Hello All,
So I recently bought a M8 and I just need some help in getting the steps nailed down correctly. Be warned long post with lots of questions...
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
version-main: 3.32.111.3
fastboot oem readcid
(bootloader) cid: T-MOB101
That is basically my device, now due to it being 4.4.4 from factory I am unable to use Sunshine & Weaksauce. I could wait until the new year but why
bother .
First step:
Get my factory firmware image after reading this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376 due to it being a T-Mobile and
Germany and 4.4.4 I am unable to run the command listed there to get the stock recovery, so how do I get the stock recovery for my device? @BerndM14
Has provided me with a link to download the latest firmware for my device but it has the TWRP recovery inside it, link is this one: http://www.handy-
faq.de/forum/htc_one_m8_custom_roms/304821-htc_one_m8_firmwaresammlung_ruus_otas_backups.html#post2832636. I should point out that I do have a OTA
waiting to download and install, should I download and install it? The version listed on the screen is 3.32.111.9 and is only 183.73MB. Would it have a
viable stock recovery? Can I downgrade to a older version for the stock recovery?
Second step:
Once the above is done and dusted my next step is getting root & S-OFF & custom recovery. This is relatively simple because all I need to do is visit
HTCDev, unlock and then S-OFF with Sunshine and then a custom recovery. Correct? Sounds and looks simple enough.
Third step:
Download ROM of choice and flash away. So I am going with InsertCoin due to user loyalty from the Desire days . However I see people in the thread
mentioning that they flashed the latest firmware to sort out a couple of issues, I take it they mean the ROM file and not HTC firmware?
Fourth and probably not needed step:
Changing the phone to WWE and SuperCID? Do I really need to do this? Benefit of changing to WWE is changing the HBOOT to a more universal one? The
reason why I am thinking of converting is because I would want to get rid of the red text on the boot screen as listed here: http://forum.xda-
developers.com/showpost.php?p=51744965&postcount=1 however for T-Mobile Dutch the HBOOT CIDS are T-MOB003, if I flash that would it cause a problem?
I would also be looking at running the commands to change the flags showing tampered and unlocked but that looks simple to do. Am I missing anything? For warranty purposes I would use the instructions from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710735 but download the recovery file for T-MOB Germany instead?
Thank you for reading the long post and I hope that I have made some sort of sense.
Yes it will have the firmware.zip with the recovery.img inside it. Even the small 47MB or so, OTA update for the WWE from 2.22.401.4 - 2.22.401.5 had the firmware.zip inside. So just download the OTA.zip copy to PC extract firmware.zip and grab the recovery.img.
Benefits to converting to WWE or even Developer edition also includes the fact that those devices will receive OTA updates before any carrier version, directly from HTC. It's a bonus if you're into the "latest & greatest" scene.
As for making a backup before flashing custom recovery, have you tried booting the custom recovery? Philz will probably be better if you want to use the booted custom recovery to make a backup of stock recovery. You could also try and boot either TWRP or Philz and see if you can root your device without flashing custom recovery, that way you can at least use the dd command to grab a copy of the recovery block. <My preferred method, though it's a terrible circle. Need to flash custom recovery to root, need root to make backup of stock recovery... So hopefully booting the custom recovery will work. That being said, easiest way still remains to grab it from the OTA.zip.
Perhaps you could even upload a copy of the OTA.zip and share it on here, I don't think the OP has a copy in the second post
ROM/Firmware. You need the latest firmware to run the latest ROM. For most it'll be firmware with 3.x. If you still run on 2.x(which you aren't) you'd have some problems with radio(bluetooth, gps, wifi, data etc)
Thank you for the reply .
To be honest I have not tried booting a custom recovery because I saw this in the first post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
fastboot boot recovery_filename.img (this does not work on the latest 3.xx firmwares !!! we need to get the stock recoveries from the OTA files)
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So I am not sure what to try to be honest. This toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51383278&highlight=ota#post51383278 mentions getting root without S-OFF but with a unlocked bootloader. So I am thinking that if I follow those steps, maybe when I get to the reboot phase I can execute a nandroid instead which might get me the files I want?
I won't bother with WWE then. I will rely on the dev's to give me the latest & greatest .
Anakha56 said:
Thank you for the reply .
To be honest I have not tried booting a custom recovery because I saw this in the first post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
So I am not sure what to try to be honest. This toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51383278&highlight=ota#post51383278 mentions getting root without S-OFF but with a unlocked bootloader. So I am thinking that if I follow those steps, maybe when I get to the reboot phase I can execute a nandroid instead which might get me the files I want?
I won't bother with WWE then. I will rely on the dev's to give me the latest & greatest .
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Hm, yeah I also had some problems booting a recovery, but I just tested it out again. I can at least boot TWRP version 2.8.3.0 so it still works for me. I'm on 3.28.1540.5 (Developer edition). Haven't tried Philz though, net a bit too slow to bother with even a small download
No problem. I am busy downloading the OTA.zip and once complete I will try the toolkit method and see what happens . Again, thank you for the reply.
