Root Sprint HTC One M8 Rooting Gone Wrong

henthob · Jan 28, 2015

Hello All!

I've unlocked and rooted my HTC One M8 (Sprint) and tried to put the Android 5.01 Google Play Edition ROM on it (the appropriate Sprint/CDMA ROM). Well, it mostly went well, until after it finished updating apps post install. Now it just has the boot animation looping constantly. When I force-reboot it by holding the power and volume up buttons, it boots into the boot options menu but it ONLY has HBOOT for me to choose. I cannot access fastboot or the recovery mode. So I cannot access the phone through those options or the fastboot command lines from a PC (USB debugging). Is there anything I can do, any tool I can download to fix this or am I just hosed?

Thanks for the responses!

EarlyMon · Jan 28, 2015

Which link did you use for your flashing instructions?

Are you s-on?

henthob · Jan 28, 2015

I used these links to learn how to root and flash my phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2762336
http://htconeroot.com/htc-one-root/how-to-root-htc-one-m8/

And yes, I am S-On but the phone was unlocked/rooted and working before I tried to install the new ROM.

EarlyMon · Jan 28, 2015

OK, cool, thanks.

I could uselessly speculate about partition changes and stuff I don't know about with that GPE rom but you don't need that.

What you need are guys smarter than me for this situation.

I'm going to go send some messages and light up my hangouts and see if I can reach them for you.

In the meantime - please specify your device history so they have the full picture on arrival -

Were you on the latest 4.4.4 from Sprint when you started?

The Captain linked two TWRPs - please post the link for the one you used, if you remember (try browser history if unsure).

Please write down everything shown on the hboot screen, unless you have some camera where you can take and upload a *clear* picture of it.

If you experienced any other difficulties along the way, please describe briefly including any correction steps.

Please understand that it's not about putting you under the microscope, it's about putting your phone there so those guys can try to decode what you might try next.

Meanwhile, don't panic, don't try more things, wait for the experts - in my experience with similar cases that's the best way.

Stand by.

scotty85 · Jan 28, 2015

That's a peculiar sounding situation indeed. I think a pic of your boot loader screen may help us. Also,try accessing hboot with the SD card removed

EarlyMon · Jan 28, 2015

Scotty and I have been chatting - and I just checked my bootloader (Spirit M8 ok) - the hboot option is only selectable if you're already in fastboot mode.

Can you verify that for us?

Hoping for a picture.

EarlyMon · Jan 28, 2015

PS - Scotty just explained to me why the sd card thing is important - he's the man, listen to him, I'm just keeping the thread company lol.

CapThrowback · Jan 29, 2015

I'll hang out here too just in case

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henthob · Jan 29, 2015

OMG, taking out the SD card did it! I have all the boot options now and can get into the recovery options! Thank you so much!

Why does taking out the SD card make all the difference?

EarlyMon · Jan 29, 2015

henthob said:
OMG, taking out the SD card did it! I have all the boot options now and can get into the recovery options! Thank you so much!

Why does taking out the SD card make all the difference?

Fastboot scans the sd card looking for any image updates there as almost the first step.

If something glitches, it hangs at that point.

What's the glitch? You'll have to find out later - bad file on sd card, sd card gone bad, or just one of those glitchy things.

(Thanks @scotty85 for getting me smart on that!)

saltire · Jan 29, 2015

See this is why I love this forum, always learning. Case in point I knew hboot looks for the img file when it boots but would I have thought to pull the sd card out and then try, nope! Thank you guys (Hope i remember if I need it)

EarlyMon · Jan 29, 2015

saltire said:
See this is why I love this forum, always learning. Case in point I knew hboot looks for the img file when it boots but would I have thought to pull the sd card out and then try, nope! Thank you guys (Hope i remember if I need it)

Same here! I watched @Granite1 help someone with that advice and I just glazed and went whatever lol.

It makes *perfect* sense as soon as it's been explained.

henthob · Jan 29, 2015

Thank you all for the help, I thought I was going to need a new phone for sure!

EarlyMon · Jan 29, 2015

henthob said:
Thank you all for the help, I thought I was going to need a new phone for sure!

Welcome to the forums!

scotty85 · Jan 31, 2015

sorry for the late reply,i was wondering how it went for you,and finally got a minute to come here and check. for some reason i didnt get any notifications of anyones responses :mad:

im certainly glad that worked for you,just holler if you have further questions :cool:

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