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Converting regular to Google Edition?

hey folks. will it be possible to convert a normal edition of the new One to the Google Edition? I could get a sweet deal through T-mobile, but I want continued Android updates. thanks.

It should definitely be possible but may take a little while.
As done with the m7, @graffixnyc has created a thread here. All that's needed is for someone to get the GPE model and provide the needed info to him to get this up and running
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So is the ATT, TMobile, Dev, and GPE versions all pretty much the same (with the exception of slightly different radios)? As in, will the GPE roms be easily flashable to the other versions (besides Verizon)?

To get the M9 or stick with M8?!?

I still cant make up my mind. Just not sure the M9 will be worth it over keeping the M8. I live by Pittsburgh pa, so meeting @dottat and do the javacard would not be an issue. The problem I have is that the with slight upgrade compared to the M8 and if we cant achieve root(sunshine) the support isn't going to be there with kernels, firmware, and devs. Im sure ViperRom will do its best to keep verizon support but as we all know verizon tends to be on the backburnner. With every device being more and more locked up and verizon to refuse htcdev, plus since it seams GPE's are dead I am thinking the way to go would be is to switch to the new nexus phone if I dont get the M9 but who knows if verizon will decide to do nexus again so jump ship to att or tmobile. If I get the Verizon M9, I will be stuck with big red for 75% of the cost of the phone(unless I pay off early). All that being said I love HTC's started with the HTC Sensation that I still use from time to time then (got the S3 hated it and put sense5 on it lol) M7 and M8 and sense is the best. I would like your input, so should I get the M9 and chance the support or hold out and wait for exploit. Thank you for your time!

NICG said:
I still cant make up my mind. Just not sure the M9 will be worth it over keeping the M8. I live by Pittsburgh pa, so meeting @dottat and do the javacard would not be an issue. The problem I have is that the with slight upgrade compared to the M8 and if we cant achieve root(sunshine) the support isn't going to be there with kernels, firmware, and devs. Im sure ViperRom will do its best to keep verizon support but as we all know verizon tends to be on the backburnner. With every device being more and more locked up and verizon to refuse htcdev, plus since it seams GPE's are dead I am thinking the way to go would be is to switch to the new nexus phone if I dont get the M9 but who knows if verizon will decide to do nexus again so jump ship to att or tmobile. If I get the Verizon M9, I will be stuck with big red for 75% of the cost of the phone(unless I pay off early). All that being said I love HTC's started with the HTC Sensation that I still use from time to time then (got the S3 hated it and put sense5 on it lol) M7 and M8 and sense is the best. I would like your input, so should I get the M9 and chance the support or hold out and wait for exploit. Thank you for your time!
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If you like sense like I do....there's only one answer. I love how this thing feels compared to the m8 now. Quite a few devs already have s-off so the support should be here.

Lots of new phones coming soon, including a couple of fancy Motorola and HTC devices. Sit right, hang on, then pounce on something.

My M9 is a great phone other than the Camera. I'm going to trade it in for the G4. I miss the larger screen size of the N6.
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lukesdiesel said:
My M9 is a great phone other than the Camera. I'm going to trade it in for the G4. I miss the larger screen size of the N6.
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Camera gets some love in 5.1.
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We will see
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I think the M9 is going to prove to be the better phone, besides the new Nexus but that won't be til Christmas. HTC Sense is a force to be reckoned with! Lol. I know the camera is going to get better and for me, the call quality on this device is amazing. I think the "Edge" and the fingerprint reader are not worth ditching Sense and no external sdcard is a bummer for the wannabe iphone. With HTC Sense we do not need a whole lot of dev support, most of it is fine the way it is. But the support we do get from our great dev's turn the HTC into beasts. I know how great the HTC community is and the HTC phones so for me I am very happy with this beast. Now I cannot wait for the M10!

