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[Q] Nandroid back up of TMOB 101 version 4.28.707.10?

hi fellows as the title says ..dose anyone had an nandroid back or stock rom for this version i serched around the internet and i find no usefull info about this version 4.28.707.10 or this cid T-MOB 101...i brought this phone in china and now i dont know which version can fit and make me revert back to stock so i can update it to JB ...so if anyone has any info on it or you have any links to that perticular download please post it here so i can get it ...thanks in advance

Nani2000 said:
hi fellows as the title says ..dose anyone had an nandroid back or stock rom for this version i serched around the internet and i find no usefull info about this version 4.28.707.10 or this cid T-MOB 101...i brought this phone in china and now i dont know which version can fit and make me revert back to stock so i can update it to JB ...so if anyone has any info on it or you have any links to that perticular download please post it here so i can get it ...thanks in advance
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look right here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140 , there is a 2.17 version for that CID :good:

Can i still flash the rom with different version and have same cid no?
matt95 said:
look right here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140 , there is a 2.17 version for that CID :good:
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thanks for the reply man its a great idea for keeping everything in one place but my problem is my cid is T-MOB 101 and version is **.**.707**(4.28.707.10) and the version there is **.**.111.** so the question is can i still flash that nandroid ?? because i see in lots of post that cid and the version should match to get back to stock isn't that right ??

Nani2000 said:
thanks for the reply man its a great idea for keeping everything in one place but my problem is my cid is T-MOB 101 and version is **.**.707**(4.28.707.10) and the version there is **.**.111.** so the question is can i still flash that nandroid ?? because i see in lots of post that cid and the version should match to get back to stock isn't that right ??
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you only need to match the CID, that nand should work on your phone, you need to match the RUU and not the nand what's your HBOOT version actually?

My HBOOT
matt95 said:
you only need to match the CID, that nand should work on your phone, you need to match the RUU and not the nand what's your HBOOT version actually?
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My HBOOT is 0.94.0000 which is very old one i guess as now there are many new one i just want to go back to stock but i can update my h boot and then the install JB from there ..

Nani2000 said:
My HBOOT is 0.94.0000 which is very old one i guess as now there are many new one i just want to go back to stock but i can update my h boot and then the install JB from there ..
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well you need a certain HBOOT to run the 2.17 nand... but i don't remember which was the required HBOOT for 2.17. the best thing would be to update the HBOOT to the latest version and then flash the nand backup

matt95 said:
well you need a certain HBOOT to run the 2.17 nand... but i don't remember which was the required HBOOT for 2.17. the best thing would be to update the HBOOT to the latest version and then flash the nand backup
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can you tell me how can i do that ?? becasue the hboot also require me revert to stock rom and lock the phone to finish it aint that the thing ??? or is there any other way i can do that ?? actually there is an update of hboot for my cid..i tried flashing it but it didnt worked for me ...

Yeah, you need to be locked. When you unlock again, it will wipe the phone
Take a nandroid backup and then
fastboot oem lock
Then try hboot update again.

BenPope said:
Yeah, you need to be locked. When you unlock again, it will wipe the phone
Take a nandroid backup and then
fastboot oem lock
Then try hboot update again.
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so what you mean is first i need to falsh the nandroid back up and then update my Hboot by relocking my phone ??

Nani2000 said:
so what you mean is first i need to falsh the nandroid back up and then update my Hboot by relocking my phone ??
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no, you first need to update the hboot and then flash the nand backup

matt95 said:
no, you first need to update the hboot and then flash the nand backup
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yes that's the problem i am on a coustom rom ARHD .so my que is should i have to be on stock rom to update my hboot or i just relock the phone and flsh the hboot ?? and i have another problem when i try to flash the firmware to update my hboot it says your version dosent match so it cannot complete so ...what should i do now ?

Thanks for the help
matt95 said:
no, you first need to update the hboot and then flash the nand backup
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i just flash the firmware that is there with the nandroid back but it says error maybe the version is not similer for updating my hboot well i think i should either wait for anyone to develop a bypass for hboot or just stay in ics for ever but anyway thanks for helping me with more info .:laugh:

What is the output of
fastboot getvar version-main

BenPope said:
What is the output of
fastboot getvar version-main
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i'll post all the things so you can have a better idea of whats my phone made of !
D:\HTC ONE X BACK UP\Fastboot>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5a
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 0.94.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 5.1204.163U.30
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 4.28.707.10
(bootloader) serialno: HT25HW101180
(bootloader) imei: 353043053829837
(bootloader) product: endeavoru
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-T30S
(bootloader) modelid: PJ4610000
(bootloader) cidnum: None
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4163mV
(bootloader) devpower: 100
(bootloader) partition-layout: None
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: None
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 2
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.826s

But that version-main doesn't exist!
What's
fastboot oem readcid

BenPope said:
But that version-main doesn't exist!
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yeah, that's quite unusual

matt95 said:
yeah, that's quite unusual
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seems like i have an unusual phone ...well i got oem cid as T-MOB 101

BenPope said:
But that version-main doesn't exist!
What's
fastboot oem readcid
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yes i know that is not there i even checked in chinese websites there all i can find is that this phone belongs to asiapacific i dont know what they mean by that my ime suggest its from germany!! what a mess with this phone and i cannot go back to stock cuz when i got the phone i dont know much about backing up so i just let some guy who is better than me in andriod to falsh a custom rom cuz i dont want to use that chinese version phone with lot of stupid apps which i cannot uninstall at that moment and now i dont have the back up and i am stuck with no updates nothing ....

Might be worth a go:
http://www.4shared.com/zip/ZnUXbKbq/firmware_2171113.html
http://www.4shared.com/zip/lwUAtyRu/Nandroid_2171113_T-MOB101.html
Or are we going in circles?

BenPope said:
Might be worth a go:
http://www.4shared.com/zip/ZnUXbKbq/firmware_2171113.html
http://www.4shared.com/zip/lwUAtyRu/Nandroid_2171113_T-MOB101.html
Or are we going in circles?
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thanks for trying mate ...i just flash the firmware through fastboot flash zip firmware.zip i didnt nandroid back up it though because its told me that i should update my h boot first which i cannot because of the its say's failed error remote blocked and the one i did is the one you provided . so now i really dont know how can i make it work ?? ca

[Q] Stock Recovery

Hi all.
Getting slightly confused about which stock recovery i could use if i wanted to. Would someone kindly point me in the right direction? It feels like i have read a billion posts but i have information overload.
I am with 02 uk. I have included the getvar all below in case it is needed.
C:\adb>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.18.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.19.21331147A1.09G
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: HT43CWM03695
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m8_ul
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B10000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 5e4b24e4
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.031s
Any help is appreciated..

