Hello.
I received my M8 yesterday
As soon as I opened it and Rooted it with toolkit 2.0.
I noticed that there is no calculator app on my M8, is it just me or its general?
Also I am coming from S3 with aosp rom and I noticed that I don't have android beam on M8, what can I do? I need it to transfer files between my 2 phones..
By the way, rooting disables ota updates??
Thanks in advance...
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If you unlock you lose some apps in /data/preload - I never got why.
Rooting will modify the system partition so OTA will not work, you will need to revert to stock before updating.
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Hello and many thanks for all the informative posts on this site. I have (happily) taken the plunge and bought a HTC One X
I have a couple of questions and apologies if they've been answered before, but I'm finding it hard to see the correct answers.
I presently have a rooted SE Arc. I will use TB to backup my apps and data. To use TB on the HOX I believe it must be rooted, using the methods in this forum and then i will be able to reload my apps with their data (do not want to lose my games progress)
After it's rooted is it true I cannot get any OTAs? Can I 'unroot' it to enable the OTAs when they come out? If so, how would I go about this.
I do not, at the moment, want to run any ROMs other than the stock, I just want to have root access so I can run adblockers etc etc.
Thanks for any help you can offer
Yes you can root and still get ota and the roms here are just tweeked stock roms
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Hi ! I have a rooted LG G3 and I just got notifcation that I got a software update.What will happen if I update my software? Will it break my root?
It will. In my experience, I had to uninstall xposed framework first (within the app). Then it went smoothly throughout the update process. After the update, just need to root it again. Some app may not work well after this such as adfree. Then just need to run the app and redo the settings.
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Apparently my phone has some bugs after rooting now, so I'd like to get rid of it!
I used Redpoint73's way of rooting. Can somebody please help me?!
Hey guys!
After a few years of iphone, i'm back to HTC again! Now I would like to root my M8, but to be honest, I don't really get it.
I see so many different options and ways to do this. The only thing I want is to have root access, I don't want a custon rom.
Who can help me with this and tell me how to do this.
Cheers& many thanks!
1) Unlock the bootloader via HTCDev.com
2) Install custom recovery
3) Download latest (v2.46) SuperSU zip and flash in recovery
There are a few different options to root once you do steps 1 and 2, but what I suggest above is the easiest IMO.
AFAIK, steps 1 and 2 above are mandatory on Lollipop. Previously, there was the option to (using sunshine s-off apk) temp root, s-off, and unlock the bootloader (and therefore bypass HTCDev.com). But I think the temp root was since patched by HTC, and you need to now root before sunshine.
Thank you very much! This is what I needed!
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Can you please also tell me how to unroot?
Somehow my phone is acting up strange since I rooted it.
I see in supersu the option to unroot completely, does that work?
Thanks:good:
Rooting should not effect your device in any negative way. If you're having issues, it's likely something you did after rooting.
Well, the battery drained quite a bit. I deleted some rooted apps and that problem seems solved. But still my phone is acting strange. And now I also have some line on my screen. That has nothing to do with the root, but I want to send back my phone. So can you please tell me how to unroot my HTC?
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Hello!
I bought a brand new HTC One M9, GSM factory unlocked and I'm wondering if I should root it already or are there any downsides other than voiding the warranty? I had Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 before it and I had it rooted for 3 years so I'm used to having a rooted phone. On the HTC I'm not planing on changing the ROM (which I did constantly on my previous phone), I want to root my HTC so I can use Xposed and TWRP or CWM recovery (Still uncertain which is better).
So should I go for it or nah?!
Nah. And this is my reasoning..
I was in the same boat, I9300 to m9, rooted to non rooted. At the time it was known to be dodgy to root and mess with an m9 and i also figured I'd wait till i could afford s-off.
I postponed it for about a year and a bit, absolutely no issues, didn't need to root for any specific reason except i had root on the samsung and missed messing with xposed.
Bought a new car and decided to upgrade the stock radio to a fancy pants pioneer sph-da120 for a reasonable £350. Then i found out about ARunchained for screen mirroring my phone on the pioneer and needed root so i could control the phone from said pioneer radio. Ended up sending the radio back as it kept overheating. No longer need root to control phone from the car radio.
THAT is the only reason i rooted and s-off'd.
So, xposed doesn't work with s-off phones and I'm not going to s-on again as it'll be a waste of money.
Xposed can easily brick your m9 if you use the wrong mods.
No other reason to root.
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shivadow said:
Nah. And this is my reasoning..
I was in the same boat, I9300 to m9, rooted to non rooted. At the time it was known to be dodgy to root and mess with an m9 and i also figured I'd wait till i could afford s-off.
I postponed it for about a year and a bit, absolutely no issues, didn't need to root for any specific reason except i had root on the samsung and missed messing with xposed.
Bought a new car and decided to upgrade the stock radio to a fancy pants pioneer sph-da120 for a reasonable £350. Then i found out about ARunchained for screen mirroring my phone on the pioneer and needed root so i could control the phone from said pioneer radio. Ended up sending the radio back as it kept overheating. No longer need root to control phone from the car radio.
THAT is the only reason i rooted and s-off'd.
So, xposed doesn't work with s-off phones and I'm not going to s-on again as it'll be a waste of money.
Xposed can easily brick your m9 if you use the wrong mods.
No other reason to root.
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Thanks for the reply, I'm still a noob when it comes to HTC, but do I have to pay extra for s-off? And can't I just root it and keep security on?
Yes you can. But be careful what you mess with as it's super easy to brick the m9.
Unlock the bootloader, flash twrp 2.9.0.1, flash supersu 2.65, install busybox.
You can only flash roms that you have the base for. Marshmallow roms can only be flashed over a marshmallow base. Lollipop over Lollipop. To change roms as you please and not worry about base roms is where s-off comes into it.
S-off is only available via an app called "sunshine" which you have to get from their homepage. You must be pre rooted and it costs $25/£18 via paypal or credit/debit card. Very easy to do.
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shivadow said:
Yes you can. But be careful what you mess with as it's super easy to brick the m9.
Unlock the bootloader, flash twrp 2.9.0.1, flash supersu 2.65, install busybox.
You can only flash roms that you have the base for. Marshmallow roms can only be flashed over a marshmallow base. Lollipop over Lollipop. To change roms as you please and not worry about base roms is where s-off comes into it.
S-off is only available via an app called "sunshine" which you have to get from their homepage. You must be pre rooted and it costs $25/£18 via paypal or credit/debit card. Very easy to do.
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Thank you! I'm not planing on changing ROMs, I used to do it on Samsung because, well, Samsung's stock ROM is **** lol
Anyway, I think I'm gonna wait a bit until I root it.
Is there a clear step by step guide on here to rooting and flashing?
mrstabs said:
Is there a clear step by step guide on here to rooting and flashing?
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Yes there is.
Just look for it.
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I used to install OTA's through FlashFire app on rooted Samsung phones. I recently bought HTC M9 and i was wondering if the same technique could be used on the M9?
Thanks a lot.
DArkSm4sh said:
I used to install OTA's through FlashFire app on rooted Samsung phones. I recently bought HTC M9 and i was wondering if the same technique could be used on the M9?
Thanks a lot.
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No i don't think it work it jst brick your phone samsung is simple but htc is totally diffrent becoz i also migrate from samsung to htc