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DIY -Unlock and Flash Tmobile Dash to HTC Excalibur

Okay guys, this process took me 1 hour on the first Tmobile Dash i flashed cause i was reading and searching instructions from different sources at one time on the FLY so it took me longer. The 2nd Dash i flashed for my girlfriend took me 22 minutes flat cause i saved all these links and files.
You will have your phone done in about 20 minutes from start to finish if you follow these simple instructions.
DISCLAIMER TIME -
I'm writing this because i went through so many threads out there just to find out how i had to reflash the phone. Now, i've done 2 phones back to back and i wanted to put my experience in one SIMPLE thread. This worked for me, twice. I had success in reflashing my new Tmobile dash into an HTC Excalibur so i went and bought one for my girlfriend and did the same thing to hers with success.
I'm not responsible for any damages that you may incur in bricking your phone simple cause i wasn't the one that was reflashing your phone. This is my "story".
I went to http://www.imei-check.com/dashunlock.php to unlock my phone.
Seriously, its $38 bucks, don't be cheap. I did both of my Dash phones through them, its easy as all hell to do AND within 3 minutes, i was SIM unlocked and CID unlocked.
Sim Unlock - Use any carrier's SIM card.
CID Unlock - Unlocking the phone's Software lock
Application Unlock - Unlocking registry and installing 3rd party applicates that don't have certificates.
IMEI Check only SIM and CID unlocks (which is what most ppl do)
Step 1 -
With your new Tmobile dash - I want you to wipe the handheld clear first, based on my experience, it makes loading new ROM's FASTER.
Follow these Key strokes in the start menu
START - EXPERT - Clear Storage - enter 1234 to wipe the handheld.
(make sure your stuff is backed up if any!!)
Step 2 -
Install Activesync on your computer and make sure its Connected!!
Step 3 -
After that's done, you need to run this Rom bootloader update. I found this from the wonderful developers here. This is the link. To run this, all you have to do is download it and just run it on your desktop with your ActiveSync Connected.
ftp://xda:[email protected]/smartphones/Excalibur/RUU_Excalibur_SPL-1.11_UpgradeOnly.exe
I've read about ppl getting errors while trying to directly install the NEW ROM so i'm including this step ( once again, these are the exact steps that I took and it worked fine, i'm not going to tell you guys something that I didn't try or didnt work )
Step 4 - Let it fully set up and then install the new ROM. This is the ROM i used. Download it and run it with the ActiveSync Connected (Duh) Here's the link.
ftp://xda:[email protected]/smartphones/Excalibur/RUU_Excalibur_HTC_WWE_1.11.405.4_4.1.13.28_02.63.90_Ship.exe
I've read that this was the ROM that was most stable and I'm running it on 2 Dash phones without a single problem.
Now you're almost done!!!!
Step 5
After you get all that stuff set up, you need to edit the registry because the keyboard function still needs to be tweaked. This is a SDA Unlocker that I used on both phones to do the "Application Unlock".
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Uploads/Excalibur/unlock/SDA_ApplicationUnlock.exe
I know its for the TMobile SDA but it apparently works on the Dash too. This will do the APPLICATION UNLOCK and now you should be able to change the registry keys.
Step 6
Go into the phone and click START - Settings - More - Regional Settings-
Now change everything to English US, Not English UK. After that, reset the phone again for the changes to take place.
Step 7
Now click this link - Its a Registry Editor (best one i've used so far).
http://www.breaksoft.com/Download/MRE/MobileRegistryEditor.zip
Unzip it into a Folder on your desktop (no , its not a virus, scan if it you must)
and open it up.
it should look like this. (taken from their website)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
What you're doing right now is you're changing the KEYBOARD layout BACK to the Standard US one. The ABC's work but the secondary symbols don't correspond to each other (IE - "alt" + "K" should be the $ sign but its the Euro Sign instead)
Step 8
Now, go to this location in your registry -
HKEY_Local_Machine -
HARDWARE -
DEVICEMAP -
KEYBD -
Now look for "CurLang" - double click that value and a little window opens up that looks like this
Change the "Value Data" to "1033" as the US Keyboard Layout value.
Exit the program, and restart the Phone.
DONE!!!!!!! - Your phone is unlocked without the TMobile Branding and its back to the good ol HTC Excalibur setup.
Now, Depending on your phone carrier, you must set up the GPRS Settings and stuff. I'm on Cingular's network, you can find their settings on their website by going here-
https://www.cingular.com/support/content.do?page=phone-device-support
I know its for a different phone but the settings are the same.
As for text message setting and voicemail numbers - here's a shortcut -
START - SETTINGS - PHONE - PHONE OPTIONS -
This will automatically download the voicemail numbers and SMS numbers to your phone from the network.
[email protected] if you have questions.
*****************UPDATE-FEB 13th 2009 *****************
I've just checked my old emails and i've been receiving LOTS of emails about the links on this post being down. There was an issue with the FTP servers before where these roms were stored. They are no longer there.
They can be found by going here -->http://lmgtfy.com/?q=HTC+Excalibur+ROMS
I apologize that i haven't gotten back to those of you who have emailed me.
I no longer have this phone now so i never bothered to look into any of the emails.
There are plenty of sites where you can find the ROM images.

good post... thanks for the insight and instructions. been waiting for someone to confirm success before I actually went throught it myself. Thanks!

What about putting things back the way they were should you need warranty service, etc... With the SDA, I could, and did, put T-Mobile back with the shipping ROM available at the HTC web site -- but -- I don't see the shipping Dash ROM there or at T-Mobile.

To be honest with you, Warranty repairs and those sort of things should be a concern. You can reflash the factory ROM back onto the phone but i don't think anyone's released it yet. If you find it, please post it back up for more people that have the same concerns. To be frank, if you're going to flash a phone or "mod" it in anyway, it voids the warranty period but from what i understand, i believe HTC has a 1 year warranty on the phone. If its going to be carrier warranty, i wouldn't know where to begin to answer that question simply because I'm not with Tmobile as a carrier (and they are the only carrier that has released this phone in the US). This was the same ROM that i was posted up as the shipping ROM, not a test ROM. I'm merely using the resources that I've found as a simple guide for those who deem to do what I've done successfully.
I wish i had a better answer for you though.
Thanks

Nvious said:
To be honest with you, Warranty repairs and those sort of things should be a concern. You can reflash the factory ROM back onto the phone but i don't think anyone's released it yet. If you find it, please post it back up for more people that have the same concerns. To be frank, if you're going to flash a phone or "mod" it in anyway, it voids the warranty period but from what i understand, i believe HTC has a 1 year warranty on the phone. If its going to be carrier warranty, i wouldn't know where to begin to answer that question simply because I'm not with Tmobile as a carrier (and they are the only carrier that has released this phone in the US). This was the same ROM that i was posted up as the shipping ROM, not a test ROM. I'm merely using the resources that I've found as a simple guide for those who deem to do what I've done successfully.
I wish i had a better answer for you though.
Thanks
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This is what I am waiting for, otherwise I would have flashed this thing about 20 times. I don't know what is taking so long for us to get the original ROM from T-Mobile.

