Okay, so I realize after lurking around here for awhile that currently there isn't really a way to root Alltel Heros, but then I stumbled onto the thread about flashing non-Sprint 1.5 phones with the 2.1 Sprint RUU and wondered if a similar procedure could help me. Alltel is shipping theirs with 2.1 stock, not 1.5, so that's why I'm asking instead of jumping right in.
So, does the Sprint RUU allow non-Sprint carrier 2.1 stock phones to be rooted?
I REALLY want to get my phone rooted, and am willing to take some risks, but nothing completely crazy.
Thanks
Hmmm... that MAY be possible. I'm not exactly sure what will happen, but technically if you can get the Sprint RUU to run on your phone, then you'll be able to root it using any method that works for Sprint.
mrinehart93 said:
Hmmm... that MAY be possible. I'm not exactly sure what will happen, but technically if you can get the Sprint RUU to run on your phone, then you'll be able to root it using any method that works for Sprint.
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Is there any way of telling which version of HROOT my phone is currently using and how that compares to the version the Sprint RUU attempts to install?
Yes there. To tell what HBoot you're using, turn off your phone. Now hold the Volume Down button WHILE holding power. It'll boot to a white screen and show you stuff. As for the RUU, I'm not sure. But you can tell if the Hboot of your phone is newer if the RUU will not run.
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Yes there. To tell what HBoot you're using, turn off your phone. Now hold the Volume Down button WHILE holding power. It'll boot to a white screen and show you stuff. As for the RUU, I'm not sure. But you can tell if the Hboot of your phone is newer if the RUU will not run.
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Okay, I've been messing around with this for a few days and have made a little progress. I made a working goldcard, and have attempted to flash the Sprint 2.27.651.5 RUU to it, but get the "Main version is older!" error and it fails.
After learning more, this makes sense, as my Alltel stock version is 2.33.556.1. One oddity is that I don't get an error regarding Hboot versions. The Sprint RUU's Hboot version is 1.47.0000, while my currently installed stock one is 1.47.0003, yet it doesn't seem to care.
Anyone know what I can do from here? Any help would be greatly appreciated, not only by me, but by everyone else who's struggling with the Alltel Heroes.
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yeah i am getting the same error created gold card and error of image too old... also when trying to manually root - super user is always permission denied and cant bypass this..... secend seems that phone does not have a /system/bin/ location....
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I've been struggling with this for over a day now.
I unlocked and rooted my phone just fine (HTC One on Sprint, 4.3) - but when I flashed a ROM, I flashed Maximus HD, which was apparently an International version and not a Sprint one. I think that messed some things up. After trying a few different ROMs on top of that, nothing works.
Each ROM I flash will "install" correctly, but when it boots to the lock screen, upon unlocking it gives me the HTC splash screen.
I'm convinced that my accidental upgrade to hboot 1.55 is rendering it impossible for me to flash any working ROMs - be it stock or otherwise. I can enter Recovery mode, adb sideload, and flash ROMs, but none of them work.
I've tried Superwipe and then Bad Boyz, but it's the same thing. After installation, it sticks at the HTC splash screen.
So, my options are limited. I think I need to find a way to revert my hboot to 1.44 from 1.55 - that way at least the stock RUU is compatible. However, I can't find any way to do this; since I'm S-On, and I can't access any ROM to mess with settings, I have no idea how to do this, or how to flash a workable ROM in order to switch to S-Off.
Anyone have any ideas. I'm seriously distraught. I just bought this phone, and I love it. I'm so sad that I decided to try this rooting/unlocking/ROM flashing business because it's disrupted my sanity.
Any thoughts or ideas will help immensely. I will give more information if needed. Thanks!
WayneQuasar said:
I've been struggling with this for over a day now.
I unlocked and rooted my phone just fine (HTC One on Sprint, 4.3) - but when I flashed a ROM, I flashed Maximus HD, which was apparently an International version and not a Sprint one. I think that messed some things up. After trying a few different ROMs on top of that, nothing works.