Version-main is empty as a result of flashing a buggy TWRP and CID is superCID thus hard to tell. MID would fit for 154.401 as well as 2.22.401 recovery. To be sure a question. Are you still running stock ROM. If yes you could check setting > about phone > software information > software number. If you are running a custom ROM this information is likely not to be valid. o2 Germany stock ROM e.g. has a x.xx.207.xx version number
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HTCNerdYoda said:
Version-main is empty as a result of flashing a buggy TWRP and CID is superCID thus hard to tell. MID would fit for 154.401 as well as 2.22.401 recovery. To be sure a question. Are you still running stock ROM. If yes you could check setting > about phone > software information > software number. If you are running a custom ROM this information is likely not to be valid. o2 Germany stock ROM e.g. has a x.xx.207.xx version number
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Hi
I am running Android Revolution HD.

If you flash Philz Recovery, you will at least be able to get your version-main back and then you'll be able to look for that version in the Stock Recovery Section.
You CID should probably either be O2___001 or O2___002..
...John...

j0hn0n1 said:
If you flash Philz Recovery, you will at least be able to get your version-main back and then you'll be able to look for that version in the Stock Recovery Section.
You CID should probably either be O2___001 or O2___002..
...John...
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Hi John
Can i install Philz alongside TWRP?
Also i downloaded Build prop editor and under "ro.aa.cidlist" has the following cid numbers
htc 001
htc e11
htc 102
htc 203
htc 405
etc. Are they relevant?

Philz will overwrite TWRP as you can only run one recovery at a time.
This list names CID of different carriers.
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HTCNerdYoda said:
Philz will overwrite TWRP as you can only run one recovery at a time.
This list names CID of different carriers.
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Will flash Philz shortly and hopefully that will provide me with Main version. However one last question. Will the Harman & Kardon prevent me from going back to stock?
Regards Richard

Rlumby said:
Will flash Philz shortly and hopefully that will provide me with Main version. However one last question. Will the Harman & Kardon prevent me from going back to stock?
Regards Richard
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No, You should still be able to flash the stock recovery...
...John...

j0hn0n1 said:
No, You should still be able to flash the stock recovery...
...John...
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Install Philz however it still does not show main version. Does this mean i will be unable to return to stock should i wish too?
Regards Richard

Rlumby said:
Install Philz however it still does not show main version. Does this mean i will be unable to return to stock should i wish too?
Regards Richard
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How long ago did you get the phone, and have you done any OTA updates since you've had it.
If you bought it before March/April (ish) and haven't done any updates then it's likely that you're on the 1.12.206.17 version.
If you've done an OTA since then you'll probably be on 1.54.206.5... in which case try this, this is the stock recovery for 1.54.206.5..
There are Backups for both versions in the Stock Backups Page.
This is for the 1.12.206.17
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_9hxg3el0DpN2xpbkx6NGkwRE0/edit?pli=1
And this is for the 1.54.206.5
https://mega.co.nz/#F!odoimZRD!fXWN36-1i3AUdkAHcgfy_A
I'm not trying to mess you about, honest, but you'll to go back to TWRP to use them. :angel:
...John...

Definitely had ota since getting phone. Only rooted in the last 10 days. Thanks for all your help. Will use 154..... If I decide too.
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Rlumby said:
Install Philz however it still does not show main version. Does this mean i will be unable to return to stock should i wish too?
Regards Richard
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HBOOT 3.18 ? You updated the OTA to latest 4.4.3?
If so then you're fresh out of luck, I don't see any 2.xx.206/207.x stock recoveries for O2(UK/German) devices. Even on the German forum they only have the 1.54.206.5/10 ones.
Only choices you have then is to either:
1) convert - Seeing as you are S-OFF
2) roll back to older version and go through update again this time taking a backup of stock recovery. Flash old Firmware, you can probably get tutorials on here somewhere on how to do it.
3) scout the mobile phone boards(locally) and see if someone can drop you a stock recovery or
4) Wait until someone uploads a stock recovery.
In order to provide these stock recoveries, we need people to upload them and share the links and as you can see, guys like you don't do it! So we're stuck with no backups to share with guys in similar position like yourself
Good Luck!

BerndM14 said:
HBOOT 3.18 ? You updated the OTA to latest 4.4.3?
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My apologies, I didn't realise they'd release an update a just recently, O2 are usually way behind everyone else..
...John...

j0hn0n1 said:
My apologies, I didn't realise they'd release an update a just recently, O2 are usually way behind everyone else..
...John...
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http://www.htc.com/uk/go/htc-software-updates/
I take it they rolled out the latest 4.4.3 for the customers. Honestly I wasn't keeping tabs on whether they rolled or not. I just saw the HBOOT version and thought that he might have updated to 4.4.3 because as far as I know it only changed to 3.18 with 4.4.3 before then it was 3.16. I could be wrong though?
I suppose if the OP didn't flash any custom ROMs etc he could just go to settings > about > software information, and confirm either way

BerndM14 said:
http://www.htc.com/uk/go/htc-software-updates/
I take it they rolled out the latest 4.4.3 for the customers. Honestly I wasn't keeping tabs on whether they rolled or not. I just saw the HBOOT version and thought that he might have updated to 4.4.3 because as far as I know it only changed to 3.18 with 4.4.3 before then it was 3.16. I could be wrong though?
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Yeah, it seems that they released it ages ago...
BerndM14 said:
I suppose if the OP didn't flash any custom ROMs etc he could just go to settings > about > software information, and confirm either way
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He's already on Android Revolution HD.
There's a link to the 1.54.206.5 firmware on the Android Revolution Site, but would it work with the wrong version-main in the android-info.txt
http://xda7.androidrevolution.org/db_mirror/Firmware/index.php?dir=HTC/HTC_One_M8/206/
I think the way I got my version-main back, was to flash a different version stock recovery, it wouldn't work because it was the wrong version number, it just kept dropping back to HBoot, but it did bring it back when I then reflashed CWM / Philz.
...John...

j0hn0n1 said:
Yeah, it seems that they released it ages ago...
He's already on Android Revolution HD.
There's a link to the 1.54.206.5 firmware on the Android Revolution Site, but would it work with the wrong version-main in the android-info.txt
I think the way I got my version-main back, was to flash a different version stock recovery, it wouldn't work because it was the wrong version number, it just kept dropping back to HBoot, but it did bring my version-main back when I then reflashed CWM / Philz.
...John...
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I got mine back after flashing back stock recovery and erasing cache.

