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Revert from Demo to Stock?

Hi guys,
I have a HTC One M8, CID HTC__002 and I am trying to remove the demo content. The device was previously a retail unit, and so the demo content came pre-installed. I downloaded the RUU found in this thread here and successfully flashed the .exe version of it, however on rebooting despite the phone being factory data reset, the Demo video still plays!
A few months ago I successfully converted one of our other display M8 models to a Google Play Edition, however this was a very lengthy process, and I had to pay to get S-Off. Though I have no issue paying for S-Off, I don't really want to be paying the fee twice, and so I don't want to go down the route of converting this to a Google Play Edition. Converting to Google Play, did however, successfully remove the demo content.
I want the phone to be 100% stock on Sense, with no demo content what-so-ever. Please can somebody point me in the right direction?
Thanks, Mike!

Once S-OFF, always S-OFF. I change from GPe to Sense weekly and it's never been an issue

EddyOS said:
Once S-OFF, always S-OFF. I change from GPe to Sense weekly and it's never been an issue
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Hi Eddy,
Good to see you on the HTC section still, you helped me a few times back when I first joined! In regards to S-Off, I'm talking about two different handsets here. To date I have had two demo units of the HTC One M8. I paid for S-Off on one, but I don't really want to pay S-Off for two. Can you use the S-Off tool more than once if you have paid for it?

Ah right, sorry mis-read that bit. Unfortunately you'll need to pay for each device - I don't think Sunshine offer a bulk order as yet

EddyOS said:
Ah right, sorry mis-read that bit. Unfortunately you'll need to pay for each device - I don't think Sunshine offer a bulk order as yet
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Damn, do you know of any other way I could remove the demo content?

Have you try remove demo.apk in system/etc then do factory reset ?

ckpv5 said:
Have you try remove demo.apk in system/etc then do factory reset ?
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How would I do this, what is the process?

Root the phone and then use a root file manager to remove it. TBH, I'd just stump up the money for Sunshine, run the 4.16.401.10 RUU and be done with it!

If there is an RUU available, and it otherwise fits the criteria (new or same version), then it should have completely cleaned the phone out completely. That is what RUUs do.
However, the $25 for S-off is easily worth it. All of the crap people put up with to do anything on their phone disappears. You can upgrade/downgrade firmware at will. You can alter your CID/MID all day. You can lock/unlock your bootloader without triggering a factory reset. Tired of lollipop? Downgrade completely (firmware and all) to KitKat. It's almost like having a Nexus device.

Hi Jay
I get demo devices through my employer, every single HTC ROM out there inclues demoflow, the device it's self is essentialy a generic unit with an alternate CID, the demo installation and launch is triggered by CID HTC_002, the most effective way to get rid of demoflo and make the device 100% generic, is to S-Off and supercid! (11111111)
Once you are supercid you can flash any ruu and you will still have a 100% generic device, OTA updates and all... Demo won't even install.
The alternative method would be to simply remove /system/etc/.demoflo and /system/priv-app/DemoFlowInstaller
This will break ota and carrying the 002 cid will bring demoflo back when you flash any HTC ruu.
My M9 came as a demo unit, I modified the supersu installer to do the work for me as S-off isn't yet available... Htc dev unlock - twrp & flash the modified supersu zip.. once again breaking ota but I have an ruu on standby..
Feel free to shout if you need assistance.
Thanks
Lee

LeeDroid said:
Hi Jay
I get demo devices through my employer, every single HTC ROM out there inclues demoflow, the device it's self is essentialy a generic unit with an alternate CID, the demo installation and launch is triggered by CID HTC_002, the most effective way to get rid of demoflo and make the device 100% generic, is to S-Off and supercid! (11111111)
Once you are supercid you can flash any ruu and you will still have a 100% generic device, OTA updates and all... Demo won't even install.
The alternative method would be to simply remove /system/etc/.demoflo and /system/priv-app/DemoFlowInstaller
This will break ota and carrying the 002 cid will bring demoflo back when you flash any HTC ruu.
My M9 came as a demo unit, I modified the supersu installer to do the work for me as S-off isn't yet available... Htc dev unlock - twrp & flash the modified supersu zip.. once again breaking ota but I have an ruu on standby..
Feel free to shout if you need assistance.
Thanks
Lee
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Hi Lee,
Sorry it's taken me a few days to thank you for this post - but thank you! I have an M9 that is stuffed with demo content on the _002 CID. Could you help me in removing this software? I would really appreciate it.

jaaystott said:
Hi Lee,
Sorry it's taken me a few days to thank you for this post - but thank you! I have an M9 that is stuffed with demo content on the _002 CID. Could you help me in removing this software? I would really appreciate it.
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I am in the same position mate, I released my first M9 custom ROM last night (demo free), that would definitely solve your issue ?
Happy to assist if yku want to stay stock

plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help
hi i have htc m9 with demo flow rom. by following htcdev instructions i managed to unlock bootloader
i flashed twrp-recovery-2.8.6.0-hima-cptb and rooted the devise with UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.48
with help of sunshine managed to s-off then i done super cid all good till now
(bootloader) kernel: lk
(bootloader) product: htc_himauhl
(bootloader) version: 1.0
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) version-main: 1.32.401.15
(bootloader) boot-mode: download
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000
(bootloader) mid: 0PJA10000
(bootloader) cid: 11111111
i tried alot to flash it with lots of stock rom but i failed
one of the roms i tried 0PJAIMG_HIMA_UHL_L50_SENSE70_HTC_Europe_1.32.401.1 5_R1_Radio_01.01_U11440261_56.02.50306G_2_F_releas e_426891_signed
always getting this :
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash zip 0PJAIMG.zip
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
sending sparse 'zip' (74921 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.427s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#493992
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] update_fb_ZIP_buf: can not find ZIP hea
(bootloader) der
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 22
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 22
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 22: fail to flash via downloadzip)
finished. total time: 7.565s
i want to flash it to stock rom. demo flow make my m9 useless phone.
plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help

