this may seem really stupid but is there a reason i need s-off ? becase with s-on i can still flash roms that are prerooted so i can still run superuser apps so really whats the point is it worth downgrading hboot to soff?
naathaanb96 said:
this may seem really stupid but is there a reason i need s-off ? becase with s-on i can still flash roms that are prerooted so i can still run superuser apps so really whats the point is it worth downgrading hboot to soff?
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Yea it worth to soff,u can do much more than htcdev unlock.do some googling dude.cheers:beer:
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naathaanb96 said:
this may seem really stupid but is there a reason i need s-off ? becase with s-on i can still flash roms that are prerooted so i can still run superuser apps so really whats the point is it worth downgrading hboot to soff?
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McIero said:
Yea it worth to soff,u can do much more than htcdev unlock.do some googling dude.cheers:beer:
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With unlocked bootloader, you may have to flash boot.img separately with some custom ROMs which has caused many questions and issues for some.
You can run custom recoveries, which allows add more functions, like backing up, flashing other utilities, changing system binaries. Without S-Off you can't run Clockworkmod recovery.
Ichabond said:
You can run custom recoveries, which allows add more functions, like backing up, flashing other utilities, changing system binaries. Without S-Off you can't run Clockworkmod recovery.
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That is not entirely correct.
If you unlock your bootloader using HTCDev.com procedure (which the OP has done), the HBOOT screen will show S-ON, but you will be able to install custom recoveries and perform backups, install SU and root the ROM, etc.
tpbklake said:
That is not entirely correct.
If you unlock your bootloader using HTCDev.com procedure (which the OP has done), the HBOOT screen will show S-ON, but you will be able to install custom recoveries and perform backups, install SU and root the ROM, etc.
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Really what more to you get with S-OFF besides the possibility to flash kernel with ROM in recovery?
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inSaN1Ty_X said:
Really what more to you get with S-OFF besides the possibility to flash kernel with ROM in recovery?
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For me as a real rom junkie it makes it nice and simple to get the kernel restored in one step. No fuss as i switch back and forth testing stuff for the hell of it. I swear it should be declared a medical disorder
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makes phone unstable
it makes phone unstable and it goes to frequent boot loop if S is on
better get it S off which is the better way to go
nurofenplus said:
For me as a real rom junkie it makes it nice and simple to get the kernel restored in one step. No fuss as i switch back and forth testing stuff for the hell of it. I swear it should be declared a medical disorder
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Its been dubbed 'ORD'
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652857
But that's okay!
You can relieve it with
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Wish I was named after a pain relieving drug
kidding mate
You void your warranty when you unlock with HTCDev.com
Ichabond said:
You can run custom recoveries, which allows add more functions, like backing up, flashing other utilities, changing system binaries. Without S-Off you can't run Clockworkmod recovery.
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I have unlocked bootloader and use clockwork recovery -.-
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You void your warranty when you S-Off as well, but you can restore it to a factory S-On, I'm not sure if you can do that with the HTCDev method
Having S-off is like going on a weekend trip with a pack of condoms and girls of your choice. Going HTCdev unlock is like doing the same with your parents or worse, a chaperone. In eithe case, you void your warranty, but if needed, you can always revert to s-on for warranty claims with none the wiser. What would you choose?
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Related
Here new froyo RUU for Incredible
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Inc...4k_NV_1.50_PRL58006_release_143351_signed.exe
Enjoy!
Wait a sec.... this is the official ota basically?
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Hmm, That's kinda what it's looking like. Cool.
This is legit.
Anyone use this yet? Also do you need root to flash this?
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Phaded said:
Anyone use this yet? Also do you need root to flash this?
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You will need bone stock 2.1, or if you have s-off, you can extract the firmware, and flash it via hboot.
Make sure you have unrevoked forever before you flash any official firmware.
bhazard451 said:
Wait a sec.... this is the official ota basically?
