[Q] Sprint HTC One M8 - Sprint HTC One (M8)

Hey guys, Im fairly new to this stuff, but I got a question or two, it may take me a day to reply so i'll try to put as much info as posible.
Now recently I received the OTA 4.20 (Lolipop) on my phone, so I flashed my stock recovery to download the OTA, making me reroot my phone.
So my phone is re-rooted (after 2 tries) but now it seems like I cant write to my SD card, so I got fed up and went into TWRP recovery and selected wipe data and restore. (Restore point was before I got lolipop) I try to reboot but it takes me as far as HTC One screen. Next I go to recovery and try a factory reset, says its successful, but it lied to me! Still stuck at HTC One screen. So I flash back to stock recovery to try the factory reset with that, it went for a moment, then tried to boot, getting stuck at HTC one screen again, so once more, I flash TWRP to my phone in attempt to get the recovery back, but now I can't load recovery, or boot. So Im stuck there. Is there any advice to what to do from here? I tried command 'fastboot erase cache' thinking that would do something and reflashing the recovery.img but it's still not working. I hope someone can help me.

Sir,
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The reason you can't write to your SD card isn't because of lollipop, that was actually added but on kit Kat, but the devs went and added a line of code to a file to allow it again. I am currently running my stock rooted, built from decrypted ruu, originally I wasn't able to but I added that one line of code. I believe all you have to do is flash a stock rooted and SD card write should be enabled. As for not being able to get into recovery or boot at all, boot to bootloader and ruu then flash twrp.

Ok so correct me if im doing something wrong, but I flashed the stock recovery in attempt to factory reset it, it wont work, so I flash TWRP with command line (Fastboot flash recovery twrp.img) And it's 'successful' but it wont load, it will attempt to load but one second in and it goes back to fastboot, how to I move forward from here?
Edit: so idiot me did it again, I was trying to install M7 version into a m8. Resolved, Now I can enter recovery again.

Alright, so now my only problem is now that it wont boot normally, it freezes at HTC one screen. I have access to TWRP recovery, just not sure what to do next from here.

ArthAngel said:
Alright, so now my only problem is now that it wont boot normally, it freezes at HTC one screen. I have access to TWRP recovery, just not sure what to do next from here.
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I actually just unlocked my bootloader yesterday, installed TWRP today, and had what I thought was the same. The thing is, let it sit. Mine sat at the HTC ONE screen for what seemed to be between 5 and 10 minutes. I read that it happens in one of these threads.
But I let it sit and it eventually went to "Android is Upgrading" and was loading the apps.

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I actually just unlocked my bootloader yesterday, installed TWRP today, and had what I thought was the same. The thing is, let it sit. Mine sat at the HTC ONE screen for what seemed to be between 5 and 10 minutes. I read that it happens in one of these threads.
But I let it sit and it eventually went to "Android is Upgrading" and was loading the apps.
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Ok thanks, I'll post back in 20 minutes with an update.

So i've waited about 20 minutes on the HTC one screen, (Still on it as I post this) It is still stuck on it. I dont know if this helps but im able to view my internal and external card via computer cable, but I only see folders, no files of any kind in any of them..
Edit* I WAS able to read it, now I can't.

I GOT IT! I was able to revert to a backup I made. Even though I gotta flash stock again for OTA but F it! I got it working again. Thanks for all your help!

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[Q] Nexus One stuck at X/ No recovery