Each ROM I flash will "install" correctly, but when it boots to the lock screen, upon unlocking it gives me the HTC splash screen.
I'm convinced that my accidental upgrade to hboot 1.55 is rendering it impossible for me to flash any working ROMs - be it stock or otherwise. I can enter Recovery mode, adb sideload, and flash ROMs, but none of them work.
I've tried Superwipe and then Bad Boyz, but it's the same thing. After installation, it sticks at the HTC splash screen.
So, my options are limited. I think I need to find a way to revert my hboot to 1.44 from 1.55 - that way at least the stock RUU is compatible. However, I can't find any way to do this; since I'm S-On, and I can't access any ROM to mess with settings, I have no idea how to do this, or how to flash a workable ROM in order to switch to S-Off.
Anyone have any ideas. I'm seriously distraught. I just bought this phone, and I love it. I'm so sad that I decided to try this rooting/unlocking/ROM flashing business because it's disrupted my sanity.
Any thoughts or ideas will help immensely. I will give more information if needed. Thanks!
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same problem like TS have
Having the same issues like TS..
Can somebody point me where to look for the answers,the difference is that im on .44 boot
Somebody please
MeiTeS said:
Having the same issues like TS..
Can somebody point me where to look for the answers,the difference is that im on .44 boot
Somebody please
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I Recently Bought an Htc one (M7) {running android 4.3} from an electronics shop well 4.4 Kitkat Just came out so I was all excited to update to check out all the changes... sadly I was mistaken. The previous owner had tried to root the phone so im stuck with a phone that is "Tampered" "Unlocked"
with "s-on" not to bad right? well the recovery on the phone is Team win project recovery... and the phone is not rooted
I want to return the phone to stock or at least beable to get normal ota updates
Can some one give me a detailed step by step walkthrough of how to switch the phones recovery back to stock im not very tech savy in this field
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I Recently Bought an Htc one (M7) {running android 4.3} from an electronics shop well 4.4 Kitkat Just came out so I was all excited to update to check out all the changes... sadly I was mistaken. The previous owner had tried to root the phone so im stuck with a phone that is "Tampered" "Unlocked"
with "s-on" not to bad right? well the recovery on the phone is Team win project recovery... and the phone is not rooted
I want to return the phone to stock or at least beable to get normal ota updates
Can some one give me a detailed step by step walkthrough of how to switch the phones recovery back to stock im not very tech savy in this field
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you have to flash a RUU
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Its a Tmobile phone is there one for tmobile?
and doesnt that require s-off?
well the ruu I tried wouldnt even run on my Laptop
There are some T-Mobile RUU's. Check the T-Mobile forum. Specifically this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496074
Me personally I would check to see what HBOOT version is on there and if it's lower than 1.57, go S-OFF before doing anything else. Then just use TWRP to flash a stock or stock-ish 4.4 ROM and never mind OTA's.
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There are some T-Mobile RUU's. Check the T-Mobile forum. Specifically this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496074
Me personally I would check to see what HBOOT version is on there and if it's lower than 1.57, go S-OFF before doing anything else. Then just use TWRP to flash a stock or stock-ish 4.4 ROM and never mind OTA's.
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Thank you guys im looking further into it. Does the phone need to be rooted to flash a rom or just have the bootloader unlocked?
For kit Kat it needs to be s-OFF. Let's get that out of the way first.
And some s-OFF methods require a rooted ROM to work as I recall. So it's already getting complicated.
But a typical custom Rom doesn't *need* root, in fact after flashing you will discover it *gives* you root.
Going that route requires work and some reading. Then again, getting an RUU to run successfully does too.
Basically the situation you''re in is not horrible, but to go all the way forward (S-OFF Kit Kat with ability to do anything you want in the future) or all the way back (totally locked down stock system capable only of accepting OTA's ) will require work either way.
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So basicaly it may be simpler if I...
