[SOLVED] I can't enter into recovery mode. Please help

devrruti · Apr 3, 2014

I broke the digitizer, so I replaced it (I think successfully). I was able to boot it once and everything worked fine. Now all I get is a bootloop with the htc logo on white background.

I wanted to install a newer rom, but I'm unable to enter recovery
If I try to enter recovery pressing vol down and power, and then select recovery and press power, I get the htc logo bootloop again

I was in rom CM 10.2 by Sultan. With S-off. I can't remember which recovery I had installed (4ext or twrp?)

What could I do?
Are there any pc tools like flashtool for Sony devices or Odin/Heimdall for Samsung ones? (preferably for ubuntu)

Mile_zdr · Apr 3, 2014

First eject your battery than reinsert and try again volume and power button

Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app

devrruti · Apr 3, 2014

Mile_zdr said:
First eject your battery than reinsert and try again volume and power button

Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app

I've done so many times, that's the first thing I've tried.

I was thinking about using adb and fastboot commands to see if I can get to the recovery that way or at least they prompt some errors that tell me what's wrong.

But I don't know what should I do, I've always used some gui (like flashtool or heimdall or odin for other devices, no idea if there's anything like that for htc devices)

rzr86 · Apr 3, 2014

devrruti said:
I've done so many times, that's the first thing I've tried.

I was thinking about using adb and fastboot commands to see if I can get to the recovery that way or at least they prompt some errors that tell me what's wrong.

But I don't know what should I do, I've always used some gui (like flashtool or heimdall or odin for other devices, no idea if there's anything like that for htc devices)

from fastboot try the command
fastboot reboot recovery

otherwise reflash the recovery again
see only step 2 from here
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1631861

for tool see here
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1668276

devrruti · Apr 5, 2014

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rzr86 said:
from fastboot try the command
fastboot reboot recovery

otherwise reflash the recovery again
see only step 2 from here
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1631861

for tool see here
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1668276

ok I've tried everything i could on ubuntu, windows 7 and windows 8.1. Please more ideas?

on Ubuntu
I've installed adb and fastboot and added the file 51-android. rules. I enter fastboot mode on phone and it is recognised by pc.
sudo fastboot reboot recovery does nothing

I've downloaded 4ext recovery and uncompressed
sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery'
okay
writing 'recovery'
FAILED (remote: not allowed)

I've also placed the 4ext recovery zip file on the sd renamed as PG58IMG.zip, no luck either. it just says parsing, but doesn't do anything else

on windows 7 and 8 I've tried with kgs utility with the option 3 to install a recovery. however this tool didn't work. Sometimes it just closed. other times it complained about md5. I think this tool tries to download Juopunutbear windows version and fails because it is no longer available a link for the windows version

phone was rooted, bootloader unlocked, supercid... using Juopunutbear
it had a recovery installed (i think it was 4ext, but i don't remember)
it had CM 10.2 by sultanxda
i replaced the digitizer. first boot everything was working.
I rebooted to enter the recovery to install a new rom but i can't
i can't boot to rom or recovery. i just get the htc logo bootloop
fastboot tells me remote not allowed

image attached
the bootloader was unlocked, but the "Locked" word was always there if i remember well, i read this was because of unlocking with Juopunutbear instead of htc dev, but that this didn't matter

devrruti · Apr 5, 2014

image boot

Mile_zdr · Apr 5, 2014

Try to flash 3.33 universal firmware (check md5 sum before flashing important ) that will give you patched hboot (unlocked) after that try to flash recovery

Edit: here is link for firmware , read the steps carefull

Firmware

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rzr86 · Apr 5, 2014

yes do as Mile_zdr suggested
with locked bootloader you can't do almost nothing
before flashing 3.33 universal firmware check md5 sums(important)
by the way i thought you still had unlocked bootloader

edit: because of locked bootloader you don't have access to the rom and recovery

devrruti · Apr 5, 2014

I had unlocked the bootloader with unlimited.io juopunutbear, this is very strange. As I said, I read somewhere that the locked word is there if you use the juopunutbear method, but it was supposedly unlocked. the only thing I did was change the digitizer.

but yeah it looks like it is locked if i can't use fastboot nor recovery. thank you very much, I'll try that firmware and tell you

rzr86 · Apr 5, 2014

devrruti said:
I had unlocked the bootloader with unlimited.io juopunutbear, this is very strange. As I said, I read somewhere that the locked word is there if you use the juopunutbear method, but it was supposedly unlocked. the only thing I did was change the digitizer.

but yeah it looks like it is locked if i can't use fastboot nor recovery. thank you very much, I'll try that firmware and tell you

also in order to have access in all fastboot commands you need unlocked bootloader or the patched hboot

devrruti · Apr 5, 2014

rzr86 said:
also in order to have access in all fastboot commands you need unlocked bootloader or the patched hboot

I am not able to flash the universal firmware 3.33 either

How should I do it?
I put it in the sd card root directory, but it doesn't do anything special either, what should I expect?
I tried this method also with the 4ext recovery zip

I wasn't able to flash 4ext recovery img with fastboot
sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
gives me the remote not allowed error

~$ sudo fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.27.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: N/A
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 3.32.401.3
(bootloader) serialno: xxxxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) imei: xxxxxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) product: pyramid
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8260
(bootloader) modelid: PG5813000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4091mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 617f0a98
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.485s

Am I unlocked or not? I'm lost
How should I unlock bootloader if that is the case (I had already done so with unlimited.io juopunutbear)
All instructions are for when you are on stock locked firmware

Thanks for your patience. I bought this phone recently and everything was good until I crashed the screen. I don't want to give up but I really don't know what else I can do to fix it.

