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I can confirm that using the below attached stock signed recovery will allow S-off stock rooted users to take the update and still be able to flash custom recovery/root with no problems. Thank Zarboz for the recovery
flash this recovery in fastboot... accept the OTA... reboot to bootloader and flash your custom recovery of choice and re-flash SU.zip
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxPOyPCGUoH1TGFSNVE2U25uQkk/edit?usp=sharing
Will this also work for those of us who are HTCdev unlocked from day one? Or do we have to have S-off, if so why?
simo24 said:
Will this also work for those of us who are HTCdev unlocked from day one? Or do we have to have S-off, if so why?
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It did not relock me. I would say you can probably do the same thing. S-off wasn't a factor in this one.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
Can I flash and install if im on bone stock, a custom sense rom?
dottat said:
I can confirm that using the below attached stock signed recovery will allow S-off stock rooted users to take the update and still be able to flash custom recovery/root with no problems. Thank Zarboz for the recovery
flash this recovery in fastboot... accept the OTA... reboot to bootloader and flash your custom recovery of choice and re-flash SU.zip
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxPOyPCGUoH1TGFSNVE2U25uQkk/edit?usp=sharing
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so you are java card s-off'ed?
if so this is good info,as the modified mid was a concern.
are you stock cid,or still vzw cid?
scotty1223 said:
so you are java card s-off'ed?
if so this is good info,as the modified mid was a concern.
are you stock cid,or still vzw cid?
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Yes. Stock (vzw) cid and that modified mid remember I discovered that
In a nutshell, this ota only cared about stock recovery. Update installed exactly like it should, firmware and all.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
Can we read this to mean that the OTA does not affect the currently used root exploit? If so, I'll let it update before shipping out to Sonic on Monday.
dottat said:
Yes. Stock (vzw) cid and that modified mid remember I discovered that
In a nutshell, this ota only cared about stock recovery. Update installed exactly like it should, firmware and all.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
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godhamba said:
Can we read this to mean that the OTA does not affect the currently used root exploit? If so, I'll let it update before shipping out to Sonic on Monday.
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If you're talking about Sonic's method, it's not a root exploit. It's an actual HTC support tool. Nothing released is going to break HTC's support tools.
Yup, got that. I wasn't being clear. I meant that if this doesn't break the existing root exploit, I wanted to simply go ahead and let it update (and thereby get rid of the intermittent pop-ups) before sending it off to Sonic for his S-OFF. I don't want to be in the situation where the phone is S-OFF'ed, but I am unable to stay rooted because this OTA has patched the known root exploit.
one4thewings said:
If you're talking about Sonic's method, it's not a root exploit. It's an actual HTC support tool. Nothing released is going to break HTC's support tools.
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godhamba said:
Yup, got that. I wasn't being clear. I meant that if this doesn't break the existing root exploit, I wanted to simply go ahead and let it update (and thereby get rid of the intermittent pop-ups) before sending it off to Sonic for his S-OFF. I don't want to be in the situation where the phone is S-OFF'ed, but I am unable to stay rooted because this OTA has patched the known root exploit.
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My apologies. With S-OFF you are able to flash a custom recovery, which will then allow you to flash a custom ROM that will have root baked in. If you like the Sense UI, Andybones has a fantastic ROM option in BoneStock which will give you the best of both worlds. Rooted and Stock Sense experience. So you shouldn't worry about the OTA if you plan on getting S-OFF.. because you can run a ROM that will offer you root access.
godhamba said:
Yup, got that. I wasn't being clear. I meant that if this doesn't break the existing root exploit, I wanted to simply go ahead and let it update (and thereby get rid of the intermittent pop-ups) before sending it off to Sonic for his S-OFF. I don't want to be in the situation where the phone is S-OFF'ed, but I am unable to stay rooted because this OTA has patched the known root exploit.
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Unless I'm mistaken, if you are S-OFF there is no "exploit" needed for root access. S-OFF means you can simply flash SU and you have root - it doesn't require any exploits as S-OFF gives you complete read/write privileges to the entire system.
I flashed it and tried the update but it still failed ... I am thinking it is probably because I de-bloated the stock image and it doesnt like that.
No apologies needed at all. I appreciate the informed reply! And you cleared up a misconception I still retained. I've heard Andy's ROM is a perfect debloat and tweak up of the stock experience. I *cannot* wait to have the ability to kill and app by long-holding the back button. That is something I've grown so used to that, I feel majorly inconvenienced without it.
one4thewings said:
My apologies. With S-OFF you are able to flash a custom recovery, which will then allow you to flash a custom ROM that will have root baked in. If you like the Sense UI, Andybones has a fantastic ROM option in BoneStock which will give you the best of both worlds. Rooted and Stock Sense experience. So you shouldn't worry about the OTA if you plan on getting S-OFF.. because you can run a ROM that will offer you root access.