If my m8 didn't start giving me problems even after taking such great care of it, I would not have gotten the m9. M8 runs cooler with better battery life. I like the look and feel of the metal grey on the m8 better too. Oh well, root helps enough with heat and battery life to get me by until whatever HTC comes up with next ( if it's any good )
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Just bought an M9, will see what it looks like. Been a HTC One since the start for years now. Don't want to bail if I don't have to. I'm a VZW customer currently, in that for a long time, so will see. Was hoping for a better camera and some better S-Off support without sending it to someone.
With the HTC stock price and beating they are taking...I guessing they might be coming up with something entirely new by the end of the year/early next year maybe?!?!?!
It is time for a platform/name/design change...and not like Samsung which is a direct Rip of iPhone and a poorer OS...haha..
Seems like the M9 is really dragging with support, and guys are jumping to the S6, but believe they are in the same boat. Plus, I really like Sense.
Guess we just need root/SU and a custom recovery anyway, and we got Viper and the likes and can move from there. S6 is still higher priced now if you buy cash like me, and there is even less support for that.
Just hoping for better camera support and VZW love DEV etc...

techlogik said:
Just bought an M9, will see what it looks like. Been a HTC One since the start for years now. Don't want to bail if I don't have to. I'm a VZW customer currently, in that for a long time, so will see. Was hoping for a better camera and some better S-Off support without sending it to someone.
With the HTC stock price and beating they are taking...I guessing they might be coming up with something entirely new by the end of the year/early next year maybe?!?!?!
It is time for a platform/name/design change...and not like Samsung which is a direct Rip of iPhone and a poorer OS...haha..
Seems like the M9 is really dragging with support, and guys are jumping to the S6, but believe they are in the same boat. Plus, I really like Sense.
Guess we just need root/SU and a custom recovery anyway, and we got Viper and the likes and can move from there. S6 is still higher priced now if you buy cash like me, and there is even less support for that.
Just hoping for better camera support and VZW love DEV etc...
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It's getting there.
With 5.1 I find the M9 to be better.
If I was to of answered this whilst on 5.0.2, I would have said I liked M8 batter.
5.1 for the M9 brings much better support for camera, heat and battery which were my main issues with the M9 when I first got it.

andybones said:
It's getting there.
With 5.1 I find the M9 to be better.
If I was to of answered this whilst on 5.0.2, I would have said I liked M8 batter.
5.1 for the M9 brings much better support for camera, heat and battery which were my main issues with the M9 when I first got it.
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Are you running stock/OTA? Or a custom ROM.
I've always s-off, guess VZW still doesn't have that support..but unlock/root and been running Viper for a long time on the M7/M8 variants.
Thanks

techlogik said:
Are you running stock/OTA? Or a custom ROM.
I've always s-off, guess VZW still doesn't have that support..but unlock/root and been running Viper for a long time on the M7/M8 variants.
Thanks
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I am S-OFF thanks to @dottat, and running my Fluent ROM

andybones said:
It's getting there.
With 5.1 I find the M9 to be better.
If I was to of answered this whilst on 5.0.2, I would have said I liked M8 batter.
5.1 for the M9 brings much better support for camera, heat and battery which were my main issues with the M9 when I first got it.
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Ditto, 5.0.2 and the camera drove me crazy, 5.1 with the camera and thermal management is alot better. From what I hear @hgoldner the next 5.1 build will be better still camera wise.

andybones said:
I am S-OFF thanks to @dottat, and running my Fluent ROM
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aer0zer0 said:
Ditto, 5.0.2 and the camera drove me crazy, 5.1 with the camera and thermal management is alot better. From what I hear @hgoldner the next 5.1 build will be better still camera wise.
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Thanks guys...guess I will stick with the M9 that is on the way and get it s-off, then do the normal stuff, custom Rom since feedback on the latest update has improved the camera. Really my only complaint with the HTC One M7/M8 was the horrible camera...glad to hear it is improving.