BerndM14 said:
I got mine back after flashing back stock recovery and erasing cache.
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What I meant was.. You probably had the right recovery or at least knew what one you needed.
It's a similar situation to one that I was in the other day. I had no version-main, so I didn't know which recovery to flash. So I took a guess and flashed a stock recovery for my device, it didn't work because it was the wrong one, but it did give me my version-main back in getvar all.
I then flashed back to Philz Recovery because I had no recovery. Once I knew the version main, I managed to find the recovery... :good:
...John...

To confirm I am on 4.4.3. I will see what comes along in near future. Should of read a few more posts before rooting.. Again help appreciated.
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Hi Rlumby.
I was just wondering why you want to return to the stock recovery. Do you need to to send it back, so you need to return it back to it's original condition or do you want to keep it open for OTA's, etc...
Since you are S-Off and SuperCID, I don't see any reason why you couldn't flash another carriers firmware, or like BerndM14 said, maybe convert it to a Developer Edition or a GPE Edition.. It will wipe everything so if you do go down this road, make sure you back everything up first...
...John...

Hi John.
It was just an option should I choose to. Now you mention it I may go for developer edition. Will check out what's out there.
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Just got an update. how to correctly?

I just got an update.
my current ver is : 2.22.709.3
Update ver: 2.22.709.4
I have a custom recovery and root. no s-off.
How do i correctly update the phone without doing any dmg?
i know i need to download the update, extract the recovery.img, flash it so i will have the original recovery.
but do i need to unroot and lock bootloader?

Harellevy said:
I just got an update.
my current ver is : 2.22.709.3
Update ver: 2.22.709.4
I have a custom recovery and root. no s-off.
How do i correctly update the phone without doing any dmg?
i know i need to download the update, extract the recovery.img, flash it so i will have the original recovery.
but do i need to unroot and lock bootloader?
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Sure you can download it and extract OR you can just go COLLECTION of Stock backup's and download the stock recovery. Both the 2.22.709.3 and 2.22.709.4 is in that thread.
Flash back the stock recovery and lock bootloader seeing as you're S-ON. Do the update and you can go ahead and do what you want again. You'll probably lose root yes, you can just get it back again no problem.
Edit: Not needed to relock bootloader as mentioned by ckpv5 :good: :victory:

There is no need to extract the stock recovery from the OTA, we have stock recovery 2.22.709.3 and 2.22.709.4 here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
There is no need to unroot as you will lose root anyway with the update, then you need to re-root
And most important is there is no need to lock bootloader. Leave it unlocked.
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BerndM14 said:
Flash back the stock recovery and lock bootloader seeing as you're S-ON. Do the update and you can go ahead and do what you want again. You'll probably lose root yes, you can just get it back again no problem.
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You beat me this time
But I need to correct one thing, there is no need to relock bootloader for OTA whether it's S-On or S-Off.
Relock bootloader for S-On is needed only when flashing signed htc firmware or run RUU

ckpv5 said:
There is no need to extract the stock recovery from the OTA, we have stock recovery 2.22.709.3 and 2.22.709.4 here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
There is no need to unroot as you will lose root anyway with the update, then you need to re-root
And most important is there is no need to lock bootloader. Leave it unlocked.
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You beat me this time
But I need to correct one thing, there is no need to relock bootloader for OTA whether it's S-On or S-Off.
Relock bootloader for S-On is needed only when flashing signed htc firmware or run RUU
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Ah ok, I can remember in the stock collection thread it was mentioned that we needed to relock if S-ON, I did see someone else say different but wasn't sure about it. That's cool then. :good:

another 2 really quick questions:
1 - My HTC wont go into debugging mode. i enable it, there is that little window popping and saying if i want to accept this computer, i checked "YES", and then nothing happends. even ADB Devices wont recognize.
2 - You guys recommend s-off? whenever HTC releases Android L, having S - Off would be good or bad?

BerndM14 said:
Ah ok, I can remember in the stock collection thread it was mentioned that we needed to relock if S-ON, I did see someone else say different but wasn't sure about it. That's cool then. :good:
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Yeah ... many times people say this ... until Mr Hofs himself ask one fellow from where he got the info that need to relock bootloader for OTA
See this for example : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55148300&postcount=3
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Harellevy said:
another 2 really quick questions:
1 - My HTC wont go into debugging mode. i enable it, there is that little window popping and saying if i want to accept this computer, i checked "YES", and then nothing happends. even ADB Devices wont recognize.
2 - You guys recommend s-off? whenever HTC releases Android L, having S - Off would be good or bad?
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1. make sure your ADB version is not lower than 1.0.31
2. S-Off is good and bad..
good for people who knows what he is doing
and bad for people who doesn't know what he is doing as he can easily brick his device.
When HTC release Android L... it got nothing to do with S-On or S-Off

ckpv5 said:
Yeah ... many times people say this ... until Mr Hofs himself ask one fellow from where he got the info that need to relock bootloader for OTA
See this for example : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55148300&postcount=3
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1. make sure your ADB version is not lower than 1.0.31
2. S-Off is good and bad..
good for people who knows what he is doing
and bad for people who doesn't know what he is doing as he can easily brick his device.
When HTC release Android L... it got nothing to do with S-On or S-Off
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when android L will be released, guys with root and unlocked bootloader will need to relock them, unroot them and return to stock recovery and only then we could update the phone? just want know what am i against in a few months
and where can i find the OTA update in my phone?
thanks alot for all the help!!

