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[q] tampered?

when im trying to root my m8, i boot my device to bootloader and i got ***TAMPERED*** above ***UNLOCKED***, what is the problem? moreover i cant boot into recovery.

bodii_91 said:
when im trying to root my m8, i boot my device to bootloader and i got ***TAMPERED*** above ***UNLOCKED***, what is the problem? moreover i cant boot into recovery.
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No problem, Tampered flag means that you tried to unlock the bootloader.
After you unlock bootloader you need to flash a custom recovery to be able to root.
Are you following a guide?
Try here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/vomerguides-m8-bootldr-unlock-s-off-t2800727

stathis95194 said:
No problem, Tampered flag means that you tried to unlock the bootloader.
After you unlock bootloader you need to flash a custom recovery to be able to root.
Are you following a guide?
Try here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/vomerguides-m8-bootldr-unlock-s-off-t2800727
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Yes i followed this guide and i flashed TWRP recovery and rooted my device but this flag is still appear. firewater cant S-off my device can i have another guide to S-off my device?

bodii_91 said:
Yes i followed this guide and i flashed TWRP recovery and rooted my device but this flag is still appear. firewater cant S-off my device can i have another guide to S-off my device?
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Sunshine S-Off will be your best bet. It's $25 though.
http://theroot.ninja/

questions about returnig to stock - warrenty

I have to get 100% stock for warrenty.. my devices is s-off, custom recovery, bootloader unlocked and custom rom. Will i get to stock with these steps: ?
- flash the stock rom (from my nadroid backup)
- flash the stock recovery
- set the bootloader to "locked"
- go back s-on
do i need an unlocked bootloader to get s-on ("writesecureflag 3) ?
Thanks!

If you used htcdev to unlock the boot loader, this can be a problem since HTC can see it!

MICH_** said:
I have to get 100% stock for warrenty.. my devices is s-off, custom recovery, bootloader unlocked and custom rom. Will i get to stock with these steps: ?
- flash the stock rom (from my nadroid backup)
- flash the stock recovery
- set the bootloader to "locked"
- go back s-on
do i need an unlocked bootloader to get s-on ("writesecureflag 3) ?
Thanks!
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Have you tried looking at this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735235

MrKhozam said:
Have you tried looking at this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735235
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Yes i have Do i have to flash the whole firmware? Or is it enough to flash te stock recovery? should be okay i think..

MICH_** said:
Yes i have Do i have to flash the whole firmware? Or is it enough to flash te stock recovery? should be okay i think..
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If you're already on stock Sense 6 before doing these steps, I would think flashing stock recovery is enough. Then you can manually boot into the OS and do a factory reset from within the settings, before sending it off for warranty repairs.

MrKhozam said:
If you're already on stock Sense 6 before doing these steps, I would think flashing stock recovery is enough. Then you can manually boot into the OS and do a factory reset from within the settings, before sending it off for warranty repairs.
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okay, thank you! do you think i should go s-on? (i heard about may risks when going back s-on)

MICH_** said:
okay, thank you! do you think i should go s-on? (i heard about may risks when going back s-on)
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You can try spoofing S-ON status through hboot. I have not tried this before, so proceed with caution. You can read about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708721.

MrKhozam said:
You can try spoofing S-ON status through hboot. I have not tried this before, so proceed with caution. You can read about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708721.
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Does it work to flash files (.zip & recovery) with a locked bootloader but s-off? And is it possible to get s-on with a locked bootloader?
Okay, thanks guys! I just "stocked" my phone The only thing that´s left is s-off. Do you recommend to go back s-on?

I successfully returned my M8 back to full stock (no root, locked bootloader and S-On). I wrote about my experiences here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55374704&postcount=7

HTC one m8 s-OFF

I want to S-OFF my HTC m8 European version 4.16.401.10 lollipop 5.0.1
It's locked and not rooted
What I want S-OFF and relocked the boot loader as locked and flash TWRP
and custom Rom so I can back to get OTA update from HTC any time I want
I can use kit Kat way to S-OFF or there is anew for lollipop
Thank you
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using xda Forum

KARIM9377 said:
I want to S-OFF my HTC m8 European version 4.16.401.10 lollipop 5.0.1
It's locked and not rooted
What I want S-OFF and relocked the boot loader as locked and flash TWRP
and custom Rom so I can back to get OTA update from HTC any time I want
I can use kit Kat way to S-OFF or there is anew for lollipop
Thank you
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using xda Forum
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The only way to S-OFF is to use SunShine @ http://theroot.ninja which will cost $25 respectively.

