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Like thousands of others I'm pressing the check for update everyday on my htc desire waiting for Froyo.
And then over the past few weeks I've read many guides to rooting. I've downloaded and burned a CD of the Tiny Linux tool for rooting (boot loader .80). I've downloaded Unrevoked 3 and I've downloaded one of the latest froyo ROMs with Sense (plus downloaded radio).
I'm ready to root!
I'm a developer by trade (mainly visual studio C++ at work boo! Eclipse android at home whahey!). I replaced the firmware on my Buffalo NAS with Debian about 18 months ago - which has been one of the most worthwhile home projects I've ever done : providing me with an internet facing subversion server at 20 watts. Developer waffle.
So if I've had such a good modder experience before why aren't I rooting at the moment?
Well the odd cry for help from people who may have bricked their phone does cast a bit of a shadow. My NAS was out of warranty and not part of a £35/month contract and it didn't go smoothly at first. But I believe it would all go okay!!! It sounds much more straight forward.
I've decided to wait this time around because:-
- My phone is unbranded so I should get the update as soon as HTC release it. If it was branded (especially on Orange as my last phone was) I'd be unbranding it quick as a flash. Imagine waiting for Orange to get round to caking their rubbish over the top.
- I think (not sure) that in order for Sense to be part of the current Froyo roms now appearing for the Desire - is sense/froyo leaking out of the htc beta program and so these roms will always be slightly behind the latest build in htc as far as core bug fixes go? If i'm wrong - apologies. I suspect that, although the person who posts the rom may add many worthwhile things to the rom, the version of froyo that htc is working on will, meanwhile, be having core bugs fixed.
- I'm writing my first Android app and I should be concentrating on finishing that while I'm waiting for Froyo rather than getting into rooting/roming.
- I think I will root next time around. They say that a lot of the htc phones that came out this year won't get Gingerbread next year. So I'll probably root then (closer to the end of this contract as well) and get some hybrid Gingerbread.
I'm planning on waiting until the end of August. I may just say sod it and root tomorrow.
One reason why I may regret not rooting now is that I think htc might update the security on the phone when I get the OTA froyo. This might break all current rooting methods. It might even make it impossible to root it after that date.
As an aside, I've just read an article in this month's Linux User and Developer on the BeagleBoard and it sounds like I could make an Android phone from scratch - Walter Mitty I know!
I am also not rooting my desire for now just because the quality of apps these days has replaced my needs for rooting, I originally rooted for themes and customization, I'd like to take a screen shot but I can live without it.
I'd like to root but can't be bothered now as android and phone development has come along way since the old g1.
And I doubt htc will secure the the phone to a point where it will not be flashable htc seem to get android and the way its progressing look at what they asked cyan0gen to do, Motorola doesn't imop.
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I can't get an update of any kind. I'm seeing everyone w/ firmware 1.26 - 1.28 and it seems like I'm ages behind everyone.
1) Is anyone in the US with an International HOX getting any updates w/o
having to install something?
I remember reading that someone today in the US was getting the update but they had to tweak the software before their phone grabbed the patch.
Do unlocked phones in the US usually lag behind in terms of updates? I'm new to this sort of thing.
Muchos Gracias!
My update came a couple of days ago. No noticeable changes, but I'm not a very demanding user at this point.
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I got it from HTC and not from retail. I'm pretty sure it was in the first batch or something. No flaws though so it's not the end of the world.
Here is to hoping it will grab an update of some kind eventually
I believe this should be the 1.26 update for your phone. I wouldn't jump the gun on doing an update to 1.28 becuase it will change your hboot and possibly mess up your ability to gain s-off at some point.
http://hipfile.com/zx330uig435s/RUU...o_1.1204.90.13_release_251208_signed.exe.html
Hi guys!
I'm moving this week to One X coming from Motorola Razr and I'm a bit confused with so many things going on here.
My current device have locked bl and we don't have that much kernels, roms, etc.
I've some knowledge on unlocking HTC devices. I've done this once in a Legend. And already know how to root and use a cwm later. But, atm I just wanna to update my device for testing it (stock) so, my question is about all those roms out there:
Q. what's the best and/or new retail (RUU) rom atm for Tegra 3 One X?
Q. There is any bug in device itself (hardware related). Mean, I saw a lot of complains about lags in sense and an echo on calls? These problems has being fixed in the new roms you're suggesting?
