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I am switching to T-Mobile and I was wondering if you still have to pay for soff and or would it be possible to get soff the other way I think firewater?
By the way i am getting another m8
25$
Sandman9043 said:
I am switching to T-Mobile and I was wondering if you still have to pay for soff and or would it be possible to get soff the other way I think firewater?
By the way i am getting another m8
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Try firewater first and if that doesn't work then u have to use sunshine.
If you don't get the whelp message on firewater keep trying and it should work.
twinnfamous said:
Try firewater first and if that doesn't work then u have to use sunshine.
If you don't get the whelp message on firewater keep trying and it should work.
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What is the determining factors for firewater to work? I have givin up on that and I'm not about to pay 25. S off is something I can live without.
chuck24 said:
What is the determining factors for firewater to work? I have givin up on that and I'm not about to pay 25. S off is something I can live without.
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Check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725099
It will give u more info.
I know on the m7 it didn't work on phones with emmc 9001 serial. I have got two T-Mobile HTC m8s and firewater worked on both with no problems.
Just flash viper or arhd and try they both have an unsecured boot.img.
And go to the built in superuser app and change settings to apps and adb then try.
If your just gonna flash roms and aren't into development like some then you don't need s-off.
There's a lot of people that don't understand s-off and brick there phones by flashing something that was not for their phone.
So be careful of what you flash if u s-off.
On my m8 my emmc serial begins with 1501.
On play store there's an app called emmc brick bug checker. Use it and it will show you your emmc
twinnfamous said:
Check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725099
It will give u more info.
I know on the m7 it didn't work on phones with emmc 9001 serial. I have got two T-Mobile HTC m8s and firewater worked on both with no problems.
Just flash viper or arhd and try they both have an unsecured boot.img.
And go to the built in superuser app and change settings to apps and adb then try.
If your just gonna flash roms and aren't into development like some then you don't need s-off.
There's a lot of people that don't understand s-off and brick there phones by flashing something that was not for their phone.
So be careful of what you flash if u s-off.
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Thank you for sharing the info... This is my first HTC. Long term Samsung user at first.
Thanks everyone for the information i had the first round of the M8 from Sprint i didn't have to worry about anything but when I get it i try firewater
Hi guys. My m8 was s'onned on 4.4.4 and I'd lost my wifi. So I read somewhere you needed to downgrade and flash the OTA manually and for that I needed s'off. Now I really wouldn't mind paying the devs of sunshine 25$ for s'offing because let's face it, they're awesome and they probably have to charge much more for all the work they put in. But unfortunately for me, I'm a kid in my 12th grade and my dad isn't gonna buy me anything but guides for my studies LOL.
I couldn't use firewater because it said htc patched my device and I was out of luck.
So, on a hunch what I did was I flashed cm 11 and then I tried firewater and surprise!! it worked!! my device was s-off'ed
anyway after that I had to go back to the 4.4.3 stock and then upgrade using OTA and everything was alright.
So what I'm basically saying is if you're a cheap bastard like me and can't pay for sunshine and you love sense, you should try that method above. I can't guarantee it'll work for you but it's worth the try, eh?
Note: Please use the above method only if you cannot pay for sunshine. Plus sunshine is much easier to use and you don't have to go through all this hassle
Note 2: If this topic has already been covered by someone else, please feel free to point out so and close this thread.
Peace
Hello,
Wich Hboot had you before S-Off ?
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Here read this thread. There is NO "trick" to get firewater to work. It either does or does not ! Nothing more .... nothing less
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2923933
When firewater failed the phone was probably not "stock" enough.
aramiss said:
Hello,
Wich Hboot had you before S-Off ?
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I had 1.56
Mr Hofs said:
Here read this thread. There is NO "trick" to get firewater to work. It either does or does not ! Nothing more .... nothing less
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2923933
When firewater failed the phone was probably not "stock" enough.
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Not really. It was closest to stock as possible. I had the stock HTC Indian rom on 4.4.4.
Anyway, maybe I had a lucky device? Just posted this in case it helps someone like it did me.
jdgreat4 said:
I had 1.56
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Hboot 1.56 does not exist. It should be in the range of 3.16-3.19 ?!
