Hi all,
in the next days i will get my HTC M8 (i'm moving from an iPhone 5s but i had the M7 and the One Mini too, both with boot loader unlocked and custom rom)
Since this will be my first HTC device "new" from store, i will get the warranty of 24 months and so i will try to preserve it.
What i want to do with it is:
-Root It
-Install ViperONE Rom (so a custom rom)
-Stop.
But how can i do this without losing warranty? Or rather, i want to do these things but with the possibility to bring the smartphone to 100% stock and of course removing the text line like "unlocked, tampered" etc. to preserve the warranty if i will need it (of course i hope i never need warranty).
How can i do this? Is ok also if you say me only what i have to do without tell all the steps, i will search by myself the guides.
(Sorry for my english but i'm italian)
androiduserfan2 said:
Hi all,
in the next days i will get my HTC M8 (i'm moving from an iPhone 5s but i had the M7 and the One Mini too, both with boot loader unlocked and custom rom)
Since this will be my first HTC device "new" from store, i will get the warranty of 24 months and so i will try to preserve it.
What i want to do with it is:
-Root It
-Install ViperONE Rom (so a custom rom)
-Stop.
But how can i do this without losing warranty? Or rather, i want to do these things but with the possibility to bring the smartphone to 100% stock and of course removing the text line like "unlocked, tampered" etc. to preserve the warranty if i will need it (of course i hope i never need warranty).
How can i do this? Is ok also if you say me only what i have to do without tell all the steps, i will search by myself the guides.
(Sorry for my english but i'm italian)
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Don't know about warranty T&Cs where you're at... But if you have S-OFF you can go back to stock as much as possible so that they don't know the difference.
You can try Firewater S-OFF but seeing as you're buying a new device it'll probably have the newest 4.4.3 on it which means that Firewater S-OFF won't work. Still worth it to give it a try if you want to though.
Better option, though it costs money, is to use Sunshine S-OFF, it'll both unlock the bootloader and give S-OFF, it costs $25 though.
You can then root, flash custom ROMs etc no problem. You can even flash custom ROMs if you're still S-ON, though you won't be able to remove the flags like "Tampered, unlocked/relocked" if you're S-OFF. Which is why I'd suggest getting S-OFF.
If you have it and you need warranty you can follow the guides provided on these forums to go back to 100% stock. With S-OFF you can remove the red text that you might get on start up screen. You can remove the tampered flag in bootloader. You can make the device say "Locked" instead of "Relocked" if you were to lock bootloader again. You can take it back to a state that it'll look(At least on the surface) as if it's 100% the way you bought it. Which should be more than good enough for warranty purposes.
So if that's the direction you're looking in i.e To customize and still make it look like you never tampered with device in the event of warranty, you'll definitely need S-OFF for your device.
Going by your post, I'm sure you'll search for these things then?
Sunshine S-OFF
How to return device to stock - It'll be the same to return to stock, just use correct nandroids for your device.
How to remove red text from Hboot
How to reset Tampered flag
How to reset relocked flag
All of the "How to" threads you can find in the general section of the HTC One M8 forum. The Sunshine S-OFF thread you'll find in the "Paid Apps" forums on the main screen of xda forums or you can just search for it on google like "Sunshine S-OFF xda" it'll give you a link to it surely, the Author of the post is Jcase.
Edit: I added the links to the How to's and Sunshine S-OFF.
Wow your reply is simply amazing, thank you so much!
Just one little questions: if Firewater will work, how can i unlock boot loader without htcdev procedure?
Thanks again, is really great that XDA community has users like you!
(PS: don't know if this will change something but i'll have an M8 with Vodafone Brand (but sim unlocked) too!)
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Wow your reply is simply amazing, thank you so much!
Just one little questions: if Firewater will work, how can i unlock boot loader without htcdev procedure?
Thanks again, is really great that XDA community has users like you!
(PS: don't know if this will change something but i'll have an M8 with Vodafone Brand (but sim unlocked) too!)
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In the last link I provided "reset relocked flag" the actual title of the thread is [how to] lock/unlock your bootloader without htcdev(s-off required) .
On your PS. Just make sure you make nandroid back up of your device before flashing custom ROMs. I'm not sure if your Vodafone backup is in the collection thread or not. Of course you'll also then have to make a backup of your recovery before flashing a custom one.
