I'm re-asking this question despite other threads that already talk about this because my case could be unique and i need to be sure that i don't break the phone. Because i don't own it anymore.
Anyway,
This one is running on Venom 4.6.0 with M firmware. The guy i sold the phone to needs me to flash N firmware on it before he picks it up tomorrow.
Can someone tell me how i should go about upgrading my firmware?
I can provide any detail as requested.
Many thanks.
Helhound0 said:
I'm re-asking this question despite other threads that already talk about this because my case could be unique and i need to be sure that i don't break the phone. Because i don't own it anymore.
Anyway,
This one is running on Venom 4.6.0 with M firmware. The guy i sold the phone to needs me to flash N firmware on it before he picks it up tomorrow.
Can someone tell me how i should go about upgrading my firmware?
I can provide any detail as requested.
Many thanks.
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Does the guy expect the phone to have a custom rom or a stock Nougat rom? Of course, if he were to buy the phone brand new it would have the stock rom.
You could flash the firmware from sneakyghost then dirty flash Venom making sure you select the updated firmware in Aroma. Or you could go completely stock with an ruu from htc. Here is sneakyghost's firmware page. Get one of the no-wipe zips....
https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/development/firmware-t3068243
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Does the guy expect the phone to have a custom rom or a stock Nougat rom? Of course, if he were to buy the phone brand new it would have the stock rom.
You could flash the firmware from sneakyghost then dirty flash Venom making sure you select the updated firmware in Aroma. Or you could go completely stock with an ruu from htc. Here is sneakyghost's firmware page. Get one of the no-wipe zips....
https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/development/firmware-t3068243
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The guy that bought it said he wants a custom firmware as long as it gets OTA updates. If not the stock ROM.
Venom has ota.. so i'm thinking i should dirty flash..
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Does the guy expect the phone to have a custom rom or a stock Nougat rom? Of course, if he were to buy the phone brand new it would have the stock rom.
You could flash the firmware from sneakyghost then dirty flash Venom making sure you select the updated firmware in Aroma. Or you could go completely stock with an ruu from htc. Here is sneakyghost's firmware page. Get one of the no-wipe zips....
https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/development/firmware-t3068243
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Dude, just to clarify this phone is on S-ON mode.
All the RUUs by SneakyGhost are S-OFF only right?
What should i do?
Also, i'm very confused as to if there's a requirement for me to download the correct RUU for my phone's region..?
I'd really just download your matching RUU (zip or exe) and falsh it back to stock.
As long as your CID matches the RUU there is no need for S-OFF or anything like that.
What's your current CID?
I think the buyer is asking too much to be honest.
Either return to stock and sell it to him, which is what id do, root should be done by the user otherwise you're always going to be helping him out, upgrading etc, unless he knows what he's doing, in which case he can do it himself anyway.
Or
You pay for sunshine (add the cost to the phone) and upgrade the firmware using sneakyghosts firmwares, then tell the buyer if he wants to upgrade the rom you need to do it himself.
Devs who make roms are not carriers, otas? Lol he's asking for way too much, you have no control of a developers delivery method so the buyer simply can't demand that of you and you shouldn't agree to it.
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Hi I'm hoping someone can help me is it possible to flash any Rom without s off and super cid I'm a bit confused
Of course ! Why not.....how do you think we did it on the one X !?
Someone said you need super cid and to change firmware it got me confused thanks mr hofs how are you btw my wife is using viper on my old hox and she loves it
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Someone said you need super cid and to change firmware it got me confused thanks mr hofs how are you btw my wife is using viper on my old hox and she loves it
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well if you are on 4.4.2 and want to flash a 4.4.3 rom, you need to flash new firmware or else some things will break, like wifi and BT I believe. In order for you to flash new firmware you have to change the SCID or else it will error out.
1. change SCID
2.flash firmware
3.flash rom
So if you stay s on you can only flash 4.4.2 or aosp roms is that correct
I have never had a device with a off capability I'm just trying to get my head round it all I wouldn't know which firmware to flash I have a UK o2 carrier locked/branded device any advise is truly appreciated
Basically I'm having issues with adb on my laptop so Forrester is out if the question and atm I can't use sunshine as I can't afford it as I've spent all my money on my m8 lol
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Basically I'm having issues with adb on my laptop so Forrester is out if the question and atm I can't use sunshine as I can't afford it as I've spent all my money on my m8 lol
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Well in that case you can only flash 4.4.2 roms. Or you can flash 4.4.3 but you will suffer from slow boot times and maybe broken wifi or BT
Wouldn't a custom kernel fix that issue just curious
Ah custom kernel will not solve it at this moment. The kernels have changed from 4.2.2 to 4.4.3....they don't match.
