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[Q] Updating my HTC One M8

Hey guys,
I've been searching but couldn't find anything that really helps with my problem. I bought an HTC One M8 last year, it was supposed to be unlocked from factory but when it arrived it turned out it was an unlocked AT&T model. Anyways so I tried to root the phone but it was already rooted and running a TWRP (I don't know how this happened as the phone was sealed when I got it) I have no problem with this but as the phone is rooted and doesn't have the stock recovery I can't get any OTA and I'm still in 4.4.2. I was wondering if any of you guys could help me update my device to stock 5.0.1 without flashing a custom ROM.
Thanks

rj.camargo said:
I've been searching but couldn't find anything that really helps with my problem. I bought an HTC One M8 last year, it was supposed to be unlocked from factory but when it arrived it turned out it was an unlocked AT&T model. Anyways so I tried to root the phone but it was already rooted and running a TWRP (I don't know how this happened as the phone was sealed when I got it) I have no problem with this but as the phone is rooted and doesn't have the stock recovery I can't get any OTA and I'm still in 4.4.2. I was wondering if any of you guys could help me update my device to stock 5.0.1 without flashing a custom ROM.
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First off, there is no stock 5.0.1 for the AT&T version yet. There isn't even a 4.4.4 released yes (although it might be anytime soon).
Further, you aren't going to receive any OTAs since you aren't connected to the AT&T network. Some folks not specifically familiar with AT&T will disagree, saying the OTAs will come over WiFi even if not connected to the specific carrier. But AT&T is pretty unique in this regard (well, maybe other carriers in the US do it too, but not WWE versions).
You can download an official RUU to upgrade to 4.4.3. Then wait for RUUs to be posted for 4.4.4 and/or 5.0.1. That is all you can do at this time without s-off. With s-off, you can convert to any version you want, and get official OTAs that way (such as convert to WWE version), or run the US Developer's Edition 5.0 RUU.

redpoint73 said:
First off, there is no stock 5.0.1 for the AT&T version yet. There isn't even a 4.4.4 released yes (although it might be anytime soon).
Further, you aren't going to receive any OTAs since you aren't connected to the AT&T network. Some folks not specifically familiar with AT&T will disagree, saying the OTAs will come over WiFi even if not connected to the specific carrier. But AT&T is pretty unique in this regard (well, maybe other carriers in the US do it too, but not WWE versions).
You can download an official RUU to upgrade to 4.4.3. Then wait for RUUs to be posted for 4.4.4 and/or 5.0.1. That is all you can do at this time without s-off. With s-off, you can convert to any version you want, and get official OTAs that way (such as convert to WWE version), or run the US Developer's Edition 5.0 RUU.
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Excuse me but what is WWE exactly? Ok so my two options are use sunshine to make my htc s-off and convert to another version or flash a custom rom with 5.0.1?
Thanks for your help.

rj.camargo said:
Excuse me but what is WWE exactly?
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World Wide English. Which doesn't really say much. Its the "international" version sold in Europe and other places.
rj.camargo said:
Ok so my two options are use sunshine to make my htc s-off and convert to another version or flash a custom rom with 5.0.1?
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Nope, your second option won't work. You need firmware on your phone that is compatible with 5.0.1, otherwise WiFi will be broken, and.or extreme long boot times (>10 minutes). And the only way to update your firmware is with s-off (until AT&T releases more updates).
So really, if you want to update now, your only option is s-off.

Ok dude, thanks for your help. I guess I'll have to s-off

rj.camargo said:
Ok dude, thanks for your help. I guess I'll have to s-off
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If you want to update now, that is what I suggest. I don't see LP coming to AT&T for another month at least, and it might be even longer than that (months). We're still waiting for 4.4.4.
Be sure to check bootloader and confirm if its s-on or s-off (says one or the other near the top of the hboot screen). Since it was already rooted and bootloader unlocked, who knows, you might have lucked out and gotten a phone that is already s-off as well.

Yeah and like you said if I'm not connected to the AT&T network I might never get the update so it is the only option. BTW I checked and it's S-On =(
Thanks for your help.