Harellevy said:
when android L will be released, guys with root and unlocked bootloader will need to relock them, unroot them and return to stock recovery and only then we could update the phone? just want know what am i against in a few months
and where can i find the OTA update in my phone?
thanks alot for all the help!!
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You are not reading.....it's been said 2 times at least :
1: you do NOT have to relock for an ota !
2: what you need is
- stock rom with UNMODIFIED system (root is NO issue)
- stock kernel (boot.img)
- stock recovery
Then you can update !

Hello guys, anyone knows where can I download the stock recovery 2.22.709.4? I can't find the file in the link that ckpv5 share:
"we have stock recovery 2.22.709.3 and 2.22.709.4 here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2701376"
Regards.

A4ar0oN said:
Hello guys, anyone knows where can I download the stock recovery 2.22.709.4? I can't find the file in the link that ckpv5 share:
"we have stock recovery 2.22.709.3 and 2.22.709.4 here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2701376"
Regards.
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I'll give you link when I'm home in two hours

ckpv5 said:
I'll give you link when I'm home in two hours
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Thank you ckpv5

A4ar0oN said:
Thank you ckpv5
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No problem...
Stock recovery 2.22.709.3 : http://sourceforge.net/projects/htconem8/files/Recovery/2.22.709.3_recovery.img/download
Stock recovery 2.22.709.4 : http://sourceforge.net/projects/htconem8/files/Recovery/2.22.709.4_recovery.img/download

ckpv5 said:
No problem...
Stock recovery 2.22.709.3
Stock recovery 2.22.709.4
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECOVERY'S
I don't know if this question goes here, if not im sorry
I follow a video tutorial: how-to-get-ota-updates-on-a-rooted-htc-one-m8
to install stock recovery and get ota updates.
My HTC M8 has the cidnum: HTC__621 that's the reason that i need the stock recovery 2.22.709.4 so... I flashed the stock recovery and i get this results from adb:
C:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery
2.22.709.4_recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1826414592 bytes
sending 'recovery' (14480 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.375s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.605s]
finished. total time: 1.983s
C:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.011s
but when I try to reboot in recovery mode a image with a red triangle appears on the phone.
You know what is wrong?
Best regards

A4ar0oN said:
but when I try to reboot in recovery mode a image with a red triangle appears on the phone.
You know what is wrong?
Best regards
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It's nothing wrong, that's the stock recovery.
You're not supposed to reboot in recovery mode.
Just reboot your device, check for OTA and let the system do everything for you.
Do you have the correct stock ROM for your current firmware ?

ckpv5 said:
It's nothing wrong, that's the stock recovery.
You're not supposed to reboot in recovery mode.
Just reboot your device, check for OTA and let the system do everything for you.
Do you have the correct stock ROM for your current firmware ?
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My htc die, the OTA was installed successfully but my htc does not start
when I press the power button the htc stuck in the htc logo
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I apply a NANDROID BACKUP and my htc is working perfectly again but I loose LOLLIPOP

A4ar0oN said:
I apply a NANDROID BACKUP and my htc is working perfectly again but I loose LOLLIPOP
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How can you have lollipop when you asked for 2.22.709.4 recovery
I'm asking again ... what is your stock ROM version ?
Post result of command fastboot getvar all minus the serial no. & imei no.

ckpv5 said:
How can you have lollipop when you asked for 2.22.709.4 recovery
I'm asking again ... what is your stock ROM version ?
Post result of command fastboot getvar all minus the serial no. & imei no.
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When I buy the HTC came with lollipop and and when I had this problem a couple of guys told me that i need the 2.22.709.4 recovery
I'm a noob sorry I don' know what is the stock rom version :silly:
This is the result of fastboot getvar all:
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C:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.26.21331147A1.16G
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 4.24.709.2
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno:
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid:
(bootloader) product: m8_ul
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B11000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__621
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 59ee16dd
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.065s
Regards.

A4ar0oN said:
When I buy the HTC came with lollipop and and when I had this problem a couple of guys told me that i need the 2.22.709.4 recovery
I'm a noob sorry I don' know what is the stock rom version :silly:
This is the result of fastboot getvar all:
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.26.21331147A1.16G
(bootloader) version-main: 4.24.709.2
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B11000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__621
Regards.
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This is the reason why you have that problem device not booting.
You can't use a very low version recovery like 2.22.709.4, it won't work.
You can use only 4.24.709.2 recovery and nandroid backup or in case you want to go lower to do OTA again, you can use only the lowest is 4.16.709.9 recovery and nandroid backup. Cannot go more than one version lower.
Do you still have the current ROM 4.24.709.2 backup ?
What was the problem with 4.24.709.2 that you seek advise from some people who simply give wrong advise ? Yours is the latest update lollipop 5.0.2 .. remember that.
You can try the one posted here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59953829&postcount=5068
See whether you can download it or not.
If cannot, I will see whether I have time to upload my own backup for 4.24.709.2

ckpv5 said:
This is the reason why you have that problem device not booting.
You can't use a very low version recovery like 2.22.709.4, it won't work.
You can use only 4.24.709.2 recovery and nandroid backup or in case you want to go lower to do OTA again, you can use only the lowest is 4.16.709.9 recovery and nandroid backup. Cannot go more than one version lower.
Do you still have the current ROM 4.24.709.2 backup ?
What was the problem with 4.24.709.2 that you seek advise from some people who simply give wrong advise ? Yours is the latest update lollipop 5.0.2 .. remember that.
You can try the one posted here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59953829&postcount=5068
See whether you can download it or not.
If cannot, I will see whether I have time to upload my own backup for 4.24.709.2
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OHHHH
I don't have any problem with 4.24.709.2 like you said I just received wrong advice
I don't have the ROM 4.24.709.2 backup, I will try to download the file with the link that you provided me, once the file was downloaded I just need to flash with TWRP is correct?

I have no idea about that backup whether it is for TWRP or CWM. But backup is for restore not flash. Unzip on PC and transfer to custom recovery backup folder. Boot to recovery then restore the transferred backup
I don't understand why you flashed the wrong stock recovery when your latest ROM has no problem.