I need some help... My phone seems to be stuck in fastboot mode and is not picked up in Device Manager of Windows. I can touch the fastboot screen and it vibrates but it does not nothing. I have held down the power button for 20 seconds with no result. I had just unlocked the bootloader and then tried pushing the Philz recovery image to the device with the command line:
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C:\android\sdk\android\platform-tools>fastboot boot philz_touch_6.57.8-m8.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.541s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.002s]
finished. total time: 1.547s
*edit*
Holding volume up + power for 10 seconds helped *whew*...
Anakha56 said:
Thank you for the reply .
To be honest I have not tried booting a custom recovery because I saw this in the first post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
So I am not sure what to try to be honest. This toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51383278&highlight=ota#post51383278 mentions getting root without S-OFF but with a unlocked bootloader. So I am thinking that if I follow those steps, maybe when I get to the reboot phase I can execute a nandroid instead which might get me the files I want?
I won't bother with WWE then. I will rely on the dev's to give me the latest & greatest .
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You don't need S-Off to root, just the unlocked bootloader, custom recovery, and superuser.
@xunholyx Thanks for the post . I am trying to get an image of my stock recovery file first, so I am trying to avoid flashing the custom recovery right now . BTW Does anyone know if TWRP makes a backup of the stock recovery before overwriting it like Philz does?
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@xunholyx Thanks for the post . I am trying to get an image of my stock recovery file first, so I am trying to avoid flashing the custom recovery right now . BTW Does anyone know if TWRP makes a backup of the stock recovery before overwriting it like Philz does?
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http://www.handy-faq.de/forum/htc_o...resammlung_ruus_otas_backups.html#post2832635
oops sorry.. i see you already been their
your hboot 3.19 will prevent booting to recovery ... and no TWRP doesn't backup stock recovery
you just need to find the OTA.zip for your version it must be out their somewhere
@clsA I have the file
3.32.111.3 - TWRP
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From that site but its recovery is TWRP. I am trying to grab the stock recovery currently on the device before going forward. When I unzip that file it has 6 items:
boot.emmc.win
boot.emmc.win.md5
system.ext4.win000
system.ext4.win000.md5
system.ext4.win001
system.ext4.win001.md5
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I have downloaded the OTA that is ready for my phone but I had hit a snag. The file was corrupt, on redownload I have the small OTA but the recovery version number has incremented past mine, I don't know if it will be still useable with the ROM file from the link?
Anakha56 said:
@clsA I have the file
From that site but its recovery is TWRP. I am trying to grab the stock recovery currently on the device before going forward. When I unzip that file it has 6 items:
I have downloaded the OTA that is ready for my phone but I had hit a snag. The file was corrupt, on redownload I have the small OTA but the recovery version number has incremented past mine, I don't know if it will be still useable with the ROM file from the link?
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it should work, recovery does not have to be exact just close
and the file you have doesn't include TWRP .. it was created with twrp ... big difference
Anakha56 said:
@clsA I have the file
From that site but its recovery is TWRP. I am trying to grab the stock recovery currently on the device before going forward. When I unzip that file it has 6 items:
I have downloaded the OTA that is ready for my phone but I had hit a snag. The file was corrupt, on redownload I have the small OTA but the recovery version number has incremented past mine, I don't know if it will be still useable with the ROM file from the link?
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You can use any 3.32 based stock recovery for your phone. There are plenty of backups for that on this thread. No need to backup your own.
Thank you guys! That helps me a lot! Off I go to flash a custom recovery .
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hi, i need help with this.
QUick run down on my story, bought the phone and found out that it is rooted so wanted to go back to stock and ended up getting it stuck on fastboot loop.
Im only new to this and found the thread in developers area with guidance on how to fix this but im getting very confused as to what i need to do and what files i need downloaded including ruu, im from AU and there isnt many ruus for voda 021 floating around. I would be happy tho if i can flash it to same rooted state as it was as long i get it working again.
Can someone give me some pointers pls, the way that thread with instruction is written is very hard for me to understand because some basic steps are skipped prob because orger understand them but im very nooby and cant work with it
tx:crying:
deemoIII said:
hi, i need help with this.
QUick run down on my story, bought the phone and found out that it is rooted so wanted to go back to stock and ended up getting it stuck on fastboot loop.
Im only new to this and found the thread in developers area with guidance on how to fix this but im getting very confused as to what i need to do and what files i need downloaded including ruu, im from AU and there isnt many ruus for voda 021 floating around. I would be happy tho if i can flash it to same rooted state as it was as long i get it working again.
