Lost root? Can't go back to stock?

eug3n91

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Jul 10, 2011
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Hello everyone,

I'm writing this after researching my problem for a bit.

I come from generally Samsung devices that I modded quite extensively (I'm at my first HTC) and stumbled into a series of problems. I moved from GE to Sense custom ROMs and stuck with ViperOne for some time now. I wanted to change to HTC One Nexus-Edition (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544119).

I did the mistake and tried to flash the .zip while on CWM Recovery 6.0.3.2. The flash failed and I had to restore my backup, but I have lot root in the process somehow (not really sure why or how). Ever since then I've been struggling to get it back to stock so I can flash the new TRWP or CWM (unable to flash those from Fastboot either, no option available).

Whenever I run a RUU.exe, it restarts the phone and it gets stuck with the black background and "HTC" logo and the RUU throws an "connection error" exception.

If anyone has any suggestions how I could get it back to stock (keeping S-OFF) so I can re-flash a recovery and re-root cleanly, the help would be greatly appreciated. My scripting skills are not very advanced, so I've been looking for solutions that don't necessarily involve the ADB command shell.
 

clsA

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Aug 28, 2010
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Hello everyone,

I'm writing this after researching my problem for a bit.

I come from generally Samsung devices that I modded quite extensively (I'm at my first HTC) and stumbled into a series of problems. I moved from GE to Sense custom ROMs and stuck with ViperOne for some time now. I wanted to change to HTC One Nexus-Edition (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544119).

I did the mistake and tried to flash the .zip while on CWM Recovery 6.0.3.2. The flash failed and I had to restore my backup, but I have lot root in the process somehow (not really sure why or how). Ever since then I've been struggling to get it back to stock so I can flash the new TRWP or CWM (unable to flash those from Fastboot either, no option available).

Whenever I run a RUU.exe, it restarts the phone and it gets stuck with the black background and "HTC" logo and the RUU throws an "connection error" exception.

If anyone has any suggestions how I could get it back to stock (keeping S-OFF) so I can re-flash a recovery and re-root cleanly, the help would be greatly appreciated. My scripting skills are not very advanced, so I've been looking for solutions that don't necessarily involve the ADB command shell.
Flash recovery
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader

From command prompt on PC with phone in bootloader

Hello I have the same problem with htc one... I'm stucking on hello screen htc siply...
fastboot erase cache
 

eug3n91

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Jul 10, 2011
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Craiova
Flash recovery
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader

From command prompt on PC with phone in bootloader



fastboot erase cache
Thanks. However it doesn't find the device. Are there any other drivers that I have to install for it to recognise the HTC One in Fastboot? :)
 

clsA

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Aug 28, 2010
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Solutions for Win 8.1 vary widely, but since you have Ubuntu, use that instead of Win. should work just fine.
Only solution I found for windows 8.1/Fastboot was hboot 1.54.000 from the new 4.4 GPe or hboot 1.55.000 from anything else. After your up to one of those fastboot works as normal.

Here's a Recovery flashable zip of TWRP 2.6.3.3
just flash it like a rom
 

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