i know this question has been asked alot on different forums but i am using htc one m8 distributed by 3 ireland. its on s-on and updated to marshmallow and i want to know best method to get s-of on latest hboot??? please suggest methods other then sunshine!!
There is no other method than sunshine.
Firewater
Saleen28 said:
There is no other method than sunshine.
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what about firewater method??
hassanulhaq said:
what about firewater method??
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Firewater no longer working
hassanulhaq said:
what about firewater method??
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Sunshine is the only current working method. That was already stated, and ignoring that statement and trying to offer up other (obsolete) methods is just wishful thinking.
Firewater stopped working once the devs (same devs as sunshine) stopped supporting its online component (needed for it to work) in Dev 2014.
What do you think you need s-off for? Its not needed for most mods, such as root, custom recovery, flashing custom ROMs, flashing kernels, and a great many things.
What s-off is needed for, is to flash modified hboots, manually flashing radios, changing CID/MID, and a few other things. But for most folks, s-on and unlocked bootloader is just fine.
m10 port on m8
redpoint73 said:
Sunshine is the only current working method. That was already stated, and ignoring that statement and trying to offer up other (obsolete) methods is just wishful thinking.
Firewater stopped working once the devs (same devs as sunshine) stopped supporting its online component (needed for it to work) in Dev 2014.
What do you think you need s-off for? Its not needed for most mods, such as root, custom recovery, flashing custom ROMs, flashing kernels, and a great many things.
What s-off is needed for, is to flash modified hboots, manually flashing radios, changing CID/MID, and a few other things. But for most folks, s-on and unlocked bootloader is just fine.
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i want to install m10 prot on m8 and i think it needed to be on s-off to change complete rom!!
hassanulhaq said:
i want to install m10 prot on m8 and i think it needed to be on s-off to change complete rom!!
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no
if you want to flash a custom rom you are fine with s-on device ( as mentioned above )
and it's more protected than s-off device ( for beginner )
about the HTC 10 ported rom ( s-rom or ViperOneM8 ) are fine with s-on
GOOD LUCK
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ahmed.ismael said:
no
if you want to flash a custom rom you are fine with s-on device ( as mentioned above )
and it's more protected than s-off device ( for beginner )
about the HTC 10 ported rom ( s-rom or ViperOneM8 ) are fine with s-on
GOOD LUCK
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ok last thing off topic can you let me know how to enable htc Qualcomm diag mode?? i want to add lte band. i already successfully added in my lg g3 but i cant get htc m8 into diag mode.
hassanulhaq said:
ok last thing off topic can you let me know how to enable htc Qualcomm diag mode?? i want to add lte band. i already successfully added in my lg g3 but i cant get htc m8 into diag mode.
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to be honest i don't know what you asking for
but as you speak about LTE bands we should calling @redpoint73
as I believe he can answer your questions
forgive my little knowledge
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hassanulhaq said:
ok last thing off topic can you let me know how to enable htc Qualcomm diag mode?? i want to add lte band. i already successfully added in my lg g3 but i cant get htc m8 into diag mode.
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This doesn't work unless you have a CDMA version of the M8, which yours is not.
You can try to flash the radio firmware with the version of the M8 that supports the desire LTE band. This does require s-off. However, I've seen a lot of cases where it still won't work (LTE band not working on a particular carrier, even after flashing the radio that supports it). So money spent on sunshine s-off may be wasted.
You should have bought the M8 version with the proper LTE band support, preferably intended for your specific region/carrier, if that is availab.e.
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This doesn't work unless you have a CDMA version of the M8, which yours is not.
You can try to flash the radio firmware with the version of the M8 that supports the desire LTE band. This does require s-off. However, I've seen a lot of cases where it still won't work (LTE band not working on a particular carrier, even after flashing the radio that supports it). So money spent on sunshine s-off may be wasted.
You should have bought the M8 version with the proper LTE band support, preferably intended for your specific region/carrier, if that is availab.e.
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I am not talking about radio flash method which is widely use for samsung and lg devices in which bands are ediited QXDM. To qxdm i need to put cell in qualamcom diag mode. Lg and samsung have codes but htc has no code. I want to know is there any way i can put my cell in that mode.
hassanulhaq said:
I am not talking about radio flash method which is widely use for samsung and lg devices in which bands are ediited QXDM. To qxdm i need to put cell in qualamcom diag mode. Lg and samsung have codes but htc has no code. I want to know is there any way i can put my cell in that mode.