Nvious said:
I went to http://www.imei-check.com/dashunlock.php to unlock my phone.
Seriously, its $38 bucks, don't be cheap. I did both of my Dash phones through them, its easy as all hell to do AND within 3 minutes, i was SIM unlocked and CID unlocked.
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I don't want to stir the boat, you really did an excellent job on writing all, but I believe all can be done WITHOUT the prior unlocking, it's not necessary.. correct me if I'm wrong
good post though, kudos

jsp_m said:
I don't want to stir the boat, you really did an excellent job on writing all, but I believe all can be done WITHOUT the prior unlocking, it's not necessary.. correct me if I'm wrong
good post though, kudos
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Hey, thanks man. I looked at so many different sites and did so much searching, but i still couldn't find a site that just gave me steps to do it. That's what motivated me to do it!
I read on another thread that there was a way to reflash the ROM without a CID unlock through the bootloader. I tried it and I got the error code, it didn't work.
It was the bootloader that needed to be changed so i changed it but it still didn't work. I think the code was "invalid vendor" or something like that.
After all this, i'm pretty sure that AS OF NOW, there is no way to doing it.
I'm sure someone will find a way though. The first time i tried to flash my
personal Dash, i went through IMEI check cause i knew it was a sure fire way to do it. Then, the next day i went and bought a dash for my girlfriend and decided on trying to bypass the CID lock before we flashed the phone, i had a little more experience than i started with so i gave it a shot. I tried changing the bootloader, didn't work, there was still a SIM lock on the phone.
I had to get it done regardless so i did it. From what I understand ( i might be wrong), you can get the phone SIM unlocked through Tmobile if you've been in good standings for 90 days, but it won't remove the CID lock which is needed to have access to flashing the Carrier's ROM that's been installed. The application unlock is just to protect the registry and prevents you from installing programs that don't have secured and verified certificates. I tried all of the above and the only way i was able to it. Anyone else have any shortcuts? I can modify my original post so if there's a shortcut.
Thanks for all the input guys!

This was the thread that i read to try and bypass the CID lock= this might be worth following up for those of you who would rather save the $38.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=287791

Sort of... if you return the device to T-Mobile with anything other than their ROM, they'll either charge you a restocking fee (full retail) or send it back -- and getting them to send it back is no minor undertaking. If you reflash it with their ROM, they won't know, at least they didn't with my 2nd SDA -- the first one I mistakingly left the iMate ROM on and it turned into a lengthy ordeal. Eventually, they sent it back, and I reflashed it, and sent it in again without issue.
It appears the shipping ROM isn't going to be posted at the HTC or T-Mobile sites. If and when they issue an update, then that'll be the new 'shipping' ROM we need to start playing around with the others
Personally, I'm fine with the T-Mobile ROM, except for the HotSpot stuff that loads on boot. I'd rather free up the memory, but haven't yet run into a hack that lets the device boot up without all that HotSpot junk.
Nvious said:
To be honest with you, Warranty repairs and those sort of things should be a concern. You can reflash the factory ROM back onto the phone but i don't think anyone's released it yet. If you find it, please post it back up for more people that have the same concerns. To be frank, if you're going to flash a phone or "mod" it in anyway, it voids the warranty period but from what i understand, i believe HTC has a 1 year warranty on the phone. If its going to be carrier warranty, i wouldn't know where to begin to answer that question simply because I'm not with Tmobile as a carrier (and they are the only carrier that has released this phone in the US). This was the same ROM that i was posted up as the shipping ROM, not a test ROM. I'm merely using the resources that I've found as a simple guide for those who deem to do what I've done successfully.
I wish i had a better answer for you though.
Thanks
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loging to xda ftp site
Hi I keep getting rejection to log in to the FTP site, any idea why is that ? it keep saying permission denied
thank you

You sure its askin for permission? It never asked me??
ftp://xda:[email protected]
That's weird??
Check with the Moderator "Pof"

nice guide
nice will show this guide to my brother
the thing that has stopped us from upgrading his phone is that the Offical USA t-mobile rom is no where to be found incase he wants to flash back...
does anyone have this or can we back it up? please let us know so we can break the tmobile spell
also is it possible to get the tmobile APP called faves which stores his favorite contacts for free calls? i assume i can extract it
need some help - 1way

No one seems to have a program or anything that can back up existing Tmobile ROM's and no one can really find a release?
I've had no luck with it yet. Sorry

FYI...I've been running the ROM this thread specifies for 2 weeks now without any problems. My biggest grip is that I wish someone would post a ROM with xt9 and put back the functionality of being able to press and hold a key to get the alternate characters.

I'd say the fact that you've lost some significant functionality and can't get it back the way it was isn't "without any problems". When a ROM update comes out, we'll have our 'shipping ROM'.
bkeaver said:
FYI...I've been running the ROM this thread specifies for 2 weeks now without any problems. My biggest grip is that I wish someone would post a ROM with xt9 and put back the functionality of being able to press and hold a key to get the alternate characters.
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well the fact the those 2 functions are gone done warrant to me that it has problems. Problems to me is the wifi no longer works or the phone freezes up or calls drop those are problems. the 2 things I listed are a can live without thing.

1wayjonny said:
also is it possible to get the tmobile APP called faves which stores his favorite contacts for free calls? i assume i can extract it
need some help - 1way
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They will still bill the calls for free for the myfaves. You just have to use my.t-mobile.com to change the myfaves instead of the phone. You might know that but just incase someone else here did not know.

chaznet said:
I'd say the fact that you've lost some significant functionality and can't get it back the way it was isn't "without any problems". When a ROM update comes out, we'll have our 'shipping ROM'.
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XT9 is the feature in which the phone tries to guess what you're typing??? It was a blessing to actually get rid of that feature! I could not stand it.

I'm with you on that.
It seems to me that the debate is just over having the existing ROM to reflash.
If you guys have concerns on having a backup ROM, reflashing a phone is out of the question.
I wrote this thread cause Tmobile's the only company that provides the S620.
I don't have Tmobile as well as many others but that doens't mean we should be SOL on this phone.
To be honest, i expected only NON tmobile customers to be reading this thread because it relates to them more. Its on how to unlock and reflash the phone for use with other carriers. if you are currently with Tmobile, i suggest you keep the existing ROM on there as that particular ROM was designed for Tmobile users.
For all you others, Lets keep the steam boat running.
Who has done this operation so far???
can i get a show of hands?
Problems?? anything?

djdanska said:
They will still bill the calls for free for the myfaves. You just have to use my.t-mobile.com to change the myfaves instead of the phone. You might know that but just incase someone else here did not know.
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no i didnt but thanks that the only thing that was stopping the rom switch

[Q] How to get Froyo: T-Mobile unlocked now on o2

My desire was purchased on T-Mobile (has T-Mobile startup screen), I also bought an unlock code from them. I'm now using my o2 contract sim in the phone. I'm interested in updating the software to FROYO but have no idea how to go about it.
I don't want to do anything complicated and am happy to wait for an official release. I've read the network sends an update direct to your phone. In my case would this come from T-Mobile or o2?
When I check for system updates it says none are available. My software number is 1.15.110.11
I've looked around the forum for ages but I still can't get a definite answer to my question.

You can be waiting for a very long time for froyo from a network provider.
It's easy to debrand and upgrade your phone. Create a goldcard & download an official ROM. Then you can simply upgrade OTA. There's loads of guides on this forum.