You can just boot the custom recovery of your choice - fastboot boot name_of_custom_recovery.img - that'll boot in so that you can make a backup of the stock recovery before you flash it. That'll only work with Philz I think... TWRP didn't boot for me with the newest 4.4.3 software and it doesn't make a backup of the stock recovery anyways. Philz can do that though, or you can follow the instructions I gave in this post - Of course you'll also need to run the cat /proc/emmc command to just make sure on which block number your recovery partition is. You'll need root for that of course. You can flash supersu to gain root while booting a custom recovery so you don't have to flash one.
Though it'll also make things easier if you do decide to go with Sunshine because I'm sure they have a method in the thread to have root for your device also.
So that's important, getting a backup of your device BEFORE you do anything, in the event you want to go back and we don't have a backup for your device it might be a problem if you didn't make one yourself either :good:
Ok thanks for all the infos!
At this point, i think that Sunshine will be the method that i will use.
So now i have just to wait the shipping of my M8 and as soon as i get it i will FIRSTLY backup and after i will start modding! If i'll have problems i will ask to you/the community again. Thank you!
androiduserfan2 said:
Ok thanks for all the infos!
At this point, i think that Sunshine will be the method that i will use.
So now i have just to wait the shipping of my M8 and as soon as i get it i will FIRSTLY backup and after i will start modding! If i'll have problems i will ask to you/the community again. Thank you!
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No problem.
Perhaps if you made a backup you can upload it and share the link in the COLLECTION of Stock backup's thread. That'll help even more people with similar device to your own :good:
Sure i will! I always helped (in others italian forums) developers with backup, test etc: i love modding and help developers!
So i'll just backup through TWRP right? Because i always used Clockworkmod
androiduserfan2 said:
Sure i will! I always helped (in others italian forums) developers with backup, test etc: i love modding and help developers!
So i'll just backup through TWRP right? Because i always used Clockworkmod
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Yes you can backup through TWRP but like I mentioned, it didn't do backup of the recovery partition. So you'll probably have to use the method I linked to in order to make backup of stock recovery.
TWRP gave me some problems lately...not booting like it should, it didn't make backup of stock recovery. I like TWRP and prefer it but Philz definitely did the better job for backups. Could probably boot that up and make a backup of everything too if you prefer. Doesn't really make a difference, I mean, if(BIG IFFF) something happens to your device you could always just flash Philz back and restore the backup. It's easy enough so...
So will be better Philz
I used Sunshine right of the bat, so I could return to stock and keep my warranty. A good plan. ?
I will use it too
2 days and i will finally have my HTC M8!!!
I ordered it 7 days ago but the store had misspelled my city -.-
I will verify that he work at 100% (wifi, signal, display etc) and after i will start modding it
Guys yesterday the M8 has arrived!
After i tried all the basic functions (call, wifi etc) i started with sunshine!
After i upgraded the firmware, flashed philz, backuped ROM and installed ViperROM. Now i'm very satisfied of my new smartphone! Thank you all!
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Hey xda!
I've been a long time lurker here but this is my first post. I am absolutely stumped as to what to do now.
I recently purchased a locked M8, from telus. Got it unlocked by buying an unlock code no issues there whatsoever.
However, i htcdev unlocked my M8 in hopes of getting S-Off but to my dismay, im having problems with that.
Here are the steps i took:
Unlocked bootloader
Flashed latest TWRP
Ran firewater but it said device not supported.
Im running android 4.4.2 and my hboot is 3.16
OS: win 7 Home premium x64
Ive been searching for hours but cant find a solution, please help guys!
Thanks!
Sunshine S-OFF - Google it
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Sunshine S-OFF - Google it
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After buying the device outright, and paying for an unlock code I decided I wasn't going to spend another 25 dollars on sunshine. Any other alternatives? Is there any other way besides s off to remove the tampered tag in the boot loader?
Thanks once again!
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After buying the device outright, and paying for an unlock code I decided I wasn't going to spend another 25 dollars on sunshine. Any other alternatives? Is there any other way besides s off to remove the tampered tag in the boot loader?
Thanks once again!
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no, sunshine is the only way to get s-off and then remove the tampered flag. Why you payed for a unlock code if you can unlock the sim if you are s-off ?
Onem8 said:
no, sunshine is the only way to get s-off and then remove the tampered flag. Why you payed for a unlock code if you can unlock the sim if you are s-off ?
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At the time getting an unlock code would have been cheaper as opposed to buying an external sd card and upon knowing now that sunshine is the only way which is an extra 25$ besides it's easier for me to sell the device later by saying it's factory unlocked.
So is sunshine the ONLY way?
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At the time getting an unlock code would have been cheaper as opposed to buying an external sd card and upon knowing now that sunshine is the only way which is an extra 25$ besides it's easier for me to sell the device later by saying it's factory unlocked.
