Hey guys, ive just bought one of these and its on 4.4.2. Its not giving me a notification for the lollipop OTA, but the HTC sync software says there is one. Now my question is, Should I root and unlock bootloader before doing the update or after? Which one would be a less time consuming process? Also, are there any methods of unlocking the bootloader without using the sunshine app? I guess ill pay if i have no choice, but ill have to wait till next month before i have the money to do so and im itching to remove this godawful verzion bloat. One last thing, i bought the phone from a reseller in India, and am using it on a GSM network currently, but will use it with a CDMA one in future (its working now, tested on 2 CDMA networks). I just want to make sure that updating will not stop it from working with Indian CDMA.
You can use the weaksauce method. Then I would flash the 5.1 lolliGPE ROM. Its a well-developed rom.
vladniko said:
You can use the weaksauce method. Then I would flash the 5.1 lolliGPE ROM. Its a well-developed rom.
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Thanks for your reply. So im on 4.4.2. Ill use weaksauce, then what do you suggest for unlocking my bootloader?
I'd say firewater but I cant find the link for it
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I'd say firewater but I cant find the link for it
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firewater has been discontinued.
Hey,
Just rooted m8 verizon.
They only thing which is actually works right now it Sunshine.
You can purchase it for 25$ from here:
http://theroot.ninja/
After that, you download SuInstaller, then restart the phone.
Then - install from google play "SuperSu" app.
Enter it, choose - "normal", wait a few secs.
Thats it. You have permanent root.
Good luck, mate
Chopinko said:
Hey,
Just rooted m8 verizon.
They only thing which is actually works right now it Sunshine.
You can purchase it for 25$ from here:
http://theroot.ninja/
After that, you download SuInstaller, then restart the phone.
Then - install from google play "SuperSu" app.
Enter it, choose - "normal", wait a few secs.
Thats it. You have permanent root.
Good luck, mate
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Thanks man, sunshine it is. Will probably do it next month. Just one thing, does it work on 5.0 or should i stick around on 4.4.2?
sid3091 said:
Thanks man, sunshine it is. Will probably do it next month. Just one thing, does it work on 5.0 or should i stick around on 4.4.2?
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MUCH easier to do on 4.4.2! Run Sunshine - bingo.
On 5.0.1 (and only the earlier version 4.17.605.5 - not on the latest update 4.17.605.9, you have to downgrade to .5 to get S-Off at all) you have to jump through quite a few hoops with King Root for Sunshine to gain root long enough to S-Off.
S-Off NOW.
Then update every which way you like: OTA if you didn't change anything else, flashing a RUU or just the 5.0.1 firmware and a corresponding ROM - your choic
berndblb said:
MUCH easier to do on 4.4.2! Run Sunshine - bingo.
On 5.0.1 (and only the earlier version 4.17.605.5 - not on the latest update 4.17.605.9, you have to downgrade to .5 to get S-Off at all) you have to jump through quite a few hoops with King Root for Sunshine to gain root long enough to S-Off.
S-Off NOW.
Then update every which way you like: OTA if you didn't change anything else, flashing a RUU or just the 5.0.1 firmware and a corresponding ROM - your choice.
4.17.605.9 you can downgrade to 4.17.605.5
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Thanks! S-off now and a 5.0 ROM seems to be the way to go!
5.0 ROM or 5.0 OTA if you don't mind the VZW bloat. I have been putting off loading a ROM on this replacement unit because I very much like Sense and I'm waiting for some stable Sense7 ROMS that don't have a bunch of VZW caveats. Dottat has a stock ROM and a stock debloated ROM which is pretty ok.
You basically just have to pick Sense or GPE or AOSP, once you're S-OFF you really can't go wrong unless you are hasty or don't read instructions.
berndblb said:
MUCH easier to do on 4.4.2! Run Sunshine - bingo.
On 5.0.1 (and only the earlier version 4.17.605.5 - not on the latest update 4.17.605.9, you have to downgrade to .5 to get S-Off at all) you have to jump through quite a few hoops with King Root for Sunshine to gain root long enough to S-Off.
S-Off NOW.
