Sorry for silly question, im new to htc m8. I already unlock through dev unlock. Now i already installed mike custom rom.
Unfortunately i cannot s-off my m8. How do i restore my m8 to stock so that i can receive ota like 4.4.3 officially!
Hope some one can help me!
fizfaka said:
Sorry for silly question, im new to htc m8. I already unlock through dev unlock. Now i already installed mike custom rom.
Unfortunately i cannot s-off my m8. How do i restore my m8 to stock so that i can receive ota like 4.4.3 officially!
Hope some one can help me!
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You can S-OFF with Sunshine if you're willing to pay $25
http://theroot.ninja/
Although, if you're S-ON, you'll be on the right FW already. You just need to restore your backup
What you mean by restore backup? I didn not perform any backup
fizfaka said:
What you mean by restore backup? I didn not perform any backup
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And that's the reason you're having issues - did you not even thread anything telling you to make a backup before flashing anything?
See if there's a backup that matches your CID posted by someone else in the backup thread. If there is, restore that
I will try to understand and look for it. Btw what backup u mean by? It is a firmware update profile thing?
fizfaka said:
I will try to understand and look for it. Btw what backup u mean by? It is a firmware update profile thing?
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I think before you do anything else you need to do some serious reading. The backup is a nandroid of the phones complete rom.
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Hi,
I have been trying out a couple of custom roms and want to revert back to my backed up 3 rom. Problem is it wont boot after restoring, I'm assuming this is because I overwrote the boot.img to use the custom roms, is there anywhere I can get the stock boot.img for 3 branded phone please?
You can get it from the RUU
Anyone know where I can download a 3 ruu?
daz1uk said:
Anyone know where I can download a 3 ruu?
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i reverted back to my backup 3 rom that came with the phone. but the problem was i needed the right boot.img. since i was on 1.26 firmware i flashed the 1.26 boot.img which i got from here
so what i did i flashed the boot.img then restored my backup and it worked. or you can restore then if it gives you bootloops then just go back into bootloader, fastboot and then just flash the boot.img from that thread and that is it.
worked for me so try it out..make sure you are on fully charged though
Can any of you please upload a full backup so I can restore to stock??
Can I still do this even if I have the latest hboot after a 1.28 OTA?
You need the 1.28 RUU (which doesn't exist) or a nandroid backup from someone on 1.28 (which isn't advisable)
You may have to stick with custom for now
EddyOS said:
You need the 1.28 RUU (which doesn't exist) or a nandroid backup from someone on 1.28 (which isn't advisable)
You may have to stick with custom for now
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What could be the issues if I got a nandroid backup from someone on 1.28?
I'm assuming it could brick my device?
bleary said:
What could be the issues if I got a nandroid backup from someone on 1.28?
I'm assuming it could brick my device?
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the best thing you could of done is make a backup of your own stock rom that came with the phone. that is what i did. i got my stock rom back up which is 3 branded and all i did was restored back and flashed the OTA update. when i restored it did not reboot. all it needed was the stock boot.img and stock recovery. and that was it it worked perfectly. so do not know what the RUU business and what it does but if you have a backup and flash the correct stock recovery and boot.img depending on what firmware your backup was you would be fine
NoobTerminator said:
the best thing you could of done is make a backup of your own stock rom that came with the phone. that is what i did. i got my stock rom back up which is 3 branded and all i did was restored back and flashed the OTA update. when i restored it did not reboot. all it needed was the stock boot.img and stock recovery. and that was it it worked perfectly. so do not know what the RUU business and what it does but if you have a backup and flash the correct stock recovery and boot.img depending on what firmware your backup was you would be fine
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I kicked myself when I done it as I jumped straight in completely forgot to backup my device first, which I always have in the past...frustrating!
Just want to get back to Three UK stock now, as sick of flashing every custom rom that is released lol
So as I have no backup and HTC/Three seem uninterested...I am screwed.
bleary said:
I kicked myself when I done it as I jumped straight in completely forgot to backup my device first, which I always have in the past...frustrating!
Just want to get back to Three UK stock now, as sick of flashing every custom rom that is released lol
So as I have no backup and HTC/Three seem uninterested...I am screwed.
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you are not screwed mate..just do as Eddy said..apologies i do not know the procedure regarding how to flash RUU but i am sure there are guides in the development section for that
NoobTerminator said:
you are not screwed mate..just do as Eddy said..apologies i do not know the procedure regarding how to flash RUU but i am sure there are guides in the development section for that
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Three/HTC have not released the 1.28 RUU mate, so if I try and use all there is (1.26 RUU) it fails as my hboot is now a newer version after the 1.28 OTA from three.
And I have no nandroid backup.
Oops.
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Three/HTC have not released the 1.28 RUU mate, so if I try and use all there is (1.26 RUU) it fails as my hboot is now a newer version after the 1.28 OTA from three.
And I have no nandroid backup.
Oops.
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ahh then i do not know then buddy sorry
You need to wait for the 1.28 RUU mate.
Don't use a nandroid backup from someone else as all info from that nandroid backup will be for the owners device and not yours. So if you send it to HTC they'll see the serial numbers don't match up. Plus the nandroid will have personal data from the owner on most of the time.
ahmadcentral said:
You need to wait for the 1.28 RUU mate.
Don't use a nandroid backup from someone else as all info from that nandroid backup will be for the owners device and not yours. So if you send it to HTC they'll see the serial numbers don't match up. Plus the nandroid will have personal data from the owner on most of the time.
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Ah so it has as much detailed info as that, not just purely software. Thanks for the head sup mate. I will wait for the 1.28 RUU.
Do you know who is responsible for releasing them btw...network or HTC?
bleary said:
Ah so it has as much detailed info as that, not just purely software. Thanks for the head sup mate. I will wait for the 1.28 RUU.