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I know exactly what you are talking about. And it won't work on your device. You can put the phone in diag mode, and change the NV values. But on the "GSM" version M8 (most any version except CDMA Verizon version, even Sprint has been reported to not work) the changes won't stick when you reboot.
What you can do with your version M8, is flash a different radio if you have s-off (may need to change CID/MID depending on what radio/firmware you flash). So that is why I mentioned that method.
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Sorry..newbie question. What are the benefits for International One X to get s-off beside installing the custom rom?
I have an S-off One X and an S-off AT&T One X. The At&t, I was be able to install International One XL Rom but I still can not get the International LTE bands running on 1800 and 2600Mhz.
Thanks.
droidan said:
Sorry..newbie question. What are the benefits for International One X to get s-off beside installing the custom rom?
I have an S-off One X and an S-off AT&T One X. The At&t, I was be able to install International One XL Rom but I still can not get the International LTE bands running on 1800 and 2600Mhz.
Thanks.
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With S-Off\super CID you can install any firmware package without being concerned over your specific CID matching and you can also downgrade your firmware if needed which you cannot do with S-ON. Also you dont need to separately flash the boot.img when installing custom roms as you can do all you need in the custom recovery. This means you can download and flash ROMS without using a PC all the time.
Cant comment on the bands issue.
but we were already flashing ROMs without using a PC. It seems like dev's circumvented S-OFF for the AT&T One X completely. That's why i don't understand why it was needed. I'm S-OFF just to have it, but still not exactly sure why i need it when the AT&T One X was already able to do anything that any other phone has been doing, custom ROM/kernel-wise.
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but we were already flashing ROMs without using a PC. It seems like dev's circumvented S-OFF for the AT&T One X completely. That's why i don't understand why it was needed. I'm S-OFF just to have it, but still not exactly sure why i need it when the AT&T One X was already able to do anything that any other phone has been doing, custom ROM/kernel-wise.
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I cant comment on the AT&T One X but the international needs S-OFF to be able to set Super CID, this enables you to choose which firmware you want without any ties to when its released for your specific CID. You need it if you want to downgrade your firmware for any reason and you need it to be able to flash the boot.img from any custom ROM via custom recovery without needing a PC to do it via fastboot.
To be fair if you can get over the annoyance of having to wait for official firmware upgrades for your particular phone an S-ON device isnt a great deal different. Of course its nice to have the flexibility as you say )
Hey M8 forums,
My S4 recently self destructed and I'm jumping ship to the M8 for T-Mo USA, I have a couple questions to prepare for it's arrival.
I'm coming off the S4 CM12 nightlies, are the M8 builds unified? As in, I can flash the standard CM release on my T-Mo variant?
And can I please get a link to the unlocking and rooting thread? The one I found has a method, but for s-off, the link seems to be down.
Thanks and greetings!
Most info can be found here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711073
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As far as CM goes, I'm not familiar with T-Mobile variants... Sorry. ☺
As of now the M8 in cyanogenmod is unified, all the GSM variants are just labelled as "m8". and the CDMA variants have other names like cm-20140120-m8vzw for verizon.
Onto the rooting and unlocking, you can unlock using HTC Dev but S-OFF might be a little impossible if you get the m8 pre-installed with 4.4.4.
Honestly, to root all you need to do is unlock using the HTC Dev site and flash a custom recovery from TWRP or CWM.
then flash SuperSU not all that different from a Nexus.
Darth said:
Most info can be found here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711073
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Thanks for the dump, lots of good info in there.
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As of now the M8 in cyanogenmod is unified, all the GSM variants are just labelled as "m8". and the CDMA variants have other names like cm-20140120-m8vzw for verizon.
Onto the rooting and unlocking, you can unlock using HTC Dev but S-OFF might be a little impossible if you get the m8 pre-installed with 4.4.4.
Honestly, to root all you need to do is unlock using the HTC Dev site and flash a custom recovery from TWRP or CWM.
then flash SuperSU not all that different from a Nexus.
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I bought it off a guy that bought it a few weeks ago I believe, I haven't gotten it yet to see. It was my understanding that SunShine works on all M8's up to Lollipop. Is that not the case?
And what is a firmware? I keep seeing around to flash the Lollipop firmware, is that just the radio.img file or the whole RUU or what?