Then update every which way you like: OTA if you didn't change anything else, flashing a RUU or just the 5.0.1 firmware and a corresponding ROM - your choic
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Hey ive finally got s-off and bootloader unlock via sunshine, but i cant seem to be able to install twrp. it just gets stuck on the entering recovery screen. Ive tried installing it via windroid and flashify(using weaksauce), but neither seems to be working. Any idea what to do?
Flash it in fastboot. If you don't know how then now is the time to learn.
cntryby429 said:
Flash it in fastboot. If you don't know how then now is the time to learn.
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Did that as well. still gets stuck at the booting into recovery screen.
sid3091 said:
Did that as well. still gets stuck at the booting into recovery screen.
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Try fastboot erase cache
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Try fastboot erase cache
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Hey, I tried that and still no luck. Im at my wits end here. Could it be possible that the latest version of twrp is incompatible with 4.4.2?
sid3091 said:
Hey, I tried that and still no luck. Im at my wits end here. Could it be possible that the latest version of twrp is incompatible with 4.4.2?
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Yes that could be possible. Did you try an older one?
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Yes that could be possible. Did you try an older one?
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nope. any recommendations on which version to try?
sid3091 said:
nope. any recommendations on which version to try?
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You could flash this in ruu mode or unzip and flash the recovery.img in it.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712469358
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dottat said:
You could flash this in ruu mode or unzip and flash the recovery.img in it.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712469358
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I was planning to use your RUU(pre rooted) only. Just one final confirmation, when exactly do i flash the recovery during the install of the RUU?
sid3091 said:
I was planning to use your RUU(pre rooted) only. Just one final confirmation, when exactly do i flash the recovery during the install of the RUU?
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Afterwards. The ruu doesn't contain twrp
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I found out that it is possible to gain root access in an 'unrootable' update, IF you are S-OFF, by flashing ClockworkMod thru the bootloader, and then flashing Superuser thru ClockworkMod. I found out that this worked on the G2, as described here by rdmerck:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1206930
So all i did was replace the android_info.txt and the recovery.img in his zip, with the ones for our device. I just tried it, and it worked! i have Superuser access in the new 1.55.531.3 ROM.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Pretty simple...
1. Download the 2 attached files, put them both on the root of your sdcard, and rename the CWM_HBOOT.zip to PG59IMG.zip.
2. Boot into the bootloader however you prefer, let it read the PG59IMG.zip, and press volume up to update when prompted. When it finishes, it will prompt you to press Power to reboot.
3. Now boot into recovery however you prefer, and it should be ClockworkMod(I used the Modaco 4.0.0.9 version, basically because i had it conveniently lying around in .img format. I'm sure Rom Manager could now be used to flash the latest 5.0.2.7 version of CWM). Choose 'install from sdcard', then 'choose zip from sdcard', then choose the Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip and choose 'yes'. As has happened in the past, i had to flash it 3 times until it successfully installed. But it did work.
4. Choose to reboot, and enjoy root access on the latest stock ROM!
I figure a lot of people probably won't need all that instruction, but i included it for people who are newer to flashing stuff thru the HBOOT and CWM. I also figure that the user base for this will probably be very small, as most folks who are S-OFF probably are not choosing to run the stock ROM. But anyway, if you DO have S-OFF, i wanted you to know that you can have root access on the latest update. I figure this will also enable us to make nandroid images of the new ROM, if that would help development at all.
Anyway, here are the 2 files:
ClockworkMod: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18474790/CWM_HBOOT.zip
Superuser: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18474790/Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip
Note:
-This worked for me and should work for you, but use at your own risk.
-You must be S-OFF to do this.
-Hopefully this is only a temporary solution for those with S-OFF, until either Team Revolutionary cracks the update, or HTCDEV fixes whatever is preventing their bootloader unlocker tool from working on our device.
Using HTC Supertools v3 Will Temp(Prep)Root, get S-Off.
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Litesorrows said:
Using HTC Supertools v3 Will Temp(Prep)Root, get S-Off.
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is that right? is that a new development? and it works on the new update? if so, that's awesome.
yogi2010 said:
is that right? is that a new development? and it works on the new update? if so, that's awesome.
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HTC Supertools has been out for a while. IDK, I got S-Off and Root on my Brothers DS. I got S-Off first, then ran the root exploit.
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Great work, Yogi. Worked beautifully!
HebrewToYou said:
Great work, Yogi. Worked beautifully!
