Ive researched several of the guides / instructions on converting to GPE rom from Sense and read some instructions on going back to sense from GPE.
What is inconsistent to me from the research is changing the MID. Does flashing firmware or flashing a RUU change the MID for you?
When would you need to change the MID? The instructions I have found to get to GPE from Sense is to flash firmware and the ruu, or just flashing the ruu.
If i went to GPE, I would want full otas and everything. But I would also want the comfort of being able to go back to stock sense if I preferred...for whatever reason.
If I never changed my MID to get to GPE, would I have to alter it to get back to sense?
thanks...any clarification would be helpful in this toping as far as going back and forth.
joho5 said:
Does flashing firmware or flashing a RUU change the MID for you?
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No. You need to change your MID in order to RUU or flash firmware. If you have the wrong MID (for instance, don't have the GPE MID but try to flash GPE RUU) then you will fail MID check, and the RUU or firmware will not install.
The exception would be if you are using a modified RUU or firmware (you haven't been specific), where an XDA dev has added support for more MIDs. In which case, you should check the thread for the desired RUU to see what MIDs are supported (and similar for modified firmware). But if you are talking about official stock firmware or RUUs, you will need the exact MID that is intended.
And in any case, a firmware or RUU will never change your MID.
redpoint73 said:
No. You need to change your MID in order to RUU or flash firmware. If you have the wrong MID (for instance, don't have the GPE MID but try to flash GPE RUU) then you will fail MID check, and the RUU or firmware will not install.
The exception would be if you are using a modified RUU or firmware (you haven't been specific), where an XDA dev has added support for more MIDs. In which case, you should check the thread for the desired RUU to see what MIDs are supported (and similar for modified firmware). But if you are talking about official stock firmware or RUUs, you will need the exact MID that is intended.
And in any case, a firmware or RUU will never change your MID.
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If it's a modified ruu and is compatible with my mid, and I flash to gpe and have the correct cid, then can I receive ota updates? Or will I have to have correct factory mid and cid to receive the ota.
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joho5 said:
If it's a modified ruu and is compatible with my mid, and I flash to gpe and have the correct cid, then can I receive ota updates? Or will I have to have correct factory mid and cid to receive the ota.
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I assume you are talking about graffixnyc's GPE RUUs. In which case, yes you will get OTAs. As long as you have a stock ROM (can be rooted, as long as no system files modified using root permissions) stock recovery, and GPE CID and MID, you should get GPE OTA.
What MID or CID your phone came with has no bearing on the OTA you will get, once you've changed the items above. Its essentially "converted" to a GPE phone.
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I'm looking to flash the firmware update that Mike1986 has up in his thread. I bought my M8 from T-mobile and I am s-off and bootloader unlocked.
My question, do i need to mess with changing my cid or mid in order to flash the firmware.zip? I've been reading threads all day and can't find a clear answer and don't want to risk a brick.
I would really appreciate any help.Thanks!
No. Just don't flash a cdma firmware. You only need to change cid/mid to receive ota though just S-off and supercid should allow you to get ota from any carrier/international base.
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exad said:
No. Just don't flash a cdma firmware. You only need to change cid/mid to receive ota though just S-off and supercid should allow you to get ota from any carrier/international base.
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Awesome, Thanks. He warns in the first couple of lines that cids must match in order to flash it but i can't find a reference to what cid the firmware download pertains to other than it being of .401.x ruu variant (whatever that means).
donciclon said:
Awesome, Thanks. He warns in the first couple of lines that cids must match in order to flash it but i can't find a reference to what cid the firmware download pertains to other than it being of .401.x ruu variant (whatever that means).
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.401 relates to cid HTC__001 and other european versions.
Your cid and mid must match one of those listed in the android-info.txt file in the firmware zip.
If it doesn't match one of those then you can edit that text file to include your cid and change the mid to that of your mid.
Alternatively you can change your cid to supercid of 11111111 (8x1) and then flash away.
Part 2 of this guide explain how to set your cid to supercid and will also explain how to find your info using getvar.
donciclon said:
I'm looking to flash the firmware update that Mike1986 has up in his thread. I bought my M8 from T-mobile and I am s-off and bootloader unlocked.
My question, do i need to mess with changing my cid or mid in order to flash the firmware.zip? I've been reading threads all day and can't find a clear answer and don't want to risk a brick.
I would really appreciate any help.Thanks!
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Yes you absolutely need to see what cid the firmware is for. I would make your cid super "11111111" to be safe. Check mid too. Being soff will allow you to flash anything and if it doesn't match, you can hard brick. If your not soff, and try to flash incorrect cid, it will just fail.
