Hello, I have a Question about my T-mobile HTC One M8. I recently unlocked the bootloader, gained S-OFF and rooted it along with installing a custom recovery (obviously). I then changed my cid token and converted it to a Google Play Edition. Now I have a few question that are probably gonna sound really stupid to you guys since it will probably be an extremely simple question. When Android 5.0 leaks for the HTC One M8 on T-mobile, if I am manually installing it instead of doing the OTA do I still need to flash back to Stock Recovery? And will I need to Change my cid token and pretty much everything back to normal? Also I have SuperSU Pro with "Survival Mode" enabled so if I do lose root access, 1). Will my Converted HTC go back to stock running Sense 6? And 2). How hard with it be to regain root? I am sorry for the simple questions as I am a total noob to these things and was even surprised I was able to convert my phone in the first place.
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So here's my story. I bought my VZW HTC One on day one. Brought it home and immediately unlocked (via HTCDev) and rooted it before Verizon blocked the unlock the next day. So I am bootloader unlocked, rooted, and S-ON. Now here is where I screwed up in two areas. The first being that I think I have somehow over written the original stock recovery with my Frankenstein one. So the Frankenstein one is that I originally had an HTC Incredible 2 unlocked, rooted, and S-OFF and I took my last full TitaniumBackup from the Inc2 and restored it to the new HTC One. The problem with doing this was the backed up system files from the Inc2 were applied to the One and now it causes some strange crashes when using some of the HTC sense apps such as HTC's contact list. However in this strange setup most everything works perfectly and I've left it this way since that first day. The other annoyance here is that I keep getting reminded to install some of the OTA updates that have come out but it will not install them so I've missed them all and it stills keeps alerting me to install them.
Now what would I like to do from here? I would like to be able to keep root, keep unlock, gain S-OFF and start over with stock rom and be able to get the OTA updates (if possible). This way I can still get back to the backups I have made in Titanium, only this time instead of restoring all, I would only restore hand picked apps, leaving out the old Inc2 system files. Is there anyone out there who would be willing to help me with step-by-step detailed instructions? I would greatly appreciate it.
lostnsound said:
So here's my story. I bought my VZW HTC One on day one. Brought it home and immediately unlocked (via HTCDev) and rooted it before Verizon blocked the unlock the next day. So I am bootloader unlocked, rooted, and S-ON. Now here is where I screwed up in two areas. The first being that I think I have somehow over written the original stock recovery with my Frankenstein one. So the Frankenstein one is that I originally had an HTC Incredible 2 unlocked, rooted, and S-OFF and I took my last full TitaniumBackup from the Inc2 and restored it to the new HTC One. The problem with doing this was the backed up system files from the Inc2 were applied to the One and now it causes some strange crashes when using some of the HTC sense apps such as HTC's contact list. However in this strange setup most everything works perfectly and I've left it this way since that first day. The other annoyance here is that I keep getting reminded to install some of the OTA updates that have come out but it will not install them so I've missed them all and it stills keeps alerting me to install them.
Now what would I like to do from here? I would like to be able to keep root, keep unlock, gain S-OFF and start over with stock rom and be able to get the OTA updates (if possible). This way I can still get back to the backups I have made in Titanium, only this time instead of restoring all, I would only restore hand picked apps, leaving out the old Inc2 system files. Is there anyone out there who would be willing to help me with step-by-step detailed instructions? I would greatly appreciate it.
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I would
1) flash the signed RUU (not 100% necessary)
1a) Gain S-OFF using rumrunner (it supports ALL versions, so just download the correct one, I am assuming 1.10.605.8 as you said you missed the two OTA updates)
2) Once you are S-OFF, go into fastboot, and fastboot flash the stock recovery.
3) Now that you are S-OFF and on the stock recovery you may take the OTA (Or just flash a ROM such as Santod040's that is based on it, that's what you do when rooted, NEVER take an OTA just wait for ROM DEVs, but these two OTA's have been deemed OK and doesn't touch root)
I don't know a thing about Titanium backup, sorry.
Best to start fresh on the HTC One, IMHO.
Thanks so much for the response! This is very helpful. One question though, after getting S-OFF from Rumrunner you say to flash stock recovery. I'm not sure if it is still intact or not. Can I just proceed with flashing the ROM or is it absolutely necessary to flash stock recovery first?
