Hello,
I see that HTC One (M8) Developer Edition comes with bootloader unlocked as per:
blog.htc.com/2013/03/htc-one-developer-edition
Does HTC One (M8) Google Play Edition comes with bootloader unlocked as well?
The Google Play web page play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=htc_m8 only mentions that the phone is unlocked (vis-a-vis carrier), but does not reference bootloader at all.
I'm looking for a phone, that would be easier to root.
Thank you!
3f62011 said:
Hello,
I see that HTC One (M8) Developer Edition comes with bootloader unlocked as per:
blog.htc.com/2013/03/htc-one-developer-edition
Does HTC One (M8) Google Play Edition comes with bootloader unlocked as well?
The Google Play web page play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=htc_m8 only mentions that the phone is unlocked (vis-a-vis carrier), but does not reference bootloader at all.
I'm looking for a phone, that would be easier to root.
Thank you!
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I don't think so, only dev edition phones comes unlocked out of the box
If it's like the other GPE's then you use fastboot like the Nexus devices IIRC. They are locked by default just like the Nexus devices.
Fastboot oem unlock
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you need to unlock the bootloader
htcdev.com
Will HTCdev.com's procedure work on the Google Play Edition? It didn't work on the M7.
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you unlock it like you would a Nexus
Does somebody have image from Google Play edition M8?
Is it possible to root an original Google Play Edition HTC one (M8)? If so how? I did not find anything then converting a standard ONE into a GPE.
thx
After Unlocking, flash a custom recovery. You can either download and flash su or supersu zip files manually or you can let recovery try to root it by simply exiting recovery and accepting the offer to install su.
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exbarboss said:
Does somebody have image from Google Play edition M8?
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looks like the standard silver m8
Hi XDA
Im lost! I bought the HTC One M8t in China today, in a real store, so its not a fake. Im on vacation in China and come from Denmark.
I belived it would just be plug'n'play with this phone, but since its bought in china there is a lot of chinese apps and no Play store
I asked around and i realised i will have to root the phone. Im a totel rookie and i have never done it before, so i hope you guys can lead me in the right direction.
Questions:
1. How do i root my HTC One M8t?
2. Can i get the original HTC Sense from my region (Denmark/Europe) on my phone?
2.1 If yes, how do i do that?
2.2 If no, can i get Android L on my phone?
I really hope someone can help me, i am totally lost and really frustrated since i thought it would be an easy task to get it up and running.
//Crime
Help is here...kind of
Hey CrimeRider93.
I've been reading up on this topic because I've just landed myself in the same situation.
So, I managed to root my M8t but I haven't managed to flash another ROM (like your Danish one) to it yet. The reason for this is because I can't get rid of the S-ON on the phone which stops you from installing custom ROMs. To my knowledge, although I'm still searching, there isn't a way yet.
The slightly good news is that you can put a ROM that was designed specifically for the M8t on it but I haven't managed to find one with Google Play etc. yet.
So in conclusion, you can root your phone but you can't put anything useful on it yet (that I know of).
I hope I've cleared things up a little and if you'd like an explanation on how to root the M8t I'd be happy to tell you, just let me know. :good:
jwprice80 said:
Hey CrimeRider93.
So, I managed to root my M8t but I haven't managed to flash another ROM (like your Danish one) to it yet. The reason for this is because I can't get rid of the S-ON on the phone which stops you from installing custom ROMs. To my knowledge, although I'm still searching, there isn't a way yet.
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If you already managed to root (meaning you obtained bootloader unlock and custom recovery) you could try to s-off with firewater. If firewater doesn't work for your M8 you can try sunshine s-off, as I did.
CrimeRider93 said:
Questions:
1. How do i root my HTC One M8t?
2. Can i get the original HTC Sense from my region (Denmark/Europe) on my phone?
2.1 If yes, how do i do that?
2.2 If no, can i get Android L on my phone?
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To obtain root you have to unlock bootloader (e.g. via htcdev.com) and install a custom recover (my personal choice was TWRP). After this you can flash root with your "new" recovery.
After this you have to s-off your device (see my answer above).
If you ar finally s-off you can download a stock HTC backup of the European (WWE) ROM as well as the fitting firmware.
Next step would be to perform a TWRP backup of your device and place the above mentioned ROM backup in your TWRP/Backup/H..../ folder on your HTC One M8 and rebooting back into recovery.
In recovery you can now backup to your dowloaded stock ROM and again reboot to bootloader.
