Hey, I recently bought my HTC One and have been reading up on how to root etc. I'm looking for advice on how best to proceed. Currently my HTC one is running 4.1.2 with HBOOT 1.44.
Things seemed to have changed a bit since I last had a HTC (wildfire), now theres CID's, MID's, supercid and no goldcards. Things also seem a bit complicated compared to my SE Arc S, where you had one customization number and sony's software pulled the respective software.
At the moment, I want to be able to use root only apps (eg Titanium Backup) and update to the stock version of 4.2
Reading around, I've seen that rooting by unlocking the bootloader will block the OTA update to 4.2. Also, upgrading to 4.2 will update the HBOOT meaning that I won't be able to s-off. Even though, I currently don't need this, I don't want to update to the new HBOOT just in case.
My question is what would be the best way to get a stock rooted version of 4.2 without losing the ability to s-off?
Just looking for a bit of guidence, Thanks!
mike
I rooted to get 4.2 update bunch of custom roms already have them and there great roms I'm on viperone now but also have had revolution,trickdroid,cleanrom,ext all are stable don't need s off to flash but give it time and there will be an s off for 4.2.2
kasper1977 said:
I rooted to get 4.2 update bunch of custom roms already have them and there great roms I'm on viperone now but also have had revolution,trickdroid,cleanrom,ext all are stable don't need s off to flash but give it time and there will be an s off for 4.2.2
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My phone is on HBOOT 1.44, it can be s-off at the moment.
My question was how to get stock 4.2 with root access without upgrading to HBOOT 1.54?
S-off,
Unlock boot loader,
Change cid to HTC__001,
Lock boot loader,
Run RUU for European developers edition,
Update by OTA,
Unlock bootloader,
Flash custom recovery,
Root device.
You will be on stock 4.2.2, and rooted. You also won't have to worry about the hboot because once you have s off you don't lose it.
AT&T HTC One
GPe 4.3
CoryTallman said:
S-off,
Unlock boot loader,
Change cid to HTC__001,
Lock boot loader,
Run RUU for European developers edition,
Update by OTA,
Unlock bootloader,
Flash custom recovery,
Root device.
You will be on stock 4.2.2, and rooted. You also won't have to worry about the hboot because once you have s off you don't lose it.
AT&T HTC One
GPe 4.3
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Thanks for the reply
My cid is already HTC__001 (I bought it and it came with WWE ). Does that mean I can skip steps 2,3,4 and 5 in your list?
What is European developers edition?
Yes I suppose you can. WWE is world wide English. Which is what I believe comes on the developers editions. So you have HTC__001 already and have not received the ota? Like I said, if you want s off, get it before you upgrade. But if you don't need it you can upgrade without it and still root.
AT&T HTC One
GPe 4.3
CoryTallman said:
Yes I suppose you can. WWE is world wide English. Which is what I believe comes on the developers editions. So you have HTC__001 already and have not received the ota? Like I said, if you want s off, get it before you upgrade. But if you don't need it you can upgrade without it and still root.
AT&T HTC One
GPe 4.3
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What EU developer edition? I assume he has the UK version so his stock rom would be the "HTC_Europe" version. Need his CID and MID numbers to confirm. I agree that he should run the S-off process first thing if he wants it.
My CID is HTC__001, I don't know what the MID is. I don't think it's the developer edition, I bought it from a retailer not HTC directly and it's 32GB. My software version is .401 and the OTA to 4.2.2 is available to me, I haven't updated yet because I don't want to be stuck on HBOOT 1.54.
Then you can s-off, update, you will retain s-off on the new hboot, unlock boot loader, flash a custom recovery and root.
AT&T HTC One
GPe 4.3
CoryTallman said:
Then you can s-off, update, you will retain s-off on the new hboot, unlock boot loader, flash a custom recovery and root.
AT&T HTC One
GPe 4.3
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Thanks, if I unlock my bootloader with revone after s-off, is that exactly the same as doing it through htcdev?
fireice7 said:
Thanks, if I unlock my bootloader with revone after s-off, is that exactly the same as doing it through htcdev?
