[Q] Bricked phone / need help!

axeseven · Aug 27, 2014

Hi,

I awoke this morning to have my One reboot on me, only to have it hang at the green HTC logo.
I need help getting it functional again, asap.
I'm s-off and rooted.

What I can do:
Boot to bootloader and use fastboot commands - but

Code:

 fastboot reboot oem rebootRUU

does not boot to the black HTC screen, but back to the green HTC logo, so I'm unable to flash a RUU.

What I can't do:
Use adb commands
Boot to recovery - freezes at teamwin screen. However, when the phone is stuck at the teamwin screen, I seem to be able to use adb - if I get here, I can reboot to the bootloader with adb.
Boot to system - hangs at the green HTC startup logo.

What I've tried:
Using fastboot to flash a new recovery to restore the backup I should have - still hangs at teamwin screen

Is there anything that can be done to fix this, or is my phone a lost cause?

SynisterWolf · Aug 27, 2014

can you get to hboot by holding vol- and power for a bout 30 sec?

axeseven · Aug 27, 2014

Yes, that's how I'm able to get the fastboot stuff working.

axeseven · Aug 27, 2014

After further investigation, it seems nothing I do persists on the phone. I attempted to flash the stock recovery to attempt another factory reset, but it still attempts to boot to TWRP.

SynisterWolf · Aug 27, 2014

axeseven said:
After further investigation, it seems nothing I do persists on the phone. I attempted to flash the stock recovery to attempt another factory reset, but it still attempts to boot to TWRP.

i would RUU to get back to a working phone.

by any chance did you make a backup of you internal storage because ruu will format it.

EDIT:
are you s-off and unlocked?

axeseven · Aug 27, 2014

Yes to both - but how can I flash a RUU? When I run the fastboot oem rebootRUU command it does not boot to the usual black/silver HTC screen, instead the normal green startup logo.

SynisterWolf · Aug 27, 2014

before you said you did command:

Code:

fastboot reboot oem rebootRUU

the actual command is:

Code:

fastboot oem rebootRUU

also make sure RUU is the only capital letters

when i fastboot, if you type:

Code:

fastboot devices

what is the output ??

axeseven · Aug 27, 2014

Unfortunately, that has the same result - stuck at the green HTC boot logo.
EDIT:
After sitting at this screen for awhile, it booted into what looks like the stock rom, asking for a password to decrypt the storage. I don't recall ever setting a password for this, and even if I did, I stopped using the stock rom almost as soon as I got the phone.

Code:

fastboot devices

outputs the serial number and that it's in fastboot:

Code:

-serial number here-  fastboot

SynisterWolf · Aug 27, 2014

axeseven said:
Unfortunately, that has the same result - stuck at the green HTC boot logo.

make sure the pc can see fastboot on the device with command:

Code:

fastboot devices

if output looks like this:
C:\>fastboot devices
FA38PS904782 fastboot

you should be able to type:

Code:

fastboot flash zip nameofruu.zip

and it will start to process.

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axeseven said:
Unfortunately, that has the same result - stuck at the green HTC boot logo.
EDIT:
After sitting at this screen for awhile, it booted into what looks like the stock rom, asking for a password to decrypt the storage. I don't recall ever setting a password for this, and even if I did, I stopped using the stock rom almost as soon as I got the phone.

Code:

fastboot devices

outputs the serial number and that it's in fastboot:

Code:

-serial number here- fastboot

yay, this means fastboot is talking to the phone. thats odd that storage is encrypted. can you still use the phone to get to settings?

axeseven · Aug 27, 2014

synisterwolf said:
yay, this means fastboot is talking to the phone. thats odd that storage is encrypted. can you still use the phone to get to settings?

Unfortunately, no. I just get an option to decrypt the storage with a password or make an emergency call. I'm about to attempt to flash the ruu .zip without booting into rebootRUU, unless there is something else I can do.

SynisterWolf · Aug 27, 2014

did you use a kernel or recovery with F2FS?

axeseven · Aug 27, 2014

Not to my knowledge, no. When trying to flash the ruu without rebootRUU I get the following:

Code:

C:\>fastboot flash zip PN07IMG_M7_WL_JB_50_VZW_1.10.605.15_DECRYPT.ZIP
sending 'zip' (1178528 KB)...
OKAY [ 55.707s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 55.762s

and just so it's here, when I fastboot getvar:

Code:

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.12.42.1104
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 1.10.605.15
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: -serialnumberhere-
(bootloader) imei: -imeihere-
(bootloader) meid: -meidhere-
(bootloader) product: m7_wlv
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0731000
(bootloader) cidnum: VZW__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4309mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-fb8d0c81
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!

hawknest · Aug 27, 2014

Are you still stuck?

axeseven · Aug 27, 2014

hawknest said:
Are you still stuck?

Yes, flashing the ruu didn't work.

hawknest · Aug 27, 2014

Have you tried flashing recovery again ?.

Try flashing philz recovery . Make sure it's m7wlv version

rename to recovery.img and add to platform tools folder

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot erase cache

Try rebooting into recovery

axeseven · Aug 27, 2014

hawknest said:
Have you tried flashing recovery again ?.

Try flashing philz recovery . Make sure it's m7wlv version

rename to recovery.img and add to platform tools folder

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot erase cache

Try rebooting into recovery

I can't seem to find a version of Philz recovery for m7wlv. Am I correct in thinking I need the m7vzw version from https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/m7vzw/ here?

Uzephi · Aug 27, 2014

You are on older firmware, have you tried flashing newer firmware and see if ruu mode works after flashing firmware? You are s-off, so you can downgrade when you ruu.

Sent from my HTC6500LVW using XDA Free mobile app

axeseven · Aug 27, 2014

Uzephi said:
You are on older firmware, have you tried flashing newer firmware and see if ruu mode works after flashing firmware? You are s-off, so you can downgrade when you ruu.

Sent from my HTC6500LVW using XDA Free mobile app

This is worth a shot, I guess. Is there any particular version of the firmware or might any newer than 1.10.605.15 work?

EDIT:

After trying this, I get the same remote:not allowed error as above.

Additionally, after flashing philz recovery - which the console says is successfully flashed, when I reboot to recovery, it still hangs at the blue teamwin logo as before.

hawknest · Aug 27, 2014

axeseven said:
I can't seem to find a version of Philz recovery for m7wlv. Am I correct in thinking I need the m7vzw version from https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/m7vzw/ here?

Yeah the bottom one .. sorry . M7wlv is the official name but yeah that one

Revamped 2.0 Lunar 4.4.3

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Here's the latest ruu for s-off http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52987679

Revamped 2.0 Lunar 4.4.3

axeseven · Aug 27, 2014

That was the one I tried, to no success. After flashing it and clearing the cache, when I boot to recovery it still sits at a blue teamwin screen.

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