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Now that we have s-off what can we do with it?

I know there's a ton of things we can do with s-off like different ruu's and supercid but what else?
I'm an HTC noob and there are others like me, so for us, tell us what we can do and how to do it
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Lots. Major stuff:
-change CID
-remove red text on splash screen
-custom splash screens
-downgrade firmware

How do you change the red text? That's a big annoyance to me
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Also a question from a noob. What benefit is there for being able to do those sorts of things since we can already flash the same roms onto multiple versions of hardware (except for sprint)?

Thewildfoxcat said:
Also a question from a noob. What benefit is there for being able to do those sorts of things since we can already flash the same roms onto multiple versions of hardware (except for sprint)?
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normal users don't know what are the differences but S-OFF will give the devs a lot more space to develop and play on.
and most important, we can **** HTC warranty

spitfire2425 said:
How do you change the red text? That's a big annoyance to me
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Edited hboot. Someone needs to create one. It will come.

iElvis said:
Edited hboot. Someone needs to create one. It will come.
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If your looking to remove Tampered then you need to read the thread a bit more as you can re-run the process but with a command
that has -t on the end...

I've already done that.
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slyevo said:
If your looking to remove Tampered then you need to read the thread a bit more as you can re-run the process but with a command
that has -t on the end...
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They're talking about the red "This is for developmental purposes only... etc etc etc" on the white HTC splash screen when you first boot the phone.

Im on ATT HTC One, Once i'm on super CID, can i flash any RUU to my liking?
Hint - I plan to flash Dev edition RUU on it.

x017in said:
Im on ATT HTC One, Once i'm on super CID, can i flash any RUU to my liking?
Hint - I plan to flash Dev edition RUU on it.
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In theory yes. Its all the same hardware. And you can flash an Int. Rom

Magical S-Off

Hi,
I am in no way a dev, but this seems to be the best place to post this...
I have never done the wire trick or used Juopunutbaer software.
However, I recently noticed that my boot loader/hboot screen displays S-Off. What does this mean?
More importantly, I am wondering if it might have to do with WCX recovery, in which case, S-Off got a whole lot easier...
I am posting this semi-question because I think the Devs can use this information to good ends.
Cheers,
Please don;t ban me,
Mihir

Mihir1997 said:
Hi,
I am in no way a dev, but this seems to be the best place to post this...
I have never done the wire trick or used Juopunutbaer software.
However, I recently noticed that my boot loader/hboot screen displays S-Off. What does this mean?
More importantly, I am wondering if it might have to do with WCX recovery, in which case, S-Off got a whole lot easier...
I am posting this semi-question because I think the Devs can use this information to good ends.
Cheers,
Please don;t ban me,
Mihir
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Can you provide a screenshot?

htcvividnoob said:
Can you provide a screenshot?
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There have been a few of these phones in the wild with S-Off, it probably came like that and you didn't notice before now.

How can I screen cap HBOOT screen?
And the weird thing is, I don't believe it has S-OFF. I tried to flash a rom, and it gets stuck in boot animation until I fasboot flash boot.img...
Any thoughts on this?

Mihir1997 said:
How can I screen cap HBOOT screen?
And the weird thing is, I don't believe it has S-OFF. I tried to flash a rom, and it gets stuck in boot animation until I fasboot flash boot.img...
Any thoughts on this?
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Is your bootloader unlocked? Do you have a recovery? What rom are you flashing?

Sorry for butting in but this thread should be moved the the q and a section.
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strose09 said:
Is your bootloader unlocked? Do you have a recovery? What rom are you flashing?
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Hi. Boot loader unlocked. Wild child wcx Illuminati recovery. Cm10
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HTC One (M8) Assistance

Hi guys, I'm long time reader first time poster. I usually like to blaze my own trails, but I think it's time I got some help. I have a HTC One (M7), it is or was rooted. running android 4.3. It's an O2 Ireland phone. Any other details you need quiz me!
The problem I am having is that I have wiped the OS off the phone (foolishly) while playing around TWRP. I have been trying to sideload a stock ROM (4.4.2 stock T-Mobile) onto my device in attempt to save the day, alas could not.
I won't try to pretend like I know what I'm doing, infact I know very little about android... So.
Could some kind individual please step me through what I need to do before I do more damage? Thanks in advance!

