Root Help - Attempted S-OFF fail

[djl236]

I used Scott's noob guide to root my Rezound, which by the way was easy and flawless, thank you. After I attempted S-OFF and it failed about 3 times trying the wire trick. After the 3rd the phone just froze at the black screen with the juopunutbear logo. I was forced to then battery pull. When I tried to boot again the phone either just goes to the same logo and stays there or I can boot into the bootloader. From there I can't seem to do anything, can't access recovery, S-ON is there and the phone says unlocked. When I try to acess the phone via command prompt in windows using fastboot from your mini-adb, I just get a waiting for device.


Can anyone please help or is my phone now a lost cause?

Thank you.

 

[scotty85]

jpbear relaces your boot image with their special one,hence that's where it goes when you try to boot. You should still be able to get to hboot,then fastboot to reflash your boot image to get your phone spring.

Rather than rwflash rhe boot image,I personally would rerun control bear and keep doing the wire trick until it works.it took me several tries the 2nd time I did it. 3 or 4 fails is giving up pretty easy

 

[djl236]

jpbear relaces your boot image with their special one,hence that's where it goes when you try to boot. You should still be able to get to hboot,then fastboot to reflash your boot image to get your phone spring.

Rather than rwflash rhe boot image,I personally would rerun control bear and keep doing the wire trick until it works.it took me several tries the 2nd time I did it. 3 or 4 fails is giving up pretty easy

I'm able to get into flashboot but the computer doesn't see my phone anymore and that's where I'm stuck. I get a "waiting for device" when trying to flash boot.img

I tried re-running controlbear a few times but the computer no longer sees my device. Control gives this:

Searching for device
Connect device and install drivers
Press ENTER to exit.

Drivers are installed and the computer was seeing the phone before attempting the wire trick.

 

[djl236]

Well I tried rebooting, reinstalling HTC drivers, all the USB ports on my PC, etc.

Nothing, just keep getting the same messages I posted in the previous thread with control box and adb/fastboot.

Looks like I have a nice paperweight now. At least I still have my T-bolt...

 

[scotty85]

Try installing boot as a ph98img.

Search xda.

I'm sure its not. A Paperweight

 

[djl236]

Try installing boot as a ph98img.

Search xda.

I'm sure its not. A Paperweight

I placed the PH98IMG.zip on the root of my sd card, and booted into HBOOT. The blue status bar slowly progresses on the right hand side of the screen and once it completes nothing happens.

 

[scotty85]

What is inside ph98img?

 

[djl236]

What is inside ph98img?

I used this one that I found on XDA:

ROLL UP STICKY: Currently Unlocked Bootloader, S-Off and Perm Root - xda-developers
2.01.605.11 Gingerbread ZIP RUU

It contains:
adsp.img
android-info.txt
boot_signed.img
dzdata_16g.hdr
dzdata_16g.img
dzdata_4g.hdr
dzdata_4g.img
hboot_8x60-lte_2.11.0000_111006_CRC_signedbyaa.nb0
mdm9k.img
mdmrcdata_1.88.002.img
pg2fs_spcustom.img
radio.img
ramdisk.img
rcdata_1.13.002.img
recovery_signed.img
rpm.img
sbl1.img
sbl2.img
sbl3.img
splash1.nb0
system.img
tp_atmel224e_1101.img
tz.img

 

[scotty85]

ahh,now were getting somewhere. you wont be able to run the ruu while unlocked

pull out everything but the boot image and android info text document,rezip and try again. optionally,you could add in your recovery image of choice,but the boot image should get you booting.

also,sorry for the short replies,i was working(driving)

 

[djl236]

ahh,now were getting somewhere. you wont be able to run the ruu while unlocked

pull out everything but the boot image and android info text document,rezip and try again. optionally,you could add in your recovery image of choice,but the boot image should get you booting.

also,sorry for the short replies,i was working(driving)

I will give that a go right now.

And don't worry about apologizing at all dude. You've been more than helpful so far. Thanks man.

 

[djl236]

Ok created the PH98IMG.zip with the android_info.txt, the boot.img and the amon ra recovery img, installed it and the phone is now booting up again. I'm going to wipe it and do a nandroid restore of the stock rooted image I took before trying to s-OFF.

EDIT:
Actually I'm not sure I need to do that. Everything is still there including superuser and root checker verifies I have root access. Phone is still HTC Unlocked as well.

Still not out of the woods yet. The phone is booted into the OS, but it is still not be recognized by my PC. I do have HTC drivers installed....another HTC android phone when plugged in is recognized. My Rezound still isn't. It won't even charge off the computer.

 

[scotty85]

a couple different things come to mind...

first,i think id reinstall the stock recovery and try clearing storage in hboot.

failing that,maybe try and relock/run the full ruu

 

[djl236]

a couple different things come to mind...

first,i think id reinstall the stock recovery and try clearing storage in hboot.

failing that,maybe try and relock/run the full ruu

Since the PC won't recognize or see this phone at all I decided to try to wipe and restore my nandroid to see if that would get the computer/USB working again.