Can someone give me some pointers pls, the way that thread with instruction is written is very hard for me to understand because some basic steps are skipped prob because orger understand them but im very nooby and cant work with it
tx:crying:
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you need to give more info than what you have !! . can you access recovery volume down and power for about six seconds,remove when you get to fastboot screen- what is your hboot 3rd down are you locked unlocked, s-off s-on,select recovery and see if you are on stock recovery or custom ?
markb63 said:
you need to give more info than what you have !! . can you access recovery volume down and power for about six seconds,remove when you get to fastboot screen- what is your hboot 3rd down are you locked unlocked, s-off s-on,select recovery and see if you are on stock recovery or custom ?
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ok i got relocked and security warning
ship s-on
radio 2.1204.135.20
when i go to recovery phone goes to a red triangle o top of a phone after being green arrow for short time, then i have to shut down cus that does nothing. dont know what else i can tell u about recovery
deemoIII said:
ok i got relocked and security warning
ship s-on
radio 2.1204.135.20
when i go to recovery phone goes to a red triangle o top of a phone after being green arrow for short time, then i have to shut down cus that does nothing. dont know what else i can tell u about recovery
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ok, i think you've tried to flash a stock rom without flashing a stock recovery !!.
do you have fasboot adb on your pc ?
you need to unlock your bootloader and re flash a custom recovery
if not search the dev section for a tool that will unlock your boot and re-flash a custom recovery for you-all the instructions are on there.
once you have re unlocked and flashed a custom recovery,go into recovery and see if there are any backups of the previous rom (nand)
see if that works ..
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ok, i think you've tried to flash a stock rom without flashing a stock recovery !!.
do you have fasboot adb on your pc ?
you need to unlock your bootloader and re flash a custom recovery
if not search the dev section for a tool that will unlock your boot and re-flash a custom recovery for you-all the instructions are on there.
once you have re unlocked and flashed a custom recovery,go into recovery and see if there are any backups of the previous rom (nand)
see if that works ..
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If you wanna go back to stock and are stuck at bootloop you have to flash the boot.omg file for your stockrom .
markb63 said:
ok, i think you've tried to flash a stock rom without flashing a stock recovery !!.
do you have fasboot adb on your pc ?
you need to unlock your bootloader and re flash a custom recovery
if not search the dev section for a tool that will unlock your boot and re-flash a custom recovery for you-all the instructions are on there.
once you have re unlocked and flashed a custom recovery,go into recovery and see if there are any backups of the previous rom (nand)
see if that works ..
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im sorry champ, not getting this too good.
when you say " re flash a custom recovery" what do you mean with that and would i be able to get one from the net. I tried looking for the instructions without much luck
deemoIII said:
im sorry champ, not getting this too good.
when you say " re flash a custom recovery" what do you mean with that and would i be able to get one from the net. I tried looking for the instructions without much luck
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you need to read and study this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069904
Try this
markb63 said:
you need to read and study this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069904
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Try to do this from this guide : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZuAjz4PIjU
cool, so i follow this, tx Mark
markb63
you need to read and study this: [url said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2069904[/url]
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ytube vid as a guide, tx Omer
Omer Slomovic said:
Try to do this from this guide : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZuAjz4PIjU
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al tho this is the video i followed when i screwed it in the first place
and i need to do parts 1 and 2 ? did i screw up the ROM on my phone so i have to flash it, thing is a can only do same rooted rom as it was cus there is no stock available for download for Australias voda021
i hope you can tell me that i only need part 1.
Damn i shouldnt have even touched it
Post 1: How to unlock your bootloader, flash a recovery and root
Post 2: How to flash a custom ROM and kernel (boot.img)
ill be trying this after wk
the problem i have is that the pc doesnt see the phone, only for 3-4 secs when fastboot usb selected and ph says sd checking, then it gives an error and goes back to first screen and pc doesnt see it again.
How do i figure out what RUU i need and can use safely? considering its got radio 2.1204.135.20 currently
ill post some screens, these are all i can manage to get into
its relocked and s-on
rooted atm radio 2.1204.135.20
phone cid is vodap021
first screen http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2215.jpg.html
i can get in here http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2219.jpg.html
but then when i hit power i get this http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2216.jpg.html and no connection to pc
and when i try recovery i can get this screen but i dont think i got the files the recovery is after
http://s39.beta.photobucket.com/user/bijeli_gavran/media/Photo2220.jpg.html
help?:crying:
According to the hboot (1.12) you need a 2.17 based ruu .... but i can't find it !
Tthe basic steps now are
Unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery
http://db.tt/Krlm4dPs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Get your nandroid backup there,(the vodap021 2.17) you need to flash the boot.img file from that nandroid with fastboot commands, then do a full wipe in recovery and restore the nandroid.
But you still have to fix the fastboot part right ? You need to install android SDK/java SDK and the HTC drivers. Then you have to put the phone in the bootloader and open a commandprompt from inside the folder where the adb/fastboot files are located ...they are in a subfolder in the installed javaSDK install folder
Mr Hofs said:
According to the hboot (1.12) you need a 2.17 based ruu .... but i can't find it !
