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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
I flashed HPSGill's rom on Friday which is Sense 5 themed, It didn't boot up. So I went back to recovery, wiped everything down, and proceeded to flash the stock ROM. The RUU installation failed, giving me a 150 Error. I have used the same RUU for a year now. I then tried running some fastboot commands but most of them give me "REMOTE: NOT ALLOWED".

The phone goes into fastboot mode as when I execute "fastboot devices" i see my phone serial number on the command line. I can't however access adb. On removing the cable it takes me to the bootloader white screen, only now, the options for reboot, reset factory settings, recovery, etc, are not visible.

It just shows me my phone information, bootloader as relocked, and RUU highlighted. I have tried flashing the RUU multiple times, after each flash attempt, all partitions, except the userdata partition shows userdata FAIL-PU, which as I understand is the partition update failing, bootloader shows - BYPASSED. I have also tried downloading the same RUU just in case somehow the one I had was corrupted. But same result.

HTC service center says since I have rooted my phone, I will have to pay 6000 rs. for a 7000rs. phone to get it repaired. Is there any way back from this ? I have sent it to the service center and will get it back tomorrow, So I can only post screenshots if needed tomorrow. I have scoured the internet for the solution and I have read some odd success stories, but none of them for the explorer, mostly for desires. Any help appreciated.

I will be trying bortak's guide in the meanwhile which is again for htc desire.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] shortyoko:
Well from what I get so far you're stuck in the middle of a bad RUU flash, idea is you need to complete an RUU flash before you can do anything else, from this I get only try flashing several times this RUU or try with some another RUU else, if there is no fastboot this is hard to be fixed, try sending pm to @legen_dary , he experimented for a while to find some s-off way, so he should know a little bit more about this stuff. I'll continue the search, if find something will share, you also, do share what have you discovered, and if something works what is it.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
Thanks for the reply. As I mentioned, the moment i connect the phone via the USB cable, it automatically goes into fastboot mode as when i run "fastboot devices", my device shows up. So I'm considering, not all hope is lost. I have to get to work, will be getting my phone back today, will experiment some and get back here at night.

forgot to mention a couple of things.

1. the bootloader shows relocked. On running the fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin, the command completes successfully but the bootloader still shows relocked. And because it constantly shows relocked, I'm not able to install a custom recovery as well.

2. tried putting the rom in the RUU on sdcard and renaming it as PBsomething.zip. but it wont read the sd card. So flashed it manually via fastboot flash zip zipname.zip runs upto a certain point then gives me something like this

RUU: "FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately)" So I tried reflashing it, but keeps giving the same error.

So since the sd card is not being read at all, I guess bortak's method of creating a goldcard goes out the window.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] #define:
Hmmm.. This is the second such case i've seen..

Have you tried getting the unlock token again from htcdev??

Also, try updating your hboot version...

Or, get any hboot from an ruu, and do a

fastboot boot hboot.img

If it wrks, you'll atleast be able to unlock the bootloader, and put a recovery on it..

If, however, your original bootloader remains locked, then you wont be able to access the recovery as well..

In fact, it wouldnt go past the hboot...

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
Thanks. will try it out and get back to you but after about 12 hours, I am yet to get back my phone and gotta get to work.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] juristokrat:
burnt nand

your nand is burnt.you should use cute_prince's method.

Steps of solution

1.flash twrp via fastboot -------fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

2.boot recovery via fastboot------fastboot boot twrp.img

3.apply cute prince method -------http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36868966&postcount=2367

4.re lock bootloader via fastboot ------fastboot oem lock

5.run compatible ruu

6[optional ] unlock bootloader and Flash favourite rom
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
He's unable to unlock the bootloader so it's impossible to flash a custom recovery

You can't use fastboot boot or fastboot flash with a locked bootloader. Can you get into HBOOT mode by holding volume down and power while switching on the device? Or does it go straight into FASTBOOT mode?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
i tried

1) unlocking bootloader, and now its unlocked.

2) fastboot getvar all gives me

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.03.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.11.82.17

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 1.31.720.3

(bootloader) serialno: ********

(bootloader) imei: *******

(bootloader) product: pico

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-7225A

(bootloader) modelid: PJ0310000

(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__038

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3673mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: HTC

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: RUU

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 30d3dcb5

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 12

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.032s

3) fastboot oem boot boots up the phone and is now stuck in a bootloop. gives me the htc jingle and restarts. tried pulling the battery and volume down + power combination to get to the hboot menu, but brings me back to the black htc screen with 4 triangles. At least there is some progress. Now I somehow just need to get that menu back that comes up after the volume down + power combination.

4) tried fastboot oem resetRUUflag and it gave me this -

...

(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!