So is sunshine the ONLY way?
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again yes
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again yes
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Well, its SOL for me then :/
Thanks for all the replies, its much appreciated!
I have one last question, how would i go about to returning the m8 to stock If i decided to in the future? Can i use the toolkit thats here on xda to flash the stock ROM?
I have a Telus M8, where can i find the stock ROM for it? (not that the fact that it was originally from telus should matter)
Once again, Thanks for all the help!
As no public RUUs are available for the M8 (bar a few US carrier ones) you'd need a stock backup of the Telus ROM (back your own one up and keep it safe!) and the stock recovery and then use a few commands if S-OFF to remove the tampered and unlocked/relocked flags. Other than that you should be good to go
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As no public RUUs are available for the M8 (bar a few US carrier ones) you'd need a stock backup of the Telus ROM (back your own one up and keep it safe!) and the stock recovery and then use a few commands if S-OFF to remove the tampered and unlocked/relocked flags. Other than that you should be good to go
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Ok, I've made a backup with TWRP. So my ROM should be fine, What about my recovery though? I believe I didnt make a recovery backup and went ahead by flashing TWRP. Also, If i do find a recovery for my variant how will i flash it? Via fastboot?
Thanks for the quick reply!
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Ok, I've made a backup with TWRP. So my ROM should be fine, What about my recovery though? I believe I didnt make a recovery backup and went ahead by flashing TWRP. Also, If i do find a recovery for my variant how will i flash it? Via fastboot?
Thanks for the quick reply!
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Be careful! TWRP does not backup all your firmwares device. Just boot, data, system & cache partitions. If you flash a wrong RUU you could run into problems.
Search & read all twice before do anything.
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Be careful! TWRP does not backup all your firmwares device. Just boot, data, system & cache partitions. If you flash a wrong RUU you could run into problems.
Search & read all twice before do anything.
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Which steps would i take to ensure i Have a proper backup of my current ROM? As far as I know I need 2 things: 1) stock rom backup 2) stock recovery (which i found on xda)
So in order to return to stock I would have to: Flash Stock ROM, then flash stock recovery via fastboot. I dont even think i need any RUU. Let me know if I'm correct.
Bump!
Help please, I dont want to end up bricking my device. All i need is clarification on how to do a proper backup of stock ROM. And how to restore that rom, remove root, and flash the stock recovery. Ive searched on google as well as on xda but cannot find a concrete answer.
Sorry, me again!
I needed to re-lock and ‘stockify’ my HTC M8 today for a few reasons. It ended up taking me 4 hours, and I still have no idea if it’s ‘back’ to the way it was before I rooted it. Before you carry on reading, please know I’m fully aware any lack of understanding is my fault, and perhaps I should have realised that compared to the N4s blissfully easy steps, the HTC was a massive can of worms. However, I’m going to ask the below anyway, so hopefully someone is friendly and helpful enough to aid me in my quest for enlightenment of android stuff without me having to spend more hours searching than actually reading useful stuff…
So coming from a Nexus 4, where the guide is super simple:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ne...3923-guide-nexus-4-factory-image-restore.html
It turned out to be SERIOUSLY complicated. I’ve put down a ‘typical’ guide below, and put my questions about each step in bold. Sorry if it seems like I’m just complaining and being trite, but I’d like to know if A) I’ve missed a far easier way of doing this and if not B) is it just me that seems to have a massive amount of issues?
1. Made sure your device is S-Off. If not, download firewater and S-Off your device.
Assume this is just a thing that some phones have and some don’t?
2. Restore a nandroid of the stock Sense ROM, or find a stock ROM to flash. You'll have to dig around; I used a nandroid.
WHY? Is there no such thing as downloadable factory images for HTC One M8s? Also, where’s the step that says ‘run the commands fast boot erase user data, fast boot erase cache’ etc.?
3. Flash SuperSU.zip in recovery on top of the stock Sense ROM. You can find the SuperSU.zip here: http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU
Fair enough… still an another extra step compared to N4.
4. Use fast boot to flash the stock firmware zip to your device based on CID (this includes the stock recovery)
-This took SO MUCH EFFORT. Turns out I had to Super CID so that one of the recovery zips worked, because I was getting “FAILED (remote: 42 custom id check fail)” - and I’m now paranoid because I have no idea how important it is to get the correct CID-numbered ‘stock firmware’ etc. The ‘stock firmware’ zips seem to contain boot, radios, recovery .imgs, and with about 4 billion versions of the M8 apparently existing, could I have flashed a wrong boot or radio or something? ARE they even different per CID? Then I changed the CID back to O2___001 in case I need to take it in for warranty repairs, but is that trackable? Would someone know that I’ve messed around with the CID? Could someone going to look at my Nexus and be like “Oh this radio seems to be the one we’d expect on a HTC_001, NOT an O2___001 CID device, they must have tampered with it”.
