[Q] What does this text mean on my M9 setup - One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey all
I recently unlocked my bootloader and s-off, but when I was setting up my HTC001 M9, I noticed this Red text in the legal jargon just after the first language screen. Is this text part of the legal setup we agree to, or is it because i debranded my M9, which is a full EE UK device bought on a contract.
You do have to scroll down to see it.. youll find it.. if you go into App drawer > setup Icon... dont worry.. you can just back up and come out of setup process.
Thanks
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NightOrchid said:
Hey all
I recently unlocked my bootloader and s-off, but when I was setting up my HTC001 M9, I noticed this Red text in the legal jargon just after the first language screen. Is this text part of the legal setup we agree to, or is it because i debranded my M9, which is a full EE UK device bought on a contract.
You do have to scroll down to see it.. youll find it.. if you go into App drawer > setup Icon... dont worry.. you can just back up and come out of setup process.
Thanks
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That happens when you S-off.

jollywhitefoot said:
That happens when you S-off.
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Thats fine, thanks for the heads up, so I take S-ON would remove it

NightOrchid said:
Thats fine, thanks for the heads up, so I take S-ON would remove it
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That's correct....but why would you do that???

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I have a question about this. Is this reporting software something to be concerned about for battery life/performance/privacy/etc. reasons? Other than switching to s-on, is there any other way to get rid of it, such as installing a non-stock ROM or deleting a file or something?

It's nothing to worry about. It's fixed by going back to a stock state.
Beamed in by telepathy.

shivadow said:
It's nothing to worry about. It's fixed by going back to a stock state.
Beamed in by telepathy.
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Buddy how to revert back to stock lollipop from stock marshmallow, with s-off and unlocked bootloader??

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What is this fuss about inadvertent reversion to S-ON?

Has VZW or HTC ever issued an update or other means by which they have remotely flipped the switch back to S-On? Why is there so much concern about this posted in various threads? Am I missing something?
godhamba said:
Has VZW or HTC ever issued an update or other means by which they have remotely flipped the switch back to S-On? Why is there so much concern about this posted in various threads? Am I missing something?
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There are a few who are worried. But overall there is nothing to be afraid of.
Just whatever you do, DON'T take any OTAs!
godhamba said:
Has VZW or HTC ever issued an update or other means by which they have remotely flipped the switch back to S-On? Why is there so much concern about this posted in various threads? Am I missing something?
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Basically, it is technically possible to turn a phone S-ON with an OTA. I don't believe it has ever been done however.
Sent from my HTC One
GrayTheWolf said:
There are a few who are worried. But overall there is nothing to be afraid of.
Just whatever you do, DON'T take any OTAs!
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I was one of those worried. The only reason I had asked is because if I sent my phone in to get S-Off (which I'm pretty sure I will) and development never really takes off after that, I don't want to be stuck on 4.2.2 for the entirety of my time with this phone. I wanted to know if I COULD take that OTA at some point without bricking the phone. I was told if I changed the CID back to VZW__001, then I wouldnt brick if I did an OTA...
crazyg0od33 said:
I was one of those worried. The only reason I had asked is because if I sent my phone in to get S-Off (which I'm pretty sure I will) and development never really takes off after that, I don't want to be stuck on 4.2.2 for the entirety of my time with this phone. I wanted to know if I COULD take that OTA at some point without bricking the phone. I was told if I changed the CID back to VZW__001, then I wouldnt brick if I did an OTA...
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When 4.3 is released, a rooted version will be available within a day or two. There is literally no reason to take an OTA ever.
sent from my HTC one
m4rk0358 said:
When 4.3 is released, a rooted version will be available within a day or two. There is literally no reason to take an OTA ever.
sent from my HTC one
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That's what I figured. But better to know than not know
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
The fuss is if your phone is ever turned back to S-ON after having been S-OFF, there is a high chance that it will instantly brick itself if you have loaded unsigned firmware onto the device.
If I go S-OFF, proceed to unlock boot loader, install clockwork mid recovery and just debloat my phone or flash a ROM, I should fear bricking if S-ON is switched back on?
CNexus said:
The fuss is if your phone is ever turned back to S-ON after having been S-OFF, there is a high chance that it will instantly brick itself if you have loaded unsigned firmware onto the device.
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godhamba said:
If I go S-OFF, proceed to unlock boot loader, install clockwork mid recovery and just debloat my phone or flash a ROM, I should fear bricking if S-ON is switched back on?
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but no, no worries with a custom ROM and recovery. Only for unsigned firmware, something like a custom hboot for example.
peteschlabar said:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but no, no worries with a custom ROM and recovery. Only for unsigned firmware, something like a custom hboot for example.
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This is correct. If you flash an unsigned HBOOT and the flag goes S-ON somehow, the phone will refuse to boot because of the failed security check on the HBOOT. Besides that you're fine.