Mile_zdr · Apr 5, 2014

devrruti said:
I am not able to flash the universal firmware 3.33 either

why you are not able to flash 3.33 firmware?

devrruti · Apr 5, 2014

Mile_zdr said:
why you are not able to flash 3.33 firmware?

How should i flash it?
what are the options to do it?
should i do it with fastboot? what would be the command?

So far, if i select recovery, all i get is the htc logo bootloop
Whatever I've tried with fastboot gives me remote not allowed
If i place it as a zip on the microsd with the proper name, nothing happens either

I don't know what else to do.
I know it's confusing to help this way.
I could show you a video or maybe with videocall somehow to show everything?

rzr86 · Apr 5, 2014

devrruti said:
How should i flash it?
what are the options to do it?
should i do it with fastboot? what would be the command?

So far, if i select recovery, all i get is the htc logo bootloop
Whatever I've tried with fastboot gives me remote not allowed
If i place it as a zip on the microsd with the proper name, nothing happens either

I don't know what else to do.
I know it's confusing to help this way.
I could show you a video or maybe with videocall somehow to show everything?

put the firmware.zip in the root of your sdcard as you did(name it as pg58img.zip if it doesn't already)
then boot into bootloader and it will scan and detect it automatically
it will ask you to update

edit: for the command i think is fastboot flash zip pg58img.zip but i am not so sure

devrruti · Apr 5, 2014

rzr86 said:
put the firmware.zip in the root of your sdcard as you did(name it as pg58img.zip if it doesn't already)
then boot into bootloader and it will scan and detect it automatically
it will ask you to update

edit: for the command i think is fastboot flash zip pg58img.zip but i am not so sure

yeah I did something! Now I have 3.33, but still bootloop when turning it on and when selecting recovery.
I already had tried like you said puting the recovery or the 3.33 firmware on the sd as zip with that name but it didn't fix anything.

I was able to flash universal firmware 3.33 this way, not sure if that would be fine but i risked:

now boot looks like this compared to the image i attached on the first page

then I was able to flash 4ext recovery this way
sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
it said sending ok, writing ok, finished
it didn't give me the remote not allowed error

however i still have the green htc on white bootloop. I also have this bootloop when i try to select recovery

this happens when i put the recovery zip renamed on the sd root, but nothing else

Excuse the potato camera

Mile_zdr · Apr 5, 2014

devrruti said:
yeah I did something!
I already had tried like you said but it didn't do anything.

I was able to flash universal firmware 3.33 this way, not sure if that would be fine but i risked:
View attachment 2670274

now boot looks like this compared to the image i attached on the first page
View attachment 2670281

then I was able to flash 4ext recovery this way
sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
it said sending ok, writing ok, finished
it didn't give me the remote not allowed error

however i still have the green htc on white bootloop. I also have this bootloop when i try to select recovery

this happens when i put the recovery zip renamed on the sd root, but nothing else
View attachment 2670289
View attachment 2670290

now after you flashed 3.33 firmware flash recovery via fastboot step 2 from the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1631861

devrruti · Apr 5, 2014

Mile_zdr said:
now after you flashed 3.33 firmware flash recovery via fastboot step 2 from the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1631861

I already tried that way, it says that I flashed it and went ok, however I still get the green htc on white bootloop when I select recovery or just boot.

Your phone will (re)boot, wait until you see a white screen which says "FASTBOOT USB"
Type in: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Wait until the flashing is finished
Type in: fastboot reboot

I had problems uploading the images on the post before, they should appear now if reloaded
I'm out of ideas, any suggestion?

Mile_zdr · Apr 5, 2014

devrruti said:
I already tried that way, it says that I flashed it and went ok, however I still get the green htc on white bootloop when I select recovery or just boot.

Your phone will (re)boot, wait until you see a white screen which says "FASTBOOT USB"
Type in: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Wait until the flashing is finished
Type in: fastboot reboot

I had problems uploading the images on the post before, they should appear now if reloaded
I'm out of ideas, any suggestion?

Did you delete the PG58IMG file? you got to delete. it eject your sd card and if you have sd card reader delete the file or try to go to recovery without sd card

devrruti · Apr 5, 2014

Mile_zdr said:
Did you delete the PG58IMG file? you got to delete. it eject your sd card and if you have sd card reader delete the file or try to go to recovery without sd card

yeah I've tried putting different recoveries on the sd, no luck.
then I've deleted them and tried to flash them via fastboot
it all says ok, transfered and installed succesfully (no remote not allowed errors now), but i still get the htc bootloop then if i select recovery or boot normally

i also tried to fastboot flash the recovery without sd card, but still the same

Mile_zdr · Apr 5, 2014

devrruti said:
yeah I've tried putting different recoveries on the sd, no luck.
then I've deleted them and tried to flash them via fastboot
it all says ok, transfered and installed succesfully (no remote not allowed errors now), but i still get the htc bootloop then if i select recovery or boot normally

i also tried to fastboot flash the recovery without sd card, but still the same

did you try to go to recovery without sd card or use another sd card (not to flash just go to recovery with other sd card)

otherwise i don't have any other thoughts mate... :/

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