—OH, and I had to boot into RUU mode as well, which apparently no one felt like explaining what the hell that’s for. So I’ve got and HBoot, a Fastboot, and RUU mode, which no clear way of knowing what to flash where…??
—-ALSO there was a HELL of a lot of faffing by people throwing around CID, MID, Verizon, Sprint, and comments like this doesn’t work on this AT&T model but will only work on non branded eu models with a flag attached to the speaker with an SSID of “600TZL” and a it MUST have a holographic projector otherwise your CID must equal the square root of the MID so that the factory image will know which ID your phone carrier provides through an inter web”.
5. Boot back up into sense, and follow this guide to remove the tampered banner in recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2708565
-Is this just removing a banner? or is it ‘you’ve removed the banner from a visual point of view only, but if they actually look into it it will still appeared ‘tampered’.
6. Follow this guide to lock your boot loader and make it say **LOCKED** instead of **RELOCKED**. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2708571
-So ‘fast boot OEM lock’ doesn’t work on HTCs then- is that an N4 thing? Why all that complicated cmd line stuff? And on a side note, why is it that when referring to re-locking a N4 people call it just that- locking. But with an HTC people on XDA seem to say ‘to make the banner say locked’ as if its not actually locking it, just changing a bit of writing on the boot loader.
7. Boot your device back up, and open SuperSU. Go into settings and find the "full unroot" option and run that. Reboot your device like it suggests.
Does running the unroot zip (can’t find the thread) work? So I can make it appear like the HTC is brand new out of the box? Rather than having to go through the ‘first setup’ screen?
Other question: people seem to keep yammering on about modded RUUs, is there one? is there a couple? (i.e. should I view it a bit like TWRP and CWM- there’s others but there’s one everyone really uses). And if I ‘flash’ a modded RUU, again, is there an easily accessible stock one?
It's really not that complicated! I think the problem is comparing it to a Nexus 4 which is designed to be easily unlocked and locked, due to being a more developer orientated device.
An RUU is a stock image (like the Nexus images) and a modded one would just have the CID/MID requirement removed or something so it can be used on more phones. It would still be the stock, untampered image.
Also, the whole CID/MID thing is only applicable to American devices which vary between GSM and CDMA radios. ANY international modem will work in Europe and you will never find the wrong one.
S-Off is like unlocking the bootloader on a Nexus device except that in this case, its an extra step after unlocking the bootloader in order to be able to modify every partition and flash unsupported firmware in OEM mode. Every consumer phone is initially shipped S-On.
Thanks very much Veryone's v. helpful around here. Just a few more questions based on what you've said:
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Also, the whole CID/MID thing is only applicable to American devices which vary between GSM and CDMA radios. ANY international modem will work in Europe and you will never find the wrong one.
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Why did I have to Super-CID to install the stock recovery? And did I do the right thing by going back to my carrier CID afterwards?
Matt said:
S-Off is like unlocking the bootloader on a Nexus device except that in this case, its an extra step after unlocking the bootloader in order to be able to modify every partition and flash unsupported firmware in OEM mode. Every consumer phone is initially shipped S-On.
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Although I've read in quite a few places I shouldn't have to S-On to take it in for a warranty repair, because some arrive to people S-off and they can't prove that you did it? Is that right?
Thank you for the step-by-step list. I am in the process of restoring my phone and all the guides say to look for "version-main", but that line is empty for me. What other information can I use to determine what recovery image to flash. Also the reason I want to go back to unrooted is so I can recieve OTA updates.
legolator said:
Thank you for the step-by-step list. I am in the process of restoring my phone and all the guides say to look for "version-main", but that line is empty for me. What other information can I use to determine what recovery image to flash. Also the reason I want to go back to unrooted is so I can recieve OTA updates.
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this also happened to me- just another thing to confuse....
Can you not receive OTA updates if you're rooted? I thought it was just if you were running a different ROM?
tmorterlaing said:
this also happened to me- just another thing to confuse....
Can you not receive OTA updates if you're rooted? I thought it was just if you were running a different ROM?
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I was under the impression that flashing a custom recovery removes the ability for the phone to install OTA updates. But I could of course be wrong about that.
