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Hi!
I have had some serious issues with my USB-port and am looking to send the phone back for warranty. Since the problem is the USB isn't working that well I have some issues regarding unrooting..
I found my RUU and extracted the rom.zip which I renamed to PG32IMG.zip and placed on my phone. Fastboot foudn it and started flashing and everything. But I've read that since I can't upgrade Hboot (I used Revolutionary to gain S-off) the phone won't start.
My question is: What should I do to get that working? The only thing I can do as far as I can see, is placing files on the SD-card named for auto-flashing in fastboot..
Any advice? Am I screwed? Profit?
BloomTwig said:
Hi!
I have had some serious issues with my USB-port and am looking to send the phone back for warranty. Since the problem is the USB isn't working that well I have some issues regarding unrooting..
I found my RUU and extracted the rom.zip which I renamed to PG32IMG.zip and placed on my phone. Fastboot foudn it and started flashing and everything. But I've read that since I can't upgrade Hboot (I used Revolutionary to gain S-off) the phone won't start.
My question is: What should I do to get that working? The only thing I can do as far as I can see, is placing files on the SD-card named for auto-flashing in fastboot..
Any advice? Am I screwed? Profit?
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Which RUU did you use? Is there a comparable Android 2.3.3/Sense 2.1 that you could use instead?
Ok, I can't help meddling in this. I have managed to re-flash CWR and restore my old backup of my old 2.3.3/2.1 stock rom. I have also gotten the ADB set-up and if only I could get that rom.zip file from my RUU I will flash stock HBoot..
I used RUU_VIVO_SENSE30_S_HTC_WWE_3.08.405.3_Radio_20.4802.30.0822U_3822.10.08.28_M_release_227170_signed since that was the one that my phone tried to download and install by it self. But when I run it, and enter my temp folder to get the rom.zip it isn't there (only an older version that isn't posible to open..)
advice?
EDIT: would this work instead? RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.30.405.1_Radio_20.2808.30.085AU_3805.06.03.03_M_release_199308_signed
BloomTwig said:
Ok, I can't help meddling in this. I have managed to re-flash CWR and restore my old backup of my old 2.3.3/2.1 stock rom. I have also gotten the ADB set-up and if only I could get that rom.zip file from my RUU I will flash stock HBoot..
I used RUU_VIVO_SENSE30_S_HTC_WWE_3.08.405.3_Radio_20.4802.30.0822U_3822.10.08.28_M_release_227170_signed since that was the one that my phone tried to download and install by it self. But when I run it, and enter my temp folder to get the rom.zip it isn't there (only an older version that isn't posible to open..)
advice?
EDIT: would this work instead? RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.30.405.1_Radio_20.2808.30.085AU_3805.06.03.03_M_release_199308_signed
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Copy the rom.zip file out of your temp dir and then open it with a 3rd party zip program (not default windows zip program)
The ruu in your edit will not have boot 2.0 although I'm not understnding why you don't just run the sense 3 ruu, after using the downgrade method in the s-on thread.
Yeah, that was the problem. Was trying to open the zip-files with windows zip-program. with that I also realized that using the first RUU would be better... I have, however, some trouble getting the downgrade thingie to work. It asks for root, it asks for gold card and it reboots in to recovery. But when it's at "checking version - main" it just gets stuck at "waiting for device"..
EDIT: sorry, I completly missed the fact that I need to create a gold card... sorryf or being a noob... will get back soon..
Communication breakdown. I was referring to the revert to s-on thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359555
Download link to
OTA for HTC One 7 CID=TELST001 Software update 6.11.841.9 (181.54Mb) - December 23, 2014.
I unzipped this file, extracted the firmware.zip and upgrade my HTC One 7 (Telstra Australia) rooted and s-off.
I am unable to post link to this OTA file.
PM me if you like.
Crtl-Q
This could help me.