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Awesome. My thanks go to rdmerck for the idea!
Nice bro! I may put this in Mr Root as another way to Root
xmc wildchild22 said:
Nice bro! I may put this in Mr Root as another way to Root
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Yeah man, sounds good. I mean, perhaps this will be helpful to at least a few people, lol. It's an interesting and very simple idea tho... probably useful mainly on stock HBOOTs where fastboot is blocked, but S-OFF had been attained.
Litesorrows said:
HTC Supertools has been out for a while. IDK, I got S-Off and Root on my Brothers DS. I got S-Off first, then ran the root exploit.
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Will it work on a updated mt4gs which hasnet obtained s off?
sent from my ice cream sandwhich MT4GS
Guess I will give this a shot later today.
how do i upgrade to the latest OTA if i'm already on a rooted stock ROM?
psychedel!k said:
how do i upgrade to the latest OTA if i'm already on a rooted stock ROM?
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Well, since nobody has made a custom rom with the latest OTA bits, you will have to do what I did:
You'll need to downgrade yourself with the stock PG59IMG.zip, putting that file (found here) on the root of your sdcard and booting into the bootloader.
That will basically return your phone to stock and, IIRC, revert your status to S-OFF Locked. Then you'll need to boot up and check for system updates. You'll definitely be given the first small OTA update, but you very likely wont receive the latest OTA update via system updates.
For that you'll need to download it (from here) and flash it through the stock recovery. Once you've done that you can use the instructions in this thread to re-flash clockworkmod recovery and re-root.
Your phone will still be S-OFF but you'll have a locked bootloader.
Still can't figure out what I need to do to root my phone. That's on hboot 1.45.0013
Guess I might have to wait til Revo find a fix for it.
Hotshot205 said:
Still can't figure out what I need to do to root my phone. That's on hboot 1.45.0013
Guess I might have to wait til Revo find a fix for it.
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Are you s-off?
No my phone is not
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HebrewToYou said:
Your phone will still be S-OFF but you'll have a locked bootloader.
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so does that mean i won't be able to restore a custom rom image?
psychedel!k said:
so does that mean i won't be able to restore a custom rom image?
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Since you're S-OFF, you could flash ClockworkMod on the update and then flash a custom ROM, but I believe that would leave you with an old ROM and the new radio, which seems to have caused issues for people. Since there aren't yet any custom ROMs based on the latest update, you should probably stay where you are if you want a custom ROM. But if you do install the update, you would still be able to downgrade and get back to where you are now.
Wonder how long it will/could be before revo crack the current HBOOT
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psychedel!k said:
how do i upgrade to the latest OTA if i'm already on a rooted stock ROM?
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You could run this ROM, which is based on the latest OTA release from HTC, so no OTA updates are needed. It is optimized, deodexed, and tweaked just a tad. I use it as my daily driver with great success. http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12063-devrom12192011-stock-12853110-r2-deodexed-crtgpu/
Fuzi0719 said:
You could run this ROM, which is based on the latest OTA release from HTC, so no OTA updates are needed. It is optimized, deodexed, and tweaked just a tad. I use it as my daily driver with great success. http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12063-devrom12192011-stock-12853110-r2-deodexed-crtgpu/
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I think possibly we've been thru this before, lol, but that ROM isn't the very latest... there has been a pretty big update since then that thus far is only available as an official OTA update package.
I have rooted a phone since my GNex and want to get back in the game.
From what I gather a fully stock M8 that got the 4.4.3 update can not root or revert back at this time. Is that correct? Sunshine only works if you have Soff?
eljoker402 said:
I have rooted a phone since my GNex and want to get back in the game.
From what I gather a fully stock M8 that got the 4.4.3 update can not root or revert back at this time. Is that correct? Sunshine only works if you have Soff?
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No, Sunshine will give you s-off and unlock and then you can do what you want. It works on 4.4.2 and 4.4.3.
jsaxon2 said:
No, Sunshine will give you s-off and unlock and then you can do what you want. It works on 4.4.2 and 4.4.3.
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So all I have to do is follow the Sunshine iwill S-off and unlock and Root?
eljoker402 said:
So all I have to do is follow the Sunshine iwill S-off and unlock and Root?
