HTC One M7 Wiped/Android OS Deleted How To Fix ADB/TWRP

[18:29] == XT3015 [490bd5f9@gateway/web/freenode/ip.73.11.213.249] has joined #reddit-htcone
[18:29] <@ihatemath> this is not normal
[18:29] <@ihatemath> do you still haev your unlock token from htcdev?
[18:30] <XT3015> yes
[18:30] <@ihatemath> can you unlock and reflash twrp?
[18:30] <XT3015> im looking for the tutorial to do it but it shouldn't be a problem
[18:30] <@ihatemath> get the phone up and running on 4.4.2 with sense 6.0 at the very least, then we can figure out why it's failing
[18:31] <@ihatemath> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415615
[18:31] <@ihatemath> instructions for unlocking using your token
[18:31] <@ihatemath> in case you don't remember
[18:33] <@ihatemath> fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
[18:33] <@ihatemath> is the actual command if you have unlock_code.bin from your email
[18:35] <XT3015> i keep getting "fastboot is not a recognized command"
[18:35] <@ihatemath> uh
[18:35] <@ihatemath> do you still have the command prompt open?
[18:35] <XT3015> yeah
[18:35] <@ihatemath> drop the unlock_code.bin into that folder
[18:35] <XT3015> which folder
[18:36] <@ihatemath> the one containing htc_fastboot and rom.zip
[18:36] <@ihatemath> htc_fastboot.exe flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
[18:36] <XT3015> ok gimme a sec
[18:42] <XT3015> ok managed to unlock boot and install twrp. on the TWRP recovery page right now
[18:42] <@ihatemath> good
[18:42] <@ihatemath> if you plug it into your computer, does windows see it as a drive?
[18:43] <XT3015> yeah internal storage and everything
[18:43] <@ihatemath> https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358543596
[18:43] <@ihatemath> download this
[18:43] <@ihatemath> this is 4.4.2 with sense 6.0, instead of what you had which was 4.4.2 with sense 5.5
[18:44] <XT3015> ok im downloading it ~8 minutes
[18:45] <@ihatemath> on your phone, go into twrp and make a backup of just boot.img
[18:45] <@ihatemath> that way you're recreating the TWRP directory structure
[18:46] <@ihatemath> for the files that you're downloading now
[18:47] <@ihatemath> on your computer you should see a directory structure of TWRP/Backups/your-serial-number/
[18:49] <XT3015> ok just did that
[18:50] <@ihatemath> when the download is finished, open the archive, you should see .win and .md5 files
[18:50] <@ihatemath> drag them all into the folder with the date
[18:51] <@ihatemath> TWRP/Backups/your-serial-number/today's-date/
[19:02] <@ihatemath> still there?
[19:03] <XT3015> yeah just had to do something sorry
[19:04] <XT3015> but I just finished doing what you said
[19:04] <@ihatemath> ok, restore the twrp backup
[19:04] <XT3015> and i can't copy the contents of the Stock rom into the TWRP backup
[19:04] <XT3015> http://i.imgur.com/IIa22qT.png
[19:05] <@ihatemath> can you extract those files to the desktop first?
[19:05] <@ihatemath> then copy over
[19:10] <@ihatemath> ?
[19:11] <XT3015> ok just did that
[19:12] <@ihatemath> now restore it
[19:19] <XT3015> ok it finshed! it now works. thanks.
[19:19] <@ihatemath> so you can boot into android now?
[19:20] <XT3015> yeah i can now unlock my lockscreen and everything
[19:20] <@ihatemath> do you want to try to upgrade to 5.0.2?
[19:20] <XT3015> yeah id like to
[19:21] <@ihatemath> https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358543599
[19:21] <@ihatemath> download this, drop it in the folder with htc_fastboot.exe and flash it like you did twrp
[19:21] <@ihatemath> htc_fastboot.exe flash recovery 5.12.502.2.recovery.img
[19:22] <@ihatemath> i suspect the ruu failed earlier because of firmware issues
[19:27] <XT3015> do i do this while my device is in bootloader, recovery or just on the homescreen?
[19:27] <@ihatemath> bootloader
[19:27] <@ihatemath> everything is done in bootloader with the htc_fastboot.exe tool
[19:28] <@ihatemath> normally you would install the android sdk to get the regular fastboot.exe tool
[19:28] <@ihatemath> but you don't have it installed, so this is easier/faster
[19:28] <@ihatemath> since it takes forever to setup the android sdk
[19:29] <XT3015> i have android studio installed. is that needed for anything or do i just uninstll
[19:29] <@ihatemath> just leave it
[19:29] <XT3015> ok
[19:29] <XT3015> i just executed the command
[19:29] <@ihatemath> flash this stock htc recovery file
[19:30] <@ihatemath> did it work?
[19:30] <@ihatemath> or did it say fail
[19:31] <XT3015> everything resulted in "Okay"
[19:31] <XT3015> ends in "execution time 3s"
[19:31] <@ihatemath> reboot into android and see if you can check for update
[19:36] <@ihatemath> nothing?