Q. After this testing fase, I'll wanna rum some mods so, what custom rom is really fully working and you recommend. Also a nice kernel for better battery life would be appreciated.
Maybe these questions sounds kinda noob to you, but that's because I am.
Thanks in advance!
Please, ayone? :good:
pedrotorresfilho said:
Hi guys!
I'm moving this week to One X coming from Motorola Razr and I'm a bit confused with so many things going on here.
My current device have locked bl and we don't have that much kernels, roms, etc.
I've some knowledge on unlocking HTC devices. I've done this once in a Legend. And already know how to root and use a cwm later. But, atm I just wanna to update my device for testing it (stock) so, my question is about all those roms out there:
Q. what's the best and/or new retail (RUU) rom atm for Tegra 3 One X?
Q. There is any bug in device itself (hardware related). Mean, I saw a lot of complains about lags in sense and an echo on calls? These problems has being fixed in the new roms you're suggesting?
Q. After this testing fase, I'll wanna rum some mods so, what custom rom is really fully working and you recommend. Also a nice kernel for better battery life would be appreciated.
Maybe these questions sounds kinda noob to you, but that's because I am.
Thanks in advance!
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Congrats to purchasing an amazing phone! Regarding your questions!
1. Never really understood what RUU means, somebody else gonna have to answer that.
2. The hardware issues were in the first batches, it has been fixed now! However I purchased mine the first week it came out, and it has been working flawlessly all the time!
3. My personal favorite roms are ViperX, ARHD and CM10 by tbalden. I would recommend faux kernel also, it's rock stable!
To finish this post, all luck to you and your new phone!
Sent from my HOX running CMX by Tbalden.
The ruu depends on what your devices CID is you can't flash an ruu I'd your phones CID doesn't correspond to the RUUs. Download an app called CID getter and post what your CID is.
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pedrotorresfilho said:
Hi guys!
I'm moving this week to One X coming from Motorola Razr and I'm a bit confused with so many things going on here.
My current device have locked bl and we don't have that much kernels, roms, etc.
I've some knowledge on unlocking HTC devices. I've done this once in a Legend. And already know how to root and use a cwm later. But, atm I just wanna to update my device for testing it (stock) so, my question is about all those roms out there:
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Q. what's the best and/or new retail (RUU) rom atm for Tegra 3 One X?
.11 is the latest EU ROM and the one most people are on. There's a .12 that's been released in the Nordic countries but it only updates the radio; I'm guessing for specific issues they had. Be warned: HTC's randomly denying warranty repairs regardless of the issue for unlocked phones. Also, because of the Apple patent issues, HTC U.S. can't repair an international phone if it requires a motherboard replacement because they can't reload the international s/w. If your phone's not on .11 it's probably an Asian phone. Check in the dev section for their latest ROM. A mega-update is due pretty soon bringing the phone up to 4.0.4 along with a host of performance and feature improvements.
Q. There is any bug in device itself (hardware related). Mean, I saw a lot of complains about lags in sense and an echo on calls? These problems has being fixed in the new roms you're suggesting?
Early on there were a bunch of random QC issues. Things seem to have quited down a bit. There's a Wi-Fi h/w fault and a pretty long thread on it. About +/- 10% of phones seem affected. I have an early-build phone and haven't had any issues with it. As ROM's go, .11 is very stable. The degree of lag you experience is directly corellated with how many widgets, syncs, and apps you've got going at the same time. The forthcoming update which people have been using as a leak speeds things up.
Q. After this testing fase, I'll wanna rum some mods so, what custom rom is really fully working and you recommend. Also a nice kernel for better battery life would be appreciated.
Tons of discussion in the "Mega" thread in the general section and throughout the dev section.
Tingelholm said:
Congrats to purchasing an amazing phone! Regarding your questions!
1. Never really understood what RUU means, somebody else gonna have to answer that.
2. The hardware issues were in the first batches, it has been fixed now! However I purchased mine the first week it came out, and it has been working flawlessly all the time!
3. My personal favorite roms are ViperX, ARHD and CM10 by tbalden. I would recommend faux kernel also, it's rock stable!
To finish this post, all luck to you and your new phone!
Sent from my HOX running CMX by Tbalden.
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Hi!
I really appreciated the reception here. I'm used to the Razr/Maxx forums and did a lot of friends there. But the Locked bl made me move to One X.