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install the sunshine APK on your phone from here, make sure you have it enabled to allow 3rd party installs. Once the app is installed, open it... it will go through a series of compatibility tests and, if all is well you will be prompted to pay the $25... once payment is processed just follow the instructions on the screen and you will be bootloader unlocked and SOFF....
Got it done. Thanks. Now all I have to do is flash a customer recovery. Ima need a PC for that right?
eljoker402 said:
Got it done. Thanks. Now all I have to do is flash a customer recovery. Ima need a PC for that right?
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Or you can download Flashify from the market. Works great - no PC needed.
mikexda said:
Or you can download Flashify from the market. Works great - no PC needed.
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You cannot use flashify at this point cause he is not rooted yet.
Download twrp from here http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...-VARIANTS-TWRP-Recovery-(UNOFFICIAL)-v2-8-0-0 here and follow the hboot method to install. You can then flash supersu in recovery to get root
Hi everyone,
I've got a Verizon HTC One M8 that was at Android 4.4.3, and which I have used Sunshine to get s-off so that I could use SUinstaller and get a basic rooting of my phone. I run it using the Xposed Framework and Greenify, so I kinda need root to make those effective.
Anyway, I've been touching "Update Later" for a few weeks now, waiting until I had time to sit down and figure out what I had to do to keep root when I took the update to 4.4.4. Unfortunately the dialog box surprised me this morning when I was going to do something else, and I ended up accidentally hitting the "Update Now" button.
As I got s-off with Sunshine, I assume getting root back isn't gonna be that difficult, but I just don't know how to.
Is there an app to give me root again? Do I need to flash a ROM? I want to keep it pretty stock, I don't necessarily want a custom ROM, and I want to be able to use this new Eye Experience thing that they've added.
Thanks to anyone that decides to help me out,
Chris
Flash twrp then flash su through recovery and wala..and u can then flash back the stock recovery if you wanna be ready for the next ota
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ChrisRevocateur said:
Hi everyone,
I've got a Verizon HTC One M8 that was at Android 4.4.3, and which I have used Sunshine to get s-off so that I could use SUinstaller and get a basic rooting of my phone. I run it using the Xposed Framework and Greenify, so I kinda need root to make those effective.
Anyway, I've been touching "Update Later" for a few weeks now, waiting until I had time to sit down and figure out what I had to do to keep root when I took the update to 4.4.4. Unfortunately the dialog box surprised me this morning when I was going to do something else, and I ended up accidentally hitting the "Update Now" button.
As I got s-off with Sunshine, I assume getting root back isn't gonna be that difficult, but I just don't know how to.
Is there an app to give me root again? Do I need to flash a ROM? I want to keep it pretty stock, I don't necessarily want a custom ROM, and I want to be able to use this new Eye Experience thing that they've added.
Thanks to anyone that decides to help me out,
Chris
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All you to do is use ADB commands on your computer. Just unlock the bootloader. Then flash zip for twrp. Once you do that, install a rom. But u may be thinking, maybe I need root. And the answer is TWRP automatically roots your phone because it installs all the Supersu binaries to your phone. Hoped this helped. If it didn't, just ignore it.
Robby_Rimal said:
All you to do is use ADB commands on your computer. Just unlock the bootloader. Then flash zip for twrp. Once you do that, install a rom. But u may be thinking, maybe I need root. And the answer is TWRP automatically roots your phone because it installs all the Supersu binaries to your phone. Hoped this helped. If it didn't, just ignore it.
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Totally not applicable. Guessing you aren't a vzw user? Op is s off via sunshine. Sunshine unlocks bootloader and turns s off. Op needs to simply flash twrp and latest su.zip. Also, on vzw you can't unlock bootloader unless s off. We don't get to HTC dev here... And besides, once s off, what does it matter if locked or unlocked?
Second post in this thread hit the nail on the head. @MotoTurbo
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Totally not applicable. Guessing you aren't a vzw user? Op is s off via sunshine. Sunshine unlocks bootloader and turns s off. Op needs to simply flash twrp and latest su.zip. Also, on vzw you can't unlock bootloader unless s off. We don't get to HTC dev here... And besides, once s off, what does it matter if locked or unlocked?