First of all, I have checked around quite a bit on this forum as well as others to try and avoid having to ask a question that's already been answered. Here's my problem/ what happened. I was rooted (one-click with locked bootloader) and had tried out several roms for a couple of months now. A few days ago I reverted back to an old stock 2.2 backup. My phone received two ota updates and I'm pretty sure I lost root. I had just went on using the phone for about two days when I ran into a problem today. After shutting the phone off I have now become "stuck" at the initial "X" screen (not animated). I pulled the battery and tried again several times. I then tried to reboot into recovery from the bootloader/ 3 skateboards screen with no luck. Any time I hit recovery it simply takes me back to my stuck "X" screen. I have an entire backup of my SD card from earlier as well as at least 4 nandroid backups (one of which was the stock 2.2 before the latest ota). I am thinking I need to somehow put clockwork recovery back on my phone so I can restore to one of my backups. I do not know how to do this. Sorry for the lengthy post but I want to provide as much information as possible. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Just like you restore to stock 2.2. You should have used recovery.img. use adb fastboot to put the stock or anom recovery. I am not am expert but I have had the same problem few times. Always use adb commands
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Does my n1 have to be in usb debugging mode because it's acting like it's not connected or something. I get the message "error: device not found." I'm on the fastboot screen on my n1 and using terminal on a mac. I usually didn't leave debugging mode on
No it doesn't but you have to have the drivers installed as well as the SDK with dependencies.
Whew! Thank God! I ended up getting a FRG33 stock rom onto the sd card and the bootloader detected it. I'm not sure what happened but when I tried recovery after that it took me to the android with an "!" point (meaning no recovery?) and then back to the X. This time however it loaded on through and went right back to the way it was before it was stuck. Again, not sure what happened but thanks for the replies and help.
fastbook oem unlock
install Amon RA recovery
flash new rom.
Caseyp789 said:
Whew! Thank God! I ended up getting a FRG33 stock rom onto the sd card and the bootloader detected it. I'm not sure what happened but when I tried recovery after that it took me to the android with an "!" point (meaning no recovery?) and then back to the X. This time however it loaded on through and went right back to the way it was before it was stuck. Again, not sure what happened but thanks for the replies and help.
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The exclamation mark is just the stock Android recovery - it was re-installed when you loaded the stock FRG33 ROM.
Performing OTA updates requires you to have the stock recovery installed. Simply reverting to a stock 2.2 nandroid isn't sufficient, so trying to install those OTAs (which should have failed without stock recovery) may have broken something there.
GldRush98 said:
fastbook oem unlock
install Amon RA recovery
flash new rom.
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This is by far the easiest (and safest) way. Google/HTC provided us an easy and safe method for gaining full access to our phones.... Why so many people refuse to use it is beyond me. If you root it the proper way (with fastboot oem unlock), it will make recovery from any further issues a lot more simple.
From what I can tell, I am having the same symptoms as the topic creator. I believe the problems started during a failed flash of cyanogenmod 6, but I am not sure by what means the flashing took place.
I can't boot the phone normally, it hangs on the X splash screen and the same occurs when trying to enter recovery mode.
I have tried the passimg approach to fix this, it either doesn't recognize my zip or starts loading it and freezes on a loading bar.
Fastboot flashing recovery completes, but doesn't fix the issue.
I can fastboot flash every image partition except system or radio, both hang.
As danger rat and dude random both know, I have posted this problem on the nexus one forums but I thought I'd post here to have some more minds look at it.

[Q] cant relock bootloader!!! vivid is a shiny paper weight!

Ok, so i upgraded htc vivid to new ics through official ruu.exe whatever file that is. From there i unlocked bootloader flashed boot image and Paranoid 4.1.2 rom. Phone was great until today when i started to move music files from pc to phone. would shut down and restart by itself......every five minutes or so. Now, if i turn the phone on at all it is constantly in this boot, run fortyfive seconds, reboot again, dreadful cycle. So now i am trying to get back to stock if i can. i first tried to flash a new rom, cm10 nightly to be exact. NO LUCK! still boots into paranoid and dreadful reboot cycle continues. Now, i am looking to go back to stock but when i run "fastboot oem lock" fails and phone remains "unlocked" in fastboot ui. What in the world do i do? I read very thoroughly, have even had to learn to push my zip and img files through adb because my sdcard or internal_sdcard wil not mount in recovery. Recovery is not CWM or TWRP but i can not remember which it is
"RA REVAMPED
Build : Made for WCX ILLUMINATE SERIES by GINM"
blue lettering.....
any help would be greatly appreciated.
:crying::crying::crying::crying:
Note.......Vivid runs allot longer when transferring files from PC. Has been running now approximately 4 minutes no problems. Files still moving though....i will wait and see what happens after file transfer completes.
Yep!!! Just shut down again...but definately runs longer when transfering files...very confusing to me....
You must have the WCX recovery. What RUU did you flash exactly? If you could give me a link to it that would be great
Official att ruu.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1564776
my phone is running paranoid android though from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029534
it is having a problem wioth the sd card i beleive. When i attempt to go to gallery is shuts down. when i go to music it shuts down. when i try to uninstall juicedefender it shuts down. Excited to get a response and look forward to getting some help thank you!
Also let me add.... i have tried a full wipe sdcard and internal_sdcard included but each time i try all contacts photos screen widgets and my user specified settings remain intact on phone. i would imagine that after this full wipe i would have a fresh clean phone. NOT THE CASE! Very weird
Might try flashing a diff recovery (TWRP) and wipe install, see if that works. Then you can go back to the WCX and test that again.
ok tried cwm recovery from fastboot to no avail still stuck on previous recovery. phone wont stay on long enough for goo.im to download or run twrp recovery. i really have no clue what the issue is. I also downloaded tapatalk was able to use it for about 2 inutes then phone shut off rebooted itself and tapatalk is no longer installed. i am stumped! No help either...........:silly:
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ok tried cwm recovery from fastboot to no avail still stuck on previous recovery. phone wont stay on long enough for goo.im to download or run twrp recovery. i really have no clue what the issue is. I also downloaded tapatalk was able to use it for about 2 inutes then phone shut off rebooted itself and tapatalk is no longer installed. i am stumped! No help either...........:silly:
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Maybe you have a crap battery...
Maybe your sim card isn't making good contact...
Maybe your external SD card is borked...
First... try removing your external SD and boot...
Second try removing your sim card and see if it boots...
Finally... try another battery and see if that fixes it to the point it stays on...
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New ROM Gone Wrong!

