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[Q] Possible Blown Speaker...

I think the speaker on my One has blown. The sound is very distorted even when on low volumes. Could this be a software issue or is it most likely to be hardware?
I have unlocked the bootloader and flashed the latest version of TrickDroid so I'm not sure where I stand with the warranty.
Thanks is advance.

On HTC warranty - most probably it is void now. You can call them and check if they are willing to fix a rooted phone.
In EU (and I assume you are in UK) you have Statutory Warranty - 2 years.This is regulated by consumer regulations and this comes from EU. This one is NOT void through rooting - http://piana.eu/root. This said - I am currently having serious problems with fixing my S3 this way in Norway (legislation is identical) and I have to go through consumer counsel/tribunal which takes up to 6 months in total...

If you're in a country where covered by appropriate legislation, a Sale of Goods Act law will almost certainly a problem like this so soon after purchase, especially considering you're not at fault.
Check out if your country has such legislation which covers you, and if so ask for a replacement under that legislation. If not, eh... ask politely?

I think the speaker on my One has blown. The sound is very distorted even when on low volumes. Could this be a software issue or is it most likely to be hardware?
I have unlocked the bootloader and flashed the latest version of TrickDroid so I'm not sure where I stand with the warranty.
Thanks is advance.
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Forgive my ignorance as I have only had Samsung phones the past few years but, shouldn't you just be able to flash back to stock and unroot? I wouldn't think it would be too difficult. However, as I said, I have only had experience with Samsung phones for a while.

matthewmcquay said:
Forgive my ignorance as I have only had Samsung phones the past few years but, shouldn't you just be able to flash back to stock and unroot? I wouldn't think it would be too difficult. However, as I said, I have only had experience with Samsung phones for a while.
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Yes I agree. Flash stock and get a replacement
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matthewmcquay said:
Forgive my ignorance as I have only had Samsung phones the past few years but, shouldn't you just be able to flash back to stock and unroot? I wouldn't think it would be too difficult. However, as I said, I have only had experience with Samsung phones for a while.
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The bootloader is nlocked through HTCDev so they have the IMEI. Also when you relock it says 'relocked' instead of 'locked' (exactly like when you mess with pc odin and you flash back to a samsung rom it says 'official' but the flash counter isn't reset). To be able to get back a 'locked' status (so the equivalent of triangle away on samsung devices) you need s-off.

CreepyDroid said:
The bootloader is nlocked through HTCDev so they have the IMEI. Also when you relock it says 'relocked' instead of 'locked' (exactly like when you mess with pc odin and you flash back to a samsung rom it says 'official' but the flash counter isn't reset). To be able to get back a 'locked' status (so the equivalent of triangle away on samsung devices) you need s-off.
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Unlocking doesn't void the warranty more than likely. At least here in the U.S they don't care
It depends on the carrier
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Dump your hboot and upload it here. Then tell me what should be written there instead of relocked I can rename it for you

Riyal said:
Dump your hboot and upload it here. Then tell me what should be written there instead of relocked I can rename it for you
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Magic isn't allowed on XDA.

I'm gonna report on this tomorrow... I got a couple of pops in my speaker when playing YouTube videos on the lowest volume at first. For some reason when I played music at full volume there were no problems but as soon as I put the volume lower and played a YouTube video every know and then i would get a pop sound.
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I just took then phone back to a Phones4U shop and they replaced it there and then. It would seem if the phone develops a fault within 28 days of purchase you can take it back to the retailer instead of HTC. Most retailers wouldn't have a clue if you have unlocked the bootloader and flashed custom Roms so it didnt matter.
As I couldnt find the correct RUU I just took it into the shop with TrickDroid's Rom still installed and they didn't question it at all!! :laugh:

dr9722 said:
I just took then phone back to a Phones4U shop and they replaced it there and then. It would seem if the phone develops a fault within 28 days of purchase you can take it back to the retailer instead of HTC. Most retailers wouldn't have a clue if you have unlocked the bootloader and flashed custom Roms so it didnt matter.
As I couldnt find the correct RUU I just took it into the shop with TrickDroid's Rom still installed and they didn't question it at all!! :laugh:
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Yours might possibly be a newer batch phone now. Can u check for the iconic 'gap' at the top and bottom or for any overhang.
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yvibes said:
Yours might possibly be a newer batch phone now. Can u check for the iconic 'gap' at the top and bottom or for any overhang.
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Oh my god didn't notice that before. Yes there is a small gap at the top, very minor at the bottom. Cant see any overhang.