[Q] Go back to stock

Hi there.
I was wondering if anyone could help me. I want to go back to stock recovery to perform an OTA (4.4.4). I'm currently using ViperOne m8 2.5. My Cid is called HTC_Y13. But I couldn't find it anywhere.
What to do?
I'm Danish by the way. My phone is a One M8 and I believe it's the international model..
Kind Regards René Bundgaard

RenBund88 said:
Hi there.
I was wondering if anyone could help me. I want to go back to stock recovery to perform an OTA (4.4.4). I'm currently using ViperOne m8 2.5. My Cid is called HTC_Y13. But I couldn't find it anywhere.
What to do?
I'm Danish by the way. My phone is a One M8 and I believe it's the international model..
Kind Regards René Bundgaard
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here's the steps to get you back to stock
download this > https://mega.co.nz/#!VcZAgIgT!flJca5C_hRl6pgAn5EXp4qbJCl0ONjZB8PHNylw5f3Y
while it's downloading go into TWRP and choose Backup
uncheck everything except boot ... do the backup
this will create a folder on your sdcard TWRP/BACKUPS/your_Serial_no/Todays date
when the download is complete extract it to the Todays date folder. Make sure it's just files in the folder and no folders
now boot back to TWRP and choose restore and restore the backup / make sure system and boot are checked.
the last step is to put back the stock recovery
use this one > http://d-h.st/WB4
you flash it the same as TWRP
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
your phone should now be back to stock and ready for OTA update

RenBund88 said:
Hi there.
I was wondering if anyone could help me. I want to go back to stock recovery to perform an OTA (4.4.4). I'm currently using ViperOne m8 2.5. My Cid is called HTC_Y13. But I couldn't find it anywhere.
What to do?
I'm Danish by the way. My phone is a One M8 and I believe it's the international model..
Kind Regards René Bundgaard
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COLLECTION of Stock backup's
Your CID is HTC__Y13 you can download any x.xx.401.x backup from that thread.
The WWE (World Wide English) nandroid backups have the same main version build numbers. All these nands have the main number that is based on the x.xx.401.xx build and all these CIDS are compatible
HTC__001
HTC__E11
HTC__102
HTC__203
HTC__405
HTC__Y13 <<<THERE IS YOUR CID
HTC__304
HTC__A07
HTC__002
HTC__016
HTC__032
HTC__J15
HTC__M27
HTC__A48
HTC__K18
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Download any x.xx.401.x backup (HTC__001 will be fine) and backup through correct custom recovery(Philz if it was Philz, TWRP if it was a TWRP created backup).
You can also download any x.xx.401.x stock recovery for your device OR you can grab the latest stock recovery from the OTA(Copy OTA.zip to your PC and extract the recovery.img file inside the firmware.zip).

Returning Stock
I'm also a little bit confuse with all information. I've been tryng to solve my ROM problem about 2 days.
I have flashed the ARHD 21.0 on my phone but a lot of errors are happening (common ones like no Wi-fi and other more annoying like extended reboot time). I'm trying to get back to the stock ROM to perform a update of my firmware but I'm kind of very lost in the forum.
My getvar is like:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.16.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.15.2133156.UA13G
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) imei: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m8_ul
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B10000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: ab0efa49
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
I'm very afraid to flash something wrong because everything went wrong with me. What version should I flash? I guess my phone is the International version (since I'm a brazilian and HTC don't sell phones here)
Thanks in advance.

BernardoMorais said:
I'm also a little bit confuse with all information. I've been tryng to solve my ROM problem about 2 days.
I have flashed the ARHD 21.0 on my phone but a lot of errors are happening (common ones like no Wi-fi and other more annoying like extended reboot time). I'm trying to get back to the stock ROM to perform a update of my firmware but I'm kind of very lost in the forum.
My getvar is like:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.16.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.15.2133156.UA13G
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) imei: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m8_ul
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B10000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: ab0efa49
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
I'm very afraid to flash something wrong because everything went wrong with me. What version should I flash? I guess my phone is the International version (since I'm a brazilian and HTC don't sell phones here)
Thanks in advance.
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No I guess your phone is an International version, not because you're Brazillian but because your CID says "HTC__001" which is International. Like You no doubt read in the 2 posts just above yours, download a nandroid backup for your device and restore it via the correct custom recovery. I even put a link to the thread with the nandroid collection in my first post here!!!
Just download the nandroid for your device, it'll be the 1.54.401.x backup seeing as you're still on the 3.16bootloader. 3.18 was 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 is 3.19 so you're probably still on 1.54.401.x. Download the 1.54.401 backup and restore in custom recovery. Afterwards just flash back the stock recovery.img
Make sure recovery.img is in your adb folder and boot into bootloader and use fastboot flash recovery recovery.img <That'll give you stock recovery again and you can reboot back into OS and download/install and update the OTA/Firmware as it comes all the way to 3.28.401.6/7

BerndM14 said:
No I guess your phone is an International version, not because you're Brazillian but because your CID says "HTC__001" which is International. Like You no doubt read in the 2 posts just above yours, download a nandroid backup for your device and restore it via the correct custom recovery. I even put a link to the thread with the nandroid collection in my first post here!!!
Just download the nandroid for your device, it'll be the 1.54.401.x backup seeing as you're still on the 3.16bootloader. 3.18 was 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 is 3.19 so you're probably still on 1.54.401.x. Download the 1.54.401 backup and restore in custom recovery. Afterwards just flash back the stock recovery.img
Make sure recovery.img is in your adb folder and boot into bootloader and use fastboot flash recovery recovery.img <That'll give you stock recovery again and you can reboot back into OS and download/install and update the OTA/Firmware as it comes all the way to 3.28.401.6/7
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Sorry man, but I did. I read the post before mine. But I like I said, I'm trying to do this about 2 days and everything went wrong, so I thought that the version HTC__Y13 could have a different procedure that HTC__001.
I'm not the kind of user that thinks the problem is just happening to him. I read a lot of things but seems that more I read, more doubt I get.
Anyway, thank you very much for the fast answer. I will try what you said. :good:
Just one doubt. My ROM is 4.4.4 and my bootloader is 3.16. Is this wrong?