Okay so basically yesterday I got my lovely spanking HTC ONE (m7) and quickly proceeded to downloading the One_All-In-One_Kit, uncloked the bootloader and rooted the phone successfully.
I then proceeded to download ARHD and flash it accordingly, everything went swimmingly, the ROM installed via Aroma as it should, yep all nice and dandy. NO! After the installation, I rebooted, get to the HTC bootscreen, I'm presented with a nice new red message at the bottom and then the phone restarts itself, tries to enter recovery, that doesn't work, then it tries booting up again and does the same thing over and over.
I've flashed the ROM several times and get the same thing each time. I've tried RGUI and get the same sort of thing with that only with RGUI the phone doesn't try rebooting into recovery it just stays on the HTC bootscreen.
I'm desperate for help on this so please, if anyone has any insight it would be highly appreciated.
I hope you're not also flashing any of the custom kernels on here....cos they're not compatible with 4.2.2
Nope not flashing anything else but the ROM itself..
after flashing did you try "fastboot erase cache" ?
sometimes that helps when phones get stuck on the HTC logo after a rom flash.
Use the toolkit to erase cache
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Yeah done that several times too. Can't seem to work out why it isn't working and I too can't find the correct RUU for my device meaning I can't even take it back to stock
try to hold power + volume down to get into the bootloader to get back into recovery. Once in recovery factory reset, erase cache, erase dalvik, and reflash the rom.
also download the andorid SDK for fastboot and adb, then try "adb reboot bootloader" if you can not get back into the bootloader to get into recovery
My friend had his do this loop as well, we had trouble getting it into recovery, but held the button combo of power and vol down several times (probably 10) and it FINALLY booted into the custom Clockwork recovery, then we reflashed and it worked like a charm.
Also try redownloading... it could be a bad download
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rilee said:
Okay so basically yesterday I got my lovely spanking HTC ONE (m7) and quickly proceeded to downloading the One_All-In-One_Kit, uncloked the bootloader and rooted the phone successfully.
I then proceeded to download ARHD and flash it accordingly, everything went swimmingly, the ROM installed via Aroma as it should, yep all nice and dandy. NO! After the installation, I rebooted, get to the HTC bootscreen, I'm presented with a nice new red message at the bottom and then the phone restarts itself, tries to enter recovery, that doesn't work, then it tries booting up again and does the same thing over and over.
I've flashed the ROM several times and get the same thing each time. I've tried RGUI and get the same sort of thing with that only with RGUI the phone doesn't try rebooting into recovery it just stays on the HTC bootscreen.
I'm desperate for help on this so please, if anyone has any insight it would be highly appreciated.
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Just a word of advice. Update your profile to say your country and carrier. It helps people identify which device model and carrier you use.
Thanks for the help so far guys, basically I can get into recovery, that's not the problem, the problem is the phone gets stuck on the HTC screen after the ROM has been installed. I'll try downloading the ROM again when I can, in the hope that it is just a bad download. Hopefully this is the case and re-flashing a newly downloaded ROM will solve all my issues.
I'll post back with the result as and when I can.
rilee said:
Thanks for the help so far guys, basically I can get into recovery, that's not the problem, the problem is the phone gets stuck on the HTC screen after the ROM has been installed. I'll try downloading the ROM again when I can, in the hope that it is just a bad download. Hopefully this is the case and re-flashing a newly downloaded ROM will solve all my issues.
I'll post back with the result as and when I can.
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I would be restoring my nandroid backup and make sure the phones that way first and then start again
Thanks again for the help guys, went to phones 4 u this afternoon and he exchanged the device for me.

[q] please help!

Okay, so I decided to screw around with my HTC One again, and ended up trying the new Cyanogenmod installer. Needless to say, I have screwed my phone up worse than ever and I have no idea how to get it back. It is stuck in bootloader, I can't go into recovery or reboot or even power off. It just keeps rebooting to bootloader. I tried the RUU, but it comes back with an error that the image version isn't correct, and I tried flashing another recovery, but i still can't get into recovery. Right now, I am sitting in my bootloader with nothing to boot into. I can use ADB however, just please help me.
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Okay, so I decided to screw around with my HTC One again, and ended up trying the new Cyanogenmod installer. Needless to say, I have screwed my phone up worse than ever and I have no idea how to get it back. It is stuck in bootloader, I can't go into recovery or reboot or even power off. It just keeps rebooting to bootloader. I tried the RUU, but it comes back with an error that the image version isn't correct, and I tried flashing another recovery, but i still can't get into recovery. Right now, I am sitting in my bootloader with nothing to boot into. I can use ADB however, just please help me.
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Try, "fastboot erase cache" and then try to go into recovery.
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Boot Loop

