Help unrooting - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
So I rooted my HTC one m8 that I got in the UK on 3 mobile and I decided it was a bad decision because I cant use certain apps any more and I cant get OTA updates either.
I tried getting a stock recovery for my CID (h3g__001) and it replaced my twrp so I could at least update my phone but I couldn't find my build number on the xda thread that had the links for the stock recoveries and since I didn't think that mattered too much I just picked the one that worked (I'm new to all of this sorry) and now when I try to update my phone it works up to about 25% and then I get a phone with a little red triangle and red "!".
I also cant get rid of my root access which is stopping me from using apps (like rbs) so its becoming a problem.
I don't mind resting my phone or loosing root access I have my apps and stuff backed up on an .adb file that I made pre root.
All I want it to unroot my htc on m8 completely so I can update it and use any app I need to. I have looked on line and everyone says different things like I need an ruu file for my phone or I need to download certain programs etc but really this is the only place I'm sure that people actually know what they're talking about.
Thanks in advanced and sorry if this was already answered in another thread I couldn't find anything
CID: H3G__001
build: 3.32.771.10
if you need any more info please ask and ill try and find it.

why dont you just flashed a stock rom or do a recovery that you SHOULD have made before you flash a custom rom.

Amazing_HamBoy said:
CID: H3G__001
build: 3.32.771.10
if you need any more info please ask and ill try and find it.
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Everything that you need are here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55322461&postcount=1897

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[Q] URGENT... need stock firmware

Hi guys I've got an m8 on EE and have managed to soft brick my phone. I need the stock firmware and how to recover my device. Appreciate the assistance.
Hopefully it might be on here for you mate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
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Appreciate the prompt reply. I've taken a look and the roms maybe listed but I have no Idea where to start with regard to flashing any image. Is there a guide to how to do this. Thanks
What have you flashed and what is the phone doing?
Also, what carrier is your phone from?
Are you S-OFF?
Thanks for the replies guys. I have been trying to root the device using the dev tool kit. I did something , not sure what and I couldn't boot into recovery or android. Since then I have managed to get into recovery and android will boot but most of my apps are not working and looks like corruption somewhere has occurred which is why I need to basically go back to stock on everything.
My device shows s-on but detailing tamper warning s etc.
Any help is appreciated.
Cheers
Sorry carrier is EE
Thanks
liamarmitage said:
Thanks for the replies guys. I have been trying to root the device using the dev tool kit. I did something , not sure what and I couldn't boot into recovery or android. Since then I have managed to get into recovery and android will boot but most of my apps are not working and looks like corruption somewhere has occurred which is why I need to basically go back to stock on everything.
My device shows s-on but detailing tamper warning s etc.
Any help is appreciated.
Cheers
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You won't be able to flash firmware with S-ON Though I doubt you would need to flash any firmware files anyway. Are you using a custom recovery? Philz TWRP or whatevs?
Did you not make a nandroid?
If not, your best bet is to either flash a custom rom or download one of the nandroids from This thread. There's a good chance the one for your carrier is there. Check your CID and match it up to one of the nandroid's there or request a nandroid for you don't see it listed but really want stock.
to check cid boot to bootloader/fastboot mode and use:
fastboot oem readcid
or
fastboot getvar cid
If you wouldn't mind telling me what your CID is, I would really like to know so I can match CIDs to carriers to better help people in the future.
Then you can just copy the nandroid to the proper location and restore it in the custom recovery.
Hey thanks for the assistance here guys, my CID is below
cidnum: ORANG001
Looks like there is one to use on that site which is great. Does anyone know how to get what stock recovery image I am using or should be using so that I can download this also?
thanks
also, when in bootloader it shows tampered and relocked, will flashing the recovery and stock firmware removes these marks?
thanks
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Hey guys has anyone got any info on my question? Really want to get my phone back to stock. Having alsorts of problems.
I've managed to get the os back on and the clockwork recovery however I keep getting issues with apps being installed on sd card not being read and all my pictures that were on there seem to have gone also.
