hey all sorry if this has been asked already but just wanted to know, I want the latest ota. I am on O2 and they take really long releasing the ota's . Do I need to root/unlock just to get the update? Thanks
If your network has pushed out an update for your phone's CID then you will need to lock your bootloader and be on a stock rom to get the OTA update.
Drefsab said:
If your network has pushed out an update for your phone's CID then you will need to lock your bootloader and be on a stock rom to get the OTA update.
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Not to mention you need to have stock recovery too.
I have an unbranded HOX but latest update is still 1.28 and I have a major video play bug (they crash), no way to update to 1.29 without rooting?
there are only 2 choices. you can be on stock everything and wait for the update notification or you can unlock, root, and install something from the dev section.
Drefsab said:
If your network has pushed out an update for your phone's CID then you will need to lock your bootloader and be on a stock rom to get the OTA update.
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i didnt think you had to have a locked bootloader to recieve ota? only if your flashing a ruu
How do I get the european latest version? I am on O2 they still have not released the ota, by rooting/unlocking I would need to install a custom rom to get the European version?
H45man said:
How do I get the european latest version? I am on O2 they still have not released the ota, by rooting/unlocking I would need to install a custom rom to get the European version?
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if your phones unbranded you could flash the latest RUU
My phones branded
H45man said:
My phones branded
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then i think you will have to wait (not 100% sure), unless you unlock and flash a custom rom which has implemented the update
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I am noob in android stuff. Just now unlocked boot loader and rooted my phone.
And now i like to update my software version . I am on 1.28.720.10 and i want to update to the latest as OTA has not released for India.
Can anyone say how to do that ?
forumhookersdotcom said:
I am noob in android stuff. Just now unlocked boot loader and rooted my phone.
And now i like to update my software version . I am on 1.28.720.10 and i want to update to the latest as OTA has not released for India.
Can anyone say how to do that ?
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First of all you have to be totally stock (stock recovery, stock ROM(unrooted) and re-locked bootloader) if you want to get OTA update. And the most important info:
You can't get OTA update from different region
You can't change your CID or get super CID without S-OFF
Hey sorry if this was addressed already in another thread. Just picked up a One X yesterday. I've since unlocked bootloader and rooted phone. Just playing with stock rom for now before I jump into custom rom.
My question is, I keep getting notifications for system update available. Should I avoid these updates ? don't want to loose root and unlocked bootloader
Thanks!
Just do the update and then re-root - bootloader isn't touched once unlocked unless you manually lock it yourself
EddyOS said:
Just do the update and then re-root - bootloader isn't touched once unlocked unless you manually lock it yourself
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Thanks! That was fast
JPxM0Dz said:
Hey sorry if this was addressed already in another thread. Just picked up a One X yesterday. I've since unlocked bootloader and rooted phone. Just playing with stock rom for now before I jump into custom rom.
My question is, I keep getting notifications for system update available. Should I avoid these updates ? don't want to loose root and unlocked bootloader
Thanks!
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If you have already flashed a custom recovery, you will need to flash back the stock recovery to apply the update.
bobsie41 said:
If you have already flashed a custom recovery, you will need to flash back the stock recovery to apply the update.
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Yeah when I unlocked bootloader, I immediatley flashed cwm. Hmmm seems like alot of flashing back and forth for these updates.
Should have done all the updates first I guess
Maybe I'll just flash an already tweaked rom
When you update it updates your hboot as well as your rom. Its worth pointing out that if an s-off exploit comes out for an earlier version of the hboot you might not be able to downgrade. If you're not having specific problems such as screen flicker I would not update.
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h00py said:
When you update it updates your hboot as well as your rom. Its worth pointing out that if an s-off exploit comes out for an earlier version of the hboot you might not be able to downgrade. If you're not having specific problems such as screen flicker I would not update.
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Thanks for the info, no issues really
JPxM0Dz said:
Thanks for the info, no issues really
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If you do upgrade then given the number of problems people have it's also a good idea to make sure a RUU is available that matches the version you intend to upgrade to. That way if everything goes south you can flash the RUU and get it back up and running.
Is there any possible way to flash the new firmware on my Tmobile HTC M8 Phone without haveing S-off ?