KARIM9377 said:
What I want S-OFF and relocked the boot loader as locked and flash TWRP
and custom Rom so I can back to get OTA update from HTC any time I want
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Its not clear to me why you want s-off.
You only need stock ROM (no system files altered by root) and stock recovery to OTA. Relocking bootloader is not necessary. Its only necessary to relock bootloader to RUU (when s-on).

Sunshine doesn't work with Lollipop (yet) but keep checking their website for updates

EddyOS said:
Sunshine doesn't work with Lollipop (yet) but keep checking their website for updates
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Yes I don't want to use sunshine, If there is away like firewater with kitKat use fast boot terminal/command* it was like this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/vomerguides-m8-bootldr-unlock-s-off-t2800727
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Firewater doesn't work AT ALL, Sunshine is the ONLY way to S-OFF a phone but it's not compatible with Lollipop

KARIM9377 said:
Yes I don't want to use sunshine, If there is away like firewater with kitKat use fast boot terminal/command* it was like this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/vomerguides-m8-bootldr-unlock-s-off-t2800727
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firewater was an online service. So it no longer works now that the developer stopped supporting it 3 months ago.
But I'm still not convinced you even need s-off. You haven't provided a valid reason that required s-off.
If you do need soff, you need to use sunshine. There is no other option to s-off.

redpoint73 said:
firewater was an online service. So it no longer works now that the developer stopped supporting it 3 months ago.
But I'm still not convinced you even need s-off. You haven't provided a valid reason that required s-off.
If you do need soff, you need to use sunshine. There is no other option to s-off.
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The S-OFF it's more save to get back to locked on boot loader and with that you can get OTA UPDATE from HTC what I hope is to try flash viperM8 Rom and try it and then try sky Rom and see if I don't like them can back to stack with S-OFF
maybe I am wrong I don't know if
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KARIM9377 said:
The S-OFF it's more save to get back to locked on boot loader and with that you can get OTA UPDATE from HTC what I hope is to try flash viperM8 Rom and try it and then try sky Rom and see if I don't like them can back to stack with S-OFF
maybe I am wrong I don't know if
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As I already stated above, you do not need to lock the bootloader to OTA update, and you do not need s-off to OTA update. OTA update works fine with bootloader unlocked or otherwise.
You also do not need s-off to go back to stock. Just made a nandroid (or get one from the nandroid collection here) to restore stock ROM, and restore stock recovery (also in the collection).
With s-off you can make the bootloader say LOCKED instead of RELOCKED. But warranty service is typically the only time that is desired.
Yes, s-off will give you more recovery options. Such as being able to run RUU for any CID, or "downgrade" by RUU. And it lets you do things like flash radios or modified hboots. But of the things you mentioned, its not needed.

redpoint73 said:
As I already stated above, you do not need to lock the bootloader to OTA update, and you do not need s-off to OTA update. OTA update works fine with bootloader unlocked or otherwise.
You also do not need s-off to go back to stock. Just made a nandroid (or get one from the nandroid collection here) to restore stock ROM, and restore stock recovery (also in the collection).
With s-off you can make the bootloader say LOCKED instead of RELOCKED. But warranty service is typically the only time that is desired.
Yes, s-off will give you more recovery options. Such as being able to run RUU for any CID, or "downgrade" by RUU. And it lets you do things like flash radios or modified hboots. But of the things you mentioned, its not needed.
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Thank you for your advice I will root and flash TWRP recovery and backup the stack Rom and then flash custom Rom
Thank you for your help
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Hi @redpoint73 can i ask you a question ?
I bought a second hand M8 and it already had S-OFF via sunshine.When i entered bootloader it says : Software status : Modified , (bootloader) UNLOCKED and S-OFF.
I asked the seller for the "unlock_code.bin" and he said that didn't have any.He said he simply ran sunshine to S-OFF.Didn't modified further.No custom recovery no root (although sunshine temp roots) no custom ROM.
So my question is this : performing S-OFF via sunshine will auto unlock your bootloader and say Software status : Modified ?

