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Root Help With bricked M8!

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tkane45

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okay, so i was on the GPE RUU and i wanted to return to sense, and when i went in to return through TWRP, i deleted everything on my phone including my os, in order to flash the new stock RUU, unaware that there was a different process to return to stock. I now have no system, and every time i try to flash either the stock RUU or the GPE RUU, it gives me either
"FAILED (remote: 32 header error)" (GPE RUU)
or
"FAILED (remote: 24 parsing android-info fail)" (Stock RUU)
I also cannot flash a rom through TWRP, i get a FAILED error every time.

I am s-off and have an unlocked bootloader. my other credentials are:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.18.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.14.21331931.LA02_2G
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: FA43MWM00700
(bootloader) imei: --
(bootloader) imei2: --
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m8_ul_ca
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B12000
(bootloader) cidnum: CWS__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 6e0f5a3d
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! I miss my M8!
 
saltire said:
Found instructions here which should work for you if you're s-off:

Going back to Sense from [RUU] Google Editio… | HTC One (M8) | XDA Forums
Click to expand...

Thanks for your quick reply,
when i tried to flash that file, i got this response:

target reported max download size of 1830617088 bytes
sending 'zip' (50747 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.325s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) zip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 24 parsing android-info fail)
finished. total time: 2.507s
 
Gain super CID, it maybe the CID number in the android-info file not matching up.

Or add you cid number to the file.
 
changed the CID to 11111111, and still the same
"target reported max download size of 1830617088 bytes
sending 'zip' (50747 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.329s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) zip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 24 parsing android-info fail)"

what does the failure message mean? Any thoughts?
 
From what I've read, it's bottling it because something in the android-info isn't matching up with your phones details.

Open up the android-info file and see if everything in it matches your phone.
 
If it's not CID it's maybe the model ID then. As long as your phone is GSM and the ruu is for a GSM variant i think it should be ok editing the text file to add your model ID into it. Be good if someone else could confirm though.
 
Alright, i have been able to get around the "FAILED (remote: 24 parsing android-info fail)," by adding my CID to the android-info.txt.
Im now running into this issue

sending 'zip' (573239 KB)...
OKAY [ 17.750s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) shift signature_size for header checking...
FAILED (remote: 32 header error)
finished. total time: 17.875s

Any thoughts on this error?
 
whenever you flash an RUU file. Always remember 3 things

1. lock your bootloader
fastboot oem lock
2. use htc_fastboot.exe for flashing RUU, not the normal fastboot.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95897840722646249
htc_fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
3. Always flash the version equal or above ur current android. Downgrading is not allowed as it will fail check in start. If u have to downgrade, u have to be S-Off
 
whenever you flash an RUU file. Always remember 3 things

1. lock your bootloader
fastboot oem lock
2. use htc_fastboot.exe for flashing RUU, not the normal fastboot.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95897840722646249
htc_fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
3. Always flash the version equal or above ur current android. Downgrading is not allowed as it will fail check in start. If u have to downgrade, u have to be S-Off
Click to expand...

I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THIS WORKED MAN! THANKS A MILLION!

Using htc_fastboot.exe worked. :)

Can't tell you how happy I am.
 
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