd card or TWRP adb push (google it)
use twrp to install from backup.
Need more help? come back and we'll try again.
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Good stuff, thanks mate.
Tried it, works great!
kativiti said:
OK so i finally got my phone from HTC and here is the TWRP from original Stock.
My CID is HTC_UK001
Not sure if it work on others but just try.
Just unpack>send to phone or memory card and restore backup using TWRP
https://mega.co.nz/#!msthgIJB!WF5r4CwkXOg3Xda1YP_ESAKRNeY7AC5jkA_tIW65PwU
Hope it helps
BTW inside the backup theres a image file. Wondering if we can change the file name to .IMG and flash
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sorry for noob question, can you tell me about its version and other details?
nsnobel2 said:
sorry for noob question, can you tell me about its version and other details?
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there you go bud
kativiti said:
there you go bud
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But it could not remove demo video from phone, its not live demo unit, its working phone but htc add this **** in phone, any idea to remove this?
nsnobel2 said:
But it could not remove demo video from phone, its not live demo unit, its working phone but htc add this **** in phone, any idea to remove this?
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are you using my backup? thats weird. The backup its from retail and nobody else complain. try Wipe data & factory reset.
kativiti said:
are you using my backup? thats weird. The backup its from retail and nobody else complain. try Wipe data & factory reset.
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My phone is also retail and already have demo on it before using your backup but unfortunately your backup could not delete that aap , Wipe data & factory reset is also not helpful ,
Any other suggestion?
nsnobel2 said:
My phone is also retail and already have demo on it before using your backup but unfortunately your backup could not delete that aap , Wipe data & factory reset is also not helpful ,
Any other suggestion?
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according to a search in Google its not possible to be retail and have a demo because its 2 different ROMS.
you can use TWRP to wipe everything Data, Dalvik and System.
Then use the backup.
This are tips so please use at your own risk.
kativiti said:
according to a search in Google its not possible to be retail and have a demo because its 2 different ROMS.
you can use TWRP to wipe everything Data, Dalvik and System.
Then use the backup.
This are tips so please use at your own risk.
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I can use sim on it, believe me its a retail phone with demo app, I did wipe everything Data, Dalvik and System and restore your backup but same result,
nsnobel2 said:
I can use sim on it, believe me its a retail phone with demo app, I did wipe everything Data, Dalvik and System and restore your backup but same result,
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dont know what to say to that, however, you can try this:
http://repo.xposed.info/
install framework (use flash mode) and look for module BootManager. You can choose witch apps will run at system start. Disable demo app.
Make sure you follow all instructions and good luck.
let us know how it goes.
kativiti said:
there you go bud
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I can't restore that backup. Have other suggestion.
nasirum said:
I can't restore that backup. Have other suggestion.
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theres nothing else at the moment. why cant you restore?

[HELP] Can not write any custom roms.