A firmware could be reffered to a whole RUU , because the ZIP that updates from 1.x to 3.x is a firmware.
Essentially a Firmware contains the essentials for a basic update (HTC version) , Radio, boot, Kernel, Bootloader, modem, etc.
An Update Firmware or RUU will contain all the partitions ,
boot, system, bootloader,hboot,modem,radio, cache, recovery , and so on.
And to some sunshine will work and to some it might not, it's a risk you're going to have to take, (to get s-off) worth it.
Though we shouldn't have to go through all these cracks and breaks to get it.
I used an older method and it worked for me, never had to use sunshine.
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A firmware could be reffered to a whole RUU , because the ZIP that updates from 1.x to 3.x is a firmware.
Essentially a Firmware contains the essentials for a basic update (HTC version) , Radio, boot, Kernel, Bootloader, modem, etc.
An Update Firmware or RUU will contain all the partitions ,
boot, system, bootloader,hboot,modem,radio, cache, recovery , and so on.
And to some sunshine will work and to some it might not, it's a risk you're going to have to take, (to get s-off) worth it.
Though we shouldn't have to go through all these cracks and breaks to get it.
I used an older method and it worked for me, never had to use sunshine.
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I was told that the older method ceased to work because it required a server connection to complete that is no longer up. And would using a RUU to get to Lollipop put the system back to S-On?
Flashing anything won't touch the S-OFF. You'd have to manually set that back to S-ON (but why would you want to do that!)
I bought a refurbished, factory unlocked HTC one m8 off eBay in February. I just got my hands on it last week. I live in India.
I have some experience with rooting the phone and installing custom rims. I'm currently using the HTC one m7 with ViperOne 8.0.0 on top.
I have a few questions that I need to find the answer to before I do anything on the m8.
1. What are the methods to s-off the phone?
Bootloader unlocked using htcdev
Hboot version is - 3.16
Running stock Rom 4.4.2, that I'm assuming comes with an at&t m8
2. Do I need to flash a firmware/radio for the phone to work in India?
3. Do I need to be looking at custom roms made specifically for the at&t version? Or can I flash any Rom built for the international version?
4. Is there a way to convert the phone to an international firmware/radio, etc. So I can flash Rom/mod meant for international version?
I'm not sure I explained my questions correctly, please ask if further info/explanation is required
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I bought a refurbished, factory unlocked HTC one m8 off eBay in February. I just got my hands on it last week. I live in India.
I have some experience with rooting the phone and installing custom rims. I'm currently using the HTC one m7 with ViperOne 8.0.0 on top.
I have a few questions that I need to find the answer to before I do anything on the m8.
1. What are the methods to s-off the phone?
Bootloader unlocked using htcdev
Hboot version is - 3.16
Running stock Rom 4.4.2, that I'm assuming comes with an at&t m8
2. Do I need to flash a firmware/radio for the phone to work in India?
3. Do I need to be looking at custom roms made specifically for the at&t version? Or can I flash any Rom built for the international version?
4. Is there a way to convert the phone to an international firmware/radio, etc. So I can flash Rom/mod meant for international version?
I'm not sure I explained my questions correctly, please ask if further info/explanation is required
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And you be flashing Viper again I assume.
You'll need to use Sunshine S-Off. It cost $25, but it is guaranteed to work. They run a diagnostic check to make sure, and only ask for the payment then.
Once you are S-Off, you can go superCID and flash the 4.16.401.10 RUU, or flash the same version firmware.
In your situation, I would run the RUU instead of just flashing the firmware. Just my opinion. You could probably just flash the firmware at that point. The RUU is always the safest method though.
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And you be flashing Viper again I assume.
You'll need to use Sunshine S-Off. It cost $25, but it is guaranteed to work. They run a diagnostic check to make sure, and only ask for the payment then.
Once you are S-Off, you can go superCID and flash the 4.16.401.10 RUU, or flash the same version firmware.
In your situation, I would run the RUU instead of just flashing the firmware. Just my opinion. You could probably just flash the firmware at that point. The RUU is always the safest method though.
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I most probably will be flashing viperone
Though I might have multi Rom set up on it
Thanks for the answer btw!
Just one more question, what is superCID?
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2. Do I need to flash a firmware/radio for the phone to work in India?