Second post in this thread hit the nail on the head. @MotoTurbo
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An unlocked bootloader will let you install different roms that are not sense. Like cyanogenmod, paranoid android, and that snazz. And yes I am on dh's android 5 lollipop ROM. I am on the vzw m8. I have the latest 4.4.4 firmware with digital Hugh's "custom firmware" flashed through fastboot. Thank you very much dottat.
Robby_Rimal said:
An unlocked bootloader will let you install different roms that are not sense. Like cyanogenmod, paranoid android, and that snazz. And yes I am on dh's android 5 lollipop ROM. I am on the vzw m8. I have the latest 4.4.4 firmware with digital Hugh's "custom firmware" flashed through fastboot. Thank you very much dottat.
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I don't think you understood my post.
the original post stated S-OFF via sunshine. this means bootlocker unlocked and S-OFF. VRZN doesn't allow free bootloader unlock via htcdev.
if this 4.4.4 release via OTA, then firmware updated (this is good). since still S-OFF, just flash lastest TWRP img (via fastboot) and install ROM (VenomONE v3.0 -- if you have 4.4.4 firmware).
you still be good to go... -GA
Yep I had the same question.
If you're S-Off, you should have stayed S-Off. Flash a custom recovery(e.g. TWRP), download Chainfire's SuperSU, and flash it to your phone.
So after getting my phone from Verizon, the OTA hit and updated my phone to 5.0.1 and I can't find a way to restore it back to 4.4.4.
I see Sunshine is working on getting it setup for Lollipop, but i have no idea how far away that is.
So does anyone know how I can get back to 4.4.4 to downgrade?
Unfortunately, it cannot be done. If you're s-on, and you have taken the upgrade, you're stuck until jcase updates Sunshine to support the latest software.
I really wish there were an option to roll back, my phone is ridiculously laggy since the update.
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Unfortunately, it cannot be done. If you're s-on, and you have taken the upgrade, you're stuck until jcase updates Sunshine to support the latest software.
I really wish there were an option to roll back, my phone is ridiculously laggy since the update.
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Is there any kind of ETA on Sunshine?
ZeroManArmy said:
Is there any kind of ETA on Sunshine?
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The last ETA that jcase tweeted was "any day" but it most likely won't support the latest VZW update.
https://twitter.com/TeamAndIRC/status/572984291329613824
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The last ETA that jcase tweeted was "any day" but it most likely won't support the latest VZW update.
https://twitter.com/TeamAndIRC/status/572984291329613824
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What's the latest update?
zeromanarmy said:
what's the latest update?
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htc6525lvw_4.17.605.5_r4-3.28.605.9
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htc6525lvw_4.17.605.5_r4-3.28.605.9
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Is that what I have? I can't tell. I've been out of the game for awhile.
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Is that what I have? I can't tell. I've been out of the game for awhile.
View attachment 3207420
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Yep. You've got the most current version.
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Unfortunately, it cannot be done. If you're s-on, and you have taken the upgrade, you're stuck until jcase updates Sunshine to support the latest software.
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So a factory wipe won't do it?
That just wipes user installed apps and settings
I'm on stock 4.4.4 just got this phone and have gotten root using sunshine so I have s-off with twtp recovery. I want to keep things stock so if I returned to stock recovery And took the update to lollipop would I still have root? Thanks.
luvtorev01 said:
I'm on stock 4.4.4 just got this phone and have gotten root using sunshine so I have s-off with twtp recovery. I want to keep things stock so if I returned to stock recovery And took the update to lollipop would I still have root? Thanks.
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You lose root, but since you're unlocked its easy to flash twrp and reroot
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luvtorev01 said:
I'm on stock 4.4.4 just got this phone and have gotten root using sunshine so I have s-off with twtp recovery. I want to keep things stock so if I returned to stock recovery And took the update to lollipop would I still have root? Thanks.
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Not 100% sure but I think you have to be stock, unrooted or the OTA will fail. Since you're s-off already it's easy just to flash twrp and re-root once you take the OTA
BladeRunner said:
You lose root, but since you're unlocked its easy to flash twrp and reroot
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Not 100% sure but I think you have to be stock, unrooted or the OTA will fail. Since you're s-off already it's easy just to flash twrp and re-root once you take the OTA
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Thanks for the quick reply. Do you know how to get back on stock recovery? Thanks again
luvtorev01 said:
Thanks for the quick reply. Do you know how to get back on stock recovery? Thanks again
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stock recoveries can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2723159 flash via fastboot or with flashify
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Thanks for the quick reply. Do you know how to get back on stock recovery? Thanks again
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Check Tigerstown's firmware thread first. He was going to post a pure stock ROM today
So, I think i'm in the same boat.. right now I am on 4.4.4, S-on, temp root w/ weaksauce 2.0. 100% stock besides that. I would like to update to 5.0, but want to keep root. Now since there's no root like weaksauce for 5.0, what are my options for updating to LP but still being rooted??