There is a way to flash the new firmware on a s-on device, there is a topic about this somewhere. Not sure what criteria the phone has to meet up with tho....like official main version number.....
But the official 4.4.3 is rolling out as we speak so it doesn't take long before you can flash a 4.4.3. But the basic answer still stands.....no you do not need s-off for flashing roms. And im fine btw thank you
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Ah custom kernel will not solve it at this moment. The kernels have changed from 4.2.2 to 4.4.3....they don't match.
There is a way to flash the new firmware on a s-on device, there is a topic about this somewhere. Not sure what criteria the phone has to meet up with tho....like official main version number.....
But the official 4.4.3 is rolling out as we speak so it doesn't take long before you can flash a 4.4.3. But the basic answer still stands.....no you do not need s-off for flashing roms. And im fine btw thank you
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glad to hear your good I think I'll just wait for the official firmware update it shouldn't be too long I hope I don't want to root it now and have to do it again in a few days/weeks lol I can live with stock temporarily thanks for your help guys
Plz help. I have htc one m8 developer edition its s_on, unlocked, tampered. I want to know will i ever receive ota updates? Because I'm still on 4.4.2.
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Plz help. I have htc one m8 developer edition its s_on, unlocked, tampered. I want to know will i ever receive ota updates? Because I'm still on 4.4.2.
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If it is a true developer edition, you might try backing up, running one of the Developer Edition RUU's to get back to 100% stock, and then see if you can get the OTA update. If this was a conversion, make sure the CID/MID are correct (which requires S-off).
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Plz help. I have htc one m8 developer edition its s_on, unlocked, tampered. I want to know will i ever receive ota updates? Because I'm still on 4.4.2.
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If its truly the Dev Edition, on the stock ROM and stock recovery, you should get OTA.
insert coin
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If its truly the Dev Edition, on the stock ROM and stock recovery, you should get OTA.
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bro i doubt its stock because it is also showin insert coin. are insert coin roms stock or custom??
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Plz help. I have htc one m8 developer edition its s_on, unlocked, tampered. I want to know will i ever receive ota updates? Because I'm still on 4.4.2.
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lock the bootloader and flash then newest RUU
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/ruu-m8-developer-edition-sense-1-54-t2884777
Then simply unlock the bootloader
flash TWRP recovery and SuperSU and a kernel if you need system r/w
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bro i doubt its stock because it is also showin insert coin. are insert coin roms stock or custom??
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Then why did you state in the thread title and OP "stock"?
InsertCoin is a custom ROM and not stock. So you need to return to a stock ROM to install OTA.
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lock the bootloader and flash then newest RUU
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/ruu-m8-developer-edition-sense-1-54-t2884777
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1540 is US Dev Edition, and the OP has Euro DE. The RUU likely will not run with incorrect CID, MID. And not sure this is the stock baseline he would want to be on.
Htc one m8 CID: 002, european, stock demo rom (receiving ota)
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Then why did you state in the thread title and OP "stock"?
InsertCoin is a custom ROM and not stock. So you need to return to a stock ROM to install OTA.
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1540 is US Dev Edition, and the OP has Euro DE. The RUU likely will not run with incorrect CID, MID. And not sure this is the stock baseline he would want to be on.
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ok i changed the custom insert coin rom to this demo rom unfortunately. yet my device is S-on, unlocked boot loader, its cid is 002, european model. the problem is i cant flash any other rom on this demo version rom. i only need a 100% stock rom (sense) to receive ota updates in future. plz reply asap cant use my phone the demo app comes again and again.
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ok i changed the custom insert coin rom to this demo rom unfortunately. yet my device is S-on, unlocked boot loader, its cid is 002, european model. the problem is i cant flash any other rom on this demo version rom. i only need a 100% stock rom (sense) to receive ota updates in future. plz reply asap cant use my phone the demo app comes again and again.
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Whats a Demo Rom ?
do you have TWRP installed ?
Install this >> http://www.androidrevolution.org/downloader/download.php?file=One_M8_2.22.401.4_odexed.zip
That will get the phone working and Sunshine should get you s-off
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Whats a Demo Rom ?
do you have TWRP installed ?
Install this >> http://www.androidrevolution.org/downloader/download.php?file=One_M8_2.22.401.4_odexed.zip
That will get the phone working and Sunshine should get you s-off
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yes i have twrp-2.8.1.0 installed. demo roms are those roms like in shops they have demo phones with playing demo videos again again in it. this rom is only supporting 2G. i used this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735235 and copied the odexted zip to twrp. it runs successfully but after that phone is in same old condition. is it true that the odexted rom is not installing because im S_ON??
and tell me if i S_OFF will i get ota updates with the odexted rom? sunshine needs 25$. well havnt tried firewater on this demo rom. and bro the link u sent is not working.
