I have a stock T-Mobile HTC 10 running the "latest" (October 2017) ROM. I'm thinking it's time to get a newer version (maybe/hopefully Pie?) so I've been looking here for information. Unfortunately it doesn't quite seem as straight forward as I had hoped, so now I have some questions.
I've been reading that Oreo seems to be a bigger battery drain than Nougat. Is this so, and if so would I be better off not doing anything (my battery isn't as good as it used to but I can still get by most of the day without issue)?
Do I need to s-off in order to upgrade or is unlocking via HTC Dev enough?
Any suggestions on a tool to backup my current data?
Is the general process as follows?
s-off/HTC Dev unlock
Flash TWRP
Flash custom ROM
Sorry for any silly questions. I appreciate any help!
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I need to Root this phone and get rid of the Telstra rubbish, but i am having no luck to date.
Any advice from you Telstra handset owners would be fantastic!
Have a look on the modaco android forums, users there have reported success with rooting and flashing a generic desire rom. But there are also reports that the gps problem, that 1.16 fixes, comes back.
Please excuse this really n00b question...However is the only way to root by loading a modified rom onto the phone? Would it not be possible to root my current (HTC Desire from Telstra) keeping all out of the box software/settings?
I guess much the same way that blacksn0w jailbreaks an iPhone without you having to flash a jailbroken firmware back to the phone.
Cheers
It doesnt have to be a modified rom, it can be a stock one. If you do root your phone, you will have to reflash a rom though, be it stock or modified, and all of your personal setting will be gone.
Is there a particular one that seems to work well. I have had issues with mine because it came with the rom that has the GPS fix already installed. This rom is 1.16, it did not like the new one because it is 1.15
I had no issue creating the goldcard and got it to the bootload screen, but i could not get past that point.
Its best you ask questions in the root thread over at modaco, you'll get better answers.
Thanks Jaa-Yoo. I'll give it a crack.
Hi All
I've searched the forum but nothing seems to relate to my question so here goes.
I have upgraded so am looking to sell my M8. Before I upgraded I rooted the phone but have not flashed a custom Rom so is still on Sense 7.0 and Android 6.0. I don't mind selling the phone as rooted but I obviously wish to remove all of my personal data. What is the best/easiest way to do this? Apologies if this has been asked many times and I have missed it.
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Hi All
I've searched the forum but nothing seems to relate to my question so here goes.
I have upgraded so am looking to sell my M8. Before I upgraded I rooted the phone but have not flashed a custom Rom so is still on Sense 7.0 and Android 6.0. I don't mind selling the phone as rooted but I obviously wish to remove all of my personal data. What is the best/easiest way to do this? Apologies if this has been asked many times and I have missed it.
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Run the appropriate RUU for your device to erase all data from your phone.
What does it say next to "OS" in your bootloader? With that information I could direct you to an RUU download for your particular model of M8
Hi its 6.12.401.4 thanks I will have a hunt for a guide. Was going to leave it rooted but I think a full wipe will be better now.
Hi everyone,
I've been researching for a couple days and I'm pretty much ready to root my phone. I have the Bell Canada version. All I want to do is unlock the bootloader, root it, and install Xposed. From what I can tell, I shouldn't have any problems. But I've been seeing a lot about the radio not working, and I'm concerned I might be screwing myself since there is no RUU for the international version of the HTC 10. Which means, as far as I can tell, that if I screw up my phone there's no going back. I haven't seen many threads addressing specifically the Bell/international version, so I want to be clear before I try anything. I have much experience rooting phones, but I'm new to HTC and it seems much more complicated and risky.
So I have a few questions:
- Has anyone successfully rooted the Bell/international variant of the HTC 10 without issues or radio loss?
- Further, has anyone gotten Xposed framework working?
- Is there a way to revert the phone back to stock/fully functioning in the case that the radio stops working or some other problems arise?
Thanks in advance.
I plan on getting one soon and root it. Would be fun to know if someone did it already.
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Found some information on reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/htc/comments/4tap0f/bell_stock_rom_htc10/d5lszn8
Were you guys able to root and/or flash a ROM on the Bell model?