Crantzenberg said:
Hi guys, I'm long time reader first time poster. I usually like to blaze my own trails, but I think it's time I got some help. I have a HTC One (M7), it is or was rooted. running android 4.3. It's an O2 Ireland phone. Any other details you need quiz me!
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If you don't care about loosing your data, flash an RUU which will re-install your OS, but wipe everything else. Your title says M8, but your post says M7. If you have an M8, just use an sdcard to put the tmobile rom zip on and flash it using twrp. If you have an M7, that isn't an option.
Just search around for instructions and downloads for the RUU files.

aooga said:
If you don't care about loosing your data, flash an RUU which will re-install your OS, but wipe everything else. Your title says M8, but your post says M7. If you have an M8, just use an sdcard to put the tmobile rom zip on and flash it using twrp. If you have an M7, that isn't an option.
Just search around for instructions and downloads for the RUU files.
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Yes, sorry for the confusion. I have an M7. That is why this is sort of above my skill level. Backups never bother me. As for RUUs? Does it have to be an O2 RUU for my O2 phone or can it just be an RUU of another network? I'm finding it hard to get my hands on the particular one I need. The Kind user who hosts the RUUs, Sirkrushalot... I think, well his site isn't working so well for me. Thank you for your swift reply. At this moment I have no mobile phone now. And in this day and age it feels like a part of me is missing haha.

Crantzenberg said:
Yes, sorry for the confusion. I have an M7. That is why this is sort of above my skill level. Backups never bother me. As for RUUs? Does it have to be an O2 RUU for my O2 phone or can it just be an RUU of another network? I'm finding it hard to get my hands on the particular one I need. The Kind user who hosts the RUUs, Sirkrushalot... I think, well his site isn't working so well for me. Thank you for your swift reply. At this moment I have no mobile phone now. And in this day and age it feels like a part of me is missing haha.
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Yeah you do need to flash the RUU that has the same CID (carrier) as your phone. This works if you're on O2.
http://androidruu.com/getdownload.p...8_10.38r.1157.04L_release_353143_signed_2.exe

Wow! Thanks a million. Couldn't have been more helpful. Your the best! Lets hope this goes without a hitch...

@Crantzenberg Well, did it work?

To edit your thread title, use the "advanced" button while editing your first post..
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aooga said:
@Crantzenberg Well, did it work?
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Yap, got it breathing again. Praise the sun that I back up to google drive everyday with avast and HTC Backup! Got 127 contacts back :good:
Many thanks, problem solved. I consider this matter closed now I guess. You're the best aaooga!
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To edit your thread title, use the "advanced" button while editing your first post..
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Alright, thanks I'll keep that in mind next time.

Crantzenberg said:
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Alright, thanks I'll keep that in mind next time.
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Next time? You could try it now...

NxNW said:
Next time? You could try it now...
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Have you got OCD Bubba? My heart weeps. Goodbye!

[Q] Purple tint fixed but now have green tint (india)

Hello
So I paid the service tech at Chandigarh rs. 5000 to get my camera fixed.
The camera is near perfect now except when I look at white backgrounds there is a slight hue of green present.
The tech said that because my bootloader is unlocked and s-off he wasn't able to callibrate the phone correctly.
Can someone please tell me what to do?

WTF, you paid how much...?
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puner89 said:
Hello
So I paid the service tech at Chandigarh rs. 5000 to get my camera fixed.
The camera is near perfect now except when I look at white backgrounds there is a slight hue of green present.
The tech said that because my bootloader is unlocked and s-off he wasn't able to callibrate the phone correctly.
Can someone please tell me what to do?
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replace the camera auto white calibration file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2744757
you need an /system writable kernel otherwise the file must be replaced at each reboot.

alray said:
replace the camera auto white calibration file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2744757
you need an /system writable kernel otherwise the file must be replaced at each reboot.
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I have a couple of questions;
1) Does elementalX allow me to do this?
2) Is this procedure permanent? I mean can I make a backup of the original file and replace it if it doesn't work out
3) Will I need to replace this file everytime I flash a new rom?