Hi,
I have my daughters HTC One M7, which is bricked after she tried to do a system update last weekend. It seems the battery ran out in the process and the handset is now in recovery mode. Telstra were no help to her in getting the problem fixed and sadly there are a lot of photos and other data on the phone.
Although I have an electronic/computing/comm's background I haven't done much with fixing HTC androids (my Sony's seem to not have any problems so far - touchwood) but I am comfortable enough to try and get the handset back up and working. So I have been trying without much success to find an RUU to match the info from getvar all.
: version-main: 6.11.841.9 , modelid: PN0714000 and cidnum: TELST001
Your post looked worth following up, so I have joined XDA so I can get some information.
Can you give me a clue as to where to find this RUU and also, do you have any other info that might help me in recovering the phone? There is quite a lot of information on this interweb about these handsets and similar problems but a lot of it doesn't match what I see on the handset and PC when trying to flash the device.
I am a newbie here so I am not fully conversant with the protocols so please go gentle on me
Hey mate.
Go to the XDA HTC one Australian users thread. @deeevan on that thread has supplied almost all the Telstra OTA's if you go through it. Was about to step you through flashing a stock RUU, but not sure if it's possible if the phone isn't rooted or s-off. Had your daughter got s-off before the accident? It's important that you only flash the RUU that is next in line from 6.11.841.9 or that exact version as you can re brick you phone if you skip an RUU.
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Hey mate.
Go to the XDA HTC one Australian users thread. @deeevan on that thread has supplied almost all the Telstra OTA's if you go through it. Was about to step you through flashing a stock RUU, but not sure if it's possible if the phone isn't rooted or s-off. Had your daughter got s-off before the accident? It's important that you only flash the RUU that is next in line from 6.11.841.9 or that exact version as you can re brick you phone if you skip an RUU.
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Thanks for your help Joeisgood, I am having a look at that thread but as yet can't find the right RUU if there is one there. I am new to the forum as well so it isn't so intuitive to me as yet.
The handset is S-On (from getvars) so I am not sure what to do really. There is a lot of information available on fixing a bricked M7 but honestly, so of it isn't easy to understand and a lot of the guides seem to miss important steps (perhaps through a presumption that you already know/have that bit of info) or are aimed toward phones that are actually still working - such as references to turn on/off USB debugging which of course I can't get to. I haven't found a 'complete', easy to follow, step by step guide to cover my situation.
So I guess, that as the handset won't respond to any of the standard recovery options I am going to have to resort to other means. I am cautious about this - sure I can't make the phone worse than it is really, but there is data on it that I would like to try and recover (yes, I have jumped up and down time and again about backing up phone data!). I am not entirely sure that reloading the firmware will save that data anyway but I would still like to try.
So after all my research I am thinking that what I need to do is:
1. Flash a different recovery onto the phone (TWRP seems the most liked)? What version do I require or just the 'latest' one and how do I tell?
2. Get the Android SDK and in particular the ADB/Fastboot tools (I have the HTC tools, which I used fastboot to query the phone with getvars)? Again do I need a specific version for the M7? How do I know which version I am getting?
3. Use adb sideload to get the RUU (which I have yet to find the correct one) onto the phone? Is the Guru_Reset option the way to go if I can find a version, especiall with S-ON?
Anything else I need to consider or have to hand?
1. Flash a different recovery onto the phone (TWRP seems the most liked)? What version do I require or just the 'latest' one and how do I tell?
As well as S-ON, I assume it is also bootloader locked (as your daughter wouldn't have known/cared to unlock it). Unfortunately, flashing a custom recovery/going S-OFF etc requires unlocking the bootloader ... which means the data is wiped
2. Get the Android SDK and in particular the ADB/Fastboot tools (I have the HTC tools, which I used fastboot to query the phone with getvars)? Again do I need a specific version for the M7? How do I know which version I am getting?
You should already have adb along with fastboot. I do know there's issues with Win 8 so do some reading up on that, I don't have that OS so I can't help.