dr9722 said:
Oh my god didn't notice that before. Yes there is a small gap at the top, very minor at the bottom. Cant see any overhang.
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OK they are definitely still shipping first batch phones. Anyone wanting exchange should still wait.
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I have the same issue on my phone. Tried the included Thor movie, speakers crackle at any volume. So many issues with the phone! Still love it, will arrange for a return and exchange hopefully with a second batch phone.

dr9722 said:
I think the speaker on my One has blown. The sound is very distorted even when on low volumes. Could this be a software issue or is it most likely to be hardware?
I have unlocked the bootloader and flashed the latest version of TrickDroid so I'm not sure where I stand with the warranty.
Thanks is advance.
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Hi there, do you have the youtube link for the crack sound? I want to try with my New One estimate to arrive tomorrow.

After further investigation, the sound problem only shows up when certain videos are played (hi-def MKVs I think). Sound is fine otherwise, so I think it is a software issue. Can anyone else try THOR on HTC Watch, at the beginning of the film, when it should be silent, do you hear the speakers crackle even at low volumes?

On my replacement handset the bottom speaker has totally gone. No sound coming through it at all. Back to Phones4U :crying:

Wth, how am I suppose to buy this phone online when there are so many problems detected????? I need to buy 4 phones online and the main problem is that I won't even be able to return in case of problems since im from faaar away where HTC has long gone.
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ksarius said:
Wth, how am I suppose to buy this phone online when there are so many problems detected????? I need to buy 4 phones online and the main problem is that I won't even be able to return in case of problems since im from faaar away where HTC has long gone.
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Wait a while until the new batches are out and most problems should be sorted by then.
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call drop out

anyone having problem with call dropping..

smarty2322 said:
anyone having problem with call dropping..
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No
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jah said:
No
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Yes I have , majorly sometime I have to ring the same person 3 or four times before I can actually talk to them, I am on 'three' I have complained to them they say it's not the network, and it's still currently being investigated, now before anyone goes slating three , I don't think it's a bad network Ive never had a problem until I got the HTC 1 , they always notify me if there upgrading or doing maintenance in the area and this are the only times I've had problems,
So if anyone does have an idea what could me causing it your help would be much appreciated!

okz19 said:
Yes I have , majorly sometime I have to ring the same person 3 or four times before I can actually talk to them, I am on 'three' I have complained to them they say it's not the network, and it's still currently being investigated, now before anyone goes slating three , I don't think it's a bad network Ive never had a problem until I got the HTC 1 , they always notify me if there upgrading or doing maintenance in the area and this are the only times I've had problems,
So if anyone does have an idea what could me causing it your help would be much appreciated!
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Would the APN have any affect on this? Or is that just data?

just picked up new phone all is good also is one is made in china

ScudMuffin said:
Would the APN have any affect on this? Or is that just data?
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No apn is access point name, which refers to the data connection, I'm thinking of factory resetting the phone because it was fine for the first few weeks,but I don't think I've changed anything that could of caused call dropping,but you never know! , three have offered to swap the phone,they offered the iPhone5 :0. I was seriously offended, I really like the HTC one if they can't sort something hopefully they replace the handset!

okz19 said:
No apn is access point name, which refers to the data connection, I'm thinking of factory resetting the phone because it was fine for the first few weeks,but I don't think I've changed anything that could of caused call dropping,but you never know! , three have offered to swap the phone,they offered the iPhone5 :0. I was seriously offended, I really like the HTC one if they can't sort something hopefully they replace the handset!
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Because there is a surplus of iPhone 5
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same here
okz19 said:
Yes I have , majorly sometime I have to ring the same person 3 or four times before I can actually talk to them, I am on 'three' I have complained to them they say it's not the network, and it's still currently being investigated, now before anyone goes slating three , I don't think it's a bad network Ive never had a problem until I got the HTC 1 , they always notify me if there upgrading or doing maintenance in the area and this are the only times I've had problems,
So if anyone does have an idea what could me causing it your help would be much appreciated!
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I'm kinda facing the same issue. i got my HTC ONE yesterday and it's been happening ever since. Although as far as I have noticed, it only happens when I'm using my BOSE earphones (MIE2i I believe-the ones which are "iphone compatible"). As soon as I dial a number it rings and then the call hangs up. Sometimes it hangs up even before the person's phone who I am daling rings...It's also happened while on a call...I've had to repeatedly redial people and it's annoying...all the while having good signal strength on LTE or 4G..I took it back to Rogers (Canada) and they just changed my SIM card..But that didn't help at all..I love the phone but I'm not sure if it's the earphone compatibity or something in the new Sense 5 or software rather that's making it do this!!

