Hi,
I am trying to unroot my HTC One M8 so that I can recover deleted numbers, SMS Texts etc. I'd never don't this before but successfully recovered data using GT Recovery on an old Samsung S3.
Tried to repeat the process on my HTC One M8 on a UK network provider. Downloaded and installed squabbies HTC One M8 Toolkit v2.5.0.0. It auto updated (very handy) and off I went striking the "get unlock token code". The phone (which is connected) powers down for restart and I get an on screen message on PC saying it is "restarting into download mode".
From there that's it. It just hangs and nothing further happens.
I've read the point & purpose of this particular forum/thread. Are you able to offer any direction please on where I might find some help with this please?
Thanks.
android amatuer said:
Hi,
I am trying to unroot my HTC One M8 so that I can recover deleted numbers, SMS Texts etc. I'd never don't this before but successfully recovered data using GT Recovery on an old Samsung S3.
Tried to repeat the process on my HTC One M8 on a UK network provider. Downloaded and installed squabbies HTC One M8 Toolkit v2.5.0.0. It auto updated (very handy) and off I went striking the "get unlock token code". The phone (which is connected) powers down for restart and I get an on screen message on PC saying it is "restarting into download mode".
From there that's it. It just hangs and nothing further happens.
I've read the point & purpose of this particular forum/thread. Are you able to offer any direction please on where I might find some help with this please?
Thanks.
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You don't need an unlock token to unroot, and you don't need a toolkit. I usually suggest to never use toolkits.
Also, you aren't going to be able to retrieve deleted numbers and SMS texts by unrooting either, as far as I know.
If you need to unroot, go to the SuperSU app in your app drawer, select settings, then select full unroot. Super easy. No toolkit needed.
xunholyx said:
Also, you aren't going to be able to retrieve deleted numbers and SMS texts by unrooting either, as far as I know.
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I agree here (and with anything else xunholyx just posted), I don't see what unrooting has to do with recovering the mentioned data. Root enables more things, and doesn't typically limit much (exception is certain apps like banking and Pokémon Go, which don't allow root).
EDIT: I looked up GT Recovery, and it says "root required" for some features. So I'm confused what the OP is doing exactly.
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android amatuer said:
The phone (which is connected) powers down for restart and I get an on screen message on PC saying it is "restarting into download mode".
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This is slightly disconcerting to me, as this and other HTC phones do not have a "download mode".
Sure i've tried that but will give it another go
I do have SuperSu and have tried unrooting with that. But i'm sure before it lets me unroot it wants superuser or administrator rights before I can access settings. And from what I see, I appear unable to give it those rights so I'm not making much progress on that front.
But following your suggestion I will revisit that.
Thanks
xunholyx said:
You don't need an unlock token to unroot, and you don't need a toolkit. I usually suggest to never use toolkits.
Also, you aren't going to be able to retrieve deleted numbers and SMS texts by unrooting either, as far as I know.
If you need to unroot, go to the SuperSU app in your app drawer, select settings, then select full unroot. Super easy. No toolkit needed.
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Just trying to figure it all out
From my experience with the Samsung S3, when successfully unrooted I was able to recover deleted phone numbers and deleted sms texts using GT Recovery. This did require the device to be unrooted first. It was a few weeks back now but I'm sure is was Kingo Super Root that used to unroot that device.
On the HTC I have tried numerous root tools inc Kingroot, Kingo Super Root all to no avail and cannot seem to find a root tool that will simply unroot the device. Upon searching for further info and root tools i came across XDA Developers and the so called "sqaubbies Toolkit" which seems to suggest that it can unroot the HTC via a pc connection, so that is why I downloaded it and are trying it. But that doesn't seem to be working correctly either.
So apologies if I've made this difficult to understand but it really is this simple. I want to recover deleted numbers and texts on the HTC. Having successfully recovered deleted numbers and texts from the Samsung S3 using GT Recovery from an unrooted device I now want to repeat that process on the HTC. But right now I seem unable to root that device for an as yet unknown reason.
Any help anyone can give is appreciated.
Cheers
redpoint73 said:
I agree here (and with anything else xunholyx just posted), I don't see what unrooting has to do with recovering the mentioned data. Root enables more things, and doesn't typically limit much (exception is certain apps like banking and Pokmon Go, which don't allow root).
EDIT: I looked up GT Recovery, and it says "root required" for some features. So I'm confused what the OP is doing exactly.
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This is slightly disconcerting to me, as this and other HTC phones do not have a "download mode".
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I haven't seen such "unroot" methods work for this device. They never seem to completely remove all signs of root.
The only true method to unroot, is to restore a stock ROM, never rooted, such as a stock TWRP backup.
Instructions here, but don't restore data, otherwise your existing data will be wiped. Also, no need to restore stock recovery in your case.
For that matter, make a TWRP backup of your existing data, before you try any of this. To make sure you don't wipe it accidentally (and lose all your data), in the process.
Or, if you want to leave the phone rooted, but hide root, there is an Exposed module for that, which you might want to try.
redpoint73 said:
This is slightly disconcerting to me, as this and other HTC phones do not have a "download mode".