Ok, so I have recently switched to a HTC One M8 and I am puzzled by a few things regarding unlocking the bootloader and flashing ROMs. Coming from a Samsung Galaxy s4 I have never really needed to worry about unlocking my bootloader. I have looked up on the subject and have found that with unlocking the bootloader using HTCdev you have to flash boot.img everytime after flasing a ROM on the HTC One. Does this also apply to the HTC One m8 ? If so does anybody have a better means of unlocking the bootloader without needing to do this after every ROM flash.
JJGLive said:
Ok, so I have recently switched to a HTC One M8 and I am puzzled by a few things regarding unlocking the bootloader and flashing ROMs. Coming from a Samsung Galaxy s4 I have never really needed to worry about unlocking my bootloader. I have looked up on the subject and have found that with unlocking the bootloader using HTCdev you have to flash boot.img everytime after flasing a ROM on the HTC One. Does this also apply to the HTC One m8 ? If so does anybody have a better means of unlocking the bootloader without needing to do this after every ROM flash.
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You don't have to replace hboot unless you want to get rid of certain firmware messages, like the tampered flag. Unless you are sending your phone in for warranty work, you won't likely care about it, since you only see it in fastboot/hboot mode. The only thing the token does, besides unlock the boot loader, is remove certain preloaded apps, like the flashlight, which will screw up further OTA updates.
However, I would suggest you look into going S-off, as it makes locking/unlocking the boot loader possible without contacting HTC at all, and without messing up OTA updates. You also gain the freedom to change your CID (if you ever want to convert to stock Developer Edition), SIM unlock, and revert to older firmware if necessary (such as restoring an older RUU to go back to stock) However, S-off is "security off", so there is an increased chance of bricking the phone if you aren't careful.
Ok so what i understand is: To install a custom rom I first have to get s-off, then unlock bootloader, root and install custom recovery and I am good to go? Please help me if I have missed anything.
I am used to flashing a rom every week on my Samsung. This is why I am so worried that I might do something wrong.
Edit: I have also found this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618 please tell me if it is the correct way to do it.
JJGLive said:
Ok so what i understand is: To install a custom rom I first have to get s-off, then unlock bootloader, root and install custom recovery and I am good to go? Please help me if I have missed anything.
I am used to flashing a rom every week on my Samsung. This is why I am so worried that I might do something wrong.
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I would suggest you use this guide.
Im going to use it this friday to root my phone.
Ok so if I understand correctly now...using that guide I will not need to use htcdev and it will not be neccesary for me to flash boot.img after every rom flash?
JJGLive said:
Ok so what i understand is: To install a custom rom I first have to get s-off, then unlock bootloader, root and install custom recovery and I am good to go? Please help me if I have missed anything.
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Not quite. To flash a custom ROM, all you need to do is unlock the bootloader, install custom recovery, and flash a ROM. In addition, I highly recommend you make a nandroid backup before flashing anything
S-off is only needed if you want to avoid the bootloader unlocking method via HTCDev.com (and HTC therefore having a record of you unlocking by IMEI); or to flash hboot, radio, firmware, or a few other things (such as SIM unlock). S-off is not needed to flash a ROM.
One caveat, if your phone presently has older firmware, you will experience some severe bugs on any Sense 2.x based ROM (long boot times, broken WiFi or Bluetooth) and having S-off is required to manually update the firmware. So, while in literal terms, S-off is not needed to flash a ROM. But if the above applies to you, you need s-off to manually update the firmware and get the ROM to work correctly. Alternately, you can OTA to the latest firmware before modding the phone. You will need to list your phone's hboot and present software version for us to tell you what firmware you are on.
Also, its not necessary to root before flashing a custom ROM. You will be rooted after you flash a custom ROM.
JJGLive said:
Edit: I have also found this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618 please tell me if it is the correct way to do it.
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Definitely not correct. That guide is for the M7. Be careful what device forum section you are in, and stay in the M8 section.
Hell, I feel like a noob again. Ok so no boot.img flash after flashing a rom is needed.
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Hell, I feel like a noob again. Ok so no boot.img flash after flashing a rom is needed.
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Nope, not needed. Boot.img will flash automatically along with the ROM. Don't assume that anything on the M7 applies to the M8. These things change as the hardware changes, and every device has its own subtle differences.
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Nope, not needed. Boot.img will flash automatically along with the ROM. Don't assume that anything on the M7 applies to the M8. These things change as the hardware changes, and every device has its own subtle differences.
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Thank you so much...this also applies if I use the htcdev unlock. Still no boot.img then?
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Thank you so much...this also applies if I use the htcdev unlock. Still no boot.img then?