kimozizo said:
hi i have htc m9 with demo flow rom. by following htcdev instructions i managed to unlock bootloader
i flashed twrp-recovery-2.8.6.0-hima-cptb and rooted the devise with UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.48
with help of sunshine managed to s-off then i done super cid all good till now
(bootloader) kernel: lk
(bootloader) product: htc_himauhl
(bootloader) version: 1.0
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) version-main: 1.32.401.15
(bootloader) boot-mode: download
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000
(bootloader) mid: 0PJA10000
(bootloader) cid: 11111111
i tried alot to flash it with lots of stock rom but i failed
one of the roms i tried 0PJAIMG_HIMA_UHL_L50_SENSE70_HTC_Europe_1.32.401.1 5_R1_Radio_01.01_U11440261_56.02.50306G_2_F_releas e_426891_signed
always getting this :
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash zip 0PJAIMG.zip
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
sending sparse 'zip' (74921 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.427s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#493992
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] update_fb_ZIP_buf: can not find ZIP hea
(bootloader) der
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 22
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 22
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 22: fail to flash via downloadzip)
finished. total time: 7.565s
i want to flash it to stock rom. demo flow make my m9 useless phone.
plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help
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This is an M8 thread. Post your issue in the M9 Q&A.

Demoflo on HTC M8
ckpv5 said:
Have you try remove demo.apk in system/etc then do factory reset ?
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I removed the demoflo package installer using the root file manager, factory reset and still waiting what will happen..???

HTC m9 in bootloop after re-locking the bootloader

Hi,
Well, as the title said i'm stuck in bootloop after re-locking the bootloader.
Here is the history of what happened:
Unlocked the bootloader
flashed TWERP recovery and rooted.
I saw I can't install OTA updates so I unrooted the phone and flashed back to stock recovery. Still couldn't install OTA updates.
Unlocked the bootloader again and restored system partition back to original "untouched" status (from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-one-m9/general/please-read-rooting-using-twrp-t3069022). Only to realize i'm not on t-mobile, but the phone worked anyway .
Flashed back to stock recovery but still couldn't install the updates (If I remember correctly I got a massage that my software was tampered).
I'm S-on so I thought before trying the sunshine app I'll relock the bootloader. So I did that and that's it.
Here's were I'm now:
software status: modified
RELOCKED
S-ON
I can access stock recovery and download mode.
ADB devices doesn't recognize the phone (all drivers are ok and up to date and I've tried different cables and usb ports)
On the other hand, fasboot devices does work and recognize my phone.
So I come to you with help after going though tons of pages, guides and what not. I'm at it for a week now and no luck.
Help me XDA-Kanobi, you're my only hope
Thanks
Yotam

unlock with fastboot
Sorry to bump but is there any way to unlock it with fastboot maybe since it's the only way I can connect?
any suggestion or idea will be helpful
Thanks
Yotam

yotamh said:
Sorry to bump but is there any way to unlock it with fastboot maybe since it's the only way I can connect?
any suggestion or idea will be helpful
Thanks
Yotam
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What's your current firmware? Is the allow OEM unlock option (or how ever it was called in English) activated in the developer options (only important for firmware versions with a 2 or higher at the beginning)? If yes you can re-unlock with the unlock_token you got from HTCdev.

Flippy498 said:
What's your current firmware? Is the allow OEM unlock option (or how ever it was called in English) activated in the developer options (only important for firmware versions with a 2 or higher at the beginning)? If yes you can re-unlock with the unlock_token you got from HTCdev.
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My current firmware is 5.0.something. To be honest I don't remember and can't check.
I've tired to re-unlock with the unlock_token you got from HTCdev but it didn't work. I've got the token with fastboot but only in download mode an then when I tried to unlock with the file they send you to the mail It gives an error that I can check later when I'm home.
Yotam

yotamh said:
My current firmware is 5.0.something. To be honest I don't remember and can't check.
I've tired to re-unlock with the unlock_token you got from HTCdev but it didn't work. I've got the token with fastboot but only in download mode an then when I tried to unlock with the file they send you to the mail It gives an error that I can check later when I'm home.
Yotam
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It seems like you're talking about the android version not the firmware version since there is no 5.0.XXX.X firmware for the M9. For now it might be the best solution to wait until you're home.

yotamh said:
Hi,
Well, as the title said i'm stuck in bootloop after re-locking the bootloader.
Here is the history of what happened:
Unlocked the bootloader
flashed TWERP recovery and rooted.
I saw I can't install OTA updates so I unrooted the phone and flashed back to stock recovery. Still couldn't install OTA updates.
Unlocked the bootloader again and restored system partition back to original "untouched" status (from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-one-m9/general/please-read-rooting-using-twrp-t3069022). Only to realize i'm not on t-mobile, but the phone worked anyway .
Flashed back to stock recovery but still couldn't install the updates (If I remember correctly I got a massage that my software was tampered).
I'm S-on so I thought before trying the sunshine app I'll relock the bootloader. So I did that and that's it.
Here's were I'm now:
software status: modified
RELOCKED
S-ON
I can access stock recovery and download mode.
ADB devices doesn't recognize the phone (all drivers are ok and up to date and I've tried different cables and usb ports)
On the other hand, fasboot devices does work and recognize my phone.
So I come to you with help after going though tons of pages, guides and what not. I'm at it for a week now and no luck.
Help me XDA-Kanobi, you're my only hope
Thanks
Yotam
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OK OK dont get frenetic...DO AS EXACTLY AS I SAY OK?.................boot into download MODE Only and follow SAKITECH video on how to root M9, then flash a custom rom or SD Zip-Ruu to allow phone to boot again. =D hope this helps!