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It depends on whether the bands needed to work on your carrier (3G and LTE, if applicable) are already supported by the AT&T version. If not, then you need to flash a radio that does support your carrier's bands.
Having a sprint htc m8 (unlocked ) with following details
Andriod Version- 4.4.2
Htc sense - 6
Software version - 1.54.651.8
HTC sdk api level - 6.17.
With hboot -1.56 (probably , not sure as phone is not with me now )
Can i s-off it with firewater ??. If somehow i am successful in s-off it , can I update it to latest lollipop with losing s-off , as the hboot will also be updated with it .
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No more firewater ... not on any hboot.
hboot 1.56 is M7 not M8
M8 hboot is 3.16.0000
Personally I don't see a good reason to S-Off a Sprint device. You can't convert it to anything else, must remain on Sprint.
Look for RUU to update it to lollipop
So i cant flash asian radio img to sprint htc m8 it after s-off and super cid . Can u do it to tmobile variant. I havent updated the os and the firewater works with the andriod 4.4.2 and i have the firewater file too . Still i cant s-off the phone using it ?
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I can't comment on radio part because I'm not familiar with it when it comes to sprint and verizon variants. Personally I don't think you can do that.
TMobile is GSM, different from Sprint & Verizon even though you can use GSM on them. I read that when a GSM firmware which include radio is flashed to a Verizon, it kills the radio and it needs motherboard replacement to fix it. I expect the same for Sprint.
Maybe @redpoint73 can assist on this matter.
Now .. about firewater .. you have firewater files but you don't have firewater live server. When you run firewater, it needs to download some files from its server (that's why you need internet connection when running it). Since the server is offline (in fact no more live server) the procedure will definitely fails.
Shunshine should work for you: http://theroot.ninja/
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So i cant flash asian radio img to sprint htc m8 it after s-off and super cid . Can u do it to tmobile variant.
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You can't do it. The partitioning on the phones isn't even the same, meaning the radio won't flash to the right partition, and might brick the device.
At best, the radio won't flash; at worst, you will brick.
In short, you can't flash other radios to Sprint. If your carrier is not Sprint, you should not have bought this version M8.
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I havent updated the os and the firewater works with the andriod 4.4.2 and i have the firewater file too . Still i cant s-off the phone using it ?
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As ckpv5 stated, it doesn't matter what hboot or software is on the phone. firewater doesn't work anymore, on any phone, period.
Thanks for the help guys . Phone was sold so not able to reply .. any help regarding updating my sprint htc m8 (s-off'd) firmware to latest. Found a gsm thread but not for cdma/ sprint firmware to flash .
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sonnu0100 said:
Thanks for the help guys . Phone was sold so not able to reply .. any help regarding updating my sprint htc m8 (s-off'd) firmware to latest. Found a gsm thread but not for cdma/ sprint firmware to flash .
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MM RUU is now available, you can update by RUU (but this will wipe the phone). RUU at the bottom of the following: http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-sprint/news/
Back in August, I got a HTC One M9 from Bluegrass Cellular. (The phone came with Android 5.1) I decided to root it and try a custom ROM. I downloaded a snapshot for CM13 himawl. (Since that's the variant according to Download mode) I flashed it in TWRP only to get an error about sbl1. I since found an unofficial nightly of cm12.1 himawl built on November 17, 2015. It flashed and works fine to this day, but I'd like to have newer features and better security. How would I go about doing this? I can't seem to find the correct RUU. I tried the unlocked RUU to see if it would work, but it was to no avail. I'm S-on if that helps.
purplekid97 said:
Back in August, I got a HTC One M9 from Bluegrass Cellular. (The phone came with Android 5.1) I decided to root it and try a custom ROM. I downloaded a snapshot for CM13 himawl. (Since that's the variant according to Download mode) I flashed it in TWRP only to get an error about sbl1. I since found an unofficial nightly of cm12.1 himawl built on November 17, 2015. It flashed and works fine to this day, but I'd like to have newer features and better security. How would I go about doing this? I can't seem to find the correct RUU. I tried the unlocked RUU to see if it would work, but it was to no avail. I'm S-on if that helps.
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I'm pretty sure that in order to use a Marshmallow-based ROM (ie, CM 13), you need the Marshmallow firmware first. I imagine the same will be true for Nougat ROMs....though I don't think we've got anything beyond stock just yet.
