Hi,
How can I update my M8's firmware, when I am S-On?
I want to be able to flash the new 4.4.3 roms, but need firmware update.
Since there is no OTA with the firmware, can I maybe use the 2.12 system dump/firmware file??
Any help appreciated!
No. You can brick your phone, wait for your ota, or shell out $25 for sunshine. It says over and over must be Soff. Not trying to sound rude but don't you think they would tell you how to do it without soff if it were possible.
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an0ther said:
No. You can brick your phone, wait for your ota, or shell out $25 for sunshine. It says over and over must be Soff. Not trying to sound rude but don't you think they would tell you how to do it without soff if it were possible.
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a similar question... i just bought my htc one m8 (GPE) and it came with 4.4.4, i tried to gain S-Off but with a Mac its an enormous pain in the ass...so after 6 hours of trying, i gave up and rooted it without s-off and flashed LiquidSmooth and it works perfectly. I still have S-On. Does this mean i can flash other 4.4.4 firmware without having to worry about bricking the phone or gaining S-off?
Being gpe you can flash any gpe or aosp Rom. You need Soff to get back to sense roms. Mac is easier than Windows btw. No drivers needed. Just adb and fastboot. Firewater may not work.
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an0ther said:
Being gpe you can flash any gpe or aosp Rom. You need Soff to get back to sense roms. Mac is easier than Windows btw. No drivers needed. Just adb and fastboot. Firewater may not work.
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see, yeah that was my experience! i tried firewater to no avail (i got the message at the bottom saying "too bad, so sad" essentially) and the other methods i looked up werent any help either. maybe ill give it another go later if i decide to go back to Sense.
thanks for your help, i really appreciate it!
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I am fully stock. Now this viper addiction is not letting me live with stock rom. I need to S off, root, and flash the rom.
My query:
If i S-off via temproot method, do i need to root again in order to flash the rom or any mods?
If yes, how do i do that please?
Or just S off is enough to flash the rom?
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You don't need to S-OFF to flash roms just have a twrp or philz recoveries and root and flash away....
Actually i don't wish to have my bootloader unlocked by htcdev... Want to keep it locked
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You cant flash a rom without unlocking your boot-loader. S-off is needed only if you want to make any changes to the hboot. So all you need to do to flash a rom is unlock the bootloader, install a custom recovery and then don't forget to take a nandroid backup before installing the new rom.
If i use http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/ method, do i need to unlock bootloader using htc dev?
Also using the temp root or weak sauce method, do i need to root it permenantly again? And then i need to flash a recovery as well?
I am a bit confused in the process...
Dont know which steps to follow and in which order.
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As far as I understood, WeakSauce only works for the Verizon version, which is also the only one that really needs it, since you cannot unlock the bootloader.
Firewater should work even on temproot, but S-OFF won't magically root your phone. If you S-OFF with WeakSauce, then you can manually unlock the bootloader without going to HTCDev, there is a thread here around, very easy to find. After doing this, you can easily flash a custom recovery and perma-root the phone.
Tried looking for threads regarding s off....
I have International m8. I want to S-off, without using htc dev I want to unlock the bootloader and get perm root.
Anybody can help me on this please.
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mathrania said:
Tried looking for threads regarding s off....
I have International m8. I want to S-off, without using htc dev I want to unlock the bootloader and get perm root.
Anybody can help me on this please.
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As far as I know, there is no known way of achieving this yet. The only temproot method I am aware of is WeakSauce, which should only work on the USA Verizon phone. However they write that trying it out on other variants of the phone should not do any harm. Go and try with it. I tried it on mine and it failed (application crashed), then I gave up and unlocked it with HTCDev.
If you manage to do this, please come back and tell us how you did, there may be other ways to temproot this phone, but they haven't made it to this forum yet.
WTH...
As i have done S off to M7/One X, i thought it would be easier to follow the steps... but , I am stuck with the drivers.
I uninstalled HTC Sync(firewater instructions)
But, I am not getting the drivers for HTC.
Also, ADB commands arent working for me anymore....ADB DEVICES say NO DEVICE FOUND....
I have Windows 7, and on the same laptop I have SOff my M7 few months back .....
ANY help with the links would be appreciated
ive tried every method out there the rum runner method failed ( after booting a few times it says f****************************************** in the command line then it says hit enter to exit) the weak sauce method failed. ( when i hit i agree it says root failed) is there any simple way of unlocking this phone or getting s off so i can flash a custom rom.
im on the latest update that came out for this phone. i have all of the correct fastboot and adb drivers.
can anyone please help?
Until an unlock method comes out, you are SOL. There isn't an exploit yet for the sense6 update
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Until an unlock method comes out, you are SOL. There isn't an exploit yet for the sense6 update
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thanks is there somewhere i can check around so i can see the news on it?