nighthawk696969 said:
Hi @redpoint73 can i ask you a question ?
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Of course, that's what this forum section if for!
nighthawk696969 said:
I bought a second hand M8 and it already had S-OFF via sunshine.When i entered bootloader it says : Software status : Modified , (bootloader) UNLOCKED and S-OFF.
I asked the seller for the "unlock_code.bin" and he said that didn't have any.He said he simply ran sunshine to S-OFF.Didn't modified further.No custom recovery no root (although sunshine temp roots) no custom ROM.
So my question is this : performing S-OFF via sunshine will auto unlock your bootloader and say Software status : Modified ?
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I actually did s-off back when firewater was still working, before sunshine even existed. So I can't speak from personal experience, just what I've read on these forums. I believe that the sunshine app gives you the options to temp root, s-off, and unlock the bootloader (by means that bypasses HTCDev.com). So that is probably what the previous owner did.
With s-off there isn't ever a need to relock the bootloader, and therefore no need to unlock it again with the bin code. RUUs will run with bootloader unlocked when s-off. And you can change the hboot flag to LOCKED for warranty purposes with s-off.
If for some reason you want to relock and then unlock the bootloader again, you can just go through the HTCDev.com process to get a new bin code. But its not advised. As I don't see why you would ever want to relock (for the reasons just given). And once you go through HTCDev.com, HTC will have a record of you doing so (which they do not at this time).

Thanks you have been more than helpfull!
Another question and last one :
Can i dual boot with multirom a sense 6 rom and the GPe rom?
I have the latest firmware installed so from what i read GPe roms can run without any issues.
Thanks again!

nighthawk696969 said:
Thanks you have been more than helpfull!
Another question and last one :
Can i dual boot with multirom a sense 6 rom and the GPe rom?
I have the latest firmware installed so from what i read GPe roms can run without any issues.
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No idea, I've never used MultiROM, and not that familiar with it. Hopefully, someone who knows will chime in. Or you can post to the MultiROM thread to possibly get a quicker answer.

No recovery.... ?

Is it possible to have a working phone without a recovery installed ?
Unlocked bootloader, flashed twrp 3.0.1.0, phone wouldn't boot into recovery.
Relocked bootloader cause phone is s-on, ran 401 ruu but can't get into stock recovery but otherwise phone works ok
:banghead:

There is always a recovery installed. Either the stock one or the custom one. What does it do when you go to the recovery?

10rdan said:
Is it possible to have a working phone without a recovery installed ?
Unlocked bootloader, flashed twrp 3.0.1.0, phone wouldn't boot into recovery.
Relocked bootloader cause phone is s-on, ran 401 ruu but can't get into stock recovery but otherwise phone works ok
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Just fyi, but I'm pretty sure you can flash RUU in RUU mode with bootloader unlocked.
Phone works fine without recovery, but you can't take an ota, flash roms (custom recovery) or wipe data/cache.
I'd unlock again, and flash either stock recovery, run the RUU again, or flash TWRP 3.0.2-2. Why were you using such an old version in the first place? That's likely the cause of your issue in getting the phone to boot to TWRP.

jollywhitefoot said:
Just fyi, but I'm pretty sure you can flash RUU in RUU mode with bootloader unlocked.
Phone works fine without recovery, but you can't take an ota, flash roms (custom recovery) or wipe data/cache.
I'd unlock again, and flash either stock recovery, run the RUU again, or flash TWRP 3.0.2-2. Why were you using such an old version in the first place? That's likely the cause of your issue in getting the phone to boot to TWRP.
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With s-on you need to relock the bootloader to use official signed ruu files. When he flashed the ruu he could be seeing the exclamation mark that is normal as a warning before entering the stock recovery for which you need to push a volume and power button combo (don't know them heads up)
A possibility is to clear the cache and try to enter again (as this was a thingy on older HTC devices) or indeed as suggested at least to use the latest twrp available

Mr Hofs said:
With s-on you need to relock the bootloader to use official signed ruu files. When he flashed the ruu he could be seeing the exclamation mark that is normal as a warning before entering the stock recovery for which you need to push a volume and power button combo (don't know them heads up)
A possibility is to clear the cache and try to enter again (as this was a thingy on older HTC devices) or indeed as suggested at least to use the latest twrp available
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It doesn't get as far as red exclamation mark, that's what I was waiting for. I'll try the newer version of twrp tomorrow after I've unlocked bootloader again. Do you think the same unlock code will work again?