Cheers
No it won't. The only way to remove those is with S-off and spoofing them. There are a few guides about it in the general forum section. As for stock recovery, I'm not sure what recovery versions match up with what carriers.. If you can obtain an ota zip file for your carrier you can extract the recovery.img from it.
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Ok thanks for the info. It makes sense although the issues I'm seeing are very odd.
Looks like any app installed on my sd card now shows as not installed and pics taken today that were also stored on the sd card have gone. Not sure what's going on...
Thanks again

Invalid Version info in HBOOT

Hi,
Having gone into hboot for the first time i notice that both radio and OpenDSP have "INVALID-VER-INFO" beside them.
Is this correct on an unmodified phone.
I've done a quick search but couldnt find anything.
I have hboot version 3.16.0.000
I have this also,
I'm using a stock htc one m8 from Vodafone.
The os is: os-1.54.161.5. Boot dated Mar 22 2014,00:08:55.0
EtA
Ethel the Aardvark said:
I have this also,
I'm using a stock htc one m8 from Vodafone.
The os is: os-1.54.161.5. Boot dated Mar 22 2014,00:08:55.0
EtA
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also have this gonna try rolling back roms thru twrp backup to see if anything related to latest rom flashed will report back
Any updates on this topic? I just bought this phone and been using it for about 2 weeks. I went into the HBOOT to see what differences there were from my previous phone and noticed the invalid version on the radio and opendsp. Again, completely stock unmodified phone.
That is the TWRP recovery bug..are u all install the twrp recovery or not?
Edit: I read it again,so u all using stock rom,Idk what caused it now
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hdorius said:
That is the TWRP recovery bug..are u all install the twrp recovery or not?
Edit: I read it again,so u all using stock rom,Idk what caused it now
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I just went into recovery for the first time on my new m8 stock and unmodified. I see the same thing. I'm in T-Mobile
Same thing here. Happened after 4.4.3 update. Stock international M8. I wonder if it has anything to do with the battery drain introduced with the update - I barely get 12 hours of usage hence, instead of 18.
shirreer said:
Same thing here. Happened after 4.4.3 update. Stock international M8. I wonder if it has anything to do with the battery drain introduced with the update - I barely get 12 hours of usage hence, instead of 18.
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same for me here
I noticed this on my phone today too. My phone is a completely stock verizon one m8.
My phone is not yet a week old.
Hi Guys,
which firmwares do you have. I'm running 2.22.401.4 in bottloader the hboot entries are the following:
CID-HTC__102
HBoot-3.18.0.0000
Radio-1.19.21331147A1.09G
OpenDSP-v38.2.2-00542-M8974.0311
Even after performing s-off they didn't change
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HTCOne M8 Gunmetal: Sunshine S-Off, firmware stock 2.22.401.4, rooted with Chainfire SuperSu, CID HTC__102
HTCOne M8 Silver: HTCDev Unlock, S-On, ARHD/ViperOne (M8) (ever switchin'), firmware 1.54.401.10, CID HTC__102
Same here i am rooted and using TWRP recovery also have the invalid message like the OP so is this normal or something gone wrong somewhere ?
wakers said:
Same here i am rooted and using TWRP recovery also have the invalid message like the OP so is this normal or something gone wrong somewhere ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54669689&postcount=11
tonnytech said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54669689&postcount=11
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Thanks i also went S-Off over the weekend (sunshine) but hadn't noticed the radio and stuff had changed
hi guys,
first off, thanks to everyone contributing to this forum, I've been able to find some truly useful help in here
Has anyone found a solution to this thread? My m8 has just changed for no apparent reason to "invalid-ver-info". I don't know how important the RADIO AND OpenDSP info is when it comes to un/re-rooting.
As it happens, I did take a photo of this info the day before it happened with my M7 ..will that be of any use to me?
Also, what information from the boot or software info, should NOT be shown on the internet E.G due to privacy/security reasons.
Thanks
TW
tw10 said:
hi guys,
first off, thanks to everyone contributing to this forum, I've been able to find some truly useful help in here
Has anyone found a solution to this thread? My m8 has just changed for no apparent reason to "invalid-ver-info". I don't know how important the RADIO AND OpenDSP info is when it comes to un/re-rooting.