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It could be, the last update was 3.16.605.0 this one is 3.21.605.1
The site is going slow as balls right now.
The tech blogs did update their rumors yesterday to say the OTA was going to drop 9/1, so the timing would be about right.
I'm glad to see the radio version is the same as the last one leaked, so I don't have to flash that again
deficitism said:
You will need bone stock 2.1, or if you have s-off, you can extract the firmware, and flash it via hboot.
Make sure you have unrevoked forever before you flash any official firmware.
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Thanks. Guess I'm rooting on my lunch break
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I have the 8/1 froyo leak,215 radio,s-off would I need to do with this .....im also rooted.??
Ooo very nice. Anyone tried this yet?
Would anyone be so kind to put out some quick notes how to apply this update? Like is there a certain order those need to be flashed, or will it work like an installer and do it's on thing?
Ya, I'm a very new to this community.
Looks like the 2.15 radio a lot of us installed is the radio they are rolling with, then? Seems same exact radio.
Not that I would, but since s-off, a person can just install this via h-boot or rom manager from sd if they wanted?
I think I will wait for one of the rom chefs to bake a flavor of it. It may be the same release we already have, but with extra "cool" stuff like locking tethering down, more bloatware and root-hole fills.....
Not messing with this one, since do not want VZW's "cool" stuff
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If this can be installed without root as well, it could be the real deal.
I'm a retarded noob... After
root, how do I flash this? From recovery? Or some other way? I don't know much about RUU...
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And last dumb question...
After root and S-Off, if I flash this, do I lose root or my custom recovery? Thank you.
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I'll post in a bit about what I find in this. Pulling now to rip apart.
Make sure you have unrevoked forever before you flash any official firmware.
PLEASE put this in the OP so everyone doesn't go all flash happy and then whines when they lose root.
The_Law2 said:
Make sure you have unrevoked forever before you flash any official firmware.
PLEASE put this in the OP so everyone doesn't go all flash happy and then whines when they lose root.
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well, a master root was released last night by the exploid guy that targets ALL android devices to date... IE, it hits google code. But still, s-off to be safe. That's why we made it possible.
If this rom can be installed without rooting, I could see non-rooters wanting to, but why would anyone that has gone to the trouble of rooting want to go to a locked-down, tether constrained, bloatware version?
Looks like I need to S-OFF to my GFs INC then bring it back to this version should it be legit.
i have tried to S-OFF before but there was not a way with the hboot1.54, now with the 4.4 update coming out i found many posts saying that i can S-OFF with Rumrunner.
i tried to no successes, at first it gave me error but after reinstalling the HTC drive twice it appeared to be working.
sadly it reaches a point after 2 fast boots then tells me: FATAL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2488772
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I don't know what to do, i looked at posts and videos of how to but i can't change it to s-off.
can any one help me?
HTC one international
any one?
nobody850 said:
any one?
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whats your firmware version (from fastboot getvar all), and what ROM are you using?
3.) "fatal" (error) it is network authorization issue. firewall/bad download/virus on your pc/etc may cause
Also, what rom are you on?
Build: JWR66.H1
google edition
Firmware: 2.24.401.8
Tampered and unlocked
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Working with me Hboot 1.54,HTC_044,stock firmware.
I think you need to back stock RUU,it'll be work.
nobody850 said:
Build: JWR66.H1
google edition
Firmware: 2.24.401.8
Tampered and unlocked
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"Firmware: 2.24.401.8" you got that from "fastboot getvar all" or from where??
if this is your firmware, as confirmed by a "fastboot getvar all", then flash a Guru Reset: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_reset_m7_2-24-401-8-zip/
select WIPE, select ROOT, unselect "stock recovery", and then try rumrunner, should work.
The trick is how can it work with me!
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I got it from fastboot
OS: 2.24.401.8
Is this it?
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nobody850 said:
The trick is how can it work with me!