Questions regarding factory unlocked AT&T HTC one m8

I bought a refurbished, factory unlocked HTC one m8 off eBay in February. I just got my hands on it last week. I live in India.
I have some experience with rooting the phone and installing custom rims. I'm currently using the HTC one m7 with ViperOne 8.0.0 on top.
I have a few questions that I need to find the answer to before I do anything on the m8.
1. What are the methods to s-off the phone?
Bootloader unlocked using htcdev
Hboot version is - 3.16
Running stock Rom 4.4.2, that I'm assuming comes with an at&t m8
2. Do I need to flash a firmware/radio for the phone to work in India?
3. Do I need to be looking at custom roms made specifically for the at&t version? Or can I flash any Rom built for the international version?
4. Is there a way to convert the phone to an international firmware/radio, etc. So I can flash Rom/mod meant for international version?
I'm not sure I explained my questions correctly, please ask if further info/explanation is required

thetearer said:
I bought a refurbished, factory unlocked HTC one m8 off eBay in February. I just got my hands on it last week. I live in India.
I have some experience with rooting the phone and installing custom rims. I'm currently using the HTC one m7 with ViperOne 8.0.0 on top.
I have a few questions that I need to find the answer to before I do anything on the m8.
1. What are the methods to s-off the phone?
Bootloader unlocked using htcdev
Hboot version is - 3.16
Running stock Rom 4.4.2, that I'm assuming comes with an at&t m8
2. Do I need to flash a firmware/radio for the phone to work in India?
3. Do I need to be looking at custom roms made specifically for the at&t version? Or can I flash any Rom built for the international version?
4. Is there a way to convert the phone to an international firmware/radio, etc. So I can flash Rom/mod meant for international version?
I'm not sure I explained my questions correctly, please ask if further info/explanation is required
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And you be flashing Viper again I assume.
You'll need to use Sunshine S-Off. It cost $25, but it is guaranteed to work. They run a diagnostic check to make sure, and only ask for the payment then.
Once you are S-Off, you can go superCID and flash the 4.16.401.10 RUU, or flash the same version firmware.
In your situation, I would run the RUU instead of just flashing the firmware. Just my opinion. You could probably just flash the firmware at that point. The RUU is always the safest method though.

xunholyx said:
And you be flashing Viper again I assume.
You'll need to use Sunshine S-Off. It cost $25, but it is guaranteed to work. They run a diagnostic check to make sure, and only ask for the payment then.
Once you are S-Off, you can go superCID and flash the 4.16.401.10 RUU, or flash the same version firmware.
In your situation, I would run the RUU instead of just flashing the firmware. Just my opinion. You could probably just flash the firmware at that point. The RUU is always the safest method though.
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I most probably will be flashing viperone
Though I might have multi Rom set up on it
Thanks for the answer btw!
Just one more question, what is superCID?

thetearer said:
2. Do I need to flash a firmware/radio for the phone to work in India?
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It depends on whether the bands needed to work on your carrier (3G and LTE, if applicable) are already supported by the AT&T version. If not, then you need to flash a radio that does support your carrier's bands.

Lollipop Update??? New Zealand version , single sim.

hey people i have an htc desire 820 single sim version in New Zealand and there is no official update to lollipop yet as my country are pretty slow with that stuff so is there any way that i can flash my phone with another countrys firmware or does anyone know of any lollipop custom roms that will work on my phone , been searching for days and finding nothing .

Same here. I'm in Fiji and still haven't received the lollipop update for my htc desire820

CID?

mgy28 said:
hey people i have an htc desire 820 single sim version in New Zealand and there is no official update to lollipop yet as my country are pretty slow with that stuff so is there any way that i can flash my phone with another countrys firmware or does anyone know of any lollipop custom roms that will work on my phone , been searching for days and finding nothing .
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Risheel Lal said:
Same here. I'm in Fiji and still haven't received the lollipop update for my htc desire820
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Guys,
Looks like you both are struggling to have it. Try changing CID if you are S-OFF !
If on S-on then 1st you guys need to make it S-off with Sunshine s-off tool and then just change to super CID
Finally android L will be on ur hand & android M will knock your doors soon

h1dd3n_sn1p3r said:
Guys,
Looks like you both are struggling to have it. Try changing CID if you are S-OFF !
If on S-on then 1st you guys need to make it S-off with Sunshine s-off tool and then just change to super CID
Finally android L will be on ur hand & android M will knock your doors soon
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hey what do you meen change CID how is it done and will it unlock the update for us?