1 s-off
2 download rom
2.5 put on phone memory
3 go to team win recovery
4 Click install and choose said rom?
is that the basics of it?
if I want the least amount of trouble?
Also I guess what makes this most confusing for me is the non stock recovery
and to use fire water for the s-off I need to remove htc sync from the phone?
I feel im doing more work and stressing than i should be?
Yes Im quite Noobish..
Pretty much yes.
There could be adventures along the way, but I think this outcome would position you well for the future.
The biggest question is how old is your HBOOT.
There is no S-OFF for 1.57 and existing exploits for 1.56 don't always work.
If you can get S-OFF, you can do anything, including a) destroying your phone by mistake; b) changing your mind later and going back to S-ON; and, my personal favorite, c) destroying your phone in the act of trying to go back to S-ON (due to modified/ damaged HBOOT partition).
If you can't get S-ON, well, see if you can get back to stock.
Occasionally you are truly stuck and can neither go forward nor backward.
Which in your case is not so bad. 4.3 works great. Honestly plenty of people here are trying to go *back* to 4.3 after trying 4.4.
With S-OFF you can always do that. S-ON, not so much..
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Yeah.. now i have a pretty blue screen that once every 10 minutes or so will flash the google logo so yup bricked...
That would qualify as an "adventure". Still, it sounds like something less than "bricked".
See if you can enter HBOOT (hold down volume-down and power buttons for a few seconds or if you're in a boot loop , just hold down volume-down as phone is booting up).
If so, you can select fastboot and you should have the option to power down. That should give the battery a rest and give you time to think.
At some point you need to have the android tools fastboot and adb set up on your computer.
When you do, enter HBOOT, select fastboot (with phone plugged into computer via USB) and run the command fastboot getvar all.
Post the results here.
The first post of this thread doesn't really contain enough detail for others to help you otherwise.
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Hey there,
I have a HTC One M7 (AT&T) I recently acquired from a family member that lives in the States. As a Canadian fellow, I needed to change my carrier from AT&T to Telus. I have already unlocked the phone and rooted it.. I just cannot, for the life of me, get S-off to function. I have followed instructions carefully yet I must be missing something.. I am now stuck, because the current custom roms I'm trying to install in order to have a unsecure kernel are starting to act strange. Everything seems to function, except no icons are appearing on the roms. Thank god for sideloader... My goal is to finally be able to use an RUU for telus on this phone so that I can properly use the data and other features that are offered on the network.
Can someone clarify exactly what steps I need to take? I've already used revone, moonshine, and firewater and none of them have been able to exploit the roms I've used. I need to find a rom that will work on this phone..
Any help is appreciated.
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Hey there,
I have a HTC One M7 (AT&T) I recently acquired from a family member that lives in the States. As a Canadian fellow, I needed to change my carrier from AT&T to Telus. I have already unlocked the phone and rooted it.. I just cannot, for the life of me, get S-off to function. I have followed instructions carefully yet I must be missing something.. I am now stuck, because the current custom roms I'm trying to install in order to have a unsecure kernel are starting to act strange. Everything seems to function, except no icons are appearing on the roms. Thank god for sideloader... My goal is to finally be able to use an RUU for telus on this phone so that I can properly use the data and other features that are offered on the network.
Can someone clarify exactly what steps I need to take? I've already used revone, moonshine, and firewater and none of them have been able to exploit the roms I've used. I need to find a rom that will work on this phone..
Any help is appreciated.
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Looks like the 4G\LTE frequencies are the same , so all you should need to do is sim unlock. I don't think the Telus RUU will do anything for you.
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Looks like the 4G\LTE frequencies are the same , so all you should need to do is sim unlock. I don't think the Telus RUU will do anything for you.