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Don't quite understand your question, but here goes:
1- you said have firmware 2.24.401.8
2- the Guru Reset ROM I linked earlier is exactly for 2.24.401.8 and has ability to install ROOT
3- before rumrunner universal was released, the 2.24.401.8 specific rumrunner package worked just fine; i haven't had a chance to read up on rumrunner universal recently, but it should work as well
4- if you don't try, you won't know if it works
5- .....
Got it. Will try it when i get home.
Thank you all
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Just checking, this is a 1GB file?
Why is it this big, the biggest file i have downloaded for my mobile is 500 MB.
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nobody850 said:
Just checking, this is a 1GB file?
Why is it this big, the biggest file i have downloaded for my mobile is 500 MB.
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yep, it's 1GB, make sure ZIP isnt corrupted you can check MD5 sum.
It's that big cause it's a full HTC Sense 5 (android 4.2.2) version. only the GPE or CW versions (plain google edition) are smaller, HTC Sense 5 and 5.5 ROMs are all around 1GB
it is now flashing, but it has past 25 min and the indicator started and got stuck on 10%. is this normal?
How did it go?
SaHiLzZ said:
How did it go?
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well i restarted the phone to fastboot again and it worked, i am now officially one htc 4.2.2 and updated that to 4.3.
i tried again to get the s-off with rumrunner to no success.
thank you
nobody850 said:
well i restarted the phone to fastboot again and it worked, i am now officially one htc 4.2.2 and updated that to 4.3.
i tried again to get the s-off with rumrunner to no success.
thank you
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i believe you need to be ROOTED for rumrunner to work.
anyway, if all is good, would you mind editing the main thread title to include [SOLVED]. thanks.
otherwise let me know
the the fastboot it shows that it is tampered and unlocked doesn't that mean that the phone is rooted?
i still did not get the s-off so the problem is not solved.
nkk71 said:
i believe you need to be ROOTED for rumrunner to work.
anyway, if all is good, would you mind editing the main thread title to include [SOLVED]. thanks.
otherwise let me know
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nobody850 said:
the the fastboot it shows that it is tampered and unlocked doesn't that mean that the phone is rooted?
i still did not get the s-off so the problem is not solved.
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no, "tampered" and "unlocked" doesnt mean you have ROOT privileges (ie superuser), you said you're on 4.3 now right?
download Guru Reset: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_reset_m7_3-62-401-1-zip/
flash it using custom recovery (either CWM or TWRP), and in the installer: select WIPE, select ROOT, unselect "stock recovery"
then use rumrunner to get s-off.
Thank you
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@jmz @new to hacking
Why did I get tagged
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Because we need you!!!
Many moons ago you had mentioned to be patient and that something big was just around the corner!
You have created some awesome work for this community!!!
If there is still life for this phone you will be the God of Godz to bring it to us. I hear the Chinese market has a demand for this phone??
Bring us your Power all mighty one!!!
the force is strong with you!
Yes yes yes!!
The HTC first lives again!
@jmz
Maybe because you're the only developer we got lol
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@jmz @new to hacking
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where is the link? i can t wait to try this new rom
I intend to release htc first sense5, I spent two hours to make it boot. (May 2 receive phone) Test three days to confirm its stability
dsigman said:
Many moons ago you had mentioned to be patient and that something big was just around the corner!
You have created some awesome work for this community!!!
If there is still life for this phone you will be the God of Godz to bring it to us. I hear the Chinese market has a demand for this phone??
Bring us your Power all mighty one!!!
the force is strong with you!
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sun_dream said:
I intend to release htc first sense5, I spent two hours to make it boot. (May 2 receive phone) Test three days to confirm its stability
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It's not booting for me I'm getting bootloop again n again plz help
Sent via HTC sense
works fine
new to hacking said:
It's not booting for me I'm getting bootloop again n again plz help
Sent via HTC sense
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works perfect, format system! wipe everything and install jmz kernel...