how to get the htc one m8 back to s-on

hi there,
i have searched along the internet a lot time ago and i cant find guide to: how to get back my htc one m8 from s-off to s-on.
if there is a such guide, i would be happy to use it
meido132 said:
hi there,
i have searched along the internet a lot time ago and i cant find guide to: how to get back my htc one m8 from s-off to s-on.
if there is a such guide, i would be happy to use it
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fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
exad said:
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
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that's it?
"writesecureflag 3" i need to write seprate or together?(write secure flag 3)
Nope as I wrote it.
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
exad said:
Nope as I wrote it.
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
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and what is gonna happen to the HTC? its gonna delete something(apps games etc)?
meido132 said:
and what is gonna happen to the HTC? its gonna delete something(apps games etc)?
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Nothing, all the command does is set the phone back to S-ON. You have to be 100% stock, and I mean 100%, otherwise it can possibly brick the phone
EddyOS said:
Nothing, all the command does is set the phone back to S-ON. You have to be 100% stock, and I mean 100%, otherwise it can possibly brick the phone
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what is 100% stock?
bootloader relock/lock
recovery stock
the original apps
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meido132 said:
what is 100% stock?
bootloader relock/lock
recovery stock
the original apps
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Yep, everything as when you first got the phone - original everything
Also.. why are you going S-ON? Generally not recommended to do so
@EddyOS: I know, you must hate me, I keep asking you the same questions in different threads.
Why everything stock? Isn't it enough to revert those things protected by the security flag back to stock? (e.g. radio) One can have a custom ROM, recovery and unlocked bootloader staying S-ON, the phone is fine with that, so why should it be important to revert those things to stock?
Thanks.
it is not 100% stock, it throws a security flag on the m8. even running ruu afterwards will not remove it.
EddyOS said:
...it can possibly brick the phone
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Black Antitoon said:
@EddyOS: I know, you must hate me, I keep asking you the same questions in different threads.
Why everything stock? Isn't it enough to revert those things protected by the security flag back to stock? (e.g. radio) One can have a custom ROM, recovery and unlocked bootloader staying S-ON, the phone is fine with that, so why should it be important to revert those things to stock?
Thanks.
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Don't ask me why it's just a lot of people have managed to brick their phone cause they've had a custom HBOOT (to remove the red writing), forgot it and bricked the phone
@an0ther: I'm not sure I understand what you said. You mean that even if you reset everything to stock (including s-on and the "tampered" banner) HTC will still be able to read another internal "tampered" flag? Or what else?
@EddyOS: thanks, so you are basically saying I am correct, and reverting everything to stock is a precaution to make sure nothing (like the HBOOT) has been forgotten, right?
Black Antitoon said:
@an0ther: I'm not sure I understand what you said. You mean that even if you reset everything to stock (including s-on and the "tampered" banner) HTC will still be able to read another internal "tampered" flag? Or what else?
@EddyOS: thanks, so you are basically saying I am correct, and reverting everything to stock is a precaution to make sure nothing (like the HBOOT) has been forgotten, right?
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Yes. If you're certain it's stock then go ahead. Just remember you have been warned so on your head be it
Thank you again. I will say it's your fault when I forget my HBOOT and brick my phone.
SaHiLzZ said:
Also.. why are you going S-ON? Generally not recommended to do so
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because if i want to get OTA updates, i want that everything will be stock(recovery stock,s-on,unroot)
meido132 said:
because if i want to get OTA updates, i want that everything will be stock(recovery stock,s-on,unroot)
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You don't need to be S-ON to flash an OTA, just stock with everything else (I know cause I flashed the new OTA manually the other day and it worked fine )
EddyOS said:
You don't need to be S-ON to flash an OTA, just stock with everything else (I know cause I flashed the new OTA manually the other day and it worked fine )
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where i can find the ota updates to flash them in my htc one m8? and how i can find my ruu of HTC ONE M8?
there is a new ota that size 70 mb with some improvements and i want to flash it like you said
Black Antitoon said:
@an0ther: I'm not sure I understand what you said. You mean that even if you reset everything to stock (including s-on and the "tampered" banner) HTC will still be able to read another internal "tampered" flag? Or what else?
@EddyOS: thanks, so you are basically saying I am correct, and reverting everything to stock is a precaution to make sure nothing (like the HBOOT) has been forgotten, right?
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Yes, there is no way that HTC will not know that you have messed with the phone. You don't need s-on for ota updates, in fact, if you are s-off, you don't even need to lock your boot loader. Anyways, you can just dl ota updates just as easy.
At&t 1.58.502.1
EddyOS said:
Yes. If you're certain it's stock then go ahead. Just remember you have been warned so on your head be it
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I have this version of software for AT&T, and I would like to know: If I remove tampered flag and reset to locked and S-ON and then restore using a SIGNED RUU EXE FILE for this software version, will I be ok (as in not get a security warning and look 100% stock)?

