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[Q] Troubles at UnRooting M8

Hello there!
I know there are many threads and questions about unrooting, but I haven't found anything useful to me (or I just don't understand them) and also I'm new to the whole root/unroot thing.
Here is the story. I rooted my device via TWRP Recovery. Then I tried to get S-OFF using Firewater. When I wasted like a few days trying to get this done I discovered that my device is "Patched by HTC" so I cannot use Firewater anymore to get this S-OFF.
The whole thing was to convert my M8 into a GPE version. Now I'm trying to revert my phone back to stock ver. because I have no need in root.
So is it possible to unroot my phone?
My CID is HTC_622
Software number is 1.60.708.2
Thanks in advance!

Funky_Noises said:
Hello there!
I know there are many threads and questions about unrooting, but I haven't found anything useful to me (or I just don't understand them) and also I'm new to the whole root/unroot thing.
Here is the story. I rooted my device via TWRP Recovery. Then I tried to get S-OFF using Firewater. When I wasted like a few days trying to get this done I discovered that my device is "Patched by HTC" so I cannot use Firewater anymore to get this S-OFF.
The whole thing was to convert my M8 into a GPE version. Now I'm trying to revert my phone back to stock ver. because I have no need in root.
So is it possible to unroot my phone?
My CID is HTC_622
Software number is 1.60.708.2
Thanks in advance!
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just flash stock then flash stock recovery and your done
but bootloader will still say tampered

jaythenut said:
just flash stock then flash stock recovery and your done
but bootloader will still say tampered
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Thanks for the reply.
I wish there was more detail in your post: like what software should I use to flash stock?
Should I download some rom for that?
As I said, I'm really new to the whole thing.

1. Flash your backup in TWRP
2. Once restored and confirmed working, flash the stock recovery image for your software version in fastboot the same way you flashed TWRP (fastboot flash recovery <nameofrecovery>.img

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EddyOS said:
1. Flash your backup in TWRP
2. Once restored and confirmed working, flash the stock recovery image for your software version in fastboot the same way you flashed TWRP (fastboot flash recovery <nameofrecovery>.img
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I see! Thanks a lot!
Will try that.
Damn, I wish I could do S-OFF and convert my phone into GPE ;|

stock recovery
EddyOS said:
1. Flash your backup in TWRP
2. Once restored and confirmed working, flash the stock recovery image for your software version in fastboot the same way you flashed TWRP (fastboot flash recovery <nameofrecovery>.img
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Hey I've been googling for hours for this too.I know this is an old post.
I am one of the unfortunate people do get a 1.60 up
Update on CID HTC__622
I have surfed the page with the list of nandroids, however there is no stock recovery that begins with 1.60. From other research it states that the first two numbers are the most important whilst flashing recoveries.
Any information would be really helpful
Thanks

[Q] New One M8, old HTC user: Need help understanding a few things

Hello All,
So I recently bought a M8 and I just need some help in getting the steps nailed down correctly. Be warned long post with lots of questions...
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
version-main: 3.32.111.3
fastboot oem readcid
(bootloader) cid: T-MOB101
That is basically my device, now due to it being 4.4.4 from factory I am unable to use Sunshine & Weaksauce. I could wait until the new year but why
bother .
First step:
Get my factory firmware image after reading this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376 due to it being a T-Mobile and
Germany and 4.4.4 I am unable to run the command listed there to get the stock recovery, so how do I get the stock recovery for my device? @BerndM14
Has provided me with a link to download the latest firmware for my device but it has the TWRP recovery inside it, link is this one: http://www.handy-
faq.de/forum/htc_one_m8_custom_roms/304821-htc_one_m8_firmwaresammlung_ruus_otas_backups.html#post2832636. I should point out that I do have a OTA
waiting to download and install, should I download and install it? The version listed on the screen is 3.32.111.9 and is only 183.73MB. Would it have a
viable stock recovery? Can I downgrade to a older version for the stock recovery?
Second step:
Once the above is done and dusted my next step is getting root & S-OFF & custom recovery. This is relatively simple because all I need to do is visit
HTCDev, unlock and then S-OFF with Sunshine and then a custom recovery. Correct? Sounds and looks simple enough.
Third step:
Download ROM of choice and flash away. So I am going with InsertCoin due to user loyalty from the Desire days . However I see people in the thread
mentioning that they flashed the latest firmware to sort out a couple of issues, I take it they mean the ROM file and not HTC firmware?
Fourth and probably not needed step:
Changing the phone to WWE and SuperCID? Do I really need to do this? Benefit of changing to WWE is changing the HBOOT to a more universal one? The
reason why I am thinking of converting is because I would want to get rid of the red text on the boot screen as listed here: http://forum.xda-
developers.com/showpost.php?p=51744965&postcount=1 however for T-Mobile Dutch the HBOOT CIDS are T-MOB003, if I flash that would it cause a problem?
I would also be looking at running the commands to change the flags showing tampered and unlocked but that looks simple to do. Am I missing anything? For warranty purposes I would use the instructions from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710735 but download the recovery file for T-MOB Germany instead?
Thank you for reading the long post and I hope that I have made some sort of sense.