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is it true that the odexted rom is not installing because im S_ON??
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Don't know where you obtained that info, but its false. S-off is not needed to install any ROMs.
If the phone is a demo unit, you should have stated that right away in your top post. On a previous HTC device (One X) I believe the demo unit was very difficult, if not impossible to make fully functioning. But no idea if the same is true for the M8 demo unit you have.
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Don't know where you obtained that info, but its false. S-off is not needed to install any ROMs.
If the phone is a demo unit, you should have stated that right away in your top post. On a previous HTC device (One X) I believe the demo unit was very difficult, if not impossible to make fully functioning. But no idea if the same is true for the M8 demo unit you have.
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i have no ideo what was it. i got it from ebay. it had a custom rom 4.4.2 insert coin.i was not receiving fota thats y i thought to shift to full stock. on a facebook page of htc one M8 someone sent me a link to flash it and said its full stock rom. i flashed it with twrp but i came out demo. now im stuck. someone told if me i flash a custom rom again it will be fixed even if its S-ON. kindly tell me a good updated custom rom which doesnot require S-OFF.
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on a facebook page of htc one M8 someone sent me a link to flash it and said its full stock rom.
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Sounds like you just got some random advice, with an unknown link and flashed it. Why on earth would you do such a thing? Stick to XDA, at least here you can go by reputation (number of thanks, Recongnized Contibutor, or Recognized Dev titles).
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someone told if me i flash a custom rom again it will be fixed even if its S-ON. kindly tell me a good updated custom rom which doesnot require S-OFF.
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As I just said in my last response, you do not need S-off to flash any ROMs. If you want help, you need to start actually paying attention to the help that is being given to you. You are also making it very hard to help you, by not giving enough info, and just leaking it out little by little.
You say you can't flash any other ROMs, but that isn't enough information. What happens when you try to flash? Does it fail with an error message? Or flash successful, but doesn't boot? What other ROMs have you tried?
If you want to return to stock to receive OTAs, you will need to find and flash the appropriate nandroid and stock recovery for our CID. Stock backup collection can be found sticky at the top of the General section. There are also various guides on how to return to stock, if you need them just search.
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Sounds like you just got some random advice, with an unknown link and flashed it. Why on earth would you do such a thing? Stick to XDA, at least here you can go by reputation (number of thanks, Recongnized Contibutor, or Recognized Dev titles).
As I just said in my last response, you do not need S-off to flash any ROMs. If you want help, you need to start actually paying attention to the help that is being given to you. You are also making it very hard to help you, by not giving enough info, and just leaking it out little by little.
You say you can't flash any other ROMs, but that isn't enough information. What happens when you try to flash? Does it fail with an error message? Or flash successful, but doesn't boot? What other ROMs have you tried?
If you want to return to stock to receive OTAs, you will need to find and flash the appropriate nandroid and stock recovery for our CID. Stock backup collection can be found sticky at the top of the General section. There are also various guides on how to return to stock, if you need them just search.
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Thanx a lot for your help and concern. now i have installed android revolution rom. i think its good. will see for L rom in future. but the problem was that i found exact rom and rocovery for my device which is 401 wwe european having cid 002 latest HBoot . flashed it and flashing was successful but when i reboot the device its still the same. means the flash didnt work. yes u are right i was leaking out info a little. it was because i knew my device a little and i didnt know what is the current status of my device. now after reasearch of few days my mind is clear. thanx for your help and interest again. this page is a blessing for beginners like me.
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Thanx a lot for your help and concern. now i have installed android revolution rom. i think its good. will see for L rom in future. but the problem was that i found exact rom and rocovery for my device which is 401 wwe european having cid 002 latest HBoot . flashed it and flashing was successful but when i reboot the device its still the same. means the flash didnt work. yes u are right i was leaking out info a little. it was because i knew my device a little and i didnt know what is the current status of my device. now after reasearch of few days my mind is clear. thanx for your help and interest again. this page is a blessing for beginners like me.
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I glad you got it working .. sorry about the dead link, i wish Mike would leave the old version on his site longer
i have an HTC One m8. i rooted my phone and installed the harman kardonn mod. ever since my phone got screwed up and i didnt take a back up. now i want to return to my 100% stock rom with boomsound. i completely wanna unroot my phone. but i cant find the ruu or recovery or Nandroid backups anywhere. most of the links are gone cause MEGA is taken off the web. My software number is 3.35.720.1 running 4.4.4. can someone tell me how to i go back to stock. where can i get the back up/RUU ??? HELP ME PLEASE
So are you going to make a nandroid before making any system changes next time? I would certainly hope so.