Red text on Tell HTC

Hi I'm sending in my phone for the lens cover issue and I have done everything except s-on to get the phone back to stock.
I am on stock recovery, firmware and everything else. However, I still spot this on the Tell HTC page. Please see attachment.
Anybody knows how to remove this or is this an effect of S-OFF?
Search the development thread or Google. There's a way to get rid of it.
ffforce said:
Hi I'm sending in my phone for the lens cover issue and I have done everything except s-on to get the phone back to stock.
I am on stock recovery, firmware and everything else. However, I still spot this on the Tell HTC page. Please see attachment.
Anybody knows how to remove this or is this an effect of S-OFF?
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As the phone is S-OFF it's technically a 'test' phone so that warning will appear. It's normal
EddyOS said:
As the phone is S-OFF it's technically a 'test' phone so that warning will appear. It's normal
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I see, thanks! I thought I did something wrong.

[Q] Stock for trading device in

So I have T-Mobile and I'm on the Jump program. Not that I'm wanting to trade right now but when I do.. do I need to be back on stock to trade it in?
TheStayHomeDad said:
So I have T-Mobile and I'm on the Jump program. Not that I'm wanting to trade right now but when I do.. do I need to be back on stock to trade it in?
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I'd recommend going back to stock whenever you return a device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735235
GermanGuy said:
I'd recommend going back to stock whenever you return a device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735235
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Thank you.. so I just use the RUU for TMobile and it will take care of it all?
Anything special I need to do?
TheStayHomeDad said:
Thank you.. so I just use the RUU for TMobile and it will take care of it all?
Anything special I need to do?
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That should do it for the most part.
If you unlocked the phone, you should still do these:
3. Reset the 'tamper' flag (REQUIRES S-OFF)
4. Reset the 'unlocked' flag (REQUIRES S-OFF)
GermanGuy said:
That should do it for the most part.
If you unlocked the phone, you should still do these:
3. Reset the 'tamper' flag (REQUIRES S-OFF)
4. Reset the 'unlocked' flag (REQUIRES S-OFF)
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It said it failed and now it's sitting at the black with gray HTC logo screen without exclamation points in the four corners.
TheStayHomeDad said:
It said it failed and now it's sitting at the black with gray HTC logo screen without exclamation points in the four corners.
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What are you trying to do?
GermanGuy said:
What are you trying to do?
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Restore my phone back to stock.
TheStayHomeDad said:
Restore my phone back to stock.
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Did you unlock your phone previously? S-Off?, Did you put on a different firmware? You are currently trying to run the RUU?
GermanGuy said:
Did you unlock your phone previously? S-Off?, Did you put on a different firmware? You are currently trying to run the RUU?
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The phone is unlocked, S-On and did not change the firmware unless that can occur with different roms. Yes, trying to run the RUU app and it errors out.
TheStayHomeDad said:
The phone is unlocked, S-On and did not change the firmware unless that can occur with different roms. Yes, trying to run the RUU app and it errors out.
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No, firmware does not change with ROM flashing. And since you are S-ON, your CID should match as well with your RUU. Do you see a bar on the phone? Can you get back into bootloader or recovery?
Also helps to post the error, stops us having to guess what you're seeing
I've attached the error its giving me.
Google said incorrect RUU number.
TheStayHomeDad said:
I've attached the error its giving me.
Google said incorrect RUU number.
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You do know that you will need a t-mobile RUU if you have a t-mobile Phone?
GermanGuy said:
You do know that you will need a t-mobile RUU if you have a t-mobile Phone?
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Ya, I downloaded the tmobile one from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53328916#post53328916
Figured it out using his method and not the RUU.
All good.. got ti figured out!
Thanks all!