Sunshine doesnt work on Desire 820.
So we need to now your CID, maybe there is a compatible rom for your device, if you are not locked by a career.
Here is the way how you can read the CID from your phone, do it and than tell here your result and lets see what we can do.
http://www.andromods.com/basic-how-to/identify-cid-mid-number-on-htc-htc-one-m8.html
When you are in the bootloader you will see on top a s-on or s-off thing. If yyour device is s--off than you can change to supercid and after this you can flash every lollipop version from other desire 820 variants.

Oel said:
Sunshine doesnt work on Desire 820.
So we need to now your CID, maybe there is a compatible rom for your device, if you are not locked by a career.
Here is the way how you can read the CID from your phone, do it and than tell here your result and lets see what we can do.
http://www.andromods.com/basic-how-to/identify-cid-mid-number-on-htc-htc-one-m8.html
When you are in the bootloader you will see on top a s-on or s-off thing. If yyour device is s--off than you can change to supercid and after this you can flash every lollipop version from other desire 820 variants.
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hmm..Thanks @Oel for letting me know that Sunshine doesn't works for 820.
:silly: But fact that i have seen is most device are S-on if they have non-super CID..hmm interesting just now i too remember that some where KINGHUNKI had told that http://xtc2.net service works for 820 :fingers-crossed: but still from my side i have not tried.
Guys you may be interested on it

also how do i root, s-off and load a recovery????????

HTC ONE M8 s-off on marshmallow hboot

i know this question has been asked alot on different forums but i am using htc one m8 distributed by 3 ireland. its on s-on and updated to marshmallow and i want to know best method to get s-of on latest hboot??? please suggest methods other then sunshine!!

There is no other method than sunshine.

Firewater
Saleen28 said:
There is no other method than sunshine.
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what about firewater method??

hassanulhaq said:
what about firewater method??
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Firewater no longer working

hassanulhaq said:
what about firewater method??
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Sunshine is the only current working method. That was already stated, and ignoring that statement and trying to offer up other (obsolete) methods is just wishful thinking.
Firewater stopped working once the devs (same devs as sunshine) stopped supporting its online component (needed for it to work) in Dev 2014.
What do you think you need s-off for? Its not needed for most mods, such as root, custom recovery, flashing custom ROMs, flashing kernels, and a great many things.
What s-off is needed for, is to flash modified hboots, manually flashing radios, changing CID/MID, and a few other things. But for most folks, s-on and unlocked bootloader is just fine.

m10 port on m8
redpoint73 said:
Sunshine is the only current working method. That was already stated, and ignoring that statement and trying to offer up other (obsolete) methods is just wishful thinking.
Firewater stopped working once the devs (same devs as sunshine) stopped supporting its online component (needed for it to work) in Dev 2014.
What do you think you need s-off for? Its not needed for most mods, such as root, custom recovery, flashing custom ROMs, flashing kernels, and a great many things.
What s-off is needed for, is to flash modified hboots, manually flashing radios, changing CID/MID, and a few other things. But for most folks, s-on and unlocked bootloader is just fine.
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i want to install m10 prot on m8 and i think it needed to be on s-off to change complete rom!!

hassanulhaq said:
i want to install m10 prot on m8 and i think it needed to be on s-off to change complete rom!!
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no
if you want to flash a custom rom you are fine with s-on device ( as mentioned above )
and it's more protected than s-off device ( for beginner )
about the HTC 10 ported rom ( s-rom or ViperOneM8 ) are fine with s-on
GOOD LUCK
Sent from my HTC M8 using XDA Labs

ahmed.ismael said:
no
if you want to flash a custom rom you are fine with s-on device ( as mentioned above )
and it's more protected than s-off device ( for beginner )
about the HTC 10 ported rom ( s-rom or ViperOneM8 ) are fine with s-on
GOOD LUCK
Sent from my HTC M8 using XDA Labs
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ok last thing off topic can you let me know how to enable htc Qualcomm diag mode?? i want to add lte band. i already successfully added in my lg g3 but i cant get htc m8 into diag mode.

