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So I was wondering how I can return my HTC Desire (CDMA) to stock. I have an OTA update that I got from my friend's desire I also have a nandroid backup of the original sense.
Is there any way to convert the OTA update so it is a flashable zip I can use on CWM?
The other thing is can anyone help me if I post the update?
d-shade said:
So I was wondering how I can return my HTC Desire (CDMA) to stock. I have an OTA update that I got from my friend's desire I also have a nandroid backup of the original sense.
Is there any way to convert the OTA update so it is a flashable zip I can use on CWM?
The other thing is can anyone help me if I post the update?
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Flash the downgrader from Alpharev (if necessary), then either use the appropriate RUU or restore your nandroid backup from recovery.
Pipusz said:
Flash the downgrader from Alpharev (if necessary), then either use the appropriate RUU or restore your nandroid backup from recovery.
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If I had an RUU that would make it simple but all I have is an OTA update. And I saw somewhere that I can't really flash an OTA update with CWM. Also restoring the nandroid from recovery would look stock but it will still have root. I am just trying to get it back to factory stock rom and recovery with no root.
Looking at the files in the OTA there is a firmware.zip that has a new hboot, recovery and radio. But I am just not sure and where to start for creating a flashable zip with the OTA.
I uploaded the OTA I have if anyone can help me create a flashable zip or just tell me what to do. http://www.4shared.com/file/0b8ls5sf/OTA_Bravo_C_S_UTSTARCOM_WWE-Ge.html
Before you do that... ask yourself what could possibly be the most important question before you take the chance of breaking your phone: "What's the point?"
d-shade said:
...return my HTC Desire (CDMA) to stock...
Is there any way to convert the OTA update so it is a flashable zip I can use on CWM?
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The request makes no sense..Flashing a rooted OTA doesnt return it to stock.
Droidzone said:
The request makes no sense..Flashing a rooted OTA doesnt return it to stock.
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I don't want to flash a rooted OTA I have an OTA that my carrier pushed out for 2.2 update. I want to create a flashable zip with the OTA that I can use in CWM to remove root and restore the phone to stock and possibly the recovery as well.
bortak said:
Before you do that... ask yourself what could possibly be the most important question before you take the chance of breaking your phone: "What's the point?"
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I am getting a new phone so I wanted to restore it back to stock.
d-shade said:
I don't want to flash a rooted OTA I have an OTA that my carrier pushed out for 2.2 update. I want to create a flashable zip with the OTA that I can use in CWM to remove root and restore the phone to stock and possibly the recovery as well.
I am getting a new phone so I wanted to restore it back to stock.
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Then that is not the way to procede..You cant flash non-rooted OTAs on CWM..Well, you can, but it will just bungle up the whole setup.. What you can do is to flash an RUU and revert it to stock, then flash the OTA with the stock recovery to get it update
Droidzone said:
Then that is not the way to procede..You cant flash non-rooted OTAs on CWM..Well, you can, but it will just bungle up the whole setup.. What you can do is to flash an RUU and revert it to stock, then flash the OTA with the stock recovery to get it update
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My carrier never distributed the RUU, which was why I was asking if there was any way to do it with the OTA. I can get my hands on a phone with a stock recovery, if there is any way to extract it from the phone using ADB
d-shade said:
My carrier never distributed the RUU, which was why I was asking if there was any way to do it with the OTA. I can get my hands on a phone with a stock recovery, if there is any way to extract it from the phone using ADB
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No. That's impossible.. Well there was a way, if you'd thought about it earlier...to create a backup after a revolutionary S-off, then do whatever you want with the phone..and then finally when you wanted to restore, you could have restored the unrooted backup, then stock recovery and then finally Stock Hboot in that order... But now, there will no way other than to use an RUU of another carrier.
Droidzone said:
No. That's impossible.. Well there was a way, if you'd thought about it earlier...to create a backup after a revolutionary S-off, then do whatever you want with the phone..and then finally when you wanted to restore, you could have restored the unrooted backup, then stock recovery and then finally Stock Hboot in that order... But now, there will no way other than to use an RUU of another carrier.
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Well I do have a unrooted backup but the only recovery that I have is the one in the OTA. Would it be possible to install that recovery and still be able to do an update using the OTA file?
Best course of action would be to restore your backup, followed by the following in order:
Prerequisites: S-off, Goldcard, An RUU confirmed to work with your device (Any region/WWE).