Sprint Repair Question

I think my internal antenna may be damaged and i want to take it into Sprint to be looked at, but my phone is rooted with S-Off. Do i have to undo everything and bring it back to stock in order for them to look at and if there is a problem, fix my phone? thanks

They are supposed to fix it rooted or not as long as it's a hardware problem

I work at a repair center and he is correct but in this situation it's irrelevant. This phone is unrepairable. If there is a hardware issue the only option a repair center has is to order a replacement. If you don't want that done then you can use your HTC warranty. But you will have to ship your phone to HTC and be without it for at least 2 weeks. They will attempt to fix it and if it can't be fixed then they will replace your device which you would lose everything. So just use your insurance. Last I checked, the device is still new enough to receive a new device instead of a refurbished device. When in doubt, Return your phone to stock and have it replaced.
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Why do you think your antennae doesn't work?

tsdeaton said:
I work at a repair center and he is correct but in this situation it's irrelevant. This phone is unrepairable. If there is a hardware issue the only option a repair center has is to order a replacement. If you don't want that done then you can use your HTC warranty. But you will have to ship your phone to HTC and be without it for at least 2 weeks. They will attempt to fix it and if it can't be fixed then they will replace your device which you would lose everything. So just use your insurance. Last I checked, the device is still new enough to receive a new device instead of a refurbished device. When in doubt, Return your phone to stock and have it replaced.
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I'm rocking a refurb I got 3 months after release. A lot of people returned their initial phones it appears.

My 2¢
Return it to stock. Goto Sprint store. They'll order you a new one and it'll hit your door in 2-3 days. My phone blew the top speaker. The repair center did the order, I tracked it with the number they provided to my email and I was back in business in only a few days.

tsdeaton said:
I work at a repair center and he is correct but in this situation it's irrelevant. This phone is unrepairable. If there is a hardware issue the only option a repair center has is to order a replacement. If you don't want that done then you can use your HTC warranty. But you will have to ship your phone to HTC and be without it for at least 2 weeks. They will attempt to fix it and if it can't be fixed then they will replace your device which you would lose everything. So just use your insurance. Last I checked, the device is still new enough to receive a new device instead of a refurbished device. When in doubt, Return your phone to stock and have it replaced.
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Damn I didnt even think about the fact that it is not repairable, I'm assuming because of its 1-piece aluminium body or whatever. So, if they can't open it up to see if it is the internal hardware are they going to assume that it is because I rooted and/or made it s-off? or is there some way they will be able to tell if it is hardware related without actually opening up the phone?
weidnerj said:
Why do you think your antennae doesn't work?
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My issue is that all of a sudden i have no service anywhere, including places that I used to. I've always had great service with sprint, until the last few weeks. I'll be on 3G or 4G with full bars and i'll drop the call. I've literally had more dropped calls in the past few weeks than i have had the entire 5 years i've been with sprint, combined. That's not an exaggeration. There hasn't been any change to any towers nearby and I haven't relocated or anything. Sprint said i should be getting great service where in and around where i live. So I'd imagine that it has to be the phone. It's been rooted with S-off long before this started happening. So i feel like it has to be something hardware related. I'm open to other suggestions.

jeffhbo said:
Damn I didnt even think about the fact that it is not repairable, I'm assuming because of its 1-piece aluminium body or whatever. So, if they can't open it up to see if it is the internal hardware are they going to assume that it is because I rooted and/or made it s-off? or is there some way they will be able to tell if it is hardware related without actually opening up the phone?
My issue is that all of a sudden i have no service anywhere, including places that I used to. I've always had great service with sprint, until the last few weeks. I'll be on 3G or 4G with full bars and i'll drop the call. I've literally had more dropped calls in the past few weeks than i have had the entire 5 years i've been with sprint, combined. That's not an exaggeration. There hasn't been any change to any towers nearby and I haven't relocated or anything. Sprint said i should be getting great service where in and around where i live. So I'd imagine that it has to be the phone. It's been rooted with S-off long before this started happening. So i feel like it has to be something hardware related. I'm open to other suggestions.
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try a different rom?