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mrjinglesusa said:
Unless I'm mistaken, if you are S-OFF there is no "exploit" needed for root access. S-OFF means you can simply flash SU and you have root - it doesn't require any exploits as S-OFF gives you complete read/write privileges to the entire system.
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you are not mistaken. correct all around, once S-OFF, your "Security" is now Off.. "S-Off"
anyway, this means you can just fastboot a custom recovery and flash a custom ROM that already has root built into it.
dottat said:
flash this recovery in fastboot... accept the OTA... reboot to bootloader and flash your custom recovery of choice and re-flash SU.zip
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To verify... the process is this:
Prerequisite: Have all HTC drivers installed with abd, etc. All that android stuff... same stuff to flash custom recovery in the first place, etc.
1. Boot into bootloader. Choose Fastboot.
2. Plug your phone into your computer with the microUSB cable.
3. In your android directory command line.. you're going to type: fastboot flash recovery htconerecovery_signed.img
4. Then you're going to type fastboot erase cache
Now you're going to choose to reboot your device... you're going to take the OTA...
Then you're going to go through a similar process to flash the custom recovery back to the device?
Does that sound about right?
Yep...that's it!
Sent from my HTC6500LVW using Tapatalk 2
one4thewings said:
To verify... the process is this:
Prerequisite: Have all HTC drivers installed with abd, etc. All that android stuff... same stuff to flash custom recovery in the first place, etc.
1. Boot into bootloader. Choose Fastboot.
2. Plug your phone into your computer with the microUSB cable.
3. In your android directory command line.. you're going to type: fastboot flash recovery htconerecovery_signed.img
4. Then you're going to type fastboot erase cache
Now you're going to choose to reboot your device... you're going to take the OTA...
Then you're going to go through a similar process to flash the custom recovery back to the device?
Does that sound about right?
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is this to get the ROM?
we can just make a ROM out of the update files, have someone make a stock nandroid or something.
or for the firmware, radio, if they were updated
just curious.
dottat said:
Yes. Stock (vzw) cid and that modified mid remember I discovered that
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right... lol im lucky to remember who I am most days,let alone anyone else
the important thing is your not bricked
one4thewings said:
If you're talking about Sonic's method, it's not a root exploit. It's an actual HTC support tool. Nothing released is going to break HTC's support tools.
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ive done alot of phones with the xtc clip,and the diag files definately can be hboot specific. in this case,the ota is minor so hboot prolly doesnt change. while the java card is not broken,it may require new diag files to do newer hboots as OTAs happen.
its prolly not that big a deal,as sonics supplier should be able to get him the new diag files. but as was said,there isnt much any advantage to waiting.
fader01 said:
I flashed it and tried the update but it still failed ... I am thinking it is probably because I de-bloated the stock image and it doesnt like that.
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yup. this is correct. please folks... the OTA is not magic. the updates can be cooked into a recovery flashable rom,and the firmware is easily pulled.
scotty1223 said:
right... lol im lucky to remember who I am most days,let alone anyone else
the important thing is your not bricked
ive done alot of phones with the xtc clip,and the diag files definately can be hboot specific. in this case,the ota is minor so hboot prolly doesnt change. while the java card is not broken,it may require new diag files to do newer hboots as OTAs happen.
its prolly not that big a deal,as sonics supplier should be able to get him the new diag files. but as was said,there isnt much any advantage to waiting.
yup. this is correct. please folks... the OTA is not magic. the updates can be cooked into a recovery flashable rom,and the firmware is easily pulled.
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This should have to be read in order to S-OFF!
scotty1223 said:
right... lol im lucky to remember who I am most days,let alone anyone else
the important thing is your not bricked
ive done alot of phones with the xtc clip,and the diag files definately can be hboot specific. in this case,the ota is minor so hboot prolly doesnt change. while the java card is not broken,it may require new diag files to do newer hboots as OTAs happen.
its prolly not that big a deal,as sonics supplier should be able to get him the new diag files. but as was said,there isnt much any advantage to waiting.
yup. this is correct. please folks... the OTA is not magic. the updates can be cooked into a recovery flashable rom,and the firmware is easily pulled.
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just curious if there is anything good in the update. Don't care about Isis, phone hasn't froze up. But I do get drops of wifi and BT. Didn't see anything in there about that.
I'm running a self debloated version of the stock, rooted, deodexed ROM. Think I'll run this way until the 4.3 drops and then repeat... Any "fixes" from this minor update should be in it.
I donloaded Sunshines and ran it on my phone. I thought after I did that (it said successful then rebooted) I would be ready to go.
Nope.
Attempted to install and run SuperSU but it says it cannot install binaries, it can't fix it, and that I need to re-root.
try rootcheckers, all still say nothing.