I have run the Sunshine APK up to the point it says it WILL work, but nervous about pulling the trigger and going all the way for warranty reasons. Would I be able to run the current sunshine to get S-off, then flash TWRP recovery, then flash the permanent root exploit and then install SuperSU. Take the OTA to LP. Once that's done, re-install TWRP and then flash root and super SU? As I understand it, S-off carries over through the OTA, but root does not??? All I really want is root to run Wifi tether app when I need to, other than that I really like the stock HTC Sense..
Sorry, but still kind of new and bewildered with the HTC stuff, all my other toys were Moto in the past so that's what I am used to tinkering with.
BTW Jcase said on his twitter @TheRootninja...new Sunshine release tomorrow (3-15-15)
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So, I think i'm in the same boat.. right now I am on 4.4.4, S-on, temp root w/ weaksauce 2.0. 100% stock besides that. I would like to update to 5.0, but want to keep root. Now since there's no root like weaksauce for 5.0, what are my options for updating to LP but still being rooted??
I have run the Sunshine APK up to the point it says it WILL work, but nervous about pulling the trigger and going all the way for warranty reasons. Would I be able to run the current sunshine to get S-off, then flash TWRP recovery, then flash the permanent root exploit and then install SuperSU. Take the OTA to LP. Once that's done, re-install TWRP and then flash root and super SU? As I understand it, S-off carries over through the OTA, but root does not??? All I really want is root to run Wifi tether app when I need to, other than that I really like the stock HTC Sense..
Sorry, but still kind of new and bewildered with the HTC stuff, all my other toys were Moto in the past so that's what I am used to tinkering with.
BTW Jcase said on his twitter @TheRootninja...new Sunshine release tomorrow (3-15-15)
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Pull the trigger!
Even if you S-off @dottat has a way to flash a S-off RUU, remove root, lock the bootloader, turn S-on then flash a S-on RUU and nobody could ever tell you were S-off at one point
Your scenario up there is almost correct, except after flashing the permanent root exploit in TWRP you have to flash the stock recovery back if you want to take the OTA. After taking the OTA you then would have to flash TWRP back and root again. A hassle I would not bother with.....
@Tigerstown will post a totally stock 5.0 rom in his firmware thread. He promised it for today - if it's not there already it will come... Just wait with the update until it's out.
So a much easier scenario would be:
Use sunshine and flash TWRP.
Flash the 5.0 firmware from Tigerstown's thread, then flash the 5.0 stock rom from the same thread. Done
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2723159
Question: How does one clear the tampered flag?
WorldOfJohnboy said:
Question: How does one clear the tampered flag?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710503
I just used it to remove the red text, but you can flash the one for showing Locked and s-on.
So I could flash the Faux HBOOT screen, or clear the tampered and unlocked flags and it's essentially the same thing?
Hello guys!
After giving LeeDroid a chance I decided that I do not like it and flashed the nandroid backup through TWRP. Everything works great, except that I still have TWRP installed so I cannot receive OTA.
In the RUU Collection spreadsheet there's no 2.33.401.19 RUU , only 2.33.401.10. I need that version because that is the main version that I get with getvar. Also the CID is HTC_034.
My question is: is there any way to flash the stock recovery so I can receive OTA? Or is there any 2.33.401.19 RUU available so I can reflash everything back to stock?
Thanks a lot!
take a look here ---> https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=183870
fabrizio b92 said:
take a look here ---> https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=183870
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Thanks for the link but unfortunately only 2.33.401.10 is available there. Btw, can a nandroid backup with a higher version than my main version be flashed?
Pungasul said:
Thanks for the link but unfortunately only 2.33.401.10 is available there. Btw, can a nandroid backup with a higher version than my main version be flashed?