I don't have much experience with stock recovery, so I'm not sure what you can and can't do in it.
- Do the adb devices, adb shell, adb backup, adb pull commands work while in recovery?
- I think there's a menu option like 'install from phone storage'? When you select that, are you able to see the sdcard folder listing - that will at least confirm the data is still intact?
- If possible, try find the OTA file on the phone (look in the Downloads folder) and re-attempt the update.
3. Use adb sideload to get the RUU (which I have yet to find the correct one) onto the phone? Is the Guru_Reset option the way to go if I can find a version, especiall with S-ON
More bad news, with some hope
- HTC have never issued an RUU (which would wipe the phone so you don't want that) for any Australian version. But users have captured the OTA updates which will patch a phone to the next version
- All the files I uploaded are x.x.980.x while Telstra is x.x.841.x. They will not work on this phone.
- Flashing the Guru Reset requires a custom recovery which requires unlocking your bootloader which requires wiping data :-/
- Try sideloading the OTA from Qhaz. It may not work as you are already on that version, you may need to find the 7.x.841.x OTA
deeevan said:
1. Flash a different recovery onto the phone (TWRP seems the most liked)? What version do I require or just the 'latest' one and how do I tell?
As well as S-ON, I assume it is also bootloader locked (as your daughter wouldn't have known/cared to unlock it). Unfortunately, flashing a custom recovery/going S-OFF etc requires unlocking the bootloader ... which means the data is wiped
2. Get the Android SDK and in particular the ADB/Fastboot tools (I have the HTC tools, which I used fastboot to query the phone with getvars)? Again do I need a specific version for the M7? How do I know which version I am getting?
You should already have adb along with fastboot. I do know there's issues with Win 8 so do some reading up on that, I don't have that OS so I can't help.
I don't have much experience with stock recovery, so I'm not sure what you can and can't do in it.
- Do the adb devices, adb shell, adb backup, adb pull commands work while in recovery?
- I think there's a menu option like 'install from phone storage'? When you select that, are you able to see the sdcard folder listing - that will at least confirm the data is still intact?
- If possible, try find the OTA file on the phone (look in the Downloads folder) and re-attempt the update.
3. Use adb sideload to get the RUU (which I have yet to find the correct one) onto the phone? Is the Guru_Reset option the way to go if I can find a version, especiall with S-ON
More bad news, with some hope
- HTC have never issued an RUU (which would wipe the phone so you don't want that) for any Australian version. But users have captured the OTA updates which will patch a phone to the next version
- All the files I uploaded are x.x.980.x while Telstra is x.x.841.x. They will not work on this phone.
- Flashing the Guru Reset requires a custom recovery which requires unlocking your bootloader which requires wiping data :-/
- Try sideloading the OTA from Qhaz. It may not work as you are already on that version, you may need to find the 7.x.841.x OTA
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Thanks Deevan.. all useful information and much appreciated as there are lots of different comments and advices out there, hard to know which one is correct.
1. Yes, the phone is Locked and S-ON - never any need to change it until this failed update.. From your comment do I assume that unlocking the phone will wipe all the data? Am I able to sideload an OTA with it locked and S-ON?
2. I am using Win 7 to do all this. Yes, adb is in the same folder as fastboot. Trying the adb devices command in recovery mode returned zilch (nothing lested). I haven't tried those other commands but I will do. Going into Fastboot in recovery I do get a fastboot usb indicator and fastboot devices command returns the handset listed. That is why I was wondering if I needed to unlock it or use something like TWRP to get more recovery options. The Install from Phone storage did nothing that I could see just back to the exclamation mark in a triangle screen.. none of the stock recovery options did anything else.. Maybe the data is already wiped? If it's gone then it's gone. The bright side is that then opens up more options for me to get the handset working again I guess?
3. OK, I will stop looking for an RUU and hunt an 6.x.841.x or 7.x.841.x OTA instead or is the Guru_Reset a better option - there is no need for anything other than what is on the stock device really. A very basic user.