Hi there!
Understand your situation, since I had almost exactly the same circumstances (mine is running on orange)! I couldnt get a definite answer either, so bit the bullet anyway and did it, here is how:
1-rooted the phone by UnrEVOked method (really couldnt be bothered by the goldcard etc method; this method was easy, just had some driver install problems since the guide isnt too good on this point, but its easy to figure it out)
2-Installed the new radio
3-installed the generic rooted 2.2 ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741775, just by doing an easy straighforward update from the sdcard by going to the bootloader.
Phone was still UNLOCKED,and all running ok. Just had an issue where the phone would say "sim card changed, do you want ot load settings etc". Say NO, otherwise you lose your wallpapers, scenes, etc settings, and you have to redo the whole shebang.
Hope your experience is same as mine, im a noob too, so dont take anything for granted (your phone may have different firmware from mine etc), and make doubly sure before you go ahead!
Good luck.

k.aalai said:
Hi there!
Understand your situation, since I had almost exactly the same circumstances (mine is running on orange)! I couldnt get a definite answer either, so bit the bullet anyway and did it, here is how:
1-rooted the phone by UnrEVOked method (really couldnt be bothered by the goldcard etc method; this method was easy, just had some driver install problems since the guide isnt too good on this point, but its easy to figure it out)
2-Installed the new radio
3-installed the generic rooted 2.2 ROM ... just by doing an easy straighforward update from the sdcard by going to the bootloader.
Phone was still UNLOCKED,and all running ok. Just had an issue where the phone would say "sim card changed, do you want ot load settings etc". Say NO, otherwise you lose your wallpapers, scenes, etc settings, and you have to redo the whole shebang.
Hope your experience is same as mine, im a noob too, so dont take anything for granted (your phone may have different firmware from mine etc), and make doubly sure before you go ahead!
Good luck.
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Hi mate.
I'm in exact the same situation (German T-mobile 2.1 Softnumber: 1.15.110.11). Your guide looks awesome!!! Can you please please please write it in a bit detail?? from a factory branded 2.1 to root, then to froyo?? please??
I read the UnrEVOked guide from rootmydroid.co.uk
but looks like I only need to the first half for your step 1?
does it root the phone ? does it wipe all my settings and apps???
I also don't know what to do with the radio in your step 2??
can you please help??!! THX soooooooooo much !!!!

Hi thanks for the replies, very useful info.
Does rooting the phone invalidate the warranty?? That's what's putting me off doing it and why I'm happy to wait for an official update.

Hey forgot10!
The step 2 of unrevoked guide is installing the ROM of your choice. Just pick the new ROM you want (from many here and other forums, I just picked a rooted generic 2.2), and install as per part 2 of the unrevoked guide.
2.2 requires a new radio, which is linked and shown in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741775. Installing the radio doesnt wipe the data, but you seem to need to WIPE (from the recovery image) before putting the new ROM. So use TItanium Backup, or MYbackup, to save your apps, and user data on the SD card, then when the new ROM is installed, you reinstall one of those apps (from market) then rewrtie your apps/data!
As per warranty, check the other threads to be sure, but i think, yes it does invalidate your warranty, but im not 100% certain!
Regards

k.aalai said:
Hey forgot10!
The step 2 of unrevoked guide is installing the ROM of your choice. Just pick the new ROM you want (from many here and other forums, I just picked a rooted generic 2.2), and install as per part 2 of the unrevoked guide.
2.2 requires a new radio, which is linked and shown in {newbie cannot posted link }. Installing the radio doesnt wipe the data, but you seem to need to WIPE (from the recovery image) before putting the new ROM. So use TItanium Backup, or MYbackup, to save your apps, and user data on the SD card, then when the new ROM is installed, you reinstall one of those apps (from market) then rewrtie your apps/data!
As per warranty, check the other threads to be sure, but i think, yes it does invalidate your warranty, but im not 100% certain!
Regards
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Thanks mate! it make much better sense for me now!! Im gonna try it next weekend!!

Comprehensive List of Root Consequences/Side Effects

Can some experts throw out a comprehensive list of the consequences/side effects to rooting in general, but especially the S III? I've seen a post or two about precautions to take with Google Wallet and such. Include everything please (comprehensive) from not being able to download OTAs (or it not being preferable to do so due to potentially losing root), the need to wait for/find someone to take the OTA and make it rooted and available for us to install, etc.
Thanks in advance!
Edit: If this should be in General, I apologize - mod please move.

s1dest3pnate said:
Can some experts throw out a comprehensive list of the consequences/side effects to rooting in general, but especially the S III? I've seen a post or two about precautions to take with Google Wallet and such. Include everything please (comprehensive) from not being able to download OTAs (or it not being preferable to do so due to potentially losing root), the need to wait for/find someone to take the OTA and make it rooted and available for us to install, etc.
Thanks in advance!
Edit: If this should be in General, I apologize - mod please move.
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It probably ought to be in Q and A, but only after you have searched Q and A, as this question generally speaking, has been asked quite a few times.. Please, use search...save a life
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s1dest3pnate said:
Can some experts throw out a comprehensive list of the consequences/side effects to rooting in general, but especially the S III? I've seen a post or two about precautions to take with Google Wallet and such. Include everything please (comprehensive) from not being able to download OTAs (or it not being preferable to do so due to potentially losing root), the need to wait for/find someone to take the OTA and make it rooted and available for us to install, etc.
Thanks in advance!
Edit: If this should be in General, I apologize - mod please move.
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Do your research.......
the main side effect is getting a hard brick by flashing something you shouldnt have flashed (rom for another phone) other than that, you can recover from anything and flash back to out the box stock if need be.

Read forum rules before posting
Development is for developers to make threads
Moved to Q&A
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The biggest drawback is it gives folks the ULTIMATE ability to do anything they want to their phone. Why is this a drawback????
Sadly, way too many folks just "do" things on blind trust of random folks they don't know on the internet without knowing what they are doing and the consequences of their actions.

Compusmurf said:
The biggest drawback is it gives folks the ULTIMATE ability to do anything they want to their phone. Why is this a drawback????
Sadly, way too many folks just "do" things on blind trust of random folks they don't know on the internet without knowing what they are doing and the consequences of their actions.
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This is true... but those of us that are not programmers and not as farmiliar with modding these roms are at the mercy of the devs. I am not a noob but am trying to adjust to the s3, came from the OG EVO. Basically what I do is do some google research, search threads on here. eventually you find devs who you prefer and trust their work w/o question.

dbenney said:
This is true... but those of us that are not programmers and not as farmiliar with modding these roms are at the mercy of the devs. I am not a noob but am trying to adjust to the s3, came from the OG EVO. Basically what I do is do some google research, search threads on here. eventually you find devs who you prefer and trust their work w/o question.
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Same here, I have only dealt with the original EVO. I want to put the leak JB on my S3 but I want to be able to get the official OTA when that comes out as well. I'm good with this stuff if I have a good guide, I'm just so lost with this one.

leperme5siah said:
Same here, I have only dealt with the original EVO. I want to put the leak JB on my S3 but I want to be able to get the official OTA when that comes out as well. I'm good with this stuff if I have a good guide, I'm just so lost with this one.
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you wont get both with rooted custom rom installed...it is one or the other...
choose your path..