OKAY [ 0.007s]

finished. total time: 0.009s

5) tried fastboot boot hboot.img with the boot.img from the RUU

it gave me -

creating boot image...

creating boot image - 788480 bytes

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.263s]

booting...

FAILED (remote: reproduce boot image with on-flash ramdisk error)

finished. total time: 0.300s
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
Can you get into recovery?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] #define:
The boot.img file is the kernel bro.. Not the hboot..

The file you're looking for is hboot -something-something.img

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
@sachin thomas - No I can't get into recovery

@legen_dary - hboot_1.03.0000_30d3dcb5_1129_signed this one right ? i just renamed it to hboot.img to avoid typing or copying the whole name

EDIT : i find this flag out of place . (bootloader) boot-mode: RUU. should it be RUU ? i think this is the one causing all the problem, though of course i may be wrong.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
You can't boot from a signed HBOOT image because it's a plain binary file and not an android boot image. As you have unlocked the bootloader try fastboot boot with any recovery.img file (CWM or TWRP)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
EXCELLENT !

did this -

I:\Android Rooting\Flash>fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.8-pico.img

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.810s]

booting...

OKAY [ 0.014s]

finished. total time: 0.834s

and now I am in CWM recovery screen.

EDIT 1: wiped all partitions.

EDIT 2 : rebooted the phone to check if it let me into the hboot menu, but it comes back to the black htc screen with 4 exclamation marks
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
To be on the safer side do cute_prince's nand recovery procedure as juristokrat suggested
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
i did that when i got my nand burned after installing cm10 beta 6. But AFAIK and as far as I understand, i need to place the flash_erase file into system/xbin. I am right now stuck in recovery. How am I supposed to do it from there ? is there a flashable zip for it which will run the commands via recovery ?

EDIT : this is FAR better than i expected. since I'm in recovery, adb devices spits this out -

adb devices

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

SH1BJVN07184 recovery
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
Mount your SD card in recovery and place the file in the root of the SD card. Now, if you have TWRP you can use its file manager to move it into system/xbin and set permissions to 755

If you have CWM you can type the following in adb shell:

Then find a newer RUU and run it
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
OK. booted via twrp, copied file from sd card, but there seems to be no xbin folder in system

EDIT : ran it directly from the sd card via the terminal in twrp, it ran without errors. rebooted the phone, still comes up to the black htc screen
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
Mount system
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
after mounting system, its still showing only one folder in system . lost+found. nothing else.

ran it directly from the sd card via the terminal in twrp, it ran without errors. rebooted the phone, still comes up to the black htc screen
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
Oh, the xbin folder should have got deleted when you formatted system. I don't think you can't get rid of the HTC screen without successfully flashing an RUU. Our aim is to get rid of bad blocks which prevents the RUU from getting flashed

Are you sure that it ran without errors? Move it into /system and change permission to 755 and re-run it before attempting to flash another RUU
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
done. moved it to system, ran the commands, ran without errors. Now what ?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
Find a newer RUU and try flashing it. I think you can't flash the same RUU because it always checks the version numbers and allows you to flash only those RUUs which are newer than your existing version
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
for that i will need to relock the bootloader, correct ? plus I'm already on the latest RUU for Asia India -

RUU_Pico_hTC_Asia_India_1.31.720.3_Radio_10.35d.80.09H_1.11.82.17_release_230683_signed
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
Try this at your own risk:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38694608&postcount=3

This method of downgrading HBOOT has worked on older devices like the Wildfire S but I don't know whether anyone has done it with an Explorer
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
well f*&$ me !

installed CWM, wiped all partitions, installed

system, boot, recovery via fastboot, relocked bootloader, ran RUU. it ran successfully ! phone is now booting.....AAAANNNNDDDDD....DONE !
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
thanks to all those who replied and helped out ! MASSIVE thanks !
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sushantgulati:
facing a similar problem..

I have a htc explorer. My phone was stuck at white htc screen after flashing some ROM.

so I took the RUU route n it failed.

Now my explorer is stuck at a black screen with htc logo in between and 4 exclamation marks in corners.

plzz help me.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] DanceOff:
Don't flash ruu on burnt nand phone, for future note

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Your device is dead and 1% hope for it !
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] afandi92:
same error

how do you do working unlocked bootloader.. after relock and stuck on a black screen with 4 warning triangles?? :eek:

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help me plz.. i have same problem..:crying:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil_1337:
1) fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin (the one you got from the HTC website)

2) even if you can't see anything, press volume down button and the power button. The phone should restart. If it does, you have unlocked your bootloader.

3) then use twrp recovery to boot, and use cute_prince's method to recover nand.

fastboot boot <twrp recovery image name>.img.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] afandi92:
riff box jtag

not working.. I have a brick htc..my phone is dead with black screen and 4 warning triangles.

