s off 4.4.4 - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

how to s off htc one m8 4.4.4 xda
thanks people
i wanna change my phone to google play edition btw

search firewater and sunshine. given you're on 4.4.4 firewater would be less likely to work so sunshine would be your only option

Better chance with Sunshine

And sunshine might not work unless its a gpe m8

I thought sunshine only worked with sense roms and not gpe. I s off my 4.4.4 sense device with sunshine last week.
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RossMacgill said:
I thought sunshine only worked with sense roms and not gpe. I s off my 4.4.4 sense device with sunshine last week.
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How did your achieve that? Did you unlock the boot loader with HTC dev first? It won't work on my T-Mobile US version on 4.4.4. Thanks
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treIII said:
How did your achieve that? Did you unlock the boot loader with HTC dev first? It won't work on my T-Mobile US version on 4.4.4. Thanks
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Yes, i unlocked my bootloader via htcdev, as it needs root to work

RossMacgill said:
Yes, i unlocked my bootloader via htcdev, as it needs root to work
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um i thought sunshine no longer required root or a unlocked device.
( getting my m8 today )

RossMacgill said:
Yes, i unlocked my bootloader via htcdev, as it needs root to work
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What carrier are you using? Thanks
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fma965 said:
um i thought sunshine no longer required root or a unlocked device.
( getting my m8 today )
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treIII said:
What carrier are you using? Thanks
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Im on UK wwe htc_001, and on 4.4.4 it cant obtain root itself or unlock the bootloader, so i had todo it myself but then sunshine did the rest perfectly

RossMacgill said:
Im on UK wwe htc_001, and on 4.4.4 it cant obtain root itself or unlock the bootloader, so i had todo it myself but then sunshine did the rest perfectly
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Did you have custom recovery installed or did you have stock recovery?
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treIII said:
Did you have custom recovery installed or did you have stock recovery?
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for sunshine it doesn't matter, as it does not use recovery, all you have to do is install the apk, run it, let it do tests, and if it asks you to pay, your good to go.

RossMacgill said:
for sunshine it doesn't matter, as it does not use recovery, all you have to do is install the apk, run it, let it do tests, and if it asks you to pay, your good to go.
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Ok. Thanks. Won't work for me on T-Mobile with 4.4.4
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[Q] PLEASE help with S-OFF!!!

I have and HTC One Verizon running android 4.3. It has a locked bootloader and S-On..
I tried to S-off using rumrunner but I get stuck on this error - "ERROR: looks like device is not rooted AND lacks an unsecure kernel. su or FU!!"
What do I need to do so it won't happen??
Thanks!!!!
alonkushu said:
I have and HTC One Verizon running android 4.3. It has a locked bootloader and S-On..
I tried to S-off using rumrunner but I get stuck on this error - "ERROR: looks like device is not rooted AND lacks an unsecure kernel. su or FU!!"
What do I need to do so it won't happen??
Thanks!!!!
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Rumrunner won't work with 4.3. You must be on 4.2.2. Shouldn't be long before there's a method for 4.3. Just not yet.
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brholt6 said:
Rumrunner won't work with 4.3. You must be on 4.2.2. Shouldn't be long before there's a method for 4.3. Just not yet.
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Is anyone else working on it besides @beaups?
brholt6 said:
Rumrunner won't work with 4.3. You must be on 4.2.2. Shouldn't be long before there's a method for 4.3. Just not yet.
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Thanks! Do you know how do I downgrade? ( I heard about using the RUU or something..)
alonkushu said:
Thanks! Do you know how do I downgrade? ( I heard about using the RUU or something..)
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not possible unless you are s-off
abrego47 said:
not possible unless you are s-off
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Alright. Thank you!
Are there any other ways to root or S-Off with 4.3? In the same boat here and it's annoying...
xbox4414 said:
Are there any other ways to root or S-Off with 4.3? In the same boat here and it's annoying...
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http://firewater-soff.com
Works for all models. Just got root/S-OFF my VZW One the other day with no problems.
It works, I'm on 4.3 hboot 1.55. Firewater unlocked bootloader and s-off.
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I can't believe it!!!! IT ACTUALLY WORKED!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!
S-off worked very well, thanks. Now if I could just undo the damage from trying a custom ROM.
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Silly question. Once I use firewater and achieve S-OFF, what next? just install SuperSU from the play store to have root access? Also, do you lose data with Firewater? On 2.10.605.1.
Thanks.
No data loss, but you have to flash cwm or tarp and install superuser from there. At least I think, I'm kinda new at this too.
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onthehole said:
Silly question. Once I use firewater and achieve S-OFF, what next? just install SuperSU from the play store to have root access? Also, do you lose data with Firewater? On 2.10.605.1.
Thanks.
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jbeavis19 said:
No data loss, but you have to flash cwm or tarp and install superuser from there. At least I think, I'm kinda new at this too.
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I believe after you gain S-off you have to install a custom recovery. Then you'll have to flash a ROM with SU in it.