Do you know who is responsible for releasing them btw...network or HTC?
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HTC releases them and it is up to the network to decide really when to release it due to the software i would presume that goes onto the branded handsets. which sucks really. just like say ICS when it came out. really it should of been a global release like ios for apple but due to OEM's like Samsung and htc we have to wait till they decide when to release it due to the customization they do to the updates..similar to the updates we should be getting but we have to wait for 3 to get their asses in check
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HTC releases them and it is up to the network to decide really when to release it due to the software i would presume that goes onto the branded handsets. which sucks really. just like say ICS when it came out. really it should of been a global release like ios for apple but due to OEM's like Samsung and htc we have to wait till they decide when to release it due to the customization they do to the updates..similar to the updates we should be getting but we have to wait for 3 to get their asses in check
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It really does suck being at the mercy of networks for these updates.
As you say with iOS for example, there is one version from Apple - keeps it simple!
Hi I would like to get back to stock rom as I would like to give my phone back to my carrier for a replacement. I have relocked my bootlader then load the the correct ROM for the CID but I get an error. I have looked on here and cant find any working methods for myself while others it works and other it dont. It Vodafone UK Stock. Thanks
You mean you didn't make a nandroid backup? :banghead:
fridgie said:
You mean you didn't make a nandroid backup? :banghead:
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I didnt think I would need it as I didnt know I had the problem in the beginning.
hi, i have a HTC One X and i was curious how cyanogenmod is working on this phone so i installed it. It's a good rom but i think Sense is just much useful to me. The problem now is that i don't know how exaclt can i revert it to stock rom since i haven't done any nandroid backups...
version-main: 3.16.75.2
cid: ORANG309(orange spain)
if anyone can help me or give me a detailed tutorial i would really appreciate that.
thanks in advance
so is there any way i can revert it back ?
Go to the general section and check for the backup collection. Have a read there
Mr Hofs said:
Go to the general section and check for the backup collection. Have a read there
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i already checked..the problem is that there is no backup there for my CID or main-version...is it possible to work if i try another nandroid backup ? from another region or another version ?
cosminxu said:
i already checked..the problem is that there is no backup there for my CID or main-version...is it possible to work if i try another nandroid backup ? from another region or another version ?
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All backups work at least with a main version of 3.16 and higher. But it's not the true stock rom and you can't update with it. That's something like flashing a custom rom.
So if you can't get a stock nand that matches yours I'd say flash a custom rom and enjoy the benefits of root and a more developed piece of software.
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All backups work at least with a main version of 3.16 and higher. But it's not the true stock rom and you can't update with it. That's something like flashing a custom rom.
So if you can't get a stock nand that matches yours I'd say flash a custom rom and enjoy the benefits of root and a more developed piece of software.
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at the moment i have cyanogenmod 11 yesterday's nightly. i actually love it but there is one problem. i can't send any SMS...i searched over internet and i found something with Voice+. i deactivated it but i still can't send any sms, altought i can receive them.
Then change to another rom and test again.
Mr Hofs said:
Then change to another rom and test again.
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can you advise me of a rom which is good ?
All Roms is good..just pickup one,it depends what you need,what you like.Before you flash it,may take a time to do research.
Good luck.
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I need to send my device for repair and previously for my M7, I could get the URL to revert before sending the device for repair. Antineoplastic able to advise me how to do this? My M8 is currently s-off. Thanks
mobileman88 said:
I need to send my device for repair and previously for my M7, I could get the URL to revert before sending the device for repair. Antineoplastic able to advise me how to do this? My M8 is currently s-off. Thanks
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Just get yourself a stock rom, flash stock recovery. Get rid of Tampered banner and then send it off.
There is no need to set the security flag back to On state.
anddiiss said:
Just get yourself a stock rom, flash stock recovery. Get rid of Tampered banner and then send it off.
There is no need to set the security flag back to On state.
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So any of the stock ROM backups will do? I do not need to choose HTC_044 CID RUU? Thanks.
mobileman88 said:
So any of the stock ROM backups will do? I do not need to choose HTC_044 CID RUU? Thanks.
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read the first post in my backups collection thread. The backup for your CID is there.
There aren't many RUUs about these days so backups are the way
Precisely! In the future, remember to always have a nice little nandroid backup for your device, you never know when it could come in handy.
exocetdj said:
read the first post in my backups collection thread. The backup for your CID is there.
There aren't many RUUs about these days so backups are the way
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Thanks. Much appreciated
anddiiss said:
Precisely! In the future, remember to always have a nice little nandroid backup for your device, you never know when it could come in handy.
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nandroid+fw+recovery to be exact.
anddiiss said:
Precisely! In the future, remember to always have a nice little nandroid backup for your device, you never know when it could come in handy.
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It got accepted by the service personnel without a whisper
Hi XDA,
My devices is HTC M8 with Sense Version, i flash the M8 Google Play Edition Rom , and do not conversion. And i want to upgrade my Firmware, How can i do that , Can i flash back my sense Nandroid backup and ota update then have new version firmware??
Thank you very much
leonso26 said:
Can i flash back my sense Nandroid backup and ota update then have new version firmware??
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If the nandroid was done before root, yes. You need a completely stock (never rooted, unrooting does not work) to OTA.
redpoint73 said:
If the nandroid was done before root, yes. You need a completely stock (never rooted, unrooting does not work) to OTA.
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Thank you , but how can i know the nandroid is rooted? because i forget it .
leonso26 said:
Thank you , but how can i know the nandroid is rooted? because i forget it .
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If you don't remember, the only way to find out is to restore the nandroid. If its rooted, than it will show up as "software modified" in bootloader; and obviously root functions will work, root checker apps, etc.