Issue backing up and restoring....

Anthony825

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I updated to the new cwm the other day and attempted to download and install vanir 4.3. The Backup froze midway so I restarted the phone. It Still operates on my cm11 rom but I can't back up or re store anything. I'm not quite sure what to do Now, with my galaxy s4 i could Just Odin back to stock and start from scratch. Is there anything like that I can do to fix this?

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cmlusco

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• Feb 9, 2014

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Try to reflash the new recovery. If it still dosent work, flash back to the old recovery version and see if it works. Remember to do " fastboot erase cache " each time before fastboot flashing a recovery.

And yes you can "start over" like odin so to speak, its caled an ruu.

 

Last edited: Feb 9, 2014

Anthony825

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Yea so further testing and fix attempts have failed... When I run fastboot commands such as fastboot format system or anything to erase the cache it Just says failed every time. When I go in to the recovery it can't mount the system or anything. And now it is Just sticking at the HTC screen. Pretty sure it soft bricked (Thanks clock work mod). How would I go about this ruu?

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cmlusco

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Are you s-off or just unlocked? What hboot version are you on?

 

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Anthony825

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Let me find out, I am s-off and unlocked. Don't know the version though.

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Anthony825

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I'm on hboot 1.54.0000

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cmlusco

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2485319
Bottom of second post. You want the 2.10.605.1 signed ruu.

 

Anthony825

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What do I do with that once I get it? It's listed there but it's the only one with No directions Lol....

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cmlusco

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You need adb and fastboot setup on your pc. Put the zip file in the same folder with adb.exe and fastboot.exe. Rename it to something easy like ruu.zip. Then open a cmd prompt to where the files are located. Connect the phone and boot into the bootloader (hboot). Type in the cmd window

Code:

fastboot oem rebootRUU

Then do

Code:

fastboot flash zip ruu.zip

It may fail and say something about flushing if so run the second cmd again. Once it shows done in the cmd window, type

Code:

fastboot reboot

You should then be complete stock JB. Do the initial setup and it will prompt you to take the KK ota.

 

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Anthony825

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Will i Still be s-off and unlocked once i finish this? Before the Ota of course

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cmlusco

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Yes you will still be s-off and unlocked even after the ota. Remember that the ruu wipes all your data, so make sure to back up your sdcard contents to your pc, such as pics, downloads, backups, etc.

 

Anthony825

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cmlusco said:

Yes you will still be s-off and unlocked even after the ota. Remember that the ruu wipes all your data, so make sure to back up your sdcard contents to your pc, such as pics, downloads, backups, etc.

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I'm unable to back anything up because I can't get the phone to boot past the HTC screen with the red text. It can't mount system, data, or cache. The only thing I can do is boot into fastboot or the CWM recovery that bricked my phone to begin with. Also, I'm attempting to download RUU from the link you posted, on a 20mbps connection but it says 4 hours to download. Do you know of any mirrors I could try? I can't seem to find any through google.

 

cmlusco

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Not that i know of. I will make one, but its gonna take 20 or so to upload to the server.

 

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Anthony825

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No worries, thank you so much for your help!

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cmlusco

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• Feb 10, 2014

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/0pe1h7sby...2_NV_VZW_3.71_002_release_341019_signed_2.zip

 

Anthony825

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• Feb 10, 2014

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I just downloaded it in my gs4 since I'm not home. I'll drag, drop and extract it later and give it a shot. Thank you so much for your help and patience!

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cmlusco

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No you dont extract it. You flash that zip as it is.

 

Anthony825

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Oh OK will do then!

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Anthony825

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So I did everything like You said, but when I type fastboot flash zip ruu.zip it says "error: cannot open 'ruu.zip'"

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Anthony825

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I tried multiple times and it doesn't do anything. I have the file in the fastboot folder as well.

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