LLegion said:
OK OK dont get frenetic...DO AS EXACTLY AS I SAY OK?.................boot into download MODE Only and follow SAKITECH video on how to root M9, then flash a custom rom or SD Zip-Ruu to allow phone to boot again. =D hope this helps!
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the problem is I can't unlock the bootloader. ADB devices doesn't work

Flippy498 said:
What's your current firmware? Is the allow OEM unlock option (or how ever it was called in English) activated in the developer options (only important for firmware versions with a 2 or higher at the beginning)? If yes you can re-unlock with the unlock_token you got from HTCdev.
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how can I check the firmware version from the bootloader?
(under os in download mode I see - 1.32.401.15. is that the firmware?

yotamh said:
how can I check the firmware version from the bootloader?
(under os in download mode I see - 1.32.401.15. is that the firmware?
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Yes, that's correct. And with that firmware your problems can be solved without much hassle. Just download either the 1.32.401.15 or the 1.40.401.8 RUU which are both linked in my google sheet (link can be found in my signature). Follow the instructions and your phone should be usable again in no time. If you choose the 1.40.401.8 RUU there's one OTA less you need to install after you recovered your phone.
And a little advice for the future: If you want to install future OTAs then you don't need to relock your bootloader. If your phone isn't completely stock this will always result in a bootloop.

Flippy498 said:
Yes, that's correct. And with that firmware your problems can be solved without much hassle. Just download either the 1.32.401.15 or the 1.40.401.8 RUU which are both linked in the google sheet in my signature. Follow the instructions and your phone should be usable again in no time. If you choose the 1.40.401.8 RUU there's one OTA less you need to install after you recovered your phone.
And a little advice for the future: If you want to install future OTAs then you don't need to relock your bootloader. If your phone isn't completely stock this will always result in a bootloop.
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Thanks a lot for the answer. Is it possible to flash the RUU if I'm S-ON??

yotamh said:
Thanks a lot for the answer. Is it possible to flash the RUU if I'm S-ON??
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Of course. The only things you cannot do is downgrading or flashing RUUs that have a different SKU (=the three numbers behind the second dot in the firmware version). RUUs with the same version as your phone or higher versions are fine, though.

Flippy498 said:
Of course. The only things you cannot do is downgrading or flashing RUUs that have a different SKU (=the three numbers behind the second dot in the firmware version). RUUs with the same version as your phone or higher versions are fine, though.
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HI
So i'm trying to flash the RUU and I'm getting this:
C:\Users\Yotam\Desktop\Phone files>fastboot flash zip M9_1.32.401.15_FullStock_rename_to_ROM.zip <----I've tried to change it to ROM.zip as well but I get the same error
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
sending 'zip' (111548 KB)...
OKAY [ 7.869s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#506785
(bootloader) GPT is up-to-dated. [17408]
(bootloader) Perform pre-update
(bootloader) ERR ZIP signature checking failed...
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 8
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 8
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 8: fail to flash via downloadzip)
finished. total time: 12.962s
The ZIP file is fine (i've downloaded it twice just to be sure), phone is with the sd card in it (I though it's worth mentioning), S-ON.
Not sure what else...what seems to be the issue here?

some more info
fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) kernel: lk
(bootloader) product: htc_himauhl
(bootloader) version: 1.0
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) version-main: 1.32.401.15
(bootloader) boot-mode: RUU
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000
(bootloader) mid: 0PJA10000
(bootloader) cid: HTC__016
all:
finished. total time: 0.014s

yotamh said:
HI
So i'm trying to flash the RUU and I'm getting this:
C:\Users\Yotam\Desktop\Phone files>fastboot flash zip M9_1.32.401.15_FullStock_rename_to_ROM.zip <----I've tried to change it to ROM.zip as well but I get the same error
target reported max download size of 800000000 bytes
sending 'zip' (111548 KB)...
OKAY [ 7.869s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#506785
(bootloader) GPT is up-to-dated. [17408]
(bootloader) Perform pre-update
(bootloader) ERR ZIP signature checking failed...
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 8
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 8
(bootloader) [email protected]
FAILED (remote: 8: fail to flash via downloadzip)
finished. total time: 12.962s
The ZIP file is fine (i've downloaded it twice just to be sure), phone is with the sd card in it (I though it's worth mentioning), S-ON.
Not sure what else...what seems to be the issue here?
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yotamh said:
some more info
fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) kernel: lk
(bootloader) product: htc_himauhl
(bootloader) version: 1.0
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) version-main: 1.32.401.15
(bootloader) boot-mode: RUU
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000
(bootloader) mid: 0PJA10000
(bootloader) cid: HTC__016
all:
finished. total time: 0.014s
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For your own safety you should delete your IMEI as it can be used for phone scam by others.
Why are you trying to flash one of Sneakyghosts' firmware packs? They can only be used with S-OFF and do not contain a rom. I've already explained earlier that you can find the needed RUUs and instructions in the google sheet in my signature.

Flippy498 said:
For your own safety you should delete your IMEI as it can be used for phone scam by others.
Why are you trying to flash one of Sneakyghosts' firmware packs? They can only be used with S-OFF and do not contain a rom. I've already explained earlier that you can find the needed RUUs and instructions in the google sheet in my signature.
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Hi thanks for the top about the IMEI I've changed it.
and sorry, I didn't understood the the original comment and got in to the a wrong line in the comment. I'll try again with the correct file (2gb will take some to download). Again, thank you for your answer and patient. It's nice to see people try to help. :good:

THANK YOU so much! everything is working and even updated! thanks!

it seems i have a strange issue after all.
my phone doesn't detect my htc headphones. It recognize other headphone and the HTC headphones works with other devices.
it looks like a software issue.