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Yes it is, with the added bonus of HTC not knowing you've done it!
EddyOS said:
Yes it is, with the added bonus of HTC not knowing you've done it!
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I guess another advantage is that your device doesn't get wiped on unlocking.
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Hi,
what are the benifits of having s-off ? could someone tell me briefly ?
i can flash radio, rom, boot all without s-off so what is the key feature?
I dont need to change my cid cause i have the international One so do i need it ?
Can i flash hboot with s-off without relocking bootloader ??
thanks
B-Man2005 said:
Hi,
what are the benifits of having s-off ? could someone tell me briefly ?
i can flash radio, rom, boot all without s-off so what is the key feature?
I dont need to change my cid cause i have the international One so do i need it ?
Can i flash hboot with s-off without relocking bootloader ??
thanks
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Yes, no need to relock bootloader.
One of the advantage is that you can ruu/flash firmwares not specifically not for your device.
Btw you need super cid if you want to ruu firmwares from other carriers.
Sent from my HTC One
Thug_4_Life said:
Yes, no need to relock bootloader.
One of the advantage is that you can ruu/flash firmwares not specifically not for your device.
Btw you need super cid if you want to ruu firmwares from other carriers.
Sent from my HTC One
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"Yes, no need to relock bootloader."
thats enough for me ... thats good ... i hate relocking it when flashing hboot
B-Man2005 said:
Hi,
what are the benifits of having s-off ? could someone tell me briefly ?
i can flash radio, rom, boot all without s-off so what is the key feature?
I dont need to change my cid cause i have the international One so do i need it ?
Can i flash hboot with s-off without relocking bootloader ??
thanks
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I can think of two benefit.
The first one is receiving updates. I give the real example of the htc One X. When htc started rolling out the 4.1 update, very few CIDs received the update at first. others couldn't use updated custom roms, because the new rom required the new firmware, and everyone had to wait for very long (Literally months) until the firmware for their cid was released via ota (Even those using an international one x)
With S-off, as soon as someone receives the update, you can flash their updated firmware/hboot, and then update to the latest version using a custom rom or official RUU.
The other benefit that I would imagine is to be able to use the ROMs for the Google Edition of the htc One, which I guess would require a specific firmware or hboot, that we can flash with the s-off.
Shu. said:
I can think of two benefit.
The first one is receiving updates. I give the real example of the htc One X. When htc started rolling out the 4.1 update, very few CIDs received the update at first. others couldn't use updated custom roms, because the new rom required the new firmware, and everyone had to wait for very long (Literally months) until the firmware for their cid was released via ota (Even those using an international one x)
With S-off, as soon as someone receives the update, you can flash their updated firmware/hboot, and then update to the latest version using a custom rom or official RUU.
The other benefit that I would imagine is to be able to use the ROMs for the Google Edition of the htc One, which I guess would require a specific firmware or hboot, that we can flash with the s-off.
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no need for google edition ... no need for changing cid or flashing ruu´s
i always install renovate or mikes revolution hd and they always have the newest bases at first ...
so ... flashing hboot without relocking is benefit enough for me
thanks guys
With S-OFF you can also flash a custom splashscreens (the screen right before the bootanimation)
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318987
Hi all, do I need to be S-OFF to flash the GPe RUU? Or do I need only unlocked bootloader?
The problem is, i'm on 4.2.2 WWE ROM full stock, and i noticed that, since revone doesn't work with HBoot 1.54, the only thing i can do is unlocking the bootloader via HTCdev.
Thanks to all will answer my question.
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You need to be S-OFF to flash the full conversion RUU, but you can flash custom GPe ROMs if you want
EddyOS said:
You need to be S-OFF to flash the full conversion RUU, but you can flash custom GPe ROMs if you want
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Does the full conversion allow the user to receive OTA updates from google? If so is there a guide for this somewhere? Currently running a rom myself and s-on. Don't want to muck anything up but it would be worth it if I could flash and then just permanently leave it be going forward.