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Actually, the M9 and HTC10 both have download mode, but none earlier than the M9 afaik.
xunholyx said:
Actually, the M9 and HTC10 both have download mode, but none earlier than the M9 afaik.
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Good to know, thanks. I'm not qualified to speak of those more recent phones, as I'm obviously still stuck on my M8!
Moral of the story, the toolkit is trying to put the M8 into download mode, which it doesn't have such a mode.
redpoint73 said:
Good to know, thanks. I'm not qualified to speak of those more recent phones, as I'm obviously still stuck on my M8!
Moral of the story, the toolkit is trying to put the M8 into download mode, which it doesn't have such a mode.
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Yeah, and I don't understand why they bothered to change things like that. They also changed hboot to aboot, another head scratcher, lol.
You can change CID in download mode without booting to RUU mode now, and with the 10 you can change MID there too with a simple fastboot oem writemid *mid here*. That's a big convenience.
I'm going way OT here. Sorry.
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@android amatuer
I just googled squabbi (it's not called squabbies) toolkit, and it is built for the M9. You can't use that on the M8.
Who makes this stuff up?
xunholyx said:
Yeah, and I don't understand why they bothered to change things like that. They also changed hboot to aboot, another head scratcher, lol.
You can change CID in download mode without booting to RUU mode now, and with the 10 you can change MID there too with a simple fastboot oem writemid *mid here*. That's a big convenience.
I'm going way OT here. Sorry.
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@android amatuer
I just googled squabbi (it's not called squabbies) toolkit, and it is built for the M9. You can't use that on the M8.
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Thanks for that. The developer is Squabbi, you are correct. However within the program itself he/she refers to it as "Squabbies HTC One M8 Toolkit". Cant understand why someone would develop something for the HTC One M8, promote it as that but then it apparently not work on the HTC One M8. Its got M8 written all over it, and I found it here in this very forum.
Check it out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694925
android amatuer said:
Thanks for that. The developer is Squabbi, you are correct. However within the program itself he/she refers to it as "Squabbies HTC One M8 Toolkit". Cant understand why someone would develop something for the HTC One M8, promote it as that but then it apparently not work on the HTC One M8. Its got M8 written all over it, and I found it here in this very forum.
Check it out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694925
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When I googled it, I should have scrolled further down, or perhaps re-googled squabbi instead of sqaubbies. I just got M9 results.
Did you get unrooted? It's really fairly simple manually instead of using one click. If you haven't, reply here. And if you have :good:
xunholyx said:
When I googled it, I should have scrolled further down, or perhaps re-googled squabbi instead of sqaubbies. I just got M9 results.
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The confusion is understandable. I did see the M8 version toolkit when I Googled. But I did have to Google, as I don't recall this toolkit at all. Of the ones folks use, Hasoon seems to be the most common. Although, there was a good amount of traffic on the Squabbi thread (48 pages) at one time.
xunholyx said:
Did you get unrooted? It's really fairly simple manually instead of using one click.
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Fully agree here. From what I've seen on the forums, the toolkits can cause more problems than they fix.
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I am having a hard time to choose "to root or not root".
is there a easy way to root?
i just want ad-block and maybe wireless tether, still worth it?
i used to own a HTC DInc, flashing this roms and that roms, and ended up cm7 as my last rom, none of those are stable. beside roms and kernels, what's the advantage of rooting my GN?
Yep... I got rid of all the bloatware, was able to adjust the screen brightness for the automatic setting, and all the things you mentioned.
It is quite simple. To get you started...
1) Download Android SDK and drivers
2) Start phone in bootloader (hold volume +/- down while powering up)
3) Go to your C:/program files (x86)/Android/Platform-Tools folder within a command prompt
4) Type in Fastboot oem unlock
You're now unlocked... Now...
1) Download Superboot http://android.modaco.com/topic/348161-30-nov-r3-superboot-rooting-the-gsm-lte-galaxy-nexus/
2) Put phone back into bootloader as shown above
3) Run the BAT file
I don't know about others, but after waiting 20 minutes, I did a battery pull because it was stuck on the Google screen. I then had root after booting.
momentarylapseofreason said:
Yep... I got rid of all the bloatware, was able to adjust the screen brightness for the automatic setting, and all the things you mentioned.
It is quite simple. To get you started...
1) Download Android SDK and drivers
2) Start phone in bootloader (hold volume +/- down while powering up)
3) Go to your C:/program files (x86)/Android/Platform-Tools folder within a command prompt
4) Type in Fastboot oem unlock
You're now unlocked... Now...
1) Download Superboot http://android.modaco.com/topic/348161-30-nov-r3-superboot-rooting-the-gsm-lte-galaxy-nexus/
2) Put phone back into bootloader as shown above
3) Run the BAT file
I don't know about others, but after waiting 20 minutes, I did a battery pull because it was stuck on the Google screen. I then had root after booting.
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will I lose root and unlocked bootloader when 4.0.3 released?
zeke1988 said:
will I lose root and unlocked bootloader when 4.0.3 released?