Steps:
Restore your backup with CWM. Ensure that it boots.
Extract recovery.img from the stock RUU (which should be working on your device normally)
In fastboot mode, and after going to the dir containing fastboot.exe (from sdk):
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-recovery
Ensure that recovery works.
Then, using the hboot.img from the RUU,
Code:
fastboot flash hboot hboot.img
(the hboot extension may not be .img in the zip. Probably it's .nb0. Rename it)
Dont use OTA files at any point. You can update with it after successfully returning to stock with your backup.
Flashing hboot should be the last thing you do..Once the stock hboot makes you S-on, fastboot commands become inaccessible to you.
Thanks for the info, I think I am finally on track now. I was able to restore back to stock sense and was finally able to fix my mms issues(ro.cid problems after using unrevoked). Now I just need to figure out which ruu to take the recovery and hboot from.
I did find the alltel bravo_c ruu on shipped-roms.com hopfully that will work. Is there any sure way to know if the recovery will work or not on my phone?
I am with GCI its a local carrier in Alaska. I remember from my hero that alltel and my carrier had some similarities, along with cellsouth
Edit:
I just finished downloading the Alltel RUU and the HBOOT looks to be the same version. Also the Radio listed in the file name is the same as I currently have.
So I guess it is pretty safe to say that this recovery and hboot will work with my phone right?
The only sure way is to flash it. However make sure that the RUU is relatively new and has a version number greater than 1.2 and that you flash GSM one if you're on GSM, and CDMA if it's a CDMA phone.
bravoc=CDMA
bravo=GSM
Dont mix these...otherwise you'll end up with a black screen and a panic attack
There's another method to find if RUU is compatible, which is to open the zip and read the text file inside..See my Desire Unbricking guide and Goldcard FAQ link
Well I got it all back to stock, I still have s-off but everything else is stock and the latest FW my carrier pushed out.
I was having a problem using fastboot to flash the recovery so I just made a PB99IMG.zip to flash the recovery then everything else(hboot radio) everything is working fine thanks for all the help!
Hi I have a htc one.m8 rooted with htc dev and.twrp and I have a over.the air.update and no way of installing it at the moment. How does one go about doing.this update when.rooted or do I have to unroot to do the update? Thanks
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
MAhtc said:
Hi I have a htc one.m8 rooted with htc dev and.twrp and I have a over.the air.update and no way of installing it at the moment. How does one go about doing.this update when.rooted or do I have to unroot to do the update? Thanks
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
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I assume, that a HTC-Stock ROM is installed on your htc one m8. NO Custom ROM and NO Custom HBoot! <- IMPORTANT
Root doesn't matter for an OTA Update.
But you have to flash the Stock Recovery that matches with your ROM Base and Relock the Bootloader.
First you must Backup your device including Internal Storage, because of the Factory Reset that happen when you Unlock the Bootloader again!
You can find here a collection of Stock Recovery
COLLECTION of Stock backup's by Mr Hofs
And you shut use this Toolkit to Relock the Bootloader and to Unlock it again after the OTA.
All-In-One Toolkit V2.0 by Hasoon2000
Menu -> Commands->Relock Bootloader. You have to be in fastboot USB Mode first, to do that.
After that you can receive and install a OTA for HTC.
READ EVERYTHING VERY CAREFULLY IN EVERY THREAD!
Since your device is Unlocked and S-OFF you can brick it with a wrong move!
You can find almost everything on this Forum, try to use Search next time.
Regards, Toni
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I've forgotten to mention that you must be on the right CID!
Or supercid 11111111
exad said:
Or supercid 11111111
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As far as I know, you can't receive a OTA Update with Super CID 111111.
It won't flash, because of the "android-info" in the OTA Update File.
The "android-Info" contains the CID that can receive the OTA, otherwise it won't flash. to avoid that the device receives a wrong OTA.
You must set it to the original Provider CID that matches with your Stock ROM.
In your case, I think:
modelid: 0P6B16000
cidnum: TELUS001
just install a custom rom...
Toni10 said:
As far as I know, you can't receive a OTA Update with Super CID 111111.
It won't flash, because of the "android-info" in the OTA Update File.
The "android-Info" contains the CID that can receive the OTA, otherwise it won't flash. to avoid that the device receives a wrong OTA.
You must set it to the original Provider CID that matches with your Stock ROM.