Flippy498 said:
For your own safety you should delete your IMEI as it can be used for phone scam by others.
Why are you trying to flash one of Sneakyghosts' firmware packs? They can only be used with S-OFF and do not contain a rom. [REMOVED BECAUSE I'M A NEWBIE]I've already explained earlier that you can find the needed RUUs and instructions in the google sheet in my signature[/URL].
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Hi I know this is probably old but I was in this exact same predicament and I had "tried everything" and your instructions brought my phone back to life!! I am so grateful after almost a week of adb commands and zip files that got me nowhere! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!:good:

HELP getting back to stock sprint rom

Im currently s-off, relocked, running viperonem8 2.5.0, and want to get back to stock sprint rom. cid-spcs_004, hboot 3.18.0.0000. I have the harman kardon edition one m8. ive downloaded the sprint one m8 h&k edition and also developer edition RUUs direct from htc, and when i change the ruu to 0P6BIMG.zip and drop it in my sd card, reboot the phone it says loading...[0P6BIMG.zip] for a while and then says wrong zipped image! when i enable usb debugging plug in usb and run the ruu exe i get error 155. i DO have current drivers installed for my phone. ive tried using adb and fastboot from command prompt using the instructions i found at droid views restore one m8 to stock rom guide and i get this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb reboot bootloader
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem rebootRUU
...
(bootloader) Start Verify: 0
OKAY [ 0.019s]
finished. total time: 0.021s
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
target reported max download size of 1830612992 bytes
sending 'zip' (1549156 KB)...
OKAY [ 58.261s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) shift signature_size for header checking...
FAILED (remote: 32 header error)
finished. total time: 58.549s
fastboot getvar all gives me this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.18.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.08.20.0612_4
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 2.16.654.4
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: FA459SF07192
(bootloader) imei: 990004991326509
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 99000499132650
(bootloader) product: m8_whl
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B70000
(bootloader) cidnum: SPCS_004
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: d4c3cae5
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.085s
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>
please help!
let me know if you need any more info about my phone. after doing some more google searching i sazw somewhere someone say something about needing to flash another rom or ruu first since viperone uses different partitions or something, but they did not elaborate so i have no clue what to do....

jcedwards2009 said:
I have the harman kardon edition one m8. ive downloaded the sprint one m8 h&k edition and also developer edition RUUs direct from htc
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Developers Edition is not intended for your version. It will fail due to wrong CID and MID. And do not attempt to change the CID and MID to flash this. If it works, it will screw up the phone, and possibly even lead to a radio brick! Only run Sprint RUU on Sprint version M8!
jcedwards2009 said:
i change the ruu to 0P6BIMG.zip
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What exactly did you do here? You extracted ROM.zip from the RUU (or get it from your PC's temp directory after running the RUU .exe) and renamed it to 0P6BIMG.zip?
jcedwards2009 said:
when i enable usb debugging plug in usb and run the ruu exe i get error 155.
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That usually means you need to flash the Sprint MM firmware, then the RUU. But it appears from your log, that you may have tried this (see next quote)?
jcedwards2009 said:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
target reported max download size of 1830612992 bytes
sending 'zip' (1549156 KB)...
OKAY [ 58.261s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) shift signature_size for header checking...
FAILED (remote: 32 header error)
finished. total time: 58.549s
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What exactly are you trying to flash here, and where did you get it from?

redpoint73 said:
Developers Edition is not intended for your version. It will fail due to wrong CID and MID. And do not attempt to change the CID and MID to flash this. If it works, it will screw up the phone, and possibly even lead to a radio brick! Only run Sprint RUU on Sprint version M8!
1. What exactly did you do here? You extracted ROM.zip from the RUU (or get it from your PC's temp directory after running the RUU .exe) and renamed it to 0P6BIMG.zip?
2. That usually means you need to flash the Sprint MM firmware, then the RUU. But it appears from your log, that you may have tried this (see next quote)?
3. What exactly are you trying to flash here, and where did you get it from?
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Thanks for your response!!
1 - i downloaded RUU_M8_WHL_M60_SENSE70_SPCS_MR_Sprint_WWE_Harman_6.20.654.3.exe directly from htc, and renamed it to 0P6BIMG.zip and placed it on the sd card to attempt to install directly from pressing pwr+vol dwn (it detects the file and automatically attempts to install it). ive also just tried running the exe on my pc with phone plugged in via usb, error 155
2 - the only thing i have tried is the 3 different methods of installing the ruu- placing on the sd card, running the exe from my pc, and using fastboot/adb. i have not tried flashing the sprint mm firmware to the best of my knowledge, where do i get that firmware and how do i install it?
3 - im trying to flash RUU_M8_WHL_M60_SENSE70_SPCS_MR_Sprint_WWE_Harman_6.20.654.3.exe (renamed to firmware.zip) that i got directly from htc page. I have file extensions unhidden in windows explorer to prevent "firmware.zip.exe", and i have made sure that my phone is harmon kardon edition (says it on the back of the phone) and that i downloaded the correct version.

i think i figured out my problem but still need help solving it. instead of renaming the exe to a zip, i need a different download that is already a zip image.... but not sure where to get it or what version ill need...

1) You can't do that. The exe is a Windows executable program, not a zip file. Changing the extension doesn't change the format/contents of the file (just changes what Windows or the phone thinks it is).
For example, if you had a spreadsheet file (like .xls), you can't just rename it to .jpg and expect it to magically turn the spreadsheet into a photograph.
Yes, the RUU.exe contains ROM.zip. But your phone doesn't know that, and can't extract it.
2) You'll want to get the 6 .20.654.3 firmware from the following webpage under FIRMWARES: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
Flash with fastboot:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
(run it twice)
This should clear up the Error 155, and allow the HK RUU exe to work.
Incidentally, the link above also has the correct zip format files, if you want to fastboot flash the zip (although for this you need htc_fastboot, not the generic Android fastboot), or rename to 0P6BIMG.zip and put on the SD card.
3) Again, you can not do this (simply change file extension to make exe into a zip).