10rdan said:
It doesn't get as far as red exclamation mark, that's what I was waiting for. I'll try the newer version of twrp tomorrow after I've unlocked bootloader again. Do you think the same unlock code will work again?
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Yes i think it does work again. But that's a try and find out. There is always the possibility i could be wrong.
Edit :
This is why i love s-off....no more relocking / unlocking the BL with also an increased chance of bricks. The BL isn't made to be relocked and unlocked over and over.

Mr Hofs said:
With s-on you need to relock the bootloader to use official signed ruu files.
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Sorry, but I believe this is misinformation, possibly residual to older HTC devices. I've heard this going back to the M7.
You need to be s-off to flash in download mode, but s-on can flash signed firmware and ruu's in RUU mode. I'm s-off so I can't test at the moment, but I'm about 99% that my information is correct.
S-on, you can only flash same or newer, though. You can't flash older firmware.
See post 19 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/unlocked-official-ruu-t3378540/page2
I'm 100% that you can flash signed firmware package in ruu mode with bootloader unlocked and s-on.

jollywhitefoot said:
Sorry, but I believe this is misinformation, possibly residual to older HTC devices. I've heard this going back to the M7.
You need to be s-off to flash in download mode, but s-on can flash signed firmware and ruu's in RUU mode. I'm s-off so I can't test at the moment, but I'm about 99% that my information is correct.
S-on, you can only flash same or newer, though. You can't flash older firmware.
See post 19 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/unlocked-official-ruu-t3378540/page2
I'm 100% that you can flash signed firmware package in ruu mode with bootloader unlocked and s-on.
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That's new to me. Hopefully it isn't just tied to the developers edition then.
Thanks for the information

Mr Hofs said:
This is why i love s-off....no more relocking / unlocking the BL with also an increased chance of bricks. The BL isn't made to be relocked and unlocked over and over.
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I'll bare that in mind, will unlock tomorrow again and try newer twrp. Only reason I relocked was to run ruu to get phone running again.

jollywhitefoot said:
Just fyi, but I'm pretty sure you can flash RUU in RUU mode with bootloader unlocked.
Phone works fine without recovery, but you can't take an ota, flash roms (custom recovery) or wipe data/cache.
I'd unlock again, and flash either stock recovery, run the RUU again, or flash TWRP 3.0.2-2. Why were you using such an old version in the first place? That's likely the cause of your issue in getting the phone to boot to TWRP.
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Where can I find 3.0.2.2, can only see 3.0.2.0 on twrp site?
Cheers
Edit.... Found it. ?

@jollywhitefoot
I've got stock recovery back on phone. Can you think of any reason, other than old version, as to why twrp wouldn't boot after flashing it ?
Will try again tomorrow.

10rdan said:
@jollywhitefoot
I've got stock recovery back on phone. Can you think of any reason, other than old version, as to why twrp wouldn't boot after flashing it ?
Will try again tomorrow.
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I'm not exactly sure, but up until 3.0.2.2 Captain Throwback didn't even have the device and was working blind. I know he was trying different things to make it compatible with different variants, too, so in my mind that was a test build. I'm not sure why they have it on the downloads page. For me, I always download it from the download section of the twrp thread.

HTC M8(TMOB101) Revert to Stock Issue

Sorry..if it's an already solved issue.
I'm using an unlocked HTC M8 which I rooted, unlocked bootloader and installed the latest Lineage OS (Android 7.1.2).
I got a good offer for the device and would like to sell it. So I want to revert it back to stock.
The device information are :
version-main: 6.12.111.4
version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
modelid: 0P6B10000
cidnum: T-MOB101
I could only find a Lollipop firmware for my CID which I copied into my SD card as OP6BIMG.zip
But the bootloader gives error as "Large Image Update Failed..Press power to reboot"
This goes on until I remove my SD card.
The RUU I used is "0P6BIMG_M8_UL_L50_SENSE60_MR_TMO_DE_4.19.111.3_Radio_1.25.214500021.06G_20.68.4196t.01_F_release_449335_combined_signed.zip"
Is this because I'm trying to downgrade Android version?
Also should I try after re-locking the bootloader (which is something I'm a bit worried to do because I think I will end up in an even worse condition if it doesn't work...because in my experience with an M9 it never unlocks again after relocking in a custom rom.)
Please help.

