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Can I go from s-off to s-on???

Okay so I used firewater exploit to get unlocked boot loader and s-off I'm on google play edition ROM can I put s-on and leave boot loader unlocked without issues????
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gonzalezb said:
Okay so I used firewater exploit to get unlocked boot loader and s-off I'm on google play edition ROM can I put s-on and leave boot loader unlocked without issues????
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if you do s-on you will need to flash boot.img with fastboot and not with recovery.

I get that but will it work or will something go wrong if I do it on Verizon variant since it was unlocked via exploit. And I'm not on original firmware I've since upgraded that to latest.
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synisterwolf said:
if you do s-on you will need to flash boot.img with fastboot and not with recovery.
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Stupid xda app didn't reply when i posted this.
I get that but will it work or will something go wrong if I do it on Verizon variant since it was unlocked via exploit. And I'm not on original firmware I've since upgraded that to latest.

gonzalezb said:
Stupid xda app didn't reply when i posted this.
I get that but will it work or will something go wrong if I do it on Verizon variant since it was unlocked via exploit. And I'm not on original firmware I've since upgraded that to latest.
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Unless you need service on the phone, it would be best to stay S-0ff and unlocked.
If you S-0n, you're very restricted on what you can do.
You'll miss out on newer issues of custom roms, if nothing else.
Be verrry sure you have a stock hBoot in it
before you S-0n if you're going to do that.

gonzalezb said:
Stupid xda app didn't reply when i posted this.
I get that but will it work or will something go wrong if I do it on Verizon variant since it was unlocked via exploit. And I'm not on original firmware I've since upgraded that to latest.
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nope, unlock is unlock no matter how we got it. if the bootloader says UNLOCKED on the top it good to go. you can turn the phone back to s-on if you like and flash everything rom related inside recovery. you would need to extract the boot.img and flash with fastboot. with s-on you wont be able to update firmwares, radios, splash screens, ect. even if it is an update to what you have because with s-on it looks for HTC signature, if it returns as null it wont apply.
with s-on, you cant ruu unless its an incremental updated ie. if you are version B but want to go to A you cant. Also if version B is acting up and want to ruu, you cant just ruu to version B you would need to wait for version C.
there really isnt a need to S-on unless you want to return it back to VZW. As long as you are careful on what you flash you shouldn't need to worry about bricks. Just check MD5 sums when flashing roms or kernels and you will be good to go.
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i would also like to add, the new sunshine S-off app was updated to 2.0 to gain s-off on the newest firmware. if you do decide to go back to s-on but keep unlocked bootloader you can. but you will have to pay $25 for the s-off license key within the sunshine app.

IMO, unless you are sending your phone in for warranty service, there is no reason to ever put it back to s-on. You are just limiting your options as to what you can do with it.
Edit - this phone is very hard to actually brick also.........most problems I have seen have been people putting themselves back to s-on, THEN ****ing something up, and not being able to RUU because they went back. heh

Verizon HTC one 4.4.3 help.

Hello. I'm.New to the site and I've been searching everywhere for a root method for my Verizon HTC One running the latest 4.4.3 ota. I want to root and s-off and unlock my boot loader.

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vincegrice said:
Hello. I'm.New to the site and I've been searching everywhere for a root method for my Verizon HTC One running the latest 4.4.3 ota. I want to root and s-off and unlock my boot loader.
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I believe this paid app, Sunshine, is your only option: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2792487

vincegrice said:
Hello. I'm.New to the site and I've been searching everywhere for a root method for my Verizon HTC One running the latest 4.4.3 ota. I want to root and s-off and unlock my boot loader.
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Yes being that you're running 4.4.3 Sense 6, basically Sunshine is your only option. It's $25 , but it's very well worth it. It's literally a 1 click method for S-Off, and Unlocked Bootloader, and it checks to make sure it'll work on your device before it asks u 2 pay…

bdizzle1686 said:
Yes being that you're running 4.4.3 Sense 6, basically Sunshine is your only option. It's $25 , but it's very well worth it. It's literally a 1 click method for S-Off, and Unlocked Bootloader, and it checks to make sure it'll work on your device before it asks u 2 pay…
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I don't have any experience with this. So if I do this and get S-Off and Unlocked Bootloader, I can then get root? Could someone maybe link me to the root method after getting S-Off?

empty20 said:
I don't have any experience with this. So if I do this and get S-Off and Unlocked Bootloader, I can then get root? Could someone maybe link me to the root method after getting S-Off?
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On an unlocked or s off phone you simply fastboot flash the custom recovery of choice. After that you either flash a rooted rom or flash the latest su.zip to root your existing rom.