Yes it does, although I downloaded it ans flashed it manually through the stock recovery as I cba to wait on Google to push it when I was running the GPe RUU last week
S-OFF
greenpants said:
Does the full conversion allow the user to receive OTA updates from google? If so is there a guide for this somewhere? Currently running a rom myself and s-on. Don't want to muck anything up but it would be worth it if I could flash and then just permanently leave it be going forward.
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Forget it, if you are not S-OFF you cannot do it. Once a phone is upgraded to hboot 1.54 and has not been S-OFF
before the upgrade is stuck.
CC
cc999 said:
Forget it, if you are not S-OFF you cannot do it. Once a phone is upgraded to hboot 1.54 and has not been S-OFF
before the upgrade is stuck.
CC
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Last check my HBoot was 1.4x
I got the phone last Friday then rooted and switch to Bigxie GP rom (ARHD sticks on boot) the day after.
I would like to get OTA updates so I don't have to manually grab everything and lose my data re-locking/unlocking bootloader each time when I do firmware updates (which I realize I will also need S-OFF for). I found the RUU guide so I may eventually go that route presuming the memory of my HBoot is correct...
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greenpants said:
Last check my HBoot was 1.4x
I got the phone last Friday then rooted and switch to Bigxie GP rom (ARHD sticks on boot) the day after.
I would like to get OTA updates so I don't have to manually grab everything and lose my data re-locking/unlocking bootloader each time when I do firmware updates (which I realize I will also need S-OFF for). I found the RUU guide so I may eventually go that route presuming the memory of my HBoot is correct...
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OK then you are on 1.44 I would follow procedure for S-OFF.
With S-OFF you can do just about any flashing you want and you wil never
lose the S-OFF status. Once you gain S-OFF DO NOT RETURN to S-ON.
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Hello! I flashed the stock google play edition 4.3 rom on my HTC One. My old rom was the stock htc sense 5.0 which I got with the phone. What I want to know is that will I receive updates automatically from my phone if 4.4 comes out on HTC One when it is released and that etc... Because I'm scared I'll need to do it via PC. Basically, if you still don't understand, on my HTC One when I first got it, I could perform a software update from the phone, can I do that with the stock Google play edition rom 4.3 if an update comes out from my phone or do I need to do it through my computer? Thanks in advance!
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Hello! I flashed the stock google play edition 4.3 rom on my HTC One. My old rom was the stock htc sense 5.0 which I got with the phone. What I want to know is that will I receive updates automatically from my phone if 4.4 comes out on HTC One when it is released and that etc... Because I'm scared I'll need to do it via PC. Basically, if you still don't understand, on my HTC One when I first got it, I could perform a software update from the phone, can I do that with the stock Google play edition rom 4.3 if an update comes out from my phone or do I need to do it through my computer? Thanks in advance!
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If you do not have stock recovery, you will not get OTA's. If your bootloader is unlocked, you won't get OTA's. If your CID and MID don't match that of the GPe device, you won't get OTA's while you're running a GPe build.
To get OTA's, your CID and MID must match with the version of software you're running (if you have an ATT CID, MID, and stock build, you have stock recovery and your bootloader is locked you will get ATT OTAs - OR you changed your CID and MID to that of the GPe device, and you're running a stock GPe build with stock recovery and locked bootloader and you will get GPe OTAs)
homeslice976 said:
If you do not have stock recovery, you will not get OTA's. If your bootloader is unlocked, you won't get OTA's. If your CID and MID don't match that of the GPe device, you won't get OTA's while you're running a GPe build.