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here is the thing about a "nexus" device. It is intended for developing. it is very easy to unlock and re-lock the bootloader. and just the same to root. if ever you want to return to a stock state the images are available from aosp.
why anyone wouldn't root/unlock on a nexus is beyond me.
so the answer to you question is it doesn't matter. because a couple quick command lines will fix everything
Yes
Unlock the Bootloader
Root your phone
Get the WIFI tether app.
Its worth it. That single feature alone made me figure out how to do it. Its really scary honestly, when the words "flashing" come into play, i think about the bad BIOS flash i did at work...but I then watched this video: ?v=ZtKoaPEXzHs[/url] and it didn't seem so bad. So I did it.
The other things you can do with a rooted phone aren't that interesting to mainstream ppl. I'll include myself in that bunch, but wifi app is the one shining perk you get when you root.
thanks everyone, I rooted . the reason i am scared because I brick my first HTC DInc when battery pull on radio flashing haha.
ogdobber said:
here is the thing about a "nexus" device. It is intended for developing. it is very easy to unlock and re-lock the bootloader. and just the same to root. if ever you want to return to a stock state the images are available from aosp.
why anyone wouldn't root/unlock on a nexus is beyond me.
so the answer to you question is it doesn't matter. because a couple quick command lines will fix everything
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couldnt of said it better myself
I also rooted my GNex because of my old app databases, saved games etc.
Titanium Backup is THE reason for me to have root!
Adfree is also nice, but to be able to restore every app you had is just a banger!
I have not rooted my phone yet and don't see the need right now but that may change in the future.
Pretty much rooted my previous phones out the box but that was more to get near a stock rom with no carrier bloatware and as there is no bloatware on the Nexus that requirement for me to root has been removed.
I hope there are more kernels for stock roms.
daleski75 said:
I have not rooted my phone yet and don't see the need right now but that may change in the future.
Pretty much rooted my previous phones out the box but that was more to get near a stock rom with no carrier bloatware and as there is no bloatware on the Nexus that requirement for me to root has been removed.
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Curious.. are those the speeds you're getting on 4G? Here in Chicago, I am getting between 28-32mbps down
EDIT: I don't pay attention.. see that was a 3G speed
No one said it on the first page, so I will.
UNLOCKING YOUR BOOTLOADER WILL WIPE ALL DATA AND USERDATA FROM THE DEVICE.
zeke1988 said:
I hope there are more kernels for stock roms.
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I don't understand your post - Kernels are independent of ROMs. The only limitation right now is that most are built for 4.0.3 and the 4.0.3 OTA hasn't been pushed yet. Or is that what you mean?
I would live to root but man I don't understand any of this stuff. Its not as easy as the d3 was for rooting. I dont know what and where those files would be located and what they are. Is there a super newb version. I need something that does a step by step. Like where are this files that you talk about are they on the phone.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352413&highlight=superboot
Easiest way of rooting.
spacecasespiff said:
I would live to root but man I don't understand any of this stuff. Its not as easy as the d3 was for rooting. I dont know what and where those files would be located and what they are. Is there a super newb version. I need something that does a step by step. Like where are this files that you talk about are they on the phone.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
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Check my sig
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
in my opinion, if there isn't anything compelling you to root at the moment, i'd wait until that time. there will eventually come a rom, feature or app that will motivate you.
all the high horse talk about what a "nexus phone is about..." is irrelevant because you paid for a device to do and not do what you please with it.
Sertainly I love my custom rom.
zeke1988 said:
I am having a hard time to choose "to root or not root".
is there a easy way to root?
i just want ad-block and maybe wireless tether, still worth it?
i used to own a HTC DInc, flashing this roms and that roms, and ended up cm7 as my last rom, none of those are stable. beside roms and kernels, what's the advantage of rooting my GN?
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don't do ad block, on HTC phones it causes huge lag when surfing.
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momentarylapseofreason said:
Yep... I got rid of all the bloatware, was able to adjust the screen brightness for the automatic setting, and all the things you mentioned.
It is quite simple. To get you started...
1) Download Android SDK and drivers
2) Start phone in bootloader (hold volume +/- down while powering up)
3) Go to your C:/program files (x86)/Android/Platform-Tools folder within a command prompt
4) Type in Fastboot oem unlock
You're now unlocked... Now...
1) Download Superboot http://android.modaco.com/topic/348161-30-nov-r3-superboot-rooting-the-gsm-lte-galaxy-nexus/
2) Put phone back into bootloader as shown above
3) Run the BAT file
I don't know about others, but after waiting 20 minutes, I did a battery pull because it was stuck on the Google screen. I then had root after booting.
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Thanks! When you root, does this delete all your settings and apps? I spent so much time setting up this thing, what's holding me back from rooting is having to do it all again.
Neo3D said:
don't do ad block, on HTC phones it causes huge lag when surfing.
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Thanks! When you root, does this delete all your settings and apps? I spent so much time setting up this thing, what's holding me back from rooting is having to do it all again.
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Really? It didnt lag much on my old htc Dinc.