jeffhbo said:
Damn I didnt even think about the fact that it is not repairable, I'm assuming because of its 1-piece aluminium body or whatever. So, if they can't open it up to see if it is the internal hardware are they going to assume that it is because I rooted and/or made it s-off? or is there some way they will be able to tell if it is hardware related without actually opening up the phone?
My issue is that all of a sudden i have no service anywhere, including places that I used to. I've always had great service with sprint, until the last few weeks. I'll be on 3G or 4G with full bars and i'll drop the call. I've literally had more dropped calls in the past few weeks than i have had the entire 5 years i've been with sprint, combined. That's not an exaggeration. There hasn't been any change to any towers nearby and I haven't relocated or anything. Sprint said i should be getting great service where in and around where i live. So I'd imagine that it has to be the phone. It's been rooted with S-off long before this started happening. So i feel like it has to be something hardware related. I'm open to other suggestions.
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you may have borked your radio. i think that is fixable.

Aldo101t said:
you may have borked your radio. i think that is fixable.
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you mean i might just need to update/flash a new radio?

jeffhbo said:
you mean i might just need to update/flash a new radio?
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i'm not quit sure the procedure on this phone, usually an RUU and then a factory reset from stock recovery will restore radio function.
there may be another way of restoring radio function, not sure, may someone who knows for sure can chime in here.this may or may not be your problem but it couldn't hurt to try

Aldo101t said:
i'm not quit sure the procedure on this phone, usually an RUU and then a factory reset from stock recovery will restore radio function.
there may be another way of restoring radio function, not sure, may someone who knows for sure can chime in here.this may or may not be your problem but it couldn't hurt to try
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Thank you very much. I'll give it a try. If someone with knowledge of the exact procedure for this device could give further explanation it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you again for your advice.
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jeffhbo said:
Thank you very much. I'll give it a try. If someone with knowledge of the exact procedure for this device could give further explanation it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you again for your advice.
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I could help you out if you have some time shoot me a PM
Hmmmm guess not

[Q] Return Completely Stock

So I recently bought my M8 and would love to root, but there have been a lot of reports of issues with data because of csfb issues. I have not had this issue, but if I do start having it or any other issue, I want to be able to go back to stock and return my phone to Sprint. I am currently in the 14 day return period and I have insurance. On my last phone, I was rooted and was having issues with my battery and went back to Sprint, and the guy there told me that he could not work on it if it was rooted. He was a pretty cool guy, but he made is sound like it was a really big deal that I rooted. I have searched on all the Sprint M8 threads and I can't find a way to go back to stock. And I mean completely stock. Finding a stock ROM, Kernel, and recovery is easy, but I am not sure about s-on and locking the bootloader. I don't want the bootloader to say "re-locked" at the top because that is a dead giveaway that I unlocked. Is there currently no way to go completely stock?

As of now there is no public RUU and without that you won't get completely back to stock.
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You don't need an RUU for your device to "look" stock. Restore that stock nandroid that's floating around, flash stock recovery, and take the OTA.
As long as you're S-OFF, you can change the flag to LOCKED and then go back S-ON.

suicidal acorn said:
So I recently bought my M8 and would love to root, but there have been a lot of reports of issues with data because of csfb issues. I have not had this issue, but if I do start having it or any other issue, I want to be able to go back to stock and return my phone to Sprint. I am currently in the 14 day return period and I have insurance. On my last phone, I was rooted and was having issues with my battery and went back to Sprint, and the guy there told me that he could not work on it if it was rooted. He was a pretty cool guy, but he made is sound like it was a really big deal that I rooted. I have searched on all the Sprint M8 threads and I can't find a way to go back to stock. And I mean completely stock. Finding a stock ROM, Kernel, and recovery is easy, but I am not sure about s-on and locking the bootloader. I don't want the bootloader to say "re-locked" at the top because that is a dead giveaway that I unlocked. Is there currently no way to go completely stock?
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What is the data issue you are writing about? I think I am suffering from it, can you elaborate?