To solved: i must have a hardware "riff box jtag" to unbrick.. but i dont have it :(

HTC Explorer (HTC Pico) - JTAG/RIFF connection unbrick (repair dead boot) ---> youtube.com/watch?v=EDZpm1I0Z_U
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
What's not working? Several people have got the black screen with four triangles and have fixed it without JTAG
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] afandi92:
But HOW????????????????????????????????????????????????:confused:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
By running an RUU (with locked bootloader). If the RUU doesn't flash successfully (shows error for data, cache or system) you have burnt nand. You should then unlock the bootloader, boot twrp recovery through fastboot and follow cute_prince's nand recovery procedure, relock and run RUU again
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] afandi92:
tutorial

can you give me a tutorial :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] suriyanarayanan:
my explorer also stuck in black htc screen with exclamation mark in four corners & also not able to go to fastboot menu what to do
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Taha Haq:
Follow this tutorial to recover burnt nand :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2389445
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sembhi421:
plz.. tell me sir .. how u done it....plz send me procedure at sembhi421@gmail.com
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] and-roid007:
[MENTION=5435054]sembhi421[/MENTION] if u want to use ruu,u must flash ruu with same radio and hboot version,otherwise u'll get error

go to bootloader by pressing volume_down+power

connect phone to pc,on your phone go to fastboot(u can navigate with volume keys,and select with power key)

now,on ur phone go to fastboot

it should say "fastboot usb" or somthing like this

open cmd: enter these fastboot command > fastboot flash recovery path_to_your_recovery.img

then press ENTER

now u have installed recovery,next time go to recovery and do a nand recovery

again reboot and wipe eveything,then install your rom
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] radejov:
anybody know how to unlock relocked phone? I try to flash my HTC explorer with RUU_Pico_HTC_Balkan_1.42.1131.2_Radio_10.43.80.14H_1.18.80.18_release_270491_signed but it was filed.

Now I have 4 yellow triangles and can't enter into recovery or fastboot mode... anyone some solution?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] kingbadola100:
i have same problem but i am able to get into recovery and flashed custom rom successfully. but when i reboot the system i again stuck at black screen with 4 warning triangles.. pls help me
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
Goto http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Pico

Download the RUU for your region which matches(or newer than) your radio version and install it

Then you can flash any custom ROM

If you have overclocked and burnt NAND then run NAND recovery proceduring before installing RUU

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2389445
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] kingbadola100:
ok..when i install ruu,{RUU_Pico_hTC_Asia_India_1.31.720.3_Radio_10.35d.80.09H_1.11.82.17_release_230683_signed.exe} everything goes fine but it fails on system showing (system fail pu) partition update fail.. but i want to install only custom rom ..and when i install cm10 via booting twrp recovery and reboot the fone, it again shows black screen...pls help me to remove that black screen
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
Did you do nand recovery before running RUU?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] kingbadola100:
no

no i didn't..now can u please tell me what to do further?

because every time RUU fails and i don't get any kind of help.. can u please suggest me some more methods for installing any kind of rom and help me to get rid out of black screen
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
First download flash_erase.txt and put it into SD card

Boot into TWRP recovery

Go to mounts and storage then mount all things

Then go into advanced then file manger then rename that file to flash_erase

Now move this file to system/xbin and set permission as 755

Open terminal command from recovery navigate to system/xbin hit select.

Now type these commands one by one:

Now remove battery and reinsert it .

Goto recovery and:

format /boot

format /system

wipe data / factory reset

Now relock the bootlader, run the RUU, when it completes and the device boots successfully, install your favourite ROM

Download link for flash_erase.txt:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1655489&d=1358514526
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] kingbadola100:
done

i properly followed your method and everything goes fine and perfect.. but when i re-insert the battery and attach usb cable, it again shows htc black screen.and while running ruu it again shows image updaate error ..
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
Did you get any errors about bad blocks while typing the flash_erase command for mtd3?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] kingbadola100:
mission accomplished

thank you very much brother..now i am back on my lovely stock rom ...thank a lot man
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sembhi421:
unmount cache problem

Thanks for reply,

But there is an error in recovery i.e

e: can't/open/cache/recovery/last_log

e: can't/open/cache/recovery/log

e: can't/open/cache/recovery/last_log

e: can't/open/cache/recovery/log

something like that and am unable to wipe partitions
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] and-roid007:
sorry for being too late, i was/am very busy with real world,i sold my explorer so i can't help you:(
[Galaxy S II General] Tahoor_m:
Can somebody please port galaxy s3 video player to work in galaxy s2. I tried pushing apk to system/apps and setting permissions on stock xxwlsd rooted rom. Bt unfortunately it didnt work. Plz help :banghead:
[Galaxy S II General] Tahoor_m:
26 views n still no comments?? :(:(
[Galaxy S II General] zavorrax:
Just curious, what the S3 video player can do, that other players don't?

z

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] Tahoor_m:
It has got live videos even in the thimbnail list
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
God....kill me now.....

