[Q] I messed up my M8 (is there RUU for GPe?) - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I'm wondering if there's an official RUU for GPe that would let me restore the phone to factory configuration. I messed up my phone and while it works I observed few issues with it so far: when it first boots up for short time the launcher is accessible before the phone finish loading soft buttons and then lock screen. It's not a big deal but it decreases phone security. My WiFi no longer works.
Here's some background what happened:
I have HTC One (M8) purchased from Google Play. When I unlocked it I tried to do very minimal changes to it (install SuperSU and Xposed, I did not even flash recovery I was able to boot PhillZ Touch recovery using fastboot boot <image>, also it is S-ON as I never needed to change radios etc.) everything worked just fine. A 5.0.1 OTA came and after applying it the phone worked fine but naturally root and Xposed stopped working. I realized that after the 5.0.1 I no longer can boot custom recovery using fastboot boot <image> so I flashed latest TWRP on the recovery partition then from it I installed latest SuperSU, I also called Xposed script that supposed to uninstall it, since I learned that Xposed won't work on Lollipop.
After a reboot the phone got stuck in loading animation. After connecting adb logcat I noticed that the same message was repeating, there was more of the text, but what drew my attention was "DSEC_DMO_Token ERR: Key file does not authorize requested features. - /system/etc/soundimage/srsmodels.lic". Anyway at that point I decided to restore my 4.4.4 backup. Once restored I noticed that the phone no longer prompts me about 5.0.1 OTA and says that I'm running the latest version. I then adb sideloaded official 5.0.1 update and this is the place where I am currently. I tried wiping caches, but that had no effect.

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[Q] missing APKs after Root (possible solution)

a few weeks ago I wanted to get the 4.4.3 update on my M8 but being rooted and missing apps I couldn't, so I found the developer edition rom and flashed the rom then flashed the firmware.
the thing is I have had root access ever since with out the need to use SuperUser, a little concerned any APK could access the phone and make a Mess I downloaded chainfires SU from google store, it immediately told me I needed to up date the SU binary, I cancelled and backed out but the phone rebooted and factory reset as if it was trying to update the SU via recovery.
eventually the phone rebooted and guess what, I am now missing the same APK files as before.
is it possible that it is the superuser apk causing the loss of the other apks and not the rooting process?
I am now going to have to reflash the ROM when I get home, how ever this morning before work I wanted to flash it, but when I used "FastBoot Boot Trecvoery.img" (touch recovery) the phone just hung and did not boot into recovery, stock recovery, longer shows the usual htc phone and red triangle logo, instead it just shows a white screen with htc written in grey
the phone works fine, but how do I get the ROM to reflash if I cant boot into custom recovery, I do not want to flash custom recovery as I prefer stock everything until my warranty expires.
am I going to have to S-off and start again?

[Q] (Nearly?) Bricked M8 - Help

Hello there good folks of XDA,
I'm at work right now and my phone is at home but here is the story of what went down last night.
I tried to root my phone, after installing TWRP and superuser I ran a root-check app and it said that I was not rooted, so not thinking I tried the 'fix permissions' function of TWRP and then everything went haywire.
It's an international version M8 that I've had rooted before but reverted back to stock to get the lollipop OTA update​By haywire I mean the phone booted up but no widgets displayed and most of the apps still appeared in the app drawer but nothing would open.
Instead of seeking help at this point I went to town on trying various things :silly:
The last of which was try and flash a boot image to it, but I think I must've used the wrong one as after doing that it's now stuck in a boot into TWRP loop.
From when I had previously rooted the phone I had a boot image (I think) 2.22.401, it matched version on the recovery file I used when reverting to stock in the past so I thought it would be fine​
I've still got a terminal open at home with all the results of the fastboot getvar all command but from memory my CID was HTC_044
Can someone help outline the process and possibly even the files I need to reflash my phone into a working order. (it doesn't need to be 'stock' but that would be best)
I use a mac by default but I do have a windows machine at the ready I can use so feel free to base any tips on doing it from either platform​
Post the getvar all output, minus IMEI and serial number, and we'll go from there
Thanks for coming to my assistance but in the end (after a few more slight failures) I managed solve the problems myself.
I believe that my first problem was using a not up-to-date version of TWRP (2.7) with Lollipop; the first symptom was my attempt at rooting my phone, the process appeared to go well but just wasn't working properly.
My second problem was 'fixing permissions'; after doing that my phone went totally haywire and while it would boot into android nothing would work properly
After going to a previously used stock recovery and getting nowhere I went back to the same TWRP I started this with and still had fixed nothing.
at this point I did a factory reset from the recovery mode and while that got me booting back into android I was being swamped with error messages and couldn't get past setup wizard crashing.
At this point I flashed the wrong boot image and had a nearly impossible time getting to the system boot menu instead of TWRP being what it always went to. Eventually I must've got the timing right with the buttons or something because I got back into the system boot menu and could access fastboot.
Once in fastboot I downloaded a full nandroid backup and restored it, my phone was working again... or so I thought, it was still suffering from permissions problems
at this point I re-rooted it with the latest TWRP, got SuperSU working properly, did the 'restorecon' command with a terminal app and now the app crashes I was getting have stopped and I can see and write to the phone memory.
After trying to test everything I could think of on my phone today I think it's finally fixed.
I tried to do a partial/selective app+data restore from a nandroid backup I took of my own phone just after the 'fix permissions' event but it didn't work properly so in the end I manually re-setup my phone. I do run an sms backup app so overall I only lost time...