Yes it will have the firmware.zip with the recovery.img inside it. Even the small 47MB or so, OTA update for the WWE from 2.22.401.4 - 2.22.401.5 had the firmware.zip inside. So just download the OTA.zip copy to PC extract firmware.zip and grab the recovery.img.
Benefits to converting to WWE or even Developer edition also includes the fact that those devices will receive OTA updates before any carrier version, directly from HTC. It's a bonus if you're into the "latest & greatest" scene.
As for making a backup before flashing custom recovery, have you tried booting the custom recovery? Philz will probably be better if you want to use the booted custom recovery to make a backup of stock recovery. You could also try and boot either TWRP or Philz and see if you can root your device without flashing custom recovery, that way you can at least use the dd command to grab a copy of the recovery block. <My preferred method, though it's a terrible circle. Need to flash custom recovery to root, need root to make backup of stock recovery... So hopefully booting the custom recovery will work. That being said, easiest way still remains to grab it from the OTA.zip.
Perhaps you could even upload a copy of the OTA.zip and share it on here, I don't think the OP has a copy in the second post
ROM/Firmware. You need the latest firmware to run the latest ROM. For most it'll be firmware with 3.x. If you still run on 2.x(which you aren't) you'd have some problems with radio(bluetooth, gps, wifi, data etc)

Thank you for the reply .
To be honest I have not tried booting a custom recovery because I saw this in the first post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
fastboot boot recovery_filename.img (this does not work on the latest 3.xx firmwares !!! we need to get the stock recoveries from the OTA files)
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So I am not sure what to try to be honest. This toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51383278&highlight=ota#post51383278 mentions getting root without S-OFF but with a unlocked bootloader. So I am thinking that if I follow those steps, maybe when I get to the reboot phase I can execute a nandroid instead which might get me the files I want?
I won't bother with WWE then. I will rely on the dev's to give me the latest & greatest .

Anakha56 said:
Thank you for the reply .
To be honest I have not tried booting a custom recovery because I saw this in the first post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
So I am not sure what to try to be honest. This toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51383278&highlight=ota#post51383278 mentions getting root without S-OFF but with a unlocked bootloader. So I am thinking that if I follow those steps, maybe when I get to the reboot phase I can execute a nandroid instead which might get me the files I want?
I won't bother with WWE then. I will rely on the dev's to give me the latest & greatest .
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Hm, yeah I also had some problems booting a recovery, but I just tested it out again. I can at least boot TWRP version 2.8.3.0 so it still works for me. I'm on 3.28.1540.5 (Developer edition). Haven't tried Philz though, net a bit too slow to bother with even a small download

No problem. I am busy downloading the OTA.zip and once complete I will try the toolkit method and see what happens . Again, thank you for the reply.