redpoint73 said:
1) You can't do that. The exe is a Windows executable program, not a zip file. Changing the extension doesn't change the format/contents of the file (just changes what Windows or the phone thinks it is).
For example, if you had a spreadsheet file (like .xls), you can't just rename it to .jpg and expect it to magically turn the spreadsheet into a photograph.
Yes, the RUU.exe contains ROM.zip. But your phone doesn't know that, and can't extract it.
2) You'll want to get the 6 .20.654.3 firmware from the following webpage under FIRMWARES: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
Flash with fastboot:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
(run it twice)
This should clear up the Error 155, and allow the HK RUU exe to work.
Incidentally, the link above also has the correct zip format files, if you want to fastboot flash the zip (although for this you need htc_fastboot, not the generic Android fastboot), or rename to 0P6BIMG.zip and put on the SD card.
3) Again, you can not do this (simply change file extension to make exe into a zip).
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thank you so much, downloading the firmware.zip file now and ill attempt to flash it and get back with you asap

redpoint73 said:
1) You can't do that. The exe is a Windows executable program, not a zip file. Changing the extension doesn't change the format/contents of the file (just changes what Windows or the phone thinks it is).
For example, if you had a spreadsheet file (like .xls), you can't just rename it to .jpg and expect it to magically turn the spreadsheet into a photograph.
Yes, the RUU.exe contains ROM.zip. But your phone doesn't know that, and can't extract it.
2) You'll want to get the 6 .20.654.3 firmware from the following webpage under FIRMWARES: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
Flash with fastboot:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
(run it twice)
This should clear up the Error 155, and allow the HK RUU exe to work.
Incidentally, the link above also has the correct zip format files, if you want to fastboot flash the zip (although for this you need htc_fastboot, not the generic Android fastboot), or rename to 0P6BIMG.zip and put on the SD card.
3) Again, you can not do this (simply change file extension to make exe into a zip).
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so after i download the firmware zip and flash via fastboot as you described above (at this point does it need to be htc fastboot or will the minimal fastboot i already have be sufficient?), i should then run the ruu exe on my pc, correct?

jcedwards2009 said:
so after i download the firmware zip and flash via fastboot as you described above (at this point does it need to be htc fastboot or will the minimal fastboot i already have be sufficient?)
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I've always flashed firmware with the generic fasboot (not the htc one). But I suppose in theory, either should work.
jcedwards2009 said:
i should then run the ruu exe on my pc, correct?
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Yes.

i downloaded the signed version of the firmware, is that ok? just wanted to get as close to stock as possible.
i flashed once, it said "FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately)"
so i ran only the "fastboot flash zip firmware.zip" command a second time like you said and it has been saying "sending 'zip'" for a good almost 10 minutes now..... is that normal?
or did i need to run the entire "fastboot oem rebootRUU, fastboot flash zip firmware.zip" command twice?
very sorry for my ignorance...
just dont want to cancel the command right in the middle of flashing if thats what its doing if it just takes more than 10 or 15 minutes...

nevermind, canceled the operation ran the entire command again and theres now a green bar moving across the screen under htc. the green bar is full, and phone is just sitting.... what do i do now?

it kept sitting so i entered the command fastboot reboot. it rebooted, and its just sitting at the htc powered by android screen now...

its stuck at the htc powered by android screen still...... tried rebooting holding pwr for longer than 10 seconds, nothing....

ok i help pwr+up button and it restarted, held pwr+dwn got into bootloader, selected fastboot and its showed fastboot usb. ran the ruu exe on my pc and it detected my phone and version number, i continued to update, and now the ruu exe is sitting at sending at 0% now

canceled the operation, downloaded the ruu zip, put it on the sd card and restarted.... im now good to go. thank you so much for your help.

Htc one m8 unable to find correct firmware and rom

THANKS IN ADVANCE
hi being long period user of android phone still facing many problems to get OTA update on my phone. I was excited about my phone HTC one M8 and wanted to install OTA update there was not any software update option in my phone and than i ran for internet search spent regular three days to find correct firmware get back to stock which totally different from samsung phones. I gone through all the the threads and option provided on internet tried to get back to stock. I need help of professional
who can sort out this problem. HTC PHONE IS NOW BOOTLOADER LOCKED S-OFF KITKAT INSTALLED SUPERCID software number 1.54.651.8
PLEASE GIVE LINK TO GET STOCK RECOVERY AND HOW TO INSTALL OR FLASH IT.
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.05.20.0321_2
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 1.54.651.8
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: ***********
(bootloader) imei: ***********
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: **************
(bootloader) product: m8_whl
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B70000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 8a0f02ff
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.094s

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2729173
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THANKS ckpv5 I WILL GIVE YOU WHOLE INFO. ABOUT MY PROBLEM
As i changed my MID and flashed wrong zip of HTC europe rom on HTC SPRINT which drained everything including my custom TWRP. I was totally new to HTC totally messed up everything. its been more than five days my phone had stuck at hboot screen i know you guy are genius can save my hundard of BUCKs as its new phone bought 15 days ago it was rooted.
I WAS TRYING TO INSTALL SPRINT FIRMWARE TOO BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY FLASHED THAT FIRMWARE ACCORDING TO EUROPE ROM. NOW THE PROBLEM IS THAT I AM UNABLE TO FLASH FIRMWARE DUE TO CHANGED MID (talked earlier) CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO.

