[Q] Considering getting the phone and I have a custom recovery question - Verizon HTC One (M8)

I am strongly considering getting the Verizon m8 today, but before I do there is one thing I need to clarify:
If I get this phone today is flashing a custom recovery/ROM possible?
I am asking this because before I got my current phone (Verizon S4) I checked on the forums and saw all the talk about custom recoveries and custom ROMs and got all excited and bought the phone. When I got the phone however I became aware that all of this was only possible up until some OTA update after which custom recoveries became impossible, and since I had a newest phone straight from verizon withg the latest updates I could not do any of those things.
So, can someone confirm that to the best of the publics knowledge all this is still possible? This will make or break my decision to get the phone.
Thanks
P.S. if there anything else that you think I should know, like stuff you wished someone told you before you got the phone, please dont hesitate to mention those things as well.

Yes this phone is able to be unlocked (soff) and load a custom recovery. There are two methods one is free Firewater and the other is $25 sunshine if the Free option fails to work for you for some reason.

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[Q] NO LTE on my phone

This is my first time on a forum so appoligize in advance if I ask dumb ?s or dont know how to navigate. Recently I bought a HTC 1 M8 off a craigslist so I wouldnt lose my unlimited data . So much for that, since I cant even use it now. my phone is rooted and i get nothing more than 2 bars of 3g. Can this be a problem with the root or a device problem. what can I do ? I want to use up some data
Need little more info please, stock rom or custom, version, locked/unlocked, etc.
unlocked, I believe it is running a custom ROM. I really dont know. I am so uneducated when it comes to this, so bear with me
You should be able to swipe from the top and get to settings-> about-> software information . What info is there
Android version 4.4.4
Kernel version 3.4.0 skydragon v2 1-ga
What is your carrier? Skydragon is a gsm only ROM. more details here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706391
Verizon
Think we have found your problem . GSM won't work on VZW, it's CDMA.
Right, it essentially means the hardware radio in your phone won't work on Verizon network. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1864990
What the hell!!!!
It says Verizon on the phone.. Lol
So no 4g ever???
That's probably a good thing from a hardware perspective, but you probably will have to educate yourself on booting into your bootloader to determine if you are unlocked,soff,etc. then flashing a Verizon ROM.
I think it is unlocked, and soff
htc1newbie said:
I think it is unlocked, and soff
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Since you are S-off and unlocked, simple flash a Stock Verizon Rom after that, install Stock Recovery and THEN
perform a Factory reset* from phone or from stock recovery* so those Verizon radios will be restored.
Search how to...learn, read , read again enjoy it
here the Rom you need Stock VZW Rom Rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/development/rom-stock-rooted-vzw-ota-2-21-605-2-wp-t2874699
here Stock Recovery https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712470628
Thanks,
Yes I need to do a lot of reading before I try and flash this phone. I am happy to know that it is fixable. I must say this has to be the best forum I have participated on. I generally am on old car forums. You guys have all been great help. As I learn I can bet I will be asking for a lot more help.. Lol
Or perhaps the RUU from @dottat would get you there all in one shot. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2873144. Good luck

Can I still do this?

I just bought the verizon variant of the z3. I've ready different things saying that they aren't root able yet. But, I've also read that as long as they're on 4.4.4 they still are. Mine is definitely still on 4.4.4. Can I root this phone? It has like, 60+processes running all the time that slow this thing down to barely usable..... Help!
you should be able to root providing you have firmware that is rootable, maybe you are confusing rooting with unlocking the bootloader for custom kernels

HTC One M8 - SUNSHINE S-OFF please help

Basically I am willing to pay the $25 to use sunshine to s-off and unlock my phone. But I'm unsure of what custom ROM I should use to make my phone have NO VERIZON software on it AT ALL. I have flashed phones in the past. ( my old Galaxy s2 - and my nexus 5 ) but this HTC phone seems a bit more difficult and I do not want to brick my phone so. . .
I would be very grateful if somebody could link me to a ( stock or as close to stock as possible ROM ) that would normally be on an international unbranded HTC one m8
And could somebody tell the basic steps in order to do this.
EDIT:
I'm not sure how this will change my phone But I want it so my phone can work with any sim card and the 4G-LTE still working
I went ahead and installed the Nuseven "stock rom debloated" And the service didnt work AT ALL no matter what I did. I searched for hours and i cannot find any way to fix it
Werzal123 said:
Basically I am willing to pay the $25 to use sunshine to s-off and unlock my phone. But I'm unsure of what custom ROM I should use to make my phone have NO VERIZON software on it AT ALL. I have flashed phones in the past. ( my old Galaxy s2 - and my nexus 5 ) but this HTC phone seems a bit more difficult and I do not want to brick my phone so. . .
I would be very grateful if somebody could link me to a ( stock or as close to stock as possible ROM ) that would normally be on an international unbranded HTC one m8
And could somebody tell the basic steps in order to do this.
EDIT:
I'm not sure how this will change my phone But I want it so my phone can work with any sim card and the 4G-LTE still working
I went ahead and installed the Nuseven "stock rom debloated" And the service didnt work AT ALL no matter what I did. I searched for hours and i cannot find any way to fix it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ment/rom-vzw-stock-gpe-5-1-lmy47o-h9-t3212413
Google Play Edition.
Amazing Battery. Stock Android.
Check it out.

Bootloader Unlock for Cricket Variant?

Ok, here's my story so far:
The first day that I got this phone, approximately two weeks ago, I rooted my phone, softbricked it, then flashed the KDZ and rooted again (all in 9 long hours of frustration and tears). Now I'm using the phone, everything is stable, and I'm having no problems.
Anyways, at this point, unlocking my bootloader is a must. All I want is to do that so I can flash TWRP and install Xposed framework.
Does anyone know of a way to unlock the bootloader on this phone? I've been told that you really can't, but I know that someone out there knows of a way. If not, I plan on finding away to do it myself.
I would like to know know well. I originally thought that rooting it unlocked the bootloader but I was wrong lol. Learning slowly but surely. I am trying to get xposed. So having a custom recovery would make that a lot easier. I am using the Cricket Variant LG Stylo H634 Lollipop 5.1.1
iHeaRTShaRK said:
I would like to know know well. I originally thought that rooting it unlocked the bootloader but I was wrong lol. Learning slowly but surely. I am trying to get xposed. So having a custom recovery would make that a lot easier. I am using the Cricket Variant LG Stylo H634 Lollipop 5.1.1
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Well, it looks like we're running the same firmware on the same device, so maybe we can figure something out.
I think I may be able to make a custom recovery by extracting the stock recovery partition, building a custom recovery from that image, then signing it with the same signature used to sign the original image. Maybe this will work. Honestly, I'm not entirely sure, but you never know.
I'll contact a few developers to see if there's any way we can breathe life into this phone.
Sent from my LG-H634 using XDA Labs

Verizon phones

I have a motorola z play droid I'm trying to get rooted twrp and rom on but now I'm reading that verizon phones can not be boot loader unlocked so is this true that no verizon phones can have custom rims or recoveries on them? Or can I do this without a unlocked boot loader? I'm really confused. All of this stuff seemed so much easier about 6 years ago when I was more into it. I see people putting recoveries and roms on moto z plays addison and mine says addison in device info but then I don't want to flash something that's going to brick my phone as I'm a single father and can not afford to buy another phone at the moment. Any answers are greatly appreciated and sorry for such a noobish question. This site rocks btw thank you devs for all you do for us.
AFAIK Verizon don't want to get the bootloader of their phones unlocked because dumbasses will root their phone, mess it up, and then they want to flood the tech support lines expecting Verizon to fix it.

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