[Q] Well, It was supposed to work... hmm... Help with Verizon M7 root, using Sunshine

I donloaded Sunshines and ran it on my phone. I thought after I did that (it said successful then rebooted) I would be ready to go.
Nope.
Attempted to install and run SuperSU but it says it cannot install binaries, it can't fix it, and that I need to re-root.
try rootcheckers, all still say nothing.
Can someone help me out here?
I'm running an HTC M7 on Verizon, 4.4.3, HTC Sense 6.0
This stuff used to be so easy....lol

jmurra21 said:
I donloaded Sunshines and ran it on my phone. I thought after I did that (it said successful then rebooted) I would be ready to go.
Nope.
Attempted to install and run SuperSU but it says it cannot install binaries, it can't fix it, and that I need to re-root.
try rootcheckers, all still say nothing.
Can someone help me out here?
I'm running an HTC M7 on Verizon, 4.4.3, HTC Sense 6.0
This stuff used to be so easy....lol
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Sunshine is pretty much bulletproof now.
You could remove SuperSU, then do a factory reset of the phone.
Then enable Developer Options, download the newest version of Sunshine,
log into your wifi connection, and run it again. It will root the phone early in the process without
your installing SuperSU. Good luck!

jmurra21 said:
I donloaded Sunshines and ran it on my phone. I thought after I did that (it said successful then rebooted) I would be ready to go.
Nope.
Attempted to install and run SuperSU but it says it cannot install binaries, it can't fix it, and that I need to re-root.
try rootcheckers, all still say nothing.
Can someone help me out here?
I'm running an HTC M7 on Verizon, 4.4.3, HTC Sense 6.0
This stuff used to be so easy....lol
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It is my understanding that sunshine unlocks your boot loader and gives you s-off, not root.
once you are boot loader unlocked and s-off you can use twrp to install an already rooted rom.

re: bulletproof
michaelbsheldon said:
Sunshine is pretty much bulletproof now.
You could remove SuperSU, then do a factory reset of the phone.
Then enable Developer Options, download the newest version of Sunshine,
log into your wifi connection, and run it again. It will root the phone early in the process without
your installing SuperSU. Good luck!
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I did that. That was what my prices was when I did it the very first time. I only bought it a week ago. That's why I posted. I'm falling on the other side of pretty much bulletproof, apparently.

umm, whoa, so....
vaping redhead said:
It is my understanding that sunshine unlocks your boot loader and gives you s-off, not root.
once you are boot loader unlocked and s-off you can use twrp to install an already rooted rom.
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So the only way to root a Verizon HTC m7 on 4.4.3 is to wipe it and install a custom Rom (after unlocking the bootloader and achieving with sunshine)?

hey....
I don't know if it means anything or not, but after every install of sunshine, the app disappears from the app drawer after rebooting (caused by sunshine).
So I'm just asking....

jmurra21 said:
I don't know if it means anything or not, but after every install of sunshine, the app disappears from the app drawer after rebooting (caused by sunshine).
So I'm just asking....
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What I did was use sunshine to s off and unlock boot loader , reboot... After reboot, use towelroot v3 to temp root. (NOTE : towel root won't work if u just click the root button right off the bat. On our phones, u have to tap the intro msg 3 times and a string of numbers will appear. I change the last number which is 0 to a 1 , THEN u click the root button and Presto! ,ur temp rooted) THEN PROCEED to download flashify from play store, and use it to flash twrp, and then from there u can flash supersu... Works like a charm

jmurra21 said:
So the only way to root a Verizon HTC m7 on 4.4.3 is to wipe it and install a custom Rom (after unlocking the bootloader and achieving with sunshine)?
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I used sunshine and then used towelroot to root. I had to install towelroot via adb. You could give that a try. Installing a custom rom will work 100%.