Thanks again for offering your advice, I appreciate it.
A Guru Reset (if one existed for a Telstra phone) is a custom ROM (which just happens to install stock files) and can only be flashed via custom recovery, which you do not have. You can try sideloading an OTA (you can do this locked because it's an official signed package), anything else requires unlocking your bootloader which may affect your warranty with no guarantees it enables you to do anything that would fix the phone. Corruption is highly likely if it died halfway through updating.
If the data is gone, I would accept the replacement phone and go nuts playing with that
I flashed a gsm rom on my sprint m7, which put it into a bootloop....
I tried the firmware fix , but ended up with signature failures.
I haven't been able to get the RUU.exe to run on my windows 8 machine.
Wondering if anyone can supply me with 5.05.651.02RUU flashable zip?
I've searched, and see a bunch of flashable firmwares, but non for 5.05.651.02.
Or maybe a solution to my ruu.exe problem? I've tried the guides supplied in this forum, but still can't get passed the installation screen.
Thank you !
Can u open the ruu at least to the first menu
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Can u open the ruu at least to the first menu
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No, just install wizard "loading" . when its done it either freezes the computer , or does nothing.
I have tried to open it using "compatibility" which tells me to use win 7. But no luck.
Looking for a way to just push it too the phone. Seems easiest.
Supertacomonkeyexplosion said:
No, just install wizard "loading" . when its done it either freezes the computer , or does nothing.
I have tried to open it using "compatibility" which tells me to use win 7. But no luck.
Looking for a way to just push it too the phone. Seems easiest.
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Hmm can I have the link to where you got it. And out of curiosity why not upgrade to 6.16.651.2 which is lollipop
phonegeekjr said:
Hmm can I have the link to where you got it. And out of curiosity why not upgrade to 6.16.651.2 which is lollipop
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I can use 6.16.651.2 flashableRUU ?
The phone is unusable right now, bootloops. I thought I had to be s-off to flash anything but the firmware that's present. Am I wrong?
My end game was to use the phone on at&t. I thought I could flash a gsm ROM to accomplish that.
Can I still s-off and sim unlock lollipop? Or at least s-off and downgrade?
Thanks for the help
I tried downloads from here:
[RUU][Firmware]Sprint HTC One | 6.16.651.2 | *Updated 2.10.15*
And I also tried the RUU from the official HTC website.
And I also tried the ripped "firmware only" from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2503646
There is an ruu in that thread that has a fastboot flashable zip. You might want to read through how to run it on your device. You shouldn't ever flash a gsm Rom to a Sprint phone. The mount points are different.
Solution: get a new computer.
Not sure what was going on but I could not get the ruu to run on windows 8.1. Drivers, adb,fastboot all working on the computer. I couldn't find the problem.
Dug up an old windows XP machine I have , worked in an instant.
No knowledge gained.
The RUU exe take a lot of RAM to run. please make sure you have no other programs running when running the exe. If you device is stuck in a boot loop try power the device down and into recovery mode. Then connect to terminal when the RUU ask to connect to the device. My guess is the the RUU is corrupt and try re-downloading the file. If all else fails relock the boot loader and try returning to stock.
I'm overwhelmed by all the shop speak regarding the android OS. Everything's an acronym, and everything sounds vaguely similar to everything else. Stock recovery, stock rom, stock firmware, factory reset, I'm a computer literate person, and I don't know what the difference is between any of these things, I only know that they're serious.
So here's my situation:
I have a Sprint HTC One M8, unlocked with s-off.
I have adb installed on my PC, TWRP and Super SU installed on my phone,
I need to install system updates, first to install KitKat 4.4.4, then immediately after, Lollipop.
When I go to install
my phone boots into TWRP mode
I go to update
select the update zip
swipe to flash
and get "updating partition details... failed"
I gather that I'm supposed to first restore to a stock recovery, and I think I found the correct one here, but the instructions I'm finding are very convoluted. I need to either unlock or lock my bootloader using adb. I need to flash one of the downloads on that page, but I'm not certain which one, how to flash it.