Need to send phone in to be fixed

My camera broke on my m8 and I need to send it in to have to replaced. My phone is rooted so how do I unroot it before I send it back? I have s on is that a problem?
rtubbs85 said:
My camera broke on my m8 and I need to send it in to have to replaced. My phone is rooted so how do I unroot it before I send it back? I have s on is that a problem?
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How did it break ? Do you mean, the camera lens cover breaking, or the entire camera breaking ? There are many threads on going back to 100% stock technically. You're lucky that you have S-ON. There's no way of getting back to S-ON once you're S-OFF, apart from resetting the tamper flags. May be the below thread will help you. Can you post an image of your broken camera ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2751011
Tej XFire said:
How did it break ? Do you mean, the camera lens cover breaking, or the entire camera breaking ? There are many threads on going back to 100% stock technically. You're lucky that you have S-ON. There's no way of getting back to S-ON once you're S-OFF, apart from resetting the tamper flags. May be the below thread will help you. Can you post an image of your broken camera ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2751011
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You can go S-ON if you're S-OFF though it's not really recommended it might give a security warning flag.
Being S-ON to go back 100% to stock would not make him lucky.
He can't follow that guide as that guide needs to make changes that you can only do if you're S-OFF i.e Changing bootloader status to locked instead of re-locked.
If anything it's unfortunate that he isn't S-OFF as that would make going back to stock easier.
BerndM14 said:
You can go S-ON if you're S-OFF though it's not really recommended it might give a security warning flag.
Being S-ON to go back 100% to stock would not make him lucky.
He can't follow that guide as that guide needs to make changes that you can only do if you're S-OFF i.e Changing bootloader status to locked instead of re-locked.
If anything it's unfortunate that he isn't S-OFF as that would make going back to stock easier.
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Yeah. I wasn't sure of the link I attached. I mentioned the same while replying to the thread starter.
Tej XFire said:
Yeah. I wasn't sure of the link I attached. I mentioned the same while replying to the thread starter.
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Yeah well, lucky for us he gives us absolutely no useful information to go on, leaving us plenty of room for speculation :rolleyes
Tej XFire said:
How did it break ? Do you mean, the camera lens cover breaking, or the entire camera breaking ? There are many threads on going back to 100% stock technically. You're lucky that you have S-ON. There's no way of getting back to S-ON once you're S-OFF, apart from resetting the tamper flags. May be the below thread will help you. Can you post an image of your broken camera ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2751011
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When I open the HTC camera or google app it says can't connect to camera I didn't mean it's broken like the lens it just has a black screen. I even tried different roms and same issue
rtubbs85 said:
When I open the HTC camera or google app it says can't connect to camera I didn't mean it's broken like the lens it just has a black screen. I even tried different roms and same issue
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Too hard to guess from here. It could be either a hardware fault or a software fault. Did you try installing the stock Rom ? If it doesn't work then a repair is a must.
No I haven't tried the stock one yet is there a tread for one?
If u install the stock rom will that make me lose root?
rtubbs85 said:
If u install the stock rom will that make me lose root?
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Technically, yes. Most stock roms aren't rooted. Anyways, you can re-root the device by flashing supersu in the recovery.
Is yours an unlocked international One M8, or a carrier locked ?
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Technically, yes. Most stock roms aren't rooted. Anyways, you can re-root the device by flashing supersu in the recovery.
Is yours an unlocked international One M8, or a carrier locked ?
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It's an att version

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