Mr Hofs said:
Hboot 1.56 does not exist. It should be in the range of 3.16-3.19 ?!
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Crap, crap, crap sorry. I was confused with my m7. It was on 3.16
jdgreat4 said:
Hi guys. My m8 was s'onned on 4.4.4 and I'd lost my wifi. So I read somewhere you needed to downgrade and flash the OTA manually and for that I needed s'off. Now I really wouldn't mind paying the devs of sunshine 25$ for s'offing because let's face it, they're awesome and they probably have to charge much more for all the work they put in. But unfortunately for me, I'm a kid in my 12th grade and my dad isn't gonna buy me anything but guides for my studies LOL.
I couldn't use firewater because it said htc patched my device and I was out of luck.
So, on a hunch what I did was I flashed cm 11 and then I tried firewater and surprise!! it worked!! my device was s-off'ed
anyway after that I had to go back to the 4.4.3 stock and then upgrade using OTA and everything was alright.
So what I'm basically saying is if you're a cheap bastard like me and can't pay for sunshine and you love sense, you should try that method above. I can't guarantee it'll work for you but it's worth the try, eh?
Note: Please use the above method only if you cannot pay for sunshine. Plus sunshine is much easier to use and you don't have to go through all this hassle
Note 2: If this topic has already been covered by someone else, please feel free to point out so and close this thread.
Peace
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How did you get firewater? I thought it doesn't work anymore due to the discontinuation.
gainstatom said:
How did you get firewater? I thought it doesn't work anymore due to the discontinuation.
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check his date of posting..... it was still up at that date
Can some1 pls send me mediafire or whatever custom link of Firewater because the site is down and i don't have it on my laptop?
Wanna s-off
93boba said:
Can some1 pls send me mediafire or whatever custom link of Firewater because the site is down and i don't have it on my laptop?
Wanna s-off
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firewater is discontinued, even if you have the file it wont work, cause it need's to contact the devs' server, and it was not very reliable on the M8 anyway
only s-off method is sunshine (paid app $25)
nkk71 said:
firewater is discontinued, even if you have the file it wont work, cause it need's to contact the devs' server, and it was not very reliable on the M8 anyway
only s-off method is sunshine (paid app $25)
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Oh, thats bad. I hope it's not permanently
93boba said:
Oh, thats bad. I hope it's not permanently
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it is permanently discontinued, sorry
93boba said:
Oh, thats bad. I hope it's not permanently
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Spend the $25. It will save you from a lot of headaches.
Without it, whenever you need to update your firmware, you will have to flash a stock backup, flash a stock recovery, take the OTAs from your carrier, re-unlock your bootloader, flash a custom recovery, and flash superuser to reroot.
With S-Off, you just flash the firmware and you are done.
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Spend the $25. It will save you from a lot of headaches.
Without it, whenever you need to update your firmware, you will have to flash a stock backup, flash a stock recovery, take the OTAs from your carrier, re-unlock your bootloader, flash a custom recovery, and flash superuser to reroot.
With S-Off, you just flash the firmware and you are done.
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All good except the relocking/unlocking the bootloader. That's not needed when you go back to stock with a nandroid in order to get ota's
Mr Hofs said:
All good except the relocking/unlocking the bootloader. That's not needed when you go back to stock with a nandroid in order to get ota's
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I thought the bootloader gets locked when you take the OTA. But I wouldn't know personally. I haven't ever taken an OTA before. Never needed to on any device.
EDIT: It's early for me. I'm only on my second coffee. I'm thinking RUUs
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I thought the bootloader gets locked when you take the OTA. But I wouldn't know personally. I haven't ever taken an OTA before. Never needed to on any device.
EDIT: It's early for me. I'm only on my second coffee. I'm thinking RUUs
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Haha no an ota does not relock the bootloader.
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Spend the $25. It will save you from a lot of headaches.
Without it, whenever you need to update your firmware, you will have to flash a stock backup, flash a stock recovery, take the OTAs from your carrier, re-unlock your bootloader, flash a custom recovery, and flash superuser to reroot.