[19:37] <XT3015> so there's no keyboard installed, so i can;t check for an update if i can't type in a password for my wifi
[19:38] <@ihatemath> there's no keyboard?
[19:39] <XT3015> nvm it just wouldn't open for some reason
[19:39] <XT3015> says no update available
[19:40] <@ihatemath> do you want to try the ruu again?
[19:40] <@ihatemath> the .exe version where it does everything for you
[19:40] <@ihatemath> not manually doing it
[19:41] <@ihatemath> not sure why it says no update available, it should let you download the 5.0.2 ota at this point
[19:41] <XT3015> yes i will try it
[19:41] <@ihatemath> go back into the bootloader
[19:41] <@ihatemath> htc_fastboot.exe oem lock
[19:42] <@ihatemath> then boot back into android and retry the ruu
[19:42] <@ihatemath> ruu doesn't work on S-ON devices unless you relock the bootloader
[19:45] <XT3015> ok so after the bootloader lock, I go back into the homescreen or stay in bootloader?
[19:45] <@ihatemath> reboot the bootloader
[19:46] <@ihatemath> then try the RUU
[19:46] <@ihatemath> unless you have HTC Sync Manager installed and the drivers
[19:46] <@ihatemath> if you have HSM installed, reboot into android and do it from there
[19:46] <@ihatemath> that's the "proper" procedure
[19:47] <XT3015> i have HTC sync manager
[19:47] <@ihatemath> then you should have the drivers for the phone installed
[19:47] <@ihatemath> reboot into android and try the 5.0 ruu again
[19:47] <XT3015> so i relock the bootloader and reboot the ph
[19:48] <@ihatemath> yes
[19:48] <@ihatemath> at least at this point you have a working OS
[19:52] <XT3015> so i relocked and booted to android, loaded the RUU, but ended up in this error
[19:52] <XT3015> http://i.imgur.com/G7NChl1.png
[19:53] <@ihatemath> 170 usually means driver error
[19:53] <@ihatemath> exit out, reboot the phone into the bootloader, then try the ruu again
[19:53] <XT3015> what should i do
[19:54] <@ihatemath> also, don't use usb 3.0 ports
[19:54] <XT3015> forgot to scroll down and didn't see what you said. ill try that
[19:54] <@ihatemath> reboot into bootloader, retry ruu
[19:54] <@ihatemath> shouldn't be getting error 170 if you have HSM installed, but whatever
[19:55] <XT3015> i have installed a bunch of other small programs from XDA that either unlock bootloaders for me, or start adb command. could something like that affect adb drivers?
[19:56] <@ihatemath> likely
[19:56] <@ihatemath> this is why i don't use toolklits, or don't like it when people use toolkits
[19:57] <@ihatemath> only tools you need are fastboot.exe and adb.exe
[19:59] <XT3015> now I'm getting an error 155: unknown error
[20:00] <@ihatemath> again?
[20:00] <@ihatemath> can you reboot the phone?
[20:00] <@ihatemath> as in, can you reboot into android?
[20:01] <@ihatemath> or is it stuck on a screen
[20:01] <XT3015> i also got a htc_fastboot.exe has stopped working warning
[20:01] <XT3015> lemme check
[20:02] <@ihatemath> the only conclusion i can come up with is that there's something wrong with how your computer is configured if the ruu still fails while in bootloader mode
[20:02] <XT3015> i should add that on the phone, it's in bootloader and it's showing "RUU: Loading zip info fail! Update fail!"
[20:03] <@ihatemath> reboot the bootloader if you can
[20:03] <@ihatemath> if the menu is available
[20:03] <XT3015> rebooting into android works
[20:03] <@ihatemath> well
[20:03] <@ihatemath> you have a working device now at least
[20:04] <XT3015> at this point, i think i might have to try and RUU on another computer
[20:04] <@ihatemath> i don't know what to tell you, you shouldn't be getting error 155 after everything i said
[20:04] <@ihatemath> that might be good
[20:04] <@ihatemath> if you can
[20:04] <@ihatemath> never encountered this problem with other people, ever
[20:04] <XT3015> no worries thanks for the help
[20:05] <XT3015> yeah i was scared of that i couldn't find anything regarding my problem
[20:05] <@ihatemath> everyone else, either the ruu worked or flashing using fastboot with the zip worked
[20:05] <@ihatemath> if you figure it out, let me know so i can let others know if i encounter this in the future?
[20:05] <@ihatemath> if it works on another computer
[20:05] <XT3015> yeah, i'll definitely do that
[20:05] <@ihatemath> preferably with no tools from xda installed
[20:05] <XT3015> ill message you on reddit
[20:06] <@ihatemath> ruu .exe only
[20:06] <@ihatemath> ok
[20:06] <@ihatemath> good luck
[20:06] <XT3015> ok thx
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