I'll try the roms and kernel you've suggested.
Thanks a lot!
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The ruu depends on what your devices CID is you can't flash an ruu I'd your phones CID doesn't correspond to the RUUs. Download an app called CID getter and post what your CID is.
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Well, after unlocking the bootloader I don't have to worry with CID limitations right? My device is an European one. I bought and I'm waiting it arrive? Do you have any pill to recommend? lol
I'm really excited with this phone and really appreciated the reception man.
Thanks!
BarryH_GEG said:
Q. what's the best and/or new retail (RUU) rom atm for Tegra 3 One X?
.11 is the latest EU ROM and the one most people are on. There's a .12 that's been released in the Nordic countries but it only updates the radio; I'm guessing for specific issues they had. Be warned: HTC's randomly denying warranty repairs regardless of the issue for unlocked phones. Also, because of the Apple patent issues, HTC U.S. can't repair an international phone if it requires a motherboard replacement because they can't reload the international s/w. If your phone's not on .11 it's probably an Asian phone. Check in the dev section for their latest ROM. A mega-update is due pretty soon bringing the phone up to 4.0.4 along with a host of performance and feature improvements.
--Most devices in Brazil are from Europe or USA, mine is from Europe, the international version. HTC leaved Brazil about two months ago due poor sales performance. Can't believe that. We have more people using cellphones here than our population which is about 190 millions. So, I don't have warranty anyway, I'll first be clear of all going ons here to avoid a hard brick :d
Yeah, I saw the mega update news. AFAIK AT&T users already got it right?
Q. There is any bug in device itself (hardware related). Mean, I saw a lot of complains about lags in sense and an echo on calls? These problems has being fixed in the new roms you're suggesting?
Early on there were a bunch of random QC issues. Things seem to have quited down a bit. There's a Wi-Fi h/w fault and a pretty long thread on it. About +/- 10% of phones seem affected. I have an early-build phone and haven't had any issues with it. As ROM's go, .11 is very stable. The degree of lag you experience is directly corellated with how many widgets, syncs, and apps you've got going at the same time. The forthcoming update which people have been using as a leak speeds things up. :good:
--I'll definitively go to this .11. Its 4.0.4 right? I didn't experienced any lags, I'm waiting mine. Bought two days ago. Just don't wanna mess anything. So I'm taking care to do nothing stupid. Hope I'll be getting a good one.
Q. After this testing fase, I'll wanna rum some mods so, what custom rom is really fully working and you recommend. Also a nice kernel for better battery life would be appreciated.[/COLOR]
Tons of discussion in the "Mega" thread in the general section and throughout the dev section.
--That's one of the reasons that made me ask for a guidance here. There are really a lot of stuff going on here. lol
I'm most used to the Razr forum section and you can imagine how bad is the development on a locked bootloader device.
Just for comparison we don't have any kernel, except extra modules hacks, and maybe 3 roms partially working. And Razr was released last year.
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I'm impressed with One X forum. The device itself and you guys. Thanks a lot!
Cheers
My LG G4 is dead and i need a good substitute ASAP on a tight budget ($200-$250 max). This pretty much limits me to 2015 era phones. Not getting another LG, Samsungs are too expensive and S6 has no microSD slot anyway. Narrowed it down to either an HTC One M9 and Moto X Force. Moto's limited development as well as an alarming number of nightmarish defective OLED displays has scared me off of it (shame as I love OLEDs).
So i'm about settled on an HTC One M9. I did my best to research any deal breaking hardware defects, any problems seem far less severe or common compared to G4 or Moto. Assuming I haven't missed anything...
So that said my question now turns to the software side- are there any carriers/variants of the M9 I should try to avoid buying? As the title says, I wish to unlock the bootloader, root, and eventually install custom roms etc. I'm prepared to pay for Sunshine if necessary provided all M9 variants are supported. I've done my best to read through as many threads and pages as I could before asking this. It SEEMS like i'd be safe buying pretty much any M9 and still be able to unlock bootloader, root and s off. Even Verizon models if i'm not mistaken? Am I correct in this assumption? I wanted to ask just to ensure I didn't miss any important caveats before buying.
I messed up buying an LG, many suffer from a motherboard defect causing unfixable bootlooping and mine finally succumbed the other day. Mine was also a region that didn't allow bootloader unlocking. I could root with some effort if I didn't mind being stuck forever on lollipop, but no custom roms and other annoying limitations.