I understand that this isn't a forum for newbies, but that's just the thing, I'm not usually lost when it comes to this stuff, which makes me think many others are probablylost as well.
Can anyone clearly explain the steps I need to take, with a minimum of acronyms, to do whatever you do with a stock recovery to then be able to install Sprint updates?
I posted this question in a different way back in November and had one member keep posting unhelpful answers until the whole thread got hijacked by piggyback questions. I've also found step by step guides that each conflict with one another. One may have 5 steps and the other may have 12, and in one way or another they've always gone off the rails until they no longer seemed to apply to my use case.
If you can help, thank you.
Dr.Zee said:
I'm completely overwhelmed by all the shop speak regarding the android OS. Everything's an acronym, and everything sounds vaguely similar to everything else. Stock recovery, stock rom, stock firmware, factory reset, I don't know what the difference is between any of these things, I only know that they're serious.
So here's my situation:
I have a Sprint HTC One M8, unlocked with s-off.
I have adb installed on my PC, TWRP and Super SU installed on my phone,
I need to install system updates, first to install KitKat 4.4.4, then immediately after, Lollipop.
When I go to install
my phone boots into TWRP mode
I go to update
select the update zip
swipe to flash
and get "updating partition details... failed"
I gather that I'm supposed to first restore to a stock recovery, and I think I found the correct one here, but the instructions I'm finding are very convoluted. I need to either unlock or lock my bootloader using adb. I need to flash one of the downloads on that page, but I'm not certain which one, how to flash it.
I understand that this isn't a forum for newbies, but that's just the thing, I'm not usually lost when it comes to this stuff, which makes me think many others are probablylost as well.
Can anyone clearly explain the steps I need to take, with a minimum of acronyms, to do whatever you do with a stock recovery to then be able to install Sprint updates?
I posted this question in a different way back in November and had one member keep posting unhelpful answers until the whole thread got hijacked by piggyback questions.
If you can help, thank you.
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First things first, this is a forum for all kinds but there is a Q&A section.
On to the update.
The first thing you need to do is boot to fastboot and type "fastboot oem lock" without quotes and press enter.
The device should be locked and from there you should be able to run the RUU (ROM update utility) that comes directly from htc, no need to do the incremental updates from KK (kitkat) to LP (Lollipop) unless you are looking to do something specific on a certain radio or firmware.
No need to flash stock recovery if you run the RUU, only lock the bootloader.
The RUU files are found on the HTC website or in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173 and you should find the directions there, just follow the S-on procedure if you are S-ON, you would know because at this point the only way to obtain S_OFF is to pay 25$ to use the Sunshine app.
This might be able to be moved to the Q&A by a mod and there are plenty of users and devs around here willing to help, just ask questions and try to follow the directions first.
dopy25 said:
First things first, this is a forum for all kinds but there is a Q&A section.
On to the update.
The first thing you need to do is boot to fastboot and type "fastboot oem lock" without quotes and press enter.
The device should be locked and from there you should be able to run the RUU (ROM update utility) that comes directly from htc, no need to do the incremental updates from KK (kitkat) to LP (Lollipop) unless you are looking to do something specific on a certain radio or firmware.
The RUU files are found on the HTC website or in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729173 and you should find the directions there, just follow the S-on procedure if you are S-ON, you would know because at this point the only way to obtain S_OFF is to pay 25$ to use the Sunshine app.
This might be able to be moved to the Q&A by a mod and there are plenty of users and devs around here willing to help, just ask questions and try to follow the directions first.
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Thank you very much, I'll run through these steps.
Question, I installed a couple firmware patches after I got s-off. when this is finished, will those be overwritten? Will my phone still be s-off, or would I have to pay to have that done again?
Dr.Zee said:
Thank you very much, I'll run through these steps.
