[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veerendram1:
HTC One S (Ville C2) bricked

Hi Friends,

My friend's phone is hard bricked..Was trying to install another ROM on it..Messed with different recoveries, Boot images and lastly tried to run RUU.

RUU finished successfully and command prompt told me to reboot the phone in bootloader mode.

Tried doing the same with Power+volume down buttons however the phone is completely dead.

Can you help please..It's a friend's phone and would cause huge embarrassment for me if the same could not be brought back to life.

Rgds

Veerendra

QUOTE

To be precise - this is the procedure someone suggested and i followed -

How to update firmware (adsp, recovery, radio, ...)

!! SPL (bootloader) should be locked.

If it is unlocked, you can re-lock with command:

fastboot oem lock

1. Get to bootloader.

adb reboot bootloader

or

by pressing vol"-" and power keys/

2. fastboot oem rebootRUU

this will bring you to updater mode

3. Flash firmware that you have extracted from OTA zip file

fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

(the firmware.zip file is the one extracted from OTA zip update)

sending 'zip' (27589 KB)...

OKAY [ 3.558s]

writing 'zip'...

(bootloader) adopting the signature contained in this image...

(bootloader) signature checking...

(bootloader) zip header checking...

(bootloader) zip info parsing...

(bootloader) checking model ID...

(bootloader) checking custom ID...

(bootloader) checking main version...

(bootloader) checking hboot version...

(bootloader) start image[hboot] unzipping for pre-update check...

(bootloader) start image[hboot] flushing...

(bootloader) signature checking...

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,hboot,0

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,hboot,100

(bootloader) ...... Successful

FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately)

finished. total time: 13.210s

!!! This to be done quickly !!!

4. Issue again command:

fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

< waiting for device >

sending 'zip' (27589 KB)...

OKAY [ 3.556s]

writing 'zip'...

(bootloader) adopting the signature contained in this image...

(bootloader) signature checking...

(bootloader) zip header checking...

(bootloader) zip info parsing...

(bootloader) checking model ID...

(bootloader) checking custom ID...

(bootloader) checking main version...

(bootloader) checking hboot version...

(bootloader) start image[adsp] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,adsp,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,adsp,12

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,adsp,25

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,adsp,37

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,adsp,50

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,adsp,62

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,adsp,75

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,adsp,90

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,adsp,100

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,adsp,0

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,adsp,100

(bootloader) ...... Successful

(bootloader) start image[boot] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,boot,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,boot,11

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,boot,24

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,boot,34

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,boot,48

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,boot,60

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,boot,73

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,boot,87

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,boot,99

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,boot,100

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,boot,0

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,boot,99

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,boot,100

(bootloader) ...... Successful

(bootloader) start image[pg2fs_spcustom] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,pg2fs_spcustom,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,pg2fs_spcustom,99

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,pg2fs_spcustom,100

(bootloader) ...... Successful

(bootloader) start image[recovery] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,recovery,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,recovery,10

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,recovery,23

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,recovery,33

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,recovery,44

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,recovery,55

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,recovery,73

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,recovery,83

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,recovery,95

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,recovery,100

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,recovery,0

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,recovery,99

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,recovery,100

(bootloader) ...... Successful

(bootloader) start image[rpm] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,rpm,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,rpm,100

(bootloader) signature checking...

(bootloader) ...... Successful

(bootloader) start image[sbl1] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,sbl1,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,sbl1,100

(bootloader) signature checking...

(bootloader) ...... Successful

(bootloader) start image[sbl2] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,sbl2,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,sbl2,100

(bootloader) signature checking...

(bootloader) ...... Successful

(bootloader) start image[sbl3] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,sbl3,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,sbl3,100

(bootloader) signature checking...

(bootloader) ...... Successful

(bootloader) start image[tz] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,tz,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,tz,100

(bootloader) signature checking...

(bootloader) ...... Successful

(bootloader) start image[radio] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,9

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,18

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,27

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,36

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,45

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,50

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,59

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,68

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,77

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,86

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,91

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,99

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,radio,100

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,radio,0

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,radio,72

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,radio,100

(bootloader) ...... Successful

(bootloader) start image[rcdata] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,rcdata,0

(bootloader) [RUU]WP,rcdata,0

(bootloader) ...... Successful

OKAY [ 26.203s]

finished. total time: 29.762s

Main components of your firmware upgraded.

Normally, after this you remain in RUU mode.

Reboot to bootloader. (AFTER THIS IT NEVER CAME TO LIFE)

Unlock bootloader (if needed).

Flash custom recovery (if needed).

Reboot.

UNQUOTE

Can you help please..It's a friend's phone and would cause huge embarrassment for me if the same could not be brought back to life.

Rgds

Veerendra