In your case, I think:
modelid: 0P6B16000
cidnum: TELUS001
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Incorrect, SuperCID bypasses all CID checks. I was pretty sure already as this was the case on my OneXL, but for the sake of giving the correct information, I just restored a Rogers TWRP backup, flashed rogers stock recovery extracted from the rogers OTA, changed my CID to 11111111 and ran the OTA from stock recovery. As per my sig, I am not even using a rogers phone.
Ran just fine.
Does rooting and s-off affect performance at all on the m8?
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using xda app-developers app
No. Just gives you the opportunity to tweak it more to your needs.
Toni10 said:
I assume, that a HTC-Stock ROM is installed on your htc one m8. NO Custom ROM and NO Custom HBoot! <- IMPORTANT
Root doesn't matter for an OTA Update.
But you have to flash the Stock Recovery that matches with your ROM Base and Relock the Bootloader.
First you must Backup your device including Internal Storage, because of the Factory Reset that happen when you Unlock the Bootloader again!
You can find here a collection of Stock Recovery
[url] COLLECTION of Stock backup's by Mr Hofs[/URL]
And you shut use this Toolkit to Relock the Bootloader and to Unlock it again after the OTA.
All-In-One Toolkit V2.0 by Hasoon2000
Menu -> Commands->Relock Bootloader. You have to be in fastboot USB Mode first, to do that.
After that you can receive and install a OTA for HTC.
READ EVERYTHING VERY CAREFULLY IN EVERY THREAD!
Since your device is Unlocked and S-OFF you can brick it with a wrong move!
You can find almost everything on this Forum, try to use Search next time.
Regards, Toni
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I've forgotten to mention that you must be on the right CID!
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the link for stock recovery doesn't work
Toni10 said:
As far as I know, you can't receive a OTA Update with Super CID 111111.
It won't flash, because of the "android-info" in the OTA Update File.
The "android-Info" contains the CID that can receive the OTA, otherwise it won't flash. to avoid that the device receives a wrong OTA.
You must set it to the original Provider CID that matches with your Stock ROM.
In your case, I think:
modelid: 0P6B16000
cidnum: TELUS001
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I have a SaskTel htc one m8
MAhtc said:
Hi I have a htc one.m8 rooted with htc dev and.twrp and I have a over.the air.update and no way of installing it at the moment. How does one go about doing.this update when.rooted or do I have to unroot to do the update? Thanks
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
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on another note I am new to this whole root thing and was wondering about going back to stock or at least a step by step way to get the ota update on my rooted m8. I can't seem to find it on the forum, I very well could be blind lol so I apologize
thank you
What you need to do an OTA:
Stock Recovery
Stock Rom
Stock CID or SuperCID
Can I keep root!?!? Yes, you can!
As it stands there is no RUU (Rom Update Utility) to easily return to stock SO If one does not have the stock rom installed, one must restore a stock nandroid and manually flash stock recovery/
Stock Rom Nandroid backups and Recoveries courtesy of Mr Hofs
This collection assumes you know your CID. If you don't know it, check it! Boot to fastboot then use the command: fastboot oem readcid
What can you do if you don't have your nandroid and it isn't listed there? You can request someone from the same carrier with a stock nandroid upload theirs within that thread.
Once you have the nandroid, it's simply a matter of putting the nandroid in the appropriate folder for your custom recovery, booting to said recovery and restoring the nandroid.
Where nandroids should be placed:
TWRP: \sdcard\TWRP\backups\
Philz Touch: \sdcard\clockworkmod\backups\
Once you have the nandroid restored, you will need to flash stock recovery. If you know the stock recovery version you should be using, you can download them on that same thread. It is also possible to extract the recovery from the OTA zip file should you have access to it. (You can use the stock rom you restored to download the OTA then extract it and the firmware.zip file within and then flash the recovery.img)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then you can boot to stock recovery and flash the OTA.zip
Boot to bootloader
Select Recovery
You'll get a picture on your screen
Press and hold volume up and then press power
You will be presented with a menu
Select apply update from internal storage and then select the OTA Zip file in the downloads folder.
All done.
exad said:
Incorrect, SuperCID bypasses all CID checks. I was pretty sure already as this was the case on my OneXL, but for the sake of giving the correct information, I just restored a Rogers TWRP backup, flashed rogers stock recovery extracted from the rogers OTA, changed my CID to 11111111 and ran the OTA from stock recovery. As per my sig, I am not even using a rogers phone.