Can someone help me out here?
I'm running an HTC M7 on Verizon, 4.4.3, HTC Sense 6.0
This stuff used to be so easy....lol
jmurra21 said:
I donloaded Sunshines and ran it on my phone. I thought after I did that (it said successful then rebooted) I would be ready to go.
Nope.
Attempted to install and run SuperSU but it says it cannot install binaries, it can't fix it, and that I need to re-root.
try rootcheckers, all still say nothing.
Can someone help me out here?
I'm running an HTC M7 on Verizon, 4.4.3, HTC Sense 6.0
This stuff used to be so easy....lol
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Sunshine is pretty much bulletproof now.
You could remove SuperSU, then do a factory reset of the phone.
Then enable Developer Options, download the newest version of Sunshine,
log into your wifi connection, and run it again. It will root the phone early in the process without
your installing SuperSU. Good luck!
jmurra21 said:
I donloaded Sunshines and ran it on my phone. I thought after I did that (it said successful then rebooted) I would be ready to go.
Nope.
Attempted to install and run SuperSU but it says it cannot install binaries, it can't fix it, and that I need to re-root.
try rootcheckers, all still say nothing.
Can someone help me out here?
I'm running an HTC M7 on Verizon, 4.4.3, HTC Sense 6.0
This stuff used to be so easy....lol
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It is my understanding that sunshine unlocks your boot loader and gives you s-off, not root.
once you are boot loader unlocked and s-off you can use twrp to install an already rooted rom.
re: bulletproof
michaelbsheldon said:
Sunshine is pretty much bulletproof now.
You could remove SuperSU, then do a factory reset of the phone.
Then enable Developer Options, download the newest version of Sunshine,
log into your wifi connection, and run it again. It will root the phone early in the process without
your installing SuperSU. Good luck!
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I did that. That was what my prices was when I did it the very first time. I only bought it a week ago. That's why I posted. I'm falling on the other side of pretty much bulletproof, apparently.
umm, whoa, so....
vaping redhead said:
It is my understanding that sunshine unlocks your boot loader and gives you s-off, not root.
once you are boot loader unlocked and s-off you can use twrp to install an already rooted rom.
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So the only way to root a Verizon HTC m7 on 4.4.3 is to wipe it and install a custom Rom (after unlocking the bootloader and achieving with sunshine)?
hey....
I don't know if it means anything or not, but after every install of sunshine, the app disappears from the app drawer after rebooting (caused by sunshine).
So I'm just asking....
jmurra21 said:
I don't know if it means anything or not, but after every install of sunshine, the app disappears from the app drawer after rebooting (caused by sunshine).
So I'm just asking....
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What I did was use sunshine to s off and unlock boot loader , reboot... After reboot, use towelroot v3 to temp root. (NOTE : towel root won't work if u just click the root button right off the bat. On our phones, u have to tap the intro msg 3 times and a string of numbers will appear. I change the last number which is 0 to a 1 , THEN u click the root button and Presto! ,ur temp rooted) THEN PROCEED to download flashify from play store, and use it to flash twrp, and then from there u can flash supersu... Works like a charm
jmurra21 said:
So the only way to root a Verizon HTC m7 on 4.4.3 is to wipe it and install a custom Rom (after unlocking the bootloader and achieving with sunshine)?
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I used sunshine and then used towelroot to root. I had to install towelroot via adb. You could give that a try. Installing a custom rom will work 100%.
i used sunshine V2 a few months back and if i remeber right it reboots once and then you pay and it unlocks. Once it finished its thing i did not use towelroot or anything. I simply fasboot openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7wlv with adb and once the phone restarted I had root. It even installed supersu on its own as i never installed it but it ended up on my phone
ayanami00 said:
i used sunshine v2 a few months back and if i remeber right it reboots once and then you pay and it unlocks. Once it finished its thing i did not use towelroot or anything. I simply fasboot openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7wlv with adb and once the phone restarted i had root. It even installed supersu on its own as i never installed it but it ended up on my phone
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what he said!!!
ayanami00 said:
i used sunshine V2 a few months back and if i remeber right it reboots once and then you pay and it unlocks. Once it finished its thing i did not use towelroot or anything. I simply fasboot openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7wlv with adb and once the phone restarted I had root. It even installed supersu on its own as i never installed it but it ended up on my phone
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I am confused.
1: you ran sunshine
2: you paid the 25.00 and it unlocked your boot loader and gave you s-off
3: you fasboot openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7wlv with adb
Number 3 is where I am confused. Once sunshine was done, you flashed twrp and your phone rebooted with root and supersu installed???
I recently ran sunshine on a phone running the latest ota from verizon. It unlocked the bootloader and gave me s-off. It did not root my phone. I used towelroot to gain root without having to flash any recovery software.