Do you still have TWRP installed ?
If no, install one
If yes,
Boot to TWRP recovery, select mount - system
open command prompt from your adb/fastboot folder then run command
adb shell
then this code
Code:
echo -ne '\x30\x00\x50\x00\x36\x00\x42\x00\x37\x00\x30\x00\x30\x00\x30\x00\x30' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 bs=1 seek=16384
Make sure you copy the code, not write it yourself
then exit
then select reboot - bootloader
then run
fastboot getvar mid
you should see your mid now read 0P6B70000
(you don't need "su" command)
Now you can install Sprint RUU - http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-sprint/news/
or check those in Sprint section that I linked above
Note : You will get your device running again but you maybe lost the 3G/4G and only can get 2G. Reason is you flashed wrong radio meant for GSM on your CDMA, this usually brick the radio. If you're lucky enough, this is not happening.

ckpv5 said:
Do you still have TWRP installed ?
If no, install one
If yes,
Boot to TWRP recovery, select mount - system
open command prompt from your adb/fastboot folder then run command
adb shell
then this code
Code:
echo -ne '\x30\x00\x50\x00\x36\x00\x42\x00\x37\x00\x30\x00\x30\x00\x30\x00\x30' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 bs=1 seek=16384
Make sure you copy the code, not write it yourself
then exit
then select reboot - bootloader
then run
fastboot getvar mid
you should see your mid now read 0P6B70000
(you don't need "su" command)
Now you can install Sprint RUU - http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-sprint/news/
or check those in Sprint section that I linked above
Note : You will get your device running again but you maybe lost the 3G/4G and only can get 2G. Reason is you flashed wrong radio meant for GSM on your CDMA, this usually brick the radio. If you're lucky enough, this is not happening.
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this is what now comes up when i try to flash TWRP
C:\Users\USER\Desktop\fastboot_adb\fastboot_adb>fastboot flash recovery "twrp-2.8.5.0-m8_whl.img."
target reported max download size of 1826418688 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16086 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.501s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.516s
i'm brain dead nothing works SUGGEST SOMETHING
EVEN UNABLE TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER NOW

You can't fastboot flash recovery while the bootloader is locked/relocked.
You need a microSD.
Download the 0P6BIMG.zip that I posted here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67526388&postcount=387
No need to worry what OS it is written for now, it will get fixed when you install RUU.
Place the 0P6BIMG.zip on root of microSD (means not in any folder)
Then put your phone on hboot, it will scan the file. Volume up to update (install). Once done, it will ask you to reboot but you know that your device is bootlooping, just put the device on bootloader (remove the microSD to delete the 0P6BIMG.zip)
Now you can boot to TWRP recovery and do the rest as described above.

ckpv5 said:
You can't fastboot flash recovery while the bootloader is locked/relocked.
You need a microSD.
Download the 0P6BIMG.zip that I posted here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67526388&postcount=387
No need to worry what OS it is written for now, it will get fixed when you install RUU.
Place the 0P6BIMG.zip on root of microSD (means not in any folder)
Then put your phone on hboot, it will scan the file. Volume up to update (install). Once done, it will ask you to reboot but you know that your device is bootlooping, just put the device on bootloader (remove the microSD to delete the 0P6BIMG.zip)
Now you can boot to TWRP recovery and do the rest as described above.
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:fingers-crossed: Thanks man you are really great now these are the outcomes
C:\Users\USER\Desktop\fastboot_adb\fastboot_adb>fastboot getvar mid
mid: 0P6B70000
finished. total time: -0.000s
Now it want follow your command give me further steps. Thanks Again
Moreover, i made mistake that i also had flashed firmware file according to htc europe rom. Now which one should choose.

Doesn't matter about the firmware now .. just install RUU.
That was the guide written above.
1. Change MID
2. Install RUU exe that is linked above.
Make sure you have windows PC with usb2.0 and the latest htc usb drivers are installed.
HTC USB drivers - Install HTC Sync Manager - http://www.htc.com/us/support/software/htc-sync-manager.aspx
- it will install the needed drivers then uninstall the HTC Sync Manager but leave the drivers.
Or you can use RUU zip
0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_6.20.651.3_RUU.zip that you can get in Sprint thread.
Rename it to 0P6BIMG.zip and install the same way as you installed TWRP above (microSD method)

ckpv5 said:
Doesn't matter about the firmware now .. just install RUU.
That was the guide written above.
1. Change MID
2. Install RUU
Make sure you have windows PC with usb2.0 and the latest htc usb drivers are installed.
HTC USB drivers - Install HTC Sync Manager - http://www.htc.com/us/support/software/htc-sync-manager.aspx
- it will install the needed drivers then uninstall the HTC Sync Manager but leave the drivers.
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0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_6.20.651.3_RUU
sorry it could be silly but which one is right one in both of it or give the link to particular one because i am afraid don't mess anything again. Thanks man
RUU_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_6.12.1540.4

What's this RUU_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_6.12.154 0.4 got do with your device ?
All my links are referred to RUU 6.20.651.3 on post #2, #4 & #8

ckpv5 said:
What's this RUU_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_6.12.154 0.4 got do with your device ?
All my links are referred to 6.20.651.3 on post #2, #4 & #8
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Sorry bro i sent you by mistake i got it i will flash 0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_6.20.651.3_RUU file through HBOOT and i will post the outcome whatever there will be but you are great. You saved me. Thanks a lot bro
It says that Device halted due large image update file
What do you suggest now.

Then install 6.20.651.3 Signed Full Firmware first, see whether it can be installed.
Rename it to 0P6BIMG.zip and install it microSD method. If successful then install RUU.
(This is the problem .. I don't have Sprint device, unable to test)

ckpv5 said:
Then install 6.20.651.3 Signed Full Firmware first, see whether it can be installed.
Rename it to 0P6BIMG.zip and install it microSD method. If successful then install RUU.
(This is the problem .. I don't have Sprint device, unable to test)
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There is another problem occured i flashed signed firmware now phone only shows the HTC logo and unable to restart what should do now???

Was the firmware installation successful ? This is important.
When you reboot, there is no OS, you need to put back to bootloader then install RUU.
(Same way after you installed TWRP before)
I think this is easier.. instead of going to Marsmallow, install the lollipop first just to get your phone up & running.
Install this 0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_4.25.651.18_RUU.zip, for this you don't need to install firmware.
Once successful, then you can try again to install Marshmallow 0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_6.20.651.3_RUU.zip but
you need to install 6.20.651.3 Firmware first.

ckpv5 said:
Was the firmware installation successful ? This is important.
When you reboot, there is no OS, you need to put back to bootloader then install RUU.
(Same way after you installed TWRP before)
I think this is easier.. instead of going to Marsmallow, install the lollipop first just to get your phone up & running.
Install this 0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_4.25.651.18_RUU.zip, for this you don't need to install firmware.
Once successful, then you can try again to install Marshmallow 0P6BIMG_Sprint_HTC_One_M8_6.20.651.3_RUU.zip but
you need to install 6.20.651.3 Firmware first.
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Thanks man we made it IT IS FINALLY WORKING you are really great Man this info will HELP SOMEONE AS WELL..