redmanjoey said:
What is the data issue you are writing about? I think I am suffering from it, can you elaborate?
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Basically people are having issues with connection. I'm not going to fully explain this because it is quite complicated and to be honest, I don't even fully understand it. But because this is a tri band phone (sprint spark) it relies on the network to tell it when you switch from different bands and when to switch from an LTE connection back to a 1x connection for voice calls. The phone only has one data transmission path, so it can't be connected to LTE and 1x (voice network) at the same time. It has to be one or the other. That's why you can't use mobile data while in a call. This works perfectly fine when the tower you are connected to has been upgraded and has the correct csfb fallback switches in place. But the problem is, a lot of towers don't. This causes huge problems for spark phones. All spark phones have this issue; the. Samsung Galaxy s5, LG G2,and the Nexus 5. But a lot of people have been having issues with this phone being really bad. Sometimes people can't receive/send texts or calls, and sometimes they can't connect to mobile data at all, no matter where they go. Originally it was thought to be an issue with sprint and what I described earlier, but people noticed that if they swapped out the phone for a new one, the issue went away. This isn't true for everyone, but that solved the issues for a lot of people. The general idea now is that it mainly seemed to affect people that ordered the M8 online early on. It doesn't seem to be affecting the phones bought from stores recently as much. Someone also claimed that the phones were provisioned incorrectly and that was causing it. But nobody really knows. If you are having an issue like I described, I would go back to where you bought it from and tell them you want to exchange it.
Also, if someone notices anything I said was incorrect, please call me out on it. As far as I know it's all correct, but I could easily be wrong.
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I don't want to sound like a total idiot, but I guess their no way around it, I haven't used a HTC product since my Hero days, So let me make sure I understand what you are saying, flash my stock rooted nandroid, find a stock recovery zip and flash, then do I used terminal to lock my bootloader, or do I flash another zip? Then where does the OTA come in at? Now after reading this and the rolling of the eyes, I just wanted to make sure I didn't make a mistake, and this will have me back to stock without root ? I will like to thanks in advance for your patients.

suicidal acorn said:
Basically people are having issues with connection. I'm not going to fully explain this because it is quite complicated and to be honest, I don't even fully understand it. But because this is a tri band phone (sprint spark) it relies on the network to tell it when you switch from different bands and when to switch from an LTE connection back to a 1x connection for voice calls. The phone only has one data transmission path, so it can't be connected to LTE and 1x (voice network) at the same time. It has to be one or the other. That's why you can't use mobile data while in a call. This works perfectly fine when the tower you are connected to has been upgraded and has the correct csfb fallback switches in place. But the problem is, a lot of towers don't. This causes huge problems for spark phones. All spark phones have this issue; the. Samsung Galaxy s5, LG G2,and the Nexus 5. But a lot of people have been having issues with this phone being really bad. Sometimes people can't receive/send texts or calls, and sometimes they can't connect to mobile data at all, no matter where they go. Originally it was thought to be an issue with sprint and what I described earlier, but people noticed that if they swapped out the phone for a new one, the issue went away. This isn't true for everyone, but that solved the issues for a lot of people. The general idea now is that it mainly seemed to affect people that ordered the M8 online early on. It doesn't seem to be affecting the phones bought from stores recently as much. Someone also claimed that the phones were provisioned incorrectly and that was causing it. But nobody really knows. If you are having an issue like I described, I would go back to where you bought it from and tell them you want to exchange it.
Also, if someone notices anything I said was incorrect, please call me out on it. As far as I know it's all correct, but I could easily be wrong.
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Good explanation. On my note 3 I was consistently hitting no less than 10 mbps at my house. On my M8 I was getting 2-20 MBPS at my house, with NO consistency. No issues with calling/texting, however. I recieved my M8 on the 11th (same day as the s5 came out, expecting chaos) and was getting okay signal in my house. Now a few days later it seems someone is pointing a cell phone jammer at me. I lose connection completely, then it goes back to slow speeds, about twice per minute. Same thing with calling and texting though. I REALLY do not want to go through the entire process of going back to stock to ship it back to amazon, so I am hoping it has something to do with sprints towers since I was alright the first few days.