I imagine that if you were able to achieve S-OFF on your phone, you could apply the appropriate RUU to get you up to the latest available firmware for your phone. To be clear, I don't know what that is (I'm not familiar with the himawl models) - but it should be possible.
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I'm pretty sure that in order to use a Marshmallow-based ROM (ie, CM 13), you need the Marshmallow firmware first. I imagine the same will be true for Nougat ROMs....though I don't think we've got anything beyond stock just yet.
I imagine that if you were able to achieve S-OFF on your phone, you could apply the appropriate RUU to get you up to the latest available firmware for your phone. To be clear, I don't know what that is (I'm not familiar with the himawl models) - but it should be possible.
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I believe that's what's going on here. I'm just trying to see if there are any alternatives or RUU's known to work with my s-on phone before I resort to the $25 investment of Sunshine.
purplekid97 said:
I believe that's what's going on here. I'm just trying to see if there are any alternatives or RUU's known to work with my s-on phone before I resort to the $25 investment of Sunshine.
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Just for the fact you get an extra chance to unbrick if it goes wrong is worth the $25. IMO S-OFF is a necessity for htc phones.
Beamed in by telepathy.
I tried the test in the Sunshine app, but it said to flash stock or near stock rom. I mistakenly didn't backup my stock ROM before flashing cm12.1. Anyone know a ROM I could flash to s off?
purplekid97 said:
I tried the test in the Sunshine app, but it said to flash stock or near stock rom. I mistakenly didn't backup my stock ROM before flashing cm12.1. Anyone know a ROM I could flash to s off?
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You're on Android 5, right? Android Revolution HD 14, which is built off of stock Android 5.1.0, should do the trick.
Very important sidenote: Don't change the MID/CID or the firmware of this device! It's a CDMA one and therefore not compatible with the GSM firmwares like the dev edition or the WWE one. Otherwise you'll end up with a fancy new paperweight. Just stay with the SKU (the three numbers between the second and the third dot in the firmware version) it is currently using since not even the different CDMA firmwares/devices are compatible with each other.
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Flippy498 said:
Very important sidenote: Don't change the MID/CID or the firmware of this device! It's a CDMA one and therefore not compatible with the GSM firmwares like the dev edition or the WWE one. Otherwise you'll end up with a fancy new paperweight. Just stay with the SKU (the three numbers between the second and the third dot in the firmware version) it is currently using since not even the different CDMA firmwares/devices are compatible with each other.
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In my case, the SKU is 605. Is there a newer 605 I can update to access Marshmallow? I recall when I was stock, I tried to update to MM through OTA in settings, but apparently my carrier never approved the update. 5.1 appeared to be the "latest."
605 is the verizon-branded firmware. There definitely is an android m update for your phone.
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Flippy498 said:
605 is the verizon-branded firmware. There definitely is an android m update for your phone.
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Awesome! With my CID being LRA__001 would I be able to flash this?
0PJAIMG_HIMA_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZW_MR_VERIZON_WWE_3.3 [email protected]_CNV_1.26_002 _release_469809_signed_1 zip
The problem is it looks like it's WWE which you said wouldn't work.
purplekid97 said:
Awesome! With my CID being LRA__001 would I be able to flash this?
0PJAIMG_HIMA_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZW_MR_VERIZON_WWE_3.3 [email protected]_CNV_1.26_002 _release_469809_signed_1 zip
The problem is it looks like it's WWE which you said wouldn't work.
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It's Verizon WWE. That's not the same as sku 401 (WWE).
Either you try that one or you download the exe from the HTC US website.
I can't say for sure whether it'll work. According to the sku the RUU should be flashable. You'll need to try by yourself. An alternative would be contacting llabtoofer's RUU service. However that one isn't for free. (Either search for it via google or use the direct link in my google sheet if you want to use that service.)
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here's your RUU
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I mistakenly flashed verizon firmware and now I've lost the network signals, My phone is currently in boot loop, restarting at it's own, I can't use open Mobile Networks App, My networks are not working at all, Some expert told me it's because I flashed wrong Radio.img along with rest of firmware.
Please provide me with stock firmware for Bluegrass Cellular.
I've lost every hope.
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Source:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/stock-nand-backup-ota-update-collection-t3132698
Download:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591023225177985
Flippy498 did all the work. I just did some searching
rename to 0PJAIMG.zip place on sd card and reboot should fix it
Again its Flippy498's work