I just did this today.
I got super CID, which is easy.
Downloaded the firmware.zip, opened it with winwar and deleted recovery.img and edited the android-info and changed the MID to the one for Tmobile. (Adds like a 13 after the b or something)
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I have flashed my t-mobile M8 to GPE stock 4.4.2 ROM and stock gpe recovery.
Can I receive the GPE 's 4.4.3 OTA and update to 4.4.3?
leon912 said:
I have flashed my t-mobile M8 to GPE stock 4.4.2 ROM and stock gpe recovery.
Can I receive the GPE 's 4.4.3 OTA and update to 4.4.3?
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Did you set your CID to the Google one? If so, it should work.
TO GET OTA UPDATES AND NOT HAVE THEM FAIL YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR CID TO MATCH THE GPE CID,
In fastboot mode type fastboot oem writecid GOOGL001.
(from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708589 )
tublah said:
Did you set your CID to the Google one? If so, it should work.
TO GET OTA UPDATES AND NOT HAVE THEM FAIL YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR CID TO MATCH THE GPE CID,
In fastboot mode type fastboot oem writecid GOOGL001.
(from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708589 )
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Thank you very much. Now I have a superCID:1111111. I will change it and have a try.
By the way, the model id is t-mobile model id. Is it necessary to change this id?
leon912 said:
Thank you very much. Now I have a superCID:1111111. I will change it and have a try.
By the way, the model id is t-mobile model id. Is it necessary to change this id?
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From what I've read, you don't need to change the MID, but it couldn't hurt to change it to the Google MID.
tublah said:
From what I've read, you don't need to change the MID, but it couldn't hurt to change it to the Google MID.
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Thank you again. I have read a post on the General M8 thread, he received the OTA push after flash the ruu on his t-mobile M8. only CID is GOOGL001. It looks the same hardware between the GPE M8 and T-mobile version.
Okay my original Cid is H3G__106 and I'm super Cid now, I downloaded htc 001 nandroid backup and changed my Cid to htc 001, as well looked for updates but the update fails in philz.
I need the newer firmware for the new viper rom. (4.4.3 base).
How can I get it?
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Okay my original Cid is H3G__106 and I'm super Cid now, I downloaded htc 001 nandroid backup and changed my Cid to htc 001, as well looked for updates but the update fails in philz.
I need the newer firmware for the new viper rom. (4.4.3 base).
How can I get it?
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OTA ZIP COLLECTION
BerndM14 said:
OTA ZIP COLLECTION
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I assume I then need to use the h3g 106 one since the htc001 didn't work. Problem is I have 401.5 and there is no update for that.
Shebee said:
I assume I then need to use the h3g 106 one since the htc001 didn't work. Problem is I have 401.5 and there is no update for that.
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Did you try to convert your device to international? MID and everything changed to International version? I'm not sure what the MID is for your device but if it's different than 0P6B10000 (International WWE) then it had to have been changed as well before you can convert to WWE version.
401.5 ? For what, 1.54.401.5 ... 2.22.401.5 ?
If you don't want to convert to International, rather go back download your backup from the collection thread and update your device to newest firmware from there.
BerndM14 said:
Did you try to convert your device to international? MID and everything changed to International version? I'm not sure what the MID is for your device but if it's different than 0P6B10000 (International WWE) then it had to have been changed as well before you can convert to WWE version.
401.5 ? For what, 1.54.401.5 ... 2.22.401.5 ?
If you don't want to convert to International, rather go back download your backup from the collection thread and update your device to newest firmware from there.
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I only changed Cid nothing else. Is there a guide on how to fully convert to international edition?
Atm I'm 1.54.401.5
Problem is the stock thread doesn't have philz recovery backup for h3g 106 1.54.401.5
Shebee said:
I only changed Cid nothing else. Is there a guide on how to fully convert to international edition?
Atm I'm 1.54.401.5
Problem is the stock thread doesn't have philz recovery backup for h3g 106 1.54.401.5
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The guides that I saw are for changing AT&T into Developer Edition or [GUIDE] S-OFF REQUIRED!! full conversion of GSM m8s to dev edition
Even though it's converting to a developer edition the philosophy behind it is the same when you change to WWE International version. Just use the correct backups, firmwares, MID and CID.
In step 1 you'll follow the thread and use the code for the HTC_Europe MID (0P6B10000).
For step 2 you'll just use HTC__001 as as the CID
Step 3 you'll grab the nandroid backup + stock recovery for the WWE International version (x.xx.401.x ) Rather use an older version like 1.54.401.5/10 and do updates from there, it'll be easier if you don't want to manually flash firmware and OTA's.