Ran just fine.
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I never tried it with Super CID, to install an OTA.
In the most Tutorials that I've found it was recommended to set the original CID.
But good to Know that it works.
At least it's safer to set the original CID, in that case.
MAhtc said:
the link for stock recovery doesn't work
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Sorry, the Link is working now.
That is a HTC CID List at xda.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2445289
EDIT: Nevermind, I followed the guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708581 to change my MID to the European one,
reflahed the OTA.zip in stock recovery and all good now!
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I am on SuperCID and flashed everything to 1.54.401.5.
Everything stock.
I tried flashing the OTA.zip from stock recovery but I get an error
"assert failed: check_mid("full", "0P6B100000" == "t".
I have the Asia 2.5GHZ version and the MID is "0P6B11000" but wanted to run full EU WWE and get the updates there.
Does the stock recovery check for ModelID as well?
Is there something I can do, like change my model ID? Can you please point me to a link on how to do it? Thanks.
exad said:
What you need to do an OTA:
Stock Recovery
Stock Rom
Stock CID or SuperCID
Can I keep root!?!? Yes, you can!
As it stands there is no RUU (Rom Update Utility) to easily return to stock SO If one does not have the stock rom installed, one must restore a stock nandroid and manually flash stock recovery/
Stock Rom Nandroid backups and Recoveries courtesy of Mr Hofs
This collection assumes you know your CID. If you don't know it, check it! Boot to fastboot then use the command: fastboot oem readcid
What can you do if you don't have your nandroid and it isn't listed there? You can request someone from the same carrier with a stock nandroid upload theirs within that thread.
Once you have the nandroid, it's simply a matter of putting the nandroid in the appropriate folder for your custom recovery, booting to said recovery and restoring the nandroid.
Where nandroids should be placed:
TWRP: \sdcard\TWRP\backups\
Philz Touch: \sdcard\clockworkmod\backups\
Once you have the nandroid restored, you will need to flash stock recovery. If you know the stock recovery version you should be using, you can download them on that same thread. It is also possible to extract the recovery from the OTA zip file should you have access to it. (You can use the stock rom you restored to download the OTA then extract it and the firmware.zip file within and then flash the recovery.img)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then you can boot to stock recovery and flash the OTA.zip
Boot to bootloader
Select Recovery
You'll get a picture on your screen
Press and hold volume up and then press power
You will be presented with a menu
Select apply update from internal storage and then select the OTA Zip file in the downloads folder.
All done.
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Firstly you don't need to relock the bootloder to flash an ota.
From what I can see from looking at the updater script in the ota it checks CID and MID. The CID and MID for various models seem to be listed in the updater script. If yours isn't there then it it will fail.
From what I can see it doesnt seem like a particular CID or MID is required, just one listed in the updater script.
Not sure if you can modify an updater script in a signed ota and it still work or not.
Toni10 said:
As far as I know, you can't receive a OTA Update with Super CID 111111.
It won't flash, because of the "android-info" in the OTA Update File.
The "android-Info" contains the CID that can receive the OTA, otherwise it won't flash. to avoid that the device receives a wrong OTA.
You must set it to the original Provider CID that matches with your Stock ROM.
In your case, I think:
modelid: 0P6B16000
cidnum: TELUS001
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I left mine on Super CID and was able to flash the OTA. I've also read reports of others who have been able to flash the OTA after only going back to the stock recovery, however I went through the process of relocking my bootloader and insuring all "bloat" apps were restored (this was on an AT&T variant though).
Well tired doing this again but it fails, umm says cid unknown in the recovery screen when try I to flash the ota, tired changing my cid to original and to supercid, still same.thing, don't know what I am doing wrong
I also tried going back to stock and running the update but says it Won't install since it thinks the phone is rooted
exad said:
What you need to do an OTA:
Stock Recovery
Stock Rom
Stock CID or SuperCID
Can I keep root!?!? Yes, you can!
As it stands there is no RUU (Rom Update Utility) to easily return to stock SO If one does not have the stock rom installed, one must restore a stock nandroid and manually flash stock recovery/
Stock Rom Nandroid backups and Recoveries courtesy of Mr Hofs
This collection assumes you know your CID. If you don't know it, check it! Boot to fastboot then use the command: fastboot oem readcid
What can you do if you don't have your nandroid and it isn't listed there? You can request someone from the same carrier with a stock nandroid upload theirs within that thread.