Once i unlocked bootloader, it did a factory reset. All data got deleted, but some apps i installed still there after reset. And my setting got backed up by google.
ogdobber said:
here is the thing about a "nexus" device. It is intended for developing. it is very easy to unlock and re-lock the bootloader. and just the same to root. if ever you want to return to a stock state the images are available from aosp.
why anyone wouldn't root/unlock on a nexus is beyond me.
so the answer to you question is it doesn't matter. because a couple quick command lines will fix everything
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Because you wipe out all the data on your phone? How can I back up when non-rooted so it will be simple to restore everything when I root the phone?
Hey Everyone!
I've been trying to fix this problem for hours with no luck, and while I've found solutions that have worked for others I can't find one that is specific enough to my situation.
So I just got an HTC One X that is locked to Rogers today from Kijiji, and I love it - great phone. The thing I didn't like was the hoard of stock apps that took up about four pages on the app drawer, so I thought hey, I'll root it and delete them. I didn't have any intention of using any custom ROMs, just wanted superuser permission to delete stock apps. Unlocking went fine (finding the token and what not using the app I found on here), and the rooting seemed to go alright until it turned off and didn't start again. I pulled out the cable from the computer and now things are weird..
I can sometimes get into the hboot, but when I try to just start the phone normally it goes to the HTC splash screen and has red writing telling me "this build is for development purposes only", etc etc. I really wanted to get rid of those stock apps but at this point I just want my phone working again. Am I screwed?
Thanks in advance.
Re:
Little update: I just figured out how to re-lock it assuming that might make my factory reset work.. it didn't.
oot-n-aboot said:
Hey Everyone!
I've been trying to fix this problem for hours with no luck, and while I've found solutions that have worked for others I can't find one that is specific enough to my situation.
So I just got an HTC One X that is locked to Rogers today from Kijiji, and I love it - great phone. The thing I didn't like was the hoard of stock apps that took up about four pages on the app drawer, so I thought hey, I'll root it and delete them. I didn't have any intention of using any custom ROMs, just wanted superuser permission to delete stock apps. Unlocking went fine (finding the token and what not using the app I found on here), and the rooting seemed to go alright until it turned off and didn't start again. I pulled out the cable from the computer and now things are weird..
I can sometimes get into the hboot, but when I try to just start the phone normally it goes to the HTC splash screen and has red writing telling me "this build is for development purposes only", etc etc. I really wanted to get rid of those stock apps but at this point I just want my phone working again. Am I screwed?
Thanks in advance.
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Try here.
You may be in the wrong forum, this is for Tegra3 One X. I'm not sure though so don't quote me on it.
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Hmm I didn't see a Rogers specific one so I wasn't sure. As for the link you posted it might have worked but a don't have a TWRP backup? I didn't think it was necessary to make a backup as I wasn't even trying to flash a custom ROM, just get myself superuser permission.
lmt337 said:
Try here.
You may be in the wrong forum, this is for Tegra3 One X. I'm not sure though so don't quote me on it.
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You haven't bricked your HOX yet. I would look into getting a recovery on to it, from there you'll be able to flash a RUU to get back to where you started. Make sure you get the right instructions for your phone though.
You might get some info here
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Thanks! I'm trying to find the RUU for my phone. I've found the one for the AT&T version with LTE, but mine is the one without it. Will the same RUU work? Thanks
Don't flash anything from here!! You are in the wrong forum m8!
This is the correct forum for you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
AHH thanks! I just thought the XL one was for the LTE model?
vin4yak said:
Don't flash anything from here!! You are in the wrong forum m8!
This is the correct forum for you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
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Ok guys i roamed a lot on the internet trying to get a way to fix a not so common problem(but yes a major problem) on the htc desire 816. Finally resolved mine and hope that it will solve yours too (note that having a super CID phone is a plus point, i have that, proceed at your own risk) which means my phone is not region locked
Please note this may lead you to bricking your phone if not done properly.
UPDATEDFollow the steps below:-
Download your version of stock ROM.zip or RUU.exe From HERE
If your one is in .exe format then simply connect your phone and run RUU.exe and don't follow the steps given below
Rename the file to 0P9CIMG only(dont change extension .zip)
Place the file in your Ext. SD Card
Turn off your phone
Enter into bootloader by pressing VOLUME DOWN + POWER
Your phone will automatically recognize the zip file and start flashing it
Be Patient
Delete the zip after your phone has succesfully returned to stock.
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED :good::fingers-crossed::good:
First off, thanks for the post I've been searching this everywhere. Unfortunately though while updating, I got this error message in recovery: "Package expects build fingerprint of htc/htc_asia_wwe/htc_a5dwg:4.4.2/KOT49H/37"a number"983.1:user/release-keys or htc/htc_asia/wwe/htc_a5dwg:5.0.2/LRX22G/510432.1:user/release-keys; this device has htc/htc_europe/htc_a5dug:5.0.2?LRX22G/510432.1:user/release-keys". I'm assuming 'a5dwg' means my phone is a asia wwe model and thus not compatible with the european recovery.img I downloaded from your given link? If so, where can I find a stock recovery.img for asia wwe model? (My phone is a Desire 816 dual sim with 4.4.2 kitkat, sense 6, software number 1.58.707.1, kernel 3.4.0-g4ff7e8c and baseband version 1.31.50.0624_2) Does anybody else know?