Tthe basic steps now are
Unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery
http://db.tt/Krlm4dPs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Get your nandroid backup there,(the vodap021 2.17) you need to flash the boot.img file from that nandroid with fastboot commands, then do a full wipe in recovery and restore the nandroid.
But you still have to fix the fastboot part right ? You need to install android SDK/java SDK and the HTC drivers. Then you have to put the phone in the bootloader and open a commandprompt from inside the folder where the adb/fastboot files are located ...they are in a subfolder in the installed javaSDK install folder
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Thanks, it is beginning to make some sense to me now.
So first bit I got to do is the fastboot issue, which is tha last bit you mentioned right?
And after unlock boot loader than flash the recovery with one you provided in the link, tx
So that means I will go back to stock right?
Yes unlock, flash custom recovery, flash boot.img, full wipe in recovery, restore the nandroid, flash back the stock recovery .....
And yes this way you go back to stock and i will also give you the download link for the stock recovery. This one is the last you flash after restoring everything
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
Then you are able to update to JB from within the phones software update menu :thumbup:
Ps you do not have to relock the bootloader anymore !
Mr Hofs said:
Yes unlock, flash custom recovery, flash boot.img, full wipe in recovery, restore the nandroid, flash back the stock recovery .....
And yes this way you go back to stock and i will also give you the download link for the stock recovery. This one is the last you flash after restoring everything
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
Then you are able to update to JB from within the phones software update menu :thumbup:
Ps you do not have to relock the bootloader anymore !
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Thanks for that, ill need to study some tuts on how to do some of this stuff and see ihow i go
deemoIII said:
Thanks for that, ill need to study some tuts on how to do some of this stuff and see ihow i go
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ugh, im really having hard time getting this done, any chance you can point me out towards some TUT pages for unlocking?
Ok, iwe made some progress, unlocked, flushed custom recovery, wiped
now im having trouble working out how to restoring the nandroid? iwe got the files but how do i restore them on the phone, is it through the cmd or over usb...is there any detailed tuts
deemoIII said:
Ok, iwe made some progress, unlocked, flushed custom recovery, wiped
now im having trouble working out how to restoring the nandroid? iwe got the files but how do i restore them on the phone, is it through the cmd or over usb...is there any detailed tuts
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Please guys, iWe spent all day trying to figure it out, after wipe phone reboots constantly and when if boot screen it's not charging so I'm prob going to run out of battery in a couple of hours
You restore through the custom recovery. Power+vol , choose recovery. If you flashed the recovery ok then you can do from in there. Ie mount usb, copy over your nand backup and restore it. You may have to flash the boot.img using fastboot.
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Hello all,
The name of this post says it all really, I am trying to update to Hboot 1.72 but I have no idea how This may be difficult as I have a new computer, and don't have any of the old folder I used to do this before so I will have to start from scratch again I have the Android SDK, so I can take any files needed from there, but apart from that I literally have nothing. Also, I am a complete novice with all this stuff so you may need to "dumb down" your answers a bit Thanks in advance.
Current:
Hboot: 1.32.0000
CID: HTC_001
CWM: 5.8.4.0
TheBlaaaaah said:
Hello all,
The name of this post says it all really, I am trying to update to Hboot 1.72 but I have no idea how This may be difficult as I have a new computer, and don't have any of the old folder I used to do this before so I will have to start from scratch again I have the Android SDK, so I can take any files needed from there, but apart from that I literally have nothing. Also, I am a complete novice with all this stuff so you may need to "dumb down" your answers a bit Thanks in advance.
Current:
Hboot: 1.32.0000
CID: HTC_001
CWM: 5.8.4.0
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Read THIS for the simple method.
Since you are HTC__001 you'll get the ota soon you just need to be on stock rom, kernel and recovery and you are good to go
desmond1303 said:
Since you are HTC__001 you'll get the ota soon you just need to be on stock rom, kernel and recovery and you are good to go
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The reason I'm trying to do this is because I'm on CyanogenMod 10.1 and the 10.2 update (Android 4.3) requires the newer hboot, so how would I go about doing this myself (step by step)?
Also Tigerlight, I'm fairly confident that JB FW doesn't let you use non Sense based ROM's afterwards, and to be honest I prefer doing things like this myself rather than letting software do it for you
Well...
You should be able to have CM 1.2 on 1.39...
But you Will have to wait for the firmware zip to be uploaded here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957376
in order to be able to update it manually... You could download the OTA files and extract that firmware.zip yourself and than find a tutorial on how to flash a firmware.zip... there are plenty of them out here
TheBlaaaaah said:
The reason I'm trying to do this is because I'm on CyanogenMod 10.1 and the 10.2 update (Android 4.3) requires the newer hboot, so how would I go about doing this myself (step by step)?
Also Tigerlight, I'm fairly confident that JB FW doesn't let you use non Sense based ROM's afterwards, and to be honest I prefer doing things like this myself rather than letting software do it for you
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JBFW flasher upgrades hboot, which has nothing whatsoever to do with what Sense or AOSP ROM you flash afterward so long as that hboot is compatible.