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Yes you can but it's recommended backup rom o data before flash this rom or a clean install
fabrizio b92 said:
Yes you can but it's recommended backup rom o data before flash this rom or a clean install
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I see, thanks a lot. I honestly do not really care about otas, I just want to be able to update to Pie when it arrives.
Pungasul said:
I see, thanks a lot. I honestly do not really care about otas, I just want to be able to update to Pie when it arrives.
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me too for Pie. i hope soon but we must wait unfortunately
2.33.401.19
I've got the same cid as you, got s off, I flashed 2.33.401.10 by sdcard method then updated to 2.33.401.19 by ota , it worked fine, you loose ur su & custom recovery, which then allows it the ota
jab5555 said:
I've got the same cid as you, got s off, I flashed 2.33.401.10 by sdcard method then updated to 2.33.401.19 by ota , it worked fine, you loose ur su & custom recovery, which then allows it the ota
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Thats great! But Im S On. Do I need S Off to flash an older version? I actually do not know how to get S Off, I know about Sunshine but Im not going to pay 25$ for it.
Downgrading s on is possible
There is a method with s on , but I've never tried it personally https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....owngrade-htc-u11-oreo-to-nougat-t3754481/amp/ but I would downgrade it to 2.33.402.10 istread of the version it recommends, I didn't like paying for it but it makes things slit easier in my experiences
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There is a method with s on , but I've never tried it personally https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....owngrade-htc-u11-oreo-to-nougat-t3754481/amp/ but I would downgrade it to 2.33.402.10 istread of the version it recommends, I didn't like paying for it but it makes things slit easier in my experiences
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Meh I wont risk it with S On. I think Ill just wait for my main version RUU or a newer version nandroid when it comes. Thank though.
2.33.401.19
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=281565 worth a look on this page m8
I downloaded untouched twrp from the Google spreadsheet, restored it then flashed stock recovery (2.33.401.19 stock on Google spreadsheet) when I was in the same position on 2.33.401.10 and there were no ruu zips available , it allows me to update. I just done it again on 2.33.401.19 cid034 as well, I know you used to able to flash older HTC backwards with s on from memory card method if it was a minor update the first 9 digits being identical, haven't had the bottle to try it tho lol
jab5555 said:
There is a method with s on , but I've never tried it personally https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....owngrade-htc-u11-oreo-to-nougat-t3754481/amp/ but I would downgrade it to 2.33.402.10 istread of the version it recommends, I didn't like paying for it but it makes things slit easier in my experiences
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I can confirm that this worked for me I was 2.31.617 and downgraded to 1.28. It worked like a charm. I am back on viper Oreo rom now. I was curious if it would work and it does. No s- off needed. Us version unlocked!
Pungasul said:
Hello guys!
After giving LeeDroid a chance I decided that I do not like it and flashed the nandroid backup through TWRP. Everything works great, except that I still have TWRP installed so I cannot receive OTA.
In the RUU Collection spreadsheet there's no 2.33.401.19 RUU , only 2.33.401.10. I need that version because that is the main version that I get with getvar. Also the CID is HTC_034.
My question is: is there any way to flash the stock recovery so I can receive OTA? Or is there any 2.33.401.19 RUU available so I can reflash everything back to stock?
Thanks a lot!
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I done it m8, sdcard method, works fine I'm on cid034, download from the Google xda sheet, I updated it back to 2.33.401.19 afterwards via HTC ota, Had no problem no bypasses when flashing (2PZCIMG.zip) from my sdcard , I believe it worked because it was only a partial update and not a downgrade in software (only version) . At least now I know I have no problem going to Pie when we eventually get it
So you say that you flashed full stock 2.33.401.10 over 2.33.401.19 and it worked??
Pungasul said:
So you say that you flashed full stock 2.33.401.10 over 2.33.401.19 and it worked??
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I believe it works although I have never done so. However I done it downgrading from 8.1 RR to 8.0.
jab5555 said:
I done it m8, sdcard method, works fine I'm on cid034, download from the Google xda sheet, I updated it back to 2.33.401.19 afterwards via HTC ota, Had no problem no bypasses when flashing (2PZCIMG.zip) from my sdcard , I believe it worked because it was only a partial update and not a downgrade in software (only version) . At least now I know I have no problem going to Pie when we eventually get it
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Thanks it worked for me as well