techlogik said:
Thanks guys...guess I will stick with the M9 that is on the way and get it s-off, then do the normal stuff, custom Rom since feedback on the latest update has improved the camera. Really my only complaint with the HTC One M7/M8 was the horrible camera...glad to hear it is improving.
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Yea man. Take a good look over the phone when you get it and then waste no time getting s-off lol

shouldi buy the m9

Hi everyone, iam looking forward to buying the m9 soon, it is going to be the AT&T version. Usually in the ATT forums on xda there are many different threads almost everyday, but in the case of the htc one m9 there are hardly any new threads. Mostly the development threads are empty. So my question is, is there something i should know, like everyone converting to an unlocked m9 and discussing threads in this specific m9 forum? if no one is converting and there are no ATT threads then it would be rather pointless to get the ATT m9, i might as well buy the galaxy s6

I'm selling my unlocked M9 on swappa if interested!
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This post is irrelevant to the question

95% of the activity is in the main M9 forum. Everything over here is usable on the AT&T M9. I got my M9 from AT&T and have been running WWE stuff on it from the beginning with no issues.

if you dont have an m8 then go for m9....
if ypu have something else like the m8 then go for m10 when released....
if you have money enough and dont care.....buy the m9 now and 6 months later m10...i will do this ;D

Thank you for clearing that up, but are the regular roms flashable on AT&T or do i need to change my cid

I just got my M9 and I'm loving it!
Actually I ordered both M9 and Galaxy S6 but decided to return the Samsung after trying out both in a couple of stores.
M9 is soooo much more refined to use both physically and in software.
I would buy this again in an eyeblink!

Changing to supercid is not necessary, but does make life easier if you want to update your firmware. Has nothing to do with the roms.

did the exact same thing. S6 was just ****ty touchwiz and made the entire phone lagged no matter what I did. HTC's software is just more polished and better, and with cm12.1 almost fully functional this phone will be awesome.

Next phones, esp following Santod's work

I'm loving the update to Santod's GPE+ rom. My phone is snappy again! Thank you, Santod.
I wanted to ask about what phones people are moving to after the M7. VZW has a $100 discount and so I was ready to pull the trigger on the M9 for a great deal. Before buying, I decided to check out the VZW M9 XDA forum and find it is a ghost town. A short search later, I found the VZW M9 is too difficult to s-off (you have to send it to a guy).
I mostly want to follow Santod's development but want to upgrade my device. Any recommendations? Santod, what's your next device? I've been with you from TB, DNA, now M7 and have an overdue donation to make.
Buy a used M8?
Wait for M10 later in the year?
Move to HTC's new A9 phone?
I feel very loyal to HTC and want to remain with VZW.

cahibo said:
I'm loving the update to Santod's GPE+ rom. My phone is snappy again! Thank you, Santod.
I wanted to ask about what phones people are moving to after the M7. VZW has a $100 discount and so I was ready to pull the trigger on the M9 for a great deal. Before buying, I decided to check out the VZW M9 XDA forum and find it is a ghost town. A short search later, I found the VZW M9 is too difficult to s-off (you have to send it to a guy).
I mostly want to follow Santod's development but want to upgrade my device. Any recommendations? Santod, what's your next device? I've been with you from TB, DNA, now M7 and have an overdue donation to make.
Buy a used M8?
Wait for M10 later in the year?
Move to HTC's new A9 phone?
I feel very loyal to HTC and want to remain with VZW.
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Did you look to see if there's someone local for you to get s-off or are you sure you'd have to ship it?
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dottat said:
Did you look to see if there's someone local for you to get s-off or are you sure you'd have to ship it?
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I didn't look too in depth at this point for alternative methods for s-off on the VZW M9. I'm always willing to pay for Sunshine, but that's about the extent to which I'll go.
I hope there is not a similar situation if I opt to wait for the M10. Seems like HTC is more liberal with providing unlocked bootloaders (A9) but VZW isn't there yet (they don't sell the A9).

cahibo said:
I didn't look too in depth at this point for alternative methods for s-off on the VZW M9. I'm always willing to pay for Sunshine, but that's about the extent to which I'll go.
I hope there is not a similar situation of I opt to wait for the M10. Seems like HTC is more liberal with providing unlocked bootloaders (A9) but VZW isn't there yet (they don't sell the A9).
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You likely will have the same problem with the m10. Since we aren't allowed to unlock bootloaders and our software version is always different from everyone else you will need a temp root solution + s-off solution. No publicly available temp root solution was ever made for public consumption on the m9 hence the need to get s-off elsewhere.