BernardoMorais said:
Sorry man, but I did. I read the post before mine. But I like I said, I'm trying to do this about 2 days and everything went wrong, so I thought that the version HTC__Y13 could have a different procedure that HTC__001.
I'm not the kind of user that thinks the problem is just happening to him. I read a lot of things but seems that more I read, more doubt I get.
Anyway, thank you very much for the fast answer. I will try what you said. :good:
Just one doubt. My ROM is 4.4.4 and my bootloader is 3.16. Is this wrong?
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Yes, the 4.4.4 ROM MUST have 3.28.xxx.x firmware in order to function properly. You're still on much older firmware which is why you have excessively long boot up times, wifi/data problems(Outdated radio) etc. In order for the ARHD 21.0 to work correctly you must be on the correct firmware(4.4.4 android version, 3.28.401.6/7 <<<If you're international version which you are). This has been the case for some time now, you can do an easy google search "htc one m8 xda ..." along with something like "slow boot up" etc and you'll see that all of them had the same problems, outdated firmware.
Which is why you'll have to go back to stock and do the OTA updates as it comes. If you were S-OFF you could have done it manually and flashed the firmware manually but since you're S-ON you can't do it. Flashing Radio firmware you'll need to either be a) S-OFF or b) Official HTC OTA.

BerndM14 said:
Yes, the 4.4.4 ROM MUST have 3.28.xxx.x firmware in order to function properly. You're still on much older firmware which is why you have excessively long boot up times, wifi/data problems(Outdated radio) etc. In order for the ARHD 21.0 to work correctly you must be on the correct firmware(4.4.4 android version, 3.28.401.6/7 <<<If you're international version which you are). This has been the case for some time now, you can do an easy google search "htc one m8 xda ..." along with something like "slow boot up" etc and you'll see that all of them had the same problems, outdated firmware.
Which is why you'll have to go back to stock and do the OTA updates as it comes. If you were S-OFF you could have done it manually and flashed the firmware manually but since you're S-ON you can't do it. Flashing Radio firmware you'll need to either be a) S-OFF or b) Official HTC OTA.
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Thanks man! I'm now on 3.28.401.6.
Before your post, I hadn't understood that I needed restore from 1.54.401.x backup (I almost restore 3.28.401.7).
Firewater didn't work in my device, so I have to pay $25 to be S-OFF (and $25 is a lot of money when converting to reais - currency of Brazil)
I will come back tomorrow to give you Thanks (reach my max today).
PS: The 3.28.401.7 update didn't arrive to my device.

Confused!!!
I'm really confused!! I'm not that hardcore at all..
All i want is to update from 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 so I can Update from ViperOne 2.5 to 3.0.
I tried to flash a Stock Recovery called "stock_recovery_1.54.401.5_recovery.img" and I think it succeeded. Hard to see a difference. But I followed a guide made by Sakitech on Youtube. Then I searched for any updates. But it said "No update currently available". So I just flashed the custom Recovery again.
Sorry.. But I'm a Dummy

I am having some major issues too. Im just wanting to go back to stock so I can use sunshine to S-off my phone. My CID is ORANG001 so i got a nandroid backup 1.54.61.5 which is the correct stock and the corresponding stock recovery, all went well but not only does Sunshine still refuse to work, if i take any OTA updates, the first installs ok but then my wifi wont work, ie the switch will not turn green it just goes grey, any ideas!!?!!?

RenBund88 said:
I'm really confused!! I'm not that hardcore at all..
All i want is to update from 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 so I can Update from ViperOne 2.5 to 3.0.
I tried to flash a Stock Recovery called "stock_recovery_1.54.401.5_recovery.img" and I think it succeeded. Hard to see a difference. But I followed a guide made by Sakitech on Youtube. Then I searched for any updates. But it said "No update currently available". So I just flashed the custom Recovery again.
Sorry.. But I'm a Dummy
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I think I can help you. After all my mistakes, I think I have learn something.
To update to 4.4.4 (and for ViperOne 3.0) you need to update your firmware first. To do that, you have 3 options:
1) S-OFF and update your firmware by flashing a simple file.
2) S-ON and search your EXACTLY modelid and cidnum on this thread
3) -That one BerndM14 help me in previous posts - Check your firmware and return your phone (ROM and Recovery) to stock basing on firmware version. This post explain better.
Like BerndM14 said to you, it is just necessary you to download any x.xx.401.x backup AND any x.xx.401.x stock recovery. After that, follow the instructions of the second question of the post. You will unzip the backup and inside, find a file called 'boot.emmc.win' or 'boot.win'. You have to flash this (fastboot), do a full wipe and then restore the backup (custom recovery). After all you return to bootloader (rebooting) and flash the recovery with this:
fastboot flash recovery <recoveryName>
That it. At least, what I understand. Any advanced user could confirm this informations?

BernardoMorais said:
I think I can help you. After all my mistakes, I think I have learn something.
To update to 4.4.4 (and for ViperOne 3.0) you need to update your firmware first. To do that, you have 3 options:
1) S-OFF and update your firmware by flashing a simple file.
2) S-ON and search your EXACTLY modelid and cidnum on this thread
3) -That one BerndM14 help me in previous posts - Check your firmware and return your phone (ROM and Recovery) to stock basing on firmware version. This post explain better.
Like BerndM14 said to you, it is just necessary you to download any x.xx.401.x backup AND any x.xx.401.x stock recovery. After that, follow the instructions of the second question of the post. You will unzip the backup and inside, find a file called 'boot.emmc.win' or 'boot.win'. You have to flash this (fastboot), do a full wipe and then restore the backup (custom recovery). After all you return to bootloader (rebooting) and flash the recovery with this:
fastboot flash recovery <recoveryName>
That it. At least, what I understand. Any advanced user could confirm this informations?
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I think I got a Little closer now. Let med undrstand this S-OFF right. Does that make everything a lot easier??
I tried flashing Again yesterday, but without any luck. I downloaded a major stock backup zip file, but I'm not sure how to flash it. I wish I could Just hand it over to someone, but I vant find anyone here in Denmark who is cabable at doing this. ?.
I think The biggest problem is that i dont know where, when and what to flash ?

Peggy1104 said:
I am having some major issues too. Im just wanting to go back to stock so I can use sunshine to S-off my phone. My CID is ORANG001 so i got a nandroid backup 1.54.61.5 which is the correct stock and the corresponding stock recovery, all went well but not only does Sunshine still refuse to work, if i take any OTA updates, the first installs ok but then my wifi wont work, ie the switch will not turn green it just goes grey, any ideas!!?!!?
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Any ideas guys!? would it have something to do with differant firmware version, ie when the ota is installed it is sitting on an incompatable
firmware version? i know you should flash the boot.emmc.win file before restoring a stock rom but how do i do that with an ota?