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Is there any possible way to flash the new firmware on my Tmobile HTC M8 Phone without haveing S-off ?
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What do you mean by "new" firmware? The latest T-Mob firmware, or the brand new 3.28 (Android 4.4.4) firmware?
For the latter (3.28) than NO. You can't modify the partitions (hboot, radio, etc.) in question by unofficial means without S-off.
If you mean the former (latest T-Mob firmware) then yes, you can update by official means. Either relock the bootloader and run the latest RUU. Or return to stock ROM and recovery and update by OTA.
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What do you mean by "new" firmware? The latest T-Mob firmware, or the brand new 3.28 (Android 4.4.4) firmware?
For the latter (3.28) than NO. You can't modify the partitions (hboot, radio, etc.) in question by unofficial means without S-off.
If you mean the former (latest T-Mob firmware) then yes, you can update by official means. Either relock the bootloader and run the latest RUU. Or return to stock ROM and recovery and update by OTA.
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If I'm s-off, how do I modify firmware.zip to work with T-Mobile?
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If I'm s-off, how do I modify firmware.zip to work with T-Mobile?
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I saw your posts on the ARHD, and if you modified the firmware zip in the past, in theory it should work the same for the 3.x firmware version.
Although it should be said that modifying firmware is potentially risky; as any errors that occur with flashing hboot or radio can result in a brick. Only tinker around if you know what you are doing, and willing to accept the consequences if things go wrong.
Safest course would be to wait for an official T-Mobile firmware to deploy; or flash a firmware verified by other T-Mob users to work.
I see the One m9 Marshmallow update is out today.
If we are currently rooted with TWRP and S-OFF, what do we need to do to get the OTA?
I assume flash the stock recovery back first, take the OTA, then reflash twrp and root again?
Did I miss anything?
You have to be 100% stock (other than s-off) to take an OTA, which means running a RUU.
But being s-off, why not just wait until the firmware gets posted and update manually?
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You have to be 100% stock (other than s-off) to take an OTA, which means running a RUU.
But being s-off, why not just wait until the firmware gets posted and update manually?
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Ah yes of course... good call. Thanks
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You have to be 100% stock (other than s-off) to take an OTA, which means running a RUU.
But being s-off, why not just wait until the firmware gets posted and update manually?
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How would you update manually?
Manually - in case of S-OFF - means flashing firmware that has e.g. been extracted from the OTA using fastboot.
In such a case it is even possible to exchange the stock recovery by the latest TWRP, to be able to flash custom ROMs right away after doing the manual upgrade.
As those named firmware zip-files in most cases you're going to find around this forum, are no longer files which are signed by HTC they can only be flashed if your device got S-OFF'd.
That's as far as a brief explanation of the term "manually" is possible.
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HI can I flash marshmallow firmware RUU on top of a lolipop rom currently installed on the phone? so many cases here and I want them to help because they always brick when they are updating because most of them is s-off
imfuzzyyy said:
HI can I flash marshmallow firmware RUU on top of a lolipop rom currently installed on the phone?
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Yes.
Note that you need to run the RUU that matches your CID and MID.
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so many cases here and I want them to help because they always brick when they are updating because most of them is s-off
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You mean the phone gets stuck when trying to OTA?
S-off doesn't affect OTA. But if you have modified ROM (custom ROM, root - even if unrooted, etc.) or custom recovery, that will get the phone stuck while trying to OTA.
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Yes.
Note that you need to run the RUU that matches your CID and MID.
You mean the phone gets stuck when trying to OTA?
S-off doesn't affect OTA. But if you have modified ROM (custom ROM, root - even if unrooted, etc.) or custom recovery, that will get the phone stuck while trying to OTA.
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their software status is official and I think also stock reco i dont know why when they take OTA it bricks their phone, they are almost supercid so the one I will look out is thei mid right? the OPIMG61000 something right?
imfuzzyyy said:
their software status is official and I think also stock reco i dont know why when they take OTA it bricks their phone?
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This can just happen for no reason. You will see on this forum, there are a number of folks that are fully stock, never modded (never unlocked bootloader, root, etc.) that got stuck trying to OTA to MM.
imfuzzyyy said:
they are almost supercid so the one I will look out is thei mid right? the OPIMG61000 something right?
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Right.