To get OTA's, your CID and MID must match with the version of software you're running (if you have an ATT CID, MID, and stock build, you have stock recovery and your bootloader is locked you will get ATT OTAs - OR you changed your CID and MID to that of the GPe device, and you're running a stock GPe build with stock recovery and locked bootloader and you will get GPe OTAs)
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Pardon me for my lack of intellience and ignorance, but what the hell is that? I know OTA is over the air, but what is CID and MID and how do I know if they match? All I know is that I have a stock recovery but my bootloader is unlocked. Do I lock it and I just get OTAs or do I need to do something else? I'm super confused at this moment of time. Please feed me with more of your knowledge! How'd I find out the CID and MID?
EDIT: Also, how do I check my GPe to see if it the same as the CID or MID? Please, I don't want to go online and do it via a zip file etc.. I just want to update OTA!
I know, this question is asked a lot but I haven't been able to find any threads that reflect my exact situation so please hear me out!
I have a Developer Edition from launch and recently wanted to try out making it a Google Play Edition, so I did that.
Got S-Off, unlocked, rooted, flashed with the GPE RUU
However I find myself missing the camera features and now that 4.3 is out and with rumors of Sense 5.5 I'd like to go back to Sense
Here's where I'm confused: My custom recovery is gone since flashing the RUU and my bootloader now says that it's locked, even though it's a Developer Edition. I understand that the Google Play Edition doesn't come with an unlocked bootloader so my assumption is that the RUU simply resets it.
Here's my tl;dr version of the question: Do I need to go through the whole unlocking process to go back to sense? Can I just flash the RUU for the Developer Edition and automatically get my unlocked bootloader back? I didn't change the CID or any of that, all I did was flash the RUU.
Thanks for any help!!
Edit: The only thing truly confusing me is the fact that the bootloader got locked (or so that's what is says)
docdoc518 said:
I know, this question is asked a lot but I haven't been able to find any threads that reflect my exact situation so please hear me out!
I have a Developer Edition from launch and recently wanted to try out making it a Google Play Edition, so I did that.
Got S-Off, unlocked, rooted, flashed with the GPE RUU
However I find myself missing the camera features and now that 4.3 is out and with rumors of Sense 5.5 I'd like to go back to Sense
Here's where I'm confused: My custom recovery is gone since flashing the RUU and my bootloader now says that it's locked, even though it's a Developer Edition. I understand that the Google Play Edition doesn't come with an unlocked bootloader so my assumption is that the RUU simply resets it.
Here's my tl;dr version of the question: Do I need to go through the whole unlocking process to go back to sense? Can I just flash the RUU for the Developer Edition and automatically get my unlocked bootloader back? I didn't change the CID or any of that, all I did was flash the RUU.
Thanks for any help!!
Edit: The only thing truly confusing me is the fact that the bootloader got locked (or so that's what is says)
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Do you still have s-off? Then you can flash a dev edition RUU to get back sense.. If you want to keep s-off, flash a 4.1.2 RUU, get s-off and then ota update to the latest version.
When you flash the dev RUU, you'll get back your unlocked bootloader.
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n1234d said:
Do you still have s-off? Then you can flash a dev edition RUU to get back sense.. If you want to keep s-off, flash a 4.1.2 RUU, get s-off and then ota update to the latest version.
When you flash the dev RUU, you'll get back your unlocked bootloader.
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I do still have s-off, if I flash the latest RUU for dev edition will I lose s-off? Will I lose it if I flash any RUU?
Just curious at this point.
and THANK YOU!
docdoc518 said:
I do still have s-off, if I flash the latest RUU for dev edition will I lose s-off? Will I lose it if I flash any RUU?
Just curious at this point.
and THANK YOU!
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Some say you lose s-off, some say you don't..Afaik, an RUU is the safest way to go back to s-on. So to be on the safer side get the dev edition RUU for a 4.1.2 base and flash it.. If you lose s-off use Revone, then ota update to the latest 3.xx base. This will also update your hboot to 1.55, so make sure you're s-off before upgrading, as 1.55 cannot be s-offed yet.
