Hi,
So I have a GSM HTC One M8 that is rooted and running a custom rom and recovery.
Due to the 4.4.3 update, I need to update my firmware. From what I have read in the forums, I first had to go back to the stock rom and recovery. Which I did. The nandroid back up process went fine, but the stock recovery wouldn't load up for me. And also, the stock rom is already at the latest 4.4.3!
When I tried to go to settings and check for updates, it says that I already have the latest version installed....
Few questions.
1. Do I need a stock recovery to be able to get the OTA update?
2. Is this the only way to update my firmware?
BTW, my device is S-ON and Unlocked.
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I have a rooted, with TWRP recovery. S-On
Sitting on stock 4.4.2,
Specs :
rom 1.57.531
Build: 1.57.531.7
Baseband: 1.16.21331931
Kernal 3.4.0
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I have downloaded :
OTA_M8_UL_K44_SENSE60_MR_TMOUS_2.22.531.5-1.57.531.7_release_385598.zip
Radio_1.57.531.7.img
T_Mo_1.57.531.7_recovery.img
T-mobile-1.57.531.7-twrp-backup.zip
Would I restore the TWRP backup, then flash the Tmo recovery, then flash radio and then try to flash the OTA?
Very confused, looked through many posts. still not sure which is easiest/best method to update.
What would be the best way to get get to 4.4.3? I am constantly receving system updates, and do not want to update via through phone.
Please help!
Thanks guys!
Probably your best bet would be to restore stock os, restore stock recovery, re-lock the bootloader, then take the OTA. You'll have to unlock your bootloader through HTC Dev process again.
Thanks Volcanic,
So stock os, and stock recovery. I will look for that,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2714456
This thread is where you'll find them.
Until we get a proper CyanogenMod for this phone I'm staying as close to stock as possible (plus root and Wanam). I'm rooted and installed TWRP, so how do I update to the latest ROM from T-Mobile?
To update OTA u need stock recovery. This goes for every phone.
Hello guys,
following situation:
Long time I had a 4.4.something Rom installed. Before I flashed a custom Lollipop rom, I followed the advice to just go back to stock and let it update to Lollipop so that the firmware will be updated accordingly and I won't run into problems when flashing a Lollipop Custom Rom. Everything worked fine. Now I had to send my phone to HTC for display repair and just to make sure they won't nag about the custom Rom I reflashed some older stock rom via TWRP backup I found here, I think it was a 4.0 or so. The question is, does this also affect my phones firmware or is it still on the current newest level? So when I get it back, would I need to update to stock Lollipop again before flashing a custom rom or can I go for it straight away?
fBx said:
Hello guys,
following situation:
Long time I had a 4.4.something Rom installed. Before I flashed a custom Lollipop rom, I followed the advice to just go back to stock and let it update to Lollipop so that the firmware will be updated accordingly and I won't run into problems when flashing a Lollipop Custom Rom. Everything worked fine. Now I had to send my phone to HTC for display repair and just to make sure they won't nag about the custom Rom I reflashed some older stock rom via TWRP backup I found here, I think it was a 4.0 or so. The question is, does this also affect my phones firmware or is it still on the current newest level? So when I get it back, would I need to update to stock Lollipop again before flashing a custom rom or can I go for it straight away?
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It won't affect your firmware.
Okay thanks, so Firmware should still be up to date and I can flash a Lollipop Custom Rom. I don't know what they do at HTC repair, if they only reset it or if they also update it, well I'll see.
hi guys - so i tried to install the revolution rom on my recently unlocked m9 and it'd only boot to the bootloader or download.
i found some threads back from 2012 that said twrp wouldn't install the rev rom, but suspect it's out of date - it seemed to work fine.
is there some magic here? i tried to flash my firmware to the version matching the rom (3.35.401.12) and got a code 10 failure in adb. my current firmware is 3.10.605.7. doesn't flashing the rom update the firmware too? or do i need to successfully flash the rom prior?
should i use a different recovery? twrp launched the rev aroma installer and all seemed to go perfectly smoothly... no problems came up until reboot brought me right back to bootloader.
the aroma install says it might boot loop a couple times, but i booted to bootloader 5+ times before giving up and going back to a deodexed stock vzw rom.
any help is greatly appreciated - i'm hoping to get up to marshmallow before calling it good enough and moving on.
Flashing the rom doesnt update the firmware. S-on makes sure of that.
You must be on the base firmware for the rom to take. You need the vzw marshmallow ota update before you can flash a marshmallow based rom.
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Hi,
I recently rooted then unrooted my phone.
I had installed cwm recovery and then went back to stock recovery.
I cant install the new ota update. I suspect some problem in unrooting prevents it from updating.
so I want to install stock rom (older version will do) and then update it to the current.
So how do I find which is my region specific rom version?
Thanks