You can ask and hope for somebody to post the nandroid for your software version.
Alternately, just find a custom ROM to your liking, and flash it.
HK mod requires appropriate firmware (s-off required).
There's a TMO RUU here: http://dl4.htc.com/RomCode/Source_a..._20.56.4198.02L_F_release_385597_signed_2.exe
If you poke around htc you might find more too. Worth a look.
But yeah, like repoint said, you could just flash a stock rom too...might be easier.
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There's a TMO RUU here: http://dl4.htc.com/RomCode/Source_a..._20.56.4198.02L_F_release_385597_signed_2.exe
If you poke around htc you might find more too.
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There are RUUs for T-Mob US, Sprint, and AT&T, as well as Dev Edition and GPE versions. But s-off is needed to run an RUU that does not match your CID/MID. Its not clear whether the OP has s-on or s-off.
Flashing a stock or any custom ROM is almost certainly easier. Just flash the ROM, and the issues with HK mod incompatibility will be fixed.
Hi, everybody
I have an M8 (India), which had HTC__38 CID. I was on latest firmware with 5.0.1 Lollipop. Yesterday I S-OFFed with Sunshine 3.0 and changed my CID to SuperCID (11111111).
Now I read that if my device is S-OFF, I can flash any RUU or firmware. There is a thread about it, but it's very confusing. Can somebody plz guide me through it and what I can achieve with S-OFF and SuperCID. Thanks.
You can achieve anything - literally. Your phone is now completely unlocked.
If you don't know what you can do with it, though, why did you S-OFF? Cause all the cool kids have done it?
Hey, Eddy. Thanks for replying. I know what we can do with it. I am a little confused about the process. I have an Indian device for which there is no rug available. So I s-off ed the device, so I could flash any ruu or firmware I need. I just am not sure how to do that. There are a couple of guides for it, but they r very confusing.
Then ask for clarification in said thread, that's what it's there for.
Why do you want to change the FW? What are you hoping to achieve?
I already said I am confused about the whole thing.
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I already said I am confused about the whole thing.
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Try to explain as best you can what you want to do to the phone, and/or what specific items you are confused about.
I can probably type several pages trying to answer you (based on the vagueness of your posts so far), without even properly addressing your concerns, desires, etc.
What I'm trying to say is, I'm on the latest firmware. In future if there is a ROM that requires an upgrade to firmware, would I still be able to flash that ROM or do I need to upgrade the firmware of my device?
If you ROM thread advises a certain FW package, then flash it. If not, don't.
For example, once Sense 7 is out for the M8 it'll be a new ROM build with a new FW package. Typically, the unbranded devices will get this first and it might be a few weeks for your region to get the update. So if a ROM is based on x.xx.401.x then it'd be best to use the same FW build
Hello XDA forums. First off I would like to apologize if a thread or something like this already exists, but I already spent way too much time trying to unroot my friend's phone since his vibration motor stopped working. Basically all that I am looking for, is a rom that can be flashed on an ATT HTC One M8 with OS version: 3.11.1700.5 and HBOOT: 3.19. I tried flashing many Sense roms already, but they all don't work. What I think is that the rom's base firmware's second section after the initial number has to match the phone's OS version. An example of this would be with the Skydragon rom, where it is based on the 4.04.1700.4 firmware. But it still works even though it has a higher version number. So what it all comes down to, is that I need to find a rom that supports the x.1700 firmware line so I can flash it restore to stock (mostly at least) Also instructions for returning to complete stock while S-ON would be helpful. Last the stock rom would be the most preffered, since then I can use the stock recovery and relock the bootloader.
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Hello XDA forums. First off I would like to apologize if a thread or something like this already exists, but I already spent way too much time trying to unroot my friend's phone since his vibration motor stopped working. Basically all that I am looking for, is a rom that can be flashed on an ATT HTC One M8 with OS version: 3.11.1700.5 and HBOOT: 3.19. I tried flashing many Sense roms already, but they all don't work. What I think is that the rom's base firmware's second section after the initial number has to match the phone's OS version. An example of this would be with the Skydragon rom, where it is based on the 4.04.1700.4 firmware. But it still works even though it has a higher version number. So what it all comes down to, is that I need to find a rom that supports the x.1700 firmware line so I can flash it restore to stock (mostly at least) Also instructions for returning to complete stock while S-ON would be helpful. Last the stock rom would be the most preffered, since then I can use the stock recovery and relock the bootloader.