Ps: Always use the thanks button
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so as long as the you are s-off, you can ruu to any version even if you are at 1.54 hboot?
n1234d said:
Some say you lose s-off, some say you don't..Afaik, an RUU is the safest way to go back to s-on. So to be on the safer side get the dev edition RUU for a 4.1.2 base and flash it.. If you lose s-off use Revone, then ota update to the latest 3.xx base. This will also update your hboot to 1.55, so make sure you're s-off before upgrading, as 1.55 cannot be s-offed yet.
Ps: Always use the thanks button
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You need to downgrade the HBOOT first following post #2 in the GPe conversion thread, and then flash the RUU. You will NOT lose S-OFF but you will lose all data on the phone so back it up first
EddyOS said:
You need to downgrade the HBOOT first following post #2 in the GPe conversion thread, and then flash the RUU. You will NOT lose S-OFF but you will lose all data on the phone so back it up first
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So considering I'm S-Off with the GPE RUU flashed, hboot 1.54
Will the S-Off allow me to directly flash the 4.3 RUU exe from htcdev? Will I maintain S-Off?
I'm just a bit confused now as you guys somewhat told me the opposite things, I appreciate the help though, getting great information
docdoc518 said:
So considering I'm S-Off with the GPE RUU flashed, hboot 1.54
Will the S-Off allow me to directly flash the 4.3 RUU exe from htcdev? Will I maintain S-Off?
I'm just a bit confused now as you guys somewhat told me the opposite things, I appreciate the help though, getting great information
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Follow what eddy says, he's the man @eddy, how does the hboot version make a difference??
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I'm not sure, here's what I found today...
I was running the leaked Sense 5.5 system dump and FW and wanted to go back to the 1.28.401.7 RUU so I could get the official update. Not an issue I thought as I'd just flash it and away I go as I'd done in the past when on hboot 1.54. It gave the 155 error about not being the right RUU even though I'm S-OFF. So I flashed the hboot in the GPe conversion thread #2 which put it back to 1.44 and the RUU worked fine so it must be something with the new 1.55 hboot that stops it working. I can't be certain but it worked for me
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I'm not sure, here's what I found today...
I was running the leaked Sense 5.5 system dump and FW and wanted to go back to the 1.28.401.7 RUU so I could get the official update. Not an issue I thought as I'd just flash it and away I go as I'd done in the past when on hboot 1.54. It gave the 155 error about not being the right RUU even though I'm S-OFF. So I flashed the hboot in the GPe conversion thread #2 which put it back to 1.44 and the RUU worked fine so it must be something with the new 1.55 hboot that stops it working. I can't be certain but it worked for me
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Hmm, I have hboot 1.54 not 1.55, so it sounds like I may be able to flash right to 4.3 with the .exe (at least from what I understand)
If it is incompatible it should just give me an error, correct?
I'm willing to take the extra steps but if they're not totally necessary then I'd much prefer to just go down the simpler path
Also, I've got CID BS_US001, what are the benefits of changing it to supercid? Would I get OTAs such as the Sense 5.5 faster?
Hopefully I'm not being a pain, I'm trying my best to learn.
You should be fine on that HBOOT, just try it and if it works it works! If not, you'll get an error and then you just following the second post in the GPe conversion thread
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Hmm, I have hboot 1.54 not 1.55, so it sounds like I may be able to flash right to 4.3 with the .exe (at least from what I understand)
If it is incompatible it should just give me an error, correct?
I'm willing to take the extra steps but if they're not totally necessary then I'd much prefer to just go down the simpler path
Also, I've got CID BS_US001, what are the benefits of changing it to supercid? Would I get OTAs such as the Sense 5.5 faster?
Hopefully I'm not being a pain, I'm trying my best to learn.
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Yep, go ahead and try, if it gives you an error, post back.