If you can't find 6.12.111.4, restore fully stock backup
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
You don't need to relock bootloader to restore nandroid
Edit : here is RUU.zip - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24399965296001026
You need to relock bootloader to install RUU

ckpv5 said:
If you can't find 6.12.111.4, restore fully stock backup
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
You don't need to relock bootloader to restore nandroid
Edit : here is RUU.zip - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24399965296001026
You need to relock bootloader to install RUU
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OK..will try the RUU zip after relocking bootloader.
Hope it works.
Will update about the same after.

Downloading...

So I relocked my bootloader.. downloaded the RUU zip.. renamed it to 0P6BIMG and put in my SD card.
Booted into bootloader and voila.. it flashed right away and now am back to pure stock.
Thank you..ckpv5 for all the help.
You saved my day.

[email protected] said:
I'm using an unlocked HTC M8 which I rooted, unlocked bootloader and installed the latest Lineage OS (Android 7.1.2).
I got a good offer for the device and would like to sell it. So I want to revert it back to stock.
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Just good practice: Always make a TWRP backup before flashing a custom ROM, root, etc.
I personally never start messing with these phones, without beforehand having some strategy to get back to stock.
[email protected] said:
The device information are :
version-main: 6.12.111.4
I could only find a Lollipop firmware for my CID which I copied into my SD card as OP6BIMG.zip
But the bootloader gives error as "Large Image Update Failed..Press power to reboot"
This goes on until I remove my SD card.
The RUU I used is "0P6BIMG_M8_UL_L50_SENSE60_MR_TMO_DE_4.19.111.3_Radio_1.25.214500021.06G_20.68.4196t.01_F_release_449335_combined_signed.zip"
Is this because I'm trying to downgrade Android version?
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Correct. You cannot "downgrade" by RUU with s-on.
[email protected] said:
Also should I try after re-locking the bootloader (which is something I'm a bit worried to do because I think I will end up in an even worse condition if it doesn't work...because in my experience with an M9 it never unlocks again after relocking in a custom rom.)
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Typically, no problem unlocking the bootloader on the M8 again, after relocking it.
Locked or Relocked bootloader is required to RUU with s-on.

redpoint73 said:
Just good practice: Always make a TWRP backup before flashing a custom ROM, root, etc.
I personally never start messing with these phones, without beforehand having some strategy to get back to stock.
Correct. You cannot "downgrade" by RUU with s-on.
Typically, no problem unlocking the bootloader on the M8 again, after relocking it.
Locked or Relocked bootloader is required to RUU with s-on.
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Thanks for all the information.
Will definitely keep these in mind the next time I try to mess with software;

Hello a quick question, instead of reverting to stock by RUU, can I flash a Sense-based rom via TWRP? I am presently on Lineage 15.1 with latest TWRP and S on. Thank you.

Babakkardan said:
Hello a quick question, instead of reverting to stock by RUU, can I flash a Sense-based rom via TWRP? I am presently on Lineage 15.1 with latest TWRP and S on. Thank you.
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If you are looking to go back to stock..you can use Stock RUU zip of your model to flash via recovery.

[email protected] said:
If you are looking to go back to stock..you can use Stock RUU zip of your model to flash via recovery.
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You can't flash RUU.zip with recovery. It will fail if you try to do so. You need to flash RUU.zip with htc_fastboot in RUUmode. Otherwise use the SD card method (auto install in bootloader). Another alternative is to flash the RUU executable (.exe).

redpoint73 said:
You can't flash RUU.zip with recovery. It will fail if you try to do so. You need to flash RUU.zip with htc_fastboot in RUUmode. Otherwise use the SD card method (auto install in bootloader).
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Oops my bad...I actually meant the sd card method renaming the rom to OP6BIMG.
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(Thanks for correcting)