I don't wish to repeat the same mistakes if I can avoid it, so any information regarding my query would be greatly appreciated. Any other advice or things to look out for regarding the M9 would be helpful too. Thanks very much in advance.
By the way, the version i'm looking at buying is listed as an AT&T model. From what I have seen, this variant seems to be pretty much perfect for doing all I want. But I still wanted to ask this in case I either get a different variant, or if the seller is listing the wrong version of the product. If all M9s are basically equal at this point, then I don't need to worry which kind I get.
Try to buy a worldwide edition. It's the sim unlocked from factory with region 401 ie x.xx.401.xx firmware version.
M9 is a solid phone. The camera isn't the greatest but it does take good shots. It can get a bit hot if charging and playing games at the same time and it is more than capable of draining the battery in an hour or two if you use resource intensive games or apps. The sound is very clear and boomsound is a major player in the satisfaction this phone gives, making the speakers significantly bassier than other devices on the market. The speakers 'can' be a little quiet at full but they ALWAYS stay crystal clear with no distortion at all.
You MUST get a protector case for this device as the front of the actual phone can crack if you apply pressure, by the front camera lens is cracked on mine. Tech21 make a good sturdy case for this device but it is a tad expensive at £30 GBP.
I Don't recommend using custom roms with this device as not only is the risk of a brick significantly higher it is also going to result in a slightly slower phone than stock rooted.
The different variants of this device are essentially the same but carrier locked versions can be a prick to find software to fix stuff.
In all you've made the right choice of phone if you plan on keeping it stock but the wrong one if you plan on modding it.
Beamed in by telepathy.
Sorry, but I have to disagree with some points of the post above this one.
If you live in the US then choosing either the unlocked/dev variant or the version of your carrier is the best choice. SKU 401 is optimized for the EU (in regard to supported frequencies and some GPS configurations). And it's important that you choose the correct hardware version for your carrier's technology (Verizon & Sprint: CDMA - all other variants: GSM). The firmware of CDMA devices and GSM devices isn't interchangeable. You can't even flash Sprint firmware on a Verizon device (or vice versa) without damaging it. However, you can change from one GSM firmware to a different one if you want to (S-OFF required).
Just for having it mentioned (I know that you don't need this information but who knows who else is going to read this): The Verizon version's bootloader cannot get unlocked via HTCdev (unlike the bootloader of all other versions). You need S-OFF for unlocking the bootloader of that version. Since sunshine needs root on the latest firmware version the only way to unlock the Verizon variant on the latest firmware is an xtc clip/java card. (This may change with a future update of sunshine.) Or you try to get a pre-Nougat Verizon M9 and use the temp-root of the sunshine app.
In addition, HTC provides RUUs for its US devices. Therefore, getting back to stock is easier with one of them than with all other non-US variants.
And in regard to custom roms: They don't hardbrick your device. The worst thing that can happen is a soft-brick/bootloop and that will only happen if you try to flash a custom rom whose base is newer than your phone's firmware (and some nougat roms are even compatible with the marshmallow firmware so this happens quite rarely in the recent time).
Aside from that, my phone is as fast while I use Viper 6.1 as it has been while I was playing around with the stock rom. If there really is a difference then you need laboratory equipment for being able to detect it. And I'm pretty sure that you get the same performance on other (sense-based) custom roms, as well.
The only thing that you need to be aware of is that there are more and more reports of dying memory chips. These nand deaths happen on stock phones and on modified phones. As far as I read, no one has been able to repair such a dead device except for HTC itself. I don't know what's the cause of the problem since I know enough people whose M9's are still working fine without any issues.
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Thanks for the reply from both of you. I'm surprised and happy a mod actually replied too!
My LG was locked out from installing custom roms and such, but I have experience installing some on a first gen Galaxy S (currently using it as backup in fact). I'm sure things have changed somewhat, but I am aware of the potential risks in flashing custom roms. I've bootlooped and soft bricked my device doing so more than once. I'm not a programmer, but I was able to fix them all with patience, research and the right tools/software. I assume there are also methods to deal with soft bricks and bootloops on HTC One M9 if you consider it less of a threat than a hardware brick (which my LG G4 got even without flashing anything). I appreciate the warning and advice either way.