robbnice said:
I don't want to sound like a total idiot, but I guess their no way around it, I haven't used a HTC product since my Hero days, So let me make sure I understand what you are saying, flash my stock rooted nandroid, find a stock recovery zip and flash, then do I used terminal to lock my bootloader, or do I flash another zip? Then where does the OTA come in at? Now after reading this and the rolling of the eyes, I just wanted to make sure I didn't make a mistake, and this will have me back to stock without root ? I will like to thanks in advance for your patients.
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Haha I completely understand the position you are in. I was in that position not too long ago. You do almost exactly what you said. Flash stock rom (NOT stock rooted though) and stock recovery, then lock the bootloader through adb. And that will pretty much return you to stock, but your bootloader will say "re-locked" at the top instead of "locked." So it's obvious that you've unlocked at some point. If everything else is stock, I doubt anyone would question it and you would more than likely be fine, but I like to be extra safe. I know with my previous phone (EVO LTE) if you were s-off, you could run a tool that made it say "locked" instead of "re-locked" so I would imagine you could do the same for this phone, but as far as I'm aware, you can't yet. I guess we'll just have to wait for a dev to make a tool for that.
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suicidal acorn said:
Haha I completely understand the position you are in. I was in that position not too long ago. You do almost exactly what you said. Flash stock rom (NOT stock rooted though) and stock recovery, then lock the bootloader through adb. And that will pretty much return you to stock, but your bootloader will say "re-locked" at the top instead of "locked." So it's obvious that you've unlocked at some point. If everything else is stock, I doubt anyone would question it and you would more than likely be fine, but I like to be extra safe. I know with my previous phone (EVO LTE) if you were s-off, you could run a tool that made it say "locked" instead of "re-locked" so I would imagine you could do the same for this phone, but as far as I'm aware, you can't yet. I guess we'll just have to wait for a dev to make a tool for that.
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Yes you can. I said that in my explanation. There's no tool, it's a procedure.
And this procedure properly sets the flag rather than masking it.

Captain_Throwback said:
Yes you can. I said that in my explanation. There's no tool, it's a procedure.
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Can you post a link? I looked all over for it and couldn't find it. That's awesome though! Thank you!
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suicidal acorn said:
Can you post a link? I looked all over for it and couldn't find it. That's awesome though! Thank you!
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I did a search on "HTC M8 locked bootloader" in Tapatalk, and this thread was in the results: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51700453

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I did a search on "HTC M8 locked bootloader" in Tapatalk, and this thread was in the results: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51700453
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Ahhh I was just looking in the Sprint forums. Not the general forums. ?
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redmanjoey said:
Good explanation. On my note 3 I was consistently hitting no less than 10 mbps at my house. On my M8 I was getting 2-20 MBPS at my house, with NO consistency. No issues with calling/texting, however. I recieved my M8 on the 11th (same day as the s5 came out, expecting chaos) and was getting okay signal in my house. Now a few days later it seems someone is pointing a cell phone jammer at me. I lose connection completely, then it goes back to slow speeds, about twice per minute. Same thing with calling and texting though. I REALLY do not want to go through the entire process of going back to stock to ship it back to amazon, so I am hoping it has something to do with sprints towers since I was alright the first few days.
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Glad I'm not the only one... My data and cell service have been not connecting all day today after a couple days with no issues ... Definitely going to be returning this one
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iDoc21 said:
Glad I'm not the only one... My data and cell service have been not connecting all day today after a couple days with no issues ... Definitely going to be returning this one
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I am so dissapointed, but I dont know wether to blame HTC or Sprint. No matter where I am I get the same crap, I went a few miles away where I know the heart of sprint spark connection lies, but still get really bad connection. I'm just going to return it to amazon, then buy it from best buy so if this crap happens I don't waste days and days of getting it shipped back to amazon.
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Captain_Throwback said:
You don't need an RUU for your device to "look" stock. Restore that stock nandroid that's floating around, flash stock recovery, and take the OTA.
As long as you're S-OFF, you can change the flag to LOCKED and then go back S-ON.
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How does one get the stock nandroid? I have also searched and cant find it. Then I just flash it like a normal rom? I need to ship this back to amazon, I dont think they will check the bootloader and stuff but for sure a rom with missing apps will surely trigger them.