Forgive me, but I am trying to understand how after sunshine, flashing twrp gave you root and installed supersu? Did you install a custom rom? Once you you run sunshine successfully, you can flash twrp and install a rooted rom.
The OP was about rooting after sunshine without having to wipe out his current setup and gain root. If I am wrong about this, please call me out. I am going on my recent experience.
vaping redhead said:
I am confused.
1: you ran sunshine
2: you paid the 25.00 and it unlocked your boot loader and gave you s-off
3: you fasboot openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7wlv with adb
Number 3 is where I am confused. Once sunshine was done, you flashed twrp and your phone rebooted with root and supersu installed???
I recently ran sunshine on a phone running the latest ota from verizon. It unlocked the bootloader and gave me s-off. It did not root my phone. I used towelroot to gain root without having to flash any recovery software.
Forgive me, but I am trying to understand how after sunshine, flashing twrp gave you root and installed supersu? Did you install a custom rom? Once you you run sunshine successfully, you can flash twrp and install a rooted rom.
The OP was about rooting after sunshine without having to wipe out his current setup and gain root. If I am wrong about this, please call me out. I am going on my recent experience.
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Correct, Also when I flashed twrp I do not remember losing any of my current settings on phone. It only gave me the recovery and root w/ supersu like I said. If you would like I will upload the version of twrp I referred to in my post. I would give a link to where I got it but I really do not remember. When I initially unlocked and installed twrp I did not install a custom rom for a few days. I then installed CM11, then AOKP, then a few others and always went back to AOKP untill I tried santod040's nusensesix rom. Recently flashed his newest nusensesix and loving everything about it. I anyone could get the sense camera to work with AOKP then that would be my perfect rom.
This is the guide that I followed back when I unlocked my phone minus the htc dev portion that would just be replaced with running sunshine.
http://htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-to/unlock-your-bootloader-root-your-htc-one-install-custom-recovery-using-twrp-0147357/
Once your unlocked and s off all you have to do is fastboot flash a custom recovery and then flash supersu in recovery. Flashing a custom Rom should work to.
ayanami00 said:
Correct, Also when I flashed twrp I do not remember losing any of my current settings on phone. It only gave me the recovery and root w/ supersu like I said. If you would like I will upload the version of twrp I referred to in my post. I would give a link to where I got it but I really do not remember. When I initially unlocked and installed twrp I did not install a custom rom for a few days. I then installed CM11, then AOKP, then a few others and always went back to AOKP untill I tried santod040's nusensesix rom. Recently flashed his newest nusensesix and loving everything about it. I anyone could get the sense camera to work with AOKP then that would be my perfect rom.
This is the guide that I followed back when I unlocked my phone minus the htc dev portion that would just be replaced with running sunshine.
http://htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-to/unlock-your-bootloader-root-your-htc-one-install-custom-recovery-using-twrp-0147357/
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Ok. Hopefully jmurra21 has gained root.
Hi everyone ,
Here is my problem, I bought a french htc one m8 with orange carrier, I unlocked my bootloader and installed phil's touch recovery and then I flashed skydragon rom 4.4.2 with htc sense 6 but now I would like to flash the last skydragon lollipop but here's my problem , I can't go s-off with this rom so I can't update my firmware or change my CID, so I can't install lollipop rom without wifi's problem. I would like to know how can I do to update my firmware to 4.4.4 cause I tried to s-off with firewater but doesn't work too.
Anyone have a solution would be a god to me ^^
Thanks in advance.
blop135 said:
Hi everyone ,
Here is my problem, I bought a french htc one m8 with orange carrier, I unlocked my bootloader and installed phil's touch recovery and then I flashed skydragon rom 4.4.2 with htc sense 6 but now I would like to flash the last skydragon lollipop but here's my problem , I can't go s-off with this rom so I can't update my firmware or change my CID, so I can't install lollipop rom without wifi's problem. I would like to know how can I do to update my firmware to 4.4.4 cause I tried to s-off with firewater but doesn't work too.
Anyone have a solution would be a god to me ^^
Thanks in advance.
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Firewater doesn't work anymore. HTC patched the exploit.
You'll have to use SunShine S-Off. It costs $25, but is guaranteed to work or you don't pay.
Having S-Off is totally worth $25 IMO.
Here's a link to their website.
xunholyx said:
Firewater doesn't work anymore. HTC patched the exploit.
You'll have to use SunShine S-Off. It costs $25, but is guaranteed to work or you don't pay.
Having S-Off is totally worth $25 IMO.
Here's a link to their website.
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I tried but it didn't work , it told me I've got to be on a stock rom :/
blop135 said:
I tried but it didn't work , it told me I've got to be on a stock rom :/
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Go to this thread. It has a collection of stock backups you can falsh to get back your stock ROM.
It also has a collection of stock recoveries to flash with ADB if you need that.