With S-Off, you just flash the firmware and you are done.
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You must work for Sunshine team because i was looking around for a straight answer which push me to get S-OFF. I consider S-OFF just because Adaway and how much i hate ads, it's just annoying and my phone feels cheap with all of them; so i wish that once i get Sunshine and get S-OFF, it could work.
Just a question before pulling: I have the Malasyan or sorta version of the M8, the M8X running lollipop with bootloader unlocked and rooted, would Sunshine works?
Thanks for help.
CM17X said:
You must work for Sunshine team because i was looking around for a straight answer which push me to get S-OFF. I consider S-OFF just because Adaway and how much i hate ads, it's just annoying and my phone feels cheap with all of them; so i wish that once i get Sunshine and get S-OFF, it could work.
Just a question before pulling: I have the Malasyan or sorta version of the M8, the M8X running lollipop with bootloader unlocked and rooted, would Sunshine works?
Thanks for help.
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It was a straight answer. Firewater doesn't work anymore, because HTC patched all of the exploits. And no, I don't work with Sunshine. It's just that it is the ONLY way to gain S-Off now. I actually used Firewater back when the M8 was just released and out for maybe a month, and before the exploits were patched.
I'm not sure if it will work for device or not. When you run it, it does a diagnostic check of your phone first, and you are only prompted to pay if it will work for you.
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It was a straight answer. Firewater doesn't work anymore, because HTC patched all of the exploits. And no, I don't work with Sunshine. It's just that it is the ONLY way to gain S-Off now. I actually used Firewater back when the M8 was just released and out for maybe a month, and before the exploits were patched.
I'm not sure if it will work for device or not. When you run it, it does a diagnostic check of your phone first, and you are only prompted to pay if it will work for you.
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The last tip is about the prompting if it works makes the deal.
Do not worry, i wasn't suggesting that you WORK for them but that you MUST, because of your reply i'm getting it.
Thanks for the help!
Hi guys...
Is there any way rather than Sun-Shine method to achieve S-OFF on HTC 10?
I have a WWE 10 with .401 ROM
I'v unlocked my 10 through HTC-DEV site and go rooted.
Regards.
komsboy_more said:
Hi guys...
Is there any way rather than Sun-Shine method to achieve S-OFF on HTC 10?
I have a WWE 10 with .401 ROM
I'v unlocked my 10 through HTC-DEV site and go rooted.
Regards.
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Nope, pretty much the only way these days
You don't need soff if you have a wwe device, it's useful for locked branded 10 to get wwe roms. You can get OTA if you follow captain throwback tutorial
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vegetaleb said:
You don't need soff if you have a wwe device, it's useful for locked branded 10 to get wwe roms. You can get OTA if you follow captain throwback tutorial
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S-OFF is needed if I brick my device and want to downgrade or run lower version of RUU
Thank you.
I remember back in the M7 M8 days using a terminal and root to S-OFF with some other free program
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there is no other method available at this juncture, Java cards havent been "leaked", XTC clip2 hasnt been updated for the 10, and the creators of rumrunner, moonshine, sunshine etc... are the same folks. Good people too. they are currently taking in verizon HTC 10 devices via mail in, as it is the only way for us at this point.
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S-OFF is needed if I brick my device and want to downgrade or run lower version of RUU
Thank you.
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Bricking your device with S-ON ..... that's like impossible ! Software brick yes. Hardware brick will be a hardware failure
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Bricking your device with S-ON ..... that's like impossible ! Software brick yes. Hardware brick will be a hardware failure
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I meant the same thing... Software Brick ... Not hardware Brick!
Thanks
komsboy_more said:
S-OFF is needed if I brick my device and want to downgrade or run lower version of RUU
Thank you.
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S off is not needed for a normal ruu downgrade is not beeded
Pay the 25 its cheap
You paid 700 for it what's another 25
What's WWE?
Is S-OFF only beneficial if you are a developer?
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What's WWE?
Is S-OFF only beneficial if you are a developer?
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World Wide Edition
No, s-off can be beneficial to anyone whose carriers are bad about releasing firmware updates. But it's not necessary for anyone to have s-off. You just could be a little more limited in your rom options and you can't flash a radio from another region or customize your splash screen (the black screen with white HTC lettering.