And why on earth type all the instructions manually when the tools exist.
And the 1.72 hboot firmware has been uploaded HERE.
Tigerlight said:
JBFW flasher upgrades hboot, which has nothing whatsoever to do with what Sense or AOSP ROM you flash afterward so long as that hboot is compatible.
And why on earth type all the instructions manually when the tools exist.
And the 1.72 hboot firmware has been uploaded HERE.
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Ok, may have been a bit wrong there..... :silly: Still, I like to learn how to do this sort of thing so that if anything ever goes wrong I have the knowledge to fix it. Once I have the firmware, what do I need to do?
Just downloaded JBFW out of interest, and when you go to update it says this: After upgrade you will not be able to - Install a fully functional Non-Sense ROM, so I was right that I can't use that software, and anyway wouldn't want to tbph Anyone know how to manually update hboot given that I have no files from when I rooted anymore? :laugh:
Once you have the firmware.zip file you have to
1:relock the bootloader
Fastboot oem lock
2: boot into ruu mode
Fastboot oem rebootRUU
3: flash the firmware.zip
Fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
Maybe needed twice (only if the command returns an error)
Then unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery. Preferably repacked twrp, or philz touch recovery.
Then full wipe the phone in recovery and install the rom.zip and fastboot flash the boot.img.
That sums it up pretty much
Mr Hofs said:
Once you have the firmware.zip file you have to
1:relock the bootloader
Fastboot oem lock
2: boot into ruu mode
Fastboot oem rebootRUU
3: flash the firmware.zip
Fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
Maybe needed twice (only if the command returns an error)
Then unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery. Preferably repacked twrp, or philz touch recovery.
Then full wipe the phone in recovery and install the rom.zip and fastboot flash the boot.img.
That sums it up pretty much
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Thanks Mr Hofs,
Already found out about 20 mins ago: you actually responded to someone else a while back and I used those instructions. I may have messed up quite a lot though: forgot to put the CM 10.2 zip on the phone before hand and now the phone is acting really weird..... I'll let you know if I need help but I have a few ideas first
Thanks again, I appreciate the help.
Hello there!
I know there are many threads and questions about unrooting, but I haven't found anything useful to me (or I just don't understand them) and also I'm new to the whole root/unroot thing.
Here is the story. I rooted my device via TWRP Recovery. Then I tried to get S-OFF using Firewater. When I wasted like a few days trying to get this done I discovered that my device is "Patched by HTC" so I cannot use Firewater anymore to get this S-OFF.
The whole thing was to convert my M8 into a GPE version. Now I'm trying to revert my phone back to stock ver. because I have no need in root.
So is it possible to unroot my phone?
My CID is HTC_622
Software number is 1.60.708.2
Thanks in advance!
Funky_Noises said:
Hello there!
I know there are many threads and questions about unrooting, but I haven't found anything useful to me (or I just don't understand them) and also I'm new to the whole root/unroot thing.
Here is the story. I rooted my device via TWRP Recovery. Then I tried to get S-OFF using Firewater. When I wasted like a few days trying to get this done I discovered that my device is "Patched by HTC" so I cannot use Firewater anymore to get this S-OFF.
The whole thing was to convert my M8 into a GPE version. Now I'm trying to revert my phone back to stock ver. because I have no need in root.
So is it possible to unroot my phone?
My CID is HTC_622
Software number is 1.60.708.2
Thanks in advance!
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just flash stock then flash stock recovery and your done
but bootloader will still say tampered
jaythenut said:
just flash stock then flash stock recovery and your done
but bootloader will still say tampered
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Thanks for the reply.
I wish there was more detail in your post: like what software should I use to flash stock?
Should I download some rom for that?
As I said, I'm really new to the whole thing.
1. Flash your backup in TWRP
2. Once restored and confirmed working, flash the stock recovery image for your software version in fastboot the same way you flashed TWRP (fastboot flash recovery <nameofrecovery>.img
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EddyOS said:
1. Flash your backup in TWRP
2. Once restored and confirmed working, flash the stock recovery image for your software version in fastboot the same way you flashed TWRP (fastboot flash recovery <nameofrecovery>.img
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I see! Thanks a lot!
Will try that.
Damn, I wish I could do S-OFF and convert my phone into GPE ;|
stock recovery
EddyOS said:
1. Flash your backup in TWRP
2. Once restored and confirmed working, flash the stock recovery image for your software version in fastboot the same way you flashed TWRP (fastboot flash recovery <nameofrecovery>.img
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Hey I've been googling for hours for this too.I know this is an old post.
I am one of the unfortunate people do get a 1.60 up
Update on CID HTC__622
I have surfed the page with the list of nandroids, however there is no stock recovery that begins with 1.60. From other research it states that the first two numbers are the most important whilst flashing recoveries.