puner89 said:
I have a couple of questions;
1) Does elementalX allow me to do this?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40682412&postcount=3
2) Is this procedure permanent?
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yes and no. If you keep using the same rom and you are using a writable /system kernel then yes. If you change your rom, no and if don't want to use a custom kernel, no.
I mean can I make a backup of the original file and replace it if it doesn't work out
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ALWAYS make backup of stock files before replacing them and you should make a complete nandroid backup each time you try to mod your phone. You might also need to restore the stock awb file for future ota update (if you are on stock)
3) Will I need to replace this file everytime I flash a new rom?
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Yes and No
We hope at some point, HTC will fix this issue OTA with a new awb file. If so, newer rom versions will probably include the fixed awb file and maybe some custom roms already fixed the file (to confirm). But atm the answer is Yes, you must replace the file everytime.

puner89 said:
The tech said that because my bootloader is unlocked and s-off he wasn't able to callibrate the phone correctly.
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They said that? Damn [emoji23]

puner89 said:
The tech said that because my bootloader is unlocked and s-off he wasn't able to callibrate the phone correctly.
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Lol, you think being unlocked/s-off would make it easier for them...
But I'm not buying that there is any calibration to be done. Mine was replaced by HTC in January. I have some green in low light.
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gustav30 said:
Lol, you think being unlocked/s-off would make it easier for them...
But I'm not buying that there is any calibration to be done. Mine was replaced by HTC in January. I have some green in low light.
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Did you try replacing the awb file? I m wanting to know if this works out or not.

ghostryder12 said:
WTF, you paid how much...?
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LIke $90

puner89 said:
Did you try replacing the awb file? I m wanting to know if this works out or not.
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I tried but was not able to copy the file over. I'm rooted/s-off, but I think it will only work on with a custom kernel. I could be wrong though.
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HTC ONE M7 Custom ROM issues

I have been using this forum for years and just now am posting for the first time.
I have a HTC ONE M7 originally from ATT that I used rum runner about a year ago to flash android HD which worked on the TMobile network about a year. Last month my phone went into bootloop and I could not flash a new rom or put any data on the internal storage at all. Long story short I used mkfs.ext4 to remount the data and no I can flash roms with no problem.
The issue I am having is that any rom(cyanogenmod,Viper,Android HD by Mike 1986) I flash just bootloops and wont load EXCEPT PAC-MAN pac_m7-lp-mr1-official-20150611.zip plus gapps. This load and run like a normal rom except the dialer doesn’t work, no sound, no video. It’s basically useless as far as doing anything other than playing a games and sending text messages. One more thing cyanogenmod will load but keeps resetting setup and if I push really fast I can get past the set up but will reset before i can really do anything.
I’m pretty much stumped at this point and any help is appreciated. Also my phone is S-On and using TWRP. Thanks advance.

insanitey1 said:
I have been using this forum for years and just now am posting for the first time.
I have a HTC ONE M7 originally from ATT that I used rum runner about a year ago to flash android HD which worked on the TMobile network about a year. Last month my phone went into bootloop and I could not flash a new rom or put any data on the internal storage at all. Long story short I used mkfs.ext4 to remount the data and no I can flash roms with no problem.
The issue I am having is that any rom(cyanogenmod,Viper,Android HD by Mike 1986) I flash just bootloops and wont load EXCEPT PAC-MAN pac_m7-lp-mr1-official-20150611.zip plus gapps. This load and run like a normal rom except the dialer doesn’t work, no sound, no video. It’s basically useless as far as doing anything other than playing a games and sending text messages. One more thing cyanogenmod will load but keeps resetting setup and if I push really fast I can get past the set up but will reset before i can really do anything.
I’m pretty much stumped at this point and any help is appreciated. Also my phone is S-On and using TWRP. Thanks advance.
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You cannot flash aosp roms unless your s-off.
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lambofgod13 said:
You cannot flash aosp roms unless your s-off.
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Says who?

donkeykong1 said:
Says who?
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Says every dev I've ever asked about it when i was attempting to flash their gpe or aosp roms.
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lambofgod13 said:
Says every dev I've ever asked about it when i was attempting to flash their gpe or aosp roms.
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How do you explain my s-on M7 running CM ROM then?