RenBund88 said:
I think I got a Little closer now. Let med undrstand this S-OFF right. Does that make everything a lot easier??
I tried flashing Again yesterday, but without any luck. I downloaded a major stock backup zip file, but I'm not sure how to flash it. I wish I could Just hand it over to someone, but I vant find anyone here in Denmark who is cabable at doing this. ?.
I think The biggest problem is that i dont know where, when and what to flash ?
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I think S-OFF let the things much more easier. My m8 is S-ON so I don't know a lot of this, but there is some tutorial about firewater. If this tool doesn't work for you (like happen to me), you will have to pay $25 for Sunshine. From what I read, this method is guaranteed to get S-OFF.
With S-OFF, you will find some posts with updates of the firmware. So you don't have to go back to stock to update it.
To continue from where you stop, you have to follow this post. Like I said before, download any x.xx.401.x backup AND any x.xx.401.x stock recovery and follow the instructions of "How do i restore the stock nandroid backup" question (same post).
You don't flash the major stock backup zip file. You RESTORE it, on your custom recovery (TWRP or Philz) according from which recovery the backup was made (for example, if you download this one: 1.54.401.5 - TWRP Thanks to Fisha21. This backup was made on TWRP so you have to restore it on TWRP. But before restore, you need to flash the "boot.img or boot.emmc.win" file that is INSIDE this backup zip file. After that you make a full wipe in recovery and then RESTORE the major backup (remember, you don't restore the zip file, you have to unzip it on your phone like is said on the "How do i restore the stock nandroid backup" question of the post).
After all, you will flash the recovery of the same version that you download on the same post.
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Peggy1104 said:
Any ideas guys!? would it have something to do with differant firmware version, ie when the ota is installed it is sitting on an incompatable
firmware version? i know you should flash the boot.emmc.win file before restoring a stock rom but how do i do that with an ota?
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You looked your firmware version, befere restore the 1.54.61.5 version? You have to check the CID AND the main version of your phone, like it said on the beggining of the post:
Take the main version number and CID and check if it exists in the collection below ! If it doesn't you can always make a request here.

BernardoMorais said:
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You looked your firmware version, befere restore the 1.54.61.5 version? You have to check the CID AND the main version of your phone, like it said on the beggining of the post:
Take the main version number and CID and check if it exists in the collection below ! If it doesn't you can always make a request here.
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My main version number is 2.26.61.5 I think but I asked weather using 1.54.61.5 would be OK and was told it would be fine as its *.**.61.* based backup. Is this incorrect as they use a different firmware base?? Is this whats causing my issues??
Sent from my HTC One (M8)

Peggy1104 said:
My main version number is 2.26.61.5 I think but I asked weather using 1.54.61.5 would be OK and was told it would be fine as its *.**.61.* based backup. Is this incorrect as they use a different firmware base?? Is this whats causing my issues??
Sent from my HTC One (M8)
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Honestly, I don't know. Why don't you know exactly your main-version? It is empty when you run "fastboot getvar version-main" ?

BernardoMorais said:
Honestly, I don't know. Why don't you know exactly your main-version? It is empty when you run "fastboot getvar version-main" ?
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Because I'm at work and can't check to be 100% sure I know its definitely 2.26.61.* just not sure what the last number is. Feel like I have ended up with a phone that is going to be stuck in its current state forever now, can't upgrade, can't downgrade. What a mess
Sent from my HTC One (M8)

Peggy1104 said:
Because I'm at work and can't check to be 100% sure I know its definitely 2.26.61.* just not sure what the last number is. Feel like I have ended up with a phone that is going to be stuck in its current state forever now, can't upgrade, can't downgrade. What a mess
Sent from my HTC One (M8)
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And if you flash the recovery and restore a new backup of your current version (COLLECTION of Stock backup's) ?
After the OTA, your wi-fi stop work but what about your mobile internet?
I don't know what can actually happen, just giving you ideas

BernardoMorais said:
And if you flash the recovery and restore a new backup of your current version (COLLECTION of Stock backup's) ?
After the OTA, your wi-fi stop work but what about your mobile internet?
I don't know what can actually happen, just giving you ideas
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That's where I got the stock nandroid from, orang001 1.54.61.5 TWRP. Got the matching recovery, all flashed correctly but then like you say after a OTA my WiFi stopped working, mobile data is fine. The WiFi toggle in settings, won't switch over to green, just goes grey.
Sent from my HTC One (M8)

BernardoMorais said:
I think S-OFF let the things much more easier. My m8 is S-ON so I don't know a lot of this, but there is some tutorial about firewater. If this tool doesn't work for you (like happen to me), you will have to pay $25 for Sunshine. From what I read, this method is guaranteed to get S-OFF.
With S-OFF, you will find some posts with updates of the firmware. So you don't have to go back to stock to update it.
To continue from where you stop, you have to follow this post. Like I said before, download any x.xx.401.x backup AND any x.xx.401.x stock recovery and follow the instructions of "How do i restore the stock nandroid backup" question (same post).
You don't flash the major stock backup zip file. You RESTORE it, on your custom recovery (TWRP or Philz) according from which recovery the backup was made (for example, if you download this one: 1.54.401.5 - TWRP Thanks to Fisha21. This backup was made on TWRP so you have to restore it on TWRP. But before restore, you need to flash the "boot.img or boot.emmc.win" file that is INSIDE this backup zip file. After that you make a full wipe in recovery and then RESTORE the major backup (remember, you don't restore the zip file, you have to unzip it on your phone like is said on the "How do i restore the stock nandroid backup" question of the post).
After all, you will flash the recovery of the same version that you download on the same post.
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You looked your firmware version, befere restore the 1.54.61.5 version? You have to check the CID AND the main version of your phone, like it said on the beggining of the post:
Take the main version number and CID and check if it exists in the collection below ! If it doesn't you can always make a request here.
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I Flashed a file named boot.emmc.win from inside the unzipped backup. I moved the file to my adb_fastboot folder and flashed it this way: fastboot flash recovery boot.emmc.win
Then I had trouble gaining access to custom recovery (TWRP) so I tried flashing the custom recovery again. I got in! Made a full wipe, chose "install", twrp > BACKUPS > Serialnumber > Backup.zip. But it failed!!!!! It was missing a md5 file???
I'm starting to regret all this root-mess