Could you point me in direction of a link or location where I can find a stock M8 rom and recovery, trying to get back to Stock so I can return phone to Sprint for another M8 after having the problem with my Spark and signal that everyone else is having. Plan on using Captain_Throwback method for my Hboot, just need to have the Rom and stock recovery to get this show on the road. Thanks in advance and thanks for your patience dealing with noobs !

redmanjoey said:
I am so dissapointed, but I dont know wether to blame HTC or Sprint. No matter where I am I get the same crap, I went a few miles away where I know the heart of sprint spark connection lies, but still get really bad connection. I'm just going to return it to amazon, then buy it from best buy so if this crap happens I don't waste days and days of getting it shipped back to amazon.
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Sprint is trying to get their network working properly, but it's not an easy task. The upgrades have to be done to each tower and that takes time. Not only does Sprint have to have the work done, they have to get a permit for each tower first. Some places that is easy enough, but some other places the government is very strict with work permits and it takes forever to get one. It could quite possibly be an issue with your phone, but it could also be an issue with the network. If you get a replacement and still experience issues, it's the network. If the issue goes away, then it was the phone. Unfortunately, I'm most cases it's really hard to tell until you get the replacement. But in your case, I'm almost certain it's an issue with your phone.
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redmanjoey said:
How does one get the stock nandroid? I have also searched and cant find it. Then I just flash it like a normal rom? I need to ship this back to amazon, I dont think they will check the bootloader and stuff but for sure a rom with missing apps will surely trigger them.
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robbnice said:
Could you point me in direction of a link or location where I can find a stock M8 rom and recovery, trying to get back to Stock so I can return phone to Sprint for another M8 after having the problem with my Spark and signal that everyone else is having. Plan on using Captain_Throwback method for my Hboot, just need to have the Rom and stock recovery to get this show on the road. Thanks in advance and thanks for your patience dealing with noobs !
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I honestly don't know where to find one. I've seen it mentioned multiple times, but I've read like 30 threads for this phone in the last couple days. Tomorrow I will he unlocking and I can send you guys the stock nandroid for the system, but I don't know about recovery. I'll try to find it and let you know.
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Guys, check out @BD619's rooting thread here. He has the stock recovery included in his guide. You can download it here.

suicidal acorn said:
I honestly don't know where to find one. I've seen it mentioned multiple times, but I've read like 30 threads for this phone in the last couple days. Tomorrow I will he unlocking and I can send you guys the stock nandroid for the system, but I don't know about recovery. I'll try to find it and let you know.
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Stock nandroid here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51624633

Sittin here in a tmobile store, lookin at a display N5

Some of you may remember me havin some complaints about my n5 droppin searvice randomly. I was about to get an rma. Im glad i didnt.
I have tried everything to fix it. So last resort is to rma the device.
So, i was waitin in a tmobile store to pay my bill, and i started playin with a display nexus 5. Luckily, the phone was hooked up to their LTE network. So i got an idea and started a download. Low and behold guess what happens. The same EXACT thing my phone does.
And out of all irony the song "I want my money back, I want my money back" is playing in the store.
I dont think an rma is the solution here.
Nexus 5 Network drop: http://youtu.be/_QJL-8v_x6Q

Andromendous said:
Some of you may remember me havin some complaints about my n5 droppin searvice randomly. I was about to get an rma. Im glad i didnt.
I have tried everything to fix it. So last resort is to rma the device.
So, i was waitin in a tmobile store to pay my bill, and i started playin with a display nexus 5. Luckily, the phone was hooked up to their LTE network. So i got an idea and started a download. Low and behold guess what happens. The same EXACT thing my phone does.
And out of all irony the song "I want my money back, I want my money back" is playing in the store.
I dont think an rma is the solution here.
Nexus 5 Network drop: http://youtu.be/_QJL-8v_x6Q
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Never ever had this problem. Guess its because of your service provider. In your location the infrastructure of your service provider is propably not as good as you think.

as well as im not having such an issue with tmobile. but im in nyc, and tmobiles network in the area is fairly new and improved.

Hmm... I get a great lte signal all around town. Mostly 43mbps, when it works. I heard the n5 uses some new "low power lte" or somethin. Maybe they have issues with it here?

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Hmm... I get a great lte signal all around town. Mostly 43mbps, when it works. I heard the n5 uses some new "low power lte" or somethin. Maybe they have issues with it here?
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not really low power lte, but the newer lte radio that the n5 uses does do much better on battery than previous versions of lte.

I'm in Arizona with tmobile and I sometimes have my network drop maybe at least once a day.

No network drops in Vegas...

Definitely it's a N5 issue. I'm in Europe and I have this problem. I remember reading in forums about that when I bought my phone. As long as I was on 4.4.2 I never had a single issue. After updating on 4.4.4 I have network issues few times a day.
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mikka06 said:
Definitely it's a N5 issue. I'm in Europe and I have this problem. I remember reading in forums about that when I bought my phone. As long as I was on 4.4.2 I never had a single issue. After updating on 4.4.4 I have network issues few times a day.
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its called a network issue for a reason. its an issue with your network, not the device. i didnt have issues on on 44, 441, 442, 443, nor 444. network issues relate to your network.