donkeykong1 said:
How do you explain my s-on M7 running CM ROM then?
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The thread here was asking why he was having issues, it is known that if your s-on you will and can have major problems on gpe and aosp roms, I'm not here to argue with you. If your not contributing to helping him then why are you commenting on his thread?
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lambofgod13 said:
The thread here was asking why he was having issues, it is insured l known that if your s-on you will and can have major problems on gpe and aosp roms, I'm not here to argue with you. If your not contributing to helping him then why are you commenting on his thread?
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My point is that you can run AOSP ROMs on s-on phone. The fact that all those ROMs have bugs does not have anything to do with security status of the phone

donkeykong1 said:
My point is that you can run AOSP ROMs on s-on phone. The fact that all those ROMs have bugs does not have anything to do with security status of the phone
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it's about the unsecured bootloader. *Htc *won't allow the phone to install unsecured... IE: non htc signed firmware, *if the bootloader is secured.So, *if you are installing a modified htc firmware, *it's okay.. But when you go to install aosp, *htc doesn't recognize that as legitimite firmware. Quoted from a dev that makes both sense and gpe/aosp roms. Go argue with him.
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You will find a couple of them that will work and some won't work, depends on how the dev signed the rom.
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lambofgod13 said:
it's about the unsecured bootloader. *Htc *won't allow the phone to install unsecured... IE: non htc signed firmware, *if the bootloader is secured.So, *if you are installing a modified htc firmware, *it's okay.. But when you go to install aosp, *htc doesn't recognize that as legitimite firmware. Quoted from a dev that makes both sense and gpe/aosp roms. Go argue with him.
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You will find a couple of them that will work and some won't work, depends on how the dev signed the rom.
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Can you please provide a link to something that explains unsecured bootloader? This is the first time I hear about that. And this is a legitimate question, not arguing in any way. I just want to learn

donkeykong1 said:
Can you please provide a link to something that explains unsecured bootloader? This is the first time I hear about that. And this is a legitimate question, not arguing in any way. I just want to learn
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Yeah, i don't have time to look it up. I know that's the case because when i was s-on i would have trouble with aosp roms, now that I've been s- off I've never had trouble. Look around the threads you'll see allot of info on it. Sorry i don't have time to find it for you.
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lambofgod13 said:
The thread here was asking why he was having issues, it is known that if your s-on you will and can have major problems on gpe and aosp roms
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You don't need s-off to flash any roms (as opposed to a Firmware/RUU).
If your not contributing to helping him then why are you commenting on his thread?
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Because you are giving incorrect information which could confuse the OP of this thread, even if I know you have good intentions and only wants to help him. Giving clarifications to avoid confusion is a contribution.
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it's about the unsecured bootloader. *Htc *won't allow the phone to install unsecured... IE: non htc signed firmware
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Right, you can't install an unsigned firmware on a s-on (secured) bootloader but a ROM is not a firmware. A rom is only flashing on the /system /data and /radio partitions which can easily be flashed with whatever you want as long as you have an unlocked bootloader, there is no htc signature needed to flash these partitions (and the recovery partition). Anyway, the signature verification is disabled when you unlock the bootloader (hence why you need to relock the bootloader if flashing a firmware or RUU on a S-ON phone)
The firmware contain the hboot, adsp, secondary bootloaders, drivers, etc... The official firmware is signed with HTC key and can be flashed on a S-ON phone + locked or re-locked bootloader. An unofficial/modded firmware (firmware is not a rom) can only be flashed on a S-OFF phone.
So in short, you don't need S-OFF to flash a rom, a recovery or a radio. These partitions are not secured.
*if the bootloader is secured.So, *if you are installing a modified htc firmware
*it's okay.. But when you go to install aosp, *htc doesn't recognize that as legitimite firmware. Quoted from a dev that makes both sense and gpe/aosp roms. Go argue with him.
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I'll be more than happy to talk with this dev. You have probably misinterpreted what he said.
depends on how the dev signed the rom.
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No...
Btw not trying to be rude with you and I hope you understand the difference between firmware/roms S-OFF/S-ON now. If not clear I'll be happy to answer your questions.
Now back to the OP
@insanitey1 can you post the output of "fastboot getvar all" (don't post your imei/sn). Also need to know what recovery (name + version) you are using.
Roms based on CM must be flashed using at least twrp 2.7.1.1. All Sense based roms must be flashed with least twrp 2.6.3.3. Also , all newer Sense roms (lollipop versions) need one of the latest(7.xx.xxx.x) firmware version( or version-main if you prefer) installed on your phone You can see your version-main when booted in the bootloader menu or from the "fastboot getvar all" output.