I have had my HTC One M7 shortly after it was release. I got it from ATT. I immediately found a guide here and rooted it. I had TWRP and every time ATT tried to push an OTA I would refuse. I haven't bothered with it until a couple weeks ago when I wanted to put in KIT KAT. so I found m7_Stock_Rooted_4.18.502.7_odex.zip. I did a dirty upgrade, as the thread said it was okay. And it was. I am going on a trip so I purchased a sim unlock code in between upgrading to kitkat and today.
I got another OTA. I must not have read the bootloader correctly to refuse the install. I was no longer rooted. I come back to XDA and thought what the heck, I'll try out this ROM, it looks nice: Android_Revolution_HD-One_83.1.zip. I use TWRP to put the ROM in and now I am full of fail. After a little bit of Google I decided to try to do a factory reset. And now I am stuck in a boot loop. I have went back to Google but so far all I have seen is use adb or some other method to put things on the "sd card". But how would I do that when this phone doesn't have a sim card and I can't hook it up to my computer anymore? FWIW at some point in the boot loop my computer will recognize the phone, but it won't stay in that state long before it goes away. What happens is my phone starts too boot. Boot screen comes up. After about 10-15 seconds it restarts. This time saying entering recovery.... at the top. That lasts for about 2 seconds, phone goes black and reboots like normal. Over and over.
Best I can do is get to the android hard reset screen by holding power and reset screen. But that is saying "tampered" and "unlocked" at top. I chose the factory setting option and that doesn't do anything to alter the current state.
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When I went to flash Android Revolution ROM I chose wipe data. It gave some error that some files were not copied. So I ran it again, straight from TWRP. But that never installed right and I was stuck in a boot loop. I don't have many options with the android hard reset menu. But if choose restore, I will get to see the screen from TWRP flash for just a moment before it goes away and reboots.
Also I do see my phone when I have it plugged in the control panel (windows). Under devices and printers, it is listed as Android 1.0 under unspecified devices.
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I have had my HTC One M7 shortly after it was release. I got it from ATT. I immediately found a guide here and rooted it. I had TWRP and every time ATT tried to push an OTA I would refuse. I haven't bothered with it until a couple weeks ago when I wanted to put in KIT KAT. so I found m7_Stock_Rooted_4.18.502.7_odex.zip. I did a dirty upgrade, as the thread said it was okay. And it was. I am going on a trip so I purchased a sim unlock code in between upgrading to kitkat and today.
I got another OTA. I must not have read the bootloader correctly to refuse the install. I was no longer rooted. I come back to XDA and thought what the heck, I'll try out this ROM, it looks nice: Android_Revolution_HD-One_83.1.zip. I use TWRP to put the ROM in and now I am full of fail. After a little bit of Google I decided to try to do a factory reset. And now I am stuck in a boot loop. I have went back to Google but so far all I have seen is use adb or some other method to put things on the "sd card". But how would I do that when this phone doesn't have a sim card and I can't hook it up to my computer anymore? FWIW at some point in the boot loop my computer will recognize the phone, but it won't stay in that state long before it goes away. What happens is my phone starts too boot. Boot screen comes up. After about 10-15 seconds it restarts. This time saying entering recovery.... at the top. That lasts for about 2 seconds, phone goes black and reboots like normal. Over and over.
Best I can do is get to the android hard reset screen by holding power and reset screen. But that is saying "tampered" and "unlocked" at top. I chose the factory setting option and that doesn't do anything to alter the current state.
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When I went to flash Android Revolution ROM I chose wipe data. It gave some error that some files were not copied. So I ran it again, straight from TWRP. But that never installed right and I was stuck in a boot loop. I don't have many options with the android hard reset menu. But if choose restore, I will get to see the screen from TWRP flash for just a moment before it goes away and reboots.
Also I do see my phone when I have it plugged in the control panel (windows). Under devices and printers, it is listed as Android 1.0 under unspecified devices.
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which twrp version do you have installed?
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which twrp version do you have installed?
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Thanks dude. I had an older version, since I originally rooted this phone around 18 months ago and used a version from back then. I watched a youtube video how to push TWRP onto a soft bricked device using ADB. After that, I was able to install the ROM.
Budee80 said:
Thanks dude. I had an older version, since I originally rooted this phone around 18 months ago and used a version from back then. I watched a youtube video how to push TWRP onto a soft bricked device using ADB. After that, I was able to install the ROM.
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glad i could help with just a question

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