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andybones said:
I would
1) flash the signed RUU (not 100% necessary)
1a) Gain S-OFF using rumrunner (it supports ALL versions, so just download the correct one, I am assuming 1.10.605.8 as you said you missed the two OTA updates)
2) Once you are S-OFF, go into fastboot, and fastboot flash the stock recovery.
3) Now that you are S-OFF and on the stock recovery you may take the OTA (Or just flash a ROM such as Santod040's that is based on it, that's what you do when rooted, NEVER take an OTA just wait for ROM DEVs, but these two OTA's have been deemed OK and doesn't touch root)
I don't know a thing about Titanium backup, sorry.
Best to start fresh on the HTC One, IMHO.
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#2 is not necessary. The RUU will flash a stock recovery.
sorry guys, was late. def no need to re-flash stock recovery after RUU. Noob mistake, my apologies
OK, I'm not very familiar with RUU's. Where does this come from? A quick search in the forum yielded a list of a bunch of them. I'm not sure which one is the right one. To me they don't look any different from custom ROMs. Sorry for being a noob, still learning how all this works.
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when you go into fastboot mode on your phone read and see what the radio you have... and based on that number you could get rumrunner and also you can get the right RUU i dont know if the RUU will relock the phone tho but i think you can unlock it if you saved the tocken in case you dont want to get s-off
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and dont worry we all were noobs before, fact im a noob when it comes to HTC phone used to have Motorolas.. but couldnt overlook the speakers on this beauty...
My wife handed me down her HTC M8 (Tmobile) 'cause she jemped to LG G3. The phone currently has 1.57.531.7 and it's flashing new update from HTC or Tmobile for a new update 2.22 something.
I want to root the phone and put custom ROM on it. So my question is should I stay on the old firmware and do all that or should I take the update and then start to play around with the phone. Does the new firmware present any trouble if I try to unblock bootloader, root, S-off and put on new ROM?? I'm no stranger to play around with the phone (My current phone is Samsung S4 which has been flashed with many ROMs) just that I haven't followed HTC M8 scene so has no idea the best way to go about it.
Thank guys
nhatduongchi said:
My wife handed me down her HTC M8 (Tmobile) 'cause she jemped to LG G3. The phone currently has 1.57.531.7 and it's flashing new update from HTC or Tmobile for a new update 2.22 something.
I want to root the phone and put custom ROM on it. So my question is should I stay on the old firmware and do all that or should I take the update and then start to play around with the phone. Does the new firmware present any trouble if I try to unblock bootloader, root, S-off and put on new ROM?? I'm no stranger to play around with the phone (My current phone is Samsung S4 which has been flashed with many ROMs) just that I haven't followed HTC M8 scene so has no idea the best way to go about it.
Thank guys
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It won't effect anything but as always it's best to do all of that before you update. All though once you're S-OFF you can't do updates from HTC anymore (directly). You can flash them yourself once you're S-OFF though, i prefer doing it this way but either way will work, your choice.
Dear friends,
Yesterday I sold my Oneplus One to get a brand new HTC One M8. Thing this is gorgeous, but the only thing I'm missing from the Oneplus One is the software. Which isnt the least important aspect of a Phone imo. So I'm considering rooting my Phone and getting CM11 on it. The only thing is that I want to root it, but it has Vodafone branding on it. Can I just use the normal root methods or isnt that possible for Vodafone branded M8's? If so does anyone know a different method? If no does anyone know a link to the best (and simpliest ) root method for my Htc One m8 . Ive been out for a while from this rooting stuff and id be pretty upset if id screw this **** up. lol
Kind regards.
Normal rooting method will work. Unlock bootloader, flash/boot custom recovery, flash SuperSU or any rooted custom ROM.
Another thing, this thread isn't supposed to be in this section. Questions and troubleshooting go into Q&A section not general section.
I agree with above post
I have the same.Unlocked bootloader through HTC and flashed custom recovery and flashed SU.
PS I have not flashed any modified ROM and it i still S-on
Hi,
I've recently unlocked my phone, rooted it and flashed it with InsertCoin 5.0.3 attempting to convert it into a GPE but failed at S-OFF. I now want to convert it to the original state as I want to get OTA updates and I want it to be completely stock. I accidentally wiped the stock rom when I installed the custom rom. I'm not too experienced with this kind of stuff and would like to go back. Is there any way around my mistake? I've tried searching but not too sure what I'm looking for.