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Correct, no need to flash boot.img separately when flashing ROMs, if you unlock the bootloader via HTCDev.com (or by the S-off way).
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Correct, no need to flash boot.img separately when flashing ROMs, if you unlock the bootloader via HTCDev.com (or by the S-off way).
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Thank you very much...I feel much more welcome in the htc one m8 thread than I did when I first started on the samsung s4 thread. You have made me feel very welcome!
Thankfully we have freegee for LG OG. Bootloader is really dangerous please keep in mind before you go for any tutorials
I would like to root my M8, it has the latest OTA update from HTC which is Android 6.0. I have the developer edition, from what I've heard, the bootloader is already unlocked right?
I've seen some guides but most of them are outdated or they are meant to be used with Android 4.4.4.
I must say I'm not an expert when talking about phones, so is there a step by step guide to root an M8 with marshmallow? I would really appreciate any help.
The bootloader screen will indicate the bootloader status (LOCKED, UNLOCKED or RELOCKED) near the top of the screen.
In general, the process is:
1) Unlock the bootloader by HTCDev.com (if its not already unlocked).
2) Fastboot flash TWRP 3.0 custom recovery: https://twrp.me/devices/htconem8gsm.html
3) Backup your stock ROM in TWRP - lots of folks have been running into bootloop or no boot after trying to root (but probably usually when trying to use an obsolete version TWRP and/or SuperSU - but it never hurts to be safe and have a backup).
4) In TWRP, flash SuperSU v2.76 to root: https://download.chainfire.eu/969/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76-20160630161323.zip
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The bootloader screen will indicate the bootloader status (LOCKED, UNLOCKED or RELOCKED) near the top of the screen.
In general, the process is:
1) Unlock the bootloader by HTCDev.com (if its not already unlocked).
2) Fastboot flash TWRP 3.0 custom recovery: https://twrp.me/devices/htconem8gsm.html
3) Backup your stock ROM in TWRP - lots of folks have been running into bootloop or no boot after trying to root (but probably usually when trying to use an obsolete version TWRP and/or SuperSU - but it never hurts to be safe and have a backup).
4) In TWRP, flash SuperSU v2.76 to root: https://download.chainfire.eu/969/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76-20160630161323.zip
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Thanks for the answer. Just one more question. My bootloader is already unlocked, but it says "S-ON" under "UNLOCKED", will that be a problem?
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Thanks for the answer. Just one more question. My bootloader is already unlocked, but it says "S-ON" under "UNLOCKED", will that be a problem?
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Nope, that is just fine. S-on is perfectly okay for most mods, such as root, and flashing ROMs.
You only need s-off to do some very specific things, such as flashing modified hboots, manually flashing radio, changing CID&MID, downgrading by RUU, etc.
I have a simple doubt regarding flashing twrp. Does this means I can flash twrp through adb without getting root access to get root access.I usually root my devices using kingroot,works perfect for my old phone micromax.It also works for my htc one m8 when it was kitkat.But after I update to marshmallow Kingroot doesn't work for it,tried many times.If you could answer my question I would be very thankfull
hriatahriatpuia said:
I have a simple doubt regarding flashing twrp. Does this means I can flash twrp through adb without getting root access to get root access.
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You don't need root to install TWRP, if that is what you mean. You just need an unlocked bootloader.
Thanks a lot,have already unlocked the bootloader.
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You don't need root to install TWRP, if that is what you mean. You just need an unlocked bootloader.
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I've unlocked the bootloader but apparently I need to know which ver of twrp to use for my carrier ....no idea what to do there so I can't just flash the latest SuperSU from here? and how do I back up my stuff in case I mess up? Please help me i'm lost here
Hmz27 said:
I've unlocked the bootloader but apparently I need to know which ver of twrp to use for my carrier ....no idea what to do there so I can't just flash the latest SuperSU from here? and how do I back up my stuff in case I mess up? Please help me i'm lost here
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what carrier ? if you are on gsm just flash TWRP 3.0.2-0 from official website
https://twrp.me/devices/htconem8gsm.html
after you flash TWRP recovery you will find option to backup it's too easy to understand how it works ( just check the partitions you want to backup and confirm your choices by sweep to proceed the process )
after you make a backup flash the latest supersu.zip from here ( choose TWRP installable.zip )
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/stable-2016-09-01supersu-v2-78-release-t3452703
Hmz27 said:
I've unlocked the bootloader but apparently I need to know which ver of twrp to use for my carrier ...