Any information would be really helpful
Thanks
I need an HTC One M8 Telus/Koodo RUU for my phone. I flashed GPE Rom and it works great but i want the 5.0 update of my carrier but i can't flash it because i am on a custom rom so i would like to revert back to stock in order to flash the 5.0 update.
Any help or suggestion would be appreciated
marawan31 said:
I need an HTC One M8 Telus/Koodo RUU for my phone. I flashed GPE Rom and it works great but i want the 5.0 update of my carrier but i can't flash it because i am on a custom rom so i would like to revert back to stock in order to flash the 5.0 update.
Any help or suggestion would be appreciated
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Go back to stock, and take the OTAs. Then re-root and enjoy your new firmware.
Visit this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
or this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710735
I cant do that because i am not s-off
marawan31 said:
I cant do that because i am not s-off
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Incorrect. This is the method that you use if you are not S-Off.
If you were S-Off, you would just update firmware manually, with no need to go back to stock.
thanks for your help!
ok the second link you posted led me to a canadian nandroid backup.
thanks a lot for your help man
Edit: my hboot is 3.18 and its the only one missing
what should i do?
marawan31 said:
thanks for your help!
ok the second link you posted led me to a canadian nandroid backup.
thanks a lot for your help man
Edit: my hboot is 3.18 and its the only one missing
what should i do?
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I would suggest asking if anyone has a link to one in that thread.
I'm on Telus too, but I am running WWE firmware. I ALWAYS have the new firmware before Telus. Just sayin.
S-Off is a good thing to have. I know it seems like $25 is a lot to pay to get it, but if you think of all the hassle it saves trying to update firmware, and the other freedom it gives you (I'm using the Sprint Harman/Kardon version's audio files and ADSP) it is very reasonably priced.
xunholyx said:
I would suggest asking if anyone has a link to one in that thread.
I'm on Telus too, but I am running WWE firmware. I ALWAYS have the new firmware before Telus. Just sayin.
S-Off is a good thing to have. I know it seems like $25 is a lot to pay to get it, but if you think of all the hassle it saves trying to update firmware, and the other freedom it gives you (I'm using the Sprint Harman/Kardon version's audio files and ADSP) it is very reasonably priced.
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i just flashed the one saying 3.x. its a 5.0 nandroid backup and all is working except wifi for some weird reason. looks like the firmware wasnt updated.
i have nothing against paying 25$ its just that sunshine never worked for me. It always said it didnt like my kernel and that i should try with a stock and i was too lazy tbh
marawan31 said:
i just flashed the one saying 3.x. its a 5.0 nandroid backup and all is working except wifi for some weird reason. looks like the firmware wasnt updated.
i have nothing against paying 25$ its just that sunshine never worked for me. It always said it didnt like my kernel and that i should try with a stock and i was too lazy tbh
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Use 3.34.661.4 backup for 4.4.4 but wifi will not work on your device yet because you have hboot 3.18.0000
Find the 2.23.661.2 -> 3.34.661.4 - thanks @shaboobla on this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Extract out firmware.zip from that OTA zip (with 7-zip)
then you can flash this firmware in RUU mode (but you need to relock bootloader because your device is S-On)
Later .. you can check software update and accept OTA to 4.20.661.2
ckpv5 said:
Use 3.34.661.4 backup for 4.4.4 but wifi will not work on your device yet because you have hboot 3.18.0000
Find the 2.23.661.2 -> 3.34.661.4 - thanks @shaboobla on this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Extract out firmware.zip from that OTA zip (with 7-zip)
then you can flash this firmware in RUU mode (but you need to relock bootloader because your device is S-On)
Later .. you can check software update and accept OTA to 4.20.661.2
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how would i flash a firmware in RUU mode? you mean like renaming it to some weird name like PG.... and placing it in root of sdcard and going in fasboot? or is it something else because tbh i have never heard of flashing something in RUU mode
thanks for your help, really appreciate it.
EDIT: I just found out i can go to RUU mode with "fastboot oem rebootRUU".
so i can flash the firmware with "fastboot flash zip firmware.zip"
thanks again for all your help guys
marawan31 said:
how would i flash a firmware in RUU mode? you mean like renaming it to some weird name like PG.... and placing it in root of sdcard and going in fasboot? or is it something else because tbh i have never heard of flashing something in RUU mode
thanks for your help, really appreciate it.