Once you have the nandroid, it's simply a matter of putting the nandroid in the appropriate folder for your custom recovery, booting to said recovery and restoring the nandroid.
Where nandroids should be placed:
TWRP: \sdcard\TWRP\backups\
Philz Touch: \sdcard\clockworkmod\backups\
Once you have the nandroid restored, you will need to flash stock recovery. If you know the stock recovery version you should be using, you can download them on that same thread. It is also possible to extract the recovery from the OTA zip file should you have access to it. (You can use the stock rom you restored to download the OTA then extract it and the firmware.zip file within and then flash the recovery.img)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then you can boot to stock recovery and flash the OTA.zip
Boot to bootloader
Select Recovery
You'll get a picture on your screen
Press and hold volume up and then press power
You will be presented with a menu
Select apply update from internal storage and then select the OTA Zip file in the downloads folder.
All done.
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So I cannot flash ota, lost s-off and would like to go back to stock for now, and tried flashing several ways to get stock software back but nothing is working
exad said:
Incorrect, SuperCID bypasses all CID checks. I was pretty sure already as this was the case on my OneXL, but for the sake of giving the correct information, I just restored a Rogers TWRP backup, flashed rogers stock recovery extracted from the rogers OTA, changed my CID to 11111111 and ran the OTA from stock recovery. As per my sig, I am not even using a rogers phone.
Ran just fine.
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Really? This is terrific info. Not that I care to do any type of OTA, (why bother? It'll be on XDA in a couple of minutes lol) but it is something to remember. I didn't realize the Super CID was that expansive. I did realize that it allowed you to use your phone on any carrier though, so I probably should have picked up on that.
Just a quick question that I'm sure I know the answer to but want to double check first.
I want to return to stock firmware for OTA updates but im on ARHD 5.0 (4.4.2).
ROM version 1.54.401.5
My hboot in bootloader says HBOOT-3.16.0.000 and Radio 1.15.2133156.UA13G.
I've seen 2 guides on here for returning to stock. Can i use wither of them or is one better than the other? I dont have any nandroid or recovery backups that I did myself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735235
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Thanks
Anyone?
The1nonly1 said:
Anyone?
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What was your original software version? Doesn't help going on ARHD's ROM version if you previously ran a Rogers Canadian version for example.
What was your CID? Software version prior to custom ROM?
More details then we can provide better help as well.
BerndM14 said:
What was your original software version? Doesn't help going on ARHD's ROM version if you previously ran a Rogers Canadian version for example.
What was your CID? Software version prior to custom ROM?
More details then we can provide better help as well.
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The original version would have been 4.4.2 as i bought it in June and installed ARHD pretty much straight away.
The CID is HTC_001
I havent installed any new kernals either.
The1nonly1 said:
The original version would have been 4.4.2 as i bought it in June and installed ARHD pretty much straight away.
The CID is HTC_001
I havent installed any new kernals either.
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Ok when I said version I meant 1.54.xxx.x etc but it's fine, HTC__001 would make it 1.54.401.5/10.
So go to the Collection thread(you posted link yourself in OP) and download the backup for the HTC__001 1.54.401.10. Restore the backup, flash back stock recovery(also available on that thread) and you're good for OTA.
Flash back stock recovery -
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
But you can also get the details on how to flash and where to unpack the backup .zip file you'll download in the first 2 posts of the collection thread. :good:
BerndM14 said:
Ok when I said version I meant 1.54.xxx.x etc but it's fine, HTC__001 would make it 1.54.401.5/10.
So go to the Collection thread(you posted link yourself in OP) and download the backup for the HTC__001 1.54.401.10. Restore the backup, flash back stock recovery(also available on that thread) and you're good for OTA.
Flash back stock recovery -
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
But you can also get the details on how to flash and where to unpack the backup .zip file you'll download in the first 2 posts of the collection thread. :good:
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Sorry yes i was originally on 1.54.401.5 but then did an OTA to 1.154.401.10 before installing ARHD. Can I just flash the nandroid for 1.154.401.10 then and it will work?
Will I still be rooted If i restore the nandroid and stock recovery or will that depend if the uploader rooted it first? as i want root and keep unlocked bootloader but want stock firmware with OTA updates.
The1nonly1 said:
Sorry yes i was originally on 1.54.401.5 but then did an OTA to 1.154.401.10 before installing ARHD. Can I just flash the nandroid for 1.154.401.10 then and it will work?