hassanulhaq said:
ok last thing off topic can you let me know how to enable htc Qualcomm diag mode?? i want to add lte band. i already successfully added in my lg g3 but i cant get htc m8 into diag mode.
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to be honest i don't know what you asking for
but as you speak about LTE bands we should calling @redpoint73
as I believe he can answer your questions
forgive my little knowledge
Sent from my HTC M8 using XDA Labs

hassanulhaq said:
ok last thing off topic can you let me know how to enable htc Qualcomm diag mode?? i want to add lte band. i already successfully added in my lg g3 but i cant get htc m8 into diag mode.
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This doesn't work unless you have a CDMA version of the M8, which yours is not.
You can try to flash the radio firmware with the version of the M8 that supports the desire LTE band. This does require s-off. However, I've seen a lot of cases where it still won't work (LTE band not working on a particular carrier, even after flashing the radio that supports it). So money spent on sunshine s-off may be wasted.
You should have bought the M8 version with the proper LTE band support, preferably intended for your specific region/carrier, if that is availab.e.

redpoint73 said:
This doesn't work unless you have a CDMA version of the M8, which yours is not.
You can try to flash the radio firmware with the version of the M8 that supports the desire LTE band. This does require s-off. However, I've seen a lot of cases where it still won't work (LTE band not working on a particular carrier, even after flashing the radio that supports it). So money spent on sunshine s-off may be wasted.
You should have bought the M8 version with the proper LTE band support, preferably intended for your specific region/carrier, if that is availab.e.
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I am not talking about radio flash method which is widely use for samsung and lg devices in which bands are ediited QXDM. To qxdm i need to put cell in qualamcom diag mode. Lg and samsung have codes but htc has no code. I want to know is there any way i can put my cell in that mode.

hassanulhaq said:
I am not talking about radio flash method which is widely use for samsung and lg devices in which bands are ediited QXDM. To qxdm i need to put cell in qualamcom diag mode. Lg and samsung have codes but htc has no code. I want to know is there any way i can put my cell in that mode.
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I know exactly what you are talking about. And it won't work on your device. You can put the phone in diag mode, and change the NV values. But on the "GSM" version M8 (most any version except CDMA Verizon version, even Sprint has been reported to not work) the changes won't stick when you reboot.
What you can do with your version M8, is flash a different radio if you have s-off (may need to change CID/MID depending on what radio/firmware you flash). So that is why I mentioned that method.

Help RUU android 7 for htc__332

Hi.
I have htc 10 from Latin America and I want to know if there is already official ruu to update to android 7.
Thank you

alejobog said:
Hi.
I have htc 10 from Latin America and I want to know if there is already official ruu to update to android 7.
Thank you
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There is none yet, the only Nougat RUUs available are for the US unlocked variant (CID 617) and the WWE/European variant, but for the WWE/European one is still a leak, the official OTA has yet to arrive for those.
Are you on Telcel? Maybe not what you need but here is a RUU for Telcel, it is an old version, may come in handy if you're S-Off and can downgrade (if you're on a newer firmware/ROM the only way to downgrade is with S-Off).
If you're S-On and on a newer version already you're out of luck, you need to wait.
Check this link in case you need the mentioned Telcel RUU:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=74636
And this is the name of the file:
2PS6IMG_PERFUME_UL_[email protected]60330.4_38.12_F_release_478391_signed_2_4.zip

Where did you get Telcel's RUU files?
I was wondering where did you get those RUU files and if there is a newer version for Android Nougat, I need to get my HTC 10 back to stock to get that uh oh protection warranty, I broke my screen :silly:

rauL8aHdz said:
I was wondering where did you get those RUU files and if there is a newer version for Android Nougat, I need to get my HTC 10 back to stock to get that uh oh protection warranty, I broke my screen :silly:
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I didn't upload them, I found the link of the repository here on XDA, merit goes to user stifilz.
I don't think there is a Telcel RUU yet with nougat (or if it will ever be), my advise is to S-Off in order to use the old Telcel RUUs, Sunshine is a paid service but it's well worth it to use the uh oh warranty.
Just remember to leave it S-Off/locked the first time. Once you run the Telcel RUU you can run the command to S-On, that way you'll be fully stock.

oreo ruu ?? i need it please i have a htc 10 Telcel