How to get busybox?

Hey guys I plan on staying on stock Rom for a while but I need busy box installed. There are apps that do it, but whenever I try to install it my device just reboots. I'm stock rooted with unlocked boot loader as of right now and unable ble to achieve s-off in case that helps. New to HTC so any help would be appreciated.
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You need to make your system writable
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SmiLey497 said:
You need to make your system writable
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Would you be able to guide me on how to do that? Thought I had already done that but guess not :/
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Im pretty sure you need to turn s-on to s-off. There are many threads on here how to do that. I think you need to root it too
Not trying to hijack this thread but I've always wonder what is busybox for?
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CyclingVinnie said:
Im pretty sure you need to turn s-on to s-off. There are many threads on here how to do that. I think you need to root it too
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Guess I'm out of luck. Tried to use the s off method but it said it wouldn't work on my device
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Doesn't work my device too.
If you have unlocked bootloader you can try to flash or use a module or hacked/custom kernel which can turn system from read only to write...flar made this module/kernel...so read the thread and maybe give it a try...
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Help with HTC S Off

I did everything right and now I'm stuck with Rooted and Unlocked Bootloader but I can't turn S off I want to install customs ROMs. Ugh. I do the Firewater method. It works fine up until last step a ns tell me sorry you will never be able to unlock me
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As far as I'm aware, not everyone's M8 has had success with S-Off, yet. I'm sorry to say, you may be one of the unlucky ones for now. Hopefully something comes along that will work for everyone.
I would just add that you don't need s-off to use custom Rom. Just go and flash away.?
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tominozh said:
I would just add that you don't need s-off to use custom Rom. Just go and flash away.?
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Yep much better than the crap we put up with on the One S.

[q] ota update for non usa

Dear all,
Is it possible to receive OTA Update if we are living out of USA? I'm living in Brazil and currently 4.4.2 with sense 5.5 and I'd to uptade to sense 6.0.
Here we have only GSM net, any possibility for using CDMA or a Verizon net, I'm using my HTC ONE Verizon in global mode (GSM)
Could someone help me on this or give any tip?
Verizon HTC One
Rom/Stock 4.4.2 - Sense 5.5:
Bootloader Locked
Cannot get the update without being on Verizon network.
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Only way is to s-off and flash the decrypted ruu
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Uzephi said:
Only way is to s-off and flash the decrypted ruu
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Thanks for your comment, I have to confess that I'm trying to get s-off without success.
Could recomend a thread or tutorial for this?
jeanfranca said:
Thanks for your comment, I have to confess that I'm trying to get s-off without success.
Could recomend a thread or tutorial for this?
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Use weaksauce and then firewater
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Uzephi said:
Use weaksauce and then firewater
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I'm nothing having sucess to s-off, I installed weaksauce and then tryed to firewater, however it doesn't work, the first bottle shows error...

[Q] Dev Editon m8

I have a developer edition m8 i was wonder do i need s-off because i took the ota and i cant s-off via firewater. If i have s-on can i remove the red text and tampered since it is dev editon?
No. Soff using sunshine.
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an0ther said:
No. Soff using sunshine.
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thanks
Musgrove99 said:
I have a developer edition m8 i was wonder do i need s-off because i took the ota and i cant s-off via firewater. If i have s-on can i remove the red text and tampered since it is dev editon?
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If you don't mind me asking what firmware does the DE run?
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Alaris said:
If you don't mind me asking what firmware does the DE run?
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is that the Hboot number?

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