i used sunshine V2 a few months back and if i remeber right it reboots once and then you pay and it unlocks. Once it finished its thing i did not use towelroot or anything. I simply fasboot openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7wlv with adb and once the phone restarted I had root. It even installed supersu on its own as i never installed it but it ended up on my phone

ayanami00 said:
i used sunshine v2 a few months back and if i remeber right it reboots once and then you pay and it unlocks. Once it finished its thing i did not use towelroot or anything. I simply fasboot openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7wlv with adb and once the phone restarted i had root. It even installed supersu on its own as i never installed it but it ended up on my phone
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what he said!!!

ayanami00 said:
i used sunshine V2 a few months back and if i remeber right it reboots once and then you pay and it unlocks. Once it finished its thing i did not use towelroot or anything. I simply fasboot openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7wlv with adb and once the phone restarted I had root. It even installed supersu on its own as i never installed it but it ended up on my phone
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I am confused.
1: you ran sunshine
2: you paid the 25.00 and it unlocked your boot loader and gave you s-off
3: you fasboot openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7wlv with adb
Number 3 is where I am confused. Once sunshine was done, you flashed twrp and your phone rebooted with root and supersu installed???
I recently ran sunshine on a phone running the latest ota from verizon. It unlocked the bootloader and gave me s-off. It did not root my phone. I used towelroot to gain root without having to flash any recovery software.
Forgive me, but I am trying to understand how after sunshine, flashing twrp gave you root and installed supersu? Did you install a custom rom? Once you you run sunshine successfully, you can flash twrp and install a rooted rom.
The OP was about rooting after sunshine without having to wipe out his current setup and gain root. If I am wrong about this, please call me out. I am going on my recent experience.

vaping redhead said:
I am confused.
1: you ran sunshine
2: you paid the 25.00 and it unlocked your boot loader and gave you s-off
3: you fasboot openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-m7wlv with adb
Number 3 is where I am confused. Once sunshine was done, you flashed twrp and your phone rebooted with root and supersu installed???
I recently ran sunshine on a phone running the latest ota from verizon. It unlocked the bootloader and gave me s-off. It did not root my phone. I used towelroot to gain root without having to flash any recovery software.
Forgive me, but I am trying to understand how after sunshine, flashing twrp gave you root and installed supersu? Did you install a custom rom? Once you you run sunshine successfully, you can flash twrp and install a rooted rom.
The OP was about rooting after sunshine without having to wipe out his current setup and gain root. If I am wrong about this, please call me out. I am going on my recent experience.
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Correct, Also when I flashed twrp I do not remember losing any of my current settings on phone. It only gave me the recovery and root w/ supersu like I said. If you would like I will upload the version of twrp I referred to in my post. I would give a link to where I got it but I really do not remember. When I initially unlocked and installed twrp I did not install a custom rom for a few days. I then installed CM11, then AOKP, then a few others and always went back to AOKP untill I tried santod040's nusensesix rom. Recently flashed his newest nusensesix and loving everything about it. I anyone could get the sense camera to work with AOKP then that would be my perfect rom.
This is the guide that I followed back when I unlocked my phone minus the htc dev portion that would just be replaced with running sunshine.
http://htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-to/unlock-your-bootloader-root-your-htc-one-install-custom-recovery-using-twrp-0147357/

Once your unlocked and s off all you have to do is fastboot flash a custom recovery and then flash supersu in recovery. Flashing a custom Rom should work to.

ayanami00 said:
Correct, Also when I flashed twrp I do not remember losing any of my current settings on phone. It only gave me the recovery and root w/ supersu like I said. If you would like I will upload the version of twrp I referred to in my post. I would give a link to where I got it but I really do not remember. When I initially unlocked and installed twrp I did not install a custom rom for a few days. I then installed CM11, then AOKP, then a few others and always went back to AOKP untill I tried santod040's nusensesix rom. Recently flashed his newest nusensesix and loving everything about it. I anyone could get the sense camera to work with AOKP then that would be my perfect rom.
This is the guide that I followed back when I unlocked my phone minus the htc dev portion that would just be replaced with running sunshine.
http://htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-to/unlock-your-bootloader-root-your-htc-one-install-custom-recovery-using-twrp-0147357/
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Ok. Hopefully jmurra21 has gained root.