If you continue the way he has it in his guide then you'll get the firmware from the OTA collection thread(Just extract it from OTA.zip) or you can get firmware for device from mike1986's Androidrevolution.org
It's for a different device but the idea is the exact same.
BerndM14 said:
The guides that I saw are for changing AT&T into Developer Edition or [GUIDE] S-OFF REQUIRED!! full conversion of GSM m8s to dev edition
Even though it's converting to a developer edition the philosophy behind it is the same when you change to WWE International version. Just use the correct backups, firmwares, MID and CID.
In step 1 you'll follow the thread and use the code for the HTC_Europe MID (0P6B10000).
For step 2 you'll just use HTC__001 as as the CID
Step 3 you'll grab the nandroid backup + stock recovery for the WWE International version (x.xx.401.x ) Rather use an older version like 1.54.401.5/10 and do updates from there, it'll be easier if you don't want to manually flash firmware and OTA's.
If you continue the way he has it in his guide then you'll get the firmware from the OTA collection thread(Just extract it from OTA.zip) or you can get firmware for device from mike1986's Androidrevolution.org
It's for a different device but the idea is the exact same.
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Basically I just change Cid and mid, then I'm basically converted?
Shebee said:
Problem is the stock thread doesn't have philz recovery backup for h3g 106 1.54.401.5
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The BIGGEST problem is no such thing as h3g 106 1.54.401.5 in this world
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The BIGGEST problem is no such thing as h3g 106 1.54.401.5 in this world
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Umm I got H3G__106 CID and 1.54.401.5 (through venom) soo. What should I do...
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Umm I got H3G__106 CID and 1.54.401.5 (through venom) soo. What should I do...
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1.54.401.5 is old Venom ROM version no.
H3G__106 firmware is : 1.54.771.9 (for 4.2.2) and you need the updated firmware 2.22.771.5 to run Venom 4.4.3
So download the OTA 1.54.771.9 -> 2.22.771.5 thanks @houstie, open it with 7-zip, extract out the firmware.zip and flash that in RUU mode.
Then reflash Philz recovery and install latest Venom ROM ...done
Shebee said:
Basically I just change Cid and mid, then I'm basically converted?
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And placing the correct firmware/rom on it. You are S-OFF though, right? I didn't see you mention it so I'm just basically running on an assumption here?
ckpv5 said:
1.54.401.5 is old Venom ROM version no.
H3G__106 firmware is : 1.54.771.9 (for 4.2.2) and you need the updated firmware 2.22.771.5 to run Venom 4.4.3
So download the OTA 1.54.771.9 -> 2.22.771.5 thanks @houstie, open it with 7-zip, extract out the firmware.zip and flash that in RUU mode.
Then reflash Philz recovery and install latest Venom ROM ...done
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Thanks I'll try that today.
BerndM14 said:
And placing the correct firmware/rom on it. You are S-OFF though, right? I didn't see you mention it so I'm just basically running on an assumption here?
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Ye I'm soff rooted unlocked bootloader etc.
Kind of wondering why your using philz instead of TWRP
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Kind of wondering why your using philz instead of TWRP
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Why not. Twrp is not "better" than philz and vice versa.....
If you want ViperOne, you'll want to switch to TWRP. It's on the OP on their thread.
Also, the super id I use is 11111111. Try that and see if it works.
Sorry I didn't quote you Mr Hofs, but I'm not sure how to yet on tapatalk.
EDIT just figured it out. Next time
hi, i have a problem to find a recovery stock for 1.12.600.20, i need for install stock rom, mi telephone is carrier TELCEL (MEXICO), i have s-off, super cid, unlock bootloader, and i want install a europe RUU lollipop, someone could me if is necessary install to recovery stock, or some other method???
Thanks
You don't need stock recovery to run an RUU.
But you do need to change the device's CID and MID to match the RUU.
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You don't need stock recovery to run an RUU.
But you do need to change the device's CID and MID to match the RUU.
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There problem is that my MID 0P6B16000 ????
chevega92 said:
There problem is that my MID 0P6B16000 ????
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As I already stated, if you want to run the Euro RUU, you need to change your MID and your CID to the Euro CID, MID.
If either (or both) CID or MID do not match what the RUU is looking/intended for, the RUU will fail.
Looking to flash my phone to stock using an run
1. I know my phone has to match mid & Cid but does it have to match you firmware number
HTC_001
1.95.401.4
Latest ruu available is 1.80.401.1
Can I flash that?
RUU has to be 1.95.401.4 or higher unless you are s-off, then you can use any RUU