All the instructions are there.
xunholyx said:
Go to this thread. It has a collection of stock backups you can falsh to get back your stock ROM.
It also has a collection of stock recoveries to flash with ADB if you need that.
All the instructions are there.
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OK thanks a lot , the number before every rom is my firmware right? So I've got to download the one with my number on it ?
blop135 said:
OK thanks a lot , the number before every rom is my firmware right? So I've got to download the one with my number on it ?
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Firmware is something separate. That link will get you back to stock ROM. Then use Sunshine to s off. After that, you can update your firmware.
xunholyx said:
Firmware is something separate. That link will get you back to stock ROM. Then use Sunshine to s off. After that, you can update your firmware.
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Ok I'll try this but I need to find the good stock recovery ? Sorry for my noob questions ^^
blop135 said:
Ok I'll try this but I need to find the good stock recovery ? Sorry for my noob questions ^^
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The stock recoveries or in that link too. I'm not sure if you need them for sunshine though. Try with custom recovery, if that doesn't work, get a stock recovery.
Or get both ROM and recovery stock, then reflash a custom recovery and ROM.
If you get both to stock, you shouldn't have any issues.
xunholyx said:
Firewater doesn't work anymore. HTC patched the exploit.
You'll have to use SunShine S-Off. It costs $25, but is guaranteed to work or you don't pay.
Having S-Off is totally worth $25 IMO.
Here's a link to their website.
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How did HTC patch the exploit?
xunholyx said:
The stock recoveries or in that link too. I'm not sure if you need them for sunshine though. Try with custom recovery, if that doesn't work, get a stock recovery.
Or get both ROM and recovery stock, then reflash a custom recovery and ROM.
If you get both to stock, you shouldn't have any issues.
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OK I'll try this, Thanks you very much
passion4tech said:
How did HTC patch the exploit?
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Firmware updates. If you have one fresh out of the box, Firewater would probably still work. And still does for some.
xunholyx said:
The stock recoveries or in that link too. I'm not sure if you need them for sunshine though. Try with custom recovery, if that doesn't work, get a stock recovery.
Or get both ROM and recovery stock, then reflash a custom recovery and ROM.
If you get both to stock, you shouldn't have any issues.
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Ok so now when I try to flash the offical carrier rom with phil's touch recovery , there is an android on the back with a red triangle and it says installation aborted
blop135 said:
Ok so now when I try to flash the offical carrier rom with phil's touch recovery , there is an android on the back with a red triangle and it says installation aborted
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First, I misunderstood your earlier question. Yes the number in front of the backups are for firmware.
To help you more, I'll need some information. Hook up your phone to your computer and start ADB. Then issue these commands:
adb reboot fastboot (wait till your phone boots into fastboot)
fastboot getvar all
Then post what the readout says here, but edit out your serial number (serialno) and IMEI for your own safety.
Then I'll be able to give you a little more guidance.
xunholyx said:
First, I misunderstood your earlier question. Yes the number in front of the backups are for firmware.
To help you more, I'll need some information. Hook up your phone to your computer and start ADB. Then issue these commands:
adb reboot fastboot (wait till your phone boots into fastboot)
fastboot getvar all
Then post what the readout says here, but edit out your serial number (serialno) and IMEI for your own safety.
Then I'll be able to give you a little more guidance.
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Here it is
http://imageshack.com/a/img537/3226/6mu7TC.png
blop135 said:
Here it is
http://imageshack.com/a/img537/3226/6mu7TC.png
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Your CID is ORANG202 and your firmware is 1.54.73.5, so you will need the backup that corresponds with that.
The backup available was made with TWRP recovery. So you'll need that. (In my opinion, TWRP is a better recovery, less issues)
You could go to their website to download it and get instructions on how to flash it, but there is a much easier way.
Go to the Play Store and install an app called TWRP Manager. Hit the three line menu thingy on the top left, and pick "Install TWRP".
After that go back to the stock backup thread and flash the backup that matches your CID and firmware.
xunholyx said:
Your CID is ORANG202 and your firmware is 1.54.73.5, so you will need the backup that corresponds with that.
The backup available was made with TWRP recovery. So you'll need that. (In my opinion, TWRP is a better recovery, less issues)
You could go to their website to download it and get instructions on how to flash it, but there is a much easier way.
Go to the Play Store and install an app called TWRP Manager. Hit the three line menu thingy on the top left, and pick "Install TWRP".
After that go back to the stock backup thread and flash the backup that matches your CID and firmware.
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Ok thanks I'll try that
xunholyx said:
Your CID is ORANG202 and your firmware is 1.54.73.5, so you will need the backup that corresponds with that.
The backup available was made with TWRP recovery. So you'll need that. (In my opinion, TWRP is a better recovery, less issues)
You could go to their website to download it and get instructions on how to flash it, but there is a much easier way.
