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[Q] What sould I do?

My wife handed me down her HTC M8 (Tmobile) 'cause she jemped to LG G3. The phone currently has 1.57.531.7 and it's flashing new update from HTC or Tmobile for a new update 2.22 something.
I want to root the phone and put custom ROM on it. So my question is should I stay on the old firmware and do all that or should I take the update and then start to play around with the phone. Does the new firmware present any trouble if I try to unblock bootloader, root, S-off and put on new ROM?? I'm no stranger to play around with the phone (My current phone is Samsung S4 which has been flashed with many ROMs) just that I haven't followed HTC M8 scene so has no idea the best way to go about it.
Thank guys

nhatduongchi said:
My wife handed me down her HTC M8 (Tmobile) 'cause she jemped to LG G3. The phone currently has 1.57.531.7 and it's flashing new update from HTC or Tmobile for a new update 2.22 something.
I want to root the phone and put custom ROM on it. So my question is should I stay on the old firmware and do all that or should I take the update and then start to play around with the phone. Does the new firmware present any trouble if I try to unblock bootloader, root, S-off and put on new ROM?? I'm no stranger to play around with the phone (My current phone is Samsung S4 which has been flashed with many ROMs) just that I haven't followed HTC M8 scene so has no idea the best way to go about it.
Thank guys
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It won't effect anything but as always it's best to do all of that before you update. All though once you're S-OFF you can't do updates from HTC anymore (directly). You can flash them yourself once you're S-OFF though, i prefer doing it this way but either way will work, your choice.

help. iam stuck/confused

ok guys i have a at&t htc one m8, i sim unlocked it some months ago with those online number code thing. so now i got impatience and wanted to get the new lollipop 5.0 gpe or sense. i am using another sim so i can receive ota updates on the phone anyways, infact at&t hasn't even released the lollipop yet. i decided to root the phone to get the new firmware only to get stuck at s-off part. my phone is rooted and the boot loader is unlocked. i have to pay 25 dollars to get s-off : eek: that's some bull crap. i wish someone told me that before embarking in this journey. firewater doesn't work anymore. is there any way around paying for sunshine ? thanks.

gabriox said:
ok guys i have a at&t htc one m8, i sim unlocked it some months ago with those online number code thing. so now i got impatience and wanted to get the new lollipop 5.0 gpe or sense. i am using another sim so i can receive ota updates on the phone anyways, infact at&t hasn't even released the lollipop yet. i decided to root the phone to get the new firmware only to get stuck at s-off part. my phone is rooted and the boot loader is unlocked. i have to pay 25 dollars to get s-off : eek: that's some bull crap. i wish someone told me that before embarking in this journey. firewater doesn't work anymore. is there any way around paying for sunshine ? thanks.
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S-Off isn't a must!
First and foremost, I'm S-On, 5.x ROM, regardless of GPE or Sense works fine for me

As of now no. Sunshine is the only working s-off method. I know it seems like a lot, but you have to remember that a lot of time and effort goes into this. Not to mention money of the the devs. Ths is a small cost considering what your able to do with it unleashed.

Bobbi lim said:
S-Off isn't a must!
First and foremost, I'm S-On, 5.x ROM, regardless of GPE or Sense works fine for me
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OP can run Lollipop GPE ROMs that support 4.4.4 firmware.
Otherwise, Sense 5.0 ROMs will likely cause trouble (extreme long boot times, broken WiFi) without the proper firmware, which is not yet "officially" available for the AT&T version (LP not yet released).
For the AT&T version, if the OP wants to update to LP firmware, than s-off is actually a must, at this time.

You are basically saying that s-off is a must 25 is alot. I wish I did it when firewater was working.

[Q] Need help downgrading to KitKat

I have an HTC desire 816 dual sim on Virgin mobile in the U.S. that has not been rooted or unlocked and still has stock bootloader and I want to downgrade from Lollipop to KitKat. Is there any way to do this?