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I think you're looking at some really outdated info or guide. TWRP hasn't been carrier specific for about 2 years; with Verizon and Sprint being the only ones you had to look out for. But TWRP was unified long ago (so Sprint/Verizon no longer requires a different TWRP version). You'll see from ahmed's link, that it specifies "All variants" of the M8. The exception would be if you have an M8s; and maybe another oddball variant or two (which are really different hardware). But as long as its a true "M8" the TWRP version linked by ahmed will work.
If you have any doubts or concerns about the M8 version, connect the phone to your computer, reboot to fastboot mode and do command fastboot getvar all and post the results so we can take a look (delete IMEI and serial number before posting).
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no idea what to do there so I can't just flash the latest SuperSU from here?
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No, you can't flash SuperSU without first flashing TWRP. Why would threads/guides tell you to do something that isn't necessary, if you can just skip it?
Simply put, you can only flash official "signed" files from the stock recovery. You need a custom recovery like TWRP to flash SuperSU.
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and how do I back up my stuff in case I mess up?
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Once you install TWRP, you can use it to create a backup of your stock unrooted ROM and user data. And its highly recommended to do so, before you flash SuperSU. Not only will this give you an easy way to revert/recover if something goes wrong with the root attempt; but you will also have a backup of your stock, unrooted ROM if you ever want it.
There are other ways to backup your data, but that depends on what "stuff" you are talking about (as that vague description doesn't tell us what you actually want to backup). For instance, for files, photos, etc. you can just copy and paste them to your computer as a backup.
Hello , I'm new to the whole thing guy and I want to unlock my bootloader in order to install custom rom , I looked in the fourm and I'v found an old method with all in one tool kit but I don't think it will work on my android version 6.0 would someone kindly guide me and tell me what do I need to do ? thanks .
Monzer_ said:
Hello , I'm new to the whole thing guy and I want to unlock my bootloader in order to install custom rom , I looked in the fourm and I'v found an old method with all in one tool kit but I don't think it will work on my android version 6.0 would someone kindly guide me and tell me what do I need to do ? thanks .
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If the method is firewater, it no longer works.
fireguy85 said:
If the method is firewater, it no longer works.
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I'm not sure what are you talking about since I'm new to the whole thing I believe that firewater has something to do with S-off which is something I couldn't do because all the guides says download firewater and the links takes me to sunshine which i believe cost me money to do ? sorry correct me if I'm wrong but I'm just a newbie beside I don't need s-off right ? what does that have to do with my problem ?
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I'm not sure what are you talking about since I'm new to the whole thing I believe that firewater has something to do with S-off which is something I couldn't do because all the guides says download firewater and the links takes me to sunshine which i believe cost me money to do ? sorry correct me if I'm wrong but I'm just a newbie beside I don't need s-off right ? what does that have to do with my problem ?
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Firewater was an all-in-one kit used to unlock bootloader and achieve s-off. The guys that created this went on to create Sunshine, leaving firewater project behind, so any guides from 2014 are likely obsolete. Unlocking the bootloader is as simple as going to htcdev.com, making an account and following the instructions there-it's super easy. S-off isn't necessary for most.
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If the method is firewater, it no longer works.
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fireguy85 said:
Firewater was an all-in-one kit used to unlock bootloader and achieve s-off. The guys that created this went on to create Sunshine, leaving firewater project behind, so any guides from 2014 are likely obsolete. Unlocking the bootloader is as simple as going to htcdev.com, making an account and following the instructions there-it's super easy. S-off isn't necessary for most.
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yes that what I have done exactly I'v unlocked the bootloader this way then used the all in one kit to root but then couldn't s-off as the guide I was following said download firewater and the links take me to sunshine . I don't know much further have not tried sunshine yet and now my rom seems ok after I re-flashed it awesome rom btw still little curious about s-rom but this one will do just fine I'v been using stock for ages .
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yes that what I have done exactly I'v unlocked the bootloader this way then used the all in one kit to root but then couldn't s-off as the guide I was following said download firewater and the links take me to sunshine . I don't know much further have not tried sunshine yet and now my rom seems ok after I re-flashed it awesome rom btw still little curious about s-rom but this one will do just fine I'v been using stock for ages .
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Firewater and the AIO (all-in-one) toolkit are 2 different things. Firewater is an (obsolete) s-off method. May have also contained a temp root, and some other things (can't remember exactly, it's been 2 years - and doesn't matter anyway - see more below). But firewater is not typically referred to as a "toolkit" or "all-in-one" (never seen it referred to that way, actually).
All-in-one toolkit (there are a couple) is a PC for unlocking the bootloader, root, and several other things (may have had a link for firewater, don't remember - again it's irrelevant for reasons below).
