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Root Did I bricked my phone?

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sadphonebricker

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Hello everyone,
I recently tried to unroot my htc one m8 to 'network unblock it' (use a sim card abroad) and I think I messed up.
After endless times of trying to restore via the TWRP (I did everything indicated in this link http://theunlockr.com/2014/06/08/how-to-unroot-the-htc-one-m8-video/) I couldn't restore it because the phone it does not recognize the stock nandroid (when I navigate to the folder through the recovery TWRP the file is not there)
Well, now my novice problem has become something worrying.. messing around in the TWRP I wiped out everything and now my phone says no OS installed and it does not even load, get's stuck in the HTC screen, I can access the bootloader but that's it.

I read that one solution could be find a RUU and flash it, but I do not even know where to find it or how to flash it because my computer does not recognize my phone when I plug in the usb....

Any help?

(bootloader) version-main: 2.26.61.1
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B10000
(bootloader) cidnum: ORANG001


Thanks in advance.
Beers on me if some Londoner can help me.
 
Hello and welcome!
Sorry to hear about your device, but I moved your thread into the root forum for the M8 so others who know your device can assist.

......"Beers on me if some Londoner can help me."
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What if someone who is not from London helps? What do they get? :D :D
 
sadphonebricker said:
Thanks for your reply, and thanks for moving my threat to the right forum. Does that means that I shouldn't reply here? Sorry I'm new...
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No, you can reply here...there is a permanent redirect from where your old thread was.
No worries :D
we were all new at one time.

Edit: oh, in the meantime, there are several other threads where folks have had issues in this forum you may want to check out to see if you are in the same boat :thumbsupdroid:
 
Did you take a full nandroid backup of your phone in TWRP? If yes, you should just be able to restore that.

Bit odd that TWRP couldn't find the stock backup though. Did you download the backup from xda? If so did you then copy it to your micro sd card, and in TWRP change the backup/restore location to sd card?

Can you link to the thread, and post the files you downloaded so we can just check.

If not, we can get you sorted. What version of TWRP do you have?

Also, don't be tempted to try anything else, all we need to do is get hold of a ROM you can flash in TWRP but that matches your firmware (version main) to get things working again first.

I'm out and about today, but will try and keep track. One of the other guys will also likely be along anyway.
 
Hi, thanks for the reply.
I actually don't have a back up of my phone.
I tried several ways, first I put the backup directly inside the TWRP folder, after I also created a sub folder named backups (as the tutorial suggests) but didn't recognize it anyway.
What I do have is the last actualization I did, from 1.70.61.3 to 2.26.61.1.
I downloaded the stock from here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376) and this is the actual backup (https://mega.co.nz/#!e9Ax1TpA!Dwylbsq_Hc7XV24KLkWJacchqFf3GRBz3eUvxNwPmJ4) but I did not put it on the sd card (because I don't have one) but if that will work I can get one.
My TWRP version is 2.7.0.2

Because on the list of backups I couldn't find one for my firmware (1.70.61.3) I actualized to 2.26.61.1 but I may did something wrong during this process...
 
Hmm ok, when you say you have the last "actualisation" you did from 1.70.61.3 to 2.26.61.1 - what do you mean? Did you take an OTA that upgraded your firmware, or did you previously use an RUU or 0P6BIMG.zip? Is the firmware version you quoted in the first post what is currently reported in your bootloader now as version main entry? This will make a difference unless you are s-off? - if you don't know what that is then you're not, but nothing to worry about.

That how to guide you linked to would work but you would need to find a ROM to match your firmware otherwise WiFi and some other stuff probably won't work. Think the easiest way is to restore one of the stock backups, which will at least get you up and running again.

The thread you got the stock TWRP backup is good, and the file you downloaded looks right (going by the filename, presume you found the link in a post in the thread?).

Was the zip about 1.5GB or thereabouts?

If so, did you unzip the contents into a folder say called StockBackup or something - there should be a number of files with various extensions in here, leave them untouched though. And then copy the <StockBackup or whatever you called it> folder onto your phone into the TWRP\Backups\<possibly another folder here> folder?

Also, we should upgrade your TWRP version first, as the version you have is well out of date. You'll need a PC and the following downloads unless you already have them:

Go to this thread:

http://androidforums.com/threads/adb-guide-updated-2014-11-11.443072/

and grab the mini adb package from the second post, and follow the guide to extract/set-up the files from the zip.

Then go here:

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m8

and download the 2.8.3.0 version (it's not the latest, but its the version I have on my phone so I know it works), and check the md5sum once the download has completed.

Will take a pause here - and Iknow there seems a lot of questions, just trying to get the full picture.
 
Thanks for the reply.
Yes, my phone wanted to update 2.26.61.1 with the OTA (OTA_M8_UL_K44_SENSE60_MR_Orange_UK_2.26.61.1-1.70.61.3_release_389442u7p1ar8gb30gnp6t.zip) (564Mb) but because my phone was unlocked I could not install the update normally so I flash it as a recovery (recovery.img) with the Hasoon2000 toolkit.
The firmware version shows empty when I check it with the same toolkit... but the update was successful when I install it so I assume my version is 2.26.61.1. I don't know any other way to check this..

The TWRP I downloaded was exactly 1.5Gb.
I did unziped the content directly inside the TWRP folder and didn't work, I tried to create a sub folder called 'backups' and I put the unziped content there and didn't work either.

I've downloaded the mini adb and the new version of the TWRP, ready to go..
 
Sorry bud, family stuff to sort out. First, my bad, I forgot you hadn't done a backup already in TWRP so you are missing a folder it creates for your backups. Either on internal storage, or your external micro sd card you need to create the following:

TWRP\BACKUPS\<device serial number>\<name of backup folder>

where you can find your phone's serial number in Settings>About>Phone Identity

This will be why TWRP could not find the unzipped backup files you tried before.

Give that a go and let us know it worked ok. If not it might be because recovery is old, so you might have to fastboot flash that. Boot phone to bootloader and plug in to PC. If you have the sdk tools set up, open a cmd prompt in that folder (hold shift, then right click and pick open command prompt window). Then type

fastboot devices

And hit return. Just to make sure fastboot is connecting to your phone ok, it will return your phone serial no.

Make sure the recovery img file is in the same folder as sdk tools, then type:

fastboot flash recovery <exact name of recovery>.img

And hit return. The filename needs to be exact and don't forget to add the .img at the end.

Keep us posted.
 
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