Question, I installed a couple firmware patches after I got s-off. when this is finished, will those be overwritten? Will my phone still be s-off, or would I have to pay to have that done again?
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So you are S-OFF, OK.
No, the S_OFF is tracked by the device I believe, and would still be able to be used without having to pay again. I have read that many places.
I would not do the full RUU if you are s-off, but the thread I linked has zips to flash firmwares and roms and keep S_OFF. I am still on so I have no experience with S-OFF but I would not lock the bootloader until another s-off user confirms.
dopy25 said:
So you are S-OFF, OK.
No, the S_OFF is tracked by the device I believe, and would still be able to be used without having to pay again. I have read that many places.
I would not do the full RUU if you are s-off, but the thread I linked has zips to flash firmwares and roms and keep S_OFF. I am still on so I have no experience with S-OFF but I would not lock the bootloader until another s-off user confirms.
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I got a little wreckless and just went ahead and tried it. Everything worked. I'm running Lollipop, I still have S-off, and I just re-rooted through the HTC dev program. The firmware patches I installed were overwritten, but, you can't have everything.
Thank you very much, I'd been dealing with system update messages for months.
Dr.Zee said:
I got a little wreckless and just went ahead and tried it. Everything worked. I'm running Lollipop, I still have S-off, and I just re-rooted through the HTC dev program. The firmware patches I installed were overwritten, but, you can't have everything.
Thank you very much, I'd been dealing with system update messages for months.
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What do you mean by patches? Just specific bits of firmware? I don't really know of any benefits to having specific bootloader or hboot or radio over another. It used to matter back in the day but I think it is best to have the most updated if you are going to run a newer ROM anyway.
Also, if you are S-OFF you can always downgrade any of them at any time. So if any of the patches you had before gave you any benefits you can always run them again.
Glad you got it taken care of. On any note, if you muck something up you can always run the RUU to get back to stock. HTC did us a huge favor with those.
dopy25 said:
What do you mean by patches? Just specific bits of firmware? I don't really know of any benefits to having specific bootloader or hboot or radio over another. It used to matter back in the day but I think it is best to have the most updated if you are going to run a newer ROM anyway.
Also, if you are S-OFF you can always downgrade any of them at any time. So if any of the patches you had before gave you any benefits you can always run them again.
Glad you got it taken care of. On any note, if you muck something up you can always run the RUU to get back to stock. HTC did us a huge favor with those.
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It's a patch that adds Harmon Kardon sound. Then I incorrectly remembered an app that enables Snapdragon audio (which is far superior to HK sound) but that's not firmware, you just need a rooted phone to be able to drop it into the system folder.
Hey guy
So i need to update firmware currently on 1.32.531.33 on my t mobile htc one m9 s-on. I was gonna use ruu.exe from herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-one-m9/general/please-read-rooting-using-twrp-t3069022. To my understading this will unroot and flash stock rom and i will be able update via OTA. Am I suppose to use the 1.32.531.33exe or 2.7.531.6exe(since on trying to update it)? Do I need to be s-off to use? Will this relock my bootloader? Is there any other changes in adb I need to make. Anything else I should be on the lookout for? Planning on rerooting after update. I couldnt find a guide with this info so any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
Accidental Genius said:
Hey guy
So i need to update firmware currently on 1.32.531.33 on my t mobile htc one m9 s-on. I was gonna use ruu.exe from herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-one-m9/general/please-read-rooting-using-twrp-t3069022. To my understading this will unroot and flash stock rom and i will be able update via OTA. Am I suppose to use the 1.32.531.33exe or 2.7.531.6exe(since on trying to update it)? Do I need to be s-off to use? Will this relock my bootloader? Is there any other changes in adb I need to make. Anything else I should be on the lookout for? Planning on rerooting after update. I couldnt find a guide with this info so any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
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If you are looking to upgrade to the latest 2.11.531.19, you can get the RUU here.