As it happens, I did take a photo of this info the day before it happened with my M7 ..will that be of any use to me?
Also, what information from the boot or software info, should NOT be shown on the internet E.G due to privacy/security reasons.
Thanks
TW
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you can post fastboot getvar all (minus your Serial no. and IMEI)
nothing on the bootloader is secret
as said above. You need to provide more information to solve your issue.
ok, well here's what I have for you..if you need anything else, please tell me(see attached).
I was thinking about setting this back to stock rom, but I can't seem to find in here...do I have any possibilities?
thanks
tw10 said:
ok, well here's what I have for you..if you need anything else, please tell me(see attached).
I was thinking about setting this back to stock rom, but I can't seem to find in here...do I have any possibilities?
thanks
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Does the phone work ? do you have stock recovery ? Have you do a normal factory reset ?
yes the phone works but not the top speaker(for what ever reason) Hence I want to send it in for repair(if possible, still 18 months guaranty).
I don't believe I have a stock recovery(I'm too new to this game to really know), there is a twrp backup, but whether it's the original or not(I doubt it) because nothing changed as far as the boot or software/firmware version is concerned when I executed the recovery(only the basic content) and the date of the backup is just one week prior to when I purchased it!?!? which makes me believe that the original was overwritten.
no I haven't, the reset was apparently done by the seller.
tw10 said:
yes the phone works but not the top speaker(for what ever reason) Hence I want to send it in for repair(if possible, still 18 months guaranty).
I don't believe I have a stock recovery(I'm too new to this game to really know), there is a twrp backup, but whether it's the original or not(I doubt it) because nothing changed as far as the boot or software/firmware version is concerned when I executed the recovery(only the basic content) and the date of the backup is just one week prior to when I purchased it!?!? which makes me believe that the original was overwritten.
no I haven't, the reset was apparently done by the seller.
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Well if you have TWRP you can try a format data, But this will completely wipe the phone all your data and the system will be gone.
you would then flash a stock Rom back to the phone from the ext_sd card
To find the correct stock rom you need your phones basic info from fastboot getvar all
you can post the results here but exclude your serial no. and IMEI

Updating phone!

I'm trying to update the baseband on my phone, however whenever I flash the firmware nothing happens. The phone start, but the baseband is the same 1.16.
I have an international phone, I think. I live in Canada.
This is a Rogers phone.
Running custom rom ARHD 11.1
S-OFF
The CID is ROGER001
And the HID is 0P6B16000
baseband 1.16
buildnumber 2.22.401.5
I've tried downloading the 2.22.401.5 firmware from VomerGuides, I updated the phone, but no change. I would really like help with this. Am I using the wrong update? I don't know what the latest update is anyways, but 2.22 seams like that's the one, so why is my baseband not updating?
SpaceGold said:
I'm trying to update the baseband on my phone, however whenever I flash the firmware nothing happens. The phone start, but the baseband is the same 1.16.
I have an international phone, I think. I live in Canada.
This is a Rogers phone.
Running custom rom ARHD 11.1
S-OFF
The CID is ROGER001
And the HID is 0P6B16000
baseband 1.16
buildnumber 2.22.401.5
I've tried downloading the 2.22.401.5 firmware from VomerGuides, I updated the phone, but no change. I would really like help with this. Am I using the wrong update? I don't know what the latest update is anyways, but 2.22 seams like that's the one, so why is my baseband not updating?
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CID : ROGER001
Update your Phone(Rogers) to the latest firmware first then update to the latest ARHD.
Firmware for your device and instructions on how to flash it can be found In this post by ckpv5
Note: It's the same post from ckpv5 that I got the backups from for the Rogers.
Thank you for your help. Do I follow all his steps from 1. Or just the firmware part? Since my phone is S-off and unlocked, or what ever it was, if I do everything from 1 will that brick my phone? Or will it be safe?
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I followed all the instructions in the end. Ended up losing root. I had to unlock bootloader and get root back. so far, the phone is back up and running. Thank you for your help.
SpaceGold said:
..... I had to unlock bootloader .....