Go to the Play Store and install an app called TWRP Manager. Hit the three line menu thingy on the top left, and pick "Install TWRP".
After that go back to the stock backup thread and flash the backup that matches your CID and firmware.
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Okay so I could finally go s-off by flashing an 4.4.3 android revolution , can you tell me how I should do to flash this rom with wi-fi working ? :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706391
You would be the best
Thanks a lot
xunholyx said:
Firmware updates. If you have one fresh out of the box, Firewater would probably still work. And still does for some.
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What firmware version works best with firewater? My firmware is 1.54.651.10
blop135 said:
Okay so I could finally go s-off by flashing an 4.4.3 android revolution , can you tell me how I should do to flash this rom with wi-fi working ? :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706391
You would be the best
Thanks a lot
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My friend has made a comprehensive guide on firmware and firmware flashing, complete with downloads. Make sure to read the whole opening post so you understand everything. It looks like it might be hard because of his full explanation of the whole process, but it's actually very easy. And very informative.
xunholyx said:
My friend has made a comprehensive guide on firmware and firmware flashing, complete with downloads. Make sure to read the whole opening post so you understand everything. It looks like it might be hard because of his full explanation of the whole process, but it's actually very easy. And very informative.
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Ok but I'm french so I'm not that good in english but I will try anyway Thanks
so here it goes:
i bought the asia tw m8 (HTC__621) just when it got out and unlocked BL,rooted,installed custom roms
so eventually i cant update to newer android versions through ota.
my hboot is 3.16 and i tried s-off
firewater doestnt work on asia tw and sunshine developer wont help me since i live in a county that can`t use paypal
so dear devs. anyone......pleasee help me out
i dont know what to do....
specially when android L is coming to our devices.
thx in advance
Collection of stock backus Go there download the nandroid backup for your device(1.54.709.12) and the stock recovery also on post 1.
Restore the nandroid backup for your device with the custom recovery(It was made with TWRP so use TWRP) flash back the stock recovery and just follow all the OTA updates to get to the latest 4.4.4 and you'll also be ready for 5.0 when it launches(whenever).
You literally did no searching for your problem at all.
armin0131 said:
so here it goes:
i bought the asia tw m8 (HTC__621) just when it got out and unlocked BL,rooted,installed custom roms
so eventually i cant update to newer android versions through ota.
my hboot is 3.16 and i tried s-off
firewater doestnt work on asia tw and sunshine developer wont help me since i live in a county that can`t use paypal
so dear devs. anyone......pleasee help me out
i dont know what to do....
specially when android L is coming to our devices.
thx in advance
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I am sure firewater should work on your device. I just S-OFF and gained superCID. Your device is basically a GSM phone. The only advantage of doing OTA updates are that you will be getting updates a tad faster. The disadvantage is it might brick your phone with wrong firmware/device ID. My advice would be to try to get S-OFF again. If your phone is rooted and bootloader unlocked go ahead and flash a custom recovery such as TWRP. If you do no know how to flash your recovery you can download an app called Flashify and it will flash TWRP for you via google play store app.
Once you get TWRP recovery you can reboot into recovery and simply do a system restart. It will ask if you want to install superSU. Make sure you have superSU installed. follow the instructions from here http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/ I recommend being on a stock sense ROM. Make sure you have debugging enabled via developer option and enabling unknown devices. Once you push firewater to your phone and allow superSU app to grant permission you SHOULD get s-OFF.
Once you get s-OFF you can change your phone version ID to superCID via bootloader+adb command "fastboot oem writecid 1111111" After that you can just flash over any firmware you want. I say wait for devs to get official gpe 5.0 dumps and it'll be way better than an OTA rom.
IF your phone ever gets into a bootloop or frozen reboot it via holding down volume up+down+power. The phone will reboot.
vang2k said:
I am sure firewater should work on your device. I just S-OFF and gained superCID. Your device is basically a GSM phone. The only advantage of doing OTA updates are that you will be getting updates a tad faster. The disadvantage is it might brick your phone with wrong firmware/device ID. My advice would be to try to get S-OFF again. If your phone is rooted and bootloader unlocked go ahead and flash a custom recovery such as TWRP. If you do no know how to flash your recovery you can download an app called Flashify and it will flash TWRP for you via google play store app.
Once you get TWRP recovery you can reboot into recovery and simply do a system restart. It will ask if you want to install superSU. Make sure you have superSU installed. follow the instructions from here http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/ I recommend being on a stock sense ROM. Make sure you have debugging enabled via developer option and enabling unknown devices. Once you push firewater to your phone and allow superSU app to grant permission you SHOULD get s-OFF.
Once you get s-OFF you can change your phone version ID to superCID via bootloader+adb command "fastboot oem writecid 1111111" After that you can just flash over any firmware you want. I say wait for devs to get official gpe 5.0 dumps and it'll be way better than an OTA rom.