HTC one m8 s-OFF

I want to S-OFF my HTC m8 European version 4.16.401.10 lollipop 5.0.1
It's locked and not rooted
What I want S-OFF and relocked the boot loader as locked and flash TWRP
and custom Rom so I can back to get OTA update from HTC any time I want
I can use kit Kat way to S-OFF or there is anew for lollipop
Thank you
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KARIM9377 said:
I want to S-OFF my HTC m8 European version 4.16.401.10 lollipop 5.0.1
It's locked and not rooted
What I want S-OFF and relocked the boot loader as locked and flash TWRP
and custom Rom so I can back to get OTA update from HTC any time I want
I can use kit Kat way to S-OFF or there is anew for lollipop
Thank you
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The only way to S-OFF is to use SunShine @ http://theroot.ninja which will cost $25 respectively.

KARIM9377 said:
What I want S-OFF and relocked the boot loader as locked and flash TWRP
and custom Rom so I can back to get OTA update from HTC any time I want
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Its not clear to me why you want s-off.
You only need stock ROM (no system files altered by root) and stock recovery to OTA. Relocking bootloader is not necessary. Its only necessary to relock bootloader to RUU (when s-on).

Sunshine doesn't work with Lollipop (yet) but keep checking their website for updates

EddyOS said:
Sunshine doesn't work with Lollipop (yet) but keep checking their website for updates
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Yes I don't want to use sunshine, If there is away like firewater with kitKat use fast boot terminal/command* it was like this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/vomerguides-m8-bootldr-unlock-s-off-t2800727
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Firewater doesn't work AT ALL, Sunshine is the ONLY way to S-OFF a phone but it's not compatible with Lollipop

KARIM9377 said:
Yes I don't want to use sunshine, If there is away like firewater with kitKat use fast boot terminal/command* it was like this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/vomerguides-m8-bootldr-unlock-s-off-t2800727
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firewater was an online service. So it no longer works now that the developer stopped supporting it 3 months ago.
But I'm still not convinced you even need s-off. You haven't provided a valid reason that required s-off.
If you do need soff, you need to use sunshine. There is no other option to s-off.

redpoint73 said:
firewater was an online service. So it no longer works now that the developer stopped supporting it 3 months ago.
But I'm still not convinced you even need s-off. You haven't provided a valid reason that required s-off.
If you do need soff, you need to use sunshine. There is no other option to s-off.
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The S-OFF it's more save to get back to locked on boot loader and with that you can get OTA UPDATE from HTC what I hope is to try flash viperM8 Rom and try it and then try sky Rom and see if I don't like them can back to stack with S-OFF
maybe I am wrong I don't know if
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KARIM9377 said:
The S-OFF it's more save to get back to locked on boot loader and with that you can get OTA UPDATE from HTC what I hope is to try flash viperM8 Rom and try it and then try sky Rom and see if I don't like them can back to stack with S-OFF
maybe I am wrong I don't know if
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As I already stated above, you do not need to lock the bootloader to OTA update, and you do not need s-off to OTA update. OTA update works fine with bootloader unlocked or otherwise.
You also do not need s-off to go back to stock. Just made a nandroid (or get one from the nandroid collection here) to restore stock ROM, and restore stock recovery (also in the collection).
With s-off you can make the bootloader say LOCKED instead of RELOCKED. But warranty service is typically the only time that is desired.
Yes, s-off will give you more recovery options. Such as being able to run RUU for any CID, or "downgrade" by RUU. And it lets you do things like flash radios or modified hboots. But of the things you mentioned, its not needed.