I need some help... My phone seems to be stuck in fastboot mode and is not picked up in Device Manager of Windows. I can touch the fastboot screen and it vibrates but it does not nothing. I have held down the power button for 20 seconds with no result. I had just unlocked the bootloader and then tried pushing the Philz recovery image to the device with the command line:
Code:
C:\android\sdk\android\platform-tools>fastboot boot philz_touch_6.57.8-m8.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.541s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 1.547s
*edit*
Holding volume up + power for 10 seconds helped *whew*...

Anakha56 said:
Thank you for the reply .
To be honest I have not tried booting a custom recovery because I saw this in the first post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
So I am not sure what to try to be honest. This toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51383278&highlight=ota#post51383278 mentions getting root without S-OFF but with a unlocked bootloader. So I am thinking that if I follow those steps, maybe when I get to the reboot phase I can execute a nandroid instead which might get me the files I want?
I won't bother with WWE then. I will rely on the dev's to give me the latest & greatest .
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You don't need S-Off to root, just the unlocked bootloader, custom recovery, and superuser.

@xunholyx Thanks for the post . I am trying to get an image of my stock recovery file first, so I am trying to avoid flashing the custom recovery right now . BTW Does anyone know if TWRP makes a backup of the stock recovery before overwriting it like Philz does?

Anakha56 said:
@xunholyx Thanks for the post . I am trying to get an image of my stock recovery file first, so I am trying to avoid flashing the custom recovery right now . BTW Does anyone know if TWRP makes a backup of the stock recovery before overwriting it like Philz does?
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http://www.handy-faq.de/forum/htc_o...resammlung_ruus_otas_backups.html#post2832635
oops sorry.. i see you already been their
your hboot 3.19 will prevent booting to recovery ... and no TWRP doesn't backup stock recovery
you just need to find the OTA.zip for your version it must be out their somewhere

@clsA I have the file
3.32.111.3 - TWRP
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From that site but its recovery is TWRP. I am trying to grab the stock recovery currently on the device before going forward. When I unzip that file it has 6 items:
boot.emmc.win
boot.emmc.win.md5
system.ext4.win000
system.ext4.win000.md5
system.ext4.win001
system.ext4.win001.md5
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I have downloaded the OTA that is ready for my phone but I had hit a snag. The file was corrupt, on redownload I have the small OTA but the recovery version number has incremented past mine, I don't know if it will be still useable with the ROM file from the link?

Anakha56 said:
@clsA I have the file
From that site but its recovery is TWRP. I am trying to grab the stock recovery currently on the device before going forward. When I unzip that file it has 6 items:
I have downloaded the OTA that is ready for my phone but I had hit a snag. The file was corrupt, on redownload I have the small OTA but the recovery version number has incremented past mine, I don't know if it will be still useable with the ROM file from the link?
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it should work, recovery does not have to be exact just close
and the file you have doesn't include TWRP .. it was created with twrp ... big difference

Anakha56 said:
@clsA I have the file
From that site but its recovery is TWRP. I am trying to grab the stock recovery currently on the device before going forward. When I unzip that file it has 6 items:
I have downloaded the OTA that is ready for my phone but I had hit a snag. The file was corrupt, on redownload I have the small OTA but the recovery version number has incremented past mine, I don't know if it will be still useable with the ROM file from the link?
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You can use any 3.32 based stock recovery for your phone. There are plenty of backups for that on this thread. No need to backup your own.

Thank you guys! That helps me a lot! Off I go to flash a custom recovery .

[Q] Updating bootloader und er CM12

Okay guys i think i really ****ed up this time...
A few weeks ago I got so excited about the release of lollipop I installed a port the first day it was available... It went well and I got everything working on first try even battery was good on this one...
Now to the problem: I wanted to update today by installing cm12 on my HTC (international), after downloading it I went full chuck Norris and made a full while without making a Nandroid backup... So i go to install from SD and select the cm12 zip and an error occurs: you need bootloader 3.18.00 or so...
OK I thought just install the old room that worked.. ****... I deleted it a while ago when reseting my PC and I don't know which one it was... Tried 4 different rooms now and every one tells me to update my bootloader..
Does anyone know how to update the bootloader under cm 12 and with s-on?? Tried installing a sense rom but they don't work (no WiFi, no data nothing) I think it's because of the partitions under cm11 and 12...
I searched everywhere but can't find anything that works.. Pleaaase help me
Thx
Austrian Atheist