Naddict said:
you wont get both with rooted custom rom installed...it is one or the other...
choose your path..
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Well sir, he could could flash the stock recovery > take the OTA > he'll lose roo, then can simply re-apply the rooting procedure in 1 minute and have root back. The only thing is it'll be 100% stock rom, with root access.
We both know its just better to wait, but to each his / her own.

dbenney said:
This is true... but those of us that are not programmers and not as farmiliar with modding these roms are at the mercy of the devs. I am not a noob but am trying to adjust to the s3, came from the OG EVO. Basically what I do is do some google research, search threads on here. eventually you find devs who you prefer and trust their work w/o question.
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leperme5siah said:
Same here, I have only dealt with the original EVO. I want to put the leak JB on my S3 but I want to be able to get the official OTA when that comes out as well. I'm good with this stuff if I have a good guide, I'm just so lost with this one.
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Exactly my same situation.
teh roxxorz said:
Well sir, he could could flash the stock recovery > take the OTA > he'll lose roo, then can simply re-apply the rooting procedure in 1 minute and have root back. The only thing is it'll be 100% stock rom, with root access.
We both know its just better to wait, but to each his / her own.
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How would you flash the stock recovery, and why is this needed? Wouldn't you still get the OTA prompt after rooting and just be able to accept the install - why need stock recovery?

s1dest3pnate said:
How would you flash the stock recovery, and why is this needed? Wouldn't you still get the OTA prompt after rooting and just be able to accept the install - why need stock recovery?
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In the dev section, there is a thread in the there that has the stock recovery you can flash via odin. You need stock recovery because the OTA flashes through stock recovery; which is why on anything but stock, the OTA fails to flash.
And you wouldn't get the ota at that point cuz you'd have it. There are other ways to disable it though.

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you wont get both with rooted custom rom installed...it is one or the other...
choose your path..
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That's remembers me, my ex g/f bikini line.
Sent from my O=O

Will the root methods out there work if you're already on the Sprint Jelly Bean OTA (LJ7)?
Before rooting, any precautions to take other than resetting Google Wallet?

First off, resetting Google wallet isn't necessary. That's old news
And second this question should go into the noob question thread because if you don't already know the answer to this than you don't need to do it. You'll be just another rooted noob that ends up fukn brickin. Dont do it until you can answer this question yourself
Nobody is gonna hold your hand especially not when youre back here in a week askin how to repair your doorstop of a phone

billard412 said:
First off, resetting Google wallet isn't necessary. That's old news
And second this question should go into the noob question thread because if you don't already know the answer to this than you don't need to do it. You'll be just another rooted noob that ends up fukn brickin. Dont do it until you can answer this question yourself
Nobody is gonna hold your hand especially not when youre back here in a week askin how to repair your doorstop of a phone
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Lol... The issue is that all the information is fragmented all over the place. I understand the general process but am asking the noob questions so that all bases are covered. I was on the OG Evo, rooted and updating ROMs all the time. Don't assume man - just trying to get "comprehensive" details before messing up something - you shouldn't be able to blame me for that. So many different OTAs, versions of Galaxy S III (international and different carriers), Google Wallet comes into play, etc...
So back to my main question: Will the root methods out there work if you're already on the Sprint Jelly Bean OTA (LJ7)?
And is there consensus that no precautions need to be taken with Google Wallet or anything else?

s1dest3pnate said:
Lol... The issue is that all the information is fragmented all over the place. I understand the general process but am asking the noob questions so that all bases are covered. I was on the OG Evo, rooted and updating ROMs all the time. Don't assume man - just trying to get "comprehensive" details before messing up something - you shouldn't be able to blame me for that. So many different OTAs, versions of Galaxy S III (international and different carriers), Google Wallet comes into play, etc...
So back to my main question: Will the root methods out there work if you're already on the Sprint Jelly Bean OTA (LJ7)?
And is there consensus that no precautions need to be taken with Google Wallet or anything else?
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Root methods don't change. This is a Samsung not an HTC. They don't upgrade hboot or lock the bootloader with an ota none of that stupid crap.
Jb or ICS makes no difference. And Google wallet stores that personal crap that had the potential to make wallet brick up outside of the phone now so reset isn't needed. Although I think that was all hype originally anyway. As someone who has owned the phone since 6-21 I have flashed anything and everything and never reset wallet a single time

Seen a lot of comments, so I thought I would throw my 2 cents into the ring
Concerns:
1) flash counter - The SGS 3 has a counter that show how many times you have used ODIN to flash something. The program "Flash Away" resolves this, but to get it 100% back to the stock setting, you also need to flash a 100% official stock ROM. If you never plan on using the warranty, this is a non concern, but it might cause you issues if you bring it in for service.
2) loss of data - some flashes will wipe the internal SD card (yet to see anything wipe the external), so before doing anything major, it is probably a good idea to backup the internal SD to an external source
3) USB cable quality - one of the number one items I have seen that causes issues, is a bad and/or faulty USB cable. Make sure you got a quality cable if you are going to flash with ODIN
4) check the md5 checksum of the file you are going to flash. A bad download will also cause you issues, from minor to serve, so it is a good idea to do a double check before you use the file, just to make sure it is not corrupter

DCRocks said:
Seen a lot of comments, so I thought I would throw my 2 cents into the ring
Concerns:
1) flash counter - The SGS 3 has a counter that show how many times you have used ODIN to flash something. The program "Flash Away" resolves this, but to get it 100% back to the stock setting, you also need to flash a 100% official stock ROM. If you never plan on using the warranty, this is a non concern, but it might cause you issues if you bring it in for service.
2) loss of data - some flashes will wipe the internal SD card (yet to see anything wipe the external), so before doing anything major, it is probably a good idea to backup the internal SD to an external source
3) USB cable quality - one of the number one items I have seen that causes issues, is a bad and/or faulty USB cable. Make sure you got a quality cable if you are going to flash with ODIN
4) check the md5 checksum of the file you are going to flash. A bad download will also cause you issues, from minor to serve, so it is a good idea to do a double check before you use the file, just to make sure it is not corrupter
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Kinda insulting to chainfire to call it flash away. Just saying...
And the counter isn't even that big a threat to ne one anyway. Hell u can even reset it using my stock rom. Definatly second checkin the USB cable tho

[Q] How to upgrade the Samsung SGH-I927R (Rogers) Captivate-glide to ICS?

Hello;
I've a Rogers SGH-I927R and can't manage to upgrade firmware to ICS via Kies (get error saying my phone does not support initializing, see attached).
I've not rooted the mobile, just unlocked it via code in order to use it in Spain with Orange Network.
Could you, please, share with me a way to upgrade manually (although it's from Rogers I believe it does not matter if I upgrade it with the AT&T ROM, as I'm using it unlocked in Spain with the Orange Network).
Thanks a lot!

albsp15 said:
Hello;
I've a Rogers SGH-I927R and can't manage to upgrade firmware to ICS via Kies (get error saying my phone does not support initializing, see attached).
I've not rooted the mobile, just unlocked it via code in order to use it in Spain with Orange Network.
Could you, please, share with me a way to upgrade manually (although it's from Rogers I believe it does not matter if I upgrade it with the AT&T ROM, as I'm using it unlocked in Spain with the Orange Network).
Thanks a lot!
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download odin and grab the firmware from www.samfirmware.com .. this will give you stock AT&T ICS.
*** I'M TELLING YOU NOW, IF YOU DON'T DO THIS FIRST YOU'LL BE SORRY ** BACKUP YOUR EFS!!!!!
I didnt backup my EFS .. What happens with AT&T Rom going overtop of rogers is it actually changes your efs to an AT&T efs code where the IMEI store point doesn't show up in the same place of the file as it did with Rogers. This has been confirmed in my phone (and i lost my imei) and as well in Bubor's.
If you need help doing this PM me and I'll be happy to give you the exact copy/paste steps to do so.

