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Root [Rooted] Wiped Internal Storage and OS on HTC ONE BY MISTAKE

hussienm

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I have an unlocked bootloader and twrp i wiped my internal storage and the OS by mistake when trying to wipe my device in order to flash a new rom :(. I know i basically soft-bricked the phone and that its fixable through fastboot and adb some how but i don't know what to do.

PLEASE HELP! This is the only phone i got.
 
Is your recovery still working? If so you just need to flash a new ROM. Either use "adb sideload", which pushes the ROM zip to your phone and installs it, or if you have an OTG cable put the ROM on a flash drive, attach that to the phone then flash the zip using recovery (selecting USB OTG storage as the source).

If you managed to wipe recovery too, fastboot flash that back then use it to install the ROM.
 
yes recovery is still working but i dont think im using adb sideload correctly. I tried pushing a rom to the phone a few times already and it doesnt seem to be working.
 
Have you put the phone in recovery mode before doing that? You'll need an ADB daemon running on the phone, and with the OS gone the recovery is the best bet. Check it' response to "adb devices" first.

If you can't get it to respond, an OTG cable is quite cheap, and useful to have with a phone with no removable storage.
 
I tried adb devices as well and my device isnt coming up its just blank after i hit enter. So basically if i buy an otg cable i can forcefully transfer files onto my device?? Is that correct?

Sorry im a total noob at this,
 
If you buy an OTG cable you can flash a ROM directly from a usb flash drive.

What recovery do you have? TWRP has an "ADB Sideload" mode under "Advanced", so it might be worth trying that (select that, then try the adb sideload command).

(I've never used sideload myself BTW).
 
ive also already tried the abd sideload mode in twrp but it just keeps saying starting adb sideload and doesnt progress from there. Might try my luck with an otg cable :/

What idiot thought it was a good idea to put wipe factory reset next to system wipe ?!?!?!?!?!?
 
a factory reset or system wipe wont wipe your sd card though. Isn't your new rom zip on the sd card ready to flash?
 
Actually in TWRP you have to go into the advanced wipe menu to wipe system, and you can do the sort of reset you need for a ROM flash (data, cache and dalvik) without going near that. So I'm not sure quite what happened here.
 
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