Will I still be rooted If i restore the nandroid and stock recovery or will that depend if the uploader rooted it first? as i want root and keep unlocked bootloader but want stock firmware with OTA updates.
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In general the nandroid backups aren't rooted, as they try to recover the original stock ROM. Thus you will loose root be going back to stock. I would do the following:
restore nandroid 1.54.401.10
flash 1.54.401.10 stock recovery
perform ota to 2.22.401.5
flash custom recovery (e.g. TWRP)
flash SuperSu zip
Following that way, you'll get your M8 updated to latest stock ROM and regain root.
Regards
Yoda
Thanks that's perfect
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app
HTCNerdYoda said:
In general the nandroid backups aren't rooted, as they try to recover the original stock ROM. Thus you will loose root be going back to stock. I would do the following:
restore nandroid 1.54.401.10
flash 1.54.401.10 stock recovery
perform ota to 2.22.401.5
flash custom recovery (e.g. TWRP)
flash SuperSu zip
Following that way, you'll get your M8 updated to latest stock ROM and regain root.
Regards
Yoda
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I've tried it that way a few times and am unable to get the update. It says that the phone is current on 4.4.2. Is there another way?
marscook said:
I've tried it that way a few times and am unable to get the update. It says that the phone is current on 4.4.2. Is there another way?
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Sorry mate,
have been on vacation for a few days.
Did you try to perform the OTA before or after reflashing the custom recovery?
To install CM12 on my One M8 it tells me that my hboot version is too old.
My current version is 3.16 and I need 3.18 or 3.19 any ideas on how I do that since i didn't find anything myself.
spitcuba said:
To install CM12 on my One M8 it tells me that my hboot version is too old.
My current version is 3.16 and I need 3.18 or 3.19 any ideas on how I do that since i didn't find anything myself.
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your hboot is old you must be on a custom rom for a long time. Am I correct?
are you on s-off ?
Yes I have since I got the phone about half a year ago and I'm in s-on.
spitcuba said:
Yes I have since I got the phone about half a year ago and I'm in s-on.
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I am also very interested to find the solution.
CM10 and 11 were running for month. S-ON.
spitcuba said:
To install CM12 on my One M8 it tells me that my hboot version is too old.
My current version is 3.16 and I need 3.18 or 3.19 any ideas on how I do that since i didn't find anything myself.
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Since you are S-On you will have to go back to stock to take the OTAs to update your firmware (contains hboot). That means stock recovery and ROM, plus an unmodified system partition.
If you were to go S-Off, you could update the firmware manually.
Can you tell me if I need to be S-Off in order to flash back to stock because I don't really understand it in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
@xunholyx
Thanks for reply, but how should it be possible to flash manually the rom with S-ON when I receive the message the I have to update hboot?
Is it possible to download the hboot as a .img?
thomaso said:
@xunholyx
Thanks for reply, but how should it be possible to flash manually the rom with S-ON when I receive the message the I have to update hboot?
Is it possible to download the hboot as a .img?
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No you need to RESTORE a stock backup nandroid and fastboot flash the stock HTC recovery and then install the available ota's which will be notified inside the running OS
Mr Hofs said:
No you need to RESTORE a stock backup nandroid and fastboot flash the stock HTC recovery and then install the available ota's which will be notified inside the running OS
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Thanks, but now I am gone.
Can you give me please a hint where I can find an instrucition for Restore of stock backup nandroid.
It is not clear for me what to do.
thomaso said:
Thanks, but now I am gone.
Can you give me please a hint where I can find an instrucition for Restore of stock backup nandroid.
It is not clear for me what to do.
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As the link already been provided here.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Read it carefully....all of it (the 3 first posts)
spitcuba said:
Can you tell me if I need to be S-Off in order to flash back to stock because I don't really understand it in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
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thomaso said:
@xunholyx
Thanks for reply, but how should it be possible to flash manually the rom with S-ON when I receive the message the I have to update hboot?
Is it possible to download the hboot as a .img?
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You don't need to be S-Off to flash the backups. You just need the ones that match your CID and firmware/hboot.
You can find the 3.19 hboot .img files to flash with a simple google search (I just tried). Make sure that is the proper one for your model, and please realize that the hboot is a critical part of your phone and any corruption will brick your device.
xunholyx said:
Since you are S-On you will have to go back to stock to take the OTAs to update your firmware (contains hboot). That means stock recovery and ROM, plus an unmodified system partition.