I'm not concerned with the carrier compatibility that much. I don't have service with anyone at the moment and can use whatever. Seller says the device is a GSM unlocked AT&T device, if accurate then i'm perfectly content with using GSM networks. Listing says "new AT&T carrier overstock item", which I hope means the device is okay. It's being advertised as running 5.0 Lollipop, which I assume means the stock rom it came with when first released and also hope is an okay starting point for doing whatever rooting and customization I want.
I hope the NAND issue doesn't crop up on the one I get though, that doesn't sound good. HTC attracted me because i've seen fewer people complaining about widespread hardware defects compared to many other phones. It's difficult to find phones that are a good value, are reasonably free of serious problems and include features I deem important (microSD card support for instance, and having reasonably fast processors). My options are limited.
I'm not sure if i'll need s off. I'm new to that term and don't know much about it besides it being some sort of HTC security. Not sure what doors would open up by having s off, still researching. Assuming the model I buy is accurately listed as AT&T, it sounds like I should be able to unlock the bootloader, root, flash TWRP and even get custom roms without having s off. Am I correct? Not even sure if it's required to flash kernels such as ElementalX.
That can happen if you post in the forum of a device that's owned by a mod. Don't forget that we're normal members, as well, if we don't moderate.
If you face a soft-brick you only need to keep both volume buttons and the power button pressed until the phone reboots to its bootloader. From there on you can boot to TWRP and only need to flash a working rom or to restore a backup of a working (stock) rom and the problem should be fixed. Hard-bricks only happen if you flash a CDMA firmware on a GSM device (or vice versa) or a Sprint firmware on a Verizon device (or vice versa). The phone will still be booting but from what I observed here on xda your SIM card won't be detected, anymore, even if you re-flash your phone's original firmware. Aside from that you can "kill" this phone if you're impatient while it's installing an update and power it down during the process (there was a time when that happened quite often). Therefore, I suggest you to just let it do it's thing after you started the update process. Depending on which update you want to install it might take up to approximately half an hour and the phone might reboot (and therefore vibrate) several times.
Correct, for flashing custom recoveries/roms/kernels you don't need S-OFF on this phone (as long as it's not the Verizon variant). Take a look at the further reading section of the ReadMe thread. There's an article linked that explains S-OFF. And Sneakyghost's firmware thread in the development section should contain an explanation, as well. If I remember correctly it should be located in the 5th post. Be aware that you don't need to (re-)lock this phones bootloader like you needed to do on older HTC devices if you want to flash a RUU with S-ON as long as you use the SD card method. That's the recommended method, btw.
I personally don't use a custom kernel. They had a huge impact on my last device (the HTC One S - released in 2012) but HTC seems to be learning at least from some of its "mistakes" since the battery optimizations are much better on the M9. Therefore, I haven't been using a custom kernel since one of the early versions of ElementalX. On the other hand, that means that I can't tell you whether the current version got optimized that much that it actually has an impact, again.
In regard to the nand issue: Don't forget that 95% of the posts here get made by people who face problems with their phones whereas most people don't post if everything is working fine. That might cause that an issue seems to be more common than it actually is. And as said in my last post, I haven't seen such a dead nand in real life, yet, and I know a lot of people who own this phone.
And last but not least a little tip: Find out your phone's firmware as soon as you get it. If it's a pre-4.x version (everything before android n) then try to find the latest 3.x RUU for your SKU*. If you install that one you will save some time that would otherwise be needed for installing a huge amount of OTA updates. (A RUU only needs around 5 minutes if you use the SD card method.) You can't directly install a 4.x RUU since HTC changed the encryption keys between firmware 3.x and 4.x. Therefore, you need to install the 4.x update via the software update function of the phone since OTAs aren't encrypted. More information, some useful files and instructions can be found in the ReadMe thread. (It's a big wall-of-text but reading and understanding it is worth the time that you need for doing so.)
Edit: * = Here's a download link for the latest 3.x AT&T M9 RUU (directly from HTC's server). However, now that I think about it I actually can't tell you whether the AT&T variant already received android n...
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Hello everyone, so I bought a "Brand new sealed in box" HTC 10 from a seller om ebay.
It happens to have the code m10h ( its appeared to be an unlocked Tmobile device as I have checked the IMEI with HTC). Htc said the device is legit.