Thanks!!!!... Please, just one last step...
THANKS a lot for your response and for your advise!!!!!
Yes: I'd appreciate the exact copy/paste steps to do the EFS backup... Thanks!
Additionally to the EFS backup you suggest, I'd like to make a copy of the current firmware, in case anything goes wrong...Would you know a way to get it (or do you think I just download from samfirmware the SGH-I927R original one, and if something goes wrong, I just follow your commented process, but with the Rogers firmware?
... And, please, let me ask you one more question... ... As you have already followed this process, would you suggest the upgrade, or to leave on original version?
THANKS a lot for your help!

albsp15 said:
THANKS a lot for your response and for your advise!!!!!
THANKS a lot for your help!
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I'll write you back tomorrow bud...

Regarding the EFS backup see the thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2019540
I did a backup o my EFS using the method described in the second link from the first post of that thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313327

thanks: will test shortly
rodrigoprimo said:
Regarding the EFS backup see the thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2019540
I did a backup o my EFS using the method described in the second link from the first post of that thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313327
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Thanks a lot for your help: will test the comments shortly... I've read I need first to root my mobile... will check how to do it, and will go for it...
I'm reading in all this posts the risk of this... do you think it's worth to upgrade?
Thanks again!

Yes, I think it is worth to upgrade. I never had any serious problem playing with different ROMs. Be sure to read carefully the instructions and you should be fine. But yes, there is always a risk.

rodrigoprimo said:
Yes, I think it is worth to upgrade. I never had any serious problem playing with different ROMs. Be sure to read carefully the instructions and you should be fine. But yes, there is always a risk.
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what rodrigoprimo posted is the proper way to backup the EFS ..
What you'll want to do is download the pre-rooted gingerbread rom for Rogers (make sure its for rogers), make sure you backup your efs using the rogers rom ... after you have it backed up, its play time
When you upgrade to the AT&T roms (ICS) you loose the SGH-I927R efs and it converts it to an AT&T...
there's a thread for it, check in the Dev forum there's a post for "Everything Glide" look for the pre-rooted rom.
If the download links dead, hit me up w/ a PM and i'll email you my google drive link where I have a copy saved for us.

yohan4ws said:
what rodrigoprimo posted is the proper way to backup the EFS ..
What you'll want to do is download the pre-rooted gingerbread rom for Rogers (make sure its for rogers), make sure you backup your efs using the rogers rom ... after you have it backed up, its play time
When you upgrade to the AT&T roms (ICS) you loose the SGH-I927R efs and it converts it to an AT&T...
there's a thread for it, check in the Dev forum there's a post for "Everything Glide" look for the pre-rooted rom.
If the download links dead, hit me up w/ a PM and i'll email you my google drive link where I have a copy saved for us.
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Hi yohan4ws;
Thanks again for your comments.. I must admit that, although I want to upgrade, I'm a bit scared about breaking my phone and not been able to recover if I do something wrong, so, I'm trying to be very carefull for the upgrade...
I've been looking in the forums for "Everything Glide", as you suggest, but, although I can find 8 references to it, I can't find the correct thread...
Am I looking wrongly, or maybe the thread has dissapeared?
Could you, please point me to it?
Thanks again!

I have Captivate Glide S I927R with baseband version I927RUXKJ5 Gingerbread . I also want to update to ICS but Rogers model does not support the update from Samsung Kies . I have thought of following the instructions from here androidtotal.com/root-samsung-captivate-glide-sgh-i927-sgh-i927r/ but the link they have provided is dead . I looked at the firmwares at SamMobile and found this sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=2179 . Is it the ICS update ?

Okay I upgraded my glide first from the rogers stock to. To the at&t ICS update ROM thank God I backed my efs folder first because the upgrade locked my phone I then flashed lite ROM 0.9 ,restored my efs successfully...after a few days I decided to go for the paranoid JB ROM,that equally locked my phone and I could not restore my efs no matter what I did (using the efs tool v1.9)
I had to flashback lite ROM to be able to restore the efs partition.
Is there anything am doing wrong?
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium

sorry guys
my friend have a i927r (rogers) and somehow after using it with another sim card, it asked for network unlock key
as my friend says, he inserted the wrong code for many times and then it locked forever
so he flashed the phone with at&t rom (2.3.5) !
so now there is no IMEI and no backup for EFS folder unfortunately
is there any method to fix this mess?

Finally got brave and go for it... but, got stuck...
yohan4ws said:
what rodrigoprimo posted is the proper way to backup the EFS ..
What you'll want to do is download the pre-rooted gingerbread rom for Rogers (make sure its for rogers), make sure you backup your efs using the rogers rom ... after you have it backed up, its play time
When you upgrade to the AT&T roms (ICS) you loose the SGH-I927R efs and it converts it to an AT&T...
there's a thread for it, check in the Dev forum there's a post for "Everything Glide" look for the pre-rooted rom.
If the download links dead, hit me up w/ a PM and i'll email you my google drive link where I have a copy saved for us.
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Hi again;
After lot of thinking, I got brave and realised that it's time to move further, so I go for the SGH-I927R upgrade to the ATT latest firmware... But I'm afraid I need even further help (sorry for the simple questions, it's my first firmware upgrade, and still got lots of doubts...)
Please, let me comment you what I've done up to now (thanks to all your help!):
- Downloaded Odin3_v3.09 (SW to flash the firmware).
- Downloaded I927RUXKJ5_I927RRWCKJ5_RWC (Rogers firmware, the same I have now, but downloaded in case something goes wrong, I can go back to my current state) (...Yes, I go for it, but just in case... :angel
- Downloaded I927UCLJ3_I927ATTLJ3_ATT (AT&T firmware fom 2012 October: This is the one I have to flash, after backing up the EFS)
- Downloaded the EFS_Professional_2.1.73 (SW to backup the EFS, found in other thread on this forum, in case this is easier that using the EFS backup commented commands (here I see how to backup, but not sure about how to restore, so, thought that this SW might be usefull to restore the EFS after AT&T firmware is flashed)
- Downloaded the "CarrierIQ FREE kernel" (SW to remove the AT&T Spyware.. Not sure if I need it, as I have the Rogers version).
- Tried to download the "Rogers rooted based rom" from the "[GUIDE] Rooting the Samsung Captivate Glide i927/i927r" thread... but link is death, so, could not download it.
- Downloaded the Android Terminal Emulator (Jack Palevich) and enabled USB debugging under application: I've checked I find files under /efs, but I have no permissions to read them (cat /efs/imei/mps* => Permission denied ; also su command is "not found") => I believ reason is I'm not root, so, I can't backup my efs neither from the EFS professional (gives me message "Your device is NOT Perm rooted" and exits) neither from the su commands commented in the other thread:
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su
busybox cp -a /efs /sdcard/efs/
su
busybox tar zcvf /sdcard/efs/efs-backup.tar.gz /efs
su
cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 > /sdcard/efs/efs_dev-block-mmcblk0p1.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/efs/efs_dev-block-mmcblk0p1.img​-------------
So, this is where I'm now, please, let me comment the steps I plan to follow and the doubt/question I have on each step:
1.- I believe I just got stuck due to the dead link "Rogers rooted based rom"... Could you, please, point me to a link where I can find the "Rogers rooted ROM"?
2.- Once I get this ROM, I'll follow the steps on the "[GUIDE] Rooting the Samsung Captivate Glide i927/i927r" to root the phone... But do I need to load the "CarrierIQ FREE kernel" on the phone, or maybe I should skip it (as I understand this SW is just to remove the AT&T Spyware, and my mobile is Rogers)?
3.- I'll load the "Rogers rooted based rom" and wil get acces to "su" commands and will be able to backup my /EFS directory, either by command or by using the EFS_Professional_2.1.73... it looks easier to use the EFS Professional, but, do you think the "su" commands are more reliable? (mainly, I'm not sure how to restore the efs after using the commented "su" commands)
4.- After efs is backuped, I'll flash the I927UCLJ3_I927ATTLJ3_ATT file (AT&T firmware fom 2012 October). At this point I'll have the AT&T firmware but no EFS information.. Could you, please let me know if my phone will boot at this moment, or will be hung ad I'll need to follow some steps to boot it and restore the EFS?
5.- Once phone boots, I'll restore the efs backup with efs_professional (or... which commands should I use to restore the previous backups?)
6.- Voila... hopefully, at this moment, I'll have upgraded my phone! :good:
Sorry... I know I look scared... I just have this phone now... :fingers-crossed:
THANKS!