I've been considering getting my next phone directly from HTC. supposedly all new unlocked phones are compatible with Verizon's network, and I am getting tired of Verizon's device restrictions. Even AT&T allowed the HTC phones to have their bootloaders unlocked (but not their Samsungs). The thought of sitting around with an unrooted phone waiting for some hacker genius to figure out a security flaw to break it-- which gets harder and harder all the time-- does not appeal to me.
My device still works great, though, aside from the pink camera. My main motivation for wanting something new at this point is that developer support for our device is rapidly fading. Kinda sad...

Root without sunshine

So I've done my reading and I understand sunshine will unlock my bootloader and get me everything I need but it's not really clear to me if root and recovery can be obtained without bootloader unlock and s-off. I've been with Samsung for a while so I'm use to safestrap methods. If anyone can give me clarity on this I'd greatly appreciate it.

OK so I've found my answer... but is sunshine worth it right now? I mean don't get me wrong I think what it does is well worth the money but is there any development in the works? I don't see too much action around here. I also have the Verizon galaxy S5 which still has a locked boot loader due to having a Toshiba chip (my luck) but it has safe strap and custom TW roms and it's been my daily driver for a year. I bought the M9 from a friend but I've yet to put my sim card in because once I do I've gotta give the S5 to the wife or give her the M9. I'd much rather cough up the $25 and use the M9 but I'm looking for feedback on whether or not I can do much more after that.

brd912 said:
OK so I've found my answer... but is sunshine worth it right now? I mean don't get me wrong I think what it does is well worth the money but is there any development in the works? I don't see too much action around here. I also have the Verizon galaxy S5 which still has a locked boot loader due to having a Toshiba chip (my luck) but it has safe strap and custom TW roms and it's been my daily driver for a year. I bought the M9 from a friend but I've yet to put my sim card in because once I do I've gotta give the S5 to the wife or give her the M9. I'd much rather cough up the $25 and use the M9 but I'm looking for feedback on whether or not I can do much more after that.
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No, for HTC phones, Sunshine is your only choice.
After that, no limits. You can modify stock software with root, or you can download one of many custom roms. Or you can switch around and find what works best for you on a continuing basis. Actually, we are kind of spoiled with this ability to change things up, so I don't take it for granted or feel bad about paying $25 to the people who make it possible. You plain can't do it in newer Apple or Samsung phones.
But S-0ff via Sunshine is the only path to there.

michaelbsheldon said:
No, for HTC phones, Sunshine is your only choice.
After that, no limits. You can modify stock software with root, or you can download one of many custom roms. Or you can switch around and find what works best for you on a continuing basis. Actually, we are kind of spoiled with this ability to change things up, so I don't take it for granted or feel bad about paying $25 to the people who make it possible. You plain can't do it in newer Apple or Samsung phones.
But S-0ff via Sunshine is the only path to there.
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Yeah I've definitely made the decision to make the jump and use sunshine. Side by side the M9 opens apps and multitasks quicker than the S5 by 1-2 seconds. My question really though is if there's anyone working on roms. Seems like the ability to unlock without having expensive hardware is pretty new so is development just now starting or has it reached its peak?

brd912 said:
Yeah I've definitely made the decision to make the jump and use sunshine. Side by side the M9 opens apps and multitasks quicker than the S5 by 1-2 seconds. My question really though is if there's anyone working on roms. Seems like the ability to unlock without having expensive hardware is pretty new so is development just now starting or has it reached its peak?
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Development is not quite at peak: This Marshmallow version is far and away better than anything on HTC's before now: very fast and smooth. With very little tweaking, it's mighty good.
But another chapter is coming: M9 will get Android Nougat, coming soon. Assuming that it runs nice on the M9, our great devs will likely make more than one nice custom Nougat that will keep the M9 current for at least a year, maybe longer.