I'll post that soon if I find it
Sent from my HTC Desire 816 dual sim using XDA Free mobile app
First Thank you for your effort.i did what you said BUT
1. When i connect my phone in fast boot and type command adb devices it does not show my Device ID . However it flashed the CWM recovery in phone.
2. i backed up my ROM and then restore your Provided ROM it did not ask me to fix root.
3. Everything works great Wi-Fi vibration etc. No Problem at all.Phone was rooted.i tried to unroot but after reboot it reroot device again.
4. Then again i connect my phone in fast boot and type "adb devices" again it doest not show my ID.Again i flashed stock recovery by ignoring this.
5. i reboot my phone and downloaded the SW update which was 151 MB. When download was finished it checked my phone for Verify.
6. i got error there that "your are using modifying system please revert back to your stock ROM" so it did not update.
7. Please give me solution for this Problem.i did everything you said.Now tell me what should i do to overcome this Problem?
8. My device HTC Desire 816w [Unicom] S-ON.
replacing cwm with twrp
Dear
is it ok to replace the cwm with twrp to do the steps?
ade.l said:
Dear
is it ok to replace the cwm with twrp to do the steps?
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NO dont do this as twrp doesnt work with cwm backups
you might end up failing in restoring the backup
After flashing CM-12, Both SIM are not working. Flashed stock L firmware but still problem is there... any solution?
mr.jxtian
pls help me out,
i did this cwm backup for my htc a5_dug..j_15 with baseband 1.13.3230.27.0303_13.19.3230.00D_F
build number 1.29.708.1 CL342310 release key...kernel version [email protected]#. htc sense6.0, software number 1.29.708.1
when i restore this backup my sims are not working...pls help
HTC Desire 816 dula Sim
Dear, I have HTC desire 816 Dual Sim
Software Information
Android Version 4.4.2
HTC Sense
6.0
Software number
1.56.401.1
HTC SDK API level
6.20
Baseband 1.13.3230.16.05.13.17.3230.00D_F
Build number
1.56.401.1 CL372006 RELEASE-KEYS
I am not able to update to lollipop. Should possible to officially update by this method ...plz reply
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jxtian said:
pls help me out,
i did this cwm backup for my htc a5_dug..j_15 with baseband 1.13.3230.27.0303_13.19.3230.00D_F
build number 1.29.708.1 CL342310 release key...kernel version [email protected]#. htc sense6.0, software number 1.29.708.1
when i restore this backup my sims are not working...pls help
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DO hard Reset
I have same problem with Lenovo A6000 solved after reinstall customer recovery and hard reset after that.
Harris777 said:
First Thank you for your effort.i did what you said BUT
1. When i connect my phone in fast boot and type command adb devices it does not show my Device ID . However it flashed the CWM recovery in phone.
2. i backed up my ROM and then restore your Provided ROM it did not ask me to fix root.
3. Everything works great Wi-Fi vibration etc. No Problem at all.Phone was rooted.i tried to unroot but after reboot it reroot device again.
4. Then again i connect my phone in fast boot and type "adb devices" again it doest not show my ID.Again i flashed stock recovery by ignoring this.
5. i reboot my phone and downloaded the SW update which was 151 MB. When download was finished it checked my phone for Verify.
6. i got error there that "your are using modifying system please revert back to your stock ROM" so it did not update.
7. Please give me solution for this Problem.i did everything you said.Now tell me what should i do to overcome this Problem?
8. My device HTC Desire 816w [Unicom] S-ON.
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IF your phone is not region locked and second that it is s-off then that's what will give you best results in these kind of things.
azhargalaxy said:
Dear, I have HTC desire 816 Dual Sim
Software Information
Android Version 4.4.2
HTC Sense
6.0
Software number
1.56.401.1
HTC SDK API level
6.20
Baseband 1.13.3230.16.05.13.17.3230.00D_F
Build number
1.56.401.1 CL372006 RELEASE-KEYS
I am not able to update to lollipop. Should possible to officially update by this method ...plz reply
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DO hard Reset
I have same problem with Lenovo A6000 solved after reinstall customer recovery and hard reset after that.
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what are the problems you are facing?? please state them.
You'll be able to get OTA updates after this method and upgrade to lollipop ver 5.0.2
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You'll have to make sure your phone is not region locked and second that it is s-off. That's what will give you best results in these kind of things.
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To tell someone, that doesn't even know the correct way to flash a device, to get S-OFF (which completely removes ALL security, so the flashing won't stop, even if it is a bad flash) is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! I know experienced users that bricked their phone gaining S-OFF and attempting to flash a file, they THOUGHT were for their device. So imagine an unexperienced user trying the same.
Also, maybe you should tell the user that S-OFF costs real money. You need to buy the sunshine app or for MTK variants a dongle to make it work.
It's really nice of you posting this tutorial, but please consider that most of the users in this section of the forums are inexperienced and seek help.