EDIT: I just found out i can go to RUU mode with "fastboot oem rebootRUU".
so i can flash the firmware with "fastboot flash zip firmware.zip"
thanks again for all your help guys
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You found it
1. Make sure you restore the 3.34.661.4 backup first and reboot
2. Boot to bootloader
3. relock bootloader - fastboot oem lock
4. flash the firmware in RUU mode
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <---- again for the 2nd time
fastboot reboot
5. check software update
6. accept, download, install
7. done
Flash TWRP 2.8.5.0 if you want to flash a custom ROM
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You found it
1. Make sure you restore the 3.34.661.4 backup first and reboot
2. Boot to bootloader
3. flash the firmware in RUU mode
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip hbootMOD3.zip
fastboot flash zip hbootMOD3.zip <---- again for the 2nd time
fastboot reboot
4. check software update
5. accept, download, install
6. done
Flash TWRP 2.8.5.0 if you want to flash a custom ROM
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You renamed the firmware to hbootMOD3.zip? or do i also need to flash the hboot? if so which hboot do i flash?
lol sorry im easily confused
marawan31 said:
You renamed the firmware to hbootMOD3.zip? or do i also need to flash the hboot? if so which hboot do i flash?
lol sorry im easily confused
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Ahh.. sorry ... I was in a hurry ... just copy paste from my own note that meant for my personal modded firmware. Edited the post.
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <---- again for the 2nd time
fastboot reboot
ckpv5 said:
Ahh.. sorry ... I was in a hurry ... just copy paste from my own note that meant for my personal modded firmware. Edited the post.
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <---- again for the 2nd time
fastboot reboot
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oh ok thanks man!!
ill post back with the result
marawan31 said:
oh ok thanks man!!
ill post back with the result
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Just don't forget to relock bootloader before flashing firmware.zip
fastboot oem lock
ckpv5 said:
Just don't forget to relock bootloader before flashing firmware.zip
fastboot oem lock
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yea i was going to do it and also for the sake of completeness flashing the stock recovery(3.34.661.4) after the restore, just in case someone else has the same problem
You can do that but not really needed because the signed firmware.zip will restore stock recovery.
ckpv5 said:
You can do that but not really needed because the signed firmware.zip will restore stock recovery.
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oh didnt know that, i guess i wont then
I just wanted to thank you guys for helping me out!
I did everything and now i am on android 5.0.1 (although i ran into a small problem: process com.android.phone is not responding, factory reset from recovery fixed it)
Hope this thread helps someone else with similar problems
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNmb1q2tT6uldWZLHQSLD1fsauQYRMlkHmA5y1g/photo/AF1QipPXGvhZ063BpX0f30U4O7d6ZYQgTkgeowCWDywd
Sorry for reviving such an old thread, but I'm trying to get my htc one m8 up and running again. It was functioning on lineage os but wasn't very stable, couldn't find any other roms that would successfully flash on it, I decided to try and go back to stock after a few beers one night night, now the phone has been sitting in a drawer with no os or recovery on it. There doesn't seem to be any still functioning links to any Canadian RUU's that I can use. I'm not s-off, bootloader is "relocked". I'd like to go back to stock marshmallow because I only use this thing to play music and as a tv remote. I'm hoping someone might have an old RUU lying around.
I guess if not my best option is just to unlock the bootloader again and try flashing the same lineage os again. Since I relocked does that mean I have to go through the htc website to get the unlock token again like I did ages ago? They probably don't even have this phone on there anymore. Hopefully I didn't actually turn this thing into a brick.
Please see my comments in red font below:
350Rocket said:
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNmb1q2tT6uldWZLHQSLD1fsauQYRMlkHmA5y1g/photo/AF1QipPXGvhZ063BpX0f30U4O7d6ZYQgTkgeowCWDywd
Photo link is coming up with 404 error for me. Better to do fastboot getvar all, then post the results (cut and paste from command prompt), so we can see all the info on the phone (delete IMEI and serial number before posting).
Sorry for reviving such an old thread, but I'm trying to get my htc one m8 up and running again. It was functioning on lineage os but wasn't very stable, couldn't find any other roms that would successfully flash on it,
If you can be more specific about which ROMs you tried (plus info about your device from getvar as noted above), then we might be able to advise why they did not flash. Did you get error messages, and if so, what exactly were they?
I decided to try and go back to stock after a few beers one night night, now the phone has been sitting in a drawer with no os or recovery on it.
What exactly did you do (step by step, with any relevant file names, etc. - more detail is better).
I presume you intentionally relocked the bootloader in attempt to run some RUU. But would like clarification on this (and where that happened in the sequence of events)
There doesn't seem to be any still functioning links to any Canadian RUU's that I can use. I'm not s-off, bootloader is "relocked". I'd like to go back to stock marshmallow because I only use this thing to play music and as a tv remote. I'm hoping someone might have an old RUU lying around.
Far as I know, Canadian versions don't have RUU.
I guess if not my best option is just to unlock the bootloader again and try flashing the same lineage os again. Since I relocked does that mean I have to go through the htc website to get the unlock token again like I did ages ago? They probably don't even have this phone on there anymore. Hopefully I didn't actually turn this thing into a brick.
One option (maybe the best one) is to restore a stock TWRP back from the collection: https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
You will need to unlock the bootloader to do this. You can either reuse the unlock bin code you used originally (if you still have it). Otherwise, you should be able to request a new bin code from HTCDev.com. Far as I know, that still works for this phone.