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If you really followed the instructions correctly ... there is no instruction that say you need to relock bootloader :silly:
I'm very new to this, but SuperSU stopped working, it told me I lost root, and recovery (TWRP) was totally gone, at the time I did not know how to get that back ether, only after... Anyways, it was a good learning experience, I'm more glad the phone did not get bricked. Anyways thank you very much for your help.
EDIT:
How or where do you go to find out what the latest firmware is? I've tried looking everywhere, and if BerndM14 didn't point out your thread, I would have never found it.
SpaceGold said:
I'm very new to this, but SuperSU stopped working, it told me I lost root, and recovery (TWRP) was totally gone, at the time I did not know how to get that back ether, only after... Anyways, it was a good learning experience, I'm more glad the phone did not get bricked. Anyways thank you very much for your help.
EDIT:
How or where do you go to find out what the latest firmware is? I've tried looking everywhere, and if BerndM14 didn't point out your thread, I would have never found it.
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[Discussion] HTC One M8 - Updates Can get some info about updates etc in that thread. Post 3 has a collection of OTA.zips but it's still a work in progress. You'll notice that the Rogers, Telus etc isn't on there, but it'll get there eventually. You can also just hop from that thread from time to time for general info about updates, firmware or otherwise.
[CANADA] HTC One M8 Canadian Users
[GUIDE] Return to stock for Canadian HTC One M8 (2014)
Some threads for Canadian users.
Another thread, even though it's actually for backups, a lot of people head over there for stock recoveries when new updates come out, so it's a nice one to get "on top" of news if you missed it in one of the other threads.
COLLECTION of Stock backup's
Thank you very much for pointing me to those threads. Time to figure out what some of there are used for...

[Q] I need to downgrade from 4.4.3 to 4.4.2 on htc m8, please help.

Please can anybody help, i havent got a clue about flashing my phone and have searched all over but cant get my head round it, please could somebody explain all the steps i need to do to get my phone back to how i had it.
My htc m8 said that i could update my software from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3 so i did and now my camera has become rubbish, i am dissapointed with it, i have done a factory reset and it is still the same.
I have found the software on this site that i think i need which is stock recovery 1.54.401.10 recovery.img.
My phone is an unlocked uk model bought from phones4u.
Could someone please explain to me how to put this rom on my phone, i have had a real good search but cant make sense of it all. It would be great if someone could explain it to me in a simple form.
All help is much appreciated.
Regards
Mick..
deadclever said:
Please can anybody help, i havent got a clue about flashing my phone and have searched all over but cant get my head round it, please could somebody explain all the steps i need to do to get my phone back to how i had it.
My htc m8 said that i could update my software from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3 so i did and now my camera has become rubbish, i am dissapointed with it, i have done a factory reset and it is still the same.
I have found the software on this site that i think i need which is stock recovery 1.54.401.10 recovery.img.
My phone is an unlocked uk model bought from phones4u.
Could someone please explain to me how to put this rom on my phone, i have had a real good search but cant make sense of it all. It would be great if someone could explain it to me in a simple form.
All help is much appreciated.
Regards
Mick..
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so you have never unlocked the bootloader? got root? s-off? any of these things? its just a new untouched phone?
romy134 said:
so you have never unlocked the bootloader? got root? s-off? any of these things? its just a new untouched phone?
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Yes that is correct, never touched it
deadclever said:
Yes that is correct, never touched it
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First of all if the only problem you have is the camera you may want to see if you can fix that with some tweeks to the camera app, or send it in to HTC for repair if you have a warranty before going down this road.
but if you rather give this a try there is a couple of post and youtube videos you can look at. most importantly you will need to know some information about your phone. cid number what versions hboot and stuff before you start trying stuff.
here is a link to stock backups
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
but first you will need to unlock you bootloader, root your phone, and get S-off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/vomerguides-m8-bootldr-unlock-s-off-t2800727
Here is a good video on how to do these if your a visual learner but watch it first and see if you feel comfortable doing all of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHFcGvUjwA
He doesn't need s-off, and also no need to root it......It's not mandatory.
Unlock the bootloader
Flash a custom recovery
Make a full nandroid backup
Restore the older stock backup that matches your main version number.