IF your phone ever gets into a bootloop or frozen reboot it via holding down volume up+down+power. The phone will reboot.
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People should stop telling people that firewater should work for sure on certain devices ! It's never a guarantee !!!
It's a try and see ! Perform firewater on the stock rom and stock recovery, if it's not working you definitely need sunshine
I recommend being on a stock sense ROM. Make sure you have debugging enabled via developer option and enabling unknown devices. Once you push firewater to your phone and allow superSU app to grant permission you SHOULD get s-OFF.
Once you get s-OFF you can change your phone version ID to superCID via bootloader+adb command "fastboot oem writecid 1111111" After that you can just flash over any firmware you want. I say wait for devs to get official gpe 5.0 dumps and it'll be way better than an OTA rom.
IF your phone ever gets into a bootloop or frozen reboot it via holding down volume up+down+power. The phone will reboot.[/QUOTE]
well the problem is I am way ahead of you I have installed TWRP installed countless roms I'm not a noob I know my way around phones...
and because of my cid and modelid I'm not able to use fire water.
if you can, suggest a way that I can update my frimwire i've tried a lot of things
its not my first rodeo.
helpful suggestions please.thanks in advance
Thanks for saying this stuffbut they are not helping.
well the problem is I am way ahead of you I have installed TWRP installed countless roms I'm not a noob I know my way around phones...
and because of my cid and modelid I'm not able to use fire water.
if you can, suggest a way that I can update my frimwire i've tried a lot of things
its not my first rodeo.
helpful suggestions please.thanks in advance
for the last time:it is the Asia Taiwan(2.5 ghz ver.) a lot of other users tried firewater
and so did I and I can't use it because I'm living in a country that is restricted to use paypal
Mr Hofs said:
People should stop telling people that firewater should work for sure on certain devices ! It's never a guarantee !!!
It's a try and see ! Perform firewater on the stock rom and stock recovery, if it's not working you definitely need sunshine
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Mr hofs is there any way to use sunshine without paying through paypal?for example paying through google play gift card!
BerndM14 said:
Collection of stock backus Go there download the nandroid backup for your device(1.54.709.12) and the stock recovery also on post 1.
Restore the nandroid backup for your device with the custom recovery(It was made with TWRP so use TWRP) flash back the stock recovery and just follow all the OTA updates to get to the latest 4.4.4 and you'll also be ready for 5.0 when it launches(whenever).
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If you are unable to use sushine to s-off due to Paypal, just return to stock ROM and recovery to get the OTAs as stated above.
Mr Hofs said:
People should stop telling people that firewater should work for sure on certain devices ! It's never a guarantee !!!
It's a try and see ! Perform firewater on the stock rom and stock recovery, if it's not working you definitely need sunshine
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redpoint73 said:
If you are unable to use sushine to s-off due to Paypal, just return to stock ROM and recovery to get the OTAs as stated above.
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Wouldn't integrity of the files in the system and data partitions be a problem?!
Cause when you unlock some apps which are in data partition get deleted.
and when the rom is rooted and im guessing the nandroid backup is rooted...
the system partition is changed.
please correct me if i'm wrong
thx
Is there any place i can get the stock untouched rom for my cid number?
i went to htc-dev website's download section and saw a few things about asia tw downloads.but couldnt understand it or how it's used.I would appreciate it if you went there and take a look for yourself
thx
armin0131 said:
Wouldn't integrity of the files in the system and data partitions be a problem?!
Cause when you unlock some apps which are in data partition get deleted.
and when the rom is rooted and im guessing the nandroid backup is rooted...
the system partition is changed.
please correct me if i'm wrong
thx
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Are you talking about system changes preventing OTA updates? If so, being rooted has nothing to do with it, it won't prevent an OTA from installing. It'll remove root from the device in which case you'll have to re-root(if you want) but it won't prevent the OTA from installing.
Besides as far as I know, unless stated differently, the backups in the thread are all unrooted.
armin0131 said:
Is there any place i can get the stock untouched rom for my cid number?
i went to htc-dev website's download section and saw a few things about asia tw downloads.but couldnt understand it or how it's used.I would appreciate it if you went there and take a look for yourself
thx
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Guess you should have made a backup of your device before you messed around. That way you would have known for a fact it was "untouched" .
Just download the backup provided in the link, flash a stock recovery and do the OTA's. You can even go through the small effort ahead of time and "unroot" it just in case it was "rooted" which I doubt it will be.
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
And read the first AND second post with care !
armin0131 said:
Mr hofs is there any way to use sunshine without paying through paypal?for example paying through google play gift card!
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There is. You can send them US Amazon Gift Card in order to get the code for Sunshine.