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Hi guys i'll explaine what happened:
1. I was on nougat rom rooted trying to get back to stock.
2. I run an old lollipop ruu.exe from my computer but it reboots the phone to bootloader mode without going on.
3. I manually reboot to bootloader to see it if does move on but nothing.
4. I disconnect the phone.
Now there's no OS and recovery and flashing TWRP succeeds but when I try to reboot to recovery it say that's not possible.
I tried to flash via sdcard the OPJAIMG but it seems like it doesn't see it (screenshot in attachements).
I can access download mode
I'm S-OFF on Nougat firmware.. what can i do?
EDIT: I tried to live-boot TWRP but it stays forever on booting in cmd and flashing in phone
@Flippy498 maybe you have an idea? You have so much knowledge on this!
I haven't seen a 4.x RUU for the SKU 401, yet. You therefore would need to flash one of Sneakyghost's 3.x firmware packs before you're able to use a 3.x RUU, again. The encryption key changed between firmware 3.x and 4.x. Therefore you can't use 4.x RUUs on firmware 1.x to 3.x and vice versa.
In contrast to the flashing command the command for booting TWRP via fastboot needs to be used while the phone is booted to the bootloader instead of the download mode. However, since I haven't seen a publicly available TWRP backup for the latest 401 firmware, yet, TWRP won't help you much in your situation. (Or do you have your own backup?)
That means on the other hand that you currently need to downgrade to 3.35.401.12 and to re-install the OTAs for 3.35.401.32 and 4.14.401.7 since the latest RUU is for version 3.35.401.12.
Edit: Oh, and the only RUU.exe for SKU 401 that I know is for that 1.x firmware wird the 17 at the end. You shouldn't use that one. The corresponding OTA only got distributed for one single CID (I forgot which one it was). That means that you won't receive OTAs if you aren't using that specific CID on your phone. That means you would need to flash another RUU afterwards for getting away from that firmware version. And instead of flashing two RUUs you could save some time and directly flash the second one.
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mrsmtt said:
Hi guys i'll explaine what happened:
1. I was on nougat rom rooted trying to get back to stock.
2. I run an old lollipop ruu.exe from my computer but it reboots the phone to bootloader mode without going on.
3. I manually reboot to bootloader to see it if does move on but nothing.
4. I disconnect the phone.
Now there's no OS and recovery and flashing TWRP succeeds but when I try to reboot to recovery it say that's not possible.
I tried to flash via sdcard the OPJAIMG but it seems like it doesn't see it (screenshot in attachements).
I can access download mode
I'm S-OFF on Nougat firmware.. what can i do?
EDIT: I tried to live-boot TWRP but it stays forever on booting in cmd and flashing in phone
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1 - Try 0(zero)PJAIMG and not O
2 - Restore to stock recovery
3 - Start phone in download mode and push volume UP
benshoes said:
1 - Try 0(zero)PJAIMG and not O
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Oh, I missed that typo.
benshoes said:
2 - Restore to stock recovery
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That's actually not needed. The RUU will flash the stock recovery by its own. You only need a working download mode.
Flippy498 said:
Oh, I missed that typo.
That's actually not needed. The RUU will flash the stock recovery by its own. You only need a working download mode.
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Tried to live-boot TWRP from bootloader since I have my own backup but it fails with the following message:
FAILED (remote: dtb not found)
About 0PJAIMG it is named correctly in SD it's just me that made a mistake writing here.
So last chance for me is to head to Sneakyghost's thread and flash the 3.35.401.32 fullstock firmware then head to your google sheet and pick the 3.35.401.12 RUU and flash it right?
mrsmtt said:
Tried to live-boot TWRP from bootloader since I have my own backup but it fails with the following message:
FAILED (remote: dtb not found)
About 0PJAIMG it is named correctly in SD it's just me that made a mistake writing here.
So last chance for me is to head to Sneakyghost's thread and flash the 3.35.401.32 fullstock firmware then head to your google sheet and pick the 3.35.401.12 RUU and flash it right?
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Correct. Although you can use the 3.35.401.12 firmware pack, as well. It doesn't matter which one of the two firmware versions you choose.
Flippy498 said:
Correct. Although you can use the 3.35.401.12 firmware pack, as well. It doesn't matter which one of the two firmware versions you choose.
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Thanks for your support! Anyway i'm going to do the whole thing tomorrow.. I was reading the instructions on Sneakyghost's thread and he recommend to use his tool because it contains the htc_fastboot that works better than google's one but I don't see any option to lunch the flash zip firmware command from the tool so I decided to get the htc_fastboot.exe file and move it inside another folder (a new one) in wich i'll put both firmware and rom zip to flash. I'm saying this because i'm not 100% sure this is correct so just to clear all doubts..
Once again @Flippy498 you saved me and I say thank you a million times I promise i'll take a break at trying to destroy my m9 so you'll definitely not hear me / see me here anymore hehe