If you were to go S-Off, you could update the firmware manually.
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I'mS-off...could you please tell me how to update my firmware manually. My bootloader version is 3.16.0
steera said:
I'mS-off...could you please tell me how to update my firmware manually. My bootloader version is 3.16.0
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Excellent guide, with downloads for many firmware versions (you didn't give any details about your phone) below. I personally always use Method #2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/progress-fuu-m8-t2813792
steera said:
I'mS-off...could you please tell me how to update my firmware manually. My bootloader version is 3.16.0
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Hasn't been updated since it was rooted I see. And that was two years ago. That's a long time.
Hook up to your PC, get into ADB/fastboot, and enter the command fastboot getvar all. Remove your IMEI and serial# first (and MEID if you have one) because that is private info that you should never share on a public forum.
With the information from the getvar, I will be able to direct you on the proper firmware download.
Telling me the hboot version doesn't tell me enough to link you up. It does let me know however, that instructions on how to update aren't enough. You need direction on how to find the firmware for your particular model of M8.
I'll also give you instructions on how to flash the firmware.
You could also go to this thread instead, and learn on your own. It's all in the first couple of posts. It's very informative.
Of course you can post back here after if you have any questions about the process
Hi Folks,
Well, I'm S-OFF and running ViperROM with 2.10.401.1 firmware (from sneakyghost thread) and TWRP Recovery on an international device with unlocked bootloader and SuperCID.
Now I want to play again with a full fresh and clean stock experience. How to accomplish this?
The easiest way would be to run a 2.10.401.1 RUU exe, but I couldn't find one. I guess it's not available and maybe never will be.
So, after reading threads I would assume the way I have to go is to run an 1.32 RUU exe and then I should get the 2.10 OTA
Is that right or do I have to relock the bootloader to get stock OTAs ? (Cos of S-OFF)
Hope you could help me out on that one and point me in the right direction.
Thx
You have to be 100% stock to get OTAs successfully. Since you're s-off, just running an earlier RUU exe should do it, but you may need to relock.
Under no circumstances should you go back to s-on.
DroidShift79 said:
Hi Folks,
Well, I'm S-OFF and running ViperROM with 2.10.401.1 firmware (from sneakyghost thread) and TWRP Recovery on an international device with unlocked bootloader and SuperCID.
Now I want to play again with a full fresh and clean stock experience. How to accomplish this?
The easiest way would be to run a 2.10.401.1 RUU exe, but I couldn't find one. I guess it's not available and maybe never will be.
So, after reading threads I would assume the way I have to go is to run an 1.32 RUU exe and then I should get the 2.10 OTA
Is that right or do I have to relock the bootloader to get stock OTAs ? (Cos of S-OFF)
Hope you could help me out on that one and point me in the right direction.
Thx
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Hi
Did you check this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/development/firmware-t3068243
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Hi
Did you check this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/development/firmware-t3068243
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Yes, did that. But the full ZIP that is there doesn't touch the /system partition, so it's not the clean way I want to go.
THX anyway.
DroidShift79 said:
Yes, did that. But the full ZIP that is there doesn't touch the /system partition, so it's not the clean way I want to go.
THX anyway.
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Hi
I see....guess the only way for now is as you point out earlier RUU and upgrade from there.
good luck
MAX 404 said:
Hi
I see....guess the only way for now is as you point out earlier RUU and upgrade from there.
good luck
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Thought of this,
just not sure if I need to relock bootloader to get official otas
DroidShift79 said:
Thought of this,
just not sure if I need to relock bootloader to get official otas
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If you're S-OFF you don't need to relock to get OTAs. I converted my carrier handset to unbranded and received OTA updates after flashing a RUU without relocking.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk
THX kingvortex. I just do it and report back.
Thanks all of you.
DroidShift79 said:
Thought of this,
just not sure if I need to relock bootloader to get official otas
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kingvortex said:
If you're S-OFF you don't need to relock to get OTAs. I converted my carrier handset to unbranded and received OTA updates after flashing a RUU without relocking.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk
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hi mates
I do not think S-OFF , S-ON or locked bootloaders are much of an issue to get OTA, check points 8, 9 and 10 from this thread
EDIT : kingvortex you are right oem locked is necessary with s-on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...ery-twrp-touch-recovery-t3066720/post59745198
8. How do I restore stock system so that I can accept an OTA?
Check the "Mount system as read-only" box in the Mount menu.