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To tell someone, that doesn't even know the correct way to flash a device, to get S-OFF (which completely removes ALL security, so the flashing won't stop, even if it is a bad flash) is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! I know experienced users that bricked their phone gaining S-OFF and attempting to flash a file, they THOUGHT were for their device. So imagine an unexperienced user trying the same.
Also, maybe you should tell the user that S-OFF costs real money. You need to buy the sunshine app or for MTK variants a dongle to make it work.
It's really nice of you posting this tutorial, but please consider that most of the users in this section of the forums are inexperienced and seek help.
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Yes I do know that but you must also know that there is no other simple method right now to gain S-OFF without the sunshine app which costs 25$ at the time.
I know that they can end up doing it wrong, but the files that i've stated are stock roms or ruu files and are not that much of a problem if they know which one to look out for.
I should have told them that. Sorry my bad.
BUT THANKS TO YOU FOR STATING IT :good:
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what are the problems you are facing?? please state them.
You'll be able to get OTA updates after this method and upgrade to lollipop ver 5.0.2
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Dear My phone is showing
*****Locked ******
A5_Dug PVT SHIP S-Off
CID-1111111
and also it is unrooted phone . Can you plz Pm me Step by step for updating to lollipop and Actually I am new here.
Thanks a lot bro... I done it .. thanks for your kind support.
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Thanks a lot bro... I done it .. thanks for your kind support.
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On December 27th you posted here that your phone was pure stock and you couldn't update. Now a few months later your phone is now set to S off which by the way requires you to preroot your phone first and now your set to SuperCID which takes even more knowledge to do through ADB/fastboot properly but your still "new" here? Now your saying your phone isn't even rooted and after asking the OP for his "supposed" help(which none of which is documented anywhere here with interactions back and forth between the two of you) your thanking him for what exactly? Coming across the one other "new" guy with an S off and SuperCID set device? This is all sounding very fishy and "real" people are being hurt here who don't have S off and SuperCID and are soft bricking their phones left and right from what I'm reading here. Shame on both of you (OP) for giving such incomplete advice and having more unlocked phone's then the rest and not even sharing your back and forth discussions here in XDA to inform the rest. This forum is one big joke but the people being hurt by it aren't laughing so neither will I !
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On December 27th you posted here that your phone was pure stock and you couldn't update. Now a few months later your phone is now set to S off which by the way requires you to preroot your phone first and now your set to SuperCID which takes even more knowledge to do through ADB/fastboot properly but your still "new" here? Now your saying your phone isn't even rooted and after asking the OP for his "supposed" help(which none of which is documented anywhere here with interactions back and forth between the two of you) your thanking him for what exactly? Coming across the one other "new" guy with an S off and SuperCID set device? This is all sounding very fishy and "real" people are being hurt here who don't have S off and SuperCID and are soft bricking their phones left and right from what I'm reading here. Shame on both of you (OP) for giving such incomplete advice and having more unlocked phone's then the rest and not even sharing your back and forth discussions here in XDA to inform the rest. This forum is one big joke but the people being hurt by it aren't laughing so neither will I !
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I think you should consider reading my post where I've clearly mentioned "this may lead you to bricking your phone if not done properly & proceed at your own risk"
Nukaru has also already stated in a post above what i should have told regarding s-off and the info i provided.
If you notice i have asked people to post their specific problem in detail and also i had sent them PM's asking them the details of the problem. I've helped them as far as i could. I'm not a developer or someone with great knowledge in these things but what i've written is from my experience of the problems that i faced and how to resolve them.
The original post was completely different from what it is now which is much easier to do. People who were following the steps in the earlier version of my original post faced those problems that you are talking about.
I appreciate your criticism for this post and i also say that what you are saying is not completely incorrect.I'll soon edit this thread to give proper info to people in need.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-816/help/stuck-htc-logo-screen-t3339751
Can you check this topic and help me? I see you are experienced.. I don't care what Android version I get, I just need my phone working again..
Would flashing Stock ROM help with my situation or not? and what kind of recovery do I need to flash this ROM? I have stock recovery right now..
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I think you should consider reading my post where I've clearly mentioned "this may lead you to bricking your phone if not done properly & proceed at your own risk"
Nukaru has also already stated in a post above what i should have told regarding s-off and the info i provided.
If you notice i have asked people to post their specific problem in detail and also i had sent them PM's asking them the details of the problem. I've helped them as far as i could. I'm not a developer or someone with great knowledge in these things but what i've written is from my experience of the problems that i faced and how to resolve them.
The original post was completely different from what it is now which is much easier to do. People who were following the steps in the earlier version of my original post faced those problems that you are talking about.
I appreciate your criticism for this post and i also say that what you are saying is not completely incorrect.I'll soon edit this thread to give proper info to people in need.
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I genuinely appreciate your response and your desire to help people I'm sure is genuine but I did read your whole post and every single persons response one after the other. I learned that from my first days here at XDA that sometimes the responses gave me more info than the original post. Plus I'm OCD when it comes to reading. I also am not an expert/dev and have just learned by reading obsessively and dealing with my own device's issues over the years so I'm not saying you don't have the right to help here( we need more people to help.)