The toolkits are not recommended. They haven't been updated in a long time, and therefore use very obsolete files for TWRP and SuperSU (when applicable). You will have issues flashing many ROMs with old TWRP (and I'm surprised you haven't yet). Plus, you will probably find in bootloader and fastboot getvar, that the OS number is now blank (known bug in old versions of TWRP). I would suggest flashing the current version TWRP 3.1.1 using fastboot, to prevent issues moving forward. Current TWRP is fully compatible with current ROMs - but will not fix the bug of OS number being blank (need to flash firmware or RUU to fix that - but it's just a minor thing).
Firewater doesn't work, no matter what you do. It required an online server component, which the devs took offline over 2 years ago. Sunshine ($25 US) is the only current s-off method. But be aware, that most folks don't need s-off. S-off isn't needed to root, flash custom ROMs, and most other mods. s-off is only needed for very specific things, such as manually flashing radios, changing CID/MID, and some other things.
redpoint73 thank you so much for such a help truly gentleman much appreciate it .
It appears you can no longer use the usual method to unlock the bootloader. I just got this phone the other day in fantastic condition as a gift.
HTCDev told me there was an error or try again later. I'll upload screenshots later.
Not true... I used www.htcdev.com to unlock the bootloader of my HTC One M8 today.
I have this phone, with Android 6.0 and bootloader locked. However it has become practically unusable as it regularly powers off by itself, most likely due to lack of storage (there's only 0.6 GB left...). I've already uninstalled all of my few (useful) apps, I have no media on it whatsoever, but it is just filled up with bloatware that is pre-installed and gets re-installed automatically and that I thus cannot get rid of. I don't want to buy a new phone (it's in good condition) but from reading on the internet I understand that the only option is to unlock and root it, and put an oem on it exempt of all of these useless apps.
So my questions are, is this really the only option and if so is it still possible on this old machine to unlock the bootloader, and to get the right - clean - software for it somewhere?
I registered at HtC dev. There's a page that walks you through the unlocking process. So I should be able to do that part, if what FlexMcMurphy said in July last year still is true... For the rest, I'm quite new to this process but there are pages here on XDA that describe rooting and flashing. I'm ready to give it a try, but could use help if stuck.
Any reply/help would be wonderful !
Thank you in advance.
Judith
Hi, I need some help with decrypting my device so I can s off it. Im new to rooting and am unsure whether the videos on the unlocked 10 will work for me, and even then S Off brings up what is in my linked image. Should I proceed? What is this partition thing? Please help.
tfw cant post the ****ing screenshot, How do I show you guys the thing?
Upload your screenshot to imgur? www.imgur.com
I just used Sunshine to s-off mine. It was $25 for the license but it worked flawlessly and took no time. It was worth it to me just to remove all the Verizon apps, I haven't even touched any custom roms or kernels yet.
I think the only way to decrypt your device is a full factory reset -- that's what Verizon claims, anyway. http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-204803/
I guess you need to S-OFF a Verizon variant before you can install TWRP? Not sure. Regardless, one way to do this is back up your system using TWRP, apply S-OFF via Sunshine, format data in TWRP, and then restore from your backup. Still, you might be able to backup with TWRP after S-OFF, then format data, then restore the backup.
If you're new to rooting, be extra careful with your phone after you S-OFF, because it becomes really easy to brick the device. I nearly ruined my HTC One M7 by applying the wrong firmware.
HI
MY DEVICE
HTC 10 cid: HTC__J15
AND I DOWNLOAD TWRP STOCK BACKUP 1.80.401.3 AND STOCK RECOVERY 1.30.401.1_rec.img
RESTORE TWRP STOCK BACKUP 1.80.401.3 AND INSTALL STOCK RECOVERY 1.30.401.1_rec.img IN MY DEVICE AND I NEED TO RELOCK WITH Fastboot oem lock CODE,BUT WHEN I SEND CODE IN CMD DONT RELOCK MY DEVICE
AND AFTER IN I USE htc_bootloader_unlock THIS APP SHOW PROCCES SUCCEFULL BUT MY DECIVE DONT RELOCKED
PLEASE HELP ME HOW RELOCK MY DEVICE
THANKS
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Hi, I need some help with decrypting my device so I can s off it. Im new to rooting and am unsure whether the videos on the unlocked 10 will work for me, and even then S Off brings up what is in my linked image. Should I proceed? What is this partition thing? Please help.
tfw cant post the ****ing screenshot, How do I show you guys the thing?
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There's a Verizon specific section for the HTC 10 in which you would find your answers quickly.
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