You'll have to go to HTC support, and download the official kit Kat room if still available, rename it, put it at the root of your sd. That said you should be able to flash it but I don't know if there is a software version check.
An other way to do it is by flashing it with adb and fastboot.
May be someone can give better advice about the flashing process, but before this you have to get the stock kitkat Rom.
Maybe from there :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2768846

help not sure what to do

So ive successfully installed twrp,Supersu and rooted my m9, i then flashed android revolution rom and no longer have an imei or service its all unknown. Although in my bootloader it does show the correct imei and info. Please help, my phone is a tbaytel/rogers canadian phone. My download mode reads
Unlocked
Htc_himaulatt PVT S-ON
LK-1.0.0.0000
Radio-01.01_U11440801_96.01.51207G_F
Opendsp-15.6.1.00522.8994_1026
OS-3.38.631.2

Anyone have any ideas it boots into os fine, bootloader and recovery all work too. Have the original case with the original imei on it. Phone new never been out of the otterbox. Have a lg g3 with the same network and everything if that helps with dumping radio info. Im sort of familair with adb and fastboot. I didnt have any issues rooting it or flashing twp.

Which firmware was it on when you rooted it?
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Havent changed the firmware as far as i know i just rooted flashed twp and flashed the rom over. Forgive me if im wrong im not an expert. But that os on my bootloader when i googled the version comes up as stock rogers canadian. So i assume maybe it didnt flash correctly or fully? Im not sure what you mean by firmware entirley off to work but ill google and try to find out for you tonight thank you soo much for your help. Also my phone is S-ON havent messed with that just was trying to do the minimal to get android revo working for the gpu tweaks.

If your device was on 6.0 when you rooted it you can only use roms that are 6.0 based.
If it was 5.1 then you can only use 5.1 based roms..
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I had the most recent update pushed to canadian htc m9s that rogers had. Pretty sure it would be 6.0

Anyway i can find out

I also did a twrp backup but the system image dump failed to write to my sd but all the other files did. If theres a way to extract that info.

So i just tried my twrp backup restore it failed because of the system image thing but now im back to my old stock rom and my imei and everything is in there and it says android 6.0. It now reads i dont have a sim card in it unlike before in going to try and put it in and see what happens will update soon.

So everything works now. But no Android revolution any ideas what could have happened? I'm not sure if LTE works not going to be in that coverage area for a few more days but 4g works good and phone is running normally.

There's no harm in rooting the device if you need root but when it comes to flashing roms you're best investing in s-off.
It would seem to me that you probably had a firmware mismatch. You can only flash mm based roms over mm stock rom, Lollipop roms over Lollipop stock rom.
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shivadow said:
There's no harm in rooting the device if you need root but when it comes to flashing roms you're best investing in s-off.
It would seem to me that you probably had a firmware mismatch. You can only flash mm based roms over mm stock rom, Lollipop roms over Lollipop stock rom.
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Well everything works now from my understanding I was flashing Android revolutions 6.0 version which matches my firmware of 6.0. Also is sunshine the only way to obtain s-off

My Android version is 6.0
HTC Sense Version 7.0
Software Number 3.38.631.2

Yes sunshine and $25/£18 is the only way to s-off. Sunshine works great but be sure to read twice, act once.
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Sweet thanks would you mind detailing the correct way to flash a Rom onto my M9 I've read a bunch of guides step by step and ended up with that issue I described to you so. Lol

Follow the guide that comes with the rom or the guide will be on the support thread. I don't support rom flashing as there is no need to fix what isn't broke. Stock roms are better for me.
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Sunshine s-off question

I have a completely stock Verizon HTC 10, that I bought a couple weeks ago. I am interested in using Sunshine to go s-off locked. I'd like to do this before I run the Nougat update. My question is if I only run Sunshine, will I still have the stock recovery after it is done? If so, will I be able to take the OTA to Nougat at that point? Then in theory I'd be s-off, locked, on Nougat and un-rooted. Then I could wait until root is acquired but I wouldn't run the risk of upgrading firmware and such and losing the ability for Sunshine to get s-off.
Does this question make sense?
Thanks everyone!