The guide I used was htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-to/convert-your-htc-one-m8-into-google-play-edition-0154471/
My M8 is a UK model on EE.
Thanks
Okay guys, I just have a couple of quick (I hope) questions in regards to rooting an HTC One M7 on Verizon Wireless.
I've done a lot of research and I am genuinely confused about everything and really just need a few questions answered. I've done my research and done my googling but I still need some help.
I haven't rooted a phone in probably well over 2-3 years. The last phone I rooted was a HTC Evo on Sprint which was a breeze. I've had my HTC One for a little over a year now I believe. I'm getting kind of bored of it and I saw that CyanogenMod has come a long way since I last used it. Through my research I have found that the Verizon HTC One M7 is kind of difficult and complicated to root and I apparently need to S-OFF as well, which I have no experience with. My phone has been kept up-to-date (I know that's a bad thing in this case) and I'm running Android 4.4.3, software number 5.28.605.2, baseband version 1.13.41.0702. I'm not sure what out of that information is relevant but there you have it.
What I'm wanting to do is unlock/root/whatever my phone, install CWM recovery, and CM11. Now from the research I have done it appears that if I purchase SunShine S-Off (which looks like my only option) it will s-off, root, and unlock everything that is necessary to install the custom recovery and ROM.
So my questions are this:
I'm terrified of freezing/boot-loops because this is the first phone I'd be rooting without the ability of popping the battery out for a hard restart. Is it safe to modify this phone? Are there usually any issues?
Will SunShine do everything that I need to go from a stock Verizon HTC One to being able to flash CWM and CM11?
Are there any good tutorials on doing this with the latest updated Verizon HTC One M7? A lot of the tutorials I find seem to be outdated.
If the answer to the second question is yes, then all I need to do is purchase SunShine, follow install instructions for CWM, and follow install instructions for CM11, correct?
Thanks for your time and putting up with my stupid questions.
sector2112 said:
Okay guys, I just have a couple of quick (I hope) questions in regards to rooting an HTC One M7 on Verizon Wireless.
I've done a lot of research and I am genuinely confused about everything and really just need a few questions answered. I've done my research and done my googling but I still need some help.
I haven't rooted a phone in probably well over 2-3 years. The last phone I rooted was a HTC Evo on Sprint which was a breeze. I've had my HTC One for a little over a year now I believe. I'm getting kind of bored of it and I saw that CyanogenMod has come a long way since I last used it. Through my research I have found that the Verizon HTC One M7 is kind of difficult and complicated to root and I apparently need to S-OFF as well, which I have no experience with. My phone has been kept up-to-date (I know that's a bad thing in this case) and I'm running Android 4.4.3, software number 5.28.605.2, baseband version 1.13.41.0702. I'm not sure what out of that information is relevant but there you have it.
What I'm wanting to do is unlock/root/whatever my phone, install CWM recovery, and CM11. Now from the research I have done it appears that if I purchase SunShine S-Off (which looks like my only option) it will s-off, root, and unlock everything that is necessary to install the custom recovery and ROM.
So my questions are this:
I'm terrified of freezing/boot-loops because this is the first phone I'd be rooting without the ability of popping the battery out for a hard restart. Is it safe to modify this phone? Are there usually any issues?
Will SunShine do everything that I need to go from a stock Verizon HTC One to being able to flash CWM and CM11?
Are there any good tutorials on doing this with the latest updated Verizon HTC One M7? A lot of the tutorials I find seem to be outdated.
If the answer to the second question is yes, then all I need to do is purchase SunShine, follow install instructions for CWM, and follow install instructions for CM11, correct?
Thanks for your time and putting up with my stupid questions.
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Sunshine will unlock boot loader and gain S_off. I used it on my Vzw m7, best investment I ever made. After using sunshine all u have to do is flash custom recovery and then SuperSu
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bdizzle1686 said:
Sunshine will unlock boot loader and gain S_off. I used it on my Vzw m7, best investment I ever made. After using sunshine all u have to do is flash custom recovery and then SuperSu
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how do i flash custom recovery? any instruction / link ? tks
**subscribed**as I'm in the almost exact same scenario as OP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416431
Adb reboot bootloader.
Fastboot flash recovery *name-of-image*.img
Fastboot reboot (or select recovery to be in twrp from bootloader menu and press power button)
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