Mr Hofs said:
He doesn't need s-off, and also no need to root it......It's not mandatory.
Unlock the bootloader
Flash a custom recovery
Make a full nandroid backup
Restore the older stock backup that matches your main version number.
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you only need s-off to change firmware if the cid# dosent match is that how it works?
romy134 said:
you only need s-off to change firmware if the cid# dosent match is that how it works?
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S-off like a god mode,you can read and write partitions that are normally locked, and indeed do things like you described above. But as you only want a lower version of your stock rom i would not take it that far.
Mr Hofs said:
S-off like a god mode,you can read and write partitions that are normally locked, and indeed do things like you described above. But as you only want a lower version of your stock rom i would not take it that far.
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Hi everybody. Thanks for the info. My cid is htc__001
Managed to understand the flashing part just dont know now how to get s_off
What is ghe eaziest way for me.?
Its definitely not a fault with my camera it is the new firmware that i upgraded to that is my problem. I only did it cos i thiught the camera would be even better. Oh my god what a mistake. Uless i keep the phone super steady my pics and videos are a bit blurry. Before the update it took sharp pics and vids even if moving the phone. I could also take vids of fast moving stuff like fairground rides and when i played them back on phone i could pause them anywherep in the vid and the pause was always super sharp.
I have already had the issue with the coating coming off the camera lens but i took all that off and fixed that issue.
So yes thanks for your time guys and i would appreciate the bestest easiest way to take s off
Thanks
Look for firewater. When firewater fails you need sunshine. Those are the only 2 options to gain s-off !
Here is a video you can watch. make sure you watch the whole thing first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Hlms1BuPg
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Here is a video you can watch. make sure you watch the whole thing first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Hlms1BuPg
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Hi
Ive been doing some good searching and people are saying that i dont need s_off to flash a stock recovery rom to my phone and that i only need unlock.
I have unlocked it at htc dev and i have tried flashing the stock rom image using fastboot and clearing the cache but no changes on my phone.
Somebody also said that i needed to flash a nandroid backup first but when i download the philz touchwiz one i dont know what to do with it?
Any help please, this is a lot more complicated than i bargained for.
Cheers
Read my thread better, also post #2. It's described there what to do with a nandroid backup !
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Read my thread better, also post #2. It's described there what to do with a nandroid backup !
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Hi Mr Hofs
I dont mean to contradict but in your first post you said i didnt need s_off and a bit later you said i needed firewater so i could get s_off.
Im really confused, do i need s_off to flash a stock rom to an earlier version, do i need to flash one of the nandroids first like you said and then flash the stock, if so i didnt see where your thread was telling me how to flash a nandroid rom.
Im sorry if i am coming across as a bit thick but the info i am getting from everyone on the net does loads of contradicting and makes it very confusing.
Cheers
Mick..
No you do not need S-OFF to flash a lower version of software. what you need in total is :
1: unlocked bootloader
2: the custom recovery which the nandroid is made with
3: the nandroid backup that matches your software but a lower version (probably the 1.54 base)
4: unpack the nandroid backup to the respective folder on the internal memory
5: perform a full wipe in the recovery (NOT the sdcard/internal memory of course)
6: restore the nandroid and reboot to check it works
7: flash back the stock htc recovery to enable OTA again (if you wish to upgrade in the future)
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No you do not need S-OFF to flash a lower version of software. what you need in total is :
1: unlocked bootloader
2: the custom recovery which the nandroid is made with
3: the nandroid backup that matches your software but a lower version (probably the 1.54 base)
4: unpack the nandroid backup to the respective folder on the internal memory
5: perform a full wipe in the recovery (NOT the sdcard/internal memory of course)
6: restore the nandroid and reboot to check it works
7: flash back the stock htc recovery to enable OTA again (if you wish to upgrade in the future)
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Oh dear, i know you are going to think im stupid but i don't fully understand what you mean, are you saying that the nandroid that i downloaded which is 2014-06-02.16.15.49_KOT49H_release-keys, that i put this folder on my sd card?
Then are you saying that i do a wipe using fastboot on my computer or fastboot on the phone?
