I ran fastboot getvar cid and it returned a CID of HTC__039 but I can't find any other references to this CID anywhere online.
It's Australian unbranded stock.
Will this cause any issues flashing custom roms and recoverys?
Also will flashing custom roms affect the radio frequencies in any way? There is already a known issue with the UK version of the One not working on Australian Carriers 850mhz 3g band.
check if its U/UL, if its one of those, you can flash a international rom.
Flashing a rom does not affect the radio. You can flash a kernel from aroma if a rom supports it.
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I have an Orange branded phone. Its build number is GINGERBREAD.BVJVC. I heard that you could only flash stock roms that is from the same region. Apparently Europe is XXJV(one more random letter). But mine starts with BV. is this because it is Orange's rom? Or does this not matter and can i flash with any rom including branded ones even with a different firmware (basically different everything).
On the site sammobile(.)com can find your correct branded firmware.
thank alot
Can I flash 4.06.1540.2 firmware on my 2.24.708.4 HTC one? Because my phone is a Hong Kong variant (it supports different LTE frequency bands compared to the North American version), I am worried that the US developer edition firmware will cause LTE to not work properly.
FYI, I have flashed a 4A.21.3263.04_10.38m.1157.04L radio with success (IIRC it's a radio from a TMobile OTA update).
Thanks in advance.
Saga76 said:
Can I flash 4.06.1540.2 firmware on my 2.24.708.4 HTC one? Because my phone is a Hong Kong variant (it supports different LTE frequency bands compared to the North American version), I am worried that the US developer edition firmware will cause LTE to not work properly.
FYI, I have flashed a 4A.21.3263.04_10.38m.1157.04L radio with success (IIRC it's a radio from a TMobile OTA update).
Thanks in advance.
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Flashing firmware is extremely risky on other models
I have tried flashing 4.06.1540.2 firmware on my phone running MIUI 4.2.2..after flashing i couldnt be able to start the phone
Harish_Kumar said:
Flashing firmware is extremely risky on other models
I have tried flashing 4.06.1540.2 firmware on my phone running MIUI 4.2.2..after flashing i couldnt be able to start the phone
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actually i presume its not cause if you are s-on then theres no way you can flash a firmware not for your model or cid
and if you are s-off then i think even if you flash a wrong firmare you can always revert back. thats what i think, i may be wrong
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actually i presume its not cause if you are s-on then theres no way you can flash a firmware not for your model or cid
and if you are s-off then i think even if you flash a wrong firmare you can always revert back. thats what i think, i may be wrong
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I am s-off..
yup i reverted back to my old firmware which only then allowed me to flash the RUU for my model
Assuming I can still boot into recovery after the flash, then I suppose I can try and find out. I would still like to get a confirmation before trying though, just to be on the safe side.
My guess is if I get super CID, I should be able to flash it. It's just that I don't want to risk bricking the phone to the point where I cant even boot it into recovery.
FYI, I am already s-off.
Thanks for the input so far guys.
Just to report back.
I have flashed 3.58.1700.5 firmware (4.4 GPe) on my Hong Kong-variant HTC One with success.
Thanks!
Saga76 said:
Can I flash 4.06.1540.2 firmware on my 2.24.708.4 HTC one? Because my phone is a Hong Kong variant (it supports different LTE frequency bands compared to the North American version), I am worried that the US developer edition firmware will cause LTE to not work properly.
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I have the same variant, the firmware runs fine on it.
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I have the same variant, the firmware runs fine on it.
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Yeah I wasn't able to get the answer earlier, but it's worked out just fine. Thanks though!
Hello,
I bought a new HTC One (M7) in Switzerland for a Thai friend. When I turn on the phone, I can select a language in the list of the pull-down menu. The Thai language is missing in this list and I would to add this language.
1. Can I get the Thai language if I flash the phone with a firmware using ODIN?
2.a Which firmware should I use to get the Thai language, and where to download it? I would like to use the HTC official firmware, this one pre-installed in HTC One sold in Thailand.
2.b Same question for the Samsung Galaxy S4.
3. If I understood the guide below, a hard-reset* will not reset the phone to the original HTC firmware pre-installed on the phone when I bought it. Isn't it?
* After flashing the phone with another firmware.
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-meant-by-firmware-stock-custom-roms-and-flashing-guide/
Thanks in advance and regards.
ODIN? Is not that for Samsung? Not working with HTC.
But flashing a different ROM will solve your issue.
Point 3 is correct.
Though i don't think that official firmware for a different region can be flashed without modifying a couple of things in the phone. AFAIK you need S-OFF because of the CID and change it to a different one than current or to SuperCID.
CID stands for Customer ID. HTC implemented this check to prevent flashing other region firmwares. For example, if you have a phone which CID belongs to Singapore, you normally can't update ROM from other region like EURO/USA/CHINA etc. You've to use same region firmware. Remeber that, SIMLOCK is not related to CID, if you sim unlock a phone still you may not be able to flash other region ROM. But unlocking tools like XTC, HXC etc does CID unlock too as well as SIM unlock. To Determine your phone's CID I've made a small script. Download getcid.rar from attachment, extract, connect the phone to Computer in Fastboot Mode, run getcid.bat. It'll show phone's current CID.
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In my opinion it's better to unlock the phone, flash custom recovery and flash a stock custom ROM (official).
I think WWE ROMs have Thai (see screenshot), if I'm correct.
Hi Guys,
A friend of mine has bought a phone from eBay which is a converted developer edition phone and upgraded to the latest firmware/software. He lives in the UK, so will 4G/LTE work on the phone considering the developer edition has been flashed onto the phone, or can this simply be fixed by flashing a .401 firmware which will update the radio?
The phone is S-OFF, so if a new ROM needs to be flashed it can be done
Thanks
4g availability/coverage is always region specific. Has he tried the phone yet? If it works I would leave it alone. You could flash just the radio. But being that he is located in the UK and s-off, why not just flash a x.x.401.x ruu and be done with it. Especially if he has no plans to venture away from stock.
Since I started installing ROMs on my htc one m7 my phone network is messed up over. First there are many places with 2g here and non of the custom ROMs allowed me to on mobile data on 2g network. I've tried flashing different radio but always the same. Even the 3g is never more than 50% but one thing I noticed, the phone has Verizon written at the back although it uk used unlocked one but the bootloader is always m7wls which is Sprint model. Won't allow me to install Verizon ROMs until I changed the build file from the ZIP before flashing. Now I flashed a radio now and my phone won't even flash Sprint rom again but only m7 though the bootloader remain the same. Please anyone ever experience this and can help to resolve this.Thanks