Link to Rogers rooted SGH-I927R tar file
Hi all;
I'm placing here the link to download the Rogers rooted ROM, as I've needed lots of research to find a non-broken link:
http://narod.ru/disk/52937282001.f14...D.tar.bz2.html
You can download the SGH-I927RUXKJ5_STOCK_ROOTED.tar.bz2 (290.298.391 bytes, containning SGH-I927RUXKJ5_STOCK_ROOTED.tar) (After lots of reading, it looks like the correct ROM (I read in different places about the file size, and this one matches the expectations).
In order to upgrade, I've understood it's first needed to root the phone, so, although I've received great information in this thread, here I'm posting a couple of links with "step by step" instructions and "pictures" to root the phone (I'm a newby... need to be sure of each step):
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/root-captivate-glide-rogers-and-att/
http://www.androidtotal.com/root-samsung-captivate-glide-sgh-i927-sgh-i927r/
I hope this helps someone and makes things easier! :good:
I plan to root my SGH-I927R this week... Will post how it has gone... (hope not to open a new "under panic" thread).... :angel:
Cheers!

avast flagged the first link as malware and I didn't see a download.Also the 2nd link is dead :/
Be careful when downloading stuff not on XDA
there is a link in my thread showing you how to root (if your on 4.0.4) here it is if you missed it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn879wTAXi4 (not my video)
Remember to Flash TWRP and not CWM!
Good luck! (I believe i'm one of the few active ones on this thread supprized im not asked to be a mod lol)

stormdude124 said:
avast flagged the first link as malware and I didn't see a download.Also the 2nd link is dead :/
Be careful when downloading stuff not on XDA
there is a link in my thread showing you how to root (if your on 4.0.4) here it is if you missed it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn879wTAXi4 (not my video)
Remember to Flash TWRP and not CWM!
Good luck! (I believe i'm one of the few active ones on this thread supprized im not asked to be a mod lol)
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Thanks for your response!!!
Uhmmm... When I downloaded the file, I passed the Avast antivirus to the file and received no warnings... WIll do it again just in case, although looked fine...
Regarding the link... Whow!.. It's death now!!! (I downloaded the file 2 days ago)... Ok... WIll look for a place to put it (can't attach here due to size)... If someone needs it in the meantime, please, just let me know and will find a way to share it.
I found your instructions to root, and look great... but I'm still on Android 2.3.5, so, can't follow them yet as they are for 4.0.4... I plan to root my phone on 2.3.5 this week-end following the instructions shown, then, next week, backup EFS, upgrade to rooted 4.0.4, and restore EFS... let's hope I don't brick it...
Please, let me ask you a silly question... What is TWRP and CWM ??
(from your comments it sounds as important to keep in mind... )
Thanks!!!

Were all new at one time its okay lol
CWM (Clock Work Mod) and TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) are custom recoverys to install ROMs from. A recovery is an environment outside of android that allows you to tons of modifications. We say use TWRP because it is better and supports KitKat. BTW you don't have to Restore your efs unless it is corrupted,which is very very rare.So if you didn't root yet you can just use Samsung kies and officially update to 4.0.4 then venture off to a custom ROM
(Just have a backup of your efs and restore if your IMEI is null-meaning not there- settimgs>about phone>status)
It is very unlikely that you'll brick your phone if you follow everything right

stormdude124 said:
Were all new at one time its okay lol
CWM (Clock Work Mod) and TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) are custom recoverys to install ROMs from. A recovery is an environment outside of android that allows you to tons of modifications. We say use TWRP because it is better and supports KitKat. BTW you don't have to Restore your efs unless it is corrupted,which is very very rare.So if you didn't root yet you can just use Samsung kies and officially update to 4.0.4 then venture off to a custom ROM
(Just have a backup of your efs and restore if your IMEI is null-meaning not there- settimgs>about phone>status)
It is very unlikely that you'll brick your phone if you follow everything right
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Really Thanks!!!!!
I thought I couldn't go to the 4.0.4 directly, as my mobile is from Rogers, and the 4.0.4 version was from AT&T... I read previously in this thread that the AT&T ROM will overwritte the EFS, as AT&T points to it in a different way than Rogers...(That's why I need to root now, just to make a bakup of the EFS, if not, then, I'd go directly for the 4.0.4...) Do you think I can go for 4.0.4 directly, by flashing the I927UCLJ3_I927ATTLJ3_ATT (AT&T firmware fom 2012 October) (I tried this update using Kies initially, but got error saying my phone does not support initializing).
Please,. let me ask you one more question... I've just learnt now about TWRP... but... how do I use this TWRP recovery? (I was planing to flash the rooted tar file, and then the 4.0.4 ROM with Odin 1.85 software, just by entering the phone in Download Mode (holding Volume Up key (keep holding it until options screen are shown) and then pressing power key once). On the next screen, pressing Volume Up once to boot into download mode)... But it looks to me that this might not use your commented TWRP recovery, as you suggest...
Where in this process should I use the TWRP? (or better explained... "how"?) Do I need to flash/load any file before my planned process to use this TWRP recovery mode???... and if so, is it any TWRP specific file for the SGH-I927R (Rogers) ?
Sorry... I feel I'm asking too many basic questions... :angel:
Really appreciate your help... I realize I have lots to learn before going to 4.0.4... (I like my mobile, would like to brick it... :angel
Thanks!!!