Witch recovery version ?
You could fastboot flash a different recovery like Philz touch recovery put a backup from @Mr Hofs thread on your external sdcard and restore from it.or using a different recovery try a stock ROM

jball said:
Witch recovery version ?
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3.16...
jball said:
You could fastboot flash a different recovery like Philz touch recovery put a backup from @Mr Hofs thread on your external sdcard and restore from it.or using a different recovery try a stock ROM
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I tried a stock rom (Revolution) but nothing worked because the partitions were wrong (i think)...
Do you think installing a backup through Philz will work?
[Edit] can't find mentioned backup, do you have a link maybe? [Edit]
[Edit 2] Do you think one of those will work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376 [Edit]

@AustrianAtheist
Your trying to use a stock recovery to flash a ROM?
Twrp is 2.8.4.0 right now,if your having partition issues than try a GPE ROM using a custom recovery

jball said:
@AustrianAtheist
Your trying to use a stock recovery to flash a ROM?
Twrp is 2.8.4.0 right now,if your having partition issues than try a GPE ROM using a custom recovery
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no in had PhilZ installed... i think i really ****ed up..
so here's my problem:
I managed to install a newer firmware version through RUUs even tho I'm S-on, but after installing it i went to bootloader and it's still relocked (had to do it) but now, i can't unlock it anymore because it says:
c:\miniadb_m7>fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
target reported max download size of 1830612992 bytes
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.114s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
FAILED (remote: unlock token check failed)
finished. total time: 0.125s
please help me... i can't install a rom without unlocking the bootloader and nothing is installed on my phone so i can't boot into anything except bootloader

AustrianAtheist said:
no in had PhilZ installed... i think i really ****ed up..
so here's my problem:
I managed to install a newer firmware version through RUUs even tho I'm S-on, but after installing it i went to bootloader and it's still relocked (had to do it) but now, i can't unlock it anymore because it says:
c:\miniadb_m7>fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
target reported max download size of 1830612992 bytes
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.114s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
FAILED (remote: unlock token check failed)
finished. total time: 0.125s
please help me... i can't install a rom without unlocking the bootloader and nothing is installed on my phone so i can't boot into anything except bootloader
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Are you using the original unlock.bin file or have you tried going through HTC website again.
I know you want it fixed ASAP but I need the information

I'm an idiot...
Des i downloaded the .bin file again but I didn't move the file to the adb directory... God... I'm so embarrassed right now
I made it through the unlock process again and installed twrp again and now that I'm on 3.18 hboot I managed to install cm12
But sadly I can't install a 4.4 sense ROM because there's no RUU for my cid (austria) so I can't update further, but at least I got cm12 running
Thx dude
:good:

AustrianAtheist said:
I'm an idiot...
Des i downloaded the .bin file again but I didn't move the file to the adb directory... God... I'm so embarrassed right now
I made it through the unlock process again and installed twrp again and now that I'm on 3.18 hboot I managed to install cm12
But sadly I can't install a 4.4 sense ROM because there's no RUU for my cid (austria) so I can't update further, but at least I got cm12 running
Thx dude
:good:
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Well just wait till Sunshine is updated and you can S-OFF to do whatever you want. Am glad you figured it out though

[Q] Cannot update ! No thing but bootloader page.

Hello everyone.
I just received the new Lollipop update on my M8 , when i downloaded & pressed install as
normal update , it took me to bootloader page and just like that .. no thing happened ..
and i cant go to recovery what is shown in the bootloader :
Software status : Modified.
Relocked ( i unlocked and relocked once for root access no thing more)
M8_UL PVT Ship S-ON
HBOOT-3.19.0.0000
RADIO-1.22.21331147A1.29G
OpenDSP-v46.2.2-00564-M8974_FO.0811
OS-
eMMC-boot 2048 MB
and im on 3.28.401.9
any help ?