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World Wide Edition
No, s-off can be beneficial to anyone whose carriers are bad about releasing firmware updates. But it's not necessary for anyone to have s-off. You just could be a little more limited in your rom options and you can't flash a radio from another region or customize your splash screen (the black screen with white HTC lettering.
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Thanks for the info.
The last time I flashed a ROM was way back when I had my M7 and I've pretty much forgotten how to do it. I'm looking at Leedroid but I can't seem to find instructions on how to root/flash. I'm not allowed to post a link to an external site but if you google "graphic city leedroid" it will show up as the 1st result.
Caskalot said:
What's WWE?
Is S-OFF only beneficial if you are a developer?
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WWE is world wide edition.
If your in the US you should flashed the US unlocked RUU if you want faster updates than a carrier version of the phone.
SOFF means you can flash full firmware and software RUU for any region.
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Caskalot said:
Thanks for the info.
The last time I flashed a ROM was way back when I had my M7 and I've pretty much forgotten how to do it. I'm looking at Leedroid but I can't seem to find instructions on how to root/flash. I'm not allowed to post a link to an external site but if you google "graphic city leedroid" it will show up as the 1st result.
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There's a video guide in the other section of the forum. I suggest if you choose this route unlock your bootloader at HTC Dev and keep it unlocked.
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Do i need S-off to flash a US unlocked ruu on my tmobile variant. And also can i change the CID without s off... i really do not want to pay 25 dollars and nor do i have any means of paying it. I want the most up to date os and faster updates.
techie4life said:
Do i need S-off to flash a US unlocked ruu on my tmobile variant. And also can i change the CID without s off... i really do not want to pay 25 dollars and nor do i have any means of paying it. I want the most up to date os and faster updates.
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No cid change without s-off. You pay to play on that front.
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techie4life said:
Do i need S-off to flash a US unlocked ruu on my tmobile variant. And also can i change the CID without s off... i really do not want to pay 25 dollars and nor do i have any means of paying it. I want the most up to date os and faster updates.
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You need S off to change cid and to load the US unlocked ruu
$25 well spent
So those of us with Verizon s-on locked bootloaders Verizon CID can only change to soff unlocked bootloader rooted by mail in service right now.... is this correct?
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u4icpain said:
So those of us with Verizon s-on locked bootloaders Verizon CID can only change to soff unlocked bootloader rooted by mail in service right now.... is this correct?
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Yes. I sent my phone in the first of the week and had it back by the end of the week.
PunishedSnake said:
S off is not needed for a normal ruu downgrade is not beeded
Pay the 25 its cheap
You paid 700 for it what's another 25
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25 $ is not my problem.
My problem is payment! I'm in iran and we have no access to paypal or international credit cards!
komsboy_more said:
25 $ is not my problem.
My problem is payment! I'm in iran and we have no access to paypal or international credit cards!
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What can I say, get access
Hello,
I'm currently trying to find out how to install a rom matching to my region. I understand that I need S-OFF for that.
Sadly, I cannot find out how to make s-off. All I hear, even in those threads here, is advertisement for an app where you actually pay for a developer functionality (Sunshine). I also tried rumrunner, but that didnt work either.
It was rumrunner 0.5 on my M9 with Version 4.30.617.2. My current cid is: BS_US002
There is no other way to S-OFF your phone unless Sunshine.
I had to do it too.
Yeah it cost money but its really easy.
As stated, no way. You have 3 options, all will cost.
1. Sunshine app.
2. XTClip. (I think thats the name?).
3. Take it to a phone repair shop.
Otherwise, no free way. Sunshine app is worth paying for as it walks you through the process. If you have any problems they (the devs) will help you sort it out. Your money goes to paying staff for the hard work they do finding exploits to give us, the common everyday users, a little bit of freedom from these ever increasingly over-zealous corporations who will do anything to put us in a box and feed us crumbs so we do what they want so they can monitise us.
Beamed in by telepathy.