Then how do i do restore the nandroid?
deadclever said:
Oh dear, i know you are going to think im stupid but i don't fully understand what you mean, are you saying that the nandroid that i downloaded which is 2014-06-02.16.15.49_KOT49H_release-keys, that i put this folder on my sd card?
Then are you saying that i do a wipe using fastboot on my computer or fastboot on the phone?
Then how do i do restore the nandroid?
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That's why i wrote all that in my thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
i am not repeating what's already written
Ok i will have a real good look at that link, i didn't realise that you had a thread detailing it all, obviousley i wouldn't expect you to repeat yourself so i will try and understand the stuff in the link, fingers crossed i might get somewhere.
Really wish i hadn't done the update, can't believe it knacked my camera, thats the main reason i got the htc m8 for the camera, and it was great before the bleeding update to 4.4.3.
I do appreciate you helping, dint realise it would be so daunting.
Cheers
Mick..
deadclever said:
Ok i will have a real good look at that link, i didn't realise that you had a thread detailing it all, obviousley i wouldn't expect you to repeat yourself so i will try and understand the stuff in the link, fingers crossed i might get somewhere.
Really wish i hadn't done the update, can't believe it knacked my camera, thats the main reason i got the htc m8 for the camera, and it was great before the bleeding update to 4.4.3.
I do appreciate you helping, dint realise it would be so daunting.
Cheers
Mick..
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it's all pretty logical, don't think to far outside the box. Getting the files in the correct place is the hardest part, flashing is easy
Mr Hofs said:
it's all pretty logical, don't think to far outside the box. Getting the files in the correct place is the hardest part, flashing is easy
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Hello Again
Ok i think im getting it, i can now boot the phone using phils touchwiz, comes up with the interface but for the life in me i cant make it backup or restore from where i want.
I did a backup and it saved it to the phones internal storage but i cant see the backup using any file managers but it is there if i try to restore the backup using the interface.
Long story short i cant make it find the files i want to restore, i have changed the path in the settings but just cant get it to work.
Please please help.
Cheers

Just got an M9 today and need some tips...

Hello everyone, I I just got an M9 at my local Telus store and I would like to be able to do everything with it like I am able to do with my M7, so I know I will need to use sunshine to get S-OFF and I would also like to be able to change everything from the rom to the kernel to the OS, everything, so I was just wondering if someone could let me know the best order to go about doing things, meaning should I do sunshine first then worry about flashing a recovery and all that, or should I do the recovery first so that I can backup the phones current state? The phone currently says this in the hboot screen:
*** LOCKED ***
LK-1.0.0.0000
OS-1.32.661.6
and this is what it says on the phones Setting-About-Software screen:
Android version
5.0.2
HTC Sense version
7.0
Like I mentioned before, it would probably be best if I can make a backup of the phones current state just in case there are any issues, so to do that I know I need a recovery, but do I need to do the HTC Dev unlocker before I can do so? or do I have to flash a recovery first before everything else?
Now, before anyone gets upset with me for asking these questions because they have most likely been asked 1000 times before, I am not asking to be spoon feed all the details step by step, I am just asking to be pointed in the right direction and asking for you guy's opinions on the best way to go about doing things so that I do them right the first time... So if anyone could please take a minute to help me out and get me pointed in the right direction then it would be greatly appreciated... thank you very much...
apaquette420 said:
So if anyone could please take a minute to help me out and get me pointed in the right direction then it would be greatly appreciated... thank you very much...
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First thing you should do is unlock your bootloader. After that you can install twrp and flash supersu (most can be found here) Once you are rooted run sunshine. After that the sky is the limit. You will be free to flash anything and everything. I know because I've done it. If you want to convert to a developers edition there is a post here. Personally I do not use my stock recovery or system image backups to download ota's. I prefer to run an RUU and do fresh installs. Reason why is because I am constantly changing firmware and roms. A lot of roms are based on the WWE firmware.
let me know if you have any more questions
bigp951 said:
First thing you should do is unlock your bootloader. After that you can install twrp and flash supersu (most can be found here) Once you are rooted run sunshine. After that the sky is the limit. You will be free to flash anything and everything. I know because I've done it. If you want to convert to a developers edition there is a post here. Personally I do not use my stock recovery or system image backups to download ota's. I prefer to run an RUU and do fresh installs. Reason why is because I am constantly changing firmware and roms. A lot of roms are based on the WWE firmware.