I am running Leeroid ROM on my Bell HTC 10. Very easy. Unlock bootloader, install twrp with fastboot and you're gold
Xposed works great too. Never had an issue with radio since rooting. I do have a minor problem which only started happening since i removed the rom encryption and my lte wont work until i go into mobile networks and reset apn to default. Once i do that my lte works like normal until i reboot and have to repeat the 10 second process.
And you can always save a twrp backup of your stock ROM if you want to go back.
sweet, thanks for confirming! Did you manage to get a Sharp display by chance? I have a feeling that literally all of the Bell ones are of Tianma.
Bell user here. I'm on stock rom with latest update with some mods. Phone runs pretty good now,
1.90.666.4 OS
Sunshine > $25 dollar paypal (S-OFF)
TWRP for recovery
AcoustiX_Audio_ZeroInfinity_v30 (make speaker louder)
ElementalX-HTC10-0.25-Sense (Plus $3.00 EX Kernal Manager Paypal)
Tweaked_pnp_thermal_ivicask_v19
I've rooted my HTC 10 using sunshine. I'm currently on Leedroid's ROM.
As anyone successfully restored to stock? I need to do so to unlock. I want to use a different SIM.
There was a bell ruu somewhere around. Just run that and you'll be back to full stock.
Do you have a link?
No but @xunholyx might be able to help
I have the 2.41.666.3 RUU. You can download it here.
Thanks a lot. I also need a stock recovery. Is it included?
Yes. RUUs always contain the stock recovery. They restore everything to stock. Also, it will wipe your phone, so backup anything you don't want to lose.
Hello,
Picked up my OP3 on Monday (Contract with o2 in the UK) and itching to flash a new ROM. Just has a few questions.
Does the all in one toolkit still work? Comfortable with adb and fast boot but toolkit is obviously easier and quicker.
Currently running latest firmware is there any precautions to take when flashing ROMs etc? On previous devices it's been a simple boot into TWRP/CWM, wipe, flash ROM/gapps and happy days. Are all ROMs compatible?
Noticed OnePlus don't consider unlocking a bootloader and flashing etc worthy of voiding a warranty- does this mean if anything did happen at some point and I was running custom ROMs that o2 will still repair it or do they not follow OP's after care? Whilst im on this topic; Can you relock the bootloader with ease if anything was to happen?
Finally which 7.X ROM is the most stable with good battery life and plenty of features? Personal favourite has always been PACman but haven't had a chance to scroll through the current ROMs for this device yet. On my G3 many custom ROMs which weren't based on stock had terrible camera quality, is this common on the OP3 too?
Thanks,
Curtis
1. Yes the toolkit should still work
2. Flashing roms is the same as all other devices
3. If the problem was not caused because of the custom rom the they will repair it for you i guess.
4. And as far as battery life is concerned it is determined more by the kernel than the rom. I would recommend exkernel and official cm14.1
Thank for your reply!
Another question haha, can I just unlock bootloader, load up TWRP, boot into recovery, wipe, install any ROM and I'm golden? Saw a few threads say firmware X.X.X aren't compatible and you need to jump to X.X.X for it to work as well as some fingerprint problems occurring if not using a certain build?
Just wondering if the above is all old stuff that has been ironed out haha
Thanks
If your flashing cm14.1 based ROMs then you would need to flash correct firmware which would be in installation instructions or help threads but oos stock based ROMs will have everything included
Greetings everybody!
I recently got an android update to 7.60, which made the phone less worse, but didn´t cut all of the problems i had. After some new installations, I got sick of this firmware and decided to unlock the bootloader and switch to a custom rom. Unfortunately I am not able to unlock the bootloader with the instructions and got to the conclusion, that I have to downgrade android (don´t I?).
I am not very experienced in unlocking, rooting and so on, so I would love to have a full guide on how to get from android 11 7.60 to, what I believe is my best choice, Ressurection Remix.
I know there are many treats about this, but it seems not consequent and straight forward how different people get through this process.
Some links for the relevant files would be nice, especially for the unbrick tool, that I have to use and the rom, I have to downgrade to.
Thank you very much for your help and keep healthy