Soft brick help (HTC M9)

Hi guys – hoping you can help me following an issue with my M9 I bought a couple of days ago. Last night I unlocked the bootloader with HTC dev, rooted with TWRP/SuperSU, S-OFF’ed with SunShine, updated firmware to 1.40.401.5 per matanlevanon‘s thread, then flashed MaximusHD.
Up until the last step, everything went well – but I’m now stuck in boot loops. I can currently access both Download Mode and bootloader; but trying to launch recovery gets as far as the TWRP splash screen before my phone reboots again.
I've reflashed TWRP.img using fastboot; but when rebooting into recovery I still have the same result (TWRP splash screen before my phone reboots again)
I've also lost ABD - in Download Mode/bootloader, Windows Device Manager see’s my phone without issue and correct drivers – but ADB server doesn’t recognise my phone.
I’ve tried everything from HTC Sync bundled drivers, PdaNet drivers to generic ADB drivers – but ADB seems to refuse to see my phone regardless of what I try.
Seemingly if I can get a working recovery image / TWRP on and working I can wipe and try to flash again, but current images don't seem to be helping. Any suggestions / help please?
Got it, cache partition was corrupted! fastboot erase cache let me get back into TWRP and reflash my ROM.
Fingers crossed it's smooth sailing from here

cannot unlock bootloader/update firmware 51.1.0.1 firetv. Already Rooted.

Hi everyone. I have an old firetv that I haven't updated ever since I rooted it.
TL;DR: I would like to update the firmware to either the latest rbox custom rom or the latest official to get external USB disk functionality.
Unfortunately, I can't get past the white fire tv logo screen no matter which method I use (both bootleg rom and the official amazon update process).
adb reboot recovery => white logo. There are no USB devices attached to the firetv fyi while I'm booting.
I rooted my device using the adbfire tool and I distinctly remember I never got the clockworkmod and the bootloader unlock steps to work. I figured I don't really need that anyway, so I've been using the device just fine with Kodi. BTW, the device is not bricked. I just have to replug the power when it gets stuck on the white logo screen for it to go back to normal.
I think I somehow corrupted the recovery partition (if that makes any sense?).
Because I wasn't going anywhere with the unlock->bootleg rom process, I decided I don't care about root anymore.
I reenabled updates (pm enable com.amazon.dcp) and let the device download the latest rom though the amazon system menu. I saw the progress bar go 100% and the device rebooted... alas white logo screen. I gave it half hour then hard boot it. I'm back to my old rom... still works just fine but I need this external usb function for my vacation...
Regarding the boot unlock, the "partial unlock" steps work for me. i.e. I get "Attempting to unlock… All done!". However, the full unlock binary doesn't seem to have any affect after the autoreboot. aftv-full-unlock gives me the long random string as expected before it goes rebooting, but after it reboots and I 'adb shell', it gives me the [email protected] instead of root[email protected] (meaning the unlock didn't work).
How can I recover my recovery?
Just an update, I managed to fix this.
In my case, the aftv full unlock did not give me the root prompt (#) on adb shell. I was running 51.1.0.1.
On a whim, I decided to install the stock recovery (because I couldn't get into cwm) and try upgrading to 51.1.0.2 manually using these instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2796067
As soon as the system update finished and the firetv booted, I adb shell'd in and voila... root shell. I didn't even have to run aftv full unlock again. Apparently it was already fully unlocked, and I just had to upgrade from 51.1.0.1.
From there, I installed the latest ClockworkMod, upgraded to 51.1.4.0, installed the boot menu, then finally upgraded to the pre-rooted 51.1.6.3!

V410 7.0 LTE bricked

Ok guys I am pretty sure I fubar'd my tablet.
I am stuck in a recovery loop. When I start the tablet it just goes back into recovery. Which if I still had TWRP I think I could still do something, but I flashed cyanogen recovery trying to flash cm13 since I cold not get anything else to work. I cannot boot into download/firmware update screen. The screen just flickers a little and goes dark.
A little background:
Started when tablet forced install of 5.0 update and I was in a recovery loop. I flashed 410 test build, rooted, flashed twrp, installed stock rooted ROM. Everything was fine. Then tablet did it again, this time I just flashed rooted ROM and factory reset. Even took the steps to fix the white lines and storage issues. Was working fine. Got home a few days ago and I was in a recovery loop again. But now I don't have the bootloader screen/download mode/firmware update screen (whatever you want to call it) so last night i tried to download cm13, Gapps and cyanogen recovery with no avail.
I can access adb on my PC while in recovery, but when I try to access ADB shell I get unauthorized something or other. Because I cannot authorize USB debugging, because ROM won't boot. I tried to flash stock rooted ROM from cyanogen recovery and it says not signed or something like that.
Does anyone have any ideas? I really think I have screwed the pooch here.
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if you have a stock recovery image flashing it is easy, i had a LOT of troubles with my v410 and still am working with it. i have mine rooted, just with TWRP though, i cant use xposed framework, which negates why i rooted this in the first place. anyway, through much grit and determination flash your stock image after wiping what needs to be wiped and doing all other necessary things. Then, you must download kingo root, supersu, superuser. flashify would help with the flashing i hear, but it has troubles with the v410. kingo root was an apk i managed to find buried under a million viruses on the 34th page of google..or something. rooted mine in one click, from stock to reboot to twrp root.. many glitches.
I need help myself, deleted my "Phone" system app, causing me to lose connectivity with my data plan. cant seem to restore it, and flashify nor twrp has been able to flash a custom recovery, or a backup, im at a loss.
Help? We seek the same thing.
Ok but how do I flash the stock recovery image. I can't use fastboot. ADB says I am unauthorized.
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Anyone have any other ideas?
I am at a complete loss. I am by no means a developer, but I do know my way around. I really think I have FUBAR'd this one.
Kind of stinks, I give up. Anyone want a bricked v410?
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