At least would you guys give me links for
RUU exe ?
Sorry for taking your time

You need stock recovery installed for OTA to proceed, no custom recovery.
Check this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Or you can go here and use the sdcard method to install the RUU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/htc-one-m8-european-signed-ruu-0p6bimg-t2911563

ckpv5 said:
You need stock recovery installed for OTA to proceed, no custom recovery.
Check this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Or you can go here and use the sdcard method to install the RUU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/htc-one-m8-european-signed-ruu-0p6bimg-t2911563
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I tired to flash stock recovery but i couldnt , and the second method require S-OFF
which i dont have.

Hexation said:
I tired to flash stock recovery but i couldnt , and the second method require S-OFF
which i dont have.
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That is because you can't flash a recovery with an relocked bootloader !

Mr Hofs said:
That is because you can't flash a recovery with an relocked bootloader !
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It is possible to unlock it with the same unlock code that i received?

Problem solved by re unlocking and flash the stock recovery , it happens that it has custom recovery which i dont
remember when i installed it.
another thing , i remember clearly that Unlocking bootloader require erasing data, but when
i was trying to unlock after the first page of unlocking process, it took me to the recovery , and it is done
and no thing erased.

[Q] Stuck in Fastboot

Sorry guys, I need some help here :/
As my HTC Desire 816 was unable to receive any OTA updates (I'm using a custom rom), I've decided to revert back to the stock rom.
What I did was:
1. Downloaded and restore using an nandroid backup provided by someone else (it was working fine after flashing) using CWM recovery.
2. Booted into fastboot, and flashed the 'Stock_recovery.img'
3. Relocked my bootloader using 'fasboot oem lock'
After doing these steps, I realised that my device is permanently stuck at the fastboot screen.
1. Selecting 'Recovery' only reboot the device back to fastboot screen, same as the 'Factory reset' option.
2. I tried flashing CWM, TWRP and Stock recovery, which didn't work.
3. I tried unlocking the bootloader again, but it failed when I tried doing 'fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin'
4. I couldn't find a RUU for HTC Desire 816 with the CID 'HTC__044'
...so basically I've no idea what to do now.
More info:
**TAMPERED**
**RELOCKED**
***Security Warning***
A5_UL PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-3.18.0.0000
RADIO-1.101.1102.16.10_2
OpenDSP-v28.2.2.00546.0331
OS-
eMMC-boot 1536MB
Apr 11 2014,18:59:18.0
Any help is appreciated! Thanks guys!!

whitecloud93 said:
Sorry guys, I need some help here :/
As my HTC Desire 816 was unable to receive any OTA updates (I'm using a custom rom), I've decided to revert back to the stock rom.
What I did was:
1. Downloaded and restore using an nandroid backup provided by someone else (it was working fine after flashing) using CWM recovery.
2. Booted into the bootloader, and flashed the 'Stock_recovery.img'
3. Relocked my bootloader using 'fasboot oem lock'
After doing these steps, I realised that my device is permanently stuck at the bootloader screen. Selecting 'Recovery' only reboot the device back to the bootloader screen. 'Factory reset' option also reboots the device back to the bootloader screen. I tried flashing CWM recovery, which didn't work. Flashing the stock_recovery.img failed too. I couldn't find a RUU for HTC Desire 816 with the CID 'HTC__044' ...so basically I've no idea what to do now.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks guys!!
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After receive and install Some Update From Your HTC Carrier You are encounter Boot Loop .
You Shouldn't Restore Backup Because There is Problem With Your CID
Try Install TWRP Recovery / RUU.exe Cannot be Found it's Impossible
you've One Chance For Relive ur Device indeed Using SuperCID Device And Using another Stock Backup

Which device? Or carrier even?..
A5chl..A5dug,.etc..its listed on your bootloader

Image of Bootloader
slkpmp said:
Which device? Or carrier even?..
A5chl..A5dug,.etc..its listed on your bootloader
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Oh! Solved the problem! I'm able to unlock my bootloader now to reboot the phone back to normal!
(Forgot to put Unlock_code.bin in the adb folder, lol)
Thanks guys for helping out!!!!