Poslano z mojega HTC One_M8 z uporabo Tapatalk
Mr Hofs said:
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
And read the first AND second post with care !
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I wonder... :angel:
Mr Hofs said:
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
And read the first AND second post with care !
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Ok what i wanna know is that are the deleted apps for example flashlight
Restored in the 1.54.709.12 backup? So no MD5 problem when i wanna OTA?
armin0131 said:
Wouldn't integrity of the files in the system and data partitions be a problem?!
Cause when you unlock some apps which are in data partition get deleted.
and when the rom is rooted and im guessing the nandroid backup is rooted...
the system partition is changed.
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Root alone does not change system partition. Its only changes to system files you do after root that will prevent OTA.
And in theory, the stock backups in Mr Hofs collection should be made without root, I believe. Root is not needed to make a nandroid.
As far as I have seen, the couple HTC apps that are "deleted" upon bootloader unlock do not affect OTA. There are lots of folks here with unlocked bootloaders that were able to return to stock ROM and recovery and OTA.
redpoint73 said:
Root alone does not change system partition. Its only changes to system files you do after root that will prevent OTA.
And in theory, the stock backups in Mr Hofs collection should be made without root, I believe. Root is not needed to make a nandroid.
As far as I have seen, the couple HTC apps that are "deleted" upon bootloader unlock do not affect OTA. There are lots of folks here with unlocked bootloaders that were able to return to stock ROM and recovery and OTA.
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There are some already rooted.
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There are some already rooted.
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One for a know fact as its stated in the download link. And it's very usable for official ota as its 100% complete. And if it bothers people it's rooted they have to read the second post too as it contains a flashable zip to delete root access. But that's not being said here because people probably don't read enough very well !
And indeed root is not needed for a nandroid backup. Only a custom recovery is enough to create one.
ooof that made me sound interesting !
Cheers.
Mr Hofs said:
One for a know fact as its stated in the download link. And it's very usable for official ota as its 100% complete. And if it bothers people it's rooted they have to read the second post too as it contains a flashable zip to delete root access. But that's not being said here because people probably don't read enough very well !
Cheers.
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Well, la-di-da
armin0131 said:
Ok what i wanna know is that are the deleted apps for example flashlight
Restored in the 1.54.709.12 backup? So no MD5 problem when i wanna OTA?
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Ahh ... you're asking about my backup that I uploaded.
No ... nothing is deleted from backup 1.54.709.12, everything is there like the flashlight, calculator & etc. No root, no busybox... simply clean stock.
In fact, once you restore the backup with full wipe of your current ROM, you'll get the setup wizard just like when you setup the phone for the first time.
Hi guys,
I've been reading a lot around here because I want to root my new htc 10. But I've read about not working radio after rooting and now I got a little confused. I just want to check if I get it right before I can't make calls anymore.. I have to use the latest twrp and don't encryp my backup because of this, right? And what version of superSu do I use? Do I use v2.82 or SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip? Thanks for helping me get out of confusion.
Smellie2 said:
Hi guys,
I've been reading a lot around here because I want to root my new htc 10. But I've read about not working radio after rooting and now I got a little confused. I just want to check if I get it right before I can't make calls anymore.. I have to use the latest twrp and don't encryp my backup because of this, right? And what version of superSu do I use? Do I use v2.82 or SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip? Thanks for helping me get out of confusion.
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TWRP 3.1.1-0 and SuperSU 2.82.
Magnum_Enforcer said:
TWRP 3.1.1-0 and SuperSU 2.82.
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And do I have to make sure my signal stays by typing a command with adb sideload?
Smellie2 said:
And do I have to make sure my signal stays by typing a command with adb sideload?
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No.
So I successfully rooted my HTC 10 and after that I got s-off. Apparently, I chose the wrong option (s-off and unlocked) and now my HTC 10 doesn't have an os installed. I am currently on cid HTC__621. Am I right in thinking that I can change my cid and then flash a ruu to get up and running again? Or will my being unlocked keep interfering?
Smellie2 said:
So I successfully rooted my HTC 10 and after that I got s-off. Apparently, I chose the wrong option (s-off and unlocked) and now my HTC 10 doesn't have an os installed. I am currently on cid HTC__621. Am I right in thinking that I can change my cid and then flash a ruu to get up and running again? Or will my being unlocked keep interfering?
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If you made a backup after installing TWRP you can simply restore it. Otherwise, flashing a ROM or installing the appropriate RUU will work. Being unlocked won't affect anything now that you're S-off.
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If you made a backup after installing TWRP you can simply restore it. Otherwise, flashing a ROM or installing the appropriate RUU will work.
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That didn't work because there were no partitions left to restore it to. So I wiped them and tried again. Failure again. Then my eye caught "factory reset" in download mode. I tried that and it worked. I even have twrp still installed.