The phone came with all accesories minus the warranty from HTC. The phone was in decent condition with no scratch or anything it looks completely brand new to me but when I checked the memory it seems to only have 3GB of RAM (2.7 to be exact). HTC told me that my device is indeed an HTC 10 not the Lifestyle version (with only 3GB of RAM and snapdragon 654). Mine came with the 820.
I wonder if you anyone can help me with this maybe a screenshot of your memory capacity would help greatly.
Thank you very much !
Here are the screenshots
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They gave you a QC reference phone. It's a prototype for development. You need to report that user to ebay and get your money back.
HTC 10 is 3.7GB ram
Download DevCheck system info and look at the specs that your device has. It should have around 3700 mb of ram.
tabp0le said:
They gave you a QC reference phone. It's a prototype for development. You need to report that user to ebay and get your money back.
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+1 @kpha2 this person has obtained this either from a phone shop, prototype from R&D or from a HTC ambassador scheme. Either way it shouldn't be on eBay. hTC should have spotted that first if you've called them.
Performance wise it should still be ok but definitely dodgy.
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I contacted HTC several times. Non of the agent was able to define what was wrong this 3Gb thingy. They all said that they were not familiar to this weird spec.
Honestly, the performance is actually smooth besides the 3GB but the phone wasn't able to read any microSD card
Also, it gave me around 130k on antutu.
But I will definitely as for my refund. Seller hasn't replied to me for 3 days so hopefully ebay can jump in and work its magic
I also bought such a phone from eBay, though from a seller that has 72,000+ transactions and a 98%+ feedback rating. But the model number on the invoice was 10h. It shipped with a Taiwan ROM. However, after unlocking the bootloader, changing CID and MID and flashing a North American RUU, my memory page shows 3.7 gig. Perhaps if you have a TW ROM, the allocation is different? Can't say that's the case, just guessing at it. But if you're not satisfied, I'd deal with it right away by contacting the seller and resolving it, rather that wait it out. I guess it all depends on how much you paid... if you bought a $700 for $300, then you might want to allow for a little 'wiggle room'.
Well this is NOT the thread I wanted to see 3 days after getting my HTC 10 off eBay lol.
What were the seller's names? I bought mine from never-msrp. I initially had a problem with charging (wouldn't go past 69%) but that seems to have gone away now and everything is running smooth as butter. Only issue is that I received a Euro charger, even though they did throw in an adapter as well it's kind of annoying having to carry around 2 pieces of equipment with me.
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Well this is NOT the thread I wanted to see 3 days after getting my HTC 10 off eBay lol.
What were the seller's names? I bought mine from never-msrp. I initially had a problem with charging (wouldn't go past 69%) but that seems to have gone away now and everything is running smooth as butter. Only issue is that I received a Euro charger, even though they did throw in an adapter as well it's kind of annoying having to carry around 2 pieces of equipment with me.
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That's who I got mine from. If you look at the storage page in settings, you'll see 3.7G RAM, which apparently is exactly what the machine is supposed to have.
Should you decide you don't like the Taiwan ROM, just unlock the bootloader (free via HTC Dev or for $25 with Sunshine which also gets you S-off) change the CID and MID, then flash a North American RUU. I stuck with MM because I need to run Xposed, but there are other great ROMs out there. I wound up with Maximus HD.
If you need any help, just PM me.
BTW, no need to use the adapter and charger supplied, any USB-C cable will do the trick.
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That's who I got mine from. If you look at the storage page in settings, you'll see 3.7G RAM, which apparently is exactly what the machine is supposed to have.
Should you decide you don't like the Taiwan ROM, just unlock the bootloader (free via HTC Dev or for $25 with Sunshine which also gets you S-off) change the CID and MID, then flash a North American RUU. I stuck with MM because I need to run Xposed, but there are other great ROMs out there. I wound up with Maximus HD.
If you need any help, just PM me.
BTW, no need to use the adapter and charger supplied, any USB-C cable will do the trick.
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Thanks!
I didn't even know that the ROM was Taiwanese. I suspected that it was from somewhere outside of North America though, but so far I haven't noticed anything different (not like I would know what to look for). I think I'm going to refrain from rooting/ROMing this phone for a while. Every phone I have owned I rooted within days of owning it, but after my last phone I completely lost interest in all of that. I guess I just couldn't be bothered to go through all that again (learning how to root that device, flashing a ROM, then trying to unbrick my device/fixing a bootloop issue, then trying to figure out why xyz doesn't work the way it should, etc etc etc.). I'm still running stock MM out of the box! So I will try to hold off on rooting this one for the time being.