Great ..
Now I can sleep well.. it's 1.00 am here... good night

ckpv5 said:
Great ..
Now I can sleep well.. it's 1.00 am here... good night
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Thanks you spent much time to solve my problem rest of the phone is working fine and it shows one error of something that attached a screenshot also attached screenshot of networks please tell there is 3g and 4g Thank you great man
There is also portable wifi hotspot is missed. Need help where to find it.

karamghumaan said:
There is also portable wifi hotspot is missed. Need help where to find it.
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Did you find it? And how did you changed WiFi and signal status bar icon? Which htc theme did you use?
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Zile995 said:
Did you find it? And how did you changed WiFi and signal status bar icon? Which htc theme did you use?
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Hello mate No it is till missing and official theme and i also want change that icon but i couldn't find that option too. Are you able to give me that solution how i can do it. More there is activating device window at start up how can i remove that?

karamghumaan said:
Thanks you spent much time to solve my problem rest of the phone is working fine and it shows one error of something that attached a screenshot also attached screenshot of networks please tell there is 3g and 4g Thank you great man
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SO you have no cell data access?
What bands does your carrier uses for 3G and LTE (what band for each of those - they are 2 different things).
karamghumaan said:
There is also portable wifi hotspot is missed. Need help where to find it.
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Hotspot is locked out on most US carrier versions. If you don't see Hotspot as an available "tile" in the notification quick settings, and no Hotspot widget, than the feature has been disabled on your stock ROM.
Easiest way to enable Hotspot is with the proper custom ROM (supports Sprint version M8).

Getting back to stock for OTA update

Hello fellow XDA users!
I just bought my m8 and it came with Software status modified, bootloader unlocked, philz touch, S-on but Super CID.
The problem now is that i can't OTA and it is still in kitkat
So I started to work on it tonight, and I can't get it back to stock :
I have flashed TWRP, made a boot backup to create necessary folders, and downloaded a stock nandroid backup for my main version, 3.28.401.6.
Wiped the phone, restored the rom, flashed stock recovery and here in bootloader my software status is still modified, so no OTA possible.
Suppose it has something to do with superCID, but i can't modify it anymore as I'm not s-off and I don't know what is the stock CID for the phone, just bought it.
Sorry to create another boring thread about OTA updates btw, but I just can't understand what I'm doing wrong here (coming from a samsung device, but I've been reading a lot here, and still no luck about my situation.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376 this is the thread where I downloaded the Nandroid, if it has any importance... It is the one rooted but which has apparently no effect on OTA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/general/official-ruu1-55-605-2-t2883845 this seems interesting as I could maybe flash a RUU of same version to become unmodified but i'll ask you before doing anything stupid
Thank you all for your future answers
EDIT : Here are info from getvar all if you need (removed serialno and imei)
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.21.21331147A1.19_2G
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 3.28.401.6
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m8_ul
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B13000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: df77f8b7
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.007s

WoBble12 said:
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B13000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) security: on
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With the above current CID/MID ... you can only update to Marshmallow either with T-MOB US RUU or Developer Edition RUU as both work on MID 0P6B13000
You current software 3.28.401.6 won't do any good as that is workable for OTA when your MID is 0P6B10000
So if you want a EU version, you need to spend USD25 to S-Off the device, else just go for Developer Edition RUU.
Step 1 : install 6.12.1540.4 firmware
You can get the firmware and how-to : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60218734&postcount=5
Step 2 : install 6.12.1540.4 RUU
Download : http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8/news/

Ok, thank you for the quick reply!
I was mistaken by the back plate of the device saying OP6B100, so didn't verify the mid in the adb log...
Now for a few questions, what are the differences between the dev version and the European one? Anything related to getting signal or something?
If I just update fw and rom with your two links, it will work even with my software status says "modified"? And Will it change back to official status?
Are updates going to be better if I go s-off and european again or is it the exact same version?

1. I don't see any significant difference with EU and Dev Ed except the obvious radio config.
But both worked fine for me in Asia region.
2. You should get the official status.
3. I don't see a point to S-Off as there is no more further OTA offered by HTC.
Once you updated to Marshmallow, you can always unlock the bootloader and install any custom ROM that you like. Most important is to have Marshmallow firmware (or at least Lollipop), doesn't matter whether it is EU or Dev Ed.

Ok, thanks again for the replies! Will try dev software, and if it doesn't work I'll pay for s-off

Ok so... I tried to update firmware, followed the tutorial, but i'm stuck at flashing the RUU. I went to the link you sent me, downloaded the 1.4 GB file, and now I have a zip file and a .exe file. The .exe will just start, say me it installs installshield, ask me to agree with the terms of licence, and close.
So I searched a bit, and i tried to flash the RUU as I did for the firmware, but now rebooting just leads me to a black screen, and the RUU fails.
please tell me what I did wrong so I can fix it.
Here is the ADB output :
C:\adb>fastboot flash zip RUU.zip
target reported max download size of 1826418688 bytes
sending 'zip' (1217690 KB)...
OKAY [ 34.178s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 79.165s

You can't use generic fastboot.exe to flash the RUU.zip, you need to use htc_fastboot.exe
Read this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64926626&postcount=6
but use your RUU.zip (not the one in the guide)

sorry to bother for this but what is my RUU.zip you are talking about?
And i've tried with HTC fastboot and no luck neither...