What I am saying is maybe you should be "reading" more tutorials from more experienced people and devs to get your information gaps fixed better before "writing" more tutorials that are (and I've read all of them to be fair) incomplete with dead links and more emoji filled than correctly filled. PMing is great and it's commendable that you are taking that much effort into helping people but that doesn't help the next guy that comes across this forum after you've gone to sleep and wants to get the information you and the other person communicated. I guess if the mods are fine with it I have to be but my advice is to read some of the better written tutorials and support forums then compare them to yours and you'll pretty much see what I'm talking about and if you don't then none of what I'm saying matters anyway. Good luck to you and I mean that.
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I genuinely appreciate your response and your desire to help people I'm sure is genuine but I did read your whole post and every single persons response one after the other. I learned that from my first days here at XDA that sometimes the responses gave me more info than the original post. Plus I'm OCD when it comes to reading. I also am not an expert/dev and have just learned by reading obsessively and dealing with my own device's issues over the years so I'm not saying you don't have the right to help here( we need more people to help.)
What I am saying is maybe you should be "reading" more tutorials from more experienced people and devs to get your information gaps fixed better before "writing" more tutorials that are (and I've read all of them to be fair) incomplete with dead links and more emoji filled than correctly filled. PMing is great and it's commendable that you are taking that much effort into helping people but that doesn't help the next guy that comes across this forum after you've gone to sleep and wants to get the information you and the other person communicated. I guess if the mods are fine with it I have to be but my advice is to read some of the better written tutorials and support forums then compare them to yours and you'll pretty much see what I'm talking about and if you don't then none of what I'm saying matters anyway. Good luck to you and I mean that.
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Thanks you understood me really well. Appreciate your advice, working on it.
Hi,
terribly sorry to bother you guys!
I recently bought an M9 (Belgium, no carrier) and rooted it with the help of this youtube video /watch?v=rOHN8byHAzk
works fine, it's rooted.
The thing is: i did updates before doing the root, as i unlocked bootloader everything was lost/deleted, at the time (4a.m), with my brain half asleep i didn't think about doing the updates again before performing the actual root. Now i keep getting the "system update available" message and can't get rid of it.
It'll keep popping up every few hours, obviously i can't install them because i arrive back at twrp recovery.
Android version 5.0.2
Kernel version 3.10.49-g5c16a62
I turned software updates off in the "about" section in settings, to no avail. I keep getting the message that updates are available. Downloading them and then proceeding to remove the downloaded files don't solve it.
I'm a total noob at this, but (hopefully) not a complete idiot. If there are any steps i can take to get rid of this constantly popping up, please advise me:fingers-crossed:
There's more than one possibility to proceed. Could you provide the output of the "htc_fastboot getvar all" command, when M9 is in download mode (without IMEI and Serial no.). I'd like to point you into the right direction.
Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.
Thanks for taking the time!
It's in download mode, i've got my command prompt open but it says "htc_fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, program or batchfile"
In all honesty just pay for s-off and you can flash an unsigned zip and be done with it.
Otherwise you need to get back to official status to flash the update. Pita to be honest.
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shivadow said:
In all honesty just pay for s-off and you can flash an unsigned zip and be done with it.
Otherwise you need to get back to official status to flash the update. Pita to be honest.
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*sigh*
I'm going to take a few days off of work and try to educate myself on how all of this works exactly because i'm starting to feel like i just came out of the stone age. Honestly, i just rooted my last phone through good old towelroot without ever having to touch or change anything else. I should not have touched stuff i know nothing of to begin with.
I appreciate you guys taking the time to reply, i'm gonna find some sites to teach me more about this, if you have anything that could help me, feel free to share, because i literally know 0.
Fatimiyye said:
*sigh*
I'm going to take a few days off of work and try to educate myself on how all of this works exactly because i'm starting to feel like i just came out of the stone age. Honestly, i just rooted my last phone through good old towelroot without ever having to touch or change anything else. I should not have touched stuff i know nothing of to begin with.
I appreciate you guys taking the time to reply, i'm gonna find some sites to teach me more about this, if you have anything that could help me, feel free to share, because i literally know 0.
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Basically, there is a safety feature in HTC otas now that prevents them from running unless your phone is 100% stock. So being rooted, it won't run. There are only two ways forward, find the RUU files for your carrier and install them, or get s-off and update manually. There are multiple threads on how to do all this in the General forum. Read there before doing anything else. HTC phones work differently from other handsets that have to be hacked to achieve root. There is an official path, but how you do it matters.
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Basically, there is a safety feature in HTC otas now that prevents them from running unless your phone is 100% stock. So being rooted, it won't run. There are only two ways forward, find the RUU files for your carrier and install them, or get s-off and update manually. There are multiple threads on how to do all this in the General forum. Read there before doing anything else. HTC phones work differently from other handsets that have to be hacked to achieve root. There is an official path, but how you do it matters.
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Thank you very much man. I'm gonna learn up first, and then take your advice and head to the general forum.
