So, I just wrote to the HTCDev Support via incident number: 14INCW48ENA000212 (for anyone who can help, just for reference)
My first message to them (23-Nov-2014):
Hi, I wanted to get the kernel sources for HTC One E8 (M8sd) India version. I am aware of the risks associated with unlocking the bootloader of my device and rooting. I am assisting some clients in development of a custom OS and therefore required the kernel sources for this. I am aware that this is not recommended by HTC. I am a developer and am well aware of the risks. Please help. Thanks
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Their reply (24-Nov-2014):
Thank you for contacting HTC support. As per your email, we understand that you want a kernel sources for HTC One E8. We value the importance of your concern. We would like to inform you that providing the source code totally depends upon our developer, as and when the source code for HTC One E8 is available, it will be updated on our developer website. However, your feedback is appreciated. We value your time and patience.
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My reply (24-Nov-2014):
Isn't HTC required to share the source code to comply with the Linux kernel's license?
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Request you to give me a precise reply than generic vague statements. I would appreciate it.
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No reply at all?
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Their reply (30-Nov-2014):
Thank you for replying back to us. This is in continuation to our previous correspondence. We value the importance of your concern. We request you to visit the HTC Dev website for further assistance. As we do not recommend our HTC customers to convert or root the device as doing so voids the warranty of the device and also it may cause hardware to malfunction. We do not provide support for rooting and unlocking the boot loader. We value your time and patience.
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It is so disappointing that the support people sitting with HTC are so dumb that they just copy paste replies rather than escalating properly and actually working towards answering someone's questions. Nowhere have I mentioned that I wished to root the device, yet that is all they seem to be talking about.
How has your experience been when dealing with these idiots?
buggerman said:
It is so disappointing that the support people sitting with HTC are so dumb that they just copy paste replies rather than escalating properly and actually working towards answering someone's questions. Nowhere have I mentioned that I wished to root the device, yet that is all they seem to be talking about.
How has your experience been when dealing with these idiots?
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This is appalling! There is absolutely no love for the E8.
Now I feel like a nut for buying this phone. mmmm.. Donuts!
Hey there!! i just checked htcdev website and saw kernels available. This phone is also known as HTC One M8 Ace.. You can find the kernel for M8_Ace on htcdev, asia specific aswell!! I'm pretty sure that it is one E8 only..because there is no m8_Ace model available in india.. in china e8 is known as m8_ace .. Hope this helps
How do you find the code name of your device? Ex. d2att for the Samsung Galaxy S3.
Also, I think (tell me if I'm wrong) that the phones I'm looking at from Wind Mobile work with T-Mobile phones. If this is true, does that mean a ROM in the T-Mobile forum that doesn't list the exact model number of the Wind Mobile phone (ex. if it listed SM-G920T but didn't list SM-G920W8) will still work with that ROM?
TimeAndroid said:
How do you find the code name of your device? Ex. d2att for the Samsung Galaxy S3.
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i have always searched google.
bweN diorD said:
i have always searched google.
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bweN diorD said:
i have always searched google.
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Thank you. Do you just search the model?
TimeAndroid said:
Thank you. Do you just search the model?
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you may have to play with it a bit. like android code name for s3, or android phone code names <- this brought up a big list site.
bweN diorD said:
you may have to play with it a bit. like android code name for s3, or android phone code names <- this brought up a big list site.
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Can you please give me the website? I can't seem to find it.
TimeAndroid said:
Can you please give me the website? I can't seem to find it.
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google search of the key words i gave:
https://www.google.com/search?q=and...rome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
result #1 of that search:
http://www.droidviews.com/list-of-android-device-codenames/
bweN diorD said:
google search of the key words i gave:
https://www.google.com/search?q=and...rome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
result #1 of that search:
http://www.droidviews.com/list-of-android-device-codenames/
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Thank you again, that's weird that DuckDuckGo didn't find that .
Unfortunately, I couldn't find the devices I'm looking for there. Could you please answer my other question as well?
Also, I think (tell me if I'm wrong) that the phones I'm looking at from Wind Mobile work with T-Mobile phones. If this is true, does that mean a ROM in the T-Mobile forum that doesn't list the exact model number of the Wind Mobile phone (ex. if it listed SM-G920T but didn't list SM-G920W8) will still work with that ROM?
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TimeAndroid said:
Thank you again, that's weird that DuckDuckGo didn't find that .
Unfortunately, I couldn't find the devices I'm looking for there. Could you please answer my other question as well?
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unfortunately i cant answer that, but i can comment on it.
there are a small amount of phones that you can flash a rom that wasnt specifically made for it, but if you cant find proof before trying, there is a real risk of permanent brick if your wrong.
take the g3 for instance (only because i know about this device),
you can take a vzw g3 and use it on tmo, but you can not flash a tmo rom on it because it is a vzw phone.
if your just talking about a rom, and not actual stock firmware, the risk of issues is still there, but generally, more likely fixable because its not flashing key partitions that could render your device unfixable.
i am in no way suggesting you try it, only because if it bricks the phone i dont want to be responsible, but if it were me, and i had a backup to restore the phone, and stock files to flash if need be, i would try it. but you would have to be in a position to buy a new phone if things go terribly wrong. if not, then i wouldnt do it.
bweN diorD said:
unfortunately i cant answer that, but i can comment on it.
there are a small amount of phones that you can flash a rom that wasnt specifically made for it, but if you cant find proof before trying, there is a real risk of permanent brick if your wrong.
take the g3 for instance (only because i know about this device),
you can take a vzw g3 and use it on tmo, but you can not flash a tmo rom on it because it is a vzw phone.
if your just talking about a rom, and not actual stock firmware, the risk of issues is still there, but generally, more likely fixable because its not flashing key partitions that could render your device unfixable.
i am in no way suggesting you try it, only because if it bricks the phone i dont want to be responsible, but if it were me, and i had a backup to restore the phone, and stock files to flash if need be, i would try it. but you would have to be in a position to buy a new phone if things go terribly wrong. if not, then i wouldnt do it.