redpoint73 said:
As I already stated above, you do not need to lock the bootloader to OTA update, and you do not need s-off to OTA update. OTA update works fine with bootloader unlocked or otherwise.
You also do not need s-off to go back to stock. Just made a nandroid (or get one from the nandroid collection here) to restore stock ROM, and restore stock recovery (also in the collection).
With s-off you can make the bootloader say LOCKED instead of RELOCKED. But warranty service is typically the only time that is desired.
Yes, s-off will give you more recovery options. Such as being able to run RUU for any CID, or "downgrade" by RUU. And it lets you do things like flash radios or modified hboots. But of the things you mentioned, its not needed.
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Thank you for your advice I will root and flash TWRP recovery and backup the stack Rom and then flash custom Rom
Thank you for your help
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Hi @redpoint73 can i ask you a question ?
I bought a second hand M8 and it already had S-OFF via sunshine.When i entered bootloader it says : Software status : Modified , (bootloader) UNLOCKED and S-OFF.
I asked the seller for the "unlock_code.bin" and he said that didn't have any.He said he simply ran sunshine to S-OFF.Didn't modified further.No custom recovery no root (although sunshine temp roots) no custom ROM.
So my question is this : performing S-OFF via sunshine will auto unlock your bootloader and say Software status : Modified ?

nighthawk696969 said:
Hi @redpoint73 can i ask you a question ?
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Of course, that's what this forum section if for!
nighthawk696969 said:
I bought a second hand M8 and it already had S-OFF via sunshine.When i entered bootloader it says : Software status : Modified , (bootloader) UNLOCKED and S-OFF.
I asked the seller for the "unlock_code.bin" and he said that didn't have any.He said he simply ran sunshine to S-OFF.Didn't modified further.No custom recovery no root (although sunshine temp roots) no custom ROM.
So my question is this : performing S-OFF via sunshine will auto unlock your bootloader and say Software status : Modified ?
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I actually did s-off back when firewater was still working, before sunshine even existed. So I can't speak from personal experience, just what I've read on these forums. I believe that the sunshine app gives you the options to temp root, s-off, and unlock the bootloader (by means that bypasses HTCDev.com). So that is probably what the previous owner did.
With s-off there isn't ever a need to relock the bootloader, and therefore no need to unlock it again with the bin code. RUUs will run with bootloader unlocked when s-off. And you can change the hboot flag to LOCKED for warranty purposes with s-off.
If for some reason you want to relock and then unlock the bootloader again, you can just go through the HTCDev.com process to get a new bin code. But its not advised. As I don't see why you would ever want to relock (for the reasons just given). And once you go through HTCDev.com, HTC will have a record of you doing so (which they do not at this time).

Thanks you have been more than helpfull!
Another question and last one :
Can i dual boot with multirom a sense 6 rom and the GPe rom?
I have the latest firmware installed so from what i read GPe roms can run without any issues.
Thanks again!

nighthawk696969 said:
Thanks you have been more than helpfull!
Another question and last one :
Can i dual boot with multirom a sense 6 rom and the GPe rom?
I have the latest firmware installed so from what i read GPe roms can run without any issues.
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No idea, I've never used MultiROM, and not that familiar with it. Hopefully, someone who knows will chime in. Or you can post to the MultiROM thread to possibly get a quicker answer.

[Q] switch from s-on to s-off again

i returned back to stock using this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/guide-return-m9-to-100-stock-s-off-t3091730
i locked the bootloader, flashed a ruu for official status and switched from s-off to s-on.
now my question:
can i switch from s-on to s-off again without unlock the bootloader, flash recovery, root and sunshine?
i ask because my device was already s-off... maybe what sunshine did is still present on the device and with a command i can easily switch to s-off again?

dusu84 said:
i returned back to stock using this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/guide-return-m9-to-100-stock-s-off-t3091730
i locked the bootloader, flashed a ruu for official status and switched from s-off to s-on.
now my question:
can i switch from s-on to s-off again without unlock the bootloader, flash recovery, root and sunshine?
i ask because my device was already s-off... maybe what sunshine did is still present on the device and with a command i can easily switch to s-off again?
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nope. not sure why you would do all that but you will have to unlock, root, sunshine again. just do all that again and run ruu if you want to be stock but keep soff. sunshine will not cost you anything though as long as its the same phone.

an0ther said:
nope. not sure why you would do all that but you will have to unlock, root, sunshine again. just do all that again and run ruu if you want to be stock but keep soff. sunshine will not cost you anything though as long as its the same phone.
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OK thanks... So my question is answered ?