For all other noobs who are desperate to catch up, this is helping me out quite a bit:
http://androidforums.com/threads/how-to-and-some-root-terminology.353591/ => Terminology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOHN8byHAzk => Unlock bootloader and root the phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979 => This helps to install ADB/fastboot/drivers
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...on-htc-android-phones-with-unrevoked-forever/ => some info about s-off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59745198&postcount=3 => HTC One M9 FAQ
Edit: OH, AND THIS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
FFS, WATCH THAT ONE!
Just in case anyone has the same issue (i like to end on a positive note =D ) :
The easiest working solution i found for the issue is to go to the Apps management (Settings, apps), go to "All", select "Updater" and then clear data.
No pop ups so far.
Credit for this goes to moderator Earlymon from androidforums
Hello,
I have a second hand AT&T htc one m8, and it is running kit kat right now. It obviously had superSU and it was probably rooted as well. When I talked to htc, they made me follow some steps and apparently my phone is "s-off". I went into SuperSU after some research online to unroot the phone, and ive succeeded, but the phone is still "s-off" and I think I need it to be s-on for me to get the marshmallow update. Ive looked everywhere online and I still can't find a solution. I don't have a PC and I want to do it locally on the phone. Does anybody know how to get everything back to the way it was out of the box, so that I can just simply update the phones operating system? This is the first time for me to use android and I'm not very used to the operating system.
It would be great if somebody can help me.
No need for s-off. Just find appropriate RUU or update zip for your model . Flash via bootlader(update.zip) if dnt want to use computer or run RUU via pc
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sonnu0100 said:
No need for s-off. Just find appropriate RUU or update zip for your model . Flash via bootlader(update.zip) if dnt want to use computer or run RUU via pc
Sent from my htc_m8 using Tapatalk
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Will you be able to direct me through the process please? I'm new to android.
Without a PC is kind of hard to do things. It is not imposibble but you need someone to upload things for you.
Before someone can direct you further .. first thing that is important, are you in US and on AT&T network ?
If yes, maybe it is bit easier to help
If no, it's best to totally convert it to non-AT&T
I am not on at&t right now. I don't really want to mess with my phone too much too. I have a Mac is it possible with that without getting windows on it?
At least you have a Mac ... that's good enough but you have to get things done different way as the RUU supplied by HTC is in exe format.
Let's get to know your device first. Put the device to bootloader/fastboot mode and connect to PC. You need to post here fastboot getvar all result (without serial & imei no.)
For Mac (I don't have a Mac) .. I think the command in terminal is
./fastboot getvar all
hihaalex said:
I went into SuperSU after some research online to unroot the phone, and ive succeeded, but the phone is still "s-off" and I think I need it to be s-on for me to get the marshmallow update.
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You're guessing here, and guessing incorrectly. Good rule of thumb working with these devices: don't guess, or it will end poorly for you (possibly even a permanent brick). Only go by specific information and instructions from experienced users. As mentioned, s-off has nothing to do with getting OTA. There are several factors which may be causing you not to get the update:
1) The AT&T version (if its still configured as one, more on that later) will only OTA update when connected to the US AT&T network.
2) Even if you are connected to AT&T's network, you can only OTA update, if you have the proper stock never rooted ROM. Unrooting by removing SuperSU, or unroot option in SuperSU or similar, is not enough (you haven't been specific how you "unrooted"). You also need the proper stock recovery.
As ckpv5 touched upon, how to proceed depends on several factors, such as what carrier you are actually using. As it may be beneficial to "convert" to a non-AT&T version, which is not that hard to do since you are already s-off.
Also, a lot depends on the current status of the device, so do as directed by ckpv5 above, so we can get more info about the device. With s-off some modifications may already have been done to the device (like changing the carrier version). But we need to know the current status, before we can proceed.
As my one m8 is already got s-off, is there a way I can just get a zip file of the marshmallow update and go to the recovery, from phone storage part of the phone?
How can I find out the current status of the phone?
hihaalex said:
As my one m8 is already got s-off, is there a way I can just get a zip file of the marshmallow update and go to the recovery, from phone storage part of the phone?
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Nope, it doesn't work that way. If you are talking about OTA when you say "update" (and you really should be as specific as possible when posting), there is no way that would work. For several reasons: Marshmallow update would require you being on Lollipop (OTAs need to be installed sequentially, and you typically cannot skip an OTA). Also, you need be on the stock (never rooted) ROM and stock recovery. Also, the OTA checks the M8 version: carrier ID (CID) and model ID (MID), so you need to use the proper files for your MID/CID. Which is why were are asking for info about the current device status (which you have not provided).
If by "update" you mean RUU, it can be done (RUU does not need to be installed sequentially, you can go right from KitKat to Marshmallow). However, again the proper RUU depends on the current status (CID/MID) of the phone, plus what country you are in (which you didn't answer). Also, you can't run RUU from the phone's internal storage; although you can from an SD card.
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How can I find out the current status of the phone?
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ckpv5 already described how, in Post #6 above.
Although, you will need an adb/fastboot environment setup on your computer. And I'm not at all familiar with doing that on a Mac.