I'll try my best to make sure you don't! So if your using the Rogers version are you on Rogers network?
You flash Firmware from Odin the last and latest version is 4.0.4 we say update so you can have your modem upgraded (I hope this makes sense )
The phones are exactly the same the only difference is branding. I don't see why the att version wouldn't work, flash with Odin 3
Now once you've upgraded just flash the TWRP.MD5 the same way that guy did.but if you feel more comfortable flashing CWM and flashing TWRP zip after that to switch your recovery go right ahead
TWRP allows you to back up your phone and flash ROMs, mods, fixes ect. Its also touch based (I'll find a screen shot so you'll get a better idea )
EDIT:Heres a shot of the recovery (its the same on our cappi)
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stormdude124 said:
I'll try my best to make sure you don't! So if your using the Rogers version are you on Rogers network?
You flash Firmware from Odin the last and latest version is 4.0.4 we say update so you can have your modem upgraded (I hope this makes sense )
The phones are exactly the same the only difference is branding. I don't see why the att version wouldn't work, flash with Odin 3
Now once you've upgraded just flash the TWRP.MD5 the same way that guy did.but if you feel more comfortable flashing CWM and flashing TWRP zip after that to switch your recovery go right ahead
TWRP allows you to back up your phone and flash ROMs, mods, fixes ect. Its also touch based (I'll find a screen shot so you'll get a better idea )
EDIT:Heres a shot of the recovery (its the same on our cappi)
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Thanks. thanks, thanks!
I'm not on Rogers network: I free the mobile and run it from the Spanish Orange network.
I can't do it today, but will read very slowly all the information, and will look for the TWRP.MD5 file valid for my mobile... then, i believe this week-end I'll do the big step... will let you know the result!
PS I've found in your link a file called trwp2.6.1.odin.zip containing the file recovery.tar.md5... probably this is the TWRP.md5 file you refer, right????
thanks!
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[Q] Noob on HTC M8 need some help :)

Hello XDA members!
I am a very proud owner of this amazing phone, i come from a Samsung Galaxy S4 to this piece of art.
So, the first thing i did was to come here and start searching for some things i would like to know, i browsed this for like 1hour and i still didn't find answers for this:
- I am a European Version of this Phone, when i turned it on, there was a software update, so i did it, and now i am on version 1.57.118.2 , this leads me to two questions:
-- Is this the most recent FW version for this phone?
-- I don't have Extreme power saving mode, why??
- Wich is the FW that gets the updates more quickly?
- After some search about rooting this device, i need to S-OFF it and then Root it right? And so, my questions are, rooting and S-OFF'ing my phone, voids my Warranty?
- Is it possible to root the phone and keep OTA updates?
Sorry for too many questions, i will promise i will never create again another thread like this, i just need help at start then i will be ready to go on my own
Best regards.

I can't answer all the questions but I'll answer the ones I know for sure.
You don't have to have s-off to root, you do need to unlock the boot loader (a quick search will show you how) and flash a custom recovery ( cm, twrp, Philz etc.). This will void your warranty but there are many threads about how to return to stock. Be sure to BACKUP.
There are many great Roms on here that include the the extreme power saving mode, browse around the development board and try some our till you find one that you like.
Hope this help
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

didi_ghost said:
Hello XDA members!
I am a very proud owner of this amazing phone, i come from a Samsung Galaxy S4 to this piece of art.
So, the first thing i did was to come here and start searching for some things i would like to know, i browsed this for like 1hour and i still didn't find answers for this:
- I am a European Version of this Phone, when i turned it on, there was a software update, so i did it, and now i am on version 1.57.118.2 , this leads me to two questions:
-- Is this the most recent FW version for this phone?
-- I don't have Extreme power saving mode, why??
- Wich is the FW that gets the updates more quickly?
- After some search about rooting this device, i need to S-OFF it and then Root it right? And so, my questions are, rooting and S-OFF'ing my phone, voids my Warranty?
- Is it possible to root the phone and keep OTA updates?
Sorry for too many questions, i will promise i will never create again another thread like this, i just need help at start then i will be ready to go on my own
Best regards.
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1) I believe that's the most recent FW update for T-Mobile Poland.
2) I don't have a real answer as to why you still don't have extreme power saving mode, perhaps it's the carriers choice for whatever reason.
3) Devices that gets updates more quickly: 1) Google Play Edition device. 2) HTC WWE (International) & HTC WWE (Asia) . 3) Developer Edition. 4) The rest of the world with carrier branded phones at of course the leisure of the carriers. They first have to mess it up with bloatware then spend weeks trying to fix the mess before sending the OTA to mess up your device.
4) Yes, tampering with the device in any way voids warranty. Though it is my understanding that some countries in the EU overlook these sorts of things to some degree. However, given then the fact that you are S-OFF you can return your device to 100% stock which should be good for warranty issues. The only thing that "might" give it away is, if you prefer to stay S-OFF though the carrier has to prove that you did something wrong as apparently some HTC devices do leave the factories in an S-OFF condition already.
You could attempt to go back to S-ON though some here don't recommend it as it could throw out a security flag that'll completely give your tampering away or even worst, it could get bricked. I think the thread that discussed it was in the Verizon forums, you could perhaps check it out there, the thread starter was Scotty, the same guy that gives the guide to removing the tampered banner on the phone. [how to] remove your "tampered" banner
5) Yes you can root the phone and still receive OTA updates, however if you do the OTA update you'll lose root. It's easy enough to re-root again though. Of course if you flash a custom recovery you need to flash back the stock recovery again. Your device needs to be in original state to receive OTA in other words... Any deleted apps(Like Facebook) needs to be put back, stock recovery, stock ROM, stock Kernel.
You can however boot the custom recovery and still root, that way you keep your stock recovery intact. If you do want to flash a custom recovery, MAKE A BACKUP of your stock recovery first. There are currently none available for your device that I can find so it's imperative, else later on when you decide to go back to stock you'll sit without a recovery.
You can boot Philz and make a complete nandroid backup selecting everything including recovery OR you can make a backup of recovery as follows:
You must be rooted, can get root with Towel Root. You must have adb installed, open command prompt in adb folder, connect phone to device and type:
Code:
adb shell cat /proc/emmc
This will display the partition lay out of your device and search for recovery, for me it's in block 43(I think it should be for you as well) then type:
Code:
su - [I][B]grant the phone root privilege when the pop up comes up on phone[/B][/I]
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p43 of=/sdcard/recovery.img
What that does is convert and make a copy of the recovery partition mmcblk043 (The "if" or input filepath) onto the "of" (output filepath) /sdcard as "recovery.img". That's it, that's your backup of stock recovery.
When you need to go back to stock you can just flash it via fastboot with:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
I would suggest the dd method for a stock recovery as only Philz makes a backup of recovery, TWRP does NOT make a backup, which is a bit of a problem. Of course when you made the backup, the file isn't that big so maybe you could upload it and share it in the Collection thread along with your nandroid backup, it could come in handy to help many other people that don't do it. :good:

Thank you very much for you helping i really appreciate it! So i have one question, i really want the Extreme Power Saving mode, so my question is... Can i change the original firmware to another one safelly without warranty voids or something? Damn, i am in Portugal, and i got a cellphone from Poland lol.

didi_ghost said:
Thank you very much for you helping i really appreciate it! So i have one question, i really want the Extreme Power Saving mode, so my question is... Can i change the original firmware to another one safelly without warranty voids or something? Damn, i am in Portugal, and i got a cellphone from Poland lol.
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Yeah if you get S-OFF you can convert your device to pretty much any variant(CDMA excluded so no Sprint/Verizon as far as I know).
I'd convert it to the international version HTC__001 that way you get your extreme power saving mode and you also get the latest updates way before any carrier sends it out.
Interesting, did you buy the device over Amazon or some sort of related online service? Did they advertise it as international unlocked? I've seen a couple of guys on here that bought devices like that from Amazon or related services that advertised as such. At the very least if they did advertise as international unlocked then actually converting to international can't "void" it then, can it?
Seen guys from France get English, guys from Poland buying from Spain and actually getting French device, a guy from Argentina that got one or other US variant... very mixed up. Even I got some other variant, imported mine from the UK to South Africa but it's also a French HTC__203 device. EU... what can we say?