You mentioned these above
C:\adb>fastboot flash zip RUU.zip
target reported max download size of 1826418688 bytes
sending 'zip' (1217690 KB)...
OKAY [ 34.178s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 79.165s​
So I thought that you have a RUU zip.
Since you can't run RUU.exe (due to either USB2.0 is not available or lack of HTC USB Drivers and some Microsoft files in your PC), you can do this :
Run the RUU.exe, when it opens where you can see the dialog box for you to accept agreement ..
Open your windows temp folder ( in windows run dialog, type %temp% )
You'll see two newly created folder, one of them has a file named rom.zip
Copy this rom.zip to your fastboot folder ... this is your RUU.zip
Can you post your current fastboot getvar result ? Need to see that you successfully installed the firmware.zip

ckpv5 said:
You mentioned these above
C:\adb>fastboot flash zip RUU.zip
target reported max download size of 1826418688 bytes
sending 'zip' (1217690 KB)...
OKAY [ 34.178s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 79.165s​
So I thought that you have a RUU zip.
Since you can't run RUU.exe (due to either USB2.0 is not available or lack of HTC USB Drivers and some Microsoft files in your PC), you can do this :
Run the RUU.exe, when it opens where you can see the dialog box for you to accept agreement ..
Open your windows temp folder ( in windows run dialog, type %temp% )
You'll see two newly created folder, one of them has a file named rom.zip
Copy this rom.zip to your fastboot folder ... this is your RUU.zip
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Ok, just saw this at the moment on another thread, was going to try with the %temp% method, the command you made bold was the RUU_M8_UL_M60_SENSE70_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_6.12.1540.4.zip file that I renamed to be able to flash it more easily lol, what a noob I am ^^ so i'm going to extract this rom.zip and flash it, hope it works now! all fastboot commands have to be replaced with "htc fastboot" now, or only the flashing one?
Once again, thank you! (Using the thanks button at each of your posts too, don't worry )
yes, I verified in bootloader it says OS-6.12.1540.4 !!! Win! now just estracting the Rom from the temp folder!

htc_fastboot only when flashing RUU.zip
Another method to install the RUU.zip once you copied out the rom.zip from Windows Temp folder.
1. rename the rom.zip to 0P6BIMG.zip
2. place it on root of your microsd (which is formatted to fat32)
3. boot to bootloader and select hboot
4. it will scan the file and ask whether you want to update
5. volume up to update and leave it to do its stuff until it is completed and ask you to reboot
6. after reboot, remove that 0P6BIMG.zip from your microsd (so it won't ask you again to update whenever you boot to bootloader/hboot)

ckpv5 said:
htc_fastboot only when flashing RUU.zip
Another method to install the RUU.zip once you copied out the rom.zip from Windows Temp folder.
1. rename the rom.zip to 0P6BIMG.zip
2. place it on root of your microsd (which is formatted to fat32)
3. boot to bootloader and select hboot
4. it will scan the file and ask whether you want to update
5. volume up to update and leave it to do its stuff until it is completed and ask you to reboot
6. after reboot, remove that 0P6BIMG.zip from your microsd (so it won't ask you again to update whenever you boot to bootloader/hboot)
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I've done the 1st method, and now after a flash that went well, i'm stuck in bootloader, with os version bein written in red and showing two times the version number, second one in parenthesis.
Instead of having options to power down etc, I only have a orange RUU option which is selected but I can't validate with power button, and in ADB I did command to reboot to bootloader but not doing anything now...

When in RUU mode, you don't use adb .. use fastboot
fastboot reboot-bootloader
When you have OS written in red, that's usually means the firmware is not correctly installed.
Try to get to fastboot with the above command then reinstall firmware.zip

ckpv5 said:
When in RUU mode, you don't use adb .. use fastboot
fastboot reboot-bootloader
When you have OS written in red, that's usually means the firmware is not correctly installed.
Try to get to fastboot with the above command then reinstall firmware.zip
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C:\adb>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 8.033s
that's what I get...
And in bootloader actually I only have the variables and the "RUU" option highlighted in orange :/

Connect to PC so you can hear the connect/disconnect sound
Press & hold both power & volume up till you hear the disconnect sound
Release both button and press & hold volume down button, this should get you to hboot
(remove the microsd first as you have the RUU zip there)
that's what I get...
And in bootloader actually I only have the variables and the "RUU" option highlighted in orange​
Can you use the power button to select it to get to RUU mode then fastboot reboot-bootloader or press & hold buttons method ?

ckpv5 said:
Connect to PC so you can hear the connect/disconnect sound
Press & hold both power & volume up till you hear the disconnect sound
Release both button and press & hold volume down button, this should get you to hboot
(remove the microsd first as you have the RUU zip there)
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I don't have the rom on micro sd for the moment, but just disconnected and reconnected to PC, now I'm on the RUU screen with the green bar being completed but not doing anything. Should I try to re launch a command line and reflash the rom.zip?

WoBble12 said:
I don't have the rom one micro sd for the moment, but just disconnected and reconnected to PC, now I'm on the RUU screen with the green bar being completed but not doing anything. Should I try to re launch a command line and reflash the rom.zip?
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Run command fastboot reboot-bootloader
to get to bootloader
check the OS now written in red or green
if red, reflash firmware.zip not rom/RUU.zip
if green .. just reboot and wait for awhile and see how it goes.
if it is stuck after 10 minutes .. reflash RUU/rom zip

I'm now on marshmallow! Tastes sweet lol!
Can't test the signal at the moment as I have to cut my micro SD to the right size, and I have no time for it. I will do this tomorrow , and reply back here to say if it worked. Anyway, couldn't have done this without you so big thanks for this and big thanks to all the XDA community!

WoBble12 said:
....I have to cut my micro SD to the right size....
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Hehe .. I believe you wanted to say to cut SIM card, not microSD
Great to know you managed to update.

Yes of course, simcard ^^
So I can now say that the phone is working and I have signal through my card.
Only weird thing is that after installing a few apps, system is taking up 8+ gig's of storage, which seems really big to me. But hey, it's a 32gig's one so I'm not afraid