AIO VZW M8 Developer Resource Thread

HypostaticOnion · Apr 7, 2014

Considering use the GSM method requires flashing an RUU, which wouldn't work for us and might mess stuff up.

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Div033 · Apr 8, 2014

Could we effectively turn an S-Off phone back to S-On by flashing hboot.IMG in fastboot mode? I plan to exchange this device due to an aesthetic manufacturing defect and would prefer to put things back to normal, or as much as I can.

I do plan to put back the stock recovery for sure, so thanks for putting these files together.

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santod040 · Apr 8, 2014

I posted some modified m8 hboots in the main m8 dev forums.
If you guys can provide me the info I need for the info.txt, I can upload the vzw hboots I have done.
Here's my thread over there.

Tigerstown · Apr 9, 2014

santod040 said:
I posted some modified m8 hboots in the main m8 dev forums.
If you guys can provide me the info I need for the info.txt, I can upload the vzw hboots I have done.
Here's my thread over there.

Posted info you need in the other thread. Meant to post here.

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santod040 · Apr 9, 2014

Tigerstown said:
Posted info you need in the other thread. Meant to post here.

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Thanks, :good: Verizon hboots added to my OP over there...

whoshodade · Apr 23, 2014

stock recovery doesn't work

Hello all, I am trying to flash the stock recovery I downloaded in the beginning of this thread but when I push it thru using fastboot commands and reboot, I just get a red triangle with an exclamation... I can boot back into the bootloader and reflash with twrp 2.7.0.2 and its back to normal but that's not helpful. I've tried pushing the stock boot.img and still no dice unless I push twrp recovery. Any ideas? Did I miss something? Thanks!

Dwight Caffery · Apr 24, 2014

How do you flash the recovery.img? I assumed it would be through fastboot with the line:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

but when I do it, it says " error: cannot open 'recovery.img' ".

I'm S-Off with CWM recovery
Any advice?

russellvone · Apr 24, 2014

Dwight Caffery said:
How do you flash the recovery.img? I assumed it would be through fastboot with the line:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

but when I do it, it says " error: cannot open 'recovery.img' ".

I'm S-Off with CWM recovery
Any advice?

make sure you the name of the recovery.img is indeed "recovery.img"

or make sure you use the recovery.img's name in the command i.e.......

if the name of the recovery is "twrp.img"

then it would look like this

fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

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teddyearp · Apr 25, 2014

whoshodade said:
Hello all, I am trying to flash the stock recovery I downloaded in the beginning of this thread but when I push it thru using fastboot commands and reboot, I just get a red triangle with an exclamation... I can boot back into the bootloader and reflash with twrp 2.7.0.2 and its back to normal but that's not helpful. I've tried pushing the stock boot.img and still no dice unless I push twrp recovery. Any ideas? Did I miss something? Thanks!

I thought the red triangle with an exclamation was stock recovery.

Also, for the readers, you use adb to 'push' files, with fastboot you flash .img files. Fastboot does not 'push' anything.

Dwight Caffery · Apr 25, 2014

russellvone said:
make sure you the name of the recovery.img is indeed "recovery.img"

or make sure you use the recovery.img's name in the command i.e.......

if the name of the recovery is "twrp.img"

then it would look like this

fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

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Yes, I have the name right. I even tried changing the name of the file (and changing the name in the cmd of course), yet still no luck.. Just in case it matters, I am using a Mac...

russellvone · Apr 25, 2014

Dwight Caffery said:
Yes, I have the name right. I even tried changing the name of the file (and changing the name in the cmd of course), yet still no luck.. Just in case it matters, I am using a Mac...

could you post the readout from your command prompt?

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like from start to finish

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Dwight Caffery · Apr 27, 2014

russellvone said:
could you post the readout from your command prompt?

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like from start to finish

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adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
error: cannot open 'recovery.img'

That's it. My device is connected, because when I do fastboot devices, i get
FA43ASF00049 fastboot

Tigerstown · Apr 28, 2014

Dwight Caffery said:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
error: cannot open 'recovery.img'

That's it. My device is connected, because when I do fastboot devices, i get
FA43ASF00049 fastboot

I've seen this before for window users. I just throwing this out for you to try. When you rename a file in Windows in auto adds extension to know file. So if you renamed it to recovery.img it could really be recovery.img.img. I know it's like that when you rename a zip file in Windows. Try either re download it an not rename it an just flash or rename your current file just recovery an try that with regular commands

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Dwight Caffery · Apr 28, 2014

Tigerstown said:
I've seen this before for window users. I just throwing this out for you to try. When you rename a file in Windows in auto adds extension to know file. So if you renamed it to recovery.img it could really be recovery.img.img. I know it's like that when you rename a zip file in Windows. Try either re download it an not rename it an just flash or rename your current file just recovery an try that with regular commands

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Yeah, I've tried re-downloading it with no luck...

Dwight Caffery · Apr 29, 2014

The recovery.img is in the platform-tools.. and I have tried re-downloading it.. Im really not sure what the problem is

EDIT: Im also not sure what the pipe properties error is about.. I don't think that was happening before, but I'm not 100% sure.

EDIT: Ok, I guess I'm good. I just did it again, this time using a different usb cable and a different usb port. Weird, but it appears to have worked. Thanks all who helped.

tim.ton · May 10, 2014

I am trying to do this and I keep getting "error: cannot open 'boot.img'"

any ideas?

russellvone · May 11, 2014

tim.ton said:
I am trying to do this and I keep getting "error: cannot open 'boot.img'"

any ideas?

copy and paste ALL of the commands. start to finish

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teddyearp · May 12, 2014

tim.ton said:
I am trying to do this and I keep getting "error: cannot open 'boot.img'"

any ideas?

As the previous poster asked, post ALL the commands so we know how to solve for this bolded in your quote.

canemaxx · Dec 10, 2014

help please

I am on 4.4.2 and trying to get to 4.4.4 when I download the ota it goes into twrp is there a way to get that firmware on my phone without ruu?

maxpower7 · Dec 10, 2014

canemaxx said:
I am on 4.4.2 and trying to get to 4.4.4 when I download the ota it goes into twrp is there a way to get that firmware on my phone without ruu?

If you already have a custom recovery, why are you trying to install the OTA? Just download a 4.4.4-based rom and flash it in TWRP. I would also suggest that you read a little more about what you're doing so that you don't inadvertently mess up your phone.

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