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Yeah if you get S-OFF you can convert your device to pretty much any variant(CDMA excluded so no Sprint/Verizon as far as I know).
I'd convert it to the international version HTC__001 that way you get your extreme power saving mode and you also get the latest updates way before any carrier sends it out.
Interesting, did you buy the device over Amazon or some sort of related online service? Did they advertise it as international unlocked? I've seen a couple of guys on here that bought devices like that from Amazon or related services that advertised as such. At the very least if they did advertise as international unlocked then actually converting to international can't "void" it then, can it?
Seen guys from France get English, guys from Poland buying from Spain and actually getting French device, a guy from Argentina that got one or other US variant... very mixed up. Even I got some other variant, imported mine from the UK to South Africa but it's also a French HTC__203 device. EU... what can we say?
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But if i do that, i lose my warranty right? It's sad, i dont want my phone to be on that firmware and i want Extreme Power saving mode and my APN's are empty -.-
No, i've bought on a local store, i see that these phones are sold from many countries to diferent ones, someone from my Country got one from a Italian Store and he bought it from Amazon ES

All i want for now, is to change my original firmware to the international version or HTC-PTG HTC__506 (wich is my country) without losing my Warranty, is that possible?

Please someone help me with this, or i will have to go to the store to swap to another one

didi_ghost said:
Please someone help me with this, or i will have to go to the store to swap to another one
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didi_ghost said:
All i want for now, is to change my original firmware to the international version or HTC-PTG HTC__506 (wich is my country) without losing my Warranty, is that possible?
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You post a query and expect it to be solved in minutes!We at xda have a life outside also.You should respect others time.Anyways if you unlock the bootloader you void your warranty at that very instant.There is only 1 possible way to regain your warranty is to s-off your device.Other than that there is no way.You can use firewater or sunshine($25) to s-off.I hope you have understood.
EDIT:S-off dosent void warranty!

Yeah i know sorry, but it's kinda frustrating this situation, it's such a crap FW...
So, it's possible for me to change the original FW without losing warranty right? If yes, can you please tell me what steps should i proceed to get the European FW(internacional?) or the one for my country.
Best regards.

didi_ghost said:
Yeah i know sorry, but it's kinda frustrating this situation, it's such a crap FW...
So, it's possible for me to change the original FW without losing warranty right? If yes, can you please tell me what steps should i proceed to get the European FW(internacional?) or the one for my country.
Best regards.
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Like he said as soon as you unlock you CAN and most likely did void the warranty, HTC gives a clear warning of that during the actual unlocking procedure. Anything else you do after that, flashing a custom recovery, rooting, flashing roms, deleting system apps(bloatware) etc can all really be considered "voiding" the warranty, as it's tampering with the device.
That is where having S-OFF comes in handy as you can not just easily undo all of that but even undo the tampered flags that came as a result of you messing around with the device. You can make it seem like you never even unlocked the bootloader in the first place. Though HTC itself WILL of course know that you did... That being said, It really shouldn't be a problem if you need warranty fix/exchange for hardware related issues that did NOT come about as a result of any software "modifications" / "hacking".
So get S-OFF!!! :victory:
Flashing the International version:
Head over to the Collection of Stock Backup's thread grab one of the 1.54.401.5 versions as we'll use the OTA update that you'll get afterwards as a test to make sure all is running good and that you can get OTA updates and install them to 1.54.401.10 . While you're in the thread also grab the stock recovery for 1.54.401.5 it's also in the first post in that thread. Put these files on your phone in the correct folder path. If you're using internal SD card it should be in /sdcard/TWRP/Backups/SERIAL_NUMBER/ <<<replace serial_number with the serial number for your device, you can find that on the box that the phone came in of course. For external sd card. /sdcard2/TWRP/Backups/SERIAL_NUMBER <<<Again same as already mentioned.
Make sure about your MID, it should be 0P6B10000 though it is my understanding that all European models have the same MID. You can check this by hooking up phone to pc and using fastboot(Method I'll show below if you don't know how). Once in fastboot type fastboot getvar mid . Next you need to change that CID to HTC__001 for international variant. You can do this by connecting your phone to your pc and opening a command prompt in the adb folder(Assuming of course you have adb/fastboot on your computer? ) you can then proceed to type these commands.
First make sure USB-Debugging is enabled on your device. Settings > About > Software Information > More > Tap 7 times on Build number. This will enable Developer options, go back to Settings and scroll down, just above "About" you'll see Developer Options, tap on that scroll down and make sure the box next to USB debugging is checked. Then go back to Settings scroll down to "Power" select it, scroll down to bottom and "un-check" the "Fast boot" box.
Code:
adb devices - [B][I]this is to see if your phone gets picked up through adb, should show you your serial number.[/I][/B]
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices - [I][B]again just to make sure it's connected.[/B][/I]
fastboot oem writecid HTC__001
fastboot reboot-bootloader - [B][I]make sure the CID changed correctly to HTC__001[/I][/B]
fastboot flash recovery recovery_name.img - [B][I]recovery_name being the name of the stock recovery you downloaded. Make sure it's placed in the adb folder![/I][/B]
fastboot erase cache
fastboot boot name_of_custom_recovery.img - [I][B]make sure you BOOT the recovery for the same backup nandroid you chose. If you downloaded a TWRP backup then BOOT TWRP, if you downloaded Philz Touch nandroid then BOOT Philz Touch. Again, make sure this file is in adb folder UNZIPPED if it's zipped, same with the stock recovery, if you downloaded it zipped, unzip it and place the .img file in the adb folder. So let's assume you went with TWRP then it'll be:[/B][/I]
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-m8.img
Once it booted the custom recovery wipe the dalvik-cache, cache and data partitions. Then do a restore from the path to the nandroid backup. Reboot the phone and you're set, it'll take a while on first boot as it loads up all the things. Once it's booted you should also get a pop up for the new OTA 1.54.401.10 go ahead and accept it and see if installs properly for you, if it installed properly and updated your system then...
Congratulations you're now an International WWE user. :good:
You'll also have the extreme power saving mode you so desperately seek and desire.

Thank you very very much!! I'm gonna try to swap on the store for another one first , if i can't i'm gonna do this and give freedom to my phone! God bless you for that huge text helping me out
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didi_ghost said:
Thank you very very much!! I'm gonna try to swap on the store for another one first , if i can't i'm gonna do this and give freedom to my phone! God bless you for that huge text helping me out
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735235 check this.Note yyou hace to be s-off to change mid.Also I would suggest you to change cid to supercid ie 11111111

Guys, i'm trying to S-Off my phone with firewater using temp-root method and i'm always getting this:
{
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
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So , there's nothing i can do?

Please someone?

didi_ghost said:
Please someone?
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If you can't get firewater to work go and look for sunshine soff or you could try asking the team in irc chat
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