let me know if you have any more questions
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Thank you very much for the tips.. Do I use the HTC Dev website to unlock the bootloader? I seen a link in the dev thread that said Unlock bootloader without HTCDev(root required), but I bet that the HTCDev way is probably the best best. which did you use? I'm not at home right now so I will begin when I get home later on tonight and if I need anything else I will post back, plus I post back to say how everything goes.. Thanks again for help, it is very much appreciated...
apaquette420 said:
Thank you very much for the tips.. Do I use the HTC Dev website to unlock the bootloader? I seen a link in the dev thread that said Unlock bootloader without HTCDev(root required), but I bet that the HTCDev way is probably the best best. which did you use? I'm not at home right now so I will begin when I get home later on tonight and if I need anything else I will post back, plus I post back to say how everything goes.. Thanks again for help, it is very much appreciated...
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I've used htcdev for all 2 out o 3 of my m9's. third one is a developer edition so it wasn't needed.
just note download mode is fastboot mode on the m9. htcdev says to boot to fastboot mode and if you do not know than you can waste hours trying to figure it out.
bigp951 said:
I've used htcdev for all 2 out o 3 of my m9's. third one is a developer edition so it wasn't needed.
just note download mode is fastboot mode on the m9. htcdev says to boot to fastboot mode and if you do not know than you can waste hours trying to figure it out.
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lol I so would have gotten caught up on that lol thanks again man!!! will post back later on...
cool..let me know if you get stuck anywhere
Ok so I got the bootloader unlocked and TWRP installed, right now I am taking a backup of the phones current state just in case. Now I just need to flash the SuperSU beta from the link you provided and then run sunshine, after that I would like to flash the latest OS for my phone, but I am not sure which version to use, I think this one is correct http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/development/firmware-red-t3097678 but I am not 100% sure, do you know if this is the correct latest version for my phone?
Also should I supercid my phone before updating the firmware by entering "fastboot oem writecid 11111111" while in download mode? because my cid is TELUS001 and I do not see that cid listed in the androidinfo.txt file that is in the firmware zip...
Thanks again for all your help...
**UPDATE** I now have S-OFF, I can't believe how smooth the whole process is now with sunshine compared to almost all of my other HTC phones, hats off to those guys for sure... Thank you very much for getting me this far!!! I appreciate it very much...
apaquette420 said:
Ok so I got the bootloader unlocked and TWRP installed, right now I am taking a backup of the phones current state just in case. Now I just need to flash the SuperSU beta from the link you provided and then run sunshine, after that I would like to flash the latest OS for my phone, but I am not sure which version to use, I think this one is correct http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/development/firmware-red-t3097678 but I am not 100% sure, do you know if this is the correct latest version for my phone?
Also should I supercid my phone before updating the firmware by entering "fastboot oem writecid 11111111" while in download mode? because my cid is TELUS001 and I do not see that cid listed in the androidinfo.txt file that is in the firmware zip...
Thanks again for all your help...
**UPDATE** I now have S-OFF, I can't believe how smooth the whole process is now with sunshine compared to almost all of my other HTC phones, hats off to those guys for sure... Thank you very much for getting me this far!!! I appreciate it very much...
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I was actually just going to tell you to type
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fastboot getvar all
while in download mode and to copy and paste that into a file a text file somewhere so you always have it. then you can supercid. I actually have never seen any firmware for your carrier. what is your mid? this is where I get all of my firmware from. I learned how to remove the red text using hex editor and I also throw in a custom splash screen before I flash.
Here is a link for your stock firmware. not sure what the most up to date is but most custom roms are using the WWE firmware anyways.
p.s. either quote me or tag me if you need a faster response. I'm not getting notifications otherwise.
bigp951 said:
I was actually just going to tell you to type
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fastboot getvar all
while in download mode and to copy and paste that into a file a text file somewhere so you always have it. then you can supercid. I actually have never seen any firmware for your carrier. what is your mid? this is where I get all of my firmware from. I learned how to remove the red text using hex editor and I also throw in a custom splash screen before I flash.