Serupo said:
works perfect, format system! wipe everything and install jmz kernel...
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sorry got it to boot now by deleting hcheck in /system/bin
Only bug i found so far is when beats is turned on n headphones plugged in music player wont play songs... turn beats off and play songs then turn on beats and it works... so some kind of glitches in this.... rest all works good....
Been waiting for sense 5 forever q.q then this comes out right after I sell my htc first lol.
What is the password for the website on the other forum about this ROM?
procitysam said:
What is the password for the website on the other forum about this ROM?
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for download : nugi
Yeah I found that out through trial and error lol. To install the ROM though, do you need S-OFF or can it stay S-ON? If it needs S-OFF, can you point me to a forum about getting S-OFF?
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Oh, and can someone please post a different download link of the ROM? The Chinese server is unbearably slow, so can someone put it up on an American server?
Got it downloaded and installed, its amazing. Only problem is that I got a bootloop when I first loaded it, but that was fixed by clearing the cache, dalvik cache, and something else. Thanks!
For those of you that are going to use this ROM, if you install with S-ON, and then later decide that you want to S-OFF (like me), then you will need to reflash the ROM after you achieve S-OFF, otherwise the ROM freezes at the "Sense 5" startup screen and then begins a bootloop up to that point.
procitysam said:
For those of you that are going to use this ROM, if you install with S-ON, and then later decide that you want to S-OFF (like me), then you will need to reflash the ROM after you achieve S-OFF, otherwise the ROM freezes at the "Sense 5" startup screen and then begins a bootloop up to that point.
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I apologize if the answer's obvious, but how exactly do you achieve S-Off?
I used the rumrunner s-off tool, but I got stuck in the bootloop,so I had to stop it, but I still got s-off.
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procitysam said:
I used the rumrunner s-off tool, but I got stuck in the bootloop,so I had to stop it, but I still got s-off.
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I'm in the same boat as you were in; mine's stuck in a bootloop; I don't know if I got s-off though. How did you manage to get yours to stop bootlooping?
Just wanted some assistance in locating the correct guides or process to root, s-off, and upgrade to the latest version of android (4.4.4) I believe. Here is what I have. I haven't activated it yet so I've taken no updates.
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Any help would be appreciated. Hoping to run viper on this phone.
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If you pay the $25 Sunshine will s-off,unlock your bootloader, and possibly root <--- not 100% sure of the root part.
Or click the DIY guide in my sig then try Firewater to s-off.
Firewater Could s-off that software version
EVOuser94 said:
Firewater Could s-off that software version
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Firewater is hit or miss with that version
BD619 said:
Firewater is hit or miss with that version
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Thats why I say could
BD619 said:
Firewater is hit or miss with that version
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EVOuser94 said:
Thats why I say could
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Do I have to activate our can I do this without activation. My tether on my m7 is my internet so once I activate with no too then I have no internet. Want to have m8 rooted with tether on stock Rom at least before I switch the service to the m8. also, could you someone point me in the direction of guides or info on going about firmware upgrades (should they be done in order?) and updating from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4. thanks a ton guys.
Sent from the OG HTC One.
pmacevad said:
Do I have to activate our can I do this without activation. My tether on my m7 is my internet so once I activate with no too then I have no internet. Want to have m8 rooted with tether on stock Rom at least before I switch the service to the m8. also, could you someone point me in the direction of guides or info on going about firmware upgrades (should they be done in order?) and updating from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4. thanks a ton guys.
Sent from the OG HTC One.
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Here is what I did...
Unlocked bootloader with HTCDev.
Installed custom recovery with fastboot.
Installed SuperSU in recovery.
Device is then rooted but not S-Off
Installed Sunshine.
Paid $25 and it gave me S-Off.
I don't see why you'd have to activate as long as you have WiFi.
I don't know about activating, unfortunately.
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titanshadow said:
Here is what I did...