And this is actually my first USB C capable phone. I tried plugging the cable into a 2A Samsung charger from my Galaxy Note 8 tablet, and the phone got very very hot very fast. I think I'm going to have invest in some Anker gear. I have a bunch of their Micro-USB cables and they're really high quality. Any experience using their chargers?
Ps. what's "S-Off"?
nubreed000 said:
Thanks!
I didn't even know that the ROM was Taiwanese. I suspected that it was from somewhere outside of North America though, but so far I haven't noticed anything different (not like I would know what to look for). I think I'm going to refrain from rooting/ROMing this phone for a while. Every phone I have owned I rooted within days of owning it, but after my last phone I completely lost interest in all of that. I guess I just couldn't be bothered to go through all that again (learning how to root that device, flashing a ROM, then trying to unbrick my device/fixing a bootloop issue, then trying to figure out why xyz doesn't work the way it should, etc etc etc.). I'm still running stock MM out of the box! So I will try to hold off on rooting this one for the time being.
And this is actually my first USB C capable phone. I tried plugging the cable into a 2A Samsung charger from my Galaxy Note 8 tablet, and the phone got very very hot very fast. I think I'm going to have invest in some Anker gear. I have a bunch of their Micro-USB cables and they're really high quality. Any experience using their chargers?
Ps. what's "S-Off"?
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If you check, some of the apps won't work (like the HTC Club, or something like that) because you're in a different region of the world. However, what concerned me more was what else might be 'under the hood' that I wasn't aware of, and didn't want to suffer any incompatabilities. For example, I'm told that the TW ROM does not display all the apps in the Google Play Store that a North American will.
Like you, I also waited about two weeks, but decided to take the leap. I flashed a stock HTC North American ROM, and it worked great. That got me to the latest firmware versions with all the fixes on MM necessary for the camera, and so on. Eventually, I went with MaximusHD because that is the closest to stock but with some very nice optimzations for speed, thermals and thus most importantly, battery life.
Fortunately you bought an HTC phone, which is very developer friendly and HTC enables you to unlock the bootloader for free. It's very easy and there are even a couple kits here that will help you do it automatically. By changing the CID and MID, you'll be able to flash a stock HTC North American (or any other ) RUU. Rooting gives you access to be able to use certain utilities like Titanium Backup and Xposed/Xprivacy, which has been a lifesaver for me.
As to 'S-Off', that is a security 'switch' in the radio that enables you to flash firmware independently of the rest of the ROM. When you unlock and root, the ability to receive an OTA (Over-The-Air) update is disabled, so future improvements can't be downloaded. Having S-Off enables you to flash firmware updates downloadable from XDA here, directly to your phone to keep up with the latest fixes.
Feel free to PM me to discuss sidebar. Don't want to go too far OT on this thread.
BillTheCat said:
When you unlock and root, the ability to receive an OTA (Over-The-Air) update is disabled, so future improvements can't be downloaded. Having S-Off enables you to flash firmware updates downloadable from XDA here, directly to your phone to keep up with the latest fixes.
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Just a correction but unlocking the bootloader does not prevent you from taking OTA updates. Neither does having s-off for that matter. What does prevent you from taking OTA is having a custom recovery and a modified system partition. Using the classic method to root by flashing supersu is one way of modifying your system and blocking OTAs. But rooting with Magisk on the other hand does not modify your system, and you could still take OTA.
Tldr: You don't need S-off to be able to update your phone through OTA, just root with Magisk and flash the stock recovery before taking an OTA.
Tarima said:
What does prevent you from taking OTA is having a custom recovery and a modified system partition. Using the classic method to root by flashing supersu is one way of modifying your system and blocking OTAs. But rooting with Magisk on the other hand does not modify your system, and you could still take OTA.
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Point taken, though most are going to flash TWRP. In this user's case, he's looking to go with a MM North American ROM which no longer receives any OTAs so far as I'm aware. We bought the same phone from the same vendor, and since I just went down this path not even a month ago, I figured I'd save him from the mistake I made of forgetting to change the MID to be able to flash the HTC RUU.
Thanks for that clarification.