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My mid is 0PJA11000 but the one that is listed in the androidinfo.txt file of the firmware that I linked earlier is 0PJA10000, does this mean I cant use it? in all I plan to flash ViperOneM9 3.5.0 for the rom and it says it requires 2.10 but my phone is currently at 1.32
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My mid is 0PJA11000 but the one that is listed in the androidinfo.txt file of the firmware that I linked earlier is 0PJA10000, does this mean I cant use it?
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I honestly don't know if the hardware is any different but it looks like your mid is the same as the dev ed. check this one out. @clsA is very knowledgeable on the m9. I learned a lot of what I know from his posts.
Personally I have gotten so relaxed that I just change my mid and cid to whatever it is I want to flash and just go for it. But I also understand that I'm risking a brick by doing so..lol
bigp951 said:
I honestly don't know if the hardware is any different but it looks like your mid is the same as the dev ed. check this one out. @clsA is very knowledgeable on the m9. I learned a lot of what I know from his posts.
Personally I have gotten so relaxed that I just change my mid and cid to whatever it is I want to flash and just go for it. But I also understand that I'm risking a brick by doing so..lol
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took a look at the thread and it looks like all I need to do to flash 2.10 which is the international version is type fastboot oem writemid 0PJA10000 while in downloader mode because like you said and which I also confirmed in the other thread that my phone is the same as the dev ed and I should be able to switch back and forth with the same command
apaquette420 said:
took a look at the thread and it looks like all I need to do to flash 2.10 which is the international version is type fastboot oem writemid 0PJA10000 while in downloader mode because like you said and which I also confirmed in the other thread that my phone is the same as the dev ed and I should be able to switch back and forth with the same command
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If going to dev ed I have had better luck running an RUU and accepting ota's as far as the radio goes. my reception went from 2 bars to full bars doing it that way verses just flashing the newest firmware. But it is a very long and tedious process and since you just got your m9 I'm sure you want to use it already..
What rom are you thinking about flashing?
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If going to dev ed I have had better luck running an RUU and accepting ota's as far as the radio goes. my reception went from 2 bars to full bars doing it that way verses just flashing the newest firmware. But it is a very long and tedious process and since you just got your m9 I'm sure you want to use it already..
What rom are you thinking about flashing?
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I am hoping to flash ViperOneM9 3.5.0, it was the only rom I ran on my M7 and I loved it, so I'm really hoping to have it on this phone too... I just asked in the roms thread to see if anyone else there is on my same network to see how they got it working... and to be honest I don't mind waiting in order to get things done the right way the first time, know what I mean...
apaquette420 said:
I am hoping to flash ViperOneM9 3.5.0, it was the only rom I ran on my M7 and I loved it, so I'm really hoping to have it on this phone too... I just asked in the roms thread to see if anyone else there is on my same network to see how they got it working... and to be honest I don't mind waiting in order to get things done the right way the first time, know what I mean...
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Viper is one of my favorites. Was using it for months. They are good about replying too... A little too good because you get spoiled. Then when you post on other roms and nobody ever replies you realize how good those guys are..haha
check out the second line on this thread to reclaim 3 gb of data after using sunshine. I've been s-off for months and just saw this today.
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Viper is one of my favorites. Was using it for months. They are good about replying too... A little too good because you get spoiled. Then when you post on other roms and nobody ever replies you realize how good those guys are..haha
check out the second line on this thread to reclaim 3 gb of data after using sunshine. I've been s-off for months and just saw this today.
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do you know where I can find the latest international RUU? what rom are you running now?
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Ok so I got the firmware updated to the latest international version 2.10 and was able to flash the ViperOne Rom and I love it just like I did for my M7... Everything is working great, except I have the problem that you mentioned would happen, I only show 1 bar for my signal strength, could you please let me know exactly what you had to do to fix it? Also, I would just like to say thank you once more, you helped me out a great deal and you made my upgrade to the M9 an absolute cake walk, so thank you very much for everything and for explaining the proper steps to take, I appreciate it very much...

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