You do not need to S-Off unless you plan on flashing older or intl firmware, Ruu will not relock the bootloader.
keep in mind, running RUU will completely wipe the phone, so Backup.
I would
1. Run latest RUU let it boot and set up.
2. Reboot to bootloader, flash Twrp (fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.0-hima.img)
3. Reboot to recovery and flash SuperSU here.
Unless you are going to flash roms then you only need to flash the firmware and twrp and rom
You can get the firmware in my thread here
Hope this helps
kc6wke said:
If you are looking to upgrade to the latest 2.11.531.19, you can get the RUU here.
You do not need to S-Off unless you plan on flashing older or intl firmware, Ruu will not relock the bootloader.
keep in mind, running RUU will completely wipe the phone, so Backup.
I would
1. Run latest RUU let it boot and set up.
2. Reboot to bootloader, flash Twrp (fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.0-hima.img)
3. Reboot to recovery and flash SuperSU here.
Unless you are going to flash roms then you only need to flash the firmware and twrp and rom
You can get the firmware in my thread here
Hope this helps
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Thanks! I took a chance yesterday and ran the 1.32.531.33.exe to play it safe and updated via OTA to 2.7.531.6. But for future reference is it's okay to run RUUs that are above current firmware or do you have to use the one your current firmware matches (for instance running 2.7.531.6.exe when the device firmware is on 1.32.531.33). Also will roms running on older firmware work if device firmware is on 2.11.531.19?
Accidental Genius said:
Thanks! I took a chance yesterday and ran the 1.32.531.33.exe to play it safe and updated via OTA to 2.7.531.6. But for future reference is it's okay to run RUUs that are above current firmware or do you have to use the one your current firmware matches (for instance running 2.7.531.6.exe when the device firmware is on 1.32.531.33). Also will roms running on older firmware work if device firmware is on 2.11.531.19?
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With S-on you can only use current of newer firmware.
They might, depends the roms base.
Hey guys,
I just got HTC ONE M9 T-Mobile version. I'm trying to unlock it. Saw a bunch of stuff online and keep trying everything what is out there. Tried to unlock it from htcdev but it says token is too long. I copied it multiple times the way it was described, still nothing happened. Copied it piece by piece, typed it... nothing worked same thing. Questions is this, I can't get it to root, unlock bootloader, s-off or any of that so what's going to happen if I install a RUU which is rooted so at least I'll have a start cause now I can't do ANYTHING. Whatever ideas you have, please let me know.
I tried htcdev, sunshine, kingroot, kingoroot, supersu, root apps.... nothing. The tmobile unlock app, no chance... Thanks
dohcvtec said:
Hey guys,
I just got HTC ONE M9 T-Mobile version. I'm trying to unlock it. Saw a bunch of stuff online and keep trying everything what is out there. Tried to unlock it from htcdev but it says token is too long. I copied it multiple times the way it was described, still nothing happened. Copied it piece by piece, typed it... nothing worked same thing. Questions is this, I can't get it to root, unlock bootloader, s-off or any of that so what's going to happen if I install a RUU which is rooted so at least I'll have a start cause now I can't do ANYTHING. Whatever ideas you have, please let me know.
I tried htcdev, sunshine, kingroot, kingoroot, supersu, root apps.... nothing. The tmobile unlock app, no chance... Thanks
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I'm still an amateur myself but here is my understanding and recommendations.
RUU will update firmware and flash stock rom basically bringing you back to square one. You should be able to use it with a locked bootloader. If you can't do anything with the phone I would suggest to to use RUU dot exe of the latest firmware and update all OTAs. I used a video guide on youtube by "sakitech" when I rooted mine. Just search "root HTC One m9" it should be the first link. Make sure you're copying no more no less than your token ID. Hope this helps
You're way ahead of yourself, RUU is not rooted. It's a completely stock system. Like if you were to buy a brand new phone. It will wipe your phone completely too, nothing on sdcard.
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Hey guys,
Thank you very much for responding.
So what would be the best thing for me to do?