Corrupt serial number and model ID

[Technology Geek]

So I'm a bit stuck. I can ONLY boot into the bootloader/fastboot. Using fastboot I tried flashing recovery. It will flash a recovery fine (tried TWRP, CWM, stock) but when you boot to recovery you get the HTC splash screen and then it hangs. For quite a while I was worried I had a bad image. But after a little more searching I found out I had some corrupt information. Model ID and Serial # appear to be really messed up.

# fastboot getvar mid
mid: �
finished. total time: 0.002s

# fastboot getvar serialno
serialno: ߞ�X�C
w\	`2�#
finished. total time: 0.002s

I tried to re-write my serial number and model ID, but I guess it won't work because I don't have the ENG hboot.

fastboot oem writemid PN07120
...
(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [  0.012s]
finished. total time: 0.012s

Another thing that is interesting is that version-misc shows UNKNOWN. (which is the 1st line after *** UNLOCKED *** on the boot/fastboot screen)
M7_UL UNKNOWN SHIP S-OFF RH

(bootloader) version-misc: UNKNOWN SHIP S-OFF

I've tried looking for the ENG hboot but cannot find it. Anyone know where it is? I've got the HTC One Developer Edition

EDIT: Looks like I found a site that had it.
http://shoot-a-droid.blogspot.com/2013/06/hboot-htc-one-s-off-modded-stock-eng.html

EDIT: Bah! Catch 22 here. Can't flash new hboot because model ID doesn't match.

# fastboot flash zip ENG_hboot.zip 
sending 'zip' (475 KB)...
OKAY [  0.242s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) zip info parsing...
(bootloader) checking model ID...
FAILED (remote: 41 model id check fail)
finished. total time: 0.648s

 

[FreedomHacks]

Hi,

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I have the same issue on my M8. Ever have any resolution to this problem??

 

[benny3]

Hi,

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I have the same issue on my M8. Ever have any resolution to this problem??

Same issue? what are you wanting to do and what have you did?