AFAIK, the dev edition BS_US001 gets OTAs the quickest, so you could keep it at that. SuperCID will allow you to flash any RUU/OTA, even of a different region/MID/CID
Nope, you're not being a pain We're all trying to learn and help here
Good news, I tried flashing the 4.3 RUU exe from HTCDev and it wouldn't work so I just took the longer route and flashed 1.44 hboot, flashed stock 4.1 RUU and then exe flashed up to 4.3
So I'm back on Sense and I'm happy, the only thing that was a slight setback was my bootloader, for some reason it did not unlock after flashing the Brightstar RUU so I went through the process on HTC dev and reflashed the 4.3 RUU to get back the flashlight and other apps lost through the unlocking process. Maybe I should have unlocked it through fastboot while on the GPE ROM? Not sure, but either way I'm back on Sense, bootloader unlocked and S-Off maintained so a huge huge THANK YOU from me.
Now I'm just waiting for Sense 5.5!
You guys are awesome :good:
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Good news, I tried flashing the 4.3 RUU exe from HTCDev and it wouldn't work so I just took the longer route and flashed 1.44 hboot, flashed stock 4.1 RUU and then exe flashed up to 4.3
So I'm back on Sense and I'm happy, the only thing that was a slight setback was my bootloader, for some reason it did not unlock after flashing the Brightstar RUU so I went through the process on HTC dev and reflashed the 4.3 RUU to get back the flashlight and other apps lost through the unlocking process. Maybe I should have unlocked it through fastboot while on the GPE ROM? Not sure, but either way I'm back on Sense, bootloader unlocked and S-Off maintained so a huge huge THANK YOU from me.
Now I'm just waiting for Sense 5.5!
You guys are awesome :good:
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All you had to do was flash the HBOOT in post #2 of the GPe conversion thread and then the 4.3 RUU and you would have had the same result
EddyOS said:
All you had to do was flash the HBOOT in post #2 of the GPe conversion thread and then the 4.3 RUU and you would have had the same result
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Newbie move I suppose :angel: haha
I've been rooting and flashing ROMs on my Androids since the G1/Dream believe it or not, but with every new phone/manufacturer there's always new terminology and steps to be taken so I feel like I start over every single time, which honestly isn't much of a bad thing, keeps things exciting (even though HTC made the G1 but that was what feels like ages ago now)
Thanks again guys, it's hard not to feel intimidated but it's been an extremely pleasant experience learning from you. This is why xda is by far the best site you can find for these things.
Cheers
I understand that the only differences between HTC One and developer edition is the storage and the unlocked bootloader. I have got HTC Unlocked International Edition (32 GB) from Amazon. Now the KitKat update is going to be released 60 days earlier to the dev edition. Is there a way to convert to a dev edition to receive future updates faster? Would unlocking the bootloader turn the phone into a dev edition? Or those handsets receive the updates according to IME, serial or something? Thanks in advance!
Here's the short version on how to properly convert to Dev Edition and retain future OTA updates. Make sure to back up any data or files on the phone you don't want to lose, as this will wipe your phone and make it like new. Find your current APN settings and write them down just in case your carrier isn't shown as an option when first booting your phone after converting.
Unlock bootloader via HTCDev.com
S-Off (method varies depending on bootloader version, but most would use Rumrunner)
Change CID to BS_US001
If your MID is anything other than PN712000, change it to that.
Run RUU exe file for Dev Edition (available for download on HTCDev.com)
You can leave the bootloader unlocked and S-Off.
EsJayEs said:
Here's the short version on how to properly convert to Dev Edition and retain future OTA updates. Make sure to back up any data or files on the phone you don't want to lose, as this will wipe your phone and make it like new. Find your current APN settings and write them down just in case your carrier isn't shown as an option when first booting your phone after converting.
Unlock bootloader via HTCDev.com
S-Off (method varies depending on bootloader version, but most would use Rumrunner)
Change CID to BS_US001
If your MID is anything other than PN712000, change it to that.
Run RUU exe file for Dev Edition (available for download on HTCDev.com)
You can leave the bootloader unlocked and S-Off.
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Will this method change to developer edition and will ensure future OTA released for the Developer Edition? Thanks!
Yes it will get OTA , if the last step is to run RUU for Dev edition.