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Skydragon isn't Sense, it's AOSP.
Try ViperOneM8 3.2.1.
Download link here.
Thread link here.
Or if you want to go back to stock, there are stock ROM/recovery threads here, or you could run the latest RUU from HTC's website.
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Skydragon isn't Sense, it's AOSP.
Try ViperOneM8 3.2.1.
Download link here.
Thread link here.
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I already tried that. It doesn't work since the firmware base is not the correct one.
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I already tried that. It doesn't work since the firmware base is not the correct one.
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Yes, you are right. Sorry. I'm trying to communicate through hangouts, and helping a few people here.
The RUU is your best/only option to convert back to Sense. The instructions are in the link I provided, and the download is at the bottom of the page. Make sure to back up anything important, because this will wipe the phone.
I tried out the RUU, but it failed saying that it is incompatible with this phone. I did download the appropriate version for the phone (AT&T) but still it failed. This was also from the official HTC website. This is why I think I have to download a version that has an x.x.1700 in its version number. A Skydragon rom that is based on 4.04.1700 works on the phone, even though the phone has version 3.28.1700 so I think that any rom that is based on the x.x.1700 line will work. I did try out some other Sense roms, but they failed since they were based on a different firmware (x.x.502).
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Yes, you are right. Sorry. I'm trying to communicate through hangouts, and helping a few people here.
The RUU is your best/only option to convert back to Sense. The instructions are in the link I provided, and the download is at the bottom of the page. Make sure to back up anything important, because this will wipe the phone.
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I tried out the RUU, but it failed saying that it is incompatible with this phone. I did download the appropriate version for the phone (AT&T) but still it failed. This was also from the official HTC website. This is why I think I have to download a version that has an x.x.1700 in its version number. A Skydragon rom that is based on 4.04.1700 works on the phone, even though the phone has version 3.28.1700 so I think that any rom that is based on the x.x.1700 line will work. I did try out some other Sense roms, but they failed since they were based on a different firmware (x.x.502).
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So, do you have Dev Ed phone, or did you convert it?
There are no Dev Ed RUUs that I know of.
Would I be correct in assuming that you changed you CID/MID? And would I also be correct in assuming you are S-Off?
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By re-reading the thread, if no conversion took place, you need to flash the stock Dev Ed ROM and recovery to allow for HTCs OTA updates.
The phone is not S-OFF, it is merely bootloader unlocked and is bought from ATT, so it is the ATT version of the phone with the appropriate AT&T branding. The phone was never S-OFF'ed and has no capabilities to do so, since it came out of the box with a patched firmware. And we are not going to pay 20$ for Sunshine, not because we think that it is a rip-off but it is quite hard to convince parents to spend money on phone that they do not know is rooted. I imagine that my friend's dad would be greatly agitated if he found out about him having rooted his phone.
Personal note:
I do not think that sunshine is a rip-off, as I understand that trying to crack the most basic level of a security on a phone is really quite hard and there are a lot of expenses involved.
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So, do you have Dev Ed phone, or did you convert it?
There are no Dev Ed RUUs that I know of.
Would I be correct in assuming that you changed you CID/MID? And would I also be correct in assuming you are S-Off?
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The phone is not S-OFF, it is merely bootloader unlocked and is bought from ATT, so it is the ATT version of the phone with the appropriate AT&T branding. The phone was never S-OFF'ed and has no capabilities to do so, since it came out of the box with a patched firmware. And we are not going to pay 20$ for Sunshine, not because we think that it is a rip-off but it is quite hard to convince parents to spend money on phone that they do not know is rooted. I imagine that my friend's dad would be greatly agitated if he found out about him having rooted his phone.
Personal note:
I do not think that sunshine is a rip-off, as I understand that trying to crack the most basic level of a security on a phone is really quite hard and there are a lot of expenses involved.
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I'm not suggesting you get s-off, I'm asking if you are.
Your phone is a Dev Ed model. You will need a stock Dev Ed ROM and recovery to update via OTA.
Go here, and search for both. They are available in that thread.
Yeah, the developer RUU didn't work either. I looked at that page but I can't find any roms or RUU's with the x.1700 firmware. I have tried multiple times to restore from a Nandroid backup that had the same CID as me but different firmware version but it always failed.
Sorry if that came out as aggressive before.
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I'm not suggesting you get s-off, I'm asking if you are.
Your phone is a Dev Ed model. You will need a stock Dev Ed ROM and recovery to update via OTA.
Go here, and search for both. They are available in that thread.
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