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I'm not sure if we have the same understanding. I mean just like how the Bell Samsung Galaxy S3 can flash AT&T ROMs, I'm wondering if that would be the same for Wind Mobile flashing T-Mobile ROMs even if the model number is not exactly the same (ex. flashing a SM-G920T ROM on a SM-G920W8).
And yeah, I'm talking about flashing an AOSP ROM rather than stock firmware ROM (TouchWiz, Sense, Etc).
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I'm not sure if we have the same understanding. I mean just like how the Bell Samsung Galaxy S3 can flash AT&T ROMs, I'm wondering if that would be the same for Wind Mobile flashing T-Mobile ROMs even if the model number is not exactly the same (ex. flashing a SM-G920T ROM on a SM-G920W8).
And yeah, I'm talking about flashing an AOSP ROM rather than stock firmware ROM (TouchWiz, Sense, Etc).
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we have the same understanding, and for your device, i dont know the answer unfortunately.
bweN diorD said:
we have the same understanding, and for your device, i dont know the answer unfortunately.
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Ok, thank you for your time.
Anyone?
Please, anyone?
TimeAndroid said:
Please, anyone?
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maybe you will get some help if you ask in the specific device forum q&a of the devices you need info about. usually thats the best place to ask questions if the device specific forums exist for your models.
bweN diorD said:
maybe you will get some help if you ask in the specific device forum q&a of the devices you need info about. usually thats the best place to ask questions if the device specific forums exist for your models.
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Thank you for the suggestion, I was thinking of doing that but I have 4 phones I'm considering getting so I thought it would come off as spamming. Do you still think I should do that?
TimeAndroid said:
Thank you for the suggestion, I was thinking of doing that but I have 4 phones I'm considering getting so I thought it would come off as spamming. Do you still think I should do that?
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yea go for it. maybe stagger your post a bit though. dont throw them all in at once.
Canadian here. All T-Mobile ROMs will work on our Canadian owned S6s. Sometimes an extra custom kernel needs to be flashed, but they will work.
Also, try going to download.cyanogenmod.com to search for your device, then you will see the codename at the end of all nightly zip filenames.
Good luck.
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Hi guys,
I just bought a frd-al00, I've seen in another thread that changing regions is possible so could someone please show me how to change my firmware to a European version?
Thanks
ps: sorry if this thread already exists or if it's posted in the wrong area
I really don't recommend doing this as you will void the retailer's warranty.
DarkGuyver said:
I really don't recommend doing this as you will void the retailer's warranty.
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In all honesty, I really don't mind
I plan to root afterwards anyway
idk how to do it but if you said there is another thread talking about it, then wouldnt it be easier to ask the question there?
It's too hard go do so.
But no one made a guide specifically for the honor 8. There's a similar guide for the 5x (Again don't try it as there's no guide for our device)
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idk how to do it but if you said there is another thread talking about it, then wouldnt it be easier to ask the question there?
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haha it's actually just that I can't find it anymore
CronaMell said:
It's too hard go do so.
But no one made a guide specifically for the honor 8. There's a similar guide for the 5x (Again don't try it as there's no guide for our device)
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Even if it's hard I still really want to do it
I can't stand having Chinese on my phone when I don't understand it
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Even if it's hard I still really want to do it
I can't stand having Chinese on my phone when I don't understand it
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The problem is there's no method specifically for the honor 8, there's one for the honor 5x (I think it can work)
Make sure to backup EVERYTHING, if you want to do it
Greetings community!
I was just wondering if there is any pure-Android ROM for the Tmobile variant of the HTC U11 life?
I've been looking around with no luck, unfortunately.
Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
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Greetings community!
I was just wondering if there is any pure-Android ROM for the Tmobile variant of the HTC U11 life?
I've been looking around with no luck, unfortunately.
Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
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None at this time, Don't think there will be IMHO. Not too much development on mid range devices these days.
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None at this time, Don't think there will be IMHO. Not too much development on mid range devices these days.
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Someone can try to build aosp or something but the easiest thing to do is try to make a rom from an Android one version but we would need a kernel that would boot it.
If the Android one version had twrp it would be really better
...any time soon? Are there any custom roms yet? I just bought this phone not knowing that noone cares about it and i do not know why :/
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...any time soon? Are there any custom roms yet? I just bought this phone not knowing that noone cares about it and i do not know why :/
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This phone is too new for AOSP.
Miui custom rom.
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/miui-13-stable-release.64441/
There is a dedicated thread for a forum request for a new device.
Well...so i have to look for an guide for bootloader unlocker, right?
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Well...so i have to look for an guide for bootloader unlocker, right?
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And There you go
Unlock bootloader
https://new.c.mi.com/global/post/101245
https://en.miui.com/unlock/index.html
Yeah...i can definitelly tell that i forgot thing or two about xda
Thx
So...already in 168 hour waiting line I hope that there will be custom roms until that
+1 me too
No custom rom yet. I had to flash xiaomi.eu...jesus
if there's a a custom rom, I will buy one of this device, looks good enough for my daily use
lonnieo said:
if there's a a custom rom, I will buy one of this device, looks good enough for my daily use
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no rom, see above answer
lonnieo said:
if there's a a custom rom, I will buy one of this device, looks good enough for my daily use
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No AOSP rom for now on XDA, just Miui custom roms.
You can also try a GSI rom.
What firmware GSI suitable for Xiaomi 12 lite?
WHY DEVS JUST IGNORED THIS VALUABLE PHONE
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