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Root Root help!!!!
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iowabowtech
root@android:/ #
Typically there are multiple reboot options in TWRP...reboot recovery, bootloader, system, etc.
If you happened to choose the option to reboot recovery, what you are seeing is normal. In that event, choose reboot to system instead. If you are already doing that, perhaps provide some more details about your variant (carrier) and anything else you've done outside of rooting and installing TWRP, if anything.
If you happened to choose the option to reboot recovery, what you are seeing is normal. In that event, choose reboot to system instead. If you are already doing that, perhaps provide some more details about your variant (carrier) and anything else you've done outside of rooting and installing TWRP, if anything.
Even when I chose to reboot to system it still reboots the the TWRP recovery. Btw i am using an ATT m8, and i have nothing else to it (besides unlocking the boot loader and installing TWRP. Also when I power it on into fastboot mode or whatever (power button + volume down), it says unlocked (for the boot loader being unlocked), but it also says tampered. Not sure it that means anything.
iowabowtech
root@android:/ #
I believe tampered is a side effect of unlocking via HTC Dev. Anyway, I don't own this phone but I see some other ATT folks are having a similar issue seemingly from not booting back to system after unlocking but PRIOR to flashing TWRP:
HELP!! Can't Get into System Boot - xda-developers
HELP!! Can't Get into System Boot - xda-developers
iowabowtech
root@android:/ #
As long as the root took, yeah you'll still be rooted. Just rooted and running a custom rom.
alright ill try installing a custom rom. Thanks for replying very quickly and helping me out <3
After downloading a rom and successfully installing it through TWRP, after it installs it still needs a reboot to go back to the system os. Once again when i tried rebooting, it just reboots to TWRP/recovery, no matter which I chose. Any ideas how to fix this, because at this point my phone is basically bricked.
I flashed TWRP as my recovery through fastboot from terminal on my mac. If i choose the option to reboot recovery, it reboots to TWRP. The rom that i tried to install was Revolution HD or something that I found on xda.
Edit: I now tried to install clockwork as my recovery because it seemed like TWRP was causing a problem, but now whenever i try to go into recovery from Hboot, it jus goes into fast boot.
iowabowtech
root@android:/ #
What are you using for a fastboot command specifically when flashing the recovery?
./fastboot flash recovery [name of file].img
XxKINGxX40
Newbie
Hmm... Never happened to me before
scotty85
Extreme Android User
unless youve accidentally tried to install a version of recovery incompatible with your device/variant,im not sure what the issue could be,if the output of the command shows success.
typically youll get that behavior when there is nothing installed in that partition,so it sounds like maybe youve used the wrong image,or the image has become corrupt somehow.
you might try some other usb cables and ports. maybe a reboot of the computer. sorry,not real familiar with mac.
after you issue the command,so you see the status bars in the phones fastboot screen? you should see a couple flash really fast as the phone recieves and flashed the file.
typically youll get that behavior when there is nothing installed in that partition,so it sounds like maybe youve used the wrong image,or the image has become corrupt somehow.
you might try some other usb cables and ports. maybe a reboot of the computer. sorry,not real familiar with mac.
after you issue the command,so you see the status bars in the phones fastboot screen? you should see a couple flash really fast as the phone recieves and flashed the file.
scotty85
Extreme Android User
unfortunately,no,custom rom is not possible via fastboot. you can install ruu type zip files via fastboot,but not roms. i am still working on getting an ruu type zip file containing only a boot and system image to flash. seems there is issue now with the size of the system image. until we can figure that out,or signed ruus are released, you may not be able to install anything via fastboot.
what you can do,is try to temporarily boot your recovery. instead of the usual flash command use this:
fastboot boot recoveryimagename.img
if your recovery starts,see if adb is working. if so you can push a rom to storage( adb push romname.zip/data/media/0 ) or you can try and use the adb sideload feature of recovery.
failing adb connection,you can simply remove the external sd card from the phone,stick it into the PC and transfer the rom,then re-insert it and flash it from there. after a few phones with only internal storage,its nice to have this option again
unfortunately,no,custom rom is not possible via fastboot. you can install ruu type zip files via fastboot,but not roms. i am still working on getting an ruu type zip file containing only a boot and system image to flash. seems there is issue now with the size of the system image. until we can figure that out,or signed ruus are released, you may not be able to install anything via fastboot.
what you can do,is try to temporarily boot your recovery. instead of the usual flash command use this:
fastboot boot recoveryimagename.img
if your recovery starts,see if adb is working. if so you can push a rom to storage( adb push romname.zip/data/media/0 ) or you can try and use the adb sideload feature of recovery.
failing adb connection,you can simply remove the external sd card from the phone,stick it into the PC and transfer the rom,then re-insert it and flash it from there. after a few phones with only internal storage,its nice to have this option again
I know there is a stock android(GPE) ruu file somewhere online, so if i download that would I be able to flash that?
Also, I can access my recovery (TWRP), but it has been giving me many problems. Is there a way I can install a different recovery on top of mine by just doing this:
./fastboot flash recovery (name).img
because i would like to try clockwork recovery
and have it be a clockwork file
iowabowtech
root@android:/ #
Yes, you can install recoveries over top of one another using the command you listed. Scotty was just presenting the method to temporarily boot a recovery because its less invasive if that were a concern with you. Where have you been getting your recovery .IMG files if I may ask?
from the official websites of team win and clockwork mod. The clockwork mod recovery I got from their website was for the "HTC One (AT&T)", which could have been m7 or m8 i guess. probably was a stupid idea to use that lol.
iowabowtech
root@android:/ #
Yeah I think its entirely possible you've had the wrong version, possibly both times, not sure. Anyway, the recovery for your ATT M8 can be found here:
TeamWin Projects - TWRP 2.7 - HTC One m8 2014 GSM | TeamWin
Just use the "download newest .img file" link on that page. You mentioned earlier that you were ATT so the GSM version 2.7.0.2 appears to be the latest available. Is that what you used before? If not, you may have a bit better luck this time.
Yeah I think its entirely possible you've had the wrong version, possibly both times, not sure. Anyway, the recovery for your ATT M8 can be found here:
TeamWin Projects - TWRP 2.7 - HTC One m8 2014 GSM | TeamWin
Just use the "download newest .img file" link on that page. You mentioned earlier that you were ATT so the GSM version 2.7.0.2 appears to be the latest available. Is that what you used before? If not, you may have a bit better luck this time.
That is what i used before but ill try it again. Even if it works better this time, how can i fix it saying "no os is installed" because i think that if i try to reboot to system, there is basically nothing to reboot to.
iowabowtech
root@android:/ #
Once you get the recovery either booted (as Scotty mentioned above), or flashed, what we're gonna want to do is use either adb push or adb sideload to get a rom onto the sdcard (or physically remove the card and place one on there using a card reader). Then flash it from recovery. To be on the safe side, wipe data/cache/dalvik prior to flashing the rom. That's what it's going to take to give you an booting phone again.
So if you've already been down that road and you suspect the rom didn't work...download a different one. If there are any that are based on stock with either nothing removed or just bloatware removed, use that as it should be completely stable.
Also, I'm not sure what directory you've been flashing recovery from on your Mac, but just make sure you don't have any of the previous ones at that location so you don't inadvertently flash one of those.
I downloaded philz recovery and flashed it on my device successfully; Hopefully twrp is just the problem. Although I couldn't really find any stock sense 6.0 rome, i am downloading a stock android rom so i will install that in a little bit hopefully. Thanks for everything so far