Restore stock "System Image" backup (This will only work if you've made a System Image backup prior to making any modifications to /system like root it). As of the official 2.8.6.1 version, it is no longer necessary to fastboot flash the stock system image.
NOTE: If you made a stock system backup with one of the Beta TWRP versions, you will have to rename the backup file in the backup folder manually from "system.emmc.win" to "system_image.emmc.win" for the new official TWRP to see it as a "System Image" backup rather than a "System" backup. Otherwise, you'll get an error that the backup can't be restored because system is read-only.
Fastboot flash stock recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery_signed.img)
NOTE: It is also possible to restore stock recovery via the TWRP GUI. Rename the stock recovery file to "recovery.emmc.win" and place in the backup folder with the stock system image. Recovery will then show as a restore option. MAKE SURE YOU REALLY WANT TO DO THIS, AS TWRP WILL BE GONE WHEN YOU REBOOT OUT OF RECOVERY!!
Reboot to system, install OTA.
9. What if I have an RUU? Do I need to worry about all this OTA nonsense?
Not if you don't care about losing all your data. If you're S-ON and have an RUU available for your exact variant (model ID and CID must match) and software number (main version must be the same or newer), then you can get back to a fully stock state by relocking (fastboot oem lock) and flashing an RUU. However, if you'd prefer to take an OTA to keep your data intact, the method stated above is how to do so. Or, you can just run a custom ROM and wait for your ROM chef to update their ROM to the latest software (though you'll still have to find a way to update your firmware if you're not S-OFF)
10. After I go through all this and successfully apply an OTA, how do I make sure I have a clean starting point again?
After the OTA is applied and TWRP is flashed, it will once again detect an untouched system, which will mount system read-only and allow you to make a fully stock backup and start the process over again, this time with the new base.
Well, what I did so far, was to use the 1.32.401.17 ruu.exe
Flash went fine, but no OTA did show up.
So I wanted to flash the 1.32.401.8 ruu zip.
But putting it on sdcard or using fastboot flash zip failed.
Wonder why!?
Later on I'll try Max 404 find.
MAX 404 said:
hi mates
I do not think S-OFF , S-ON or locked bootloaders are much of an issue to get OTA, check points 8, 9 and 10 from this thread
EDIT : kingvortex you are right oem locked is necessary with s-on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...ery-twrp-touch-recovery-t3066720/post59745198
8. How do I restore stock system so that I can accept an OTA?
Check the "Mount system as read-only" box in the Mount menu.
Restore stock "System Image" backup (This will only work if you've made a System Image backup prior to making any modifications to /system like root it). As of the official 2.8.6.1 version, it is no longer necessary to fastboot flash the stock system image.
NOTE: If you made a stock system backup with one of the Beta TWRP versions, you will have to rename the backup file in the backup folder manually from "system.emmc.win" to "system_image.emmc.win" for the new official TWRP to see it as a "System Image" backup rather than a "System" backup. Otherwise, you'll get an error that the backup can't be restored because system is read-only.
Fastboot flash stock recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery_signed.img)
NOTE: It is also possible to restore stock recovery via the TWRP GUI. Rename the stock recovery file to "recovery.emmc.win" and place in the backup folder with the stock system image. Recovery will then show as a restore option. MAKE SURE YOU REALLY WANT TO DO THIS, AS TWRP WILL BE GONE WHEN YOU REBOOT OUT OF RECOVERY!!
Reboot to system, install OTA.
9. What if I have an RUU? Do I need to worry about all this OTA nonsense?
Not if you don't care about losing all your data. If you're S-ON and have an RUU available for your exact variant (model ID and CID must match) and software number (main version must be the same or newer), then you can get back to a fully stock state by relocking (fastboot oem lock) and flashing an RUU. However, if you'd prefer to take an OTA to keep your data intact, the method stated above is how to do so. Or, you can just run a custom ROM and wait for your ROM chef to update their ROM to the latest software (though you'll still have to find a way to update your firmware if you're not S-OFF)
10. After I go through all this and successfully apply an OTA, how do I make sure I have a clean starting point again?
After the OTA is applied and TWRP is flashed, it will once again detect an untouched system, which will mount system read-only and allow you to make a fully stock backup and start the process over again, this time with the new base.
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