Chewieez said:
I have a completely stock Verizon HTC 10, that I bought a couple weeks ago. I am interested in using Sunshine to go s-off locked. I'd like to do this before I run the Nougat update. My question is if I only run Sunshine, will I still have the stock recovery after it is done? If so, will I be able to take the OTA to Nougat at that point? Then in theory I'd be s-off, locked, on Nougat and un-rooted. Then I could wait until root is acquired but I wouldn't run the risk of upgrading firmware and such and losing the ability for Sunshine to get s-off.
Does this question make sense?
Thanks everyone!
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Yes youll have stock recovery and you can upgrade and still keep your s-off.also when nougat comes out in the verizon thread someone will post a flashable zip or ruu of nougat so either way you will be safe.now idk how nougat will act but now the only way to get cm to boot on vzw is too flash a midified us unlocked firmware then ruu back to verizon firmware.hope this helps and answers your questions

Chewieez said:
I have a completely stock Verizon HTC 10, that I bought a couple weeks ago. I am interested in using Sunshine to go s-off locked. I'd like to do this before I run the Nougat update. My question is if I only run Sunshine, will I still have the stock recovery after it is done? If so, will I be able to take the OTA to Nougat at that point? Then in theory I'd be s-off, locked, on Nougat and un-rooted. Then I could wait until root is acquired but I wouldn't run the risk of upgrading firmware and such and losing the ability for Sunshine to get s-off.
Does this question make sense?
Thanks everyone!
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Hi!
I'm also thinking about doing the S-off before the nougat update. In your post, you said that " ...I wouldn't run the risk of upgrading firmware and such and losing the ability for Sunshine to get s-off. ". What risks does upgrading firmware have? Do you lose S-off if you upgrade the firmware? Isn't the Nougat OTA a firmware update itself?
Sorry for the stupid question, I'm kinda new to the topic

bence.szij said:
Hi!
I'm also thinking about doing the S-off before the nougat update. In your post, you said that " ...I wouldn't run the risk of upgrading firmware and such and losing the ability for Sunshine to get s-off. ". What risks does upgrading firmware have? Do you lose S-off if you upgrade the firmware? Isn't the Nougat OTA a firmware update itself?
Sorry for the stupid question, I'm kinda new to the topic
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I think he meant first s-off while you're still on MM,then update to Nougat.

bence.szij said:
Hi!
I'm also thinking about doing the S-off before the nougat update. In your post, you said that " ...I wouldn't run the risk of upgrading firmware and such and losing the ability for Sunshine to get s-off. ". What risks does upgrading firmware have? Do you lose S-off if you upgrade the firmware? Isn't the Nougat OTA a firmware update itself?
Sorry for the stupid question, I'm kinda new to the topic
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I meant if you upgrade to N and upgrade firmware before you get s-off, you may lose the exploit sunshine uses to gain s-off.
Once you have s-off, nothing will change you back to s-on except a deliberate act you do to set it back to S-on. Upgrading firmware after you have s-off will never set you back to s-on.
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The OP being a a Verizon user, there is no N Verizon firmware he can take while being S-ON until Verizon gives us N (or it somehow gets leaked?). So not much to worry about yet.
If you want S-OFF, however, I would do it very soon, as N will most certainly patch the temp-root method used in Sunshine to acquire S-OFF.
To the OP - after you run Sunshine you will be booted back to where you were pre-Sunshine, only difference is you'll be now S-OFF and bootloader unlocked (even if you choose locked).
For other users like an Unlocked variant device if S-ON and a locked bootloader, if you run the N RUU, or take the OTA, which updates firmware will kill your opportunity for S-OFF until/if/when/ Sunshine is updated for N, so be careful about what you flash/upgrade.
Best of luck, all.