The last two steps are to change the CID to a European (WWE) one (e.g. HTC__102) and after this flashing the firmware in RUU mode.
For a more detailed guide just search on this forums, or simply ask your questions. I'll try to help as good as passible. Remenber I'm not to blame for a brick of your smartphones, should something go wrong during one of the steps.
That doesn't work for the M8t
HTCNerdYoda said:
If you already managed to root (meaning you obtained bootloader unlock and custom recovery) you could try to s-off with firewater. If firewater doesn't work for your M8 you can try sunshine s-off, as I did.
To obtain root you have to unlock bootloader (e.g. via htcdev.com) and install a custom recover (my personal choice was TWRP). After this you can flash root with your "new" recovery.
After this you have to s-off your device (see my answer above).
If you ar finally s-off you can download a stock HTC backup of the European (WWE) ROM as well as the fitting firmware.
Next step would be to perform a TWRP backup of your device and place the above mentioned ROM backup in your TWRP/Backup/H..../ folder on your HTC One M8 and rebooting back into recovery.
In recovery you can now backup to your dowloaded stock ROM and again reboot to bootloader.
The last two steps are to change the CID to a European (WWE) one (e.g. HTC__102) and after this flashing the firmware in RUU mode.
For a more detailed guide just search on this forums, or simply ask your questions. I'll try to help as good as passible. Remenber I'm not to blame for a brick of your smartphones, should something go wrong during one of the steps.
If I was of any help to you two don't forget to hit the thanks button
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HTCOne M8 Gunmetal: Sunshine S-Off, firmware stock 2.22.401.4, rooted with Chainfire SuperSu, CID HTC__102 (comin' from T-MOB101, 1.70.111.1)
HTCOne M8 Silver: HTCDev Unlock, S-On, ARHD/ViperOne (M8) (ever switchin'), firmware 1.54.401.10, CID HTC__102
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Previous devices: HTC Desire (S-Off, CWM, Cyanogenmod), HTC Sensation (HTCDev Unlock, S-On, CMW, Chainfire SuperSU, Stock firmware), HTC One X (firewater S-Off, TWRP, Cyanogen) and HTC One (M7) (firewater S-Off, TWRP, ViperOne).
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Recovery - You need a special custom recovery for the M8t, I used this one:
http :// bbs. anzhi. com/ thread-8936202-1-1.htmlRemove the spaces, I'm a new member
S-OFF - That method works for most version of the M8 but not he M8t, (though I didn't try sunshine).
I've managed to get Google play using Soul 2.0 which was made especiall for the M8t
For the M8t, there is a easier way for Google Play service (gmail, map... etc),
Just search "GMS安装器" from HTC App store or Baidu App store. Then you are good to go.
As for the ROM, yeah... I am hoping to find some idiot step-by-step tutorial to teach me how to do so. Wonder if any kernal or recovery or rom on the forum can be used on HTC One M8t? Also the phone is using TD-SCDMA and TDD-LTE, are those firmware or rom designed specifically for the hardware of FDD-LTE and WCDMA?
I bought the HTC M9+ (coming from M8) can't seem to figure out which version of the phone I have and which stock recovery I need. I figured I can get the stock recovery from my phone before rooting. How do I go about doing that?
HTC CID__622 is the phones cid.
I have the HTC One M9 regional for ACG and my phone doesn't have the marshmallow update yet and I wanted to know if i could get a stock version compatible with it. It is a CDMA device.
Either root and s-off or wait for the ota. Those will be your options.
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Hi guys, i know it's a very old phone, but it's amazing how it's hardware has keept up to day. I bought mine on amazon as "used device", verizon unlocked and i live in venezuela, i need to do S-Off in order to use custom roms, open LTE Bands etc.
I am at stock android 6.0, can't use wifi thetering, can't achieve s-off (sunshine it's not an optionfor me), i did tried the NV editor to "turn on" LTE band 3 with no success. So i need your help to upgrade my old but great phone
I repeat: It's a verizon HTC one M8 (HTC dev method doesn't work either)
i had a headache trying to understand all the information here on xda but it's very disperse so i got confused because some methods works on any M8 but verizons ones
HELP ME PLEASEEEEE
Verizon version is the odd exception. The only way to get custom recovery on the Verizon version (and therefore flash custom ROMs) is with s-off. And the only working s-off method is sunshine. No way around that.
You can try to install the sunshine app, and see if it works to s-off the phone. If the phone was ever made s-off before under sunshine (such as by previous owner or seller), it should still work (sunshine license is associated with the device).