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Now that you point it out, yes, you're right. However, when I had the AT&T RUU it wouldn't let me access my data, only text. So that's when I assumed I required a Telus RUU. Right now I'm actively trying to get a rom pushed to my device so that I can install it.. However every time I push the file (adb usb) then (adb push filename.zip /sdcard) it doesn't appear in my clockworkmod recovery. I go to install zip then install zip through sdcard and nothing appears.. not even in the downloads folder. Sideload won't function either because it gives me an error.. Can someone help me? The current rom that I have installed doesn't function. I believe it's insertcoin latest m7 version.
Does someone know if I'm pushing my file incorrectly and how I could fix that? Or does anyone know a fix to sideloader writing errors? How do I gain permissions to write? chmod 777? What is the process involved?
I would like to be on as much as a stock rom as possible, with Sense 6.0. I really want this phone to work and I'm consistently running into little issues like this adb push.
I rooted my phone thinking it would benefit me, like it did on my EVO 3D, however i cannot have been more wrong. First off all the ROMS i tried (CM11, viper, insert coin,) had either a buzzing noise from the top speaker, or the WIFI didn't work. Second i cannot update the firmware using the OTA update. I download it then try to install and all that happens is it boots into TWRP. I just want to know if there is a way to get it back to normal like i just got the phone. I tried finding my Cid and doing the unlocker method, but i didn't find any Cid labeled spcs_004. Is there just an RUU i can run that will get my phone back on track with sprint? I have the Harmon Kardon model of the M8 BTW. Also i never updated my phone since i got it, so i'm on firmware no 1.54.xxx.xx (i don't know the rest of the numbers off hand).
Go to the thread in the link below. Download the 3.31.654.2 RUU to your computer. Connect your phone and computer via USB cable and boot your phone into Fastboot USB mode. Open up a command terminal with your ADB/Fastboot folder, then re-lock your bootloader using the command fastboot oem lock (unless you're S-off). Leave your phone and computer connected and from either Fastboot USB mode or while booted to the Android OS double-click the RUU to start the installer. Follow the prompts on your computer screen to install the RUU. For more info hit the second link in my sig and read the RUU section of that guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173
Thank you. It worked and my phone is working like i just got it. Big thanks for the quick reply.
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Thank you. It worked and my phone is working like i just got it. Big thanks for the quick reply.
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Anytime, glad to help :thumbup:
I had the same problem just got my hk m8 rooted it and flashed nocturnal night vision ... had problems with WiFi and the Rom booting up as well as recovery so I ran the 3.31.654.2 RUU and got it running again, problem is I can't get a good signal my calls drop after like 30 seconds all the time... any help would be greatly appreciated I'll donate too
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Anytime, glad to help :thumbup:
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Oh my gosh. If this helps get me back....
I screwed up and tried to flash ARHD v32 without being s-off and I've been without my M8 for 24 hours. And freaking out for the last nine. I knew it couldn't be that difficult to get back to reality.
BOOM shaka lakka!
I was just getting ready to call Sprint and go into a repair facility with some crazy story about how this all happened.
Thank you!:good::good::good:
Time to do some serious reading before I attempt that again.
Original Sprint CID number?
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Okay so I did originally mess up rooting and flashing my HTC One m8 sprint edition. Since that day I succesfully (After 8 hours of horrible things) got it back to factory reset with the exception of S-off and the super cid. The thing is I dont want the super Cid because i DO want the OTA Update. The problem is I was a noob and forgot to save the original sprint CID number. So long story short. Does anyone have the Sprint CID number. Unless the Super CID number gets OTA updates for Stock. PLease and Thanks
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Okay so I did originally mess up rooting and flashing my HTC One m8 sprint edition. Since that day I succesfully (After 8 hours of horrible things) got it back to factory reset with the exception of S-off and the super cid. The thing is I dont want the super Cid because i DO want the OTA Update. The problem is I was a noob and forgot to save the original sprint CID number. So long story short. Does anyone have the Sprint CID number. Unless the Super CID number gets OTA updates for Stock. PLease and Thanks
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SPCS_001: standard Sprint M8
SPCS_004: Harman/Kardon version M8
I have SuperCID and still receive OTA notifications.