I wiped everything and went to nandroid using this:
[Recovery Flashable] Nandroid Helper for the Rezound - xda-developers

Nandroid is failing to restore. So now I'm stuck with a phone that has Amon Ra recovery and HBOOT and nothing else on it (no OS). It does work with any computers that have HTC drivers so I can use adb or fastboot commands. I think I'm just as worse off as before. I have no idea where to go from here and may just quit for the night and try whatever other advice you might have tomorrow.


I really really hate this phone lol. I never had any problems with rooting and attaining S-OFF with my Incredible and Thunderbolt.

 

[scotty85]

i havent used the nandroid helper. i think the tools that are supposed to make things "easier" may complicate them more than they help

rewipe,restore the backup,or flash a new rom,then manually reinstall the boot image.

you could also install the "mini-ruu" from the root thread,wich is just the boot/system/recovery images so you dont need to relock.

 

[scotty85]

after some thot,i think thats what id do if the nandroid doesnt work.

install the mini-ruu so you have ths stock recovery. then try clear storage,and factory reset options in hboot.

 

[djl236]

after some thot,i think thats what id do if the nandroid doesnt work.

install the mini-ruu so you have ths stock recovery. then try clear storage,and factory reset options in hboot.

Ok I downloaded and flashed the mini-RUU successfully and got the phone to boot into the OS. I confirmed the phone was still not being read/recognized or even charged by my PC. Rebooted back into HBOOT and then ran clear storage and factory reset. Computer still doesn't recognize/read or charge the phone, but it does boot into the OS.

 

[scotty85]

you have tried different cables,right? got usb debugging turned on?

 

[djl236]

you have tried different cables,right? got usb debugging turned on?

Yes I tried different cables, different USB Ports, different PCs with HTC drivers installed and enabled USB debugging. still won't see it or charge it on a PC.

 

[djl236]

The phone also isn't charging when plugged into a wall. I'm guessing the s-off attempt caused hardware damage and the phone is now worthless.

 

[scotty85]

The phone also isn't charging when plugged into a wall. I'm guessing the s-off attempt caused hardware damage and the phone is now worthless.

does it still make calls,have working wifi/data? if so its not completely worthless,tho admittedly its an extreme inconvience/nuisance to not be able to plug it in to a PC for file transfer and adb/fastboot. i got an external charger and some extra batteries pretty cheap on amazon since i hate plugging my phone into a charger during the day. everyday i use my phone till it dies then pop in a new battery.

unnfortunately,i cannot think of anything else we can try. you cant run a full ruu without relocking,and you cant relock without fastboot. my last suggestion is to get on jpbears irc channel and see if they have any advice. i would ask if hyuh or zanzibar are in the room before asking,as they are prolly the only 2 id for sure trust to know an answer to.

#Juopunutbear on Freenode [26.4/43]

i will keep researching,and see if i can come up with anything else

 

[scotty85]

have you reinstalled your recovery as a ph98img?

 

[djl236]

does it still make calls,have working wifi/data? if so its not completely worthless,tho admittedly its an extreme inconvience/nuisance to not be able to plug it in to a PC for file transfer and adb/fastboot. i got an external charger and some extra batteries pretty cheap on amazon since i hate plugging my phone into a charger during the day. everyday i use my phone till it dies then pop in a new battery.

unnfortunately,i cannot think of anything else we can try. you cant run a full ruu without relocking,and you cant relock without fastboot. my last suggestion is to get on jpbears irc channel and see if they have any advice. i would ask if hyuh or zanzibar are in the room before asking,as they are prolly the only 2 id for sure trust to know an answer to.

#Juopunutbear on Freenode [26.4/43]



i will keep researching,and see if i can come up with anything else

Wifi/Data work, but it wouldn't be worth to me to get an external charger and keep doing that. The bright side is I didn't pay for this phone, I got it for free so no money lost. I'm using my Thunderbolt, so this phone isn't even activated now. If you find anything else out that may work, I'm all ears. Thanks for all the help so far. You at least got the thing booting again.

 

[djl236]

have you reinstalled your recovery as a ph98img?

I just flashed Amon Ra, it installed ok. Phone still isn't seen by a PC and won't charge at all.

 

[scotty85]

Which recovery, Amon-Ra?

The only thing I've done since last night is flash the mini-ruu and try the clear storage and factory reset.

ok. i dont think hyuh is completely understanding the prollem. as you can see,those guys can be a little abraisive,but dont take it personally- they just get so much of the same thing over and over it can be fustrating. just answer his questions as best you can,and try and be polite.

install amon as a ph98img,and boot to it... see if it charges and/or has any connectivity.

other than that,try and keep your eyes peeled on the channel in case he comes back and starts asking more questions.

 

[djl236]

ok. i dont think hyuh is completely understanding the prollem. as you can see,those guys can be a little abraisive,but dont take it personally- they just get so much of the same thing over and over it can be fustrating. just answer his questions as best you can,and try and be polite.

install amon as a ph98img,and boot to it... see if it charges and/or has any connectivity.

other than that,try and keep your eyes peeled on the channel in case he comes back and starts asking more questions.

Its alright, I know he doesn't have to help anyone and I fully understand that.

Still doesn't charge or PC connect with amon ra. I'll stay logged on IRC at work today and see if he says anything else.