I can no longer write any custom roms to my N6. Started with PURE 3.5 but now effects any rom i try to flash. I have brought my N6 back to factory state multiple times even relocking it. Only thing I can do is Fastboot flash N6 image from google manually piece by piece. I do have working 5.01 and phone works. Roms either hang or have errors. or just write the boot.img file. TWRP works other wise i can backup and restore, I am using 2.8.3.1. I have searched all over for a fix....
There used to be some weird mounting stuff that would make roms not boot. Thought that was worked out in pure shamu 3.1 ish.
Where do the roms hang? Did you ever fix permissions using twrp? Any kind of log you can pull?
dipstik said:
There used to be some weird mounting stuff that would make roms not boot. Thought that was worked out in pure shamu 3.1 ish.
Where do the roms hang? Did you ever fix permissions using twrp? Any kind of log you can pull?
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I had no problem updating Pure for over a month from like 2.0 to 3.4.
they all hang when writing to system as far as i can tell. happens regardless of Pure....from a fresh clean image of 5.0 or 5.01 i can not flash any roms. driving me nutzo....i can no longer flash pure 3.4 either but i can restore the phone from a nandroid backup i had on my pc and run Pure 3.4 just fine.
Did you wipe everything except internal storage first? I had this issue earlier until I realized that I forgot to do that when coming from the stock ROM.
Pilz said:
Did you wipe everything except internal storage first? I had this issue earlier until I realized that I forgot to do that when coming from the stock ROM.
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yes and both cache.....
also made sure system not mounted.
very frustrating.
Bignoze73 said:
yes and both cache.....
also made sure system not mounted.
very frustrating.
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That is very odd, did you try reflashing TWRP or using a different version.
Pilz said:
That is very odd, did you try reflashing TWRP or using a different version.
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mutiple times......tried all versions of TWRP too.
I can write a custom kernal like elementalx no problem.....just not roms.
Bignoze73 said:
mutiple times......tried all versions of TWRP too.
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It doesn't make sense considering you also flashed back to stock. Have you also tried to flash a ROM from your PC rather than from your phone? There has to be some reasonable explanation for why it's not working.
Pilz said:
It doesn't make sense considering you also flashed back to stock. Have you also tried to flash a ROM from your PC rather than from your phone? There has to be some reasonable explanation for why it's not working.
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how do you do that? the custom roms dont have system.img file like N6 image. The Pure 3.92 is in .dat format, another rom is folders. I also get checksum errors when extracting.
I also noticed in the last 24 hours there are 2 other threads with people have almost the same issues flashing roms. I think it has something to do with TWRP but no matter becuase no version works for me.
Bignoze73 said:
how do you do that? the custom roms dont have system.img file like N6 image. The Pure 3.92 is in .dat format, another rom is folders. I also get checksum errors when extracting.
I also noticed in the last 24 hours there are 2 other threads with people have almost the same issues flashing roms. I think it has something to do with TWRP but no matter becuase no version works for me.
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If you restore your stock recovery on your phone you could try this.
Make sure TWRP is not installed on your phone and that the stock recovery is installed and working:
Have TWRP in your platform tools folder named however you want
Then use "fastboot boot recovery 'whatever you named TWRP' "
This will boot TWRP without installed it. Then try to flash the ROM using TWRP. You can also use the"adb push" to sideload the ROM onto your phone so you can find it via TWRP.
nope did not work.....roms just hang or flash new boot.img only.
i even tried erasing recovery partion and reflashing stock than twrp 2.8.3.1......that did not work either....something is stopping TWRP from writing to system.
thanks for your help
Bignoze73 said:
nope did not work.....roms just hang or flash new boot.img only.
i even tried erasing recovery partion and reflashing stock than twrp 2.8.3.1......that did not work either....something is stopping TWRP from writing to system.
thanks for your help
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You're welcome, have you tried to contact some of the devs here to see if maybe they could help? I think the worst case scenario would be to RMA the phone.
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You're welcome, have you tried to contact some of the devs here to see if maybe they could help? I think the worst case scenario would be to RMA the phone.
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RMA the phone??? ?What are you gonna tell them?? ? That you can't flash any custom Roms through TWRP?? ?
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RMA the phone??? ?What are you gonna tell them?? ? That you can't flash any custom Roms through TWRP?? ?
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No obviously not look, but if you have other issues (in assuming you might if you can't flash a ROM) then that's the worst case scenario option.
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No obviously not look, but if you have other issues (in assuming you might if you can't flash a ROM) then that's the worst case scenario option.
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This is a tough one cause if his factory image works without issues they're gonna have no reason to send him a replacement
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This is a tough one cause if his factory image works without issues they're gonna have no reason to send him a replacement
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That's true, but there must be something wrong if he can't flash anything else so I'm sure he could find some issues.
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That's true, but there must be something wrong if he can't flash anything else so I'm sure he could find some issues.
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Is there a tool or command to do a full memcheck of both ram and storage
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Is there a tool or command to do a full memcheck of both ram and storage
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I'm not sure I've never had the need to do one from adb or fastboot
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I'm not sure I've never had the need to do one from adb or fastboot
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yeah its pretty nuts....how can I return a phone that works fine other than the fact it wont flash a custom rom?
Must be another way to write a rom but TWRP......
thanks!
Bignoze73 said:
yeah its pretty nuts....how can I return a phone that works fine other than the fact it wont flash a custom rom?
Must be another way to write a rom but TWRP......
thanks!
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I assume you are also out of the return window. Well if you are unlucky or lucky (depending on how you view it) you could have an issue eventually. They will RMA for burn in, camera issues etc... The camera issue was common in the earlier production models that I had. There should be another method, I would look into it if you have time.

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