[Q] (Australia) HTC one M8 ROM/flashing. Please help me out thank you

Hey guys im new to xda and also ROMs in general so any help at all would be much appreciated!
Im trying to flash a ROM so i can use my HTC one M8, im currently stuck on bootloader/recovery.
I have tried to flash 6 different ROM.zip files with no success, i get all prompts as though the file flashed successfully but when i reboot system im still stuck on bootloader.
what i have been doing is
1. move .zip file to SD card
2. open TWRP wipe dalvik/cache
3.install .zip from SD using TWRP
Is there something missing or is it the ROMs i used?
i dunno if this is right but I was told i need a ROM that is specific to Australia, i havent found one
so if anyone has an Australian HTC one M8 ROM, or just one that will definately work on my phone could you please post a link?
Im happy to share more information if you think you could help me
thank you all for reading!

andrewwilba said:
Hey guys im new to xda and also ROMs in general so any help at all would be much appreciated!
Im trying to flash a ROM so i can use my HTC one M8, im currently stuck on bootloader/recovery.
I have tried to flash 6 different ROM.zip files with no success, i get all prompts as though the file flashed successfully but when i reboot system im still stuck on bootloader.
what i have been doing is
1. move .zip file to SD card
2. open TWRP wipe dalvik/cache
3.install .zip from SD using TWRP
Is there something missing or is it the ROMs i used?
i dunno if this is right but I was told i need a ROM that is specific to Australia, i havent found one
so if anyone has an Australian HTC one M8 ROM, or just one that will definately work on my phone could you please post a link?
Im happy to share more information if you think you could help me
thank you all for reading!
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the way you are flashing sounds fine, which rom's have you tried ? and which version of TWRP ? also could you please post your fastboot getvar all without imei and serial number please.

Seanie280672 said:
the way you are flashing sounds fine, which rom's have you tried ? and which version of TWRP ? also could you please post your fastboot getvar all without imei and serial number please.
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thank you for the quick response um i've tried the viper 2.0, hdrevolution 1.1, lollipop something, i even tried a couple stock ruu's from the htc website but nothing has worked yet.
my TWRP version is 2.7.0.2
and here is my getvar all
version: 0.5
version-bootloader: 3.16.0.0000
version-baseband: 1.16.2133156.UA15_2G
version-cpld: None
version-microp: None
version-main:
version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
serialno:
imei:
imei2: Not Support
meid: 00000000000000
product: m8_ul
platform: hTCBmsm8974
modelid: 0P6B11000
cidnum: TELST001
battery-status: good
battery-voltage: 0mV
partition-layout: Generic
security: on
build-mode: SHIP
boot-mode: FASTBOOT
commitno-bootloader: ab0efa49
hbootpreupdate: 11
gencheckpt: 0

Restore TELSTRA 1.54.841.8 backup and install its stock recovery, reboot then do OTA update to the latest lollipop OTA ...
then you can install any custom Sense based ROM that you like.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860

ckpv5 said:
Restore TELSTRA 1.54.841.8 backup and install its stock recovery, reboot then do OTA update to the latest lollipop OTA ...
then you can install any custom Sense based ROM that you like.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
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where can i find the telstra 1.54.841.8? could you talk me through OTA updates please

andrewwilba said:
where can i find the telstra 1.54.841.8? could you talk me through OTA updates please
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everything is explained in the link that I gave above.
Post #1 - how-to
Post #2 - where you can find 1.54.841.8 backup
Post #4 - where you can find 1.54.841.8 stock recovery
read that thread thoroughly.

ckpv5 said:
Restore TELSTRA 1.54.841.8 backup and install its stock recovery, reboot then do OTA update to the latest lollipop OTA ...
then you can install any custom Sense based ROM that you like.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
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im on your tutorial right now but im finding it hard to understand as im not fully up to speed with the process, do you mind talking me through each step from where i am now thank you

andrewwilba said:
im on your tutorial right now but im finding it hard to understand as im not fully up to speed with the process, do you mind talking me through each step from where i am now thank you
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thank you for all your help so far im stuck again i transfered and restored backup and then fastboot recovery image and on reboot i got a triangle picture after htc logo?

ckpv5 said:
everything is explained in the link that I gave above.
Post #1 - how-to
Post #2 - where you can find 1.54.841.8 backup
Post #4 - where you can find 1.54.841.8 stock recovery
read that thread thoroughly.
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i have followed your steps and after flashing recovery img, then reboot. i get a red triangle in front of a phone screen.
if you could please stay with me until i fix this i promise to donate to you. you have my word. its either that or pay whatever they tell me to

Do you really follow all steps from 1 to 11 (step 11 is when you need to flash stock recovery image)
1. You need to use TWRP 2.8.1.0 as recommended.
2. When you do restore, do you see the progress till it said success ?
From your above post, it seems the restore was not successful or not correctly done.
You can try again .. reflash/install TWRP 2.8.1.0 and follow the steps again.
Note : I don't do this for donations ... so don't worry about that.

ckpv5 said:
Do you really follow all steps from 1 to 11 (step 11 is when you need to flash stock recovery image)
1. You need to use TWRP 2.8.1.0 as recommended.
2. When you do restore, do you see the progress till it said success ?
From your above post, it seems the restore was not successful or not correctly done.
You can try again .. reflash/install TWRP 2.8.1.0 and follow the steps again.
Note : I don't do this for donations ... so don't worry about that.
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YAY im back up and running after flashing TWRP 2.8.1.0! Just running OTA updates now thank you for your help ckpv5
ill be sure to give SkyDragon sense 7 a try before flashing anything else :good:

andrewwilba said:
YAY im back up and running after flashing TWRP 2.8.1.0! Just running OTA updates now thank you for your help ckpv5
ill be sure to give SkyDragon sense 7 a try before flashing anything else :good:
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Great :good::good:
You're going to have multiples OTA (at least 3 OTAs) as your current base is too old. After one OTA done, check again for another one until it says no more updates.
After the last OTA which is Lollipop, to install a Sense based custom ROM, you need to flash/install TWRP 2.8.5.0 or 2.8.6.0 (recommended). Don't use any lower than 2.8.4.0
It's not needed .. thanks for the donation .. highly appreciated.