If you install custom recovery/root on top of it, then you will have isssues with OTA.
EsJayEs said:
Here's the short version on how to properly convert to Dev Edition and retain future OTA updates. Make sure to back up any data or files on the phone you don't want to lose, as this will wipe your phone and make it like new. Find your current APN settings and write them down just in case your carrier isn't shown as an option when first booting your phone after converting.
Unlock bootloader via HTCDev.com
S-Off (method varies depending on bootloader version, but most would use Rumrunner)
Change CID to BS_US001
If your MID is anything other than PN712000, change it to that.
Run RUU exe file for Dev Edition (available for download on HTCDev.com)
You can leave the bootloader unlocked and S-Off.
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Do I have to change to SuperCID at any stage?
No you do not. As per the post from EsJayEs , you only need to change CID to BS_US001
To add to that, there's no reason to ever use superCID. It's takes less than a minute to change your CID. And this is part of what ensures you receive OTA updates.
EsJayEs said:
To add to that, there's no reason to ever use superCID. It's takes less than a minute to change your CID. And this is part of what ensures you receive OTA updates.
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Thanks... It seems like it's not so common for people to convert to Developer Edition, all the search results I'm getting is about converting to-from GPE. Is that so uncommon right?
It's fairly common. For people on carrier branded phones that like the Sense user interface, the options are Dev Edition or International. Dev Edition has the advantage of significantly faster updates. International version has no real advantage that I know of. At the moment, the international version has a newer version of Sense, but they'll be waiting until January for Android 4.4. But those using the Dev Edition should receive that update any day now (including the updated version of Sense).
EsJayEs said:
It's fairly common. For people on carrier branded phones that like the Sense user interface, the options are Dev Edition or International. Dev Edition has the advantage of significantly faster updates. International version has no real advantage that I know of. At the moment, the international version has a newer version of Sense, but they'll be waiting until January for Android 4.4. But those using the Dev Edition should receive that update any day now (including the updated version of Sense).
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Thanks!
I have the international version, but I will convert to Dev Ed once the 4.4 update (RUU) is released. Usually when the OTA update is released, the RUU is released at the same time? This is my first HTC phone, so I'm clueless
Hard to say. If they release the RUU, it could be a few days or weeks after the OTA is being pushed. But the OTA will almost definitely come first. If you were to convert now, you'd have verification that your work was done properly when the OTA is pushed and successfully installs.
EsJayEs said:
Hard to say. If they release the RUU, it could be a few days or weeks after the OTA is being pushed. But the OTA will almost definitely come first. If you were to convert now, you'd have verification that your work was done properly when the OTA is pushed and successfully installs.
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Good to know, I'd start converting then once I hear the OTA is being pushed to find out the result of the conversion quickly. Thanks a lot for all your help!
EsJayEs said:
Here's the short version on how to properly convert to Dev Edition and retain future OTA updates. Make sure to back up any data or files on the phone you don't want to lose, as this will wipe your phone and make it like new. Find your current APN settings and write them down just in case your carrier isn't shown as an option when first booting your phone after converting.
Unlock bootloader via HTCDev.com
S-Off (method varies depending on bootloader version, but most would use Rumrunner)
Change CID to BS_US001
If your MID is anything other than PN712000, change it to that.
Run RUU exe file for Dev Edition (available for download on HTCDev.com)
You can leave the bootloader unlocked and S-Off.
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Sorry to bother you again with my questions!
At any point do I need to install a custom recovery? I'm not going to root at the moment. What's the best and easy method to install/flash the RUU?
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You will need to custom recovery & root to gain S-Off, but once you have ran the dev RUU and the phone is converted, you will not need to root/recovery again.
M_Shaaban said:
Sorry to bother you again with my questions!
At any point do I need to install a custom recovery? I'm not going to root at the moment. What's the best and easy method to install/flash the RUU?
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You do not need to install custom recovery.or root. Once you have S-Off (download and use the latest version of Rumrunner http://rumrunner.us/downloads-2/ for this), change your CID to BS_US001 and change your MID to PN712000.