Unlocked bootloader with HTCDev.
Installed custom recovery with fastboot.
Installed SuperSU in recovery.
Device is then rooted but not S-Off
Installed Sunshine.
Paid $25 and it gave me S-Off.
I don't see why you'd have to activate as long as you have WiFi.
I don't know about activating, unfortunately.
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Got it all done and so far Firewater won't work for me. I'll need to use sunshine but don't have the 25 bucks till I get paid this week. Never heard of having to pay for an s-off exploit...
pmacevad said:
Got it all done and so far Firewater won't work for me. I'll need to use sunshine but don't have the 25 bucks till I get paid this week. Never heard of having to pay for an s-off exploit...
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Its new, since the devs dont get paid to do this, they have to live too, and they put tons of hard work into this stuff
EVOuser94 said:
Its new, since the devs dont get paid to do this, they have to live too, and they put tons of hard work into this stuff
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No different than paying for one of the many paid apps on the Play store, either
http://firewater-soff.com/
Has been discontinued
Just picked up a new m8 hk with 4.4.2 and was wondering if it would be best to ruu to the latest 4.4.4 before running sunshine or running the ruu afterwards.
stealthl said:
Just picked up a new m8 hk with 4.4.2 and was wondering if it would be best to ruu to the latest 4.4.4 before running sunshine or running the ruu afterwards.
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Sunshine may not work on 4.4.4
That's what I was thinking. I saw that on their site but thought it pertained to the Motorola.
Thanks!
I bought and HTC one off swappa. I previously had a nexus 5 and rooting that phone was so easy. Now with the HTC one I don't even know where to start. Is my boot loader unlocked? Can I get s-off with this hboot? I am trying to install the google edition firmware on this phone, but I'm so lost. Any help is appreciated.
Here is the bootloader
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Here is the bootloader
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I'm not going to be a huge help here but as far as I know if you want to convert your ONE to a Google Play Edition you will need S-OFF. To gain that you will need to use Sunshine that will cost you $25. Firewater (free) is no longer available unfortunately. Once you're s-off you can findsome guides how to proceed with the conversion.
wiswis said:
Here is the bootloader
You have a Unlocked T-mobile x.xx.651.x One M7 .. you will indeed need Sunshine S-off to convert it to GPe
To see if you have custom recovery / In the bootloader just choose recovery and hit power
you'll get stock recovery or CWM or TWRP to come up. If you want to just try GPe you don't have to convert your phone their are Roms that work with s-on phones with TWRP or CWM recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one/development/rom-google-play-edition-lollipop-v1-00-t2963927
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348176
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clsA said:
wiswis said:
Here is the bootloader
You have a Unlocked T-mobile x.xx.651.x One M7 .. you will indeed need Sunshine S-off to convert it to GPe
To see if you have custom recovery / In the bootloader just choose recovery and hit power
you'll get stock recovery or CWM or TWRP to come up. If you want to just try GPe you don't have to convert your phone their are Roms that work with s-on phones with TWRP or CWM recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one/development/rom-google-play-edition-lollipop-v1-00-t2963927
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348176
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I'm so confused. Let's say I flash a ROM while s-on. Do I fastbooy flash the boot IMG? And doesn't the firmware stay the same? Wouldn't it be better if I use sunshine?
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clsA said:
I'm so confused. Let's say I flash a ROM while s-on. Do I fastbooy flash the boot IMG? And doesn't the firmware stay the same? Wouldn't it be better if I use sunshine?
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Why confused ? S-off is fine but you can also do more harm to your phone
you don't flash boot.img it comes with the rom
to flash roms all you need unlocked bootloader (free at htcdev.com)
custom recovery - free here >> http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7
and SuperSU for Root free here >> http://download.chainfire.eu/641/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.40.zip
all you gain with s-off is the ability to flash older firmware and RUU for a different device ...for example convert to Developer edition or GPe
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