Well if it is my network, how come when i lose the network, sometimes the phone will also reboot. Dont think thw network would cause that

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Well if it is my network, how come when i lose the network, sometimes the phone will also reboot. Dont think thw network would cause that
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just as your phone shouldnt be rebooting. so your "network issue" can be related to whatever you are running on your phone. that would be on the personal level, so id check into what i am running. my nexus 5 has never had an issue with rebooting.

simms22 said:
just as your phone shouldnt be rebooting. so your "network issue" can be related to whatever you are running on your phone. that would be on the personal level, so id check into what i am running. my nexus 5 has never had an issue with rebooting.
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Me neither. I'm running 4.4.4 stock unroofed unmodified and never had random reboots or network drop.
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Reflash stock firmware, clean. Go a few days without any apps installed. This will show if its phone/network related, or app related.
If it still acts up on fresh install. Try someone elses Sim, preferably on another network. If it's OK... Then you've narrowed it down to your Sim, or again, you're network.
Process of elimination. ?

Same thing happens to me on AT&T. It has happened with 3 separate N5s and doesn't happen with my Moto X. Yeah, it's an N5 problem. The radio in this phone is garbage.

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Same thing happens to me on AT&T. It has happened with 3 separate N5s and doesn't happen with my Moto X. Yeah, it's an N5 problem. The radio in this phone is garbage.
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Just because it happens to one person doesn't mean its a global issues. The same goes for the majority of reported issues on this forum . are you running stock firmware or a ROM or mods?
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You guys dont understand. Ive tried everything. Flashed to stock, 4.4.1,4.4.2,4.4.4 relocked the bootloader. Called tmobile ten times, different radios, sim cards, pulled the sim for 5 mins, different roms, apns, Same exact problem every time. Did you not read my OP? Even the display model with nothing on it did the same exact thing. Maybe its a flawed design, where some phones have this problem, and others dont. Maybe its a combination of the phone and the network. I dont think well ever know

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You guys dont understand. Ive tried everything. Flashed to stock, 4.4.1,4.4.2,4.4.4 relocked the bootloader. Called tmobile ten times, different radios, sim cards, pulled the sim for 5 mins, different roms, apns, Same exact problem every time. Did you not read my OP? Even the display model with nothing on it did the same exact thing. Maybe its a flawed design, where some phones have this problem, and others dont. Maybe its a combination of the phone and the network. I dont think well ever know
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Well, that said.... You just have terrible luck it seems. The extreme majority on XDA don't have any issue.
It's your carrier then. Plain and simple. Every N5 you touch can't possibly be defective. ?
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And putting people down for trying to help will make it a rough time for you on XDA my friend. ?

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Just because it happens to one person doesn't mean its a global issues. The same goes for the majority of reported issues on this forum . are you running stock firmware or a ROM or mods?
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Stock. Every N5 I have owned has been stock, and all have had network dropping issues, and all have had difficulty maintaining LTE. No problems with my Moto X, none with my iPhone 5s when I had it, and none with any other LTE phone I've owned while on AT&T. Just the Nexus 5.

Andromendous said:
You guys dont understand. Ive tried everything. Flashed to stock, 4.4.1,4.4.2,4.4.4 relocked the bootloader. Called tmobile ten times, different radios, sim cards, pulled the sim for 5 mins, different roms, apns, Same exact problem every time. Did you not read my OP? Even the display model with nothing on it did the same exact thing. Maybe its a flawed design, where some phones have this problem, and others dont. Maybe its a combination of the phone and the network. I dont think well ever know
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i think that you are the one actually not seeing the issue. your phone drops data, you watched the store phone lose data as well. your phone and that other is on the same network. it doesnt sound like a phone issue, it sounds as if its your local network that is having the issue.

It's a radio/network combo issue. I never had drops on the 4.4 radio. Since 4.4.1 and above, i get these network drops on a daily basis.
Go to your battery stats, look for cell standby and check the "time without a signal" percentage. I usually have 10-11% of my uptime.
I got fed up with this crap, so reverted earlier today to the 4.4 radio (1.0.25.0.17). Still too early to make any judgment.