Change your MID using the information here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322820
Changing your CID using the Fastboot command
Code:
fastboot oem writecid BS_US001
After that, run the RUU program downloaded from here http://dl4.htc.com/RomCode/Source_a...3_SENSE50_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_3.22.1540.1.exe
Again, custom recovery and root are not required (or even useful) for this process. I strongly prefer not to use any custom recovery because it makes future OTA updates impossible.
EsJayEs said:
You do not need to install custom recovery.or root. Once you have S-Off (download and use the latest version of Rumrunner http://rumrunner.us/downloads-2/ for this), change your CID to BS_US001 and change your MID to PN712000.
Change your MID using the information here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322820
Changing your CID using the Fastboot command
Code:
fastboot oem writecid BS_US001
After that, run the RUU program downloaded from here http://dl4.htc.com/RomCode/Source_a...3_SENSE50_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_3.22.1540.1.exe
Again, custom recovery and root are not required (or even useful) for this process. I strongly prefer not to use any custom recovery because it makes future OTA updates impossible.
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Thanks again for your response, the MID is mentioned in other posted slightly different than the one you mentioned here - PN0712000. Which one is correct? Or is there no difference between PN712000 and PN0712000? My current MID is PN0714000
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Also do I need to relock the bootloader at any stage of the process?
Rumrunner S-OFF must have the phone rooted and requires custom recovery. Can I unroot and install stock recovery before flashing the RUU? Or Installing the RUU will overwrite the custom recovery and installing stock recovery and removing root? If I have to flash the stock recovery to overwrite the custom one, how to do so? Where can I find the compatible latest version of stock recovery?
Do I need to downgrade the hboot at any point? I'm running Windows 8.1 -if that's relevant.
Thanks a lot again for all your help!
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M_Shaaban said:
Also do I need to relock the bootloader at any stage of the process?
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As long as you're S-Off, no you don't. I highly recommend, you do not go back to S-On!!
M_Shaaban said:
Rumrunner S-OFF must have the phone rooted and requires custom recovery. Can I unroot and install stock recovery before flashing the RUU? Or Installing the RUU will overwrite the custom recovery and installing stock recovery and removing root? If I have to flash the stock recovery to overwrite the custom one, how to do so? Where can I find the compatible latest version of stock recovery?
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Installing RUU, will wipe everything, and install everything back to stock (hboot, recovery, firmware, rom).
M_Shaaban said:
Do I need to downgrade the hboot at any point?
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If running the RUU gives error 155, then downgrade to hboot 1.44 first; you'll get error 155 on hboot 1.55+
M_Shaaban said:
I'm running Windows 8.1 -if that's relevant.
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If you have problems with fastboot and/or adb might be best to use Win7. Win8 and 8.1 are known to sometimes have "issues"
nkk71 said:
As long as you're S-Off, no you don't. I highly recommend, you do not go back to S-On!!
Installing RUU, will wipe everything, and install everything back to stock (hboot, recovery, firmware, rom).
If running the RUU gives error 155, then downgrade to hboot 1.44 first; you'll get error 155 on hboot 1.55+
If you have problems with fastboot and/or adb might be best to use Win7. Win8 and 8.1 are known to sometimes have "issues"
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Thanks a lot for your response! Just to confirm MID for HTC One Developer Edition is it PN712000 or PN0712000? Or there is no difference.
M_Shaaban said:
Thanks a lot for your response! Just to confirm MID for HTC One Developer Edition is it PN712000 or PN0712000? Or there is no difference.
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yes it makes a difference
It's PN0712000
http://xda7.androidrevolution.nl/db_mirror/ROMs/HTC_One/variants.png
and iirc correctly, you may need to use an engineering hboot to change mid, if the normal hboot doesnt work.
EDIT: an be careful with engineering hboot, they have some very powerful commands, that could brick your phone. i think there's a guide somewhere around here, but i don't have the link right now