Sent from the little guy
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VacTacks11:
Hey guys,

I'm going to be demo'ing a windows 8 Mobile Device's integration with Live and our company apps. I was watching MMS 2013 videos and they showed a Windows 8 Mobile screen on their Windows 8 desktop during their demos.

Any ideas how I can do this? Using a Lumia 920.

Thanks
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StevieBallz:
You can't. Developer devices include additional Drivers and Software to make this possible. Also the Software running on the Desktop for this is not released by Microsoft. There are some hacked ROMs for old WP7 devices but those won't help you with your use case.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VacTacks11:
Well bullocks.

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikosgsr600:
Hello Guys , i am new here and I can say that this has excited the page, may I ask if I could upgrade to the device on the current software is now the android and I would suggest me Operating Systems and applications that will help the function of my tablet
[HTC One V] Lsesp:
I've been trying to update my phone with this new OTA for the past 2 days but i haven't been able to. I am rooted but i flashed the stock recovery in order to install this new OTA. I download the update and I choose install now and the phone reboots but when it goes into recovery the progress bar gets to half way and then stops and shows the error screen with the phone and the exclamation point inside the red triangle. Anyone had this issue before? Is it because my bootloader is unlocked? I don't think it is because when I did the update for the battery my bootloader was unlocked and the update was succesful. Can anyone tell me why the update never finishes? I've tried several times to download the update again and try to install it again but nothing works.:confused:
[HTC One V] mr_nooby:
Follow this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1705484
[HTC One V] Lsesp:
Turns out I have to be unrooted haha thanks. I an having second thoughts about applying this OTA as I read that it updates hboot and makes it impossible to use the stock RUU.
[HTC One V] mr_nooby:
I've never gone back to stock since I flashed the first custom rom, stock sucks, if you like sense try a custom sense rom, they are so much better
[HTC One V] Lsesp:
Stock is alright, I just went back to stock a couple days back, I had Rhythmic Rom 1.2 but I had to go back to stock cus my phone would reboot 3-5 times every day and its just annoying.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] szzlgupta:
2g network consumes less than wifi ?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] Grady22:
Without a data connection active, our devices are basically 2G network. 2G connectivity is needed for calls, messages, etc.. Theoretically should consume less than a Wi-Fi network.

I may be wrong, waiting for other opinions. Thanks!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] Shaaan:
You have got a few wrong..

I do not respond to tech support via PM
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] Piachnp:
It is my understanding that:

- If you are downloading//uploading data, 3G consumes more battery than WIFI (upload also consumes more than download)

- Idle: WIFI consumes more battery than 3G

Always a good idea to disable Haptic feedback aswell.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] szzlgupta:
Keeping the phone always on Power saving mode is a good idea ?

Coz without that my phone battery wont last any long! in power saving it goes approx 15 hours including around 7 hours of deep sleep!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] Grady22:
Yeah, why not? Power saving mode do some of the things said by me above and in addition reduces the CPU frequency to 800Mhz.

Like what? Tell me that was correct.

Yes, significantly increase battery life.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] AnMotass:
I'm always with full brightness and vibration mode. And wifi after 3:00 pm and when i plug my phone at 9:00 pm the battery is at 50% :D

Enviado desde mi GT-I9070
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] Grady22:
Tutorial updated .. expect to see and tricks that you can use to extend battery life.

If my work has helped you, press THANKS button!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] cougzys:
I found something. I don't know if it's generally or just my phone, but if i unplug the charger at about 80% the battery lasts longer.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] Grady22:
Interesting.. I have to test it.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] Jeroenvk94:
Maybe you should calibrate your battery?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] cougzys:
Already done that.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] sandrin0:
I'm sorry, but if this is the way you want to use a smart phone, why do you even have one?

Disabling all the connections makes the whole phone quite useless.

My opinion: grab your charger and enjoy or throw your phone out of the window and buy an old school Nokia.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] Grady22:
Use functions of a smart phone only when you need, only when you need. You must be a cell phone, not a landline.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] sandrin0:
Okay maybe that differences per user. I hate it when I only receive messages when putting the screen on or so. I just like to stay in touch and that's the main reason I have a smartphone.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] Piachnp:
I have to agree with you, disabling syncs or 3G connection absolutely defeats the purpose of having a smartphone. I do all the other stuff to preserve battery, i even have an all-black wallpaper.

You can space out some app syncing (facebook syncs for example and lots of apps can be configured to sync at specific intervals) to get a middle-ground solution.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] jaycm1130:
good point/s to all.. nice guide too..

its a matter of choice..

lets leave it all out to the readers..
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 General] Grady22:
Thanks .. OP updated ..