Like in many, many other threads, YOU CANNOT get sunshine for free. To be honest it even isn't that expensive. It is worth it as the app is so simple. The devs that created it have bricked a lot of m9's in the process of getting s-off for us.
Anyway, u still can't use sunshine on nougat. Use this thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...one-m9-nougat-downgrade-s-off-t3554665/page2)
to help u to downgrade to marshmallow and run sunshine.
Hope this helps,
Jev
@jevtheboss
I don't know where you got that information from. C.f.: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q8GKXw3EDVGtAoiu36MdeVqMPRJba1WlF5TZXKQgNgA/htmlview
Only temp-root isn't supported on nougat. But that's not a big deal since you can just unlock the bootloader and flash SuperSU or Magisk via TWRP.
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@jevtheboss
I don't know where you got that information from. C.f.: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q8GKXw3EDVGtAoiu36MdeVqMPRJba1WlF5TZXKQgNgA/htmlview
Only temp-root isn't supported on nougat. But that's not a big deal since you can just unlock the bootloader and flash SuperSU or Magisk via TWRP.
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Oh, I was pretty sure I read that it didn't work on nougat. Jeez, I went through all that guide to downgrade to marshmallow for nothing. Dang it.
EDIT: Just checked the sunshine website and it has been updated since I last attempted s-off. Sorry, I'll stop suggesting that downgrade now!
Anyway thanks,
Jev
HTC M9
Hello every one, I'm new in HTC, I tried to install a new rom on my HTC M9 (stuck in bootloop) but it's not working, I've tried factory reset, many roms, I read almost all posts on the net (blogs) without success.
Model : HTC_HIMAUHL
Build : 3.35.401.12
CID : HTC__247
HBoot : 1.0.0.0000
MID : 0PJA10000
Security : CURITY FAILED (REMOTE: UNKNOWN COMMAND)
Region : HTC-FRA-Bouygues
I tried to set my phone S-off without success as well, unfortunately I have no way to pay sunshine for that, I live in a third world country.
please could you help, and thx in davance.
Please read the ReadMe thread. The RUU section of that thread contains everything you need for recovering your phone.
There still is no free S-OFF method and chances are high that there never will be one.
Just a friendly advice: I'd delete my IMEI from my post if I were you. Others can use it for scam.
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Flippy498 said:
Please read the ReadMe thread. The RUU section of that thread contains everything you need for recovering your phone.
There still is no free S-OFF method and chances are high that there never will be one.
Just a friendly advice: I'd delete my IMEI from my post if I were you. Others can use it for scam.
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Thx a lot for the advice, I'll have a look on the ReadMe thread.
RaviorMetal said:
Hello,
I'm currently trying to find out how to install a rom matching to my region. I understand that I need S-OFF for that.
Sadly, I cannot find out how to make s-off. All I hear, even in those threads here, is advertisement for an app where you actually pay for a developer functionality (Sunshine). I also tried rumrunner, but that didnt work either.
It was rumrunner 0.5 on my M9 with Version 4.30.617.2. My current cid is: BS_US002
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Hi,
I just unlocked my bootloader through HTCDEV.COM last night, and found that somehow it also resulted in S-OFF.
I was planning to try Chimera Tool and Fire Water, But I'm so happy to see its S-OFF without going into any of those...
shahin.meeran said:
Hi,
I just unlocked my bootloader through HTCDEV.COM last night, and found that somehow it also resulted in S-OFF.
I was planning to try Chimera Tool and Fire Water, But I'm so happy to see its S-OFF without going into any of those...
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That's not possible. HTCdev can only be used for unlocking the bootloader since HTC doesn't want users to get S-OFF on their devices. They definitely won't provide a way to get S-OFF. Chances are high that the device was already set S-OFF by a previous owner.
Firewater isn't compatible with the M9, btw. I haven't heard about chimera tool, though.
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It wasn't when I bought it 2 years ago. This is a T-Mobile version.
I don't expect you to believe, but mine is S-OFF from yesterday. Now planning to install Viper Rom
Hi,
So I did a dumb thing I paid for the 'sunshine app'
With the 'Out-of-app' purchase and then downloaded the app but the app crashes every time...
So I think I fu**** up this time