Update to reset stock htc one m8
So after doing more research I found that the image that I grabbed for stock android came from a H/K Edition. In fact the phone identifies itself as the as the Harmon edition ( I got the RUU from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173) I was curious as you said that you yourself got OTA updates. Aside from lollipop, which updates did you receive. I only ask because I have heard of phones bricking up after doing an update and then something going wrong because they tampered with their tech. I DO want lollipop, but if it means losing my phone, then it is obviously not worth it.
ALSO looking at that website, I have verified that I got the NON-H/K edition....I am at a loss, I can try flashing it again, but honestly, I hate even looking at fastboot or any bootloader for the time being. Push comes to shove I will go down the rabbit hole again, but I do not want to risk a brick like before.
SIDENOTE: Not sure if its significant, but after flashing that RUU, I lost the weather widget at the top of blinkfeed, It only shows something such as "HIGHLIGHTS" If you would like I can post screen shots.
I am sorry to be such a noob and/or burden, and if you can help i would very much appreciate that if not, could you please direct me to a place where I could figure it out. Possibly a link or a person.
PLEASE AND THANKS!!!
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So after doing more research I found that the image that I grabbed for stock android came from a H/K Edition. In fact the phone identifies itself as the as the Harmon edition ( I got the RUU from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173) I was curious as you said that you yourself got OTA updates. Aside from lollipop, which updates did you receive. I only ask because I have heard of phones bricking up after doing an update and then something going wrong because they tampered with their tech. I DO want lollipop, but if it means losing my phone, then it is obviously not worth it.
ALSO looking at that website, I have verified that I got the NON-H/K edition....I am at a loss, I can try flashing it again, but honestly, I hate even looking at fastboot or any bootloader for the time being. Push comes to shove I will go down the rabbit hole again, but I do not want to risk a brick like before.
SIDENOTE: Not sure if its significant, but after flashing that RUU, I lost the weather widget at the top of blinkfeed, It only shows something such as "HIGHLIGHTS" If you would like I can post screen shots.
I am sorry to be such a noob and/or burden, and if you can help i would very much appreciate that if not, could you please direct me to a place where I could figure it out. Possibly a link or a person.
PLEASE AND THANKS!!!
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I don't actually install the OTA I flash the previous version stock rom and download the OTA, then pull it from my phone so the devs can use it to build roms and pull the firmware.
It's pretty hard to brick these devices unless you do something really crazy. As long as you can get to recovery or bootloader it's only soft bricked meaning it can be saved.
I would suggest changing your CID back to stock
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fastboot oem writecid SPCS_001
Then run the latest RUU that will put you where you need to be to take the OTA when it comes.
So I have an HTC One m7 I used on AT&T, my girlfriend decided she'd like to use it on T-Mobile. So i paid for a service online to unlock it and it was ready to go. booted fine. Yet I rebooted and restored it. It had at the time a custom rom. Yet I accidentally deleted all the roms. So when I try to reboot it sticks in the bootloader. And when I go to restore it says "are you sure you want to restore with no OS installed". No matter what I do it sicks at bootloader. I't's been awhile since i've loaded roms through Odin or however it works now so I'd appreciate help before my women gets pissed. thanks!
should I load up the RUU for t-mobile which she will be using it on, or ATT which the phone was from before unlocked?
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should I load up the RUU for t-mobile which she will be using it on, or ATT which the phone was from before unlocked?
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If you got the phone from AT&T use an AT&T RUU.
can you link me to the custom RUU? I've downloaded two cingular RUU's for this AT&T phone yet it tries to update my phone then fails... I appreciate any help. Im sitting in bootloader trying to figure out what to load to it. Please help.
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can you link me to the custom RUU? I've downloaded two cingular RUU's for this AT&T phone yet it tries to update my phone then fails... I appreciate any help. Im sitting in bootloader trying to figure out what to load to it. Please help.
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Quote me so I'll get notified Here's a link to the latest RUU for the AT&T HTC One.
Goodluck!
-TAM