I'm in the same boat as you I recieved the phone with the current update and no way of rooting it, You will just have to sit tight and keep an eye out on this forum until something solid is posted.
Is my software suppose to say 4.4.2 sense 5.5 i just got replacement n I'm trying to s off but im guessing thats not gonna happen?
dragonrazorz said:
Is my software suppose to say 4.4.2 sense 5.5 i just got replacement n I'm trying to s off but im guessing thats not gonna happen?
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Sense 5.5 you use weaksauce and firewater to s-off. It is the Sense 6 update that currently cannot get root
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Uzephi said:
Sense 5.5 you use weaksauce and firewater to s-off. It is the Sense 6 update that currently cannot get root
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Thank you! I've been reading and searching and found different answers! -_- I just tried it and it worked!
Dear all,
Is it possible to receive OTA Update if we are living out of USA? I'm living in Brazil and currently 4.4.2 with sense 5.5 and I'd to uptade to sense 6.0.
Here we have only GSM net, any possibility for using CDMA or a Verizon net, I'm using my HTC ONE Verizon in global mode (GSM)
Could someone help me on this or give any tip?
Verizon HTC One
Rom/Stock 4.4.2 - Sense 5.5:
Bootloader Locked
Cannot get the update without being on Verizon network.
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Only way is to s-off and flash the decrypted ruu
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Only way is to s-off and flash the decrypted ruu
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Thanks for your comment, I have to confess that I'm trying to get s-off without success.
Could recomend a thread or tutorial for this?
jeanfranca said:
Thanks for your comment, I have to confess that I'm trying to get s-off without success.
Could recomend a thread or tutorial for this?
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Use weaksauce and then firewater
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Use weaksauce and then firewater
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I'm nothing having sucess to s-off, I installed weaksauce and then tryed to firewater, however it doesn't work, the first bottle shows error...
I'm currently running insert coin on my at&t HTC one. I've tried several times with fire water to gain soff. If anybody has a suggestion that would be excellent
You have a custom rom but your phone is S-on? How did that happen?
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You have a custom rom but your phone is S-on? How did that happen?
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You don't have to be s-off to flash a custom Rom. You have to be s-off to flash a ruu or a radio though.
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Tdeljr said:
You don't have to be s-off to flash a custom Rom. You have to be s-off to flash a ruu or a radio though.
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Thanks, I did not know that. Guess I'm still not clear which parts of the nand are protected by S-on....
Edit: Never mind - wrong again
are there any other methods to get S-Off? I've been trying firewater for hours now and it fails every time. even tried loading roms up to the phone whilst it's copying. Nothing works. It's a standard EUR One.
http://theroot.ninja/
This will give you S-OFF but it's a paid app. Read the whole page before proceeding
Is that what you used yourself? Anyone used it?
cfhuk said:
Is that what you used yourself? Anyone used it?
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Its confirmed to work. It runs tests to make sure your device is compatible before making you buy a licence. Just make sure you have root prior.
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HTC One M8 International (Unlocked and S-Off) is not updating to 5.0.1. Please help.
Do you have the right stock recovery installed?
Did you modified the system files in any way?
Files like build.prop or platform.xml?
UniversalKID thanks for reply. I didn't make any modification in any file and how I know about the right stock recovery?
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HTC One M8 International (Unlocked and S-Off) is not updating to 5.0.1. Please help.
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What do you mean not updating? Are you waiting for an OTA? Since you are S-Off, I'll assume you are running a custom ROM. It won't happen unless you are on stock.
But since you are S-Off, just update your firmware, and flash a Lolly ROM.
I want to use stock lolly ROM but through OTA downloaded 5.0.1 but at time of installation, I am not able to upgrade on lollipop.
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Currently I m using below firmware.
Android version 4.4.4
Software no. 3.28.401.9
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yasiramin599 said:
I want to use stock lolly ROM but through OTA downloaded 5.0.1 but at time of installation, I am not able to upgrade on lollipop.
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S-On I suppose? For OTAs, return to stock with the instructions and downloads in this thread.
xunholyx said:
S-On I suppose? For OTAs, return to stock with the instructions and downloads in this thread.
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Do not tell someone to S-ON when they're not 100% certain they're stock, plus you don't need to be S-ON to update.
OP, can you get a shot of the actual error you're seeing? Up to now you've not really described the error very well
EddyOS said:
Do not tell someone to S-ON when they're not 100% certain they're stock, plus you don't need to be S-ON to update.
OP, can you get a shot of the actual error you're seeing? Up to now you've not really described the error very well
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I wasn't telling him to s on, I was assuming he was s on.
I should have been more clear in my post.
Ah, OK. I can see how it can be read that way. My bad!